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Readings: May 31, 2020

Pentecost Sunday

First Reading: Acts 2.1-11

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit

and began to speak.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12.3b-7, 12-13

In the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.

Gospel: John 20.19-23

As the Father has sent me, so I send you.

Receive the Holy Spirit.

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Mass Intentions May 25 - 31 Monday

7:00pm Veronica Power and

Rita and Gerry Pittman

Tuesday

8:00am John, Mary, Michael and William White,

Len and Rita Abbott and Adele Hunt

Wednesday 7:00pm Eileen Hickey and

Deceased members of the Grace and

Ballard families

Thursday

8:00am Christopher Y.K. Jeon

Friday

8:00am William, Josephine and Reg Sutton,

Ronald Broderick and Rick Kenny

Saturday 5:00pm Joseph Sampson, Mary Holwell and

Michael and Anne Colbert

Sunday 9:30am Maureen Greene, Elizabeth Mackey,

Deceased members of the Power and

Howlett families and

Intentions of Brendan and Trudy Holden

(45th Wedding Anniversary)

11:30am The Parishioners

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O Lord,

We thank you for allowing us to celebrate this feast

which reminds us of your going before us to heaven.

We long to join you in the gift of everlasting life

which you gained for us in your self-giving

death and resurrection.

Allow us to serve your people until the day when we

celebrate together the joy of your Kingdom,

where you live and reign forever and ever.

Amen.

Notice - Parish Office and Daily Mass

Out of concern for the health and well-being of all, the

parish office is closed to the public for the time being.

We are available by phone @ 579-0065 and by email:

stteresasadmass@outlook.com.

Please check the parish webpage - www.stteresa.ca and/

or facebook page for updates.

Daily Mass is recorded at 8:00 am, Monday through

Friday.

There is no Mass on Saturday. Sunday Mass will be

recorded at 10:00 am. Recorded Masses will be available

through the link on the parish webpage

approximately 11/2 hours from recording.

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Marriages

A minimum of six months advance notice is required.

A marriage preparation program is required to be married in the

church.

Baptisms Please contact the Parish Office to schedule the pre-baptism

course and for more information. A copy of the child’s birth

certificate must be provided before the baptism.

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Redemptorists Television (www.redemptorist.tv) Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help -

Wednesdays on Vision TV at 10am and 2pm.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Marian Talk: Dimitrios Nikolisas ~ My Journey

Homilist: Sr. Elizabeth Davis RSM ~ God is Mercy and Justice

St. Bonaventure's College is pleased to announce that we are

opening up admissions for the remainder of the academic year

2019/20 (May 1 - June 22, 2020) for students from

Kindergarten to Grade 12 to join our online learning

community. For more information please visit www.stbons.ca

Centre for Life Counselling and support services are available for post-

abortive women and any woman in an unexpected preg-

nancy. Professional confidential counselling services are

available by contacting 709-579-3818, or by email

counsellors@centreforlife.ca There is no fee for the

services provided by the Centre for Life.

Cancer Can Be Exhausting! Have you been diagnosed

with cancer? Do you have trouble sleeping and

experience difficulty with your memory, concentration,

and attention? Our research team can help! For more

information please call 709-864-8035 or

mail sleeplab@mun.ca

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Where Are You Looking? Are we, like the disciples, looking in the wrong

direction? As they looked up to heaven, they

probably realized what they had lost. Jesus was

no longer in their midst. But then, the Easter

stories all tell us that they never really under-

stood his risen presence with them. And so

they were asked: “Why are you standing here

looking at the sky?” (Acts 1:11).

Are we also looking up to heaven when we

should be looking out to the world? Of course,

it is right that we reflect on Jesus’ ascension.

However, today’s understanding of the universe helps us realize that the biblical account of Jesus’ as-

cension into heaven may be a way of saying that he is glorified with God. As Paul says, he has been

granted the place of honor at God’s right hand, “far above

every principality, authority, power, and dominion” with

“all things beneath his feet” (Ephesians 1:21–22). Jesus,

now with God, radiates the full splendor of his resurrection.

We must turn to the Gospel passage to get the fullness of

the story of the ascension. Jesus did not say: “Watch what is going to happen.” Instead he told them to

go out: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). We might know these

words so well that we miss their forcefulness. In effect, Jesus is telling them: go out to the whole world

and tell them what you have seen and heard. I did what it was for me to do; now it is up to you to do the

rest. Don’t worry, “I am with you always” (Matthew 28:20). Look where you’re going, not where I

went.

Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA

Liguori Publications

A Word from Pope Francis The Church holds out a mission, and I would like to entrust you with this mission. It

is to go back and talk to your grandparents. Today more than ever we need this

bridge, this dialogue, between grandparents and grandchildren, between the young

and the elderly. —World Youth Day Prayer Vigil, April, 8, 2017

St. Teresa’s Parish - Served By The Redemptorists Since Sunday, October 21, 1956

Fr. Ciro Perez C.Ss.R., Fr. Tony Bidgood C.Ss.R. & Fr. David Louch C.Ss.R.

Telephone: 709-579-0065

120 Mundy Pond Road, St. John’s, NL, A1E 1V1 Fax: 579-3804

Website: www.stteresa.ca

Parish Office Hours Monday to Friday 9:00 - 4:00 pm

Our bulletin is available online.

May 24, 2020 ~ The Ascension of the Lord

Make disciples of all nations, baptizing them

in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and

of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19

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Collection Received at Office Door & Mail Regular Collection $3,020.00

Easter Sunday Envelopes $115.00 (Total $7,352.45)

Good Friday $10.00 (Total $1,994.00)

Development & Peace $5.00 (Total $1,532.00)

Archbishop's Appeal $145.00 (Total $1,395.00)

Pope's Pastoral Works $335.00 (Total $525.00)

Cemetery Collection $35.00 (Total $180.00)

Needs of the Canadian Church $10.00

Acknowledged with gratitude.

YOUR PARISH NEEDS YOU In this time when people are not coming to the

church for Masses and other activities, we still

need your generosity to continue paying the bills,

providing services, and paying the staff of our

Parish. Some people have been asking how they

can continue to give the weekly offering

(envelope or direct deposit).

You can continue supporting our parish by

dropping your offering envelope into the mail

slot at the parish office or mailing it in. We are

arranging for direct deposit as an alternative way

of giving. Details on how to do this will be

coming soon.

We are very grateful to those who have dropped

off or mailed in their weekly collection to the

parish and to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Your generosity is very much appreciated and it

shows that St. Teresa's has a meaningful place

in your heart.

5th Anniversary of Laudato Sí Bring solidarity to our world in a shared moment of

prayer at noon local time on Sunday, May 24.

Catholics from all across the globe will be united in

spirit because “everything is connected.”

A Common Prayer for this anniversary is on the

parish website. It will also be sent to parishioners

emails that we have on file.

Mass Intentions

The parish office is open only for staff. If

you would like to book a mass intention please

call the office and the information will be

taken over the phone. Payment for the

intention must be received on the day that it

is booked. The cost is $5 cash or cheque.

Dear Padre,

I want to deepen the spiritual sense of Christ in

my life. How can I create a strong spiritual

connection to Jesus?

Your answer may be within your own parish. I

suggest you begin your spiritual journey by

connecting with a parish outreach group. When I

worked as a missionary in Brazil, I marveled at

how the youth groups that I worked with brought

a deeper spirituality to my own life.

It was common in Brazil to have a three-day

retreat leading up to Lent. Although this was a

youth retreat, it also energized the adults who

worked with them. The highlight was on Ash

Wednesday evening, when the teens would give

public testimony at Mass to the Lord working in

their lives. Their testimony inspired parishioners

to rededicate themselves to educating the smaller

children throughout the year. A youth group never

lacks in spirit, which is usually contagious!

It’s difficult to seek spiritual enlightenment alone.

There’s spiritual strength in numbers (even Jesus

kept twelve disciples near him!), and even greater

spiritual power within the graced walls of your

parish. When you serve others, your spiritual path

is deepened and expanded. Working with youths

is just one way to enhance your spiritual

connection. Remember the words of St. Paul:

“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the

same Spirit; there are different forms of service

but the same Lord; there are different workings

but the same God who produces all of them in

everyone. To each individual the manifestation of

the Spirit is given for some benefit”

(1 Corinthians 12:4–7).

Fr. John Gouger, CSsR

Liguori Publications

Notice of Tender The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of

St. John’s is inviting all interested parties to bid on the

tender for: ‘Burial Plot Opening/Closing and Ground

Maintenance in Cemeteries’. All interest parties can

obtain copies of the tender documents by sending an

Email to ‘cemetery@rcsj,org’ or by contacting the

cemetery operations office at 730-8752 or 691-6620.

Tenders close on Friday May 29, 2020. All details and

requirements for bidding are contained with the tender

documents.

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MESSAGE FOR THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION MAY 24, 2020

Dear Parishioners,

Greetings; I hope that you and your families are fine and safe as we have been walking in this

journey of Easter in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. On this journey, we have had ups and

downs, but we know that we are not alone, because God is always with us and among us. In this

Sunday’s message, I would like to thank all of you who have been supporting our Parish and all

people in the world through your prayers, offerings, feeding, ministering and encouraging each

other. All these acts of love say to us that the Risen Lord abides in us and we abide in Him.

During this Easter season, I have been inviting many of you to share with us your experience of

God through daily reflections in short videos. This has been a very meaningful and touching

experience for many of us. When we hear you talking about how God has been calling you for a

mission, caring for you in moments of trials or difficulties, forgiving and enlightening you in

moments of darkness and doubts, helping you to work on a deep relationship with God and with

our brothers and sisters, and guiding you by the Holy Spirit, we truly see the fulfilment of Jesus’

words in today’s Gospel reading, “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

The experiences that you have spoken of in these videos are examples of how Jesus is “with us

always” in our everyday lives.

As we are getting closer to the celebration of the Feast of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church, I

would like to invite you to continue praying with the Novena of the Holy Spirt that we began last

Friday, May 22 and will continue until Saturday, May 30th. Reflections are posted at 11:30 am

Newfoundland Time and are available through:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RedemptoristsBaltimore; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BaltRedemtorists and

On our parish website stteresa.ca. You can find the information to advertise and explain the Novena available on stteresa.ca. This is

a great reflection in this time of worldwide uncertainty and distress. The human heart cries out for

the Paraclete, the Advocate, the Holy Spirit. That is why we pray, “Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth”.

Today, Sunday, May 24, we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord, when Jesus reminds his disci-

ples that he will be with them always. He tells his disciples that they will receive the power when

the Holy Sprit comes upon them. God wants so much to be with us that he will find his ways. We

must let these promises sink in. No matter what our circumstances, whatever difficulties we face,

God is with us; God loves us. We need to sit with these words, reading them slowly, again and

again.

I want to let you know that we continue to be united in many ways, especially in our prayers and

love for each other. Stay safe and healthy…

Many Blessings,

Fr. Ciro A. Perez, CSsR