St. Helen Church SUNDAY MAY 10, 2015 | SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (YEAR B)

Upcoming Events

May is

dedicated to

our Blessed

Mother

Mary

- Flower & Plant Sale, May 9th, St. Helen Church, 8 a.m. to noon

- Popes Pastoral Works Collec-tion May 16/17

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Pastor

Fr. Philip English

Office Administration

Aggie Agnino, ext. 1 ______________________________________________________

Mass Times Saturday

5:00 p.m.

Sundays

9:00 a.m. - St. Helen Church

11:00 a.m. - St. Mark School

Gym, Beamsville

Opened - October 2, 1938

4157 Maple Grove Rd. | PO Box 222 | Vineland, Ontario | L0R 2C0 www.sthelenscatholic.ca

Established as a Parish - January 1, 1986

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New Parishioner* Change of address Moving

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Address______________________________________________ City_____________________

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I will use offertory envelopes If , pick up in foyer: St. Helen Church or St. Mark School

Phone (905) 562-7427 | Fax (905) 562-7789 | office@sthelenscatholic.ca

We welcome you and invite you to share in the spiritual and social activities of your parish

Schools St. Mark School

Principal: Dean Stunt

Phone: (905) 563-9191

St. Edward School

Principal: Adrian Bishop

Phone: (905) 562-5531

Sacraments Baptism

Available Sundays at 1:00 pm. Call

parish office.

First Communion & Confirmation

Arranged through school. If your

child is not in a Catholic school or is

not baptized in the Roman Catholic

Church, contact the parish office.

Reconciliation

Before or after mass or by appoint-

ment.

Marriage

Six months notice; marriage prep

required.

Anointing of the Sick

Please let us know when someone

has a serious or prolonged illness or

is to have surgery. This sacrament

celebrates the healing of mind and

body and the forgiveness of sins.

Catholic Funeral Rites

When a death occurs in your family,

please call the parish office and we

will assist you in making the neces-

sary liturgical arrangements.

Stewardship of Treasure

May 3:

Offertory Envelopes (152) $ 4,376

Loose $ 195

Facility Maintenance (38) $ 408

Building Fund Envelopes (15) $11,815 MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR

FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP!

Ministry for the Sick and Homebound We are grateful to those who give of their time and care to bring holy communion to our parish-ioners who cannot make it to church due to sick-ness or infirmity. If you know of anyone who would like to receive communion in their home, please contact the parish office or Frances @ 905-562-5475 and arrangements will be made to bring Holy Communion to your home.

A Prayer before the Rosary

LORD JESUS CHRIST, crucified and risen from the dead, our only Saviour, listen with kindness to our prayers which we offer through the Immaculate Heart of your Mother, Mary. Have mercy on us and on the whole world, ac-

cording to the goodness and wisdom of your Sa-cred Heart. Please bless Pope Francis and all the

bishops, and others, who will take part in the com-ing Synod. Let your saving word shine out with clarity and your divine compassion flow with abundance, on and through the Synod. Please bless our diocese and all our families. We ask this in your Name, O Jesus, who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.

Canadian Tire Money

Keep up the housecleaning and send in your Ca-nadian Tire money. It will be used for purchasing raffle/door prizes for future fundraising events.

National Week for Life & the Family: May 10-17 This years theme is The Family: a School of Christian Love where Life begins and Love never ends. The dates for this years National Week for Life and the Family coincide with the United Na-tions World Day of Families (May 15). Additional information is available at www.cccb.ca

Around the parish, please remember . . . If you turn a light on, switch it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you open it, close it. If you throw it down, pick it up. If you take it off, hang it up. If you unlock it, then lock it. Thank you for your cooperation.

Year B - May 11 to 17, 2015

Day Requested for Requested by

Mon NO MASS

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Casey DeKoning

Amelia Landin

Helen & Andy Hendriks

Bill Zettler

Wednesday 9:30 a.m.

Geoff Barlow Catholic Womens League

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

Living & Deceased members of Munster

Family Johanna Verkoyen

Friday 10:00 a.m.

Menno Home Rainer Brandel Agnino Family

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Silvia & Pierino Izzo & Marvin Lofton

Geoff Barlow

Viola & Peter Izzo

Catherine Craig

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. St. Mark School

For the People of St. Helen - L & D

Libero Palmieri

Liz Moriarity

Grazia DiPietro

Kevin Moriarity

Mass In

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May 10, 2015 - 6th Sunday of Easter Jesus Loves Me

Acts 10 Peter preaches to the gentiles. Psalm 98 God revealed to the nations his saving power. 1 John 4 Gods love calls us to love one another. John 15 Love one another as I have loved you.

Last year, PBS premiered a documentary called Happy, which featured interviews with people around the world and with scientists involved in happiness research. When asked what they want from life, people everywhere said they just wanted to be happy. The discovery was that true happi-

ness comes from doing things for others. In todays Gospel, Jesus says, Love one another as I have loved you, and in those words we are given the formula for our own happiness not just here and now, but in the hereafter, as well. -- Dc. Dick Folger Next Weeks Readings Acts 1 Jesus earthly ministry ends with his ascension. Psalm 47 God mounts his throne to shouts of joy. Eph 1 Pauls extended prayer for the Ephesians. Mark 16 Go and proclaim the Gospel.

Popes Pastoral Work Collection Sunday May 16/17

A disastrous flood or earthquake strikes a nation at the other end of the world. Imme-diately many countries rush in food, medi-cine, blankets, money, and trained people. Promi-nent among such aid is the financial help offered by the Holy Father to people in need. In the name of Catholics everywhere, he displays Christs love and compassion for those who suffer. Each year at this time, Canadian Catholics are asked to give gener-ously to this papal collection, which is passed on to the Holy Father for his use. This collection will be taken at all Masses next weekend, May 16-17.

Have You Ever Considered Adoption?

Would you like to hear more about the process through CCASH? Upcoming Adoption Information Night Wednesday, May 20, 2015 7:00 p.m. Cath-olic Childrens Aid Society of Hamilton, 735 King St. East For more information and to register call Jocelyn at (905) 525-2012 ext. 3125

Visit our website at www.hamiltonccas.on.ca

Cancellation Notice

Due to a lack of re-sponse for this event, we will postpone the Junk in the Trunk Sale to a later date.

MOTHER'S DAY PRAYER We thank you, Lord, for our mothers. We remem-ber today their loving care, and their ceaseless love for us. May we show them by our gifts, our words, and our actions that we love them and care about them too.

Father, we thank you for the family of the Church; we thank you for those who are true mothers within our Christian family. May they

know your blessing and strength as they care for others. Amen.

[The Lion Book of Family Prayers]

Momentum Choir in concert May 20 & 24 Momentum Choir, a group of 50 singers with devel-opmental disabilities, will thrill audiences in two year-end concert performances, Wednesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 24 at 3 p.m. at Beth-any Community Church, 1388 Third Street, St. Catharines. Wrapping up its 8th successful season, Momentum, the only choir of its kind in Canada, continues to break new ground as a powerful and professional platform where disability takes a back seat as soon as the music begins. Audience mem-bers will laugh, cry and be inspired in this unforget-table experience featuring toe-tapping song favour-ites. Concert tickets are available at the door of Bethany Community Church or online at www.eventbrite.com

Pledges & Donations - Did you know? If you are planning to make a charitable donation to the building fund, consider this tax-saving strategy. If youve already determined that you will be selling some of your current investments, you have an op-portunity to reduce the tax you would otherwise have to pay on the sale of your investments if you donate the investments directly to a charity. Alt-hough a donation of property is considered a dispo-sition for tax purposes, as a result of these tax in-centives the taxable capital gain realized on a do-nated publicly-traded security is eliminated. In ei-ther case, you will receive a tax receipt for the full amount of your donation regardless of the tax treatment of the capital gain.

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