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May 24, 2020 - 7th Sunday of EasterMay 24, 2020 - 7th Sunday of EasterTHE ASCENSION OF THE LORDTHE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

Parish Office CLOSED

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DONATIONS TO ST. PATRICK CHURCH AND DE MAZENOD DOOR OUTREACH

It seems like everyone is asking for your money these days, and for good reason. This Covid-19 pandemic has flipped the lives of everyone and everything upside down and inside out. The fact remains for all of us however, that bills still need to be paid, and that includes our bills at St. Patrick.

If you are able to still support St. Patrick, (and we completely understand many will not be able to at this time), here are the ways you can do it:

CanadaHelps - on our website, stpatrickshamilton.ca, at the “donate” button. Below is the drop down menu you will find when you go to CanadaHelps on the website:

• General• St. Patrick Heritage Fund• St. Patrick Window Campaign• Beyond the Walls” Renovation• De Mazenod Door Outreach - General• De Mazenod Door Outreach - Mission with Youth• De Mazenod Door Outreach - Friday Barbeque

Other ways to donate are:• Pre-Authorized Giving• Etransfer - parishoffice@stpatrickshamilton.ca• Mail - 20 Emerald Street South, Hamilton, L8N 2V2• Mail Box - 440 King Street East (mail slot to the right of the De Mazenod Door Out-

reach door or 20 Emerald Street South (secure mailbox). If you have an issue with stairs please use the option at 440 King Street East.

BEYONDBEYOND THE WALLSTHE WALLS

WHAT WHAT HAPPENS HAPPENS

HEREHERE

DOESN’T DOESN’T STAY STAY HEREHERE

May 21 is the feast day of St. Eugene De Mazenod, founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Oblates are the religious order of priests to which Bishop Crosby and the priests and brother at St. Patrick’s parish belong.

The Oblates in Canada reflect the following principles:

• Our communities are prophetic, above all proclaiming a Church as the People of God, and always at the service of justice, peace and the integrity of creation within the Church and in the world.

• Our communities are places of welcome: hospitality is at the very heart of the mission of evangeliza-tion. We foser and celebrate a diversity of cultures and languages among our members.

• Our leadership at all levels is primarily at the service of animation of the community and of the mission and is shared with the other members of the community.

• We actively promote participation of women and men who share the charism and mission of St. Eu-gene de Ma zenod. (From the Oblate Lacombe website https://omilacombe.ca/about-us/who-we-are/)

At Cathedral High School we have been so blessed to benefit from the charism of the Oblates who serve our commu-nity. One of the quotes of St. Eugene De Mazenod which epitomizes the work of the Oblates during Covid-19 is this: “Charity embraces all and, if necessary, where there are new needs it invents new means.” Lenten pastoral letter in 1847

As churches have been closed, they switched to online live streamed masses. When our Easter Mass was cancelled due to the pandemic, Fr. Jarek was open to trying whatever we could to make it happen. As the poor and margin-alized in Hamilton had fewer places to take a rest or use a bathroom, Fr. Tony O’Dell, Fr. Jarek and Br. Dan opened the church doors at St. Patrick’s to create an emergency rest and hygiene station. Truly, where there have been new needs, their charity has risen to meet the challenges of Covid-19.

We ask for continued blessings upon the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Canada and around the world and we wish you a very Happy Feast Day! Today we will pray the first day of the Novena prayer for Oblate vocations that Fr. Jarek has invited us to pray.

“We pray, Father, that your Church would never lack for shepherds. Remember the poor, abandoned and needy. Raise up men of love and zeal to preach the Gospel to all those who are in need of the hope of salvation. Eugene de Mazenod understood your love for all your children and was generous in their service. May there be many who would share his vision and give themselves selflessly as Oblates of Mary Immaculate. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.”

Susan O’KeefeChaplancy Leader

POPE’S MESSAGE FOR WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY 2020

VATICAN CITY -- With fake news becoming ever more sophisticated, people need the wisdom, courage and patience to discern and embrace constructive stories, Pope Francis said. “We need stories that reveal who we truly are, also in the untold heroism of everyday life,” Pope Fran-cis wrote in his message for World Communications Day 2020.

World Communications Day will be celebrated May 24 at the Vatican and in most dioceses. The papal message was released at the Vatican Jan. 24, the feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists.

“The message for 2020 was based on the theme, “’That you may tell your children and grandchildren’: Life becomes history.” The passage, drawn from the Book of Exodus, highlights the importance of sharing “knowledge of the Lord” and meaningful memories, stories and experiences, so that they may transform people’s lives, he wrote.

Jesus, who is “the quintessential storyteller -- the Word,” he said in the message, spoke of God “not with abstract concepts, but with parables, brief stories taken from everyday life” so that “the story becomes part of the life of those who listen to it, and it changes them.” “God has become personally woven into our humanity, and so has given us a new way of weaving our stories,” he said.

“Stories influence our lives, whether in the form of fairy tales, novels, films, songs, news, even if we do not always realize it,” he said, and people often decide “what is right or wrong based on characters and stories we have made our own.”

So many stories throughout history share a common “thread” in which heroes, including everyday heroes, follow a dream and “confront difficult situations and combat evil, driven by a force that makes them courageous -- the force of love,” the pope said. These kinds of stories can give people both the example and reasons “to heroically face the challenges of life,” to grow, be enriched and to discover themselves better.

However, the Pope warned, “our story has been threatened” by the temptation of evil that entices with false promises and uses the power of storytelling “for purposes of exploitation.” “How many stories serve to lull us, convincing us that to be happy we continually need to gain, possess and consume. We may not even realize how greedy we have become for chatter and gossip, or how much violence and falsehood we are consuming,” he said. “Instead of constructive stories, which serve to strengthen social ties and the cultural fabric,” he said, “we find destructive and provocative stories that wear down and break the fragile threads binding us together as a society.”

Such stories, he said, piece together scraps of “unverified information,” repeat “banal and deceptively persuasive argu-ments” and send out “strident and hateful messages,” which serve only to strip others of their dignity.

At a time “when falsification is increasingly sophisticated, reaching exponential levels, as in deep fake, we need wisdom to be able to welcome and create beautiful, true and good stories,” Pope Francis wrote. “We need courage to reject false and evil stories. We need patience and discernment to rediscover stories that help us not to lose the thread amid today’s many troubles. We need stories that reveal who we truly are, also in the untold heroism of everyday life.”A good story stands the test of time, too, because it nourishes and renews life.

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TWO DAYS A WEEK FOR TWO HOURS OF NATURE WILL IMPACT YOUR HEALTHWhat if the most natural remedy for good phys-ical and mental health was simply… nature? A recent study published in the journal Nature, conducted by American researchers from the University of Exeter, found that 120 minutes per week of contact with nature significantly contrib-utes to well-being and good health.

Led by American scientist Mathew P. White, the team was able to prove from a sample of 20,000 subjects that simply enjoying the calm of nature would bring remarkable physical and mental benefits.

Natural Impacts on Health and Quality of LifeThe degree of space dedicated exclusively to green spaces, the level of vegetation in a neighborhood, ambient air quality… the factors where taken into account by researchers are not extraordinary and yet are just enough to demonstrate that they have an impact on everyone’s personal feelings. Young or old, rich or poor, married, parent, or dog owner, each type of individual, regardless of social class and gender characteristics, would be directly affected by Mother Nature’s benefits.

The study also draws parallels with individuals who admit that they have not spent much time in contact with nature. As a result, a quarter of them would not be in good health and almost half would say they are not satisfied with their lives. On the contrary, only one seventh of those who kept a two hour dose in contact with nature reported poor health, and two thirds would be satisfied with their lifestyle.

A Pioneer Study for Encouraging Nature Proximity“It’s fascinating to see this link between exposure to nature and better health and wellbeing. This re-search makes a strong case for people to get out and about in more natural environments” – Helen Stokes-Lampard, President of the Royal College of General Practitioners, for The Guardian. Even if the effects of contact to nature are already proven and known to all, this study is the first to determine the exact time required to produce this effect. No matter how the two hours a week are distributed, the important thing is to cross this two-hour threshold in order to feel the benefits of this proximity that has now been lost for many.

“We are also increasingly finding that the richness in biodiversity of a setting seems to be important. We have tracked 4,500 people’s visits from the same survey and what you find is they get more stress reduction if the location was an area of outstanding natural beauty, a site of special scientific interest or that kind of thing.” – Mathew P. WhiteAlthough the study did not identify precisely the root causes of such a conclusion, researcher Mathew P. White suggests that one of the answers would lie in the feeling of nature’s own tranquility, allowing us to put aside the pressures of everyday life and to take advantage of the calm and serenity that only nature can bring.

A VERY SPECIAL GIFTWhile we love each and every gift we receive at St. Patrick, we especially love our most recent gift. It’s something we at De Mazenod Door Outreach, have only dared to dream about for many years. It’s an 8 x 10 (approx), state of the art, walk-in freezer, and it has just been installed this past week. We will no longer have to continuously juggle food from one freezer to another, as unexpected but most welcomed food donations arrive that must be kept frozen. It can simply go directly into the freezer, which is located in the basement of our Administrative Centre, at 20 Emerald Street South. Life will become so much simpler and will be so much better organized as a result of this gift.

We are immensely grateful to LiUNA, Local 837, for this wonderful gift! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

COLLECTION REPORT FORMay 17, 2020

Collected from Envelopes $1,447E-transfers 275Pre-Authorized Collection 2,459Donation to St. Patrick throughthe Diocese 2,050 TOTAL $6,241 “What shall I return to the Lord for all His

bounty to me?”

DE MAZENOD DOOR FRIDAY BARBEQUE This Friday’s Barbeque in support of De Mazenod

Door Outreach is sponsored by:

- Michael Wear & Danielle Wrightin thanksgiving for blessings received.

Please contact the Parish Office for more infor-mation about sponsoring a Friday Barbeque

ALL MASSES WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON OURST. PATRICK FACEBOOK PAGE:

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TUESDAY, May 2512:15 PM Louis Cabot Jose Soares Gus & Blanche Boutilier

WEDNESDAY, May 2712:15 PM Antonio Novo Special Int. George Brunton

THURSDAY, May 2812:15 PM Liberio Medeiros William & Annie Boutilier

FRIDAY, May 2912:15 PM Mary Kastern All Souls in Purgatory especially Deceased Members of FOSS

SUNDAY, May 3111:30 AM & 7:15 PM St. Patrick Parishioners & Friends

DE MAZENOD DOOR OUTREACHThe Poor - The Marginalized - The Inner-CityYouth

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Thank you all who continue to give generously to this program.

While most of the province continues to hold, De Mazenod Door has ramped up, certainly behind the scenes anyway. We have so much going on! Dave Rogerson, from the Knights of Columbus Council 1454, continues to be on board. Since their hall is closed, they are using some of their time to cook and provide meals for the Door. Last Monday they made deep fried pierogis, which were a huge hit, and this past Monday once again, they collaborated with Kate at Reb-el’s Rock Irish Pub, and made chicken and chips! We are excited to see what next week brings. He also has been in contact with Scoly’s Hometown Market, who are also inquiring as to how they can get involved.

Last Tuesday we were able to purchase 12 EXTRA pizzas with the Pizza Tuesday money donated by Rita and Paul Leonard, bringing our weekly order to 24 pizzas, and we have enough money left over to order 14 extra pizzas next week. This ensures so many more guests are able to get a slice! Our friends at LiUNA! provided umpteen trays of home-made lasagna, that only LiUNA! is known for. Word on the street was it was delicious!

We have made a new community friendship with Goodwill Amity Stairways Café & Catering Team on King William Street, and the folks there are now preparing and donating Saturday meals during Covid-19, while they remain closed. Thank you to Vice-President, Mission-Integrated Social Enterprise, David Court, for reaching out with an offer to help! So exciting! Adele Kloet, Director of Business Develop-ment, Wesley Urban Ministries, and her team, have offered to make 50 sandwiches, 3 times a week for the Resting/Hygiene Station and as well, will begin making them for our guests at the Door this week!

Due to social distancing restrictions, our friends at St. Andrew Parish in Oakville, who typically prepare meals monthly aren’t able to congregate to make them for the Door, so Fr. Con O’Mahony dropped by with a cheque for $1,500 instead!

Last week, Joyce King a 90-year young family friend of Kat Bennett, De Mazenod Door Outreach staff, was so incredibly kind to provide our front line volunteers an extremely delicious lunch!! What a great way to support our parish outreach programs! As well, the wonderfully kind people at the Black Forest Inn provided lunch for all of the front line volunteers. It was amazing and very much appreciated! We love our neighbours and friends!

The pandemic may have put the world on hold, but in this inner-city neighbourhood, where our poor, marginalized and homeless population is so high, people from all over are coming out in droves wanting to help. While most of us are staying home where it’s safe, there’s a whole commu-nity coming together in support. It truly does take a village.

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