St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church 26 Carmel Road, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 3N9

Phone: 705-949-1072 Fax: 705-949-5992

Email: stjerome@diocesessm.org

Website: www.stjeromeparishssm.com

Facebook.com/stjeromeparishssm Instagram: @stjeromeparishssm

SUMMER BULLETIN Pastor: Rev. Pat Woods (Cell: 705-971-2804) Deacon: Rev. Mr. Marcel Lefebvre

Assistant Pastor: Rev. Daniele Muscolino (Cell: 705-206-9630)

Secretary: Kerry Dutchak Pastoral Assistant: Aidan Rollin

Office Hours: Tuesday to Thursday: 8:30am - 4:30pm, Friday: 8:30am - 12:00pm

Summer Sunday Mass Schedule: Saturday: 4:00pm, Sunday: 10:00am

Weekday Mass Schedule: Weds, Thurs & Fri at 9:15am

Confessions: Saturday at 3:00pm (or by appointment)

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - JULY 15, 2018

Mass Intentions for This Week:

Tuesday, July 17 - No Mass (Isaiah 7.1-9; Matthew 11.20-24)

Wednesday, July 18 - 9:15 AM ( Isaiah 10.5-7,13-16; Matthew 11.25-27)

Eugene Adamo by Cecilia & Jim St. Germain

Thursday, July 19 - 9:15 AM (Isaiah 26.7-9,12,16-19; Matthew 11.28-30)

Special Intentions by A Grateful Parishioner

Friday, July 20 - 9:15 AM (Isaiah 38.1-6, 21-22, 7-8; Matthew 12.1-8) - Zoli Ciotti by John & Violet Lukenda

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Jeremiah 23.1-6; Ephesians 2.13-18; Mark 6.30-34)

Saturday, July 21 - 4:00PM - Intentions of All Parishioners by The Pastor

- Patsy Piromalli by Art & Sylvia Gouge

- Intentions of Glenda & Bob Biagini by Andy Bremner

Sunday, July 22 - 10:00AM - Special Intentions by a Parishioner

- Giovanni Giunti by Augusto & Anna Bossio

- Deceased Parents of Sean & Gail MacNamara by Sean & Gail MacNamara

Sunday Collection Report: (July 8, 2018)

Average/envelope: $ 26.13

Budgeted Weekly Income Needed: $5,800.00

Sunday Envelopes (125/311 envelopes used): $ 3,266.00

Loose: $ 416.42

Pre-authorized Sunday: $ 1,637.00

Building Fund: $ 130.00

Pre-authorized Building Fund: $ 102.00

Online Giving: $ 98.26

TOTAL: $ 5,649.68

PARISH AND COMMUNITY NEWS/EVENTS

We remember in our prayers, those who

have died, especially Maria Nelli. May

her soul and the souls of all our faithful

departed rest in peace.

C.W.L. NEWS Thank you for supporting the C.W.L. by purchasing the fresh home made turkey pies last weekend. Our activities and gatherings will resume in September. Have a happy, safe summer!

PARISH BULLETIN ADVERTISERS We are currently seeking advertisers for our parish bulletin to help defray the cost of printing. If you or a family member own a business, or know of a business who would be willing to advertise, please consider helping the parish in this initiative. The cost of an advertisement is $300.00 for the entire year of published bulletins (September – June), which includes a colour ad, and online visibility through our website and parish app. Please contact the parish office for more information.

►KFM radio presents A Thousand Voices at the Cross - open outdoor worship service on Sat. Aug. 18 (rain date Aug. 25) at ”The Cross on the Hill” 250 St. Georges Avenue East. Grounds open at 5:00 pm. This event is free to all! Bring lawn chairs or blanket for seating►Villa Loyola Retreat Centre Summer Retreat, “Throughout the years God lives with us” Sun. Aug. 12 (7pm) - Fri. Aug. 17(1 pm). Info & registration 705-522-3502 ext 0 or loyola@isys.ca ►Sisters of St. Joseph host Living Faith Pilgrimage in North Bay Aug. 24-26 $150 all inclusive, $120 early bird rate ►Sweet Adeline’s 2nd Annual Entertaining Spaghetti Dinner Sept. 9 6:00 pm at OLGC tickets $20 call Fran 705-949-9952 ►Marygrove Retreat House Garden Michigan, annual women’s retreat Sept. 21-23. $150 US all inclusive. $20 deposit by Aug. 15. Call Nancy 705-949-1011 for information and to register.

Community News/Events

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Plunge into oceans of fun this summer!

VBS “Shipwrecked” comes ashore August 13-17

9 am –3 pm at St. Jerome Church. Designed for

children from SK to grade 5. Cost is $ 40/child for

the week and limited to the first 50 students only.

Registration forms are at both entrances of the

church and the parish office. Registrations and

payments are also accepted on line at our parish

website: www.stjeromeparishssm.com

PRAYERS FOR STUDENTS ON

CATHOLIC YOUTH CONFERENCE From July 13-16, 2018, a group of 50 high school

students from Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury and North

Bay will be travelling to the Steubenville Catholic

Youth conference in Toronto where they will join

over 3,000 teenagers for a weekend of prayer,

reflection and celebration of our Catholic faith. We

ask you to please keep our students in your prayers

during this time that this will be a fruitful

experience for them to encounter God and deepen

their faith in Him.

BEST WISHES Celebrate the retirement of Fr. Eric Pannike at St.

Gregory’s Parish after all Masses this weekend July

14 and 15. Coffee and cake will be served.