Bulletin - August 2015

St. Helen Church SUNDAY AUGUST 2 TO SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 | (YEAR B)

Traveler's Prayer (Before Starting a Journey)

My holy Angel Guardian,

ask the Lord to bless the

journey which I undertake,

that it may profit the health

of my soul and body; that I

may reach its end, and

that, returning safe and

sound, I may find my fami-

ly in good health. Do thou

guard, guide and preserve

us.

Amen.

Pastor

Fr. Philip English

Office Administration

Aggie Agnino ext. 115 ______________________________________________________

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

Schools St. Mark School

Principal: Steven Ward

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.

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

Established as a Parish - January 1, 1986

Kindly complete the following and place in collection basket

New Parishioner* Change of address Moving

Name________________________ Phone__________________ E-mail___________________

Address______________________________________________ City_____________________

Postal Code__________________

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 | [email protected]

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

Stewardship of Treasure July 5: Offertory Envelopes $ 4,859 Offertory Loose $ 210 Facility Maintenance $ 363 Building Fund Envelopes $ 3,266 Summer Mission Appeal $ 956

July 12: Offertory Envelopes $ 3,649 Offertory Loose $ 177 Facility Maintenance $ 25 Building Fund Envelopes $18,265 Summer Mission Appeal $ 120

July 19: Offertory Envelopes $ 2,666 Offertory Loose $ 237 Facility Maintenance $ 240 Building Fund Envelopes $ 3,939 Summer Mission Appeal $ 35

July 26: Offertory Envelopes $ 3,418 Offertory Loose $ 216 Building Fund Envelopes $1,685

MAY GOD BLESS YOU

FOR YOUR FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP!

St. Helen CWL All ladies of St. Helen's are invited to at-tend our CWL meeting on Wednesday September 2nd. Our meeting will begin

with Mass at 6:30 p.m. Hope you ladies are think-ing and starting some Crafts, knitting, crocheting, jams, pickles, baking, sewing for our late Fall Ba-zaar. Bring your ideas to Septembers meeting. The Annual CWL Diocesan Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday September 19th, 2015. Come and join your CWL sisters for a fun day of golf. Cost $90 includes dinner. Dinner only $30. Register by August 16th. Cheques should be made payable to St. Helen CWL. Contact Piera, Kate or Frances.

Sr. Ministry for the Sick and Homebound We are grateful to those who give of their time and care to bring holy communion to our parishioners who cannot make it to church due to sickness or infirmity. If you know of anyone who would like to receive communion in their home, please contact the parish office.

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Year B - August 3 to 9, 2015

Day Requested for Requested by

Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Dora Geczy & Elizabeth Barna

Verkoyen Family - L&D

Alex Geczy

Johanna Verkoyen

Wednesday 9:30 a.m.

Redmond Family - L&D

Kenny Wheeler

Jim Redmond

Wheeler & Cadeau Family

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

Rob Jackson

Special Intention

Helen Parker & Herb Ruiss

Anonymous

Friday 8:30 a.m.

St. Padre Pio Giuseppina Romasco

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. St. Mark School

Nina Fracchioni

Giuseppe Sgambelluri

Special Intention

Shirley & Ernie Brunet

Sgambelluri Family

Mom & Dad

L & D (living & deceased)

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday August 2, 2015

LOOK BEYOND The Israelites are fed manna in the wilderness. (Exodus) Put away the old self and put on the new self. (Ephesians) Jesus is the bread of life. (John)

Sometimes hindsight can be a disadvantage. We make assumptions and then ignore every-thing else. This is true about the words in to-day's gospel. Jesus says, "I am the bread of

life." We naturally assume that he is talking about the Eucharist, and of course he is. But that conclu-sion can prevent us to see beyond the simplest in-terpretation. There is more to the Eucharist than just hosts and wine. Even when we correctly under-stand that holy communion is Christ's body and blood, we fail to understand the full meaning of his words. Jesus is also telling us that we must ravenously devour him. We must hunger for spiritual as well as physical union with him. Simply put, this means that taking holy communion can become a mechanical action. It's sort of like taking an aspirin for a head-ache. We take it without trying to understand its uses and dangers. There is a danger to the Eucha-rist: to take it requires a commitment to a life change. Are you ready to accept that commitment?

-- Fr. Richard Lonsdale

Parish Office Hours for August

Tuesday to Friday 9:00 a.m.noon

Emergencies will be tended to. In an emergen-cy situation, please call the parish office and press #2 to leave an urgent message.

Pray for the Popes August General / Mission Intentions ...

Universal: Volunteers ~ That volunteers may give themselves generously to the service of the needy. Evangelization: Outreach to the marginalized ~ That setting aside our very selves we may learn to be neighbours to those who find themselves on the margins of human life and society.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye!!!

Get your 4th edition of our raffle draw tickets before our 1st ear-ly bird draw on the 4th Sunday of August (23rd). Call or email John Stewart @ 905-563-0062/[email protected] or the parish office 905-562-7427/[email protected] to reserve or pur-chase your ticket. Get involved and support our next Raffle event.

KoC St. Helen of the Cross

Council 15999 August Meeting Dates

General Council Meeting: Wednesday Aug. 12th @ 7 p.m.

Executive Meeting: Wednesday Aug. 26th @ 7 p.m.

in the church hall.

Scarboro Mission Society & Catholic Missions in Canada Diocesan Collection - Aug. 15/16th.

Catholic Missions in Canada www.cmic.info Scarboro Missions www.scarboromissions.ca

Commonly known as the shared collection. Funds are split equally between these two mission groups for the promotion of gospel values. Catholic Mis-sions In Canada, founded in 1908, fosters and extends the blessings of the Catholic faith by sup-porting missions in regions of our country where the population is too small, or the economic situation of the community is too fragile for the people them-selves to support their local Church and its ministry. Scarboro Missions, formerly the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society, founded in 1918, is involved in mission work overseas. Today, Scarboro priests and lay missionaries work side by side and in coop-eration with other mission groups all over the world as they seek to serve in creative and new endeav-ours where the Gospel has not been heard, to en-counter and celebrate Gods presence in the life, history, culture and faiths of those they meet, to live simply and in solidarity with the poor and marginal-ized people of the world.

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L & D (living & deceased) Year B - August 10 to 16, 2015


Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Alfred Landin Nancy Winslow &

Amelia Landin

Wednesday 9:30 a.m.

Otie Murphy

Special Intention for health

Lorraine Martin

Anonymous

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

Salvatore Cundari Teresa Cundari

Friday 10:00 a.m.

Albright Manor Angelina Prokich & Alex Prokich Alex Prokich

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Michael White

Deceased members of Fracchioni Family

Pat & George Savage

Ernesto & Letizia Fracchioni

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

St. Mark School

Smeenk Family

Ron Hendriks


Mary Smeenk

Yvonne Hendriks & Family

19th Sunday Ordinary Time Sunday August 9, 2015

OPEN TO OTHERWISE Elijah is fed and strengthened for his journey. (1 Kings) Live in love as Christ loved us. (Ephesians) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. (John)

Theres nothing as tasty as cinnamon bread, the kind with powdered sugar on the top. Its best toast-ed and slathered with butter. But just plain, right off the loaf, is good enough.

In the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school, the nuns announced that there would be a special cinnamon bread treat for lunch. The bread slices were on a large tray so all the students could help themselves. Fearing that the first kids in line might load up,depriving the others, the nuns put up a sign by the bread tray: Take only one. God is watching. Farther along the lunch line, at the other end of the table, was an unlabelled tray of chocolate chip cookies. One child whispered to another: Take all the cookies you want. God is watching the bread. In todays gospel, Jesus tells us he is the bread of

life. We can take all the bread we want. God is watching. -- Dc. Dick Folger

Branches Catholic Ministries Presents Regenerate(d) 2015

We come to be healed. We come to be educat-ed. We come to be regenerated. Branches Catho-lic Ministries will be sponsoring a fall conference on October 3-4 at the Scotiabank Convention Cen-tre in Niagara Falls. Regenerate(d) 2015 will fea-ture dynamic talks from renowned Catholic speak-ers including Vinny Flynn, Sharon Lee Giganti, Mat-thew Leonard, Dr. Taylor Marshall, Fr. Larry Rich-ards, and Elizabeth Scalia. The conference will begin with an address by Most Rev. Gerard Bergie, Bishop of St. Catharines and this years main celebrant and homilist. If we can assemble a group of 10 to 20 attendees, we will be eligible for a group rate of 20% discount off the regular ticket price. If youre interested in joining our group, contact Frances at 905-562-5475. Consider attending this event - its spiritual, uplifting and fun - a treat for yourself! Plan on spending time with your friends and maybe make some new ones while feeding your soul at the same time.

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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday August 16, 2015

ITS ALL ABOUT COMMUNION Wisdoms call to eat at her table. (Proverbs) Live as wise persons, filled with the Spirit. (Ephesians) The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. (John)

Jesus has been teach-ing about what he calls "the bread of life". The Church teaches that he is referring to holy commun-ion -- the bread and wine that become his body and blood. The audience does not have this insight and imagines the unthinkable:

Jesus is calling for people to consume his flesh. This sparks a wave of argument and disgust. How would we react without knowing the Church teaching? Would we have revulsion at the thought? But then, how do we view communion? Do we real-ly stop and think what is happening, or has com-munion become a mechanical action for us? -- Fr. Richard Lonsdale

Campaign Pledge Cards & Payments

Thank you for your commitment to Our Cam-paign for the New Church. The efforts that we make together will contribute toward the mission of our Diocese and our Parish. Please remember to hon-our the pledge that you made. If you havent yet submitted your completed pledge card, please do so at your earliest con-venience. Pledge cards are available at the church or you can call the office to set up your pledge.

Childrens Liturgy

During the summer months, Childrens Liturgy takes a break and does not run at the 11 am Mass. It will resume in September. New ideas or interest-ed volunteers are welcome for Children's Liturgy. Great opportunity for teachers seeking a pastoral reference. Donations of crayons, pencils and even children's bible stories would be appreciated as well.

The Morning Coffee Club

Join us for a cup of brew after morning mass on Tuesdays and Thursdays.



Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday

8:30 a.m. Intns of Hendriks & deKoning Fam.- L&D Helen & Andy Hendriks

Wednesday

9:30 a.m. Carmela & Antonio Guerriero Guerriero Family

Thursday

8:30 a.m. San Padre Pio Ranucci Family

Friday

10:00 a.m.

Menno Home

Jan Williams Lorraine Martin

Saturday

5:00 p.m. For the People of St. Helen - L&D

Sunday

9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

St. Mark School

Rob Jackson

John Marchalewicz

Lane Family

Shirley & Ernie Brunet

Jenny Marchalewicz

Johanna Verkoyen

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Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Intns of Lynda & Russ Bruch Kathleen Bruch

Wednesday 9:30 a.m.

St. Padre Pio Teresa Cundari

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

Erika Izzo Burns Family

Friday 8:30 a.m.

Maria & Gerald Murphy Paul Murphy

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Jan Williams Theresa MacDonald

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

St. Mark School


For the Family

Anonymous

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday August 23, 2015

TO EXPERIENCE IS TO KNOW Decide today whom you will serve. (Joshua) Mutual love between husband and wife. (Ephesians) The disciples must decide whether to stay with Je-sus. (John)

You may have heard the prov-erb: When the going gets tough, the tough get going. It is a tribute to those who triumph over hard times by working harder. At the other end of the scale, there is a bumper sticker that boasts: At my age, happy hour is a nap. Some of Jesus follow-ers found their discipleship too

difficult and went home. They couldnt believe in the teachings. But the tough Twelve stayed. Peter put it best: We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God. -- Dc. Dick Folger

Altar Servers

If your child has received First Communion, is in Grade 3 or higher and would like to join the Altar Serving Ministry, please call the parish office or send an email. Training will be provided.

At Mount Carmel in Niagara Falls . . . Carmelite Spirituality Group

You are invited to Mt. Carmel Monastery on the second Sunday of each month to explore Carmelite Spirituality, a trusted path to get closer to God, in a friendly,

informal atmosphere where everyone is welcome. The day begins with Mass at 2:00 p.m. A presenta-tion and discussion on a topic related to Carmelite Spirituality follows the Mass. After some refresh-ments and fellowship, Lectio Divina ends the day at 5 p.m. Join us for some or all of the afternoon. For more information, call Jean (905-627-7162) or e-mail: [email protected] or www.carmelniagara.com

Remember Your Parish in Loving Memory Keep your love for your parish alive. Remember your parish in your will and when recommending expressions of sympathy. In Memoriam Donations to the Building Fund are appreciated and ac-cepted and can be made through the funeral home or at the parish office.

Change of Information Have you moved or changed your phone number or email address? Please notify the office to keep our records accurate.

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L & D (living & deceased) Year B - August 31 to September 6, 2015


Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Intns of Stephanie & Gerald Bruch Kathleen Bruch

Wednesday 9:30 a.m.

6:30 p.m. CWL

Pasquale Pino

Vocations & the Youth of the Parish

Loredana Pijl

CWL

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

Dora Geczy & Elizabeth Barna Alex Geczy

Friday 8:30 a.m.

Michael DAlessio Connie & Louis Elia

Saturday 5:00 p.m.


Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

St. Mark School

Intns of Carolyn & Bill Richardson

Teresa Commisso

Nancy Winslow

Agnino Family

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday August 30, 2015

GOING BEYOND Moses tells the people to hear and obey Gods commands. (Deut. 4) Be doers of the word. (James) Obedience begins in the heart. (Mark)

A man working on his roof called the weather bureau to ask, What are the chances of a show-er tonight? The weatherman an-swered, Id say go

ahead and take one if you really need it. This brings us to the old proverb that cleanliness is next to godliness. That was the question in to-days Gospel: Which is more important, cleaning the dishes or cleaning our hearts? Jesus cited a warning from the Book of Isaiah, which said that the greater danger of uncleanliness comes from within us. Evil begins in the human heart, where motives and intentions lie. At every Mass, the priest prays for purity of heart, and so should we. -- Dc. Dick Folger

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Blessed Prayer Shawls Available The Prayer Shawl Ministry continues to create handcrafted shawls for parishioners, their families and friends who are coping with illness, loneliness, pain or trouble. During the past year, we have dis-tributed many prayer shawls and lap blankets. The shawls are knitted with compassion and prayerful-ness. They are available to anyone who needs one. Please call the office to request a shawl or lap blanket or if you would like to join this ministry. We meet monthly and welcome new members.

Development & Peace Established in 1967, Development & Peace is the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada. D&P builds aware-ness in Canada about causes of poverty in the world and invites Canadians to participate in ac-tions to bring about positive change. We are re-establishing our St. Helen's D&P com-mittee this fall and are looking for new members to join. Frank Fohr the Diocesan representative will be visiting us to speak to this on September 5th & 6th at all Masses. Please prayerfully consider help-ing re-establish our St. Helen's Development & Peace Committee. You can email or call the parish office and leave your contact information should you wish to join.

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