St. Helen Church SUNDAY JUNE 28, 2015 | THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY (YEAR B)

Travellers 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. 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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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

June 21:

Offertory Envelopes (129) $ 3,082

Loose $ 179

Building Fund Envelopes (55) $ 2,301

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.

Prayer Shawl Ministry The Prayer Shawl Ministry continues to create handcrafted shawls for parishioners, their families and friends who are coping with illness, loneli-ness, pain or trouble. During the past year, we have distributed many prayer shawls and lap blankets. The shawls are knitted with compas-sion and prayerfulness. They are available to an-yone 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 wel-come new members.

CWL St Helen's CWL wishes to thank the Senior Pa-rishioners and CWL ladies who attended our Strawberry Social at Colleen Drakes home. A special note of thanks to Colleen for being so generous in offering her home to host our social. Thanks also go out to the organizers who took great care to plan the event and to all those who helped. Every one enjoyed the nice sunny day and especially the cake and berries. We hope you will come and join us next year.

The Catholic Women's League meetings will re-sume once again in September. We would like to wish everyone a safe, happy and blessed Sum-mer.

St. Helens

congratulates all

of our Graduates!

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Year B - June 29 to July 5, 2015

Day Requested for Requested by

Mon NO MASS

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Intentions of Linda & Nick Bruch Kathleen Bruch

Wednesday 9:30 a.m.

Stacey Family

Dario Grisonich

Misetich Family

Vilma & Milan Jaglic

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

Intentions of Sue & Ron Bruch Kathleen Bruch

Friday 8:30 a.m.

Dora Geczy & Elizabeth Barna Alex Geczy

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Silvestro Izzo

Camillo DiTomasso

Maria Iannotta

Maria DiTomasso

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. St. Mark School

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

Amelia Landin

Helen & Andy Hendriks - 55th Anniversary

Bill Zettler

Nancy Winslow

Mass In

tentio

ns

L & D (living & deceased)

June 28, 2015 - 13th Sunday Ordinary Time Led Beyond Fear

Wis 1, 2 God overcomes evil and death. Psalm 30 Lord, you have rescued me. 2 Cor 8, 9 Imitate Christ by giving generously of yourselves. Mark 5 Jesus heals the hemorrhaging woman and raises Jairus daughter.

Jesus restored life to Laz-arus, to the daughter of Jairus, and to a widows son. These three stunning acts of compassion were preceded by pleas from family members. The story of Jairus

daughter is found in all three synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. The story begins with the father falling at Jesus feet, pleading for the life of his child. On his way to the dying daughter, Jesus passes by a woman who reaches out to touch his cloak. She is immediately healed of her hemorrhage. The daughter dies be-fore Jesus gets to Jairus house, but even then, Je-sus restores her. Todays Gospel assures us that with fervent pray-er and our own absolute confidence in Jesus, we too, can reach out to touch the power of Christ, who saves even when all seems to be lost. -- Dc. Dick Folger

Next Weeks Readings Ezek 2 God calls Ezekiel to prophesy to Israel. Psalm 123 Our eyes are fixed on the Lord. 2 Cor 12 Paul is called, despite his weaknesses. Mark 6 Jesus is rejected in the synagogue.

A SUMMER BLESSING

Walking along beside me, Jesus, as I begin the months of summer.

As I work, play, enjoy family time and friendships, may I hear your voice within me,

guiding me toward all that is right and good. Give me faith in your presence,

knowing that you walk beside me in everything I do. Gracious and Loving Jesus, thank you for the gift of

summer. May the warmth of its sun and the beauty of its light

remind me daily of Your love for me. Amen

Dear Parishioners, When Constantine named his mother St. Helen as Augusta Imperatrix he also gave her unlimited ac-cess to the imperial treasury whereupon she built and refurbished three churches during her travels to holy places in Palestine. The key to the bank went missing somewhere in the shuffle to the 21st century and we need your connections to potential organizations and busi-nesses that may be willing to support our new church building campaign. Corporate sponsorship is an integral component of our fundraising initia-tives. The Corporate Sponsorship Fundraising Committee is organizing a dinner September 30 and is asking for parishioners help to submit the names of those businesses that might be invited to attend. Your help is vital to the success of the din-ner and the building of our beautiful new St. Helen Church.

Please send your suggestions to: Rose Luppino: rose@beamsvilletownecentre.com Joanne McDonald: joanne.1mcdonald@sympatico.ca

A PRAYER FOR CANADA Let us pray and live for a world where people of all nations will be united in thought, word and deed; help us to be honest, pure and loving in our relations with others in our world. Let us pray for peace and harmony for every person in this na-

tion and every nation; help us to work and live so that all people everywhere will live a good life, that hunger, poverty, ignorance and disease will disap-pear and the kingdom come indeed. Amen.

Parish office is closed Canada Day.

St. Helen Church Parish Office Summer Hours

(July & August) Tuesday to Friday

9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Emergencies will be tended to. In an emergency situation, please call the parish office and press #2 to leave an urgent message.

Childrens Liturgy This Sunday (June 28) is the last day for Childrens Liturgy for the summer. It will resume again in Sep-tember. we welcome volunteers and new ideas for Children's Liturgy. Also, donations of crayons, pen-cils perhaps even children's bible stories would be appreciated as well.