St. Helen Church SUNDAY MAY 24, 2015 | PENTECOST SUNDAY (YEAR B)

Upcoming Events

May is dedicated to our Blessed

Mother Mary

- CWL Diocesan Convention begins May 26th

- CWL Potluck, June 3rd

- Knights of Columbus Char-

ter Installation, and Dinner,

June 20th

- Final Lottery Draw June

27th

- Join us for a cup of brew

after morning mass on Tues-

days & Thursdays

Fr. Philip English

Aggie Agnino, ______________________________________________________

5:00 p.m.

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

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

Gym, Beamsville

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

Schools

Principal: Dean Stunt

Phone: (905) 563-9191

Principal: Adrian Bishop

Phone: (905) 562-5531

Sacraments

Available Sundays at 1:00 pm. Call

parish office.

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.

Before or after mass or by appoint-

ment.

Six months notice; marriage prep

required.

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.

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

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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.

St. Helen CWL News CWL members are encouraged to attend the Di-ocesan Convention Opening Mass on Tuesday, May 26th @ 6.30 p.m. to be held at Our Lady of Scapular Church, 6557 Thorold Stone Rd., Niaga-ra Falls. Members information Session, Bishop

Bergie. Reception in parish hall. We will car pool, contact Frances, 905-562-5475.

CWL Meeting & Pot Luck Dinner

Come and socialize, bring your favorite dish. All ladies welcome to attend.

MEN AND ABORTION : Reclaiming Father and Finding Peace

June 11-13 (Niagara Falls) You are invited to participate in Alliance for Life Ontarios 2015 Conference, the first of its kind in Canada to focus on the effect abortion has on men. Identifying issues in a post-abortive father and bringing resolution to them can bring peace into the hearts of these fathers and peace to the context of their lives. We can help our culture move toward wholeness by giving them healthy resources to ameliorate the impact an abortion has had on their lives. For more information, call Jakki Jeffs (519/824-7797) or visit www.

allianceforlife.org

Year B - May 25 to 31, 2015

NO MASS

8:30 a.m. Francesco & Enzo Maria & Rolando Cipro

9:30 a.m. Dora Geczy & Elizabeth Barna Alex Geczy

8:30 a.m.

Erika Izzo

Johnny Morreale

Helen & Andy Hendriks - 55th Anniversary

Donna & Salvatore Sgambato

Judy & Jake Sulyma

Hendriks Family

8:30 a.m. Harry VanZutven Christine Bonehill

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

9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Libero Palmieri

John Pijl

Franco Iannotta

CWL

Loredana Pijl

Iannotta Family

Mass In

tentio

ns

L & D (living & deceased)

May 24, 2015 - Pentecost Sunday Many Parts, One Body

The disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit. Lord, send out your spirit and renew the

face of the earth. There are many gifts in the one body of

Christ. Jesus appears to the disciples, bestowing

peace and the Holy Spirit. As a background to Pentecost, Jesus told the disciples that if he failed to go, the Paraclete would never come to them, and that the Paraclete is the spirit of truth that comes from the Father. At Pentecost, a Catholic school teacher was explaining to her stu-dents these difficult teachings. One bright student was confused and

asked the teacher, If the Spirit descended like a dove, why did Jesus send a parakeet? --

Moses proclaims one God to the Israelites. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen.

All are heirs of God through the Spirit. Christ commissions the Eleven to make

disciples of all nations.

Knights of Columbus St. Helen of

the Cross Council 15999 Charter Installation Ceremony

Announcing the New Council in the St. Catharines Diocese

St. Helen of the Cross Council 15999 will be host-ing a dinner followed by the charter presentation of the newly formed council and its officers. We welcome everyone to celebrate mass with us at St. Helen Church at 5 p.m. All wives, parishion-ers and KofC councils are encouraged to attend this once in a lifetime event for St. Helens parish. Doors at the school Open at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 7 p.m. $25 per person. For tickets con-tact Martin Marko 905-401-5646 or email

ftw@talkwireless.ca

Charitable Giving

Your real property may be gifted to the church by executing or signing a deed transferring ownership. You may deed part or all of your real property to the Church. Your gift will generally be based on the

property's fair market value, which must be estab-lished by an independent appraisal.

Contemplative Prayer Workshop

Do you long to become closer to God? Learn to sit in silence and consent to Gods loving presence and action within? Follow the Christian heritage of St. Augustine, St. John of the Cross and Fr. Thom-as Keating at this workshop presented by Contem-plative Outreach Ontario, July 25, 2015, Mt. Carmel Spiritual Centre, Niagara Falls, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: $35 includes lunch. Registration Brenda Coleman 905 646-1995.

Are You Registered in Our Parish? Please do not take for granted that you are regis-tered in the parish just because you attend Mass here. If we have no record of your parish member-ship, it could be quite embarrassing to us, or to you or your family, when someone wishes to make wed-ding plans, have a baby baptized, or if you have been asked to act as a sponsor for baptism or confirmation. Please fill out a registration form.

Separated & Divorced The Diocesan Separated & Divorced Healing Minis-try Support Group meets every second and fourth Monday (7:00-9:00 p.m.) at Mt. Carmel Spiritual Centre. Topics include: May 25:Laughter as Part of the Healing Process June 8: Forgiveness June 22: Loving and Respecting Yourself For information, call 905-356-4113 or 905/684-0154 or e-mail: separatedanddivorced@saintcd.com

Our Deepest Prayer We often fill our worship timepersonal and corpo-rateto the brim with talking, singing, reading, and reflecting. There is too little prayerful waiting in si-lence, when we can hear our voice connecting with the voice of the Holy Spirit in a place where our waiting connects with Gods waiting.

Campaign Pledge Cards/Payments Your response card is important to us. If you have-nt already done so, please be sure to complete a pledge card even if you are unable to financially support the fundraising campaign. Pledge cards are available at the church entrances. The efforts that we make together will contribute toward the mission of our Diocese and our Parish. Please remember to honour the pledge that you made and pray for a successful fundraising campaign. Thank you for your commitment to St. Helen.

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