Professionals for Over 60 Years
ONE STOP TIRE & AUTOMOTIVE
285 Killaly St. W. P.O. Box 476
Port Colborne, Ont.
L3K 5X7
905-835-8832 Fax: 905-835-8884
Ministry Schedule - April 18-21
Hospitality:
7:00pm - Sandy. M & Derek K.
3:00pm - Joe G. & Tom L.
8:00pm - Karen S. & Victor G.
9:00am - Lisa S. & Claire B.
11:00am - Susan B. & Albert D.
Children’s Liturgy: Rosalyn Albierti
Counters: No Counter this Weekend
Palm Sunday of the
Passion of the Lord
Year C
Minister of Communion:
7:00pm - Tony D’Uva
3:00pm - Lisa Shibley
5:00pm - Tony D’Uva
9:00am - Lisa Shibley
11:00am - Jackie Gatt
Commentators/Lectors:
7:00pm - C - Theresa A. & L - Fran S.
3:00pm - C - Bettina N - Cathy L - Allan
8:00pm - C - Dino S. & L - Susan F.
9:00am - C - Cathy Sneek & L - Alex F.
11:00am - C - Clara Y. & L - John S.
Bishop of the Diocese Most Reverend Gerard P Bergie, D.D.
Pastor Father
Sunday Masses Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 and 11:00 am Children’s Liturgy: September - June
Weekday Masses Tuesday 6:00 pm
Wednesday through Friday 8:30 am Rosary/Adoration before Weekday Masses
Confessions Sat 4 - 4:45 pm or before weekday Masses
Baptism Sunday 12:00 pm by appointment
Marriage Arrangements should be made at least 6
months in advance. Marriage preparation course required
Sacrament of the Sick Communion for the Sick and Shut-ins
Please call the office.
Secretary Sandy Johnson
Office hours: Wednesday and Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Enter on Victoria St.
Schools St. Patrick Elementary School
905-835-1091 Lakeshore Catholic High School
905-835-2451
Cemetery Mount St. Joseph’s, 712 Lakeshore Rd E
289-213-2509
Diocesan Website: www.saintcd.com
Diocese of St. Catharines
St. Patrick
Catholic Church
Parish Established Church Dedicated
1859 1880
123 King Street
Port Colborne, Ontario L3K 4G3
Telephone: 905-834-6426
Fax: 905-834-8334
Email: [email protected]
Website: stpatrickcatholic.ca
R X
Davidson Funeral Home Owned & Operated by Mark G. McCormack Funeral Homes Ltd.
135 Clarence Street, Port Colborne, ON L3K 3G4 · 905-834-4833
www.davidsonfuneralhome.com
Peter Ursacki Broker 905-894-1703 Bus.
905-894-4476 Fax D.W. Howard Realty Ltd.
905-788-6722 Cell Brokerage
[email protected] 384 Ridge Road
www.dwhowardrealty.com Ridgeway, ON L0S 1N0
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
A Catholic Men’s Organization
Focused on charity, faith
and serving the community.
Tom Lannan: 835-1841 Tim Grawey: 834-6791
Port Medical Pharmacy
254 Killaly St. W. Portal Village Plaza Hours: Port Colborne L3K 6A6 Monday - Friday 9:00 Am to 6:00 PM Tel: 905-834-PORT(7678) Saturday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Fax: 905-834-8040
Ottavio Tulini & Sam Sharma
· Free Delivery · Free Parking · Compliance Packaging ·Free Consultations in Italian & French
·Free Blood Pressure Monitoring & Diabetes Education
RRSPs/RRIFs • Mutual Funds
TFSAs • RESPs • LIFs
GICs - See our rates in Saturday’s Tribune
Mutual funds provided through FundEX Investments Inc.
905.834.9444 99 Clarence Street, Port Colborne Gary Talosi, CPCA
Financial Advisor
www.lifestylewealth.ca
Don Murdoch
· Custom & Stainless Steel
Exhaust System
· Tune-ups (Fuel Injection)
· Safety Checks
· Complete Brake Repairs
(Imports included)
· Complete Line of
Shocks, Springs
AUTO, TRUCK & INDUSTRIAL REPAIR LTD
Computerized Front Wheel Alignment & Computerized
1089 Elm Street
Port Colborne
Tony Ricci 905-835-8484
Fax: 905-835-2498
“Total Car Care Where
The customer is #1”
350 King St * Port Colborne, ON * L3K 4H3
905-834-3666 * www.mbcfinancial.ca
Niagara Falls · St. Catharines · Fort Erie
Niagara-on-lake · Port Colborne
Serving Niagara for
Over 60 Years!
John A. Lopinski, CPA Retired Partner
Robert Steven, CPA
Resident Partner
508 Steel Street
Port Colborne, ON
L3K 6A7 Tel: 905-835-0121
Fax: 905-835-0137
Aynsley Smith
Optician • Certified Contact Lens Filter
482B Steele Street • Portal Village Market
Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A7
905-835-6607 • Fax 905-835-1117
Armstrong Funeral Home & Chapel Inc.
179 Clarence Street, Port Colborne, ON • 905-834-3483
www.armstrongfuneralhome.ca Owner/Funeral Director: Ryan J. Torkos
Grief Recovery® Outreach Program
Dino P. Sicoli
Grief Recovery Facilitator
33 Michael Drive N. Tel: 905-835-8177
Port Colborne, ON L3K 3C4 email: [email protected]
Portal Village Retirement Home
Paige MacDonald Marketing Manager
(905) 834-0322 (Ext- 6001)
Lisa Shibley
Sales & Leasing
Representative
“Like Never Before”
905-327-2971 Cell
905-735-3690 Ext. 310
905-735-0507 Fax
1-800-23-DAVID Toll Free Email: [email protected]
www.davidchev.com
www.davidchevpreowned.com
915 Niagara Street, Welland, ON L3C 1M4
NIAGARA SOLD BY KATE
289.214.2929
NiagaraSoldbyKate.com
NiagaraSold-
WILL YOU STAY NEAR?
We now enter a week in our liturgical year that is like no
other - Holy Week beginning with Palm Sunday
of the Lord’s Passion. Let us do our best to live
this week closely connected to our Lord whose
passionate love for us knows no bounds - culmi-
nating in His death on the cross and His triumph
over death - all for us.
There are two very different responses to our Lord’s pas-
sion; the response of Simon of Cyrene and the response of Je-
sus’ acquaintances. Of Simon we are told, “They took hold of
a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the
country; and after laying the cross on him, they made him
carry it behind Jesus.” Whether Simon entered willingly and
compassionately into this service or whether he took up the
Cross of Christ with a grudge, we don’t know. What we do
know is this: Simon did his part faithfully. He stayed near to
Christ, carrying the Cross until our Lord reached Golgotha, the
site of His crucifixion. Staying near to Christ, embracing the
Cross, transformed his life and the life of his family.
In contrast, all His acquaintances stood at a distance. They
knew Jesus! They had heard him preaching and teaching, wit-
nessed His signs and miracles, maybe even benefited person-
ally from them. Perhaps they did not participate in mocking
Him or calling for His crucifixion. But they chose to stay a
safe distance from Him when the going got tough. Unlike
Simon, they refused to go too near to Christ.
Where will you place yourself this week? Keeping your
distance from all the pain and suffering Christ endured? Or
close by, staying near to Him like Simon did? It
is when we go near to Christ that we can be trans-
formed by Him. It is by embracing the crosses in
our lives, stewarding them well rather than trying
to run from them, that we become His true disci-
ples.
Still unconvinced? Let the words of this Sunday’s Gospel
this week speak to you personally: “The chief priests and
scribes… stood by accusing him harshly” and He did not de-
fend Himself, for love of me. “Herod and his soldiers treated
him contemptuously and mocked him” and He stayed quiet,
for love of me. The crowd shouted, “Away with this man!
Release Barabbas to us” and He let Himself be led away, for
love of me. “With loud shouts they persisted in calling for his
crucifixion” and He did not object, for love of me. “Even the
soldiers jeered at Him” and He endured it patiently, for love of
me. “They crucified Him and the criminals there” and He
died, for love of me.
Stay near to Christ this Holy Week - attend the Triduum
services of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday,
pray the Stations of the Cross, increase your fasting just a bit -
and allow yourself to be transformed by His passionate love,
so that this week indeed becomes a week like no other.
www.TheCatholicSteward.com
HOLY WEEK MASS SCHEDULE
April 16 - April 21
Tuesday: No Mass
Wednesday: 8:30 am Mass
Holy Thursday: 7 pm Last Supper Mass
Adoration until 10:30 pm
Good Friday: 3 pm Service
8 pm Stations of the Cross
Adoration until 10:30 pm
Easter Vigil: 10 am Bless Easter Food
8 pm Vigil Mass
Adoration until 10:30 pm
Easter Sunday: 9 am & 11 am Mass
On Palm Sunday, we celebrate the first joy of the sea-
son, as we celebrate Our
Lord's triumphant en-
trance into Jerusalem
where he was welcomed
by crowds worshiping
him and laying down
palm leaves before him.
The Sacred Paschal Triduum is the three most solemn
days of the liturgical year; Holy Thursday, Good Friday,
and the Easter Vigil. These most holy days celebrate the
Paschal Mystery, first, the passion, suffering, and death
of the Lord Jesus, followed by his resurrection, the tri-
umph of the holy cross, and Christ’s decisive victory over
sin and death.
The Triduum is a single feast, the Paschal Mystery,
celebrated over three days, and they are the three holiest
days of the entire liturgical year. These days celebrate
the most sacred mysteries of our faith. The three days of
the Triduum are our “high holy days,” our “pilgrimage
feast,” and we ought to make pilgrimage from our homes
to church to commemorate and honor how the Lord Jesus
laid down his life for us, his friends, for our salvation.
Please make it a top priority to go to church to cele-
brate the Triduum this year. Reserve the time. Rear-
range your schedule if necessary. Take some personal
time off from work. Suspend errands or jobs around the
house. Drop everything. Plan to attend the Mass of the
Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, the Passion of the Lord
on Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Satur-
day. Enter into the mystery.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
This year at St. Patrick’s the different Ministries
within our parish will lead us through the
Stations of the Cross every Friday at 8pm
during Lent. Listed below is a schedule of
the Ministry and their week.
April 19 Fr. Wesley
**********************************************
CELEBRATE HOLY WEEK AND EASTER
WITH SALT + LIGHT TV
Free Preview - April 14 – May 12, 2019
Join us starting Palm Sunday for live Papal events and
our line-up of Catholic programming to grow in the knowl-
edge of our faith and Catholic tradition in its many expres-
sions. Be sure to check out S+L’s new documentary, The
Francis Impact, premiering May 5, 2019, 8pm EST. For
more details check your local provider or visit:
www.saltandlighttv.org/subscribe
Sharing the joys and hopes of the Gospel through televi-
sion, radio, print, and online media.
**********************************************
GOOD FRIDAY PONTIFICAL COLLECTION
The Pontifical Collection for the benefit of the Holy
Places is scheduled this year on Good Friday March 30.
Our parish is called to support Christians in the Holy Land.
Many Christians in the Holy Land depend on the collection
for their lives.
As a Pontifical collection requested by Pope Francis, the
annual Good Friday Collection helps to maintain not only
the Holy Places but also the pastoral, welfare, educational
and social works that the Church carries out to the benefit
of the Christian brothers and sisters and the local popula-
tion. Please give generously.
**********************************************
THE BIGGEST LIE
IN THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
Want to be the best version of yourself, the version that
God wants for you? Pick up you copy of this book (for a
free will donation) and learn how with the simple everyday
ideas and actions.
**********************************************
SUNDAY OFFERINGS
Last Sunday’s Offering: $1955.00
Development & Peace: $1115.00
Thank you for your generosity to the House of God.
Please remember St. Patrick’s in your wills
and may God Bless you as you do so.
Lord may the request of our
people rise before you like a fragrant offering
Tues Apr 16 ****NO MASS TODAY****
Wed Apr 17 8:30 am For a Mass of Thanksgiving by Tony & Jane D’Uva
Thurs Apr 18 Holy Thursday - Mass of the Last Supper
7:00 pm +For the repose of the soul of Nick Tykoliz by daughter, Susan Foebel
8:00 pm Adoration until 10:30 pm
Fri Apr 19 Good Friday Service
3:00 pm ****NO INTENTIONS TODAY****
8:00 pm Stations of the Cross by Fr. Wesley
8:30 pm Adoration until 10:30 pm
Sat Apr 20 Easter Vigil Mass 8:00 pm +For the repose of the soul of Mirko Rezo by family
9:00 pm Adoration until 10:30 pm
Sun Apr 21 Easter Sunday - The Resurrection of the Lord
9:00 am For the living and decease members of St. Patrick’s Parish
11:00 am +For the repose of the souls of Ines & Antonio Mastrangelo & Alfeo Sabatini by family
April 14, 2019 A.D. Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord - Year C