St. Helen Church SUNDAY MAY 25, 2014 | SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Upcoming Events

May is dedicated to our

Blessed Mother Mary

-Knights of Columbus meet-

ing, May 27th & 28th

-CWL Annual Diocesan

Convention, May 28th

-St. Helen CWL Meeting,

June 4th

-Knights of Columbus Tri-

Parish Family Picnic @

St. Joseph Church, June

14th

-St. Helen Lottery Tickets

available June 1st

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: 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.

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 | office@sthelenscatholic.ca

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

Year A - May 26 to June 1, 2014

Day Requested for Requested by

Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday

8:30 a.m.

† Nicola Bonacci

Diane Robertson

Maria & Rolando Cipro

Marian Hyvonen

Wednesday

9:30 a.m.

† Johnny Morreale

† Vi Mantini

Jake & Judy Sulyma

St. Helen Bereavement

Thursday

8:30 a.m. † Norval Beneteau Joanne & Danny Minello

Friday

8:30 a.m.

† Maria & Gerald Murphy

Richard Novak

Paul Murphy

Marian Hyvonen

Saturday

5:00 p.m. For the People of St. Helen

Sunday

9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. St. Mark School

† Frank Iannotta

† Ron Hendriks

† Dora Geczy & Elizabeth Barna

† Sam Ippolito

Iannotta Family

Yvonne Hendriks & Family

Alex Geczy

Karie Ippolito

Stewardship of Treasure

Offertory Envelopes (152) $2,827

Offertory Loose $ 221

Facility Maintenance () $

Building Fund Envelopes (43) $1,661

“Give and it shall be given to you for the measure you measure

with will be Measured back to you.” Luke 6:38

St. Vincent de Paul Society Please remember the work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society as the needs of the poor continue. Your spare change goes a long way to help needy individuals and families in our commu-

nity. Thank you for your continued generosity and prayers.

Sr. Ministry for the Sick and Homebound

We have a TEAM of Extraordinary Lay Ministers willing to bring Communion at home. If you have a loved one who is sick and unable to come to church, please call the Parish Office or Frances @ 905-562-5475 and arrangements will be made to

bring Holy Communion to your home.

CWL News Annual Diocesan Convention,

Wednesday May 28, Parkway Confer-ence Centre, St. Catharines, starting at

8:30 a.m.

CWL Meeting Ladies mark your calendars for our last meeting for the summer on Wednesday June 4th at 6:30 pm. A Strawberry Social will follow at a later time in

June - watch for further details.

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. Please call the office to request a shawl or lap blan-ket. We meet monthly and welcome new members.

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To receive the weekly bulletin via email, make your request by emailing us at

office@sthelenscatholic.ca or check out our website @ www.sthelenscatholic.ca

Sunday May 25 ~ 6th Sunday of Easter Scripture Then they laid hands on them and they received

the Holy Spirit. (Acts 8:17) Say to God, "How tremendous are your deeds!

(Psalm 66:3) Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life

in the Spirit. (1 Peter 3:18) ...and he will give you an Advocate to be with

you always, the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him. But you know him, because he re-mains with you, and will be in you. (John 14:6,7)

Reflection How do you experience God in your life? How do you give witness to God? Why can’t the world accept God who is the

“Spirit of Truth”? When does the “Spirit of Truth” live in you and

through you? To come to possess all desire to possess nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing. The soul that journeys to God but does not shake off its cares and quiet its appetites is like one who drags a cart uphill. 1

1 St. John of the Cross, Quoteworthy, Carmel of St. Joseph, 59 Allendale, Terra Haute, IN 47802. By Ted Bergh ParishVision LLC © 2014 – Visit Parish-Vison.org.

Knights of Columbus New Council for St. Helen’s

Please plan to attend the First Degree ceremony Tuesday May 27th at St. Joseph Church, Grimsby.

At 6pm, you can reaffirm your vows and be a wit-

ness to see some new members become Knights.

A planning meeting for St. Helen’s new council will be held Wednesday May 28th at St. Helen Church

at 7p.m. For more information, please call Martin

Marko 905-401-5646

‘RAISE THE ROOF’ New Lottery Campaign

Kick Off Exciting news…..St. Helen’s Church Lottery tickets will be

available for you to purchase following the Masses on May 31st and June 1st. There will be 10 monthly draws with 50 chances to win cash prizes totalling $25,000.00 , commencing with two early bird draws of $500.00 each. There are only 520 tickets printed. The tickets, including the winning tickets, will be entered in every monthly draw. Imagine the possi-bility of winning a cash prize every month. There will be 4 winners each month, with a 1st prize of $1,000.00, a 2nd prize of $500.00 and a 3rd & 4th prize of $250.00 each. The tickets are $100.00 each, payable by cash or cheque. We are offering two additional purchasing options, including 4 post-dated cheques for $25.00 each or 2 post-dated cheques for $50.00 each. We are inviting you to be a part of our RAISE THE ROOF campaign. We have outgrown our little

church in the vineyard and are growing in faith and numbers as we watch our new church building tak-ing shape. For further information or to reserve your tickets please contact Michelle at michmack59@gmail.com or call @ 289-235-8282 or contact Aggie at office@sthelenscatholic.ca or call at 905 562-7427 ext. 115 If we sell all 520 tick-ets we will have $25,000 in total to give to our new church. Your $100 has the POTENTIAL to turn into a huge donation and TOGETHER we will have made a very large contribution for ‘OUR COMMUNITY, OUR FAITH’!

HURRY!!!

Passion & Purpose Live is 95% Sold Out! Saturday, May 31st 9:00am – 1:30pm

St. Alfred’s Parish, St. Catharines

Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to

see Matthew Kelly in the Niagara Region!

Tickets are now ONLY available online at:

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Tickets just $39! Includes all event materials and a

hard cover copy of The Four Signs of a Dynamic

Catholic.