St. Helen Church SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 | 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B)

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

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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

Upcoming Events

- CWL Sash Sunday Sept 26/27th - Early Bird Lottery Draw Sun. Sept. 27th after 11 a.m. Mass - Knights of Columbus, Executive Meeting, Sept 30th - Offense Declarations, com-ing up in October - Join us for a cup of brew after morning mass on Tuesdays & Thursdays www.facebook.com/

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Stewardship of Treasure September 6: Offertory Envelopes (144) $ 3,506 Offertory Loose $ 199 Facility Maintenance (26) $ 336 Building Fund Envelopes (7) $ 665

MAY GOD BLESS YOU

FOR YOUR FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP!

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.

CWL Membership Drive Sash Sunday - September 26/27 Coffee Social after 11 a.m. Mass

2016 CWL membership fees are now due. The $25 membership can be dropped in the collection basket in your CWL or plain envelope with your name and address printed on it. If you cant come to meetings or participate in events, being a Financially Active member is im-portant! Your membership shows your support of the CWLs work on many social justice issues, lo-cally, nationally and internationally. Information can be found on the websites cwl.ca and cwl.on.ca.

Niagara Regional Life Chain Are you the missing link? On Sunday Oct. 4 from 3:00-4:00pm, join with thousands internationally, rain or shine, standing in peaceful witness to the sanctity of human life. Come with your family and friends to pray for an end to abortion along Lundys Lane, Niagara Falls. Please report to this location at 2:45pm: Midas Muffler Dorchester Ave. & Lundys Lane. For more information contact Amanda: 905 941 5567, amanda.hendriks@hotmail.com Alter-nate Location - Grimsby Life Chain from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. @ the intersection of Main and Chris-tie Street, Grimsby. For more information email grimsbylifechain@gmail.com

Needs of the Church in Canada Each year the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is asked to speak out, give leadership, or provide guidelines for the faithful on a wide variety of topics. In order for our Bishops to be able to make proper judgments on modern topics, they must have the benefit of research and expert ad-vice. Research and gathering information and find-ing ways of disseminating information to the people of God require staff, time, and money. Through the yearly Bishops collection for the needs of the Church in Canada, an appeal is made to all Catho-lics to be generous in supporting the work of their Bishops. This collection will be taken up next weekend September 26 & 27th.

Mass In

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Year B - September 21 to 27, 2015

Day Requested for Requested by

Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Carmela & Antonio Guerriero

Intns of Vida Strukel

Guerriero Family

Sue and Ivan Zuzek & Fam.

Wednesday 9:30 a.m.

Bert Munster Mary Smeenk

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

Maria & Gerald Murphy Paul Murphy

Friday 10:00 a.m.

Albright Manor Teresa Commisso James & Angela Macri

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Louise & Romano Ballatori Ricci Family

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. St. Mark School

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

Olga DAlessio

Joe Winchester

Helen & Frank Murphy

Nancy Winslow

L & D (living & deceased)

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday September 20, 2015

Defined by Suffering Wis 2:12, 17-20 Let us put the just one to the test. Psalm 54 The Lord upholds my life. James 3:16-4:3 Conflicts in the community come from within. Mark 9:30-37 The disciples do not understand Je-sus.

Who was the Greatest? At first, Jesus' apostles may have joined him in the hope that he was a political revolu-tionary. They thought that he would launch a rebellion and set up a new kingdom in Isra-el. This helps us understand the unsaintly arrogance in their quarrel today. Jesus has spe-

cifically rejected any political motives. The apostles hear only what they want. They anticipate holding prominent offices in the new reign to come. We must remember that saints are, first of all, human beings. They begin with the same ambitions and failings that we have, but rise above them. -- Fr. Richard Lonsdale

Next Weeks Readings Num 11:25-29 Jealousy among Moses followers Psalm 19 The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart. James 5:1-6 Warnings for the rich Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Jesus responds to his dis-ciples jealousy and misunderstanding.

St. Helen Raffle Be sure to get your ticket, if you do not have one, before our next draw, Sunday, Sept 27th after the 11 am mass. Call the Raffle Com-mittee: John 563-0062, Andrew 563-7153, Frank 563-7153, Carmel 562-9176, or Aggie at the church.

The annual St. Helen's Christmas Bazaar will be held this year on Saturday, November 28th from 9 a.m.-1p.m. in the St. Mark's School Gym. Ven-dors can purchase tables for $30 to display crafts/Christmas decorations/jewellery/housewares. If interested in purchasing a table or volunteering on the day, please email us at: sthelenfundraiser@gmail.com

Retrouvaille - A Lifeline for Marriage Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? This program has helped 10s of 1000s of couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep mis-ery. For confidential information about, or to regis-ter for the program beginning with a weekend on October 23, 2015 in Niagara Falls please call 905-664-5212 - website at www.retrouvaille.org.

Bishops Charity Dinner Knights of Columbus of the Niagara Re-gion are hosting the Bishops Charity Din-ner at Club Castropignano, 1311 Egerter Road, Port Robinson on Saturday, October 24, 2015. All proceeds, after expenses, go to Bishop Bergie for distribution to his charities of choice. Last year the Bishop distributed $7,000 from this event and this year we hope to do better. Tickets will cost $60 per person for dinner and a dance. For tickets or to join us call: Chuck Johnston (Vice Chairman) 905-646-5099 Bill Amodeo (Chairman) 289-456-7888 Chris Turner (Vice Chairman) 905-643-3375

Climate change is an issue of justice!

Responding to the call of Pope Francis to take ur-gent action on curbing climate change, Develop-ment and Peace has launched the 2015 campaign: Create a Climate of Change! This campaign calls on all Canadian Catholics and people of good faith to take concrete action to help reduce climate change which is having the most devastating im-pacts on the poor and vulnerable in the Global South. People in the Global South suffer the most from the impacts of climate change, yet they are the ones who contribute the least to the carbon emis-sions that are warming the planet. Did you know that Canada has carbon emissions that are 150 times higher per capita than Ethiopia, one of the countries in the world that suffers the most from drought conditions exacerbated by climate change? Pope Francis reminds us of our responsibility to act in his encyclical Laudato Si: The pace of consump-tion, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planets capacity that our contempo-rary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precip-itate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world. The effects of this imbalance can only be reduced by our decisive action here and now. Take part in Development and Peaces campaign Create a Cli-mate of Change to do your part! Learn more at devp.org/climateofchange.