St. Helen Church SUNDAY MARCH 13, 2016 | 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT (YEAR C)

Pastor

Fr. Philip English

Administrator

Fr. Bob Colburn, CSSp

Office Administration

Aggie Agnino ext. 1

Mass Times Saturday - 5 p.m.

Sunday - 9 & 11 a.m.

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.

4106 Mountain Street | Beamsville, Ontario | L0R 1B7 www.sthelenscatholic.ca

Phone (905) 562-7427 | Fax (905) 563-0003 | office@sthelenscatholic.ca

Established as a Parish - January 1, 1986

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

Upcoming Events

- Stations of the Cross 9 a.m. on Fridays of Lent

- Knight of Columbus Executive Meeting, Wed. Mar. 16th @ 7 p.m.

- CWL Bake Sale, March 13th

- Knights of Columbus Ham Roll @ St. Helen Church, March 18th , starting at 6 p.m.

- April 30th ~ Haldimand Region

Spring Conference

- May 2nd ~ Crowning of Mary and

Living Rosary

Our Lady of Fatima Devotional

candles ~ $1 offering/candle

Stewardship of Treasure

March 6th: Offertory (171) $ 3,361 Loose 313 Building Fund (8) 5,059 Facility Maintenance (38) 480 “MAY GOD BLESS YOU

FOR YOUR FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP!”

CWL NEWS

McNally House “Where Compassion Meets Community”

McNally House Hospice is a residential setting that provides 24 hour specialized palliative care, free of charge, to people living with a terminal illness, as well as those in their life circle throughout the Niag-ara West Health Care area. The CWL members are collecting personal care items, household items, knitted slippers, shawls, throws and much more. For further information or contribution please con-tact Viola at 905-563-8346 or Gisèle at 905-730-6416. Thank You. Please Note Change: CWL Monthly meeting has been changed from April 4th to Monday April 11th, at 6:30 pm starting with prayer at St. Helen's Parish. Our speaker for the evening will be Pamela Blackwood from McNal-ly House.

Reminders Upcoming Events April 30th, Haldimand Region Spring Conference May 02nd , Crowning of Mary and Living Rosary

St. Helen Lottery

Tickets still available Call John @ (905) 563-0062 Get your tickets for the next

draw, March 27th!

The National Catholic Mission’s Theme for 2016 is “Merciful like the Father”. The National Catho-lic Mission for 2016 will be broadcast on Vision TV on Monday and Tuesday of Holy Week, March 22 and 23 and will feature Father Thomas Rosica CSB. Posters can be found at http://files.ctctcdn.com/0de9f61a501/36204e6d-cdd0-4726-a0e9-fd96a9500a2f.pdf.

Holy Week Schedule

Mass of Chrism - Tues. March 22, 7:30 p.m. @ Cathedral of St. Catherine, St. Catharines

Mass of the Lord’s Supper - Thurs March 24, 7 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion - Fri March 25, 3 p.m. Stations of the Cross - Fri March 25, 7 p.m. Holy Saturday March 26: Blessing of Easter Foods - 11 a.m. Reconciliation - 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon Easter Vigil - 8 p.m. Easter Sunday - Regular Mass Times

Altar Server Rehearsal Thursday March 24, 6:30 p.m. Friday March 25, 11:00 a.m. Saturday March 26, 10 a.m.

Holy Week Sign up Schedule is available in the Sacristy.

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Year C - March 14 - 20, 2016

Day Requested for Requested by

Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Intn’s of Hendriks & deKoning Fam. L&D

Margo Giavedoni

Helen & Andy Hendriks

Elizabeth Herron

Wednesday 10:00 a.m.

† Marianne Bonazza Viola & Peter Izzo

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

† Elia & D’Alessio Families Connie & Louis Elia

Friday, 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m. Menno Home

Stations of the Cross

† Carmela & Antonio Guerriero

Guerriero Family

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

L & D (living & deceased)

5th Sunday of Lent - March 13 Be Merciful as God is Merciful

The Lord is doing something new. (Isa 43) Being one with Christ is worth everything. (Phil 3) Parable of the woman caught in adultery. (John 8)

The theme of last Sunday’s parable of the prodigal son continues this Sunday, but with a woman who has been caught in the act of adultery. Instead of the prodigal son’s father, we have Jesus, who asks her: “Has no one con-

demned you?” She replies: “No one sir.” Jesus for-gives her: “Neither do I condemn you.” Jesus hears the woman’s confession and then absolves her: “Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.” By intervening, Jesus rescued the woman from stoning, lifted her up, and set her onto a new path. Lent presents us with the chance to look more deeply at our own lives. In the Rite of Reconcilia-tion, we, like the woman, receive counsel, absolu-tion, and a penance. The sacrament reveals Jesus offering us mercy and showing us a path forward that will avoid the consequences of sin that can rain down like stones upon us. --Deacon Dick Folger Next weeks readings . . .

The Lord is doing something new. (Isa 43) Being one with Christ is worth everything. (Phil 3) Parable of the woman caught in adultery (John 8)

Annual Bishop’s Gala The 13th Annual Bishop’s Gala will take place on April 1st, 2016, 5:30 p.m. at Club Roma, 125 Vansickle Rd, St. Catharines. The cost of tickets is $75 per person and can be ordered through the Ni-agara Catholic website or by contacting Sherry Mo-rena, Niagara Catholic District School Board, 905-735-0240, ext. 213 or sherry.morena@ncdsb.com.

St. Helen Church Ham Roll will be on Friday March

18th at St. Helen Church basement. Starts at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) Eve-ryone is welcome. If you wish to volunteer or if have anything you’d like to donate for prizes, please contact Martin or Marion at 905-562-9838.

St. Helen Church Knights of Columbus Council 15999

Knights of Columbus Executive meeting on Wednesday March 16th, 2016 at St.

Helen's basement at 7 p.m.

Annual Respect for Life Mass Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Monday April 4 at 7:00 p.m. Bishop Bergie presiding ~ Reception to follow

Welcome to New Parishioners We are happy to welcome new Families to our Par-ish Community. If you have not yet registered as Parishioners, please call or come to the Parish Of-fice to meet us and give us your family information.

We welcome you to our church and offer these simple WOR-SHIP PRACTICES to help everyone enter fully, consciously, and actively in our liturgies. As We Gather….We should be quiet when we enter the church. All private prayer ceases when Mass begins and we join as one Body of Christ. All chatter or visiting at the church entry must cease while Mass is being celebrated.

Jesus you are my only true and real friend. You share all my sorrows

and take them upon yourself, knowing how to turn them to my good.

You listen to me kindly when I tell you my difficulties,

and you never fail to lighten them. Wherever I go I always find you;

you never leave me, and if I am obliged to go away,

I find you waiting for me. You are never weary of listening to me, and you never cease to do me good. I am sure of being loved if I love you. However watched I am, no one nobler

or more clever or even more holy can rob me of your friendship;

and death will only unite me to you. All the accidents of age or of fortune

will never detach you from me; on the contrary,

I shall never enjoy you more fully and you will never be so close to me as when everything goes against me.

You bear with my defects with tender patience; even my infidelities and ingratitude do not wound you in such a way

that you are not always ready to return to me when I call upon you.

(St. Claude la Colombière SJ)

Spanish Mass The 5 p.m. Spanish Mass will resume for the sea-son on April 24th. If you know a farmer who may have some Hispanic Migrant workers, please spread the word. Posters with details are available at the church if you wish to provide one.