St. Helen Church SUNDAY APRIL 6, 2014 |FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Upcoming Events Volunteers Needed for Temporary Crossing Guard @ Construction Site Movie Morning - April 24, Lectio Divina Part 4 April 11th - Knights of Columbus Ham Roll held @ St. Mark School Beamsville Reconciliation - Sat. April 12 4 - 5 p.m.

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 - April 7 to April 13, 2014

Day Requested for Requested by

Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday

8:30 a.m. † Ron Hendriks Helen & Andy Hendriks

Wednesday

9:30 a.m. Wesselink Family Anonymous

Thursday

9:00 a.m. St. Mark School

† Fred Chayko Staff of St. Mark School

Friday 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.

† Rick McLaughlin

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Gary & Diane Rame

Saturday

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

Sunday

9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. St. Mark School

For the People of St. Helen

For the People of St. Helen

Stewardship of Treasure

Offertory Envelopes (151) $3,276

Offertory Loose $ 148

Building Fund Envelopes (8) $1,369

“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 community. 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.

Canadian Tire $$$ collected at the church will

be used for raffle/door prizes at fundraising events.

Volunteer Your Feet Holy Thursday for

Washing of the Feet How would you like to lend your feet for the Holy Thursday foot - washing ceremony within the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Sup-per on April 17 at 7pm. Twelve individuals are needed: child,

youth or adult. (The water will be warm!)

CWL News CWL 55th Anniversary Celebration which will be held on Saturday May 3rd starting with Mass @ 10:30 a.m @ the Church followed with brunch in the hall. Tickets are available for purchase, $15 includes brunch. Contact Frances 905-562-5475 or Piera 905-563-4594. All ladies of the Par-ish are welcome.

Remember Your Parish In Loving Memory

Keep your love for your parish alive. Remember your parish in your will and when recommending expressions of sympathy.

Mass In

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Sunday April 6 ~ 5th Sunday of Lent Scripture I will put my spirit in you that you may live,

(Ezekiel 37:14) I wait with longing for the LORD, my soul waits

for his word. (Psalm 130:5) the One who raised Christ from the dead will

give life (Romans 8:11) I have come to believe that you are the Christ,

(John 11:27)

Reflection What sustains you? What is it that you could not live without? What do you believe? Is Jesus Christ the center of your life? You, Lord, were within me, while I was outside. It was there that I sought you. I rushed headlong up-on these things of beauty that you had made. You were with me, but I was not with you. They kept me far from you, those fair things which, if they were not in you, would not exist at all! You called, you cried out, you shattered my deafness: you flashed, you shone, you scattered my blindness: you breathed perfume, and I drew in my breath and I pant for you: I tasted, and I am hungry and thirsty: you touched me and I burned for your peace.1 1St. Augustine, The Confessions of St. Augustine, translated by Rex Warner, Penguin, New York, 1963, P. 235 – Book X, Chapter 27. For

the Ride Home by Ted Bergh, ParishVision Llc 2014 © Visit Parish-Vision.org.

Ham Roll Fundraiser

Take a break and have some fun!!! Join us for a Ham Roll on Friday April 11th, 7 – 11 p.m. Doors open at 6 @ St. Mark School Gym,

Beamsville . Licensed event with the LLBO FREE ADMISSION

Contact Martin @ 905-562-9838 for more info.

50/50 Tickets available after all masses or at the parish office.

A Vocation View: Seeing physically dead peo-

ple return to life is not a common event. But Chris-tians, serious about their vocation, are eager to help the “down and out” find new meaning in Christ and live a full life.

Morning at the Movies Join us in the church basement for coffee and a Movie Morning featuring Lectio Divina Video Series by Cardi-nal Collins on Thursday April 24th @ 9:30 a.m.

Holy Week Sign up Sheet is placed at the entrance. Please sign up if you can serve.

Film Mary of Nazareth

Journey with our Lord and our Blessed Mother this Lent. Branches Catholic Ministries will be hosting the film Mary of Nazareth at Landmark Cinemas- formerly Empire Studios- in St. Catharines on Sat-urday, April 12th at 10AM. Mary of Nazareth is a

new epic motion picture on the remarkable life of Mary, mother of Christ, from her childhood through to the Resurrection of Jesus. Purchase tickets for $12 online at www.go2branches.com. For more in-formation, call Branches Catholic Ministries at (905) 685-7000 or email info@go2branches.com.

Volunteers for Temporary Assignment As Crossing Guard for Construction

We are looking for Volunteers to man the gate to our construction site as an extra precautionary measure to en-sure that children are not at risk of

injury by construction vehicles. The Crossing Guard will need to oversee pedestri-

an traffic at the entranceway to the Church con-struction site from Mountain Road on weekdays, beginning the third week of April until June 27th, 2014, when School is dismissed for summer vaca-tion. Crossing Guard responsibilities will involve wearing a Crossing Guard Vest, using a stop sign and escorting school children safely past the en-trance way of St. Helen Church construction site. There are 3 shifts to cover each day - the morn-ing shift 8:00 - 9:00 a.m., lunch shift 11:32 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. and after school 2:50 - 3:50 pm. The vests and the signs will be kept at St. Mark School, so they can be picked up or dropped off there. Please contact the parish office by phone or email if you would like to volunteer and specify morning, noon or afternoon and dates you are available (Monday thru Friday) so that we can make up a schedule.

Whoever wishes to be my follower must deny his very self, take up his cross each day, and follow in my steps. – Luke 9:23

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