St. Helen Church SUNDAY OCTOBER 26, 2014 | 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Upcoming Events

- Offence Declarations, October - St. Helen Pasta Night November 1st - All Souls Remembrance Envelopes - Diocesan Anniversary Mass & Dinner, November 25th

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Facebook page: St. Helen Roman Catholic Church - Vineland / Lincoln

Check our website:

www.sthelenscatholic.ca

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

Stewardship of Treasure

Oct 19:

Offertory Envelopes (145) $ 2,407

Offertory Loose $ 184

World Mission Sunday (35) $ 699

Building Fund (9) $ 1,140

“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 or Frances @ 905-562-5475 and arrangements will be made to bring Holy Commun-ion to your home.

St. Vincent de Paul Society Please remember the work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society as the needs of the poor continue. As you put your gift in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s poor box, know that you are putting your faith into action!

Reminder

CWL Membership Fees can be

submitted in an envelope clearly

marked CWL in the Sunday

Collection Basket.

Prayer Shawls Like to knit or crochet? Know someone who could use a little TLC? - A ministry for those

who love to knit or crochet and ease the pain or suf-fering of others. St. Helen’s CWL Prayer Shawl Committee gathers people who like to knit or cro-chet together to provide shawls/blankets to those who are ill and in need of a little extra comfort. But the gift, is not just the item - while these shawls are made, the person for whom they are intended will be prayed for by the person making the item. Items will be made on your own time and as a group prayer gathering. No experience is necessary - if you are interested, we will teach you! Contact: Pauline 905 563-7441.

All Souls Remembrance All Souls Remembrance envelopes are available at the Church entrance and in your offertory envelope boxes. Please return them with your intentions in the collection basket or bring them to the parish of-fice. Memorial Intentions will be taken from submit-ted envelopes and be remembered during the month of November.

Canadian Tire $$$ collected at the church will

be used for raffle/door prizes at fundraising events.

Change of Information Have you moved or changed your phone number or email address? Please notify the office to keep our records accurate. You can also use the tear off on the front of the bulletin to notify us.

Mass In

tentio

ns

Year A - October 27 to November 2, 2014

Day Requested for Requested by

Mon NO MASS

Tuesday

8:30 a.m. † Vaz Family Misetich Family

Wednesday

9:30 a.m. † Silvestro, Anna & Immacolata Ranucci Ranucci Family

Thursday

8:30 a.m. NO MASS

Friday

8:30 a.m. NO MASS

Saturday

5:00 p.m. For the People of St. Helen - L&D

Sunday

9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. St. Mark School

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

Oct. 26, 2014 - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time A Revised Top Ten List

Exod 22:20-26 God is compassionate to all. Psalm 18 I love you, Lord, my strength. 1 Thess 1:5c-10 Be imitators of Paul and of the

Lord. Matt 22:34-40 You shall love the Lord, your God

…and your neighbor as yourself. On a visit to the coast, you may have seen lighthouses en-gulfed by giant waves. As the angry ocean wave crests, it slams into the lighthouse. The wave’s white shoulders seem like they will nearly topple the structure as tons of water ex-plode against it. Those inside

the lighthouse are certainly grateful for the firm foundation that withstands nature’s overwhelming

fury.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that the greatest and the first commandment is to love God. The sec-ond commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. These two commandments are the foun-dation of our faith. Jesus concludes that the whole law and the prophets depend on these two com-

mandments.

If we observe them, then even the gates of hell

will not prevail against us. -- Dc. Dick Folger

SALE! SALE! SALE! ONLY 58 RAFFLE TICKETS AVAILABLE

WOW! $50.00 for a ticket, available to persons who have purchased a ticket at full price. FANTASTIC! 2 tickets for $150.00, available to per-sons who have not purchased a ticket yet. Tickets will be available following each mass No-vember 1st &2nd and November 8th & 9th.

DON’T MISS OUT!!!! The Clergy of the Diocese will gather at the Priest's Plot at Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines on Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 3 p.m., to remem-

ber our deceased brother priests and to pray as well for all the faithful of the Diocese who have gone to their eternal reward. Parishioners are most welcome to attend.

THANK YOU A special note of thanks goes out to one of our pa-rishioners who generously came and repaired our parking lot at no expense to the church! Your gen-erosity is most appreciated and we extend a very sincere thank you to you - YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

Only 1 Week Away!!!! Don’t be disappointed, get your tickets today!

Saturday Nov. 1st, 2014

5:00 pm - 7:30 pm St. Mark School

Take out available, Adults $12, Children 10 & under $5, Tickets will be sold after Mass or at the

parish office

Thank you Canadian Bible Society A new ministry that opened the doors of St. Helen’s Church this summer to Sunday Masses for migrant farm workers was richly blessed with the generous donation of 150 Spanish Catholic Bibles from the Canadian Bible Society. Deacon Fabio Bustamante said the Spanish-speaking people have been thrilled to receive the Bibles and read the Word of God in their own language. “They were so happy to hold the new Bibles. I can’t describe it. We never expected this generosity and we can reach so many people because of their support.” The minis-try has also distributed the Spanish Bibles to three people in jail, and two houses that welcome new-comers to the community. The Canadian Bible So-ciety works in partnership with churches and other Bible agencies to facilitate and support translation and Scripture distribution work around the globe. We are so grateful for the wonderful ministry of the distribution of the powerful Word of God through the Canadian Bible Society.

Day of Discernment A Day of Discernment to assist young men (Grade Nine and older) to find out more about the Diocesan Priesthood will be held at the Catholic Center (3400 Merrittville Hwy., Thorold) on Saturday, December 13 from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM. For more infor-mation or to register call Fr. Basque at 905-941-1600.

Annual Offense Declarations For those who have already completed their decla-rations, THANK YOU, we appreciate it! If you haven’t had a chance to complete it, please do so as we need them in. Thank you for your coopera-tion and continued service to St. Helen’s.

Pasta Night

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