St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church 26 Carmel Road, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 3N9
Phone: 705-949-1072 Fax: 705-949-5992 Email: [email protected]
Pastor: Rev. Pat Woods (Cell: 705-971-2804)
Assistant Pastor: Rev. Daniele Muscolino (Cell: 705-206-9630)
Deacon: Rev. Mr. Marcel Lefebvre
Secretary: Kerry Dutchak
Office Hours: Tuesday to Thursday: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday: 8:30am - 12:00pm
Sunday Mass Schedule
Saturday: 4:00pm
Sunday: 9:00am
11:00am
Young People’s Church
Sunday: 11:00am
Weekday Mass Schedule
Tuesday: 7:00pm
Wednesday: 9:15am
Thursday: 9:15am
Friday: 9:15am
Confession Times
Tuesday: 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Saturday: 3:00pm - 3:30pm Also available by appointment
Parish News, Calendar, Catholic Resources, Prayers,
Readings and up-to-date information available at:
www.stjeromeparishssm.com
and
Download “MyParish” App from your App Store
then search St. Jerome Church Sault Ste. Marie
/stjeromeparishssm /stjeromeparishssm
WEEKLY COLLECTION REPORT - SUNDAY APRIL 2 197/320 envelopes: $ 4,508.00 average/envelope: $ 22.89
Loose: $ 284.75
Pre-authorized Sunday: $ 1,264.00
Building Fund: $ 527.00
Pre-authorized Building Fund: $ 36.00
Online Giving: $ 13.51
TOTAL: $ 6,633.26
Budgeted Weekly Income Needed: $5,800.00
Easter Decorations: $ 192.00
Share Lent: $ 4,313.00
Solemnity of Mary: $ 20.00
PARISH INFORMATION
Sacrament of Baptism
Baptisms are celebrated after a
preparation programme is com-
pleted. Phone the office or fill
out online form to register.
Marriages
Please contact the parish priest
at least six months in advance of
the intended date of marriage.
Sacrament of the Sick
Celebrated on the First
Wednesday of the month at the
9:15am Mass. Also available by
appointment.
Vocations to the
Priesthood/Religious Life
Please speak to the Pastor or
visit: www.beapriest.ca or
www.csjssm.ca
Parish Prayer Line
Please call Connie Celli at
705-945-7034 to add your
intentions to our prayer list.
24/7 On-Call Priest
Please notify the chaplain, nurse
or nursing home coordinator to
contact the priest on-call.
Communion to Shut-Ins
Please notify the parish office.
Bulletin Submissions
Deadline for submissions to be
considered for printing is
Wednesday morning. Please
note that all submissions may be
edited for space purposes.
Financial Donation Options:
1)Through traditional envelopes
2) Pre-Authorized Debit Plan
3) Online on our website
Please contact the parish office.
Palm Sunday - The Passion of the Lord April ,, 017
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK
Tuesday, April 11 - 7:00 PM Isaiah 49.1-6; John 13.21-33,36-38
Joseph Salabsky by Wife Evelyn In Thanksgiving by Pat Maninos
Wednesday, April 12 - 9:15 AM Isaiah 50.4-9a; Matthew 26.14-26
Frank Riccardi by Norma Jean & Antonio Martinelli & Family In Thanksgiving by A Parishioner
Thursday, April 13 - 7:00 PM (* Note Time Change)
MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER Exodus 12.1-8, 11-14; 1 Corinthians 11.23-26; John 13.1-15
Friday, April 14 - 11:00 AM & 3:00 PM (*Note Time Change)
GOOD FRIDAY Isaiah 52.13-53.12; Hebrews 4.14-16;5.79-9; John 18.1-19.42
The Resurrection of the Lord Saturday, April 15 - 9:00 PM (* Note Time Change)
EASTER VIGIL Genesis 1.1-2.2; Genesis 22.1-18; Exodus 14.15-31;15.20,1;Isaiah 54.5-14;
Isaiah 55.1-11; Baruch 3.9-15,32-4.4; Ezekiel 36.16-17a,18-28; Romans 6.3-11; Matthew 28.1-10
9:00 PM—Intention of All Parishioners by the Pastor
Sunday, April 16 -EASTER SUNDAY Acts 10.34a,37-43; Colossians 3.1-4; John 20.1-18
9:00 AM - Stella Sgro by Yolande & Loris Bardeggia - Ida May Amadio by Julia & Giuseppe Pagnotta - John Bumbacco by His Wife Dena and Family 11:00 AM - Margaret & John Monaghan by Margaret & David Grady - Intentions of Michael Fenchak by Michael Fenchak
Parish News & Events
Full list of upcoming events
available on our website.
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 10, 2017
Lenten Book Study
7:00-9:00 pm
April 12, 2017
Seniors & Friends
10:00 am
April 13, 2017
Holy Thursday
7:00 pm Mass
With Adoration of Blessed
Sacrament until 11:00 pm
April 14, 2017
Good Friday
11:00 am (Service for Young
Families)
3:00 pm (Solemn Good Friday
Service)
April 15, 2017
Intercessory Prayer
9:00-9:30 am
April 15, 2017
Easter Vigil
9:00 pm
April 16, 2017
Easter Sunday
9:00 am & 11 am Mass
April 22, 2017
Pancake Breakfast
After 9:00 am & 11:00 am
Masses
Full list of upcoming events
available on our website.
3 ON 3 HARDWOOD CLASSIC THANK YOU It was a SLAM DUNK! The 3rd Annual St. Jerome Youth Hardwood Classic 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament was a great success. This year a record breaking 49 Teams were registered. Congratulations to all of the participants in the tournament, and to the winners of each division. A special thank you goes out to our Organizing Committee: Jeff, Robin and Alex Walker, Jean and Natalie Carriere, Bill and Peggy Webb, Linda Symboluk, Kelly and Abi St. Pierre, Patti and Adam Cook, Christie Currie and the many volunteers who helped the day of the tournament. Thank you to our wonderful sponsors: Little Caesar’s Pizza, Joe Maione of Maione Collectibles, Joe Ruscio, Rome’s Independent Grocers, Tim Horton’s (Trunk at Boundary Road), Mio’s Furniture Fashions, St. Mary’s
College, St. Jerome’s CWL, and the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board. A big thank you to the Algoma Thunder-birds for refereeing the games for the third year in a row. All the funds raised will support the EDGE program at St. Jerome’s and the trip to a Catholic Youth Conference in Steubenville, Ohio.
DECORATING HELP
NEEDED Help decorate the Church on Holy
Saturday. Many tasks to be done -
ironing, arranging displays, hanging
draperies, etc. We will begin at 9:30
am. The help of men is appreciated.
Even if you can only spare only a
short amount of time, all assistance
is appreciated.
HOLY SATURDAY VIGIL The Liturgy Committee is looking for volunteers to carry up water
jugs to fill the Baptismal font during the Easter vigil. 12 people are
required. A sign up sheet is located on the stand at the North entrance.
FOOD DRIVE FOR ST. VINCENT PLACE & SOUP KITCHEN We are accepting all non-perishable food items this weekend – April 9 -
Palm Sunday – to be collected for St. Vincent Place and
the Soup Kitchen. Baskets near the baptismal font are
available for your donation drop off.
SCCC HAS A ROLE FOR YOU WITH REFUGEE FAMILIES Sault Community Career Centre is looking for groups of at least 5 people to
work with incoming families. Your role will be to provide friendship and
assistance with everyday tasks of Canadian life. A second information
session will be held on April 20. If you are interested, or have any questions
about volunteering, please contact Brenda Cooper, Volunteer Coordinator
at: [email protected] for an information package.
PRAYERFUL EASTER CARDS Please come to the hall after Easter
Sunday Masses, to sign an already
decorated Easter card wishing Easter
blessings for a resident at Pathways.
We invite you to hold this person in
your prayers
during the Easter
season.
Weekly Prayer Reflection
Will Resume Thursday,
April 20 at 7:00 pm Grade 6, 7, and 8’s Welcome!
The Resurrection: Easter Social
JOE ZAMBON: PRAISE & WORSHIP CONCERT One of Canada’s leading young Catholic musicians – Joe Zambon – stops in Sault Ste. Marie during his North American “Love Is” Tour. Joe’s inspiring music together with his personal reflections on faith makes for an uplifting night for the whole family. Joe’s current tour stops in over 30 cities in the United States and Canada, including Tuesday, April 25 at 7:00pm at St. Jerome’s Church (26 Carmel Road). Admission is free, all are welcome, and Joe’s merchandise and albums will be for sale. For more information on Joe visit www.joezambonmusic.com
GOOD FRIDAY PONTIFICAL COLLECTION On April 14, 2017 for the benefit of the Holy Land
The Pontifical Collection for the benefit of the Holy Places is scheduled this year on Good Friday April 14, 2017. Our parish, once a year on Good Friday, is called to support Christians in the Holy Land. Many Christians in the Holy Land depend on the collection for their lives. As a Pontifical collection requested by Pope Francis, the annual Good Friday Collection helps to maintain not only the Holy Places above all, but also the pastoral, welfare, educational and social works that the Church carries out to the benefit of the Christian brothers and sisters and the local population.
With gratitude, Father Gilles Bourdeau, ofm Commissary of the Holy Land in Canada
Message of Bishop Douglas Crosby, President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops At the Easter Vigil, we celebrate the light of Christ which we carry, filled with hope, into a world of darkness and uncertainty. In the shadow of the Sainte-Foy massacre this past February, with tensions escalating between nuclear powers and refugees on the move, the invocation of hope seems premature to some and dangerously naïve to others. More personally, the spirits of some may be dampened this Easter by illness, bereavement, family breakdown, addiction, and unemployment. When hope begins to slip away, fear takes its place and we are robbed of peace. Easter is meant to leave us with a very different sense of the present and the future. It offers a reality that is full of joy. Easter proclaims that fear and terror and death are not the end of the story. Indeed, the prayers of the Easter Vigil are unequivocal in the assurance they convey: "If we keep the memorial of the Lord's paschal solemnity in this way, listening to his word and celebrating his mysteries, then we shall have the sure hope of sharing his triumph over death and living with him in God." (Roman Missal: The Blessing of the Fire and Preparation of the Candle) When life has let us down or when old struggles are succeeded by new ones, we may find it challenging to trust in the victory of God. This is the reality for many people, even those who have unremittingly devoted themselves to the love of God and neighbour. Saint Mother Teresa offers a sobering reminder of this in her private writings. The loss of hope for some can even lead to a sense of bitterness or a feeling of God's betrayal. As with the sudden blast of a trumpet, Easter interrupts this downward spiral with the unexpected: "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" (Luke 24.5). This paradoxical question was posed to the three women who arrived at the empty tomb at early dawn on the first day of the week. What they eventually discovered could not be predicted from life's natural cycles; for just as old age is not followed by youth, so Jesus' death could not naturally be followed by life. But there is nothing natural about the Resurrection. It is an event in which time and nature are themselves turned upside down and inside out. Only as an act of God is the Resurrection possible; and like all acts of God, it is a wakeup call to each of us, that God who raises the dead is more real, more powerful than any crisis or setback we can ever encounter. For all of us standing at the empty tomb – whatever the circumstances – there is unfathomable hope. There is hope for those on the peripheries of society; hope for governments and leaders; hope for the Church in this time of purification and renewal, hope for you and for me striving to lead a holy life (cf. Jeremiah 29.11). This Easter, with our hearts lit by the unquenchable fire of God's love, we are asked to entrust ourselves to Christ's care as we hope in the divine power that "dispels wickedness, washes faults away, restores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners, drives out hatred, fosters concord, and brings down the mighty." (Roman Missal, Easter Proclamation) To each of you, I wish to extend my prayers and blessings for a hope-filled Easter Season.