St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church 26 Carmel Road, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 3N9

Phone: 705-949-1072 Fax: 705-949-5992 Email: stjerome@diocesessm.org

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: brenda.cooper@saultcareercentre.ca 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.