Bulletin - February 14 to March 6, 2016

St. Helen Church SUNDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2016 TO MARCH 6TH | (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 | [email protected]

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 would like to use offertory envelopes*

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, Feb. 24th @ 7 p.m.

- St. Catharines Right to Life,

Feb 27th

- CWL Diocesan Retreat,

March 5th - 8th

- CWL Meeting, March 7th @

6:30 p.m.

- CWL Bake Sale, March 13th

- Knights of Columbus Ham Roll @ St. Helen Church, March 18th

- 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

February 7th: Offertory (171) $ 2,980 Loose 283 Building Fund (5) 15,190 Facility Maintenance (38) 570

“MAY GOD BLESS YOU

FOR YOUR FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP!”

CWL NEWS

On behalf of St. Helen CWL, we would like to invite women of the parish to at-tend the St. Catharine Diocesan CWL Annual Retreat, on Saturday, March 5th or Wednesday, March 9th from

8:30 am to 2:30 pm. This event will take place at Mount Carmel Spiritual Center located at 7020 Stanley Ave, Niagara Falls. Our Guest Speaker will be Father Michael Wastag O. Carm, and the theme will be “Living a Merciful Life”. The cost will be $40.00 per person which includes lunch. If you wish to attend you must register by February 16th. Please call Michelle at 289-235-8282. Reminder: CWL Monthly Meeting is scheduled for March 7th, starting at 6:30 pm with our prayer service. Our meeting will take place in the church basement and our guest speaker for the evening will be Cathy Urskin, Niagara Regional Police Ser-vice. She will speak on frauds, common scams, and general safety issues.

Bake Sale Calling all “BAKERS” to contribute and the whole parish to support our bake sale on the weekend of March 13th. These homemade goodies will be available for purchase after all three masses in the church basement. Please contact Michelle Mackie @ 289-235-8282 or Rebecca Monte @ 905-978-3507. There will also be empty containers available for pick up to put your baked goods in for the sale at our CWL meeting on Monday March 7th or the weekend of March 6th.

Attention all Knitters ... The CWL ladies will be knitting slip-pers for McNally House, children, la-dies and men’s are needed. We are also collecting books, bibles, prayer

books, children’s books, coloring books for adults and children, these will also be donated to McNally House. If you wish to donate any of the above please contact Nancy at 905-563-7096. The “McNally House Hospice” is the leading resi-dential hospice/palliative care program providing clinical services to all patients and families within the Niagara West community. If you wish to find out more about this leader in hospice palliative care you can visit their website: http://www.mcnallyhousehospice.com/about-mcnally-house/

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Year C - February 15 - 21, 2016

Day Requested for Requested by

Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

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

† Amelia Landin

Helen & Andy Hendriks

Agnino Family

Wednesday 10:00 a.m.

† Giuseppe Sgambelluri Sgambelluri Family

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

† Michelle McManus Cori & Rod McTaggert

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.

† Donnie Petsche Martin Family

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

† Ciriaco D’Archi & Giustino DeStefano

Maria & Tony DeStefano

L & D (living & deceased)

1st Sunday of Lent - Feb 14 In All Things but Sin

Moses reviews salvation history. (Deut) All who believe in Christ will be saved. (Romans) Jesus is tempted in the desert. (Luke)

Comedians say the most im-portant element of stand-up is timing. For example, comedi-ans might open with the hook: “A man cannot live on bread alone.” They let the statement float in mid-air for a pregnant moment — then give the punch line. “He needs peanut

butter, too.” In today’s Gospel, Luke tells us that Jesus did not live on bread alone. He lived without it. During the 40 days of temptation in the desert, Jesus ate noth-ing. Hungry from his long fast, Jesus was taunted by Satan, who suggested turning the stones into loaves of bread. Defiantly, Jesus quoted a passage from the Book of Deuteronomy, citing the fall of manna from the heavens. Scripture says we are fed by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. During this season of Lent, let us feast on the Word of the Lord. --Deacon Dick Folger

World Day of Prayer 2016 Receive Children.

Receive Me. World Day of Prayer is a world-wide movement of Christian women of various traditions who join together on the first Friday in March to observe a common day of prayer. This year's event will be here at St. Helen's Church on Friday March 4 at 2:00 pm. Oth-er area churches will be attend-ing this prayer service. Please plan to attend as all are welcome.

Man of the Shroud Exhibit at St. Alfred’s St. Alfred Parish is hosting the Shroud of Turin Ex-hibit on March 2 – 8, 2016. Bishop Bergie will be cele-brating Mass at St. Alfred Catholic Church, St. Cath-arines on Sunday, March 6 at 10:30 am. Exhibits times are: March 2,3,4,7,8 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. March 5 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 6 - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Syrian Refugee Sponsorship Committee Request for Volunteer Drivers

The JADHALLA family from Syria has arrived and have begun their life in Canada living at a residence in Vineland. We are busy getting the two nine year old children enrolled at St Edward School and en-rolling the parents in (ESL) English Second Lan-guage classes in St Catharines. WE NEED YOUR HELP as volunteer drivers for approximately three months on week days to transport the parents to ESL classes. Ideally we should have 10 drivers committing to driving one way, once a week to or from St. Catharines. Please submit your names and contact information to the following email [email protected] or call Caroline VanRuyven at 905-562-7557. We will contact you and create a schedule that matches our need with your availabil-ity. This is very important and we need your help. “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” Matthew 25:35

2015 Income Tax Receipts Income tax Receipts for the year 2015 are availa-ble. If you have friends or family that visited St. Helen last year, please let them know that their tax receipt may be picked up.

Lenten Observance All Fridays in Lent are obligatory days of Absti-nence from Meat. (Binds those 14 and older). Those who are excused because of ill health or oth-er reasons are urged to practice other forms of pen-ance and self-denial suitable to their condition.

Development & Peace The Share Lent campaign runs during Lent with its theme for year, Create a Climate of change. Mon-ey raised through Share Lent provides vital support to the poor in more than 30 countries throughout Af-trica, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. You can make Share Lent a part of your own Lenten journey by putting up a Solidarity Calendar in your home. Please use it especially with your children to help them understand the needs of so many chil-dren throughout the world. You can download the Lenten Calendar app for free from the App Store or Google Play.! Learn more about he campaign at devp.org/sharelent. The Share Lent collection will take place on March 13, Solidarity Sunday.

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 [email protected].

2nd Sunday of Lent - Feb 21 Transformed by Grace

The Lord makes a covenant with Abraham. (Gen.) Imitate Paul’s belief in Christ. (Phil) Jesus is transfigured on the mountain. (Luke)

When the sun goes down, the natural world is plunged into darkness. The bright-est light at night, out in the country, comes from the full moon. In ancient times, candles and torches lit the way for people after hours. Their shadows danced on

the walls in the flickering light. As we imagine the story of Jesus’ transfiguration, we can envision people in the nearby seaside vil-lages looking up at the dark mountainside to see a bright light on the distant summit. On the mountain-top itself, the disciples cowered in terror as the whole place lit up with impossible incandescence. The Transfiguration of Jesus in today’s Gospel was overwhelming because, like Moses, the disciples got a glimpse of God. May our faith turn on the lights and illuminate Christ in our lives. --Deacon Dick Folger

St. Catharines Right to Life Dinner Sat. Feb. 27 @ Holiday Inn and Suites, Parkway Conference Centre. 327 Ontario Street, St. Cath-arines. Speaker: Brad Mattes, TV & Radio Com-mentator, & President of The International Right to

Life. Meeting 4:30, Reception 5 p.m., Dinner 6 p.m. Tickets $45, Students $25. Call Nancy Winslow 905-563-7096.

St. Helen’s Ham Roll will be on Friday March 18th at St. Helen Church base-ment. 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 do-

nate for prizes, please contact Martin or Marion at 905-562-9838.

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 in-firmity. If you know of anyone who would like to re-ceive communion in their home or while hospital-ized at West Lincoln Hospital, please contact the parish office.

St. Helen Church Cleaning Schedule Thank you to all who have come forward to volun-teer as our heavenly dusters and cleaners. A schedule of dates has been made and can be found in the board room. Please make your way to the boardroom and fill in your preferred dates for the months of March and April.

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Year C - February 22 - 28, 2016


Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Intn’s of Helen & Frank Murphy Barb Hack


† Amelia Landin Nancy Winslow & Moyer Family

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

† Maria & Gerald Murphy Paul Murphy

Friday, 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m. Albright Manor


† Angelina Prokich & Alex Prokich

Alex Prokich

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

† Maria Guerriero Jean Swanson

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

† John Edmond Huneault


Rebecca Monte


3rd Sunday of Lent - Feb 28 A Time for Mercy

God appears in the burning bush. (Exod) Learn from others’ mistakes. (1 Cor) If you do no repent, you will perish. (Luke) In today’s Gospel, the owner of the fig tree tells his gardener to chop it down. But the gardener, even after three years with no fruit, wants to give the tree one more year to produce. Patience is more than just waiting. Patience means we continue to struggle long after others have walked off the job. Such patience was one of the qualities of Thomas Edison when he was in-venting the light bulb. He kept working on perfect-ing the bulb until it burned for 600 hours. Edison coined the phrase “Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” He also famously said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” When we present ourselves for the sacrament of reconciliation, we rediscover how patient Jesus is with our failures.- -Deacon Dick Folger

St. Helen Church Lottery Please remember there are still 8 monthly draws left in this year’s lot-tery. Draw’s are held 4th Sunday of the month. Tickets are still available - Call or email John Stewart @ 905-563-0062/ [email protected] to purchase your ticket. Support this year’s lottery if you haven’t purchased your ticket!

Sacrament of Penance

On Saturday March 5, 2016, in every parish

church across the diocese, a priest will be

available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to hear individ-

ual confessions. There will also be Eucharistic

Adoration during this time. No matter how long

it has been, you are welcome to celebrate the

Sacrament of Penance, which assists us in spiritual

discipline as we turn away from sin and open our

hearts to reconciliation and healing; or you can also

simply come to pray before the Lord.

A flyer on How to Make a Good Confession is in-

serted in this bulletin for your convenience.

St. Helen Church

Knights of Columbus Council 15999

Knights of Columbus meeting on

Wednesday March 11th, 2015 at St.

Helen's basement at 7 p.m.


9 a.m. Every Friday during Lent.

Parish Office closed Feb. 16th - Priests day of Recollection & Feb. 25th for Deanery Meeting.

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Year C - February 29 - March 6, 2016


Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

† Donnie Petsche Nancy Winslow


† Bruna Belcamino St. Mark School Staff

Thursday 8:30 a.m.

† Dora Geczy & † Elizabeth Barna Alex Geczy

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

† Giuseppe Sgambelluri


Sgambelluri Family

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

† Judy Corriveau Corriveau Family

Sunday 9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.


† Olga D’Alessio

† Nina & Ernesto Fracchioni

Lina & Giuseppe Compagnone

Piera & Maria Palmieri


Bulletin - February 14 to March 6, 2016

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