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Divine Mercy Celebration
April 3rd 2pm
First Holy Communion April 10, 11AM
Fund raising for ‘Host a Family Program’
April 17 Pasta Dinner—Noon to 4pm
Penny & Bake sale - May 1st, 12 to 2.30pm
VBS from Aug.2nd to 6th; 9am to 3.3.30pm
Last Week’s Collection Sunday Offering - $ 1796.95
Holy Land - Good Friday - $ 597.00 ‘Host a Family..’ $ 385.00
Development & Peace $ 100.00 Easter - $ 1906.40
Bless you for your continued generous support.
Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3, 2016 Saint Andrew the Apostle, pray for us Mass Schedule & Intentions from April 2 to April 10, 2016
....,Jesus came and stood among them and said,
“Peace be with you.” After he said this, he
showed them his hands and his side. Then the
disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
(John 20: 19-21)
Upcoming Events
St. Andrew’s Host A Family Program
Sunday May 1st 2016 12:00PM to 2:30PM Fundraising for our ‘Host a Family Program’
(Refugee Ministry) supported by the CWL.
Buy your lunch! Try your luck and support this great cause.
Please bring in good items only! You may bring them the previous
weekend.; and Home baked goodies on the May 1st weekend. ThanQ
Saturday
Divine
Mercy Sunday
Jesus I Trust in You !
Divine Mercy Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
5:00PM
9:00AM
11:00AM
2PM to 3.30PM
9:00AM
9:00AM
9.00AM
† Antonio Gallo by Wife & Family
Mike & Stella Leo by Nancy Fazari Giovanni & Maria Raso by Mary Raso
Frank Speranza by Anthony & Maria Sdao † Argolino Pace by Wife
Emilia & Anthonio Loco by Lea Loco & family
Maria Notarianni by Children Frank Pellegrino by Wife & Children
For us and for all our dearly deceased ones
Divine Mercy Celebration
No Mass
† Tom DiGioia by Rosina Stranges
† Aladino Magazzeni by Ioannoni Emidio † John Hardy by Barbara Nenadovich
† Mass of Thanksgiving
by Annie Garland & friends † Annunziata Tedesco by sister
Salvatore Giovinazzo by Wife & Children & Grandchildren
Agnesa Domenico & Michael Ventresca by Philomena Ventresca Yolanda D’Andrea
by Mr. & Mrs. Enzo Trassati
In Honour of St. Gabriel, St. Antonio & St. Padre Pio by Maria Magazzeni & family † Ida Martire by Lea Locco & family
Aladino Magazzeni by wife & family Giulia Ciccone by Aunt Giuseppina Lucci
For us and for all our dearly deceased ones
Did you know
that we recite
Rosary every
morning before
the Holy Mass
at 8.40AM
St. Andrew’s Pasta Dinner
Come and join us on Sunday April 17, 2016
Noon to 4 PM All You Can Eat—Please join us
for a wonderful home cooked
pasta and meatball dinner and
fellowship!!
Adults $10 each.
Ages 6—12 yrs. $5 each.
While children 5 yrs and under are
still Free. The proceeds go to fund
the ’Host a Family Program’.
From the book of 1 Kings-Chapter 16-22. Naboth said to Ahab, “The LORD forbid that I should give you my ancestral heritage.” What is this heritage he speaks of?
A. His house B. His vineyard C. His wife D. His jewelry
Answer in Next Week’s Bulletin
Last Week’s Question: Rehoboam went to_________,
where all Israel had come to make him king ANSWER:
C. Shechem
GENERAL AUDIENCE POPE FRANCIS March 30, 2016
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
In our continuing catechesis for this Holy Year of
Mercy, we now conclude our treatment of the Old
Testament with a consideration of Psalm 51, the
Miserere. This Psalm is traditionally seen as King David’s prayer for
forgiveness following his sin with Bathsheba. Its opening words:
“Have mercy on me, O God in your kindness”, are a moving
confession of sin, repentance and confident hope in God’s merciful
pardon. Together with a heartfelt plea to be cleansed and purified of his
sin, the Psalmist sings the praise of God’s infinite justice and holiness.
He asks for the forgiveness of his great sin but also for the gift of a
pure heart and a steadfast spirit, so that, thus renewed, he may draw
other sinners back to the way of righteousness. God’s forgiveness is the
greatest sign of his infinite mercy. Through the prayers of Mary,
Mother of Mercy, may we become ever more convincing witnesses to
that divine mercy which forgives our sins, creates in us a new heart,
and enables us to proclaim God’s reconciling love to the world.
NATIONAL MARCH FOR LIFE
The National March for Life will
take place in Ottawa May 11-13.
The event begins with Mass on
Wednesday
evening. On Thursday events
include various prayer services,
the March on Parliament Hill,
Rose Dinner and
a Youth Banquet.
St. Andrew’s Host a Family
Program
Thank you. Kindly continue to support our efforts for our
Syrian Sisters & Brothers in
need.
Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine Mercy Sunday is a very special Sunday
when the Divine Floodgates from Heaven are
wide-opened and Jesus offers us the total
forgiveness of all sins and punishment to any
soul, who goes to Confession and receives Him
in Holy Communion, on that day.
WELLAND/PORT COLBORNE
PRO LIFE ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual meeting will take place
on Saturday,
April 30, 2016 at
St. Anthony's Croation Church Hall
(360 River Road, Welland).
For tickets call
905-714-047.
Congratulations to the Confirmation Candidates
Congratulations to the 15 students who received Confirmation. We
thank our Bishop Bergie for conferring it to them. Many thanks to
Mrs.Carla Bianco, the school principal, Mrs.Angela Ventresca, the gr.8
teacher, and the SOLI sisters for all their support to them. Thanks to the
Gethsemane Music Ministry for the music and singing. We also thank
Mrs.Pat Garant and team for preparing supper for all the guests.
The Feast Of Mercy https://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/feast.htm
During the course of Jesus' revelations to Saint Faustina on the
Divine Mercy He asked on numerous occasions that a feast day be
dedicated to the Divine Mercy and that this feast be celebrated on
the Sunday after Easter. The liturgical texts of that day, the 2nd
Sunday of Easter, concern the institution of the Sacrament of
Penance, the Tribunal of the Divine Mercy, and are thus already
suited to the request of Our Lord. This Feast, which had already
been granted to the nation of Poland and been celebrated within
Vatican City, was granted to the Universal Church by Pope John
Paul II on the occasion of the canonization of Sr. Faustina on 30
April 2000.
Concerning the Feast of Mercy Jesus said:
Whoever approaches the Fountain of Life on this day will be
granted complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. (Diary 300)
I want the image solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter,
and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know
about it. (Diary 341)
This Feast emerged from the very depths of My mercy, and it is
confirmed in the vast depths of my tender mercies. (Diary 420)
On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole
world about My Inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of
Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor
sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I
pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the
fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive
Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and
punishment.* [our emphasis] On that day all the divine floodgates
through which grace flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near
to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that
no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it
throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from
the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation
to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The
Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is
My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after
Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of
My Mercy. (Diary 699)
Yes, the first Sunday after Easter is the Feast of Mercy, but there
must also be deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me.
You are to show mercy to our neighbors always and everywhere.
You must not shrink from this or try to absolve yourself from it.
(Diary 742)
As you can see the Lord's desire for the Feast includes the solemn,
public veneration of the Image of Divine Mercy by the Church, as
well as personal acts of veneration and mercy. The great promise for
the individual soul is that a devotional act of sacramental penance
and Communion will obtain for that soul the plenitude of the divine
mercy on the Feast.
Here at St. Andrew’s we will have Divine Mercy Celebration
this Sunday (April 3rd) from 2pm to 3.30pm.
JESUS I TRUST in THEE!
Sunday
First Holy Communion
9:00AM
9:00AM
5:00PM
9:00AM
11:00AM