St.

Helen Church
NOVEMBER 12TH, 2017 | 32ND SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME (YEAR A)
4106 Mountain Street | Beamsville, Ontario | L0R 1B7 www.sthelenscatholic.ca

Phone (905) 562-7427 | Fax (905) 563-0003 | office@sthelenscatholic.ca | www.sthelenscatholic.ca

Philip Pastor
Pastor
Fr. English
Fr. English
Office Administration
Office Administration
Aggie Agnino Ext. 1
Aggie Agnino Ext. 1

Mass Times Mass Times

Saturday - 5 p.m. Saturday - 5 p.m.
Sunday - 9 & 11 a.m. Sunday - 9 & 11 a.m.
Opened - October 2, 1938 Established as a Parish - January 1, 1986

Schools Contacts
St. Mark School Reconciliation
Catholic Women's League
Principal: Steven Ward Before or after mass or by appoint- Michelle Mackey 289-235-8282
Phone: (905) 563-9191 ment.
Knights of Columbus
Marriage George L. Savage 289-566-9383
St. Edward School
Principal: Carla Bianco Six months notice; marriage prep Music Ministry
Phone: (905) 562-5531 required. Anthony van Engelen
cell/text 905-563-7067,
Anointing of the Sick Email adve1@yahoo.com

Sacraments Please let us know when someone

Ministry Scheduling
has a serious or prolonged illness or Pat Savage 289-566-9383
Baptism ministryscheduling@sthelenscatholic.ca
is to have surgery. This sacrament
Available Sundays at 1:00 pm. Call
celebrates the healing of mind and
parish office. Fundraising Events
body and the forgiveness of sins. Joe Della Manna
First Communion & Confirmation josephdellamanna@yahoo.ca
Catholic Funeral Rites
Arranged through school. If your Youth Ministry
When a death occurs in your family,
child is not in a Catholic school or is sthelensyouthministry@gmail.com
please call the Parish Office and we
not baptized in the Roman Catholic
will assist you in making the neces- Facility & Grounds Maintenance
Church, contact the Parish Office. Craig Luey 905-988-6522
sary liturgical arrangements.
craig.luey@gmail.com

Kindly complete the following and place in collection basket

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We welcome you and invite you to share in the spiritual and social activities of your parish.
 This week
Year A MASS INTENTIONS the
L & D (living & deceased) November 13 - 19, 2017 Sanctuary
Lamp
Day Requested for Requested by burns in
memory
Monday No Mass of:
Tuesday + Nina
+ Rosa & Giuseppe Feola Maria & Piera Palmieri
6:30 p.m. &
Wednesday Serafino
+ Dec. members of DAlessio & Elia Families Connie & Louis Elia Fracchioni
10:00 a.m.
Thursday The
+ Alf and Amelia Landin Nancy Winslow
8:30 a.m. Sanctuary Lamp
Friday burns to remind
10:00 a.m. + Jadwiga Wojtas Family us of Christs
Menno Home presence in the
Saturday Blessed Sacra-
For the People of St. Helen ment of the altar.
5:00 p.m.
If you wish to
Sunday + Maria Bettencourt Mr. & Mrs. da Silva sponsor the sanc-
9:00 a.m. tuary lamp for one
+ Maria Di Iorio Vito Di Iorio & family week the stipend
11:00 a.m. is $35.
+ Benito Boncori Teresa Boncori

Blessed Trinity Catholic

Stewardship of Treasure Secondary School Open House
November 5, 2017 - Offertory (171) 4,049 Parents and students are invited to our Open House
on Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 from 6:30 8:30
Loose 158 p.m. The Catholic Secondary School curriculum and
Building Fund (18) 1,408 registration process will be reviewed during a brief
presentation in the Thunder Dome (Main Gym). You
Facility Maintenance (31) 687 will then have an opportunity to meet our faculty,
tour the facility and visit our Co-curricular expo in the
May God bless you for your faithful stewardship! cafeteria.

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 hospitalized
at West Lincoln Hospital, please contact the parish office.
SVDP Society
MISSION - The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a
lay Catholic organization whose mission is: To live
the Gospel message by serving Christ in the
poor with love, respect, justice and joy.
VALUES - The Mission of the Society of St. Vincent
de Paul implies that as Vincentians we: see Christ in
anyone who suffers, come together as a family, have
personal contact with the poor, help in all possible ways.
Canadian Tire Money
We continue to collect Canadian Tire money to pur-
chase raffle prizes for fundraising events. It can be
brought to the office or in the collection basket.
Sunday Missals - The new Sunday Missals are
available by the office window for $4. Please place
the money in the box labeled Missal.
Diocesan Separated & Divorced
Healing Ministry Support Group
We meet every second and fourth Monday (7:00-
9:00 p.m.) at Mt. Carmel Spiritual Centre, Niagara
Falls. For information, call 905-356-4113 or 905-684-
0154, email - separatedanddivorced@saintcd.com.
Monday, November 13: Sadness and Depression
Monday, November 27: Surviving the Holidays
Lawn Maintenance - Season
Wraps up - Thank YOU!!
The season for grass cutting is just
about at the end. Since the start of
April, a dedicated crew of parishion-
ers have been attending to the needs of our church
property. I would like to thank them all for their per-
sistence each week doing a great job to keep our
yard looking as good as it does. We would also like
to thank Ridgeview Garden Centre for helping us
along the way. Thank you to all.
Craig
On behalf of Fr. Philip and the parish, we would like
to extend our gratitude to Craig and his team of dedi-
cated volunteers for their commitment, time and ef-
fort to keep our grounds so well manicured.
 November 12 - 32nd Sunday OT
Practice Makes You Ready
The call to be attentive to wisdom. (Wis)
Paul speaks words of hope to the Thessalonians.
(1 Thess)
A parable on being prepared for what is to come. (Mt)

If you have a 401(k) re-

tirement plan, youre like
one of the five wise vir-
gins who planned ahead
and brought extra oil.
Youre like the loving
mother who says: Better
bring a jacket, just in
case. Like a good boy
scout, you are always prepared.
Unfortunately, many of us identify with the other
half of the grooms welcoming party. We are unpre-
pared. We frequently find ourselves a day late and a
dollar short.
At a time when all of us least expect it, our death
will come. Todays Gospel is a friendly reminder
from Jesus that we still have time to prepare our-
selves for the most important event we will ever
face. --Dc. Dick Folger
Bakers & Baked Goods
YOUth Blasters Fall Schedule Wanted for Bazaar Sale
Our baked goods table at the bazaar is always sold
Attention all youth grades 3 and up, if you haven't out and so successful. Anyone who is willing con-
already registered for YOUth Blast, please pick up tribute baked goods should call Corona at 905-563-
the orange registration form on the entrance table 6186 or the parish office to confirm
and sign up! Next meeting November 26th from that youll be baking. Baked goods
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. can be dropped off at the church on
Friday, Nov. 24th - times to be deter-
In Loving Remembrance mined. Thanking you for your past
The Book of Remembrance is at the altar for the and anticipated support again.
month of November. You are invited to write in the
names of the deceased loved ones and friends you SOCTOBER - CWL Thanks YOU!
wish to have remembered in prayer by the communi- We want to thank the teachers and students of St.
ty during November. Remembrance Envelopes are Edwards who did a sock drive in conjunction with
available at the entrance table and can be returned ours as well as all members of the CWL and the par-
with your intentions in the collection basket. ish who donated socks for the homeless. We raised
in total 418 pairs of socks from our Parish CWL
Deo Gratias Collection - November 18/19 Council. Without them, we would not have been
Please support the Deo Gratias Collection of No- able to make this miracle happen.
vember 18/19, 2017. All revenue will go to our Cler-
gy Aid Society. We are grateful to God, and to our Altar Linen Care Ministry
retired clergy in the Diocese of St. Catharines who, With deep love and reverence for the Holy Eucharist,
from the time of their ordination, have cared for us this Ministry serves the community by laundering the
and our spiritual needs. In thanksgiving to God for altar linens used during the celebration of the Sacred
them and their years of faithful service, your gener- Liturgy. This invisible, yet essential ministry still
ous support of the Deo Gratias collection will enable needs volunteers. If you would like to assist in this
us to care for those who have dedicated their lives to ministry, please contact the office. This ministry is
caring for us. The revenue from this collection does time-flexible and performed at home.
not go into an endowment fund but goes directly to
the Clergy Aid Society which provides an income for BINGO ~ $1000 in prizes weekly! Progressive
our retired clergy. Please return the attached enve-
Jackpot is growing! Thursdays - 11 a.m. At the
lope next weekend. Envelopes are also available at
Canadian Legion, King St. Lunch is available...free
the church entrance. Thank you for supporting our
coffee! Hope to see you there!
clergy.