St.

Helen Church
JANUARY 21ST, 2018 | 3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B)
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- Colleen Drake 905-563-8981
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 Rachel Reid 905-941-4150
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

☐ New Parishioner* ☐ Change of address ☐ Moving
Name________________________ Phone_________________ E-mail___________________
Address______________________________________________ City_____________________
☐ I would like to use offertory envelopes* Postal Code______________

We welcome you and invite you to share in the spiritual and social activities of your parish.
 This week
Year B MASS INTENTIONS the
L & D (living & deceased) January 22nd-28th, 2018 Sanctuary
Lamp
Day Requested for Requested by burns in
Monday NO MASS memory
Tuesday + Rev. Fr. Robert Divine John & Ethna Clarke of:
6:30 p.m. Intn’s of the Hendriks & DeKoning Families Andy & Helen Hendriks + Ruth
Wednesday Farwell
+ Mary Zimara Nancy Winslow & family
10:00 a.m.
Thursday The
Intn’s of Peter O’Grady Sue & Ivan Zuzek Sanctuary Lamp
8:30 a.m.
burns to remind
Friday us of Christ’s
10:00 a.m. Intn’s of Johanna Verkoyen Mary Smeenk presence in the
Albright Manor Blessed Sacra-
Saturday ment of the altar.
For the People of St. Helen
5:00 p.m. If you wish to
Sunday sponsor the sanc-
+ Tony Macri Tony & Carolyn Zanni
9:00 a.m. tuary lamp for one
week the stipend
11:00 a.m. + Giuseppina Romasco Gerry & Maria DiLettera is $35.

Stewardship of Treasure
January 14th, 2017 - Offertory (154)
Loose
Building Fund (6)
Building Fund (CAFT)
Facility Maintenance (5)
“May God bless you for your faithful stewardship!”
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
infirmity. 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 pos-
sible 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.
Sanctuary Lamp available dates:
April 16-22, 23-29, April 30-May 6, 14-20
CWL News
Ladies please join us for the Installation of
3,518 our new executive on Tuesday, February
6th, following the 6:30 p.m. Mass. It would
158 be nice to see as many members out as
4,397 possible. A very brief CWL meeting will follow at 7
p.m. and a social hour after.
1,265
45 YOUth Blasters Winter Schedule
YOUth Blasters upcoming gatherings will be at the
parish on the following dates:
January 28th from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
February 11th & 25th from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
YOUth Blasters always have a great time growing
in our faith together through prayer, activities, crafts,
music and snacks! All newcomers are welcome
(grade 3 and up)! Please pick up a registration form
from the office and return it at our next gathering!
Retrouvaille
You Can Help Your Marriage – Are you frustrated
or angry at each other or have you just stopped talk-
ing to each other? Retrouvaille helps couples
through difficult times in their marriages. This pro-
gram has helped tens of thousands of couples. For
confidential information about, or to register for the
program beginning with a weekend on March 16,
2018 at the Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niaga-
ra Falls, please call 905-664-5212 or email: hamil-
tonretrouvaille1@cogeco.ca or visit the web site at
www.retrouvaille.org.
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request by email: office@sthelenscatholic.ca
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 January 21st - 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time
The Kingdom of God is Still at Hand
Jonah calls Ninevah to repentance. (Jon)
The Corinthians await Christ’s return. (1 Cor)
Jesus’ ministry begins with a call to repentance. (Mk)
Jonah’s warning that the unfaithful city of Nineveh
will be destroyed in 40 days inspired the people to
repent. God saw this and spared the city.
Today our conflicts have again brought us to the
brink of destruction. The specter of nuclear holo-
caust leers from the horizon. And yet, the Nobel
Peace Prize for Peace was awarded in October
2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nu-
clear Weapons.
It is time for us to profess our belief in God and put
on spiritual sackcloth -- and yet to remember there is
always room for hope. --Dc. Dick Folger
Needed: Ministers at Mass
(especially 5 p.m. Mass)
[clip-out] Kindly take a moment to consider becom-
ing involved! The following ministries of service are
significant to the liturgical life of our parish and are
inviting your participation. We will be in contact with
you should you wish more information or if you wish
to join a ministry.
______ Altar Server (junior)
______ Altar server (adult, or funerals)
______ Minister of Hospitality (usher)
______ Minister of the Word (scripture)
______ Minister of Holy Communion
______ Minister of Music (instrumental/cantor/choir
member)
______ Children’s Liturgy / Youth Ministry
Name____________________________________
Address__________________________________
Phone (home) __________________
(cell) ____________________
E-mail: ___________________________________
Training will be provided! As names comes in, we
will be contacting you to arrange a convenient time.
Also, new members are wanted for the following par-
ish activities:
______ Facility & Grounds Maintenance
______ Church Cleaning Ministry
______ Altar Linen Care & Altar Server Cassocks
______ Bingo Committee
______ Money Counters
Please clip out and place in the collection basket.
Week Of Prayer for Christian Unity
January 18-25
“Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power”
(Exodus 15:6)
The Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Chris-
tian Unity expresses the Church’s heart on this is-
sue: “The restoration of unity among all Christians is
one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican
Council. Christ the Lord founded one Church and
one Church only. However, many Christian com-
munions present themselves as the true inheritors of
Jesus Christ; all indeed profess to be followers of the
Lord but differ in mind and go their different ways, as
if Christ himself were divided. Such division openly
contradicts the will of Christ, scandalizes the world,
and damages the holy cause of preaching the Gos-
pel to every creature.” (Unitatis Redintegratio; intro-
duction)
The theme for the 2018 Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity comes to us from the Caribbean region: “Your
right hand, O Lord, glorious in power” (Exodus 15:6).
Let’s pray together that all may be one, as Christ de-
sires.
day 1 -- "you shall also love the stranger, for you
were strangers in the land of Egypt"
day 2 -- "no longer as a slave but a beloved brother"
day 3 -- "your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit"
day 4 -- "hope and healing"
day 5 -- "hark, the cry of my poor people from far
and wide in the land!"
day 6 -- "let us look to the interest of others "
day 7 -- "building family in household and church"
day 8 -- "he will gather the dispersed...from the four
corners of the earth"
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. For more
info, call 905/356-4113, or e-mail:
separatedanddivorced@saintcd.com.
Topic: January 22: "Who Am I Now?"