St. Helen Church SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2015 | FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (YEAR C)

Pastor

Fr. Philip English

Office Administration

Aggie Agnino ext. 1 ______________________________________________________

Mass Times Saturday

5:00 p.m.

Sunday

9:00 a.m. - St. Helen Church

11:00 a.m. - St. Mark School

Gym, Beamsville

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 St., Beamsville L0R 2C0 | PO Box 222 | Vineland, Ontario | L0R 2C0 www.sthelenscatholic.ca

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

Established as a Parish - January 1, 1986

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☐ New Parishioner* ☐ Change of address ☐ Moving

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☐ I will use offertory envelopes If ☒, pick up in foyer: ☐ St. Helen Church or ☐ St. Mark School

We welcome you and invite you to share in the spiritual and social activities of your parish

Upcoming Events

- CWL Annual Lincoln Seniors Christmas Party, Dec 5th, 2 to 4 p.m. @ Lincoln Community Cen-ter - Christmas Angel Cam-paign, deadline Dec 10th - Consecration Mass of the new St. Helen Church, Dec 6th @ 11 a.m.

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Stewardship of Treasure November 22: Offertory Envelopes (166) $ 3,234 Offertory Loose $ 228 Deo Gratias (2) $ 90 Building Fund (10) $ 440

“MAY GOD BLESS YOU

FOR YOUR FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP!”

St. Helen Annual Lincoln Seniors Christmas Party

Saturday, December 5, 2015 - 2 p.m to 4 p.m. St. Helen CWL cordially invites all seniors of The Town of Lincoln to attend The 47th Annual Senior Citizens Christmas Party. It's at the Lincoln Com-munity Centre, 4361 Central Avenue, Beamsville. We look forward to celebrating Christmas with all seniors from the Town of Lincoln at this festive event. Conveyors: Corona Jarvis 905 563-6186 and Jean Barlow 905 562-0223.

Are you a high school student who needs some volunteer hours? We need you at our Senior's Christmas Party on Sat. Dec. 5th. from 2:30 to

5:00 pm. Call the parish office.

Thank You Thank you to our wonderful parish community who participated in our Chili Take Out Night, including our Chili chefs...Jean, Kaye, Corona, Colleen, Barb, Steve, Helen, and Fr. Philip. Thank you to Sobey's and Commisso's Fresh Foods for their donations. We were able to raise $785.00 for our refugee fami-ly fund. Yea Chili!

Christmas Angel Campaign

Every year over 180 Angel Wishes are granted to the clients of Community Care. This generally entails a recom-mended financial investment of $30-40

per child. Please select a profile from the display at the church, write your name and profile number on the list and return your gift to the church by Dec. 10. Thank you in advance for your contributions.

Sunday Missals Living with Christ Sunday Missals are available and can be found at the church entrance. To cover the cost, a donation of $5 would be appreciated.

Mass In

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Year C - November 30 - December 13, 2015

Day Requested for Requested by

Monday November 30th to Friday December 4th - No Morning Mass

Saturday

5:00 p.m. St. Mark School

† Ursula Elia

Intn’s of S. Nunzio

Connie & Louis Elia

Maria DiTomasso

Sunday Dec 6

11:00 a.m. Consecration

Mass, St. Helen

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

† Olga D’Alessio

Maria della Libera

Maria & Girolamo DiLettera

Giuseppina Elia

Mon No Morning Mass

Tuesday

8:30 a.m.

† Erminio & Lucia DeStefano

Intn’s of Shirley Brunet

Maria & Tony DeStefano

Pat & John Stewart

Wednesday

10:00 a.m. † Giuseppe Sgambelluri Sgambelluri Family

Thursday

8:30 a.m.

Intn’s of Pam de Laat & Family

† Teresa Commisso

Pam de Laat

Maria D’Archi

Friday 10:00 a.m.

Albright Manor

† Angelina Prokich & Alex Prokich

† Dora Geczy & † Elizabeth Barna

Alex Prokich

Alex Geczy

Saturday

5:00 p.m.

† Richard Murray

† Daniel Christopher Murray

Dorene Holunga

Jane Murray

Sunday Dec 13

9:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

For the People of St. Helen - L&D

† Liz Moriarity

† Rino Lannotta

Kevin Moriarity

Tony & Carolyn Zanni

L & D (living & deceased)

First Sunday of Advent - Nov. 29, 2015 Liturgical Year ‘C’

Promises, Promises Jer 33 God’s promise of a future just king. Psalm 25 To you, O Lord, I lift my soul. 1 Thess 3 Be alert for Christ’s return. Luke 21 The Son of Man is coming.

In today’s Gospel, the reading provides us with a prologue for what sounds like a grand opera. First we will wait in darkness. The Christ child will come. He lives and moves among us. We crucify him and bury him. He ris-es from the dead and walks with

us again. He ascends into heaven and sends the Holy Spirit down upon us. Then the people wander, some forgetting him, not remembering that he will come again in glory, descending from the clouds. The narrator then gives us final warning: “For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth. Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.” --Deacon Dick Folger Next Week’s Readings… Bar 5 The exiles will be brought back to Jerusalem. Psalm 126 The Lord has done great things for us. Phil 1 Paul writes of hope to the Philippians. Luke 3 John proclaims a baptism of repentance.

St. Helen Church Raffle Tickets

HEAR YE! Hear Ye! hear ye! Raffle Winners for the November 22nd draw are: # 195 Evelyn Mutis of Bancroft $1000; # 374 Tom Grubb of Grimsby $500; # 44 Barb Nolan of Vineland $250 and # 129 Andrew Hendriks Jr. of Beamsville $250. The balls were put back in the drum after every draw. Congratulations to the winners and thank you very much for your support! Get your tickets for the next draw, Dec. 27th!

Syrian Refugee Sponsorship

Thank you for your positive response and sup-port for St. Helen Church to sponsor a Syrian refu-gee family to our parish community. The fundrais-ing goal is $30,000. Cheques payable to St. Helen Refugee Sponsorship. Tax receipts will be issued.

“I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” Matthew 25:35

Church Envelopes

Church envelopes will be available at the new

church. They will be in alphabetical order on the ta-bles against the walls of the Church. Please check that your name and address are correct. If you did not use envelopes last year and wish to begin this year or if you have changed your address, please fill in the tear off section on the cover of the bulletin and submit to the office. We ask you not to use old Church envelopes from previous years. If you have not used envelopes for a few years your number may have been assigned to someone else. Enve-lope users will receive a receipt for income tax pur-

poses.

To Parishioners Volunteers have always been the heart and soul of St. Helen Church. From its earli-est roots as a mission church in 1938, a labour of love for many who helped drag stones from neighboring fields to

build the solid little church in Vineland, those who serve have enriched the parish and carried forth the mission. It was that continued spirit of 'mission' that has helped build the parish and today, as we prepare for the December 6, 2015 consecration of our new St. Helen Church, we thank all those who have served so faithfully and answered the call to help as a church community. You have served in so many roles – sacristans, lectors, eucharistic ministers, altar servers, choir members, greeters, deacons, church cleaners and decorators, members of the Building Committee, Children’s Liturgy, SVDP, CWL and the Knights of Columbus, facility maintenance, ministry to home-bound, various committees, fundraising in fellow-ship and sharing many good works too numerous to mention all without inevitably missing someone un-intentionally. Many hands have made it possible for Mass to be celebrated in the St. Mark School gym over the last several years. Pauline and the late Jack O’Gorman organized the set up crew eight years ago, which also added a chair set up crew. Without all of them, past and present volun-teers, we would have been unable to make it hap-pen. We are grateful for their commitments - and it’s been a weekly commitment ever since! Volunteers are the lifeblood of St. Helen Church. You are appreciated, loved and valued. We would-n't be able to even open the doors without you. And because of your willingness to donate your time and talent, St. Helen will continue to respond to the needs of those around us, and in our beautiful new church, provide a space where we have room to celebrate and serve each other as we grow togeth-er in faith.

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