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Readings: June 17, 2018

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Ezekiel 17.22-24

I will make high the low tree.

Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5.6-10

Whether in the body or away from it

we make it our aim to please the Lord.

Gospel: Mark 4.26-34

The smallest seed becomes the greatest of all shrubs.

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Mass Intentions June 11 - 17 Monday

7:00pm Bernard Howlett, James Devereaux and

Wayne Shortall

Tuesday

8:00am Rose Clift, John Nolan and Henry Cotter

Wednesday 7:00pm Margaret Noseworthy, Anthony Ryan

and Michael and Annie O'Keefe

Thursday

8:00am Deceased members of the Galway and

Cooney families, Mary Tracey and

Millicent Smith

Friday

8:00am Marie Murphy, Ron Caddigan and

Andrew Wilkins

Saturday 5:00pm William and Marion Carroll,

Barry Walters, Christine McDonald and

John, Michael and Aloysius O'Brien

Sunday 9:30am Ed Coleman, Diane Power and

Gertrude Dalton

11:30am The Parishioners

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Prayer for Strength Dear Lord,

I come before you and ask for Your strength within me.

A strength not of the world but of Your kingdom.

To refrain from judgement and feast on love.

To push out greed and hold tight to joy.

To dispel pride and rise with humility.

To quell anger and rest in self control.

To shun greed and rest in giving.

To turn from power and embrace service.

To let go of resentment and rest in peace.

To push through fear and walk forwards in grace.

To run with faith, soar with forgiveness,

And allow your eternal strength to abide with me.

Amen.

Weekday/Weekend Masses

Monday and Wednesday: 7:00pm

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 8:00am

Weekday holidays ~ Week Day Mass moved to 9:00am

Saturday: 5:00pm

Sunday: 9:30am, 11:30am

Reconciliation

Wednesday at 6:30-7pm and Saturday at 4:00-4:45pm or please

call the parish office for an individual appointment with a priest.

Marriages

A minimum of six months advance notice is required.

A marriage preparation program is required to be married in the

church.

Baptisms Please contact the Parish Office to schedule the pre-baptism

course and for more information.

Eucharistic Adoration - Friday ~ after 8am Mass until 3pm

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Redemptorists Television (www.redemptorist.tv) Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help -

Wednesdays on Vision TV at 10am and 2pm.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Marian Talk: Derek Carr ~ Mary as Mediatrix

Homilist: Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie, OMI ~

Let Justice Flow Like a Mighty River

2018 Cemetery Service Schedule all @ 7pm Kilbride - Tuesday, July 10

Mount Carmel - Tuesday, July 17

Belvedere - Tuesday, July 24

Holy Sepulchre - Tuesday, July 31

St. Patrick’s Mercy Home Foundation

Surf or Turf Dinner and Show in support of the

residents of St. Patrick’s Mercy Home. Join us with your

family, visitors and friends Thursday, June 28, Columbus

Hall, 49 St. Claire Ave. Tickets $50 (tax-in).

Call 752-8745 for tickets or information

Avalon Celebration of Hope

Preparations are well on the way for the Avalon

Celebration of Hope with Will Graham (2-4 November at

the Mile One Center). As we move toward this

celebration, you are invited to attend a Christian Faith

and Witness Class at St. Pius X (16 Smithville Crescent,

St. John’s) on Monday, June 11, at 7:00 p.m. It is free to

attend this class.

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June 10, 2018 ~ Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

God’s Gift of Creation

In this idyllic landscape, Peter Wenzel wonderfully

depicts the harmony and multiplicity of all God’s

creatures. The pastel heavens and the majestic soft

mountains give a natural warmth and serenity to

the background. Birds appear to be chatting in a

tree while a tiger plays with a hare at his feet. A

lion and lioness vigilantly stroll their kingdom,

inspiring security rather than fear. There is space

to run, shade for rest, a path under a leafy arch that

invites us to walk. Eden is the perfect habitat of

protection, freedom, and fraternity.

And in the center are Adam and Eve. Traditional farm animals are nearby, and man’s best friend is at

Adam’s right hand with a cat sitting at his feet. Like our first parents, we are not alone in our search for

God. We are surrounded by many of the wonderful creatures he has placed alongside us to reflect his

glory and show us his love.

When God comes looking for people in the Garden, he expects to find them enjoying the beauty and

harmony of his creation. Yet original sin, that abuse of freedom by doubting God’s goodness, destroyed

humanity’s innocence and his unity with creation. What was cherished now becomes a source of fear

and suspicion. We destroy and pollute what God gave us to use and to preserve. Trusting in God’s

goodness, as proved by the wonderful beauty in creation, is the key to inner peace and unity with others

and creation. Doubting his love is to doubt our very source and goodness.

Fr. Mark Haydu, LC

Liguori Publications

A Word From Pope Francis Allow me to call your attention to the value and beauty of marriage….The differences between man and

woman are not for opposition or subordination, but for communion and generation, always in the

“image and likeness” of God. Without mutual self– giving, neither one can understand the other in

depth. —Address to bishops in Puerto Rico, June 8, 2015

St. Teresa’s Parish - Served By The Redemptorists Since Sunday, October 21, 1956

Fr. Thomas O'Rourke C.Ss.R., Fr. Tomy Joseph C.Ss.R. & Fr. Tony Bidgood C.Ss.R. Telephone: 709-579-0065

120 Mundy Pond Road, St. John’s, NL, A1E 1V1 Fax: 579-3804

Website: www.stteresa.ca

Parish Office Hours Monday to Friday 9:00 - 4:00 pm

Our bulletin is available online.

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Collection June 2/3, 2018

Green Envelope $4,205.80

Loose Collection 1,045.00

Total of above $5,250.80

Pope's Pastoral Works $45.00 (Total $1,241.00)

Archbishop's Appeal $45.00 (Total $5,789.05)

Easter Sunday $10.00 (Total $10,717.10)

Cemetery Collection $1,359.00 (Total $1,447.00)

New Year's Day $10.00

Initial Offering $10.00

Good Friday $5.00

Acknowledged with gratitude.

Ministry Fair -

Weekend of June 9 & 10, 2018

Join us at the back of the church

after Masses on June 9 & 10 for

our Ministry Fair celebrating the many ministries

in our parish. Consider ways that you can be

more fully involved in the life of our parish or

consider new opportunities. Review the list of

ministries found in the Volunteer and Stewardship

Directory, available at the back of the church,

then visit the fair, and prayerfully discern what

special skills and talents God might be calling you

to share in our parish. Through the gifts of time

and talent that our parishioners so generously

share we can be the hands and feet of Jesus in our

parish and community. Many thanks also to all

our faithful volunteers who so willingly share

their time and talent!

Mass Intentions are now accepted up to

June 30, 2019. Due to the large number of mass

requests received each year for deceased family

members, we have limited the number of requests

to three per family per year. Additional mass

intentions will be sent to the Missions.

Parish Bulletin

The last bulletin for this season will be

June 23/24. If any parish group has an

announcement that they would like in that bulletin

please send it to the office no later than

Wednesday, June 20, or email to

stteresasadmass@outlook.com

Bulletins will resume September 8/9.

40th Anniversary of Ordination

to the Priesthood,

Monsignor D. Joseph Barton, PP

Please join us on June 22, 2018, in celebrating the

40th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood

of Monsignor Joseph Barton, PP. Celebrations

will begin with Mass at 6:00 pm at Corpus

Christi Church, dinner to follow at Corpus

Christi Complex. Hot Turkey Dinner will be

served at a cost of $25.00 each. Tickets can be

purchased from Corpus Christi Parish Office, or

before weekend Masses at Corpus Christi.

Deadline to purchase tickets June 15, 2018.

Limited number of tickets available.

Reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist

(First Holy Communion) will take place next

Sunday, June 17, at the 11:30 mass. To assist with

this pews on both sides of the center aisle will be

reserved.

Father's Day In honour of Father's Day the Knights

of Columbus are hosting a reception

following the Sunday 11:30 Mass on

June 17. This will take place in the church.

Coffee/tea/juice and donuts/muffins will be

served. All are welcome to attend.

Learning Opportunity

Diploma in Theology and Ministry

(Roman Catholic Stream) The Archdiocese of St. John's, in partnership with

Queen's College, offers a two-year Diploma in

Theology and Ministry. Do you wish to grow in

Faith? Do you want to deepen your knowledge? For

more information, go to www.queenscollegenl.ca, or

contact Anne Walsh at amfwalsh@gmail.com.

Israel: Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with

Fr. Cecil Critch ~ Collette Vacations and

Harvey's Travel ~ 9 Days Tour

from St. John's ~ October 21-29, 2019 Experience all the sites and places where Jesus

walked-including Bethlehem, Nazareth, Galilee,

Cana, Caesarea, Capernaum, Jerusalem. Celebrate

Mass at many holy sites of the Bible. For more

information call Colleen Williams, Harvey's Travel

747-5018.

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Knights of Columbus,

St. Teresa’s Council #7702

(1) Bingo continues every Sunday at 8pm in the

Parish Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The jackpot

is approximately $7,500. Come along and bring a

friend for a night of fun.

(2) Weekly crib tournament - every Tuesday,

7pm, St. Teresa's Room, church basement.

Environmental Day Camp

Sponsored by Mercy Centre for Ecology

and Justice, 101 Mount Scio Road, St John’s

Children completing grades 2 and 3 in current school

year are welcome during week of either July 3 – 6 or

July 9 - 13. Children completing grades 4 and 5 are

welcome in week July 16 - 20 One week: Cost:

$60.00 For further information please call 722-0082

or email mcej@live.com

Chordially Yours presents: "Sing it Like

You Mean It" ~ under the direction of

Janet Bradbury Pennell ~ an afternoon of

musical entertainment, Sunday, June 10,

2pm, St. Teresa's Church, cost - $10,

tickets available at the door or contact Janet @

725-7525.

The Philharmonic Choir of the NSO (PCNSO)

is holding a Spring Concert on Thursday,

June 14th, 7:30 at Holy Trinity RC Church in

Torbay. Special Guests are AURORA Women's

Choir. Concert is a fundraiser for the choir's

Choral Scholar Program. Tickets Cost $20 and are

available from any PCNSO choir member;

Anne Bown at 576-4274 or at the Door.

In addition, Holy Trinity Church will be

collecting cash donations for The Gathering Place.

Job Opportunity - St. Paul’s Parish is seeking a

Catechetical Coordinator. Please contact St. Paul's

parish office at 754-1980 for particulars of the job

description & expectations.

Cursillo will be having its Grand Ultraya on

Saturday, June 16 at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall on

Patrick Street, St. John’s. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.

for a start at 10. Please come and bring a friend.

Sandwiches, cookies, tea and coffee will be

served afterward.

Save the date: Saturday June 23rd

Centre for Life Walk for Life and

Family Fun Day ~9:00am to 2:00 pm.

Walk around Mundy Pond and come

back to the parish hall for fun and food.

A great family event for all ages. Walkers can

enter their names at the registration desk for a

draw of gift cards valued at 100.00. The winner's

name will be drawn on July 27th .Lace up your

sneakers and come join us for a morning of

music, face painting, barbecue, games and

prizes for the children or have your caricature

drawn by Julie ! Sponsor sheets are available at

the parish office, or by calling 579-1500 or

email centreforlife@centreforlife.ca. Your support

will be greatly appreciated to help support the

work of the Centre for Life.

Celebrate Family and Love ~ is a variety

concert in aid of the Centre for Life which will

take place on Saturday evening June 23rd at

St. Teresa's Parish Hall. Entertainment by the

Singing Legionaries, Madeline Thomson,

Gus Connors, Alanna Fraize, the St. Teresa's

Saturday Choir and more..

Doors will open at 6 pm and the concert starts

at 6:30. Tickets are 10.00 and children under

12 accompanied by an adult are free!

For tickets in advance call 579-1500.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern NL is

currently enrolling children ages 6-12 in our

community and site based mentoring programs.

Enrolment does not occur year round so this is a

great opportunity for interested children, parents

and guardians to become involved with our

mentoring programs.

For more information contact:

Janelle Williams, Enrolment Coordinator

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern

Newfoundland Phone: (709) 368-5437 Fax: (709) 368-5477

www.helpingkids.ca

Ruah Counselling Centre – We provide

individual, couple and family counselling. Spring

2018 Group Offerings. Please call 579-0168, or go

to www.rcsj.org for more information.