SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION Sacrament of the Eucharist SATURDAY (anticipated) 5:00 p.m. SUNDAY 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Before all Masses...let Msgr. know if he happens to be in the gathering space Sacrament of Baptism Please call for available dates, times and options. Sacrament of Marriage Call the office for available dates and contact Msgr. at your earliest convenience. The earlier the better. Communion Calls Please call the parish office. Sacrament of the Sick Please call Msgr. Comeault Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4588 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3R 0G4 Phone: Office (204) 832-1993 Pastor’s cell phone (204) 781-0720 Office Hours: Monday—Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 12noon, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. PASTORAL TEAM Msgr. Maurice Comeault Pastor Maureen Fernandes Religious Education Heather Ryczak Music Coordinator Cristy Calma Office Staff Manuela Fontes Monday Night Catechism Coordinator HOW TO CONTACT US: Office Phone: (204) 832-1993 Parish Hall/Kitchen: (204) 896-0030 Religious Education:(204) 832-4336 [email protected]Monday Night Catechism Coordinator: (204) 832-4336 [email protected]Music Coordinator: (204) 832-1993 [email protected]Email: [email protected]Email: Msgr. Comeault: [email protected]/ [email protected]PARISH WEBSITE www.olphwinnipeg.ca PARISH SCHOOL: – K to Grade 8—St. Charles Catholic School—331 St. Charles Street Phone: (204) 837-1520 Palm Sunday of The Passion of The Lord Saturday March 24 7:30 AM Mass at Sisters of Charity For The Intentions of Emilie Schira—The Nikolic family 5:00 PM † Mary Lynn Turner-Blady—Stan & Maureen Blady Sunday March 25 9:00 AM For deceased relatives & friends—Sue & Rene Gobeil 11:00 AM For Parishioners Monday March 26 9:00 AM † Bernard & Irene Coleman—Claire Coleman 7:30 PM Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Tuesday March 27 9:00 AM † Mel Overby—Verna Overby & family 7:00 PM † Victor Weselak—Ron & Elaine Kaletzke Wednesday March 28 9:00 AM † Philip Peter Hiebert—Mary & George Bibik EASTER TRIDUUM March 29 th Holy Thursday 7:00pm MASS of the Lord’s Supper With Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament (in the library) and Adoration until 10:30 PM March 30 th Good Friday 3:00pm Service of the Lord’s Passion March 31 st Holy Saturday 11:00 AM Blessing of the Baskets 8:00 PM Easter Vigil: The Resurrection of the Lord April 1 st Easter Sunday 9:00 AM For Thomas Wallace—Irene Mikawoz 11:00 AM For Parishioners Children’s Choir March 25, 2018 Palm Sunday of The Passion of The Lord READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF March 25, 2018 Sunday Procession with Palms —Mark 11:1-10 Eucharist Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 14:14—15:47 Monday Isaiah 42:1-7 John 12:1-11 Tuesday Isaiah 49:1-6 John 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday Isaiah 50:4-9a Matthew 26:14-26 Thursday Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-15 Friday Isaiah 52:13—53:12 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1—19:42 Saturday Genesis 1:1—2:2 Romans 6:3-11 Mark 16:1-8 Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-18++ WELCOME to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish
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SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION
Sacrament of the Eucharist SATURDAY (anticipated) 5:00 p.m. SUNDAY 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation Before all Masses...let Msgr. know if he happens to be in the gathering space Sacrament of Baptism Please call for available dates, times and options. Sacrament of Marriage Call the office for available dates and contact Msgr. at your earliest convenience. The earlier the better. Communion Calls Please call the parish office. Sacrament of the Sick Please call Msgr. Comeault
Our Lady of Perpetual Help 4588 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3R 0G4
There is something in the Lenten air that is quite life giving. I sense a genuine participation in the life of the parish on different levels and all at the same time. I might be spending more time, liturgical hours, than most of you just because I am a priest/ pastor, and this is a great gift to be grateful for. The celebrations of the daily Masses, the power of the Scrutinies aimed at those to be baptised and fully initiated into the Body of Christ at the coming Easter Vigil, the celebration of the sacrament of Reconciliation at the parish last Wednesday, the sick of the parish unable to be with us physically yet connected by prayer and memories. All this ‘religious’ blend does not interfere with keeping an eye on the Jets. The monastic tradition of ‘lection Divina’ has taken me to the slums of Argentina, learning about Bergoglio before was Francis, and learning about him and being reassured of how God likes to work in the lives of individuals. To admire the work of those priests, who work in mud and fight drug and their pushers, who celebrate Mass in multi purpose rooms and are threatened to be shot at any moment, yet at peace and dedicated to do God’s will as it reveals itself at the very moment of any day. Then with the regular parish business comes the phone call to help out at St. Basil’s Ukrainian parish. The priest invited to present a Lenten mission has the passing flu and cannot fulfill the obligation, can I help? It turned out to be another surprise gift in disguise. The meeting of new dedicated and religious Winnipeggers seeking God and His Will just as I have been doing all these years. Different Rite, same people, same God, same friendship, same daily quest of the living and loving God. As we enter Holy Week with palms and the passion story, we can never forget to keep our awareness on the daily life and ordinary persons on the journey of our common life. The water, the fire and light, the washing of the feet, the veneration of the Cross, the bread and wine of creation…all points to Christ risen in our hearts, in our relationships, travelling through mud and slush, the dry and the wet, the sun and the clouds of another day. The Day of Rest is every day. When Jesus invited the apostles to rest, the crowd was hungry, so they worked all day putting scraps together and all would be fed. No wonder He would say ‘the Father and I are one’ and my Father works always. He also said come to Me all you who labor…and you will find Rest. In other words, every game is a playoff game.
— Msgr. Maurice Comeault —
YOUR GIFTS TO GOD March 17/18, 2018
(Includes donations from pre-authorized contributions)
Regular $6,960.15
Other Church Funds 72.50 Sharing God’s Gifts 495.00 Chalice 42.20 School 65.00 Other Charities 5,779.00
Donations that children bring up to the “pot of gold” during the offertory are
used for children’s charities and to St. Charles School Bursary Fund.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?—Psalm 22
I am The Resurrection and The Life, says The Lord;
whoever believes in Me will never die.—John 11:25, 26
THE WEEK AHEAD…Meetings/Events (See front of bulletin for Mass schedule)
Monday March 26
9:30 am Coffee & Scripture No Children’s Choir Practice No Catechism (Spring Break)
No Adult Choir Practice
Tuesday March 27 No Good Shepherd Level 1 No Pastoral Council Meeting 7:30 pm 4th Degree Knights Executive Meeting
Wednesday March 28 9:30am—6:00pm Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament
(with Evening Prayers and Solemn Benediction)
6:45 pm Holy Spirit Seminar 7:00 pm Practice 5PM Music Group 7:30 pm Prayer Group
Holy Thursday March 29 Reposition of The Blessed Sacrament after the 7:00pm Mass
and Adoration until 10:30pm in the Library
Good Friday March 30 (fasting and abstinence)
Holy Saturday March 31 11:00 am Blessing of the Baskets 8:00 pm Easter Vigil: The Resurrection of the Lord (Reception to Follow—All Are Welcome)
Easter Sunday April 1
Happy Easter
9:00am & 11:00am Mass The Resurrection of the Lord
Knights of Columbus Thank you to all guests who joined us at our Fish Fry this past Friday. We are blessed with your continued support of all
our efforts. With the busy Easter season and Holy week before that the “Domestic Church” kiosk will be temporarily removed from the gather space. It will be available again following Easter Sunday. If you are considering our standing invitation to join the Knights or would like information on scheduled events, programs etc. please call 204 941 9320 or email [email protected] Remember you don’t need to be a Knight to volunteer with us.
— Gerald Brunger, Grand Knight
Catholic Women’s League
This is a reminder to please return all raffle tickets and money before April 10th, since we are required to return all tickets and
money at our Winnipeg Diocesan Convention on April 13th – 14th. We are asking that you place them in an envelope and put them in the collection plate, and the office will return them to us. Many thanks for all your help with this!
— Carol-Lynne Neitzke, Communications Chair
Holy Week
Holy week is the week which
precedes the great Feast of the
Resurrection on Easter Sunday: it
includes the last days of Lent and
the beginning of the Easter
Triduum. During Holy Week, the
Church celebrates the mysteries of salvation
accomplished by Christ in the last days of His life
on earth, beginning with His messianic entrance
into Jerusalem.
Good Friday – Live Streaming
A camera is being installed in the Sanctuary to allow live streaming of the Good Friday service via YouTube. This means that parishioners will be able to view and listen to the event live on the OLPH mobile TV units in the library. In fact, the event will be viewable on any device that can access YouTube. The recording will be deleted from YouTube as soon as possible after the event. Note: Testing of the concept will be done on one or more weekday Masses in advance. Please reach out to Rick Schwab at 204-896-6703 or [email protected] if you have any questions.
Development & Peace Development and Peace—Caritas Canada thanks you for your Share Lent donation. Thanks to your generosity, $5,762.00 was collected in our parish. This sum will help support the actions of our sisters and brothers in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Whatsoever you did to the least of these, You did to Me. Please consider becoming a Share Year Round member of Development and Peace. For more information, please visit the website: www.devp.org
~ Kyrie, Christe, Kyrie Eleison ~
Wednesday’s Adoration Every Wednesdays, The Blessed Sacrament is Exposed after the 9:00am Mass up to 6:00pm with Evening Prayers and Solemn Benediction.
All are Welcome!!! ***if you can volunteer to stay for an hour, please consider and call 204 832
1993 or drop by in the parish office for the schedule that will suit to your availability.
Welcome Baby Bags Thank you to everyone who donated items and monetary gifts for the Welcome Baby Bags last year. We were able to put together 23 Welcome Baby bags for families which were delivered last June. The Christian Family Life committee is starting our Welcome Baby Bag campaign again for this year. The Welcome Baby Bags will be delivered to Thrive (formerly Pregnancy and Family Support Services). Thrive is an agency dedicated to offering services that support pregnant women, foster family life, empower individuals and grow community. The Welcome Baby bags contain receiving blankets, tightly knitted/crocheted or purchased baby hooded sweaters, sleepers, a baby blanket, wash cloths, bibs, onesies, baby toy/rattle, PBA free plastic baby bottles and a small gift for mother. These items can be placed in the marked bin downstairs at the church. Monetary donations to purchase needed items are also accepted and may be put in the collection basket in a separate envelope marked “Baby Bags”. Cheques can be made payable to the Catholic Women’s League. We welcome any donations you can provide. Your generosity is very much appreciated by the families who receive these gifts.
—Gail Gerrie, Christian Family Life Chair
Public Way of The Cross “I am among you as One who serves”—Luke 22:27
Friday, March 30th, 2018 at 9:30am St. Vital Catholic church, 1629 Pembina Highway
The Charleswood Historical Society presents the 8th of its 2017-2018 Heritage Lecture Series. David McDowell will speak on “Early Railways in Manitoba”. The lecture will take place Monday, April 9th at 7:00 pm., 5014 Roblin Blvd. (the old Charleswood Library). Additional parking can be found at the back of the building, just off Harstone Rd. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Silver Collection. The Charleswood Historical Society is hosting a Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast at Applebee's Grant Park location on Sat. April 7th, from 8am to 10am. Bring Family & Friends for a wonderful breakfast of Pancakes, Bacon, Juice & Coffee. Price is $10.00 per person. Come and enjoy Breakfast with us! Tickets are available at the Charleswood Museum, 5006 Roblin Blvd. on Saturdays from 2pm—4pm. or call: Ken: 204-895-2787, Doug: 204-832-0810
Art & Craft Fair St. Charles Catholic School is excited to announce our inaugural Art & Craft Fair! Join us on Sunday, April 22, 2018 from 10am-2pm at 331 St. Charles St. Get your Mother’s Day shopping done early! Shop with over 25 vendors and purchase art by talented St. Charles students. Everyone is welcome!
CUC Musicals presents All Shook Up
Charleswood United Church Musicals is proud to
present a special 20th anniversary production of All Shook Up. Come hear Elvis classics and an entertaining storyline performed by youth and young adults in our community. Shows run from April 4-6 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $12 in advance for adults and $8 for children. Call 204-832-3667 for tickets or contact Breanna Armstrong of our parish at 204-798-4834.
Captain Miles MacDonell Assembly #370 of
The Fourth Degree of The Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a Dinner and Draw in support of St. Charles Catholic School, 331 St. Charles Street. Please help to raise money for this worthy cause by purchasing tickets. Bring your family, friends and your business associates. Tickets are available at the OLPH parish office.
Dinner & Draw Details: When: Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Social Hour: 6pm Dinner: 7pm Draw: to follow at 8:30pm Where: Saint John XXIII Parish Auditorium, 3390 Portage Avenue What: A full course dinner. Complimentary bar. Up to 14 cash prizes as listed on the reverse side of the ticket and the final $1,000.00 prize Beneficiary: Entire net proceeds awarded to St. Charles Catholic School Cost: Dinner and Draw Ticket—$60.00 of which $25.00 is tax deductible If you are unable to attend the Dinner & Draw, you can participate in the Draw portion of the event by buying a “Draw Only” ticket for $30.00. You get a chance at the prizes plus a tax receipt for $25.00.
Cana Session for Couples – July 8-14, 2018 Offered by the Chemin Neuf Community. Take a spirit-filled “vacation” in Winnipeg! Experience a week with your family living in Christian community. CANA is a six-day retreat for couples to strengthen their marriage and deepen their spiritual life. The week-long, live-in session includes talks, prayer, time together as a couple, relaxation and celebration. Children will follow their own program of activities. It will be held in Winnipeg at the St. Charles Retreat Centre. For more details see the Chemin Neuf website: "Couples & Families." A “Come and See” meeting will be held Sunday, April 8, 3:00-5:00 (childcare provided) at the St. Charles Retreat Centre, 323 St. Charles St. Come and see what to expect from a Cana session. Please RSVP 204-885-2260/[email protected]
