. Precious Blood Cathedral 778 Queen Street East, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario P6A 2B1 Tel: 705-256-8474 / Fax: 705-945-8287 www.preciousbloodssm.com / Email: [email protected]Journey Email: [email protected]Pastor: Rev. Father Hamish Currie Assistant Pastor: Fr. Ignatius Xavier Parish Secretary: Sue St. Jules Office hours: 8:30AM-12:30PM Sunday Masses: 5:00 PM Saturday Vigil Mass 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 8:30 PM Weekday Masses: 8:00 A.M. No Mass on Wednesdays Sacrament of Penance: Saturday 4:15 to 4:45 P.M. Baptism: Usually on the 3rd Sunday of the month. Please make ar- rangements one month in ad- vance by contacting the Parish Office. Marriages: Please make marriage Arrangements six months in advance by contacting the Parish office. Papal Blessing: Please allow at least 6 months for Papal Blessing to arrive after the request has been made. Diocesan Order of Women: Dorothy Yadivisiak CWL President: Louise McGuire, 705-254-7869 Liturgical Music/Choir: Shana Speakman, 705-206-3077 Bulletin Announcements Email yours to [email protected]before 11:00 A.M. Wednesday Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time July 26 2015
Women’s Retreat in Garden Michigan Every year in September, the Catholic women of the Sault and surrounding
area are invited to attend a retreat at the Marygrove Retreat House in Garden, Michigan. This year’s retreat will be
held on September 11, 12 and 13 the topic being on the Ven Fulton Sheen. Registration runs from May 11 to August
15, 2015. Please contact Nancy Marshall at 705-949-1011 for more information.
Canadian Red Cross Needs YOU
We are looking for people to drive the frail elderly to their much needed medical appointments or assist them with
groceries. We need dedicated individuals who can donate their time to help keep seniors in their homes. For more
information please call Jenni McDonald 705-759-4547
Concert at Precious Blood Cathedral—August 6th from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Interior Castle’s Jo & Emma produce an engaging mix of harmonious guitar with warm vocals delivering careful,
deliberate poetry of a pleasingly infectious quality. This Australian and English duo met in Canada in 2013 and were
instantly excited by their complimentary writing styles and the sounds they created. They currently reside in England
but are returning to Canada this fall to release their album exclusively to Canadians. Their lyrics are all about their
personal relationship with Jesus, and are both devout Catholics but they wanted to write music that was a bit more
individual and strange than common Christian music today, so that they wouldn't be categorized as Christian. This
allows them to play their songs in secular venues and evangelize to those who do not know God. On their Canada fall
tour they will be playing secular venues as well as Catholic venues.
This August you can catch them at Precious Blood Cathedral on August 6th from 7pm to 8:30pm.
Entry is by free-will donation."
Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time
The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time begins five weeks of Sunday reflections on Chapter 6 of
John's Gospel on Jesus as the Bread of Life. This Sunday is the miracle of the five barley loaves and two fishes. “Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted.” Wednesday is the Memorial of Saint Martha. Friday is a special celebration at Jesuit ministries around the world remembering St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. Saturday is the Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. This is the third and final week from the Book of Exodus. Moses carries down the Ten Commandments from God but breaks them in a fury when he sees the people worshipping a golden calf. He meets face to face with God in a tent in the desert and invites God to come with them on their journey. Moses' face is so radiant after meeting with God, it is covered with a veil. Moses builds a movable meeting tent for their journey, and puts the arc of the commandments in it, and in a cloud by day and with fire by night, God was with them. On Friday and Saturday we have two days of readings from the Book of Leviticus which is the third book of the set of five books that begin the scriptures, called the Pentateuch. It is a book of liturgical practices governing the ministry of the priestly descendants of Levi. Here we read about the great Jewish festivals and Jubilee years. The gospels are from Matthew’s Gospel, with wonderful stories worth pondering and reflecting on. We hear of the tiny mustard seed which grows into a towering bush, the explanation of the parable of the weeds in the field. Then we again hear how the Kingdom is like a treasure or a pearl a merchant makes great sacrifices to obtain. With the story of the fishing net tossed into the sea, we consider how everyone is gathered by God at the end of time to be judged. Jesus comes to his hometown to teach but took offense at him. “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house.” We end the week with the sad story of Herod, not wanting to be embarrassed in front of his guests, ordering John the Baptist beheaded. On the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we are in the second of five Sunday gospels from the 6th chapter of John's gospel and the Bread of Life readings. Jesus tells the crowd, “Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.”
