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Readings: November 15, 2020

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Proverbs 31.10-13, 16-18, 20, 26, 28-31++

She works with willing hands.

Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5.1-6

Do not the day of the Lord surprise you like a thief.

Gospel: Matthew 25.14-30

You have been trustworthy in a few things.

I will put you in charge of many things.

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Mass Intentions November 9 - 15 Monday

7:00pm Doris Friend

Tuesday

8:00am Rita Power

Wednesday 9:00am Gerry Feehan

Thursday

8:00am Dr. Yong Kee Jeon

Friday

8:00am Deceased members of the Barbour and

Whiffen families

Saturday 5:00pm Mary J. Brophy and

Intentions of Robert Woodland

Sunday 11:00am Christina and Michael Holden,

Scott Chafe, John and Annie Hunt

and Joan Murphy

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Parish Office

Out of concern for the health and well-being of all, the

parish office is closed to the public for the time being.

We are available by phone @ 579-0065 and by email:

stteresasadmass@outlook.com.

Please check the parish webpage - www.stteresa.ca and/

or facebook page for updates.

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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. A copy of the

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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, November 11, 2020

Marian Talk: Trish Bain ~

The Family That Prays Together, Stays Together.

Homilist: Fr. Remi Hebert C.Ss.R. ~

Coping With Suffering

Youth Engagement with Development and Peace Youth and youth leaders are welcome to join our session

on Tuesday, November 10, via Zoom at 6:30 pm. Selina

Hunt, our National Youth Officer will be engaging with

us to show the role youth play in Development and Peace

and the Social Justice Movement. Join us to learn how to

become involved and participate in the upcoming

National Youth Assembly. For more information contact

Patricia Walsh Warren at pwalsh@devp.org

"Are you called to join other Canadian Catholic

women learning how your leadership has the power to

transform where you work, volunteer and live?

Applications are now available for the 2021-2022 Catho-

lic Women’s Leadership Foundation Program. The in-

person and online program, facilitated by the Providence

School of Transformational Leadership and Spirituality at

Saint Paul University (Ottawa) runs from April/21 to

May/22. Visit www.cwlfcanada.ca

Application deadline November 20, 2020"

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Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,

but Nobody Wants to Die. This is the title of a bluegrass song as

well as a book on bioethics. It’s a clever

title, and there is some profound truth in

it. Death, which is so natural for living

things, seems so unnatural to human

beings, who cling tenaciously to life.

One would think that believers who

hold that Christ conquered death would

be comforted by that faith. However,

that isn’t always the case. It’s not that they don’t believe; it’s that they don’t understand what they be-

lieve. But that is the difference between understanding and believing.

This is the problem described in Paul’s letter today. The Thessalonians believed that, through his resur-

rection, Christ conquered death. Then why did some among them begin to die? Did those dying lack

faith? No, Paul insists. Jesus, who died and rose, embraces those who have died and who will rise with

him. Did the people fully understand this? Do we? Isn’t this a question of faith—and trust?

Paul thought that he and other believers could still be alive when the rising would happen, and they

were not. Or were they? Doesn’t our faith give us hope that we—both the living and the dead—will be

embraced by God’s mercy? Doesn’t something wondrous occur when those who have “fallen asleep”

wake up in the glory of God? Still, we might not understand all of this, but we are called to believe, and

in believing we are told to “console one another with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:18). Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA

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A Word from Pope Francis The study of the sacred Scriptures must be a door opened to every believer....

Evangelization demands familiarity with God’s word, which calls for dioceses,

parishes, and Catholic associations to provide for a serious, ongoing study of the

Bible, while encouraging its prayerful individual and communal reading.

—Evangelii Gaudium, November 24, 2013

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

Fr. Ciro Perez C.Ss.R., Fr. Tony Bidgood C.Ss.R. & Fr. David Louch 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.

November 8, 2020 ~ Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

We who are alive, who are left,

will be caught up together with

them in the clouds to meet the Lord

in the air.

1 THESSALONIANS 4:17

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Collection October 31/November 1, 2020

Green Envelopes $3,861.00

Loose Collection 97.00

Total of above $3,958.00 Annual Dues $1,095.00 (Total $14,372.00)

Christmas $1,745.00 Needs of Canadian Church $5.00 (Total $885.00)

World Mission Sunday $65.00 (Total $1,010.00)

Students for the Priesthood $175.00 (Total $1,085.00)

Snow Removal $3.00 ( Total $18.00)

Cemetery Collection $30.00, Initial Offering $10.00

Acknowledged with gratitude.

Sacramental Preparation for the 2020 -2021

Any family who has a child born 2013 or older is

welcome to have their child/children registered to

participate in sacramental preparation of

Reconciliation, Confirmation and First Eucharist

for the 2020 -2021 year. This year the

Archdiocese has piloted the Our Sunday Visitor

preparation resource. This consists of a parent

and child booklet for each sacrament. To cover

the cost the family (if they can) is to pay $20.00

for each sacrament for each child. For further

information please contact the parish at 709 579

0065 ext 249 or stteresascatechesis@gmail.com

Holiday Mass Time Change ~

Remembrance Day holiday,

Wednesday, Nov. 11, Mass at 9am.

There will be no 7pm Mass. The

parish office will also be closed.

Sunday Missals 2020-2021 now available to

purchase at the main entrance to the church or the

parish office. Cost $5.

Notice of Call for Tenders

The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation

(RCEC) of St. John’s is inviting tenders for grass

mowing in cemeteries and other properties in

St. John’s for the 2021, 2022 & 2023 seasons.

Interested contractors should visit the Archdiocese

WebSite at www.rcsj.org for more information

and information on obtaining a copy of the tender

documents. The Call for Tenders closing date is

Friday, November 13, 2020.

Christmas Fair

As with many other events around our city this year, our Christmas Fair has to be

cancelled. This is very disappointing as this is a great community builder for the parish and a major fundraiser. The fair and the Annual Dues collection are our major fundraisers. These funds are much needed each year but even more so this year as COVID 19 restrictions have posed a significant financial strain on our parish. Our bulletin recently contained an envelope for donating to this cause. If you would like to contribute you may donate by putting an envelope with your contact information on it and mark it as Christmas Fair and place it in the collection or drop it off at the parish office. We thank you in advance for your continuous support of our parish.

St. Bonaventure’s College Virtual Kinderstart

Information Session

Join us on Thursday, November 19th at 7:00pm

for our Virtual Kinderstart Information Session.

Learn about our exceptional Kinderstart and

Kindergarten programs, and the benefits of

sending your child to a K-12 Jesuit, Catholic

School. To register for the Virtual Kinderstart

Information Session contact Ms. Carol

Noseworthy at admissions@stbons.ca.

Christmas and New Year's

Mass Schedule

Registration is required to

attend the following masses.

To register please call the parish

office beginning Tuesday, December 1.

Christmas Eve Mass Times - 4pm, 7pm, 11pm

Christmas Day - 11am

Boxing Day, Saturday - 5pm

Sunday, Dec. 27 - 11am

New Year's Eve, Thursday - 5pm

New Year's Day, Friday - 11am

Saturday, Jan. 2 - 5pm

Sunday, Jan. 3 - 11am

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Development and Peace Help us help our sisters and brothers in the Global

South! The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us in

many ways here in Canada. In the Global South, the

impacts are devastating, as the pandemic is worsen-

ing poverty, hunger, conflict and gender inequality.

More than ever, your solidarity and generosity are

needed to support the work of Development and

Peace so we are all recovering together. Our partners

are working for a just recovery in their countries so

all can live in dignity. There will be a collection in

our parish on November 14-15. Your generosity

allows Development and Peace to support over 100

projects in 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin Amer-

ica and the Middle East! To learn more about the

Recovering Together campaign and make a donation

online please go to www.devp.org

2021 Envelopes are available for pick up in the

church. Please pick up your envelopes as soon as

possible and if corrections are needed contact the

parish office. If you would rather pick up your enve-

lopes at the parish office please call the office. If you

would like to request envelopes for 2021 please con-

tact the parish office. 2021 envelopes are not to be

used until January 1, 2021.

Infinitely More virtual concert sup-

ports Home Again Furniture Bank Infinitely More, an award winning Christian

music duo, will perform their grand finale

concert on Saturday, November 21st

(5:30 p.m.) in aid of Home Again Furniture Bank.

This free-to-view concert has a PayPal tip jar and your

tip will support the free furnishing of homes in the re-

gion. The concert airs live on:

www.Facebook.com/InfinitelyMoreBand and

www.Youtube.com/InfinitelyMoreBand

Home Again Furniture Bank is a local nonprofit

organization that provides gently-used furniture and

housewares to individuals and families in need. In five

years, Home Again has furnished 1400+ homes and has

a waitlist of people requiring beds, sofas, tables and

basic furniture. For more information, visit:

www.homeagainfb.ca On November 21st, you can enjoy great music from the

warmth and comfort of your home, knowing that your

donation will ensure others have a comfortable, stable

and safe home.

Dear Padre,

A non-Christian friend asked if

Catholics read the Bible. What

can I say about Catholics and

the Bible? Yes. Catholics consider the Bible

to be the inspired word of God

by which he revealed to the

Jewish and early Christian

people who he is and how they can attain salvation.

The Bible comprises many shorter works collected

together. The books of the Bible were written at

different times by different people. There are two

parts to the Bible: the Old Testament and the New

Testament.

The Old Testament talks about God’s relations

with the Jewish people before the coming of Jesus.

The Old Testament consists of the first five books,

which are sometimes called the Pentateuch; the

histories, which tell about the conquest of the Holy

Land; the prophets, which record the words of

those sent to Israel to call it back to the true belief

in God; the writings, containing sacred songs (the

Psalms), advice on everyday living, and other ex-

plorations of religious issues. In the Greek

tradition, which Catholics follow, the Old

Testament contains forty-six books.

The New Testament, a collection of twenty-

seven shorter books, talks about Jesus and his

followers. It consists of the four Gospels, which are

about Jesus’ life on earth, his death, and resurrec-

tion; letters, which are written to newly established

Christian communities to guide them in their faith;

the Acts of the Apostles, which is a history of the

activities of the early Church; and a book of

prophesy, called Revelation.

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