WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 21-28, 2020 “Do not fear those who kill the body” Matthew 10.26-33 Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Welcome back! You don’t have a clue how happy I am to see, at least some of you, in our beautiful Church. I know that so many of you went through some tough times, some were lonely, some depressed and some uncertain about the future. Today, first time after weeks you will receive Jesus in the Eucharist. Tell Him about your joy of having Him in your heart again. I’m sure He will guide you and protect you in this time of pandemic. Thank you for being so great, patient and understanding in following all the protocols in place. I am confident that if we follow these instructions soon more people will be able to join us for Mass. Sunday we also celebrate Father’s Day. May our Heavenly Father bless all Fathers today and every day. Thank you for all you do for us! Happy Father’s Day, enjoy your day! My prayers are with you and with your families. Be healthy and safe, Fr. Pawel Welcome back! We missed you. Thank you for your ongoing financial support during these hard times. Check our website for more information on several ways to donate to our Parish.
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 21-28, 2020
“Do not fear those who kill the body”
Matthew 10.26-33
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Welcome back! You don’t have a clue how happy I am to see, at least some of you, in our
beautiful Church. I know that so many of you went through some tough times, some were lonely,
some depressed and some uncertain about the future.
Today, first time after weeks you will receive Jesus in the Eucharist. Tell Him about your joy
of having Him in your heart again. I’m sure He will guide you and protect you in this time of
pandemic.
Thank you for being so great, patient and understanding in following all the protocols in
place. I am confident that if we follow these instructions soon more people will be able to join us
for Mass.
Sunday we also celebrate Father’s Day. May our Heavenly Father bless all Fathers today
and every day. Thank you for all you do for us! Happy Father’s Day, enjoy your day!
My prayers are with you and with your families. Be healthy and safe,
Fr. Pawel
Welcome back! We missed you.
Thank you for your ongoing financial support
during these hard times.
Check our website for more information on several ways to donate to our Parish.
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THE SACRED LITURGY THIS WEEK
Sunday, June 21 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday, June 22 Memorial St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop St. John Fisher, Bishop and St. Thomas More, Martyrs
Wednesday, June 24 Solemnity The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Saturday, June 27 Memorial Blesseds Nykyta Budka and Vasyl Velychkovsky, Bishops, Martyrs St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor
READINGS THIS WEEK
Sunday, June 21: 1st Reading: Jeremiah 20.10-13 2nd Reading: Romans 5.12-15 Gospel: Matthew
10.26-33
Monday, June 22: 1st Reading: 2 Kings 17.5-8, 13-15a, 18 Gospel: Matthew 7.1-5
Tuesday, June 23: 1st Reading: 2 Kings 19.9b-11, 14-21, 31-36 Gospel: Matthew 7.6, 12-14
Wednesday, June 24: 1st Reading: Isaiah 49.1-6 Second Reading: Acts 13.22-26 Gospel: Luke 1.57-
66, 80
Thursday, June 25: 1st Reading: 2 Kings 24.8-17 Gospel: Matthew 7.21-29
Friday, June 26: 1st Reading: 2 Kings 25.1-12 Gospel: Matthew 8.1-4
Saturday, June 27: 1st Reading: Lam 2.2, 10-14, 18-19 Gospel: Matthew 8.5-17
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
If you spend much time in the company of Jesuits who lived in Latin America in the eighties and nineties, it
won’t be long before you hear the name Mev Puleo. I’ve noticed that she is the dearest friend, the most
beloved companion of the Jesuits who were alive and living in Central and South America during those
wrenching years of war and struggle.
She was, by all accounts, a radiantly joyful young American woman whose life changed on a bus ride, much
like that world-changing train ride St. Teresa of Calcutta took in 1946. Both women looked out a window---
Mev as a teenager on a family trip to Brazil in 1977, Mother Teresa traveling from Calcutta to Darjeeling ---
and observed the staggering distance between the world of the privileged and those who never had a
chance.
Mev lived and worked as a photojournalist in El Salvador, Haiti and Brazil. She documented, from the
eloquent silence of her camera, the daily courage and kindness of those who are poor, and the malevolent
oppression of those who prey upon them.
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She spoke in the light what she witnessed in the dark. She even, of all terrifying things, once witnessed a
rape in progress. She drove her old Volkswagen up to the sidewalk and shone her headlights right onto the
scene. The rapist hollered for her to leave, and when she held fast, he left instead.
Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed. She used her camera to announce far and wide the atrocities
suffered by the “least” at the hands of the “greatest.” If this gospel passage (Matthew 10:26-33) brings to
mind some times when you held your tongue when someone told a racist joke, take it as a nudge from the
Holy Spirit to be more courageous next time.
How will you proclaim from the housetops what God has whispered in your heart?
Tanya Di Persio, Marco Cianfarani, Catarina Clyke, Julie, Gus, Peter Fernandes, Bernardine
Fernandes, Joe Rybka, Lorenzo Addorisio, Maria Petruzzo, Nazzareno Lombardi, Marcus
Gibbons, Dante Gibellini, Lucia Gibellini, Mario, Michael McGee, Clara Pacitti, Sandi
Weinholdt, Emil Atienza, Antonio Marini, Samantha Pasut, Livia, Ban Velicaria
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF SOULS
Please pray for the souls of Francesco Faga, Angelo Ammendolia and Amalia DiDonato
whose funerals were last week. Let us pray for Fr. Pawel’s uncle, Ted Szwedzicki, who
passed away this week in Australia.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
SANCTUARY LAMP INTENTIONS Available to offer for loved ones for a one week period. Sanctuary lamps are the red votive candles lit beside the tabernacle. To request an intention for the sanctuary lamps, please call the Parish office at 905-884-1784 during office hours.
