. 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
before 11:00 A.M. Wednesday
Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time July 26 2015
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Scripture Readings: July 27 to August 1, 2015
Monday Exodus 32.15-24, 30-34 Matthew 13.31-35
Tuesday Exodus 33.7-11; 34.4b-9, 28 Matthew 13.36-43
Wednesday Exodus 34.29-35; John 11.17-21
Thursday Exodus 40.16-21, 34-38; Matthew 13.47-52
Friday Leviticus 23.1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Matthew 13.54-58
Saturday Leviticus 25.1, 8-17; Matthew 14.1-12
July 19, 2015 $3666.75
Thank you for your continued generosity!
A Franciscan Blessing
May God bless you with a restless
discomfort about easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationship, so that
you may seek truth boldly and love deep
with your heart.
May God bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of
people, so that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom, and peace among all
people.
May God bless you with the gift of tears to
shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, or loss of all they
cherish, so that you may reach out your
hand to comfort them and transform their pain into joy.
May God bless you with enough
foolishness to believe that you really can make a difference in this world, so that you
are able, with God’s grace, to what others
claim cannot be done.
Monday, July 27 8:00 A.M.
ł Dan McLarty by Roberta Miller Tuesday, July 28 8:00 A.M.
ł David & Mary Hilderley Wednesday, July 29 No Mass Thursday, July 30 8:00 A.M.
ł Manuel Rodrigues husband of Maria Trigo Friday, July 31 8:00 A.M.
ł Alzira & Jose Severo Rodrigues by Maria Trigo Saturday, Aug 1 5:00 P.M.
ł Mary LaRochelle by Denis LaRochelle
ł Sister Jeannette LaLonde by Ann Harrison
ł Mark Castellarin by parents Laura & Bruno & families Sunday, Aug 2 9:00 A.M.
ł Emily Brownlee by Ed & Myrtle Corelli Thanksgiving Mass for Frank Arcangeletti
ł Mary & Peter Ladubec by the family 11:00 A.M. Intentions of Parishioners 8:30 P.M. No Intentions
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Aug 1-2 Lectors Eucharistic
Minister Ushers Greeters
Saturday
5:00 PM Maria Esposito
Jean Scott
Louise Adams
Monique Staruck
Bernard Lysiak
Neil Conway
John Slobodecki
Paul Logan
Sunday
9:00 AM Terry Bos
Terry Colizza
Denise Colizza
Paula Smith
Rudy Wheatley
Brian Lidstone
Sunday
11:00 AM Carmen Sicoly
Gino Masotti
Bambi Alexander
Laura Castallarin
Ted & Norma Wall
Phil Bellerose
Tony Pino
Sunday
8:30 PM Tom Walton
Tom or Ivan
Maria Pasqua Gino Filice
Sympathy
We offer our prayers and condolences to the
Don MacDonald and family on the death of
Joan MacDonald
This week at Precious Blood Cathedral
Wed. July 29 11:30 am Craft Group at Sacred Heart
Thurs. July 30 7:00 pm Choir Practice
Wanted: Greeters When: For all masses
Qualifications: Happy smile Commitment: 15 min. before mass
Contact: Parish Office
2015 Journey Lottery Winners July 19, 2015—
Darwisa Abdurasad #04484
When making a contribution to The Journey, please remember to make
cheque payable to Precious Blood Cathedral.
Thank you for your support.
Readers and Eucharistic Ministers needed.
8:30 pm Sunday
Call Parish Office 705-256-8474
“The Lord, a
merciful and
gracious God,
slow to anger
and rich in
kindness and
fidelity, continuing his
kindness for a
thousand generations, and
forgiving wickedness and
crime and
sin…”
Exodus 33
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Mark Hakomaki
Long warm days... The pace of life slows...
A time for picnics and rest in the shade...
Lord, help me to rest awhile
in the cooling shade of your presence.
Slow down my restless heart
and fill me with gentle compassion
for all your people.
Amen.
Catholic Women’s League
Have a great and blessed summer.
Knights of Columbus 11608
Deceased Member
We mourn the loss of one of our members, Joan MacDonald had been a member for 27 years.
Please keep her and the family in your prayers.
Snowflake Bazaar Calling all knitters, crochet, quilters, crafters and bakers. We will be looking for items for our annual bazaar
and we turn to all of you as we have in the past. Yes it is early but before we know it the bazaar will be here.
If you have any questions please call Louise at 254-7869 . Thank you for all the support you have given us in
the past.
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In the Community
ARCH Hospice: Have you lost a loved one? ARCH Hospice Adult Grief Support Group. All are welcome. Free of
charge, eight-week sessions, small, personal group sizes, warm atmosphere with friendly, trained volunteers &
professionals. Pre-registration is required. 2015 sessions are Jan 14-March 4; March 25-May 13; June 3-July 29; Aug 19-
Oct 14; Oct 28-Dec 16. Call Shaunagh Gravelines, Support Care Coordinator at 705-942-1556 ext 224 or email
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.”