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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:
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
child’s birth certificate must be provided before 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 [email protected]
"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 [email protected]
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 [email protected].
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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