St.

Helen Church
4106 Mountain St.
Beamsville, ON L0R 1B7
Ph: 905-562-7427
Fax: 905-563-0003
Email: office@sthelenscatholic.ca
Opened - October 2, 1938 Est. as a Parish - January 1, 1986
Pastor: Rev. Krzysztof Szczepanik Sunday Masses:
Office Administration: Aggie Agnino Saturday: 5:00pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 11:00am *
*(Children’s Liturgy of the Word)
Office hours:
Tuesday to Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm Weekday Masses:
Closed on Mondays and all Statutory holidays Tuesday: 6:30pm
Wednesday to Friday: 9:00am
Website: www.sthelenscatholic.ca 2nd Friday at Albright: 10:00am
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/sthelenscatholic 3rd Friday at Mennonite: 10:00am

Sacraments Contacts
Catholic Funeral Rites:
Baptism: When a death occurs in your family, Music Ministry:
1st & 3rd Sunday at 1:00 pm. please call the Parish Office and we Anthony van Engelen
Call parish office. will assist you in making the adve1@yahoo.com
necessary liturgical arrangements.
1st Communion & Confirmation Ministry Scheduling & RFM:
Contact the Parish Office. Chronic Care Facilities: Rachel Reid ~ ministryschedul-
Pastoral visits are made monthly. ing@sthelenscatholic.ca
Reconciliation: Reception of Holy Communion is
Every Saturday 4:00pm - 4:30pm or by available to residence. Fundraising Events:
appointment with the priest. Joe Della Manna
Homebound: josephdellamanna@yahoo.ca
Marriage: Notify the Parish Office when serious
Arrangements six months in advance. illness occurs. When the sick, aged or Facility & Grounds Maintenance:
Marriage preparation is required. incapacitated are confined to home for Craig Luey
an extended time, pastoral visit can be craig.luey@gmail.com
RCIA & RCIC: arranged.
Contact the Parish Office. Catholic Women's League:
Colleen Drake ~ contact parish office
Anointing of the Sick: Schools
Please let us know when someone has St. Mark School Knights of Columbus:
a serious or prolonged illness or is to Principal: Steven Ward Marcel VanRuyven
have surgery. This sacrament mgvanruijven@gmail.com
celebrates the healing of mind and St. Edward School
body and the forgiveness of sins. Principal: Carla Bianco SVDP:
Lorraine Martin ~ contact parish office

Kindly complete the following and place in the collection basket.

Envelopes will be on the round table in the foyer the following weekend.
☐ New Parishioner* ☐ Change of address ☐ Moving
Name________________________ Phone_________________ E-mail___________________
Address______________________________________________ City_____________________
☐ I would like to use offertory envelopes* Postal Code______________
 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
October 27, 2019
Mass Intentions
 October 29 - November 3, 2019
As we gather, let us remember and pray for . . .
Tues. ~ …………………………………….….. Oct. 29
th
6:30 pm NO MASS
Wed. ~ …………………………………….….. Oct. 30th
6:30 pm + Lawrence & James Moyer
(by Nancy Winslow)
Thurs. ~ …………………………………….….. Oct. 31st
9:00 am Intns of Corrie & Henk Sonders
(by Andy & Helen Hendriks)
Fri. ~ …………………………………….….. Nov. 1st
9:00 am + Janet Bolzan (by Nagler Family)
All Saints Intns of Maria & Stanley Gasienica
(by Sophie & John Haight)
Sat. ~ ………………………………………... Nov. 2nd
5:00 pm + For members who passed away in
2018 & 2019
Sun. ~ ………………………………………... Nov. 3rd
9:00 am + Sandy Fracchioni (by Sandra Strumia)
11:00 am For the People of St. Helen Parish
MINISTRY FOR THE SICK AND
HOMEBOUND
We are grateful to those who give of
their time and care to bring Holy
Communion to our parishioners who cannot make it to
church due to sickness or infirmity. If you know of
anyone who would like to receive communion in their
home or while hospitalized at West Lincoln Hospital,
please contact the parish office.
CWL NEWS
Next CWL Meeting is November 5th, Mass at 6:30
p.m. and meeting to follow.
Memorial Mass for deceased members of KofC and
CWL, November 6th. Star of the Sea Parish, 34 Emily
St., St. Catharines. Mass is at 7:00 p.m. Refreshments
to follow.
A PRAYER WITH SONG OF TAIZE
January 4, March 21, June 20
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Introduction and Song Practice
2:30 - 3:30 pm. Prayer
Monastery of Mount Carmel
7020 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, 905-356-4113 or
Contact Eunji Kim - eunji@fountaintree.ca
All are welcome!
Daily after Mass
during the week.
OUR CONDOLENCES
This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns in
memory of:
+ LEEANNE MISETICH
The Sanctuary Lamp burns to remind us of Christ’s
presence in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar.
If you wish to sponsor the sanctuary lamp for one
week the stipend is $35.00
our parish prayer
Jesus, open our hearts, enabling us to embrace
your teachings and to love one another. Holy
Spirit, lift us and lead us, deepening our desire to
serve God through serving each other. Amen.
Our condolences and prayers are extended to the family
and friends who mourn the loss of:
DANIEL PARENT
VICTOR OPRESNIK
MARIE GALVIN
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord,
and let the perpetual light shine upon them
FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1ST
9:00 AM TO 12:00 NOON
You are invited to come and spend a
holy hour with Jesus.
THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE &
MASS OF REMEMBRANCE
Traditionally the month of November is a time when we
remember in prayer all who have died.
The Book of Remembrance is now in the entrance of
the church for the remainder of the month of
October. You are invited to write in the names of
the deceased loved ones and friends you wish to have
remembered in prayer by the community during
November. The book will then be placed at the foot of
the altar as we pray for all the departed souls during the
month of November. You can place the Remembrance
Envelope in the collection basket or bring them to the
parish office. Remembrance envelopes are available at
the Church entrance.
A special Mass of Remembrance for
our loved ones who have died during
this past year on Saturday November
2nd, at the 5:00 p.m. Mass. All
parishioners are welcome to attend.
Requiescat in pace.
 30th Sunday OT vocation to bring Christ’s message of love to those they
The prayer of the humble pierces the heavens. (Sirach) serve.
From now on, there is reserved for me the crown of
righteousness. (2 Timothy) AUTOMATIC BANK WITHDRAWAL - Contact the
The tax collector went home justified; not so the parish office if you would like to go on monthly auto-
Pharisee. (Luke) matic withdrawal for your donations.
Like the Pharisee in today’s
Gospel, we can “use” God to DIOCESAN ANNIVERSARY MASS
justify our own belief systems Married couples celebrating a 25th, 40th, 50th or 60th
and to advance our own idea anniversary in the year 2019 are invited to the
of what the world should diocesan anniversary Mass, Monday November 25,
be. The Christ of compassion 2019, 5:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Catherine of
and reconciliation calls us to Alexandria, St. Catharines. To register and receive a
see ourselves as made in formal invitation from Bishop Bergie, contact the parish
God’s image, not to recast God office .
in our image.
In our own time and place, the parable of the Pharisee
and the tax collector is played out not so much as a lack
of humility before God but as a lack of awareness of the
needs, hopes and cries for help of those around us.
Attitude and action are the essence of authentic
discipleship, not just words and rituals empty of feeling Tuesday, October 28: "Causes of Anger"
or conviction. We manifest our love for God not
through self-righteous acts of piety but through our love
and care for the poor, the needy, the defenseless, the
alienated and the rejected.
REGENERATE(D) 2019 - Saturday, November 23
2019/2020 Sunday Missals are available by the join Branches Catholic Ministries at the Scotiabank
office window for $5. Please place the money in the Convention Centre for Regenerate(d) 2019: "You are
box labelled Missal. Called." Regenerate(d) Youth (ages 12 to 18) will run
simultaneously. For more information or "early bird"
tickets visit branchesoftheword.org or call 905/685-
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 7000.
Thank you very much for your generous contribution to
last week’s World Mission Sunday collection. Please
continue to pray for those who serve in mission
countries so that they may remain steadfast in their Collection First Sunday of the Month!

WELCOME
Through the celebration of
the Sacrament of Holy Bap-
tism, we welcome to our
parish family our new mem-
bers:
RUBY NOELLE MILAVEC
May God bless you as you begin this
beautiful spiritual journey with our Lord
and Saviour Jesus.

VISITING VOLUNTEERS FOR

ALBRIGHT MANOR & MENNO
HOME NEEDED
If you have some time to do some visit-
ing on a regular basis, please let the of-
fice know and we’ll connect you!

Thursday’s - Legion @ 11:00 am

Friday’s - St. Helen’s @ 7:00 pm
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