St.

Helen Church
FEBRUARY 11TH, 2018 | 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B)
4106 Mountain Street | Beamsville, Ontario | L0R 1B7 www.sthelenscatholic.ca

Phone (905) 562-7427 | Fax (905) 563-0003 | office@sthelenscatholic.ca | www.sthelenscatholic.ca

Philip Pastor
Pastor
Fr. English
Fr. English
Office Administration
Office Administration
Aggie Agnino Ext. 1
Aggie Agnino Ext. 1

Mass
MassTimes
Times
• Saturday
Saturday -- 55 p.m.
p.m.
• Sunday
Sunday -- 99 && 11
11 a.m.
a.m.
Opened - October 2, 1938 Established as a Parish - January 1, 1986

Schools Contacts
St. Mark School Reconciliation
Catholic Women's League
Principal: Steven Ward Before or after mass or by appoint- Colleen Drake 905-563-8981
Phone: (905) 563-9191 ment.
Knights of Columbus
Marriage George L. Savage 289-566-9383
St. Edward School
Principal: Carla Bianco Six months’ notice; marriage prep Music Ministry
Phone: (905) 562-5531 required. Anthony van Engelen
cell/text 905-563-7067,
Anointing of the Sick Email adve1@yahoo.com

Sacraments Please let us know when someone

Ministry Scheduling
has a serious or prolonged illness or Rachel Reid 905-941-4150
Baptism ministryscheduling@sthelenscatholic.ca
is to have surgery. This sacrament
Available Sundays at 1:00 pm. Call
celebrates the healing of mind and
parish office. Fundraising Events
body and the forgiveness of sins. Joe Della Manna
First Communion & Confirmation josephdellamanna@yahoo.ca
Catholic Funeral Rites
Arranged through school. If your Youth Ministry
When a death occurs in your family,
child is not in a Catholic school or is sthelensyouthministry@gmail.com
please call the Parish Office and we
not baptized in the Roman Catholic
will assist you in making the neces- Facility & Grounds Maintenance
Church, contact the Parish Office. Craig Luey 905-988-6522
sary liturgical arrangements.
craig.luey@gmail.com

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We welcome you and invite you to share in the spiritual and social activities of your parish.
 This week
Year B MASS INTENTIONS the
L & D (living & deceased) February 12th - 18th, 2018 Sanctuary
Lamp
Day Requested for Requested by burns in
Monday NO MASS memory
Tuesday of:
+ Fr. Tom Cresswell Nancy Winslow
6:30 p.m.
+ Giuseppe &
Ash Wednesday + Margaret Lof Staff of St. Mark School
10:00 a.m. Maria Orsi
7:00 p.m. + Maria Da Gloria Pereira Family
The
Thursday Sanctuary Lamp
Intn’s of Hendriks & deKoning Families - L&D Helen & Andy Hendriks
8:30 a.m. burns to remind
Friday us of Christ’s
10:00 a.m. + Alex & Angelina Prokich Hrvatin Family presence in the
Menno Home Blessed Sacra-
Saturday ment of the altar.
+ Erminio & Lucia DeStefano Lucia Thomson
5:00 p.m. If you wish to
Sunday sponsor the sanc-
For the People of St. Helen
9:00 a.m. tuary lamp for one
week the stipend
11:00 a.m. +Miranda Montague Maria & Steve Montague & Fam. is $35.

Stewardship of Treasure YOUth Blasters Winter Schedule

February 4th, 2018 - Offertory (156)
Loose
Building Fund (16)
Facility Maintenance (38)
“May God bless you for your faithful stewardship!”
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 re-
ceive communion in their home or while hospitalized
at West Lincoln Hospital, please contact the parish
office.
SVDP Society
MISSION - The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a
lay Catholic organization whose mission is: To live
the Gospel message by serving Christ in the
poor with love, respect, justice and joy.
VALUES - The Mission of the Society of St. Vincent
de Paul implies that as Vincentians we: see Christ in
anyone who suffers, come together as a family,
have personal contact with the poor, help in all pos-
sible ways.
Canadian Tire Money
We continue to collect Canadian Tire money to pur-
chase raffle prizes for fundraising events. It can be
brought to the office or in the collection basket.
Sanctuary Lamp available dates:
May 14-20, 21-27, May 28-June 3
To receive the weekly bulletin via email, make your
request by email: office@sthelenscatholic.ca
YOUth Blasters upcoming gatherings will be at the
3,364 parish on the following dates:
February 11th & 25th from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
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2,358 YOUth Blasters always have a great time growing
in our faith together through prayer, activities, crafts,
587 music and snacks! All newcomers are welcome
(grade 3 and up)! Please pick up a registration form
from the office and return it at our next gathering!
Retrouvaille
A Lifeline for Marriage – Do you feel alone? Are
you frustrated or angry with each other? Retrouvaille
has helped 10’s of 1000’s of couples experiencing
marital difficulty at all levels. For confidential infor-
mation about, or to register for the program begin-
ning with a weekend on March 16, 2018, at the
Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls,
please call 905-664-5212 or email:
hamiltonretrouvaille1@cogeco.ca or visit the web
site at www.retrouvaille.org.
Share Lent in the name of Peace
Lent is a time to reconnect with God through prayer,
fasting, and almsgiving. This Lenten season, Devel-
opment and Peace – Caritas Canada invites you to
learn more about peace and dialogue as part of the
Share Lent Campaign. Thanks to money donated
annually by Catholics during Share Lent, Develop-
ment and Peace can support 170 partners and 202
projects in 36 countries around the world. Solidarity
Calendars will be made available with daily sugges-
tions that will call us to be peacemakers and to con-
vey this message of faith and love with each other in
our St. Helen parish, our schools and community.
Envelopes will be provided to make a donation on
Solidarity Sunday, which will take place on March
18.
February 11th - 6th Sunday Ordinary Time
You Can Make Me Clean
Ancient Israelite teachings on purity/leprosy. (Lev)
Paul’s summary advice about Christian behavior. (1 Cor)
Jesus heals the leper. (Mk)
In Greek, the word Penta-
teuch means “five rolls” and
describes the first books of
the Hebrew Scriptures. To-
day’s first reading comes from
Leviticus. As the third book of
the Torah or law, following
Genesis and Exodus, Leviti-
cus is like a handbook of rules
for the Levite priests and was
compiled after the exodus from Egypt.
The detailed instructions about leprosy are part of
the Jews’ legal purity code. Cleanliness was an im-
portant prerequisite of worship. Entrance into the
temple required physical and spiritual cleanliness.
This code is reflected today in the Mass when the
priest prepares by washing his hands. He whispers
the timeless words: “Lord, wash away my iniquity;
cleanse me from my sin.” --Dc. Dick Folger
St. Joseph’s Church Shrove Tuesday Pan-
cake Dinner, Feb. 13th - Held at Blessed Trinity
High School, 145 Livingston Ave., Grimsby. 3 seat-
ing times: 4:30, 5:30 & 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and
can be purchased at St. Joseph’s parish office week-
days. Children under 3 are free!
40 Days for Life
Be part of this peace-
ful, international cam-
paign to end abortion,
by praying and fasting
during Lent, February
14-March 25. Each church is adopting one day from
8 am–8 pm, for two or more people to give public
witness for one or two hours, standing on Portage
Street at the Niagara Falls General Hospital, holding
a sign “Pray to End Abortion – 40 Days for Life.”
St. Helen's day is Saturday, March 3. You can in-
dicate the hour/s you will witness on the sign-up
sheet on the table at the entrance.
St. Catharines Right to Life Dinner
Saturday, February 24, 6:00 p.m. at Holiday Inn
Parkway Conference Centre, 327 Ontario St., St.
Catharines. Guest Speaker: Josh Brahm, founder of
the Equal Rights Institute. Join us for an excellent
dinner, fellowship and an out-
standing pro-life speaker who will
inform, inspire and encourage us.
To reserve tickets ($50, $25 for
students), call our office 684-7505
or email: info@chooselife.ca .
More info at ChooseLife.ca
26th World Day of
the Sick (Feb. 11)
Mater Ecclesiae:
“Behold, your son... Be-
hold, your mother. And
from that hour the disci-
ple took her into his
home.” (Jn 19:26-27)
This is celebrated universally on the feast of Our
Lady of Lourdes (February 11). The World Day
of the Sick focuses on three themes: (1) it reminds
the faithful to pray for the sick; (2) it invites us to re-
flect upon the meaning of human suffering; and (3) it
recognizes and honours all persons who work in the
health care field.
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On Sunday, February 11, 2018, the World Day of the
Sick, Bishop Bergie will celebrate Mass with the
communal celebration of the Sacrament of the Sick
at 2:00 pm at the Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alex-
andria. All are welcome to attend, especially the sick
and those who care for the sick.
Pray for the Pope’s February Universal Intention…
Say "No" to Corruption ~ That those who have mate-
rial, political, or spiritual power may resist any lure of
corruption.
Do you have Offertory Envelopes #88?
Please contact the office if you do.
Countdown to Lent - February 14th
. . . from the Guidelines for Lent
Ash Wednesday, February 14, and Good Fri-
day, March 30, are days of fast and absti-
nence. Fridays of Lent are also days of absti-
nence.
Fasting, almsgiving, and prayer are the three traditional
disciplines of Lent. The faithful and catechumens should
undertake these practices seriously in a spirit of penance
and of preparation for Baptism or of renewal of Baptism at
Easter. (Code of Canon Law, 1249-1252)
Fasting is to be observed by all eighteen years of
age and older, who have not yet celebrated their six-
tieth birthday. On a fast day one full meal is allowed.
Two other meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may
be taken according to each one's needs, but togeth-
er they should not equal another full meal. Eating
between meals is not permitted, but liquids, including
milk and juices, are allowed.
Abstinence is observed by all fourteen years of age
and older. On days of abstinence no meat is al-
lowed. Note that when health or ability to work would
be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. When
in doubt concerning fast and abstinence, the parish
priest should be consulted.
Sign of Peace - If you have a cold, please refrain
from shaking hands at the Sign of Peace.