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MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, May 19 5:00pm † Noel O’Brien by Garett & Anna O’Brien Sunday, May 20 8:30am For the 65th Wedding Anniversary of Herb & Fern Bunz by Carl & Karen Hofstede 10:30am † Jamie Schriner by Grandpa & Grandma Bunz Tuesday, May 22 8:30am Special Intentions for Donna & Mike Dilse by Kaela & Wray Anderson Wednesday, May 23 8:30am For the 65th Anniversary of Herbert & Fern Bunz by Ron & Bernadette Poth Special Intentions for the Anniversary of Carl & Karen Hofstede by Herb & Fern Bunz Thursday, May 24 8:30pm † Julian Zych by Jozefa Koziello Friday, May 25 8:30pm Special Intentions for Mariah Henry by Kaela & Wray Anderson Saturday, May 26 5:00pm † Gloria Gandour by Larry & Rosemary DeGrace & family Sunday, May 27 8:30am † Andrew DeCaire by DeCaire family 10:30am † Viola Molnar by Darlene Bucsis LECTORS: May 19 5:00pm Steve Gandour May 20 8:30am Lorne Boyko May 20 10:30am Lindsay Kennedy May 26 5:00pm Margaret Kielbowich May 27 8:30am Dave Larmour May 27 10:30am Youth Mass EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: May 20 8:30am Louise DeCaire May 20 10:30am Glenna Dulmage May 27 8:30am Tony Smagata May 27 10:30am Shelley Dulmage
PARISH FAMILY PICNIC & YOUTH MASS: will take
place next Sunday, May 27th at 10:30am. Procession to the
Grotto-crowning of the statue of Mary at the grotto by the
children of first communion will take place. Barbecue
luncheon to follow. (Hamburgers, French fries, hot dogs,
juice, ice cream, cookies, coffee, tea etc. will be served.)
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: We have started our “Building
on our Faith” Capital Campaign to raise funds for the
replacement of our hall roof in the spring and several other
repairs of the Church and hall. This now includes the
replacement of the hall furnaces and air conditioners. Our
target is to raise $150,000.00. So far 82 families have
pledged $74,700 and we have so far received $60,780.
Thanks to everyone who have already made a pledge. I ask
every family who has not made a pledge, to do so before
June 30th. We hope to start our work in June. If you have
lost your pledge form, please pick up another one from the
back of the church.
FISH FRY & BARBECUE: will be held at Maureen and
Paul O’Dwyer’s house on Sunday, June 10th at 3pm. Dinner
will be served at 5:00pm. (18 concession,14 Townsend.)
Battered Perch, French fries, hot dogs, chicken strips for a
cost of just $12.00 per adult and children are free.
Refreshments will be available. Live band by Dan Rykse &
group. A small salad or dessert to share is welcomed. RSVP
Paul & Maureen @ 519 5874894 by Thursday, June 7th or
you can give your names to Paul when he is here on May
27th to do our barbecue luncheon for our parish family
picnic.
CEMETERY DECORATION DAY: will be held on
Sunday, June 3rd at 12:30pm at St. Michael’s Cemetery.
Please join us to pray for our deceased brothers and sisters
who have gone before us.
CWL NEWS: To show our ongoing support of the H. N.
Women's Shelter, we will once again be collecting personal
care items for the women of the shelter. Needed are
shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, brushes, deodorant, and
hygiene products, etc. The shelter appreciates all the help we
give them and we thank you for helping us.
There will be no meetings of the CWL until we convene on
September 11th.
LASER TAG: We have 70 altar servers and youth choir
members. In
appreciation of their
hard work and
service to our
parish, this year too,
we will be taking
them for laser tag in
Hamilton in two groups. It costs us $30 each per child. I am
sure all of you will agree with me, these children bring great
joy to us all when they sing, altar serve, read and usher in
our church. I ask every parishioner to sponsor at least one
child or two or whatever donation you can give towards it.
MAY BIRTHDAYS: Elly MacLeod (1st) Abby Drouin (4th)
Dustin Dulmage (11th) Kaelynne Rossignol (18)
Mia Hines (21st) Jacob Vespa (23rd)
Charlotte Faulkner (23rd) Bishop Freeman (29th)
All children will receive a chocolate bar on their birthday, if you let us
know when their birthdays are.
PENTECOST SUNDAY (MAY 20, 2018)
MASS INTENTIONS: Every Mass is a wonderful gift of God for us. We consciously recall the love of God poured out for us in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. At each Mass all the intentions of all God’s people, both living and dead, are included. Envelopes are placed at the entrance of the church. If you need a specific date please let us know at least one month in advance.
JUNE 2018
1st (First Friday) 8:30am Mass /Adoration
3rd (Sunday) Youth Appreciation Laser Tag
3rd (Sunday) Cemetery Decoration Day 12:30pm
June 4th—8th Priests Retreat. Mount Carmel, NF
22nd (Friday) 9:00am School Year-End Mass
26th (Tuesday) 6:00pm Graduation Mass/Graduation
Pentecost which means fiftieth was the second of three most
important Jewish Feasts. For the
Jews it was a day of gratitude
and a day of thanksgiving for the
completion of the harvest. It
occurred seven weeks after the
Passover and on this day the first
fruits of the wheat crop were
offered to God. On this day
people celebrated the event
where God gave his Law to
Moses on Mount Sinai. On this
day the Spirit came down on the
Disciples and the church was
born. On this fiftieth day after
the resurrection a great transformation took place in the small
group of disciples. They were persons perplexed, scared,
frightened and disappointed, that kept them closeted in a little
upper room. We are not told where that room was situated and
we only know that room was in a house in Jerusalem. The
Spirit that descended on them while they were together praying
and it was for all the people. At this time people had come to
Jerusalem from every nation to express their harvest gratitude.
They spoke different languages; they came with different
intentions; they had different motives. It is this mixed group
that heard a sound which made them assemble together. To
their astonishment, some Galilean spoke to them in their own
native language. They were surprised that some unheard
illiterates of Galilee spoke the language they understood so
well. All are aware how difficult it is to learn another language.
Yet we are told that these disciples spoke freely and people,
coming from various nations, understood them perfectly. It is
the hearers and not the speakers who make this claim. This was
the novel experience of the new harvest, Pentecost. Just as St
Paul tells us that no one can say, Jesus is Lord unless he is
under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost day is called the
birthday of the Church.
It was said once a Monk was on a vacation in the countryside.
He rented a big house near a bird sanctuary. A variety of birds
sang merrily outside his window all day long. The Monk was
so thrilled that every time he stepped out of the house, he
thanked the birds loudly for their enchanting melodies. One day
the landlord followed him out and protested saying: “you don’t
suppose those birds are singing for you?” The Monk asserted
saying: “Why of course, I do.” The Landlord reacted saying:
“Well my friend, you are sadly mistaken; the birds are singing
only for me.” They got into such a serious argument that they
decided to settle it in the court. The Judge heard the case
carefully, and then to their utter amazement, asked each of
them to pay a penalty. Surprised at this both demanded why
they have to pay. The Judge replied solemnly: “Because, the
birds here have always been singing only for me.”
*My wife, a phlebotomist at the Denver VA hospital, entered a
patient’s room to draw blood. Noticing an apple on his
nightstand, she remarked, “An apple a day keeps the doctor
away, right?” “That’s true,” he agreed. “I haven’t seen a doctor
in three days.” * Adam was hanging around the garden of Eden
feeling very lonely. So, God asked him, "What's wrong with
you?" Adam said he didn't have anyone to talk to. God said that
He was going to make Adam a companion and that it would be
a woman. He said, "This pretty lady will gather food for you,
she will cook for you, and when you discover clothing, she will
wash it for you. She will always agree with every decision you
make and she will not nag you, and will always be the first to
admit she was wrong. When you've had a disagreement, she
will praise you! She will bear your children, and never ask you
to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She
will NEVER have a headache, and will freely give you love and
passion whenever you need it." Adam asked God, "What will a
woman like this cost?" God replied, "An arm and a leg." Then
Adam asked, "What can I get for a rib?" Of course, the rest is
history......
TREASURE WITHIN: An old beggar lay on his
deathbed. His last words were to his young son who had
been his constant companion during his begging
trips. “Dear son," he said, “I have nothing to give you
except a cotton bag and a dirty bronze bowl which I got
in my younger days from the junk yard of a rich
lady.” After his father’s death, the boy continued
begging, using the bowl his father had given him. One
day a gold merchant dropped a coin in the boy’s bowl and
he was surprised to hear a familiar clinking sound. “Let
me check your bowl,” the merchant said. To his great
surprise, he found that the beggar’s bowl was made of
pure gold. “My dear young man," he said, “why do you
waste your time begging? You are a rich man. That
bowl of yours is worth at least thirty thousand
dollars.” We Christians are often like this beggar
boy who failed to recognize and appreciate the value of
his bowl. We fail to appreciate the infinite worth of the
Holy Spirit living within each of us, sharing His gifts and
fruits and charisms with us. On this major feast day, we
are invited to experience and appreciate the
transforming, sanctifying and strengthening
presence of the Holy Spirit within us. This is
also a day to renew the promises made to
God during our Baptism and Confirmation,
to profess our Faith, and to practice it.
St. Vincent De Paul Conference of Dunnville
116 Lock Street East . N1A 1J7 Phone # 905-701-9999
Email: [email protected] Monday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm
Saturday 9:00am-1:00pm
R. G. SIMPSON, C. A.
PROFESIONAL CORPORATION
208 Tamarac Street,
Dunnville, Ontario N1A 2C4
Phone: 905.774.7668
SECRETARY
Sue Secord
YOUTH MINISTRY
Shelley Dulmage: 905-701-4825
YOUTH MASS
Laurie Rykse: 905-774-6052
ALTAR SERVERS
Jennifer Vespa: 905-774-1148
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
Siobhan Hamilton: 905-351-4392
LITURGY & MUSIC MINISTRY
Margaret Kielbowich: 905-774-7024
Elizabeth Niec: 905-701-9033
Organists: Cindy Huitema: 905-774-7784
Karen Hofstede: 905-774 - 4488 LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
Barbara Sutcliffe: 905 –774-5396
MINISTRY TO THE SICK
Mary Gandour: 905-774—5191
CHURCH DECORATIONS
Margaret Kielbowich: 905-774-7024
SACRISTIAN
Tony Smagata 905-774-6533
PARISH CELEBRATIONS
Bernadette Poth: 905-701-1153
Dan Rykse: 905-899-3826
PARISH PHOTOGRAPHERS
Marissa Iozzo: 905-774-8869
Amanda Disher: 289-209-8212
SUNDAY COFFEE SOCIALS
Margaret Noble: 905-481-1244
PARISH COUNCIL
Bernadette Poth: 905-701-1153
BUILDING COMMITTEE & FINANCE
Carl Hofstede : 905-774 - 4488
CUSTODIAN
Margaret Noble: 905-481-1244
ST. MICHAEL’S CEMETERY BOARD
Don Weaver: 905 -774 -4132
Secretary: Lisa Ellis: 905-736-0563
PARISH SCHOOL & ORGANIZATIONS
ST. MICHAEL’S SCHOOL
Principal: Craig Colbert: 905-774-6052
Secretary: Irene Bowden
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE
President: Bernadette Poth: 905-701-1153
LEGION OF MARY
Margaret Noble: 905-481-1244
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Mike Dilse: 289-808-8599
ST. VINCENT DEPAUL
Mary Mater: 905-701-9999
Welcome to Our Catholic Family, a Community United in Faith ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Bishop of the Diocese of St. Catharines: Most Reverend Gerard P. Bergie, D.D.
Father Sunny Sebastian V.F., Pastor
WE CELEBRATE THE EUCHARIST
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Monday: No Mass Tuesday: 8:30am
Wednesday: 8:30am Thursday: 8:30am Friday: 8:30am
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturday: 4:15 p.m or by appointment
OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesday: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm. Wednesday: 12:30 pm- 3:30 pm.
Thursday: 12:30 am - 3:30 pm (Mondays & Fridays: Closed)
OUR PARISH MISSION
STATEMENT: We, as the
Eucharistic family
of St. Michael the
Archangel, believe
in the life, death
and resurrection of
our Lord Jesus
Christ. We foster a
welcoming and
active faith
community by
sharing our gifts of
time, talent and
treasure.
Following Jesus
and guided by the
Holy Spirit, we
commit ourselves
to prayer, service,
and living our
faith. We continue
to give witness to
our faith as we
attempt to lead all
souls to God’s eternal kingdom in the Roman Catholic Tradition.
204 Alder Street West, Dunnville, Ontario. N1A 1R4 CANADA. Tel.: 905-774-6972 Website: www.saintmichaelsparish.net Emails: [email protected] & [email protected]
