1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
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2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER
April 12th, 2015
DAILY WEEKDAY MASSES
MON, TUES, THURS & FRI – 12:15 pm,
WED, 9:00 am
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
During Wednesday evening at eVena Prayer or by
appointment
SICK & HOMEBOUND
EVENA PRAYER SERVICE - WED., 7 pm
Meet Our Office Staff &
Volunteers
Pastor: Fr. Patrick Cosgrove
Assistant: Fr. John DeCoste
Deacon: Tom Smith
Administrative Assistant: Kelley SullivanDurnford
Director of Religious Education: Peggy Dupuy
Pastoral Assistant: Claire Pottie
Parish Council Chair: Rosemarie Sampson
Choir Leaders:
Saturday
4:00pm: Chris Mader
Sunday
9:00 am: Brent MacDonald
11:15 am: Betty Gillis
6:00 pm: Roxanne Pereira
Our choirs are always ready to welcome new
members. If you are interested in joining a
choir please call the office or speak to a choir
leader before or after Mass.
If you know someone who is seriously ill, in the hospital
or homebound that would like a Parish Visitor or to
receive Communion, please contact the Parish Office
SENIORS' MASSES
The Berkeley: Third Wednesday, 10:15 am
Northwood Ivany Place: Every Saturday, 11:00 am
PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES
Readings for next week:
April 19 – 3rd Sunday of Easter
First Reading: Acts 3.13-15, 17-19
Second Reading: 1 John 2.1-5
Gospel: Luke 24.35-48
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS
Parish Council: First Thursday, 7 pm,
Knights of Columbus: 4th Thursday, 7 pm
St. Vincent de Paul Society: 2nd Wed, 6:30 pm
Catholic Women’s League: 3rd Saturday, 2 pm
Carmelites: First Saturday, 9 am
K OF C GRAND KNIGHT:
Titus Gomez
CWL PRESIDENT:
Sharon Forbrigger
NO SCENTS MAKES GOOD
SENSE!
Please refrain from wearing
perfume/cologne to Mass.
UPCOMING
UPCOMING EVENTS
APR 8 - TOASTMASTERS – 7:00 PM – HALL
APR 8 – EVENA PRAYER – 7:00 PM
APR 13 – ALPHA – 1 PM & 6:30 PM – HALL
APR 14 – SENIORS COMMTTEE – 10:- LPMC
APR 15 – SCANS – 10 A M- 12 PM - HALL
APR 15 - TOASTMASTERS – 7:00 PM – HALL
APR 15 – EVENA PRAYER – 7:00 PM
APR 20 – ALPHA – 1 PM & 6:30 PM - HALL
APR 20 - TOASTMASTERS – 7:00 PM – HALL
APR 20 – EVENA PRAYER – 7:00 PM
PASTORAL PLAN
LENTEN SERIES
Pastoral Plan Lenten Video Series (Parish
Mission)
Attached to this week’s bulletin is a
summary of the responses to questions
that were discussed at our recent parish
mission. Thanks to Ursula Wiesner for
providing the note-taking!
Do some or all of these comments ring true
for you? Would you add anything?
EVENA PRAYER
If you wish to ask for prayer for others, drop
off your requests at the Prayer Station- fill
out a card to request Prayer. eVena Prayer
will do the praying!
Happy Easter Blessings!
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS TO
TODAY’S READINGS
First reading: Acts 4.32-35
The book of Acts tries to give pagan converts to
Christianity a portrait of how the earliest members
gradually transcended their Jewish roots. Here
they're shown doing as a church a kind of sharing
usually done only in families of kin. And wealthy
and poor members are mixing in unprecedented
ways.
Second reading: 1 John 5.1-6
The community of John had dissident members
who preached a weak doctrine of Jesus, who
claimed to special knowledge of God, and who did
not practice Jesus' commandment to love one
another. This letter tries to heal the wounds
caused by these members in the community.
Gospel: John 20.19-31
For converts, perhaps facing persecution, who
were wavering in their commitment to Jesus, John
writes a gospel that everywhere prompts the
reader to make a decision to accept Jesus.
Here he assures the reader that past sins, even
unbelief, can be overcome and need not prevent
people from giving themselves to Jesus.
Thank you!
DIVINE MERCY
The risen Jesus giVes us everything we need to see
him and believe in him. We respond his Presence by
being willing to change. We move from hardness of
heart to forgiveness of those who have hurt us. We
move from fear of losing the regard of others to
embracing publicly Gospel values. We move from
aloneness and discouragement to being loving and
serving disciples. We reveal that we have seen the
risen Jesus, have come to believe more deeply in him
and have changed.
MAY MISSION!!!
With Fr. John Fletcher C.C.
Tuesday – Thursday
May 19-21
7:00 -8:30 pm
Plus!
Friday Night Music
And
Songs of Inspiration
May 22
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
As World Day of Prayer for Vocations, falls on Sunday,
April 26th, let us ask our Founder Father Michael
McGivney to intercede for us as we pray and work for
more holy vocations for the Church. Few things are
more important to the life of the Church than vocations.
For this reason, the Knights of Columbus has always
offered prayers, spiritual support and monetary
assistance for those young men and women who are
discerning a life in the priesthood or religious life.
We also encourage all Knights to look within their own
families - to our sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and
Grandchildren - for possible priestly or religious
vocations.
For more information please contact Grand Knight
Titus Gomez at 835 7537, 456 4293 or e-mail,
tgomez@eastlink ca
THE CATHOLIC
WOMEN’S
LEAGUE
Charles P. Allen High School
Bursary
The purpose of this award is to provide an opportunity
for a high school graduate to upgrade their education.
It is hoped that this positive experience will enrich the
winner’s life and that of their family and community.
Criteria for the selection include the following:
• Graduating student of Charles P. Allen High
School, Bedford, Nova Scotia
• Involvement in Saint Ignatius Parish
• Involvement in Community
• Intent to upgrade Education
• Financial Assistance
Deadline: on/before May 15.
Application form is available at the St. Ignatius Parish
Office or the form is also available under Forms/Links
on the CWL website: www.stignatiuscwl.org
Our next CWL Meeting will be held on April 19,
2015 at 2 pm in the Church Hall.
For Info Contact: www.stignatiuscwl.org
League President: Sharon Forbrigger
902-832-9260 or email president@stignatiuscwl.org
Contact: Peggy Dupuy: religed@eastlink.ca
Phone: 835-2360
Reflecting with Children
After the Gospel, ask the children what they heard.
Help the children to understand that when Jesus said,
“those who have seen me,” he meant, “seen my body.”
Help them understand, also, that it is sometimes
difficult to believe in things we haven’t seen. Often we
come to believe because someone we trust tells us.
For example, we believe certain food is good for us
because our parents have told us so.
In the same way, people come to believe in Jesus by
what we say and do, by seeing Jesus in our lives.
VERITAS CATHOLIC BOOKS AND
GIFTS
445 Sackville Dr., Lower Sackville
The Sackville branch of Veritas Catholic Books and
Gifts is closing its store at 445 Sackville Drive.
We are having a "Closing Out Sale" running until April
30, 2015.(Thursday)
All "in-stock" items are being offered at 50% Off regular
price.
Our Store hours are Mon. - Fri. 10am -5pm and Sat.
10am -2pm
These prices are only available at our location...come
and take advantage of the super savings!
Halifax(902-429-7216) and Enfield (902-259-3309) will
continue to operate in their current locations.
SCANS LECTURE:
Prosecuting War Criminals in the Hague. William
Fenrick was a Senior Legal Adviser to the Prosecutor
of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia. He will talk about his experience in the
Hague as well as current problems with ISIS and
Ukraine. Q & A to follow. 10 am to 12 pm at St. Ignatius
Church Hall, 1288 Bedford Highway, Bedford. Public
welcome. For more information, call 902-444-7588 or
see www.theSCANS.ca
Happy Easter! Christ is
Risen Alleluia!
In John’s Gospel we hear Mary Magdalene say, “I have
seen the Lord!” She exclaims this to the Apostles after
she runs from the tomb having encountered the Risen
Christ outside the tomb. May we feel that same joy and
excitement in encountering Jesus and knowing through
him the Father’s great love for us. Let us allow our
hearts to be transformed by that love and may we
share it will all we meet! Easter blessings to one and
all!
JPII Day in Canada
Pastoral Planning
Update
In October the Archbishop introduced his pastoral letter
Quo Vadis, Domine? and called upon all parishes to
begin a process of discernment leading to action. Over
the past number of months parishes have brought this
prayerful discernment to life. So far, 62 of our 72
parishes have formed a team for this process. We have
received ministry reports and statistics from 50
parishes, with many more in progress. Additionally,
most of our parishes have begun the three part Lenten
Series this month. By participating in the Lenten Series
many people will have the chance to learn and grow in
their understanding of our call as a local Church.
This process is already proving to be very insightful. In
the Office of Pastoral Life and New Evangelization we
are reading through parish submissions and, with the
help of some talented volunteers, entering all the data
into a single database that will help us create a
summary for each parish. These summaries will
combine three important factors to help parishes in
their planning efforts:
•
Thursday, April 2nd marks the first ever John Paul II
Day in Canada.
•
Saint John Paul II was pope from October 1978 until
his death in April 2005. He was canonized by Pope
Francis last year on April 27, 2014.
A new documentary on St. John Paul II and his impact
on the American continent will air this April on national
television networks. Produced by the Knights of
Columbus and narrated by actor Andy Garcia, John
Paul II in America: Uniting a Continent, coincides with
Pope John Paul II Day in Canada, celebrated April 2.
For more broadcast details, visit
www.kofc.org/jpiifilm.
Salt & Light Television will broadcast the Saint
John Paul II documentary on April 12. See
www.saltandlighttv.org for specific times.
•
Parish Ministry Assessment Reports:
These reports provide an overview of what
is happening in your parish and how much
time and talent is being used in the service
of the kingdom.
Parish Statistics Worksheets: These
worksheets give a glimpse of how temporal
goods such as finances and buildings are
being utilized in your community.
Discernment Surveys: Collected each
week during the Lenten Series these
surveys give us a look at how individual
members are experiencing our parish life in
the areas of mission, community, and
formation.
When taken together as a whole these three sources of
information will help your leadership team develop a
picture of where each community is advancing the
mission of the Gospel and where we might be called to
do things differently. Our goal is to have all of this
information returned to parishes during the Easter
season and to factor much of what we have learned
into the Assembly of the People of God on June 5 &
6, 2015.
DIOCESAN EVENTS
• Titanic Remembered in
Third Class Dinner
Hosting Parish: Saint Patrick, Halifax
• Lecture entitled
“Thomas Merton: A
Spiritual Guide for Our
Perplexing Times" by
Dr. Michael Higgins
Date(s): Sunday, April 12 2015 at 11:30 am
Date(s): Thursday, April 23 2015 at 7:00pm
A fundraiser for Saint Patrick's Church
Hosting Event: Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of Jerusalem
A catered Roast Beef Dinner with words and music of
the RMS Titanic
Tickets are $50.00 per person, advance purchase
required. To make your reservation, please call St.
Patrick’s church office at 902-429-9800. A portion of
the price will be a receipted donation to the parish.
The meal will feature Roast Beef dinner as served to
the 3rd Class passengers on Titanic. The Irish formed
a large group in 3rd Class. Others were from Eastern
Europe and the Middle East. Hear of some of their
stories of the journey, music and words to remember
the 103rd Anniversary of the voyage of the 'unsinkable'
ship. There will be displays and dress of the period is
optional.
Mass is at 10 am on Sundays at Saint Patrick's and the
locally carved marble High Altar was installed and
blessed in 1910 during the years when the Titanic was
being built.
• Divine Mercy Sunday
Hosting Parish: Saint Anthony Dartmouth
Date(s): Sunday, April 12 2015
Confession starting at 2:00pm
with Divine Mercy Chaplet at 2:30pm; Mass at 3:00pm
• St Agnes 6th Annual
Leadership Breakfast
Hosting Parish: Saint Agnes, Halifax
Date(s): Friday, April 17 2015, 8 am – 9:30 am
Full Breakfast and Guest Speaker Mayor Mike Savage
will be speaking on Faith and Politics
Join us in a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the
birth of world-renowned monk and spiritual writer,
Thomas Merton.
Award-winning author, broadcaster and Merton
scholar, Dr. Michael Higgins, will offer an engaging
exploration of the contemporary relevance of Merton's
life and witness that will inspire and enrich your own
life.
Venue: Canadian Martyrs Church, 5900
Inglis St. Halifax NS
• Rev. Joseph
MacKinnon’s 40th
Anniversary of
Ordination Celebration
Hosting Parish: Saint Marguerite
Bourgeoys Hammonds Plains
Date(s): Sunday, April 26 2015 at 7:009:00pm
A celebration to recognize and give thanks for the
many years of ministry that Rev. MacKinnon has
shared throughout the Diocese.
The evening begins with prayer at 7:00pm, followed by
music and hospitality.
Best wishes only — all most welcome!
Venue:
Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, 1274
Hammonds Plains Road, Hammonds Plains,
NS, Canada