St. AugustineMay 3rd, 2015, Bulletin

EARTHQUAKE RELIEF—Nepal experienced a destructive 7.8 magnitude earthquake April 25. This
natural disaster has caused over 4,000 deaths and 6,500 injuries, and many are still reported missing. The
amount of destruction is overwhelming, and those affected are struggling for food, water and shelter.
Development and Peace is working with Caritas Nepal and others Caritas members to provide aid to the
population.
Contribute to these much-needed relief efforts by donating to Development and Peace. Contributions will be
matched by the Canadian Government until May 25, 2015.
Make a donation online at www.devp.org or by phone at 1-888-664-3387; or by sending a cheque made out to
Development and Peace (please indicate “Nepal Earthquake”) to Development and Peace, 1425 RenéLévesque Blvd. West 3rd Floor, Montreal, QC, H3G 1T7.
ATTITUDE - “The pleasure you get from your life is equal to the attitude you put into it.” Most people agree
that our living is determined not so much by what life brings to us as by the attitude we bring to life. Very often
we have little control over what life brings our way but we do have complete control over how we will respond.
A happy person is not one with a certain set of pleasant circumstances but rather a person with a certain set of
powerful attitudes. For too many of us, when things go great, we’re happy and when things are hard we’re sad.
We have “someday” disease…”someday” I’ll be happy. When I get a certain position, or reach an income goal or
find the right person, then life will be complete. God chooses what we go through. We choose how we go
through it.
Victor Frankl discovered this principle when he was mistreated in a Nazi concentration camp. He said to his
persecutors, “the one thing you cannot do is take away from me the way I choose to respond.”
Remember, it’s not our circumstances that count, but how we respond that will make our year successful and
happy. God gives us our start in life and then we alone grow our attitudes.
“IF LIFE WAS EASY WHERE WOULD ALL THE ADVENTURES BE?”
SCHEDULE OF MINISTRIES FOR THE WEEKEND OF MAY 9/10
St. Augustine Parish
602 Boychuk Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Parish Office: 53 Malcolm Place, S7H 4M3
Parish Office:373-3453/Fax:477-2571,
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-3:30 PM
Parish email: staug.office@shaw.ca
Parish Website: www.saintaugustine.saskatooncatholic.ca
5th Sunday of Easter — May 3rd, 2015
Priest Moderator: Rev. Kevin McGee
Parish Life Directors: Russ & Yvonne Powell
Youth Ministry Coordinator: Rachelle Young
Parish Secretary: Jackie St. Pierre (staug.office@shaw.ca)
Parish Pastoral Council Chair: Ivan Kowalski
Parish Finance Committee Chair: Keith Beck
Diocese of Saskatoon Website:
http://www.saskatoonrcdiocese.com
RCIA: Interested in becoming a Catholic or know of someone
who does, see Russ or Yvonne Powell for more information.
SUNDAY MASSES: Saturday at 7:00 PM and
Sunday at 9:30 AM
Contemplative & Weekday Masses: see Upcoming Parish
Events or the Parish Website.
BAPTISM: Please call the Parish Office.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Thursdays at 7 PM
MARRIAGE: Please notify Russ & Yvonne Powell six months
to one year prior to the wedding date.
MINISTRY OF CARE: Please notify the Parish Office 3733453 or email to staug.parishld@shaw.ca. If you or someone
you know is needing Ministry of Care let Russ or Yvonne
know.
Scripture Reflection: Last week, we heard that Jesus is the Good Shepherd. This week, we hear that
He is the vine and we are the branches. Again, we have a metaphor for Jesus that made perfect sense to the early
Christians. A vineyard needs a certain type of care to flourish. Cutting away dead branches and pruning or trimming
healthy ones was good farming practice. It was obvious that any branch cut away from the central vine would not
live. This example clearly shows how we, too must be connected to the source-to God-in order to live and grow.
SAT. 7PM MASS
MINISTRY
SUN. 9:30AM MASS
Michele MacKay, Jackie Procyshyn
Welcomers
Ivan & Louise Kowalski
Prayer for Christian Unity
Colin & Mitchell Wrishko
Ushers
Mark & Erika Baumann
Marion Laroque, Debra Roth
Readers
Gerry Farthing, Kyle Bandadyga
Michele MacKay, Jackie Procyshyn
Gift Bearers
Gerald & Nadine Schaeffler
Diana Tetu, Lillian Lai
Sherry Richerts
Eucharistic
Ministers
Iona Stites, Greg Chatlain, Jaime Phillips,
Romona Blacklock, Marshall Sweeney
Kieran Lawford, Alexandre Prisciak
Altar Servers
Chatlain Family
God, you call us to be the church of Jesus Christ. Increase our love for one another, we pray. Inspire our
worship, work and witness to better reflect Your grace. As Jesus crossed boundaries of separation and
division to heal and reconcile, empower us to cross such boundaries in our day: to breach walls of rigidity
and self-righteousness within and around the church; to bridge chasms created by poverty and wealth,
racism and sexism, and by fear. Help us to receive the gifts of Your Spirit revealed in others, in their
cultures and traditions, liturgical practices and theological insights. As Your church, the Body of Christ in
the world, help us to be a justice-seeking, peace-making, healing and reconciling people of faith, as
followers of Jesus, the Sun of Righteousness, the Prince of Peace, our Healer and our Reconciliation. Amen
No Children’s Liturgy on Saturdays
Child. Liturgy
Miller Family
Mary Saskiw
Lit. Coordinator
Russ & Yvonne Powell
WISDOM OF THE SAINTS. . . There is no such thing as bad weather. All weather is good
because it is God’s. ~ Saint Teresa of Avila
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS
 PPC Meeting Wed. May 6th at 7:00 p.m.
 Saturday Evening Mass May 9th at 7:00pm.
 Sunday Morning Mass May 10th at 9:30am.
Let us continue our Prayers for
these Parishioners and family members who are
still recovering from illnesses: Iona Stites, Joanne
Lawford, Jim Duncan, Jody Labas, Nancy
Buttinger, Betty Riederer, Yvonne Powell, Oshin
Yousaf, Mary Rodych, Eugene & Bernice Lavoie
and Sundara Hidya. We also pray for their
families and caregivers who continue to offer
care and comfort.
Annual Priest’s Pension & Retirement
Fund collection will be held this weekend May 2/3.
You received the special collection pledge cards &
envelopes in last weekend’s Bulletin for this., there
are more at the back of the church. These envelopes
may be placed in the collections baskets or dropped
off at the Parish Office anytime even if you don’t get it
in on May2/3.
9th Annual Bishop’s Dinner
Tickets now available for this evening of fine
dining, dancing and fun Friday, May 8 at TCU
Place. This year, proceeds go to Catholic Hospital
Chaplaincy. Tickets are $150 each (partial tax
receipt). Contact: Cathy Gilje at (306) 659-5851
or email cgilje@dscatholicfoundation.ca
Knights of Columbus News
St. Augustine K of C are hosting a Major Degree on
Sunday, May 3rd. We are inviting everyone to the
Banquet that evening starting at 6pm in the St.
Augustine Gym. The tickets are $30. The deadline for
ticket sales will be Tuesday, April 28th. If you would
like more information contact Darren Gagnon, Grand
Knight at 373-3364.
CONGRATULATIONS!
To all the parents, godparents,
grandparents, aunts and uncles of
the babies who celebrated their
Baptism this weekend at St.
Augustine Church. They are: Ellie
Aria Baker, Sheridan Chloe Eisner
and Meilo Antonie Creo. May their
parents, godparents, and other
family guide them with their own
example of Your teachings and Your
love for them Lord. May they always
be ready to listen and to comfort, to
laugh and to play, to encourage and
to praise. May they always show
these children that they are special
in their eyes and in Yours.
Bless these children today and
always Lord!
YOUTH NEWS
KIDS FOR CHRIST (Ages 4—Grade 3)
are welcome to come and share their faith through
singing, games, skits, challenges, and more! This
entertainingly educational group meets once a
month in the gym after Sunday Mass. It is
completely free and includes a K4C shirt and a
cross necklace when you join! Our next event is
May 24th—Good Samaritan.
Register anytime by contacting Rachelle Young
at augustineyouth@hotmail.com. Please include
child’s name, grade, parents names, home phone,
cell phone, and email when registering.
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY:
(at Sunday Mass only) Children are
encouraged to learn about God’s word through
Children’s Liturgy. There is no registration required!
Children learn the Gospel messages in a “kid
friendly” way, through a story, discussion, crafts,
games, and role-playing. If your child is younger
than 3, you are encouraged to join them and help
the teacher out.
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION for
2015-2016
St. Augustine is a warm, welcoming
school that focuses on faith and
learning. Not only do we strive to
see students reach their full
potential in the classroom, we teach
children that they have what it takes to reach out and
make the world a better place. If your child will be five
years old by January 31, 2016, they can begin
Kindergarten in September 2015. Please inform your
neighbours who have Kindergarten aged children
about what we offer at St. Augustine School. To learn
more about Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools and
i ts programs , c hec k our webs i te at
www.gscs.sk.ca. Parents/guardians are also welcome
to contact the school and visit the Kindergarten
classroom.
PASTORAL APPOINTMENT
by Bishop Donald Bolen
We are pleased to announce the following pastoral
appointment, of which will be effective Wednesday,
July 1, 2015.
St. Augustine Parish in Saskatoon – Our sincere
thanks to Russ and Yvonne Powell who have
completed their one-year term as Parish Life
Directors. Daniel Pettipas will become the new PLD
for this Parish, with Fr. Kevin McGee continuing to
serve St. Augustine Parish.
Mother’s Day Walk-The Annual March for
Life will take place on Mother’s Day May 10 in front
of Royal University Hospital from 2:30 – 3:30 pm.
Join us as we thank our mothers for choosing Life.
Signs will be provided. Refreshments will be served.
for more info please contact Celine at 477-2082.
PRAYER for the PEOPLE of NEPAL
Help us name Saskatoon’s new
Lord please be the guiding light in the darkness for Catholic Schools! Four new Catholic schools
those in and around Kathmandu. Help to rescue the
trapped and the wounded, send your angels to
comfort and to lead by the hand all those who need
help.
will open in Saskatoon in 2017 in Evergreen, Hampton
Village, Rosewood and Stonebridge. Do you have
names in mind for these new schools? We want to
hear from you! Email your school name suggestion (s)
to NewCatholicSchools@gscs.sk.ca
Please
include:
Your Name
Your Suggestion (s)
Reasons for your Suggestion (s)
Whether you live in one of the neighbourhoods
getting a school; if so, which one.
Have mercy on the souls of those taken, and help
immediate medical care get through to the injured,
and bring to safe harbor all who are running scared,
hiding or lost. Help those making temporary
infrastructure, shelters, hospitals, roads, and
morgues, those repairing power lines and getting
supplies and expertise through to the needy. Protect We will also dedicate each of our new schools to a
them all from aftershocks and further tremors.
person who has made a significant contribution to the
Be strength to the weak, balm to the broken-hearted, community the school serves. Do you know someone
who deserves this honour? Let us know at
calm to the traumatized, warmth to the cold, supplying NewCatholicSchools@gscs.sk.ca Please include
clean water and food to all who need it. Then begin your name, community and suggestion, as well as
the long road to healing, dear Lord, and stay always some background about the person you are
to pour loving kindness on this place and these nominating. Make your name/dedication suggestions
before May 22, 2015. The final choices will be
people.
announced by Fall 2015. (Four separate committees
- See more at: http://www.saskatoonrcdiocese.com/ comprised of people from each neighbourhood and
news/prayers-and-donations-people-nepal-after-april- the school division will submit a shortlist of names to
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the Board of Education for its decision.)