PAR BULLETIN - April 19

3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER
April 19th, 2015
DAILY WEEKDAY MASSES
MON, TUES, THURS & FRI – 12:15 pm,
WED, 9:00 am
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
During Wednesday evening 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 26 – 4TH Sunday of Easter
First Reading: Acts 4.7-12
Second Reading: 1 John 3.1-2
Gospel: John 10.11-18
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 20 – ALPHA WINE & CHEESE- 7:00 PM - HALL
APR 22 - TOASTMASTERS – 7:00 PM – HALL
APR 22 – EVENA PRAYER – 7:00 PM
APR 27 – SCANS LECTURE – 10:00 AM – HALL
APR 29 - TOASTMASTERS – 7:00 PM – HALL
APR 29 – EVENA PRAYER – 7:00 PM
MAY 2 – 1st HOLY COMMUNION RETREAT – 9:00
AM – HALL
MAY 3 – 1st HOLY COMMUNION – 6:00 PM –
RECEPTION FOLLOWING
EVENA PRAYER
If you do not need prayer, prayer needs you!
Would you like to join eVena Prayer?
Ask, seek, and knock and we will help you get
started. Very rewarding and very
strengthening!
The best gift you can give others is to pray for
them.
Ask if you need prayer; our Intercessors will be
happy to pray for your intentions!
God's grace and blessings, always!
Luke 11:9
"So I say to you, ask, and it will be give to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be
opened to you."
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS TO
TODAY’S READINGS
First reading: Acts 3.13-15, 17-19
The book of Acts tells Gentile converts how their
new religion got started. Here the author depicts
an early challenge to Jews to embrace Jesus as
the fulfillment of their hopes.
Second reading: 1 John 2.1-5
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: Luke 24.35-48
The same author who gave us the book of acts
gives us this gospel. He depicts Jesus reassuring
doubtful disciples, and connecting their heritage to
the startling events of their present.
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?
Thank you!
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
7:00 pm in the Parish
Hall
ALPHA
As we bring our Alpha program to a close for the
season, we will celebrate with a wine and cheese. This
time of celebration will be on April 20th at 7:00 pm. All
Alpha participants are welcome to bring a guest a
guest or two. If you have never taken part in Alpha
before, please accept this as your invitation to come
and see what it is a bout. We will start our next Alpha
session this fall.
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
Penny St Amand is the
recipient of the 2015 CWL
Volunteer Award from the
Bedford Volunteer
Awards Committee.
Congratulations from your
fellow CWL Sisters, your
Parish of St. Ignatius and
your community of
Bedford.
MEETING DATE CHANGE!!
Our next CWL Meeting will be held on April 26,
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
Have you ever searched high and low for something,
only to discover that it has been there in from of you all
the time? Somehow we can manage to miss something
really obvious; we simply cannot see it clearly at that
particular moment! In today’s Gospel we hear how two
disciples of Jesus didn’t recognize him because they
were filled with sadness and feelings of loss at His
death on the cross. They were full of doubt and
uncertainty which made them “blind” to the truth and
they were unable to “see” Jesus as he walked beside
them. They were finally able to “see” Jesus when he
shared a very special moment with them when he took
the bread, blessed it and broke it and shared it with
them.
PARISH COUNCIL SEEKING NEW
MEMBERS!
Do you want to make a difference in the life of your
parish? Do you know someone who could make a
contribution to the parish? The parish council is now
seeking new members for a three year term. The
parish council is an advisory body to the parish priest
and makes recommendations that impact the life of the
parish. The parish council does not deal with acts of
administration. The Council meets monthly from
September to June of each year. If you, or someone
you know, are interested, please contact Michelle at
Kucey@ns.sympatico.ca or Rosemarie at
Rosemarie.Sampson@msvu.ca
SCANS LECTURE: Anthony
Trollope, the great English
novelist.
If you liked Downton Abbey, you will love Trollope's
delightful guide through the intrigues and machinations
of Victorian England! Fred Vaughan, a Halifax native,
constitutional scholar, and devoted Trollope fan, will
celebrate the 200th anniversary of Trollope’s birth.
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
Death of His Eminence JeanClaude Cardinal Turcotte
Upcoming Presbyteral
Ordinations
Archbishop Mancini is pleased to announce the
upcoming presbyteral ordinations in the Archdiocese of
Halifax-Yarmouth at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica:
His Eminence Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte,
Archbishop Emeritus of Montreal, died on April 8, 2015,
after a lengthy illness. He was 78 years old. The late
Cardinal was a priest for 56 years and Bishop for 33
years. He served as the ninth Archbishop of Montreal,
from 1990 to 2012. He was made Cardinal by Saint
John Paul II at the Consistory of November 26, 1994.
Archbishop Anthony Mancini in a recent newspaper
interview said of Cardinal Turcotte, “He was a home
boy, not a Rome boy,” referring to the sense of
importance the Cardinal placed on his ministry to the
faithful of his diocese. Archbishop Mancini was a
seminary student when he first met the priest who
would become a cardinal and describes him as very
approachable, down-to-earth and gregarious. As a
priest, our Archbishop served in the Archdiocese of
Montreal under Cardinal Turcotte who appointed him
Vicar General of that diocese in 1998.
Archbishop Mancini will attend the funeral of his mentor
and friend this Friday, April 17 at Mary Queen of the
World Cathedral in Montreal. Salt + Light TV will
broadcast the celebration live at 2:00pm Montreal time.
To view the official message from the CCCB on
Cardinal Turcotte click here.
To view Cardinal Turcotte’s official obituary click here.
Eternal rest, grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual
light shine upon him. May the souls of the faithful
departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.
May 9, 2015 at 11:00am – Br. Pio Libby, FoH
August 15, 2015 at 10:30am – Rev. Mr. E. James
O’Connor
All are welcome to attend the ordinations, and we ask
that you keep both of these men in your prayers as
they prepare for their ordinations.
Steubenville Atlantic
The Steubenville Youth Conferences, an outreach of
Franciscan University of Steubenville, are a series of
19 conferences across North America that bring 40,000
teens and their leaders closer to Christ ever summer.
Our mission is to build the Church by evangelizing
youth and their leaders and invite them to embrace the
heart and mission of the Catholic Church.
Steubenville Atlantic, Canada's only Steubenville Youth
Conference is sponsored by the Archdiocese of
Halifax-Yarmouth and held annually in Halifax, Nova
Scotia.
All conference registration is done online and in
groups. If there is no group in your parish or community
please contact us so we can help organize one!
Registration is $225.
Register at www.steubenville.ca,
The 2015 conference dates are July 3-5, 2015.
DIOCESAN EVENTS
• St. Rose of
Lima
Church
Youth
Musical
Hosting Parish: Saint
Rose of Lima, Fall River
• 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
Date(s): Sunday, April 19 2015
On Sunday, April 19th at 7:00pm, 15 of our youth will
be putting their talents on stage for an original musical
production about friendship, choices and forgiveness.
We also have an excellent band, Agents of The Lamb,
who have played at many Cornerstone events as well
as the Men's Weekend of Grace.
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!
Tickets are $10 per person and will be available at the
door or by contacting Christine McDonald
ce.mcdonald@ns.sympatico.ca . All funds raised will
send our youth to the Steubenville Youth Conference
at Dalhousie University in July.
Please consider joining us for an entertaining night of
musical theatre for the whole family!
• Lecture -“Thomas
Merton: A Spiritual
Guide for Our
Perplexing Times" by
Dr. Michael Higgins
Date(s): Thursday, April 23 2015 at 7:00pm
Hosting Event: Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Canadian Martyrs Church,
5900 Inglis St. Halifax NS
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:
Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, 1274
Hammonds Plains Road, Hammonds Plains,
NS, Canada
• 7th Annual Mancini Cup
Soccer Fun Day
Hosting Parish: Saint Agnes Halifax
Date(s): Saturday, April 25 2015 at 00:00
9:00am Opening Ceremonies.
9:30am Junior High Games
1:00pm High School Games
Location of event: BMO Soccer Nova Scotia Center,
210 Thomas Raddall Dr, Clayton Park, Halifax.
A day of Faith, Fun and Fellowship for the youth of our
Diocese. The Junior High Teams play for the Mancini
Cup for the 7th year. And for the first time we have High
School Teams playing for the Pope Francis Trophy.
There’s a canteen on site so drop by for a bite and see
some great soccer fun!