Saint Patrick's Parish Bulletin
April 15, 2007
2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER
Jesus brings peace when we are troubled.
The message of Jesus is simple but powerful: “Peace be with you.”
The gospel reading speaks of Jesus’ mercy to the disciples who had deserted him as he appeared to them on the night of his resurrection and said: “Peace be with you.”
The day will be marked by the EXPOSITION of the BLESSED SACRAMENT at
ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL today from 12:30 to 1:30 pm.?
One can imagine that there was fear and anxiety in the hearts of the disciples since they abandoned their friend in his time of need. It is the power of the Spirit that brings them calm and the strength they will need to embrace their mission of love and forgiveness to the world.
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SCRIPTURE READING
April 22 – Third Sunday of Easter
- Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 “We are witnesses, and so is the Holy Spirit.”
- Psalm 30 “I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.”
- Revelation 5:11-14 “Worthy is the Lamb…..”
- John 21:1-19 “Jesus took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.”
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COMING UP
LITURGY COMMITTEE MEETING after mass in the Sacristy
REFUGEE COMMITTEE MEETING after mass at the Rectory
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ADMIN COMMITTEE MEETING, 10 am Mon,23 Apr at the Rectory
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FOR CHURCH LEADERS May 15-18 MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY
(9am to 5 pm) Lunches, taxes, study materials, refreshments, parking
all included. SUBJECT MATTER: “Dealing with Differences in the Family of
Faith”… a fruitful week of ecumenical learning and sharing. (How to move
your church through conflict… by Rev Speed Leas, one of North America’s
foremost specialists in the field of church conflict transformation.
Tuition $450 until April 13. ($480 after) Registration forms at the office.
For more info: Nan Cressman 1-866-782-0287 or cressman@soonet.ca
 GIVING GENEROUSLY
RECEIVING GRATEFULLY
“Blessed are they who have not seen and have believed,” Jesus says in today’s Gospel. For those who have not seen to believe, however, we must be good stewards of our faith, living it joyfully and sharing it generously. Then, in our time too, “men and women in great numbers” will be “added to the Lord.”
HELLO SISTERS!
Saturday, May 5 (12 noon to 4 pm) Sponsored by North End Women and The Segelberg Trust.
An afternoon for women to nourish body, mind and spirit! Women of all ages are welcome.
Registration and lunch at noon at Shake It Café and Studio, 5523 Cornwallis Street, Halifax.
Workshops include:
Celebrating the unexpected” with Mkayuga, artist;
To live is to dance” with Leslie Carvery, dance instructor; and
Living Green” with Daisy Kidston, Clean Nova Scotia.
Complimentary tickets may be obtained in advance at the Parent Resource Centre,
North Branch Library and Shake It Café. For more information (902) 453-0733
FIRST
COMMUNION
JUNE 3rd –10am
PRAYERS are requested for the members of our First Communion Class:
Kayla Beals, Cassandra DeWolfe, Christina Hubley, Keshaun
Farmer, Alex Peterson, Calum Robitaille, and Hayley Seabrook
FIRST COMMUNION DATE: Sunday, June 3rd at St. Patrick’s Mass , 10am
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL NEEDS HELP
Each month, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul at St. Patrick’s provides emergency food for approximately 150 women, children and men living in our neighborhood. In order to continue this important work, we need your assistance! In addition to our need for volunteers to make visits to our clients, we also need people to take messages off of our answering machine, return phone calls, or enter data into our computer.
If you are able to offer a few hours a month, it would help very much in our ministry. Please see Steven O’Halloran at the back of the church after Mass,
or call him at 465-4495. Thanks Steve O’Halloran, President, SVDP
OFFICE CLOSED
BETTY IS HEADED FOR THE NORTH PACIFIC.
Please note that the office at St. Pat’s will be closed
from
Thursday, 5 April to Monday, 16 April inclusive;
however, the Property Manager, Dan Norris, will be on
site and can be reached at 429-1300.
Please call first.
Emergency calls can be directed to St. Mary’s 423-4116.
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