St.

Helen Church
4106 Mountain St.
Beamsville, ON L3J 0K9
Ph: 905-562-7427
Fax: 905-563-0003
Email: [email protected]
Opened - October 2, 1938 Est. as a Parish - January 1, 1986
Pastor: Rev. Krzysztof Szczepanik Sunday Masses:
Office Administration: Aggie Agnino Saturday: 5:00pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 11:00am
Office hours: Weekday Masses:
Tuesday to Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm Tuesday - Friday: 9:00am
Closed on Mondays and all Statutory holidays (unless otherwise posted in the bulletin)

Website: www.sthelenscatholic.ca Adoration:

Daily after morning Mass weekdays
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/sthelenscatholic

Sacraments Catholic Funeral Rites: Contacts

When a death occurs in your family,
Baptism: please call the Parish Office and we Music Ministry:
1st & 3rd Sunday at 1:00 pm will assist you in making the Anthony van Engelen
Call parish office. necessary liturgical arrangements. [email protected]
1st Communion & Confirmation Ministry Scheduling & RFM:
Chronic Care Facilities: Rebecca Williams ~ ministryschedul-
Contact the Parish Office. Pastoral visits are made monthly. [email protected]
Reception of Holy Communion is
Reconciliation: available to residents. Fundraising Events:
Every Saturday 4:00pm - 4:30pm or by [email protected]
appointment with the priest. Homebound: Facility & Grounds Maintenance:
Notify the Parish Office when serious Craig Luey
Marriage: illness occurs. When the sick, aged or
Arrangements six months in advance. incapacitated are confined to home for [email protected]
Marriage preparation is required. an extended time, pastoral visit can be Catholic Women's League:
arranged. Piera Palmieri ~ contact parish office
RCIA & RCIC: Knights of Columbus:
Contact the Parish Office.
Schools Ray Francoeur
[email protected]
Anointing of the Sick: St. Mark School 289-700-6342
Please let us know when someone has Principal: Jennifer DeCoff
a serious or prolonged illness or is to Vice-Principal: Joe Tolomeo SVDP:
have surgery. This sacrament Lorraine Martin ~ contact parish office
celebrates the healing of mind and St. Edward School Prayer Warriors/Requests:
body and the forgiveness of sins. Principal: Maria Romano Sandra Mactaggart ~
[email protected]

Kindly complete the following and place in the collection box.

Envelopes will be on the round table in the foyer the following weekend.
☐ New Parishioner* ☐ Change of address ☐ Moving
Name________________________ Phone_________________ E-mail___________________
Address______________________________________________ City_____________________
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 Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God - Year A
January 1, 2023
Mass Intentions This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns in
January 3 - 8, 2023 memory of:
As we gather, let us remember and pray for . . . ANNA LOFFREDO
Tues. ~ ….The Most Holy Name of Jesus…. Jan. 3rd The Sanctuary Lamp burns to remind us of Christ’s
9:00 am + Rosa Testa presence in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar.
(by Viola & Peter Izzo) If you wish to sponsor the sanctuary lamp for one week,
Wed. ~ ……………………….……...……….. Jan. 4th please contact the office. The stipend is $35.00
9:00 am + Frank Pavlakovic
(by John & Ethna Clarke) Stewardship of Treasure
Thurs. ~ ……………………….……...……….. Jan. 5th Offertory - December 25, 2022 $3,835
9:00 am Intn’s of Elise Mathie Christmas Collection 4,918
(by Nancy Winslow)
Facility Maintenance 25
Fri. ~ ……………………….……...……….. Jan. 6th
9:00 am + Judith Van Doorslaer Building Fund 2,680
(by Connie & Louis Elia)
“May God bless you for your faithful stewardship!”
Sat. ~ ……………………….……...……….. Jan. 7th
9:00am + Anthony D’Archi
(by Family) DIOCESAN SEPARATED & DIVORCED
5:00 pm For the People of St. Helen HEALING MINISTRY SUPPORT GROUP
Sun. ~ …….The Epiphany of the Lord……. Jan. 8th
Meetings are on the second and fourth Monday of the
9:00 am + Harold Luey month (except holidays from 7:00 - to 9:00 p.m. at
(by Nancy Winslow) Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre, Niagara Falls.
Meetings will be held both in person at Mount Carmel
11:00 am + Jerry Hendriks and virtually via Zoom platform. Next meeting
(by Frances Hendriks)
January 9th - Topic: Embracing the New Year. To
register for virtual attendance, or for information, call
Jan 2 - Rev. Miroslaw Olszewski 905-684-0154, or email
Jan 3 - Rev. Rico Passero [email protected].
Jan 4 - Rev. Matthew Pendanathu
Jan 5 - Rev. Stanley Pietlock WORLD DAY OF PEACE ~ JANUARY 1ST
Jan 6 - Rev. Msgr. Dominic Pizzacalla The World Day of Peace was established by Pope
Jan 7 - Rev. Gerard Power, O.Carm Paul VI in 1968 who asked that “every year, this
Jan 8 - Rev. Jinto Puthiyidathuchalil commemoration be repeated as a hope and as a
promise, at the beginning of the calendar which
Lord Jesus Christ, You love Your church and those called to measure and outlines the path of human life in time,
share Your priesthood! With our love and prayers, we join that Peace with its just and beneficent equilibrium may
You in asking our Heavenly Father to continue to pour out dominate the development of events to come.” Each
His gifts of holiness, compassion and ardent zeal on your year has a specific theme chosen by the Holy Father.
priests everywhere. Inspire each of them to offer his life as
an “Ambassador of Christ”, bringing reconciliation and
healing to the world. Mary, Mother of all Priests, inspire us
to live in peace and joy and pray this prayer with us. Amen
POPE FRANCIS’ JANUARY INTENTIONS THURSDAY MORNING BINGO REOPENING
For educators - We pray that educators may be credible January 12th in the St. Helen Church Hall
witnesses, teaching fraternity rather than competition 4106 Mountain Rd., Beamsville
and helping the youngest and most vulnerable above all. Doors open at 10am, Bingo games start at 11am
OFFICE HOURS Delicious Lunch Available
The office will re-open on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Jackpot Resumes at $1,700 in 60 Numbers
FRIDAY BINGO RESUMES January 6th
Pizza available at 6pm , games start at 7pm
Jackpot $2,500 in 55 Numbers
 The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH
They shall put my name on the children of Israel, and I The First Fridays Devotion, also called the Act of
will bless them. (Nm 6 ) Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a Catholic
God sent his Son, born of a woman. (Gal 4) devotion to offer reparations for sins and which had its
They found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the origin in the apparitions of Christ at Paray-le-
manger. After eight days he was named Jesus. (Lk 2) Monial, France, reported by Margaret Mary
Alacoque in the 17th century. This devotion to
Today we honor Mary the Sacred Heart is fully approved by the Roman
under her most Catholic Church and several promises were made to
ancient title – those who practice the First Fridays Devotion, one of
Theotokos, Bearer of which included final perseverance. The devotion
God: In accepting her consists of several practices that are performed on the
role as mother of the first Fridays of nine consecutive months. On these days,
Messiah, she becomes the first disciple of her Son, the a person is to attend Mass and receive the Eucharist. If
first to embrace his Gospel of hope, compassion and the need arises, in order to receive communion in a state
reconciliation. of grace, a person should also make use of
As Mary, the young unmarried pregnant girl, believes the sacrament of penance before attending Mass.
and trusts in the incredible thing that she is to be a part Adoration and litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
of, even the most ordinary of us can believe in our parts will follow the morning Mass. Sacrament of
in the drama, too. Reconciliation available afterwards.
The God who makes all things new in Christ enables
us to make this truly a new year for each one of us – a FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
time for renewal and re-creation in the love of God, a The pious practice of honoring the Blessed Mother on
time for making this year a year of peace in our lives Saturday is an ancient custom largely attributed to
and homes, a time for making this new year truly a the Benedictine monk Alcuin (735-804), "Minister of
“year of our Lord.” Education" at the court of Charlemagne, who composed
to pick one up. a Votive Mass formulary for each day of the week. The
practice of reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH on the First Saturday was initiated in Rovigo, Italy, by
The First Thursdays Devotion, also called the Act of Maria Dolores Inglese, a Servite tertiary in 1889. She
Reparation to the Wounds of Jesus and to the Holy started among her friends the pious practice of
Eucharist. It is based on purported apparitions of "Communion in Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of
Christ at Balazar, Portugal, reported by Alexandrina Mary". The practice was endorsed by Bishop Antonio
Maria da Costa. This devotion is performed on the first Polin of the Diocese of Adria and was taken up
Thursdays of six consecutive months. The number six by sodalities throughout Italy and elsewhere.[1] On July
represents Jesus' five wounds of the Crucifixion (hands, 1, 1905, Pope Pius X approved and granted indulgences
feet, and side) plus his shoulder wound from carrying for the practice of the First Saturdays of twelve
the cross. On these days, a person is to attend the consecutive months in honor of the Immaculate
Mass Mass and receive the Eucharist in a state of Conception. This practice greatly resembled the
grace "with sincere humility, fervor and love" and reported request of the Blessed Virgin Mary at
spend one hour before a church tabernacle containing the Pontevedra apparitions. Sister Lúcia later reported
the Eucharist, meditating on the wounds of that on December 10, 1925, the Virgin Mary appeared
Jesus (particularly his shoulder wound) and the sorrows to her at the Dorothean convent in Pontevedra, and by
of Mary. This devotion to the Holy Wounds her side on a luminous cloud was the Child Jesus.
Wounds through Eucharistic adoration is approved by According to Lúcia, Mary requested the institution of
the Roman Catholic Church and several promises were the Devotion of the Five First Saturdays in reparation to
made by Jesus to those who practice the First her Immaculate Heart. Devotees of Fátima believe that
Thursdays Devotion, one of which included the First Saturdays help to console the sorrows
the salvation of the soul at the moment of death. of God, Jesus, and the Virgin Mary for the sins against
The entire Catholic Church in its tradition has dedicated her Immaculate Heart.
this day to grow in our adoration, love and devotion to Adoration and litany to the Immaculate Heart of
Our Lord Jesus Christ, really, truly and substantially Mary will follow the morning Mass. Sacrament of
present in the Holy Eucharist. Reconciliation available afterwards.
Adoration with litany to the Holy Name of Jesus will
follow the morning Mass. Sacrament of 2022 TAX RECEIPTS
Reconciliation available afterwards. If you would like your 2022 tax receipt emailed when
it’s ready in January, send a new email to the office
To receive the weekly bulletin via email, make your with the subject line PLEASE EMAIL MY 2022
request by email: [email protected] TAX RECEIPT.
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