. Pastor: Rev. Father Hamish Currie Assistant Pastor: Rev. Father Kumar Kanagaraj Precious Blood Cathedral 778 Queen Street East, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario P6A 2B1 Tel: 705-256-8474 / Fax: 705-945-8287 www.preciousbloodssm.com / Email: pbcathedral@on.aibn.com Journey Email: jointhejourney@shaw.ca 22nd Week of Ordinary Time Sept 3, 2017 Parish Secretary: Sue St. Jules Office hours: 8:30AM-12:30PM Sunday Masses: 5aturday Vigil Mass 5:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM, & 8:30 PM Weekday Masses: No Mass on Wednesdays Sacrament of Penance: Saturday 4:15 to 4:45 P.M. Baptism: Usually on the 3rd Sunday of the month. Please make arrangements one month in advance by contacting the Parish Office. Marriages: Please make marriage arrangements six months in advance by contacting the Parish office. Papal Blessing: Please allow at least 6 months for Papal Blessing to arrive after the request has been made. Knights of Columbus: Ed Corelli 705.759.8855 CWL President: Gerri Chateau, 705-759-4698 Liturgical Music/Choir: Bruce Douville bruce.douville@gmail.com Bulletin Announcements Email yours to pbcathedral@on.aibn.com before 11:00 A.M. Wednesday Prayer Line Corona McNally 705-572-6975
Page 2 Precious Blood Cathedral Scripture Readings: September 4 to September 9, 2017 Monday 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18; Luke 4.16-30 Tuesday 1 Thessalonians 5.1-6, 9-11; Luke 4.31-37 Wednesday Colossians 1.1-8; Luke 4.38-44 Thursday Colossians 1.9-14; Luke 5.1-11 Friday Romans 8.28-30; Matthew 1.1-16, 18-23 Saturday Colossians 1.21-23; Luke 6.1-5 MASS SCHEDULE Monday, Sept 4 No Mass Tuesday, Sept 5 łgerald Chateau by Lou Richert Wednesday, Sept 6 No Mass Beginning September 2/3 SATURDAY 5:00 PM Thursday, Sept 7 łfrancesco Nicola Tassone by Daughter Concetta Mazzuca & Family Friday, Sept. 8 łlouise & Sam Rossi by Daughter Theresa & George Saturday, Sept. 9 łneil Conway by The Family 5:00 P.M. SUNDAY 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM SUNDAY 8:30 PM Sunday, Sept 10 9:00 A.M. łrosina Celetti by Jim & Rosa Celetti & Family 11:00 A.M. Intention of Parishioners 8:30 P.M. No Intention requested August 26, 2017 Journey Winners To Be Announced # Sunday Collections August 27, 2017 TBA Thank you for your continued generosity!
Precious Blood Cathedral Page 3 Sept 9/10 Lectors Eucharistic Minister Ushers Greeters Saturday 5:00 PM Janet Brown Maria Esposito Ralph Esposito Laura Castellarin Linda Simonini Bernard Lysiak Richard Bubinas John Slobodecki Paul Logan Sunday 9:00 AM Terry Bos Susan Colizza Anne Kasch Bev Dunn Barbara Klesh Rudy Wheatley Brian Lidstone Agnes Cote Barb Matthews Sunday 11:00 AM Hannah Lettieri Carmen Sicoly Michael Currier Thi Quy Tran Bambi Alexander Ted & Norma Wall Phil Bellerose Tony Pino Bambi Alexander Gertrud Wurzer Sunday 8:30 PM Ivan McCaig Gino Filice Terry Zuccato THIS WEEK AT THE PRECIOUS BLOOD CATHEDRAL The Craft Group Will meet on Wednesday Sept 6th 12:00 3:00 The Rosary is recited after each weekday Mass
Page 4 Precious Blood Cathedral Catholic Women s League General Meeting Our first General Meeting for the Fall season will be held on Tuesday September 5 at 7:00 PM in Ste Anne's Room. This will be an important meeting as we plan our Fall activities. Bazaar Attention all knitters, crocheters, quilters and crafters, as you plan projects please remember that our Bazaar is coming up in November and that we are always appreciative of your donations. Further news on the Bazaar will be in future bulletins. New School Year We wish all students returning to classes a very successful year. To those leaving to go to school out of town safe travels and good luck as you begin this new phase of your education. Children s Liturgy will reconvene on Sun. Sept. 10th. at the 11am. mass. We invite all children to join us to hear God s word and to participate in simple, varied activities. Anyone wishing to help in assisting or teaching the children, please contact Father Hamish at 705 256 8474.
Precious Blood Cathedral Page 5 In the Community CJTK 106.5 FM Exciting news for Sault Ste. Marie and surrounding area! Canadian Christian Radio is coming! We have received CRTC approval, and preliminary testing is complete. Our goal is to be on air in coming weeks
Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time Sunday is the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. We are encouraged to embrace humility. The first reading from the Book of Sirach says it simply: Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God. In Luke's gospel is a beloved story of Jesus saying, do not recline at table in the place of honor at a banquet. For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted. Monday is the Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist, with its own special readings. Saturday is the Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church. Our first weekday reading for the next several weeks will be from Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians, offering a look at the struggles and joys of the early life of the Church in Corinth. Paul admits, I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling, and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God. This week we begin reading from Luke's Gospel, which brings us the vivid stories of Jesus' early public ministry. We will continue with Luke until Advent. Jesus teaches in the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor, he reads from Isaiah, but his listeners wanted only to see the miracles they had heard about him. He cleanses a man of an unclean spirit - a spirit who recognizes Jesus as the Holy One of God when those around Jesus did not. He cures Simon's mother-in-law and then tells the crowds he must leave to spread the good news to other towns. As Jesus comes upon Peter, James and John, he invites the weary fishermen to lower their empty nets one more time. When they bring up nets overflowing with fish, Peter says, Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man but Jesus reassures him not to be afraid and says Peter will be catching people now. He tells them, No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. When he is criticized for allowing his disciples to pick grain to eat on the sabbath, Jesus is compassionate toward their hunger and defends them saying, The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath. On the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time we hear Wisdom marvel at God's ways. Paul writes to his friend, Philemon, about Philemon's slave, Onesimus, who is now a convert and in prison with Paul. Paul asks that he be taken back as a son or a brother. In Luke's Gospel, Jesus tells the crowd that following him will involve radical conversion and requires that each us discern if we can prepare for the self-denial required.