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 Pastor : Rev. Father Hamish Currie Assistant Pastor : Rev. Father Arulkumar Parish Secretary : Sue St. Jules Office Hours : 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM Sunday Masses : Saturday Vigil Mass : 5:00 PM Sunday : 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM and 8:30 PM Weekday Masses : 8:00 AM No Mass on Wednesdays Sacrament of Penance : Saturday : 4:15 PM to 4:45 PM 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 6 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 : Maureen Gooderham 705-945-0852 Liturgical Music/Choir : Bruce Douville bruce.douville@gmail.com Bulletin Announcements : Email yours to pbcathedral@on.aibn.com before 11:00 AM Wednesday Prayer Line : Corona McNally 705-575-6975 Easter Season Week 1 April 1, 2018 Happy Easter Jesus goes before us to our Galilee, our homes and workplaces and our relationships! He is already in our Galilees, But He also arrives within us! Alleluia! With prayer and best wishes for a wonderfully fruitful Easter Season Fr. Hamish and Fr. Kumar
Page 2 Precious Blood Cathedral Scripture Readings: April 2 to April 7, 2018 Monday Acts 2.14, 22-33; Matthew 28.8-15 Tuesday Acts 2.36-41; John 20.11-18 Wednesday Acts 3.1-10; Luke 24.13-35 Thursday Acts 3.11-26; Luke 24.35-48 Friday Acts 4.1-12; John 21.1-14 Saturday Acts 4.13-21; Mark 16.9-15 Monday, Apr 2 No Mass 8:00 A.M. Tuesday, Apr 3 8:00 A.M. łeda DiBattista-Ziegler by Phyllis DiBattista Wednesday, Apr 4 No Mass Thursday, Apr 5 8:00 A.M. In Thanksgiving by Ron & Mary Denomme Friday, Apr 6 8:00 A.M. łgeraldine Geary by Marie Bruno & Family Saturday, Apr 7 5:00 P.M. łann & Jim Hepditch by Larry & Karen Hepditch łdon Muio by Kevin & Karen McAndrew Sunday, Apr. 8 9:00 A.M. No Intention requested 11:00 A.M. Intention of Parishioners 8:30 P.M. łmaria Trunzo & Vince Runco by Maria & Marcel Runco łferne Tagliabracci by Maria Pasqua Please contact the office to enroll your child in Reconciliation and First Communion preparation. Classes begin Tuesday April 3, 2018 at 6:30 PM Pilgrimage to Poland, Czechia, Austria & Germany Sept.22 Oct 4, 2018 13 days $3690.00 from Sault Ste. Marie Information Meeting April 5, 2018 at 7:00 pm Ste. Anne Room. Cathedral Highlights include: Our Lady of Czestochowa (Black Madonna), Divine Mercy Shrine, Auschwitz, Infant of Prague, Benedictine Monastery of Melk, Vienna, Salzburg under spiritual leadership of Fr. Hamish Currie Sunday Collections March 25, 2018 $3,746.50 Thank you for your continued generosity!
Precious Blood Cathedral Page 3 Apr 7 & 8 Lectors Eucharistic Minister Ushers Greeters Saturday 5:00 PM Robert Dugas Linda Simonini Anne Greco Kathy Hamilton Kathleen MacDonald Bernie Lysiak Richard Bubinas John Slobodecki Jean Luc Coudert Sunday 9:00 AM Louise McGuire Terry-Lou Legros Alfredo Bruni Susan Colizza Terry Bos Rudy Wheatley Brian Lidstone Evelyn Theriault Edna Miskiw Sunday 11:00 AM Michelle Inch Bambi Alexander Veronica Bornyi Sonya Masotti Joanne Dumanski Ted & Norma Wall Phil Bellerose Tony Pino Myrtle Corelli Bambi Alexander Sunday 8:30 PM Maria Pasqua Ivan McCaig Gino Filice Terry Zuccato THIS WEEK AT PRECIOUS BLOOD The Craft Group Will meet on Tues Apr 3rd from 12 pm-3pm. The Rosary is recited after each weekday Mass The Choir Rehearsal on Thursday Apr 4th at 7:30 pm The Pilgrimage to Poland, Czechia, Austria & Germany Meeting Apr 5th at 7:00 pm in St. Anne s Room Prayer Line We are pleased to announce that we have a Prayer Line available for parishioners. Anyone wishing to have prayers for a special Intention, for someone who is ill, having surgery, for the deceased, or any other intention may contact Corona at 705 575 6975.
Page 4 Precious Blood Cathedral NEW EVANGELIZATION SUMMIT - APRIL 27 & 28, 2018 Join thousands of Catholics from across North America for the 2018 New Evangelization Summit. This event is held in Ottawa, but is live-streamed to host sites across Canada, the U.S., and beyond. Once again, Sault Ste. Marie is one of the host sites April 27 & 28 at St. Mary's College (868 Second Line E.). This year's Summit is featuring 8 world-class Catholic speakers including Sr. Ann Shields, George Weigel, Patrick Midland and more. Save the dates! TONY AND THE TIME MACHINE A BARBERSHOP ODYSSEY Sault Community Theatre Centre Saturday April 7, 2018 at 7:30 PM. Tickets $28.00 all seats. Available at Station Mall Box Office, Hess Jewellers. Bob Shami 705.253.9574 CNIB S WINE IN THE DARK April 7th at 7:00 PM St. Mary s Zion Fellowship Centre Zion Lutheran Church 189 Upton Road Tickets $50.00 per person purchase at United Way Office 301-258 Queen Street, East or contact Maureen Dodd 705-256-7476 Ext 216 CATHOLIC CLERGY AWARD FOR A GRADUATING STUDENT The Catholic priests of Sault Ste. Marie will present the Catholic Clergy Award to a graduating student of St. Mary s College who makes it a priority to practice their Catholic faith, and who generously gives of their time to their church community through various volunteer efforts. This award will include a monetary prize. Eligible students are asked to complete an Application Form for the award, available through your parish priest, the guidance office at St. Mary s College, or print it from www.stjeromeparishssm.com/clergyaward. All applications must be received by May 4, 2018 to be eligible. The award will be presented at the Graduation Ceremony on June 27. TAIZE PRAYER EVENING Wednesday April 11/18 at 7:00 PM St. Jerome s Church The Chamber Singers of Algoma, Patty Gartshore Director Present The Glorious Music of Handel and Bach Sunday April 22, 3:00 p.m. Precious Blood Cathedral Special Guest Organist Ian Sadler Tickets $20.00 Adults, $5.00 Students @ Savoy s Jewellers or At the Door "The Sisters of St Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie are requesting your prayers as they discern and hold their General Chapter and Elections from April 13 to 21, 2018 at their Motherhouse in North Bay. " Sister Sarah Quackenbush CSJ Phone: 705-523-1478
Precious Blood Cathedral Page 5 Catholic Women s League UPCOMING EVENTS Tuesday April 3 the General meeting will be in St. Anne s Room at 12 pm. Anyone who has a convention package is reminded to bring their application form to the meeting. Monday April 9 th Verdi Luncheon: Members are preparing sandwiches and baking for this event. Please drop off your donations to the back door by 11:30 am that day. FOOD DRIVE April 7/8 CWL supports the National CWL food drive. Make your donation in Ste. Anne s Room at Masses on April 7th & 8th. Donations will be accepted for: The Soup Kitchen Community Centre, St. Vincent Place and Salvation Army. Knights of Columbus The Knights of Columbus Council 11608 wish all Parishioners of Precious Blood Cathedral a very Happy Easter. God bless each and every one. Once again it is the time of the year for election of Officers to Council 11608. We wish to thank all members of the past year Executive for their dedication and charitable works. Shawl Ministry If you know of someone who is in need of comfort from a shawl please call Corona at 705-575-6975. It may be someone in hospital or at home or at the Hospice.
Easter Week Easter Sunday, we read from the Acts of the Apostles to hear Peter's preaching about the Resurrection. The Letter to the Colossians reminds us You have died and your lives are hidden with Christ in God. The Gospel is from John's Gospel and gives us the first story of that Easter morning - Mary Magdalene discovers the empty tomb and runs to Peter and the disciple Jesus loved to tell them. They run to the tomb and discover for themselves that it is empty. The first reading for Easter Week is from the Acts of the Apostles. We hear Peter's preaching the Good News and experience the first deeds of the Apostles, which parallel the acts of Jesus, including the conflicts he experienced and his power to heal. The Gospels this week are all resurrection appearances. These wonderful stories contain some common elements. They appear designed to make it clear that this was not a group of disciples who dreamed up the resurrection, because they were hoping for it so much. In fact, they found it difficult to believe. The Jesus they saw and experienced was not a ghost. Instead, he had a body. Monday, is the story of Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, as well as the cover-up story and pay off of the guards. Tuesday, we read of Jesus' appearance to Mary Magdalene, through the eyes of John's Gospel. Jesus missions her to announce the Good News to his brothers. On Wednesday we are treated to Luke's marvelous story of Jesus' appearance to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. They were sad, because they had hoped the story would have turned out differently. Jesus tells them why he had to first suffer and die in order to enter into his glory. As they stopped to eat, he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. Thursday Jesus appears in the room where the disciples are gathered. Peace be with you he says and then eats with them and shows them his wounds. On Friday, we have the powerful appearance in John's Gospel at the Sea of Tiberias. Peter decided to return to fishing. Jesus appears and re-missions him. On Saturday, the week concludes with the summary of appearances in what appears to be an addition to the end of Mark's Gospel. On the Second Sunday of Easter, as we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, we get a picture into how the early community lived their life of faith by sharing everything in common. In John's Gospel, Jesus appears to the Apostles, hiding in fear, and gives them the gift of his Spirit, calling them to forgive sins. We are reminded that the gospel is written, that we might come to believe in our Lord and have life in his name.