WHAT’S HAPPENING
Divine Mercy devotions will take place at
the Gros Islet Church Sunday April 12th at
3:00 p.m.
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The Mountain View High School Madrigals
Choir from the USA in collaboration with
the St. Joseph the Worker Youth Choir and
Freedom Voices invite all parishioners to a
free Concert on Thursday April 9th at the
Gros Islet Church at 7:00 p.m. Make it a
family night! A love offering will be
collected.
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The Benedictine Nuns will be holding a
fundraising Family Fun Day on Sunday
April 19th at the Mount of Prayer, Coubaril
from 10:00 a.m. Tickets cost $100 adults,
$50 children 4 to 12 years, and are available
from Welcome St. Rose. Proceeds are in aid
of the Zambia Mission.
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Archbishop Rivas’ book “How Beautiful the
Valley” is now available at the Parish Office
at a cost of $170.00. Copies are limited so
get yours now.
The St. Joseph the Worker Parish, Gros Islet
Presents a Grand Barbeque
IN AID OF MONCHY CHURCH FENCING
“And if Christ be not risen,
then is our preaching in vain,
and your faith is also in vain.”
1Cor.15:14
EASTER SUNDAY - 5TH APRIL 2015
Christ is Risen! Alleluia!
First Reading
n our world today, filled as it is with death,
insane cruelties and evil, Christians on this Acts10:34, 37-43
Easter Sunday fill their hearts and minds with God’s greatest Second Reading
gift, namely, that evil’s worst is being and will be quashed.
Col.3:1-4
Death does not and cannot have the final say. Hate will end in
Gospel
futility. The head of the serpent will be crushed. Death cannot
Jn.20:1-9
overcome life. Christ is risen! Alleluia!
MASS TIMES
What is the purpose of Christ’s birth, life, death, and
Morning Prayers:
resurrection? It is all for the life of the world, human life and
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eternal life. That purpose was summed up and proclaimed by
Jesus during the Last Supper on the night before He died: “I am MONDAY: GROS ISLET
Mass 6:00 a. m.
the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this Mass:
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bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give
TUESDAY: GROS ISLET
for the life of the world.”
6:00 a.m.
The event we celebrate from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday
has two aspects: by His death, Christ liberates us from sin; by
WEDNESDAY
His Resurrection, He opens for us the way to a new and eternal 12:30 & 6:00 p.m.:
Gros Islet
life. This new life reinstates us to living in closeness with God in 6:00 p.m.- G/Riviere
God’s grace, the destiny God gave when He created Adam and
THURSDAY
Eve, “so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of
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the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”
Gros Islet
Christ is risen! Your life and my life have meaning. Death does 6:00 p.m. - Monchy
not end our existence. Not only that, but we know that God is a
FRIDAY
God of love, that He loves me, that He loves you, and that each 6:00 a.m./12:30 p.m.:
Gros Islet
and every human being in God’s eyes has value beyond
measure. What happiness we should have in bringing that
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wonderful news to people in this world.
6:30 a.m./7:00 p. m.:
Gros Islet
It is great and wonderful news proclaimed to us today: Christ is
risen! Alleluia!
SUNDAY
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Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy
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St. Joseph the Worker Parish
Youth Page
(excerpt: frcharlie.org)
$15.00
1st May 2015
On the Monchy Church Grounds
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Entertainment: Secret Band
Bring your appetite and come on down!
CONFESSIONS
Every Saturday
9.00 - 0.00a.m
6.00 -6.45p.m.
&
by appointment
Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph
Deacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy Joseph
P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia
Tel: (758) 450450-8325 (758) 450450-9390 Cell: (758) 285285-8831
Email: [email protected]
[email protected] [email protected]
Website: www.grosisletchurch.org Face book: facebook.com/grosisletparish
7:30 a.m. at
GROS ISLET/G. RIVIERE
10:00 a.m. at
Gros Islet/Monchy
HOLIDAY
7:00 a.m.: Gros Islet
The Easter Vigil: He is Risen Indeed, Alleluia!
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PLEASE PRAY
FORTHE SICK
aster is the greatest feast in the Christian calendar.
Tracy Mondesir
For most Christian churches, the peak celebration
Theresa Cox
is Easter Sunday. For us Catholics, the more significant
Annie Etienne
celebration was the night before, at the Easter Vigil. It
Priscillia Henry
transports believers to the Upper Room with the disciples who are in
Claude Guillaume
mourning and waiting only to be greeted by the Risen One.
Claude Griffith
The extremely festive ceremonies and Divine Liturgy which are
DECEASED
celebrated during the Easter Vigil are unique to that night and are the
most elaborate and important of the liturgical year and many people
Joseph Clarke
who only attend church services once a year do so at midnight for
Celestine Emanus
Easter.
Marie Therese Fontelio
Cecile Pierre
We’ve been preparing for Easter through forty days of Lent,
Emmanuel Philip
culminating in the solemn vigil. We wait in darkness and bless a fire.
The Paschal candle, whose lighting symbolizes the resurrection of
Christ from the dead, is lit from that new Easter fire. The flame of the WEEKDAY READINGS
paschal candle is then used to light candles held by parishioners
MONDAY
symbolizing the emergence from sin and the resurrection of Jesus. We
Acts2:14,22-33
process with candles and hear re-told the stories of our salvation
Matt.28:8-15
through the scriptures.
The emphasis is on waiting for the culmination of the story: Christ’s
TUESDAY
resurrection from the dead. Bells are rung, and alleluias are sung as we
Acts2:36-41
hear the gospel account of Christ’s rising. Then, following this
Jn.20:11-18
proclamation of the core of our beliefs, new members are brought into
the Church through baptism and a profession of faith. The recounting
WEDNESDAY
of Christ’s new life is closely connected to the Church’s renewal
Acts3:1-10
Lk.24:13-35
through the reception of its new members.
This celebration as a vigil is important because it doesn’t just
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commemorate something God did in the past; it celebrates something
Acts3:11-26
God is doing today. The celebration of Easter, as a vigil, invites us to
Lk.24:35-48
break out our most potent symbols of God’s action, and our response.
So the waiting, the readings, music, candles, procession, and initiation
FRIDAY
all remind us that God has accomplished something amazing by loving
Acts4:1-12
us so much.
Jn.21:1-14
And our vigil is a statement, individually and collectively, that we are
SATURDAY
ready to be renewed and to live out of the grace we’ve received.
Acts4:13-21
(excerpt: foryourmarriage.org)
Mk.16:9-15
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MASS INTENTIONS
GROS ISLET
CLERGY / RELIGIOUS
INTENTIONS
EASTER SUNDAY
Sat. Apr 4 - 10:30 p.m.
MISSA PRO POPULO
Easter Vigil
B’day: Marie Joseph
Thks: The Wiggins family
Sun. Apr 5 -8:00 a.m.
Easter Sunday
10:00 a.m.
B’day: Keisha St. Helene
Thks: Aaron Lastic, Lavorne Verdant
G. Riviere - 7:30 a.m.
B’day: Rebecca Marius, Isidore Davidson
Deliv: Anthony Ferdinand
Cathelina & Nelian Darius
Thks: Petra & Larry Justin & family
Monchy- 10:00 a.m.
WEEKDAY MASS INTENTIONS
Mon Apr 6 - 7:00 a.m.
Tues Apr 7 - 6:00 a.m.
Wed Apr 8 - 12:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
G. Riviere: 6:00 p.m.
Thu Apr 9 - 6:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Msgr. Patrick Anthony
Fr. Benjamin Ukpanya
B’day: Peter Roach
Catherine Alexis, Diane Palton
Arch. Robert Rivas OP Dc'd: Effula & Roland Altenor
Irvine Blanchard
Sr. Frances Norbisch OSF
Fr. Amal Raj
Fr. Victor Mariasuaia
Sr. Rosaria Joseph
Sr. Giovanna Mabunda
Sr. Christine Alphonse
Fr. Will Howard
Rev. Andrew Edward
Sr. Ramona George
Sr. Benedicta Chanda
B’day: Hiram King, Veronica Louis
Eucharistic Service
Dc'd: Sophia Howell Darius
B’day: Waltrude Patrick
Success: Agnes Actie
Dc'd: Jamie Innocent
Richard Emilien, Athanaise Scott
Guid: Merlina Dorseide
Monchy 6:00 p.m.
Fri Apr 10 - 6:00 a.m.
Fr. Jason Biscette
Sr. Petronilla Banda
Sat Apr 11- 6.30 a.m.
Sr. Scholastica Felician
B’day: Zoey Hinkson
Thks: Giselle Baptiste, Prisca Delice
Dc'd: Sheena T. Abraham
Martina & Maurice Esnard