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CORNER BRUNSWICK AND REGENT STREETS
FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK
PARISH OFFICE HOURS:
8:30 AM-4:30 PM
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 444-6055
PARISH OFFICE PHONE:
506-444-6001
WEB SITE: www.stdunstansparish.ca
PARISH OFFICE FAX:
506-444-6006
E-MAIL: [email protected]
REV. BILL BRENNAN, PASTOR
REV. SHAWN DALEY, SFM, PAROCHIAL VICAR
REV. MR. KENNETH PARKER, DEACON
February 22nd, 2015 ~ First Sunday of Lent
Beginning this week ….
Little Rock Scripture Study - The Acts of the Apostles, a 10 week Little Rock Study will begin on
Tuesday, February 24th @ 10 a.m., and Thursday, February 26th @ 7 p.m. in the MBFC. This is an
opportunity to read and study the Bible during Lent. No previous participation in the program is
necessary. Information posters and registration forms are available at entrances to the church and at
the MBFC and are to be submitted to the parish office by Sunday, February 22nd. For more
information, please contact Jayne Nicki at 453-9899 or email [email protected].
Father Shawn Daley invites you to
Tuesdays with TAIZE
Please see back page of bulletin for more
information.
(Beginning Tuesday, Feb 24th running until
Tuesday, March 31st)
DAILY LENTEN REFLECTION BOOKLETS
We offer you the following opportunities to enter and deepen your Lenten Journey. Please pick up one of
the following Daily Reflection Booklets on the tables at the church entrances.
‘Sacred Journey ‘ by Krystyna Higgins
‘Follow the Way, Daily Prayers for Lent’ by Susan Seneschal
‘Living Lent With Passion’ by Pope Francis
‘Travelling Light’ by Fr. Thomas J Connery
There are Lent calendars for your fridge or wall (enough for every family/individual) with Daily
Mass readings and reflections.
The Children and Youth will be given children/family booklets and youth calendars at Religious
Education (Faith Formation) classes to bring home.
February 22nd – First Sunday of Lent
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1 Reading: Genesis 9:8-15
2nd 1 Peter 3:18-22
Gospel: Mark 1:12-15
✝ MASS INTENTIONS ✝
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26th
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6:30 pm
12:05 pm
12:05 pm
5:00 pm
9:00 am
11:30 am
7:00 pm
John Costello
Mary Francis Daley
Sarah Adams
Anne-Marie Mills
Clifford Fournier
Wayne Kelly
Janet Cronin
NECROLOGY
✝ This Week We Remember ✝
Feb 23
Feb 24
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday’s 4:00 – 4:30 pm
Feb 25
Legion of Mary – Tuesday mornings at 10:30 am
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1 Friday Adoration @ St. Dunstan’s (1 Friday of each month)
Feb 26
Catholic Women’s League of Canada www.cwl.ca
Natural Family Planning info:
www.thebillingsovulationmethod.org. For advice email
[email protected]
Senior Choir Rehearsals Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm in the choir
loft of the church; use King Street entrance. New members are
most welcome.
Lector & Eucharistic Minister Schedule
February 28th & March 1st
Lectors
5:00 Theresa Moore
Mary Ryan
9:00 Joan Guerette
Alice Coady
11:30 Marilyn Rowan
Noreen Vaillancourt
7:00
Joseph O’Donnell
Paola Marusic
Eucharistic Ministers
Peggy Dinan (H2)
Frances Briand
Mary Holland
Enrique Serrano (H2)
Bob Scott
Amelia Serrano
Heather Maillet
Tim Dilworth
Bob Monterio (H2)
Carol Monterio
Doreen Cormier
Chris McAloon
Anne Macies
Esther Archibald (H2)
Carole Dilworth
Marie Costello
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Offertory Collection February 15
Offertory (operating)
$ 4,668.55
Budge (operating)
7,847.00
Variance
($ 3,178.45)
Other (Bldg Fund, Cemetery, Poor, etc) $ 425.00
Ash Wednesday collection
$ 2,932.86
(for Catholic Missions in Canada)
2015 Offertory Envelopes are available to pick up at the
Regent Street entrance to the church.
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Feb 28
Feb 29
Mar 1
John Frederick Birtwistle
Angela Lucilda MacDonald
Leofred Boudreau
Rev George J Harrington
Robet McAlinden
Dr. Ronald C Hurley
Kathleen Howatt
Helena Mabel Ryan
Mrs Eugenie Wiesner
John Joseph Costello
Dolores Meagher
Robert Charles White
Eva Boudreau
Robert Damian Chessie
Frederick J Carney
Rev William John Wallace
Delice “Del” Esther Wilby
Mary Parise Robichaud
Annie D Blackman
Ruby Emily Alkern
John (Jackie) Cashen
Frances Winnifred Wilby
George Magid Debly
Rowena (Grattan) Connell
Gerald Francis McGinnis
Raymond Flynn
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Faithful Departed
Nancy Gallant, wife of Melvin, mother of Dianne and Rick
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Gospel
Readings for March 1
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18
Romans 8:31b-35, 37
Mark 9:2-10
Sanctuary Lamp
In memory of
Jack Nolan
The Legion of Mary will continue to lead the Rosary
every Friday following Mass throughout Lent. Everyone
is welcome.
Station of the Cross during Lent
The Legion of Mary - Thur. Feb 26th at 7:00 pm
Little Rock Scripture Study –Wed Mar 4th @ 12:05
St. Dunstan’s CWL - Thur. Mar 12th at 6:30 pm.
Development & Peace -Thur. Mar 19th @ 6:30 pm
Donation Receipts are available in the office.
On Good Soil: Our next meeting will be on
Wednesday, February 25th at 7:15 pm in the
Monsignor Boyd Family Center. This meeting will
be a repeat of our January meeting because of
small attendance due to the snow storm. 'On
Good Soil' is a resource from the Canadian
Conference of Catholic Bishops on how to
organize and plan Adult Faith Formation within
the Church and has specific wisdom for parishes.
We have been working our way through this book
over the past two years and are coming to the
point of more specific planning in regards to Faith
Formation for adults in our parish. This meeting
is open to any interested adults.
Development and Peace
Sowing seeds of love through 15,200 projects and
participants. We have to state, without mincing words,
that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and
the poor. May we never abandon them.
- Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel, 48
For nearly 50 years, Development and Peace has been
committed to nurturing the bond between the faith of
Canadian Catholics and the poorest of our brothers and
sisters in the human family. Since our founding in 1967,
Canadian Catholics have supported 15,200 local
initiatives around the world through your generous
donations to the annual Share Lent Campaign. These
initiatives, in areas such as agriculture, education,
community action, peace building and citizen participation,
continue to help the poor today. The Share Lent
collection is on the Fifth Sunday of Lent – Solidarity
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Sunday – March 22 . Learn more at www.devp.org
AASEA Lenten Guided-Directed Retreat: Monday,
March 23, at the Villa Madonna, from 9:00 am to
4:30 pm, there will be a 1-day Lenten GuidedDirected Retreat (On The Road To Resurrection
Through The Cross), facilitated by Fr. Bill Brennan
and directors from the local AASEA group. The day
will conclude with Mass celebrated by Fr. Bill. For
information on registration, please contact Doug
Hubbard at [email protected] or call 1(506)7382043. You can also access our website at
www.aaseasaintjohn.ca for more information. Cost
for the day is $30. Space is limited so early
registration is recommended.
Confirmation Preparation Session for Candidates
(youth grade 9 and up) and Parents. Thursday,
February 26th @ 7 pm … MBFC Gym.
Next Parish Pastoral Council meeting is Monday,
February 23rd @ 7 pm in the Monsignor Boyd
Family Centre, Mary Sullivan Room 120.
Lenten Food Donations - Difficult economic times in
our province means families, seniors and singles on
fixed incomes struggle to make ends meet. Please
help our neighbors with a food donation for the
Greener Village Food Bank. Collection boxes are
located at each entrance to the Church and at MBFC.
2nd Sunday of Lent suggestion is pasta sauce
and/or dried pasta.
Singers needed for the Taize evenings on
Tuesdays through Lent. If you can assist please
call Helen Chenier 454-3035 for practice time
details.
St. Dunstan's Youth group will be meeting
Sunday, February 22nd at 4 pm until 5:30 pm in
the MBFC, Mary Sullivan Room. Come join us
as we look more closely at what we will be
doing during this Lenten season.
The World Day of Prayer service Theme this year is Jesus
said to them, “ Do You Know What I Have Done to You ?”
Sunday, March 8 @ 2 pm St. Paul’s United Church
Friday, March 6 @ 7 pm St. James Presbyterian Church
Friday, March 6 @ 7 pm Salvation Army Citadel
Friday, March 6 @ 7 pm Wesley United Church (Lincoln)
For further information, please contact Debbie Heustis at
472-2916.
The Saint John Diocesan Council CWL is offering two
(2) bursaries in the amount of $300.00 each to 2015 High
School Graduates and Mature Students entering
University, Community College, Business College,
Technical College or School of Nursing. Applications are
available in the office at the MBFC. Deadline for
application is March 6, 2015 and the applications can be
left in the office at the MBFC c/o CWL. The President of
St. Dunstan's Parish Council CWL is Verna Shaw.
For further information please contact Marie Costello,
Chairperson of Education and Health at 454-6334.
Please note: In selecting the candidate, emphasis will be
placed upon his or her: (a) Need for financial assistance
(strictly confidential) (b) Satisfactory scholastic
achievement (c) Attention to religious duties.
We are looking for new Lectors, Eucharistic
Ministers and adult Altar Servers. If you feel called
to serve in one of these ministries, please contact
the respective coordinator who will facilitate
training. To become a lector call Dan Toner a 4576214. To become a Eucharistic Minister call John or
Marg Denning at 470-5696. Adults wishing to
become an Altar Server at the 5pm, 11:30am or 7pm
Masses should call Marie Costello at 454-6334.
St. Dunstan’s Spaghetti Supper – Saturday,
March 14th Looking for volunteers, please call
Heather at 206-2927.
(Beginning Tuesday, Feb 24th)
I cordially invite you to join me and some of our music ministers to a special Spiritual Journey this Lent. You know,
Saint Benedict tells us that we should live our lives as through it was always Lent. That is to say consciously
awaiting and preparing the Lord's coming, praying more, giving-up stuff (Fasting) and giving-out stuff (Alms
giving). But then Saint Benedict says his big, HOWEVER, because of the human condition being what it is. He
knew that this type of quasi hyperactive spiritual life is not possible. It would make us crazy. So Benedict says:
Tuesdays with TAIZE
Since few have the strength for this, I urge you during these days of Lent, to keep its manner of life most pure and to wash
away in this holy season the negligence’s of other times. This we can do in a fitting manner by refusing to indulge evil habits
and by devoting ourselves to prayer with tears, to reading, to compunction of heart and self-denial. (Saint Benedict - 480AD
to 547AD)
To help us do this as a faith community, we are proposing TUESDAYS WITH TAIZE. Every Tuesday evening at
7pm during Lent, we will come together in the Church to “Watch and Pray” (Mark 14:38). This time of prayer,
silence, reflection and reading will end with you writing down a question, or a prayer request or a feeling or an
emotion. The prayers, feelings and emotions will remain before the Altar each Tuesday night, but the questions will
be read out, brought to the floor, the following Tuesday, for discussion (no names are required). The idea is to live
Lent more fully, to ask God for the ongoing gift of conversion and to learn more about our faith and or the Church.
After all, another Saint who lived 500 years after Benedict said that our “faith seeks understanding”, what better
time to seek the Light than in these dark nights of winter. I hope you will be able to “watch and pray and seek” with
us this Lent. These celebrations will last between one hour and one hour and a half.
Fr. Shawn Daley, SFM
TAIZE is an ecumenical monastery in France. Pope John XXIII called it “that little Springtime”, meaning it is a new beginning for us all.
Taizé reminds us of “the Essential that makes the common day-to-day-life possible”
Assisted Hearing
Devices available
to sign out in the
Parish Office
Reminder to keep our church
“SCENT FREE” as some people
are sensitive and have
allergies. Thank you
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Rev. Dr. G Everett Grant
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Faithful Navigator
[email protected]
472-1872