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IM M ACULATE H EART OF
M ARY C HURCH
5 F ATIM A D RIVE
R IVERVIEW , NB E 1 B 2 X 8
T EL : 386-6178 / FAX :386-4165
H OLY G HOST C HURCH
2 C HURCH S TREET
RIVERSIDE ALBERT, NB E4H 3W8
T EL /F AX : 882-1123
H OLY F AM ILY C HURCH
52 F ALKLAND S T .
M ONCTON , NB
T EL : 854-6099
S AINT J UDE C HURCH
3062 M AIN S T .
S ALISBURY , NB
T EL : 372-4748
R EGIONAL P ARISH O FFICE
PASTORAL MINISTRY TEAM
5 F ATIMA D R ., R IVERVIEW , NB E1B 2X8
T ELEPHONE : 386-6178
F AX : 386-4165
O FFICE H O URS : M ONDAY -F RIDA Y 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A D U LT F A ITH D EV ELO PM EN T
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P R IEST M O D ER ATO R : R EV. P HIL M ULLIGAN
email: [email protected]
A SSISTAN T :
FATHER CHARLES BRODERICK
C HILDREN ’ S C ATECHESIS
K AREN L E B LANC
EM AIL : catechism @blessedelizabeth.org
email: [email protected]
S TAFF
Business Manager: Anne Marcoux
Secretary:
VISIT US
www.blessedelizabeth.org
C ONTACT U S
LOOK FOR US
& Holy Family Churches:
[email protected] [email protected]
A RCHDIOCESE OF M ONCTON W EBSITE :
C ELEBRATE WITH US....
Cathy Kennedy
Director of Catechesis for Immaculate Heart of Mary
Karen LeBlanc 387-4198
F AMILY F AITH F ORMATION
At Holy Ghost Church: Teresa O’Hara: 882-0997
At Saint Jude Church: Tammy Constantine: 372-4741
www.diomoncton.ca
C O M M UN ITY L IFE
-Y O U TH M IN IS TR Y
-J USTICE & S O LID AR ITY
A L D ALY
EM AIL : [email protected]
L ITU R G Y
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Regular Mass Schedule
LITURGIES FOR THE WEEK APRIL 6 - 12th
Mondays & Fridays 9:00 am @ Holy Fam ily Church, Moncton
Wednesdays 9:00 am @ Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Riverview
Fridays 2:00 pm @ People’s Park Tower Chapel, Moncton
People’s Park Tower Chapel
Fri. April 10 2:00 pm Roger Bourque - Paul Caissie
Saturdays
4:00 pm @ Holy Ghost Church, Riverside Albert
7:00 pm @ Holy Fam ily Church, Moncton
Sundays
8:30 am @ Saint Jude Church, Salisbury
10:30 am @ Immaculate Heart of Mary
Church, Riverview
Private Confessions at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
Saturday Afternoon from 1 - 1:30 pm and Wednesday mornings 8:30 am (before mass)
W el c o m e to O u r P a ri s h
If you are new to our church or
just visiting, we are pleased to
have you share in this celebration
of the Eucharist.
If you would like to join our parish,
registration forms are available.
Just ask one of the ushers, ministers
of hospitality or other ministers you find in the
church or in the foyer.
E ASTER S UNDAY
R ESURRECTION
OF THE L ORD
APRIL 5T H
2015
Holy Ghost Church
Sat. April 11 4:00 pm Gerry McKinley - Lester & Melda Rossiter
Holy Family Church
Mon. April 6 9:00 am Elizabeth Vyles - Knights of Columbus
Fri. April 10
9:00 am Marie McCarron - Frank Nugent
Sat. April 11 7:00 pm Gerald Delahunt - Sandra & Gerry Cluney
Saint Jude Church
Sun. April 12 8:30 am Windsor MacDonald - Louis Leger
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
Wed. April 8 9:00 am Edna Gormley - Helen & Bob Vaughan
Sun. April 12 10:30 am For the People
UNTO EVERY SEASON THERE IS A TIME...
Ecclesiastes3
A time to heal... Kevin Quigley, son of Barbara Quigley; Kevin McKinley, son of Lucy McKinley
A time to mourn.. Fred Doiron, brother-in-law of Anne & Wilfred Griffin
Readings
for the
Week
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M onday
Tuesday
W ednesday
Acts 2:14, Acts 2:36-41 Acts 3: 1-10
22-33
Jn 20: 11-18 Lk 24: 13-35
Mt 28: 8-15
Thursday
Acts 3: 11-26
Lk 24: 35-48
Friday
Acts 4:1-12
Jn 21: 1-14
Saturday
Acts 4: 13-21
Mk 16: 9-15
Sunday
Acts 2: 42-47
Pt 1: 3-9
Jn 20: 19-31
In preparation for 2nd Sunday of Easter also known as the Divine Mercy
First Reading (Acts 4:32-35)
This week continues with the earliest life of the Christian community.
The history tells us that there is a voluntary pooling of the resources.
People are giving of their treasure. It is unusual to own property but the elite are mixing with the
common in joining the Christianity movement.
This is the beginning of the priests and their missions.
May we suggest you continue to read the Acts Chapter 5: 1 - 11? This sharing is a big deal.
(Source: www.lectorprep.org)
Second Reading (1 John 5:1-6)
In Liturgical Year B, we read from the First Letter of St. John.
The community of John has dissident members. The purpose of the letter is to combat certain
false ideas, especially about Jesus, and to deepen the spiritual and social awareness of the
Christian community. Some former member of the community refused to acknowledge Jesus as
the Christ and denied that he was a true man. (The Catholic Study Bible, Oxford)
The fundamental theme of John's letter is the essence of religion: a relationship with God, union
with God, fellowship with God, sharing God's life.
(You Can Understand the Bible by Peter Kreeft)
Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12: There will be a Divine Mercy Celebration at the St. Bernard
Church from 2:30 to 3:30 PM. Before that a half hour of private Adoration. Let us implore God's
Mercy, so needed, with the prayers He Himself has given us.
Living in Ecstasy
No pope in my recollection has spoken about the necessity of joy at the heart of the Christian’s
life better than our current pope, Pope Francis. In most of the English-speaking churches in the
diocese is a cardboard cutout of Pope Francis accompanied by quotes from Evangelii Gaudium (the
Joy of the Gospel). Evangelii Gaudium is an apostolic exhortation, written in 2013 by Pope Francis,
on the Church’s primary mission of evangelization in the world. In it he mentions “joy” 109 times;
he really thinks joy, more than anything else, will bring people to Christ.
In the gospels, Jesus connects joy with the promise of seeing him again, when he said “I shall see
you again and your hearts will be filled with joy” (Jn. 16:22). The word “ecstasy” helps us to
understand more fully the joy Jesus offers. “Ecstasy” comes from the Greek “ekstasis” which in turn
is derived from “ek” meaning out, and “stasis,” a state of standstill. To be ecstatic means to be outside
of a static place. Those who live ecstatic lives are always moving outside of mundane and rigid
situations into new and unexplored dimensions. Joy is always new. There can be old pain, old grief,
and old sorrow, but there can never be old joy. Old joy is not joy!
Joy is always connected with movement, renewal, rebirth, change---in short, life. Joy is ecstatic
because it moves us out of the place of death which is rigid and fixed, into a place which is new and
surprising. The resurrection caught everyone by surprise. “God is God not of the dead but of the
living” (Mt. 22:32). There is no tinge of death in God. God is pure life. Therefore, living in the house
of God is living in a state of constant ecstasy, in which we always experience the joy of being alive.
On behalf of myself, Fr. Charlie and the entire staff, I want to wish you all a joyful and ecstatic
Easter Season. To those involved in the various ministries that have brought our Triduum alive, your
efforts are deeply appreciated. Expect to be surprised over the next 50 days of Easter.
In gratitude…..
This week's Stewardship statement:
"...For the Son of Man came
not to be served, but to serve
and give his life for many."
(Mark 10:45)
FOOD BASKET CHALLENGE
This week’s challenge..... Please bring in
Immaculate Heart and Holy Ghost:
tea bags, instant coffee and toiletries
Holy Fam ily:
apple/orange juice
Saint Jude:
coffee
Thank you to all who are taking up the
challenge and supporting our ‘food baskets’.
Following is a list of those people who have, in memory of loved ones,
donated to the decor of our churches this Easter season.
HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
In M em ory Of.... by
Andrew O’Connell - Jackie
Helene Comeau
- Daughter Louise Gauvin
Leoline Gauvin - Son Louis Gauvin
Darlene Arsenault - Her Friends
Deceased members of the Dollemont
Family - Mary Arsenault
Deceased Family Members
- Doris Methot
George Colepaugh - Pauline
Con & Kaye McLaughlin (with love)
- Deb & Gord Roach and Family
Mother and Father - Mary Helena
My Husband James McKinnon
- Elaine McKinnon
Eric LeBlanc and Angus & Sis
MacAdam - Victor & Leah LeBlanc
Sharon - Mick & Bina Standing
Josie Dennis & Alphonse Dennis
- Kathleen Dennis & Eileen Dennis
HOLY GHOST CHURCH
In M em ory Of.... by
Wallace and Mitchell MacDonald - Sandra
Philip and Doreen McNaught - Monica
Ralph and Tracy Dowe - Anne Dowe
Mildred Fenton, James Duffy, Reg Fenton
- Cerdic and Sandra Nelson
Larry Muise - Treva Muise
SAINT JUDE CHURCH
Deceased Family Members
- Helen & Ian MacDonald
Deceased Parents of Doris & Reg Martin
Gerry Bos - Wife Siene
Hannah & Edgar Joyce; Marion & Andrew
Dwyer - Billy & Melda Dwyer
Paul Constantine - Wife Doris
Walter & Agnes MacDonald; Ray
MacDonald - Lindsay & Sharon Jones
Following is a list of those people who have, in memory of loved ones,
donated to the decor of our churches this Easter season.
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH
In Loving M em ory Of....
by
Glen Martel - Rose-Marie
Deceased Family Member
- Glen & Anize Ramsay
Deceased Family Members
- Garth & Simone Berry
Otto and Violet O’Hara - Mary Richardson
Clyde Richardson - Mary
Grampie & Grammie Simkins
- Love Emma, Lucas, Brainy & Tessa
Raymond and Tweedie Lanigan
- Stephen and Carmen Lanigan
Deceased Family Members
- Bob & Helen Vaughan
My Son Jimmy - Florence McIntyre
Morton & Whitehouse Families
- Pat & Warren Whitehouse and Family
Brian Haslam - Dianne and Family
Clara & Clarke Kierstead
- Dianne Haslam & Family
Dennis and Alex Gosselin - The Glenens
Rudy - Joyce Amirault and Family
Deceased Family Members of the Brown &
Hendricks Family - Jim & Hazel Hendricks
Helen Broderick - The Family
Bernie McKinley - Martha & The Family
The LeBlanc & Mongraw Families
- Anne & Alan Mongraw
Vance Toner - Pauline
Albert Spencer - Wife Doris Spencer
In Loving M em ory Of....
by
Shirley and Edmond Richard
- Andrew, Kathy, Melanie and Danielle
Vaughan LeBlanc - Carolyn and David
Antoine Hébert - Love Mom and Dad
Donald Fournier - Michéle and Kids
Marion & Russell Black
- Shirley & Ralph Simkins
Deceased Relatives - Anne Robichaud
Joseph & Anna LeBlanc
- daughters Andrea & Doris LeBlanc
Leo LeBlanc & Justin - LeBlanc Family
Randy - Mum & Dad
Deceased Parents - Ron & June Robichaud
Peter Smith - Mae, Karen and Stephen
Murray Leitch -Wife Helen
Colin Leitch - Mom
Claire Lamont
- Raymond, Chelone and Rhiannon
Joseph Landry - Wife Donna and
Sons Mike, Jeff & John
Donald W. McAllister
- Mary, Marilyn, Trent and Family
Albert Spencer - Daughter Charlotte,
Gérald & Jennifer Melanson
Robert & Sara Melanson - Son Gérald,
Charlotte & Jennifer Melanson
In Celebration of Family - Lorraine Joudrey
Alice & Leonard Thibeau; Christie & Albert
Tanner; deceased family members
- Carolyn & Basil Thibodeau
HYGIENE KITS
RELIEF KIT
INFANT CARE KIT
Well we are well on our way with our LENTEN
PROJECT; the pile is building!!! Thank you to
all who have brought in kits! If you haven’t
brought yours in yet we still have a couple of
weeks. We would like to have them together for
a blessing on April 18th and 19th before we
send them off, so keep ‘em coming!!!
COLLECTIONS FOR LAST WEEKEND
PEOPLES PARK TOWER C HAPEL
Church Support $194.00; Loose $73.40
Maintenance Fund $5.
H OLY FAMILY
Church Support $1012.00; Loose $176.10
Maintenance Fund $164.00
Share Lent for Holy Family and
Peoples Park Tower $952.00
H OLY G HOST
SAINT JUDE
Church Support $700.00; Loose $86.60
Share Lent $443.00
IMMACULATE H EART OF M ARY
Church Support $4668.00; Loose $255.00
Social Action $165.00; Youth $66.00
Property Upkeep $585.00
Share Lent $2088.00
Thank You for Your Continued Support.
HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
ANNUAL BAZAAR AND BAKE SALE
On Saturday May 3rd, the Holy
Family seniors are holding the 15TH
ANNUAL EDITION of their spring
bazaar and bake sale. It will run from
8 am to noon in the Church hall. Many gently
used items including china, glassware,
ornaments. Appliances, books, jewelry, games,
toys and much
more, plus a wonderful
assortment of baking will be available. Come
early for the best selection!
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
LADIES SOCIETY meets Tue. April 7 th at
7:30 pm in the Dan Bohan Centre.
The response has been overwhelming for our
EVENING OF TALENT, TREASURE
AND VARIETY - Sunday April 26th !
Offer your talent (yard work, dog walking,
baby sitting, garden tilling, plants/perennials,
running errands, pick up/deliver/decorate a
Christmas tree, sewing/alterations, quilting,
doing “odd jobs”) for the Silent Auction.
Or how about a painting, stained glass (Fr. Phil
???), a quilt... for the live auction.
Call Anne 872-4906 or Helen 386-2071 to
offer your talent!
And come and join in the fun. Bid on someone
else’s talent or treasure; enjoy a bit of
entertainment and refreshments, and go home
with that something you’ve always wanted.
And... help raise some funds to go toward the
Dan Bohan Centre. Watch for more details!
Knights of Columbus Council 9240
PANCAKE BREAKFAST in conjunction
with Riverview Maplefest at Dan Bohan
Center next Sat. April 11 from 8 to 10:30 am.
Pancakes and Sausage, Ham and Scrambled
Eggs, Beans, Toast and Jam, Tea, Coffee and
Choice of Juice, Fruit Salad. Adults $6, Children
6-12 $3, Family (Max. 2 adults & children) $20.
FROM THE DIOCESE
Vision Bookstore: MONTHLY SALES
Information: www.visionbookstore.ca
Come visit us at 45 York Street, Moncton (Diocesan Centre) on Friday, April 10th,
between 8am & noon and from 1 to 4pm and take advantage of a special monthly sale
where most books (in stock) will be reduced by 10%.
CATECHISM NEWS - SACRAMENT PREPARATION
ATTENTION SPONSORS of CHILDREN WHO WILL BE CONFIRMED THIS SPRING:
Your letter to your Candidate was due last week, on Wednesday April 1 st. If you don’t have it in be
sure to get it in this week to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Monday to
Friday 9:00am to 4:00pm.
ATTENTION CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES AND SPONSORS:
There will be 3 opportunities for you to attend the Easter Blessing. They are
- Saturday April 11th at 7:00pm mass @ Holy Family or
- Sunday April 12th at 8:30am mass @ St. Jude or
- Sunday April 19th at 10:30am mass @ Immaculate Heart of Mary
AND your final retreat will take place on Saturday April 18th @ 8:00am in the Dan Bohan
Family Centre. We will start there with breakfast so bring your appetite. All Candidates are
expected to attend.
ATTENTION PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO WILL BE RECEIVING
FIRST COMMUNION THIS SPRING:
- the Pre-Eucharist Celebration will be on Tuesday April 21st at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church @ 6:30 pm.
- First Communion will take place on Saturday April 25th at Holy Family or
Sunday April 26th at Immaculate Heart of Mary.
FROM THE OFFICES OF FAITH DEVELOPMENT, LITURGY
AND YOUTH FAITH DEVELOPMENT
To contact us: Ellen - 857- 9952 or [email protected]
Trevor - 857-4879 or [email protected]
and Deb at [email protected]
LITURGY FORMATION PROGRAM
The next session (Liturgy Bits and Bites) will take place on April 24th & 25th. Deb Gillespie, the
program coordinator, will address the following topics and more: Differences between Liturgical and
Devotional Prayer, Composing Prayers of the Faithful and Collect Prayers, Resources for Celebrating
Morning and Evening Prayer; Celebrating Liturgy of the Hours without a Cantor, Music for Liturgy,
Non-negotiable in Liturgy, Principles and Issues, Environment and Symbols, etc. Participants may also
submit questions to be responded to by email by April 9th to: [email protected]
The session will be held at Holy Fam ily Church Hall, on Friday evening from 6:45-9:00, and all day
Saturday from 8:45am-3:45pm. Lunch and breaks provided. Registration fee is $15. Cheques should be
made payable to: Archdiocese of Moncton. Registration must be received by noon on Monday, April 20th.
No prior participation in any course is required.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT
A BENEFIT CONCERT will take place Friday, April 10th at The Wesleyan Celebration Centre in
support of 10 year old Alyssa Sippley of Baie Sainte Anne. In Nov 2014, Alyssa lost both arms and legs
after contracting type-A streptococcus. Performers include George Canyon, Dave Gunning and others.
Call 1-877-700-3130 for details and tickets.
SALISBURY COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKET is once again open Saturdays at 8:30 am in the
basement of Salisbury United Church, 76 Smith St., Salisbury. A note to remember, the market will be
open 11th but CLOSED on April 18th for the UCW takeout, then will resume regular Saturdays on the
25th and be open every Saturday all summer. Anyone wishing a table or more information call Patsy
Weatherdon at 372-9193. Come out and support our local farmers and craftsmen.
N EED A HAND TO PREPARE YOUR INCOME TAX RETURN ???
Community organizations host free tax clinics to prepare returns for eligible taxpayers. Are you eligible?
You may be eligible if you have a simple tax situation and meet the suggested family income level.
Suggested income: Individual - $30,000; Couple - $40,000; Individual with a child - $35,000; for each
additional child, add $2,500 to the suggested family income. Interest income must be less than $1,000
Returns not eligible: Volunteers do not prepare returns for individuals who: have self-employment
income; have business or rental income and expenses; have capital gains or losses; have employment
expenses; file for bankruptcy; are deceased in the year.
See the poster on the bulletin board for times and locations.
Liturgy Corner
EASTER: A SEASON OF SAVORING
Countless times, at either a funeral vigil or at the funeral mass itself, I have heard these words of
St. Paul proclaimed: "Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?" (1 Cor. 15:55) .
The answer to both of these questions is a resounding NOWHERE! Paul is not so much asking
a rhetorical question as he is taunting death itself. It is as if he is saying, "Hey death, is that all you
got?"
This year with some many snow banks still remaining well into April, I am reminded of St. Paul's
words. As you know, some of the worst snowstorms can occur in March and even April. But
there's a big difference between a January snowstorm and a March/April one. A January
snowstorm has lasting power; it can linger for a couple of months. A March/April snowstorm is
almost forgotten a week later. These late winter snowstorms are metaphors for Easter itself. I
taunt them in the same way St. Paul taunted death by secretly saying to myself, "Hey winter,
where is your victory? Where is your sting? Is that all you got?"
If you have ever lost a loved one to death, you know how real death is. Snow storms are also real.
The thing about it is neither snowstorms nor death have lasting power. They just slow us down
temporarily. Life itself cannot be held back for ever. Resurrection and the promise of new life will
go forward and will be ultimately victorious.
As Church, we just have to savor Christ's victory of life over death. That's why the Church gives
us the Easter Season, an entire 50 days to do so. After the Holy Week celebrations, what follows
may seem anti-climatic. Part of this is normal because the "high" of the Triduum cannot be
sustained for ever. We can't remain on the mountaintop indefinitely. However, as you come down
the mountain savor the image of Jesus washing his disciples' feet on that first Holy Thursday.
Savor Good Friday's Passion reading and the veneration of the cross. Savor Holy Saturday's
bonfire, a fire meant to consume the entire world. Savor the Word proclaimed in the dark. Savor
the expression on the faces of those welcomed into the Church. Savor the Body and Blood of
Christ. Savor God's relentless love for you.
"Death, where is your victory? Where is your sting? Nowhere, because we are people who savor
life.
(Fr. Phil)