Sunday Eucharist: Saturday 5:00 p.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Weekday Eucharist: Tues. at 6:30 p.m.; Wed., Thurs., & Fri., at 10a.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Every Saturday, 11a.m. - 12 p.m.

Anointing of the Sick: First Tuesday or Wednesday of each month at weekday Mass or by appointment

Eucharistic Exposition & Benediction : First Wednesday of the month.

Baptism: Please contact the office in advance for a preparation program.

Pastor: Fr. Bob Remark

Parochial Vicar: Fr. Seejo John

Permanent Deacons: Deacon John Vallely, Deacon George Sebok,

Deacon Henry Kling

Pastoral Minister: Heather Cushing ext. 260

Youth Ministry : ext. 222

Business Administrator: Tom Boone ext. 224

Secretaries: Kelly Wilson ext. 201, Sheila O’Brien ext. 222

Bookkeeper: Anne Sanderson ext. 229

Building & Property Coordinator: Steve Baldinelli ext. 261

Pentecost Sunday ~ June 4, 2017

Fr. Seejo John, Parochial Vicar

Address: 777 Valetta St. London ON N6H 2Y9 Tel: 519-472-0057 or 519-660-2920 Fax: 519-472-4758

Email: hfparish@dol.ca Website: www.holyfamilylondon.ca Parish Facebook Account: http://facebook.com/HolyFamilyParishYouth

Parish Twitter Account: @hfparishlondon

Office Hours: Monday to Friday

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Come as you are, and you will be loved. Responding to the call of Jesus, we will transform the world.

Catholic Women’s League : Mary Van Dyk, President (519) 473-1258 St. Vincent de Paul: Colleen Jones, President (519) 472-0057 X300 Knights of Columbus: Chuck Lutchin - Grand Knight (519) 709-6752

On the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary, they were transformed into fiery proclaimers and evangelizers!! The listeners experienced a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit through the apostles’ gift of tongues:

they heard Peter speaking in their native languages. The early Christians became powerful witnesses and brave martyrs for their faith in Jesus. That is the miracle of transformation the early Christian community experienced and we are invited to participate in the same movement of life.

The Holy Spirit, the Helper, is quietly at work in our different life situations. The Spirit calls us to repentance, calls us to Faith and to take up our cross and follow Jesus. He is always our Helper, always helping us to be what God made us to be, to be servants to one another. The Spirit promotes Jesus in our lives; He gathers us around the cross of Jesus, changes our lives, helping us to be more patient and forgiving, to seek new beginnings in our relationships with one another and to let the power of God's love have the final say over the conflicts we get into.

The Holy Spirit makes us His living temples (I Cor 3:16), teaches us to pray (Romans 8:26), strengthens us in our fight against temptations and in our mission of bearing witness to Christ by transparent Christian lives, makes us holy through the Sacraments - makes us children of God and heirs of Heaven through Baptism, makes us temples of God, warriors and defenders of the Faith, through Confirmation, enables us to be reconciled with God by pardoning our sins through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, gives us spiritual nourishment by converting

bread and wine into Jesus’ Body and Blood through Epiclesis.

The Spirit of God is the rhythm that moves the Church forward, uniting our many different voices into the Love of God. God has formed us into a community, a Church, an instrument for bringing his life and love into our world. Today we celebrate that presence in our midst. The Holy Spirit continues to “blow” through today’s Church giving life and direction to our mission and ministry to preach the Gospel to every nation, to immerse all of humanity into God’s love!!

Pentecost is the powerful beginning of the new life. The gift of the Holy Spirit moves its recipients to action and inspires them to share this gift with others. It is the Holy Spirit who develops our intimacy with God. We need to permit the Holy Spirit to take control of our lives by praying for His daily anointing so that we may fight against our temptations and control our evil tendencies, to form a renewed community of intentional disciples. Let it be a new beginning for us too!!

Readings for June 11, 2017 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

First Reading: Exodus 34.4b-6, 8-9 Psalm: Daniel 3.52, 53, 54, 55, 56 (R. 52) Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 13.11-13

Gospel: John 3.16-18

Pentecost Sunday ~ June 4, 2017

Hope Comforters, Prayer Shawl and Quilters Year - End Potluck - All members of these groups are reminded to join us on Tuesday, June 6th at 5:00 p.m. in the All Saints Hall. Bring your favourite dish.

St. John French Immersion Fundraiser Concert Please join the staff and students of St. John French Immersion for a Catholicity Concert with Kyle Geraghty & friends. The concert will take place at St. Andre Bessette High School on Thursday, June 8th from 6:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $5/person over 3 yrs. old or $20/family. All proceeds will go towards a new school playground.

Catholic Women’s League

Year End Luncheon

When: June 11, 2017 Where: All Saints Hall Time: 12 Noon (following 10:30am Mass) Cost: $ 10.00 per person Menu: Chicken Parmesan, noodles with garlic oil or plain, caesar salad, rolls and homemade pies.

Guest Speakers: The students we sponsored to attend the March for Life in Ottawa.

Reserve your spot by June 5th by calling Mary Van Dyk, 519-473-1258 or email jmvandyk@bell.net. Please note that arrangements will be made for rides home for anyone who depends on the senior’s bus.

C.W.L. Apple Pies for Sale - Are you craving a homemade apple pie? Then have we got a treat for you! The C.W.L. still have plenty of 9” frozen apple pies available for sale for $10.00 each. Please call Lou Quirk

at (519) 473-4266.

St. Vincent de Paul News - Thanks to all parishioners who donated to our Bundle Sunday Program. Items collected provide much needed inventory for sale in our S.S.V.P. retail stores. Another important

benefit is that those in need receive clothing and household items including furniture at no cost.

God’s Gardeners Help Needed! - If you have a green thumb and a few hours a week to help in our gardens, please call Tom and Monica Bevil at (519) 472-0689.

Weekly Parish Bulletin Changes. After some consultation, we are going to make some changes to our weekly bulletin format. We will give it a try and see how it goes, then evaluate. We are aware that few people actually read our weekly bulletin. It takes

several hours of work to bring together the many pieces of information, including clip art to make it attractive. We are going to attempt to use our website more, to post information, thereby using less paper. We are grateful for the businesses who financially support our bulletin. Their colour advertisements will be posted on our website. Here is what to expect, starting next weekend:

• One major bulletin per month, on the first weekend. This will include the developments in the Divine Renovation Network, information regarding parish programing and special meetings, etc. It will not include events not directly pertaining to Holy Family Parish. Of course, messages from the Bishop’s office will need to be posted in an effective manner. For the remaining weekends, there will be only one page, one side, including only essential information. • The regular weekly events, i.e., choir rehearsals and regular parish meetings, will not be included. Parish groups will need to provide their own communication networks and systems, i.e., CWL and Knights of Columbus, etc. • The mass intentions will no longer be posted in the bulletin. Rather, they will be posted on the bulletin board. • We will be advertising only parish events. • We will be taking advantage of our website, posting broader information there rather than on the printed page.

As mentioned earlier, we are going to try this new format for a period of time. Please give it some time before offering your immediate feedback. Many thanks!

Job Positions with the Parish. We are still looking for and praying for the right candidate to serve as our Business Manager. The interview team has been working to find the best person for this position. We will also be posting for a new position, Children Faith Formation Leader. At present we are fine-tuning the position description. This person will work in assisting children, ages, 7 to 14, to prepare for the reception of sacraments (Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation. Baptism, if needed). They will work with Fr. Seejo, our parish Catholic elementary schools and our Crossfire leaders. It is a contract, part-time position (15 hours/week).

Summer Camp. We are moving ahead in planning our Summer Camp, scheduled for the week of August 7th - 11th.

We pray for the deceased of our parish… Gloria Jarvis, Edward Deschaine

Patrick O’Connor, Betty Poels-Ruyter Alex Malcolm, Francis Gilliland, Joyce Ross

Washroom Renovations are taking place in the washrooms at the foot of the stairs. These washrooms will tentatively be closed from June 26th through to August 6th to accomplish all

that is needed for these upgrades

Pentecost Sunday ~ June 4, 2017

The Week of June 5th - 11th

Monday, June 5 9:30 a.m.: Ontario Early Years Program - All Saints Hall 7:00 p.m.: Contemporary Choir - Church

Tuesday, June 6 10:00 a.m.: Hope Comforters - St. Mary Magdalene Room 5:00 p.m.: Hope Comforters, Prayers Shawl & Quilters Year-end Potluck - All Saints Hall 7:15 p.m.: Parish Pastoral Council - Holy Spirit Room 7:15 p.m.: Praise & Worship Band - Church 7:30 p.m.: Knights of Columbus Executive - St. Francis of Assisi Room

Wednesday, June 7 1:00 p.m.: Cards - Mother of Peace Room 7:00 p.m.: Family Mass Singers - Church

Thursday, June 8 7:00 p.m.: LinC Group - All Saints Hall 7:00 p.m.: Symbolon - Mother of Peace Room

Friday, June 9 3:00 p.m.: Divine Mercy Devotion - Church

Sunday, June 11 Children’s Church - All Saints Hall during the Sunday Masses

Mass Intentions for June 6th - 9th

Tues., June 6 6:30 p.m.

Deceased Members of the Tavares Family

requested by Marg Tavares-Dalgety and Family

Shirley Anscombe requested by Sharon Hodges

Malonton de Silva requested by the de Silva Family

Thurs., June 8 10:00 a.m.

Mass with Notre Dame School Alice Braganza

requested by Len & Lorraine Cornelius Sr. Maureen Butler

requested by Bill & Eileen Mero

Fri., June 9 10:00 a.m.

Maria Debora Cuervo requested by Miguel Corredor

Frank Cauchi requested by Suzanne Cole

Wed., June 7 10:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Mass with Anointing followed by Exposition

Bill Magee requested by Anne Magee

Des Tyrrell requested by Teresa Tyrrell

Prayer for Vocations

Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament

● Mass at St. Thomas More School Tuesday, June 6th at 1:15 p.m.

● Mass at St. Marguerite d’Youville School Wednesday, June 7th at 1:15 p.m.

THE NEXT ALPHA SESSIONS begin Wednesday, September 20th

11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. OR 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Are you ready for the faith experience of a lifetime?

Financial Report For the four Months Ended April 30, 2017

Operating Statement Actual Budget Prior Year

Revenue

Offertory $296,897 $291,451 $287,070

Ministry Programs and Other $ 26,464 $ 24,970 $ 15,924

Sub-Total $323,361 $316,421 $302,994

Special Collections Revenue $ 31,285 $ 31,600 $ 35,148

Special Collections Expense $(31,285) $(31,600) $(35,148)

Total Operating Revenue $323,361 $316,421 $302,994

Expenses

Compensation $178,829 $182,040 $193,109

Facilities, Ministry, Liturgy $ 101,007 $100,740 $ 88,833

Diocesan Assessment $ 42,214 $ 42,200 $ 42,497

Total Operating Expenses $322,050 $324,980 $324,439

Operating Surplus (Deficit) $ 1,311 $ (8,559) $ (21,445)

Notes: There was one more weekend offertory collection in 2017 compared to 2016. The loan from the Diocese amounts to $14,000.00.

Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate - Mr. Paul Kim is well known here as a seminarian at Holy Family Parish. He will be ordained to the transitional diaconate by His Excellency Joseph Dabrowski, Auxiliary Bishop of London, on Monday, June 12th at 7:00 p.m. at Holy Angels Parish, St. Thomas. All are welcome to attend. We assure Paul of our support, and prayers, as he prepares for ordination.

HOLY FAMILY PIG PALOOZA SAVE THE DATE

Friday, September 1st, 2017

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WHAT: WHAT: WHAT: WHAT: Member Engagement Survey

WHO: WHO: WHO: WHO: All members aged 18 and older, and anyone who considers him or herself a part of our parish

WHY: WHY: WHY: WHY: To collect your opinions about aspects of our parish

WHEN: WHEN: WHEN: WHEN: June 17th /18th to July 8th/9th

HOW: HOW: HOW: HOW: Using paper surveys at the parish or

online at our website at www.holyfamilylondon.ca

Please call the church office if you have any questions.

Thank you for sharing your opinions!