FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

St. John’s Parish – A Covenant Community with St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, May 13 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER VIGIL 5:00 pm - Novena Mass Sunday, May 14 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 9:00 am - Novena Mass 11:00 am - All Parishioners Living & Deceased 12:30 am - Spanish Mass Monday, May 15 8:00 am - Teresa Tassone Tuesday, May 16 6:30 pm - Amelia Leombruni, Omar Angelone, Sharon & Charles Lindley, Giacomo Pascetta, Souls in Purgatory Wednesday, May 17 8:00 am - Giuseppe, Alba & Maria Bendo 10:00 am - Mass at Riverside Glen Thursday, May 18 6:30 pm - Deceased Members of Sandy and James Hill Families, Bernard Kane, Caterina & Paolo Cremasco, Mario Cazzola, Joseph Rigby, Yolanda Zari, Charles Chalifour, Giovanni Pizziola Friday, May 19 8:00 am - Intentions of Mina Polo 10:30 am - Mass at Riverside Glen Saturday, May 20 SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER VIGIL 5:00 pm - Aubrey Ramprasad, Rosalind France Sunday, May 21 SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 9:00 am - Rosina Piacampo 11:00 am - All Parishioners Living & Deceased 12:30 am - Spanish Mass/Audelina Castellan

READINGS OF THE WEEK

Monday, May 15 Acts 14:5-18; John 14:21-26 Tuesday, May 16 Acts 14:19-28; John 14:27-31 Wednesday, May 17 Acts 15:1-6; John 15:1-8 Thursday, May 18 St. John I Acts 15:7-21; John 15:9-11 Friday, May 19 Acts 15:22-31; John 15:12 -17 Saturday, May 20 St. Bernardine of Siena Acts 16:1-10; John 15:18-21 Sunday, May 21 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21

DIOCESAN PRAYER CALENDAR

Monday Fr. Philip Reilly, C.R. Tuesday Fr. Aleksander Mazur, S.A.C. Wednesday Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ (I.H.M.M.C.) Thursday Fr. George Stortz Friday Fr. Rafal Tomoń Saturday Fr. Ted Hughes

Pray for Vocations!

Bake Sale —This Weekend

Please support the CWL Bake Sale in he Welcome Area this weekend. Thank you!

Michael House Baby Bottle Drive

Michael House Baby Bottle drive starts THIS weekend and will run to Father’s Day. Michael House provides shelter and support to both pregnant and parenting young women in crisis situations. How can you help? Baby bottles are available by the entrances of the church: Please take a bottle home, or put it in the car. Place coins, cheques or cash in the bottle. Fill out the card inside and bring the bottle back on Father’s Day. Small change adds up to changed lives!

Walks for Life—Postponed

Due to the torrential rain on May 6, the Walks for Life in Guelph and Fergus were postponed. The events will be rescheduled, and details on the new dates will be sent out soon!

Vocations

“The one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these...” Are you willing to do the work of the Lord as a priest, deacon, sister or brother? If God is calling you, contact Fr. Michael King, 905-528-7988 email [email protected] or www.hamiltonvocations.com .

Spring Cemetery Memorial Mass

On Saturday, June 3rd at 11:00 am, Most Reverend Matthew Ustrzycki, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, will celebrate the Spring Memorial Mass at Marymount Cemetery, Guelph. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact the cemetery office at 519-836-8814, or visit our website at www.thecatholiccemeteries.ca.

Anointing Mass

Saturday, May 20 at 11:00 am a Mass of Anointing will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Parish in Guelph. Illness and suffering have always been among the gravest problems that confront our human life. Jesus, the eternal physician had great compassion toward the sick. His preferential love for the sick has not ceased. Christ not only allows himself to be touched by the sick but makes their miseries His own. So that we may receive His grace and healing He instituted the Sacrament of the Sick for us. This sacrament, is not only for those at the point of death, but for any faithful who are in any danger from sickness or old age, You are invited to come, bringing the sick and the elderly to this Mass.

Marian Day Retreat

You are invited to attend a Marian Day Retreat with Michael H. Brown, Catholic author and founder of www.SpiritDaily.com. Topics will include: The Last Chance to Reclaim North America’s Christianity. The Afterlife. Spiritual Warfare. Family Healing. The event takes place on Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, at Canada Christian College, 50 Gervais Dr. Toronto. Tickets are $20.00 in advance, $25.00 at the door, $10.00 students. For more information visit www.MarianDay.ca or call 416-251-4245.

Eating the Flesh of the Son of Man The grace given to him who receives the Sacrament will be proportionable to the state in which he shall present himself to receive it. This Sacrament is of an infinite virtue, because it contains in it Jesus Christ whole and entire, who is the Fountain of all Grace, and also makes us partakers of the fruits and merits of his Passion, which is of infinite value.

May 14, 2017 Centenary of Fatima - Marian Pilgrimage Days

Five Saturdays from June through October Come participate in Marian Pilgrimage days in this the centenary year of the Fatima appearances of Our Lady. Each month we will fulfill the request of our Lady of Fatima to join with her in prayer, invoking blessings and graces for our families, Church and the world by gathering at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Waterdown. In honour of this year's special 100th anniversary, a plenary indulgence is available to those who attend and perform all the obligations attached to the indulgence. Each day begins with Mass, features a Marian Procession as the rosary is prayed, Stations of the Cross, and quiet time in the Marian garden. The program is from 10:00 am—2:00 pm. Pack a lunch. For further information, to check out the day's programming, visit the website: www.stthomaswaterdown.com/pilgrimage/. Dates are: June 3, July 1, August 5, September 2, October 14 (The 100th Anniversary of the final appearance of Our Lady at Fatima).

International Conscientious Objectors Day

Stephen Woodworth, the heroic, pro-life, former MP for Kitchener Centre, has organized an important event in response to the undeclared war being waged against freedom and democracy in Canada, including in Ontario's healthcare system. For decades, Canadians have been free from any requirement to contribute, even indirectly, to the deaths of others in violation of their conscience. Now the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is threatening to punish doctors who refuse orders to cooperate, by effective referral, in arranging assisted suicide, regardless of their conscientious objection. Voice your conscientious objection to the coercive assisted suicide regime on Monday, May 15, 7:00 - 8:30 pm at Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener City Hall, 200 King St. West, Kitchener. Conscientious Ontarians won't want to miss this event! Please show you care about freedom by joining us!

St. John’s Parish Mission Statement We believe deeply that Jesus Christ is in our midst, in ourselves and in each other. In our faith journey we will be the heart, hands, feet and voice of Jesus Christ, reaching out to all.

SACRAMENTS Baptisms Let us welcome, Easton Alexander & Emmett Christopher Curtis and Hunter Joziah Longstaff, who were received into the Church last weekend. May God bless and guide them through the faith and example of their parents, godparents & family.

PARISH OFFERING

Your contributions to the Parish on May 6/7 Capital Fund

$4,997.00 $ 45.40

Thank you for your continued generosity! Next weekend: Pope’s Pastoral Works Collection

PARISH CALENDAR

Wednesday , May 17 10:00 am Mass at Riverside Glen Friday , May 19 10:30 am Mass at Riverside Glen Saturday, May 20 4:00—4:30 pm Confessions

Foster Parents Are Urgently Needed!

Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County (F&CS) has a shortage of foster home. There are over 160 children and youth in the care of F&CS with over 65 living in a foster home. With only 73 approved foster homes, most parenting younger children and siblings, F&CS is now having to place our community’s children outside Guelph and Wellington County into privately run foster care organizations. Having children move away from their community creates barriers for families to see and plan for their children, disconnects children from their home communities, networks and supports and decreases the community’s ability to engage with our vulnerable young people. Our foster parents receive a daily financial per diem and various supports are available as a foster parent with F&CS. To learn more about fostering at FCS-GW or to attend an information session, please connect with Melanie Williamson at 519-824-2410, ext. 2315.

But he must find souls prepared, and the more excellent the preparation shall be, the greater will the grace be we shall receive. He who goes to the sea to fetch water takes as much as the vessel he carries along with him can contain. There will be no want of water in the sea, which is an infinite abyss, but he will have only according to the greatness of the vessel. This is what befalls all those who come to this divine Sacrament, which is the sea of all graces, and thus is fulfilled in them what David says, Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it (Ps 81:11). Venerable Father Louis of Granada (g1588)

On this Mother’s Day in May, which is Mary’s month, we remember that our Blessed Mother was honored above every other human being besides Jesus Himself when she was asked by God to bear His Son. We ask God’s blessing on all women, because all women, no matter what their state in life, are specially privileged to bring Christ into the world. Mary is our model in joy and in suffering, in trust and in sorrow. We ask Mary to intercede for our earthly mothers and for all the women who cared for us, and we ask the Holy Spirit to increase our love so that we will always honor the women in our lives. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.