ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH

P.O. BOX 610 - BELL ISLAND, NF - A0A 4H0
PHONE: 488-2525 – FAX: 488-3399

In the Gospel we see that Jesus healed sick people by touching them. He touched people in various ways: with his words, with his hands, with his love. The Eucharist brings us very close to Jesus and we too need his healing touch in our lives.
1st Reading: (Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24). God did not make us for death but for life, here and hereafter.
2nd Reading: (2 Cor 8:7.9.13-15). St. Paul is appealing to the Corinthians to contribute to a collection for the poor in the Church at Jerusalem.
Gospel: (Mk 5:21-43). Both of the miracles related here are signs of God’s power, restoring life and health through Jesus.
In today’s Gospel we have two more miracles.
These miracles show that Jesus’ saving power can overcome sickness and even death. The reading from Wisdom serves as a backdrop to this message. God did not create human beings in order to destroy them, but that they should enjoy a blessed immortality.
Both the woman with the haemorrhage and the daughter of Jairus were beyond the help of any earthly power. The great faith of the woman and of Jairus is stressed. Both believed that Jesus possessed a supernatural power to heal. Both miracles are signs of God’s power, restoring life and health through Jesus. The raising of the little girl is a foreshadowing of Jesus’ gift of eternal life to all who believe in him.

Hall Rental
Our parish hall is available for rent and we encourage parishioners to support the parish. Please maintain your building and support our efforts. For further update on the cost to
rent the hall, please call the parish office or visit our parish website.

Sunday 10:30 a.m. Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life
July 9th 2:00 p.m. Baptism, St. John’s

** During the coming week I will continue my holiday. In case of emergency I will be available.**

Collections for June 24th & 25th, 2006
Offertory - 117 envelopes...................................................................... $1319.19
Dues - 41 envelopes.............................................................................. 369.00
Toonie Collection................................................................................. 20.31
Archbishop’s Appeal- 5 envelopes........................................................ 70.00
Donation in Memory of Richard O’Brien.............................................. 1005.00
Donation in Memory of Richard O’Brien.............................................. 25.00
Donation in Memory William Purcell.................................................... 45.00
Donations for Sanctuary Lamp:
In Memory of Charles Bown (Jr.) & (Sr.) and Christian Bown.............. 300.00
In Memory of the Luffman Family........................................................ 20.00

Thank - you for you financial support

SANCTUARY CANDLE: SPECIAL FAVORS RECEIVED

Dinner Theater
Tickets are on sale for our Dinner Theater to be held, Saturday, July 22nd at 6:30 p.m. It’s a remembrance and story telling of the years gone by on the Island with significant events which took place in the 1940's. Tickets cost $25.00 each and you are encouraged to purchase your tickets now. You may purchase your tickets at the parish office, Rosanne Grant, Christine Quinlan or Ursula Lahey.

Liturgical Ministers
Saturday 5:00 p.m. Readers: Pat Craig & Bonita Power
July 8th Eucharistic Ministers: Rosemary O’Keefe; Rosemarie Byrne; Teresita McCarthy; Mary Power
Presentation of Gifts: Mabel & Mary Ann Gendreau
Ushers: George Jackman; Joey Kent; Christopher Delaney; Bill Hammond; Peter Power; George Hickey

Sunday !0:30 a.m. Readers: Harriett Taylor; Kelly Whelan
July 9th Eucharistic Ministers: Pat Murphy; Shirley Murphy; Connie Cole; Sid Maddigan
Presentation of Gifts: Shawn Murphy Family
Ushers: Tom Cole; Rick Whelan; Alex Newell; Kevin Delahunty; Charlie O’Brien; Ray Kennedy

Welcome Home
We extend a warm welcome home to family and friends who have returned for their summer vocation. We hope they have a safe and enjoyable holiday and we offer our friendship and hospitality to you. Welcome Home.

Cemetery Clean Up: The Front
The days are getting closer for our annual celebration of the cemetery mass. However, our cemetery is a place we ought to care for at all times and therefore you are asked to clean up the resting place of your loved ones during the coming week.
Please do not throw garbage near the grave site of another family plot. Please remove the debris from the cemetery or put it in the location where the main garbage site is
identified.

Cemetery Guidelines
The Parish Council /Finance Committee has in place for many years specific guidelines relating to the care of the cemetery. It is the policy that no fences be erected in the cemetery and that the grave site must not have shrubs, trees, flowers or gravel which prevent the easy access of the lawn mower from cutting the grass. Also, if a fence is in poor condition it is to be removed and no other fence is to be put in place. Please ensure it is possible for the workers to clean the property at all times without any hindrance to their work.

This Pastor Has Guts!!

“Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those who call evil good, “But that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual Equilibrium and reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionist and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of -expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen”

Did you know?.....
That if you attend weekend Mass at a church other than your own parish church and use your parish envelope for your weekly offering, that offering will be returned to your own parish.

Festival In The Park
The Canadian Bible Society with Peter MacDonald are pleased to announce the 6th annual Gospel Festival in the Park, August 8th,9th and 10th in the Cabot Amphitheatre, Bowring Park. Each evening begins at 6:30 p.m. and offers several styles of Gospel music from local talent. Come and listen to old and new favorites and take part in an old fashioned sing along. Admission is free, but a free will offering is taken to support the Society’s Mission in Rwanda.

Cemetery Mass Schedule
St. Michael’s Cemetery, The Front: July 23rd at 2:30 p.m.
Sacred Heart Cemetery, Lance Cove: August 6th at 2;30 p.m.

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