Office: 1500 Hanwell Road, Fredericton NB E3C 1N3 Phone (506) 444-6021

Father Monte Peters 470-2235 Website holyfamilyfredericton.ca Facebook St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish Fredericton (look for our colorful banner) nd th Sunday, August 2 , 2020 – 18 Sunday in Ordinary Time

Message from Fr. Monte: Laudato Si, the letter of Francis on Summary of your Support for June the care of our Common Home, was given to our world on 24 May 2015. This year marks the fifth June INCOME anniversary of its publication. The encyclical Regular/Envelope $ 6,625.80 provides a moral and spiritual compass for the Pre-Authorized Debit $ 8,520.42 E-transfer $ 1,125.00 challenging journey to create a more caring, TOTAL $16,271.22 fraternal, peaceful and sustainable world. This June EXPENSES $11,492.82 current pandemic has given us an unique opportunity to transform our present suffering into Your continued financial support of the parish the birth pangs of a new way of living together, during these difficult times is much appreciated. bonded together in love, compassion and solidarity. It is an moment given to us to construct a more OPTIONS FOR DONATIONS harmonious relationship with the natural world, our

Common Home. Truly, COVID-19 has made it 1. Pre-Authorized Debit (PAD). There are envelopes in the mail box at the main entrance clear how deeply we are all interconnected and of Holy Family church with PAD forms. Fill out interdependent. As we move forward into a post- and mail in the self-addressed, stamped COVID-19 world, we need above all an integral envelope back to the parish. approach as "everything is closely interrelated and 2. Mail your envelopes to the parish. St. Kateri today's problems call for a vision capable of taking Tekakwitha Parish, 1500 Hanwell Road, into account every aspect of the global crisis" (L.S. Fredericton NB E3C 1N3. 137) 3. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). If you do online banking, you may send your weekly donations For this anniversary year (May 2020 - May 2021) by Electronic Funds Transfer. and the ensuing years the hope is that they will be a [email protected] time of grace, a true conversion experience for 4. Delivery to the Rectory. You may also drop your Catholics and everyone concerned about the future donations off in a sealed envelope at the of our Earth, humanity and all God's creatures. The Rectory Mail Box by the back door, ring the bell encyclical is a universal call to action. The urgency and Fr. Monte will collect them daily. If you of the situation calls for immediate, holistic and choose this method, please put them in an unified responses at all levels - local, regional, envelope marked “OFFERTORY”. national and international. Really, it is a call for a "peoples' movement" - an alliance of all people of good will. Pope Francis writes: "All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvement and talents" (L.S. 14). Praying the Rosary (The Luminous Mysteries): Some parishes have formed parish committees dedicated to discern and activate ways and means for the members to move in the direction and pray this beautiful devotion with us every of taking steps to care of our Common Home. An example is Thursday mornings at 10:30am at Holy Family undertaking a "Care for our Common Home Ministry" dedicated to getting rid of single-use plastics and other quickly disposable items Church. All are welcome! deemed to be environmentally hazardous.

st nd times – August 1 & 2 A BIG Thank you to those members of the Parish who St. Ann’s Church – Sunday @ 9:30 am participated in Cookie Sunday and the Food Bank Holy Family Church – Saturday @ 4:30 pm collection. The cookies were well received by the Holy Family Church – Sunday @ 11:00 am Women’s and Men’s shelters with several clients ready to enjoy them with hot or cold beverages. Every time I deliver the cookies I am always taken back by the phrase READINGS for August 2nd “thank you for thinking of us”, I respond “it is our 1st Reading: Isaiah 55:1-3 pleasure to help in this small way”. The food that was 2nd Reading: Romans 8:35, 37-39 donated went to the Oromocto Food Bank and weighed Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21 in at 135 lbs, with a monetary value of $270.00. A big hug to all of you for caring so much for those in our area Responsorial Psalm: You open your hand to fee who are in need. Barb and Judy. us, Lord, and satisfy our needs.

Mass Intentions at Holy Family Aug 1st Doris Romeo Blanchard School Supplies 2020 Aug 2nd Margaret Hersey th Over the past several years the congregation at Holy Aug 8 Adam Wright Family Church has contributed generously with school th Aug 9 Stan & Josephine DeCourcey supplies and money to assist children who need help at th Aug 15 Betty & Justin McNeill the beginning of the school year. With the challenges of th Aug 16 Michael Nicholas COVID 19, the help needed is much greater with the Aug 22nd Tyler Messer uncertainty of work and regular paychecks. Saturday Aug 23rd Jim Piercy and Sunday, Aug 15th and 16th supplies or monetary Aug 29th Zeta DeCourcey Baxter donations will be accepted at Holy Family between the Aug 30th Deceased Members of the Devlin hours of 10am and 12pm. All checks should be made Family payable to Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish with school supplies written in the memo line at the bottom. Mass Intentions at St. Ann’s Envelopes will be available to use for this purpose. nd Aug 2 Jean Murphy For those who want the feeling of excitement when Aug 9th Mary Jane Sabattis purchasing school supplies here is a list of some of the Aug 16th Lynn Dunbar supplies that are needed to fill the back packs of the Aug 23rd Myrtle Goodine elementary students. Aug 30th Kasey M. Atwin Glue sticks, 1” and 2” binders, pencil sharpeners, pencil crayons, markers, tab dividers and high lighters. All supplies are welcome Thank you so much for your generosity. Barb and Judy.

Jesus and the Wonder of the Kingdom (Fr. John Jennings) He gathered the crowd and proceeded to bless the food that was available and then had his disciples The corona virus has impacted us in many ways – distribute it among the people. As it turned out, there the need to isolate, to physically distance, to wear a was more than enough to feed all and with some left mask at times, the importance of washing our hands over. What is the miracle here? Perhaps there are frequently, the anxiety of not knowing when it will end, various ways to identify the wonder in the story. to name only a few. It is not easy for us, but we are in Of course, there is the way that might first come this together. to mind. Jesus performed a “miraculous” act of Perhaps though it is also important for us to producing food where there had been none. It was a consider how the virus may have lasting benefits for us truly divine act of creation from nothing, a suspension of as a society. One of the benefits may be that we are the laws of nature. discovering how much our communities and Perhaps, however, what took place was an even relationships mean for us and the need we all have to greater wonder or miracle and one which did not value and pay attention to each other. All those suspend the laws of nature. Could it be that the true demands are not just to protect ourselves. They are to miracle was one of God touching the hearts and hands of protect others. The separations of our current life and the crowd? As Jesus pursued his mission and message of the kindness we express for others, these are all small the Kingdom of God, the people were so moved that recognitions of how much we mean to each other. they began to share food with one another so that all Indeed, we are in this together. were fed. There was in fact more than enough to feed This recognition that others mean a lot to us may everyone. Such a vision of love, care and sharing is a well enrich us after the threat of the virus has eased. taste of God’s reign. The new normal may be more caring, compassionate and In the midst of the virus, perhaps we can find close communities. We may come out of it realizing we reign of God among us. Transformed, we become the are still together to the benefit all. Throughout this time, humanity God intends us to be. In such a miracle, God we may well be living a better image of God’s reign can touch the hearts and hands of all our world. The among us – reign of love and peace, compassion and reign of God comes alive. What a kingdom! What a care among all. What a miracle, what a wonder for miracle! What a wonder! humanity! Q/ What can I do to bring God’s Looking at the stories of Jesus in the gospels, did Kingdom into my own place in the world? you ever notice how often Jesus is presented speaking to crowds? Sometimes they are hostile (Pharisees), Options for you to watch Mass online or on television. sometimes, friendly (disciples), often they are in need, Below are some links for livestreamed Mass as well as on searching for something. The gospel story this Sunday Vision TV Channel 21. (Matt.14:13-21) is a story of Jesus’ encounter with a 1. St. Mary Magdalene Parish (St. Dunstan’s crowd in need... and his response. Church) Live Stream Mass through their website As the story unfolds, we see that as so often on Sunday at 10 am. happened, Jesus sought to find a quiet place, but a large Live Stream Link to Website: crowd of people followed him. As always, he had https://stdun7.wixsite.com/stdunstansparish compassion for their needs and cured many. When evening came, his disciples advised him to send the 2. VISION TV Daily Mass crowd to the surrounding towns for food. Jesus https://saltandlighttv.org/mass Weekdays at 9 responded to this advice by saying: “You give them am and 1 pm. something to eat.” This confused his friends and they exclaimed that they had nothing to give. 3. Mass with Bishop Riesbeck Sunday morning at What did Jesus do? In a wonder-filled way Jesus 10 am. http://dioceseofsaintjohn.org showed them how to respond to this need. The following is a link to The New Freeman http://www.dioceseofsaintjohn.org/News/TNF-05- 22.aspx

We were asked to share the following memo with parishioners from Fr. Doug McNeill

MEMORANDUM

From: Rev. Douglas McNeill

Episcopal Vicar for Temporal Affairs

To: Pastors and the Parish Office

Re: 2020 Collections

Date: July 28, 2020

We have received notification from the CCCB and the Development and Peace Office of the yearly collections that are taken up during various times of the year, due to the current COVID-19 Crisis with additional collection dates. Realizing that many parishes have envelopes in their packets and people have continued to support these various collections, the CCCB and Development and Peace have issued alternate dates, for the convenience of the faithful.

We ask that you inform your parishioners of these additional dates and the other Fall collections and advertise them accordingly.

Upkeep of the Holy Land (April 10) Sept 13

Needs of the Canadian Church Sept 27

Papal Charities (May 9th) Oct 4

Evangelization of the Nations Oct 18

Development & Peace (Lent) Nov 15

Diocesan Collection for Infirm Priests Nov 22

Pro-Life Dec 6