• HE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be on Friday June 1, followed by Benediction. • THE PARISH PROJECTS COLLECTION: The collection will be taken up on Sunday, June 3. Please be generous. • READERS - TRINITY SUNDAY - Theresa Belizaire &Fiona Mayers; Legion of Mary & Fedelis Emilien; Sharon Goodridge-Lamontagne & Sherkimer Pierre. • FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: June 3 is First Communion. All parents/guardians of Children who will be making their First Holy Communion are reminded of their retreat on Wednesday May 30 at 6.00 p.m. Retreat for the candidates is from May 31 to June 2 from 9.00 a.m. All parents/guardians and candidate must attend the retreats and be on time. • PENTECOST RALLY: Everyone is invited to the Pentecost Rally at the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on Monday, May 28 (Whit Monday) from 8:00 a.m. The Guest Speaker is Deacon Alex Jones from Detroit. Registration is $10.00 and T-shirts $20.00. • CORPUS CHRISTI TRIDUUM: The Cathedral Parish invites everyone to a Triduum in preparation for the celebration of the solemnity of Corpus Christi (A Holy Day of Obligation) from Monday 4th to Wednesday 6th June from 6.00 p.m. • SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI: Holy Mass will be celebrated at 3.00 p.m. at the St. Joseph the Worker Church. All Children who Made their First Communion on June 3 must attend in their First Communion outfits; all confraternities, choirs, parish groups etc. must attend in uniform and carry their banners for the procession. • FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART: June 15 is the feast of the Sacred Heart and marks the beginning of the 112 year of the existence in the Parish. All members and person desirous in joining the confraternity are asked to attend the First Friday Mass and Devotions to the Sacred Heart. On June 9, all Sacred Heart members and interested persons are invited to a day of recollection at the Pastoral Centre, Marisule from 9:30 a.m. Please call the Parish Office or Mrs. Ashlyn Philip at 485-3620 for more information and registration. WHAT’S HAPPENING DID YOU KNOW? THE EUCHARIST IS A MEAL OF SACRIFICE What this means is that by our receiving of Christ's Body and Blood, we are willing to share in his self-sacrifice. We are willing to die with Christ. It is not a mere physical death that we agree to, however. We agree to die to our sinfulness and selfishness when we celebrate the Eucharist. We agree to sacrifice ambitions and priorities that are out of sync with the message and ministry of Christ. We agree to let die any imbalanced concern for our own needs so that we might generously respond to the needs of others. T T TABERNACLE ABERNACLE ABERNACLE ABERNACLE L L LIGHT IGHT IGHT IGHT In memory of The Emile Family SOMETHING TO PONDER We can not control the time, or the form, the Holy Spirit chooses. That doesn´t necessarily mean we lose all control when we experience an out- pouring of the Holy Spirit. Peter was still able to give a very reasonable message. Power for witnessing was the focus, not an emotional high. Of course it must have been an emotional high for them and so it is for us when the Holy Spirit manifests, but it has a purpose and that purpose is extrovert. To sum this up, we may keep these thoughts: ⇒ trust and obey God´s general and specific word ⇒ be in unity, in prayer, with an ex- pectant and open heart ⇒ time, place, person or method are not yours to control ⇒ open your mouth and speak, share with others, testify! P P Pa a ar r ri i is s sh h h P P Pr r ri i ie e es s st t t: : : F F Fr r r. . . 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Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy St. Joseph the Worker S S ST T TA A AN N ND D DA A AR R RD D D M M MA A AS S SS S S TIMES TIMES TIMES TIMES Monday Monday Monday Monday - - - F F Fr r ri i id d da a ay y y: : : 5:45 a.m. Prayers 6:00 a.m. Mass Wednesday: Wednesday: Wednesday: Wednesday: 6 6 6:00 p.m. Mass Saturday: Saturday: Saturday: Saturday: 6:30 a.m. Mass 7:00 p.m. Mass Sunday: Sunday: Sunday: Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Mass (G.I/ G.R) 10:00 a.m. Mass (G.I. / Monchy) Holiday: Holiday: Holiday: Holiday: 7:00 a.m. Mass During this Sunday Eucharist, let us ask Mary, who was there, present at the coming of the Spirit, to open our heart so much that it will be able to receive all the gifts of the Spirit that the Father would like to grant us through his Son Jesus on this great day of Pentecost 2012 Mary is a model for us of how to trust in God and how to follow His will. As we move into that future, let us listen to Jesus speaking to us. Let us grow in faith. Let us pray to the Holy Spirit to have the wisdom, the faith, and the perseverance of Mary to follow God’s will for us. Remember: “Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” (John 20:29) T he same Spirit came to dwell in the Church on the Day of Pentecost as descended on Jesus at his baptism: body and head share one life in the one Spirit. Christ is present in the Church because the Church is filled with his Spirit. This means that the mission of Christ is continued in her. In every age, the Spirit gives the Church utterance so that she may proclaim in every language and culture the mighty works of God. The spread of the Church into every culture and society is witness to this. The mighty works of God are all his actions in our lives and our history, but most fundamentally they are the great interventions that frame the history of the universe: creation, the incarnation, the birth of the Church at Pentecost, and the return of Jesus at the second coming. This last is yet to occur, and so the proclamation looks forward as well as back. In the Spirit, the Church proclaims God as Creator of all things and his Son Jesus Christ who died, rose, ascended into heaven and will come again in glory. As we celebrate Pentecost this year the Holy Spirit wants to renew his life within us. He wants to give each of us that utterance which will make our neighbours hear Christ in our words and see him in our deeds. Painfully aware of how inadequate is our witness, today we nevertheless celebrate the Spirit who does manifest the life of Christ in and through us. He has done so for two thousand years despite all human sin and apathy, and he will continue to do so in the life of each of us. Holy Spirit, giver of life, put a new song in our heart and a new tongue in our mouth that we might sing the praises of God with the angels and proclaim his wonders to our neighbours Taken from catholic-bible-school.org