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NEW WEBSITE for St. Helena Catholic Church: www.sainthelenacatholicchurch.org this site is currently under construction, but the current bulletins may be found here. We Thank you and are sorry for any inconvienence it may cause.
This is our home on the Internet. Here you will find the latest news and information about the church. You are always welcome to our church - and to spend some time browsing our website, whether you are a practicing Catholic, or returning to your Catholic faith, or simply interested in exploring your beliefs. We try to include timely information (see "Please Take Note" below) to acquaint you with our church and the Catholic religion and liturgy. Enjoy your time here and come join us for Mass or our many church functions outlined in the Weekly Parish Bulletins.
Do you think you'd like to learn more about becoming a Catholic? Do you know someone who might? If so, please visit this site: Catholic Answers or ask to speak with our Pastor, Father Abel or Father Cyriac, our Parochial Vicar. You may also wish to leave an e-mail message at our Parish Office at: sthelenachurchclayton@alltel.net
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St. Helena Parish Meetings Parish Council: on the first Tuesday, following the 6:00 pm Mass
on the second Tuesday at 11:00 am
on the second Thursday, after the 6:00 pm Mass
on the third Tuesday, following the 6:00 pm Mass
on the fourth Tuesday, following the 6:00 pm Mass
Liturgy Committee on the fourth Wed., following the 9:00 am Mass Building Committee: Parish Suppers: K of C Council #13376: Altar Society: |
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Vatican News:
Vatican Secretary of State to Visit US in August for
Knights of Columbus Convention - Cardinal Bertone to address
Knights in Nashville and receive Gaudium et Spes Award
Contact: Peter Sonski, Knights of Columbus, 203-752-4182
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Knights of Columbus announced today that Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will travel to the United States to attend and address the Order's 125th annual convention this August in Nashville, Tenn. He will also receive the Order's Gaudium et Spes (Joy and Hope) award. The visit is Cardinal Bertone's first trip to the United States, as Secretary of State.
"We are honored that Cardinal Bertone will be coming to the United States to attend our convention this year," said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson.
"To have the Vatican Secretary of State in attendance for our 125th annual convention is a great testament to the enduring legacy of our founder, the Servant of God, Father Michael J. McGivney."
Cardinal Bertone is the highest ranking Vatican official after the pope and has responsibility for overseeing many of the Vatican's internal and external affairs. He has served in that position since being appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006. Prior to his role as Secretary of State, Cardinal Bertone served as Secretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, where he worked closely with then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
In 2003, he was installed as Archbishop of Genoa and was made a cardinal the same year.
Cardinal Bertone will serve as principal celebrant and homilist for the convention's opening Mass on Tuesday, Aug. 7, and will bring a special message from Pope Benedict XVI to be read during the opening session of the convention Tuesday afternoon. He will address the cardinals and bishops attending the convention, as well as the Knights of Columbus board of directors on Wednesday evening.
On Tuesday evening the Knights of Columbus will present him with the Order's Gaudium et Spes award during the annual States Dinner. Cardinal Bertone will be the seventh person to receive the award. The first recipient was Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 1992 and in 2005, Jean Vanier, founder of l’Arche, became the most recent recipient.
The award is named Gaudium et Spes in honor of the 1965 "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World" adopted by the Second Vatican Council. A landmark of social teaching, Gaudium et Spes remains a foundational document in the renewal of pastoral action for the Catholic Church. The award is designed to recognize individuals for their exemplary service to the Church and humanity in the spirit of Christ as articulated by the work of the Second Vatican Council.
Founded in New Haven, Conn. in 1882, the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest lay Catholic organization, with 1.7 million members in the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Central America, and Poland.
Andrew T. Walther
Director of Media Relations
Knights of Columbus
One Columbus Plaza
New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 752-4253 (office)
(203) 752-4117 (fax)
(818) 522-2005 (cellular)
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You may view the Sunday Mass on
Direct TV Channel 103 at
10AM and 11Am Sunday Mornings
from the Chapel at Notre Dame University
Also:
See the Online Masses at:
Catholic Internet Broadcasting TV
and/or the Sunday Masses at
Haddonfield, NJ near
Philadelphia
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