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We all have spare change. Perhaps it is the coins you are carrying from your last trip abroad. Perhaps it is the change you received from your last purchase at the drugstore or the supermarket or the department store. We have many people who come to St. Helena looking for some money for food or the bus or to assist them in an urgent need. The bills and change put in the poor box go to help these people who come to us with so many different needs. As Catholics, we can be of service to our brothers and sisters, and one way is by putting some extra money in the poor box. So, the next time you have that annoying spare change or a few extra bills, please consider putting it in the poor box, and showing your children how important it is that we all help the poor.

Monsignor Scanlan High School Gallagher Gym, Friday, June 17 from 4-7PM.

We are looking for young men (high school age and older) for part-time positions (17 hrs/week) working in the rectory, both during the summer and the upcoming academic year. Preference is given to St. Helena School alumni. For more information, call 718-892-3232.

ARCHDIOCESAN WHITE MASS: Cardinal Dolan will celebrate the annual White Mass, honoring the dedicated work of ALL healthcare professionals and caregivers (including those who visit the sick and homebound) on Wednesday, June 22 at 10AM at Saint Patrick's Cathedral. All are welcome. ST. HELENA WHITE MASS: St. Helena will celebrate our White Mass, honoring the dedicated work of ALL healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, therapists, technicians, nursing home personnel, etc) and caregivers, including those who visit the sick and the homebound, on Sunday, July 10 during the 10:30AM Mass. You are invited to wear your uniforms or some appropriate symbol of your ministry. All are welcome.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has issued Iuvenescit Ecclesia [“The Church Rejuvenates”], a letter to bishops on the relationship between hierarchical and charismatic gifts in the life and the mission of the Church. Iuvenescit Ecclesia offers two guidelines for bishops in dealing withe new movements. On the one hand it states "respect the particularity of individual charismatic groups, avoiding juridical straitjackets that deaden novelty." But at the same time it affirms the need for "respect for the fundamental ecclesial regimen," and emphasizes that the movements should not "be considered in some way as running parallel to the ecclesial life or not ordered in relation to the hierarchical gifts." Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, acknowledged that the emergence of new movements has sometimes caused conflict within the Church, but he also acknowledged that ”the fruits are far superior to the difficulties.” he said. The new document has five sections: • The Charisms according to the New Testament • The Relationship between the Hierarchical And the Charismatic Gifts in the Recent Magisterium • Theological Foundation of the Relationship between the Hierarchical and Charismatic Gifts • The Relationship between Hierarchical and Charismatic Gifts in the Life and Mission of the Church • The Ecclesial Practice of the Relationship between Hierarchical and Charismatic Gifts Among the charismatic gifts, states the Congregation, are “recent realities that can be described as groups of the faithful, ecclesial movements, and new communities.” Among the Magisterium’s criteria for discernment are “the primacy of the vocation of every Christian to holiness,” “commitment to spreading the Gospel,” “profession of the Catholic Faith,” “witness to a real communion with the whole Church,” and “recognition of and esteem for the reciprocal complementarity of other charismatic elements in the Church.”

Community Board 9 presents its Second Annual Health and Wellness Fair at 11AM on Saturday, June 25 at Turnbull Avenue, White Plains Road & Pugsley Ave. There will be screenings and educational information.

The Msgr. Scanlan/St. Helena Golf Classic will be held on Tuesday, June 7 at Harbor Links Championship Golf Course in Port Washington, NY. There is still time to sign up for it. For more details, contact either the Alumni Office or Susan Bishop Copeland at 917-887-1393.

Hope for Us will host a backpack giveaway at three different locations for hundreds of children in the Bronx on August 13. You can donate: unused backpacks, unused school supplies, money, or gift cards. All donations are tax deductible. You can drop off your donations in the rectory by August 12. For more information, call Vera Acquah at 646-229-4256.