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Contacts in the Parish:
Pastor Father Paul Szczur, S.D.S.
Parish Secretary Maria Campos
Parish Council Chair Roland Wauthy
Finance Chairperson Dion Pomponio
Ministry of the Sick Sandy Rix 250 478-9139
Diocesan Safe Environment 250.479.1331 ext. 223
CWL Info: Contact: Odette Huculak: 250 474 4915
Knights of Columbus: Kevin Stafford: [email protected] St. Vincent de Paul: Peter 250.478.5993 Joanne 250.478.9478
The Salvatorian Fathers www.sds.org
798 Goldstream Ave.
Victoria, B.C. V9B 2X6
Ph:250-478-3482 Fax: 250-474-1926
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www. olorchurch.ca
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00 am– 1:30 pm
Wednesday to Friday 9:30 am-1:30 pm
Emergency: 250–858–6217
Preschool: 250-590-6095
If you have recently moved into the Langford area
Welcome to Our Lady of the Rosary Parish and invite you to pick up a Parish Registration form at the Church entrance or parish office and return the
completed form to the office. If we may assist you, please just tell us.
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY PARISH
Sacraments: Baptism: Contact the parish office. Baptisms are the third Saturday of the month at 5:00 pm Mass. Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. or by appointment. Marriage: Contact Father Paul 6 months in advance of the planned wedding date. Anointing of the sick: If you or a family member are admitted to a hospital or other care facility and you wish to have a priest visit, please be sure to have someone call the parish office to make this request.
Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 3, 2017
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament WE RESUME AGAIN SEPTEMBER 6th God inspires
FAMILY POTLUCK PICNIC
Where? At the Juan de Fuca Columbus Club farm
4537 Rocky Point Rd. off Happy Valley Rd.
When? Sunday, September 17, 2016
Time: 11:00 am Mass at the Farm
With a picnic to follow
Special thanks to all people for make this amazing picnic happen.
Suggestions for you to bring to our potluck: Salads: macaroni, potato, coleslaw Desserts: squares, cookies, tarts Fruit platter, Veggie platter, Cheese platter For your comfort, please bring a lawn chair
Our parish cleaning team needs your help. Our clean-ing team needs volunteers to make sure our church looks clean and beautiful. If you can help please come every Thursday at 10:00 am or contact Parish office for more info.
The Diocese of Victoria invites you to the World Meet-ing of Families. Dublin & Italy Pilgrimage. August 20-30, 2018 with Fr. Dean Henderson. Pricing: Double Occupan-cy $4,270. Single supplement $550. Ground only $2,895. A deposit of $450 is requires to hold your reservation. Infor-mation call 800.653.0017 or visit canterburypilgrimag-es.com
Loving and Provident God, Creator of all and Builder of the Universe, We, the parish family of our Lady of the Rosary, humbly ask your continued blessing on the spiritual, human and financial commitment we have made for the building of our new Church and the fulfillment of Your Kingdom on earth. Unless You build the house, we labor in vain to build it. Through the intercession of Mary, Mother of God, St. Joseph the Builder, bring to perfection the good work You have begun in us. We ask this through Christ the Lord. Amen.
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Building
Brass Extravaganza Concert Victoria Brass & Brass-tastic Quintets and Organ Featuring two Brass quintets and organ repertoire by Pachelbel, Gabrielli, Charpentier, Handel, Campra and others. Sunday, September 10th at 2 pm at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Admission is by donation.
Meeting before classes: September 28 Thursday at 7:00 pm in the Basement of the Large Hall Starting beginning of October, 2016 Classes for children and their parents are from 9:40 am -10:25 am Preparation for First Holy Communion, Reconciliation and Confirmation is a two year program. Children in first grade may enroll in this diocesan program. At the end of year 1, the children will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The second year is a preparation for receiving First Holy Communion and Confirmation. If your child is in school and has not yet been baptized, this is also the class in which to register. If Baptism is to be celebrated, there are various steps along the way that will be explained. Children attending Catholic schools must also register. Older children are welcome and partake in a special preparation program. The basic program will be explained and your questions an-swered.
Religious Education
for Children
ST. PATRICK’S PARISH is looking for part time of-fice Assistant Please mail or deliver resume to St. Pat-rick’s Parish 2060 Haultain Street, Victoria, BC V8R 2L7 or Email resume to: [email protected] or Fax resume to: 250-592-7392
.Anniversary Sunday
Congratulations to all couples celebrating wedding anniversaries in the month of September!
Let us celebrate together! We have cake and coffee, especially for you, after the 10:30 a.m. Mass.
1963 Sept. 2 1987 Sept. 5
Sept. 13 2004 Sept.10
54 years 30 13
Habetler Arnie & Joan Faris Ken & Angela Stevens Adrian & AnnMarie Carty, John & Eve
1999 Sept. 24 1965 Sept. 25
18 years 52
Pichardo Jorge & Aurea Cu Sicotte Bob & Judy
If you would like to be added to our Anniversary List,
Please contact Theresa Riess at 250– 590-9396
Women’s Breakfast, Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 8:00am, 620 Kenneth St, Victoria, BC Guest Speaker: Reine Mykyte Topic: “God’s Design – The Story of a Fam-ily” Reine and her husband, Ian have 2 beautiful girls and will speak about her experiences as an adoptive parent. Cost: $12.00 To Register: click the following link to the Women of Faith and Fellowship Breakfast and complete the form. Http://bit.do/Womens-Breakfast
Franciscan Day of Recollection The Secular Franciscans invite you to join them in a Day of Recollection on Saturday, September 23rd, from 9:45 am to 3:30 pm at St. Joseph Friary, 1076 Joan Crescent. The presenter will be Fr. Joachim Osterman OFM, and the theme is “The Franciscan View of Creation”. Bring a bag lunch. Coffee, tea and desserts included. Cost is by a free will offer-ing. To register, call Roger at 250-385-3324.
Island Catholic Schools is accepting applications for After School Care Workers at St. Joseph’s School, Victoria and St. Patrick’s School, Victoria These positions would be a great part-time job for university students. Application forms and details are posted on http://cisdv.bc.ca/employment-opportunities.php
Your generosity is saving lives Development and Peace – Caritas Canada would like to express its profound gratitude to Canadians across the country who rallied to donate $2.5 Million to Develop-ment and Peace, of which 1.3 M is eligible to be matched by the Government of Canada for its Famine Relief fund. This fund will be used for humanitarian aid in response to the severe food crisis happening in parts of East and West Africa and Yemen. Develop-ment and Peace is supporting projects in these countries that are bringing much-needed aid to thousands of those affected.
Parish Support Last Week:
Religious Education for Children. Preparation for First Communion and Confirmation is on Sundays during school year at 9:40 am. The program will start in September 2017. To register and for more information, please contact Marie 250-642-4483
Prayer Group meets every Wednesday 7:30 pm in the Church. Info Yolanda 250-478-6041
Children’s Choir in our Parish will meet in the small hall after the 10:30 am Sunday Mass in September.
We rely on the generosity of your contributions to provide light, heat, and staff to this very special house of God and his people. Last Week Offering $ 3,037.60 Building Fund $ 80.00
Thank you for your gifts!
Saturday, September 2 5:00 p.m. Mass for + Alexander Stewart Sunday, Sept. 3 Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:30 a.m. Mass for + Don McKenize
10:30 a.m. Mass for + Evelyn Ooms
Tuesday, Sept. 5 Blessed Teresa of Calcutta,
6:30 p.m. Mass for Souls in Purgatory
Wednesday, Sept. 6
9:00 am Mass for + Irene Saunders and + Barbara Saunders
Thursday, Sept. 7
9:00 a.m. Mass for + Irene Saunders Friday, Sept. 8; The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 a.m. Mass for + Manuel da Costa
Saturday, Sept. 9 5:00 p.m. Mass for + Don Andrews Sunday, Sept. 10 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:30 a.m. Mass for Our Parish
10:30 a.m. Mass for + Barbara Saunders
Mass Intentions: If you would like to have a Mass said for a special intention, please contact the parish office.
Masses Sept 2 — Sept 3
Bequests and Wills. In your kindness, please remember Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in your bequests and wills. If any-one wishes to make such a bequest in their will, the follow-ing clause may be included or added to a will or added by codicil: “I give, devise and bequeath the sum of $... to Our Lady of the Rosary in Victoria, BC, to be used for the bene-fit of the parish and its pastoral activities.”
PAD Donations. If you are interested in making your donations to our Parish through a Pre-Authorized Debit Program, please take an envelope with all the information needed. These envelopes are on the table at the entrance of the Church.
Our New Church - Making Your Donation Really Counts. Once we are clear as to how much money we will need to raise to make our new church a reality, our fund raising will begin. Please think about the information be-low. Similar to how the Canadian and BC governments help us to increase our regular giving, they will again partner with you to help provide these funds. Here’s how: $100 do-nation - your cost will be $56; $500 donation - your cost will be $280; $1,000 donation - your cost will be $ 560.00
Please write down your name and address on every en-velope for your donations. We are in the process of chang-ing our donation’s software and your personal information would help us to do an accurate job for your tax deduction receipts. Thank you.
Moms and Tots will resume on September 8th at 9:30 am. If you have any questions or would like to be added to our email list, please call Allison Menzies at 778 440 7064 or email [email protected].”
If you are expecting a child and are feeling confused; if you are thinking that there is no way out of this situ-ation for you; if you want to talk to someone, call or text 250-812-0087 or email: [email protected]
Parish Book Sale. Yes! We are collecting books for next year. Please contact Judy 250.474.2119 or leave your books in the green bin at the entrance of the church. Thank you.
Little Flowers Girls' Club. A Catholic club for girls ages 5-12. Meetings are held on the last Saturday of the month 9:30-11:30 am in the basement of parish hall. For more info please contact Mary-Anne 250-474-6697 [email protected]
WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY VOL-UNTEER FAIR HELD ON: September 24/2017 In our Par-ish Hall Following Holy Masses from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm with Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast Come and meet the representatives of all the teams in our parish and find out their responsibilities and purpose are in our Parish.
Join us! Cookies and Conversation: A Free ESL Conversa-tion Class provided by one of our parishioners who is Eng-lish as a Second Language Teacher. Come for the conver-sation and stayed for mass. Saturdays @ 3:45 pm. Starts on September 16; improve your English and build vocabulary; practice speaking and listening, and improve pronunciation; learn about Canada and discover new cultures; have fun in a relaxed atmosphere and meet new people; all levels, all ages welcome. For registration and more information, please contact Penelope at 250-585-0015
We appreciate your support to these businesses!
GILBERT LEVESQUE Owner & Qualified Technician
(250) 589-CARE (250) 589 - 2273
FREE ESTIMATES
GILLY’S CARPET & FURNITURE CARE
Todd Halaburda
Wally Halaburda
owners New West Development Corp
“Homes of Distinction “
Canadian Home Building Association
Cell: 250-888-8224 Fax: 250-744-1288
Email:[email protected] Victoria BC
National Home Warranty
newwestdev.com
Key Academic Services
Penelope Rokeby, B.A.
Tutor, Editor, Writer, Teacher 250-474-3775
DANIEL MACISAAC
MacIsaac and MacIsaac Lawyers
2227 SOOKE ROAD
VICTORIA, B.C. V9B 1W8
phone: (250)478-1131 FAX 478-3106
EMAIL: [email protected]
Langford Nail Art & Spa
107-721 Station Ave. Victoria, BC V9B 2S1
250 590 4668
Re/Max Camosun
Teresa Reilly– Trading representative
Cell: 250.818.4583 Home: 250.478.6068 Office: 250.478.9600
Email:[email protected]
YOUR ADVERTISEMENT HERE. For information, please contact the Parish office. E-mail: [email protected] Ph: 250- 478-3482
A Lifeline for Marriages. Retrouvaille helps married couples get back to a loving relationship, providing the tools you need to get your marriage back on track. You will rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way. This program has helped thousands of couples rekindle romance, reaffirm their commitment, and stay married, regardless of how far apart they may have drifted. For confidential information or to register for the program in the Lower Mainland commencing the weekend of October 20 - 22, 2017, call Marc and Candice at 604-530-6710, email us [email protected] or visit our website www.retrouvaillevancouver.com
“The Catholic Community at University of Victoria/Camosun College looks forward to welcoming new students and those returning in September with our first daily Mass at the UVic Interfaith Chapel 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday September 5th (and each Monday through Thursday throughout term) and first Sunday Mass followed by a student supper on September 10th at 4:00 p.m. at Holy Cross Church. The students will be gathering for socials such as board games nights, coffee house talent shows, pub conversations, and weekend hikes. The three Catholic Christian Outreach missionaries will invite students into faith studies and I will offer an RCIA for students as our Catholic Stu-dent Association council prepares to greet newcom-ers. We’ll be planning on our annual Fall Retreat at Thetis Island’s Pioneer Pacific Camp September 29-Oct 1st and anticipate about 40 joyful young adults deepening their faith, their hope and their love. For a personal contact once on campus please direct students to Fr. Dean, or CCO team leader Chantal Cote [email protected], or CSA President Ada Loewen [email protected] We look forward to another year where students maintain and deepen their knowledge and love of the Catholic faith and their vo-cation to serve Christ and the world he loves.”
Please be advised of the following changes in pastoral ministry: Effective September 1: Fr. Philippus Bae, Pastor of the Kore-an Community in the Diocese will return to his home Diocese of Wonju, Korea, after three years of service. Fr. John Heesun Lee, also from the Diocese of Wonju, will replace Fr. Bae and will continue to minister to the Korean Community from Sacred Heart Parish. Sr. Maria Rosviminda (Vinda) Ochoa, R.V.M (Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary) has been transferred by her Congregation to the Diocese of Prince George. Sr. Vinda has been serving the First Nations Communi-ties in the Cowichan Valley and in the West Coast Missions since 2011. Sr. Maria Lilia Semeniego, R.V.M. will replace Sr. Vinda, and will continue to serve the First Nations Commu-nities in Port Alberni and Ahousaht. Effective October 1: Fr. Benoit Laplante, Pastor of St. Jean Baptiste Parish since 1999, will retire after 54 years of active ministry. We are grateful for Fr. Benoit’s service and contributions to the Francophone and Spanish Communities, as well as the Knights of Columbus. Fr. Rolf Hasenack, O.P. (Dominican Order of Friar Preachers), Pastor of the Saanich Peninsula Parish, in addition, will also serve as interim Parochial Administrator to St. Jean Baptiste Parish. Fr. Eduardo Santos, Pastor of St. Patrick’s Parish, Vic-toria, will also assume the role of Chaplain to the Latin Ameri-can Community. Your support and prayers for the ongoing pas-toral needs of the Diocese are greatly appreciated.
