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January 26, 2020 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Stewardship Reflection
“He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their
father and followed Him.” (Matthew 4:22)
Just as Jesus called the first apostles, He calls each of us to
follow Him, too. Not eve-
ryone is called to leave their business or family behind, but we
are expected to put
God first in everything. Everything from our time in daily
prayer, our talent in partici-
pating in one of our parish ministries, and our treasure to
support the financial needs
of our parish mission.
Copyright © 2020 Archdiocese of St. Louis
...The Lunar New Year is an annual festive occasion for our
Chinese, Korean, Viet-
namese, and other Asian communities... As such, this new year is
particularly asso-ciated with new beginnings, and a new day. It
seems appropriate, then, to invite you to use this opportunity to
renew relationships with the peace of Christ as you gather with
loved ones during this time of celebration. As has become customary
at this time, I ask that you use this occasion to keep in your
prayers the ongoing persecution of Chinese Catholics and other
Christians in China and for the situation in Hong Kong. Let us
invoke the patronage of Mary, Mother of the Prince of Peace,
putting the longstanding political and religious conflict of that
region in the hands of her and her son...
+ J. Michael Miller, CSB, Archbishop of Vancouver
Rev. John Alex Pinto, OCD - Pastor
Rev. Victor Fernandes - In Residence (Chaplain - St. Paul’s
Hospital)
Leah B. - Bookkeeper/Admin Asst.
PARISH GROUPS & MINISTRIES
Parish Pastoral Council Benny Luarca - (778) 317-0069
Parish Finance Committee Lewis Dillman -
[email protected]
Knights of Columbus (# 14723) Terry Brennan, GK - (778)
229-7228
Legion of Mary (Immaculate Heart of Mary)Marivic Escribel -
(604) 434-8280
Legion of Mary (Mother of our Savior)
Carolina Dublanko - (778) 991-0688
Family Rosary Crusade Leonarda Lariosa - (604) 684-9806
Divine Mercy Marivic Escribel - (604) 434-8280
Infant Jesus of Prague Susan Hauck - (604) 278-6346
CFC– Foundation for Family & Life
Benny Luarca - (778) 317-0069
Rite of Christian Initiation For Adults
Tom Weaver - (604) 408-2125
Project Advance Deirdre Santesso - (604) 899- 0354
Altar Servers Terry O’Neil - (604) 689-3685
Choirs Aleksandra Grodecka - (604) 667-4745
Extraordinary Ministers Edmund Kwan - (604) 783-9769
Hospitality Cecile Bozyk - (604) 683-0143
Lectors Cynthia Nogueira - (604) 781-2012
Sacristy Terry O’Neil - (604) 689-3685
Flowers Ave Obejas - (604) 770-1249
P. R. E. P. Carmela Dizon - (778) 238-8816
Safe Environment Screening Committee
Margaret Pinto - (604) 681-4926
Young Adult 4 Christ Julie Park - [email protected]
El Shaddai Charismatic Group
Anita Berdida - (604) 780-2348
Guardian Angels Parish
1161 Broughton Street, Vancouver BC V6G 2B3; Tel: 604-684-5775;
Fax: 604-684-5757 Email: [email protected]; Website:
www.https://guardianangelsvancouver.ca
OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM CLOSED on
Weekends and Statutory Holidays
Mass Schedule
Saturday 9:00am Monday 8:00am
Saturday 4:00pm (Anticipated Mass) Tuesday 7:00pm
Sunday 9:00am; 11:00am; 12:30pm Wed – Fri 8:00am
Sacraments
Confessions - Saturdays 3:00 - 3:45PM; Tuesdays 6:30 -
6:50pm
For other Sacraments - Please contact the Parish office
Devotions / Prayers
Morning Prayers / Breviary Our Lady of Perpetual Help Monday
7:40am Wednesdays 7:00pm
Wednesday - Friday 7:40am Infant Jesus of Prague
Saturday & Sunday 8:30am Tuesdays 6:30pm
Holy Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet
Monday 8:30am, Wednesday - Friday 8:30am
Saturday 9:30am Sunday 1:30pm
First Fridays - Holy Hour 6:00pm; Benediction 6:50pm; Mass
7:00pm
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PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
We remember in prayer all who are sick including; Glen Angle,
Dana Daruwalla, Letizia Lorello, Maggie, Doreen DeSousa, Joyce
Kisoondath, Pat Williamson,
Masooma Noorzai, Hassiran Hakim, Elizabeth Walton, Barry
McDermott, Lucille Johnston, Ralph Milbum, Milta Rapalo, Ida Brown,
Sonja Lawrence, Colleen Mason, Zenaida Nicolas, Doreen Millburn,
Helena
Glavot, Zeenith Garay, Florence Nichols, Joanne Bor-rys, Soledad
dela Cruz, Rosa Maria Santos, Denise
Hogg, Patricia McMahon, Rosa Maria Santos and all the
sick/shut-ins of our Parish whom we may
not know by name.
Mass Intentions
Day Time Intention
Sun Jan 26 9:00AM +Ronald Bainbridge+
11:00AM +Magdi Seifein+
12:30PM Sp. Int. of the Parishioners
Mon Jan 27 8:00AM Sp. Int. of Karen Hakim
Tue Jan 28 7:00PM Sp. Int. of John Ahern
Wed Jan 29 8:00AM +Nelly Silva Touré+
Thu Jan 30 8:00AM +Aaron Man King Fong+
Fri Jan 31 8:00AM Sp. Int. of Miro
Sat Feb 01 9:00AM +Trinidad Laurel+
4:00PM +Maria Hyland+
KIDS & SENIORS CORNER (Contributed by Nyles Fernandes)
1) What kind of ball does not bounce?
2) What do you call a snowman party?
3) What is a girl snowman called?
4) Which apostle was the first to be called by Jesus?
5) Which apostle was the brother of St. Peter?
ANSWERS:
1) A snowball 2) A snowball
3) A snow-ma’am 4) St. Andrew
5) St. Andrew Jan 28: Memorial - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Jan 31: Memorial - Saint John Bosco
Feb 02: Feast - The Presentation of the Lord; there will be
blessing of candles at all Masses.
Feb 03: Saint Blaise - there will be blessing of the throat
during the 8AM Mass.
Feb 05: Parish Finance Council Meeting
World Day of Consecrated Life - Feb 02
The purpose of the day is “to help the entire Church to esteem
ever more greatly the witness of those persons who have chosen to
follow Christ by means of the practice of the evangelical counsels”
as well as “to be a suitable occa-sion for consecrated persons to
renew their commitment and rekindle the fervor which should inspire
their offering of themselves to the Lord” (Saint John Paul II,
1997).
- Ordo 2019-2020
World Day of the Sick - Feb 11
The ministry of Jesus to the sick is central to the life of the
Church. February 11 (Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes) highlights
the healing ministry of the Church. It reminds us that service to
the sick and suffering cannot be neglected. It recognizes the great
efforts of doctors, nurses, health care institutions and pastoral
care givers to restore health to those afflicted with illness and
disease. - Ordo 2019-2020
There will be anointing of the sick on this day during the 7 PM
mass. We invite the sick and the elderly to receive the Sacrament
of Anointing.
BAPTISM PREP CLASS For those preparing for their child to get
baptize in the Catholic church, Guardian Angels Parish conducts the
baptism prep-aration classes every third (3rd) Saturday of the
month. The next class will be on Feb. 15, 2020 at 2PM. For
inquiries, please call the parish office.
2020 Sunday Offertory Envelopes
There are still some envelopes that are not picked-up. If you
need Tax Receipt for your donations, please make sure to use the
Offertory Envelopes with your complete name, address and phone
number.
2019 Donation Receipts
2019 Donation Receipts for Income Tax Purposes will be ready for
mailing mid of this week. For those who don’t want their receipts
to be mailed, please pick them up at the office on Monday and
Tuesday (Jan 27 & 28) or email the secretary at
[email protected] to make an arrangement for later pick-up.
“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know
what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to
know what he ought to do.”
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Dear Parishioners, This week I was pleased to sign the tax
receipts for the year 2019. I take this opportunity to thank God
for the gift of stewardship the parishioners so generously
contributed towards Guardian Angels Parish. Thank you for your
stewardship of financial contributions. The parish cannot operate
without these financial gifts. I invite you to be more generous in
this year 2020. We have lost some of our benefactors either due to
age, death or relo-cation. I have seen some of the parishioners
have stepped in to fill the void and I hope some more will come
forward and help the parish run without borrowing from our savings.
Also, we have slightly modified the front pews in order to make the
movement easier as it was hard for the people to come for communion
during the funeral service. I thank Brother Knights Arie and Martin
for their stewardship of service. Please find here below two
articles from International Catholic Stewardship Council January
2020 ebulletin. Prayers and blessings, Fr. John Alex Pinto OCD,
Pastor
A Stewardship Call to Action from Pope Francis
“Money must serve, not rule!” This is how Our Holy Father, Pope
Francis, put the emphasis on one of seven major themes in his
pastoral letter, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel). The
pontiff’s letter, formally referred to as an “apostolic
exhortation,” devotes itself to the subject of the new
evangelization, and shares ideas about how the church can reform
itself in order to embrace a renewed sense of mission. One of our
Holy Father’s urgent concerns is how the poor of the world are
being treated. In his letter he states emphatically that he loves
everyone, both rich and poor, but that he is obliged in the name of
Jesus Christ to remind everyone that the rich have a responsibility
“… to help, respect and promote the poor” (par. 58). Pope Francis
is especially concerned about the growing global economic inequity
and challenges world political and financial leaders to use our
economic systems in a way that favors human beings: Just as the
commandment “Thou shalt not kill” sets a clear limit in order to
safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say “thou
shalt not” to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an
economy kills. How can it be that it is not a news item when an
elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the
stock market loses two points? (par. 52). The pope is insistent:
God calls us to make a committed response to the poor in a way that
transcends the logic of the marketplace. In his Christmas message,
Pope Francis urged us to “place ourselves at the service of the
poor, make ourselves small and poor with them.” He does not condemn
capitalism, nor does he favor a Marxist view of economics. He is
challenging each of us to follow Christ and be good stewards of his
gospel message which includes loving God and neighbor, especially
the poor, the prisoners, the sick, and the outcast; all whom Jesus
makes reference to in his teaching on the final judgment of the
nations in the Gospel of Matthew (25:31-46). It is a call to action
Pope Francis urges upon us as we move into this New Year.
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Weekend of January 25/26, 2020 In
today’s Gospel Jesus begins his ministry of healing, proclaims the
kingdom of God and calls his first disciples, Simon and Andrew, and
then the sons of Zebedee, James and John. Those first disciples
might have preferred to keep their jobs, remain with their families
and stay with the life they knew. Remarkably, though, all four of
these people, just as they are, follow after this stranger who
interrupts their daily routine. When they see Jesus and hear his
words to them, they make a different choice. They take a risk, step
out in faith, leave behind that which is comfortable and secure.
They choose to follow Jesus. How far are we willing to go to leave
the comfort and security of the life we know to follow Jesus?
International Catholic Stewardship Council January ebulletin
International Catholic Stewardship Council January ebulletin
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• Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at Our Lady of
Good Counsel Parish in Surrey
• Saturday, Feb 1 at 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at St. Ann's Parish
in Abbotsford
• Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at All Saints
Parish in Coquitlam
Pro-Life Mass & Prayer Vigil One of the fundamental answers
to abortion is prayer. Please join
your voice with ours as we pray on the first Saturday of each
month
at a different parish for a new culture of life. Mass will be
Saturday,
Feb. 1, 8 a.m. at St. Augustine Church in Vancouver. For
upcoming
dates, visit rcav.org/pro-life-mass-and-prayer-vigil
World Day for Consecrated Life Join us for the World Day of
Consecrated Life Mass with Archbishop
J. Michael Miller, CSB on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 4 p.m.
at St.
Helen’s Parish, Burnaby. Reception to follow after Mass in the
Parish
Hall.
Breathe: A Catholic Marriage Conference This weekend will be a
time to breathe life into various aspects of
your marriage. You’ll hear life-giving messages and engaging
stories.
Join us at Harrison Hot Springs Resort on Friday, Feb. 7, and
Satur-
day, Feb. 8, 2020. Register online at
catholicmarriageandfamily.com
Feast of St. Bakhita: Prayer & Awareness Against
Human Trafficking Saturday, Feb. 8 has been designated by the
Pontifical Council for
Justice and Peace as the annual day of prayer and awareness
against human trafficking. Pope Francis has called human
trafficking
a crime against humanity and has urged everyone to unite efforts
to
eliminate the crime and to free the victims. He states that
human
trafficking is getting more aggressive, threatening not only
individuals
but the foundational values of our society.
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