Our Lady of the Assumption Parish 3141 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 4L2

Email: assumptionofmary@shaw.ca Website: www.assumptionofmary.ca

MARCH 5, 2017- 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT

We are happy to have you with us! Whether you are here for the first time, visit periodically, or attend faithfully every week, you are most welcome. We would like to know you, so please introduce yourself to the priest after Mass

PASTOR: Rev. Ronald Thompson, M. Div., M. Ed.

ASSISTANT: Rev. Edwin Neufeld, M.Div., J.C.L. Rectory Office: Tel: 604 942-7808 Fax: 604 942-7400 Office Hours: Tues. - Fri., 9am to 12 noon & 1pm to 4pm Appointments are to be pre-arranged by phone(NOT BY EMAIL) during

office hours. Please leave a daytime number.

Sacramental Emergencies at anytime Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: Sunday: Saturday: 5:00pm Sunday: 9:00am, 11:00am & 4:00pm Weekday: Mon: 7:00am & 8:30am Tuesday: 7:00am & 7:00pm Wed. & Fri: 8:30am Thursday: 7:00am & 8:30am Also: First Fridays & Weekday Solemnities: 7:00pm Saturday: 9:00am NB: 7:00am Mass on Mon./Tues./Thurs. will not be celebrated on civic holidays, Christmas Season and summer months. Lauds: Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri.: 8:15am Saturday: 8:45am Sung Vespers & Benediction: Sunday: 3:30pm in the Chapel Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet: Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. After Morning Mass and Friday @3:00pm

SACRAMENTS Reconciliation: (Confessions) Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri., 8:15am Tuesday, (6:30pm during Lent) Saturday: 9:30am & 4:00 to 4:30pm Baptisms: Usually the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month at

10:00am. Parents and Godparents to be married in the Catholic Church, and parents to be registered parishioners for at least two months.

Baptism class attendance by the parents and Godparents is required before the Baptism. Call the Parish Office between 9:00am to 12 Noon & 1:00pm to 4:00pm, Tues. – Fri.

Marriages: ***Couples planning marriage must contact

the Parish Priest at least 6 months before the wedding. Must attend the Marriage Preparation Course and the Catholic is to be registered here for at least two months and regularly attending Mass.

Funerals: Contact Parish Priest before making arrangements. Sacramentals: Blessing of cars and religious articles: see Priest after Sunday Mass (Only). For house blessings, please contact the office during office hours at 604 942-7808.

HELPFUL CONTACTS: OLOA School Principal: Rosaleen Heffernan 604 942-5522 PEC Chair: Robin 604 552-1676 Archbishop Carney Secondary School Principal: Dr. Henk Luyten 604 942-7465 REC Chair: Mary-Ann 604-945-6016 Michelle 604 475-1996 Choir: Sue Saturday 5pm Mass 604 942-7808 Piotre Sunday 9am Mass 604 942-7808 Peter Sunday 11am Mass 604 626-1997 Emil Sunday 4pm Mass 604 942-7808 Ground Maintenance: Pat C. 604 942-7808 CWL: Ethel 604 944-0839 K of C: Max 604 942-7248 LifeTeen(Stronghold) Margaret margaretc.orcullo@gmail.com Lector: Remi 604 838-1511 Prep: Julie L. 604 813-3310 Squires: Rick 604 942-1657 Squirettes: Julie K. 604 942-7808 Sacristan: Denisa 604 942-2513 Altar Servers: Peter 604 626-1997 Legion of Mary Agnes 604-942-3626 Ushers Pat O. 604-941-7468

NEW TO THE PARISH? If you are new to the Parish, please fill out a Registration Form available in the foyer and drop it in the Collection Basket. If you would like Donation Envelopes and/or the BC Catholic please remember to check the boxes on the registration form. For those already registered, any changes such as your address, tel. #, etc., please contact the Parish Office at 604 942-7808. Direct Deposit is a good option for your giving. The blue form for regular Sunday contribution is taken on the 1st of each month and the pink form for the Building Fund is taken on the 15th of each month. NB: The Building Fund contributions are not taxed by the Diocese, whereas the regular Sunday contributions are taxed at 14%.

2017 CHURCH DONATION ENVELOPES Are available for pick up in the Vestibule (not the same # as 2016). If you would like a 2017 box of envelopes , please sign up in the binder provided (by the bulletin board in the Vestibule) and they will then be out by next Sunday for pickup in the Vestibule.

CONSIDER PARISH IN YOUR WILL LEAVE A LEGACY: By remembering Our Lady of The Assumption Parish in your will, you leave a legacy in a place you love. Consider a bequest to the Parish Building Fund. May God bless you. (See Pamphlet in the Vestibule)

***Any one that would like regularly an emailed copy of the Sunday bulletin, please fill out your information in the Red binder provided in the Vestibule. The office will NOT share your email. Thank you!

2016 Parish & Project Advance Tax Receipts are available in the Vestibule. Our sincere and heartfelt gratitude for your continual financial support of our Parish. May our Lord bless you for your goodness to Him!

MASS INTENTIONS

SUNDAY_____ MONDAY __________ TUESDAY ____________ WEDNESDAY ____________ THURSDAY FRIDAY _________ SATURDAY

Mar 05 Mar 06 _______ Mar 07 _______ Mar 08 _______ Mar 09 Mar 10 _______ Mar 11

7:00AM 8:30AM 7:00AM 7:00PM 6:30AM 8:30AM 7:00AM 8:30AM 8:30AM 9:00AM 9:00AM 5:00PM

1st Sunday of LentParishioners Lenten FerialJean Fitzpatrick+ Lenten FerialMerle Elizabeth Ross+ Lenten FerialDaniel Um Lenten FerialGina Johnston Lenten FerialConvent MassSr. Mary Bernard Curran OP+ Lenten FerialAdele Leblanc Lenten FerialRaphael Kim+ Lenten FerialRicardo Marquez Sr.+ Lenten FerialThanksgiving D Lee Lenten FerialSchool MassMarco & Maryann Bronfen Lenten FerialRoman Gruszczynski 2nd Sunday of LentJohn Debono+

Responsorial Psalm

Mon. Your words, Lord, are spirit and life. Tue. From all their afflictions God will deliver the just. Wed. A broken, humbled heart, O God, you will not

scorn. Thurs. Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered

me. Fri If you, O Lord, laid bare our guilt, who could

endure it? Sat. Happy are they who follow the law of the Lord!

We begin the forty-day lenten journey in the desert where the new Adam becomes freer as the conscience becomes sharper. United with all who are suffering from famine and

oppression, Jesus, the new Moses, relives the forty years of Israel’s struggle in the solitude of the exodus. Through the descriptive narration of this ordeal, the evangelists suggest that Jesus, true God and true man, was tempted by Satan throughout his life. Jesus’ mission is the focus of his adversary’s attack. Would he be able to accept being poor, ignored and weak? Would he be able to refrain from selling short the reality of his incarnation by using miracles, force, and seduction as if he were superhuman? Would he be the Servant-Son according to the heart of God, or Prometheus, relying upon his own power to steal fire from heaven? Every time Jesus felt in his heart the temptation to be a worldly messiah, he rejected it, relying solely on the word of God. He fled the crowds who clamored for his marvels and wished to make him king. He rebuked Peter who came between him and the way to his passion. Jesus wished to drink the bitter cup of his death, not to save himself once he was nailed upon the cross. This stands as a strong judgement against many of our choices, our appetite for consumerism, our solicitation of profit and our unbridled ambition. How can we set priorities at the beginning of Lent without contemplating Jesus who is turned toward the one source of all his actions, the word of God?

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENT

PARISH MISSION: Fr. Wade expresses his gratitude to all those who attended the Mission. Indeed, may we all benefit by a fruitful Lenten Season in order to fully participate in Easter joy!

A Gem from Fr. Wade’s Mission: Counting Your Letters…And Choosing Them Wisely

• HATE has 4 letters, so does LOVE • ENEMIES has 7 letters, so does FRIENDS • LYING has 5 letters, so does TRUTH • NEGATIVE has 8 letters, so does POSITIVE • UNDER has 5 letters, so does ABOVE • CRY has 3 letters, so does JOY • ANGRY has 5 letters, so does HAPPY • WRONG has 5 letters, so does RIGHT

COUNT YOUR LETTERS….AND CHOOSE THEM WISELY!

TODAY

SECOND COLLECTION: Today, Sunday, March 5, Building Fund & St Joseph’s Offering. Sunday, March 19, Building Fund. Thank you for your support!

Today, Sunday Mar. 5 the Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast after the first Mass only. However, after the second Mass, they will offer a special lunch, consisting of a Gourmet Burger, Chips, and a Drink - all for $6. All proceeds will go to purchasing Palms for Palm Sunday Mass at OLOA Church.

Our Christmas book ‘Resisting Happiness’: If you would like to form a small discussion group during Lent please contact Marguerite Watkins @ 604-465-3259 (NB: Discussion questions are at the end of each chapter). Maybe, read 2 small chapters per week. Also on our “FORMED” platform (www.formed.org) there is a helpful program called “Happiness" (under Programs: Special Topics) that would be appropriate during Lenten Season to have as a resource for a study group.

The free website program “formed”: For more information please see the green flyers on the Vestibule central table. Our Parish code to access Formed.org is F7DPJB. Important: Do not sign up as an individual. Our Parish access code provides more content than an individual subscription.

THIS WEEK

Spring Festival Meeting: Tues., March 7 @7:30pm.

LENTEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Tuesdays @ 6:45pm beginning March 7 † † † in the Church.

PREP / SCHOOL NEWS: LOOKING AHEAD

1st Holy Communion meeting, Wed., March 8 at 6:00pm. NB: These meetings are mandatory for parents; including home schooled & TLA parents.

Attention to Parents who missed the Confirmation Meeting: There will be a Make-up Confirmation Meeting on Wednesday, March 8 at 7:00pm in the Rectory Office.

UPCOMING SPECIAL LENTEN DEVOTIONS & PRACTICES: -Sunday Vespers & Benediction @ 3:30pm. -Lenten Penance Service Sunday, April 2, @ 7pm. -Eucharistic Adoration in the Chapel Mon.-Fri. @ 9:00am-

7:00pm. -Stations of the Cross on Tuesdays @ 6:45pm.

The Spring yard cleanup scheduled for March 4 has been postponed to March 11 due to inclement weather. The time will be the same – 10:00am to 12:30pm (lunch provided). Please bring a rake or wheelbarrow.

Forty Days for Life - March 1 to April 9. . There is a 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting for Life (adoration) at Our Lady of the Assumption Chapel on Saturday, March 4, from 12 midnight to 9:00am in the OLOA Chapel; 10:00am to 6:00pm @ BC Women’s Hospital and adoration again from 7:00pm-11:59pm in the Chapel @ OLOA. Please sign up to pray for an hour. The sign-up sheets are in the Church Vestibule, the Chapel, and the Parish office. For more information please contact Maureen Currie 604-417-3077.

FORTHCOMING NEXT WEEK

Clocks Change: Next Sunday, March 12 @ 2:00am Daylight Saving begins. Spring ahead and lose 1 hour of sleep!

CWL ST. PATRICK’S DAY TEA Our Annual St. Patrick’s Day Tea will be held on Sat., March 18th from 12:30pm-3:00pm in the Assumption Centre. Tickets are $10 each and will go on sale the weekends of March 4/5 & 11/12 after all Masses in the Vestibule.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

LENTEN PENANCE SERVICES all at 7:00 pm Tues., Mar. 28 St. Patrick’s - Maple Ridge & St.

Peter’s Parish - New West. Wed., Mar. 29 Sts. Cyril & Methodius - New West.

& St. Clare of Assisi - Coquitlam **Sun., Apr. 2 Our Lady of Assumption**

Tues., Apr 4 St. Luke’s - Maple Ridge Our Lady of Mercy - Burnaby Wed., Apr 5 All Saints – Coquitlam & Holy Spirit - New West. Thur., Apr 6 St Joseph’s - Port Moody & Our Lady of Lourdes - Coquitlam Sun., Apr 09 St Michael’s - Burnaby Mon., Apr 10 St. Francis de Sales - Burnaby Tues., Apr 11 Our Lady of Fatima - Coquitlam

Archbishop Carney Secondary School’s Auction & Dinner - “An Evening with the Stars”! An exciting evening including live and silent auction items, dinner, live entertainment and lots of fun! Saturday, April 1, 2017. Doors open @ 5:30pm; Dinner @ 6:30pm. Tickets: $50 each, or purchase a table of 10 for $500.00. For more info, please contact the school office at (604) 942-7465, or email @ carneyauction@gmail.com, or go to www.acrss.org.

FIRST COMMUNION DATE First Communion Mass will take place here on Sunday, April 30 @ 1:00pm.

PLEASE KEEP STUDENTS IN YOUR PRAYERS. CONFIRMATION DATE

Confirmation will take place here on Saturday, May 6 @ 5:00pm. Celebrant: Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB.

PLEASE KEEP STUDENTS IN YOUR PRAYERS.

2 Annual Fundraising Events: Sat., May 27 @ 10:30am - 3:00pm - Spring Festival. Sat., Nov. 18 @ 10:30am – 3:00pm - Fall Fair.

ONGOING HEAR YE, HEAR YE:

RCIA Mondays @ 7:00pm in the Assumption Centre. The Talks on the Faith using the help of the ‘Symbolon’ program is led by Fr. Edwin Neufeld. The series is open to anyone who wants to learn more about the Catholic Faith, including those who might be interested in becoming Catholic.

The Cantonese Prayer Group Class (2nd and 4th Friday) @ 10:00am - 12:00pm in the Assumption Centre.

Choir: For the 11:00am Sunday Choir there is a practice every Wed. @ 8pm in the Church. Come and join us!

ASSUMPTION BINGO: Fridays at 6:20 pm in the School Gym. Our Bingo has a friendly atmosphere that has a positive outreach to the neighbourhood. Come and support our Bingo. Thank you.

LINE DANCING: Has resumed @ Assumption School Gym on Saturdays @ 10:30 am to 11:45 am. Fee for the new session is $25 for 10 classes or drop-in fee of $4/class. All proceeds after expenses will be donated to Assumption Parish. (No Class on Sat. Feb. 25)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Eucharistic Adoration in our Chapel We are looking for Eucharistic Adorers for the following days and times: Tuesday’s: 3-4pm, 4-5pm, 5-6pm, Friday’s: 4-5pm and 5-6pm. If you can assist please call Remi @ 604 469-9307. “Can you watch one hour with me?” Mt. 26:40. Volunteer Menders are always appreciated! If you could help with stitching, etc. Volunteers Needed to polish our pews (especially the south side). If you can help, please contact the parish office More Readers and also 11am Choir Members are always welcome. Could you let the office know at 604 942-7808 if you can help out?

Stewardship Reflection 1st Sunday of Lent

“It is written: The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.” Matthew 4:10 Tempted between the riches and power of this world and service to God, Jesus chose service to His Father. If we wish to truly follow Jesus, we, too, must decide to turn away from power and riches and put God at the centre of our lives. How is God calling you to serve?

MAINTAINING A PRAYERFUL ENVIRONMENT

The procession to and from the communion rail is a liturgical act, done slowly and reverently. Please make way for those who have already received, as they are “living tabernacles” of the Lord’s presence, to be deferred to in courtesy and faith. Also, we ask that once you have received the Eucharist, you not linger at the rail, but allow others also to approach the rail after you. Thank you.

COMMENDING OF THE SICK

We commend to your prayers the sick of the parish, including, Elsie Charyna, Betty Dechant, Rita Doran, Jack Harrison, Hedwig Haner Kebritz, Venessa Miller, Daphne Nagle and Marie Richard.

Thank you for your prayers

OUTSIDE THE PARISH

Discover How CPC Can Change Your Life: Open House, Monday, March 6 from 6-9pm. Prospective students and their parents are invited to attend an Open House at Catholic Pacific College’s Walnut Grove Campus. Come tour the beautiful new facility and meet current students, faculty and staff. Let us know you are coming on facebook of by calling Royston at 604-888-7727.

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 5, 2017

Prayers of the Faithful: 1. That all of God’s people may be strong in resisting temptation, let

us pray to the Lord. 2. That every person may hear the call to receive Christ’s free gift of

grace, let us pray to the Lord. 3. That those in need of work and financial help will receive them,

let us pray to the Lord. 4. That we will know the mercy of God as we confess our sins, let

us pray to the Lord. 5. That our young people thoughtfully consider a vocation to the

Priesthood or Consecrated Life, let us pray to the Lord. 6. “For an end to abortion and euthanasia, let us pray to the Lord.” 7. For the intentions close to our heart (pause for 5 seconds), let us

pray to the Lord.