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Parish Groups & Contacts:
Adult Faith Formation Deacon Alan Cavin (604.996.7042) & Hazelle Schenk
Altar Servers Matthew Arendt (604.765.1264) Brandon Kealey (604.376.2610)
Altar Guild Cecilia Tsang (604.864.8800)
Catholic Women’s Sheila Hall (604.859.8684) League (CWL)
Children’s Liturgy Heidi Calzavara (604.859.9199)
El Shaddai Ghie Javier (604.758.2146)
Filipino Ministry/Hospitality Rosalina Cole (604.859.8465)
Finance Committee Della Oberhoffner (604.864.8800)
Knights of Columbus Walter Dona (604.852.2589)
Men’s Group Russ Bouwman (604.856.3812)
Music Ministry Corinne McCarthy, Bob Buckham, Mark Sweeney, Daniel Anctil, Agnes Krammer.
Parish Council Monica Roddis (604.853.7985)
Prison Ministry Bob Buckham (604.852.9311)
Sodality of Mary, Rosalina Cole (604.859.8465) Queen of Apostles
St Vincent de Paul Society Kim McLellan (604.850.2217)
Stewardship Committee Monica Roddis (604.853.7985)
Pastor: Rev. William Ashley Deacons: Rev. Alan Cavin Rev. Larry Gorman
Parish Secretary: Teresa Filiatrault Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday : 8.30am-3.00pm
Sunday Mass: Saturday (anticipated) @ 4.30pm Sundays @ 9am ǀ 11am ǀ 6.30pm
Weekday Mass: Monday to Friday @ 8.00am Sat. & Public Holidays @ 9.00am
Reconciliation: 30 minutes before Sunday Masses ( Confession ) 15 minutes before weekday Masses School Confessions: Fridays @ 9.20am
Baptisms: Please contact the Parish Office.
Marriages: Contact the Pastor at least six months prior to setting the wedding date.
Communion/Visiting the Sick Please contact the Parish Office
Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Fridays @ 11.00am
Eucharistic Adoration Monday-Thursday: 7.00-8.00am Fridays @ 8.30-11am School Adoration & Rosary: Fridays @ 9.20am
St James Parish Come Join Us in Worship
2777 Townline Road, Abbotsford, BC V2T 5E1 Office tel. : 604.864.8800 ǀ Email: [email protected]
website: www.stjamesabby.com
Educational Programmes:
PREP (Parish Religious Education Programme)
Lifeteen
Alpha/RCIA
St James & St Ann’s Elementary School
St John Brebeuf Regional High School
Connie Slomski (604.613.5665, [email protected])
Richard Gumpal ([email protected])
Deacon Alan Cavin, Jacques Braconnier, Bob Buckham
(604.864.8800)
Principal: Terri Sask (604.852.1788)
Principal: Gianni Bittante (604.855.0571)
Welcome to the St James Community A warm welcome to all, especially those who have
recently moved to this area. Please introduce yourself to Fr Ashley; he will be glad to meet you. Kindly register
in the parish so that we may serve you more efficiently (registration forms in the foyer or on website). Thank you!
March 24, 2019 3rd Sunday of Lent
Stational Church: Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls
Rosary with Silver Rose Icon The St James council of the Knights of Columbus invites all parishioners to join them to pray the rosary with the Silver Rose in honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Star of the New Evangelization, on Mon-day April 1st at 7pm. The Silver Rose is traveling all over North America inspiring devotion and prayer and will arrive in Mexico on December 12 on our Ladies feast day.
CWL BURSARIES The deadline to apply is fast approach-ing! March 31, 2019 is the last day to hand in your applica-tion. www.vancouvercwl.ca for info and application forms.
PILIPINO PARISHIONERS: Holy Monday, April 15 "Pabasa Ng Passion " Pilipino tradition for Holy Week. 9:00 am to 6:00 evening in the main meeting room.For more in-formation, call Rosalina Cole at 604- 859 8465
MORNING OF RECOLLECTION for women on Mon Feb-ruary 25th at St James Church from 10AM - 12 NOON, preached by a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei. For more information contact Maxine Leslie : 778 666-7529
Pregnant? Need to talk? Hurting from a past abortion?
For confidential and compassionate text: “HOPE” to 393939 or “onlinecare.ca”
The Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools By Archbishop J. Michael Miller
Essential Marks of Catholic Schools Founded on a Christian Anthropology
The gospel of Jesus Christ and his very person are to inspire and guide the Catholic school in every dimension of its life and activi-ty– its philosophy of education, its curriculum, its community life, its selectionof teachers, and even its physical environment. Christ is the Teacher in Catholic schools. Nevertheless, this con-viction, in its very simplicity, can sometimes be overlooked. Cath-olic schools have the task of being the living and provocative memory of Christ. All too many Catholic schools fall into the trap of a secular academic success culture, putting their Christological focus and ist accompanying understanding of the human person in second place. Christ is “fitted in” rather than being the school’s vital principle. As John Paul II wrote in his 1979 Message to the National Cath-olic Educational Association, “Catholic education is above all a question of communicating Christ, of helping to form Christ in the lives of others.” Authentic Catholic educators recognize Christ and his understanding of the human person as the meas-ure of a school’s catholicity. He is “the foundation of the whole educational enterprise in a Catholic school.” and the principles of his gospel are its guiding educational norms: In a Catholic school, everyone should be aware of the living presence of Jesus the “Master: who, today as always, is with us in our journey through life as the one genuine “Teacher,” the perfect Man in whom all human values find their fullest per-fection. The inspiration of Jesus must be translated from the ideal into the real. The gospel spirit should be evident in a Chris-tian way of thought and life which permeates all facets of the educational climate.
Please Pray For Healing of our Sick Parishioners
Wayne Cole, Henry Abeywickreme, Felicisima Junos, Joseph Billerman, Bill Hireen, Rev.Anthony Boniface, Luka Volentier, James Hargrave, Roger
Loiselle, Ian MacDougall, Julie Miller and Joyce Walker
Upcoming Events
MAR. 25 (MON) * Women’s Day of Recollection @ 10am
APRIL 1 (MON) * Rosary with Silver Rose Icon
APRIL 7 (SUN) * CWL Spring Bake Sale after 9 & 11am Mass
APRIL 8 (MON) * CWL Meeting @ 7pm
* Knights of Columbus Meeting @ 7:30pm
APRIL 10 (WED) * St. James School Mass @ 9am
APRIL 9 (TUES) * Civic Affairs “Politics for Dummies” @ 7pm
APRIL 13 (SAT) * Syro Malabar Mass @ 7pm
APRIL 15 (MON) * Penitential Service at St. James @ 7pm
MAY 4 (SAT) * Belle Voci Concert “We’ve got your Bach” @ 7:30pm
MAY 25 (SAT) * Knights of Columbus 3rd Annual Spaghetti Dinner– more info to follow
MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK:
Sunday, March 24, 2019 9am 3rd Sunday of Lent ◊ Int: - Magda Szollosi 11am ◊ Int: - RIP Ɨ Wayne Harrison 6:30pm ◊ Int: - Missa pro populo Monday, March 25, 2019 8am ◊ The Annunciation of the Lord Int:- RIP Ɨ Sandra Wryskowski Tuesday, March 26, 2019 8am ◊ Int: - Thanksgiving– Queenie Rabanes Wednesday, March 27, 2019 8am ◊ Int: - Gordon Bens Thursday, March 28, 2019 8am ◊ Int: -RIP Ɨ Deceased members of Franke family Friday, March 29, 2019 8am ◊ Int: - RIP Ɨ Deceased members of Marion family Saturday, March 30 , 2019 9am ◊ Int: - RIP Ɨ Lorne Petch 4.30pm Anticipated Mass - ◊ Int: - MaryAnn, Jim & family Sunday, March 31, 2019 9am 4th Sunday of Lent ◊ Int: - RIP Ɨ Barbara Petch 11am ◊ Int: - Monique van Berkel 6:30pm ◊ Int: - Missa pro populo
Daily Mass Scripture Readings:
Sunday 24 Monday 125 Tuesday 26 Wednesday 27 Thursday 28 Friday 29 Saturday 30 Sunday 31
Ex 3: 1-15 Ps 103 1Cor 10: 1-12 Lk 13: 1-9
Is 7: 10-14;8:10 Ps 40 Heb 10: 4-10 Lk 1:26-38
Dan 3: 25-43 Ps 25 Mt 18: 21-35
Deut 4: 1-9 Ps 147 Mt 5: 17-19
Jer 7: 23-28 Ps 95 Lk 11: 14-23
Hos 14: 1-9 Ps 81 Mk 12: 28-34
Hos 5: 15-6.6 Ps 51 Lk 18: 9-14
Joshua 5: 8-12 Ps 34 2Cor 5: 17-21 Lk 15: 1-32
POLITICS!!!(Does it frustrate you? Confuse you? Intimidate you?) Saint James has started a Civic Affairs committee. Its goal is to educate and empower our community to actively and effectively engage in civic affairs from a Christian perspective. It is not a partisan body, rather one to support greater involvement of our community in civic affairs. We’ve planned a series of presentations over the next year. We’ll begin on April 9 th at 7-8:3-pm in the church foyer with a “Politics for Dummies” talk that’ll focus on the basic demo-cratic mechanisms that are available to each one of us as citi-zens. Guest speaker will be Warren Smith, the driving force behind the annual lawyer’s “Red” Mass at the Cathedral. Consider it a refresher course in democracy! Please join us. If you have questions, contact Jim Hargrave at 778-344-4692.
HOPE FOR WOMEN As our current SHIFT Coordinator will be preparing to go on maternity leave, we are looking to hire her replacement to manage our SHIFT (Sexual Health & Inti-macy for Teens) program in the secondary schools. Appli-cants must have exceptional communication skills great attention to detail, as well as public speaking abilities. This is a 12 month (minimum) maternity leave term (30 hours per week) to start as soon as possible through to summer 2020. Please visit our webpage https://lifecollective.io/advokate/get-involved/employment-opportunities for a full list of qual-ifications as well as a job description. Interested applicants may apply by emailing both a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. The deadline for application is May 1, 2019.
VOCATION LIVE-IN On the weekend of April 5 - 7, there will be a Vocation Live-In for boys or young men interested in the priesthood or the consecrated life, at the Seminary of Christ the King, Mission, BC. For more information call 604-826-8715.
RACHEL'S VINEYARD RETREAT Do you know what it would feel like to feel peace again? Your Rachel’s Vineyard™ team understands that yearning and invites you to join them on the next retreat. The gift of his mercy and peace is awaiting you. Next Retreat is May 2019. For information and to register call 604-525-0999.
RETROUVAILLE VANCOUVER SPRING PROGRAM Is Your Marriage in Crisis? – Repair your marriage, rediscover romance and gain the tools needed for healthy, loving com-munication! April 5 - 7. For info-Marc and Candice 604-530-6710 or at [email protected].
EUTHANASIA AND DOCTOR-ASSISTED SUICIDE
PRESENTATION Dr. Jim Lane of the Catholic Physicians Guild will lead a presentation on caring for the elderly. He will help unpack the current situation the elderly face in the Fraser Health Region regarding so-called “Medical Aid in Dy-ing”. The event will begin with Mass at 9am in St. Luke's Church, Maple Ridge, on Saturday, April 6.
PERMANENT DIACONATE Men between the ages of 35 and 60 interested in ordained ministry, along with their spouses, can learn more about the permanent diaconate this spring! The Permanent Diaconate Office is hosting infor-mation sessions this April and May in Vancouver and Lang-ley. For info or to register, please visit http://stmarkscollege.ca/news-events/events/permanent-diaconate-information-sessions/ or email [email protected]
Lifeteen is on Spring Break See you March 31
Eucharistic Adoration: Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is
exposed for Adoration in St James Church Monday-Thursday from 7-8am before the 8am Mass and on Friday mornings at 8.30. Spend an hour adoring, praising and glorifying the Lord in the quietness of the morning.
Leading Teens To Christ
Lenten Penitential Services (all at 7pm unless noted otherwise)
Wed. April 3 St. Joseph’s, Mission
Thurs. April 4 St. Mary’s, Chilliwack
Sat. April 6, Our Lady of Good Hope, Hope
9:30-10:30am
Tues. April 9 St. Nicholas, Langley
Wed. April 10 Sts. Joachim & Ann Parish
Fri. April 12, St. Ann’s, Abbotsford
Sun. April 14, St. Anthony’s, Agassiz
Mon. April 15 St. James
Tues. April. 16 St. Joseph’s, Langley
Our bulletin sponsors thank you for your patronage.
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