HOLY CROSS PARISH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 1450 Delta Avenue, Burnaby, B. C. V5B 3G2 Office Hours: MONDAY - FRIDAY 8:30am - 12:00pm & 1:00pm-4:00pm Phone: 604.299.3814 Fax: 604.299.3824 E-mail: [email protected] Website: holycross.rcav.org SALVATORIAN FATHERS Pastor: Fr. Maciej Wos, SDS Asst. Pastor: Fr. Krzysztof (Chris) Pastuszka, SDS HOLY CROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1450 Delta Avenue, Burnaby, B. C. V5B 3G2 Phone: 604.299.3530 Fax: 604.299.3534 October 2 - 15, 2017 Website: www.holycrosselementary.ca PARISH MINISTRIES & COMMITTEES (604) Principal: Mr. Dino Alberti Altar Servers Matthew Wan 600.1193 Asst. Principal: Miss Charlaine Francis Baptism Course Diana Alfonso [email protected] SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS: MASS SCHEDULE Monday - Friday 8:15am, Catholic Women's League Linda Perkovic Kozaryn 525.4151 Saturday, Holidays & Summer 9:00am, Saturday Vigil 5:00pm Challenge for Girls Ivy Lee 778.228.0092 Sunday 8:00am, Family 10:00am, 12:00pm, 7:30pm Children’s Liturgy of the Word Amani Asaad 293.0334 DIVINE MERCY Friday 7:30pm Lucy Sousa 205.9393 ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Development & Peace Gino Lovato 298.6949 Monday - Friday 9:30am - 4:00pm Extraordinary Ministers Diane Kennedy 298.7194 HOLY ROSARY Monday - Saturday After Mass Finance Council Vic Nakhleh 294.2902 Florists Maria Viveiros 420.3450 RECONCILIATION Barbara Maciejewski 506.8711 Monday - Friday before morning Mass, Friday from 7:00pm to Gym Liaison Mike Malsegna 329.0207 7:20pm & Saturday from 4:00pm - 4:45pm Knights of Columbus Mike Malsegna 329.0207 BAPTISM COURSE Third Monday of the Month 7:00pm; please Lectors Dia Lopez 729.4761 call the parish office to register. Maintenance Darin MacDonald 329.3043 BAPTISM First Sunday of the Month, after the 12:00pm Mass Notre Dame Liaison Dianne De Fazio 420.1625 HOLY MATRIMONY We welcome your wedding celebration Parish Council Richard Crompton 830-7371 at Holy Cross Church. Marriage Course is required. To arrange Parish Education Committee Mike Malsegna 329.0207 the date and begin your preparation, please contact the Parish Office 6 months prior to the proposed wedding date. PREP Jackie Pavich (Ext. 5 ) 299.3814 Project Advance Vincent Tang 626.7860 ANOINTING OF THE SICK If you have a relative or a friend PRO-LIFE Alba Stevenson 299.4123 who would like to arrange for a priest for Anointing of the Sick or RCIA Nadine Tannis to visit the sick in a hospital, the contact information is as [email protected] follows: Refugee Committee Sam Buonassisi 299.3308 BURNABY GENERAL HOSPITAL: Fr. Bede Kim Minh Le, Sunday Sacristan Dillon Fong 291.9227 604.298.6800. In an emergency only, 604.992.9910. Ushers Richard Crompton 830.7371 VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL: Rev. Jude Iloghalu (604- Welcoming Committee Carmine & Makiko 945.3244 230-7217) (Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday Sunday) – Chaplain, Morelli VGH Rev. Vittorio Scomparin (604-240-9684), Rev. Gilbert Catholic Family Services 443.3220 Nunez, Rev. Luis Martin Brain Delgado (Wednesday, Thursday) Domestic Abuse Services, In-town 640.7549 SAINT PAUL HOSPITAL: Fr. Boniface D’Souza, Our Lady of Good Counsel Society Out-of-town 888.833.7733 604.806.8290, pager 604.252.4224. To New Parishioners & Visitors, WELCOME! Please provide this important information to the priest as the Kindly introduce yourselves to the Priest after Mass. hospital will not provide any details when he arrives: name of the sick, ward, room number, bed number, and name & phone number of person making the request. Please inform the Parish Office if you have moved, changed address, and phone number. Thank you. PRAY FOR THE SICK - Eric Fischer, Salvatore Gallo. FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK MASS INTENTIONS (REQUESTED BY) October 2 - 8, 2017 Dear Parishioners, Mon. 8:15 am +Lennie Jang (Josie Chen) I know, I know…it just seems I was wishing Tues. 8:15 am +Jose Maximind Anonas (Mrs. Cruz) you a very happy and relaxing summer, then Wed. 8:15 am +Lennie Jang (May & Don Chan) I was welcoming you back to regroup, refocus Thurs 8:15 am ++Deceased Members of de Silva and return to the “normal” swing of things & Keegel families (Lucille) and now….I’m already back into vacation 9:15 am Parishioners mode: Extending, to all of you, an invitation 10:00 am Parishioners to accompany me on a Pilgramage to Italy in September 2018. To give you a “taste” of some of the places we will visit: Venice, Fri. 8:15 am Spl. Int Vicky Levan (Vicky) Padova, Siena, Assisi, Rome, Montecassino and San Giovani 7:30 pm Spl. Int. May & Michelle Yao (Juliet) Rotondo. Spl. Int. Garry Stevenson (Family) +Sonya Andaya (Diva & John) Now that I have piqued your interest, an orientation meeting Spl. Int. May Chan & Emma Mamisao will be held on Friday, October 27th at 7 pm in our church (Diva & John) basement. Basic information will be given re the tour package, +Maria Ainscough (Diva & John) pricing and options. Please come…just to listen what this trip Spl. Int. John Morris (Family) entails – no commitments are expected at this time. ++Eugenio & Antonia Canda (Diva & John) +Wayne Hokanson (Family) This 14-day pilgrimage will be from September 16 - 29, 2018. Sat. 9:00 am +Mary Drpic (Giuseppina G.) Perhaps many of you have been to these places, but remember, not 5:00pm +Father Derick Mendez (Lucille) only is there something new to see, with the assistance of a local guide, but you will experience it “spiritually”. Sun. 8:00am Spl. Int. Rodney Fong (Family) +Frank Folino (De Santis Family) I have found it very enjoyable to be in the company of fellow Spl. Int. Luisa Cannon (Diva & John) parishioners in my past-led pilgrimages . . . and I look forward to Spl. Int. Liemy Tagsa (Diva & John) this one. 10:00am +Seung Yul Kim (Sam Chang) +Mario Esposito (Family) On a completely different topic: There will be no masses in our +Frank Folino (DeLazzari Family) church: Monday, October 23 to Friday, October 27th (including +Deceased members of Tonkin family Divine Mercy Mass). (Giuseppina G.) We will be doing some major interior lighting changes and need to Noon +Chan May Wah (Heidi & Family) book this time for the working crew. +Michael Page-Vincelli (Vincelli Family) 7:30pm Parishioners With blessings,
Fr. Maciej Wos, SDS, October 9 - 15, 2017 Pastor Mon. 8:15 am +Augusto Achacoso (Mrs. Cruz) Tues. 8:15 am +Pacita Avelina (Cynthia Evelina-Gomez) PROJECT ADVANCE Wed. 8:15 am Spl. Int. Edyana Sutanto (Lanny & Danny) Update as of September 22, 2017 Thurs 8:15 am +Frank Folino (Maria Demare) Fri. 8:15 am +Melko Anzulovich (Family) We have received $ 66,824.41 in donations. 7:30 pm +Tomasso Giannelli (Family) Thanks to the 282 families who have donated, we have reached 121.5% of our diocesan goal of Spl. Int. Garry Stevenson (Family) $55,000.00. If you haven’t contributed already, ++Michael & Norma Sullivan (Diva & John) please consider giving today. Your donations raised above the +Ken Wray (Diva & John) diocesan goal will stay in the parish and help us to pay for our +Father Diago Fonseca (Rasquinha Family) newly renovated parking lot. Online donations may be made Sister Jean Holick (Nicole & Michael Pek) directly at www.projectadvance.ca. Sat. 9:00 am +Valerie Stephen (Barbara) 5:00pm Spl. Int. Gerald Leong (Family & Mary Fong) +Paul Thow (Thow Family) SUNDAY COLLECTION +Salvatore Demare (Daughter & Family) Our Parish weekly budget is $9,460.00 Sun. 8:00 am Envelopes Loose Total 10:00 am +Raffaele Merola (Merola Family) Sept. 10 $7,464.40 $804.00 $8,268.40 +Sung Yul Kim (Sam Chang) Sept. 17 $6,789.15 $786.90 $7,576.05 Spl. Int. Viveiros family (Maria) Preauthorized Monthly Collection for September: $9,124.00 +Dina Natola (Giuseppina G.) Second Collection: School Support $3,590.25 Noon +Sister Jean Holick (CWL) MONEY COUNTERS 7:30 pm +Silvano Garcea (Family) Oct 2 John, Bruna, Cathy M. +Rose Capasso (Carmine & Makiko) Oct 10 (TUESDAY) Nicole, Lydia, Marie SCHOOL NEWS Archdiocesan Holy Hour for Vocations - Join Fr. Rodney October 5th, Thursday at 9:15am – Thanksgiving Mass (Grade 4) Nootebos, Director of Vocations and Seminarians, along with other October 6th, Friday – Walk-in-the-Lawns Walkathon members of the Faithful throughout the Archdiocese, in a monthly October 9th, Monday – Thanksgiving – No School Holy Hour of prayer, intensely focused on asking the “Lord of the Harvest to send forth labourers into the harvest.” ANNOUNCEMENTS October 11, 2017 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm at Immaculate Conception Parish, 8842 119 St, Delta, BC V4C 6M4 Contact: Rev. Rodney Nootebos at 604-443-3254 Thank you We sincerely thank our volunteers at the Salmon BBQ under Growing Christian Life is a series of talks organized by the the leadership of Lucia Souza and Victoria Doherty for the Vancouver East Deanery. The first talk in the series, entitled “How successful preparation of our Holy Cross event. We also give a big to Engage and Empower Youth” will be presented by Dolores thanks to our schoolteachers and parents under the leadership Madaisky and Clay Imoo on Saturday October 7, 2017 from 10:30 of our principal, Dino Alberti, for all their assistance and help. am to 12:30 pm at Corpus Christi School Gym, 6350 Nanaimo This feast is one of the many ways we build a strong and vibrant St., Vancouver. For more information, contact Corpus Christi community here at Holy Cross! Parish (604-324-2265 or [email protected]) or Marcelle Girard Last but not least, thank you to all of you who joined us for the ([email protected]). The next in the series is at Holy Cross feast and spent the afternoon with us. We should all be proud of on Saturday Nov 4, Christ in Your Parish: A Deeper and More who we are at Holy Cross! Active Connection.
Fr. Maciej & Fr. Chris Seminar of Hope - Free Live Seminar How to Pray for your Sons, Daughters & Loved Ones Thirty-Three Days to Morning Glory – St. Louis de Montfort by Vernon Robertson Promo Video www.seminarofhope.org was a holy priest who died in the early 18th century. He created a Removing the guilt parents suffer because of the spiritual very special devotion, “Total Consecration to Mary.” This devotion condition of their children. Have your loved ones stopped seeks greater union with Christ our Saviour. practicing the faith? Do they no longer believe in God? Then this A group of Holy Cross parishioners will begin de Montfort’s seminar is for you. Free Participant Manual at the Seminar. devotion in November. The group will use Father Michael Gaitley’s More information: [email protected] / Telephone: 604- book, Thirty-Three Days to Morning Glory. Each participant will 460-0114. St Mary’s Parish, 5251 Joyce Street, Vancouver th individually complete a short, daily meditation. All participants Saturday October 14 – 9:30 am to 4:30 pm will meet weekly on Saturdays in the church basement, after 9:00 Bring a Bag Lunch - Love Offering will be taken am Mass, beginning on Saturday, Nov. 4th. A total of six Saturday meetings will be held. Each meeting will consist of a thirty-minute viewing of Father Gaitley’s reflections. The Consecration to Mother Mary is on Dec. 8th (Friday) after Divine Mercy Mass at 7:30 p.m. at Holy Cross Parish. Our last meeting is the following day, on Dec. 9th. For more information, contact May Chan at (604) 298 - 8078 Retrouvaille helps married couples get back to a loving The Great Adventure Bible Study - The next study in the Great relationship, providing the tools you need to get your marriage Adventure Bible Study series will be Follow Me: Meeting Jesus back on track. You will rediscover each other and examine in the Gospel of John. Follow Me: Meeting Jesus in the Gospel your lives together in a new and positive way. This program has of John invites you to experience the joy of a renewed friendship helped thousands of couples rekindle romance, reaffirm their with Christ. You will learn what it takes to follow him. You will commitment, and stay married, regardless of how far apart they experience the joy of divine friendship, and you will see how God— may have drifted. For confidential information or to register for and only God—can satisfy the deepest desires of your heart. the program in the Lower Mainland commencing the weekend This is a Catholic Bible Study beginning October 25 at 7:30pm at of October 20 - 22, 2017, call Marc and Candice at 604-530-6710, Holy Cross Church. It is open to returning and new participants. email us [email protected] or visit our website www. More information is available after Mass October 14/15 and retrouvaillevancouver.com 21/22, or contact Ross Greco 604-644-2864 to register. The $30 registration fee covers the workbook and the 8 sessions with Dr Worldwide Marriage Encounter is back! Edward Sri as presenter by DVD. We are having a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend in the Lower Mainland again. Neocatechumenal Way - Catechesis for Adults and Youth on October 20-22, 2017 in Deroche, BC (just east of Mission) Mondays and Thursdays at 7:30 pm in the Gym will start on Worldwide Marriage Encounter is designed to deepen and enrich Monday Oct 16th. Free babysitting is available. You are invited to the joys a couple shares together whether they have been married “Come and See.” a short time or many years. Married couples learn how to rekindle the passion in their relationship and how to keep their love Pro-life Mass and Prayer Vigil - Sat, October 7, 9am – 10am at growing year after year. The communication skills learned on this St. Andrew’s Church @ 480 E 47th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5W weekend of discovery can enrich your marriage in ways you never 2B4, Canada. Join us for a peaceful, prayerful vigil for unborn thought possible. Don’t wait to invest in your marriage. children and their parents on Saturday, Oct. 7. Mass is at 9 a.m. For more information or to register, contact: Steve & Mary Bohnen at St. Andrew’s Church, followed by the Rosary at B.C. Women’s – 604-876-7298 or [email protected] Hospital, Vancouver. For information on other events within the Diocese, visit www.rcav.org Bell &Burnaby Funeral Chapel “The Slavin Family” – Since 1934 Personalized Service Proud to Serve the Catholic Community Guaranteed Pre-arranged Funeral Plans Available 4276 Hastings Street, Burnaby - Tel: 604-298-2525 www.bellburnaby.com SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL (Canada) ULC
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