St. Anne 02 & 09 AUGUST Catholic Church

2020 7610 - 87th Street, 18th & 19th SUNDAYS Osoyoos, B.C. (Two Week Bulletin) V0H 1V0

Parish Staff: MASS SCHEDULE

Pastor: Rev. Peter Tompkins Saturdays: 5:00 pm Secretary Cheryl Harper Sundays: 8:30 am & 10:30 am Mailing Address: Weekdays: (check schedule on Page 2) P.O. Box 242, Osoyoos, B.C. V0H 1V0 Website: www.stanneosoyoos.org Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00 to 4:30 PM Telephone: 250-495-6815 E-mail address: [email protected] Our Lady of Lourdes Mission - Mass in Copaka Office Hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 1st Sunday of each month 9:30 AM to 12 Noon Next Masses: 02 August 12:30 PM & 06 September

Sacramental Preparation Baptisms: Contact the Pastor 2 months in advance Weddings: Contact the Pastor 6 months in advance

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS Parish Council Contact: Denis Richer…780.645.8660 C.W.L. Contact: Cheryl Harper…....306.831.2000 Prayer Group Contact: Laurie Martin….250.495.2964 P.R.E.P. Contact: Fr. Peter………..….250.495.6815 STEWARDSHIP: OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS

Sunday Collection 25/26 July $ 902.00 Weekly Budget: $ 2,300.00 S.A.G. Auto-Debits (July) $ 1,238.33 VIGIL CANDLES AND LIGHTS “All ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over Since mid–March parishioners have been unable to make of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.” [ Mt. 14: 20] offerings to light vigil candles. While in the church people are expected not to be touching common areas (like the vigil candles lights). If you would like candles WELCOME lighted, please include your offering in a marked envelope We are happy to host travelers and visitors at our Masses this and indicate: 1) your name and phone number 2) how BC Day weekend. Enjoy your stay in our region. Be safe on many candles/lights 3) the location [near Our Lady of the highways and stay healthy in your family group. Fatima or near St. Anthony].

Please help us update our Parish records by cutting out & completing this form. Please place in the collection basket or return to the Parish office.

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I would like to begin using a boxed set of collection envelopes.______MASS INTENTIONS 01 to 16 August 2020 Two week schedule of intentions

Saturday 01 August 5 PM ...….…...…[St. Alphonsus Liguori]…….……………………………..Rep. Betty Guidi Sunday 02 August 8:30 AM…………..[18th Sunday]…………………...……..…………...... Rep. Maria Pereira Sunday 02 August 10:30 AM ……………………………………………..……………….....…….…….Pro Populo Monday 03 August 9 AM……..……...[BC Day]………………………….……...... Rep. Anton Stukel Tuesday 04 August 9 AM ……….[St. Jean Vianney]…………….…..………………………...Rep. Pat Yanor Wednesday 05 August T.B.A.…..………..………………………………...... Thursday 06 August 9 AM ……………[Transfiguration of Jesus]...... Unannounced Intention Friday 07 August 9 AM …………………....……………………………....…….…Rep. Antonio & Maria Moreira 9:30 AM to 11 AM Eucharistic Adoration……………………..…………...….…..………… Saturday 08 August 5 PM ...….…...…[St. Dominic]………………………………….……..Rep. Joaquim Roque Sunday 09 August 8:30 AM.…...……[19th Sunday]…………………………………….....Rep. Arminda Amaral Sunday 09 August 10:30 AM .…...………………………………………………….…....………….….Pro Populo Monday 10 August 9 AM……..…….….[St. Lawrence]...... Rep. Joseph & Maria Plut Tuesday 11 August 9 AM …………[St. Clare]…………………………...…..Rep. Jack & Delphia Middleton Wednesday 12 August 9 AM …..………..…………………...... Rep. Maria Mateus Cardoso Thursday 13 August T.B.A. ………………….…...... Friday 14 August 9 AM……...…….[Glorious Assumption of Blessed Mother Mary]…...Rep. Abilio & Luz Silva 9:30 AM to 11 AM Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction…………...….…..………………. Saturday 15 August 5 PM………...………………………………………….…..Int. Sharon & Charles Kwong Wah Sunday 16 August 8:30 AM.…..….…[20th Sunday]………...………...... Int. Doug Van Verdegem Sunday 16 August 10:30 AM ………...…………………………………………...….…....………….….Pro Populo [There is no regularly scheduled Mass on Saturday mornings. The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be advanced one day, from 15 August to 14 August.] REQUESTING MASS INTENTIONS What does it mean to have a Mass “offered” for someone? The published intention (and announced on weekdays), and at the heart of the priest’s prayer, may be for the living, the deceased, in thanksgiving for grace received, and also for special occasions (anniversaries or birthdays). The parish office is stocked with Mass Cards for these intentions which may be sent to a surviving family or to the person for whom the Mass is offered. All parishioners may request Mass intentions, though we do try to keep a couple of openings each week on the calendar, in case there are requests for someone who is ill, heading for surgery, wedding anniversary, etc. If we have too many Masses we can support some of the smaller missions and parishes by forwarding Mass intentions to them for a more timely offering of the Mass. Please remember that no date is absolutely guaranteed. There may be a Funeral Mass, or the pastor may be away. Nearby dates will allow for a prompt re-scheduling. Also, Saturday 5 PM and Sunday 8:30 AM Masses are listed in consecutive bulletins, but are unannounced at Mass. There are plenty of open dates in the last half of 2020. WEBSITES TO KEEP YOU CONNECTED www.nelsondiocese.org for Mass with Bishop Bittman 9 AM Sunday from Immaculate Conception Church, Kelowna www.youtube.com for “Bishop Robert Barron daily Mass” www.cccb.ca for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops www.usccb.org for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops www.universalis.com for daily Mass readings and the Breviary prayers for the hours throughout the day www.bccdc.ca for information from the Chief Medical Officer and the Minister of Health www.zenit.org for the world seen from Rome http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM for the Catechism of the Catholic Church http://www.kofc.org/en/columbia/index.html Columbia magazine of the Knights of Columbus (articles current & archived) https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/about.php for news about the Catholic Church www.catholic.org for a Catholic “library” on-line https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/covid-19-provincial-support/bc-restart-plan www.beholdvancouver.org A new website for the Catholic laity: questions, connections, webinars, blogs, and more.

Masses are also celebrated throughout the day and televised on Salt + Light, EWTN, and Vision TV. ATTENDING MASS - WORSHIP IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 The PERFECT shouldn’t become the enemy of the GOOD. In other words, do all that we reasonably can even if there is no perfect protection from the virus.

PREPARING TO ATTEND SUNDAY MASS, PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING: 1. Registration is required for attendance at all of the Masses so that we can limit the congregation to a count of 50. The contact information, which you provide by phone, email, or on-line registration, is retained in our parish office for 30 days. Should there be an outbreak, the Interior Health Authority and the B.C. Ministry of Health need to be able to contact people who may have been infected. Bishop Gregory Bitmann has continued the dispensation from the obligation to attend SundayMass. What that means is that if you are not confident in the safety of environments outside of your home, you need not heroically venture out. There are three ways to register for one of the three Masses, with your name and telephone number:  by on-line registration link (each person individually, include your name and telephone number in the box). From the parish office, you will receive an email with a new link each week, by Monday morning, for the following weekend Masses.  by email, including your name and telephone number, to the parish office [email protected]  by telephone, Monday to Friday 9:30 AM to 12 Noon (we will also check the voicemail) At the church, please confirm your registration with the usher in the church foyer to verify your attendance. It is helpful if people avoid arriving just a few minutes before Mass. The only entrance is through the main door (near the confessional). Ushers will be alert if the wheel-chair ramp is needed. Hand sanitizer is to be used when entering and exiting the church. 2. Wear a mask and wash and sanitize hands regularly. 3. Stay at home if you are not well, and stay at home if your health is compromised with other conditions and you feel vulnerable to germs. 4. Stay apart from each other by 2 meters. 5. At the door of the church the usher will greet you and direct you to the registration table. Verify your attendance. Disinfect your hands using the dispenser available. 6. Seating in the church will have two people in one pew (one at either end), followed by one person in the middle of the pew behind you, followed by another pew with two people, followed by a pew with one person in the middle of the pew. 7. When seated in the pew there should be a 10 cm piece of green masking tape in front of you. Observing this seating plan will ensure a comfortable maximum attendance in the church. 8. There are no holy water fonts in the church at this time. The vigil candles and electronic lights at the shrines are not available to reduce hand contact on surfaces. You may request the lighting of candles - details in the bulletin. 9. There will be no Sunday collection in the usual manner. You may place your offering in the basket as you enter the church before taking your seat. 10. Washrooms. Please use the facilities at home before leaving for Mass. Obviously the less surface-contact you share with others, the better for all. We know that for some, nature will call while at Mass. The available washroom is the one off of the Msgr. Flynn Room. You are to sanitize your hands before entering the loo. Keep your mask on while using the toilet. When done, hands are to be washed with warm water and soap for 20 seconds. As you leave, the door is to be left ajar to facilitate air exchange. The light is to be left on. 11. Holy Communion will be received after the Communion prayer and final blessing. Ushers will direct the people sitting in the south-side (your right side facing the altar) pews first. Those on the north side (your left) will wait until the south section has received. There are green tape lines marking approximately 2 meters distance in the main aisle. As you approach the priest at the front, lower your mask and extend your arms fully in front of you, with hands flat, as usual. Receiving Communion on the tongue is not an option at this time; neither will there be an option to receive Holy Communion from the chalice. 12. After you receive Holy Communion, exit to your right and leave the church via the doorway to the alley. Please do not return to your seat (here we apply the same theory as shopping in the stores —- keep people moving in the same direction). An usher will have bulletins available at the exit. The printed bulletins will not be available prior to Mass. ~Fr. Peter

R.A.M.S. Perhaps the acronym RAMS will help us remember just four things that each of us needs to do before attending Mass and while attending Mass inside the church. There will be more liturgical directives while you are in the church. The Mass will be different and we will feel some disruption from the usual rites and routines. Register for the Mass you wish to attend (phone or link or email) Apart from each other by 2 meters at all times Masks to be worn while in church (can be non-medical masks) Sanitize your hands entering and exiting the church HOLY TRIVIA QUICK 20s Last Bulletin: 26 July is the Feast Day of our Patron Saint Please call the office for appointments with Fr. Peter this Anne, the grandmother of Jesus on the side of Mary of week: Tuesday, 04 August, 10:30 AM to 12 Noon Nazareth. According to our own parish history books when Tuesday, 11 August, 10 AM to 11 AM was the first St. Anne Church build in Osoyoos? Wednesday, 12 August, 10:30 AM to 12 Noon A] 1929 B] 1931 C] 1936 D] 1938 This week: It’s the BC Day holiday weekend. BC has two FOOD DONATIONS time zones. At least a dozen of our Diocese of Nelson We are still receiving food donations for the Osoyoos Food parish/mission communities are in the Mountain Time Bank. As usual, you may bring donations to the church and Zone. The Dioceses of Prince George and Whitehorse also place them in Mother Teresa’s Pantry in the Msgr. Flynn have parishes in the Mountain Time Zone. Which one of Room. Please, no fresh produce, and no home-canned or the following parishes is the easternmost in the province of home-preserved items. They will not be accepted at the food ? A] St. Michael - Sparwood UP THERE! B] Sacred Heart - Golden Have you been able to observe the comet Neowise? It is C] Notre Dame - Dawson Creek noticeable in the hours after sunset, but it is fading in the D] Our Lady of Sorrows - Fort Nelson north-northwest. The best days of observation have passed. Answer in the next bulletin For those of you who are early-birds, look east over Anarchist Mountain in the morning before sunrise (about 4 GETTING NEAR 150 - A B.C. DAY FACT AM). The light (Venus) is so bright it makes one think of Both the depressed economic situation arising from the heading out to Bethlehem to see what might be there. collapse of the gold rushes, as well as a desire for the Summer is great and the warm days are long. Did you know establishment of truly responsible and representative that in the 40 days since the solstice (20 June) we have lost government, led to enormous domestic pressure for British only about 20 minutes of daylight at the end of the day Columbia to join the Canadian Confederation, which had (though the twilight is shorter)? Over the next 40 days, been proclaimed in 1867. The Confederation League, however, we will lose about an hour of daylight at the end of spearheaded by three future premiers of the province — the day. It is not an even slide to the winter solstice. So, in , , and John Robson — August, we tend to start noticing the darker evenings return. took a leading role in pushing the colony towards this goal. One more thing ahead: Two months from now, October will And so it was on 20 July, 1871, that British Columbia have two full moons, the second, of course, being a blue became the sixth province to join Canada. In return for moon. That blue moon will be on 31 October, Halloween. entering Confederation, Canada absorbed B.C.'s massive The last Halloween blue moon was in 2001 (there are, on debt, and promised to build a railway from to the average, four Halloween blue moons per century). Should be Pacific coast within 10 years. (ref. Wikipedia). So, next fun, if we can ever have a real party again. With the Covid July is our province’s 150 birthday. issue, it is why we say “once in a blue moon.” ~PT GATHERING IN THE SPIRIT - ZOOM IN FOR THIS!

You are invited to Gathering in the Spirit 2020, August 9-Thursday August 13, 6-8 p.m. PDT. The information on registration is in the highlighted message and on poster below. Registration deadline is July 31 - 9 days away. The cost to register is $25.00 and should it be necessary, you may request a bursary for the full cost upon registration. Our plan is that the GIS talks will be recorded on Zoom and made available on YouTube videos as well as making CD ROM audio copies. Participants will be able to view the YouTube videos on our website, https://www.holyspiritbaptizer.com/gathering-in-the-spirit and those who prefer may request audio CDs. There will likely be a cost for the audio for materials and mailing.

2020 Gathering in the Spirit (GIS) COVID19 Update Sunday, August 9-Thursday August 13, 6-8 p.m. PDT Join us on ZOOM for an interactive week of discipleship formation as renowned catholic speaker, Jim Murphy, addresses the theme, “I Am", “All who are thirsty come.” Is. 55:1. This opportunity is open to all who wish to deepen their relationship with the Lord. Praise and Worship, Jim’s talks, and discussion panels, are included in this annual GIS experience. Please register ASAP by contacting Marcia Lawrence [email protected] 1-250-768-2546. The fee of $25.00 may be paid by Credit Card to Paulette, at Loaves and Fishes, 250-868-8933 or by cheque mailed to OLPSI, 22 -2035 Boucherie Rd. Westbank, B.C.V4T1Z6. For detailed information, visit https://www.holyspiritbaptizer.com/gathering-in-the-spirit Or contact Lynne Williams [email protected] 1-250-489-1702