Fr. Dean Henderson and the Community Of St. Rose of Lima Welcome You to Our Celebration NOTE: Mass Schedule: Saturday June 12, 4 pm mass 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saturday Mass 4:00 pm and SRL AGM will be availa- ble via zoom. June 12 & 13, 2021 Friday Mass 10:00 am Full link in this bulletin and Mass Times: Sunday Mass 9:00 am (as of June Welcome on website. Fridays at 10:00 am 20th) If you are a visitor of St. Rose of Lima we want you to know Saturdays at 4:00 pm how welcome you are, whether you have come from anoth- er part of the country, from across the world, from another 11th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, June 12-13, 2021 Sundays at 9:00am - parish in the Diocese, or you're a neighbour in Sooke. (commencing June 20th) First Reading: Ezekiel 17:22-24 Please contact the office to Responsorial Psalm: 91(92): 2-3,13-16 register. Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Pastor Fr. Dean Henderson: Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 Cell: 250-882-2151 E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 250-642-3945 Weddings: By Appointment Sacrament of Confession: Funeral: Individual arrangements with our priest. Call the parish office. Prior to all Masses and by appointment Please note: The Parish Office is still closed to the public. Please make an appointment if you need to come in. Thank you. Sacrament of Baptism by appointment Office Hours: Mailing Address: St. Rose of Lima Parish Parish Pastoral Council Chair: Thursday 10:00 am — 2:00 pm 2191 Townsend Rd Carol Chrismas Sweeney Friday 10:00 am — 2:00 pm Sooke, B.C. V9Z0H4 Phone: 250-642-7172 E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 250-642-3945 Office Fax: 778-425-3945 Please make sure your cell phone is turned off. Thank you. E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.strosesooke.com Bulletin Deadline: Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. • Emergency Hospital Chaplain for VGH & RJH— Fr. Sean Flynn • Cell phone: 250-889-3761 Contact toll-free number for all cases of sexual abuse: 1-800-968-3146 From the Pastor’s Desk Pastor’s Desk (con’t) th 11 Sunday of Ordinary Time/June 12, 13 2021 Once again, thanks to the crew at SRL for sprucing up the gardens and giving our landscape a fresh look. We look forward to our AGM this weekend and anticipate As I write, reeling in the midst of the national reactions (and there are many) to news of an election (or acclamation) of new members of council. Thanks to outgoing 215 remains of children in an unmarked burial site at the old Kamloops residential Chair Carol Sweeney. As she often says of others “YOU ROCK”. Blessings on school, I resonate with the words of the 8th century martyr bishop, St. Boniface, whose Brenda Dahmer who has served us well with faithful kindness. Finally, thanks to memorial was June 5. “In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like Gus Van Arendonk who stepped down last year after guiding the parish with gen- a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to tle wisdom. abandon ship but keep her on her course... I am terrified when I think of all this. I would gladly give up the task of guiding the Church which I have accepted if I could find A final word of gratitude for a fantastic retreat hosted by Fossil Bay Resort and such an action warranted by the example of the fathers or by holy Scripture”. It’s been Gerhard and Maria Wild. Thanks for the gift of a perfect venue for a solo clergy a rough week and it’s a consolation to sense some sympathy from a saint of so long ago. communion with the Lord. Fr. Dean But what good can the Lord bring from this as an extension of our remorseful prayers for all the children lost, as well as adults whose childhoods were lost? Elsewhere in the bulletin I’m inviting the parish to view a DVD via zoom, on the attempt at truth, recon- RCIA will commence in September! ciliation and healing of the Diocese of the NWT. It’s powerful, positive and at times not Want to become a Catholic or know someone who might? The Rite of Chris- easy to watch. Maybe your time to ‘do something’ is NOW!? I hope to include a few tian Initiation (RCIA) course will be offered mostly virtually starting in September other items in the bulletin on this painful subject that are worth reading; one a positive through to next Easter. The process is one of friendly formation in the practice of the article about a former student’s gratitude for mission trips and encounters with coastal Christian faith, while being informed of the riches of the Catholic doctrinal, moral and First Nations, the second a link to an excellent article by Fr. Raymond da Souza and his spiritual life in Jesus Christ. This course could be for those yet to be baptized, those reminder that we really are and have been apologizing! baptized but yet to be confirmed, and those who may have been away from the practice of the faith for a significant time and need a refresher!! Please be in touch with our OLOR has lost one its matriarchs in Fran Doll whose vigil/funeral and graveside will be pastor Fr. Dean who along with sponsors will facilitate, teach and guide the course. this weekend. She’s been in and out of the hospital it seems since I arrived as your pas- tor, and now will get her eternal rest and joy in Jesus. I was grateful to have a very re- Fr. Dean N. Henderson cent occasion to join with Michelle and Fran at her place at the Mackie for a visit, pray- Cell 250.882.2151 ers and holy communion. Bless Michelle, Lolly and her whole family as they bid her farewell and mourn her loss. Monday I was called to the bedside of Kathryn Brown at Ayre Manor in Sooke for last rites. She’s a Glasgow Catholic who moved most recently from Kelowna to Sooke to be with a daughter and granddaughter. Please pray for her Our Pastor’s availability for appointments: final journey. Monday—Day off Tuesday—Flexible location day Next week we’ll add the Sunday 9:00 a.m. Mass at SRL (it’s a bit chaotic in the office Wednesday—OLOR—9:00 am –8:30 pm with Rita off nursing Gunter after his surgery... healing prayers appreciated), and the 6:00 p.m. Saturday Mass at OLOR. Once our limits are lifted, we’ll review the liturgical Thursday—OLOR—9:30 am—4:00 pm pattern and may see a reduction in offerings. The pace of six regular Sunday weekend Friday—SRL—9:30 am—3:00 pm Masses plus the addition of occasional weddings, baptisms, confirmations and funerals Confession and Communion also: may not be sustainable. Thanks again for Fr. Sean stepping up to offer the sacrament of SRL—3:30 pm, Saturday—Pastor’s Office reconciliation at OLOR after his Sunday 8:30 a.m. Mass. The Church will be open from OLOR—9:00-10:30 am and noon to 2:00 pm Sunday 9:30 to 10:30 with Fr. Sean in the confessional. Haven’t been for a while? Go! Had a Church Sacristy call from a ‘fallen away Catholic’ (in the penitents' words and responding to a request for a general confession after decades of distance from Christ’s body, the Church! Whoo hooo! Happy Birthday to: Please pray for all parishioners who are ill, at home or Bryan Daly, Hannah Dahmer, May 28, Kathy Legun, in hospital May 29. Carl Neilson, Debora Bovill, June 4, Mike Betty Rumsby, Pauline Brooks, Eva & Klaus Ruebenthal- McCormick, Patricia Brown, Noel Green, June 5, er, Jaqueline & Willie Rieper, Dieter & Ulla Rieper, Elisabeth Maria MacDonald, June 9, Barbara Arnaud, Michelle Epp, Craig Young, Joe & Jeanette Smith, Hubert Leber, Steve Lecler Coplin, June 13, Jane Guigueno, Rosanna Pal- Formosa, Bill Brown, Henrietta Olson, Fr. Michael Favero, Pat lot, June 17, Rita Fitzner, June 18, Ludek Brumovsky, & Jim Hoggan, Gunter Rieper, Rhonda MacDougal, Shirley Al- Elizabeth Poirier, June 20, Alex Chouinard, June 23, Dawn Ranns, June 27. Pastoral Care Visits while in Hospital Note: If you know of some- during the Covid-19 pandemic. If you or one from our parish, your Happy Anniversary to: Heidi & Noel Stone, May 30, Jeanette & Joe someone you love is admitted to the hospital family or friends that Smith, May 31. Rita & John Fitzner, June 4, Patricia & Ken Brown, June 7, and would like a visit from a priest you need to would like to be added you Laura & Edmond Kyrillos, June 16, Carol & Lionell Long, Dawn & Adam let the nurse on your ward know to call the our prayer list (with their hospital chaplain Fr. Sean Flynn at 250-889- consent) please forward 3761. their names to the parish AGM: office. During the pandemic the pastor of your parish St. Rose of Lima will be holding our Annual General Meeting on June 12th, immediately following mass. Zoom link for mass and is only allowed to visit if someone is in need of AGM: Kerrie Proudlove is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meet- ing. This came in last week and was an inspiration and timely encouragement Topic: St. Rose of Lima Mass - Saturday 4 pm Join Zoom Meeting Hi Fr.