THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES OF
St. Maria Goretti * St. Margaret Mary
Our Lady of Victory * Holy Trinity
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 23rd, 2016
MASS TIMES
St. Maria Goretti
Sat. 5:00 PM
Sun. 11:30 AM
Weekday Mass
1st Tues. 7:00 PM
Tues. 9:00 AM
Wed.-Fri. 9:00 AM
Rosary at 8:45 AM
Mass at Discovery Place
Second Tues.: 10:30 AM
Holy Spirit School: Tues. AM
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
1st Friday: after Mass
2nd, 3rd & 4th Thurs after Mass
3rd Friday/month @ 7:00 PM
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Tuesday to Saturday half an hour before
Mass or any day by appointment.
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St. Margaret Mary/Calmar
October 23, 2016
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s Gospel graces us with a beautiful prayer that can make every
day of our lives a jubilee of mercy: “O God, be merciful to me a sinner” (Luke 18:13). Religious Israelites despised the tax collector who
prayed it, for collaborating with Gentile occupiers and handling currency that bore the “divine” emperor’s graven image. But the Pharisee’s
long-winded self-congratulation, mixed with self-righteous condemnation, was no “prayer” at all. “The Pharisee . . . spoke this prayer to
himself” (18:11, emphasis added). Praying the tax collector’s simple,
sincere, succinct cry for mercy acknowledges our own sinfulness, and
“welcomes” other sinners as brothers and sisters with whom we can
identify, even empathize, echoing Pope Francis’ famous comment
about not being the one to judge. Indeed, the tax collector “went home
justified” (18:14), that is, restored to God’s friendship, for God’s mercy
is not prize achieved but gift received. “Let your prayer be brief: for tax
collector, prodigal son, and dying thief were all reconciled to God by a
single phrase!” (Saint John Climacus, 7th century)
Sun. 9:00 AM
Let your light
SHINE
before others that
they may see your
good deeds and glorify
your Father in Heaven.
Week-day Mass Wednesdays at 11:00 AM
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Cloverleaf Manor in Warburg
Matthew 5:16
3rd Friday @ 10:30 AM
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Holy Trinity/Nisku
Trinity Sunday
St. Maria Goretti Parish, 8 St. Clair St. Devon, AB T9G 1J3
Rosary: 9:45 AM
Sun. 10:15 AM
Thurs. 5:00 PM
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Our Lady of Victory/Thorsby
All Souls Day: 11:00 AM
Marriages, Funerals
and Special Occasions
Phone: (780) 987-2858 Fax: (780) 987-2837
E-mail : [email protected]
Pastor: Rev. James Banu Bodula, SAC: (780)-222-0546
Office Administrator: Vivian Heltman
Website: www.smgparish.ca
www.olvthorsby.wordpress.com
TRI-PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS
CARDS AND CRAFTS
Carmelite cards and crafts will be on sale in our parish.
Items can be purchased after Mass. Monetary donations
are welcome. Cheques can be made payable to Carmelite
Monastery.
Thank you for your support.
DEVON: Satur day, Oct. 29, Sunday, Oct. 30
Saturday, Nov. 5, Sunday, Nov. 6
CALMAR: Sunday, Nov. 13
THORSBY: Sunday, Nov. 20
Sunday, Nov. 27
HOLY TRINITY PARISH/NISKU
ALL SOUL’S DAY MASS
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 2
@11:00 AM
SPECIAL EMERGENCY
COLLECTION
The weekend of October 29/30 there will be a
second collection taken up for Development and
Peace for Haiti.
Make your cheques out to your parish and
“earmark” with Development and Peace.
The parish office will forward monies directly to
Development and Peace. You will receive a tax
receipt from the parish.
If you wish to send directly to Development and
Peace the address is:
DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
1425 RENE LEVESQUE BLVD. WEST,
3RD FLOOR
MONTREAL, QC
H3G 1T7
ARE YOU NEW IN OUR PARISH?
Welcome! We want you to feel at home in our Par ish
and we would like to know that you are here.
Please drop off this registration in the Parish collection
basket.
Name: ____________________________________
Address: ____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
Phone No. ______________________
Parish:_______________________________
Do you wish to have contribution envelopes?
YES ______
NO
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TRI-PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS
St. Maria Goretti
Pastoral Parish Council (PPC) Meeting Topics
October 18, 2016
Regarding our sponsorship of the Darwch family, Paulette Johnson, Catholic Social Services, has recently
received information that the Darwch family is expected to arrive within the next six weeks. They will be
accommodated in a duplex, Stony Plain, adjacent to their relatives, the Edris family, who arrived in May.
At this time, there is still a need for a living room sofa for the Darwch family.
Catholic Social Services now provides up to fifty percent of the annual budget for the sponsorship of Syrian
families. Therefore, the Circle of New Friends has submitted a letter of request for financial assistance for
the sponsorship of the Darwch family.
Ticket sales for the Circle of New Friends fundraiser, Saturday, October 22, have gone well.
PPC members and all SMG parishioners are invited to attend the refugee sponsorship orientation session
facilitated by Paulette Johnson, Catholic Social Services, on Tuesday, October 25, 6:30 p.m., St. Maria
Goretti Church.
Members of the PPC were encourgaed to attend the Together in Ministry (TIM) workshop, hosted by the
Edmonton Archdiocese, re-scheduled for Saturday, October 22.
The PPC reviewed the SMG Mission Statement. Suggestions for revisions to the Statement will be received
and discussed at future PPC meetings.
The PPC agreed on three major objectives for the upcoming year, that is, continuing to support the sponsorship of the Edris and Darwch families, nurturing the prayer life of the SMG community, especially families,
and growing the relationship between the children and their families of Holy Spirit School and St. Maria
Goretti Parish.
The next PPC meeting date is Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
St. Maria Goretti Community News
CWL NEWS
Devon CWL Further Education Award: Every year St. Maria Goretti CWL offers one $250.00
further education award to a Grade 12 Diploma student who is attending a post-secondary institution. The
applicant must be a parishioner of St. Maria Goretti. Applications forms are on the bulletin board. The
deadline for submission is October 28, 2016. The forms may be returned to the church office, to Father
James, or to CWL president Lynne Persson. The chosen recipient will be notified after the November 1 st
CWL meeting. For more information call Lynne @987-4466.
St. Maria Goretti Parish
Catholic Education Scholarship
The St. Maria Goretti Parish Catholic Education Scholarship, in the amount of $750.00, will be awarded to a student graduating from Grade 12 whose parent(s) or primary care-giver(s) are(is) registered members of St. Maria
Goretti Parish and who has attended a Catholic school
for Grades 10 to 12, inclusive.
Applicants shall have completed the requirements for a
Province of Alberta Grade 12 Diploma.
The scholarship will be paid to the secondary institution
of learning, on behalf of the recipient, or to the recipient
upon proof of enrolment at a post secondary institution.
Further information about the Catholic Education Scholarship and copies of the application form are available
from the St. Maria Goretti Parish office.
Applications are to be completed and submitted to the St.
Maria Goretti Parish office by October 31, 2016.
THANK YOU
To our gardening angels who kept the
churchyard looking so blooming good!!
TOGETHER WE SERVE
Total: $7400.00
Collected to date: $5306.26
Remaining: $2093.74
WANTED to bor r ow or
rent a baby car seat
(grandson 22 lbs.)
& playpen.
Call Fran @ 780-987-4175
Memberships Due:
The 2017 membership of
$25.00 is payable from now until January. Any woman
16 years or over is welcome to join our League’s sisterhood.
Please see Bernie (780-203-2708) or
Florence (780-987-4512)
Silent Auction: St. Maria Goretti CWL will
once again be holding a Silent Auction fundraiser
during the month of November. Please consider
gifting us with some of your treasures. Items can
be dropped off at the church anytime. If you need
help or more information please call:
Lynne @780-987-4466
Bernie @780-203-2708
BLANKET COMMITTEE
Mark your calendar to join our sewing project to prepare “bedrolls” for those in need
We will work:
Thurs., Oct. 27 noon to 5 pm
Supper provided
Fri., Oct 28 9 am—4 pm
Lunch provided
Sat., Oct 29 9 am—2 pm
Lunch provided
We also need NECK TIES so if Dad has
some out-of-style ties to donate, they would
be much appreciated.
ST. MARIA GORETTI
BAPTISM COURSE
October 2016
PLEASE CALL PARISH OFFICE
FOR MORE INFORMATION
@ 780-987-2858
St. Maria Goretti Community News
Liturgy Ministries
Has the Holy Spirit placed on your heart a
desire to participate within the Liturgy
Ministries?
Training is provided for all newcomers
within each of the Liturgy Ministries as well as
upon request.
Would you like to be a Greeter/Gift Bearer,
an Altar Server, or an Acolyte, an
Extraordinary Minister (Eucharistic
Minister), or a Lector (Reader), a Mass
Coordinator or a Sacristan, or perhaps join
our Music Ministry?
Each Ministry is a wonderful way to
experience Gods’ love for us, as well as an
opportunity to share the gifts you have
been blessed with.
New Liturgy Schedules (Dec/16, Jan, Feb,
and March/17) will be coming out within
the next few weeks.
Please contact Joyce Forchuk 780-987-4019
by Monday, October 31st informing her of the
ministries you would like to participate in,
or any change needed within your
participation of the ministries you are
presently serving in.
Thank you and God Bless you.
ST. MARGARET MARY COMMUNITY NEWS
ST. MARGARET MARY PARISH RAFFLE, NOVEMBER 6, 2016
Remember we are depending parishioners to only return ticket stubs with the cash to Barb Abel by November 4 th,
2016. Please no unsold tickets.
If you require more tickets to sell please see Barb Abel as she has 13 Books of tickets to sell. We need to sell all
the tickets to make this fundraiser a great success.
St. Margaret Mary Parish – Calmar
Roast Beef Dinner & Cash Raffle Draw
Sunday, November 6th, 2016
Dinner – 5:30PM
Adults - $20.00
Children (6-12yrs.) – $10.00
5 yrs. And under – Free
For Tickets Contact Barb!
We are asking our Ladies
to donate a salad
Sign-up list posted at back of Church!
TOGETHER WE SERVE - 2016
TOTAL: $3400.00
COLLECTED TO DATE: $1739.00 (51%)
REMAINING: $1661.00
Together we can achieve it or exceed it!
PARISH PASTORAL
COUNCIL MEETING
The next Parish Pastoral Council
Meeting is Thursday,
December 1, 2016 at 7:00 PM,
Mass 6:30 PM
Please forward agenda items to be
discussed to Bobby Gardner.
BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASS
Parents wishing to have their
child Baptized are requested to
call
Barb Abel for an appointment at
(780) 985-3655
and attend the preparation class.
ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE CELEBRATED HER FEAST DAY ON
OCTOBER 16TH.
CATECHISM CLASSES
Tuesday after school in the
Church basement.
Grades 1 – 5
If you are interested in
teaching or helping a teacher
please contact Barb
780-985-3655
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
APRIL 29TH, 2017
Any family with children interested in receiving
the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2017 please
contact Barb Abel (780-985-3655)
We need to know the number of children we are
dealing with in order to purchase supplies
(Books). Thank you!
Sign up sheet for Students posted at the back of
the Church.
OUR LADY OF VICTORY COMMUNITY NEWS
Our Lady of Victory contacts: Guy Giroux @780-389-4106 Ernest Jablonski @780-789-2363
www.olvthorsby.wordpress.com
The 2016 Annual Smorg for Our Lady of Victory will be
held on Sunday November 6, 2016
at the Thorsby Community Hall starting at 5:00 pm.
Sign up sheets are at the back at the church and everyone is
encouraged to do their part.
The Our Lady of Victory Annual Smorg originated in 1967 and
has always been held on the first (1st) Sunday of November. The
Our Lady of Victory fundraiser is a fall social event.
Together We Serve: Our Lady of Victory has
reached its target and we thank everyone for
their generosity.
**THANK YOU to all who have signed up for our annual
smorg but there are still some items needed. Please check the list
at the back of the church and be generous enough to donate either
an item or your time on Sunday, November 6th.
Tara Bendoritis has volunteer ed to be
coordinator organizing youth for
Our Lady of Victory for the Panama 2019 World Youth Day.
Any correspondence for
Our Lady of Victory should be directed to
Box 845, Thorsby, Alberta T0C 2P0
CEMETERY
If you have any questions regarding the cemeteries
please call one of the contacts.
Our Lady of Victory Cemetery
Mark Bendoritis @780-985-3779
Rod Kuzio @780-789-2423
St. Francis Cemetery
Ed Naprawa @ 780-789-2195
Sunday Hospitality / Fellowship
Myth: Hospitality should look like a feast that can feed the entire village.
Reality: Sunday hospitality is about gathering with your neighbors and
friends once a week after mass, and enjoying coffee and a snack like
muffins, cookies, fruits, etc.
Sunday hospitality should always be reasonable in size and in fare so it
doesn’t look overwhelming to anyone who may wish to host.
Won’t you consider hosting a Sunday with the help of another family or
by yourself? There is a signup sheet at the back of the Church.
DID YOU KNOW
Taking part in hosting is a great way to get some parish involvement without a high level of commitment!
We would love to have you!
And we greatly appreciate all the efforts that every host puts into Sunday
hospitality!
St. Charles Cemetery
Jack Penner
780-848-2293
For occasions requiring music at OLV
(weddings, funerals, anniversary masses, etc.)
please contact
Kelli Warren at 780-789-1996
to arrange music and musicians
Thank you!
Our Parish is sponsoring a family in need so please be generous with items for the food bank as this is an ongoing project
throughout the year. There is a box located at the back of the church
for donations. Perishables are accepted but please let Guy Giroux,
Ernest Jablonski or Frank Moar know if you have donated a perishable so it can be distributed in a timely manner.