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Happy
New Year!
PASTORAL CARE: Pastoral Care people will bring Communion or visit those who are sick, shut-in or in the hospital. Contact: Jerry Stack 780-459-4589
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM:
Juliette Pollok, Angie Sturrock, No-elle Benoit, Betty Sorenson, Emerita Sacluti, Joe Pimentel, Bertha Casa-vant, Adelyn Warawa, Thomas Kho, Therese Gibeau, Jay Meakin, Norma March, Pat Howrish, Stephen Tama-yo, Roger LaPlante, Helen Rom-mings, Colette Vanderkley’s family members, Helen Delorey, Frank Co-razza, Hale Popowich, Mark Holan, Joseph St. Arnaud, Dolores & De-colynneJo Barteski, Dave & Diane Hawirko, Colin Diakow, Brenda Gingrich, Paulette Schoenberger, Mary Anne & Heikki Laitinene, Cherica Castro, Barry Laing, Duncan MacDonald, Anne Liese Zimmer-man, Karen Petrone, Rita Frederick, Mark Schoenberger, Brian Rogers, Mark McLoughin, Michelle Black, Lance McNamara, Douglas Lemieux, Richard Sabourin, Brenda Fraser, Gabrielle Carriou, Shawn Hunt, Colin Holtner, Chuck Mitchell Jr., Dominic Willott, Melody Contant, Lena Sokolan, Joseph Paquette, John Duncan, Joe Bulva, Lorie McMillan, Maria Benevider, Emily & Sandra Mikalonis, Chad Zima, Carl Swift, Ruth Anstruther, Tom Watson, Pierre Phalempin, Fleurette Phalempin, Teddy Petryshyn.
YOUTH PROGRAMS: Thank you to all who have partici-pated in and helped build this year’s Family, Youth and Youth Adult Min-istry. May God Bless you this Christ-mas Season!
LEGION OF MARY: Deepen your faith. Live your faith.
Is it time for you to take a more active role in the parish? The Legion of Mary is the perfect place to start. We are looking for more volunteers to help with community and parish activi-ties. Drop in to our meeting on Mon-day nights at 7:00 p.m. in the resource room or email [email protected] for more information on becoming involved.
“to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger’” Luke 2:11-12
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Dates to remember:
Ladies Night - January 16th
Executive Meeting - January 18th at 7:00 pm
General Meeting - January 27th - Dinner at 6:00 pm, followed by 1st degree ceremony; meeting
thereafter
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE: Blessings to You and Yours Wishing you Peace & Love
Next General Meeting Holy Family Parish Hall
Monday January 4th at 7:00 pm Come for coffee with us.
Membership: Sandra: 780-459-0206 All Ladies Welcome Always
Looking for resources on your Catholic faith? Looking for something for chil-dren, teens, and an adult then you need Formed. Formed is an online library housing several faith study programs for teens and adults, audio resources for children through adult (including the Cat. Chat radio show and big name speakers such as Scott Hahn ) and several movies related to Saints and our Catholic faith. As a pa-rishioner of Holy Family Parish you have access to all these resources please see the display in the entrance or the parish website for a brochure and more information. Don’t let your faith wither, be fed this Christmas, get FORMED: the Catholic Netflix for the entire family! It’s completely free for parishioners!
Holy Family Parish Pastor: Fr. Maurice Okolie
Associate Pastor: Fr. Peter Ebidero Office Phone: 780-459-3694
Email: [email protected] www.holyfamilyparish.ca
Rectory Phone: 780-460-3036
SAINT OF THE MONTH:
Saint John Paul the Great Patron of Young Catholics
and Families Portrait of the Virtues of
Hope and Love
Dear Jesus, As we meditate on the life of Saint John Paul the Great this month, we ask you to give us the desire to become great saints of the New Millennium as modelled for us in the life John Paul. May we have the courage to answer the call and step out of our fear and walk with you upon the water. May we love all people without reserva-tion and live with joy and hope in the many blessings you shower on us. We ask for the intercession of this great saint in our lives as we live each day for Christ. Saint John Paul the Great, Pray for us!
Amen
POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS: Universal: Interreligious Dialogue. That sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits of peace and justice. Evangelization: Christian Unity. That by means of dialogue and fraternal charity and with the grace of the Holy Spirit, Christians may overcome divisions.
MASS INTENTIONS
Friday - January 1st New Year’s Day
Mary, Mother of God 9:00 am - Yvonne Peters 11:00 am - Jim Tigner †
Saturday - January 2nd St. Basil the Great
St. Gregory 9:00 am - Jeremy, Nikki, and
Daniel Burns 5:00 pm - deBoon Family
Sunday - January 3rd Epiphany of the Lord
9:00 am - Christopher Rogers †
11:00 am - Patrick Carey † 5:00 pm -
Holy Family Parishioners
Monday - January 4th 9:00 am - Adrienne Kramps
Tuesday - January 5th 9:00 am -
Christopher Rogers †
Wednesday - January 6th
9:00 am - Adrienne Kramps *10:00 am - For Our Seniors
Thursday - January 7th St. Andre
9:00 am - Kyle Family *10:00 am - For Our Youth
Friday - January 8th 9:00 am -
All Intentions Prayed at the Altar
Saturday - January 9th 9:00 am - Bill Stift †
5:00 pm - Thanksgiving Mass for Continuous Bless-ings for Joanna, Krystyna,
and Andrew
Sunday - January 10th The Baptism of the Lord
9:00 am - Helen Korpan † 11:00 am - Dawn Kirvan †
5:00 pm - Holy Family Parishioners
*Mass celebrated outside of the parish
PARISH ACTIVITIES
REDUCED OFFICE HOURS: The Office will resume normal hours on Monday January 4th. Until then, in case of an emergency, please call Fr. Peter at 780-460-3036.
CONFESSION: Just a reminder there will be no con-fessions available this weekend. Please enjoy this time with your family and keep our priests in your prayers.
Holy Family Parish welcomes you with great joy during this Christmas Season on...
The Feast of Mary, Mother of God (New Year’s Day) & The Epiphany
January 1st & January 3rd, 2015
CATHOLIC BASICS FOR THE CURIOUS
“TOES IN THE WATER”
Are you new to the faith, a cradle Catholic, or curious about what the Catholic Church teaches and have questions about church doctrine? Then this is for you! Holy Family is begin-ning a new program called “Toes in the Water: Catholic Basics for the Cu-rious”. Please see the display in the entrance or the website for more infor-mation on this awesome opportunity.
Thursday - December 31st 6:00 pm - Prayers of Thanks-
giving and Adoration
Friday - January 1st 9:00 am -Mass
11:00 am - Mass **5:00 pm - No Mass
Saturday - January 2nd
8:15 am - Morning Prayers
Sunday - January 3rd Pancake Breakfast after the 9 &
11 am Masses
Monday - January 4th 8:15 am - Morning Prayers
7:00 pm - CWL (Hall) 7:00 pm - Legion of Mary
(Res.Rm.) 7:00 pm - Maintenance
Committee (Bro.A.)
Tuesday - January 5th 8:15 am - Morning Prayers
9:30 am - Divine Mercy (Res.Rm.)
Wednesday - January 6th 8:15 am - Morning Prayers
10:00 am - Faith Study (MDY) 10:00 am - Bible Study
(Bro.A.) 7:00 pm - Rosary for the
Unborn (Church) 7:00 pm - Toes in the Water
(MDY) 7:00 pm - Liturgy Mtg.
(Res.Rm.)
Thursday - January 7th 6:15 pm - Alleluia Choir
(Church) 7:00 pm - RCIA (MDY) 7:30 pm - Adult Choir
(Church) 8:00 pm - KofC 4th Degree
(Bro.A.)
Friday - January 8th 4:30 pm - Catechism
Saturday - January 9th
9:30 am - 1:00 pm Stewardship Ministry Leaders Mtg. (Hall) 5:00 pm - Baptism(s)
Sunday - January 10th 6:00 pm - UNITE (Hall)
MERCY MINUTE: Thank You in advance, O Lord, for everything Your goodness will send me. Diary 1449
WELCOME TO 2016
We would like to thank all of those who were involved in making the
Christmas celebrations in the parish so lovely. We are grateful to those
who assisted in decorating, without whom the parish would not have
been as beautiful for the Christmas Masses. Thank you to all of the
ministries involved in preparations and serving at the Masses. Also, thank you to all the wonderful
parishioners, for being a part of our worshipping community, for being wonderful hosts to all those who visited us, and those who are not
regular parishioners.
Lastly we would like to thank all of those responsible for the wonderful
Feast of the Holy Family celebration. Our parish feast day was another resounding success
because of you! Along with the staff, Father Peter and Fr. Maurice wish all of you a Blessed New Year. May you continue to grow deeper in your
knowledge of the love of God through His son, Jesus Christ in
2016.
Let us close with a prayer:
God, thank you for a new year. May everyone in our family be willing to begin anew with a clean slate. We
know that you are always ready to forgive us.
Help us to be willing to forgive ourselves and to
forgive one another. Amen
Fr. Maurice and Fr. Peter
REFLECTION ON THE EPIPHANY:
Up until now, all has been quite humble. A donkey-ride to a dusty town south of Jeru-salem. Hotel rooms all booked up. Giving birth in a stable and laying the baby in an animal’s feed trough instead of a cozy cra-dle. Into this scene of obscure poverty sud-denly bursts an exotic entourage from a far-off land. Dignitaries in dress uniform lavish the newborn with expensive gifts that seem out of place in the humble surroundings.
This event is so significant that it is accord-ed its own feast in the Roman liturgy, cele-brated traditionally on January 6th; immedi-ately after the twelve days of Christmas. This solemn feast is called Epiphany, a word that means “manifestation” or “appearance.” For a fleeting moment, what seems to be no more than another crying baby of an indigent family “appears” for who He really is—the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. The gifts he is given, prophe-sied in Isaiah 60:6, tell the story: gold fit for a king, incense for the worship of God, and myrrh, bitter yet precious, for the hero who will lay down his life for his people.
There are several important things to note about these prestigious visitors. They are Gentiles, not Jews. From the very beginning of his human existence, then, Jesus is clearly not just the Jewish messiah who has come to deliver the people of Israel from foreign oppression. No, he is the universal king, the ruler of all, who has come to tear down the hostile wall dividing Jew from Gentile, nation from nation.
If you’ve ever wondered what the word “Catholic” means, here we have it. Derived from Greek words meaning “according to the whole,” it means that Christ did not come to establish some local religious sect for a select few, one “cult” among many. No, the Church he founded is “catholic” or universal, spread over the whole world, welcoming the whole human race into one nation, one family, under one King.
Does this mean that all religions are equal and that we should not impose our ideas upon others? Not at all. St. Justin said that there are “seeds of the Word” scattered throughout the world. But seeds are meant to sprout, grow, and bear fruit. Hearing the full gospel and partaking in all the means of grace are ordinarily needed to make that happen. All peoples of the world have a right to this “Catholic” fullness. And it is our obligation to share it. Paul VI said it well: “Others may be able to be saved with-out hearing the gospel, but can we be saved if we neglect to preach it?”
FAMILY GAMES NIGHT AND SOCIAL:
Fun for the whole family. January 23 at
6:30pm. All ages welcome… babies, children, youth, university students, parents, and grandparents. Feel free to bring your favourite board game and please bring some goodies to share. Come out and meet other Catholic families in an atmosphere of Catholic culture. It was an awesome time when we did this in the fall and everyone had a blast. You are not going to want to miss the fun this time!!!
POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS: Universal: Interreligious Dialogue. That sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits of peace and justice. Evangelization: Christian Unity. That by means of dialogue and fraternal charity and with the grace of the Holy Spirit, Christians may overcome divisions.
MASS INTENTIONS
Friday - January 1st New Year’s Day
Mary, Mother of God 9:00 am - Yvonne Peters 11:00 am - Jim Tigner †
Saturday - January 2nd St. Basil the Great
St. Gregory 9:00 am - Jeremy, Nikki, and
Daniel Burns 5:00 pm - deBoon Family
Sunday - January 3rd Epiphany of the Lord
9:00 am - Christopher Rogers †
11:00 am - Patrick Carey † 5:00 pm -
Holy Family Parishioners
Monday - January 4th 9:00 am - Adrienne Kramps
Tuesday - January 5th 9:00 am -
Christopher Rogers †
Wednesday - January 6th
9:00 am - Adrienne Kramps *10:00 am - For Our Seniors
Thursday - January 7th St. Andre
9:00 am - Kyle Family *10:00 am - For Our Youth
Friday - January 8th 9:00 am -
All Intentions Prayed at the Altar
Saturday - January 9th 9:00 am - Bill Stift †
5:00 pm - Thanksgiving Mass for Continuous Bless-ings for Joanna, Krystyna,
and Andrew
Sunday - January 10th The Baptism of the Lord
9:00 am - Helen Korpan † 11:00 am - Dawn Kirvan †
5:00 pm - Holy Family Parishioners
*Mass celebrated outside of the parish
PARISH ACTIVITIES
REDUCED OFFICE HOURS: The Office will resume normal hours on Monday January 4th. Until then, in case of an emergency, please call Fr. Peter at 780-460-3036.
CONFESSION: Just a reminder there will be no con-fessions available this weekend. Please enjoy this time with your family and keep our priests in your prayers.
Holy Family Parish welcomes you with great joy during this Christmas Season on...
The Feast of Mary, Mother of God (New Year’s Day) & The Epiphany
January 1st & January 3rd, 2015
CATHOLIC BASICS FOR THE CURIOUS
“TOES IN THE WATER”
Are you new to the faith, a cradle Catholic, or curious about what the Catholic Church teaches and have questions about church doctrine? Then this is for you! Holy Family is begin-ning a new program called “Toes in the Water: Catholic Basics for the Cu-rious”. Please see the display in the entrance or the website for more infor-mation on this awesome opportunity.
Thursday - December 31st 6:00 pm - Prayers of Thanks-
giving and Adoration
Friday - January 1st 9:00 am -Mass
11:00 am - Mass **5:00 pm - No Mass
Saturday - January 2nd
8:15 am - Morning Prayers
Sunday - January 3rd Pancake Breakfast after the 9 &
11 am Masses
Monday - January 4th 8:15 am - Morning Prayers
7:00 pm - CWL (Hall) 7:00 pm - Legion of Mary
(Res.Rm.) 7:00 pm - Maintenance
Committee (Bro.A.)
Tuesday - January 5th 8:15 am - Morning Prayers
9:30 am - Divine Mercy (Res.Rm.)
Wednesday - January 6th 8:15 am - Morning Prayers
10:00 am - Faith Study (MDY) 10:00 am - Bible Study
(Bro.A.) 7:00 pm - Rosary for the
Unborn (Church) 7:00 pm - Toes in the Water
(MDY) 7:00 pm - Liturgy Mtg.
(Res.Rm.)
Thursday - January 7th 6:15 pm - Alleluia Choir
(Church) 7:00 pm - RCIA (MDY) 7:30 pm - Adult Choir
(Church) 8:00 pm - KofC 4th Degree
(Bro.A.)
Friday - January 8th 4:30 pm - Catechism
Saturday - January 9th
9:30 am - 1:00 pm Stewardship Ministry Leaders Mtg. (Hall) 5:00 pm - Baptism(s)
Sunday - January 10th 6:00 pm - UNITE (Hall)
MERCY MINUTE: Thank You in advance, O Lord, for everything Your goodness will send me. Diary 1449
WELCOME TO 2016
We would like to thank all of those who were involved in making the
Christmas celebrations in the parish so lovely. We are grateful to those
who assisted in decorating, without whom the parish would not have
been as beautiful for the Christmas Masses. Thank you to all of the
ministries involved in preparations and serving at the Masses. Also, thank you to all the wonderful
parishioners, for being a part of our worshipping community, for being wonderful hosts to all those who visited us, and those who are not
regular parishioners.
Lastly we would like to thank all of those responsible for the wonderful
Feast of the Holy Family celebration. Our parish feast day was another resounding success
because of you! Along with the staff, Father Peter and Fr. Maurice wish all of you a Blessed New Year. May you continue to grow deeper in your
knowledge of the love of God through His son, Jesus Christ in
2016.
Let us close with a prayer:
God, thank you for a new year. May everyone in our family be willing to begin anew with a clean slate. We
know that you are always ready to forgive us.
Help us to be willing to forgive ourselves and to
forgive one another. Amen
Fr. Maurice and Fr. Peter
REFLECTION ON THE EPIPHANY:
Up until now, all has been quite humble. A donkey-ride to a dusty town south of Jeru-salem. Hotel rooms all booked up. Giving birth in a stable and laying the baby in an animal’s feed trough instead of a cozy cra-dle. Into this scene of obscure poverty sud-denly bursts an exotic entourage from a far-off land. Dignitaries in dress uniform lavish the newborn with expensive gifts that seem out of place in the humble surroundings.
This event is so significant that it is accord-ed its own feast in the Roman liturgy, cele-brated traditionally on January 6th; immedi-ately after the twelve days of Christmas. This solemn feast is called Epiphany, a word that means “manifestation” or “appearance.” For a fleeting moment, what seems to be no more than another crying baby of an indigent family “appears” for who He really is—the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. The gifts he is given, prophe-sied in Isaiah 60:6, tell the story: gold fit for a king, incense for the worship of God, and myrrh, bitter yet precious, for the hero who will lay down his life for his people.
There are several important things to note about these prestigious visitors. They are Gentiles, not Jews. From the very beginning of his human existence, then, Jesus is clearly not just the Jewish messiah who has come to deliver the people of Israel from foreign oppression. No, he is the universal king, the ruler of all, who has come to tear down the hostile wall dividing Jew from Gentile, nation from nation.
If you’ve ever wondered what the word “Catholic” means, here we have it. Derived from Greek words meaning “according to the whole,” it means that Christ did not come to establish some local religious sect for a select few, one “cult” among many. No, the Church he founded is “catholic” or universal, spread over the whole world, welcoming the whole human race into one nation, one family, under one King.
Does this mean that all religions are equal and that we should not impose our ideas upon others? Not at all. St. Justin said that there are “seeds of the Word” scattered throughout the world. But seeds are meant to sprout, grow, and bear fruit. Hearing the full gospel and partaking in all the means of grace are ordinarily needed to make that happen. All peoples of the world have a right to this “Catholic” fullness. And it is our obligation to share it. Paul VI said it well: “Others may be able to be saved with-out hearing the gospel, but can we be saved if we neglect to preach it?”
FAMILY GAMES NIGHT AND SOCIAL:
Fun for the whole family. January 23 at
6:30pm. All ages welcome… babies, children, youth, university students, parents, and grandparents. Feel free to bring your favourite board game and please bring some goodies to share. Come out and meet other Catholic families in an atmosphere of Catholic culture. It was an awesome time when we did this in the fall and everyone had a blast. You are not going to want to miss the fun this time!!!
Happy
New Year!
PASTORAL CARE: Pastoral Care people will bring Communion or visit those who are sick, shut-in or in the hospital. Contact: Jerry Stack 780-459-4589
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM:
Juliette Pollok, Angie Sturrock, No-elle Benoit, Betty Sorenson, Emerita Sacluti, Joe Pimentel, Bertha Casa-vant, Adelyn Warawa, Thomas Kho, Therese Gibeau, Jay Meakin, Norma March, Pat Howrish, Stephen Tama-yo, Roger LaPlante, Helen Rom-mings, Colette Vanderkley’s family members, Helen Delorey, Frank Co-razza, Hale Popowich, Mark Holan, Joseph St. Arnaud, Dolores & De-colynneJo Barteski, Dave & Diane Hawirko, Colin Diakow, Brenda Gingrich, Paulette Schoenberger, Mary Anne & Heikki Laitinene, Cherica Castro, Barry Laing, Duncan MacDonald, Anne Liese Zimmer-man, Karen Petrone, Rita Frederick, Mark Schoenberger, Brian Rogers, Mark McLoughin, Michelle Black, Lance McNamara, Douglas Lemieux, Richard Sabourin, Brenda Fraser, Gabrielle Carriou, Shawn Hunt, Colin Holtner, Chuck Mitchell Jr., Dominic Willott, Melody Contant, Lena Sokolan, Joseph Paquette, John Duncan, Joe Bulva, Lorie McMillan, Maria Benevider, Emily & Sandra Mikalonis, Chad Zima, Carl Swift, Ruth Anstruther, Tom Watson, Pierre Phalempin, Fleurette Phalempin, Teddy Petryshyn.
YOUTH PROGRAMS: Thank you to all who have partici-pated in and helped build this year’s Family, Youth and Youth Adult Min-istry. May God Bless you this Christ-mas Season!
LEGION OF MARY: Deepen your faith. Live your faith.
Is it time for you to take a more active role in the parish? The Legion of Mary is the perfect place to start. We are looking for more volunteers to help with community and parish activi-ties. Drop in to our meeting on Mon-day nights at 7:00 p.m. in the resource room or email [email protected] for more information on becoming involved.
“to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger’” Luke 2:11-12
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Dates to remember:
Ladies Night - January 16th
Executive Meeting - January 18th at 7:00 pm
General Meeting - January 27th - Dinner at 6:00 pm, followed by 1st degree ceremony; meeting
thereafter
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE: Blessings to You and Yours Wishing you Peace & Love
Next General Meeting Holy Family Parish Hall
Monday January 4th at 7:00 pm Come for coffee with us.
Membership: Sandra: 780-459-0206 All Ladies Welcome Always
Looking for resources on your Catholic faith? Looking for something for chil-dren, teens, and an adult then you need Formed. Formed is an online library housing several faith study programs for teens and adults, audio resources for children through adult (including the Cat. Chat radio show and big name speakers such as Scott Hahn ) and several movies related to Saints and our Catholic faith. As a pa-rishioner of Holy Family Parish you have access to all these resources please see the display in the entrance or the parish website for a brochure and more information. Don’t let your faith wither, be fed this Christmas, get FORMED: the Catholic Netflix for the entire family! It’s completely free for parishioners!
Holy Family Parish Pastor: Fr. Maurice Okolie
Associate Pastor: Fr. Peter Ebidero Office Phone: 780-459-3694
Email: [email protected] www.holyfamilyparish.ca
Rectory Phone: 780-460-3036
SAINT OF THE MONTH:
Saint John Paul the Great Patron of Young Catholics
and Families Portrait of the Virtues of
Hope and Love
Dear Jesus, As we meditate on the life of Saint John Paul the Great this month, we ask you to give us the desire to become great saints of the New Millennium as modelled for us in the life John Paul. May we have the courage to answer the call and step out of our fear and walk with you upon the water. May we love all people without reserva-tion and live with joy and hope in the many blessings you shower on us. We ask for the intercession of this great saint in our lives as we live each day for Christ. Saint John Paul the Great, Pray for us!
Amen
