ADORATION

Adorat ion of t he Blessed Sacram ent First

Fr iday of t he m ont h 8:30am t o 12:00pm and

6:00pm t o 7:00pm .

PARISH LIFE

Bapt ism Celebrat ed at 12:45pm on t he last

Sunday of t he m ont h. Bapt ism Prep. is t he

2nd Thursday of t he m ont h. Regist rat ion is

required and all paperw ork m ust be com -

plet ed pr ior t o t he conf irm ed bapt ism dat e.

Marriage Six m ont hs’ not ice is required.

Funerals Please cont act a pr iest pr ior t o

m aking funeral ar rangem ent s.

Anoint ing of the Sick If you or a fam ily

m em ber are adm it t ed t o a hospit al or ot her

care facilit y and you w ish t o have a pr iest

visit , call t he par ish of f ice. Pr ivacy legisla-

t ion rest r ict s t he inform at ion t hat can be

g iven t o us by t he facilit y.

Outreach In form t he of f ice if you are not

able t o regular ly at t end Mass and w ould like

t o receive Holy Com m union at hom e.

Lost & Found It em s can be claim ed at t he

ent rance t o t he Church.

8909 Mary St , Chilliw ack, BC V2P 4J4

Phone 604.792.2764 Fax 604.792.3013

Pastor: Rev. Wilf red Gomes

Assistant Pastor: Rev. Mark McGuckin

Websit e: w w w .st m aryspar ish.ca

Em ail: o f f ice@st m aryspar ish.ca

Parish Off ice Hours: Mon. to Fri. 8am - noon & 1pm - 4pm Par ish secret ar ies: Lor i Lollar and Cindy Duralia

St. Mary’s Elementary School

Act ing Principal: Mrs. Jeanine Sallos

Phone: 604.792.7715 Fax 604.792.7031

Em ail:jsallos@saint m arysschool.ca

St . Mary’s School Websit e:

w w w .saint m arysschool.ca

St. John Brebeuf High School

Websit e: w w w .st johnbrebeuf .ca

Phone: 604.855.0571

PARISH MINISTRIES AND GROUPS

Agape Street Ministry Maureen Bliau lt 604 -997-6641

Altar Servers Giorg ia Quadrelli alt arservers.st m aryspar ish@gm ail.com Bible Study Groups Wednesday Bible Study Sandra Melville 604-792-7049

Monday Afternoon Lynda Gillesp ie 604-795-5998

Tuesday Book Study Paulet t e Rose 604-792-5372

Catholic Women’s League (CWL) Char lene Cranley char lenecw lpresident @gm ail.com Funeral Receptions Bern ice Dr iedger 604-858-4564

Domestic Abuse Services Shir ley Rollheiser 604-792-1299

CCJS Prison Ministry Pet er Li & Mir iam Liem 604-910-5067

CCODP Pet er Li 604-910-5067

Cenacle/ Rosary Jasm in Robinson 604-792-8565

Children’s Liturgy Allison Kilgannon 604-798-5990

Choirs Good New s Choir Lynda Gillesp ie 604-795-5998

New Life Choir Myrt Arm st rong 604-795-5304

Friends in Song Jeanine Sallos 604-824-1053

Alleluia Choir Renee Ham ilt on-Clark 604-824-6280

Youth Choir Zach West on 604-316-1912

School Choir Jeanine Sallos 604-858-5035

Faith Choir Henry Waldock h t w aldock@gm ail.com

Church Cleaning Colleen Gunt ner 604-793-4643

Community Outreach Paulet t e Rose 604-792-5372

Extra-Ordinary Ministers of H.C. Chryst al Net zlaw 604-866-5663

First Nat ions

Flow ers Er in Regalado er inregalado18@gm ail.com

Hospitality (9:30 Sunday Cof fee) Par ish of f ice 604-792-2764

Infrastructure Renew al Bill Cot t erall 604-846-5333

Knights of Columbus Council 3478 Gerry Cranley, G.K. gk.kofc3478@gm ail.com

Assembly 2256 Ken Clar idge 604-858-4044

Lay Religious Orders Secular Franciscans Mir iam Liem 604-910-5067

Lectors Ana Macedo Lindenhof f 604-798-1785

Legion of Mary Agnes Feeney 604-858-5819

Meals for Moms Jennifer Bourke 604-316-6433

Migrant Workers Ministry Lise Tet reault 604-795-9199

Mom’s Group Mary Wagner 604-799-1283

Parish Library Darren Ollinger 604-799-2771

Parish Outreach for the sick/ homebound Mart a Cecchi 604-795-7311

Parish Care Homes Waverley Joan St rueby 604-795-7527

Heritage Keit h & Helen Lilley 604-705-2505

Cascade Sheila Gio lit o 604-858-3664

Valleyhaven Jane & Sonny Dam pier 604-792-0702

Eden Fe Balo 604-795-4388

Bradley Centre Sheila Gio lit o 604-858-3664

Hospital Contact Hydee McMillan 604-880-1222

Parish Finance Council Jim Donegan 604-858-0838

Parish Pastoral Council Past or 604-792-2764

Parish Religious Educat ion Program (PREP) Alison t en Bohm er st m aryspar ishprep@gm ail.com

Prayer Groups Divine Mercy Chaplet Nicole Poudr ier 604-824-0509

Charismatic Prayer group Lovelet t Knight 604-791-7783

Christ ian Meditat ion Lor i Lo llar 604-792-2764

Prolife Carol Gray 604-792-5267

Rite of Christ ian Init iat ion of Adults (RCIA) Pat & Lynda Gillesp ie 604-795-5998

Safe Environment Dale Wagner se.sm arc@rcav.o rg

Sacristans Sandra Ot suka 604-769-3388

Saint John Brebeuf Regional REC Cindy Duralia 604-792-2764

Saint Mary's Pre-School Johanna Chiappet t a 604-792-7715

St. Mary's School Parish Educat ion Committee(PEC) Dave Johnson 604-793-6344

Ushers Pet er Lindenhof f 604-798-4237

Young at Heart (Seniors Group) Cards: Wednesdays Maggie Webst er 604-392-5229

Youth Ministry Caslyn Gillesp ie 604-652-2193

MARCH 15, 2020 - THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

ST. MARY’S PARISH

MASS SCHEDULE

Sat . Ant icipat ed Mass 5:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 am

9:30 am

11:30 am

Mon - Fr i 8:00 am

(NEW!) First Fridays 7:00 pm

Sat urday 9:00 am

Spanish Mass (last Sunday o f every m ont h)6:30 pm

CONFESSIONS

Mon - Fr i 7:30 am

Sat urday 8:30 am

Sat urday 4:00 pm

FILIPINO COMMUNITY MEETING - March 21 at 10am in

t he Annex. All t he Filip ino par ish ioners o f St . Mary’s

are invit ed t o at t end t h is m eet ing t o d iscuss/ p lan Fili-

p ino act ivit ies like Chr ist ian Life Program , Chr ist m as

Novena et c.

MASS INTENTIONS

Mon Mar 16 8:00am Ben West enenk

Tues Mar 17 8:00am Mary Fit zgerald, RIP

Wed Mar 18 8:00am Rom an Haw ryluk, RIP

Thurs Mar 19 8:00am Vernie Mullins, RIP

Fr i Mar 20 8:00am St uar t Cand iah

Fr i 7:00pm In Thanksg iving f rom John &

Janice

Sat Mar 21 9:00am Rit a Blanchet t e

Sat 5:00pm Joe Rollheiser

Sun Mar 22 8:00am Chr is Parker , RIP

Sun 9:30am Ben West enenk, RIP

Sun 11:30am All Par ish ioners

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Ed Daw dy

Yolande Cham bers

Mike Cham bers

Mona Bouchard

Susan Penm an

Judy

Kevin Frank

Bet t y Miller

Gerry William s

Jeanne Clauzel

… and all w ho are in need of our prayers, especially

t hose in ill healt h or recuperat ing f rom illness or sur -

gery.

YOUNG AT HEARTS CARD GROUP-Young @

Hear t cards every Wednesday af t ernoon at

1:15 in t he Annex. Anyone int erest ed in an

enjoyable af t ernoon of cards (Cr ibbage, Whist or

Br idge) and fellow ship, p lease jo in us. All ages are w el-

com e!

WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY At 10am in t he Annex. All are

w elcom e. Please cont act Sandra at 604-792-7049 for

m ore inform at ion.

“Everyone w ho drinks t h is w at er w ill be t h irst y again.” (John 4:13)

Jesus rem inds us t hat m at er ial t h ings, even som et hing as basic as w at er , can never sat isfy us for long. When w e

build our lives around m at er ial possessions, w e alw ays w ant m ore. True Joy and Peace only com e w hen w e fo llow

Jesus; w hen w e becom e m ore “God -cent ered” and less “self -cent ered.”

CHILDREN'S LITURGY - Please volunt eer

and help t he 9:30am Mass Children 's Lit -

urgy t eam .

YOUTH MINISTRY - We are having our skat ing social for

yout h in grades 6-12 on March 15t h f rom 2:30pm -

4:00pm at t he Chilliw ack Co liseum (Adm ission is $3 and

skat e rent als are $5), and for all t he aw esom e Grades 8

- 12 yout h t here is Lifet een on March 22nd, f rom

6:30pm - 8:30. For m ore inform at ion p lease check out

our yout h board in t he Par ish Hallw ay. Our Core is

ready for March and w e hope t o see you at som e of

t hese event s!

Every Friday during

Lent start ing Feb 28,

everyone is invited to

Adorat ion and Con-

fessions at 5pm;

Divine Mercy Novena

& Chaplet at 6pm;

Stat ions of the Cross

at 6:30pm and Mass

at 7pm

CHALICE - On March 28-29t h, p lease w elcom e Deacon

St an Kroet sch w ho w ill speak about CHALICE - a Cana-

dian, Cat holic sponsorship program . He w ill explain

how you can help a dest it u t e child at one o f 56 m ission

sit es in 15 developing count r ies. The w ebsit e is

w w w .chalice.ca

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING - March 26 at 7pm in t he An-

nex.

CWL NEWS - Cof fee w ill be cancelled for t he m ont h o f

March.

- 2020 Mem bership ($30) are due. Please subm it cash

or cheque (m ade payable t o St . Mary’s CWL) in an enve-

lope w it h your nam e w r it t en on t he out side and put in

Sat urday or Sunday collect ions. Thank you and God

Bless!

Help t he environm ent and cut cost s! Sign up

t o receive your bu llet in via em ail. Call t he

of f ice and w e w ill add you t o t he em ail list , or

go t o our w ebsit e at st m aryspar ish.ca and

click on t he ‘subscr ibe t oday’ link t o sign up.

CARE HOME MASSES

Mar 20 10:30am Cascade (3rd Fri)

Mar 25 10:30am Eden (4t h Wed)

Mar 27 10:30am Valleyhaven (4t h Fri)

Apr 3 10:30am Waverly (1st Fri)

10:30am Heritage (2nd Fri)

We invit e fam ily m em bers t o at t end. If you have fam ily

m em bers in any of t hese facilit ies, p lease m ake every

ef for t t o in form t hem of t he Mass or call t he par ish

of f ice w it h t heir nam e and w e w ill invit e t hem t o cele-

brat e.

VISITING OF THE SICK OF OUR PARISH

If you, or a loved one, is unw ell at hom e, in t he hospi-

t al, or in a local care facilit y and w ou ld like t o be visit ed

by a Par ish Pr iest or a volunt eer Ext raordinary Min ist er

of Holy Com m union, it is im perat ive t hat t he Par ish

Of f ice (604-792-2764) be cont act ed. The only w ay w e

are able t o visit any facilit y is IF w e are advised by you

or your fam ily and provided w it h a room num ber .

Coffee w ill be served af ter the 9:30 Mass

by the Catholic Women’s League. See you

there!

THE PRISON MINISTRY The Pr ison Minist ry at St . Mary's

Par ish has been a m ajor par t of t he Archdiocesan

Cat holic Char it y Just ice and Service program s. If you

have a passion for shar ing t he love o f God and serving

ot hers, w e invite you to consider joining us. Please

leave your cont act in form at ion at t he par ish of f ice and

our pr ison m inist ry liaison w ill cont act you.

St . John Brebeuf High School is cur rent ly ac-

cept ing app licat ions for t he 2020/ 2021 school

year . Applicat ion form s can be found online at

ht t ps:/ / w w w .st johnbrebeuf .ca/ adm issions/ form s/

EMAIL FRAUD WARNING - The Archdiocese has received

m ult ip le repor t s f rom par ishioners and pr iest s w ho

have fallen vict im t o a recent Int ernet em ail phishing

scam . Im post ers, posing as pr iest s and using em ail ad-

dresses t hat are sim ilar t o t hose of our pr iest s, have

been em ailing people asking for personal donat ions,

g if t cards, and ot her form s of f inancial assist ance.

Never respond t o em ails request ing Goog le Play cards,

iTunes cards, or any ot her form of personal f inancial

assist ance, even if it appears t o be f rom a pr iest , dea-

con, relig ious, par ish st af f or b ishop. If you have any

doubt , p lease cont act t he sender by ot her m eans t o

ver ify any request s.

Follow ing t he recom m endat ion o f Mr . Adr ian Dix, BC

Minist er o f Healt h, w e w ill be t em porar ily suspending

our Sunday Morning Cof fee gat her ing held in t he Par-

ish Hall.

MONASTIC LIFE WORKSHOP - On t he w eekend o f Apr il 3

- 5, t here w ill be a Monast ic Life Workshop for lad ies

in t erest ed in t he consecrat ed life, at West m inst er Ab-

bey, Mission, BC. For m ore inform at ion call 604-826-

8975.

CWL USED RELIGIOUS ARTICLES FUNDRAISER

COMING March 28 & 29, ST. NICHOLAS PARISH,

LANGLEY

We are asking for donat ions o f relig ious

it em s, books, DVDs, CD’s, scapulars, rosar ies, p ict ures,

et c in good t o condit ion t o sell before & af t er t he

Masses on March 28 & 29. You can drop o f f your reli-

g ious ar t icles at t he St . Nicholas par ish o f f ice, Lang-

ley. Thank you so m uch for your suppor t !

HIGHLIGHTS OF ARCHBISHOP’S MESSAGES

REGARDING COVID-19:

1. Those over t he age of 65 are encouraged

t o st ay hom e, rat her t han at t end ing Sunday

Mass and anyone w it h an under lying healt h

condit ion and even t hose w ho feel rem ot ely

unw ell, are excused f rom t he ob ligat ion

o f a t t e n d i n g Su n d a y M a s s .

2. If you have access t o TV or in t ernet , t hose

w ho rem ain at hom e m ay w at ch Mass. In -

cluded in t he bu llet in is t he 'Prayer for Sp ir i-

t ual Com m union ' w hich m ay also be used in

t hese circum st ances.

ALL ACTIVITIES IN THE PARISH WILL BE CAN-

CELLED FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL MARCH 29,

2020. Only Masses and Fr iday Adorat ion, and

St at ions o f t he Cross w ill cont inue t o be

held . Please be safe and let us spend more

t ime in personal prayer. Thank you!

Mclean’s Funeral Services Ltd.

Chilliwack’s ‘ONLY’ locally owned

And ‘Catholic Family’ operated services

(604) 847-3477 (24 hrs.)

Stewart McLean

Owner/Director

mcleansfunerals@shaw.ca

www.McLean’sFunerals.com

9-8465 Harvard Place, Chilliwack BC V2P 7Z5

Give your business a boost!

Call the parish off ice to reserve

your spot . 604-792-2764