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PARISH OFFICE & STAFF
Office & Mailing Address:
30 Elma Street West
Okotoks, Alberta T1S 1J7
Phone: 403-938-3122
Fax: 403-938-0524
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday to Friday:
8:30 a.m. to 12 Noon and 1:00—3:30 pm
Closed 3rd Friday of the Month
St. James Church Address:
338 Avenue & 32nd St. East
Pastor: Fr. Jaroslaw Dziuba, SDS (Fr. Yarek)
Appointments are to be arranged through the
Parish Office.
EMERGENCIES ONLY: Fr. Yarek at 403-613-2680
Please speak clearly and state your name and phone
number.
Dominical Vicar: Fr. Stephen Smith
Deacon: Deacon Ken Waddle; [email protected]
Religious Education & Youth Ministry Coordinator:
Sr. Lucille Field, S.I.T.G.
Youth Assistant: Maria Van Kampen
Senior Administrator: Deborah Quinlan
Email: [email protected]
Administrative Assistant: Christine Sprinkhuysen
Part-Time Secretary: Vi Lake
Bulletin Deadline: Thursday, 12 Noon. Send to:
Parish Website: http://stjamesparishrc.com
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St. James Church & St. Michael’s Church
MASS SCHEDULE — WEEKLY
SUNDAY MASSES
9:00 a.m. — Black Diamond
11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. — Okotoks
WEEKDAY MASSES
Okotoks: Tuesday at 7:00pm
Thursday at 9:00am
2nd, 3rd & 4th Saturdays at 9:00am
Black Diamond: Wednesday & Friday, 9:00am and 1st Saturday of every month at 9:00am.
MASS INTENTIONS (Aug. 24-Aug. 30,2014) Sunday 9:00 am t John Doyle
11:00 am t Doris Stafford
7:00 pm People of the Parish
Tuesday 7:00 pm t William Symons
Wednesday 9:30 am Barbara Zimmer
Thursday 9:00 am David & Deborah Quinlan
Friday 9:00 am t Sharon Salel
Saturday 9:00 am
Reconciliation
Tuesday after 7:00 pm Mass
Okotoks: Sunday evening only — 6:30 to
6:55pm or by appointment
Black Diamond: after weekday Mass or by
appointment
Solemn Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
St. Michael’s, Friday, 9:30-10:30am
St. James, Tuesday, 7:30-8:30pm
Building and Sustaining one
Parish Community
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Sacramental Preparation — 2014-2015 Registration for ALL SACRAMENTS is Wednesday, September 10th and Thursday, September 18th, starting 6:00 pm at St. James Church. Please bring the following: Copy of Baptism certificate if child was
NOT baptized at St. James or St. Michael’s
REGISTRATION FEES: First Communion is $25.00 First Reconciliation is $25.00 Confirmation is $35.00
PLEASE NOTE: Tuesday, September 30th starting with Mass at 7pm ALL PARENTS are asked to attend the “Sacramental Preparation” talk. At 7:45to 8:45 pm registrations will be available for all sacraments.
St. James Charismatic Prayer Group Our weekly meetings will be restarting on Monday, September 8th at 7:30 pm in the lounge. Come and join us for an evening of prayer and worship. Check the bulletin regarding a new series that will be starting on September 15th. Lectio Divina Faith & Fellowship If you are looking to increase your prayer life, read scripture and engage in faith-based conversations, this group is for you. For more information, please meet Tara in St. James narthex on Wednesday, September 3rd at 7pm for a brief introduction and explanation of Lectio Divina. This group will meet the First and Third Wednesdays of each month until June 2015. No experience necessary!
PARISH ACTIVITIES
Children’s Liturgy — We will resume again in September and look forward to volunteers coming forward to help with this ministry.
St. James Moms’ Group — Mom’s Group will resume Wednesday, September 17th. St. James Catholic Women’s League Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 9th beginning with Mass at 7pm. We will have a short meeting followed by a Wine & Cheese evening hosted by the executive to welcome our new members to CWL. All CWL members are encouraged to attend.
K of C—St. Michael’s, Black Diamond Meetings: Every 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 pm at the church. Call Steve Dookie, Grand Knight, at 403-933-5757. Pancake Breakfast: 3rd Sunday after Mass.
K of C—St. James, Okotoks Meetings every 1st Tuesday of the month after the 7:00 pm Mass at the church. For information contact Kevin Crawford, Grand Knight at 403-938-4328 .
K of C - Llama Classic Golf Tournament The 18th Annual K of C Charity Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, September 20th with a shotgun start at 1:30 pm at Rivers Edge Golf Course. We invite you to register and enjoy a fun filled day including lunch, 18 holes of golf, a power cart and a delicious steak supper. Prizes for all teams will be awarded as wll as a fun auction to end the day. Registration forms available at the table in narthex.
Coffee Sunday Black Diamond: 1st Sunday each month Okotoks: 3rd Sunday each month, K of C
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Weekly Collection
Report 2014
June 29th
Collections
Budget
Over (Under) Budget
Year to date
Collections
Year to date Budget
Over (Under) Budget
Operating Fund $ $ 10,553 $ () $ $ $
Together in Action (TIA) $ $ 801 $ () $ $ $
Gifting Options — Envelopes are great, so is cash, but make it easier by switching to Pre-Authorized Debit (PAD). PAD ensures regular cash flow for the parish and eliminates “seasonal ups and down”! You can set the amount you wish to donate and to which fund (operating, Together in Action, etc.) each month. We can debit bank accounts or credit cards. Call the Parish Office, 403-938-3122, Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm to have a form mailed or emailed. Forms are also available on the information table in the narthex—check the Registration Binder (Blue).
Sale of Safeway and Sobeys Gift Cards
Safeway and Sobeys gift cards are sold at
face value every second Sunday after the
11 am and 7 pm Mass as well as at the
Parish Office. Cash, cheque, debit and
credit card can be used for payment. An
average of 7.5% of the value goes toward
supporting Parish activities. Our goal for
2014 is to sell $11,000 per month or
$132,000 annually which will contribute
$10,000 towards the Parish.
Actual
June 15 to 21 $ 4,150.00
Year to date $ 49,887.00
Proceeds to the Parish $ 3,741.53
Retrouvaille YOU CAN HELP MARRIAGES and FAMILIES STAY TOGETHER! By taking the Retrouvaille program married couples can learn to use practical communication tools to bring greater intimacy to their relationship. The fall Program begins September 12-14, 2014. For information about registering access their website at www.helpourmarriagecalgary.com or call 403-218-5504 or 403-282-9531 if you have further questions.
Alpha Coming to Black Diamond
A new Alpha Course will be starting at St. Michael’s Church from 6:15-8:30pm on Tuesdays beginning September 16th through November 25th from 6:15-8:30pm. People from all denominations and from anywhere are welcome to register and participate. For more information or to register contact Rae Jamieson, 403-471-6951 or email: rae@longview fellowship.com. Sponsored by the High Country Ministerial Association.
Remove this page from the bulletin and put it where you’ll see it each day.
Invest just five minutes a day, and your faith will deepen and grow—a day at a
time.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
It’s a mystery—sort of One of faith’s great mysteries is that God is just that: a mystery. The Supreme Being, scripture and tradition attest, is ultimately beyond all descriptions, words, and images and has to be totally different from humanity. Yet here’s the mystery: God who is beyond understanding also chooses to be understandable—to be revealed. In response faith calls for a respect of the awesome otherness of God but also a very personal relationship with that same God.
TODAY’S READINGS: Isaiah 22:19-23; Romans 11:33-36; Matthew 16:13-20 (121). “Who has known the mind of the Lord?”
MONDAY, AUGUST 25 MEMORIALS OF LOUIS; JOSEPH CALASANZ, PRIEST
A common calling to care Two men quite unlike each other, both saints, and both revered for similar reasons: their concrete love for the poor. In the mid-13th century, Saint Louis embraced the way of Saint Francis of Assisi and cared for the poor even as king of France. It is said that Louis had 13 guests from among the poor to eat with him daily. Saint Joseph Calasanz in the mid-16th century saw that the need to educate poor children was so important that he gave up a career in church law and politics. You can’t read of these lives without thinking of how simple true Christianity is: to care for the poor, the hungry, the forgotten.
TODAY’S READINGS: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12; Matthew 23:13-22 (425). “We always pray for you, that our God may . . . powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose.”
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26
Beautiful authority The stereotype of authority is that it’s the “heavy” in every situation. Sometimes corrupt, often self-serving, authority is actually intended to govern on behalf of the common good. We need authority like that to lead us in the direction of integrity and unity. Pope Clement of Rome wrote a prayer for those in authority: “Grant to them, Lord, health, peace, concord, and stability, so that they may exercise without offense the sovereignty that you have given them.” The more questionable the leadership, the more they need your prayers!
TODAY’S READINGS: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17; Matthew 23:23-26 (426). “Let no one deceive you in any way.”
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27
Do what you say The word hypocrite comes from the Greek for “one who acts on a stage” and means “a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion.” Hypocrisy was one of Jesus’ frequent targets, and the criticism of hypocrisy has played a major role in Christian moral life ever since. Those who say one thing and do another, who want people to think they are something different than what they really are, or who hold others to standards they themselves don’t keep fall under this ignominious title. The simple antidote to hypocrisy comes from
integrity: consistency between your thoughts and actions and between those actions and what you expect of others.
TODAY’S READINGS: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18; Matthew 23:27-32 (427). “On the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing.”
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 MEMORIAL OF AUGUSTINE, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
It’s not too late Ever have a moment when you feel as if you have wasted or frittered away much of your life? Take heart: No less than Saint Augustine felt the same way when he penned these lines in his famous Confessions: “Too late have I loved you, O Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! Too late I loved you! . . . You were with me, but I was not with you.” Having had this realization, Augustine went on to achieve great things. It is never too late to make a contribution for good with your own life.
TODAY’S READINGS: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; Matthew 24:42-51 (428). “You are not lacking in any spiritual gift.”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 MEMORIAL OF THE PASSION OF JOHN THE
BAPTIST
Whom do you live for? It may be odd to reflect on John the Baptist by referring to Salome, the young woman who danced for and pleased King Herod. In the gospel she is not named nor is her dance described as lewd, but composer Richard Strauss used both of these traditions in his opera Salome, emphasizing Salome’s obsession with John as an object of desire. In consistently tense music, this operatic scene starkly illustrates the radical difference between one who lives for satisfaction of her own desires and John who lives—and dies—only for truth and for Jesus. Can you say with John: “He must increase; I must decrease”?
TODAY’S READINGS: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 (429); Mark 6:17-29 (429/634). “I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 MEMORIAL OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Run like a girl The spiritual life is often described in sporting terms: Fight the good fight, run the race, win the crown. These come from an ancient Greek culture immersed in the excitement of athletic games and competition. But there are other ways to triumph, spiritually speaking. Mary of Nazareth employed the gospel paradox of the weak surpassing the strong through utter reliance on God’s promises. Her “race” was a domestic constancy in birth and death, security and danger and challenge. Competition isn’t the only way to win.
TODAY’S READINGS: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 25:14-30 (430). “God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong.”
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FIRST RECONCILIATION 2014
ALL CLASSES WILL BE SUNDAY FROM 9-12 WHICH INCLUDES THE 11:00AM MASS. Registration fee $25.00.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Retreat for students – Diocesan Youth Retreat Team (DYRT) Parents meeting and hand-out of material Commitment Mass Sunday, November 16, 2014 Class - Child and Parent Sunday, November 30, 2014 Retreat for students Parents meeting RECONCILITATION DATES: Tuesdays, December 2, 9 or 16
and/or Wednesday December 3, 10 or 17. *1st Reconciliation
Parents will plan a follow up gathering in January 2015 for students
and parents.
CONFIRMATION 2014-2015 ALL CLASSES WILL BE SUNDAY FROM 4-8PM WHICH INCLUDES THE 7:00 PM MASS. Registration fee $35.00.
Sunday, November 16, 2014 4:00 to 5:00 pm - Parents and Students cover Confirmation
program Mass Journal and Information handed out 5:00-5:30 pm – Snack break parent and student 5:30-6:45 pm – Student Class Parent Meeting Sunday, November 30, 2014 Students Retreat – Diocesan Youth Retreat Team (DYRT) Parent Meeting Commitment Mass Sunday, January 11, 2015 Confirmation Class – Students Parent Meeting Sunday, January 25, 2015 Confirmation Class – Students Parent Meeting Sunday, February 1, 2015 Student Retreat Parent Meeting Saturday, February 7, 2015 6:00-7:00 pm – Confirmation Rehearsal Sunday, February 8, 2015 Confirmation Mass at 11:00 am with Bishop Henry *Confirmation parents will plan a follow up gathering in March for students and parents.
FIRST COMMUNION 2014 ALL CLASSES WILL BE SUNDAY FROM 9-12 WHICH INCLUDES THE 11:00AM MASS. Registration fee $25.00.
Sunday, March 29, 2015 Retreat for students–Diocesan Youth Retreat Team Parent meeting Hand-out of material
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION 2014-2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015 Class with Students and Parents Commitment Mass Sunday, May 3, 2015 Class with Students and Parents Saturday, May 24, 2015 Student and Parent Rehearsal for First Communion Liturgy Sunday, May 31 or June 7, 2015 First Communion Sacramental Mass *First Communion parents will plan a follow-up gathering in June for parents and students.
BAPTISM PREPARATION If your child is seven years old or younger you are required to attend two classes on two consecutive Tuesdays. The classes are from 7:00-9:00 pm at St. James Church. Session Five: September 16 and 23, 2014
Session One: November 18 and 25, 2014 Session Two: January 20 and 27, 2015 Session Three: March 17 and 24, 2015 Session Four: May 19 and 26, 2015 Session Five: September 15 and 22, 2015 A baptismal registration form must be handed into the parish office before the start of the session. Baptisms are held on the second Sunday of every month after the 11:00am Mass. If your child is older than seven years and in need of baptism please contact Sr. Lucille at the parish office 403-938-3122.
MARRIAGE PREPARATION Phone the Parish Office at least 6 months before marriage and make an appointment with Fr. Yarek. Marriage preparation sessions are mandatory for those preparing for marriage. Sessions are at St. James Church, Friday 7-9pm and Saturday, 9:00am to 4:00pm on the following dates: Session Four: October 24 and 25, 2014
Session One: February 6 and 7, 2015 Session Two: April 24 and 25, 2015 Session Three: October 23 and 24, 2015 Registration fee is $80.00 per couple.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Registration is ongoing for all those interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. Inquirers are instructed in the Catholic Faith and introduced to the life of the Church. The sessions are Wednesdays from 7-9pm at St. James Church. For more information please call Sr. Lucille at 403-938-3122.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Teens (RCIT) This program is designed for all youth from grades 6-9 who desire to receive the Catholic Sacraments they have missed and for any youth who wishes to be fully initiated into the Catholic Church. Please contact Sr. Lucille for more information at 403-938-3122.
