+SHP Bulletin May 14th - Sacred Heart...

Sacred Heart Catholic Church 3900 Arthur Drive, P. O. Box 10 Delta, B.C. V4K 3N5 Telephone 946-‐4522 Fax: 946-‐4533 Email: [email protected]

Parish Website: www.sacredheartparish.ca Clergy Serving the Parish: Fr. Edgar Polotan, OSA Fr. Francis Galvan, OSA Deacon Dileep Athaide

Priest in Residence: Fr. Leo Cameron, OSA Parish Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Mondays Closed)

PARISH COMMITTEE AND GROUP MEETINGS (SEPT to JUNE)

12:00pm June 4th St. Monica Guild Kin Village

7:30 pm 3rd Monday of the Month (Sept to

June) Knights of Columbus

Augustine House

12:15 pm Tuesdays at 12:00pm Bible Study Group Augustine

House 6:15pm Sept 2017 PREP School

7:00pm TBA

Parish Council Meeting Monastery

6:30pm May 16th Parish Ed. Committee Monastery

WEEKLY PRAYER GROUPS-‐ ALL YEAR

9:30am Mon to Sat Holy Rosary Chapel

7:30pm Monday Taize Chapel

10:00am Tuesday and Friday

Chaplet of Divine Mercy Chapel

9:30am and 7:30pm

Tuesday Meditation Group Monastery Library

7 p.m. Tuesday Spanish Holy Rosary Chapel

7:30pm Wednesday Sacred Heart Prayer Group Clubhouse

6:00pm Thursday Legion of Mary Church

PARISH CONTACTS Doug Lynes Parish Financial Manager 940-‐0583 Barry Marshall Maintenance/Rentals 319-‐4740 Deacon Dileep Athaide R.C.I.A. Coordinator 940-‐2396 John Barker Choir Director/Music Ministry 943-‐7558

Erin Seddon Religious Education 946-‐2618

Parish Office Junior Altar Servers 946-‐4522 Kelly Kozack Brandy Grund

School Principal Vice-‐Principal 946-‐2611

Mylene Lock Lil Saints Preschool 946-‐4525

Lara Victoria Centenary Committee 762-‐5250

A WARM WELCOME to all visitors and Parishioners to our Faith Community! New parishioners please fill out a Registration form, which are available on -‐ line or at the back of the Church. Thank you.

Before the celebration of Mass it is a praiseworthy practice for silence to be observed in the church so that all may pray silently and prepare themselves to carry out the sacred celebration in a devout and fitting manner. Please be respectful of those around you as well as please remember that the Blessed Sacrament is present in the Tabernacle and reverence should be observed at all times.

Reflection We are all called to the difficult work of discipleship, to be both hearers and doers of the word. In and through our baptism, we were given new life in Christ and became members of the Body of Christ – the Church. As such, each of us is called to holiness, and to use our unique gifts and talents to further the work and mission of the Church. We are also called to use these gifts to help build up God’s kingdom on earth, and lead lives which give glory to God. Liturgy of the Word: The reading from the Acts tells of the Apostles ordaining seven men as deacons to help ensure the needs of those in the early Church were being served as the Church continued to grow and develop. The second reading uses Hebrew Scripture to illustrate that Christ is the foundation of the Church, and his followers are living stones -‐ a holy people. In the Gospel, Jesus says that he is the Way and the Truth and the Life.

Baptism……….………...Sunday @ 12:15pm (Call office for appointment) Baptismal Class…………Third Wednesday of the Month 7:00pm Monastery Confirmation……………Call PREP Office Holy Eucharist: The Lord’s Day……........Saturday 5pm / Sunday, 9am, 11am & 5pm (Church) Weekday Mass……….…Monday to Saturday, 9am (Chapel) Spanish Mass……………First Saturday of the Month 7pm Except May/June Eucharistic Adoration…...First Friday 10am to 5pm (Chapel) Except July/August Confessions…….............Saturday: 10am to 11am (Chapel) or by appointment Marriage………................Call Office at least six months prior to the date desired Holy Order………………..Becoming a priest /deacon: see Pastor Anointing of the Sick..….Call Office / Pastor

Funeral…………………..Call Office Mass Intentions: See office

Co Counselling……..……....Call Office Blessings: (House, Car etc.) Call office

I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Sunday, May 14th, 2017

5th Sunday of Easter – Year A

Baptisms Sunday, May 14th

Ella Selina daughter of Brion and Rhea DOYLE.

Chloe Clarissania daughter of Hin Long and Jessica TANG.

Congratulations and God’s Blessings

Happy Mothers Day! Let us remember with prayers, gratitude and love all mothers, grandmothers, aunts, step-‐mothers and godmothers who are here with us, and those who have gone to heaven, and we entrust them to Mary, Mother of Jesus.

Parish Education Committee will meet in the Monastery Council Room May 16th starting at 6:30pm The Parish office will be closed on Wednesday, May 17th. Baptismal Preparation Class for parents with infants and young children will take place on Wednesday, May 17th at 7pm in the Monastery Library. Please call the parish office to pre-‐register for this one night course.

Sunday May 21st: Pope’s Pastoral Works Collection. A disastrous flood or earthquake strikes a nation at the other end of the world. Immediately many countries rush in food, medicine, blankets, money, and trained people. Prominent among such aid is the financial help offered by the Holy Father to people in need. The annual Pope’s Pastoral Works collection makes these funds available for distribution. In the name of Catholics everywhere, he displays Christ’s love and compassion for those who suffer.

All are invited to join in on Tuesday, May 23rd, as our school primary classes will be in a procession to the Grotto on the grounds of the Monastery to recite the Rosary. The procession will begin at 2:00pm. Parishioners are invited to join. Please assemble outside the school front doors or meet us at the grotto -‐ In case of inclement weather, we will go to the church.

Next School Mass will be on Thursday, May 25th at 1:15pm in the Church.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) 2017 at Sacred Heart Parish. A registration and information session will be held on Thursday, May 25th

starting at 7:00pm in the library of the Monastery. All inquirers who wish to be full members of the Catholic Church are invited to this gathering. This evening will provide you with information on RCIA and an opportunity for early registration for the program classes, which begin in mid-‐ September. Please RSVP to Deacon Dileep Athaide at 604-‐940-‐2396 or [email protected] Our Annual Parish Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, May 27th at the Country Meadows Golf and Country Club. All are invited. Sponsored by our Knights of Columbus. Golf $55.00 Dinner $35.00 For tickets and more info call Fred Hermesmann at 946-‐8397. All ladies of the parish are invited to the St. Monica Guild Communion Luncheon on Sunday, June 4th. The luncheon will be held at Kin Village in Tsawwassen following the 11am Mass. Tickets are $25.00 each and are available to purchase after Mass the next few weekends or by calling Michelle Roy at 604-‐943-‐7810.

Project Advance 2017 Corner: After 2 weeks of the campaign, we now have a total of $16,128.00 in pledges. Thanks to all for your generosity. Our team of parish volunteers will be in the foyer of the Church until the end of May to gladly accept your donations. You may also contribute online as well at www.projectadvance.ca – just be sure to identify Sacred Heart (Delta) as your home parish -‐ also take a moment to view this year’s video or find out more about the works supported by Project Advance -‐ For more information contact our parish Chair of Project Advance, Patrick Kennedy at 946-‐6711 or [email protected] Thank you for supporting this important annual fundraising effort.

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve. Francis of Assisi

Archdiocesan Events

Reclaim your dream and get married in the Church Would you like to get your marriage

blessed so you can receive the sacraments? We can help you. On September 16th Archbishop Miller, CSB, will celebrate the blessing of marriages at St. Clare's Parish, Coquitlam for a large number of civilly married couples. Be a part of it. To learn more, check out our upcoming information session on May 31 at 6:30 p.m, at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Surrey. For more info, please contact Deacon Greg at 604-‐771-‐2975 or Jimmy at 778-‐378-‐5389. Bishop David Monroe’s 50th Ordination Anniversary Saturday, May 20. Mass will be held at Holy Rosary Cathedral at 5:10 p.m., followed by a ticketed dinner at the Italian Cultural Centre at 7:00 p.m. For more info contact Justine Goco at [email protected]. Ordinations to the Permanent Diaconate Join us as we welcome three more permanent deacons on Friday, May 26 at 7 p.m at Holy Rosary Cathedral. Richard Chau, Patrick Dwan, and Tony Gray will be ordained permanent deacons. All are welcome to attend. “What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.” St. Augustine FILIPINO MINISTRY (http://rcav.org/filipino-‐ministry) As the Catholic Church celebrates the 100th year of Our Lady of Fatima, the Filipino Ministry’s Matthew 7.7 Prayer Brigade gather month-‐to-‐month in different parishes Filipinos and their non-‐Filipino relatives and friends for Intensive Prayers with Eucharistic Adoration and Holy Rosaries for healing and for various other intentions for families, parishes and communities, among others. This month's will be on May 28, 2017 from 2:00-‐5:00 p.m. in St. Anthony of Padua, 1345 West 73rd Ave., Vancouver. A Petitions box and a Thanksgiving box will be in the foyer and will be offered to the Altar before 2:00. Come join us! Email [email protected] for queries.

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis during his Wednesday General Audience continued his catechesis on Christian Hope, highlighting Mary the Mother of Hope. Pope Francis described Mary as the Mother of Hope adding that she was a woman of courage, perseverance and obedience. Speaking to the thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square, the Pope said that, “Our Lady’s experience of motherhood models that of so many mothers in our world.” Mothers who have had to confront the suffering of their children. He went on to say that she courageously accepted her vocation and welcomed the new life entrusted to her. The Holy Father also noted how despite the trials in her life, she remained always obedient to God. Mary, Pope Francis commented, is with her son until the very end. Her image, he said “standing at the foot of the cross and grieving the death of her innocent Son has inspired artists of every age to present her as a model of persevering hope in God’s promises.” The hope that Our Lady had, underlined the Pope, was the fruit of a life of prayer and daily effort to be conformed to God’s will, and was fulfilled in Jesus’ rising to new life. We are not orphans, Pope Francis added, “we have a Mother in heaven who is the Holy Mother of God.” "That special power of loving that belongs to a woman is seen most clearly when she becomes a mother. Motherhood is the gift of God to women. How grateful we must be to God for this wonderful gift that brings such joy to the whole world, women and men alike! Yet we can destroy this gift of motherhood, especially by the evil of abortion, but also by thinking that other things like jobs or positions are more important than loving, than giving oneself to others. No job, no plans, no possessions, no idea of "freedom" can take the place of love. So anything that destroys God's gift of motherhood destroys His most precious gift to women-‐-‐ the ability to love as a woman." ~ Mother Theresa’s Letter to the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995 ~

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