July 12—26, 2020

July 12—26

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Tell me what you see Most stories aren’t very mysterious. Even so-called mysteries have predictable plots that we anticipate before they unfold. We know, for example, that the fellow wandering into the cemetery at dusk is going to meet a bad end, and the storyteller knows that we know. It’s all part of the fun. When reading Bible parables, the meaning is rarely mysterious. Seeds fall on different soil, reap different results. No surprise there. A parable’s mystery isn’t in not knowing, but in not seeing. What kind of soil are we? What seed has been planted in us, awaiting its harvest?

Dime lo que ves La mayor parte de las historias no son muy misteriosas. Aún los llamados misterios tienen tramas predecibles que anticipamos antes de que se revelen. Sabemos, por ejemplo, que el hombre que se aventura en el cementerio al atardecer va a tener un mal final, y el narrador sabe que nosotros sabemos. Todo es parte de la diversión. Cuando leemos parábolas de la Biblia, el significa-do rara vez es misterioso. Las semillas que caen en diferente suelo, cosechan diferentes resultados. No es ninguna sorpresa. El misterio de una parábola no está en no saber, sino en no ver. ¿Qué tipo de suelo somos nosotros? ¿Qué semilla se ha plantado en nosotros, esperando su cosecha?

LECTURAS PARA HOY: Isaías 55:10-11; Romanos 8:18-23; Mateo 13:1-23 (103). “Los discípulos se acercaron a él y le dijeron, ‘¿Por qué les hablas en parábolas?’ ”

Sat, Jul 11 5:00pm Olga Bernardelli † (church)

Sun, Jul 12 9:00am Int. Diane Bloxham (church)

10:30am Int. Ron Elliott (church)

5:00pm PRO POPULO (church)

Mon, Jul 13 9:00am Int. Ron Elliott

Tue, Jul 14 9:00am Ettore Pillon †

Wed, Jul 15 9:00am

7:00pm

Int. Sebastiani Family

Holy Souls in Purgatory †

Thu, Jul 16 9:00am Maria Luisa Pucci †

Fri, Jul 17

9:00am

7:00pm

All Souls †

Int. Alma Federizon

Sat, Jul 18 9:00am Int. Ron Elliott

5:00pm Romeo Paquette † (church)

Sun, Jul 19 9:00am Therese Audet † (church)

10:30am Int. Ron Elliott (church)

5:00pm PRO POPULO (church)

Mon, Jul 20 9:00am Joseph Alleluia Fernandes †

Tue, Jul 21 9:00am Dennis McIlroy †

Wed, Jul 22 9:00am

7:00pm

All Souls †

Int. Ron Elliott

Thu, Jul 23 9:00am Adel Korkar †

Fri, Jul 24

9:00am

7:00pm

All Souls †

Dennis McIlroy †

Sat, Jul 25 9:00am Tanious Gad †

5:00pm Deceased Family Members of

Sergio & Ofelia Legaspi † (church)

Sun, Jul 26 9:00am Michel Legal † (church)

10:30am Cora Ruffy † (church)

5:00pm PRO POPULO (church)

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT

DE PAUL IS HERE TO HELP!

Any parishioners who are in need of help from St. Vincent de Paul due to the Covid 19 situation or for any other reason please email the parish office at parish.olfc@rcav.org.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA PRESCHOOL UPDATES

Registration for Our Lady of Fatima Pre-Kindergarten - Sep. '20-'21

Registration is now open for September '20 - '21 preschool year.. We are learning in a very safe way. Since the pandemic, we were approved to reopen in June. Please join our preschool and we will do a gradual transition into our program.

We welcome all new families. It is a great way to prepare your child for kindergarten. We hope you will join us for lots of fun, and learning.

If you have any questions, please contact Mme. Punchak, or Mme. Li at ourladyoffatimapreschool@gmail.com or (604) 936-4250. Check out our new website. It has lots of infor-mation about our program...fatimapreschool.ca.

There was a farmer who had a horse and a goat…..One day, the horse became ill and he called the veterinarian, who said: - Well, your horse has a virus. He must take this medicine for three days. I’ll come back on the 3rd day and if he’s not better, we’re go-ing to have to put him down.

Nearby, the goat listened closely to their conversation. The next day, they gave him the medicine and left. The goat approached the horse and said: - Be strong, my friend. Get up or else they’re going to put you to sleep!

On the second day, they gave him the medicine and left. The goat came back and said: - Come on buddy, get up or else you’re going to die! Come on, I’ll help you get up. Let’s go! One, two, three…

On the third day, they came to give him the medicine and the vet said: - Unfortunately, we’re going to have to put him down to-morrow. Otherwise, the virus might spread and infect the other horses. After they left, the goat approached the horse and said: - Listen pal, it’s now or never! Get up, come on! Have courage! Come on! Get up! Get up! That’s it, slowly! Great! Come on, one, two, three… Good, good. Now faster, come on…… Fantastic! Run, run more! Yes! Yay! Yes! You did it, you’re a champion!!!

All of a sudden, the owner came back, saw the horse run-ning in the field and began shouting: - It’s a miracle! My horse is cured. We must have a grand party. Let’s kill the goat!!!!*

The Lesson:* this often happens in the workplace & life in general. Nobody truly knows which employee or people actually deserves the merit of success & are in fact con-tributing towards success , or who’s actually contributing the necessary support to make things happen. Be grateful.

Remember……… *LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT RECOGNITION IS A SKILL!!!!* If anyone ever tells you that your work is unprofessional, remember: Amateurs built the Ark [which saved all the species] and professionals built the Titanic [all died tragically].

Inspirational Quotes:

Faith and fear both demand you believe in some-thing you cannot see. You choose! — Bob Proctor

Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better. — Steve Maraboli

WELCOME SR. OLIVE & SR. ALMA!

Two sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM) will be serving our parish starting August of this year.

Sr. Maria Olivia Kingsbury has M.A. for Pastoral Minis-try (Gonzaga University, WA), Special Studies in Continuing Religious Education and Clinical Pastoral Education. She also has training in spiritual direction with Centre Quest, USA. She spent 28 years of her religious life in the United States (Hawaii, New Jersey, New York and California) in different capacities: Director of Religious Education, pasto-ral associate, Youth Minister, school secretary and liturgist. She’s completing her contract as pastoral assistant in the twin parishes of St. Anthony and St. Agnes in Edmonton, Alberta.

Sr. Maria Alma Tayo spent most of her religious life overseas. She is a teacher by profession. Her mission assign-ments include being administrator and financial officer of the Archdiocesan Apostolate Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. She was a pastoral worker in Ghana, West Af-rica where she also served as staff at the apostolic nuncia-ture. She’s presently the administrator of the Mother Igna-cia Muslim-Christian Relations Centre in Southern Philip-pines.

Archbishop Michael Miller, in his letter to Mother Maria Corazon Agda, the Mother General of the Religious of Virgin Mary, said: “This is surely the good Lord’s answer to my prayers begun when I first wrote to you three years ago . . . Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Coquitlam will be blessed by their presence and ministry. We are privileged to welcome Sisters of the oldest Religious congregation in the Philip-pines.”

The sisters will be leading/coordinating our RCIA process, Youth Ministry, adult formation, liturgical ministries, out-reach ministry in Foyer Maillard, Belvedere Seniors Living and Belvedere Care Centre, and apostolate in our school, among others.

Let us welcome Sr. Olive and Sr. Alma into our faith community. We are blessed by their presence. Your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

BULLETINS FOR JULY & AUGUST

There will be two parish bulletin issues for each month on July and August. The weekly bulletin will resume in September.

The next issue of the bulletin will be available on the week-end of July 25/26.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE

• Weekdays before the morning Mass

• Saturdays from 10am to 11am

For confession times other than the usual schedule, please contact the parish office for an appointment.

Wearing a face mask at confession is not mandatory but highly recommended.

Congratulations and God bless our RCIA candidates and catechumens who recently received the Sacraments:

Elaine Ciarniello & Tamer El Sayed

REGISTRATION 2020—2021 Available at ourladyoffatima.ca

COMING SOON… NEW AND IMPROVED

MASS PRE-REGISTRATION PROCESS

Planning is underway for a new and improved pre-registration system for our public Masses.

Stay tuned for updates!

PRIÈRE D’OUVERTURE

Dieu notre Père, ta parole est une semence de lumière et de

force que Jésus est venu déposer dans nos cœurs. Nous t’en

prions : que ton Esprit fasse de nous une terre libre

et généreuse pour qu’elle puisse y croître et porter

des fruits. Nous te le demandons par le Christ,

notre Seigneur. Amen.

Avis pour le feuillet paroissial Si vous le voulez à la page française, envoyez-le au francaisdiane@gmail.com.

Du 12 au 26 juillet, 2020 Our Lady of Fatima Parish Paroisse Notre Dame de Fatima

315 Walker Street, Coquitlam, BC V3K 4C7

Pastor: Fr. Mark Bautista Assistant Pastor: Fr. Claude Makulu

Phone: 604-936-2525

Email: parish.olfc@rcav.org Website: ourladyoffatima.ca

Sunday, July 12—26, 2020 Du 12 au 26 juillet, 2020

MISSION STATEMENT We, the Faith Community of Our Lady of Fatima, Coquitlam, are called to be welcoming and loving disciples of Jesus Christ, living the joy of the Gospel values like the Blessed Mother, witnessing, humbly serving and supporting the Church, our Parish and neighbours.

Le 15e DIMANCHE DU TEMPS ORDINAIRE A

PUISSANCE ET FRAGILITÉ DE LA PAROLE Ce dimanche est, dans une certaine mesure, « écologique », car le thème de la création revient dans toutes les lectures. Dans la première lecture et l’évangile, la puissance de la pa-role de Dieu est comparée à celle de la pluie ou d’une se-mence. Par contre, l’une comme l’autre ont besoin de la terre pour porter des fruits. PRIÈRE: Dieu très bon, par ton Fils, tu as semé ta

parole dans les sillons de notre humanité. Tu nous

demandes aujourd’hui de sortir à notre tour pour

semer. Que ton Esprit nous aide

à le faire avec générosité, à tout

vent. Nous te le demandons par

Jésus Christ, ton Fils, notre Sei-

gneur, pain vivant pour les

siècles des siècles. Amen.

Ajoutons à nos prières les malades et les enfermés.

Gary Arbeider, Jaime & Eleanore Awa, Tim Barbor, Henriette Bernardin, Joyce Bilton, Maurice Blanchette, Fr. Alan

Bosclair, Mona Bouchard, Shawn Bouchard, Elaine Bro,Lena Chabot, Ceferina Alvarez Chan, Lisa Chan, Chase, Jeanine Ching, Felicidad Co, Nora Criss, Ken Dorval, Patricia Dumas, Louise Edwards, Jessica Elabassy, Ron Elliott, Jeanne Fehr, Leslie Fitzgerald, Laurie Furnell, Tay-lor Hamelin, Claudette Heino, Salwa Ibrahim, Doris Javier, Jasmine, Ni-cole, Jeannine, Breanne Kelly, Jaime Jones, Gerry Kidwell, Aurea Kugler, L. K. Lam, Fr. Terry Larkin, Rollande Leclerc, Dick Lee, Stella Lee, Peter Loeng, S. Leung, Linda Macpherson, Milagros Murray, Norma, Bernice Parker, Dianne Paxton, Karen Peterson, Ron Peterson, Hilda Ramos, Aurelie Roy, Roger S., Paul Sanchez, Allan Staerk, Lillian Svensson, T. Tam, James Richard Tost, Nestor Ugali, Amanda Wong, C. Wong, Helen Wong, Cheryl & Larry Wunderlich et Patricia Yulo.

STAY INFORMED!

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, we en-courage you to sign up for email updates at the Archdio-cese of Vancouver website: rcav.org/coronavirus.

For parish-related updates:

Our Lady of Fatima— Notre Dame de Fatima

Coquitlam

ourladyoffatima.ca

PARISH CONTACTS

Elementary School Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) Preschool

School Office (604)936-4228 Lolita Dimatulac (236)558-7283 prep.olfc@rcav.org Viola Punchak (604)936-4250

fatimaschool.ca fatimapreschool.ca

JOIN US ONLINE FOR SUNDAY MASS!

Live stream: 9am (French)

10:30am (English)

Link: bit.ly/olfyoutube Live stream of the Sunday Masses will continue as long as the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass remains in force.

A recording of the live stream Mass is available for viewing throughout the day.

For information regarding Sacraments and parish ministries, please contact the parish office.

LE RETOUR AUX MESSES PUBLIQUES

Afin d’activer le suivi des contacts, l’inscription est requise par l’Archidiocèse pour assister aux messes publiques, vous devez vous inscrire par courriel au:

Coquitlamolf@gmail.com

Pour le moment, les dates jusqu'à fin juillet sont disponibles pour inscription. Des messes auront également lieu simulta-nément dans la salle paroissiale pour augmenter la capacité tout en maintenant les distances sociales. Afin de faciliter la désinfection, on vous demande de ne pas entrer dans l'église jusqu'à 5 minutes avant le début de votre messe.

Il n’est pas nécessaire de vous inscrire aux messes de la se-maine parce que l’assistance est moins de 50 mais vous devez être paroissiens. Cependant, on vous demande de signer à la porte. Les messes de la semaine sont à 9h et l’église restera ouverte pour des prières privées.

PUBLIC MASSES HAVE RESUMED!

In order to enable contact tracing and adherence to the 50-person maximum ordered by Provincial Health, registration is required by the Archdiocese to attend public Masses.

WEEKEND MASSES: Parishioners may request to pre-register to attend the weekend Masses via email at:

CoquitlamOLF@gmail.com

Dates in July are currently available for pre-registration.

Masses will also be held simultaneously in the parish hall to increase capacity while maintaining social distancing.

In order to allow sufficient time to sanitize the church be-fore Mass, parishioners will not be allowed to enter until 5 minutes prior to the Mass start time.

WEEKDAY MASSES including Saturday mornings: Pre-registration is not required, as the number of attendees do not normally reach 50. In lieu of pre-registration, pa-rishioners must sign in at the door.

All the faithful in the Archdiocese of Vancouver remain dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass during this initial reopening phase.

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

Weekend Masses: Saturday, 5pm Sunday, 10:30am Sunday, 9am (French) Sunday, 5pm

Weekday Masses: lundi, mercredi, vendredi 9am (en francais) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9am Wednesday & Friday 7pm

*Prayer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help:Wednesdays at 6:30pm *Adoration/Benediction: Fridays at 6pm

LA PRÉ-MATERNELLE DE NOTRE DAME

DE FATIMA

Nous acceptons les candidatures pour septembre 2020. Nous apprenons d’une

manière conforme aux règlements durant la pandémie et nous avons été approuvés pour l'ouverture.

Veuillez envisager rejoindre notre école maternelle et nous ferons une transition progressive vers notre programme. Nous accueillons toutes les nouvelles familles. C'est un excel-lent moyen de préparer votre enfant à la maternelle. Au plai-sir de vous rencontrer et de travailler avec votre enfant.

Si vous souhaitez vous joindre à nous pour beaucoup de plai-sir et d'apprentissage, ou si vous avez des questions, veuillez appeler Mme Punchak, ou Mme Li, au 604-936-4250, en-voyer un courriel au ourladyoffatimapreschool@gmail.com. On vous invite à notre site web fatimapreschool.ca

Vous pouvez maintenant inscrire vos

enfants en allant à notre site Web

ourladyoffatima.ca.

LE SACREMENT DE RÉCONCILIATION

PRÉSENTEMENT, LES CONFESSIONS CONTI-

NUERONT DANS LA SALLE DE BÉBÉS DANS LE

VESTIBULE DE L’ÉGLISE durant la semaine

avant la messe du matin. Il n’y aura pas de confession

dans l’après-midi afin de permettre la préparation de l’église

pour la messe de 17h D’ici la fin de cette pandémie la

confession sera de 10h à 11h le samedi. Pour vous

confesser hors de cet horaire, appelez le bureau pour un

rendez-vous. Si un deuxième prêtre est présent, il sera dans

la bibliothèque.

BIENVENUE

Deux religieuses de l’ordre de la Vierge Marie (RVM), Sœur Ma-ria Olivia Kingsbury et Sœur Maria Alma Tayo, viendront servir notre paroisse dès le mois

d’août. Dans une lettre à la directrice de cette communauté religieuse, l’Archevêque Michael Miller souligne que leur arrivée est une réponse à plusieurs prières, qu’elles serviront la paroisse de Notre Dame de Fatima. «C’est un honneur d’avoir avec nous deux sœurs de la plus vieille congrégation religieuse des Philippines.».

Elles travailleront à la coordination du RCIA, du Ministère de la Jeunesse, de la formation des adultes, aux ministères liturgiques, dans la communauté, en particulier au Foyer Maillard et au Centre Belvédère, ainsi qu’à l’apostolat dans notre école. Souhaitons-leur une chaleureuse bienvenue et remercions-les!

Sœur Alma

Sœur Olive &