o that today you fourth sunday in ordinary time january...
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Marriages: Please contact Fr. Larry Pederson at least 1 year prior to the marriage date.
Baptisms: Please contact Constantine K. at (780) 672-1131, ext 4; Paperwork & Bookings must be in 3 weeks prior to Baptism.
CWL: Please contact Gwen Elliott, President at (780) 679-2454 Email: [email protected]
K of C: Please contact Wilf M, Grand Knight at (780) 672-4450
Catholic Faith Communities of
St. Francis Xavier Hay Lakes Bawlf Camrose Round Hill
5010 - 48A Avenue
Camrose AB T4V 0K8
Phone: (780) 672-1131 Fax: (780) 672-8652
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stfxcamrose.caedm.ca
Pastor: Rev. Larry Pederson
Deacon : Douglas T
Faith Formation Director: Constantine K
**Office Hours**
Tuesday - Friday
9:00am - 12:00 Noon
Weekend Mass Times Saturday: Confessions 4:00 pm
Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sunday : 9:00 am and 11:00 am
Parish Staff
Karen B,
Admin Assistant
Isaac Q, Custodian
Have you made your pledge?
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 27th & 28th, 2018
Deuteronomy 18: 15-20 1 Corinthians 7: 32-35
Mark 1: 21-28
ACTIVITIES and WEEKDAY MASSES
January 29th - February 4th
Monday 1:30 pm CWL Executive Meeting
Tuesday 9:00 am Mass for the Bereaved
5:30 pm Gospel of John
7:00 pm Adult Choir
Wednesday 9:00 am Divine Mercy
10:30 am The Wild Goose Prayer Seminar
5:00 pm The Wild Goose Prayer Seminar
7:00 pm The Wild Goose Prayer Seminar
Thursday 9:00 am Mass @ St. Mary’s
10:30 am Gospel of John
5:00 pm Mycah
5:30 pm Seth
7:00 pm Adoration
Friday 9:30 am Mass @ Rosealta
Saturday 4:00 pm Confession
5:00 pm Mass
Sunday 9:00 am Mass
11:00 am Mass
Note. From The Carmelite Order, Rome, Italy. (2017). Retrieved from http://ocarm.org/en/content/lectio/lectio-fourth-Sunday-ordinary-time-b on January 24th, 2018 Copyright 2018.
O that today you would listen to the voice of the Lord.
Do not harden your hearts!
Remembering in Prayer PLEASE REMEMBER THOSE
THAT ARE SICK
Readings for
February 3rd & 4th
Job 7: 1-4, 6-7
1 Corinthians 9: 16-19,
22-23
Mark 1: 29-39
Catholic Women’s League Annual General Meeting & Dinner
February 5—Moose Hall Doors Open at 5:00 p.m.
Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Program and meeting to follow
Tickets: $15.00 Available at the Saturday & Sunday Masses until January 28th
Notes from the Parish Office
When making out a cheque, please double check that the year is 2018 and that all cheques are signed!
When making donations to the Sunday Collection and a Spe-cial Collection (i.e. Together We Serve, Flowers), please write 2 cheques. Please make cheques out to St. Francis Xavier Church.
If you put coin in envelopes, please consider taping the enve-lopes shut because there’s a chance the coin can fall out.
The bank is making it harder to process Travellers Cheques, therefore the parish office will not accept them.
Knights of Columbus News
Knights Meetings will be on the 2nd Wednesday of the Month.
January 28th Knights of Columbus Breakfast, 8:30 am to Noon, Legion Hall Early Breakfast Workers (7:30 - 10:30 am): Rick H, Ken S, John R, Orest F, Kevin K, Robert C, Gerald K Late Breakfast Workers (10:30 am - 1:30 pm): Rick T, James K, Bradley K, Mervin D, David M, Ryan G
St. Patrick School Events Jan 31st - Jump Rope for Heart
Kick Off Assembly Feb 1st - PD Day (No School)
Feb 2nd - Report Card Day School Website: stp.eics.ab.ca
Our Lady of Mount Pleasant School Events
Jan 31st - Semester 1 & Q2 ends Feb 1st - PD Day (No School)
Feb 5th - Early Dismissal, 2:50pm Feb 7th - Winter Walk Day
School Website: olmp.eics.ab.ca
Camrose Pro-Life
Catholic Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat for healing from post-
abortion trauma: Two retreats are held each year at the Ob-
late centre in Battleford, Saskatchewan. They are conducted
by Oblates of Mary Immaculate priests and Mental Health
Services with daily celebration of Holy Mass. Next Retreat:
April 6-8, 2018. Contact Elaine Webster @ 1-306-408-8911
or [email protected]. For other locations in Canada
go to www.rachelsvineyard.org (click on Retreats, then Find
a Retreat, then North America and then Canada)
For more information on local pro-life resources, events &
issues, contact: Clara, 780-672-2448 or Gail, 780-672-2066.
Camrose Pregnancy Care Centre (780) 281-0831
Gianna Centre (Catholic Social Services) (780) 482-5111
Compassionate Community Care 1-855-675-8749
Weekend Collections Budget $6436.00 Jan POP $4827.00 Jan 13/14 $4070.00 Jan 20/21 $4292.00
Police Information Checks
Keeping all parishioners and volunteers in the ministries
safe is an ongoing process. Part of that process is main-
taining up to date Police Information Checks. The
Archdiocese requires the PIC’s to be redone every four
years for all volunteers in HIGH RISK ministries. If you are
in a High Risk ministry and your PIC is four years old or
more, you will need to apply for a new one.
Please call Patrick Rivest at 780.672.9275 if you require
more information, or if you would like a referral letter to
begin the process with the police.
Catholic Women’s League News January 29th CWL Executive Meeting, 1:30 pm at
St. Francis Xavier Church February 5th CWL Annual General Meeting & Dinner, Moose
Hall, Tickets are $15 and available until January 28th.
St. Valentine’s Family Fundraiser Come join us for a fun St. Valentine’s Family Fundraiser
for the Cross on the steeple of our new Church.
Saturday, February 3rd following the 5:00 pm Mass & Sunday, February 4th following the 9:00 am & 11:00 am Mass
Strawberry Shortcake & Coffee or Juice: $5.00 Family Rate: $20.00
All donations gratefully accepted! Raffles and great prizes! Hope to see all at this family event for our new Cross.
May God’s Blessings be on this Endeavor!
Refugee News Our Families: There has been no word from Refugee and Immigration Canada on our families. They have completed all interviews, clearances, and medicals and are simply waiting for a visa and flight date. Pray for them as living in Turkey with-out work is difficult and demoralizing. Volunteers: The Refugee Centre at Messiah Lutheran Church, in which our parish is a partner, is in need of committed volunteers. The Centre is helping three families from Eritrea settle into Camrose by providing child-care a few mornings a week while the mothers can attend English class. Help is also needed for transportation on an ongoing basis within Camrose. The Centre needs volunteers who wish to become involved in the life of these families, able to strike up a friendship, and tolerant of the challenges that newcomers face. To discuss becoming a Camrose Refugee Centre Volunteer, call Joe McMorrow at 780-678-2827.
Stewardship Reflection
January 28th - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel we hear proclaimed the beginning of Jesus’
public ministry. He teaches. He heals. And all are amazed.
By their baptism, Christian stewards realize they are called to
do the same in their lives. They are called to be the light of
Christ each day. As we bring closure to the beginning of this
new year, now is a good time to ask the Lord to fill our
hearts with courage and faith, so that we too may publicly
minister in his name; that we may be liberated from our inse-
curities and fear so that we can share the Gospel authorita-
tively and work to heal at least one wounded relationship in
the coming months ahead.
International Catholic Stewardship Council, January 2017
eBulletin, www.catholicstewardship.com
From the Pastoral Team’s desk...
Living in the Word of God Archbishop Smith issued a Pastoral Letter on Thursday, Septem-ber 14th, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Entitled Living in the Word of God, the letter invites us all to renew our focus on Scripture as we answer the call of the Holy Father Pope Francis to listen to the Word of God and then to put it to practice. There are a limited number of copies available at the parish office. Living in the Word - When we have encountered Jesus Christ and been transformed by his mercy and love, we naturally want to tell others about it and invite them to be one with us in a community of joy! The making known to others of what God has done for the world in Jesus Christ, and for each of us in our own individual lives, is what is meant by giving witness. (Archbishop Smith, Pas-toral Letter, September 14, 2017) caedm.ca/letter
New Parish Centre
Any donation $5000.00 or more, upon your request will be recog-
nized on a wall plaque in the new church hall. It could be your
name or in memory of someone. Please see below some of the
items Father Larry has spoken about at Mass on Sunday in which
you can financially support.
Mystery White Marble Altar - $40,000.00
Bronze Wheat & Grape Altar Panel - $8,400.00
Mystery White Marble Ambo - $20,000.00
Top of the Tabernacle Table - $12,000.00
Base of the Tabernacle - $15,000.00
Presider’s Chair - $5250.00
Deacon Chair - $1575.00
Credence Table - $998.00
Side Tables - $1884.00
Stained Glass Windows - Centre window depicts St. Francis
Xavier & St. Kateri Tekawitha. The East side depicts the
symbols of the Jesuit Order. The West window depicts the
last voyage of St. Francis Xavier. The total cost of the win-
dows is $114,000.00. We have already collected $90,000.00.
The carpet for the nave of the new Church and St. Francis
Xavier Chapel will cost $40,000.00.
Cabinets on each side of the Baptismal Font: the Ambry
which contains the Holy Oils for Baptism, etc., and the other
is for a historical showcase. The cost is $1500.00
The pews are made of stained red oak. From the companies
who submitted bids, we chose the most reputable company
with a proven record of excellent quality and service. Their
bid was the most reasonable as well - $385.00 a seat.
The twelve dedication candles in the nave of the new church.
The design was taken from an image of a ‘cross pattee’ found
on our 1912 church bell. The design was modified to depict
the whole Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ, namely his death
and resurrection. The cost of each is $2500.00.
Series of Articles on ‘The New St. Francis Xavier Church Building’ -
Designed to be a Sign of Who We Are
By Father Larry V. Pederson
The Bell as a Sign of Who We Are as a People of God
(Series Continued)
The church bell, made by Amedee Bollee Foundry in Le Mans,
France, was placed in the first Roman Catholic Church (built in
1909) in Camrose (known then as Sparling). The bell was blessed
and installed by Bishop Emile Legal on October 27th, 1912. All
writings and symbols are of French origin as the diocese at the
time was a French diocese, namely, St. Albert. It is significant that
the bell was made in France because many of the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate who were the first priests and brothers to evangelize
Western Canada came from France. The insignia of the Oblates of
Mary Immaculate is embossed on the church bell which is in
memory of Father Rene Remas, an Oblate priest. Some priests of
the Oblates of Mary Immaculate became Bishops of the Diocese of
St. Albert. Vital Justin Grandin, whose home was Le Mans, France,
was bishop from September 22nd, 1871 to June 3rd, 1902. He
snowshoed some 25,000 miles during his ministry. The sound of
St. Francis Xavier church bell brings us back into the past when he
heard the horn of the ship to hurry on board at the dock at Le Ha-
vre signaling the departure for Canada (Indian Bishop of the West,
Pgs. 9, 51, 52) Emile Legal was the next bishop of St. Albert (June
3rd, 1902) and the first Archbishop of Edmonton (November 30th,
1902 to March 20th, 1920). A few other names come to mind.
Fathers Emile Petitot, Zephryin Gascon, Albert Lacombe, Hypolyte
Leduc, Fathers Andre, Bourgine, Blanchet, Dupuis, Schollen, Lizee,
Vegreville, Dauphin, Portier, Tissot, Andre, Lestanc, Merer and
Brothers Lerichea and Bowes.
The details of the images and printing on this bell are magnifi-
cent. It weighs about 2,200 pounds and is made of bronze. This
bell is placed above the main entry of the new church.
This bell is a symbol of being called by God, gathering for sa-
cred time in a sacred space for sacred meaning. It is real, histori-
cally meaningful to our faith community and the Archdiocese of
Edmonton. It is visible to the outside and inside of the building.
The sound of the bell makes an announcement to the whole com-
munity, echoes our past history in its shape, design and sound.
The sound is a sign of hospitality and a summons to come togeth-
er into the sacred present and to be attentive to the present mo-
ment. It affirms the principles of authenticity, observation of sa-
cred time (especially the Day of the Lord) and represents a variety
of human expressions of change, history, observation and celebra-
tion. Its sound is certainly an invitation for us to change as do
many of the designs of the exterior building. To be continued….
16th Annual Sweetheart Supper Friday, February 9th
Our Lady of the Prairies Parish
Daysland, AB
Advanced tickets only - $25
Please call Denise
at 780-376-2107.
Guest Speaker:
Pastor Ben Kellert
Rosalind 4H Club Annual
Pancake Supper
Tuesday, February 13th
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Rosalind Hall
12 and over: $8
6-11 years: $6
5 and under free
Family: $30
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Deacon Doug
Allan T
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MUSIC Maria Prayer Group Children’s Choir
CHILDREN’S
LITURGY
ART AND
ENVIRONMENT
January 9th to February 13th
Team #3 - Jennifer K, Terry B, Joan S, Yvonne S
Schedule of Ministers for February 3rd & 4th