Our Mission is to live in the Spirit of the Holy Family Email: hfp@holyfamilyparish.ca Website: www.holyfamilyparish.ca

75 Poirier Ave. St. Albert, AB T8N 6A1 Office Phone: 780-459-3694 Fax: 780-460-4239 Fr. Maurice Rectory: 780-460-2774 Fr. Peter Rectory: 780-460-3036

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time · October 18th, 2015 Welcome to Holy Family Parish

Contact Information: 75 Poirier Ave. St. Albert, AB T8N 6A1 Office Phone: 780-459-3694 Office Fax: 780-460-4239 Fr. Maurice Rectory: 780-460-2774 Fr. Peter Rectory: 780-460-3036

Parish Staff and Contacts: Pastor: Fr. Maurice Okolie Associate Pastor: Fr. Peter Ebidero Deacon: Dcn. Don Logan Office Administrator: Vera Fischer Office Assistant: Joanne Willette Sacramental Prep./School/Music contact: Marieta Paul Youth Coordinator: Nicole Painchaud Office Volunteers: Connie Luty/Emily Finstad/Velma Brown/ Laurie Shinkewski Custodian/Bldg Access: Maurice Beier (780-298-1743)

Ministries/Meeting Dates/Contacts: Parish Council: 3rd Wed.: Fred: 780-460-2917 Finance Committee: 3rd Thurs.: Mark: 780-459-3694 Liturgy Committee: 1st Wed.: Gary: 780-460-2046 Knights of Columbus: 4th Wed. (1st & 3rd deg.) Bob: 780-458-4854 1st Thurs. (4th deg.) George: 780-498-2904 Catholic Women’s League: 1st Mon. Denise: 780-458-4854 Social Action: 3rd Mon.: Wendy: 780-459-3694 Pastoral Care: 4th Mon.: Jerry: 780-459-4589 Maintenance:1st Mon.: Clem: 780-909-6876 Legion of Mary: Mon.: Sharon: 780-660-3398 Verve(JH)&Unite(SH): Thurs./Sun.Eve.: Youth Coord.: 780-459-3694 S.S.V.P: 2nd & 4th Tues.: Maria: 780-651-3012 Faith Study: To Resume in the Fall Stella R.: 780-459-3694

Masses: Weekends: Saturday (Vigil): 5:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 5:00 pm Weekdays: Monday to Saturday: 9:00 am First Fridays: 7:00 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Fridays, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Confessions are available 30 minutes before every Mass

Sacraments: Baptism:

• Call the parish office to arrange for the Baptism of your child

• Parents are asked to participate in a Bap-tism Preparation Class, please pre - register for this class with the parish office

Baptism preparation: Dec. 9th Baptism Dates: 2nd weekend of each month

First Reconciliation

• 1 night for parents AND children.

• April 11th, 12th, or 14th First Reconciliation Celebration: May 12th, 2016 at 6:00 pm

First Eucharist

• 2 evenings for parents AND children (one in November one in February):

• November 2nd, 3rd, or 5th • February 8th, 9th, or 11th

First Eucharist Date(s):

• 9:00 am, May 15th - EMP

• 11:00 am, May 15th - NMR

• 5:00 pm, May 15th - VG

• 9:00 am, May 29th - All other children not in the Catholic Schools (All families may choose any time

above that suits them best, however.)

Confirmation:

• 3 evenings for children AND parents (October, January and March):

• October 19th, 20th, or 22nd

• January 18th, 19th, or 21st

• March 7th, 8th, or 10th

• Pre-Confirmation Retreat: April 28, 2016 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the church for children only (parents welcome to observe and help)

Confirmation Date: with Bishop Bittman on Sunday May 1, 2016 at 2:00 pm

Sacrament of the Sick:

• Any day and at any hour, please call

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults - RCIA

• To become Catholic contact the Parish Office for more information

• Watch the bulletin for preparation details for the 2015/2016 year

• Be prepared to attend weekly classes from September to Pentecost.

Marriage:

• Please contact the Parish office to schedule an appointment to discuss your forthcom-ing marriage

• A minimum of four months is required • An approved pre-marriage course is obligatory

• Register for marriage prep. through the office

Marriage Preparation: Marriage Prep will run two Saturdays: No-vember 7th and November 14th

• Please call Samantha to register • Exact times may be subject to change.

Weekly Catechism Classes (Sept. - May):

• Fridays, 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Holy Family Parish welcomes you with great joy on...

The 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18th, 2015

LITURGICAL MINISTRY SCHEDULE:

October 24th & 25th, 2015

Saturday - 5:00 pm

Altar Servers: Lectors: Bryce D. / Cheryl B. / Gail D.

Eucharistic Ministers: Don B. / Cor D. / Gail D.

Kathy F. / Bev G. Adult Servers: Alain C. / Declan F.

Sunday - 9:00 am Altar Servers:

Lectors: Amy M. / Cheryl M. / Dan J. Eucharistic Ministers:

Charlotte M. / Lorie M. / Gayle N. Mavis R. / Frank S.

Adult Servers: Mary B. / Emilio B.

Sunday - 11:00 am: Altar Servers:

Lectors: Sharon R. / Thomas N. / Wendy H.

Eucharistic Ministers: Jeanne L. / Sue M. / Carol P.

Roger P. / Debbie R. Adult Servers: Italo B. / Adam C.

Sunday - 5:00 pm: Altar Servers:

Lectors: Stacey S. / Sharon B. / Noelle S. Eucharistic Ministers: Denise C. / Kathleen D. Suzanne G. / Glenna G.

Adult Servers: Robert H. / Claire M.

PARISH ACTIVITIES: Sunday - October 18

12: 15 pm - Altar Server Training (Church) 6:00 pm - UNITE (Hall)

6:30 pm - SEARCH Mtg. (MDY)

Monday - October 19 8:15 am - Morning Prayers

6:00 pm - Confirmation Prep. (hall) 6:30 pm - Youth Choir Practice (Church) 7:00 pm - Legion of Mary (Res.Rm.) 8:00 pm - KofC Exec. Mtg. (Bro. A.)

Tuesday - October 20 8:15 am - Morning Prayers

9:30 am - Divine Mercy (Res.Rm.) 6:00 pm - Confirmation Prep. (Hall) 7:30 pm - KofC Choir (Church)

Wednesday - October 21 8:15 am - Morning Prayers

10:00 am - Bible Study (Bro.A.) 10:00 am - Faith Study (MDY)

6:00 pm - Altar Server Training (Church) 7:00 pm - Rosary for the Unborn (Church)

7:00 pm - VERVE (Hall) 7:00 pm - Parish Council (Res.Rm.) 7:00 pm - Lector Training (Church)

Thursday - October 22 8:15 am - Morning Prayers

6:00 pm - Confirmation Prep. (Hall) 6:15 pm - Alleluia Choir (Church)

7:00 pm - RCIA (MDY) 7:30 pm - Adult Choir (Church)

Friday - October 23 8:15 am - Morning Prayers

9:30 am - 1:00 pm - Eucharistic Adoration 4:30 pm - Children’s Catechism

6:00 pm - CWL Tortierre Baking (Kitchen)

Saturday - October 24 8:15 am - Morning Prayers

9:30 am - CWL Tortierre Baking (Kitchen) 12:00 pm - Baptism (Church) 1:00 pm - CWL Mtg. (MDY)

6:30 pm - Family Games Night (Hall)

Sunday - October 25 12: 15 pm - Altar Server Training (Church)

6:00 pm - UNITE (Hall)

Sunday - October 18th World Mission Sunday

9:00 am - Jack Stevens † 11:00 am - Lorraine Billsten †

5:00 pm - Holy Family Parishioners

Monday - October 19th 9:00 am - Yvonne Verlinde †

Tuesday - October 20th

9:00 am - Octavie Tosczak

Wednesday - October 21st 9:00 am - Terry Baldwin †

*10:00 am - Kilian O’Donovan †

Thursday - October 22nd 9:00 am – Joanne Nelson † *10:00 am - For Our Seniors

Friday - October 23rd

9:00 am - All intentions prayed at the altar

Saturday - October 24th

9:00 am - Mr. & Mrs. Francis Roach † 5:00 pm - Thomas Wacowich †, Tadeusz

Jachowicz †, Genowefa & Antoni Erkiert †

Sunday - October 25th

9:00 am - Carolyn Hess † 11:00 am - Rodolfo Vale †

5:00 pm - Holy Family Parishioners *Mass celebrated outside of the parish

MASS INTENTIONS:

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS:

Universal: That human trafficking, the modern form of slavery, may be eradi-cated. Evangelization: That with a missionary spirit the Christian communities of Asia may announce the Gospel to those who are still awaiting it.

BAPTISMS: Archer Belland

MERCY MINUTE: For Me to be able to act upon a soul, the soul must have Faith. Oh, how pleasing to Me is Living Faith! (Our Lord’s words to St. Faustina). Diary 1420

FAMILY GAMES NIGHT & SOCIAL IN THE HALL:

Fun for the whole family. Next Satur-day (October 24th) at 7pm. Games like Catholic Jeopardy, Life Size Dutch Blitz, Cards, and Board Games. All ages welcome… babies, children, youth, university students, parents, and grandparents. Feel free to bring your favourite board game and please bring some goodies to share. Come out and meet other Catholic families in an atmosphere of Catholic culture. It is going to be such an awesome event you won't want to miss it!!!

FAMILY ALL SAINTS DAY PARTY:

You are invited to join us in celebrat-ing of the Feast of All Saints on No-vember 1st. Mass at 5:00pm with pot-luck supper and games to follow. Bring a potluck dish to share. Come dressed as your favourite Saint and ready to have a whole lot of fun!

40 DAYS FOR LIFE: A prayerful prolife movement. Please join Holy Family in filling all the availa-ble time slots on Thursdays between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm. There are two ways to help! Presence on site: join us for one hour in a peaceful prayer vigil at 10958 - 124 St. in Edmonton. Prayer support: before the Blessed Sacrament at Holy Family for one hour dedicated to saving the unborn.

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY: October 18th

UNITED IN LOVE Every Christian shares in the mission of the Church and should become in-volved in today’s missionary work. Each Christian community must “pray that the Lord’s message may spread quickly, and be received with hon-our” (2 Thessalonians 3.1). World Mission Sunday 2015 takes place in the context of the Year of Con-secrated Life, which provides a further stimulus for prayer and reflection. For if, every baptized person is called to bear witness to the Lord Jesus by pro-claiming the faith received as a gift, this is especially so for each consecrat-ed man and woman. There is a clear connection between consecrated life and mission. Today, the Church’s mis-sion is faced by the challenge of meet-ing the needs of all people to return to their roots and to protect the value of their respective cultures. With this growing understanding of the Church’s mission we encourage re-sponsible and generous giving to the national collection for World Mission Sunday.

CALLED TO PROTECT: There will be a called to protect work-shop for those who need to complete this training in the volunteer manage-ment program. The workshop will be held October 26th at 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Please contact the office to register.

Y.E.P (Youth Evangelization Program) Pure Witness Ministries Presents a Y.E.P on November 7th in the Ed-monton area. More information to come. What is a Y.E.P? Checkout their website at www.purewitness.com or call Nicole at the Parish Office.

We would like to inform you of a new online program our parish will be launching soon called FORMED. Please watch the bulletin for more information. In the meantime checkout their website at www.formed.org.

SUNDAY REFLECTION: Are you involved in a parish ministry? If you are not, you should be from a number of perspectives. First of all, in today’s Gospel Jesus tells us, and it is something He wants us to understand and pursue as a goal, “For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve.” Service, giving of ourselves, is the focal point of stewardship. Genuine ministry is done for and of-fered for the assistance and aid of those to whom one is ministering, not for the advantage of the one who is ministering. When we join a ministry, whether it is liturgical, service, or spir-itually-supporting, although we cer-tainly receive advantages from it, the reality is that we should do it because of the lift and help we can give to oth-ers. The fundamental aspect is what we give, not what we receive. Jesus was a man of great humility. It is this humility to which we need to strive. This is not simple in the society in which we live. However, as the not-ed author and apologist, C.S. Lewis, once said, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of your-self less.” That is our tribulation as Christian stewards: to put others be-fore ourselves both in reality and in our hearts. With God all things are possible.

SYNOD ON THE FAMILY: Looking to find out what’s going on at the Synod of Bishops now underway at the Vatican? Here are some links to page on the Vatican website and on the Salt and Light Television website, courtesy of Father Thomas Rosica CSB, English language media attaché for the Holy See:

www.news.va

www.news.va/thepopeapp

http://saltandlighttv.org/synod/ “We have nothing to fear from the family synod” by Father Rosica:

http://bit.ly/1gQhyL3

“But the angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He has been raised, as He said.

Come see the place where He lay.’” Matthew 28:5-7

PASTORAL CARE: Pastoral Care people will bring Com-munion or visit those who are sick, shut-in or in the hospital. Contact: Jerry Stack 780-459-4589

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM:

Jay Meakin, Norma March, Pat Howrich, Stephen Tamayo, Roger LaPlante, Jerry Stack, Helen Rom-mings, Colette Vanderkley’s family members, Barb Holan, Mariette Mol-lot, Helen Delorey, Frank Corazza, Hale Popowich, Mark Holan, Joseph St. Arnaud, Sheila Fischer, Dolores & DecolynneJo Barteski, Dave & Diane Hawirko, Colin Diakow, Brenda Gingrich, Angelina & Vincezo Tripo-di, Paulette Schoenberger, Mary Anne & Heikki Laitinene, Cherica Castro, Barry Laing, Mary Jo Rapo-so, Duncan MacDonald, Anne Liese Zimmerman, Karen Petrone, Rita Frederick, Mark Schoenberger, Brian Rogers, Mark McLoughin, Michelle Black, Rob Anderson Family, Lance McNamara, Douglas Lemieux, Rich-ard Sabourin, Brenda Fraser, Gabri-elle Carriou, Shawn Hunt, Colin Holtner, Chuck Mitchell Jr., Dominic Willott, Melody Contant, Lena Soko-lan, Yvette Sabourin, Joseph Paquette, John Duncan, Joe Bulva, Dave Stack, Lorie McMillan, Maria Benevider, Emily & Sandra Mikalo-nis, Chad Zima, Carl Swift, Ruth Anstruther, Tom Watson, Pierre Phalempin, Fleurette Phalempin, Teddy Petryshyn.

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE:

Christmas Craft & Bake Sale November 14th

Raffle Tickets Available NOW!! Contact Adrienne:780-459-6985 Memberships:Rachel:780-459-6409 Next Meeting November 2nd All Ladies Welcome Always

YOUTH PROGRAMS:

YOUTH GROUPS: Come out for an evening of faith, food,

and fun!

VERVE Want to be a secret agent in your faith come out to our Junior Youth Group for Grades 6-8. Wednesday Nights from 7:00 - 8:30pm. Next Night is October 21st.

Please note that Verve is now on Wednesdays.

UNITE

Youth in grades 9-12 can come out an evening of fun and faith. Supper after the Mass and youth group from 7:00-9:00 pm. Our Next night will be October 25th.

YOUTH MASS BAND If you like to Sing or Play an Instrument, we invite you to join the Youth Mass Band for our Sunday night youth Masses once a month. Practices are at 6:30 on Mondays. See you there!

YOUNG ADULTS: ZETEO November 13th, members of the Marian and St. Vincent DePaul Societies Speaking on Serving the Poor, 7:00 - 9:00pm, Good Shepherd Parish, Edmonton Alberta, 18407 – 60 Avenue.

WORLD YOUTH DAY Thank you to every-one who supported the WYD pilgrims by attending the polish night.

A Youth and Young Adult calendar for the month of October can be picked up at the back of the church by the Unite/Verve board. Visit us on facebook at Holy Family Parish Youth and Young Adults for updates on all events.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Dates to remember:

• A 1st Degree ceremony will preceed the general meeting on October 28th

• General meeting – 4th Wednesday of the month; dinner at 6:30 p.m, meet-ing to follow: October 28th

• Executive meeting – Monday of the week prior to the 4th Wednesday of the month; October 19th, 7 pm start

• 4th Degree meetings at 8:00 PM, first Thursday of the month- contact S.K. George Amyotte 780--498-2804.

• Brother Anthony Council is hosting a Memorial Mass for its deceased brother knights on November 14th

The K of C Annual Ukrainian Night Din-ner, Dance and Silent Auction will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2015 following the 5:00 pm Mass. Tickets will go on sale after all Masses on the week-end of October 31 – November 1, 2015. We are looking for new items for our Silent Auction. Please contact any Knight or Joe Becigneul @ 780. 460.8710 regard-ing donations for the Silent Auction. For all other inquiries please contact Denis Halyk @ 780.459.9336

Fall Memorial Mass Are you missing someone special? Our Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries invites you to join us for a Fall Memorial Mass with Father Jim Corrigan, on Saturday, Novem-ber 7, at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome at OLP Cemetery.

A Catholic Response to Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide

The federal government is currently con-ducting public consultations and online submissions on Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) and Euthanasia. The concluding date for all online consultation has been extend-ed to November 17, 2015. Archbishop Smith invites all of you to submit your views as faithful Catholics by completing the “Issues Book” and answering the sur-vey questionnaire at ep-ce.ca/en/consultation.