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Parish Bulletin - May 4, 2008
In this week's Bulletin:
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PRAYER CORNER
Prayer for God’s Presence and Inspiration
United in spirit, we call upon you. Come down and be present with us, O
merciful Teacher and great Father. Draw near and receive our offerings, O
perfect compassionate Heart. While we speak these divine thoughts may your
all-powerful and all-knowing Holy Spirit come to us. Amen.
From Chinese Liturgy
MASS INTENTIONS
4 RIP (9am) Monica Da Costa / Tony Da Costa
4 INT (10:30) Special Intentions / Knights of Columbus
4 INT (5pm) Fr. Tepoorten’s Intentions
5 RIP Maggie Da Costa / Tony Da Costa
6 RIP Rosalind Dorai / Isabel Coland
7 RIP Nicola Velenosi / Linda Velenosi & family
8 RIP Julie & Joseph Morris / Colin Morris
9 RIP James Gilmore / Mercedes & Katherine Gilmore
10 RIP Maggie Da Costa / Tony Da Costa
10 INT (5pm) Fr. Tepoorten’s Intentions
11 INT (9am) Yolande Tetrault / Her family
11 INT (10:30) Our Lady of Fatima parishioners living and deceased
11 RIP (5pm) Evelyn Audette / Rella Audette & family
CONFIRMATION RECEPTION
If you would like to help with the reception for our Gr. 7 Confirmation
please call Rufus Fernandez @ 604-936-9630.
CARNEY PARISH REP APPOINTMENT
This year is an “appointed” year for Our Lady of Fatima’s parish rep to the
Archbishop Carney Secondary Regional Education Committee. I am asking
parishioners to consider being our parish rep, standing for a two-year term
on the committee. Any parishioner may offer to take this position. Please
approach me, Fr. Tepoorten, if you are interested.
IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS IT’S ONLY A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME
An old but now new ministry is being offered to families to participate
together in our parish. Greeters are the official ministers of hospitality
in the parish. Greeters are the first individuals parishioners see as they
enter the church each weekend. Families are welcome to participate together;
children are welcome if accompanied by at least one adult. A wonderful
opportunity to serve the church as a family. For further information please
call June, Liturgical Coordinator at 604-939-2116. There are sign up sheets
at the entrance of the church.
CONFIRMATION FOR ADULT CATHOLICS
Classes of preparation will be held May 8, 15, 22 & 29, from 7-9pm at Holy
Rosary Hall basement, 650 Richards Street, Vancouver. Confirmation will be
administered at the Cathedral at the 11am Mass on June 1. Call or e-mail the
Cathedral parish office at 604-682-6774, ext. 5 or
hrc@shaw.ca for registration forms
and return the completed form before the first class, together with your
certificates of Baptism, First Communion, and Marriage (if applicable).
CATHOLIC ENGAGED ENCOUNTER WEEKEND
The weekend of May 9-11. This encounter weekend helps engaged couples
understand the Sacrament of Marriage and their vocation. Register
www.ceewest.com or 604-451-3300.
THANK YOU
“I would like to thank my pastor, Fr. Tepoorten, Deacon Guy and all
parishioners who have prayed for me these past 2 months enabling me to have
a successful operation. Thank you.” Jean Lambert
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BREAKFAST
The next Knights breakfast will be on Sunday, May 11 (aka Mother’s Day)
after the 9 and 10:30 Masses
******Mother’s Day Raffle at the Breakfast******
The winning tickets for the World Youth Day Raffle will be drawn at this
Breakfast. Get you ticket now to avoid disappointment. Tickets are available
from any pilgrim or at the parish office. Prizes include a “Gold Heart
Pendant with Diamonds” & “Lap of Luxury Pampering Basket”. Tickets are $20
with a max of 200 sold.
ALPHA CELEBRATION DINNER
Amazing testimonies of lives being transformed through the power of the Holy
Spirit will be shared at our Celebration Dinner, May 14, 6:15-9pm in our
church hall. Come and eat, laugh, hear and see. Please register by calling
the church office at 604-936-2525 before May 12. Hurry as space is limited.
VERY SPECIAL CELEBRATION—70 years
The Sisters of the Child Jesus invite everyone to a celebration of Sr.
Berthe Tellerin’s 70 years of religious profession. There will be a “Come &
Go Tea” this Sunday, May 4 from 12-3pm at St. Anne’s Hall, right beside Our
Lady of Lourdes church.
SHOP FUNDS
Shop Funds orders for May are due in at the school office on Monday, May 12
by 3pm. If you have any questions please call Lori Smigel @ 604-936-2446 or
Tabitha McLoughlin @ 604-944-9626. Order forms are at the back of the church
or at the school office.
LOCAL SPRING CONCERT
Les Echos du Pacifique Spring Concert will be Sunday, May 25 in Our Lady of
Lourdes church at 7:30pm. The cost is $12 for adults—$10 for
seniors—children 12 and under are admitted free.
CWL DUES
It's that time of year for our members to pay the 2008 dues of $22. Please
put it an envelope marked “CWL dues” and place in the collection or drop off
at parish office.
ALTAR SERVERS
1. We need servers for Confirmation on May 25 at 2pm.
2. Altar servers who are no longer serving full time please return your albs
to the parish office or the church sacristy as soon as possible. Just pin
your name to the alb or the hanger.
3. Watch this space for news of the upcoming alb fitting.
SPRING FAIR AND YARD SALE
Holy Rosary Cathedral CWL presents “Spring Fair and Yard Sale”—bake sale,
special treasures, food fair on May 17 & 18, 10am-3pm at Rosary Hall, 650
Richards Street.
DOMINICAN “COME & SEE” WEEKEND
“The Way of the Preacher: In the Footsteps of Saint Dominic.” For men
interested in exploring a vocation with the Dominicans of Vancouver. You are
invited to a Dominican “Come and See” weekend at the rectory of Our Lady of
Lourdes Parish from Friday, May 16 @ 5:30pm until Sunday, May 18 @ 1:30pm.
Deadline for registration is Wednesday, May 14, $25/person. For more
information, please contact Father Mark Hoo, OP at
frmarkhoo@yahoo.com or
at 604-435-9611, ext 5.
AN EVENING OF ROMANTIC ORGAN MUSIC
This may sound like an oxymoron, but apparently there is music, when played
on a huge pipe organ, that can sound romantic. Hmmm. Anyway check it out at
Holy Rosary Cathedral as organist Denis Bedard pulls off this miracle. On
Friday, May 9 at 8pm at Holy Rosary Cathedral. Tickets: $20 adult and $12
students and seniors. Sounds very intriguing.
FOCUS ON LIFE 10th ANNUAL DINNER
WHEN: May 12, Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 655 Burrard St.
WHO: Speakers are Rebecca Kiessling: author, pro-life speaker, and
adoption advocate. She is the "worst case scenario" – a child conceived in
rape. Also featuring Archbishop Emeritus Adam Exner, OMI
TIX: $70—see Fr. Tepoorten, he will be organizing parish tables
PARISH EDUCATION COMMITTEE ELECTIONS
Please take note that the annual election of members to Parish Education
Committee (PEC) is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 25 at the church.
Nomination forms can be picked up either at the school. The completed forms
must be signed by two nominators and Fr. Tepoorten to be eligible. Please
turn the forms in by May 15, 2:45pm to either the school or the parish
office.
This year 3 positions are open on Fatima’s PEC. Those
eligible to hold office as a member of a parish education committee must be
practicing Catholics, approved by the Pastor, who are eligible to vote in
that parish and have reached the age of twenty-one (21), with the following
exceptions:
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teachers and principal of the school;
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past employees of the school until three full calendar
years have passed since the termination of employment;
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employees of the parish and/or school;
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spouses, children, parents, brothers and sisters of
persons covered as above;
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all other teachers/principals employed by C.I.S.V.A.
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Only those persons eligible to hold office are eligible
to nominate. For more info, call the school @ 604-936-4228.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BURSARY
Once again, the Seven Knights of Columbus Councils in the Tri-Cities and
Maple Ridge area are offering the Seven K of C Council’s Bursary to a male
and female student of the Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary School 2008
graduating class. For more e-mail Herb Yang at
herbyang@shaw.ca Deadline for
submission is May 16.
WESTERN CANADA MARCH FOR LIFE
On Thursday, May 8 the first annual March for Life in Western Canada will
take place in Victoria, BC. It starts at 1pm and goes from Centennial Square
to the Legislature. Visit
www.prolifebc.ca for info.
CATHOLIC CAFE PRESENTS...
“The Trinity, The Body, Sex, and The Communion in Love”, an introduction to
John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” with Dr. Brook Herbert. On May 25,
6:30pm at St. Jude’s Parish. Admission is $7 and register before May 20 with
Harold Waldock @ 604-763-6984 or
hwaldock@yahoo.ca for info see
www.catholiccafe.ca
30th ANNIVERSARY DINNER & DANCE
St. Paul's Catholic Singles Club—May 24 at Holy Family Parish Hall, 4851
Beatrice St., Vancouver—Mass at 5pm—dinner 7pm—dance at 8pm. Coadjutor
Archbishop Miller will celebrate the Mass and will be a guest for dinner.
For info, call Lina @ 604-433-0055 or Barry @ 604-327-5425.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH CHANCERY
Internal Auditor
New full time position—the Internal Auditor is to conduct compliance and
internal audits to fulfill Archdiocesan Finance Council legal and fiduciary
obligations in risk management for both Curia Offices and Parishes, control
and governance processes, provide training and support to parish bookkeepers
on QuickBooks. Please contact Marisa Ruggier-Andrews @ 604-683-0281 or email
mruggierandrews@rcav.bc.ca
Catholic Charities Men’s Hostel
Application for the positions of Desk Clerks, evening & midnight shifts and
Janitorial Position, dayshift please contact Marisa Ruggier-Andrews above.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
For 100th Anniversary Celebrations:
"Celebrating Traditions of Faith and Service"
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May 18—Centennial Eucharistic Procession with Archbishop
Raymond Roussin, SM and Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB at Rotary Stadium,
Abbotsford, 2:30pm-4pm.
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October 31—Centennial Gala Dinner and Dance, Hyatt
Regency Hotel with the Dal Richards Band.
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November 23—Centennial Celebration at GM Place featuring
Cardinal Marc Ouellet.
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Watch for news of the bonus event—a special performance
of Handel’s Messiah December 13.
SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
Prayers are requested for: Annie Ablog, Pauline Bakker, Ron Beaudin,
Olga Bernardelli, Chuck Bonner, Tony Bourdin, Gil Braconnier, Michael
Camacho, Vivianne Caouette, André Caron, Antonio Caruso, Roland Chabot,
Celia Charpentier, Trevor Chiu, Lloyd & Dolly Clarke, John Colleran, Sarah
Cooper, Lucille Corsi, George Coulombe, Guy Delionnet, Brian & Norman
Dishkin, Michelina Dominelli, Claudia Eberle, Rick Engel, Rosa Fantillo,
Gabrielle Fayad, Rheal Finnigan, Fr. Frytek, Mary Ellen Henney, Yvonne
Gagnon, Anne Gibson, Mercedes Gilmore, Carmen Gonzalez, Ann Gregory, Sheila
Guzzo, Claudette Heino, Baby Evan Hexter, Antoinette Kugler, Karen Jackson,
Gerald Lamarre, Jean Lambert, Hitta Lammam, Florida Lamoureux, Nicole
Leblanc, Kathy Lema, Gilles & Jeannine Lizee, Kyle Lloyd, John Paul Marcoux,
Graciela Marin, Lee-Anne Martin, Roland Martin, Lillian Martineau, Alma
McDougall, Linda McGregor, Anne Meagher, Juan Mejia, Marilyn Michaud, Grace
Mora, Antonio Paré, Nolan Piggot, Gisele Roberge, Msgr. Bernard Rossi,
Aurelie Roy, Kyu Min Sigerson, Diana Sihota, Margaret Smith, Mary Smith,
John Svensson, Elizabeth Teixeira, Dorothy Tran, Leon Turenne, Marion Waugh,
Doris Wolfe, Cheryl & Larry Wunderlich, Vangie Young.
RIP
Please pray for the repose of the souls of Ralph Jones, father of Linder
Spasuik, and Maria Ruggier, mother of Marisa Ruggier-Andrews, they will be
missed.
TO THE END OF TIME
Philip J. Sandstrom
(©2001 Oregon Catholic Press. All rights reserved.)
This day the church celebrates the great mystery and paradox—the Lord Jesus,
our Messiah, leaves us in order to be closer to us. We are to be witnesses
to his life and works; this is the basis of our tradition. He will be with
us always; yes, to the end of time. Today marks the beginnings of the
church’s outreach in continuing the work of Christ to the ends of the earth
and to the end of time. May we recognize the hope his call holds, the rich
glories given to us and his power exercised for us, his family.
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WHEELCHAIRS
There are now 2 wheelchairs at the back of
the church for the use of our parishioners. Please feel free to use them. Just
see one of the ushers before Mass and they will set it up for you.

"ABBA"
A word from the Aramaic language meaning
"Father." Abba was used by Jesus when, in great agony, he prayed in the garden
that his hour of suffering might pass from him (Mk 14:36). The use of this
word-originally spoken only within the family as a term of great respect, love
and intimacy-puts Christ' s status as Son of God on an almost familiar basis and
expresses his confidence in his almighty Father.
In Galatians 4:6 and Romans 8:15, Paul
records that the early Christian community used "Abba, Father" as a cry spoken
by those who have been spiritually adopted as children of God. Because those who
are baptized are sons and daughters who have received the Spirit of God's Son,
they are privileged to say Abba and model their prayer life after that of
Jesus'. They too can pray to the Father in this most intimate way, asking for
help and the ability to discern the Father's will.
A Redemptorist Pastoral
Publication

THE ROSARY
Though legend attributes the origin of the rosary to St. Dominic in the 13th
century, its roots actually arise from several different sources, specifically
as a memory aid for those who could not read the Psalms and instead substituted
150 Our Fathers for the 150 Psalms. The beads, as well as the Psalter, were
often divided into sets of 50. As devotion to the Blessed Virgin increased, the
Hail Mary (in its early form) was added to the Our Fathers, as well as the words
of Elizabeth at Mary's visitation. Soon meditations on biblical events were
added. Finally the Dominicans began preaching the rosary, popularizing it,
founding rosary confraternities and introducing many standardizations. In modern
times, the rosary is a devotion to the 15 mysteries which are meditated on as
each of the 15 decades of the Hail Marys are recited. Each decade is followed by
a Glory Be and preceded by an Our Father. Usually only 1/3 of the rosary is said
at any one time.
A Redemptorist Pastoral
Publication

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WORD 'AMEN'
Amen is the word used at the end of prayers or at certain points in the Mass to
indicate agreement and conclusion. Amen is a Hebrew word meaning "so be it," and
was used by the Israelites in the Old Testament to signify their acceptance of
God's commands.
In the New Testament Gospels, it is said to emphasize the importance of the
words that follow ("Amen, Amen I say to you"). In the epistles, Amen is used as
an exclamation of faith in God's promises and Christ's final victory over sin.
The Amen response is an affirmation of the people throughout the celebration of
the Mass. It is said at the end of the Opening Prayer, the Prayer Over the
Gifts, and the Prayer After Communion. The people also say or sing what is often
referred to as the "Great Amen" at the end of the Eucharistic Prayer. They also
respond with Amen at the point of receiving the Body and Blood of Christ at
Communion.
A Redemptorist Pastoral
Publication

THE LORD'S PRAYER
Also called the "Our Father". The Lord's
Prayer is so titled because it is the prayer that Jesus gave to his disciples as
the model of all Christian prayer. Two versions of the Lord's Prayer are given
in the Gospels; in Matthew 6:9-15 and in Luke 11:2-4. This most basic prayer of
Christianity is created in a simple framework: homage to God and petitions of
needs (forgiveness of sins, deliverance from temptation, daily sustenance).
The Our Father is such a perfect prayer
that it is offered every time the Eucharistic Liturgy is celebrated at the
beginning of the Communion Rite, where the priest and the people pray together
"in the words our Savior gave us".
(From a Redemptorist
Pastoral Publication)

ALLELUIA
is a Hebrew word adopted by the Christian
Church. Hallel is the greatest expression of praise in Hebrew. Combined with Jah,
the shortened form of the name of God, JHVH (meaning I AM), it becomes
Hallelujah. Alleluia is a Latinized spelling. From the time of the apostles the
proclaiming of the Alleluia was a revered custom in ordinary life as well as in
connection with the liturgy of the Church.

THE LORD'S DAY
Every celebration of Mass commemorates all
the Easter Mysteries: the Lord's Supper at which Christ instituted the
Eucharist, the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross and His Resurrection-all
historic events on which Christianity is based. And each Sunday celebrates the
Descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost which established the Church.

THE PASCHAL CANDLE
represents Christ, the Light of the World.
The pure beeswax of which the candle is made represents the sinless Christ. The
wick signifies His humanity, the flame, His divine nature, both body and soul.
Five grains of incense inserted into the candle in the form of a cross recall
the aromatic spices with which His sacred body was prepared for the tomb and
also of the five wounds in His feet, hands and side.
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