Parish Administrator Friar Dan Gurnick, OFM (friardan47@gmail.com)

Polish Pastor Fr Paul Szczur, SDS Korean Pastor Fr Philip Bae (philip8247@hanmail.net)

Parish Administrative Assistant/Secretary Katherene Newton

Coordinator of Religious Education for Children - Miriam Podmoroff (miriampod@shaw.ca)

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS

WEEKDAY MASS Adoration before Mass Tuesday—Friday

1st Saturday of the month

WEEKEND MASS Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday Sunday - Polish Sunday - Korean

OTHER KOREAN MASS TIMES: Tuesday 7:30pm Wednesday 7:30pm Friday 10:00am

1st Saturday of the month 10:00am

RECONCILIATION

8:30 am 9:00 am

9:00am

8:30 & 10:00 am 12:30 pm 3:00 pm

4:00 - 4:45 pm

Sacraments of Baptism, Anointing and Visiting the Sick and Marriage, contact Fr. Dan. A minimum of six months notice prior to the marriage date is required.

ADDRESS & CONTACT INFO SACRED HEART ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 4040 Nelthorpe St, Victoria BC, V8X 2A1 P 250.479.1611 F 250.479.9350 Web www.sacredheartvictoria.com E-mail sacredheartchurch@shaw.ca Office Hours Monday Closed

Tuesday - Friday 9:30am—12noon

12:30pm—3:00pm Emergency Hospital Chaplain : 250-889 3761

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 15 February 2015

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH “Never do anything offensive to anyone.”

Introduction Jesus Christ is the model for our life. His example of life, his healing love, reveals to us the love of God in human form. By God’s grace may we become like Christ Jesus in our own lives.

Today’s Readings First Reading: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 Separation from the community is a rule laid down for those with a contagious disease.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Christ Jesus is the true model of life.

Gospel: Mark 1:40-45 Jesus heals a leper and finds he has to stay outside.

Prayers for those who are ill. June Bowes, Betty and Terry Campbell, Alicja Chalecki; Remedios De Lara, Agnes Dummer, Bill Finlay, Helena Janeda; Edmee Kearney, Mary Mason, Suzanne Medd, Ben Perri, Katrina Reda, Leo Schofield, Heather Sluchinski.

Prayers for the deceased. Please remember in prayer those recently deceased: Killian Folk, Fr Marian Golabek and Robert Sims..

Ash Wednesday Schedule of Masses—Feb 18th 9:00am Mass in English 11:00am St. Andrew’s Regional High School Mass 6:00pm Mass in English 7:30pm Mass in Korean —————————————————————————- NO 9:00am Mass - Tues & Fri, Feb 17 & 20

There will be Funeral Mass for: Robert Sims on Tuesday, Feb 17th at 2:00pm and Killian Folk on Friday, Feb 20 at 11:00am. All are invited to attend these Masses. —————————————————————————- Stations of the Cross (Fridays) in Lent The Stations of the Cross is on Friday, Feb 20 at 6:00pm

We thank the Proclaimers for leading us this week. Next week, the Parish Pastoral Council members will lead the Stations.

No final hymn during Lent In keeping with the mood of solemn preparation that characterizes the Lenten season, there will be no recessional hymn at all Masses during Lent— weekdays and weekends. We ask that you please remain standing quietly in your pews until the celebrant has left the church at the end of Mass. Thank you.

Children's Faith Formation

A big thank you to all children in faith formation who are involved with the liturgical ministries. Have courage - you can do it.- Miriam Podmoroff —————————————————————————- The Healing Ministry of the Church and Ethics at the End of Life Presentation Fri, Apr 17 (7-9 pm) & Sat, Apr 18, 2015 (9 am-4 pm)

Bp Gary Gordon will celebrate Mass on Sat at 8:30am.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND VOCATIONS

LITURGY, THE SACRAMENTS, PRAYER AND THE WORD OF GOD

Monday 16th February Exercise with Beryl RCIA Led by the Spirit

Parish Hall Pope John Hall Parish Hall

1:00pm-1:45pm 7:00pm 7:15pm

Wednesday 18th February K of C General Meeting Parish Hall 7:00pm

Thursday 19th February 50th Anniversary Meeting Lecture Series “The Trinity”

Pope John Hall Church

1:00pm 7:00pm

Friday 20th February Christian Meditation Memorial Mass—Killian Folk Stations of the Cross—Proclaimers Bible Faith Studies

Pope John Hall Church Church Pope John Hall

9:00am 11:00am 6:00pm 7:00pm-9:00pm

Saturday 21st February Knights of Columbus—Movie Knight Parish Hall 6:30pm

Tuesday 17th February Funeral Mass—Robert Sims Church 2:00pm

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Fr Mark Miller, CSsR, clinical bioethicist, will speak to this topic at Holy Cross Parish. Please bring a bag lunch. Please register with Valentina Boyd at Holy Cross Parish at office@holycrossvictoria.org or 250-477-5321. —————————————————————————- Seek Jesus in Scripture At St. Andrew's Cathedral Parish Centre Thurs, Mar 5 & 12, 7pm to 9pm

This course teaches participants the different tools available to pray with scripture. It also introduces some techniques to help understand the Scripture in a deeper way. Topics include: Short Introduction to Scripture; Preparing for Sunday. Pay Attention; Chop it up; Key words Resources – Software, websites and books For info or to register, please call 250-381-2425 or email: philip.yuson@gmail.com.

Pastoral Care Outreach Program Session 2

Listening and Communication and Mental Health Sat, Feb 28 9:00am to 2:00pm at St. Patrick Parish (Hall).

Who would be interested? The workshops are open to anyone who wants to understand the practical aspects of pastoral care, present hospital and homebound parish visitors who want to become more effective in their ministry, parishioners who look after their own family members, or other caregivers, anyone interested in knowing more about their faith, or consider this program an opportunity for professional development that you can use at home and with others.

This session relates to Mental Health. It broadens the conversation by providing information on ministering to those with mental health issues, and creates awareness in lessening the stigma of mental illness. Please bring a bag lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided. Contact the parish office to register: 250-592-7391 or stpat190@telus.net —————————————————————————- Development and Peace D&P brings The Joy of the Gospel for Share Lent 2015

On Ash Wednesday, D&P will launch its annual Share Lent campaign with the theme “Sow much love … to give.” This annual campaign raises funds to support its mission in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. This year, each of D&P’s weekly bulletin announcements features quotations from Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel. In each one, D&P shares the joy of its mission. Please find in your bulletin this week, the Lenten Calendar to help your family move from reflection to sacrifice and action this Lenten season. Together, we can sow seeds of change! Learn more at devp.org/sharelent.

At St. Patrick's Church

On Friday, Feb 20, at 8:15pm, you are invited to a talk by Fr Edwin Gariguez, Exec Secretary of NASSA, the "National Secretariat for Social Action", the advocacy and social development arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. NASSA also is known as Caritas Philippines. Fr. Edwin is knowledgeable on the rights of indigenous peoples regarding mining, and issues of food security and food sovereignty. To welcome our D&P Solidarity visitor who is here to launch our Share Lent program, everyone’s invited to a potluck at 7:00pm at St. Patrick's. For info, please contact Sr Marina at 250-386-3663 or victoriadevp@gmail.com.

50th Anniversary

Dear Parishioners, On Fri, Feb 20 Sacred Heart Faith Community, in conjunction with St Vincent de Paul, and the Bayanihan Philippine Center, will be offering a Friendship Meal to the poor of our diocese. This is a ticketed event (200 tickets) with 2 available sittings: 4:30pm for families & 6:00pm for singles. Menu: - ham, turkey breast or vegetarian burgers; with mashed potatoes; and mixed vegetables. Pies & ice-cream. Tea, coffee, milk & soda. Condiments will be provided. Needed: cash donations to buy food supply and labour work for the following areas: Food prep (peeling potatoes, setting the tables etc); cooking, serving, bussing tables, clean up and greeters. On the table in the foyer are:- a Sign-Up sheet to volunteer and a box for your donations of cash or cheques (please note that cash & cheque donations will not be tax receipted). We appreciate your generosity of time, labour and monetary donations. —————————————————————————- 2014 Tax Receipts

Please remember to pick up your 2014 tax receipts from the table in the foyer, this will help us save on postage. —————————————————————————- Note of Thanks On behalf of the Reception Committee for St. Andrew's Cathedral, I would like to thank every Parish, individual and group who so generously donated their time, labor, food, and funds that collectively made Fr Harrison Ayre's Ordination Reception the successful joyful occasion that it was.—Joan Vezina

DONATION TOTALS 7th & 8th February 2015

Envelopes/Loose $3,899.60

PAD $ 365.00

Other Revenue $ 350.00

Total $4,614.60

STEWARDSHIP, ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

PARISH OUTREACH, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ECUMENISM

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL 2014 / 2015

Stan Dzbik Chairperson Mike Bourbeau Family Life Marilyn Turner Outreach Fernando De La Torre Stewardship Jim Haffey Yth & Young Adults Catherine Minvielle Adult Religious Ed Richard Byeon Richard Pardo-Figueroa Angela Spencer

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MISSION STATEMENT We the people of Sacred Heart Parish are a caring community, linked by the bonds of faith, guidance from the Holy Spirit and the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. We strive to live in the heart of Jesus Christ. We will reach out and serve those who are vulnerable and marginalized, seek social justice for all people, foster spiritual growth in our parish family and educate our children in Christian values.

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PARISH MINISTRIES/GROUPS

Altar Servers Mary-Ellen Ross 658-4112 Attic Treasures Jim Haffey 389 0440 Pat Tonkin 721-0293 Bereavement Support Christian Charities Bazaar Rita Kelly 598 9558 Christian Meditation Margie Noonan 388-3173 Clothing Sale Mary Bennett 477-5145 Craft Group Elizabeth Olcen 477-8115 C.W.L. Lidia Moodie 479-6495 Eucharistic Ministers Robert / Helen Payne 370-0241 Finance Chairperson Robert Payne 370 0241 Knights of Columbus Michael Bourbeau 778 678-4365 Led By The Spirit Group David MacIntyre 383-9955 Music Coordinator Rafael Oei 383-1523 Pastoral Care Ministry Parish Office 479-1611 Prayer Line Pamela Blakeslee 477-0579 Pro-Life Ministry Rocio King 744-2802 Proclaimers Catherine Minvielle 294-4923 Raffle Coordinators So-Ryang Jackson & 658-3001 Ginnie McGinty 658-3024 RCIA Vincenza Cameron 479-6488 Responsible Ministry Coord Social Justice/Dev & Peace Margie Noonan 388-3173 St. Vincent de Paul Walt Ryan 658-5044 Ushers Zeudy Villar-Vega 920-0220 Youth Ministry Sandy Bourbeau 479-4712 (email at san.beau@gmail.com)

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