Church MINISTRY Contacts

Sunday Liturgies (November-April)

St. Dominic: Saturday 7 pm

Assumption: Sunday 9 am

Sacrament of Reconciliation

1/2 hour before Mass or by Appointment

Marriage Preparation

All couples…wishing to marry in our parish is required to contact

the parish office at least 6 months prior to wedding. Marriage

Course is required. Please contact the parish office @ 780-639-

3245.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)

Rite of Christian Initiation of Teens (RCIT)

Rite of Christian Initiation of Children (RCIC)

Mary Anne Penner 780-639-3245 or 594-6428

Betsy Fletcher 780-639-3586

Baptismal Preparation: will be held in February 2016.

Baptisms will be held during Saturday evening or Sunday

morning Mass. Contact Parish office @ 780-639-3245.

Preparation of the Sacraments:

Reconciliation, Confirmation and Eucharist:

Grades 3 to 6

St. Dominic Parish Centre

Contact Parish office @ 780-639-3245.

St. Dominic CWL: Debbie Sanregret @ 780-639-3582,

Heather Ruschkowski @ 780-639-2930

Meeting 4th Monday @ 7 pm St. Dominic Parish Centre.

Next Meeting January 25, 2015

Religious Articles Rita Kucy @ 780-639-2089

Assumption CWL Jeanette Laforce 780-594-4336

Meeting 3rd Wednesday @ 4 pm in Assumption Meeting Room

Next meeting January 20, 2015

Knights of Columbus

Grand Knight Emerson Quiambao 780-545-7629

Meeting 4th Monday evening @ 7 pm

St. Dominic Parish Centre

Next Meeting January 25, 2015

Parish Pastoral Council will meet on January 7, 2015 @ 7 pm in St. Dominic Parish Centre

Parish Pastoral Chair: Vacant

Assumption Music: Michelle Kaminski 780-639-4855

St. Dominic Music: Olivia Larocque 1-780-289-8587

Cemetery

Assumption Frank Koob 780-594-3192 St. Dominic Marcel Sanregret 780-639-3582 St. Peter and St. Paul Joe Bokota 780-826-5867

Catholic Schools Assumption 780-594-4050 Holy Cross 780-594-0700 St. Dominic 780-639-3520 Ecole Voyageur 780-594-0444

Church Watch Leader

Assumption: Frank Koob 780-594-3192 St. Dominic: Greg Chorney 780-639-0321 Sts. Peter and Paul: William Swiderski 780-826-5863

Are you new to our Parish family? We want you to feel at home here, and

we would like to know you are here. Please pick up a registration form from

the Sacristy. Please fill it in and put it in the Collection basket the following

week. Envelopes are available in the Sacristy for your Parish Support.

Pastoral Care Pastoral Care Home Visits:

If you are in need or know someone who is in need (shut-ins) who would like to have a visit from the parish priest or a member of our pastoral home care team, please contact the parish office and we will arrange a day and time with you. These individuals provide pastoral care to those of our parish who wish to receive Holy Communion. The parish priest will also come to your home to do the Anointing of the Sick.

Hospital Patients:

Please be aware that if you are a patient or a member of your family is in the hospital and would like to receive the Anointing of the Sick or Holy Communion, please contact the parish office.

Prayer Line:

Within our parish we have a group of men and women who pray for various needs. If you would like to place a prayer on the prayer line please contact Charles Hebert @ 780-594-3273.

St. Dominic & Our Lady of the Assumption Box 8040 Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 1N1

office@stdominicparish.ca

780-639-3245 office 780-639-3297 Fax

Website: StDominicParish.ca

Parish Pastor: Fr. Jacob Alvares - 780-201-6567 Parish Secretary: Janet Sakowich

4th Sunday of Advent - December 20, 2015

The more you share of yourself, the more you grow

“There was once a wise woman travelling in the mountains who found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveller who was hungry, and she opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveller saw the precious stone and asked if she might give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveller left, rejoicing in his good for-tune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime, but a few days later he came back to return the stone to the woman who had given it to him. ‘I’ve been thinking,” he said, “ I know how valuable the stone is, but I’m giving it back in the hope that you can give me something much more precious. I want you to give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone.’ She said: “The more you share of your-self, the more you grow.”

During this holy season of Advent we are invited to make a real preparation for that one gift we are going to receive from God through Mary. God chose Mary to bring that gift in-to the world. It was announced and foretold by many Holy men and women for several cen-turies and when Mary was asked by the angel Gabriel, she accepted the invitation from God because she knew the more she shares the more she will grow and help others to grow.

As we are proximately approaching the celebration of Christmas, this season leads us with the aspect of a great mystery to understand what God is offering us, and at the same time our personal preparedness to receive that valuable gift from God through Mary. Jesus is the pure and perfect gift that God could think of giving to the humanity. Yes, if God could Je-sus his Son, what gift can I return to God?

God does not desire anything from us except we love Him wholeheartedly and love our brothers and sister as we love ourselves. In other words, during this Christmas and there-after let our generous love for God and one another, be deeply challenged. May it propel within us to transform into an opportunity and hope for others. Let it become our finest quali-ty, our shining nature as human beings in our relationship to our fellow being. May we grow with courage and wisdom, hope and faith, generosity and simplicity sharing and caring our life more and more with one another like the woman who shared the precious stone.

Fr. Jacob Alvares, SAC.

Parish Pastoral

Council Mission

“It is our mission to serve the Lord and the Christian

Community through Worship, Action and the

Word of God.”

Page 2 MASS SCHEDULE

Weekday and Weekend Masses and Celebrations Tuesday Dec. 22 10 am Long Term Care +Margaret Lucas Wednesday Dec. 23 10 am Assumption *Special Intention for Clem and Jeanette Laforce Thursday Dec. 24 7 pm St. Dominic 10 pm Assumption Friday Dec. 25 9 am Assumption 10:30 am Lodge Saturday Dec. 26 7 pm St. Dominic +Andre Beaunoyer Sunday Dec. 27 9 am Assumption

Envelope users we would appreciate your

help if you could please put your name, address and phone number on the next three envelopes. We have some num-bers without addresses and no phone number to contact them. We require this information for your income tax re-ceipt that will be issued around the middle of January. Without your address, a receipt cannot be issued. If you are using envelope # 213 please write your name address and phone number on your next envelope. Thank you.

If you are someone who donates once a year, please en-

sure that your offering is in the collection basket no later than December 26/27 weekend so it will be then credited towards your 2015 tax receipt.

May Joy be your gift at Christmas

and may Faith,

Hope and Love

be your treasures

in the New Year.

Joyeux Nöel!

Maligayang Pasko!

Khushal Borit Natala!

Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Janet is now out of town from

December 19-31.

Fr. Jacob will be away from after

Mass on December 27 through to the 31. There will be no masses during this time. With that, if there are any emergencies please contact Mary Anne Penner @ 780-594-6428 or 780-812-8055.

“Do not be afraid: for see -

I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people:

to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,

who is the Christ, the Lord.

This will be a sign for you:

you will find a child wrapped in swaddling clothes

and lying in the manger.”

And suddenly there was with the Angel

a multitude of the heavenly host,

praising God and saying,

“and on earth peace among those he favours!” Luke 2:10-14

Thank you to all the young ones who helped to make

“Kids for Kids” a success this year! The proceeds in which you donated this year went to the following: $193.41 was used to purchase items for the Healthy Baby Project through FCSS and to purchase toiletries for the Dr. Margaret Savage Crisis Centre. Food was purchased for $231.20 for the Christmas Hamper Project. Thank you also to Carolyn and Rebecca for shopping for these charities and dropping them off. Thank you again for helping other children in need.

We recommend to your prayers +Edward

Budnik who passed away on Sunday December 13, 2015. Prayers and Funeral Mass was held in St. Dominic this past week. We offer our pray-ers and condolences to his wife and family! May Mr. Budnik receive eternal peace!

Marian Hour of Prayer is held every Tuesday afternoon from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm in

Assumption Church.

St. Dominic Phone person for month of December is Erica Ellenwood @ 780-639-3522.

If you are unable to attend the Mass for which you are scheduled please contact her and she will find someone to switch with you.

Collection for Dec. 12/13, 2015

St. Dominic-$2779.35 Assumption-$1193.50

The Assumption CWL will be selling Catholic

Missions of Canada Calendars at the entrance of the Assumption Church after Mass upon there arrival. They will sell for $20 a Calendar. This money is all sent to support Missions in Canada. This brings the Holy Masses to areas that would otherwise not have this privilege without your generous support. Please take into your home and heart, prayers for all who are blessed with this financial assistance.

We are starting a new bereavement ministry in our parish. The goal of this ministry is support

and care for those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. To help us do this we will be using a program called, "Seasons of Hope". Seasons of Hope is Christ centered and grounded in the teachings of the Catholic Church. It explores mourning by using scripture, prayer, reflection, activities and faith sharing. It gives the bereaved an opportunity to come together in God's love. It fosters healing and spiritual growth as well as a nurturing link to fellow parishioners of faith. It provides 4 seasons consisting of 6 sessions each with 24 different themes over a year. We are looking for caring, compassionate volunteers to help with this ministry. If interested please contact Adie Miron @780-639-3952 or Bonnie Snaith at 780-639-3531 or leave your name and number with Janet at the parish office.

Congratulations to Alexander Bayer who

received his 1st Reconciliation on December 15, 2015.

On January 5, 2016, the

Tuesday morning Faith Enrichment group will begin an eight week study on the topic of Mercy using the booklet entitled “The Holy Year of Mercy – a Faith Sharing Guide with Reflections by Pope Francis.” Sessions are from 9:00 to 11:00 am. The cost of the booklet is $15.50. The sessions are open to all who wish to participate. For more information, please call Sister Céline 780-639-3282.

On Tuesday, St. Dominic CWL helped with the Christmas

Hamper distribution. We extend our sincere thanks to those who came out to join us. Thank you Annette, Omer, Dick, Bob, John, Tom and Marcel as well as our friends from Cold Lake First Nations, and other community Churches. A great time was had by all! May you be abundantly blessed for your kindness.