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7237 Morrow Road, Agassiz BC V0M 1A2
Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Phone: 604-796-9181 Web: http://stanthonyagassiz.ca/
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
Rev. Fr. Steny Mascarenhas OCD
PASTOR [email protected] (778-321-8301)
Deacon James Meskas (604-615-5677)
PARISH STAFF
Beccie Bokenfohr (Administrative Assistant)
[email protected] SUNDAY EUCHARIST
Sunday 09:00 am, 11:00 am
WEEKDAY EUCHARIST
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday 09:00 am Tuesday, 7:00 pm
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8 to 8:40 am,
Tuesday 6:30 pm to 6:55 pm
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Every Friday at 09:30 am (Benediction at 10:30 am)
PARISH GROUPS
Parish Finance Council: Wayne Turner 778 878 0665
Parish Pastoral Council: Rick McArthur 604 220 5843
CWL: Lynda Van Scheyndel, 604 491 3000
Knights of Columbus: Gerard Gouwenberg, 604 316 9708
Youth Ministry: Annie Killoran & Coral Gouwenberg
604 701 9948, 604 799 4724
PREP: Emee Wenk 604 796 3116
RCIA: Ginny Lejeune 604 796 9573
Lectors: Jack Van Dongen 604 703 3536
Eucharistic Ministers:
Counters: Wilma Struys 604 796 8901
Sacristy: Patrick Donegan 604 796 0261
Ushers/Greeters: Gerald Struys 604 796 8901
Fundraising committee: Jack Van Dongen 604 9974625
Parish Screening Committee:
Peggy Turner 778 878 0650
Maintenance: Frank Van Scheyndel 604 491 3000
SACRAMENTS: Please contact the Parish Office
Music coordinators
Beccie Bokenfohr at 604 796 3137
Anna Gouwenberg at 604-796-2341
Annie Killoran at 604 701 9948
Ron & Marguerite Rocheleau 604 796 1236 Project Advance: Leonne Beebe 604 796 3382
Parish Website: http://stanthonyagassiz.ca
We, the Catholic community of St. Anthony of Padua, relying on the wisdom and the grace of God, unite
ourselves to the call for renewal and transformation of our spiritual, social and economic life
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – November 06, 2016
Year of Mercy Reflection: “Among the Sacraments,
certainly Reconciliation renders present with particular
efficacy the merciful face of God: it is constantly and
ceaselessly made real and manifest. Let us not forget, both
as penitent and confessors: there is no sin that God cannot
forgive!” Pope Francis
Divine Mercy Prayer Intentions Box
Please place your personal intentions and Mass
intentions in the box that has been placed in the church.
You may, also, email your intentions and Mass
intentions to: [email protected]
and they will be placed in the box on your behalf. Warm Clothing Needed for Men’s Hostel
As it gets cooler more warm clothing is needed: winter
jackets (any size), underwear, belts, toques, gloves, scarves,
sweaters (any size), work boots and runners (sizes 9 to 12),
pants (sizes 34 and under), shirts (any size) and hoodies
(any size) and more urgently needed are socks! To donate,
please send items to the Men’s Hostel, 828 Cambie Street,
Vancouver, or visit us daily between noon and 10 p.m.
(Saturdays and Sundays 4-10 p.m.). For more info please
contact 604-443-3292 or rcav.org/mens-hostel
Saint of Calcutta Exhibit has been extended!
Join us on Nov. 10 & 11, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and
Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Saint Mary’s Parish,
Vancouver to view the Saint Mother Teresa Exhibit.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about the
Saint of Calcutta! This exhibit has travelled the world
and we are blessed to have it displayed within our
Archdiocese. Special thanks to the Missionaries of
Charities for making this exhibit possible!
rcav.org/mother-teresa
November 06 2016 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – November 06, 2016
Mass Intentions
Sunday 9 am
11 am
Tine Basten+
Trudy Bartak+
Monday 9 am Wilson & Wisdom Chan+
Tuesday 7 pm Maria Nguyen+
Wednesday 9 am Wilson & Wisdom Chan+
Thursday 9 am Wilson & Wisdom Chan+
Friday 9 am Intervention of Divine
Mercy
Saturday 9 am Peter Nguyen+
October 30, 2016
Envelopes $1,452.00
Loose $147.06
Total $1,599.06
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Up-Coming Events PREP Classes:
Confirmation; All Fridays at 3 pm, resumes October 14th ,
1st Communion; All Wednesdays at 3 pm resumes Oct. 12th
Adoration and Divine Mercy Novena on Friday 9.30 am
Parish Pastoral Council meeting on November 7th, 7 pm.
K of C general meeting on 09 Wednesday at 7pm
Holy Communion for the shut in - may be given at home upon
request. Please contact the parish office.
We remember in prayer all those who are sick, including: : Peggy Turner, Florence Sinclair, Joan Vowelles, Beverly Westlin., Sally Harrison, Susan Williams, Baby Rose Beebe, Joe Yunick, Stella Hildebrandt, and Trudi
We remember in prayer: those who have died: Chantelle Philip, Arlia Point, Ray Howe and Ruud Verheugd.
New in the Parish? Have you registered yet? If you are new or have not registered yet, please fill out a Parish Registration Form available in the gathering area. Drop off at the office or in the collection basket at Mass
Thank you and May God bless you all, for your generosity in contributing towards the Project Advance and towards the Parish. I highly appreciate your support. Fr. Steny Ocd.
Calling all Singers! Would you like to participate in the
Annual Christmas Carol Festival ?
Practice times are as follows:
Thursday Nov 17 7pm at the United church
Thursday Nov 24 7 pm at the United church
Thursday Dec 1 7pm at the United church
Wednesday Dec 7 7 pm at the United church or Ag Hall
Thursday Dec 8 Carol Festival in the Ag Hall.
Advent Retreat - A Time to Nourish Hope
Join us for an Advent retreat that offers an opportunity to
get away from your busy daily life and come to know God
in a more intimate and personal way. Grow in your own
spirituality and mark the season of Advent as a
time to nourish hope. Retreat with Ann M. Garrido, DMin,
and associate professor of homiletics at Aquinas Institute
of Theology in St. Louis, MO. Saturday, Dec. 3 at the John
Paul II Pastoral Centre, Vancouver starting at 9 a.m.,
ending with Mass celebrated by Archbishop Miller at 4
p.m. Cost is $25/person and includes retreat booklet and
lunch. For moe info. or to register, visit rcav.org/oc-
advent-retreat.
Reflection: Is your life earth-bound or heaven-bound? The
Sadducees had one big problem - they could not conceive of
heaven beyond what they could see with their naked eyes! Aren't
we often like them? We don't recognize spiritual realities because
we try to make heaven into an earthly image. The Sadducees came
to Jesus with a test question to make the resurrection look
ridiculous. The Sadducees, unlike the Pharisees, did not believe in
immortality, nor in angels or evil spirits. Their religion was
literally grounded in an earthly image of heaven.
The Scriptures give witness - we will rise again to immortal
life: Jesus retorts by dealing with the fact of the resurrection. The
scriptures give proof of it. In Exodus 3:6, when God manifests his
presence to Moses in the burning bush, the Lord tells him that he
is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He shows that the
patriarchs who died hundreds of years previously were still alive
in God. Jesus defeats their arguments by showing that God is a
living God of a living people. God was the friend of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob when they lived. That friendship could not cease
with death. As Psalm 73:23-24 states: "I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and
afterward you will receive me to glory."
The ultimate proof of the resurrection is the Lord Jesus and his
victory over death when he rose from the tomb. Before Jesus
raised Lazarus from the dead, he exclaimed: "I am the
resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet
shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.
Do you believe this?" (John 11:25). Jesus asks us the same
question. Do you believe in the resurrection and in the promise of
eternal life with God?
Jesus came to restore Paradise and everlasting life for us
The Holy Spirit reveals to us the eternal truths of God's unending
love and the life he desires to share with us for all eternity. Paul
the Apostle, quoting from the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 64:4; 65:17)
states: "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man
conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him," God
has revealed to us through the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). The
promise of paradise - heavenly bliss and unending life with an all-
loving God - is beyond human reckoning. We have only begun to
taste the first-fruits! Do you live now in the joy and hope of the
life of the age to come?
Closing of the Holy Doors and Conferral of Papal
Honours As the Year of Mercy comes to a close, join us
for a special celebration on Sunday, Nov. 13. The
Archdiocese of Vancouver will formally close the Holy
Door at Holy Rosary Cathedral and conclude the Year of
Mercy with a special Mass on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2:30
p.m. This will be a joyous occasion as dioceses of the
world will also close their holy doors. Those known for
their service in the Archdiocese of Vancouver will also be
recognized on this day as they receive special honours
from the Holy Father during an award ceremony.
Something to think about: The Power ✝ of the Holy
Rosary. Beautiful Reasons for Praying the Rosary Even
More Often. Father Gabriel Amorth writes: One day a
colleague of mine heard the devil say during an exorcism:
"Every Hail Mary is like a blow on my head. If Christians
knew how powerful the Rosary was, it would be my end.“
The secret that makes this prayer so effective is that *the
Rosary is both prayer and meditation.* *It is addressed to
the Father, to the Blessed Virgin, and to the Holy ✝
Trinity, and is a meditation centered on Christ.* Shall we
pray the Rosary everyday?
The “Bible Timeline” course continues…
The 24 session course, the “Bible Timeline”, will continue
on Thursdays, starting Thursday, October 20th. This course
is open to all parishioners, and is a continuation of the first 8
sessions that we did in the spring. Materials include a
“Bible Timeline” and a Timeline bookmark, at the cost of
$10. For those of you who are just joining the course now,
please contact us, so we can include you in an orientation
meeting beforehand. For further information please contact
the parish office at 604-796-9181, or Fr. Steny at 778-321-
8301, or email [email protected].
Have you entered the names of your loved ones who
have passed away into the Book of Life that is placed
in the Gathering Area ? You may, also, offer a Mass for the
deceased…envelopes are provided with a box for you to
deposit them. Holy Souls’ 30 day Prayer Book The
month of Holy Souls is almost upon us - a time dedicated
to prayer for the faithful departed. Pray with us this
November with our Holy Souls’ 30 day Prayer Book will
be available at your local parish or sign up to receive daily
prayers for Holy Souls delivered straight into your inbox
for the month of November. Visit rccav.org
Annual Seminary of Christ the King Lecture
End the Year of Mercy with thought-provoking talks by Fr.
David Songy, OFM Cap., on Saturday, Nov. 19, at
Seminary of Christ the King, 34224 Dewdney Trunk Rd,
Mission. Fr. Songy is one of the missionaries of mercy
commissioned by Pope Francis for this year. He currently
serves as president of Saint Luke Institute in Maryland, an
organization dedicated to "bringing the healing ministry of
Christ to Catholic men and women through education and
psychological, spiritual and physical care" (www.sli.org).
Join us for his talk “The Church: Face of Mercy in a
Despairing World,” from 10:15-11:40 a.m. and “Personal
Prayer: A Foundation for Mercy,” from 1:15-3:00 p.m.
Admission free and open to all. Lunch not provided but
there are many places to eat in Mission. For more info.
contact 604-826-8975 or [email protected]
FOOD BANK SUNDAY
Thank you for your generosity!!!
Agape Street Ministry Collection of small
cosmetics, candies, toiletries, etc., etc., This box
is in the Meeting Room at the Communications
Center. Agapé – God’s Love – is the willingness to
serve without compensation, and the willingness to
suffer without retaliation.
St. Anthony’s Youth Group
Today, our youth group will be having a YOUTH
COFFEE between the Masses. They’d love to
serve you coffee & goodies and give you a chance
to visit with your friends and other parishioners!
See you there!
Women's Discernment Night
Join us on Friday, Dec. 9, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Coquitlam
for a Women’s Discernment Night. We begin with a
time of prayer as people arrive, followed by dinner
at 7 p.m. After dinner we have a short presentation
or reflection by one of the sisters, followed by time
for discussion and questions.
Knights of Columbus of St.
Anthony of Padua Parish ,
General meeting is on
November 09 at 7pm. All the
Knights are requested to attend
this meeting.