Youth Ministry Anna-Marie Schmaltz dakhil3@gmail.com

Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Pat & Lynda Gillespie 604-795-5998

Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) Alison ten Bohmer 604-793-1268

Children’s Liturgy Johanna Chiappetta 604-824-2848

Finance Committee Sheila Giolito 604-858-3664

Catholic Women’s League Marti Van de Raadt 604796 9351

Domestic Abuse Services (Liaison) Marta Cecchi 604-795-7311

Knights of Columbus Council 3478 Andrew Godbout, G.K 604-402-3493

Assembly 2256 Onile Turenne, F.N. 604-824-0823

Secular Franciscan Order Monique Dion 604-703-3314

Prayer Group Jacques Hardy 604-795-3425

Divine Mercy Chaplet @ 3:00pm First Friday of the Month

Bible Study

Little Rock Scripture Study Ray & Ute Biela 604-858-4601

Wednesday Bible Study Sandra Melville 604-792-7049

Young at Heart (Seniors Group)

Cards: Wednesdays @ 1:15pm, K of C Hall Shirley Muglich 604-795-3918

Carpet Bowling: Monday @ 1:00pm Betty Bohmer 604-392-9931

Parish Library Open Sunday’s after 9:30am Mass Mark Brown 604-702-9594

Parish Outreach Coordinator Mary Eagan 604-858-0037

Choirs

Good News Choir Omer Devlin 604-858-4541

Friends in Song Patsy Bartholomew 604-792-3647

New Life Choir Myrt Armstrong 604-795-5304

CCODP Peter Li 604-858-8932

First Nations Ministries & Culture Sr. Marie Melling 604-702-1892

Archdiocese of Vancouver —Prison Ministry Maureen Donegan 604-791-1864

Mother Teresa’s Place Thrift Store Dorothy Beaty, Mgr. 604-792-2764

Ushers Peter Lindenhoff 604-847-3519

Mom’s Group (Thursday, 9:30am to 10:30am) Alison ten Bohmer 604-793-1268

Legion of Mary Agnes Feeney 604-794-5819

Adult Faith Education Graham Osborne 604-824-9773

Agape Street Ministry Maureen Bliault 604 -858-3676

World Youth Day Matthew ten-Bohmner 604-703-6891

Caslyn Turrenne 604-701-9721

Cenacle/Rosary every Friday 8:45am-10:00am For information call 604-847-3122

Baptism Celebrated at 12:45pm

on the last Sunday of the month.

Baptism Preparation is the 2nd

Wednesday of the month. Regis-

tration is required and all paper-

work must be completed prior to

the confirmed baptism date.

Marriage Six months’ notice is

required.

Funerals Please contact a priest

prior to making funeral arrange-

ments

Anointing of the Sick If you or a

family member are admitted to a

hospital or other care facility and

you wish to have a priest visit, call

the parish office. Privacy legisla-

tion restricts the information that

can be given to us by the facility.

Outreach Inform the office if you

are not able to regularly attend

Mass and would like to receive

Holy Communion at home.

Lost & Found Items can be

claimed at the entrance to the

Church. Items not claimed after 3

weeks are donated to Mother Te-

resa’s.

Pastor: Reverend Nelson Santos

Assistant Pastor: Reverend Emmanuel Onumadu

ST. MARY’S PARISH

8909 Mary Street

Chilliwack, BC

V2P 4J4

Phone: 604.792.2764

Fax: 604.792.3013

Email: office@stmarysparish.ca

Parish Website: www.stmarysparish.ca

Parish Office Hours: Mon. to Fri. 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

St. Mary’s Elementary School Principal: Mr. Gianni Bittante

Phone: 604-792-7715

Fax: 604.792.7031

Email: psymes@stmarysschoolchwk.com

St. Mary’s School Website: www.stmarysschoolchwk.com

St. John Brebeuf Regional High School Website: www.stjohnbrebeuf.ca

Phone: 604.855.0571

Sat. Anticipated Mass 5:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 am

9:30 am

11:30 am

Mon., Tues., Thurs. and Friday 8:00 am

Wednesday 9:00 am

Saturday 9:00 am

Mon., Tues., Thurs. and Friday 7:30 am

Wednesday 8:30 am

Saturday 8:30 am

Saturday 4:00 pm

PARISH LIFE PARISH GROUPS

CONFESSIONS

MASS SCHEDULE

ADORATION

of the Blessed Sacrament First

Friday of the Month 8:30 am to 12:00 pm

MASS INTENTIONS

Mon Dec. 8th 8:00 am Joanne Toop

Tues Dec. 9th 8:00 am Joanne Toop

Thurs Dec. 11 8:00 am Malcolm John Webster, RIP

Fri Dec. 12 8:00 am Emmanuel LeMaitre, RIP

Sat Dec. 13 9:00 am George Lescisin, RIP

Sat Dec. 13 5:00 pm Anne Lescisin, RIP

Sun Dec. 14 9:30 am Rita Blanchette

Sun Dec. 14 11:30 am Jose Almeida, RIP

December 7 – 2nd Sunday of Advent

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Frances Doyscher

Erin Calver

Rose Trach

Kevin Frank

Madeline Clark O’Brien

Mary O’Connel

Ron Kuester

Diane Taylor

Julie Whyte

Phyllis Rollheiser

Ray Sullivan

Thomas Gibney

Sr. Jean Holick

Shelley Huitema Janet Rollheiser

… and all who are in need of our prayers, especially

those in ill health or recuperating from illness or sur-

gery.

There are so many joyful things to get ready for each Christmas. This is such a busy time of the year for us all. Are

you able to hear God‟s voice calling amid the „to do‟ lists, the noise of the relentless advertisers, and all the spend-

ing? Being a good steward in these weeks before Christmas means setting aside time to make straight the path, to

put God first. Try „spending‟ some extra time in prayer this Advent Season.

CHRISTMAS HAMPERS This Christmas, St. Mary‟s

will assist parishioners in need by providing Christmas

Hampers. If you or someone you know from our parish

community is in need of assistance, please stop by the

parish or school office to pick up an application. The

following donations would be greatly appreciated:

1)Non-perishable Food Donations 2) Monetary Donations placed in the collection basket

in an envelope marked “Hampers.” If you would like a

tax receipt for your cash donation, please include your

name, address and/or envelope number on the enve-

lope.

3) Giving Tree Remove a tag from the Giving Tree and

return the unwrapped item to the parish or school of-

fice. All gifts and donations will be distributed to those

in need in our Parish family through our Christmas

Hamper program. All Donations will be gratefully ac-

cepted until December 19th.

MEMORIAL CHRISTMAS FLOWER DONATIONS

will be accepted for Memorial Flowers in memory of a

loved one. These donations are used throughout the

year to purchase flowers for our church Sanctuary.

Please place your CASH donation in an envelope

marked “Memorial Flowers” with the name of the

loved one clearly marked. Tax receipts will not be is-

sued for Memorial flower donations. Deadline for me-

morial flower donations is Dec. 12th.

DECEMBER 25TH (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION) CHRISTMAS -

The NATIVITY of the LORD will be celebrated at the following times:

Wed. December 24th 5:00 pm Children‟s Mass

Wed. December 24th 7:30 pm

Wed. December 24th 8:00 pm (St. Theresa‟s Mission)

Wed. December 24th Midnight

Thurs. December 25th 9:30 am

Thurs. December 25th 11:30 am

JANUARY 1ST (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION) THE SOLEMNITY OF MARY,

the Holy Mother of God will be celebrated at the following times:

Wed.. December 31st

Adoration 9:00 pm

Benediction 9:45 pm

Anticipated Mass 10:00 pm

Fellowship 11:00 pm (in the Parish Centre)

Thurs. January 1st 9:30 am

Thurs. January 1st 11:30 am

AROUND THE PARISH

PRE-AUTHORIZED PAYMENT PLAN

We encourage you to consider making your WHITE

ENVELOPE weekly donation by this method. Please

complete an application and return the form to the par-

ish office with a void blank cheque. Applications can

be picked up at the parish office or the main entrance to

the church. Please continue to place the white enve-

lopes in the collection basket until further notice. Any

questions please call Sheila at 604-858-3664.

The Project Advance Campaign 2014 will come to a

close Dec. 31, 2014. This annual campaign not only

benefits our parish but benefits other parishes and min-

istries throughout the archdiocese. At this time I would

like to appeal to those parishioners who have not yet

contributed to Project Advance 2014, or maybe have

never contributed to any of these campaigns in the past

years. Project Advance can benefit our parish needs in

a special way, primarily by helping us to pay our out-

standing debt of $256,535. Alternatively, your dona-

tion could be made directly to the “Parish Building

Fund”. These monies would be used to decrease our

debt. Thank you, for recognizing that God has given

you the blessings of faith, family and treasure to be

shared with others as well as future generations. Please

prayerfully consider making a donation at this time.

Thank you for your generosity.

PROJECT ADVANCE 2014 - “Live Gratefully, Give

Generously”

CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS MASS DEC. 24TH 5PM

As of Sunday, Nov 30 the children at the 9:30am mass

will begin practicing for the performance at the Chil-

dren‟s Christmas Mass. If you would like your child/

children (age 4-8) to participate and can commit to

bringing them to Children‟s Liturgy(9:30 mass) for the

next few weeks, than please sign up at the back of the

church as space is limited. We could also use a few

parents to help with getting the children in/out of their

costumes that day. If you can help than please sign up

and add your contact information. Any questions

please contact jchiappetta@stmarysschoolchwk.com

CHURCH CLEANING FOR CHRISTMAS - Parish-

ioners can help clean the church Friday Dec.12 and

Dec. 19 after the 8:00 am mass. Any assistance is

greatly appreciated!

SCHOOL NEWS

“THE CHRISTMAS SHOE TREE” - tickets available at

the school office for the Christmas Musical. The whole school

takes part! Dec. 17 at 11am and 7pm. Tickets for the 11am

show will be sold after the masses Dec. 6 and 7. Tickets are

$5.00/adults; $3.50/seniors & students 13 years and older; Kids

under 12 free.

We are having a living Christmas Creche on

Saturday, December 13th – 6:00 pm to 7:30

pm under the bell tower. Food donations

greatly accepted. Please drive by and have a

look!

CHILD MINDING Dec. 12, 6pm-9pm - Need an evening

out? Or do a little Christmas Shopping? St. Mary‟s “Kids Who

Can” will watch your 4-10 year old! Games, Hot Chocolate,

and a Christmas movie. $5 per child! Registration forms are in

the parish centre.

Please note the following MASS SCHEDULE

CHANGES

Wed. December 24th 8:00 am Cancelled

Thurs. December 25th 8:00 am Cancelled

Fri. December 26th 8:00 am Cancelled (Mass

will be celebrated at 7:00 pm)

Thurs. January 1st 8:00 am Cancelled

PENITENTIAL SERVICES Fraser Valley East

Deanery

St. Joseph‟s Parish, Langley Dec.11 7pm

St. Joseph‟s Parish, Mission Dec.12 7pm

Saint Anthony of Padua Parish Dec. 14 7pm

Saint Nicholas Parish Dec. 16 7pm

Saint James Parish Dec. 17 7pm

Saint Ann‟s Parish Dec. 19 7pm

Our Lady of Good Hope Parish Dec. 20 9:30am

Saints Joachim and Ann Parish Dec. 22 7pm

Saint Mary‟s Parish Dec. 23 7pm

SIMBANG GABI - A special novena of evening mass-

es Dec 15-23 at St. Joseph‟s Parish, Langley. Festive

music, food and preaching to prepare you spiritually

for Christmas. Masses at 7pm (except Sat at 5pm) LIGHT WEIGH is starting again in January. More info

to come! Stay tuned.

CHILLIWACK KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

FREE SKATE: Our Council invites all pa-

rishioners to attend a Free Skate Fri. Jan 2nd,

2015 from 1pm to 2:30pm at Prospera Centre

(secondary ice). We will be running a sign-up table

following all Masses next weekend (Dec 13 & 14) as

this is a private event for the Parish only. Why sign up

so soon? Well the City needs to have a idea of how

many staff to have at the concession stand and the skate

rental in advance of the Free Skate. Be sure to register

your family and join in the fun and maybe win a free

door prize. (Cost of skate rental not included).

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