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St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church
Office: (604) 852-5602 / Fax: (604) 852-3007 / Res: (604) 852-5676
33333 Mayfair Avenue, Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 1P4
Office Mon
Hrs: -Mon-Fri,
Fri, 9am -9-1:15pm
1:15pm &/ 2:15-5pm
2:15 - 5pm
Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus
St. Ann’s Convent - 2018 Ware Street / Tel: (604) 756-8882
carmelites@stannsabbotsford.ca
Pastor: Rev. Hien Nguyen
pastor@stannsabbotsford.ca
Assistant Pastor: Rev. David Farfan Guerrero
assistantpastor@stannsabbotsford.ca
Secretary: Frances McNeil
parishoffice@stannsabbotsford.ca
Welcome!
If you are new in our parish,
registration forms can be found on
the table in front of the Sacristy when
you enter from the outside doors. You
may place your completed form in
the collection basket at the weekend
Masses or drop it off at the Parish
Office. Donation envelopes will be
left on that same table for the next
weekend, if they are requested. Please
join us for refreshments after the 8:00 &
10:00am Sunday Morning Masses in St.
Joachim’s Room of the Parish Centre.
Please notify the Parish Office if you
are moving from the parish.
Sacraments
Baptism
Baptisms usually take place on the 2nd
& 4th Sunday of each month at 1:15pm.
A baptism course is required for
parents of their first child &
Godparents are welcome to attend.
Registration required. Teenagers &
adults are asked to contact the RCIA
coordinator.
Marriage
Please contact one of the priests
through the Parish Office before
making any plans for your wedding.
We require at least 6 months advance
notice before your wedding date, since
a marriage preparation course &
paperwork are required.
Priesthood or Religious Life
Please contact the Vocations Office at:
rcav.org/vocations
Confession
Monday - Friday 20min before Mass
Saturdays
10:00am - 11:00am &
4:00pm - 4:35pm
Sr. Elizabeth de Guzman, C.M.S.T. * srelizabeth@shaw.ca
Sr. Mila Dela Pena, C.M.S.T. * srmila@shaw.ca
www.stannsabbotsford.ca
Sr. Vicky de Guzman, C.M.S.T. * srvicky@shaw.ca
Mass Times
Other
Weekends
Spanish Mass - Every 2nd Sat 7:00pm
Saturday5:00pm
Korean Mass - Last Sat of mnth7:00pm
Sunday 8:00am, 10:00am & 12:00pm (served by St. Andrew Kim Parish)
First Fridays
8:00am & 7:00pm
Weekdays
Saturdays & Holidays
9:00am
Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday & Fridays 8:00am
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday Evenings
7:00pm
First Fridays 8:30am - 6:50pm
(Perpetual Novena to St. Ann)
Benediction to follow 6:50pm - 7:00pm
Important Contact Info
Altar Servers
Rev. David Guerrero
604-852-5602
Altar Society
Linda Harder
604-556-3643
Bookstore
Lucy Kaszonyi
604-852-5696
Couples for Christ
Pat & Mariz Carlos
604-853-2474
CWL-Catholic Women’s League Linda Harder
604-556-3643
Info Tech
Brian McNeil
it@stannsabbotsford.ca
Knights of Columbus
Joseph Doyle
604-855-4977
Mayfair Sunshine Club
Shirley Hockin
604-859-7265
One Body in Christ Prayer Grp Ken/Mena Beatch
604-855-9701
Outreach Bus
Parish Office
604-852-5602
Parish Education Committee
Joe Sellinger
604-853-8997
St. John Brebeuf HighSchool
Monique Navarro
604-853-3028
Parish Outreach
Carl Gomes
604-859-6729
Parish Screening Coordinator
Jody Garneau
604-852-5602
Preschool
Jo-Ann Nixon
604-852-5602
Prison Ministry Maureen
Maureen Donegan
778-241-8164
Project Advance Fundraising
Paula Fischer
604-850-3506
Prolife Reps.
Anna/Benoit Anna & Benoit Wauthy
604-852-6198
Religious Education Office
Extension 227
604-852-5602
RCIA/Adult Faith Formation Jody Garneau adultfaith@stannsabbotsford.ca
PREP - Children’s Catechism Lourdes Louden
prep@stannsabbotsford.ca
St. Vincent de Paul
George Sweeney
604-852-5602
Stewardship
Leo Ilomin
604-832-5802
Young Adults Group
Cynthia
fvcatholicya@outlook.com
Widow’s Group
Matilde Carrao
604-850-1782
Youth Ministry
Kirsten ven der Buhs
youthministry@stannsabbotsford.ca
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
OCTOBER 12TH, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving
to all of our parishioners
and your families.
Dearly beloved in Christ,
Last week a parishioner asked me,
“Father, do you know the significance of First
Friday?” A good question for many of us
who practice our faith and take things for
granted. Once in a while it is good to ask
why we do what we do.
St. Thomas Aquinas defined
devotion as a certain, ready will to give one
self to whatever concerns the service of God.
It is an act of the will whereby a person
offers himself to God to serve him. First
Friday Devotion derives from revelations
made by Christ to St. Margaret Mary
Alacoque (1647-1690). It is the practice of
receiving Holy Communion on nine
consecutive first Fridays in making
amendments to “the Sacred Heart that has
loved men so and is loved so little in
return” (Christ to Margaret Mary). Through
the devotion is also the promises of final
perseverance in the Catholic Faith, reception
of the last sacraments, death in the state of
grace and the consolation of the love of
Christ’s Sacred Heart at the time of death.
Devotion such as this foster
frequent confession and proper participation
in the Eucharistic Sacrifice, as well as
meditation on the mysteries of our
redemption and imitation of the examples of
saints in heaven, have been approved and
praised again and again by the Apostolic See.
Fr. Hien Nguyen
Would the Family using Donation
Envelope #402 please contact the Parish
Office.
Parish Office is closed on Monday,
October 13th. Mass will be celebrated
at 9:00 a.m. that morning.
THIS WEEK AT ST. ANN’S
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Today, October
12th after the 8:00 & 10:00
a.m. Masses. Join us for a
delicious breakfast in the gym
to start off your Thanksgiving
celebrations.
CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY AND
VESPERS on Sunday, October 12th at
3:00 p.m. in the Sacred Space at
Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Please join
us in praying for the Doctors, Nurses,
hospital workers, and most especially the
patients and their families.
Let us unite as the community of St.
Ann’s Parish on Thanksgiving
Monday, October 13th after the
9am morning Mass, for about 40
minutes, in Devotion to Our Lady
of Fatima, to pray 5 decades of the
Holy Rosary (meditating on the
mysteries - the life and Passion of Jesus),
with some additional prayers. This will
be the last of the 13th Rosary devotions,
until it starts again May 2015 (Note: 1st
Saturday Marian Devotion is every
month and does not stop).
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEETING on
Tuesday, October 14th at 8:00 p.m. in St.
Joachim room.
MASS will be celebrated at the Cottage
Pavilion on Friday, Oct. 17th at 3:30 p.m.
Youth Ministry Announcement
WELCOME all Kids ages 3 to 5
and children from grades 1 to 4.
The program will be held on
Saturday, October 18th from
10:00am-12:00pm in St. Joachim
room. For more info contact Sr. Mila at
srmila@shaw.ca, cell tel. 778-7791918.
SENIOR YOUTH is Sunday, October
19th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. The event is
free and registration forms are available at
the event. We look forward to seeing you
all there! Contact our Youth Coordinator
Kirsten ven der Buhs if you have any
questions. Contact info on front of bulletin.
ALL SAINTS FESTIVAL—NOVEMBER 1ST
This year we will be trying
something new. A festival for
families with kids in Gr. 7 and
under. There will be plenty of
games and activities to celebrate
All Saints Day as well as a Maze set
up in the gym. The cost is $3pp,
which allows you to participate in the
maze, games where you can earn candy,
crafts, a hotdog and juice for lunch and so
much more. The Festival runs from 12 to
4pm. Questions?? Call Kirsten at Youth
Ministry Office. Contact info on front of
bulletin.
2ND COLLECTION: Next weekend October
18th & 19th our parish will be holding the
annual Catholic Mission World Mission
Appeal. This year we are invited to reach
out and support the crucial work of the
Jamaican Catholic Church in helping people
turn away from violence and crime to seek
a new future through the power of
education and the spirit of Jesus Christ.
Please come prepared next weekend and
give generously. Envelopes are in your
donation box and in the pews. Thank you.
Mass Intensions for
Oct. 13th to Oct. 19th, 2014
Feast Days & Readings
Oct. 13th to Oct. 19th, 2014
Monday
9:00am
Lena Liboiron, rip.
Monday
Galatians 4:22-24,26-27,31—5.1; Luke
11:29-32
Tuesday
7:00pm
Sharon & Karl Hehn, rip.
Tuesday
Galatians 5:1-6; Luke 11:37-41
Wednesday
8:00am
Ervin Alfred Isfeld, rip.
Wednesday- St. Teresa of Jesus
Galatians 5:18-25; Luke 11:42-46
Thursday
8:00am
Steve & Tina DeJong, int.
Thursday-St. Marguerite D’Youville
Ephesians 1:1-10; Luke 11:47-54
Friday
8:00am
Hilda Roett, rip.
Friday-St. Ignatius of Antioch
Ephesians 1:11-14 Luke 12:1-7
Saturday
9:00am
5:00pm
Nelson Milligan, rip.
John Sprangers, rip.
Sunday
8:00am
10:00am
12:00pm
Peter Kaszonyi, rip.
Peggy McHugh, rip.
Intentions of the Parish
***
St. James & St. Ann's School is once again
participating in the Fundscrip gift
card program. This allows you to
purchase gift cards for things that you usually
buy for yourself - groceries, gas, clothing, etc.
However, at the same time you are helping to
make money for our school, and it doesn't
cost you anything. If you regularly purchase
your groceries at Superstore and spend about
$500 a month, why not purchase $500 worth
of gift cards for Superstore through this
monthly program? You then use these gift
cards to purchase your groceries throughout
the month. The October order form can be
found on the school's website at
www.stjameselementary.ca, under the
"Parents" tab in "forms". Please print the
order form, fill it out and bring it to the
school with your cheque by Wednesday,
October 15th.
Saturday-St. Luke
2 Timothy 4:9-17a; Luke 10:1-9
Sunday-29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 45:1,4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5ab;
Matthew 22:15-21
st. Ann’s
Christmas Market
Friday, November 28th 4-9pm
Saturday, November 29th 9am-4pm
Tables available $45 each
Registration forms available at
Parish Office window
Ring Toss Game:
We are looking for
donations of wine, specialty waters and juices,
bubble bath & lotions, vinegars, dressings etc.
We are also asking for handmade items for
the St. Ann’s Craft Table and of course your
delicious baking. This year we have been
given containers with see through lids to put
your baking in. Please come to the Parish
Office to pick up as many as you need. There
are also containers for pies and cakes
available.
Opportunity for Confession; Mancake
(yup: cupcakes for men) and coffee
included with ticket; For men with strong
faith, weak faith and no faith
Order tickets online at http://rcav.org/
manalive/ Contact Parish Office to arrange
car pooling.
***
Great Opportunity to Support Prolife:
Christmas Cards with traditional
Christmas themes will be available after
Masses at the end of October and early
November. These quality cards of 10 per
pack for $8 will sell-out quickly, limited
number available. All proceeds will go
toward the educational work of LIFECANADA.
For more information, or to order, contact
Monica Roddis at 604.853.7985 or email
monicamary@shaw.ca.
Your support is
much appreciated!
***
El Shaddai – 6th Anniversary Celebration
at St. James Church on Saturday, October
25th at 1:00 p.m. Mass at 4:30 p.m. Guest
speaker: Br. Ernie Viva.
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
OCTOBER 12TH, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving
to all of our parishioners
and your families.
Dearly beloved in Christ,
Last week a parishioner asked me,
“Father, do you know the significance of First
Friday?” A good question for many of us
who practice our faith and take things for
granted. Once in a while it is good to ask
why we do what we do.
St. Thomas Aquinas defined
devotion as a certain, ready will to give one
self to whatever concerns the service of God.
It is an act of the will whereby a person
offers himself to God to serve him. First
Friday Devotion derives from revelations
made by Christ to St. Margaret Mary
Alacoque (1647-1690). It is the practice of
receiving Holy Communion on nine
consecutive first Fridays in making
amendments to “the Sacred Heart that has
loved men so and is loved so little in
return” (Christ to Margaret Mary). Through
the devotion is also the promises of final
perseverance in the Catholic Faith, reception
of the last sacraments, death in the state of
grace and the consolation of the love of
Christ’s Sacred Heart at the time of death.
Devotion such as this foster
frequent confession and proper participation
in the Eucharistic Sacrifice, as well as
meditation on the mysteries of our
redemption and imitation of the examples of
saints in heaven, have been approved and
praised again and again by the Apostolic See.
Fr. Hien Nguyen
Would the Family using Donation
Envelope #402 please contact the Parish
Office.
Parish Office is closed on Monday,
October 13th. Mass will be celebrated
at 9:00 a.m. that morning.
THIS WEEK AT ST. ANN’S
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Today, October
12th after the 8:00 & 10:00
a.m. Masses. Join us for a
delicious breakfast in the gym
to start off your Thanksgiving
celebrations.
CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY AND
VESPERS on Sunday, October 12th at
3:00 p.m. in the Sacred Space at
Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Please join
us in praying for the Doctors, Nurses,
hospital workers, and most especially the
patients and their families.
Let us unite as the community of St.
Ann’s Parish on Thanksgiving
Monday, October 13th after the
9am morning Mass, for about 40
minutes, in Devotion to Our Lady
of Fatima, to pray 5 decades of the
Holy Rosary (meditating on the
mysteries - the life and Passion of Jesus),
with some additional prayers. This will
be the last of the 13th Rosary devotions,
until it starts again May 2015 (Note: 1st
Saturday Marian Devotion is every
month and does not stop).
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEETING on
Tuesday, October 14th at 8:00 p.m. in St.
Joachim room.
MASS will be celebrated at the Cottage
Pavilion on Friday, Oct. 17th at 3:30 p.m.
Youth Ministry Announcement
WELCOME all Kids ages 3 to 5
and children from grades 1 to 4.
The program will be held on
Saturday, October 18th from
10:00am-12:00pm in St. Joachim
room. For more info contact Sr. Mila at
srmila@shaw.ca, cell tel. 778-7791918.
SENIOR YOUTH is Sunday, October
19th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. The event is
free and registration forms are available at
the event. We look forward to seeing you
all there! Contact our Youth Coordinator
Kirsten ven der Buhs if you have any
questions. Contact info on front of bulletin.
ALL SAINTS FESTIVAL—NOVEMBER 1ST
This year we will be trying
something new. A festival for
families with kids in Gr. 7 and
under. There will be plenty of
games and activities to celebrate
All Saints Day as well as a Maze set
up in the gym. The cost is $3pp,
which allows you to participate in the
maze, games where you can earn candy,
crafts, a hotdog and juice for lunch and so
much more. The Festival runs from 12 to
4pm. Questions?? Call Kirsten at Youth
Ministry Office. Contact info on front of
bulletin.
2ND COLLECTION: Next weekend October
18th & 19th our parish will be holding the
annual Catholic Mission World Mission
Appeal. This year we are invited to reach
out and support the crucial work of the
Jamaican Catholic Church in helping people
turn away from violence and crime to seek
a new future through the power of
education and the spirit of Jesus Christ.
Please come prepared next weekend and
give generously. Envelopes are in your
donation box and in the pews. Thank you.
Mass Intensions for
Oct. 13th to Oct. 19th, 2014
Feast Days & Readings
Oct. 13th to Oct. 19th, 2014
Monday
9:00am
Lena Liboiron, rip.
Monday
Galatians 4:22-24,26-27,31—5.1; Luke
11:29-32
Tuesday
7:00pm
Sharon & Karl Hehn, rip.
Tuesday
Galatians 5:1-6; Luke 11:37-41
Wednesday
8:00am
Ervin Alfred Isfeld, rip.
Wednesday- St. Teresa of Jesus
Galatians 5:18-25; Luke 11:42-46
Thursday
8:00am
Steve & Tina DeJong, int.
Thursday-St. Marguerite D’Youville
Ephesians 1:1-10; Luke 11:47-54
Friday
8:00am
Hilda Roett, rip.
Friday-St. Ignatius of Antioch
Ephesians 1:11-14 Luke 12:1-7
Saturday
9:00am
5:00pm
Nelson Milligan, rip.
John Sprangers, rip.
Sunday
8:00am
10:00am
12:00pm
Peter Kaszonyi, rip.
Peggy McHugh, rip.
Intentions of the Parish
***
St. James & St. Ann's School is once again
participating in the Fundscrip gift
card program. This allows you to
purchase gift cards for things that you usually
buy for yourself - groceries, gas, clothing, etc.
However, at the same time you are helping to
make money for our school, and it doesn't
cost you anything. If you regularly purchase
your groceries at Superstore and spend about
$500 a month, why not purchase $500 worth
of gift cards for Superstore through this
monthly program? You then use these gift
cards to purchase your groceries throughout
the month. The October order form can be
found on the school's website at
www.stjameselementary.ca, under the
"Parents" tab in "forms". Please print the
order form, fill it out and bring it to the
school with your cheque by Wednesday,
October 15th.
Saturday-St. Luke
2 Timothy 4:9-17a; Luke 10:1-9
Sunday-29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 45:1,4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5ab;
Matthew 22:15-21
st. Ann’s
Christmas Market
Friday, November 28th 4-9pm
Saturday, November 29th 9am-4pm
Tables available $45 each
Registration forms available at
Parish Office window
Ring Toss Game:
We are looking for
donations of wine, specialty waters and juices,
bubble bath & lotions, vinegars, dressings etc.
We are also asking for handmade items for
the St. Ann’s Craft Table and of course your
delicious baking. This year we have been
given containers with see through lids to put
your baking in. Please come to the Parish
Office to pick up as many as you need. There
are also containers for pies and cakes
available.
Opportunity for Confession; Mancake
(yup: cupcakes for men) and coffee
included with ticket; For men with strong
faith, weak faith and no faith
Order tickets online at http://rcav.org/
manalive/ Contact Parish Office to arrange
car pooling.
***
Great Opportunity to Support Prolife:
Christmas Cards with traditional
Christmas themes will be available after
Masses at the end of October and early
November. These quality cards of 10 per
pack for $8 will sell-out quickly, limited
number available. All proceeds will go
toward the educational work of LIFECANADA.
For more information, or to order, contact
Monica Roddis at 604.853.7985 or email
monicamary@shaw.ca.
Your support is
much appreciated!
***
El Shaddai – 6th Anniversary Celebration
at St. James Church on Saturday, October
25th at 1:00 p.m. Mass at 4:30 p.m. Guest
speaker: Br. Ernie Viva.
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