PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL 2013/2014

Father Alfred Alilio Pastor Stan Dzbik Chairperson Mike Bourbeau Family Life Marilyn Turner Outreach Chris Chong Webmaster 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 John Tomczak & Claire Holmes 479-4992 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 Pastoral Care Ministry Parish Office 479-1611 Knights of Columbus Michael Bourbeau 778 678-4365 Music Coordinator Rafael Oei 383-1523 Prayer Line Pamela Blakeslee 477-0579 Proclaimers Catherine Minvielle 294-4923 Raffle Coordinators So-Ryang Jackson & 658-3001 Ginnie McGinty 658-3024 RCIA Vincenza Cameron 479-6488 Responsible Ministry Coord John Campbell 652 1418 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)

Pastor Fr. Alfred Alilio (fatheral65@gmail.com)

Polish Pastor Fr. Paul Szczur, SDS Korean Pastor Fr. Raphael Hong (raphael46273@gmail.com) (office: 778-433 4627)

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

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

OTHER KOREAN MASS TIMES: Wednesday 1st Saturday of the month

RECONCILIATION Saturdays Or by appointment with Fr. Al

8:00 am 8:30 am

8:30 & 10:00 am

12:30 pm 5:00 pm

7:30 pm 10:00am

4:00 - 4:45 pm

Sacraments of Baptism, Anointing and Visiting the Sick, and Marriage, please contact Fr. Al. 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 9:00am—12noon

12:30pm—3:00pm Emergency Hospital Chaplain : 250.889.3761

Corpus Christi 22 June 2014

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

“For my flesh is real food, and my blood real drink.”

Introduction Today we celebrate a great feast of the Church, and a great mystery. It is a mystery we celebrate every time we come to Mass, the mystery that we are the body of Christ here, because we are fed by Jesus’ own body and blood in the Eucharist.

Today’s Readings

First Reading: Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 The people of Israel are reminded that they know who God is through their learning to trust God in the wilderness. It was here that God reached their “inmost heart” and here that the Lord provided for all their needs.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 The Corinthians were a troubled and divided community. Here Paul reminds them that all who share in the body and blood of Christ are, in him, one body.

Gospel: John 6:51-58 Jesus scandalises his hearers, telling them that he gives his body to be their food. He insists upon it: eating and drinking of Christ’s flesh and blood draws us into his life, and eternal life with the Father.

Prayers for those who are ill. Laarni Astorga, Ed Boshcoff, June Bowes, Terry Campbell, Agnes Dummer, Gosia Hukowski, Edmee Kearney, Mary Mason, Ben Perri, Lawrence Petersen, Marlene Raynor, Heather Sluchinski and Tillie Wilson.

Prayers for the deceased. You asked to remember in prayer those recently deceased:- Jack Schotel

Bishop-elect Installation Please note that the Mass to celebrate the Installation of Most Reverend Gary Gordon as Bishop of Victoria will be held on Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 7 pm at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, 740 View Street in Victoria. We hope to have parishioners and representatives from all parts of our Diocese present to welcome our new Shepherd, and additional information regarding availability of tickets will be available in the near future. ———————–———————————————————–--- Outdoor Feast of Saint Clare All are invited to join the Poor Clare Sisters for the outdoor Feast of St. Clare on Monday, August 11th at St. Clare's Monastery, 2359 Calais Rd, Duncan, BC. This year our Eucharistic celebration will also include the Solemn Profession of Vows of Sr. Monique Simpson, OSC. Fr. Dennis Vavrek OFM, Provincial Minister of the Friars of Western Canada will be the presider. Eucharist begins at 10 am and afterwards refreshments on the Monastery grounds will continue the celebration. Please mark your calendars and come join with the sisters on this great occasion. We hope to see you many of you!

Fr Sig Lajoie, OFM 10th Death Anniversary Friday, June 27, 2014, is Fr. Sig’s 10th Death Anniversary. Fr. Sig was the pastor of this parish from 1984 to 2004. A special mass will be celebrated during that weekend. Do mark your calendars now, as there are other activities planned to commemorate his memorial. Ways to honour Fr. Sig, related to his involvement in social justice, are to offer information about the Letter Writing Group that began at Sacred Heart Parish, and the offer of a letter to sign in support of a Christian woman who has been sentenced to death in Sudan because she is a Christian. Fr. Sig, being an environmentalist and an ardent garden lover, we will, in his honour, have a Ground Cleaning and Planting Project on Satturday, June 28, from 9:00am to 12 noon. We are asking for all parishioners’ participation, including the different ministries. We will conclude this meaningful project with an outdoor BBQ at 12noon, please mark your calendars and join us to make all these work. There is a sign-up sheet in the foyer of the church.

Children’s Faith Formation / Sacramental Preparation. Registration is now on. This ministry is for all children ages 4 to grade 7, including those wanting to prepare for the Sacraments of 1st Communion / Confirmation. The program runs from September through to April, from 11:00am—12:00noon in the Parish Hall. Please email: Miriam Podmoroff @ miriampod@shaw.ca for details.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND VOCATIONS

LITURGY, THE SACRAMENTS, PRAYER AND THE WORD OF GOD

Tuesday 24th June Discovery Study—CCO Parish Hall 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

Friday 27th June Christian Meditation Spanish Rosary

Parish Hall Pope John Hall

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June 26th – The Letter Writing Group originated as a Development and Peace initiative at Sacred Heart Parish about 30 years ago. Lois Marcoux, Aideen Lydon Delia McGee and Doran Doyle were among the early participants. What better way to acknowledge our solidarity with all our brothers and sisters than to concern ourselves with the plight of those who are persecuted for their faith and their work in advancing human rights ! The Group is often part of larger campaigns to request the release of a prisoner of conscience or to ask for protection for one threatened or tortured. The Group is still going strong, and meets every first Monday of the month at the Pastoral Centre. Support comes from a number of parishes in the Diocese and is greatly appreciated, especially since the cost of postage has gone up to $2.50 for an overseas letter. ————————————————————————–———- The St. Patrick`s CWL fall Good Used Clothing Sale will be held on Friday and Saturday Oct 3 and 4 9:30 - 2:00pm and the fall Bazaar will be held on Saturday Oct 4. 9:30 -2:00pm. There is ample parking and the sales are wheelchair accessible. We will not be collecting items until September but if you are moving or do not have storage space, please call Lorrie at 250-595-5981 or Lorna at 250-477-6331 for pick up of items. MURDER BY STARVATION – a benefit performance: Saturday, June 28th at 7:00pm —————————————————————————–——- 2014 BAZAAR RAFFLE Our Christian Charities will hold its Annual Bazaar and Raffle on Saturday, Nov1, 2014. This bazaar is our major fund raiser for the many charities our parish supports. For your contributions in past years we are very grateful, and would appreciate your help with raffle prizes again this year. A raffle prize can be a new item over $20 or cash (any amount, however small). Cash donations are collected and redistributed as larger cash prizes. Cash donations are most welcome as cash prizes attract many raffle ticket buyers. For cash donations income tax receipts will be issued. These prizes must be declared with their values to the B.C. Gaming Commission as part of our license application by early July, and are printed on the tickets. Once the application is submitted it cannot be altered. To donate a prize, pick up the prize donation form on the table in the foyer of the church, and return it to the parish office or to either of the raffle coordinators by July 6. Key dates: July 06 closing of prize solicitation July 15 application for a Gaming License Aug. 31 begin of ticket sales, till Oct. 26. Nov. 01 bazaar & raffle draw. If you have any questions, please contact: So-Ryang Jackson at 250-658-3001, so-ryang@shaw.ca or Ginnie McGinty at 250-658-3024, gmcginty@shaw.ca. For purchasing tickets after Oct. 26, please contact: So-Ryang Jackson or Ginnie McGinty.

Our Lady of Grace Parish, 135 Drake Road Saltspring Island, BC 250-537-2150 Fr. Edward Evanko will be presenting his one-man play dealing with the Ukrainian Genocide/Famine of 1932-33 as a benefit for the rebuilding efforts after the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Fr. Edward, now a Saltspring resident, is an ordained Catholic priest, and a veteran actor of stage and screen, having appeared on Broadway, at Canada’s Stratford Festival and in London’s West End. Ukrainian Food Sale: Saturday, June 29 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm at. St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Hall, 1110 Caledonia Ave, Victoria. Last sale until fall of home made frozen perogies (Baba's best), plus a limited amount of uncooked frozen cabbage rolls and borscht. Info call 250-384-2255.

Impact Team food donation / gifts “Have you been impacted by our “Impacters” from the CATHOLIC Christian Outreach Team ? If you have, please help us feed them by providing generously to their daily nourishment. Please consider donating food vouchers, food items or making a donation. They are available and would like to “hangout” with you and your families on Sundays while they are here. Please feel free to speak to them after mass or call the parish office for more details.” —————————————————–——————————- Sacred Heart Summer Camp: July 21 to 25 Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. This will be a Lord of the Rings-themed camp for children between the ages of 6 and 12. Youth 14 years or older are welcome as volunteers, Cost is $60 per child. Registration forms are available in the foyer of the church.

Holy Cross Parish Pastoral Assistant Position Vacant The position of Parish Pastoral Assistant at Holy Cross Parish in Victoria (4049 Gordon Head Road) is vacant. For further information or to forward your resume please contact the parish office at 250-477-5321 or email: office@holycrossvictoria.org

DONATION TOTALS

7th & 8th June 2014

Envelopes/Loose $3,132.15 PAD $ 365.00 Other Revenue $ 350.00 Total $3,847.15

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