email: office@stjamesparishrc · 5/31/2020 · masses will resume at st. james and st. michael’s...
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St. James Church 338060 – 32nd St. East
(Street Address only)
Okotoks
SCHEDULE FOR ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH:
Reconciliation & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament:
Sunday 9:00am-10:00am
Mass: Wednesday 9:00am
Friday 9:00am
SCHEDULE FOR ST. JAMES CHURCH (for the week of (May 30 - June 5):
Reconciliation & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament:
Saturday 4pm - 5pm Sunday 11:15am - 12:15pm
Mass:
Monday 7:30am / 7:30pm Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 7:30am Thursday 9:30am
Friday 7:30am
Solemn Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament:
Monday-Friday 6am - 9am / 5pm - 7pm
St. Michael’s Church 402 Government Road (Street Address only)
Black Diamond
PASTORAL STAFF
Pastor: FR. LUCIANO CORTOPASSI
Associate Pastor: FR. TROY NGUYEN
*Appts to be arranged through the parish office
LEANNE PLAMONDON
Bulletin:
Submissions for the bulletin go to:
* DEADLINE IS THURSDAY 10:00am *
Religious Education:
Parish Screening :
*NEW* OFFICE HOURS:
Monday - Friday 10:00am - 2:00pm
*Closed 3rd Friday of the Month
FORMED Parish Code TPWN47. https://formed.org/
St. James Parish, Site 7, Box 41, RR#2
Okotoks, AB T1S 1A2 Phone: 403-938-3122
Fax: 403-938-0524 Email: [email protected]
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL (OKOTOKS):
Tara Epp | 403-938-0562
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL (BLACK DIAMOND):
John Walsh | 403-933-4955
One of the greatest desires that parents have is the desire that their children would continue to practice the Catholic faith. However, as many parents know, the desire sometimes does not correspond with the concrete reality. The research suggests much of the same. For every one Catholic that joins the Church six leave and 80% of those who leave, leave before they are 23.
There is a crisis in our Church; young people are leaving in droves. So as we reflect on the mystery of Pentecost, we are re-minded of why Jesus ascended into heaven. Jesus ascended into heaven so that we could receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and be his witnesses to the entire world--and some of us do not need to go far from our homes to find someone to witness to.
The gift of the Holy Spirit was given to the apostles (and to us!) to share the message of the Gospel. The word ‘Gospel’ in greek means ‘good message, good news’. In our experience, when we ask our children to come to mass, sometimes it is any-thing but good news to them! So how do we ‘preach’ the Gospel to them? How do we ‘share’ the Good News?
Did you know that online gaming is becoming one of the biggest sectors in the entertainment industry? There are around 1 billion active gamers worldwide and in 2017, $1.1 billion of prize money was distributed through 4166 tournaments! Why do so many young people turn to video games? Escape, laziness, child-ishness are some answers but I would propose four deeper rea-sons: the search for community, identity, mission and beauty.
I invite you to reflect as a Church community on how we can fulfill these desires which are written on the hearts of our young people because all of these things can be found in the Church and can be a source of Good News to our youth. For more detail, listen to the podcast this Sunday on: Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1512965164 Google https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xZjYzOTI0MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/696tOemd3FyeL8mjppCAth Father Troy
A message from our priests
Reintroduction of the Public Mass
Masses will resume at St. James and
St. Michael’s on Monday, June 1st. The schedule is as follows;
Monday June 1st
7:30am—St. James Okotoks 9:00am—St. Michael’s Black Diamond 6:30pm—St. Michael’s Black Diamond
7:30pm—St. James Okotoks
Tuesdays 9:30am | 7:00pm—St. James Okotoks
Wednesdays
7:30am—St. James Okotoks 9:00am—St. Michael’s Black Diamond
Thursdays
9:30am | 7:00pm—St. James Okotoks
Fridays 7:30am—St. James Okotoks
9:00am—St. Michael’s Black Diamond
Weekends Saturdays
5:00pm—St. Michael’s Black Diamond 5:30pm—St. James Okotoks
Sundays
7:30am | 11:00am | 5:30pm—St. James Okotoks
9:00am—St. Michael’s Black Diamond
Many volunteers are required in order for us to have mass, please
sign up here.
Pre-registration is required for all masses. Please sign up here.
You can also contact the Parish Office to sign up as a volunteer or to register for mass. The ma-jority of spots will be available
online. 403.938.3122
Volunteer Training **1:00pm on Saturday, May 30th**
Did you know that since 2017, Alberta has opened 32 NEW Catholic schools through-
out the province?
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To setup preauthorized donations or to do-nate online, please visit our website.
www.stjamesparishokotoks.ca/donate
Financial Corner
May 1-15 Budget
Offering Envelopes $7,885
Online Donations $3,494
Preauthorized $8,538
Total Operating $19,917 $18,750
Building Fund May $2,219 $7,289
Together in Action $1,288 $2,555
TIA—Year to Date $15,293 $44,289
Gift Card Sales - April
April 1 - 30 $11,600
Year to Date Sold $30,700
Proceeds to Parish $1,689
If you come to the Church for Adoration / Reconciliation
Sign in with name(s), phone number and time
(detailed instructions at entrances) No spaces outside of the Nave (main body of the
Church) are to be occupied Children need to stay with parents Maximum of 15 people inside the building at all
times Distancing measures to be observed - 6 feet
(2meters) at all times for those who do not live in the same household.
THANK YOU to all of our Parishioners
who have continued to support us in this difficult time - those who are able to help financially as well as those who support
us with their prayers.
Mass Intentions
Saturday May 30
† Dorothy Sanders
† Gilles George
Sunday May 31
Warren Family
People of the Parish
Monday June 1
† Dr. Bertha Wilson
† Nicky Bowden
† George Martin
† Michele Smith
7:30am
9:00am
6:30pm
7:30pm
Tuesday June 2
† Souls in Purgatory
† Ken Chesko
9:30am
7:00pm
Wednesday June 3
† Stuart & Helen Robertson
† Betty Sobry
7:30am
9:00am
Thursday June 4
Heggenstaller Family
† Eileen Mann
9:30am
7:00pm
Friday June 5
† Lloyd Conn
† Cochlin Family
7:30am
9:00am
Please note all mass intentions are being said by each priest in their own
private masses. Please contact the Parish Office if you would like a mass
said for someone.
Please note the change in time for ministry volunteer training:
Saturday, May 30th @ 1:00pm
This change is due to the Dedica-tion Mass of the new Shrine
Church in Canmore at 11:00am.
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Bottles for ALTAR SERVERS
Bring your empties to the church the last weekend of each month to help raise money for the Altar Servers. There will be a truck in the NE corner of the parking lot that they can be loaded on to. Thank You!
This year, the Okotoks Foodbank celebrates 35 years of service to our community.
Urgently needed items: Pasta Sauce, Pasta, Kraft Dinner, Baked Beans, Canned meat/fish
For more details visit our website at: www.okotoksfoodbank.ca
Parishioner Connection
Send your responses to bulle-
Q: How have you fed your spiritual life
during this time of quarantine?
Submissions will be published in our
“Parishioner Connec-tions” section.