April 24, 2011
Mass times:
Saturdays - 7:30pm
Sundays - 9am & 11:15am
SCRIPTURE REFLECTION
MASS SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 25, 2011 TO MAY 1, 2011
| Tuesday |
| 7:00 p.m. - James Parsonson† |
| Wednesday - Multi-Level |
| 4:00 p.m. - Mass |
| Thursday |
| 7:00 p.m. - Mass |
| Friday |
| 9:00 a.m. - Leo Borges† |
| Saturday |
| 7:30 p.m. - Luis Neves†, Basilia Cabral† |
| Sunday |
| 9:00 a.m. - Robert Bachmann†; Lise Lafrance† |
| 11:15 a.m. - Joao Lourenco†; Manuel & Conceicao Medeiros†; 70th Wedding Anniversary for Antonio & Angela Monteiro and all deceased family members |
ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH
Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her, may her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
PRAYER SCHEDULE
- Daily Mass or when Father Kenneth is not available, Liturgy of the Word.
- Rosary – 1st Tuesday of every month, led by the Knights of Columbus
- Charismatic Prayer – Every Thursday evening after Mass.
- Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – On the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th (when applicable) Fridays of each month.
AN EASTER MESSAGE FROM FATHER KENNETH
Today we celebrate the core belief of our faith that Jesus Christ rose from the dead following his crucifixion. Those of us who share in his triumph over death, the Lord grants courage to build up a new humanity. This divine courage reveals goodness and condemns evil and its tragic consequences.
May the risen Christ enlighten and guide all those who are building peace everyday in this parish community. May He bless all who are building this parish at the cost of their sacrifices. May He look with favour on those who have shown love to others. May He strengthen the faith of those who are disappointed. May His mercy be upon the sick and those who are suffering. May His support be upon those who have no job. May He console all who are grieving. May He give hope to the hopeless. May He offer forgiveness to the sinners.
The resurrection of Christ has restored our life. The Son of God who broke the seals of the tomb has become the source of new life in us.
Fr. Kenneth Uwaoma
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Alleluia! Alleluia!
The parish staff would like to take this opportunity to wish all parishioners
a very blessed and beautiful Easter. May we never cease to share Christ’s undying light and love with all humanity.
Rejoice all people
for Christ has died
but he is Risen and
He will come Again!
CONFIRMATION AND HOLY COMMUNION: A reminder that Bishop Wiesner will be with us on Sunday, May 22 at 4 pm to celebrate the Sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Communion with our candidates.
FROM FR. RECTORINO: Thank you to all parishioners of Christ the King for the hospitality that you shared during my visit last week. Your participation and support on the recently held Parish Lenten Mission "Rediscovering the Gift of our Baptism," brought me joy and sense of fulfillment. I am very grateful of the fact that I spent a few days of my Lenten journey with you. Thank you for the kind words that you shared, for the prayers and all your thoughtfulness. I will always consider Kitimat as one of my homes. Thank you also for the generosity of the parish and all parishioners. I truly appreciate it. Happy Easter and happy renewal of our baptismal promises!!! - Fr. Rectorino
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: Christ the King Parish welcomes the following children who celebrated the Sacrament of Baptism on Easter Sunday: Jonah Lopes and Angelica Lopes. May God bless them and keep them always in his love and help their parents and godparents to be the best of teachers. Congratulations!
MARRIAGE PREPARATION: The next session for engaged couples preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage will be on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 pm in the church hall. Our guest speakers are Bill and Cathy Vandenburg from Terrace. They will speak on Natural Family Planning. These sessions are open to everyone.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: A heads up for families and children that our Vacation Bible School will take place this year from July 4 to 8 from 9 am to Noon. Additional information regarding theme, cost and how to help will be available in future bulletins.
DIVINO ESPIRITO SANTO: A primeira e secunda Dominga esta em casa de Joao and Gilda Sousa, 23 Hawk Street, 250-632-3853. Quem quizer ir rezar o terco comeca as 8 horas. Sejamos todos bem-vindos. Obrigado. The First and Second Sunday of the Holy Spirit will be hosted by John and Gilda Sousa of 23 Hawk Street. Anyone who would like to pray the Rosary is most welcome to join them at 8 pm.
WE WELCOME INTO FULL COMMUNION: It is with great joy and happiness that we welcome into full communion with the Catholic Church: James McLaren
“Welcome to the family James, we’re glad that you have come to share your life with us. May we always be to you what you would have us be, a family always there to trust and to lean on.”
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The Knights of Columbus will be serving up their delicious pancake breakfast next Sunday, May 1 following the 9 am and 11:15 am Masses. Come and support the hardworking Knights members.
CHILDREN’S MASS: The next children’s mass will be celebrated on Sunday, May 1 at 11:15 am. St. Anthony’s School children will be leading us in a dramatization and reflection.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHOIR: Practices for anyone interested in participating in the Portuguese choir for Our Lady of Fatima celebration will be held on Monday, May 2 at 7 pm in the Church. The practices are open to everyone.
REVISED ENGLISH VERSION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL FOR CANADA: The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has received recognitio for all sections of the English translation of the revised Roman Missal for use in Canada. The Permanent Council has agreed that the first Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011, will be the date for the implementation of the English translation of the Missal. The official decree for this date has not yet been published because our Conference is still clarifying the exact wording of one of the adaptations for Canada. This process of clarification will not in any way slow down the preparation of the English translation of the revised Missal for Canada. Both the English Sector National Liturgy Office and the CCCB Publications Department are busy preparing the new publication and their work is proceeding on schedule. Parishioners are invited to keep following the bulletin for information about teaching sessions, workshops and resources that will help the parish to understand the new changes.
PARISH SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND ST. ANTHONY'S PARENT GROUP are hosting a Garage Sale Centre and Bake Sale downstairs in the Parish Hall, April 30th. For $10.00 per table you can rent a space to sell your treasures in a warm and out of the rain space. You keep the profits...the only requirement is that you must remove anything that you do not sell. Table tickets will be available after Mass, at the Parish office and in the CWL Store. Tables will be available to our Parish Community first and if there are any left we
will open to the public. We are looking forward to you support. Any questions please contact Maria at 632-7722, Suzanna at 632-2924 or Lynda at 632-4848.
CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC CONFERENCE 2011: This conference is on May 6 and 7th in Sacred Heart Parish in Terrace. The theme is “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev. 22:20). Teresa van Kampen is the guest speaker from Calgary. Registration Friday at 7:00 pm. Event ends Saturday night. All are welcome. Info: Anita 635-6451 acpage@telus.net Info poster & flyers on bulletin board.
FESTA DE NOSSA SENHORA DE FATIMA: A festa em honra de nossa Senhora de Fatima tera lugar no sabado dia 7 de Maio com missa as 5 horas e procissao a seguir. No salao da igreja como e costume havera bazar, arrematacao, comidas etc. Pede-se a participacao e a generosidade de todas as pessoas. A decoracao do andor esta a cargo de uma familia da paroquia. Ofertas para as flores da Igreja: Ana Ventura 632-2471. Ofertas para o bazar: Urcelina Arruda 632-6039 e Dina Silveira 632 5402. The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima will be celebrated on Saturday, May 7 at 5 pm with procession to follow. In the church hall their will be a bazaar, auction, and food sales. We ask of the participation and generosity of all. If you would like to contribute towards the flowers, please contact Ana Ventura at 632-2471. If you have gifts for the bazaar, please contact Urcelina Arruda at 632-6039 or Dina Silveira at 632-5402. Thank you.
DIVINO ESPIRITO SANTO: Para quem quizer ter uma pencao, o preco sao $70.00. Por favor contacto John Medeiros, 52 Teal Street, 632-4665, ate Mao 28. For anyone who is interested in purchasing a “pencao” (sweet bread, meat and wine) from the festivities of the Holy Spirit, please contact, John Medeiros at 52 Teal Street, 632-4665. The last day to order is May 28.
FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY: From the diary of a young Polish nun, a special devotion began spreading throughout the world in the 1930s. The message is nothing new, but is a reminder of what the Church has always taught through scripture and tradition: that God is merciful and forgiving and that we, too, must show mercy and forgiveness. But in the Divine Mercy devotion, the message takes on a powerful new focus, calling people to a deeper understanding that God’s love is unlimited and available to everyone — especially the greatest sinners. The message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God’s mercy. Even before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to spread. The message of mercy is that God loves us — all of us —no matter how great our sins. He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY...SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
During the course of Jesus' revelations to Saint Faustina on the Divine Mercy He asked on numerous occasions that a feast day be dedicated to the Divine Mercy and that this feast be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. The liturgical texts of that day, the 2nd Sunday of Easter, concern the institution of the Sacrament of Penance, the Tribunal of the Divine Mercy, and are thus already suited to the request of Our Lord. This Feast, which had already been granted to the nation of Poland and been celebrated within Vatican City, was granted to the Universal Church by Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the canonization of Sr. Faustina on 30 April 2000. In a decree dated 23 May 2000, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments stated that "throughout the world the Second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that mankind will experience in the years to come."
Pope Benedict announced on Friday, January 14th that the Venerable Pope John Paul will be beatified on May 1st, Divine Mercy Sunday this year. Benedict XVI explained that the date that has been chosen for the beatification "is very significant." He said that "It will be the Second Sunday of Easter," which John Paul II entitled "Divine Mercy Sunday" and "on the eve of which his earthly life ended."
From Pope John Paul II’s death bed came his last written words that he had prepared to be read on Divine Mercy Sunday, the day after his passing. They were read, as follows, directly on Divine Mercy Sunday: “As a gift to humanity, which sometimes seems bewildered and overwhelmed by the power of evil, selfishness, and fear, the Risen Lord offers His love that pardons, reconciles, and reopens hearts to love. It is love that converts hearts and gives peace. How much the world needs to understand and accept Divine Mercy! Lord, who reveal the Father’s love by Your Death and Resurrection, we believe in You and confidently repeat to You… Jesus, I trust in You, have mercy upon us and upon the whole world. Amen.”
Parishioners are invited to gather together on Sunday, May 1 at 7 pm. During our time together, we will pray the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy as well gather for song.
CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS ~ EASTER MESSAGE, 2011
For many of us, our yearly Lenten journey has been shaped by its beginning and end. We started with the temptations of Jesus and then the vision of his transfiguration. We end by entering with him into Jerusalem, where we share with him in his suffering, death and resurrection. But what has this really meant for us, and what happened to us on the way?
Sometimes we forget what the journey is really about, and fail to see what should be noticed along the route. In case you may have missed it, the three intervening Sundays of Lent told us a great deal about the Lenten journey and our entry into the Easter celebration. The readings of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent invited the catechumens, as candidates for Baptism, to think over and even “test” their motives about why they want to be initiated into the community of faith. The same readings also invited the rest of the Christian community to examine its own faith journey. Three major points came forward in this year’s readings: What do we most yearn and thirst for in life (the Gospel reading of the woman at the well)? How can we see what life is really about – not only to have sight, but insight and vision (the healing of the blind man at the pool of Siloe)? How can we embrace life and stand with courage, strength and inspiration among those truly alive (the Gospel reading of the resurrection of Lazarus)?
Often we simply plod along the road of faith – moving as if in some shadowy, superficial existence, not really aware. We frequently stumble on, half-hearted, hazy eyed, hesitatingly. Not fully alive, and not even aware of the deepest yearnings in our hearts, or in the hearts of our brothers and sisters.
Perhaps this is why we are easily distracted along the way. There is so much talk and chatter in contemporary life. Our daily lives are filled up with the glaring sounds of radio and television, the fleeting words of text messages and websites, and the frequently disturbing and cruel remarks from blogs and social media.
The Paschal Mystery is the road on which we are called to discover our deepest yearnings and most authentic needs. It gives us the light that enables us to see Light. It opens the way to life and to the truth about life. It is Life itself.
The 50 days of Easter are an invitation for us to rediscover the depths of our own lives. Through the Resurrection of Christ, we see the creative and transforming strength of God’s love for us and our world. This journey in faith is the journey to eternal life. To borrow from the words of Saint Paul, God our Father who raised Christ from the dead will give life to our mortal bodies also through his Spirit that is dwelling in us (Romans, 8.11).
Christ is risen! Yes, Christ is risen indeed!
+ Pierre Morissette, Bishop of Saint-Jérôme
President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
CWL NEWS
Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel
- Tuesday, April 26
- Mass at 7 pm followed by Coffee and Cake at Rosario’s
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Monthly Meeting of the CWL
- Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 following the 7 pm Mass in the church foyer
- All ladies of the parish are welcome!
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Ladies:
We need your Ideas, Input and Support. Lets brainstorm and decide how we can make the League more meaningful for each of you - perhaps a time change for meetings, new projects; whatever way you would like to serve your Parish and the League.
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A Communications Person:
We are in need of a member who is willing to take on communications for the League. This job would involve decorating the bulletin board in the foyer with upcoming events of the League, posting the monthly meetings and agendas in the Parish bulletin and writing a bi –yearly Newsletter to inform all members of the activities of Christ the King Council. Perhaps you are a person who is very social and can share your outgoing personality with your League sisters! Please contact Sylvia at 632-4341.
Looking forward to seeing you all at the meeting! God Bless you and a Joyous Easter from the executive.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS
SPRING DANCE: The Spring Dance has been cancelled due to lack of ticket sales.
YOUTH GROUP
YOUTH NEWS
Happy Easter Everyone! You will be receiving information in the mail over the coming days with regards to the Diocesan Youth Conference, included are departure times and contact information. All 47 seats on the bus are full!
No other events are planned at this time. Keep reading the bulletin to find out when we will gather next.
A GREAT BIG THANK YOU: To the youth and parishioners Don Kelly, Ruth Dos Santos and Frank Mauro who helped with our Hot Dog Sales at Overwaitea and to the community that supported us. Well done everyone!
DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL 2010
Tax receipts have been mailed out from Prince George and should have been received this week.
| Parish Goal | $51,234 |
| Amount to Date | $46,835 (91.4%) |
| # of Pledges | 166 |
| # of households | 667 |
“How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he has done for me.” Psalm 116:12
