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Baptism: Please contact the Parish Office to arrange preparation for Baptism. Marriage: Please contact the Parish Office before making any wedding arrangements (at least six months in advance of planned wedding date). Couples who are planning a wedding in the parish are expected to regularly worship with a Catholic Community and to participate in a Marriage Preparation Program. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Please feel welcome to arrange for Confession any time at your convenience.
March 2, 2003
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| At the last meeting of the Parish Council it was decided to pay off the remaining debt covering St. Joseph's Church & the Rectory. I am pleased to announce that at the present time Canadian Martyrs is debt free. I would like to thank all those in the Parish who have made this momentous event possible. |  |
| Don Jones, chairperson | |
| Parish Pastorial Council |
 | Nominations are now being taken for 2 positions on Parish Council. Everyone is eligible to be nominated except Doris Mitchell & Don Jones who have one more year left on their term. |
LENT
begins this week with Mass on Ash Wed., at 9:00 am & 7:00 pm. Ash Wednesday is a Day of Fast and Abstinence from eating meat. The law of abstinence from meat binds those who are 14 and older; the law of fasting binds those from 18 to 59 years of age. Indeed, all Fridays of the year are days of abstinence from meat but Catholics in Canada have been given the privilege of substituting abstinence with special acts of charity or piety on Fridays. However, given the penitential character of Lent, penance is to be considered an important requirement of the Christian life and abstaining from meat on the Fridays of Lent is a laudable Catholic practice. Almsgiving, prayer and works of mercy are other privileged forms of penance - privileged because they are based on the teaching of the gospel.
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Yvonne Redeker has spearheaded the "Share Lent" sector of the Development and Peace annual calendar of activities. However there is no co-ordinator or contact person for the rest of the year. Anyone who will volunteer to this ministry is requested to contact Don Jones or Fr. Gordon. |
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS:
Remember to save your stamps, with 1/2" border of paper around, collection box at church.
ExecutiveMeeting: -2nd Tues. of ea. mos., 7:30pm- at the church in Invermere - March 11th. GeneralMeeting: -4th Tuesday of each mos., 7:30pm at the church in Radium - March 25th. Grand Knight: Don McHugh, 347-9095.
*Ministry Schedules for March are at the back of the church*
| 1st Wed. of each month after 9:00 am mass. Next one is Mar. 5th. P. Boyd, Lawyer-will be guest speaker at this meeting. Topic "Wills & Estates". |  |
One time when I was teaching a Grade Five class about the Rosary, I held up the rosary beads and asked: "Does anybody here say the Rosary?" To which one boy replied: "I would if I knew how it works." Here's how the Rosary "works."
From the very earliest centuries of monasticism, the prayer of the monks in monasteries was the Psalter - the 150 psalms. The psalms were divided into verses as is the Responsorial Psalm at Mass. The monks chanted them prayerfully, in choirs that faced each other. In fact, the British House of Commons took its shape from English kings confiscating monasteries and using their churches to conduct Parliament.
The chant was like a mantra and the monks were drawn gently, almost imperceptibly, even into breathing in unison. The experience might be compared to waves of the ocean, breaking upon the shore--one choir of a hundred or so voices singing a verse, and the opposite choir responding in a wave of faith. The monks did not try to pay attention the text, work-by-word. Rather, they listened for whatever "word" they might "hear" from the experience of the psalms "washing" over them in the calmness of this back-and-forth recitation.
Without books (and indeed, many unable to read), they knew the whole Psalter of 150 psalms by memory and they lost themselves in the experience of contemplating God. This background helps us to understand the Rosary as a prayer, and the comparison will be continued in next week's column.
| Anyone (men/women/children) who would like to serve the parish in this ministry is requested to contact Fr. Gordon. Preparation will be arranged. |  |
| Mar. 7th, 7:30pm Church of Jesus Christ Later Day Saints (Morman) in Fairmont. Service written by people of Lebanon. |
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SHARE LENT- "THE EARTH IS FOR ALL"
Our community is asked to make ourselves aware of the needs of the countries that will benefit from the Share Lent Campaign. To that end the children's catechism groups, the CWL & the KC'S have embarked on a series of 'mini-events' to raise funds while keeping the people of Rwanda, El Salvador, & Nigeria in our thoughts and prayers. We ask for your generous support for the following events:We would ask that you 'plan' for each of these events & help support our youth in their Lenten observance of Doing Good Works. More details of each event will be announced weekly (but start gathering pennies & cans now :)
1st Sunday of Lent: Mar. 9th Gr. 2/5-PENNY DRIVE 2nd Sunday of Lent: Mar. 16th CWL to be announced. 3rd Sunday of Lent: Mar. 23rd KC-PANCAKE BREAKFAST 4TH Sunday of Lent: Mar. 30th Gr. 3/K-1-CAN & BOTTLE DRIVE 5th Sunday of Lent: Apr. 6th (Radium) Gr. 4-TEA & GOODIES.
Gr. 7/Youth-CAR WASH (while you have your tea & goodies!!!)
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