December 14 - Corpus Christi Parish

Corpus Christi Parish
6350 Nanaimo Street
Vancouver, BC V5P 4K7
Tel.: (604) 324-2265  Fax: (604) 327-9699
Parish Website: www.corpuschristi-parish.ca
Parish Email:
[email protected]
Archdiocese of Vancouver: www.rcav.org
Pastor:
Fr. Bruce-John Hamilton
Assistant: Fr. Prashanth Kumar, SAC
December 14, 2014
Emmaus Eucharistic
Adoration Chapel
Third Sunday of Advent
(Gaudete Sunday)
Sundays
Daily
School Mass
Saturday Vigil
7:00 PM
Sunday 8:30 AM
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
Monday – Friday
8:00 AM
Wednesday
(when in session)
9:05 AM
Cantonese Mass
3:00 PM
Friday
7:00 PM
Saturday & Holidays
9:00 AM
Opportunity to adore the Blessed Sacrament
24 hours/day 7 days/week.
The chapel is locked at all times.
Please ring the Parish Office doorbell (only
during office hours) to have it opened.
For a committed visit during the night,
please get a key from the Parish Office,
604-324-2265:
Eucharistic Adoration in the Church, every
Friday, from 5:00 PM to 6:45 PM
Holy Hour at
6:00 PM
The Liturgy of the Hours / Devotions
Office of Readings
The Sacrament of Penance (Confession)
Daily
7:00 AM
Saturdays 9:30 – 10:15 AM and 6:00 – 6:45 PM
Saturdays & Holidays 8:00 AM
Monday-Friday at 7:45 – 7:55 AM Fridays at 6:15 – 6:40 PM
Lauds Sundays
8:00 AM
In Cantonese, on Sunday 2:30 – 2:55 PM
Weekdays
7:40 AM
Any time upon request.
Baptism Preparation
Saturdays & Holidays 8:40 AM
(Must attend both sessions)
Holy Rosary
after weekday morning Mass
1st and 3rd Saturday of the month,
Divine Mercy Devotions Fridays 6:35 PM
10:30 am to 12 noon, except during
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotions Saturday 9:30 AM
July and August
Parish Office
Corpus Christi Elementary School
RCIA/Basics of the Faith Program (English)
RCIA in Cantonese & Mandarin
Chinese Community Group
Communion at Home, Sick Calls
Parish Religious Education Program (PREP)
Legion of Mary
Catholic Women’s League (CWL)
Knights of Columbus
Seniors Outreach
Queen of Angels Youth & Children Group
Couples for Christ
Youth Group
Helen Estrellado
Rosa Natola, Principal
Please call the Rectory
Joseph Chiu
Frank Chan
Call the Rectory
June Tow, Coordinator
Margaret Pitos, President
Catherine Yeung, President
Armand Giroday, Grand Knight
Felix Saldanha
JoJo Cheung
Felix & Juliet dela Cruz
Chris Verhagen
604-324-2265
604-321-1117
604-324-2265
604-377-3773
604-433-2984
604-324-2265
604-250-8133
604-323-0473
604-565-2631
604-271-0272
604-433-5152
604-754-8933
604-419-0771
778-321-5290
8:30 am – 4:00 pm Tue.-Fri.
Kindergarten to Grade 7
Thursdays, 7 pm
Fridays, 7:30-9:00 pm
Wednesdays, 3:45 – 5:00 pm
Saturdays, 10:30 am to 12 noon
2nd Tuesday of the month, 7:00pm
2nd & 4th Saturdays, 4:30 pm
[email protected]
For Emergencies, House Blessings, or to receive “The BC Catholic”, etc., please call the rectory. For Baptisms, please call the parish office; for
Weddings, contact either one of the priests as early as possible (at least 6 months’ notice). Welcome to new parishioners and visitors. Please
complete a registration card (found near the main door of the church) and introduce yourself to the priests. Envelopes assigned to those who
request them, please pick up at church entrance or at the parish office.
December 14, 2014
Third Sunday of Advent
(Gaudete Sunday)
Vigil Mass
Saturday, December 13
7:00 PM
for Shasi, Julie & Janice Samant, Intention
3rd Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 14
8:30 AM
for Lidia del Cielo & Italo Iacovetta, RIP
10:00 AM
for Laureano & Catalina Rodriguez, RIP
11:30 AM
for All Parishioners, living & deceased
3:00 PM
for Bro. Joseph Lo, RIP
Monday, December 15
8:00 AM
for Milagros Carrillo, RIP
7:00 PM
SIMBANG GABI (Christmas Novena Mass)
Tuesday, December 16
8:00 AM
for Curt Deugau, Intention
5:00 PM
SIMBANG GABI (Christmas Novena Mass)
Wednesday, December 17
8:00 AM
for Margaret Priest, RIP
7:00 PM
SIMBANG GABI (Christmas Novena Mass)
Thursday, December 18
8:00 AM
for Ida Chan, RIP
SIMBANG GABI (Christmas Novena Mass)
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Friday, December 19
8:00 AM
for Fred Franklin, RIP
7:00 PM
SIMBANG GABI (Christmas Novena Mass)
St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr
Saturday, December 20
9:00 AM
for Gaetano Barbaro, RIP
5:00 AM
SIMBANG GABI (Christmas Novena Mass)
2015 Sunday Contribution Envelopes
May we remind parishioners to pick up their 2015
envelopes by the main entrance of the church.
There are still 172 unclaimed envelopes. They are
arranged alphabetically by LAST NAME. Please
take only the box with your NAME and ADDRESS
on it! THESE ENVELOPES ARE TO BE USED
STARTING January 1, 2015!!!
The envelopes will remain in the church vestibule
until February 2015. All unclaimed envelopes after
that will be re-issued to parishioners who will
request for them.
PLEASE NOTE
The Christmas and New Year Schedule of Masses and
Confessions at Corpus Christi is in this week’s bulletin.
Please post this for your reference.
Simbang Gabi (9-day Christmas Novena of Masses)
Vigil Mass
7:00 PM
for Igino Volpe, RIP
4th Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 21
8:30 AM
for All Parishioners, living & deceased
10:00 AM
for Melissa Fung, Intention
11:30 AM
for Ernesto & Romeo Padilla, RIP
3:00 PM
for All Sick People
7:00 PM
SIMBANG GABI (Christmas Novena Mass)
Responsorial Psalm
Come and join the Filipino community of Corpus Christi for the
9-day Christmas Novena of Masses (Simbang Gabi) from
December 15-23. Masses will be at 7:00 pm, except for
Tuesday, December 16 and Saturday, December 20 where
Mass will begin at 5:00 pm. The Novena is to spiritually
prepare us for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Parishioners
are welcome to attend. Masses will be celebrated in English
and Hymns will be sung in both English and Tagalog.
My soul shall exult – in my God.
Advent Confessions
The Advent Confessions at Corpus Christi
is scheduled on Tuesday, December 16 at
7:00 pm. There will be a number of priests
available for confessions. This is a good
opportunity to go to confession in
preparation for Christmas.
C.W.L ---- A Note of Thanks
From the CWL to the Parishioners of
Corpus Christi, thank you for your
generous response to our bake sale last
Sunday. You helped make it a big
success. We sincerely appreciate, and
are greatly encouraged by, the steadfast support you always
give throughout the entire year. The CWL wishes everyone a
Blessed Christmas.
Altar Boys
Our group will conduct a black fast (liquid ONLY fast) for 24 hours
around Christmas time. We ask for your generous sponsorship
in this meaningful event by bringing in blankets, sleeping bags,
(new or old but usable), and socks. We will distribute these items
personally to the needy at our regular service at The Door is
Open. Please bring these items to the sacristy.
HELP! HELP! HELP!
We appeal to kindhearted parishioners to help
in the Church cleaning during the Christmas
break. Church cleaning will be on Tuesday
December 23 and the following Tuesday,
December 30, at 8:45 am for about an hour.
Corpus Christi School Parents looking for
participation hours, this is a good opportunity
to get them.
Project Advance 2014 Reminder
We would like to remind all those who have made pledges to
Project Advance to please remit their donations either to the
Parish Office or to the Project Advance Office of the
Archdiocese of Vancouver as soon as possible. Donations will
be accepted at the parish office until December 24, 2014 in
order to qualify for a 2014 tax receipt. Online donations are
also accepted at www.rcav.org/donate.
PLEASE NOTE
Donations to Corpus Christi Parish (including your weekly
contribution envelopes) should be received by the Parish
Office by December 31, 2014 in order to receive a tax
receipt for 2014. This is a requirement of Canada Revenue
Agency. Any donations received after that will be credited
towards 2015. Also, please inform the Parish Office of any
address change to reflect the correct address in the tax
receipt. Thank you!
Corpus Christi School Open House
Red Light/Green Light Screening at Corpus Christi
The Archdiocese will continue to host FREE film screening:
Saturday, Jan. 31, 2-4pm, Corpus Christi Parish, Vancouver.
Please encourage your family and friends to attend a
screening and learn more about our moral teachings and
how as Catholics we are asked to respond. Book a screening
at [email protected] or visit www.rcav.org/red-light-green-lightscreening/ for more information.
ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS
Christian Unity: Have We Answered the Call?
Archdiocese of Vancouver will mark the 50th anniversary of
Vatican II’s Decree on Ecumenism with an ecumenical
prayer service. Keynote speakers: Fr. Tom Rosica, CSB, and
Sr. Donna Geernaert, SC. Topics: Canadian and worldwide
overview of ecumenism before and after Vatican II’s Decree,
importance of dialogue, and practical ideas on how to start
ecumenical cooperation. Saturday, Jan. 17, St. Francis
Xavier Church, Vancouver. For more info visit
rcav.org/christian-unity-have-we-answered-the-call, call
604-683-0281 ext. 229, or email [email protected].
Last Week’s Sunday Collection
(December 7, 2014)
Weekly
Envelopes
Loose
Total
$7,907.95
$ 738.75
$8,646.70
2nd Collection & Donations:
Youth Ministry
Building Fund
Seniors Christmas Luncheon
Others
Total
$2,118.75
601.00
566.00
180.00
$3,465.75
May the Lord bless you for your generosity.
Corpus Christi School will be having its Open House on
Saturday, January 17, 2015 from 9:00 to 11:00 am.
Prospective students and their families are welcome.
Application forms will be given at the Open House. For
more information please call the school number, 604-3211117.
Fr. Hamilton
3rd Sunday of Advent
Today is Gaudete (Joy/Rejoice) Sunday. We are reminded by the rose colored vestments
and more importantly the Readings of Mass that our joy is not in transient, changing and short lived
things but in God’s love of us (which doesn’t change). God’s love is made visible in Jesus Christ and
Jesus communicates his love for us by way of the sacraments. This love is something that we can
always rely on. It is not linked with good looks, good health or lots of money or goods. It just “is”.
One way to seek out God’s love is by way of the Sacrament of Joy/Penance. The bulletin of
last week contains all of the Penance Services in this Deanery. You can find the bulletin on the
parish website http://www.corpuschristi-parish.ca. So everyone knows – the bulletin is posted
there every Friday. As well you can request an electronic version be sent to you every Friday by
emailing the Parish Office: [email protected] The Advent Penance Service will be held here this
Tuesday December 16th at 7:00pm. There will be 3 other priests here along with Fr. Prashanth and
myself.
I want to sincerely thank Felix Saldana and his Committee along with all of the students/
entertainers (Altar Boys, CC Youth, 10:00am Choir, CFC Youth and the RIVA Dance School) who put
on the Christmas luncheon for the Senior’s here at Corpus Christi. The gym was full, the servers
were great, the food was very good and the entertainment was enjoyable and appreciated. Thank
you to everyone!
I invite everyone to prepare themselves for the celebration of Our Lord’s birth by attending
Simbang Gabi. You will see this advertised in the bulletin. This Novena of Masses begins on Monday
December 15th and continues through to December 23rd. The Schedule for Christmas Mass and
Confessions times is available in the bulletin. Please post this somewhere so that you can consult it
at home … especially for visitors.
I want to thank everyone for filling out the Census cards last weekend. This will be of great
help in updating our contact information. If you did not fill out a Census/Registration card please
do so as soon as possible. You can obtain one at the Parish Office, in the Vestibule no the North
Side and it is also on the Parish Website under Contact Us.
As everyone can now see the Christmas trees and Christmas Crib are now set up. Thank you
to my brother Knights of Columbus for purchasing the trees and putting them up in the Church. The
setting up of the Church for Christmas is fitting for the King of Kings who is present with us in the
Tabernacle and whose birth we continue to prepare ourselves for.
Here is the continuing series of Questions and Answers: Question: What do we mean by “a
full Mass”? Answer: Essentially being present for the whole Mass. To say that there is a particular
moment before or after which we are either "out" or "safe," so to speak, is to give the wrong
message and hint that, in the long run, some parts of the Mass are really not all that important. It
may also give some people a yardstick for arriving in a tardy manner. If people arrive late due to
their own fault, and especially if they do so habitually, then they need to seriously reflect on their
attitudes, amend their ways, and if necessary seek the sacrament of reconciliation.
Sincerely in Christ
Fr. Hamilton
Stewardship Reflections
December 14 – Third Sunday of Advent
“Give thanks in all circumstances”, St. Paul tells us in today’s
second reading. Gratitude…this is the tipping point to
an abundant life, the life Jesus promises. Find something
to be grateful for every day. It’s not hard considering
how blessed we are. Gratitude to God is the virtue that
opens the door to a life filled with peace and
contentment; a life free of anxious worries and fears, and
a life of generous stewardship.
Stewardship Office, The Archdiocese of Winnipeg, www.archwinnipeg.ca
Please pray for those who are ill, especially for:
Sr. Helen Hong
Martin Morgen
Carole Bayle
Rizalina Gomez
Ken Tompkins
Agripina Josue
Sau Chan Wong
Leila Evangelista
Herminia Panovic
Johan Elshof
Jaclyn Khor Chai Mei
Betty Bolanos
Alessia Vaz
Marisa Reghelin
Corazon Vendencia
Kathryn McCarthy
Marissa Peña
Theresa Simon
Alice Chambers
Leonardo Almeda
Ester Fernandez
Shawntel Escobar
Chyrell Belisario
Veronica McEwen
Juliet Palaganas
Sheila Bayley
Rene Lopez
Eulogio Dimalanta
America Machuca
Julie Samant
Evelyn Herbert
Blair Henry
Hom Yee Chen
Christina Lo
Olivera Lambeta
Ellen Chang
Helen Zaballero
John Boutin
Ferdnand Dumont
Araceli Castillo
Rowena Jamoras
Aaron Field
Janet Ko
Chen Chu Zhen
George Leung
Julio Manghi
Ed Matte
John Chua
Sarah Rodden
Margaret Wera
Janet Lowe
Josephine Calazan
Sam Chang
Wee Phek Kiaw
John Mohammed
Consuelo Cruz
Jessica Escalante
Ivy Defensor
Sofia Cruz
Nevenka Cervo
Vicente Abela
Gloria G. Galang
Pauline Chin
Ludy Inting
Rowena Guia
Joseph Marpuri
Divina Nellas
Liza Chan
Judith Chan
Dell Hemphill
Joaquim Branco
Eufrasia Bidese
Reggie Antasuda
Letty V. Competente
Zhu Yun He Larkin
Ana Kolic
Henry Ma
Agnes Yeung
Jerome Lau
Makoto Inoue
Elenore Lastoria
Regina McConnell
Ma. Giuseppina Barbaro
Yolanda Nicasio
Neva Bailo
Veronica Liao
Allan McEwen
Philip Moy
Jenny Chan
Knut Skeisvoll
Kwan Wing Lau
Peter Ma
FlorencioFernandez
Lea Hadden Watts
Kathrine Sagenschneider
Matt McCabe
Heidi Sadian
Ambrose Cruz
Mary, Health of the Sick, pray for us.
In your charity, please pray for all our deceased parishioners, relatives, friends and benefactors, especially,
Fr. Angelo DePompa, whose Vigil Prayers will be held on Monday, December 15 @7pm at Holy Name Parish
and Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, December 16 @ 10am at Holy Rosary Cathedral.
May they rest in peace.
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(The Bequest Clause can be added to your existing Will as a codicil)
Bequest Clause
I give and bequeath to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver, incorporated under a special Act of Legislative
Assembly of British Columbia, and whose offices are located in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the benefit of
Corpus Christi Parish, Vancouver, BC:
The sum of $ __________________________ dollars;
Or _____________________ percentage of my estate;
Or the total of the residue of my estate.
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, December 24, Christmas Eve
Holy Mass at 8:00 a.m.
Confessions at 9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
and 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Vigil Mass at 7:00 p.m. (fulfills one’s
obligation)
Office of Readings at 8:00 p.m.
Carols at 11:30 p.m.
Midnight Mass at 12:00 a.m.
Thursday, December 25, Christmas Day
Holy Day of Obligation
Lauds at 8:00 a.m.
Holy Mass at 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m.,
and 11:30 a.m.
Holy Mass at Holy Family Hospital at
11:00 a.m.
Cantonese Mass at 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 31, New Year’s Eve
Holy Mass at 8:00 a.m.
Confessions at 6:00 to 6:45 p.m.
Vigil Mass at 7:00 p.m. (fulfills one’s
obligation)
Thursday, January 1, Solemnity of Mary,
the Mother of God (New Year’s Day)
Holy Day of Obligation
Lauds at 8:00 a.m.
Holy Mass at 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m.,
and 11:30 a.m.
Cantonese Mass at 3:00 p.m.
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Service & Justice Office, Catholic Women's League and
The Knights of Columbus Council 10681
invite you to attend FREE Screenings at:
St. Joseph the Worker Parish Gym
Corpus Christi Parish
4451 Williams Road, Richmond and 6350 Nanaimo Street, Vancouver
January 12, 2015, 7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM
January 31, 2015, 2:00 ‐ 4:00 PM
For more information email [email protected]
The third Sunday of Advent is the time to light the rose candle on the Advent wreath. It is called Gaudete Sunday from the Latin word Gaudete
which means to rejoice. The Entrance Antiphon and the Second Reading
of the Mass from the Epistle of Paul exhorts us to: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say rejoice. The Lord is near.” (Phil. 4:4-5)
It says “Rejoice in the Lord.” Not rejoice in our selves, in our virtues, our talents, our success or our possessions. “Rejoice in the Lord” Whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.
“Rejoice in the Lord” Who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. “Rejoice in the Lord” Who is omnipotent and
can help us; Who is merciful and can help us; Who is faithful and has promised to help us. “Rejoice in the
Lord” Who loves us as only He can, with a love we cannot merit or ever be worthy of, for ourselves, as we
really are, with all of the physical warts, psychological quirks and spiritual infidelities.
“Rejoice in the Lord always.” Because the Lord is always the same; Jesus Christ, yesterday, today and the
same forever. With Paul we are “convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any creature will be able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ Jesus, our Lord.” (Rom. 8: 38-39)
Why should we “Rejoice in the Lord always?” Because “The Lord is near.” How near? God is nearer to me
than I am to myself. He is the ground of my being. “In him we live and move and have our being.” My body
is the temple of the Holy Spirit. The Lord is as near to me as a sponge is in the ocean, the song is in the
singer, the dance is in the dancer. So near that I am really We. Without God I would not exist.
Joy is the most infallible sign of the AWARENESS of the presence of God. One of the biggest booby traps
in the spiritual life is to forget this presence of God and spend a lot of time and energy in searching for him.
We cross oceans, climb mountains, make pilgrimages, read books and consult this guru and that guru looking for God. And all the while he is present within us. We are like the absent minded professor who is looking for his glasses that are resting on his forehead. St. Augustine tells us in his Confessions about this futile
search for God that so characterized his early life. “Late have I known thee, late have I loved thee. All these
years I was looking for you outside and all the while you were here. And I didn’t know it.”
We think of religion as man’s search for God when it is more God’s search for man. In the first picture we
have of God in the Scripture He is searching for Adam, “Adam, where are you?” Adam was running away
because he had sinned. God’s search for man is what Christmas is all about. “For God so loved the world
that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal
life.” (John 3:16)
“Rejoice in the Lord always” does not mean, of course, that we will not have to carry the cross. The cross is
an inevitable fact of human life. It can make us or break us but no one can escape it. St. Paul who exhorts
us to “Rejoice in the Lord always” describes his extraordinary sufferings in his Epistle to the Corinthians. (2
Cor.11:24-28) And it is the experience of every one of us that in this life “ecstasy without agony is baloney.”
If you would draw a graph of human life it would be a sine curve in which you are up on the crest and then
down in the trough, and then up on the crest again and down into the trough. We are all schizophrenic and
manic depressive. It is only a matter of degree. To “Rejoice in the Lord always” simply means that we maintain a constant, peaceful tranquility throughout all of the vicissitudes of life; a “tranquility without tranquilizers.”
“Rejoice in the Lord always. The Lord is near” should be etched on our hearts and minds and our greeting
to all during this third week of Advent should be to remind one another that the Lord is near, so near that
“The Lord is with you.”
Author; Father Rodney Kissinger S.J.

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