5340 4 St. SW Calgary AB T2V 0Z5 403-252-1137 fax 403-255- 7796 [email protected]www.stanthonyscalgary.com Facebook: St. Anthony’s Catholic Parish Parish Office: Tuesday – Friday 9:30am – 3:00pm Saturday 1:00pm – 4:00pm 7 th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 23, 2020 DUC IN ALTUM Put out into the deep DUC IN ALTUM (Put out into the deep) is released this Sunday by Bishop William McGrattan to implement a Spiritual Renewal in the Diocese of Calgary (2020-2022). It is a call to holiness. There will be programs of the Renewal of Priest, the Renewal of Laity, Deacons and Religious and the Renewal of the Diocese. In his concluding words, Bishop McGrattan states: “Beginning this Season of Lent, we open our hearts, minds and homes to the Holy Spirit. May these years of renewal be for us a source of inspiration and grace not only for our personal holiness and development but also for the holiness and development of the entire Diocese.” Weekend Schedule Saturday Confessions English Mass 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Sunday Confessions Low Latin Mass Morning Prayer English Mass English Mass Confessions Sung Latin Mass 6:45 am 7:15 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 10:30 am Noon 12:30 pm Weekday Schedule Monday & Tuesday Confessions Latin Mass Confessions English Mass 6:30 am 7:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am Ash Wednesday Latin Mass English Mass Confession Latin Mass Confession English Mass 7:00 am 9:00 am 11:30 am Noon 6:30 pm 7:00 pm Thursday & Friday Confession English Mass Confessions Latin Mass 8:30 am 9:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Saturday Confessions Latin Mass 8:00 am 9:00 am Pastor Fr. Edmund Vargas ext 224 or 587-349-9615 Associate Pastor Fr. John Shannon, FSSP ext 226 or 403-714-7361 In Residence Fr. John Petravicius, Fr. Clauber Pereira Lima Deacon Ron Nowell Music Director John Morgan Sacramental Preparation Dorothy Loucks ext 232 Secretary Heather Schilling ext 222 Office Assistant Marta Lopez & Dianne McKay ext 221 Bookkeeper Magda Aguillon ext 223 Accountant Maria Teresa Velez ext 223 Janitorial Service Polmax Ecology Cleaning Ltd Altar Servers Rikki Sabater & Jeffrell Painaga Building Committee Vacant Children’s Liturgy Ranee and Riza Fallorin Art & Environment Gill Briscoe Finance Committee Don Goodfellow Foodbank Abe Villanueva Funeral Altar Servers Robert de Moissac Funeral Receptions Dianne McKay Hospitality Coordinator Dianne McKay Knights of Columbus Abe Villanueva Legion of Mary Jr. Audrey Martis Legion of Mary Oneill Martis Liturgy Coordinator Heather Schilling Pastoral Care of the Sick Marlene Robertson Pastoral Council Kevin Leitch Pro-Life Maria Cameron RCIA Vancant Together in Action (TIA) Vacant Ushers Josue Laro
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5340 4 St. SW Calgary AB T2V 0Z5 403-252-1137 fax 403-255-7796
DUC IN ALTUM (Put out into the deep) is released this Sunday by
Bishop William McGrattan to implement a Spiritual Renewal in the
Diocese of Calgary (2020-2022). It is a call to holiness. There will be
programs of the Renewal of Priest, the Renewal of Laity, Deacons and
Religious and the Renewal of the Diocese. In his concluding words,
Bishop McGrattan states: “Beginning this Season of Lent, we open our
hearts, minds and homes to the Holy Spirit. May these years of
renewal be for us a source of inspiration and grace not only for our
personal holiness and development but also for the holiness and
development of the entire Diocese.”
Weekend Schedule
Saturday
Confessions English Mass
4:00 pm 5:00 pm
Sunday Confessions Low Latin Mass Morning Prayer English Mass English Mass Confessions Sung Latin Mass
6:45 am 7:15 am 8:30 am 9:00 am
10:30 am Noon 12:30 pm
Weekday Schedule Monday & Tuesday
Confessions Latin Mass Confessions English Mass
6:30 am 7:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am
Ash Wednesday
Latin Mass English Mass Confession Latin Mass Confession English Mass
7:00 am 9:00 am 11:30 am
Noon 6:30 pm 7:00 pm
Thursday & Friday
Confession English Mass Confessions Latin Mass
8:30 am 9:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm
Saturday Confessions Latin Mass
8:00 am 9:00 am
Pastor Fr. Edmund Vargas ext 224 or 587-349-9615 Associate Pastor Fr. John Shannon, FSSP ext 226 or 403-714-7361 In Residence Fr. John Petravicius, Fr. Clauber Pereira Lima Deacon Ron Nowell Music Director John Morgan Sacramental Preparation Dorothy Loucks ext 232
Altar Servers Rikki Sabater & Jeffrell Painaga Building Committee Vacant Children’s Liturgy Ranee and Riza Fallorin Art & Environment Gill Briscoe Finance Committee Don Goodfellow Foodbank Abe Villanueva Funeral Altar Servers Robert de Moissac Funeral Receptions Dianne McKay Hospitality Coordinator Dianne McKay Knights of Columbus Abe Villanueva Legion of Mary Jr. Audrey Martis Legion of Mary Oneill Martis Liturgy Coordinator Heather Schilling Pastoral Care of the Sick Marlene Robertson Pastoral Council Kevin Leitch Pro-Life Maria Cameron RCIA Vancant Together in Action (TIA) Vacant Ushers Josue Laro
Pastoral Notes Love of enemies
In our lives, we are subjected to a retaliation mentality that affects us all. From the sports arena to the criminal justice system, forgiveness or anything that amounts to it is regarded as a weakness. Nothing in the Christian life is more radical and more challenging than the mandate to love our enemies, to do good to those who mistreat us or to lend without any expectation of return. Jesus becomes our model for such unconditional love and mercy in his entire ministry, especially as when he was dying on the cross.
We find it very easy to desire retaliation against those who hurt or hate us. We find this human tendency creeping into our personal lives. We want to get even with others. If our loved ones hurt us even in some little way, we sometimes find ourselves saying to ourselves or at least thinking about getting back at them. God’s mercy challenges us to a much higher standard. And then there is that daunting implication of that part in the Lord’s Prayer when we ask God to forgive us in the same way that we forgive others. God also provides us with powerful witness of his love and mercy, showing us that it is possible to embrace the perpetrators as well as the victims of crimes. The heroic witness of forgiving by victims is an inspiration to put into practice the infinite mercy of God in own respective lives.
There is a story about a former inmate of a Nazi concentration Camp who visited a friend who shared the ordeal with him. “Have you forgiven the Nazis?”, he asked. “Yes”, his friend answered. “Well, I haven’t. I’m still consumed with hatred for them”, he retorted. “In that case”, his friend said gently, “They still have you in prison”.
In daily transactions with others, we have lots of opportunities to practice this demanding imperative. There are those unfriendly people we encounter in social places, fellow parishioners or priests who don’t respond to our cheerful greeting or those motorists who irritate us on the road.
Will it be our best self or our worst self that responds? Each human encounter becomes an opportunity to become more like Jesus who was able to say at the last moment of his life: “Father, forgive them, they do not know what they do.” Hanging on the cross in Calvary, Jesus utters a prayer of forgiveness for the very people who have brought him excruciating pain and eventual death. These loving and forgiving words capture Christ’s basic attitude in human relationships.
As we approach the Lenten season, let us ask the Lord to transform us from a community of the forgiven into a forgiving community. Our Christian life is defined as a journey in love and forgiveness. Let our mentality of love and forgiveness become a legacy to a world that is filled with hatred, revenge and indifference.
HEALING CORNER "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments." Mt 22:34-40 How can we show to all our neighbors how we respect them as we are asked to by God? We all have rights in the eyes of the Lord and all forms of abuse dishonor those rights.
LENTEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS Our Lenten Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis) will be held every Tuesday at 6pm, starting on March 3. A fundraising Lenten Dinner follows, hosted by the Knights of Columbus, with varying menu offerings, including seafood pasta, fish sandwich and fish & chips. The dinner is also aimed building a stronger sense of community. The proceeds of the dinner will be for the outreach activities of the Knights of Columbus. In order to plan the food the Knights have requested an RSVP [email protected] if you plan to stay for supper.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER An Ecumenical Worship Service will be held on Friday, March 6 at 1:30pm at Southwood United Church (10690 Elbow Drive SW) in celebration of World Day of Prayer with the theme “Rise! Take your Mat and Walk”. This years’ service has been created by women from Zimbabwe. Pastor Sam has personally invited our community to participate, citing we are neighbors. Fr Edmund is attending. If you are interested, please contact Fr Edmund or the office to confirm your attendance by the end of the month. Those who want to be part of the service as reader or other form of participation must reply sooner.
SILENCE will be observed before all the Lenten weekend Masses, starting on the February 29 - March 1 weekend. The Presider, together with all the other liturgical ministers will take their respective seats in the sanctuary or in the pews FIVE (5) minutes before the start of Mass, that is, after the Prayer before Serving in the sacristy. Seven (7) minutes later, all stand as “Hold us in your mercy…” is sung, followed by the Opening Prayer. No Commentary. No Procession. No Entrance Hymn. Mass attendees enter the church and go to their seats in SILENCE. Silence, as part of the Lenten discipline, allows us to let God speak to our hearts. It is also an effort to reclaim the traditional silence we should observe as we enter sacred space.
SACRAMENTS Sacrament of Baptism
Baptism Preparation Session Fourth Saturday of the month
Please contact the parish office to register
Sacrament of First Reconciliation Please contact the parish office.
And First Holy Communion Sunday May 3 10:30am Mass
Session 2, Sunday, March 8, 8:45 AM
Sacrament of Confirmation Wednesday, June 10, 2020 7:00 PM Mass
Registration deadline April 1 Preparation begins Tuesday, May 12 7:00pm Commitment Mass Sunday May 17 10:30am
Sacrament of Marriage Please contact the parish office, a minimum of six months
Monday, February 22 7:00am – special intention SI 9:00am – Souls in Purgatroy RIP Tuesday, February 23 7:00am – special intention SI 9:00am – Pat Patipatinakoon RIP Wednesday, February 26 7:00am – special intention SI 9:00am – David Cashen SI Noon – special intention SI 7:00pm – Lynda Telford SI Thursday, February 27 9:00am – Virginia Onwughalu RIP 10:15am (Trinity) – Charlotte Walcott RIP 7:00pm – special intention SI Friday, February 28 9:00am – Dianne McKay SI 7:00pm – special intention SI Saturday, February 29 9:00am – special intention SI 5:00pm – Anusha and Nimal Family SI Sunday, February 30 7:15am – Confraternity of St. Peter SI 9:00am – Fortunato Abad Loyola RIP 10:30am – All Parishioners SI 12:30pm – special intention SI
LATIN MASS CALENDAR Sunday February 23 2nd Cl Quinquagesima Sunday
Wednesday February 26 1st Cl Ash Wednesday
Sunday March 1 1st Cl 1st Sunday of Lent
REST IN PEACE
Sheila Sartorio
Our heartfelt sympathies to her family. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
LET US PRAY FOR THE SICK
Arleen Avendano, Rose Dourado, Ken Foran, Nancy Hawthorne, Hector Henao, Mary Hess,
Fr. Clauber Lima Pereira, Faye LaPaz, Leanne Morgan, Mary Olson, Joe Rathwell, Corazon Reyes,
Brenda Ann Taylor and Cleofe Togonon
May the Lord grant them healing, comfort and peace.
LAST WEEK’S DONATIONS
BUDGET COLLECTION DIFFERENCE
Regular $9,169 $5,004.75 ($4,164.25)
PAW
MTD $39,732 $17,192.65 ($22,539.35)
GOAL
COLLECTION TO DATE
DIFFERENCE
TIA 2020 $3,505.50
LED lights $2,500 $1,520 ($980.00)
Feed the Hungry
$5000
Sacrament of First Communion Did you know Eucharist means Thanksgiving? Did you know there are four main parts to the Mass?
• The Introductory Rites,
• Liturgy of the Word,
• Liturgy of the Eucharist and the
• Concluding Rites.
2019 TAX RECEIPTS are available in the breezeway to pick up. Receipts not picked up by February 25 will be mailed.
FEED THE HUNGRY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF 80 VOLUNTEER POSITIONS. Food/Hall preparation 9:30am – 1:30 pm or Desert preparation 12:30pm – 2:30pm (families with children under 12 welcome). Serving and greeting 2:30pm – 6:00pm (ages 12 years and up). Contributions toward the $5000 sponsorship can be made at www.stanthonyscalgary.com/donations or in the parish office. Contact [email protected] to register as a volunteer.
PATRICIAN SOCIETY The Patrician Society of the Legion of Mary will be having its monthly meeting on Monday, February 24, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in meeting room 1. The topic to be discussed: "The nature of the Love of God" All Catholics welcome. Refreshments will be provided.
DUC IN ALTUM Put out into the deep. A Letter to the Faithful of the Diocese of Calgary from Bishop William McGrattan. Printed copies are available at the back of the church or read the letter on our website at www.stanthonyscalgary.com.
ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CALGARY: For all the latest Diocese news and events, view the weekly Diocese Insert on our
website stanthonyscalgary.com/bulletins.
PREPARING FOR LENT
LENTEN GOSPEL REFLECTIONS by Bishop Robert Barron are available in the breezeway. The suggested purchase price is $5.00. Please place your contribution in the donation box.
Ash Wednesday February 26
7:00 am Latin Mass 9:00 am English Mass Noon Latin Mass 7:00 pm English Mass
Tuesdays in Lent
6:00pm Stations of the Cross followed by Knights of Columbus Lenten Supper (RSVP requested
Are you looking for ways to increase your care for the environment? Reducing the amount of paper that is used to produce our bulletin is one way that you can contribute. To receive your paperless bulletin email [email protected]. Or you can write your name and email address on this bulletin and put it into the collection: Name: _________________________
