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Saint Anthony’s First-Class Relics Will Visit Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Lang- ford. The Franciscan Friars invite you to join them in welcoming Saint Anthony Padua. Saint Anthony will be visiting you in the form of two holy, first-class and precious relics from his Basilica in Padua, Italy. The relics will be accompanied by Friar Mario Conte, an OFM Con- ventual Franciscan. It will be on Tuesday, Oct 29 th at OLOR Parish. Veneration begins at 6pm and Holy Mass at 7:00pm.. Contacts in the Parish: Pastor Father Dean Henderson Cell: 250-882-2151 [email protected] Assistant Priest Father Michael Tran Cell: 250-415-3877 [email protected] Deacon Deacon Dion Pomponio Parish Secretary Cynthia Santos Parish Council Chair Roland Wauthy Ministry of the Sick Sandy Rix 250 478-9139 Diocesan Safe Environment 250.479.1331 ext. 223 CWL Info: Contact: Odette Huculak: 250 474 4915 Knights of Columbus: Kevin Stafford: [email protected] St. Vincent de Paul: Louise 250-658-1932 Joanne 250.478.9478 Sacraments: Baptism: Contact the parish office or Fr. Dean Reconciliation: Saturday 5:15 p.m. or by appointment. Marriage: Contact Father Dean 6 months in advance of the planned wedding date. Anointing of the sick: If you or a family member are admitted to a hospital or other care facility and you wish to have a priest visit, please be sure to have someone call the parish office to make this request. Roman Catholic Hospital Chaplain for VGH & RJH - Fr. Thomas - 250-889-3761 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time October 6, 2019 798 Goldstream Ave. Victoria, B.C. V9B 2X6 Ph:250-478-3482 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www. olorchurch.ca Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday 9:30 am-2:30 pm Child Care: 250-590-6095 If you have recently moved into the Langford area Welcome to Our Lady of the Rosary Parish and invite you to pick up a Parish Registration form at the Church entrance or parish office and return the completed form to the office. If we may assist you, please just tell us. Loving and Provident God, Creator of all. We, the parish family of our Lady of the Rosary, humbly ask your contin- ued blessing on the spiritual, human and financial commitment we have made for the building of our new Church and the fulfillment of Your Kingdom on earth. Unless You build the house, we labor in vain to build it. Through the inter- cession of Mary, Mother of God, St. Joseph the Builder, bring to perfection the good work You have begun in us. We ask this through Christ the Lord. Amen. Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Building Prayer: Every Wednesday, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 9:30 am and Benediction at noon with church open to pray until 3:00 pm. From the Pastor’s Desk 27 th of Ordinary Time – October 5/6 2019 I just came from a farewell lunch with the University Multifaith Chaplains and staff at the University Club. After twelve years of ministry and service to the campus students, staff and faculty, it was an honour to be honoured by the incredibly diverse community that is Multifaith Services. There are some aspects of the work I do not regret letting go (the frenetic pace in September of starting ministry programs from scratch with a new crop of students for example). But I will miss the proximity to the students particularly and the inspiration they have been in faith, hope and love. Fr. William and Maria Arsenault of CCO will step up to ensure a Catholic presence continues, and I wish them a blessed success. There is so much going on in the month of October; the Holy Father’s call to an extraordinary month of mis- sion (I think every month is a month of mission mind you!), the Diocesan appeal, the visit of the relics of St. Antony of Padua, the Marian month of the Rosary, Oktoberfest, my Marriage Prep Course for the Diocese and a Federal Election to boot. Biblically, the Sunday liturgical readings will skim through St. Paul’s letter to Timothy in October and I plan a sermon series to see what can be gleaned from the epistle to inspire and instruct our mission as the Catholic Church in Sooke and Langford. I am grateful for all of you who are really offering yourselves to Christ and his bride to foster the mission of his gospel of love. Well done good and faithful servants. Fr. Dean Annual Oktoberfest on Oct 18 th , Friday at the Parish Center. Tickets: $10:00 each (Advance ticket sales only). Avail- able from Gilbert Levesque at 250-391-1720. Cocktail at 5:30pm. Dinner at 6:30pm . Tickets are also available in the parish office. Due to the fact that Victoria General Hospital currently has no onsite Spiritual Care employee, there is no notification at this time of Catholic patients to our Catholic Hospital Chaplain (Fr. Thomas). This means that if you know of some- one in the hospital who would like to receive Holy Communion or even a prayerful visit, it is imperative that you let your parish office know. Your parish office will then contact Father Thomas, the Catholic Hospital Chaplain for visits and he will further communicate to the outreach Eucharistic volunteers. For the past few months we have been notified of very few Catholic patients in the hospital and we would like to make sure patients don't miss the opportunity of Holy Communion at a time when they may need it the most. This is national "Life Chain Sunday" across the country and will be taking place between 2:00 and 3:00 pm at the corner of Blanchard and Finlayson. We encourage everyone who can come for the hour or part of it to meet at 1:45pm to obtain a sign and join in this prayerful witness to the unborn Canadian children killed before birth. You may contact Glenda (Choose Life Victoria) at 250-661-2613 for further information if required. (Her number can be found on the bottom of the (40 Days For Life" poster) Youth Retreat: All youth in grades 8-12 are invited to a special weekend of fun, faith and friendship at Christ the King Parish in Courtenay on November 1-3. Registration forms at the office. Contact [email protected] for further information. St. Andrew’s High School Students contact [email protected] There will be a funeral mass for Margaret Hardy on Oct 8 th , Tuesday at 12:30pm in OLOR. There will be a once a month Sport Night at OLOR Parish Hall. Please come on October 25, November 15 and De- cember 15, from 6:30pm until 8:00pm. We will rotate through different kinds of games. Capture the Flag, Dodge Ball and Soccer. All are welcome. If you have questions you can contact Dave de Bree at [email protected] Everyone is invited to OLOR Family Potluck to be held on Sunday, November 3. Doors open at 4:30pm. Fr. Dean will speak at 5:00pm. Dinner is at 5:30pm. Please bring your favorite dish to share and enjoy an evening of fun and fellowship. To RSVP and/or for more information, please contact Boleyn at [email protected] or Kristy de Bree at [email protected] or Roland at 250-419-4645.
