St James Parish Canonically Erected: July 28, 1993 First Mass: August 1, 1993 Dedicaon of the Church: Rosary Sunday October 4, 2014 Parish Feast Day: Solemnity of St James the Greater: July 25th December 1, 2019 First Sunday of Advent Per’s Basil- ica 2777 Townline Road, Abbotsford, BC V2T 5E1 Telephone: 604.864.8800 | E-mail: [email protected]Website: stjamesabby.com P A R I S H D I R E C T O R Y Pastor: Rev. William Ashley Secretary: Teresa Filiatrault Parish Office Hours: Monday to Friday : 8.30 am-4:00 pm Sunday Mass: Saturday (ancipated) @ 4.30 pm Sunday @ 9 am ǀ 11 am ǀ 6.30 pm Weekday Mass: Monday to Friday @ 8.00 am Saturday and Statutory Holidays @ 9.00 am Confession: 30 minutes before Sunday Masses 15 minutes before weekday Masses Saturday: Before and aſter 9 am Mass Elementary School Devoons: Friday @ 9.20 am: Confession, Adoraon and Rosary Bapsms, Marriages & Communion to the Sick Eucharisc Adoraon: Altar Servers Altar Guild Catholic Women’s League Children’s Celebraon Civic Affairs Commiee El Shaddai Filipino Ministry/Hospitality Sodality of Mary Finance Commiee First Saturday Rosary Club Knights of Columbus Music Ministry Parish Council Prison Ministry Project Advance Pro-Life Coordinator RCIA Bible Study School Building Commiee St Vincent de Paul Society Website Women’s Recollecon Youth Council Youth Ministry Fr Ashley Cecilia Tsang Sheila Hall (604.859.8684) Heidi Calzavara 604.859.9199) Marc Vella Ghie Javier (604.758.2146) Rosalina Cole (604.859.8465) Della Oberhoffner Elizabeth Ocon Walter Dona (604.852.2589) Bob Buckham, Mark Sweeney and Daniel Ancl Monica Roddis (604.853.7985) Bob Buckham (604.852.9311) John Burden Monica Roddis (604.853.7985) Fr Ashley, Caleb, and Kevin Rod Griffiths, Blanca Hluskova Kim McLellan (604.850.2217) Ilona Payne Maxine Leslie (778.666.7529) Fr Ashley Richard Gumpal (604.377.8187) EDUCATION Parish Religious Educaon Program Connie Slomski 604.613.5665 [email protected]St James & St Ann’s Elementary School 604.852.1788 ǀ stjameselementary.ca Principal: Terri Sask St John Brebeuf Regional High School 604.855.0571 ǀ stjohnbrebeuf.ca Principal: Gianni Biante Catholic Pacific College 604.888.7727 catholicpacific.ca Contact the Parish Office. Friday @ 8.30-11 am (Benediction): September-June ST JAMES THE GREATER PROTOMARTYR OF THE APOSTLES PRAY FOR US ! SANCTE IACOBE MAIOR, ORA PRO NOBIS ! A warm welcome to St James the Greater Parish! Say hello to Fr Ashley, our pastor. Kindly register in the parish so that we may serve you more efficiently. Registraon forms are available in the foyer or on the website.
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St James Parish
Canonically Erected: July 28, 1993 First Mass: August 1, 1993
Dedication of the Church: Rosary Sunday October 4, 2014 Parish Feast Day: Solemnity of St James the Greater: July 25th
P A R I S H D I R E C T O R Y Pastor: Rev. William Ashley Secretary: Teresa Filiatrault Parish Office Hours: Monday to Friday : 8.30 am-4:00 pm Sunday Mass: Saturday (anticipated) @ 4.30 pm Sunday @ 9 am ǀ 11 am ǀ 6.30 pm Weekday Mass: Monday to Friday @ 8.00 am Saturday and Statutory Holidays @ 9.00 am Confession: 30 minutes before Sunday Masses 15 minutes before weekday Masses Saturday: Before and after 9 am Mass Elementary School Devotions: Friday @ 9.20 am: Confession, Adoration and Rosary Baptisms, Marriages & Communion to the Sick Eucharistic Adoration:
Altar Servers Altar Guild Catholic Women’s League Children’s Celebration Civic Affairs Committee El Shaddai Filipino Ministry/Hospitality
Sodality of Mary Finance Committee First Saturday Rosary Club Knights of Columbus Music Ministry Parish Council Prison Ministry Project Advance Pro-Life Coordinator RCIA Bible Study School Building Committee
St Vincent de Paul Society Website Women’s Recollection Youth Council Youth Ministry
Fr Ashley Cecilia Tsang Sheila Hall (604.859.8684) Heidi Calzavara 604.859.9199) Marc Vella Ghie Javier (604.758.2146) Rosalina Cole (604.859.8465) Della Oberhoffner Elizabeth Ocon Walter Dona (604.852.2589) Bob Buckham, Mark Sweeney and Daniel Anctil Monica Roddis (604.853.7985) Bob Buckham (604.852.9311) John Burden Monica Roddis (604.853.7985) Fr Ashley, Caleb, and Kevin Rod Griffiths, Blanca Hluskova Kim McLellan (604.850.2217) Ilona Payne Maxine Leslie (778.666.7529) Fr Ashley Richard Gumpal (604.377.8187)
E D U C A T I O N
Parish Religious Education Program Connie Slomski 604.613.5665
A warm welcome to St James the Greater Parish! Say hello to Fr Ashley, our pastor.
Kindly register in the parish so that we may serve you more efficiently. Registration forms are available in the foyer or on the website.
First Saturday Devotion Please join us on Saturday,
Dec. 7 after the 4:30pm Mass to pray the rosary and offer 15
minutes of meditation on the mysteries of the Rosary, in rep-
aration for sins against Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Potluck
supper to follow in the foyer.
Light up for chirst Join the Knights of Columbus in lighting up the Nativity on Tues. Dec. 3 at 7pm. Caroling and refreshments to follow.
Oranges The Knights of Columbus will be selling oranges
after the Sunday 9am and 11am Masses. Orange sales will
continue for the next 3-4 weeks.
Breakfast with St. Nicholas! Enjoy the Knights of
Columbus Pancake Breakfast on Sunday Dec. 8th at 10am and
have an opportunity to visit with St. Nicholas and even have
your photo taken with him!
Pregnant? Need to talk? Hurting from a past abortion?
For confidential and compassionate help, text: “HOPE” to 393939 or go to “onlinecare.ca”
COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Section One: “I Believe”- We Believe
Chapter Two- God Comes to Meet Man
9. What is the full and definitive stage of God’s Revelation? The full and definitive stage of God’s revelation is accom-plished in his Word made flesh, Jesus Christ, the mediator and fullness of Revelation. He, being the only-begotten Son of God made man, is the perfect and definitive Word of the Father. In the sending of the Son and the gift of the Spirit, Revelation is now fully complete, although the faith of the Church must gradually grasp its full significance over the course of centuries.
10. What is the value of private revelations? While not be-longing to the deposit of faith, private revelations may help a person to live the faith as long as they lead us to Christ. The Magisterium of the Church, which has the duty of evalu-ating such private revelations, cannot accept those which claim to surpass or correct that definitive Revelation which is Christ.
11. Why and in what way is divine revelation transmitted? God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4), that is, of Jesus Christ. For this reason, Christ must be proclaimed to all ac-cording to his own command. “Go forth and teach all na-tions” (Matthew 28:19). And this is brought about by Apos-tolic Tradition.
12. What is Apostolic Tradition? Apostolic Tradition is the transmission of the message of Christ, brought about from the very beginnings of Christianity by means of preaching, bearing witness, institutions, worship, and inspired writings. The apostles transmitted all they received from Christ and learned from the Holy Spirit to their successors, the bishops, and through them to all generations until the end of the world.
Please Pray For Healing of our Sick Parishioners
Una Gaughan, Wendy McKellar, Paul Schmidtke, Wayne Cole, Henry Abeywickreme, Felicisima Junos, Bill Hireen, Luka Volentier,
James Hargrave, Roger Loiselle, Ian MacDougall, Julie Miller and Joyce Walker
WEEKLY CALENDAR Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 (Anticipatory Mass) 4:30pm ◊ Missa Pro Populo 7pm Philippino Tagalog Mass Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 First Sunday of Advent 9am ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Gerhard Bulla 11am ◊ Int: Fr. Ashley 6:30pm ◊ Int: Healing for Erika Carolino Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 8am ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Holy Souls Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 8am St. Francis Xavier ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP William Griffiths 7pm: Knights of Columbus Light Up for Christ 7pm: RCIA/Bible Study Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 8am St. John Damascene ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Lindsey Sunder Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 8am ◊ Int: Mary Anne Andersen Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 8am St. Nicholas ◊ Int: Alexandra Johnson 8:30: Adoration followed by Divine Mercy Chaplet at 11am and Benediciton, School confessions, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 9am St. Ambrose ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Matt & Molly Leslie (Anticipatory Mass) 4:30pm ◊ Int: Denis Thomas 5:30pm: First Saturday Rosary Devotion Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 Second Sunday of Advent 9am ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Emily West 10am: Pancake Breakfast with St. Nick 11am ◊ Int: Tadaaki Nishizawa 12:30pm: El Shaddai 6:30pm ◊ Int: Missa Pro Populo
We sincerely thank the 73 families who have already
SJB Fair Trade Market During the first week of Decem-ber (2-6) a group of students will be hosting a fair trade mar-ket! The market will feature products made in third-world countries brought to us by Ten Thousand Villages, Bags by Courtney and Burkina Faso Canada. All funds will go toward the hard-working artisans. The market is cash only and per-fect for the upcoming Christmas season! Everyone is invited to come and shop. The sale will be in the MPX at lunch (12:30-1:30) during the week of December 2-6.
Messiah The Chilliwack Symphony and Chorus, Belle Voci
and the Chilliwack Children & Youth choir under the direction
of Paul De Wit will perform Handel’s Messiah at St. James
Parish on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 7:30pm. Tickets at King’s Mu-
sic store, Tom Lee Music store and online at chilliwacksym-
phony.com
Hiring Staff for St. Ann’s Daycare St. Ann’s Daycare is looking for caring, compassionate and enthusiastic child-care workers who have experience working with children ag-es 18 to 36 months. Full time & part time positions available. Requirements:
· Registered Early Childhood Education in BC · First Aid Certification · Good communication skills to work with children and their parents · Physical and emotional well-being to withstand the de-mands of working with young children
Resumes to be dropped off, emailed or mailed to St. Ann’s Parish Office.
Christmas Musical The seniors of your parish are invited to attend a luncheon and performance of St. James & St. Ann's School Christmas Musical on Wed. Dec.18th. Doors open at 12:00pm with lunch served at 12:15pm. The show begins at 1:00pm. Admission is by donation. Please RSVP the school at 604-852-1788 by December 16th so we can plan accordingly. We look forward to seeing you there!
Watch Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, Fr. Pierre Ducharme, OFM and Fr. Martin Moser, OMI speak about Pope Francis as Leader of the Catholic Church "The Aquinas Time", Dec. 1, 2019 on YouTube.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMqPdyLLW7bwo_yx2hi3TyQ?
Rhinestones & Angel Wings Gala This is Domestic Abuse Services' annual fundraiser to help raise awareness about domestic abuse. All proceeds will support our victims helpline, second-stage transition home, Eva’s House, as well as other programs and services we offer. The evening will be filled with live music and dancing and guests will be treated to a scrumptious gourmet dinner. We welcome our guest speaker, Henry Waldock, a local trial lawyer who will share his experience with cases of domestic violence. There will also be a live and silent auction, fun raffle, door prizes, and plenty of friendly company to share! This gala takes place Saturday, Dec. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Matthew's Parish in Sur-rey. Reserve your tickets today at domesticabuseservices.ca
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Dec. 1: 1st Sunday of Advent Study: Lectio Mary, Episode 1: The New Eve Dec. 3: St. Francis Xavier Kids: Francis Xavier and the Samurai’s Lost Treasure Dec. 6: St. Nicholas Watch: St. Nicholas, the Real Story Dec. 7: St. Ambrose Listen: The Restless Flame Dec. 9: Feast of the Immaculate Conception Study: Why Believe? Season 1, Episode 13- Mary, Queen Mother
Knights of Columbus Up-Coming Events
Tues. Dec. 3 7 PM Light Up for Christ Sun. Dec 8 10AM Pancake Breakfast with St. Nicholas