First meeting with parents and candidates: September 11, Wednesday at 3:15PM
Regular classes: Wednesdays at 3:15PM (parents will be notified by the catechists)
OCIA (RCIA) Every Tuesday at 7PM
Parishioners meet every 3rd Thursday of the month to watch and discuss this 22 part series "Knowing Jesus and His Church" by Fr. Larry Richards. It is a free program and can be accessed online through "Our Hope TV" - The Reason For Our Hope Foundation: https://ourhope.tv/
Registering for FORMED is easier than ever:
Pastor: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Bookkeeper: Martha Cabigas
Office Volunteer: Yvonne Becotte
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
President: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Secretary: Yvonne Becotte
Members: KofC Representative, Carol Handfield, Donna Blocka, Colleen Richard
PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL
President: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Pauline Gerwien
Glenda Macarat
Alex Reschny
PARISH CATECHISTS
Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Yvonne Becotte
Gloria Juell
Gisele Stanek
Jeanette Shaw
We thank numerous volunteers responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of Notre Dame church, offices and grounds, as well as the Swan Lake property.
The Eucharist is the center of Christian life for the Church and the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in their lives and manifest to others the mystery of Christ. It is at the heart of all parish life, making the liturgy committee and its ministry among the highest priorities in any parish.
The primary role of the liturgy committee is to focus on the full range of the parish's liturgical life and to represent the consensus of the community in matters related to that liturgical life. It has a mandate to ensure that celebrations are planned in such a way that they lead to a conscious, active and full participation of the faithful both in body and in mind, "as demanded by the very nature of the celebration and to which the Christian people have a right and duty by reason of their Baptism". The actual details of planning liturgical celebrations should be left to those people whom we have engaged for specific liturgical ministries in our parish (Readers, Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Altar Servers, Music, Hospitality, School Mass).
Membership:
Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Yvonne Becotte
Gerry Lagasse
Sharlene Weingart
Michael Dela Cruz
Juan Carlos Zozobrado
"For it is in the liturgy, especially in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, that 'the work of redemption is accomplished', and it is through the liturgy especially the faithful are enabled to express in their lives and manifest to others the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church" Sacrosanctum Concilium#2
"Catechesis is the education in the faith of children, young people and adults which includes especially the teaching of Christian doctrine imparted, generally speaking, in an organic and systematic way, with a view to initiating the hearers into the fullness of Christian life." Catechism of the Catholic Church#5
"Christian charity truly extends to all, without distinction of race, creed, or social condition: it looks for neither gain nor gratitude...Just as Christ, then, went about all the towns and villages, curing every kind of disease and infirmity as a sign that the kingdom of God had come (cf. Matt. 9:35ff; Acts 10:38), so also the Chur
"Christian charity truly extends to all, without distinction of race, creed, or social condition: it looks for neither gain nor gratitude...Just as Christ, then, went about all the towns and villages, curing every kind of disease and infirmity as a sign that the kingdom of God had come (cf. Matt. 9:35ff; Acts 10:38), so also the Church, through her children, is one with men of every condition, but especially with the poor and the afflicted." Decree
(Ad Gentes) on the Mission Activity of the Church #12
President: Carol Handfield
CWL Meeting: 1st Tuesday
of the Month at 11:30AM-Parish Meeting Room
Grand Knight: Greg Apolonio, Jr.
KofC Meeting: 1st Tuesday
of the Month at 7PM
Notre Dame Parish Basement
Due to privacy laws, it is important when you are in the hospital that you make Admitting aware that you are Catholic, and that you would like visits. If you do not make this request the hospital will not inform our Parish Office of you being there. Otherwise, you can ask a family member or close friend to contact the Parish office. Thank you.
Please phone or e-mail the parish office.
"The consecrated life, through the prompting of the Holy Spirit, "constitutes a closer imitation and an abiding re-enactment in the Church"of the way of life which Jesus, the supreme Consecrated One and missionary of the Father for the sake of his Kingdom, embraced and proposed to his disciples (cf. Mt 4:18-22; Mk 1:16-20; Lk 5:10-11; Jn 15:16)."
#22, Vita Consecrata, March 25, 1996
“In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.” Luke 6,12-16