Mass Times Tuesday to Friday - 11AM Saturday - 7:30PM Sunday - 10AM
Mass Times Tuesday to Friday - 11AM Saturday - 7:30PM Sunday - 10AM

THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM & EASTER CELEBRATIONS
April 14th: Holy Thursday
7:30PM Celebration of the Lord's Supper
April 15th: Good Friday
2PM Way of the Cross
3PM Celebration of the Lord's Passion, Veneration of the Cross & Holy Communion
April 16th: Holy Saturday
7:30PM Easter Vigil
April 17th: Solemnity, The Resurrection of the Lord
10AM Mass
COVID-19 and our Parish Financial Response
Due to the ongoing and profound financial and economic impact of COVID 19 pandemic, we at Notre Dame will implement the following changes to better address our current financial situation.
· The Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper is working 20 hours a week, distributed as follows: Tuesday & Thursday (9AM to 11AM; 2PM to 4PM), Wednesday (2PM to 4PM), Friday (9AM to 5PM) and Sunday (2PM to 4PM). This is to accommodate parishioners throughout the week.
· Fr. Vener will assume some of the tasks of the Secretary/Bookkeeper on top of his regular pastoral responsibilities.
How to Donate to Notre Dame Parish?
Notre Dame Parish is hoping that you will continue to support the church financially during this time, at least those who can afford to give their support.
The following are the ways in which you can continue to donate:
· E-mail Money Transfer Instructions:
1. Add recipient: Notre Dame Parish, DC
2. Email Address: nddcaccounting@shaw.ca
3. Message Example: Regular Collection or Special Collection or Haiti Sponsorship or Project or Corporal Works etc.
4. Parishioners are reminded that they DO NOT NEED a security question because the donation is automatically deposited into the designated Parish Account.
· Envelope/Cheque or Cash (do not mail cash). You can either mail to or drop by at the parish office from 9:00 AM – 4PM Tuesday to Friday and 2PM – 4PM on Sunday.
· 2022 Donation Envelops are available beginning this Sunday (2PM to 4PM), December 5th.
Thank you for thinking of your parish family and its temporal needs even while we cannot gather in person and celebrate together. Your regular offertory gift helps provide a sense of safety and security for our parish church. We keep in our prayers all who are experiencing financial uncertainty or distress due to the global pandemic.
Pastor: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Secretary and Bookkeeper: Martha Cabigas
Office Volunteer: Yvonne Becotte
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
President: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Chairperson: Alex Reschny
Publicity Coordinator: John Vetter
Secretary: Pauline Bates
Diocesan Appeal and Ministry Sign-up/ Renewal: Yvonne Becotte &
Carol Handfield
Parish Events: Jeannette Shaw
Fundraising: Gregg Apolonio
President: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Members: Greg Apolonio, Pauline Bates, Yvonne Becotte, Christina Kinnear, Donna Blocka
School Council Liaison: Irene Oramah
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Yvonne Becotte
Gloria Juell
Leeanne Williams
Gisele Stanek
President: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Pauline Gerwien
Glenda Macarat
Alex Reschny
MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE
Doug Becotte
Rodger Sarauer
"People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, 'let the little children come to me; do not stop; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.' And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them and blessed them." Mark 10,13-16
The group meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from 3:00PM-4:00PM at the Notre Dame Church basement (from September to May).
All children are welcome from ages 3-11 years. Bring your children and meet new friends as they journey in faith together.
Children's Liturgy is every Sunday for children ages 4-7.
Coordinator: Leeanne Williams
“Remember that you are never alone, Christ is with you on your journey every day of your lives! He has called you and chosen you to live in the freedom of the children of God. Turn to him in prayer and in love. Ask him to grant you the courage and strength to live in this freedom always. Walk with him who is “the Way, the Truth and the Life”!
St. (Pope) John Paul II
Youth Group (for Grades 6 and up) meets every Monday at 7:00PM beginning December 3rd 2018 at the Notre Dame Parish Basement. Please invite your classmates and friends for an evening of fun and faith-filled activities.
Coordinators: TBA
Celebrating the Word is a process model for faith sharing groups that is designed to replicate the Emmaus encounter. Most of us can identify with the plight of those two disciples. We know their experience. We have been there. And we need a place and a process that will allow us, as a faith community on a regular basis, to make connections between our life stories and the Gospel Story. As with those two disciples, we are assured that when we come together in faith and trust to make connections between our life stories and the Gospel Story, we too will come to experience the presence and power of God's own Spirit: " Were not our hearts burning within us when He opened the scriptures to us."
DAY AND TIME: TBA
Symbolon: The Catholic Faith Explained
We might be familiar with different aspects of the Catholic Faith. But how does it all fit together? And what difference does it make for our lives? Symbolon: The Catholic Faith Explained opens up the "big picture" of the Catholic Faith in a way that helps us know it, live it, and articulate it to others.
Day and Time: TBA
TBA
Chapter 1 : Introducing the Old Testament
Chapter 2: The Peoples and Lands of the Old Testament
Chapter 3: Archaeology and the Old Testament
Chapter 4: Literary Tools for the Old Testament Study
Chapter 5: The Pentateuch
Chapter 6: Genesis 1-11 Preface to Israel's Story
Chapter 7: Genesis 12-50 The Patriarchs
Chapter 8: The Exodus from Egypt
Chapter 9: The Covenant and Journey to Canaan - Exodus 19 through Numbers
Chapter 10: The Israelite Possession of Canaan - The Books of Joshua and Judges
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, Art & Environment, Hospitality, School Mass and Children's Liturgy).
Membership: TBA
"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: Barbara Frost
CWL Meeting: 1st Wednesday
of the Month at 1PM-Parish Meeting Room
Grand Knight: Greg Apolonio, Jr.
KofC Meeting: 1st Tuesday
of the Month at 7PM
Notre Dame School-Knights' Room
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 Pastoral Care Team of you being there. Otherwise, you can ask a family member or close friend to contact the Parish office. Thank you.
Mass every Wednesday at 10:30AM
Please phone 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
Called Together