Office Hours:
Tuesday to Thursday: 9AM-12Noon; 1PM-4PM
Friday: 9AM-12Noon
Tel. no. 250-782-3456 Email: nddc@shaw.ca
Beginning July 1, 2021
Organized Gatherings:
• NO capacity limits or restrictions on religious gatherings and worship services. Therefore, the Dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays has ended. For the protection of everyone, we need to follow some Safety Measures.
• Regular Mass Times: Tuesday to Friday at 11AM; Saturday at 7:30PM & Sunday at 10AM.
Mask Guidance:
• Masks are recommended in public indoor settings for all people 12 and older who are not yet fully vaccinated. The mask mandate order under the Emergency Program Act will be lifted July 1 and no proof of vaccination will be needed.
Safety Measures:
• The Sacrament of Reconciliation is by appointment on weekdays (Tuesday to Friday) before or after the 11AM Mass (we close at 12noon for the months of July & August).
• Hand sanitizer is made available at the entrance of the church, there will be no Holy Water.
• Regularly disinfect commonly touched areas every after Mass.
• Collection baskets are placed at each side of the church to avoid possible contact.
• The offertory procession is omitted as well as the sign of peace.
• Communicants should maintain the recommended distance from each other as they walk in procession.
• Please observe proper basic hygiene, e.g., regular handwashing and staying away from the church when experiencing covid 19 symptoms or if you have underlying health conditions that will put you at greater risk.
• Visit www2.gov.bc.ca for regular updates.
Pastor: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Secretary: Yvonne Becotte
Bookkeeper: Pauline Bates
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
Secretary: Pauline Bates
Members: Greg Apolonio, Yvonne Becotte, Christina Kinnear
School Council Representatives: Pauline Gerwien
Parish Pastoral Council Election is postponed until September 2021
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Gloria Juell
Leeanne Williams
Gisele Stanek
President: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Pauline Gerwien
Glenda Macarat
Alex Reschny
MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE
Doug Becotte
Lou Duperron
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