Office Hours:
Tuesday to Thursday: 9AM-12Noon; 1PM-4PM
Friday: 9AM-12Noon
Office Hours:
Tuesday to Thursday: 9AM-12Noon; 1PM-4PM
Friday: 9AM-12Noon
PLAN A
Livestream & “Drive-in” celebrations will continue if the restrictions are not lifted midnight of January 8, 2021. However, due to small number of attendees for “drive-in” celebrations, we will only do it on Sundays at 10AM.
REMINDER FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE “DRIVE-IN” CELEBRATIONS:
+ PARK YOUR VEHICLE at the appropriate parking areas around the church. There should be ample space between vehicles. Volunteer traffic control will assist you.
+ STAY in your vehicle at all times.
+ TURN OFF VEHICLE ENGINE IF POSSIBLE. Be conscious of the environment.
+ DRESS WARMLY, wear extra sweaters so that you are prepared for the weather. Remember you will be in your vehicle for the whole duration of the Mass.
+ DONATION can be dropped-off to the donation basket entrusted to the Volunteer Traffic Control during Holy Communion.
+ HOLY COMMUNION will be distributed immediately after the final blessing to those who watch the livestream of the Mass. Communion station will be at the sidewalk between the church and RBC weather permitting.
+ As per Province-wide restrictions, only 50 vehicles are permitted for each celebration.
Please phone the Parish Office if you would like to volunteer and help with the following tasks: Assist people who will be in attendance: i.e. parking, making sure everyone stays in their vehicle, offertory collection etc.
PLAN B
IF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS are lifted by the PHO on or before February 5, 2021 and allows in-person religious gatherings, we will go back immediately to the 5PM & 7:30PM Mass times on Saturday (February 6) and 9AM and 11AM on Sunday (February 7). The first weekend will have to be “FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS” as we do not have enough time to take reservations either by phone or email prior to PHO announcement. Church doors will be open 30 minutes before each Mass. Weekday Masses will resume beginning Tuesday, February 9 at 12:10PM. Be prepared to wear face mask when you come to church.
Please read the link below for the latest covid 19 update.
DONATIONS eligible for a 2020 tax receipt must be received by the Parish on or before December 31, 2020.
Ways 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.
or
· Envelope/Cheque or Cash (do not mail cash). You can either mail or drop off your donations to:
Notre Dame Parish
908 – 104 Avenue
Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 2H7
SUNDAY OFFERING ENVELOPES for 2021 are available for pick-up at the Parish Office. If you do not have an envelope number and would like to have one please contact the Parish Office.
TAX RECEIPTS will be made available starting February 1, 2021 for pick-up or email. Let us know if you want it sent via email. All unclaimed tax receipts will be sent via regular mail on April 1, 2021.
Phone: 250-782-3456
Email: nddc@shaw.ca
Pastor: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Secretary: Pauline Bates
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
Secretary: Pauline Bates
Members: Greg Apolonio, Yvonne Becotte, Christina Kinnear
School Council Representatives: Pauline Gerwien
Parish Pastoral Council Election is postponed until September 2020
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Gloria Juell
Leeanne Williams
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."
The Group meets every Tuesday morning from 10:30AM-12Noon at the Church meeting room from September-June
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