Notre Dame Parish Leadership
Parish Staff
Pastor: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Secretary: Mrs. Pauline Bates
Office Volunteer: Yvonne Becotte
Parish Pastoral Council
President: Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Chairperson: Nivin Markose
Vice-Chairperson: Vacant
Secretary: Vacant
Members: Greg Apolonio, Meraphy Papp, Julian Skin, Glenda Macarat, Christina Kinnear & Roger St. Pierre
School Council Representatives: Charmaine Moeller and Terri Haynal
Parish Finance Council
Rev. Venerando Sabacan
Joe Judge
Jan Patterson
Pauline Gerwien
MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE
Doug Becotte
Lou Duperron
Roger Sarauer
Liturgy Committee
"Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them" John 6,56
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 (music, décor, hospitality, and so on).
Members
Fr. Vener Sabacan Leeanne Williams
Yvonne Becotte Pauline Bates
Gerry Lagasse Roger St. Pierre
Wade Giesbrecht Lidia Arndt
Blanche Pollard Pauline Gerwien
Rick LeGear
Growing In Faith Together (G. I. F. T)
Liturgy
"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
"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
Community and Service
"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
Catholic Women's League
President: Barbara Frost
Knights of Columbus
Grand Knight: Greg Apolonio, Jr.