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10404 - 102 St, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 2W3
Office: 780-532-2351
Fax: 780-538-2286
e-mail: [email protected]
saintjoseph.ca
St. Joseph
Catholic Church
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
March 29, 2015
Called into Relationship
Our next FAMILY MOVIE TIME is
Sunday, March 29, beginning at 3 pm
in Tranquille Hall.
Bring something comfy to sit on. Popcorn and juice provided.
CONFIRMATION PARENT MEETING - Monday,
March 30, 7 - 8:30 pm, in Tranquille Hall. For parents of children being Confirmed.
Good Friday Liturgy of the Word
with Children, April 3 at 11 am.
Again we are offering a service intended for young children. We include this liturgy to help children
understand why we celebrate on
Good Friday - Jesus’ passion for us, through his death
on the cross. Last year was well attended and greatly
appreciated by all who were there. Communion is not
distributed at this liturgy.
Good Friday: A Live Dramatization of the Stations
of the Cross at 8:00 pm, in the chur ch. Exper ience
what it was like to witness Jesus on the cross! Please
join us for this powerful prayer.
On April 3, Good Friday & April 6, Easter Monday, the parish office will be closed. Weekday
Mass is in the church at 9:00 am.
Parish Financial Information (Diane Walker ext. 227)
Offering Required Weekly
$23,567.31
Offering received last Sunday
$17,506.82
Children’s collection
$152.00
March 29 - April 12 DATES TO REMEMBER
Sun. 29: 3 pm, Family Movie Time, Tranquille Hall
- 7:30 pm, Voices in the Wilderness Choir, church
Mon. 30: 9 am - 3 pm, Quilting BeeLevers, Liguori Hall
- 7 - 8:30 pm, Confirmation Parent Meeting, Tranquille Hall
-7:30 - 9 pm, Choir practice, Church
Wed. 1: 9:30 - 11 am, Ladies’ Bible Study, St. JPII Room
- 10 - noon, Mom’s Pray & Play, Tranquille Hall
- 7 - 9 pm, RCIA, Liguori Hall
- 7:30 - 9:30 pm, Bible Study, Tranquille Hall
Wed. 8: 9:30 - 11 am, Ladies’ Bible Study, St. JPII Room
- 7 - 9 pm, RCIA, Liguori Hall
- 7:30 - 9:30 pm, Bible Study, Tranquille Hall
Calling All Youth Musicians!
Youth will be playing for the
Good Friday Stations of the
Cross.
Please call April,
ASAP, if you are interested in
joining us.
Holy Week/Easter Schedule
Mon., March 30: 7:00 am, Weekday Mass
Tues., March 31: 7:00 am, Weekday Mass
Wed., April 1: 7:00 am, Weekday Mass
- 7:00 pm, Weekday Mass
- 7:30 - 9:00 pm, Last confessions before Easter
Holy Thursday, April 2:
7:30 pm, Mass of Our Lord’s Supper
8:30 pm - 12 midnight, Adoration in chapel
Good Friday, April 3:
11:00 am, Liturgy of the Word with Children
3:00 pm, Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
8:00 pm, Live Drama of the Stations of the Cross
Holy Saturday, April 4:
3:00 pm, Blessing of Food, church
9:30 pm, Easter Vigil, church
Easter Sunday, April 5:
9:00 & 11:00 am, Easter Mass
Easter Monday, April 6:
9:00 am, Weekday Mass, church
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Family & Children
Joanne Chiasson X-230
SALT (Gr . 3 - 5) The next SALT will be Friday,
April 24, 7 - 9 pm, in St. JPII Room. Discussing
“What I See in Church” and having a scavenger hunt.
Leader’s Spring Formation for Liturgy of the
Word with Children, in Moder n Mar tyr s Room on
Wed, April 15, at 7:30 pm. Contact Joanne, ext. 230,
or [email protected]. A ll leaders must attend this
meeting if they did not attend in March.
Mom’s meet the first and
third Wednesdays of each
month, 10 am - noon in
Tranquille Hall.
Please
note: The next gathering is
April 15. Reflections are
from “A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms”.
Join anytime!! Newcomers welcome.
www.facebook.com/groups/momsprayerandplay.gp.ab
Join our parish group on Facebook, “St J oseph
Catholic Church, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada”.
www.facebook.com/groups/StJosephCatholicChurchGPAB/
and request to join.
The Religious Gift Shop: First Com m union
cards and gifts available. Lots of items to
choose from. The Shop is open before Saturday, 7:00 pm Mass and after Sunday 9:00 &
11:00 am Masses.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR MARCH 30 - APRIL 11
(  Signifies a Mass for someone deceased)
Mon. 30, 7:00 am: Echebiri Family
Tues. 31, 7:00 am:  Fr. Robert Lesmerises
Wed. 1, 7:00 am: 
Mike Vavrek
7:00 pm:  Anna Rita Felicidade D’Souza
Mon. 6, 9:00 am: 
Jesse Laurence Ridsdale
Tues. 7, 10:30 am:
7:00 pm:  Crespeniano & Purita Siega
Wed. 8, 7:00 am: 
Joe Mazo
7:00 pm:  Joseph Przybylski
Thurs. 9, 7:00 pm:  Raphael Mascarenhas
Fri. 10,
7:00 am: 
Raphael Mascarenhas
9:30 am:  Jerome Backmeyer
Sat. 11, 9:00 am: 
Lena Geleta
March 29, 2015
SACRAMENTS
Darlene Lemay,
x 228
Parents are required to complete a Baptism Course for each
of their children. You ar e welcome to attend while you are still
expecting.
Pre-registration for
these classes is required. Please
call Darlene, ext. 228, at the parish office.
Parish-based Confirmation Sessions begin Sunday,
March 29, at 3:30 pm, in the Modern Martyrs Room.
Receiving the Sacrament of Eucharist for the First
Time: Euchar ist is a r epeatable Sacr ament that
should always be celebrated with excitement. When
we come to the Eucharist our focus should be on the
beauty of the sacrifice that Christ made for us. When
we gather to receive the Body and Blood of our Lord
we come, not perfect and pure but broken, to be
healed. In the Eucharist we are one with Christ and
one with each other. With this in mind, we encourage
you to dress your child in their “Sunday best”- for
boys, dress pants and shirt (jacket and tie optional);
for girls, semi-formal dress, not “little brides” (please,
no tiara, and no veil). As well, because of our practice of receiving Eucharist in the open hand, no gloves
should be worn. “First Time Eucharist” will be on:
April 18 - 7:00 pm Mass - St. Patrick, Mother Teresa
& St. Clements
April 19 - 9:00 am Mass - Holy Cross & St. Kateri
11:00 am Mass - St. Gerard & Parish Based Program
Go online to see our
upcoming news & events:
www.saintjoseph.ca/youth
Good Friday Events (Gr. 6 - 12) After the 3 pm
Good Friday Service the youth will be meeting in the
St JPII Room to watch the Chronicles of Narnia, and
afterwards attend the Stations of the Cross. Some of
the youth will be participating in the choir for the Stations and all are welcome to join!
St. Joseph Church
ADULT FORMATION
The Voices in the Wilderness choir under the dir ection of Ken Klukas, and accompanied by Sheila Shepherd, will perform a selection of sacred music on Palm
Sunday, March 29. The 'Quintessential Winds' will
also perform. No tickets are required for this free concert which begins at 7:30 pm in the church. The perfect start to your Holy Week!
International Food Fair, Saturday, May 23/Sunday,
May 24 - On the Feast of Pentecost we would like to
gather in Tranquille Hall for a food fair after Mass to
sample food from all the cultures that make up St. Joseph Parish. If you are part of an ethnic group that
would like to participate, please call Fr. Remi at the
parish office.
Toolbox of Wisdom - As we continue to develop our
pastoral theme “Called into Relationship” for the liturgical year we would like to develop a tool box of wise
sayings about relationships. These wise sayings might
be from your own experience (something you would
share with a child or grandchild), from a book, a movie
or a favourite musical. These words to live by will
remain anonymous unless they are from a book, the
bible, a movie or musical in which case please quote
the source. We plan to make this tool box available in
June. Please submit by email, [email protected]
or deliver to the parish office. Submit as many as you
wish. These will be shared with the entire parish.
In the Footsteps of St. Paul – 12-Day Pilgrimage to
Greece & Turkey, July 3 - 14, 2015. Hosted by Fr. Ed
Eherer, through Biblical Journeys Canada, the tour includes Athens, Corinth, Thessalonica, Philippi, Ephesus, and Istanbul. Cost Summary from Edmonton:
$4699 double occupancy (price subject to change) A
deposit of $450 is required at time of registration. For
information, contact Fr. Ed at the parish office, or Biblical
Journeys
Canada,
[email protected]. Deadline to register: April 30
El Shaddai (DWXI-Prayer Partners Fellowship Int’l)
A Roman Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group. Fellowship every Saturday following the 7:00 pm Saturday
evening Mass in the chapel. For info call Lina or Arly,
780-833-6476, or Irene, 780-380-9540 or email:
[email protected], [email protected] or
[email protected]
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Did You Know…? Pope Fr ancis said " pover ty
calls us to sow hope...Poverty is the flesh of the poor
Jesus, in that child who is hungry, in the one who is
sick, in those unjust social structures." (Meeting with
students of Jesuit schools). If you haven't already,
consider a donation to the D&P Share Lent campaign, Sow Much Love, on the theme of global hunger. To donate, go to their website: www.devp.org.
Sow Much Love to Give! Development & Peace
Workshop: Satur day, Apr il 18 fr om 9 am to 3 pm.
Mark your calendars. Sara Farid, D&P animator for
Alberta, will lead us in a workshop on the theme of
global hunger. There will also be a local component
to the workshop. Everyone is welcome. Stay tuned
for more details in upcoming bulletins.
CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME - It is time
again to invite family and friends to our program for
Catholics who have been away from the church for a
while. Brochures are available in the entrance of the
church. The next series begins on April 9.
The Welcome Table is in the entr ance to the
church, available after Sunday morning Masses. It is
a place to welcome visitors and new parishioners to
our church and city. We would like to have this ministry available after 7:00 pm Saturday evening Mass
as well. If you would like to be a “welcomer” in this
ministry, please contact Joanne, extension 230, or
email [email protected].
The Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan is looking to hire a Youth Ministry Coordinator. Employment commencing as soon as possible. See details on the diocesan website: http://archgm.ca or
contact Lauri Friesen at the Chancery office: 780-532
-9766 or [email protected].
Please check your donation envelope number to
see if you have #275, 276 or 349. If you do, please
call the parish office.
On Stewardship… Good stewar ds str ive to conform their lives to that of Christ - emptying themselves of all pride and putting themselves at the service of others.
St. Joseph Church
GENERAL INFO
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Sunday Readings
Passion (Palm) Sunday: Surrender to God’s W ill
Please Pray For
The sick, especially
Rene Mencke
The deceased, especially
Fr. Robert Lesmerises
Mavis Gerry
Decorating the church for the Easter season: Environment set-up for the Triduum is on Thursday, April
2, at 1 pm in the church. Set-up for Easter is on Saturday, April 4, at 9 am in the church. If you can assist,
please join us.
Collecting Used Stamps for Development & Peace The first weekend of every month the CWL collection
box is available in the entrance to the church, on the
ledge beneath the bulletin board. Please leave at least
1/4 inch paper border around the stamp. Since 1992
Development & Peace members have raised more than
$420,000 with this project.
Hand Bell Choir practice, April 9, 7:30 pm, in the
church. If you are interested in playing in this unique
choir, please join us.
2015 Sunday Donation Envelopes ar e available
from the parish office during office hours. If you have
unused envelopes from a previous year, please discard them. We reassign unused envelopes and we
want to be sure that donations are credited to the correct person.
The Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan publishes
a newsletter of upcoming events every Wednesday.
If you wish to receive the A rchGM News via email,
please send the request with your name and email address to Maureen at [email protected]
Please put the word "Newsletter" in the subject line.
You can also find the A rchGM News online (http://
archgm.ca/archdiocesan-news/).
The family of Helen McCarty invite you to
an open house, April 4, fr om 1 - 5 pm, at the
Golden Age Centre in honour of her 90th
birthday. No gifts please.
Mark 11:1 - 10. Entr y into J er usalem
Isaiah 50:4 - 7. Salvation only thr ough the Lor d’s
servant
Philippians 2:6 - 11. Imitating Chr ist’s humility
Mark 14:1 - 15:47. The passion of J esus
Key Passage: J esus said, “Abba, Father , for you all
things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not
what I want, but what you want.” Mark 14:36
Question: When have you found it har dest to accept God’s will? What enabled you to accept it?
Reprinted with permission from Heritage of Faith, by Jo McClure Rotunno. Copyright ©2004; all rights
reserved. Published by Twenty-Third Publications, New London, CT 06355.
FOR YOUR INFORMATON
Regular Mass Schedule (September to June)
For Holy week & Easter week Mass times see Mass
Intentions in bulletin.
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
7:00 am
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 7:00 pm
Saturday
9:00 am
Senior’s Lodge Masses at
10:30 am:
1st Tuesday - The Gardens
1st Friday - Heritage Lodge 3rd Friday - Pioneer Lodge
9:30 am: 2nd Friday - Wild Rose Manor
Sunday Masses
Saturday evening
7:00 pm
Sunday morning
9:00 & 11:00 am
Confessions: Saturday evenings, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., or by
appointment (call the parish office)
Morning Prayer: Mon - Fri, 8:45 am, in the Chapel.
Devotions to our Mother of Per petual Help at Wednesday Mass.
Baptism for Infants & Young Children: Contact Darlene at the Parish Office (even prior to the birth of your
child) about Baptism Preparation for parents.
Marriage: Couples wishing to be married in a Catholic
Church must contact the Parish Office at least 6 months
and preferably one year prior to their wedding date.
Office Hours: Mon. - Fri, 8:30 am - noon, 1:00 - 5:00 pm.
Prayer Chain Requests: Confidentiality assured. Contact
Cliff, [email protected]
Religious Gift Shop/Library: Open befor e Satur day,
7:00 pm Mass & after Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 am Masses.
Spanish Prayer Group: Satur days, 8 - 10 pm, in the
Modern Martyrs Room. Contact Ana, 780-978-4966