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Diocesan Bulletin
Sunday, May 17, 2015 - Ascension of Our Lord
National Week of Life and the Family / Catholic Education Week
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Upcoming Events
In all things we are rooted in Christ,
in His desire to bring God’s love to all peoples.
Family Adoration Night - 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 20,
2015 at Cathedral of the Holy Family, 123 Nelson Road,
Saskatoon. This event will include music, a time of silence and
Benediction with Fr. Colin Roy. Snacks to follow.
Prayer for Conversion of Heart about Assisted Suicide and
Euthanasia will be held 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday May 21 at
the Cathedral of the Holy Family, 123 Nelson Road in
Saskatoon, hosted by Holy Family Parish and the Emmanuel
Community of Saskatoon. For info contact Fr. Colin Roy: (306)
659-5800 or Jenny Porter at: p o r te r j e n n y1 4 @ g m a i l .co m
The Filipino Heritage School 5th Annual Flores de Mayo
Fiesta Fundraiser will be held Saturday, May 23 at St. Anne's
Parish Hall, 217 Lenore Drive, Saskatoon, starting at 6:30 PM.
Enjoy Filipino food, a year-end program and dance, as well as
the Santacruzan--a colourful parade known as the "Queen of
all Filipino Festivals" featuring students representing various
historical religious figures. All proceeds go to support the
Filipino Heritage School. Call Jen at (306) 380-8874 or see:
www.facebook.com/FilipinoHeritageSchoolSaskatoon
Tickets also available at www.picatic.com/floresdemayo2015
Giant Garage Sale at St. Patrick Parish - 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 28 and Friday May 29, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 30, at 3339 Centennial Drive, Saskatoon. There
will be a concession on site, along with an all-day bake sale and
a pancake and sausage breakfast on Saturday, May 30
Proceeds go to the “All of Us Campaign” for needs of the parish
community: www.facebook.com/StPatrickParishSaskatoon
Ecumenical Studies and Formation
Program offered June 23-26, 2015
Queen’s House of Retreats, Saskatoon
This accredited three-year program is dedicated to forming
Christians in the theology, history and practice of
ecumenism. This program is for all those who wish to
increase their knowledge of the ecumenical movement for
greater participation. It will be offered each year in
Saskatoon during the final week of June. Registration fee:
$350. For more information and registration form see the
website: www.pcecumenism.ca or call (306) 653-1633.
NOTE: Bursaries are available for Catholic participants In
the Ecumenical Studies and Formation program. For more
information contact Nicholas Jesson at (306) 659-5814 or
e-mail: j e ss o n @ e c u me n i sm.n e t
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
WCC 2015 - Rites of the RCIA
June 5-6, 2015
The Western Conference of the Catechumenate (WCC)
presents “Rites of the RCIA,” June 5-6 at Holy Spirit
Parish in Saskatoon. Speakers are Nick Wagner and Diana
Macalintal of TeamRCIA. To mark the 25th anniversary of the
WCC, the 2015 conference is being offered at a special rate of
$99. Join us in celebrating 25 years of forming the RCIA
ministry in Western Canada!
Registration: Please register online at:
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or contact Michelle at (306) 358-2057 or
ci c.m i c h e l l e @ sa s ka to o n r cd i o ce s e .c o m
St. Aloysius Parish Steak Night Fundraiser will be held
Friday, May 29 at Allan Parkland Hall, in Allan, SK, with
cocktails at 5:30 p.m., and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Steak supper
tickets $25 each, child's hotdog plate $7 each. Supper tickets
are available at: St. Aloysius Church, at businesses in Allan, or
call Anita (306) 257-4225 or Anne at (306)257-3578.
Queen’s House presents “What is Truth?” with facilitator
Marie-Louise Ternier-Gommers from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 23 at Queen’s House, 601 Taylor St. W,
Saskatoon. Cost: $35, including lunch, (or $25 if you bring own
lunch). Register: [email protected] or (306) 2421916. Find details of retreats at: w w w.q u e e n s h o u s e .o r g
Parish Nursing Conference – A Canadian Association of
Parish Nurse Ministry (CAPNM) Conference will be held June
11-14, at Queen's House of Retreats, 601 Taylor Street W.,
Saskatoon. The theme is "Ethnic Diversity - Mirror of God's
Creativity". Attend either the whole conference; or individual
keynote and plenary speakers; or celebrate “flavourful” diversity
at the banquet Saturday, June 13 at Prairieland Park in
Saskatoon featuring speaker Megan McKenna. For more
information about the Parish Nursing conference e-mail:
p .n u r si n g @ sa skte l .n e t or call: Elaine Hesje at (306) 6524524; Sr. Carol Borreson at (306) 244-2983; or Deb Bauche or
Carol Kostiuk, or Ethna Martin at (306) 343-0325. Find the 2015
Conference flyer on the website: w w w. c a p n m . c a Speakers
include theologian Megan McKenna, Bishop Emeritus Sylvian
Lavoie, OMI, Fr. Patrick Ampani, and Fr. Mark Miller, CSsR.
Diocesan Prayer Intention: Lord God, we pray as a diocesan
family that you will send your Spirit to help us to bring about a
renewed culture of life in our nation and in our communities: a
culture in which each and every person is loved and valued at
every stage, at every age, and in every circumstance of life.
Message Board
Earthquake relief - The Canadian Catholic Conference of
Bishops (CCCB) and Development and Peace have launched
a joint campaign to respond to the emergency in Nepal.
Contributions will be matched by the Canadian
Government until May 25, 2015. Donate online at
www.devp.org or by phone at 1-888-664-3387; or by sending
a cheque made out to Development and Peace (please indicate
“Nepal Earthquake”) to: Development and Peace, 1425 RenéLévesque Blvd. West 3rd Floor, Montreal, QC, H3G 1T7.
Prayer of Deep Peace: A Maranatha Yoga Retreat
will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 23 at Queen’s
House, 601 Taylor Street West, Saskatoon. Explore yoga as a
practice of prayer leading to stillness and deep inner peace.
Take time to reflect, pray, practice yoga, rest, laugh, celebrate
and rejuvenate. Maranatha Yoga combines the benefits of yoga
poses and practice with the Christian tradition of contemplative
prayer. Maranatha is an Aramaic word meaning “Come, Lord
Jesus.” No yoga experience necessary. Cost is $65 (lunch
included). For more information visit www.maranathayoga.ca
or to register, call Kate O’Gorman, RYT, at (306) 203-2938 or email Kate at: m a r a n a th a yo g a @ g m a i l .c o m
Faith-based community experience - For 19-35-year-old
single Catholic women who are looking for affordable rent
and more, the Sisters of the Presentation offer a “home away
from home.” As young women work or study, they will have the
opportunity to live a community experience and grow in faith
through prayer, reflection, spiritual direction and service. The
house is located at 851 University Drive, Saskatoon, a 15minute walk from the university and close to downtown.
Registrations are now being taken for September 2015. For
information contact: Sr. Lucie Hamel (306) 244-0726 or email:
[email protected] or see: www.presentationofmary.ca
The Sisters of the Presentation of Mary also have a house at
5 Pells Drive in Regina, a 20-minute walk to the University of
Regina. For more information contact: Sr. Emma Rousseau at
(306) 584-3652 or e-mail: e r o u ss e a u 0 3 @ g m a i l .co m
Naming new Catholic schools: New Catholic schools will
be built in Saskatoon in the Evergreen, Hampton Village,
Rosewood and Stonebridge neighbourhoods, as well as in
Warman and Martensville. Do you have names in mind for
these new schools? Submit suggestions for Catholic school
names and/or ideas for school dedications before the deadline
of May 22. Find more information online at: w w w.s c s.sk.ca
Blackstrap Youth Camp invites youth ages 8 to 13 years
to a “rocking summer experience.” The camp runs weekly from
Sunday to Friday, July 5 - 10, July 12 - 17, July 19 - 24, July 26
- 31, and Aug. 2 - 7. Activities include canoeing, tenting, arts
and crafts, praise and worship, swimming, camp out, variety
night, mud pit and dance. See: www.blackstrapyouthcamp.org
or call: (306) 934-1838. Blackstrap Youth Camp is also raising
funds to allow underprivileged youth to attend Camp. Make taxreceipted donations at: www.blackstrapyouthcamp.org or see
the crowd-funding campaign at https://www.indiegogo.com/
projects/summer-camp-for-underprivileged-youth
Volunteers are needed to visit those in hospital at
Saskatoon City Hospital and/or Royal University Hospital in
Saskatoon. To apply, contact diocesan chaplaincy coordinator
Céline Hudon, at (306) 292-5531
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“Is Anyone Ever Really Single?
The Call to Authentic Sexuality”
This series is being offered by teleconference June 15-17 in
conjunction with Fr. Ron Rolheiser and the Oblate School of
Theology. Join in this opportunity at Queen’s House, 601
Taylor St. W., Saskatoon to hear any or all presentations.
Following each broadcast, there will be an opportunity to
discuss and share insights and learning with each other.
Schedule of talks broadcast live at Queen’s House:
• Monday, June 15, 6:00 p.m. - Dr. Richard Gaillardetz: “Sex
and the City”: Re-Imagining Sexuality in a Post-Modern World”;
• Tuesday, June 16, 8:15 a.m. - Dr. Richard Gaillardetz: “Crazy,
Stupid, Love: The Call to Appropriate Vulnerability”;
• Tuesday, June 16, 12:30 p.m. - Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI Plenary Session;
• Tuesday, June 16, 6:00 p.m. - Dr. Richard Gaillardetz:
“Perilous Vows: Sexuality within the Christian Life-Forms of
Marriage and Celibacy”
• Wednesday, June 17, 8:15 a.m. - Dr. Donna Freitas: “Sex
and the Soul: Putting the Meaning Back into Sex for the Hookup
Generation”;
• Wednesday, June 17, 6:00 p.m. - Dr. Donna Freitas: “Finding
New Doorways into the Christian Conversation about Sex and
Sexual Assault”;
Cost is $10/session. Register by contacting Queen’s House
(306) 242-1916 or e-mail: [email protected]
or find more information at: w w w.q u e e n sh o u s e .o r g
Catholic Stewardship Conference June 12-14 at the
Calgary Telus Convention Centre features keynote speakers
Cardinal Thomas Collins and Bishop Robert Morneau. Find
more info online at: w w w.w ccsc .ca
New hall for rent at Sts-Martyrs-Canadiens Parish ,
1007 Windsor Street, Saskatoon. The hall is fully furnished with
banquet chairs and round tables, with a capacity of 260.
Contact Muriel at: (306) 665-1829 or at s m c@ sa s kte l .n e t
Nun Run 2015 - Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live
in a religious community? Nun Run 2015 is an opportunity for
young women to travel together from Aug. 17-28, visiting
various women’s religious communities in Saskatchewan and
Alberta for 1-2 days each. Sample what religious life looks like
in different communities. Katherine Scott is assisting the
diocese in coordinating this project and is looking for 4-5
companions to travel with her. The cost is $150 each. A
formation event will take place prior to the tour, for all interested
participants. To find out more contact Myron Rogal at 306-6595841 or vo ca ti o n s@ sa ska to o n r c d i o ce s e .co m
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