THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
FEBRUARY 23 – MARCH 01, 2015
Mon
Tue
Feb. 23
Feb. 24
Wed
Feb. 25
Thu
Feb. 26
Fri
Sat
Feb. 27
Feb. 28
Sun
Mar. 01
1:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
9:30am
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
9:30am
7:00pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
9:30am
6:30pm
6:00pm
3:45pm
5:30pm
10:00am
Senior’s Cards
Alpha Team Meeting
Lenten Mission with confession
Rosary Making
Youth – Torchlight Group (Gr. 6-9)
Lenten Mission with confession
Parish Pastoral Council Meeting
RCIA
9am & 11am Choir Practice
Bible Study
Lenten Mission with confession
7pm Choir Practice
K of C Executive Meeting
Spanish Choir
Mom’s Group
Youth – Illuminate Group (Gr. 4-6)
Soup/bun before Stations of the Cross
5pm Choir Practice
Spanish Choir
First Eucharist Session 1
LET US PRAY FOR THE SICK
Andy Dorosh, Annette Geisler, Peter Poland,
Arceli Militsala, Ros Krenz, George Boehnert,
Irene Rheault, Margaret Nicholson, Pat
McDonald, Jane Arams, John Dyck, Bonnie & Bryan
Hughes, Linda Curry, Julius Victoria, Sheila Valere, Ronald
Yuzagippi, Maria Martinez, Evelyn Lee, Barb Ulrich, Simon
Belile, Denise Turner.
YOUTH NEWS
Torchlight – Tuesday, February 24 @ 6:30pm. We will
be attending the Parish Mission.
Illuminate – Thursday, February 26 @ 6:30pm. We will
be learning about St. Josemaria Escriva.
Illuminate at St. Benedict will be held on Friday,
February 27 at lunchtime.
Bishop Grandin High School will be hosting a youth
group after school on Thursday, February 27 at 3:45pm.
Calgary Youth Rally will be held on Saturday, March 14
from 10:30am - 6:00pm at St. Bonaventure Parish. Open
to all students from Grade 7 and up. Registration is $10.
Please contact Aames for more details.
Youth Group is recruiting volunteers to help with
Passion Mime on Good Friday, April 3, 2015. Rehearsals
will be every Sunday at 1:00pm. Our first meeting will be
on Sunday, March 1. Please contact Aames for more
information.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS will take place every
Friday during Lent at 7:00pm. March 6th, the
Stations of the Cross will be a bilingual service.
From Friday, February 20th until Friday, March 27th,
please join us between 6:00-6:50pm, before the
Stations of the Cross, for a bowl of soup and a bun.
SATURDAY MORNING MASS will be celebrated
on the First Saturday of each month and every Saturday
during the Lenten Season.
Holy Spirit Lenten Mission with Reconciliation
Monday, Feb 23, 7pm Mass “The Divine Mercy Message
and Devotion” including Confession
Tuesday, Feb 24, 7pm Mass “Divine Mercy as a Way of
Life” including Confession
Wednesday, Feb 25, 7pm Mass “Concluding Talk,
Confession, Guided Adoration and Music”
Presenter: Sisters of Our Merciful Jesus
FIRST EUCHARIST
Attention all Baptized Catholics grades
TWO and up who wish to receive the
Sacrament of First Eucharist (Holy Communion)
this year. Registration will be taken during regular
office hours for those families who have not yet done
so. All dates of sessions and the Retreat have been
sent to the Parish Schools, they are also posted on the
Parish Website and the bulletin board outside the
Chapel in the Gathering Area. The first session will
be held next Sunday, March 1st at 10am. Please
bring Baptismal certificate and $10 at registration.
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
Jean Cloutier
Margaret LeBlanc
Louis Proctor
Len Thorne
Bernice Corns
Our deepest sympathy to their families.
May their soul & the souls of all the Faithful Departed
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE
The CWL meeting for February has been
cancelled and we are invited to attend Mass
on Ash Wednesday and the Parish Mission
being presented by the Sisters of Our Merciful Jesus
running February 23-25. The next CWL meeting will be
MARCH 18. See you there.
Weekday Masses
First Sunday of Lent
Chapel of the Annunciation
February 22nd, 2015
Mon Feb 23
8:30am
7:00pm
Tue Feb 24 8:30am
The Beverly 10:30am
7:00pm
Wed Feb 25 8:30am
7:00pm
Harry Saito RIP
Lenten Mission Mass
Frank Salerno RIP
Intentions of the Rodych Family
Lenten Mission Mass
Intentions of the McRae Family
Lenten Mission Mass
Eva LaBossiere RIP
Thu
Fri
Feb 26
Feb 27
Intentions of Fr. Matthew Emmelkamp
Sat
Feb 28
8:30am
8:30am
2:45pm
7:00pm
9:00am
Intentions of Madeleine Lee
Divine Chaplet and Benediction
Stations of the Cross
Jeffrey Lucien Charriere RIP
Weekend Masses
Sat
Feb 28
5:00pm
7:00pm
Mar 01 9:00am
11:00am
Nina Boix Serrano RIP
Spanish Mass
Sun
Philomena Greene RIP
Intentions of the Regan & Filipchuk
Family
7:00pm Intentions of Holy Spirit Parishioners
Our Lady Of Peace 11:30am Luella & David Wilson RIP
2015 TOGETHER IN ACTION APPEAL
This weekend marks the beginning of the annual
giving campaign Together in Action (TIA) appeal.
Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $62 000
in Holy Spirit Parish during last year’s campaign.
The principal theme selected by Bishop Henry for
this year’s appeal is: “Let us hold fast to the
confession of our HOPE without wavering for he
who has promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23).
Bishop Henry states in his TIA message to
parishioners that “we are called to empower one
another to face our present, even if it is arduous,
in the redeeming love of Jesus - to be sons and
daughters of God.”(TIA brochure, 2015).
This
brochure which includes a donation form and
return envelope will be mailed soon. Your donation
to TIA can be placed in a collection basket, handed
in to the parish office or mailed. Cheques are to be
made payable to Holy Spirit Parish / Together in
Action.
In today’s reading from the Book of Genesis,
God makes his covenant between Noah and
all living beings. Saint Peter, in the second
reading, draws a connection between the
saving of Noah and his family in the great
flood and the saving waters of baptism.
Following his temptation in the desert, Jesus
begins his public ministry by proclaiming the
kingdom of God.
On Sunday, February 22nd, the
Catechumens will celebrate the Rite of
Election and the Candidates celebrate
the “Call to Lenten Renewal” at St.
Mary’s Cathedral with Bishop Henry
presiding. These Rites signify that they have listened to
the Word of God, have prepared for the Sacraments and
are now welcomed by the faithful of our Diocese to
become full members of the Catholic Church at Easter
Vigil. This is preceded by a Rite of Sending at the 11:00
am Mass, in which our faith community sends them off
to the Cathedral with our loving support and prayers.
God bless you all on your journey of Faith.
Rejoice in God’s Mercy:
A Hug from God Is All You Need
The Diocese of Calgary invites you to re-discover the
meaning of the sacrament of Reconciliation in your life.
In addition to the regular parish schedule, the sacrament
of Reconciliation will be available at parishes throughout
the Diocese of Calgary all the Wednesdays of Lent from
7:30 – 8:30 pm.
February 22: Lent I
Every time we respond to a call from God, we receive grace
and are interiorly strengthened. As we begin Lent, the
desert is not a place for us to fear, but a place of
encountering the Holy Spirit. The Spirit can reveal what
binds us, as well as what steals from our freedom to be the
person God created us to be. The beginning of intimacy
with God flows through the exercise of the theological
virtues: faith, hope, and love. God uses every trial to
strengthen us in these virtues and transform us into the
image of His Son.
Action: Throughout the forty days of Lent, pray for an
increase in faith, hope, and love. Ask for the grace to see
your trials from God’s perspective; how are these trials
opportunities to develop the virtues you are praying for?