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ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST. PIUS X Pastor: Rev. Bart van Roijen
Office Hours
Tel: 250-762-2587
Monday to Friday
Fax: 250-762-2584 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Open Door) 1077 Fuller Avenue Email: spx@shawcable.com
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Telephone
Messages) Kelowna,
BC V1Y 6X6
Website: www.spxbc.org Sunday, May 11, 2008 Pentecost Sunday "Let the Spirit continue to work in the world." Opening Prayer
CWL Members Our Spring Retreat
will be held at Seton House of Prayer Thursday, May 22nd (9AM - 3PM) Cost: $20.00 (NOTE: $10 to be paid
by our council) If you wish to attend
- Phone by May 20th to sign up Sandralynn Stone @
717-8765 or Carroll Chatham @ 762-0447 KNIGHT
OF COLUMBUS BREAKFAST: The
Knights of Columbus will be hosting their monthly breakfast after the Sunday
Masses this weekend. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION FOR
FAMILIES: The North Okanagan Deanery
Family Life Ministry, in cooperation with the Kelowna Serra Club and St. Pius
X Church, invites you and your family to learn more about reverence and
Eucharistic Adoration at a family evening of prayer in front of the Blessed
Sacrament with a special monstrance blessed by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict
XVI. Please join us at St. Pius X Church for this child-oriented event this
Friday, May 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. with fellowship to follow in the
hall until 8:00 p.m. Coffee and
juice provided please bring a snack to share.
For more information, call 762-2587. MUSIC MINISTRIES OF ST PIUS X: We are inviting all adult choir vocalists, and others wanting
to join, (instrumentalists welcome to attend), to an “ongoing workshop”
commencing Friday May 23rd at 7:15 – 8:45 p.m. in our church. Tony Serka, B.A.-ARCT,
and specializing in voice & choir training will instruct, and Gerry Curtis
will play the organ as needed. Presently, we are looking at May 23rd,
May 30th, and once or twice a month thereafter for a year.
Cost will be $10 per person, per time.
This is a wonderful opportunity for commitment to an excellent catholic
music-ministry program. Please register early. Visit meg@greenwoodtechnology.com
or call Rita at 762-9089 as soon as possible to confirm your presence at our
start-up date. CWL MEMBERS Our next meeting will be a morning meeting on May 13th starting with 9AM Mass for Teresa (Toots) Lutz followed by a short meeting and coffee party. Hope you can come. Coming up: Our Spring Retreat will be on May 22nd at Seton House of Prayer (Mark your calendar)
FAMILY LOOKING TO RENT: Young
Catholic family relocating to Kelowna seeks rental property close to Saint
Pius X parish for July 1st. No smokers, no pets, and very little noise.
Please contact Dean or Nicole at 250-423-6367 or djuneau@telus.net FAMILY MINISTRY:
Fr. Bart is looking for a person who is willing to represent the parish
on Kelowna’s Family Ministry Team. This
group of individuals helps coordinate Family Ministry Activities for the wider
Catholic Community. Meetings are
held at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the Month. REQUEST:
When patients are at Kelowna General Hospital from out of town for any
extended time, it can be a hardship for family members to find accommodations.
If you would be willing to be on a list to billet family members of
out-of-town Catholic patients, please call Sister Mary Ann at 762-6841. 15TH ANNUAL
MASS FOR SHUT-INS: The Society of St. Vincent
de Paul is holding its 15th annual Mass for Shut-Ins at
Immaculate Conception Parish (839 Sutherland Ave) on Saturday, May 24 at 11
am. All who are sick or shut in are invited to this special
celebration of the Mass and anointing of the sick followed by a social and tea
in the Parish Hall. We are inviting any parishioners who are not able to
attend Mass in a church to attend. We can provide transportation for anyone
who needs it and can arrange for wheel chair accessible vans if you need it.
If you know of anyone who is shut in their homes or in a Nursing Home or
Assisted Living Facility, please let us know and we will assist you in getting
them to the Mass. It is wonderful healing Mass, full of God’s
grace for all. Please contact Janet Barnes at 860-8807 MOTHERS' DAY FLOWERS: Since 1983, Kelowna Right to Life has
celebrated Mothers' Day with the sale of silk flowers. This annual event
focuses attention on the appreciation of motherhood while raising money to
carry on pro-life educational work. Silk Roses will be available before
and after all Masses this weekend. The suggested donation is $1 each. 2007
FINANCIAL STATEMENT Revenues: Total
Collections
$283,379.38 Special
Collections
16,669.83 Other
Revenues
41,386.44 Total
Revenues
$341,435.65 Expenditures: Cathedraticum
& Special Collections
$46,417.93 Utilities,
Repairs, Taxes & Insurance
53,472.19 Salary
& Salary related
116,608.44 School
Subsidy
44,400.00 Programs,
Furniture, Supplies
49,325.02 Total
Expenditures
$310,223.58 Interest
transferred back into Building Account: $4,332.40 Year’s
Surplus: $26,879.67 with $7,000
left owing Assets
as of December 31st, 2007: $414,765.30 *$234,356.62
is in the Special Building Account HOMELESSNESS
IN B.C.
– If you want to take a stand for the homelessness in B.C. , please join a
group of concerned citizens at Hwy 33 and Rutland Road each Saturday from 1-2
p.m.
Do you know any little detectives that want to come to our Vacation Bible School this summer??? This year’s theme is "Searching for Jesus.... a Catholic Experience. It runs from Monday July 14 until Friday July 18 for detectives in kindergarten to grade 4. For more information and to register please go to www.KelownaCatholicVBS.ca. Registration begins on May 12. LOOKING forward to an awesome week of fun and faith with our community! There is a planning meeting for anyone who
would like to volunteer at VBS this summer on Thursday May 22 @7pm.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Several grandparents did a super job
working in the kitchen last summer...we would love to have you back again....and
bring a friend! Please contact Leigh-Ann Sullivan at 764-4148 or lasully@shaw.ca
for more information. CWL
BURSARY NEWS:
2 bursaries are available to the baptized son, daughter or grandchild of
a CWL member of St Pius X Council.: ·
The student must be a 2008 graduate
of School District #23 or Immaculata High School. ·
Other criteria apply. A letter of
application must be submitted by May 20th 2008.
For
further information please contact Lucille Jakubec 763-4738
MAINTENANCE/COOK POSITION Seton House Advisory Board Chairperson Cell: (250)
878-4413 Fax: (250)
764-4597 Email: pdwalls@shaw.ca Further
details at www.executiverecruitment.ca/seton For requirements on all positions posted
and to download the application checklist and the application form view the
School Diocesan website, www.cisnd.ca (job opportunities page).
SUMMER
BIBLE CAMP: Cat.
Chat: “Mary Leads Me Closer to
Jesus” at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Centre, 2547 Hebert Road, Westbank.
August 18 – 22nd, Kids ages 4 – 12 years;
Fun/games/sports/crafts/music/snacks/drama and more!
$35 fist child, $25 each additional child.
Early registration June 15th guarantees T-shirt by camp.
Final registration August 8th after this price increases
$5/child. Registration forms
available at the Parish Office. For
more information call 768 4114 or contact cymyouthministry@ololwestbank.ca. PERPETUAL
ADORATION: “Our
communal worship at mass must go together with our personal worship of Jesus in
Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may be complete”.
(Pope John Paul II) Could
you spend an hour with Jesus in the Eucharist?
(phone 860-6444). ROSARY
FOR PEACE & FOR FAMILIES: “I invite you to rediscover the efficacy of the prayer of
the rosary, for peace in the world and for families”. (Pope John Paul II). The
rosary is prayed for these intentions every Friday at 3 p.m. at Immaculate
Conception Church, please join us. RACHEL’S VINEYARD
CANADIAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE:
July 22-25th, 2008 at Rosemary Heights Retreat Centre, Surrey
BC. Internationally acclaimed
Theresa Burke, PhD, NCP, LPC, and Kevin Burke, M.S.S., LSW, of Philadelphia will
be the presenters. The Burkes are
co-founders of Rachel’s Vineyard, a program of healing after abortion and the
new healing retreat for victims of sexual abuse.
“From Grief to Grace - Reclaiming Your Sexual Dignity”; this
conference will be of special interest to clergy, mental health professionals,
teachers, medical personnel, social workers, counselors, Rachel’s Vineyard
team members and alumni and anyone who desires to learn more about post-abortion
trauma and recovery, and healing from sexual abuse.
The conference is hosted by the Kelowna and Vancouver Rachel’s Vineyard
sites. For more information and
registration details, visit www.rachelsvineyardcanadianconfernce.com or call Janet Kormish at 250-762-2273 or Michele
Smillie at 604-443-3256. Please
register early as space is limited.
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