ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST. PIUS X

PRAYER LIST Please pray for:  Mary Beebe, Pat Bestick, Beverly Bishop, Marjorie Chastney, Meghan Clark, Nel Clark, Albert DeGryse, Ross DiMaria, Mike Dubrowski, Marie Duris, Rob Duris, Sharon Fossen, Ken Gallagher, Mary Gregory, Bonnie‑Lee Hansen, Laverne Jaeb, Joseph Kane, Audrey Kroetsch, Gerald Kunz, Paula Kunz, Irene LaFrance, Mario Grandi, Giovanna Grandi, Wendy Leskosek, Kaye MacEachern, Stacy MacInnis, George McLellan, Gillian Minchuk, Doreen & David Oberhoffner, Arturo Ortega, Ozanam House, Lindsay Parlane, Tracey Parnell, Helen Pfliger, Gizella Pidek, Liz Rambold, Jessica and Sarah Reiter, Murray Reiter, Anna Rehlinger, Mary Salva, Kim Schade, Katherine Sell, Lainie Senger, Melitta Szulkies, Trudy Szulkies, Francis van Roijen, Bruce Vetter, Lillian Vetter, and Madison Family Merciful Jesus, grant them a healing of mind and body and restore their strength and spirit.  Amen (Please inform us if you wish to remain on our Prayer List.)
PARISH COUNCIL Peter Cimbaro Victoria Oppertshauser Harry Di Marcello Janet Barnes Meg Greenwood Sr. Mary Ann Dennis Barnes Martin Landry Pat Graham KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Andy Sambrielaz Murray Oppertshauser CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE Victoria Oppertshauser CONTACT NUMBERS Parish Office...................................... 762-2587 Sr. Mary Ann/Religious Ed Centre... 762-6841 Fax................................................... 762-2584 Parish Hall........................................ 762-0260 St. Vincent de Paul............................ 762-2577 Healing Prayer Ministry - Joan ........ 763-5854 Rachel’s Vineyard............................ 762-2273      toll-free ........................... 1-877-683-CARE Canadian Food for Children...... 778-478-2156 Serra Club................... 979-7406 or 215-3933 Catholic Schools Immaculata High............................... 762-2730 St. Joseph’s Elementary.................... 763-3371 Our Lady of Lourdes ....................... 768-9008	Mass Times Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 9:00 am & 11:00 am  Monday 9:45am at David Lloyd Jones Home and 1:30pm at Brandt’s Creek Mews Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 9:00 am Wednesday 3:30pm at Kelowna General Hospital Sunday 8:00pm Fipke Building UBCO Room 140 Reconciliation Saturday after 9:00 am Mass Saturday from 4:15 to 4:45 pm or by appointment. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Fridays from 8:00 to 9:00 am Recitation of the Holy Rosary Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday at 8:30 am Baptism Contact the Pastor at least two months before your date for preparation and instruction Marriage Contact the Pastor at least six months prior to your date for preparation and instruction Interested in Joining the Catholic Church? Adults interested in full communion with the Catholic Church are asked to contact Fr. Bart at 762-2587. Anointing of the Sick If you are hospitalized, please be sure to identify yourself as a Catholic. Do not hesitate to notify the Pastor of shut-ins or hospitalized parishioners. For emergencies, call 762-2587 at any hour.	Welcome to our Parish Welcome all who are visiting with us today.  We are glad you took the time to come and join us in prayer.  God bless you. &--------------------------------------------- Parish Registration Long-time residents who are not registered are also invited to fill out the form below. Please return it in the collection basket. Name:                                                                 Address:                                                             Postal Code:                                                       Email:                                                                  Telephone No:                                                    Would you like to pick up envelopes next week? Yes   No Once you pick up your envelopes and the label at the top has your name on it, the number identifies you and a tax receipt will be sent to you at the address you registered with. Would you like to have the bulletin emailed to you each week? Yes   No   &---------------------------------------------

 

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS
MONDAY, DAVID LLOYD JONES HOME 9:45 AM	Nov 16	Father John Koenders
monday, BRANDT’S CREEK MEWS 1:30 pm		vocations
tuesday 9:00 aM	Nov 17	Rino Gemin †
Wednesday 9:00 aM	Nov 18	Deceased Members of the Putaro Family †
Wednesday hospital  3:30 pm		KGH patients & Staff
thursday 9:00 aM	Nov 19	Pollyanna Kilgour †
Friday 9:00 aM	Nov 20	Deceased Members of the Pucci-Daniele family †
SATURDAY 9:00 aM	Nov 21	Ferrucio Torresan  †
SATURDAY 5:00 pm		Mary Bachinski †
SUNDAY 9:00 AM	Nov 22	THE PARISHIONERS OF ST. PIUS X
sunday 11 am		Rodney Rodriguez †

Anyone interested in helping prepare the meal for Catholicism 201 on Monday evenings, contact Dennis & Janet at (250) 860‑8807 or Margaret at (250) 762-8274 or St. Pius X office (250) 762‑2587.  We plan to offer a simple meal along the format of Alpha – many hands make light work.

This question is one of the issues that will be answered at our next session of Catholicism 201, a video course dealing with what makes us particularly Catholic. We have completed sessions dealing with the history of the Church as established by Christ with Peter as the “rock” of its foundation and the unbroken line of his successors and a session dealing with an overview of the Sacraments.  Our next session will deal with the specific Sacraments with special attention on why we baptize infants.  We meet Monday evenings beginning at 6:00pm with a shared meal, desert and coffee at 6:30 and the video at 7:00.  Please register for the meal by Saturday.  If you miss the Saturday meal registration or would simply like to join us for dessert, coffee, the video and discussion, come join us at St. Pius X church at 6:30.  Contact Dennis & Janet at (250) 860‑8807 or Margaret at (250) 762‑8274 or St. Pius X office (250) 762‑2587 for further information or to register.

Please join us as we practice Christmas music for the Midnight Mass.  We will practice every Thursday at 7:15pm in the church.  Everyone interested is eagerly invited!!!

Mon Nov 16^th at 10:45am in the Fr. Martin Room.  Everyone is welcome to attend as we discuss the upcoming Advent season as well as continue our discussion of Deis Domini.

Friday November 20^th, at St Pius X Parish at 6:00pm.  Tickets are $15 and are available from Jo Lauer (250) 762‑7767, Rosemary Lalonde (778) 478‑2156 or the rectory (250) 762‑2587.  Each parish has a limited supply so get yours early.  An evening of ethnic food is being prepared by our seven CWL councils, individuals and several ethnic restaurants.  Entertainment will consist of folk dancing and folk songs.  This dinner is a fund-raiser for Canadian Food for Children.  Two thirds donations are food but we in Kelowna concentrate on children's clothing, toys, school and medical supplies. Through the generosity of Diamond Delivery and local thrift shops, hotels and individuals, we are able to ship an average of 150 large boxes and 15 buckets of soap and shampoo every month. Volunteers do a wonderful job but we need to pay to ship the goods to the poor in the Third World.

We will have the “Family Advent Box” again this year.  It contains articles that help families prepare for Christmas.  There is a schedule at the main entrance of the church for families to sign up to have the box in their home.  Advent lasts for only 4 weeks so the time for each family will be short.  The family that has the box will need to get in touch with the next family so that it can be exchanged.  It is very important to leave your phone number on the sign up sheet.  It will be the responsibility of the family that has the box to refill the goody box before it gets passed on.  We had some very interesting comments last year in the comment book included in the box and look forward to this year’s comments.  The box will be given to the first family on the schedule on Nov 29^th (the first Sunday of Advent) at the 11:00am Mass.

Helen Colbert and Alpha Stefiuk for making the beautiful remembrance banners.

Once more the Society of St Vincent de Paul is a participant in the CHBC Good News Bear campaign. Please lookout for Vincent, The Bear Who Cares on CHBC-TV News at 5.30pm and 11:00pm. Please mark your donations “SSVP, St Pius X”.  Thank you for your support.

Please give some serious thought to attending the Diocesan Family Life Conference titled “Christian Marriage for Dummies”.  Though the title may not appeal to everyone, this conference is not to be missed.  Louis Marsura comes from Toronto and comers highly recommended by Bishop John.  He will be speaking on the beauty of Christian Marriage from the perspective of Catholic Teaching.  $100 per couple covers materials, food, a Friday social and much more  Make sure to set aside Nov 27^th and Nov 28^th on your calendars and buy your tickets today.  Tickets available at: St. Charles Gamier Parish, Loaves & Fishes, Immaculata Regional High School, St. Joseph’s Elementary and Our Lady of Lourdes Westbank.  For more information please feel free to call St. Charles Gamier Parish Office (250) 860‑6776.

The Tortiere Pies will be made Nov 23^rd and 24^th.  If you have ordered your pies, you will be phoned and told which day to pick them up.  Pick up will be between 12:00 and 2:00pm.

Home Cooked:

·         Potato And Cheese Perogies: Sold In 5 Doz. Bags. $25.00

·         Cabbage Rolls: Sold In 5 Doz. Bags, $25.00

·         Borscht: $5.00/Quart, $10.00 1/2 Gallon, $20.00 Gallon

·         Pies: $6.00

To pre-order before it sells out call: Alice: (250) 763‑4870,

Helen (250) 762‑8361, Donna (250) 765‑6178

·         Dec 4^th: Pick Up For Pre-Orders Only at Ukrainian Catholic Parish

·         Dec 5^th: Food Sale 10:00am at Ukrainian Catholic Parish (no pick up on pre-orders this day)

**Please note: anything not picked up on Friday on a pre order will be sold on Saturday on a first come first serve basis.

Every Wednesday at 3:30pm in the hospital chapel, there is a mass.  All patients, visitors, staff and all members of the public are welcome.

Our monthly mass is at ICC, on Thu, Nov 19^th at 7:00pm.  Everyone is welcome to join us.  Coffee & refreshments will be served in the hall after mass.

 

Come and experience “FREEDOM” Thursday Nov 19^th from 6:30 ‑ 9:30pm at St Pius X church.  The NET Team will lead a great evening focused on Christ’s gift of healing, forgiveness and an openness to God’s grace for the entire Kelowna area.  There will also be an opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Thank you for the support thus far.  We are at 71% of our Diocesan goal of $29,500.  The funds collected provide for many of our Diocesan programs.  Money collected over and above our Diocesan goal return to the parish and help with our ongoing renovations.

The children’s choir will be singing at the 11:00am Mass on the 2^nd Sunday of each month.  Our next Mass will be Sun, Dec 13^th at 11:00am.  If you know of children who would like to join, we practice every Tuesday in the church from 7:00 ‑ 7:30pm (after Catechism).

What we have been asked to undertake in regards to H1N1:

·         Removed Holy Water Fonts from the entrances to the Church

·         We discourage handshaking at the sign of peace and during welcoming

·         Temporarily refrain from sharing the common cup

·         Use of hand sanitizer before distributing communion

·         Encourage those who are sick to stay home out of respect for others

** These precautions will cease once the flu season is deemed over.

Your help is desperately needed. Due to the economic times we are experiencing twice as many clients that need help. That means that we need a lot of hampers and with the cost of food increasing we are desperately short of funds.

Sunday Evening Mass will be held in Room 140 of the Fipke Building at UBCO at 8:00pm.

Parishes from W. Kelowna to Winfield will be hosting a series of Holy Hours for Priests.  Let us show our support for our priests by attending as many as possible, turning our prayers into a holy pilgrimage.  The first Holy Hour will be Fri, Dec 4, at St. Edward Church in Winfield, 7-8 p.m.  More info to come on other parishes.

There will be a mass with prayers for healing Tue Nov 24^th at 7:00pm at Immaculate Conception church.  Praise and worship twenty minutes before. Fr. Don Wilson is the celebrant.  Refreshments in the hall afterwards.

For healing after abortion, Rachael’s Vineyard provides prayer shawls to each candidate who attends a Rachel's Vineyard retreat weekend.  Several ladies from our parishes make the shawls.  We are looking for someone to coordinate this ministry.  This person needs to be able to drive and have knowledge of knitting and crocheting.  We are looking for someone to take over an already existing ministry that includes tasks such as purchasing yarn, delivering yarn and picking up shawls as they are completed by our crocheters and knitters, and wrapping and carding the shawls in preparation for the retreat.  Please call Janet at (250) 762‑2273 if you are interested in this ministry.

Bound4LIFE Kelowna Chapter is hosting a "Silent Siege" on Sat, Nov 21^st from 11:00am to 12:00pm on Pandosy St. across from KGH. The Siege is not a protest, but a silent prayer meeting asking God to intervene and bring an end to abortion in our nation. Red tape with the word life is placed over our mouths indicating solidarity with the voiceless child in the womb. For information contact Dusty at kelowna@bound4life.ca or visit us on facebook: Bound4life Kelowna.

To celebrate the beginning of Advent, "Friends in Faith" is hosting the Unity Choir (of Carnegie Hall fame) and the Kelowna Liedertafel Choir, who will perform on Sun, Nov 29^th at 2:00pm in St. Charles Garnier Church, 3645 Benvoulin Rd.  In lieu of a free will offering please bring a plate of Christmas baking, which will be served at the reception following the performance.  Any remaining baking will be donated to the Gospel Mission.  All are welcome.

The Catholic National Evangelization Team of Canada, NET Team, will be visiting Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Nov 16^th. We would like to invite all youth or young adults Grades 8-12 to join us that night for a spiritual event of prayer, praise and worship. The topic is “Jesus Who?” It address the question of who is Jesus in today’s society and what does He have to offer us in our everyday life.  Discover how putting Jesus first actually gives us freedom, hope and love.  To help cover the cost of the NET Team and the refreshments there is a small fee of $10 per person payable at the door. Registration begins at 5:30pm and the event ends at 9:00pm.

Our communal worship at Mass must be together with our personal worship of Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration in order that our love may be complete. (Pope John Paul II)  Jesus is waiting for you.  For an hour with Jesus, phone (250) 860‑6444.

St Theresa’s on Sun, Nov 22^nd at 3pm.  Social to follow.