Bulletin: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our parish relies on your generosity. Your donations each year directly impact our ability to minister to those in need, to provide special programs such as Alpha and CGS, to offer small group faith studies, to maintain our buildings, and to grow our parish school.
Your Project Advance tax-deductible donation will fund important works such as:
- Youth and young adults ministry in our parishes
- The construction of new Catholic schools
- Programs that support healthy families
- Feeding the homeless and vulnerable in the Downtown Eastside
- Pastoral ministry and support for the hospitalized
Our 2024 Parish Goal is $48,400
We have raised $35,236 to date
Once St. Patrick’s parish goal is met, all additional funds raised will be directed back to parish projects identified by your Pastor and parish team. Thank you so much for your generosity.
November 20, 2024
As a Catholic and Pontifical organization, Aid to the Church in Need is especially concerned with poor, oppressed, or persecuted communities. Red Wednesday is an event aimed at highlighting the persecution and injustice suffered by Christians, while promoting respect and tolerance between people of different religions. We want people to take a stand for their faith, and more broadly, for religious freedom.
Our parish is committed to supporting this organization and its good work in providing effective aid to Christians around the world. Please stay tuned for ways in which the community of St. Patrick’s Parish can come together in support and solidarity of this important work.
Mass Intentions
Monday, November 18
Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Thursday, November 21
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Friday, November 22
Saint Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr
Saturday, November 23
Saint Clement I, Pope, Martyr
or Saint Columbanus, Abbot and Missionary
Completed envelopes are welcome to be dropped off at the parish office or placed into the donations box at the back of the church. Our staff will place your intentions in the designated prayer box to be placed on the Altar at the start of November.
Thank you!
St. Pat’s Highlights
Ministry Updates & Upcoming Even
There is NO Sunday Social or Food Recovery Giveaway this weekend.
Our organizers are so excited to provide this beautiful new ministry for the young ladies of St. Patrick’s. Please RSVP so they can plan enough refreshments for everyone.
Our annual ‘Giving Tree’ initiative helps those in need in our community. We are accepting only gift cards this year from now until December 8th.
Click Here to read Lynn’s testimony
A suggestion for gift cards:
Superstore
Walmart
No Frills
Shoppers
Save On etc…
Please refrain from gift cards that require a membership or restaurant gift cards with high food costs.
Please bring donated gift cards to the Parish Office on or before December 8th during regular office hours.
Thank you all for your generous hearts. St. Ignatius of Loyola said, “Love is shown more in deeds than in words”. We are so grateful for the kindness of our community.
Family Advent Wreath Night
All are invited to join us in our annual Family Advent Wreath Night hosted by our CGS Catechists & Altar Boys! This is an evening of festive fun for the whole family! What is the significance of Advent ?? and the wreath??
ADVENT is a season where we are reminded of the importance of placing Christ in the centre of our lives! As we anticipate, out of His love for us, Christ’s coming to us as a baby at Christmas, we also attain a firm and joyful hope that our King and Saviour will come again!
The WREATH is a way to mark this season of Advent. The circular shape of the wreath represents eternity, reminding us of God’s infinite love and presence in our lives. The evergreens and candles all hold significance as well! All this is meant to help us celebrate this beautiful season of faith, hope, joy and love!
When: November 27, 2024 – 6:00pm -8:00pm
Where: St. Patrick’s Parish School Gym
Registration and Fee:
$20- provides the wreath frame, candles, information sheet, register online by clicking below OR call the office to register.
What to bring: please bring your own greens (and extra to share if possible); your own decorations and trimming, if desired; and your own scissors/pruners.
Complimentary Hot Chocolate Bar will be on site and hosted by our very own St. Patrick’s Altar Boys!
Can’t come?? But would like a Wreath Kit to do at home?? -please visit the parish office after November 27th to purchase your kit.
We are excited to announce that our annual Advent Night for Women will be on Saturday, November 30th at 7pm and for Men, Sunday, December 1st at 7pm.
Brett Powell will be our speaker for the men’s night & Christa Siminiuk is joining us for the women’s night. After the talks, there will be an opportunity for prayer and sitting in the Lord’s presence. We will be ending the night with candlelit fellowship in Holy Grounds. Join us for food, wine, apple cider, desserts and more!
Registration is $30. Registration is online and at the parish office (we accept cash & card).
Calling all Bakers!
Baking will be collected at the Masses the weekend of November 30 & December 1, please put your baking in a container you don’t need returned.
Baking will be taken up to the Abbey Monday, December 2nd.
Please join us for a candlelit mass on Monday, December 23rd at 7am.
After, come take a seat in Holy Grounds where we will have breakfast for you, served by the Alpha morning team.
It is a day off for the school, so please invite all your friends and family in the school!
We ask that you please rsvp for this event to assist us in preparing our breakfast for the morning.
Join us in happy prayer and congratulations for the baptisms of Jaxon & Ryder Rypkema, Kenward Elliot Saymo, and Zander & Arlo Latuszek.
May God fill you with love and joy through the years ahead.
Thank you to Ron and Linda who cooked a delicious spaghetti dinner last night for Alpha. It was complete with salads, a beautiful assortment of desserts and the best bread in the world.
Thank you to Monica, Sarah, Julia & Veronika for their hard work in launching our first ever Bibles & Brownies. We had 16 girls show up. Thank you to these girls for sacrificing their time and energy to create such an intentional night of conversation and companionship. We are looking forward to our bi-weekly events!
Thank you to Sheryl, Irene, Jody and Shelly for morning Alpha breakfast.
Thank you to Mike Albrecht who found a leak inside the walls of the rectory and was able to get it stopped and fixed.
Support your Parish
Every act of help and support keeps our parish running and is an integral part of achieving our parish mission. We are so very grateful to all.
If you would like to serve the parish by donating your time or skills, please let us know.
NEW!
Check out our revamped Small Community Business Listings page. Please consider supporting parish-run small businesses. We have a little of everything here, from personal services to home renovation to real estate to custom fabrication to restaurants and eateries and so much more.
Did you ever have that feeling and ask yourself – “Is God calling me to a unique purpose in life?” Yes He is, and each calling is a work of love that is unique to only you!
You have received gifts in Baptism and Confirmation through which God intends His love to reach others. Come and discover the specific Charisms that manifest in you! Give your ‘YES’ to participate in the Mission assigned by Christ Himself, to “Go out and make disciples of all nations!!”
Here at St. Patrick’s everyone is family, and we help each other when in need.
If you or someone you know is in need of prayers or support, please reach out.
Pray for Holy Souls This November
Praying for the faithful departed pleases God, who makes use of our prayers to help purify these souls in purgatory that he Loves. You can sign up to receive daily prayers right in your inbox throughout the month of November from the Gardens of Gethsemani.
Sign up now: rcav.org/month-of-holy-souls
Archdiocesan Events:
Advent Retreat 2024: Open the Door to Hope
Advent is a season of hope, but the hope God promises can seem to evade us at times. In the chaos of life, we can forget or refuse to open even wider the door to hope in our lives. Join other ministry leaders and teams as we meditate on the power of hope and how we can live more as people of hope. Saturday, November 30, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Vancouver. Learn more and register by November 27 at beholdvancouver.org/events.
Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations Retreat
This year’s retreat theme is Journeying Together as Pilgrims of Hope. We will come together to hear members of the Sikh, Muslim, and inter-faith communities dialogue together, and then hear a presentation by Catholic Dr. Nicholas Olkovich on ecumenism and the synodal way of life. Saturday, November 30, 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at St. John Paul II Pastoral Centre. Learn more and register by November 27 at beholdvancouver.org/events.
Date Night
Join us for our 6th annual Date Night. This is open to all married couples and is also a great opportunity for mentor and mentee couples to join us for a joy-filled dinner of celebration and encouragement. Thursday, December 5, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at St Clare of Assisi Parish in Coquitlam. Learn more and register at beholdvancouver.org/events.
Ember of Hope: An Advent Retreat for the Divorced and Separated
Join us as we explore Christ’s love during the season of Advent, the season of anticipation and hope. Adoration and the sacrament of Reconciliation will be available. Saturday, December 14, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the St. John Paul II Pastoral Centre in Vancouver. Learn more and register by December 9 at beholdvancouver.org/events.
