Retreat Registrations open for Youth & Women
May 29th, 2022
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
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Next 2nd Collection: September 25th – Needs of the Church in Canada
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Next 2nd Collection: June 5th for Catholic Missions in Canada
To provide support for over 600 remote & poor mission communities across Canada.
News from St.Pats
Ministry Updates & Upcoming Events
| !!! Schedule change !!! To give Father and our Sacramental Mass team time to setup and prepare for our Confirmation Masses… On Tuesday, June 7th our regularly scheduled Confessions are Cancelled. On Thursdays, June 9th & 16th, 5:30 pm Adoration and Benediction is Cancelled. |
Catholic Women’s League retreat day
with Guest Speaker Sherray Duran & the CWL team.
Learn more about great women of the bible who were instrumental in changing society.
Saturday, June 4th from 10 AM – 12 PM in the St.Patrick’s School GYM.
You are invited to join the CWL in exploring the questions of: Who is this woman? and What did she do?
Please pre-register by calling 604-467-5116 or 604-783-5463 or email [email protected]
There is no registration fee, however, we will be collection donations for Women Care: financial, diapers, or gift cards.
Sacramental Masses
Please join us in praying for all of our First Holy Communion & Confirmation students from both our Parish Religious Education children and Our Parish School.
Come & Celebrate with us as they receive their Sacraments.
Confirmation Masses:Tuesday, June 7th @6:30 PM – Thursday, June 9th @6:30 PM – Thursday, June 16th @6:30 PM
First Holy Communion Masses:Sunday, June 12th @9 AM, 11:15 AM, and 4:30 PM – Sunday, June 19th @9 AM & 11:15 AM
Homecoming Youth Retreat
a journey with Christ to heaven.
for Youth born in 2007 & 2008
Homecoming provides youth an opportunity to build community with their peers. By combining practical skills, a faith perspective and spiritual development, the participants learn and grow in their faith through activities, presentations, games, skits, reflection, sharing and the opportunity to practice skills in a safe environment.
We will explore the question of: “Who am I as a child of God and what is my call to holiness in my family, with my friends, in my parish community and at large?”
Integral parts of this formation experience include: prayer, community-building, small group discussions and outdoor recreation activities.
Most of all, it inspires the youth to continue on in their faith journey in relationship to Jesus Christ and others.
This retreat takes place at Camp Jubilee from July 4 – 7th, 2022
Cost: $400 per person
Email [email protected] to get the forms – complete and drop off at the Parish Office by June 1st, 2022. – payments can be made to St.Patrick’s Parish.
Searching in the Spirit
for youth born in 2009 & entering Grade 8 in September 2022
Searching in the Spirit provides youth (and their adult leaders accompanying them) with formation in discipleship and challenges the participants to live out their faith in everyday, real-life situations. By combining practical skills, a faith perspective and spiritual development, the participants learn and grow in their faith through activities, presentations, games, skits, reflection, sharing and the opportunity to practice skills in a safe environment.
Integral parts of this formation experience include: prayer, community-building, and outdoor recreation activities.Most of all, it inspires the newly-Confirmed to continue on in their faith journey as they enter high school.
This retreat takes place at Camp Jubilee from August 29 to September 2.
Cost: $450 per person
Email [email protected] to get the forms – complete & drop off at the Parish Office by June 24th, 2022. – payments can be made to St.Patrick’s Parish.
Cancellation of Vacation Bible School (VBS) 2022
Hello dear family,thank you to all youth and adults who had expressed their dedication of time and talents to help us make VBS possible this year.
We have prayerfully considered how we might move forward with VBS this year. Unfortunately, in our efforts, we were unable to secure enough volunteers to fill all the critical roles and have now run out of time to find them and prepare them adequately.
Please pray with us for all our children, youth leaders, adult leaders and their families this summer.
We hope that next year we will have the pleasure of bringing Vacation Bible School back to life here in the St.Patrick’s community, if it is God’s will for us.
Til’ then, blessings to you all and we pray and hope you will have a beautiful, joyful and faith-filled summer with the family.
– St.Patrick’s Parish Staff
Joy of the Family: A RCAV Family Gathering
June 26th 12 PM – 4 PM
Join families from across the Archdiocese of Vancouver for a fun family event to celebrate the closing of the Year of the Family and the World Meeting of Families 2022. We will have activities for children of all ages, bouncy castles, soccer games, capture the flag as well as a BBQ lunch provided by the Knights of Columbus.Cost is $15 for one adult and children (i.e. a single parent family) and $30 as a flat family fee (up to 4 adults and unlimited number of children from one family). Please note: no options for special diets. Registration is required.
Bookstore Feature
Every week we are going to personally recommend a book for your on your spiritual journey.
| Looking for a gift for the Father is your life? Check out this week’s book recommend. In an age when fathers are more important than ever, how do you embark on your journey to manhood and know how to steer clear of the dangers along the way? Fathered by God calls men back to a simple and reassuring truth: God is our Father, and he wants to show us what masculinity really means. Eldredge teaches us that there’s a path leading to authentic manhood, cut by generation after generation of men. There are perils along the trail, even disasters–all the more reason to rely on the guidance of a Father who has gone before us. A boy has a lot to learn in his journey to becoming a man, and it takes the active intervention of father figures and the fellowship of other men to guide us along the way. Eldredge shares that in all of life’s trials and triumphs, God is initiating boys and men through the stages of manhood. Through personal stories and practical guidance, Eldredge provides a map through the six stages of a man’s journey and answers some of the most common questions about manhood. Fathered by God maps out the path of manhood–not more rules, not another list of principles, not formulas, but a well-worn path that men have followed for centuries before us. Discover the truth about masculinity and become the man that God sees in you. Fathered by God, authored by John Eldredge. |
Weekly Mass Intentions & Feast Days
May 30 – Romanito & Elsie Costas (+)
May 31 – Marlene Cameron (+)
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
June 1 – Helen Vickers (INT)
Saint Justin, Martyr
June 2 – Angiolina D’Archangelo (+)
Saints Marcellinus and Peter
June 3 – Fr. Matthew (INT)
Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs
June 4 – Daniel Bennett (+)
June 5 – Pentecost Sunday
