PALM SUNDAY—MARCH 20, 2016 #17/15-16

The Sacrament of Baptism - is celebrated when needed. Call Parish office to register for the one-day class

The Sacrament of Marriage – please contact Fr. Peter at least 6 mos. prior to intended marriage date.

RCIA/RCIC – begins in Fall – Call Fr. Peter to register or more info.

Reconciliation – celebrated before every Weekday, and Sunday Mass or call Fr. Peter for an appointment.

Hospital or Shut-Ins – would like a visit or the Eucharist - or require a Ride to Church – contact Parish Office

Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Parish

POPE’S INTENTIONS FOR March 2016 Universal: That families in need may receive the necessary support and that children may grow up in healthy and peaceful environments. Evangelization: That those Christians who, on account of their faith, are discriminated against or are being persecuted, may remain strong and faithful to the Gospel, thanks to the incessant prayer of the Church.

Our Lady of Peace Parish 425 Broad St. N. Regina, S4R 2X8 Tel: (306) 543-5355 Fax: (306) 543-9837 E-mail: ourladyofpeace@sasktel.net Website www.ourladyofpeaceregina.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ourladyofpeaceregina

Pastor: Fr. Peter Thang Nguyen Tel: (Rectory) (306) 949-8854 (cell): (306) 737-8313 E-mail: enthusiasmca@yahoo.ca Office Manager: Melissa Gurash OFFICE HOURS Monday—Friday 8:30a.m.-12:00p.m. & 1:00p.m.-4:00p.m.

Pastoral Assistant & Music Coordinator: Stacy Grunert Phone: (306) 550-2474 Email: passistolop@sasktel.net Adult Faith Formation Volunteer Brenda Dupmeier Hall Rental: Maurice Raboud Phone: (306) 543–0313 Cell: (306) 535-3333 Caretaker: Rhexy Pedronio

MASS TIMES

SUNDAY LITURGY: Saturday 5:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. WEEKDAY LITURGY: Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m.

Stewardship Reflection

In the Gospel story of the first

Palm Sunday, we hear that the

owners of the ass had only to

be told, “The Master has need of

it,” to give the animal gladly. Do

I give as readily to the Lord’s

work?

Mon. Mar. 21

9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

Mass Bible Study @1309 Dover Ave.

Tues. Mar. 22 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Mass Walking Towards Eternity Seniors’ Cards Walking Towards Eternity

Wed. Mar. 23

9:00 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 7:00 p.m.

Mass Seniors’ Zumba Stations of the Cross

Thurs. Mar. 24 Holy Thursday

7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

Holy Thursday Mass Adoration until Midnight

Fri. Mar. 25 Good Friday

3:00 p.m.

Good Friday Service

Sat. Mar. 26 Easter Vigil

8:00 p.m.

Easter Vigil Mass

Sun. Mar. 27 Easter Sunday

9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.

Mass Mass (Followed by an Easter Egg hunt for the children)

WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE SUNDAY MASS READINGS

MARCH 20, 2016 Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Luke 22:14-23:56 MARCH 27, 2016 Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-18

Responsorial Psalm Response March 19/20

My God, my God, why have you abandoned

me?

MASS INTENTIONS Monday Mar 21: Larry Hartl By: Mary Hartl

Tuesday Mar 22: Leonard Raboud By: Maurice Raboud Wednesday Mar 23: Sandra Wirll By: Fred & Donalda Exner

If you wish to offer a Mass Intention please contact the Parish Office or

the Information Desk.

Building Addition Committee Reports A Construction Management Company has

been selected!

Our Lady of Peace Parish is seeking a part-time (20 hours / week) Caretaker—Reporting to the Buildings and Grounds chairman, your duties will include: cleaning of church, hall and rectory, lawn care & snow removal of church and rectory, setup & tear-down of tables & chairs for hall events and general handyman repairs. Hours will be primarily mid-day (10 – 2), with some evening and weekend work occasionally required. Please submit resume to ourladyofpeace@sasktel.net

YEAR OF MERCY SIXTH WEEK OF LENT

“I was in prison and you visited me.” There all different kind of prisons. We usually think of jail but a prison can be anything that keeps you feeling alone, stops you from leaving your space, or limits you from growing. For example, someone who is in a care home and does not get any visitors is in a prison of loneliness as is a child who is always alone on the playground. Consider a donation equal to a gift or service you might give someone who is in a long-term care home, confined to their own home, in prison, in a wheelchair, or somehow isolated and unable to leave their ‘space’. (i.e. a magazine or book to read, a puzzle, music, etc.)

OUR LADY OF PEACE CAT CHAT VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL “A Radical Ride on the Wings of Prayer with Amazing Angels and Super Saints”—JULY 11—15, 2016 for AGES 4—11. Pre-Registration has begun for this event, please pre-register by Tuesday March 29th by calling the office at 543-5355 or email us at: ourladyofpeace@sasktel.net

The National Catholic Mission 2016 - “Merciful Like the Father, with Fr. Tom Rosica CSB and will be broadcast during Holy Week on the following dates/times on Vision TV: Part 1: Monday March 21 and Part 2 on Tuesday March 22 at 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM.

Commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada Pontifical Collection of Good Friday on March 25,

2016 for the benefit of the Holy Land Our parish, once a year on Good Friday, is called to support Christians in the Holy Land. Many Christians in the Holy Land depend on the collection for their lives. As a Pontifical collection requested by Pope Francis, the annual Good Friday Collection offers a direct link for parishioners to be a witness of peace and to help protect the Holy Places. When you donate on Good Friday, you are supporting Christians in the Holy Land. “He, who does acts of mercy, let him do them with cheerfulness.” Rm. 12, 8 With Gratitude Father Gilles Bourdeau, OFM Commissary of the Holy Land in Canada

ATTENTION LITURGICAL MINISTERS Sign up sheets for Holy Week and Easter Sunday liturgical ministries are posted in the entrance. HOLY THURSDAY FEET WASHING CERMONY—A list to sign up to participate in the Feet

Washing ceremony is now in the entrance. Sympathies to Doug and Pat Chobot on the death of his

mother Marion Chobot.

BAPTISM PREPARATION Our Spring Baptism

Preparation session will be held on Saturday April 23, 2016. To register for this one day class please call the office at 306-543-5355 or email: ourladyofpeace@sasktel.net

CWL CORNER

Thanks...Thanks...Thanks A very special thanks to all who took part with the World day of Prayer. It was a special program given to us on

behalf of the Women of Cuba. Thanks to the ladies who worked so hard to make the evening a fun and successful evening. Thanks to Father Garry Kuntz, whose homily is always enlightening. Flea Market Thanks to all who assisted in making the day a success. Thanks to the Parish for allowing us to use the facilities. Thanks to all who worked in the Kitchen, Pie section, ticket draw section and to the ladies who so diligently each year rented out the tables, to the security guards and to all who set up and took down the tables to the 2 boys that volunteered their time Avery Antill and Nolan Bergen also a thanks to Shelley Antill, who volunteered her time. Congratulations to the winners of the draws: 1st prize-$100.00 Val Rieger 2nd prize-Food Basket Glenda Campbell 3rd Prize-Food Basket Lorraine Debusschere 4th Prize-Easter Basket Irene Haynes Reminder of the Regina Regional Meeting Held at St .Martin de Porres Parish on April 7@ 6:30pm. Regina Diocesan Convention held @ Holy Child on April 17 & 18. Anyone who would like to go please advise asap as registration deadline is April 1, call Antonette @ 545-5397

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

STATIONS OF THE CROSS - 7:00 p.m. Wednesday March 23: Led by Knights of Columbus

SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM Holy Thursday March 24th Mass 7:30 p.m. followed by Adoration until Midnight Good Friday, March 25th Service 3:00 p.m. Easter Vigil, Saturday March 26th Mass 8:00 p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY March 27th, 2016 9:00 a.m.: Mass 10:30 a.m.: Mass (Followed by an Easter Egg Hunt)

Kids/Teens Consignment/Buy Sale at Our Lady of Peace Church, 425 Broad St. North …. …Kids/Teens clothing, shoes, toys, games, books, movies and baby items, strollers, bikes, and Maternity clothes. Items are on consignment …. To register or for more information email Brendalee@accesscomm.ca or call parish office at 543-5355. Only a limited number of consigners accepted. So register early. Receive 60%for items priced $10.00 & under and 80% for items priced over $10.00. Donations of kids clothing and ar ticles will be accepted. Sale of items April 7- 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., April 8- 1:00 to 9:00 p.m., and April 9- 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

PASTOR’S MESSAGE This Sunday is usually called Palm Sunday, nowadays it is called either Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday, or together it is called Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Whatever it is called, the importance is that this Sunday marks the start of the Holy Week in which the Church celebrates the mysteries of salvation accomplished by Jesus Christ in the lasts days of his life on earth, beginning with his messianic entrance into Jerusalem. This Sunday also marks the end of Lent. At the beginning of today's celebration, the Church re-enacts Jesus' solemn entrance into Jerusalem. People with great enthusiasm holding palm and branches, spreading cloaks on the road (Lk 19.36) praise him with a loud voice: "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!" (Lk 19.37). We take this great opportunity to reflect on our own lives that are not different from the crowd who praised Jesus with great enthusiasm and not too long after asked Pilate to crucify Him and release Barabbas a murder with a loud shout. This Sunday is called Passion Sunday as the passion is read to invite us to meditate throughout this Holy Week on the suffering and crucifixion that Jesus endured for our salvation Our Christian life is a process of learning to follow Jesus. It is not a certain moment of emotion rather with constancy and perseverance until the end of our lives. We should try to deepen ourselves into the mystery of Christ. This Sunday is also instituted by St. Pope John Paul II as World Day of Youth. The Church invites the youth to offer their great energy to learn and follow Jesus so they may be able to witness to the world with their enthusiasm: It is good to follow Jesus! History has shown us that the youth can transform the world into either good or bad ways depending on how are they directed. We must pray for ourselves and for the youth on this special Sunday so we all may live our faith with a young heart. Sincerely yours in Christ Fr. Peter Thang Nguyen

SHARE LENT PILGRIMAGE— Thank you for supporting Share Lent 2016! Development and Peace wishes to thank all those who made a gift to the Share Lent campaign! Through your generosity (insert $ amount) was collected in our parish. This will serve the needs of our sisters and brothers in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. If you did not have a chance to make your donation, you can still place your Share Lent envelopes in the offertory or donate directly at devp.org/give.

EASTER BLOOD DRIVE—The Easter Blood Drive is targeted to bring donors into the Regina Blood Centre from Wednesday March 23rd to Saturday March 26th. We need the strong support of the Regina faith community to fill over 200 open appointment spots during the week, but especially on Good Friday (March 25th) which has over 60 open spots! Regina Blood Clinic – 2571 Broad Street (at Broadway Ave) Easter Blood Drive Days & Hours We always welcome anyone walking into the clinic to donate, but appointments are strongly recommended. This allows us to help reduce donor wait times and improve clinic flow. To reserve your day and time please call Canadian Blood Services at 1 888 2 DONATE 1-888-236-6283), or make your appointment online at www.blood.ca .

Wednesday March 23rd 8am-Noon & 4pm-8pm

Thursday March 24th 11am-7pm

Good Friday, March 25th 8am-Noon

Saturday, March 26th 8am-Noon

A Nominating Committee consisting of Dennis Gibbs (775-0812), Bob Rothecker (545-5397), & Anita Rieger (543-0421) has been appointed to fill the vacancies of our Pastoral Council and Finance Council. Please call any of the above and tell them of your interest in a position on these councils. Our Annual Parish Meeting for Our Lady of Peace is Sunday, May 29th. A Pot Luck lunch at 12:00 noon will be followed by the annual meeting. Annual reports will be available for review from all committee chair members. New members will be elected to the vacant positions (more next week as to positions available). A good portion of the meeting will be donated to an “information / question/answer” session as to the renovation and expansion of our present facility. Please plan to attend.

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Pastoral Council Pastor: Father Peter Chair: Brian Martens Vice Chair: Dennis Gibbs PR & Organizations: Twyla West & Jodi Wilton Secretary: Jackie Bahan Liturgy: Phyllis Erickson Education/Sacraments: Youth: Jodi Wilton & Twyla West Ecumenism: Gail Monteith Pastoral Care: Irene Grad Deanery: JoAnne Zuck Stewardship: Anita Rieger

Finance Council Chair: John Hartney Anita Rieger Lukose Luka Maurice Raboud Don Macknak Dennis Gibbs

Social Justice: Membiership, Annual Appeal, Schools’ Liaison & Scfeening: Antonette Rothecker CWL: Irene Haynes Seniors: Betty Sparrowhawk Knights of Columbus: We appreciate help on these committees — Just call the office

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