Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church – Church Bulletin
Nativity of the Lord – Dec 25, 2011
Christmas Mass Schedule
Dec 24 (Sat) 8:00 pm (Bilingual) 7:30 pm Caroling
11:00 pm (Bilingual) 10:15 pm Caroling
(No Mass at 5 pm)
Dec 25 (Sun) 9:30 am Mass in Chinese
11:30 am Mass in English
Daily Mass Vision TV (Shaw Ch. 120) 5 am & 9 am, also in www.youtube.com/dailymass.
New Year Day, Mary, Mother of God
Day of Obligation (World Day of Prayer and Peace)
Dec 31 (Sat) Mandarin Mass 5:00 p.m.
Jan 01 (Sun) Cantonese Mass 8:15 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
English Mass 11:30 a.m.
First Friday Mass & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Jan 6 (Fri). Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 9:00 am to 7:45 pm. Vocations hour at 6 pm, Benediction at 7:45 pm followed by Mass in Cantonese at 8:00 p.m. Please sign up at the Info Counter. Divine Mercy Devotion at 7:20 pm. Prayer intentions will be offered in the Mass.
PARISH REGISTRATION We encourage newcomers and families to register at our parish. Those who have changed address or telephone number, please update it in Info Counter or Parish Office.
TAX DEDUCTIBLE FOR 2011 Remember your pledge in Project Advance? Please go online donation at www.rcav.org. Fulfill it before this Friday to ensure your donation be tax deductible for this year.
Offertory at Sunday Mass - 2012 If you would like to do the offertory e.g. in your day of significance, please sign up the registry at the Info Counter. First come first serve, and each one is limited to once a year.
Christmas Party Thanks to all volunteers and donors.
ESL class will start on Jan 3. Please encourage your friends and family to join and register at Info Counter.
Lunar Chinese New Year Dinner will be held on Jan 29, Sunday evening at Continental Seafood Restaurant. Dinner tickets will be available on Dec 31.
Good Buy Golf for Sale. Titleist 690 MB Forged Blade (8 pieces) and Titleist Tour Model Forged Blade (9 pieces). Please refer to notice board or contact Parish Office.
Children's Room Parents with babies and toddlers who use this room during Sunday Mass are kindly reminded to respect the quiet environment, prayerful atmosphere and the need of other parishioners so that they can attentively participate in Mass in the room. It is the role of parents to guide the liturgy to their children throughout the Mass.
Congratulations to our Newly Baptized Vianne Wong & Constance Lau
Supporter Appreciation Night 500 students from all across Canada will gather in Vancouver for this year Catholic Christian Outreach Rise Up National Conference at Hyatt Regency Vancouver on Dec 30 (Fri). You are invited to witness pat of this powerful event. Email riseup@cco.ca or call 604-780-7527, www.cco.ca/rise.up.
Catholic Directory 2012 Order from The B.C. Catholic at 604-683-0281 or http://bccatholic.ca/contact.
Devoutly Religious and Critically Scientific - Can You Be Both? Fr. John McCarthy, S.J. will explain it at St. Joseph the Worker Parish on Jan 7, 14 and 21 from 10 am to noon. Cost $50 include all materials. Register at continuinged@stmarkscollege.ca or call 604-822-6862.
Life in the Spirit Seminar The IC Delta, Charismatic Prayer Group invites you to a Thanksgiving Healing Mass. 12 priests will con-celebrate with main celebrant Fr. Abbot John Braganza. Jan 13 at 7:30 pm at Immaculate Conception Church. For info, please call Lennie at 604-597-8227.
Growing Through Suffering Talk by internationally noted speaker, author of many books and radio host Sr. Ann Shields on Jan 14, 10 am - 4:30 pm at St. Mary Church, 5251 Joyce Street. Tickets $10, bring a bagged lunch. Call 604-435-9611 ext. 230 or email servant_ablaze2011@yahoo.ca.
The World Day of Migrants and Refugees will begin with a week prayer and reflection and culminate on Jan 15 (Sun), Mass celebrated by Archbishop Miller at St. Helen Parish. Visit http://rcav.org/osj for more details.
Catholicism on Salt & Light It is an unprecedented television series produced by Fr. Robert Barron of Word on Fire Ministries that explores the Catholic faith like never before. Sundays at 5:30 pm and 9:30 pm. on Salt & Light Televisions and Salt & Light live web stream. Information: www.saltandlighttv.org/catholicism.