WORLD DAY OF PRAYER – Friday, March 2 at Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, 501-4th Avenue, New Westminster at 1:30 p.m. All are welcome!

ASH WEDNESDAY – FEBRUARY 22, LENT BEGINS Mass Times: 12:00 Noon

7:00 p.m.
Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday in Lent after the Noon Mass.

Lent is a preparation of Easter, a time of conversion, growth, repentance, almsgiving and prayer.
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstaining from meat for all adults.
Lent is a final preparation for catechumens and candidates who will receive the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and First Eucharist at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.
We are all called to repentance and renewal in which we can celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Every parish in the Archdiocese of Vancouver is assigned days during the year for Eucharistic Adoration. We are having it on Thursday and Friday.
Thursday, February 23: 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
Friday, February 24: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

There are sign-up sheets at the back of the Church to assure that someone will be in the Church during these times.

Please remember those among our families and friends who are suffering the burden of illness or pain especially: Albertine de Cupyer, Fleur Ange Diemert, Jessie Galliano, Peter Hendricks, Russell Jurick, Fran Thomson, Michael Breslin, Ludwina Cox, Araceli Castillo, Maria Gameiro, Ana Maria Lorenzo, Christine Morrison, Paula McLaughlin, Chris Cooley, Cora Viray, Olivera Lambeta, Gayle L., Doug Parker, Teresita Morabito, Christina Donovan, Hermine Gauthier, Julio Manghi, Kathleen McGuire, Donna Montgomery, Elizabeth Kelly, Eugenia Malapitan, Christopher Evans, Amy Evans, Laura Polych, Fluorina Polych, John Pandolfo, Rory Walker, Linda Walker, Alfred deSouza, Julia Doyle, Jack Schunk, Grace McFall, Marlon Peters, Joseph Sebellin and Christine Leary.

May they experience the love and warmth they need, that they may be healed in body and spirit.

Please remember those among our families and friends who are suffering the burden of illness or pain especially: Albertine de Cupyer, Fleur Ange Diemert, Jessie Galliano, Peter Hendricks, Russell Jurick, Fran Thomson, Michael Breslin, Ludwina Cox, Araceli Castillo, Maria Gameiro, Ana Maria Lorenzo, Christine Morrison, Paula McLaughlin, Chris Cooley, Cora Viray, Olivera Lambeta, Gayle L., Doug Parker, Teresita Morabito, Christina Donovan, Hermine Gauthier, Julio Manghi, Kathleen McGuire, Donna Montgomery, Elizabeth Kelly, Eugenia Malapitan, Christopher Evans, Amy Evans, Laura Polych, Fluorina Polych, John Pandolfo, Rory Walker, Linda Walker, Alfred deSouza, Julia Doyle, Jack Schunk, Grace McFall Marlon Peters and Joseph Sebellin.

May they experience the love and warmth they need, that they may be healed in body and spirit.

If you have a family member living in a senior’s home or long term care hospital, please let the parish office know so someone can visit and bring them communion if they wish to receive.

If a parishioner needs a ride to Mass on any weekend, please phone the office and we will find someone to bring you to the Church and take you home.

We are looking for a wheelchair in case it may be needed at the Church. If someone has one to sell or to donate to the Parish, please phone the office.

GROWING IN FAITH TOGETHER (GIFT) – Wednesday, March 14. Volunteers needed. If you can help please contact the parish office.

ZUMBA FITNESS: Time changed to 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS invite you to belong to our organization. For information please call Rod Giddens at 604-525-3030 or rgiddens@shaw.ca.

If you have a family member living in a senior’s home or long term care hospital, please let the parish office know so someone can visit and bring them communion if they wish to receive.

If a parishioner needs a ride to Mass on any weekend, please phone the office and we will find someone to bring you to the Church and take you home.

GROWING IN FAITH TOGETHER (GIFT) – Wednesday, March 14. Volunteers needed. If you can help please contact the parish office. GIFT Meeting – Tuesday, February 7 at 7 pm.

We are looking for a wheelchair in case it may be needed at the Church. If someone has one to sell or to donate to the Parish, please phone the office.

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: We will celebrate the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick on Saturday and Sunday, February 11 and 12. All adults and children whose health is seriously impaired by sickness or old age may receive this sacrament.

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS invite you to belong to our organization. For information please call Rod Giddens at 604-525-3030 or rgiddens@shaw.ca.

LINE DANCING WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY, February 10, 7 to 9 PM until the end of April. 

CONSIDER THE INCREASING COSTS OF OUR PARISH…….PLEASE REVIEW YOUR SUNDAY GIFT.

As the New Year begins, please consider the costs associated with operating our parish. Your offertory gifts help make the many ministries, outreach programs and community support activities in our parish possible. Most importantly, you help maintain our place of worship for you and your family to use each week.

EVENTS HOSTED BY ST. MARK’S COLLEGE AND CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE. 

The 2012 Carr Lecture with Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ.

1. Pluto and the Vatican: How do science and religion handle changes in our understanding of reality?

Feb. 25. Doors open at 6 pm. Public lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. at the HR MacMillan Space Centre, 

1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver. Admission by donation.

2. Discarded Worlds: Astronomical ideas that were almost correct. Feb. 27. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 

Lecture begins at 7 p.m. Hebb Theatre at UBC, 2045 East Mall, Vancouver. Free admission.

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New Westminster Churches present the Community Lenten Services. Wednesday Evenings February 29 to March 28 at 7:30 pm: Prayer, Refreshments, Presentation, Discussion. 

1. Wed., Feb. 29: “The Body as a Living Sacrifice” at First Presbyterian Church, 335 Seventh Street.

2. Wed., March 7: “Prayer and the Body”. Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, 930 Cumberland Street.

3. Wed., March 14: “Liturgical Dance”. Shiloh United Church, 1111 Sixth Avenue.

4. Wed., March 21: “No Body By Request”. Holy Trinity Cathedral, 514 Carnarvon Street.

5. Wed., March 28: “The Resurrection of the Body”. Knox Presbyterian Church, 403 E.Columbia Street.

May they experience the love and warmth they need, that they may be healed in body and spirit.

Please keep in your prayers: Nicholas VanderZalm who passed away on Sunday, January 29. 

Funeral Mass was held on Saturday, February 4.

Parishioners who have old palms, can drop them off in the lid provided at the church entrance. 

If you have a family member living in a senior’s home or long term care hospital, please let the parish office know so someone can visit and bring them communion if they wish to receive.

FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION – Friday, February 3 from 12:30 pm to 2 pm. 

LAST LINE DANCING will be held on Friday, February 3. No more line dancing until further notice. 

If a parishioner needs a ride to Mass on any weekend, please phone the office and we will find someone to bring you to the Church and take you home.

We are looking for a wheelchair in case it may be needed at the Church. If someone has one to sell or to donate to the Parish, please phone the office.

BC CATHOLIC COLLECTION (Saturday/Sunday, February 4/5): 

On February 4 and 5, parishes in the Archdiocese of Vancouver will be taking up an important Second Collection. The Catholic Press collection is held once a year to help your parish mail The B.C. Catholic weekly newspaper to Catholic homes. On February 4 and 5, please us the special BC Catholic Envelope in your envelope set to make a donation.

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New Westminster Churches present the Community Lenten Services. Wednesday Evenings February 29 to March 28 at 7:00 pm: Prayer, Refreshments, Presentation, Discussion. 

1. Wed., Feb. 29: “The Body as a Living Sacrifice” at First Presbyterian Church, 335 Seventh Street.

2. Wed., March 7: “Prayer and the Body”. Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, 930 Cumberland Street.

3. Wed., March 14: “Liturgical Dance”. Shiloh United Church, 1111 Sixth Avenue.

4. Wed., March 21: “No Body By Request”. Holy Trinity Cathedral, 514 Carnarvon Street.

5. Wed., March 28: “The Resurrection of the Body”. Knox Presbyterian Church, 403 Columbia Street.

Please keep in your prayers: Gordon Finlayson who passed away on Monday, January 23. Memorial Mass on Friday, February 3 at noon.

May they experience the love and warmth they need, that they may be healed in body and spirit.

Following up on the information booklet you received in last Sunday’s bulletin, today you will find action cards to sign at the back of the church. This card is a way to express our support with small-scale farmers who urgently request the promotion of agricultural models that will enable them to feed their communities, participate in the fight against climate change, and improve their living conditions. All signed cards will be mailed together to D&P headquarters.

Banns of proposed marriage between Paulo Gene Torrella and Laarni Lumbao who are planning to be married on February 16, 2012. 

Parishioners who have old palms, can drop them off in the lid provided at the church entrance. 

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MEETING – Monday, January 23, 7 pm in the Meeting Room. 

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING – Tuesday, January 24 at 7 pm in the Meeting Room. 

PRO-LIFE PRAYERS will be held on Wednesday, January 25 after the noon mass. 

If you have a family member living in a senior’s home or long term care hospital, please let the parish office know so someone can visit and bring them communion if they wish to receive.

Registration for 2012/2013 at Our Lady of Mercy School 

If you have a child ready for Kindergarten for the 2012/2013 school year, please call Mrs. David at the school office @ 604-526-7121. Waiting List Application forms are available for download from our website www.ourladyofmercy.ca or for pick up at the school office. If you would like to have your child on the waiting list for Kindergarten, please send the waiting list application form in as soon as possible. We will be running a full day kindergarten. Please do not delay as the list fills quickly.

Waiting List Application forms for Grades 1 to 7 are also available for download or for pick up at the school office. Please submit completed forms along with a copy of your child’s most recent report card. Thank you.

EXPERIENCE AN “ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS”: Music, Message & Adoration with Mark Mallett. Canadian singer/songwriter, Catholic evangelist & author. Wednesday, January 25 at Holy Spirit Parish, 

244 Lawrence Street, New Westminster, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Music CD’s, books etc. available for purchase afterwards. A free will offering will be taken up in support of Mark’s ministry.