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St. Thomas More Catholic Parish
Pastor: Fr. Mitchell Fidyka
Permanent Deacons: Randy Abele, Chris Ashdown
210 Haddow Close, Edmonton, AB, T6R 2P3
Office: 780.434.6313 Rectory: 780.434.9483, Pastor’s Cell: (emergency only) 780.907.7782
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Website: https://stm.caedm.ca Email: [email protected]
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES Monday 6:00 pm
Tuesday 6:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am
Thursday 9:00 am
Friday 9:00 am
Saturday 9:00 am
WEEKEND MASS TIMES Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 am
10:00 am
12:00 pm
5:00 pm
CONFESSION 1 hour before all
morning & evening weekday Masses
ADORATION Tuesday 5:00 pm
1st Fridays 9 am - 3 pm
PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT:
Pastoral Care
Sacrament of the Sick: any day at any hour
Regular pastoral visits can be arranged for the homebound
Baptism
See Baptismal brochure in stand or look on website
Parents & godparents are required to take preparation classes
Marriages
Schedule an appointment before you book any other facilities
An approved pre-marriage course is required
A minimum of 4 months of notice is required
First Reconciliation and First Communion
For baptized children 7 years of age and older
Preparation classes are required
See green sacrament brochure for details
Confirmation
For those 11 years of age (by November 2019) and older
Registrations for Confirmation 2019 Program start in May.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
RCIA and RCIA - Adapted for Children (8-15 yrs.)
For those who wish to learn more about the Catholic faith or
who wish to become Catholic.
Classes start each fall.
PARISH STAFF:
Pastoral Assistants: Monica Bober & Shannon Van Soest
Youth & Family Evangelization Coordinator: Sara Dmitri
Administrative Assistant: Diane Middleton
Music Coordinator: Johanna Dietrich
Business & Volunteer Administrator: Olivia Dias
Interim Bookkeeper: Joey Kolinsky
Custodian: Marian Ragac
Evening Receptionist: Gideon Boyle
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time November 10, 2019
Our Offerings: November 3
Regular Sunday Collection: $19,411.00
Together We Serve: $8,715.00
Donations: $20,000.00
Next Sunday Readings:
Malachi 4:1-2, Psalm 98,
2 Thessalonians 3:7-12, Luke 21:5-19
Next Sunday Hymns:
BB 562 Let Heaven Rejoice, BB 620 The Cry of the Poor,
BB 596 Christ be Our Light, CBW 601 Gather Us Together,
CBW 605 I am the Living Bread,
CBW 568 Praise to the Lord
Mass Intentions
Mon. Nov. 11
Remembrance Day 6pm
Jeremy Sit
Zachary Alexander Connolly †
Tues.
Nov. 12 6pm
Lillian LaForge
Donald James Smith †
Wed.
Nov. 13 9am
Patrick de Bruin & Family
Estefania Espiritu †
Thurs.
Nov. 14 9am
Andrew Ilnicki † (2nd Anniversary of death)
Parishioners of STM in Thanksgiving for Blessings and Prayers for RCIA
Fri.
Nov. 15 9am
Juan Moreno (Special Blessings)
Larry Mahabir †
Sat.
Nov. 16
9am Elmar Abele †
Mathew Gamble (Birthday)
5pm Wilfred and Raphael Goh †
Oreste Virata †
Sun.
Nov. 17
8am Kay Free
10am Trudy Diane Flumerfelt †
12pm Malwina Szapiel †
5pm Dolores Aguirre (Birthday)
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On Monday, we celebrate Remembrance Day,
a day not only to remember war but to pray for peace.
Our suggestion for this week is Pius XII: Under the
Roman Sky. This feature film chronicles the role of the
Pope and Church in saving thousands of Jewish
lives. Our parish access code is TBQYW9.
“Children of the resurrection are children of God.”
It is November, the month of All Saints’, All Souls’ and Remembrance Day. It is a month of thinking about and praying for the
dead. As we near the end of the liturgical year, the readings turn toward end of times. Today’s readings concern the
Resurrection.
In the Gospel, the Sadducees, who do not believe in resurrection, are trying to trap Jesus in the riddle about seven brothers and
their widow. Jesus provides instruction about life after death; it will be radically different than life on earth.
Those who rise with Christ “are like Angels and are sons and daughters of God, being children of the resurrection.” In the
resurrection, nobody “gets the woman,” because women and men will know the freedom of being children of God.
Please note: November 11th is Remembrance Day
and the office will be closed.
Keep Christ in Christmas
Christmas Card Fundraiser
Beautiful Christmas card sets (10 cards/pack) will be
available this year for purchase at the entrance of the church
before and after weekend Masses. Cost: $10/pack, $25/3-
packs. The proceeds from the sale of the cards will be used
to support MaterCare International.
MaterCare International is an organization
of Catholic health professionals dedicated to
the care of mothers and babies. MCI’s mission
is to carry out the work of Evangelium Vitae
(the Gospel of Life) by improving the lives and health of
mothers and babies, both born and unborn, through new
initiatives of service, training, research, and advocacy
designed to reduce the tragic levels of abortion world-wide
and maternal and perinatal mortality, morbidity in
developing countries.
For more information: https://www.matercare.org/
Sponsored by the Culture of Life Ministry
for those from St. Thomas More who have recently passed away
Betty Wenger
Theresa Louise Walton
Matthew Patrick Monaghan
Julien Leblanc
John Kuspira
Doreen Ann Houle
Garnet Kingsley McKee
May God grant them eternal rest.
† Let us Pray †
The Living with Christ Sunday Missals for the 2019-2020
year have arrived. They can be purchased after the weekend
Masses at the entrance of the church and from the Parish
office: Sunday Missals ($5), Children's Sunday Missal ($10).
Annual Carmelite Craft Sale
After the Masses on the weekend of November 16/17, we
will be holding a sale of cards and crafts handmade by the
Carmelite sisters. We are so blessed to have them living,
praying and working in our Archdiocese.
Come and see their beautiful work and support them with a
purchase or donation.
The St. Joseph’s Hospital Auxiliary
is still seeking donations of gently used Christmas
decorations and jewelry for our annual Christmas Fair.
Please leave your clearly marked donations
in the cloakroom of the church.
We will continue to accept donations until November 17.
Prayers for the Sick
We care about the sick and suffering in our
parish and pray for them daily. These prayers
are included in the intentions of the rosary that
we pray before the Eucharist.
May they receive the peace & healing of the Lord
Infant Memorial Mass
Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 6:15 pm
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
13 Brower Drive, Sherwood Park
A Mass will take place to honour and remember children
who have died due to miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth,
infant or childhood death. We welcome and invite all
those who have suffered the loss of a child to join us.
You are invited to write your child’s name on a card
provided and place it on the Remembrance Tree
which will be located in the Foyer.
Petition of One Million
The petition calls on the government to recognize
children in the womb as human beings. This is the
last weekend to sign up at the entrance of the
church. Please bring signed petition sheets to the
Parish office by Monday, November 11th or mail
them to the address at the bottom of the petition
sheet.
For more information: http:petitionofonemillion.ca/
Archdiocesan Camps Renewal Project: Update 2
Planning for the redevelopment of the two archdiocesan
camps has entered a new phase with the Archbishop’s
approval of a 10-year business plan for the renewal project
and resumption of operations at Our Lady of Victory Camp
for the 2020 camping season.
Archbishop Smith reiterated his commitment to OLVC and
Camp Encounter at the first annual Archbishop’s Dinner on
October 4, noting that they have played life-shaping and
life-changing roles in the lives of many of the young people
who have attended the camps. On October 30, the Camps
Renewal Committee presented His Grace and archdiocesan
leaders with a concrete plan for moving forward. Highlights
include:
Programming will resume at OLVC in the
summer of 2020; some spring and fall
camping may also be offered. Registrations
will open in January 2020. Initial
improvements to OLVC include a new
family camping area, new maintenance and
storage building, and new wash facility.
At Camp Encounter, the plan aims to
introduce a broader audience to the joys of
camping in a Catholic environment. This
will require removal of aging structures
and development of tent and RV sites for families or parish/
school groups, along with new wash facilities. We anticipate
reopening Camp Encounter in 2022.
To read the complete update letter see:
The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton website.
The Catholic Women’s League of Canada
calls its members to grow in faith, and to
witness to the love of God through ministry
and service.
The next general council meeting will be
November 19th at 7pm in
Our Lady of the Rosary Room.
We will celebrate our sisters that have gone before us at a
Memorial Celebration.
Celebrating Anniversaries:
As requested by Pope Francis, we celebrate the
commitment to Marriage by celebrating
Vern & Lila Biever’s 67th Wedding Anniversary
May God bless you and deepen your love for each other.
For anyone who had their picture taken
for our Parish Directory,
please stop by the office to pick up your copy.
Lost Item?
We have quite a collection of small, semi valuable items that
have been turned into the parish office. If you are wondering
whatever happened to your keys, eye glasses, earring, prayer
book, rosary etc. then perhaps we have them! Please stop by
the office to identify and we will return it to you. We will be
donating the remaining items by the end of 2019.
Sacrament of Baptism
Congratulations to the Newly Baptized: In October, the
following children entered into the community of the
Trinity through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Zak Benjamin, Sean Dwayne, Luke Chidiebube,
Piper Grace, Harrison Sidonie, Olivia Jean,
Maisie Chrisarah, Rosalyn Mae Halley, Riley Elysse
Women of Dignity Conference: Be His, Be Brave, Be You
The 2019 Catholic Family Ministries Women’s Conference
is a weekend with Mary Bielski, national speaker and
evangelist. She has spoken to more than 100,000 Catholics
around the nation at retreats and conferences, and has
appeared on Catholic radio and television interviews
including EWTN and Catholic Crossroads Radio. Mary
draws her audience to the beauty of our Catholic faith, a
deeper love for Christ, the Eucharist, and the call to holiness.
Guest speaker is Fr. Paul Moret, and Mass will be celebrated
by Archbishop Smith. Join us November 29-30 at Holy
Trinity Parish, Spruce Grove. For more information, and to
register, please visit catholicfamilyministries.com
First Holy Communion:
The First Reconciliation/First Holy Communion
sacrament program begins when children are in
grade 2.
The next registration is
Saturday, December 5, 2019 from 9 -11am.
Brochures are available at your Catholic school, on our
website or in the entrance of our Parish (brochure stand).
Space is limited. Please register early to ensure the dates you
want are available.
Please remember our new
little brothers and sisters
in your prayers.
The St. Thomas More Parish Grocery
Card Program continues to welcome
greater parishioner participation. This is a
great way to support parish projects and charitable works, at
no cost to you.
Members of the Knights of Columbus sell Safeway,
Superstore, Sobeys, Save-On, Tim Hortons $25
and Boston Pizza $50 cards
before and after all Sunday morning Masses, and also on the
first and third Saturday of each month.
SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL –
Roger Plouffe, a parishioner from St. Thomas More who is
our contact in Fort Good Hope, for the North of 60
Program would like to thank everyone who made
it possible to send a Sea-can to the community last
spring. It was filled with food, clothing, and other supplies.
The sea-can will stay there and be used for storage.
Thank you to the Knights of Columbus, the CWL and all of
our parishioners who donated or volunteered in any way. Of
note, members from our Youth Group painted a beautiful
mural on one side, which will be blessed by the community
on Dec 9th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. This
mural has received many comments and people
are especially impressed when they find out who the painters
are. They are recruiting local artists to paint the other side
this spring. Many thanks to Lou Normand who is the
coordinator for North of 60 for St. Thomas More Parish.
If you wish to make a donation
to help one of our needy families, or if you have furniture
or household items that you no longer need,
please call 780-471-5577.
If you know of someone who needs help or want to learn
more about SSVP please visit our website at
www.ssvpedmonton.ca
The next Marriage Preparation
program at STM will take place
March 13, 14, and 15, 2020.
For information and to register, email
Please indicate your names, and anticipated wedding date
and location when emailing for information.
Couples may also complete Marriage Preparation through
Catholic Engaged Encounter:
http://ceewest.com/communities/edmonton/
