Pastoral Staff Pastor: FR. LUCIANO CORTOPASSI luciano.cortopassi@calgarydiocese.ca Associate Pastor: FR. LUKAS DRAPAL associatepastor@stjamesparishrc.com *Appts to be arranged through the parish office Receptionist: AILEEN LAMONTAGNE Submissions for the bulletin go to: bulletin@stjamesparishrc.com * DEADLINE IS THURSDAY 10:00am * St. James Church 338060 32nd St. East Religious Education: LEANNE PLAMONDON (Street Address only) religiousedu@stjamesparishrc.com Youth Ministry Coordinator: AMY HEGGENSTALLER-BOON Okotoks youth@stjamesparishrc.com Parish Screening Coordinator: JIHANE ALLEN volunteer@stjamesparishrc.com Custodian St. James Church: CHRISTINE GEERS Custodian St. Michaels Church: CATHERINE KLUG Parish Mailing Address St. James Parish, Site 7, Box 41, RR#2 Okotoks, AB T1S 1A2 Phone: 403-938-3122 Fax: 403-938-0524 Email: office@stjamesparishrc.com OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday 9:00-12:30 & 1:00-3:00pm *Closed 12:30-1pm for Lunch* *Closed 3rd Friday of the Month SCHEDULE FOR ST. MICHAEL S CHURCH: St. Michael s Church Regular Mass Times: Sun: 9:00am Wed: 9:00am Fri: 9:00am Reconciliation Schedule: After weekday Mass Friday only. (Street address only) Solemn Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Friday following 9:00am Mass 402 Government Road Black Diamond SCHEDULE FOR ST. JAMES CHURCH (see inside for any Mass time changes over the Holidays) Regular Mass Times: Sun: 7:30am, 11:00am & 5:30pm Tues: 7:00pm Weds: 7:30am Thurs: 9:30am Fri: 7:30am Sat: 5:30pm Reconciliation Schedule: Sunday, 4-5pm, Tuesday after Mass, 7:30-8:30pm, Saturday, 4-5pm Solemn Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Tuesday following Mass 7:30-8:30pm Weekday Adoration: *6-9am & 5-7pm*, sign up sheet is in the chapel
Upcoming Events and Activities Please Note!!! The Parish Office will be Closed from Fri. Dec. 21st to Jan. 1st, 2019. St. James Church 338060 Avenue and 32nd Street East, Okotoks Christmas Eve December 24th 5:00pm and 8:00pm Christmas Day December 25th 10:00am New Year s Eve December 31st 5:00pm New Year s Day January 1st, 2019 11:00am St. Michael s Church 402 Government Road, Black Diamond Christmas Eve December 24th 10:00pm Christmas Day December 25th 9:00am New Year s Day January 1st, 2019 9:00am There will be NO MASSES held on Weds. Dec. 26th, Thurs. Dec. 27th & Fri. Dec. 28th. We are starting a 5:30pm Sunday Choir and need musicians and singers to join us. If you have the talents to sing or play an instrument & are interested in sharing these talents with our congregation please contact Maureen MacLennan, the Music Ministry Coordinator at # 403-899-8509. Thank you and God Bless you and your families. 4th Annual Parish Cup! Sat. Feb. 2nd, 2019 Buffet Dinner Cash Bar Fun & Games! Silent Auction Raffle Invitation! As we prepare to celebrate the glory of the newborn king we are welcoming any interested children to dress as Angels or Shepherds for Christmas Eve Mass this year. Christmas Eve Mass December 24th St. James Church, Okotoks - 5:00pm Arrive by 4:45 to be dressed and ready to join the procession at the beginning of Mass. -Please arrange for your own garments. -Children dressed as Shepherds and Angels will be sitting at the steps of the altar for the first portion of Mass. St. Michael's Church - Christmas Eve Mass. 10.00 p.m. Children - come prepared! The Gloria will be sung for the first time since the beginning of Advent. The singing of the Gloria by the Angels at Bethlehem, announced the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us join the Angels Be sure to bring some little bells (jingle bells) which you can ring during the Gloria. Date: Time: Place: January 11, 2019 7:00pm St. James Parish Hall Let us welcome, into our parish community, all the children who have received the Sacrament of Baptism. Alison Robinson Carter Ostrowski GOD BLESS YOU & CONGRATULATIONS! From Catholic Charities, RE: Year End Giving. In order to receive 2018 tax receipts for donations to St. James Parish, they must be received by December 31, 2018 at midnight OR post marked by December 31 (cheques).
Page 3 ST. JAMES PARISH - SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION - 2018-2019 Registration available at the Parish office & on the Website *Please note: If your child has not received any sacraments at St. James or St. Michael s Church, a copy of their baptismal certificate must be given at the time of registration.* Contact Leanne Plamondon, our Religious Education Coordinator, at the Parish Office for more information about the sacraments. By Phone: 403-938-3122 or by email: religiousedu@stjamesparishrc.com Rite of Christian Initiation These programs are designed for people of all ages who desire to be fully initiated into the Catholic Church or to receive the Catholic Sacraments they have missed. Registration is ongoing at the Parish Office for all programs. of Children (RCIC) This program is designed for all children age 7 and older (grades 2 to 6). Sessions are monthly on Wednesdays from 6:30-8pm at St. James Church. of Teens (RCIT) This program is designed for all youth in grades 7-12. Sessions are twice per month on Tuesdays from 7pm-9pm at St. James Church. of Adults (RCIA) This program is designed for all adults ages 18 & older. Sessions are weekly on Tuesdays from 7pm- 9pm at St. James Church. Sacraments of Initiation for all ages are received at the Easter Vigil. First Communion 2019 For students in Grade 2 & up who have completed their First Reconciliation. ALL CLASSES WILL BE MONDAYS 6:30pm-8pm. Parent and student are to attend each session and retreat. Cost $30. Session #1: Monday, April 29th Blessing at Mass : Sat. May 11th @ 5:30pm Session #2: Monday, May 13th Session #3: Monday, May 27th Session #4: Monday, June 10th Retreat & Rehearsal: Saturday, June 15 @ 9am-12:30pm 1st Communion Sacramental Mass: Saturday & Sunday, June 22nd & 23rd, 2019 (at all Masses) *Extra Registration Date: Mon. Mar 11th @3pm-8pm, St. James Church Confirmation 2019 For students in Grade 6 and up. ALL CLASSES WILL BE MONDAYS 6:30pm-8pm. Parent & student to attend each session. Cost $40. Session #1: Monday, January 14th Blessing at Mass : Sat. Jan 26th @ 5:30pm Session #2: Monday, January 28th Session #3: Monday, February 11th Session #4: Monday, March 4th Session #5: Monday, March 18th Session #6: Monday, April 1st Session #7: Monday, April 15th Service Day/ Retreat & Rehearsal: TBD Celebration of Confirmation with Bishop William McGrattan: Saturday, May 25th, 2019 @ 11:00am BAPTISM PREPARATION Registration takes place at the Parish Office before the session. A Baptism Preparation session is required for the baptism of your first child. (Baptisms take place the 2 nd and 4 th Saturdays & Sundays of each month after the 5:30pm and 11am mass in Okotoks, and at the 9am Mass in Black Diamond. Cost is $20.00. Sessions: Sat, January 26th, 2019 @ 1pm Wed, March 13th, 2019 @ 7pm Wed, May 1st, 2019 @ 7pm Wed, June 12th, 2019 @ 7pm Seniors Group Meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays after daily Mass! Come Join Us! *next meet in January! Documents required: *Birth Certificate of child *Baptism Certificate of parent(s) *Annotated Baptismal Certificate of Godparent(s) This is a baptism certificate that shows date of Confirmation as well. SAVE THE DATE! Watoto Choir We Will Go Live Tour Tues. Feb. 26th, 2019 MARRIAGE PREPARATION Phone the Parish Office at least 6 months before marriage and make an appointment. Marriage preparation sessions are mandatory for those preparing for marriage. Cost is $150.00 per couple. Sessions run Friday @ 7-9pm and continue Saturday @ 9am-4pm on the following dates: February 8 th & 9 th, 2019 April 26 th & 27 th, 2019 Follow up meetings with a Sponsor couple take place after the weekend on your own time. St. James Catholic Women's League (CWL) Memberships for 2019 are now available and can be dropped off at the parish office. The fee is $25.00. New members are welcome. If you would like more information about CWL, call Vi Lake at 403-938-2369 or email vilake@telus.net.
St. James Parish THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH Page 4 ass Times & Mass Intentions Sunday - Dec 23 Cole Clark Brian Lyttle 11:00am - St. James Ryan Fox Monday - Dec 24 5:00pm - St. James 8:00pm - St. James Maria-Theresa Allen 10:00pm - St. Michael s Kilcommons Family Tuesday - Dec 25 10:00am - St. James Macy Weisgerber Wednesday - Dec 26 7:30am - NO MASS 9:00am - NO MASS Thursday - Dec 27 9:30am - NO MASS Friday - Dec 28 7:30am - NO MASS 9:00am - NO MASS Activities For The Week Coffee Sunday after 9am Mass, St. Michael s Church Coffee Sunday after 11am Mass hosted by: Arts & Environment, St. James Church Hall Parish Office CLOSED Please NOTE: The Parish Office will be CLOSED for the Christmas holidays until Jan. 1st, 2019. NO MASS NO MASS NO Meeting for ROLW Merry Christmas! See you January 10th! NO MASS Saturday - Dec 29 Ottenbreit Family Sunday - Dec 30 Ed Zimmer Teodorico Y. Villegas 11:00am - St. James Xavier Labelle & Family Grocery Gift Cards for Sale after Mass, St. James Church Grocery Gift Cards for Sale after Mass, St. James Church Coffee Sunday after 9am Mass, St. Michael s Church Coffee Sunday after 11am Mass, St. James Church Hall
St. James Parish THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH Page 5 ass Times & Mass Intentions Monday - Dec 31 5:00pm - St. James Herb, Jihane & Maria-Theresa Allen Tuesday - Jan 1 Beatrice Pityn 11:00am - St. James Travis & Jodie Wednesday - Jan 2 Nicholas Kilcommons Eleanor Laurette Mann Thursday - Jan 3 9:30am - St. James Marie-Anne McGuire Parish Office is Open! Activities For The Week HIS Choir Practice 7:30-10pm, St. James Church Friday - Jan 4 Ben Kilmer Gail Szostak Saturday - Jan 5 Rae Poelzer Sunday - Jan 6 Bill Camel George Martin 11:00am - St. James Jose Olarte Divine Mercy Chaplet before 9am Mass, St. Michael s Church Coffee Sunday after 9am Mass, St. Michael s Church Coffee Sunday after 11am Mass, St. James Church Hall The Living Nativity Committee would like to extend a HUGE THANK YOU to all who contributed in any way to the amazing success of our 2 nd Living Nativity. It takes a lot of commitment from a lot of people to put together an event that brings the beautiful story of the birth of Jesus to all our parishioners, the congregations of other local churches, our entire community and communities beyond Okotoks and Black Diamond. The individuals and groups involved are too numerous to mention so if you played a part THANK YOU!! This meaningful event was extraordinary because of more than 2,200 visitors, so if you came to visit the Living Nativity last Saturday we THANK YOU!
Page 6 Adoration MINISTRY Bereavement Ministry Children s Liturgy Coffee Sunday Couples for Christ Finance Council KofC St. James KofC St. Michael s Music Ministry Parish Pastoral Council Pastoral Care St. James Pastoral Care St. Michael s Prayer Chain RCIA CONTACT INFO Chris Kiegler chriskiegler@gmail.com 403-803-8399 Barbara Zimmer zimmb@shaw.ca Karla Seitz K-faye@hotmail.com 403-998-2445 Dana Wiens coffeesunday@shaw.ca Julius Strachan Julius_strachanjr@yahoo.com 403-630-5291 Spencer Mortimer skmortimer@yahoo.com Dave Wilson davewil72@yahoo.ca Joe Bews 403-558-2291 Maureen MacLennan mmaclennan@redeemer.ab.ca Keith Hartman kshartmanranch@gmail.com 403-995-9808 Mary McGinness 403-995-0202 Mavis Hills 403-933-4741 Vi Lake vilake@telus.net Leanne Plamondon religiousedu@stjamesparishrc.com 403-938-3122 Rivers of Living Water Prayer Group Seniors Group rolwinfo@shaw.ca religiousedu@stjamesparishrc.com St. James Catholic Women s League St. Vincent de Paul Okotoks St. Vincent de Paul Black Diamond Stewardship Youth Ministry Shirley Mutschler bsmutsch@telus.net Julie Ann Heggenstaller jheggenstaller@gmail.com 403-938-0562 John Walsh 403-933-4955 Colleen Mortimer colleenmortimer6@gmail.com Amy Heggenstaller-Boon youth@stjamesparishrc.com
S t. J a m e s P a r i s h Sunday Collections SVDP REPORT December 9, 2018 Collections: $8,189.25 Preauthorized: $1,875.92 December 16, 2018 Collections: $ 8,033.00 Preauthorized: $ 1,875.92 Total: Goal: Total: Goal: $10,065.17 $10,538.00 $ 9,908.92 $10,538.00 Building Fund December 16, 2018 Month to date: Monthly Payment: First of all thank you all for your continued donations which allows us to assist our community. A total of $6063.28 was spent in the month of December providing assistance to local people. 18 home visits were done seeing 20 adults and 28 children with a total of 49.65 volunteer hours. Assistance was given in form of utilities, food, rent, and daily living. Total Revenue is $210,001.67. Merry Christmas and may God Bless each and every one of you! Together in Action Weekly Goal: $2,271.00 $4,687.50 $7,289.00 YTD: Children s Collection Alberta s Children s HOSPITAL $5,715.17 *On Fri. Dec. 14th Fr. Luciano went to the Children s Hospital to drop off a cheque along with the many generous gifts that were donated. Thank you so much for your support! Safeway/Sobeys & Save-On Foods Gift Cards Nov 1 - Nov 30, 2018 Year to date Sold Proceeds to the Parish ST. JAMES CWL PARISH COUNCIL DONATIONS ALTAR SERVERS January 1 to December 31, 2018 Thank You! $1,715.25 $33,453.50 BOTTLES FOR Bring your empties to the church the last weekend of each month to help raise money for the Altar Servers. There will be a truck in the NE corner of the parking lot that they can be loaded on to. 2018 Goal $45,854 $882.00 Collections: Mortgage Balance: $472,909.80 2018: Page 7 ST. JAMES FINANCIAL CORNER Local Donations: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd$ 400.00 Christ the Redeemer bus - students retreat 300.00 Candles for Bereavement Mass 10.50 School Lunch Programs 1,200.00 Magic of Christmas 200.00 Scholarship for girls at HTA 500.00 High River Pro Life Bishop s Dinner Charities 200.00 St. Mary s University CWL Chair for Catholic Studies Rowan House Okotoks Legion Veterans Food Bank St. Luke s Outreach Youth Group 245.01 Diocesan Seminarian Fund 300.00 Captivenia 200.00 Okotoks Food Bank (3 families) 300.00 Feed the Hungry 250.00 Snacks for students during exams 180.26 $11,950.00 $66,960.00 $5,022.00 Provincial Initiative: Nickels for the North National Initiative: Coady Institute (education in leadership for women) Catholic Missions in Canada Development & Peace Catholic Near East Welfare Association CNEW GRAND TOTAL $5,285.77 These funds were raised from all our fundraising events throughout the year. With your support we were able to make donations to these various organizations in our province as well as throughout Canada and internationally. WE SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!!!
Stewardship Reflection Dec. 23rd, 2018-4th Sunday in Advent For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. (Luke 1:44) When you hear the scripture readings and Gospel reading each Sunday, do you leap for joy? If not, don t blame the lecturer or priest, rather look inside yourself. Do you prepare for Mass each week or do you just show up and expect to be entertained? We are called to be active participants, not passive by-standers. PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE 2019 If you are interested in joining our Pilgrimage to Medjugorje, May 30 - June 14, 2019, or would like more information, PLEASE CONTACT: Angie Steciw - 403-8033085, or Bernadette Levandosky 403-938-3727. Please support these Advertisers, who have supported us!