person wants to get rid of such information one or two keystrokes wipes everything away. Then we start fresh with no trace of the past any-where to be found. This is what our Lenten season is calling us to--complete trust in the goodness and forgive-ness of the God who sent his only Son to save us from ourselves. May we gladly and joy-

fully accept that gift.

Today's Gospel passage contains probably the most well known and quoted verse in the whole Bible: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who be-lieves in him may not perish but may have eter-nal life." This is from John, chapter 3, verse 16.

When we compare our sins with the love of God, there is no contest. So many times we agonize about things we have done wrong and re-pented of, giving our-selves unnecessary grief. God's love covers over all of our past wrongdoing. This is really hard for us to believe because it goes against the way that our society operates. Do something criminally wrong and you end up in prison until you pay your debt.

Sometimes the Good News is too good. We are so used to earning every-thing that we have, we also want to earn our forgiveness. The teaching on Justifica-tion clearly goes against any sense of discourage-ment we may have be-cause of our past wrong-doings. When God for-

gives, God forgets. There is no book up in heaven where God is keeping track of our sins. If God does keep track it is more like putting information into a computer. When a

Pastoral Visit to the

Parish of the

Archbishop.

Archbishop Miller will be

making a pastoral visit to

the parish on Saturday

March 17th, 2018 and

Sunday March 18th, 2018

He will be celebrating the

9.00 a.m. mass on Satur-

day morning, following

this he will be meeting

with members of the par-

ish community who are

involved various forms of

ministry in the parish

community.

On Sunday March 18th,

2018 he will be celebrat-

ing the 11.00 a.m. mass

following this there will

be a reception for him to

meet parishioners; be-

cause we do not have a

parish hall to use and the

community centre is

booked the “Lunch re-

ception” will held be at

‘Rozzni’s Restaurant’ in

Port Royal, again space

is limited, after all the

volunteers have received

their tickets, then the

remaining tickets will be

made available.

Absolutely Free

HOLY SPIRIT

PA R I S H N E W S L E T T E R

Share Lent in the name of peace: - A school of

community leaders in Peru: for the fourth week of Lent, let’s go to Peru and discover one of Dvelopment and Peace’s partners, the Bar-tolome de Las Casas Institutel! It runs the Hugo Echegaray leadership school, where stu-dents strengthen their capac-ity for dialogue, consensus, participation and consultation in order to exercise ethical and responsible civic leadership in their communities. The Soli-darity Sunday collection will be celebrated in all Canadian parishes next week. We will appeal to your generosity in support of our sisters and brothers in the Global South who fight every day for peace, human dignity, and social justice.

Friday Evenings dur-

ing Lent at 6.30 p.m. We will walk the Way of the Cross, the last walk of Jesus before He gave up His life for our sinfulness. Following the Way of the

Cross there will be Mass.

March 11th, 2018 Issue 6 Volume 12

Archdiocesan

Holy Hour for Vo-

cations to the

Priesthood and

Consecrated Life Join Fr. Rodney Noote-bos, Director of Voca-tions and Seminarians, along with other mem-bers of the faithful throughout the archdio-cese, in a monthly Holy Hour of prayer, intensely focused on asking the "Lord of the Harvest to send forth labourers into

the harvest." The next one is on Thursday, March 15, at St. Nicho-las Parish, Langley, 7 - 8 p.m.

Sleep Out

Do you have the heart to sleep out for the homeless? Join us on Friday, March 16 to raise awareness and funds for those experiencing homelessness. We will start with a Mass at 7 p.m., fol-lowed by prayer and shar-ing to get to know and bond with each other. There will be an opportunity to learn

more about Catholic Street Missionaries. The next morn-ing, we will end with sharing our experiences at break-fast. http://rcav.org/event/sleep-out-2018

Mass of Remembrance

Join us on Sunday,

March 18, for our monthly Mass of Remembrance as we pray together for our loved ones that have passed away this month. Mass will be held at BOTH 12:30 and 2:30 pm in our Evangelist Chapel at Gar-dens of Gethsemani, Surrey. Visit rccav.org/events for

more information.

ence. The Dying Healed program is set up by Life-Canada and distributed and organized locally by Vancouver’s Life Com-munity. March 20, 21, 22 at 7 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church Hall, Vancouver. To register, visit http://rcav.org/event/dying-healed-workshop-3/

Dying Healed Work-shop - Learn more about palliative and hos-pice care, assisted sui-cide, and euthanasia. Is there value to human suffering and what is human dignity? There are so many people who are alone, vulnerable, sick, and who feel de-spair and hopelessness. When we learn to care for others by visiting them, we can help them restore their dignity, just by our mere quiet pres-

Filipino Ministry We are in need of two members of the parish to work with other members of the Filipino Com-munity in the Archdiocese under the leader ship of Dea-con GregBarcelon. Please e-mail Fr. David with your name, phone number if you would be involved. He will then let Deacon Greg know.

many distrac-tions, continues to be an almost lost reality for many. Join us for his talk on Keeping Families in Faith: The Do-mestic Church in a Global Village. Tickets are not on sale yet. More details to come at: http://rcav.org/event/cardinal-tagle

EnCourage Group Meet-

ing—Spiritual support meeting for members of EnCourage on Sunday, March 18, from 2:30-4:30pm at St. Helen's Parish, Burnaby.

Cardinal Tagle in

Vancouver: March

19 Save the date! Cardi-nal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Archbishop of Manila, will be giving a public address at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, on Monday, March 19, at 6 p.m. Highlighting one of our Archdiocesan Priorities and Goals: Strengthening Marriages and Families, Cardinal Tagle will address the challenges of living the faith within family life. Family time, among today’s

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Third Sunday of Lent-March

10/11th, 2018. – The Gospel story

of Jesus’ encounter with Nicode-mus, a Pharisee and leader of the Jews who comes to Jesus by night, recognizing Jesus as a teacher from God, but coming in secret for fear of being put out of the syna-gogue. Jesus rebukes him for his lack of understanding. Good stew-ards realize that for the sake of this world, God gives his most cherished beloved son. And so they are willing to confess Jesus as their Lord and saviour in a public way. They do not keep their faith to themselves, in darkness. The Gospel reading challenges us to profess our faith in word and deed publicly, not to hide it away. Are we willing to accept the Gospel’s challenge? Are we willing to get out of our personal “comfort zone” and confess our faith in Christ Jesus in an open, tangible way?

Sunday Tithing for March 4th 2018 125 families tithed to the parish $2285.00 1 families gifted in St. Joseph’s

Society offerings $10.00 45 fami-lies donated to the Building Fund

$859.00

Income Tax Receipts: There are still a number of 2017 Income Tax receipts for Regular and Project Advance donations in the vesti-bule of the Church. Please make sure you pick up your copy.

Project Advance Appeal: The goal for the Archdiocese has been raise to $16,000.00 Parish Goal of $50,000.00 remains the same. We are in need of a Chairperson/Secretary for this years appeal –Please see Father if you are interested phone 604-521- 0334 for more details of what this

entails.

Propitiation and the

Meaning of Easter - How do Donne, Rembrandt, and Milton deepen our appreciation for the sacri-fice of Jesus Christ? Reflecting on a range of profound poetic and artistic materials – mainly from the late Ren-aissance period – will help us prepare for Holy Week and its culmination of the events of Good Friday and Easter. Join us on Saturday, March 24, at 11 a.m. at St. Mark's College. Presenta-tion by Dr. Dennis Daniel-

son, Professor Emeritus, UBC Department of English

New VANSPEC Site Centre The VANSPEC program is now available at Our Lady of Assump-tion Parish, Coquitlam. Our program offers one-on-one catechism classes for students who learn best through tailored individual lessons. We are now accepting stu-dents; however, space is limited. With the new site centre, we are also

looking for catechists and catechist assistants. Call us, this may lead to a special spiritual journey for you. Please contact Vanspec Site Coordinator for Our Lady of Assumption Parish, Julie Lee at 604-813-3310 or email j_lee88@live.com or contact Vanspec Coordinator, Lucy Rodjito at lrodjito@rcav.org or Vanspec@rcav.org http://vanspec.ca

Rachel's Vineyard

Retreat—"Oh, my soul,

you are not alone. There's a place where fear has to face the God you know. One more day, He will make a way. Let Him show you how, you can lay this down, 'cause you're not alone." - Lyrics "Oh my Soul" by Casting Crowns Have you ever thought about what that would feel like to be able to lay it down? To be free of the shame, regret and pain you have been living with since

ShareLent Work-

shop: Together for

Peace - Development & Peace – Caritas Canada invites you to a free work-shop, Together for Peace, on Thursday, March 15, from 7 - 9 p.m. at All Saints Parish Center, Coquitlam. All are welcome! For more information, contact pinky.devpeace@gmail.co

m or 604-612-9677.

the day of your abortion? You are not alone. He will make a way, and He will show you how. Come join us on a Ra-chel's Vineyard™ Retreat. Next retreat is May 2018. For confi-dential information and to register, call 604-525-0999.

-million D&P response to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. In a world rife with reli-gious, ethnic, and political conflicts, D&P is working to heed the words of St. Fran-cis and be “instruments of God’s peace and of bringing hope where there is de-spair.” Please generously support your D&P cam-paign this Lenten season

Development & Peace: Share Lent on March 18 - In 2018, Develop-ment and Peace – Cari-

tas Canada’s Share Lent theme is “Together for Peace,” which follows up on our fall 2017 write-in campaign of “Peace be with Her.” After 10 years of cam-paigning, we celebrate the just-announced appoint-ment of an ombudsman to oversee the responsible social behaviour of the extractive mining industries at home and abroad and are thankful for the over $1

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Parish Office Hours Office is Closed on Mondays. Tuesday—Friday 10.00a.m. –4.30 p.m.

Sunday Mass Times 5.00 p.m. Saturday 9.00 & 11.00 a.m. Sunday. Week Day Masses Tuesday & Friday 7.00 P.M. Wed, Thurs & Sat 9.00 a.m. Confessions Saturday 9.30 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.—4.30 p.m. or by ap-pointment Parish Religious Education Safe Environment Policy PREP Co-Coordinator 604-521-0334

Pastoral Planning: Mr Renato Canizares; 604-540-6083; Mr. Robert Maloto-778-

397-9240 Mrs: Cheryl Sehn 778-929-0283; Mr. Ray Jalijali 778-997-7759 Stewardship/Finance Ms Cecilia Cartago. 604-522-9901 Mrs. Helen Montojo 604-544-3403 Mr. Julius Legaspi 604-354-1491

Lectors Coordinator Mr. Armando Cordova 604-307-8009 Music Ministry 5.00 p.m. & 9.00 a.m. Dr. Audrey Zylmans 604-321-2505 11.00 a.m. Choir Mr. Francis Dinglasan 604-834-1767 Church Cleaning Mrs. Sharon Apolonio 604-540-8248 Development & Peace Representative Mr. Joe Vaz—604-515-8251 Knights of Columbus Grand Knight: Mr. Alfred Yano—604-526-8484

Confessions for the New

Westminster Deanery;

Our Parish date is Wednes-

day March 21st, 2018

The following priest’s will

be hearing confessions:-

Msgr. B. Rossi; Fr. Rey

Usman; Fr. Mariano Bar-

reto; Fr. Thomas Smith; Fr.

Tomson Egirious; Fr. David

Hughes. Confession begin

at 7.00 p.m. and end at

8.00p.m.

244 Lawrence Street

New Westminster, BC

V3M5L1

Telephone: 604-521-0334 Fax: 604-521-9518. E-mail: holyspirit@shaw.ca

Please keep the following people in thoughts and prayers this week as we wish them a return to good health: Mrs Dina Battilana; Fr. Alan Boisclai.Fr. Anthony Boniface; Mrs. E. Canil; Mr. Frank Cirillo: Mrs. A. De Paoli; Fr. Glenn Dion,Mr. John McLaugh-lin; Mrs. Irma Morgan; Mrs. A. Pellizzari; Fr. Brian Reeves; Mrs. Grace Sami; Mrs. Savina Sebellin; Mrs. E. Scomazzon;.Fr. Michael Shier; Mrs. Isleda Zanocco; ;

Through the intercession of St. John Paul the Great , we humbly present our prayers for the needs of the sick to Our Heavenly Father.

HOLY SPIRIT Parish

not following this norm the Catholic party/ies cannot re-ceive any of the Sacraments until they have normalized their relationship with the Church. Registrations are now neces-sary to secure a spot at all Marriage Prep courses. This can be done online or by tele-phone. Please refer all couples to our webpage for more infor-mation. Our registration webpage is :http://rcav.org/m-prep/ Validation: If your marriage was not cele-brated as a Sacrament and you wish it to be recognized by the Church, then call the parish office to make an appointment to see Father. Funerals

Please contact the office be-

fore making any arrangements

with the Funeral home.

Have you recently moved into Queensborough? Have you

Baptism By appointment within a mini-mum of two months notice (during the pregnancy) so that instructions can be given to the parents and godparents, about their duties and responsibilities in this Sacrament. The family must registered in the parish and are seen to be living their Catholic faith. The child /children should be baptized within seven days of birth or within a month of birth. Marriage A minimum of six months notices with one of the parties registered in the parish and attending mass. Marriage Preparation course is manda-tory. Please ask for the – Guidelines for the celebration of Marriage - A civil marriage is not required before a Sacra-mental Marriage in Canada. In order for the Catholic party to have a valid marriage in the Church, they must be married by a priest in the Church, by

been attending mass at Holy Spirit for a while now? Then why not join the parish family by filling out a regis-tration form today. It is important to be regis-tered in the parish where you live. And become a financially supporting parish-ioners by using a box of Sunday envelopes and returning one hours wage back in support of the parish Church each week, where you worship and give praise to God.

Registration forms are at the back of the Church. “The Catholic Church is not here to teach us to feel good. Christ estab-lished His Church to teach how to be good.” Fr. Wolfe-Sensus Fidelium

Sacramental Life of the Parish

Mass Intentions for Week of March 11th, 2018

March 10 9.00 a.m. Fr. Tim McCarthy+

March 10 5.00 p.m. Fr. Tim McCarthy+

March 11.9.00 a.m. Parishioners of Holy Spirit

March 11 11.00 a.m. Benita Nicolas+ L. Nicoles

March 13 Antonio Pellizzari+ A. Pellizzari

March 14 Manuel & Cristina Melo+ Maria & Victor DeOliviera

March 15 Maria Wai Po+ Lucy Chan

March 16 Maria Wai Po+ Lucy Chan

March 17-9.00 a.m. Maria Wai Po+ Lucy Chan

Www.holyspiritrcchurch.ca

Campus Minister, Campion College

at the University of Regina Campion College seeks a qualified candidate to fill the position of Campus Minis-ter. Please email a PDF of cover letter and curriculum vitae as a single file to jef-frey.burwell@uregina.ca by March 13 at 12 p.m., CST. An additional three letters of reference with pertinent contact informa-tion should be emailed directly from candi-

dates’ referees to the email address above.

Teaching Positions Various teaching positions available on the CISVA employment page. Catholic Independent Schools of Vancouver Archdiocese is seeking individuals interested in working in the CISVA as Educational Assis-tants and as Teachers. Please visit our web-site at www.cisva.bc.ca for further informa-tion on how to apply and to view available teaching positions Appeal Campaign Coordinator, Roman

Catholic Diocese of Victoria—The Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria is seeking a full-time Appeal Campaign Coordina-tor. Interested applicants are invited to sub-mit a resume and cover letter by March 23, 2018, to: Roman Catholic Diocese of Victo-ria, Attention: Leah MacKenzie, CFO, # 1 - 4044 Nelthorpe Street, Victoria, BC V8X2A

Director of Faith Formation, Diocese of Nelson The Diocese of Nelson is seeking a Director of Faith Formation. Please submit a resume with three letters of reference (one from your pastor) by March 31, 2018, to Fr. Bart van Roijen at bartvroijen@hotmail.com. The position will

commence July 1, 2018. 1

One Hour: See the Cross Lenten Concert : Stella Maris Concert Choir presents "One

Hour: See the Cross" – a choral presentation of music reflecting on the Passion of Jesus on

March 25, Sunday, 3 p.m. at Good Shepherd Church, Surrey. Tickets: $10/adult, $8/senior,

$8/student. Tickets are available at the door.

E-mail: We are updating parish records! If you have an e-mail address and you have not

let the parish know of this, would you please advise of same so that we can keep our records up to date. Thanking you in advance.