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St James Parish
Canonically Erected: July 28, 1993 First Mass: August 1, 1993
Dedication of the Church: Rosary Sunday October 4, 2014 Parish Feast Day: Solemnity of St James the Greater: July 25th
December 1, 2019
First Sunday of Advent Per’s Basil-
ica
2777 Townline Road, Abbotsford, BC V2T 5E1 Telephone: 604.864.8800 | E-mail: [email protected]
Website: stjamesabby.com
P A R I S H D I R E C T O R Y Pastor: Rev. William Ashley Secretary: Teresa Filiatrault Parish Office Hours: Monday to Friday : 8.30 am-4:00 pm Sunday Mass: Saturday (anticipated) @ 4.30 pm Sunday @ 9 am ǀ 11 am ǀ 6.30 pm Weekday Mass: Monday to Friday @ 8.00 am Saturday and Statutory Holidays @ 9.00 am Confession: 30 minutes before Sunday Masses 15 minutes before weekday Masses Saturday: Before and after 9 am Mass Elementary School Devotions: Friday @ 9.20 am: Confession, Adoration and Rosary Baptisms, Marriages & Communion to the Sick Eucharistic Adoration:
Altar Servers Altar Guild Catholic Women’s League Children’s Celebration Civic Affairs Committee El Shaddai Filipino Ministry/Hospitality
Sodality of Mary Finance Committee First Saturday Rosary Club Knights of Columbus Music Ministry Parish Council Prison Ministry Project Advance Pro-Life Coordinator RCIA Bible Study School Building Committee
St Vincent de Paul Society Website Women’s Recollection Youth Council Youth Ministry
Fr Ashley Cecilia Tsang Sheila Hall (604.859.8684) Heidi Calzavara 604.859.9199) Marc Vella Ghie Javier (604.758.2146) Rosalina Cole (604.859.8465) Della Oberhoffner Elizabeth Ocon Walter Dona (604.852.2589) Bob Buckham, Mark Sweeney and Daniel Anctil Monica Roddis (604.853.7985) Bob Buckham (604.852.9311) John Burden Monica Roddis (604.853.7985) Fr Ashley, Caleb, and Kevin Rod Griffiths, Blanca Hluskova Kim McLellan (604.850.2217) Ilona Payne Maxine Leslie (778.666.7529) Fr Ashley Richard Gumpal (604.377.8187)
E D U C A T I O N
Parish Religious Education Program Connie Slomski 604.613.5665
St James & St Ann’s Elementary School
604.852.1788 ǀ stjameselementary.ca
Principal: Terri Sask
St John Brebeuf Regional High School
604.855.0571 ǀ stjohnbrebeuf.ca
Principal: Gianni Bittante
Catholic Pacific College 604.888.7727
catholicpacific.ca
Contact the Parish Office.
Friday @ 8.30-11 am (Benediction): September-June
ST JAMES THE GREATER PROTOMARTYR OF THE APOSTLES
PRAY FOR US !
SANCTE IACOBE MAIOR,
ORA PRO NOBIS !
A warm welcome to St James the Greater Parish! Say hello to Fr Ashley, our pastor.
Kindly register in the parish so that we may serve you more efficiently. Registration forms are available in the foyer or on the website.
First Saturday Devotion Please join us on Saturday,
Dec. 7 after the 4:30pm Mass to pray the rosary and offer 15
minutes of meditation on the mysteries of the Rosary, in rep-
aration for sins against Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Potluck
supper to follow in the foyer.
Light up for chirst Join the Knights of Columbus in lighting up the Nativity on Tues. Dec. 3 at 7pm. Caroling and refreshments to follow.
Oranges The Knights of Columbus will be selling oranges
after the Sunday 9am and 11am Masses. Orange sales will
continue for the next 3-4 weeks.
Breakfast with St. Nicholas! Enjoy the Knights of
Columbus Pancake Breakfast on Sunday Dec. 8th at 10am and
have an opportunity to visit with St. Nicholas and even have
your photo taken with him!
Pregnant? Need to talk? Hurting from a past abortion?
For confidential and compassionate help, text: “HOPE” to 393939 or go to “onlinecare.ca”
COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Section One: “I Believe”- We Believe
Chapter Two- God Comes to Meet Man
9. What is the full and definitive stage of God’s Revelation? The full and definitive stage of God’s revelation is accom-plished in his Word made flesh, Jesus Christ, the mediator and fullness of Revelation. He, being the only-begotten Son of God made man, is the perfect and definitive Word of the Father. In the sending of the Son and the gift of the Spirit, Revelation is now fully complete, although the faith of the Church must gradually grasp its full significance over the course of centuries.
10. What is the value of private revelations? While not be-longing to the deposit of faith, private revelations may help a person to live the faith as long as they lead us to Christ. The Magisterium of the Church, which has the duty of evalu-ating such private revelations, cannot accept those which claim to surpass or correct that definitive Revelation which is Christ.
11. Why and in what way is divine revelation transmitted? God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4), that is, of Jesus Christ. For this reason, Christ must be proclaimed to all ac-cording to his own command. “Go forth and teach all na-tions” (Matthew 28:19). And this is brought about by Apos-tolic Tradition.
12. What is Apostolic Tradition? Apostolic Tradition is the transmission of the message of Christ, brought about from the very beginnings of Christianity by means of preaching, bearing witness, institutions, worship, and inspired writings. The apostles transmitted all they received from Christ and learned from the Holy Spirit to their successors, the bishops, and through them to all generations until the end of the world.
Please Pray For Healing of our Sick Parishioners
Una Gaughan, Wendy McKellar, Paul Schmidtke, Wayne Cole, Henry Abeywickreme, Felicisima Junos, Bill Hireen, Luka Volentier,
James Hargrave, Roger Loiselle, Ian MacDougall, Julie Miller and Joyce Walker
WEEKLY CALENDAR Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 (Anticipatory Mass) 4:30pm ◊ Missa Pro Populo 7pm Philippino Tagalog Mass Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 First Sunday of Advent 9am ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Gerhard Bulla 11am ◊ Int: Fr. Ashley 6:30pm ◊ Int: Healing for Erika Carolino Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 8am ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Holy Souls Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 8am St. Francis Xavier ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP William Griffiths 7pm: Knights of Columbus Light Up for Christ 7pm: RCIA/Bible Study Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 8am St. John Damascene ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Lindsey Sunder Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 8am ◊ Int: Mary Anne Andersen Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 8am St. Nicholas ◊ Int: Alexandra Johnson 8:30: Adoration followed by Divine Mercy Chaplet at 11am and Benediciton, School confessions, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 9am St. Ambrose ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Matt & Molly Leslie (Anticipatory Mass) 4:30pm ◊ Int: Denis Thomas 5:30pm: First Saturday Rosary Devotion Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 Second Sunday of Advent 9am ◊ Int: Ɨ RIP Emily West 10am: Pancake Breakfast with St. Nick 11am ◊ Int: Tadaaki Nishizawa 12:30pm: El Shaddai 6:30pm ◊ Int: Missa Pro Populo
We sincerely thank the 73 families who have already
donated $45,268 to our Project Advance Campaign!
Daily Mass Scripture Readings:
Sunday 1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday 7 Sunday 8
Is 2: 1-5 Ps 122Rom 13: 11-14 Mt 2: 37-44
Is 4: 2-6 Ps 122 Mt 8: 5-13
Is 11: 1-10 Ps 72 Lk 10: 21-24
Is 25: 6-10 Ps 23 Mt 15: 29-37
Is 26: 1-6 Ps 118 Mt 7: 21-27
Is 29: 17-24 Ps 27 Mt 9: 27-31
Is 30: 19-26 Ps 147 Mt 9: 35-10:8
Is 11: 1-10 Ps 72 Rom 15: 4-9 Mt 3: 1-12
SJB Fair Trade Market During the first week of Decem-ber (2-6) a group of students will be hosting a fair trade mar-ket! The market will feature products made in third-world countries brought to us by Ten Thousand Villages, Bags by Courtney and Burkina Faso Canada. All funds will go toward the hard-working artisans. The market is cash only and per-fect for the upcoming Christmas season! Everyone is invited to come and shop. The sale will be in the MPX at lunch (12:30-1:30) during the week of December 2-6.
Messiah The Chilliwack Symphony and Chorus, Belle Voci
and the Chilliwack Children & Youth choir under the direction
of Paul De Wit will perform Handel’s Messiah at St. James
Parish on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 7:30pm. Tickets at King’s Mu-
sic store, Tom Lee Music store and online at chilliwacksym-
phony.com
Hiring Staff for St. Ann’s Daycare St. Ann’s Daycare is looking for caring, compassionate and enthusiastic child-care workers who have experience working with children ag-es 18 to 36 months. Full time & part time positions available. Requirements:
· Registered Early Childhood Education in BC · First Aid Certification · Good communication skills to work with children and their parents · Physical and emotional well-being to withstand the de-mands of working with young children
Resumes to be dropped off, emailed or mailed to St. Ann’s Parish Office.
Christmas Musical The seniors of your parish are invited to attend a luncheon and performance of St. James & St. Ann's School Christmas Musical on Wed. Dec.18th. Doors open at 12:00pm with lunch served at 12:15pm. The show begins at 1:00pm. Admission is by donation. Please RSVP the school at 604-852-1788 by December 16th so we can plan accordingly. We look forward to seeing you there!
Watch Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, Fr. Pierre Ducharme, OFM and Fr. Martin Moser, OMI speak about Pope Francis as Leader of the Catholic Church "The Aquinas Time", Dec. 1, 2019 on YouTube.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMqPdyLLW7bwo_yx2hi3TyQ?
Rhinestones & Angel Wings Gala This is Domestic Abuse Services' annual fundraiser to help raise awareness about domestic abuse. All proceeds will support our victims helpline, second-stage transition home, Eva’s House, as well as other programs and services we offer. The evening will be filled with live music and dancing and guests will be treated to a scrumptious gourmet dinner. We welcome our guest speaker, Henry Waldock, a local trial lawyer who will share his experience with cases of domestic violence. There will also be a live and silent auction, fun raffle, door prizes, and plenty of friendly company to share! This gala takes place Saturday, Dec. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Matthew's Parish in Sur-rey. Reserve your tickets today at domesticabuseservices.ca
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Dec. 1: 1st Sunday of Advent Study: Lectio Mary, Episode 1: The New Eve Dec. 3: St. Francis Xavier Kids: Francis Xavier and the Samurai’s Lost Treasure Dec. 6: St. Nicholas Watch: St. Nicholas, the Real Story Dec. 7: St. Ambrose Listen: The Restless Flame Dec. 9: Feast of the Immaculate Conception Study: Why Believe? Season 1, Episode 13- Mary, Queen Mother
Knights of Columbus Up-Coming Events
Tues. Dec. 3 7 PM Light Up for Christ Sun. Dec 8 10AM Pancake Breakfast with St. Nicholas
Penitential Services, Advent 2019
(all at 7pm unless otherwise noted)
Thurs. Dec. 5 St. Mary’s, Chilliwack
Thurs. Dec. 12 St. Joseph’s, Langley
Tues. Dec. 17 St. Joseph’s, Mission
Tues. Dec. 17 St. Nicholas, Langley
Wed. Dec. 18 Sts. Joachim & Ann, Aldergrove
Fri. Dec. 20 St. Ann’s, Abbotsford
Sat. Dec. 21 Our Lady of Good Hope, Hope
Sun. Dec. 22 @
5pm St. Anthony of Padua, Agassiz
Mon. Dec. 23 St. James, Abbotsford
Crisis Magazine NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Lead Us, Please, Into Temptation CHILTON WILLIAMSON, JR.
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951), famous in his time
but hardly ever read and nearly forgotten today,
wrote two brilliant satirical novels (Main
Street and Babbitt) and one gentle, bittersweet,
and genuinely moving one (Dodsworth, about
an uncultured Midwestern automobile executive
who takes his socially and culturally ambitious
wife to Europe, where she betrays him with an-
other man). Lewis’s other novels, progressively
banal, uninspired, and sloppily written, in-
clude Elmer Gantry, whose protagonist is mod-
eled on Billy Sunday. Gantry, a preacher of the
type known in the early 20th century as a Holy
Roller, perfectly fits Mencken’s description of
Woodrow Wilson as “the perfect model of a
Christian cad.” He is a religious salesman with
no religion, a showman, a hypocrite, a philan-
derer, and a cheat. His precise denomination is
left unspecified, but he is—of course—a
Protestant. Were Lewis—an atheist who once
invited God to strike him dead at a public meet-
ing—writing the book today he would probably
make Elmer a Catholic priest, assuming he
found Catholicism sufficiently American to in-
clude in his catalogue of salient national institu-
tions in the interwar period to be debunked.
For American liberals, Catholicism is a favorite
butt and target of their enlightened and civi-
lized scorn, as the Church was for Voltaire and
the other philosophes in 18th-century France.
Catholics in that period had not yet learned to
take their contempt and mockery in stride, as
we more or less do today. Ridicule is simply
what one expects from liberals. Even so, the
pleasure—the malicious glee, actually—that
anti-Catholic liberals find in the spiritual and
institutional woes from which the Church suf-
fers today on account of the personal sins of
too many of Her clergy, Her institutional cor-
ruption and confusion, and the consequent
falling away in large numbers by Her once-
faithful members is considerably more than
annoying. Rome’s trials, liberals imply and
often say, are the natural fruits of an ignorant,
superstitious, oppressive, hypocritical, bigot-
ed, misogynic, morally twisted, puritanical,
anti-humanist, and anti-human religion that is
an outdated relic of unenlightened and barba-
rous times. The Roman Catholic Church is just
reaping the whirlwind of Her own creation!
Given that modern liberals are no good at his-
tory, religious history especially, it is unsur-
prising that they have the story exactly back-
ward. It is not Her dark and desperate past
that has corrupted the contemporary Church.
It is the bright secular liberal present that is
responsible—deliberately. Its war against
Catholicism is an adjunct of its onslaught
against the wider civilization of the West and,
beyond that, humanity.
The Church Militant is an historical as well as
a supernatural institution, on a pilgrimage to-
ward Her heavenly goal. She is thus an in-
tensely human one as well, whose members
remain imperfect, weak, and fallible beings,
including those—one prays they are the
majority—who are nevertheless destined for
sainthood. They are as susceptible to the
wiles and temptations of the Devil and to
carnal promptings as anyone else. Catholics,
like all Christians, pray to God that He may
not lead them into temptation.
Yet temptation continues to abound, and mod-
ern liberalism’s religion is the worship of temp-
tation (and ultimately the Tempter, though it
doesn’t believe in him), whose consummation
amounts to grateful surrender to it. Liberalism,
which began as the project of intellectual and
political freedom, later added religious freedom
to its agendum and merged them a century and
a half later with commercial freedom in com-
merce’s quest for material plenty. Once political,
religious, and commercial freedom had been
realized, the further project to achieve moral
autonomy and freedom of behaviour in an afflu-
ent and godless society was inevitable. Taken
together, these five freedoms amount to free-
dom in every aspect of life—including tempta-
tion of every sort. But it is temptation untem-
pered and unrestrained by religious faith,
which, though officially free of formal legal and
political restrictions, has been nevertheless
weakened and discredited by the dominant
ethos of freedom and reduced to an object of
mockery, making political opposition and perse-
cution clear possibilities.
Yet oppression and persecution are far less
dangerous to the Church than the temptations
offered by a nearly totally permissive society. Is
a parish priest, bishop, archbishop, or pope—
his clerical duties excepted—not human like the
rest of us, i.e., endowed with a lay Catholic’s
“hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections,
passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with
the same weapons, subject to the same diseas-
es, healed by the same means, warmed and
cooled by the same winter and summer” as a
layman is? If you prick him, does he not bleed?
If you tickle him, does he not laugh? If you poi-
son him, does he not die? And if you tempt him
with an attractive woman (or a man or boy, if he
is so unfortunately inclined), can he not yield?
His Church and his God say that to do so is
in any case to sin carnally is not to err at all, but
rather to acquiesce to his full humanity by freeing
himself from arbitrary moralistic constraints that
stunt and warp his human development. “Just do
it!” (And perjure yourself later, should you happen
to get caught.)
What sort of a world sets up men and the
Church—to which they have pledged their lives
and their souls—to sin deliberately; tempts them
to the act and then excuses it, but afterwards pub-
licly brands them, and by association their coreli-
gionists, as hypocrites? The answer is: the world
that liberalism has formed through its pact with
the Tempter.
Christmas Mass Schedule
Tues. Dec. 24: Morning Mass at 8am
Tues. Dec. 24: Children’s Christmas Eve
Mass at 5:30pm, Carols at 5pm
Sung Latin Mass at 9pm
Wed. Dec. 25: Midnight Mass, Carols at 11:30
Christmas Day Mass at 10am
Tues. Dec. 31: Morning Mass at 8am
Tues. Dec. 31: Anticipatory Mass at 4:30pm
Wed. Jan. 1: Mass at 9am and 11am
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