OUR LADY OF THE ROCKIES PARISH

Announcements:
 

• This is the last weekend to enter the May 1st Consecration Mass lottery.   Tickets will be available for pick up at the office by March 17th or at Mass, the weekend of March 21 and 22.

Prayer Intentions for New Altar

• You have three more weeks to get your intention page ready for placing inside the new altar.  They must be hand written and can be two sided.  They may be dropped off at Masses or mailed to the parish office (2 Silvertip Trail, Canmore AB T1W 2Z7), no requests by email or phone.  Deadline is the weekend of March 28th and 29th.  We also graciously accept free will offerings for the shrine to accompany these prayer intentions.

"Let us fast an acceptable and very pleasing fast to the Lord. True fast is the estrangement from evil, temperance of tongue, abstinence from anger, separation from desires, slander, falsehood and perjury. Privation of these is true fasting."    St. Basil
 

​ Announcements:
 
The lottery for the Dedication Mass will run until March 15th.  Members of our parish are invited to enter the lottery to obtain the remaining tickets for the Dedication Mass. To submit your ballot, you must do so in person at our parish office or at weekend Masses.   Tickets will be available for pick up March 17th.

Prayer Intentions for New Altar
You are invited to compose a one page, two sided list of intentions, prayers, and remembrances to be placed inside the new altar before the top is installed.  They must be hand written.  They can be dropped off at Masses or mailed to the parish office (2 Silvertip Trail, Canmore AB T1W 2Z7), no requests by email or phone.  Deadline is the weekend of March 28th and 29th.  We also graciously accept free will offerings for the shrine to accompany these prayer intentions.
 
The OLR ecumenical Adult Ministry explores topics relevant to the needs of maturing adults with the objective of  enhancing agelessness - staying young and positive mentally as we age physically. The program is led by Karl Wahl (wahl.k@shaw.ca), a certified spiritual gerontologist. The next workshop will be at 2:30 pm on Thursday, March 19th, 2020 at Origin in Spring Creek and the topic will be SELF-DISCIPLINE.

Women’s Silent Retreat:   Sanctum Retreat (near Caroline, Alberta) is offering a guided silent retreat this April 17 to 19, for women. Come celebrate a gift for the soul!  Pause to refocus and pray, coming to the quiet to be with God in the solitude.  
Contact:  Marg Bleakney  margbleakney@gmail.com

 Announcements:

• Fasting Rules:  Catholics 14 and older are to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday.  Catholics aged 18 to 59 are to fast.  The Church understands fasting to be the eating of only one complete meal on Ash Wednesday.  You are also permitted to have two small snacks during the day to maintain your energy.  Catholics older than 59, pregnant women and those with health concerns are not obligated to fast.
• The lottery for the Dedication Mass will run until March 15th.  Members of our parish are invited to enter the lottery to obtain the remaining tickets for the Dedication Mass. To submit your ballot, you must do so in person at our parish office (108-104 Kananaskis Way, Canmore, T1W-2X2) or at weekend Masses at Our Lady of the Snows Academy (3100a Stewart Creek).
• ·Tickets will be available for pick up March 17th.
• Ecumenical World Day of Prayer service 2020 is on Friday, March 6 at 7:00 pm in St. Michael’s Anglican Church.  Come celebrate Africa!
• Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper is Feb 25th at St. Michael’s from 5:00 to 6:45 pm.  Pay what you can, proceeds to Food & Friends dinners.

• The Men’s Group next meets Wednesday, February 26th at 7:00 pm at the parish office.  Topic:  The Bible
• LENT BEGINS     February 26, 2020

 9:00 am                  Mass at School             OL of Snows
12:15 pm                Daily Mass at Office     108-104 Kananaskis Way
5:00 to   7:00 pm   Ashes Blessing:  Drop-In at the parish office  for those who missed the masses

Announcements:
 
The lottery for the Dedication Mass will run until March 15th.  Members of our parish are invited to enter the lottery to obtain the remaining tickets for the Dedication Mass. There will be a limit of two ballots per household, each ballot worth 2 tickets.  To submit your ballot, you must do so in person at our parish office (108-104 Kananaskis Way, Canmore, T1W-2X2) or at weekend Masses at Our Lady of the Snows Academy (3100a Stewart Creek).
Tickets will be available for pick up after March 16th.
 
ASH WEDNESDAY     February 26, 2020

9:00 am          Mass at School          OL of Snows

12:15 pm       Daily Mass at Parish Office   108-104 Kananaskis Way

5:00 to          Ashes Blessing:  Drop-In at the parish office
7:00 pm       for those who missed the masses
  
· The OLR ecumenical Adult Ministry explores topics relevant to the needs of maturing adults with the objective of  enhancing agelessness - staying young and positive mentally as we age physically. The program is led by Karl Wahl (wahl.k@shaw.ca), a certified spiritual gerontologist. The next workshop will be at 2:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 20th, 2020 at Origin in Spring Creek and the topic will be STRENGTH.
 
The Men’s Group next meets Wednesday, February 26th at 6:30 pm at the parish office.  Symbolon Topic:  The Bible

Announcements:
 

• This weekend we start the lottery for the Dedication Mass.  Members of our parish are invited to enter the lottery to obtain the remaining tickets for the Dedication Mass. There will be a limit of two ballots per household, each ballot worth 2 tickets.  To submit your ballot, you must do so in person at our parish office (108-104 Kananaskis Way, Canmore, T1W-2X2) or at weekend Masses at Our Lady of the Snows Academy (3100a Stewart Creek).
• The tickets will be available for pick up after March 16th.
• We appreciate your understanding in what was a very difficult decision in allocating tickets for our parish community and those non-parishioners who have greatly assisted the building of the new church.
• The Men’s group next meets Wednesday, February 19th at 6:30 pm at the parish office.  Topic:  Divine Revelation 
• The OLR ecumenical Adult Ministry explores topics relevant to the needs of maturing adults with the objective of  enhancing agelessness - staying young and positive mentally as we age physically. The program is led by Karl Wahl (wahl.k@shaw.ca), a certified spiritual gerontologist. The next workshop will be at 2:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 20th, 2020 at Origin in Spring Creek and the topic will be STRENGTH.

 

Announcements:
 
The Dedication Mass of the Shrine Church of Our Lady of the Rockies, celebrated by Bishop William McGrattan, Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary, will take place on Friday May 1st, 2020 at 7:00pm. Unfortunately we have a  wonderful problem, we have more people wanting to come to the celebration than we have seating for and fire code will allow.  Many of you have already received your invitations.  The invitations were sent primarily to parishioners and to some non-parishioners based on involvement with building the shrine and ministries in the parish. 
 
Starting on the weekend of February 8th/9th, members of our parish will be invited to enter a lottery to obtain the remaining tickets for the Dedication Mass. There will be a limit of two ballots per household, each ballot worth 2 tickets.  To submit your ballot, you must do so in person at our parish office (108-104 Kananaskis Way, Canmore, T1W-2X2) or at weekend Masses at Our Lady of the Snows Academy (3100a Stewart Creek).
We appreciate your understanding in what was a very difficult decision in allocating tickets for our parish community and those non-parishioners who have greatly assisted the building of the new church.

​Announcements:
 
Symbolon: Knowing the Faith explains the essentials of the Catholic Faith in a way that will inform our minds and inspire our hearts.  Too often we try to live a faith we don’t know or understand. Some of us stumble along with it, going through the motions. Others simply walk away.
A 10 session program beginning January 29, 2020 at 6:30 pm at the parish office for the men of our parish. The sessions will be presented every second and fourth Wednesdays.

Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys   January 12th

​Marguerite is often referred to as the ‘Mother of the Colony’ for her contributions to the establishment of Ville-Marie, the place we know today as Montreal.
Born in France in 1620, Marguerite crossed the Atlantic in 1653 to join in the colonizing efforts begun by Monsieur de Maisonneuve.  Her mandate was to develop educational opportunities for aboriginal children and for the families of the French settlers in Ville-Marie. 
Marguerite received the help of Jeanne Mance, founder of the Hotel-Dieu Hospital.  Other women joined her and the group formed an institute of uncloistered sisters, the Congregation of Notre-Dame.
Marguerite was well loved.  She died in 1700 at the age of 80 and was declared a saint on October 31, 1982.  In 1997, archaeologists uncovered the foundation of the chapel Marguerite built in Ville-Marie 325 years earlier.  Marguerite is a patron saint of poor people.