Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 1, 2018

Tuesday, July 3, 6:30 pm
NO MASS - Father Nathan away
 
Wednesday, July 4, 12:15 pm
NO MASS - Father Nathan away
 
Thursday,  July 5, 12:15 pm
NO MASS - Father Nathan away
 
Friday, July 6, 8:30 am
NO MASS - Father Nathan away
 
Saturday, July 7, 7:00 pm
Mass:  For the intentions of Bogdan Radulescu
Mass intention by: Adela Radulescu

Sunday, July 8,  10:00 am
Mass:  For the intentions of all the people
  
Announcements:
 
Please note:  Daily Masses are cancelled this week because Father Nathan is away. He will be back on Saturday, July 7th.  For all emergencies, please contact Father Dan in Banff at
403 808-7101.
 
Confessions will be heard Saturday evenings, 6:00 to 6:45 pm before mass, in the first office on the right as you enter the gym.
 
Please enjoy the final hymn of the mass to the end before stacking the chairs.
 
Janette is selling rosaries and bracelets at the entrance.  She makes them herself using real gemstones and all the funds raised go to the new church building.
 
No printed bulletins for the months of July and August.  They will begin again in September.  You may check our website under bulletin for Mass Intentions and Announcements.
 
Hospital Visits:  If you or a loved one are in the hospital and would like a visit from Father
Nathan, please inform the hospital staff.   
 
T.I.A.  2018 -  Together In Action                                         
Parish  Fundraising Goal:    $18,072.00
Raised to date:                        $4,123.00
 
Think of the Church as more
of a hospital for sinners
than a museum for saints.
 
Jesus said to them, “You must come away, to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for awhile.”    (cf. Mk 6:31)
  
Meditation:
In this summer period many have left the city and find themselves at tourist sites or in their homeland for their vacations.  My wish for them is that this awaited rest serves to strengthen their mind and body, which, given the hectic course of modern existence, daily undergoes a continuous fatigue and strain.  The holidays also afford a precious opportunity to spend more time with relatives, to visit family and friends, in a word, to give more space to those human contacts who desired cultivation is impeded by the rhythm of daily duties.  For many, vacation time becomes a profitable occasion for cultural contacts, for prolonged moments of prayer and of contemplation in contact with nature or in monasteries and religious structures.  Having more free time, one can dedicate oneself more easily to conversation with God, meditation on Sacred Scripture, and reading some useful, formative book.  Those who experience this spiritual repose know how useful it is not to reduce vacations to mere relaxation and amusement.
 
Prayer:
Loving Father, during this time of rest and relaxation, please repair in me whatever is weary or broken, and revive my drooping spirit.  Let this vacation be a graced time of recollection and rejuvenation, of deeper self-awareness and eager self-giving.  May it be an occasion of refreshment and reinvigoration—a time to reclaim my friendship with Jesus Christ, who is our Lord now and forever.  Amen.
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.