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Bulletin
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St. Albert
the Great Parish
“O taste and see that the Lord is
good” Ps 34.8
10
Prestwick Drive SE, Calgary, AB, Canada T2Z 4J6
Phone:
403 257 6054 Fax: 403 257 6072
Charitable
Registration Number 107909939 RR0084
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1st Reading: Deuteronomy 26.4-10
2nd Reading: Romans 10.8-13
Gospel: Luke 4.1-13
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STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION
And so, it begins — the holy and, for some, daunting, season of Lent.
This is the season in our liturgical year when the Church
encourages us to increase our prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to help
us enter more deeply into the mystery of our Lord’s Passion and Death
and to celebrate more fully His Resurrection.
Jesus, by His own example in today’s Gospel, demonstrates the
necessity of setting aside a period devoted especially to prayer and
fasting as a means of strengthening our spiritual muscles. Just
before the launch of His public ministry, He is “led by the Holy
Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the
devil.” In imitation of Jesus, we should ask the Holy Spirit to
lead us into the desert, too — the desert of our interior lives where
our thoughts and desires reside.
While our Lord was strong enough to withstand the temptations of the
devil on His own, we most certainly are not! We must turn to
the Holy Spirit and ask Him to show us where we need to grow, and
then rely on the Holy Spirit for strength and guidance throughout
these 40 days of growth. Perhaps we will be led to take on a
spiritual reading program, or a daily time of meditation on the
Scriptures. Maybe we’ll be inspired to fast from our favorite
food or social media fix and find a project that serves the poor in
this community.
If these spiritual exercises hurt a little, that means we are doing
them right! At the end of this season, we will be prepared to
enter into the grace-filled days of the Triduum and we will, through
the power of the Holy Spirit, be resurrected as a new creation with
our Lord come Easter. Let us begin!
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Tue,
Mar 8 @ 9:00 am Zelantini family (INT)
Tue,
Mar 8 @ 6:30 pm Oscar Warren (INT)
Wed,
Mar 9 @ 9:00 am Darlene Henderson (RIP)
Wed,
Mar 9 @ 6:30 pm Donat Nowaczynski (RIP)
Thu,
Mar 10 @ 9:00 am Olive Songui (RIP)
Thu,
Mar 10 @ 6:30 pm James Ralph (RIP)
Fri,
Mar 11 @ 9:00 am Ian & Anne Rowan
(INT)
Fri,
Mar 11 @ 6:30 pm Zavisha family (INT)
Sat,
Mar 12 @ 9:00 am Faye Schneider (INT)
Sat,
Mar 12 @ 5:00 pm Robert McCracken (RIP)
Sun,
Mar 13 @ 9:00 am Luisa Crespo (RIP)
Sun,
Mar 13 @ 11:00 am St. Albert the Great Community (INT)
Sun,
Mar 13 @ 5:00 pm Adam Schneider (INT)
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LENT @ ST. ALBERT THE GREAT PARISH
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be available on Friday mornings 9:30 am – 10:30
am and Wednesday evenings 7 – 8 pm. During the Adoration on
Wednesday evenings, we will recite the Divine Mercy Chaplet and have
a short reflection on Divine Mercy.
There
will be prayers
before morning Mass on Tuesdays to Fridays. The
Liturgy of the Hours starts at 8:30 am followed up the Divine Mercy
Chaplet.
Stations of the Cross will be held on Fridays after the 6:30 pm Mass.
This will be live streamed for those who cannot attend
in-person.
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PARISH LISTENING SESSIONS
Dear
Parishioners of St. Albert The Great Parish,
We are about to enter into the parish level listening sessions
for the #SynodOnSynodality, in which #PopeFrancis has engaged the entire
church and which will be shared with Bishop McGrattan and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary.
It is our hope that as many parishioners as possible will take
part. This is YOUR opportunity to be heard about your
experience of your faith and your dreams and visions for the future
of the church. We have tried to offer a variety of options
including in-person and online sessions at times which will
accommodate a variety of schedules and availabilities so that as many
people as possible can take part.
To register for a session from the attached poster or for more
information, please email ppc@stalbertthegreat.c...
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We are also looking for small group leaders for each of the three
sessions. Training will be provided and your help will make
this process meaningful and helpful tool for those leading our church
into the future. Please use the same email as above to sign-up
as a leader for our parish on this #SynodalPath .
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CWL LENTEN SERVICE PROJECT
This years Baby Bottle/Layette
project will benefit Elizabeth House and Basically Babies. Both
programs support mothers with babies 0 – 2 and are associated with
Catholic Family Services. You can help in 1 of 2 ways:
Take a baby bottle home this weekend to fill with loose change during
Lent and return the full bottle on Palm Sunday. Bottles are
available after all Masses. OR
donate layette items. Items may be new, hand made or gently
used. A list of needs is available after all Masses and collection
bins will be available in the church entry for your donations.
Thank you for your continued support of our charitable works!
God Bless.
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SOCIETY OF
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
St.
Albert the Great St. Vincent de Paul needs Size 4 diapers
and canned
fruit. Please drop your donations in the St. Vincent
de Paul box in the Narthex.
Thank
you for your support!
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SACRED HEART PARISH - FUNDRAISER
Sacred
Heart Parish in Strathmore is seeking your help! We have been
fundraising and holding pledge campaigns within our parish to raise
funds to build our new church. So far, we have raised almost 3M
towards our goal of $7.3M. The parishioners of Sacred Heart are
continuing to raise the necessary funds to begin renovating the old
IGA building in Strathmore into our new spiritual home. We have
been holding Mass in the school gymnasium for the past 8 years since
the loss of our church building. Please watch the new extended virtual walkthrough video to see the gorgeous design that our architecture team
have developed for our new Church.
Sacred
Heart Church is holding a 50/50 draw right now for others to participate in our building
progress. Thank you in advance for your support.
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Spring Into Life with Mary's Meals!
Spring is a
season representing new life, hope - a coming alive!
For millions of children in the developing world that one nutritious,
life-giving meal received in their place of learning is an
opportunity for LIFE.
As we awaken to new life this Spring, will you engage and partner
with us
Bringing for many little ones, new beginnings, life giving hope and
sustenance to the thousands of children we serve and to the next
child who is waiting for Mary's Mealstoday.
Click here to download our
Spring Events Calendar for all the exciting ways you can engage with
us at Mary's Meals this Spring.
Head over to our website and Spring
Into Life with Mary's Meals!
Feed a Child
| Feed the Future
Subscribe today and receive our
weekly Lent reflections and, if you
are a student, why not "go without" this lent?
Organize a
'Fill Mugs' event and all the money you would spend on a favourite
daily snack or drink put into a cup and donate to Mary's Meals at the
end of lent.
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Resources
& Announcements
- The
First Sunday of Lent - Bulletin Shorts
Mass Readings |
Reflecting on Baptism and Temptations.
Luke’s gospel recounts that Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit
at Jordan’s baptism, is led by that same Spirit into the desert
– a place for reflection and prayer. And hunger. And temptations
by diabolos,
the false accuser. What happens? Strengthened by
baptism at which he is called “beloved”, temptations are
resisted – not easily, but resisted nonetheless. Food for
our thoughtful reflections this Lent.
- How does my Baptism strengthen me for
Christian living?
- How can I face temptations of eating, of
power, of vain glory this Lent?
- How will I pray for and support the elect
throughout the Diocese called this day to
Baptism-Confirmation-Eucharist at the coming Easter Vigil?
(Source:
Diocese of Springfield)
- Resources
for children: The First Sunday of Lent
- Kid's
challenge this week: When we pray
the Lord's Prayer, we ask for God's help to resist temptation
in our lives. We say, “Lead us not into temptation.”
Let's pray this prayer together remembering that God gives us
everything we really need. (Loyola Press)
- Refugee
crisis as Belarus joins Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian authorities say troops from Belarus have entered a
region in northern Ukraine to join the Russian invasion of the
country. The ongoing hostilities have led to a
significant number of refugees and displaced persons.
- Why
is a statue of St. Michael in Independence Square in Kyiv?
One of the most prominent statues in the Ukraine capital’s
Independence Square is a powerful image of St. Michael the Archangel, watching over
the city of Kyiv.
- What
can Sts. Perpetua & Felicity (Feast day: Mar 7) teach
us about Lent?
In order to experience a more fruitful Lent, it is essential
that we enter into the season with an openness and willingness
to suffer for Christ. In those moments when our resolve
may fail we can turn to the intercession of Sts. Perpetua and
Felicity who know what it takes to endure what is asked of
us on the path to holiness.
- St.
John of God (Feast day: Mar 8)
Having given up active Christian belief while a soldier, John
was 40 before the depth of his sinfulness began to dawn on
him. The utter humility of John of God, which led to a
totally selfless dedication to others, is most impressive.
Here is a man who realized his nothingness in the face of God.
- St.
Frances of Rome (Feast day: Mar 9) shows us what to do when life
isn’t going as planned | Maybe
you feel called to marriage, but the right person hasn’t shown
up yet. Or maybe you feel that you entered marriage too
hastily and you should have waited or explored other vocations.
St. Frances of Rome completely understands
this particular frustration.
- Seek
out confession the way Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati did
There’s something about the Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati that
not many people might know: He loved to go to confession.
This popular Italian saint's passion for confession led to one extraordinary confession in particular.
- Upcoming
Lenten Retreats & Missions
Check out the lineups of Lenten Retreats & Missions
throughout the Diocese of Calgary.
- To include your parish or lay associations
events in Lent, submit your event through the online Diocesan Calendar (click
"Add Event").
- St.
Joseph Seminary Trivia Night
When: March
11 at 7 pm. Join the Trivia Livestream to
support St. Joseph Seminary. Donations can also be emailed
to the address on the poster. Livestream link | Poster | Donation page
- Lenten
Mission with Fr. Kevin Tumback: Woman at the Well
When: Wednesdays,
March 9, 16, 23 & 30, at 7pm. You
are invited to join the Lenten Mission with Fr. Kevin in person
(Ascension Parish: Assumption Church, Lethbridge), or watch it
via livestream at allsaintslethbridge.or...
- Surviving
the desert of our lives
Desert times are difficult and nobody chooses them willingly.
Alice Matisz in Lethbridge shares about her grief and the unexpected lessons to be learned from
nature's deserts.
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