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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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17th SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
1st Reading: Genesis 18.20-32
2nd Reading: Colossians 2.12-14
Gospel: Luke 11.1-13
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In
our Gospel reading from Luke, some disciples of Jesus ask our Lord to
teach them how to pray. Jesus instantly offers them the
beautiful prayer which we, of course, call the Our Father.
The Our Father is truly a steward’s prayer. In it, we call upon
God in an intimate way, as Father. We ask that His will be done
(not ours!) and that His kingdom come (not ours!). In other
words, we remember that He is our Creator, everything is His, and our
focus in life should be on His priorities, not our own. Then we
ask Him to supply our needs (to give our daily bread), forgive our
sins, and protect us from evil. That is, we proclaim our
complete trust in His provision for us and mercy towards us. We, too,
commit to extending mercy ourselves (as we forgive those who sin
against us).
As we pray the words of the Our Father, we recognize this basic truth
about ourselves and God: God is our Father, and we are beloved and
infinitely blessed to be His children. This is the basis of a
stewardship way of life.
At the end of the Gospel passage, Jesus encourages us to pursue a
relationship with the Father: Ask Him, seek Him, knock on His
door!
He can hardly wait to bless us, HIs children. Remember that
this week, then go, be a blessing to others! Stewardship is just that
simple.
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Tue,
Jul 26 @ 9:00 am
Honish Family (INT)
Tue, Jul 26 @ 6:30 pm
Brian Smerdly (INT)
Wed, Jul 27 @ 9:00 am
Fr. Nathan Siray (INT)
Wed, Jul 27 @ 6:30 pm
Wincenty Kloskowsk (RIP)
Thu, Jul 28 @ 9:00 am
Caleb Honish (RIP)
Thu, Jul 28 @ 6:30 pm
Caleb Honish (RIP)
Fri, Jul 29 @ 9:00 am
Landon Miller (INT)
Fri, Jul 29 @ 6:30 pm
Ross & Lil Szentmiklossy (INT)
Sat, Jul 30 @ 9:00 am
Ed & Jeanette Obligation (INT)
Sat, Jul 30 @ 5:00 pm
Wolston & Mary Ayooung (RIP)
Sun, Jul 31 @ 9:00 am
Liisa & Kyle Honish (INT)
Sun, Jul 31 @ 11:00 am St.
Albert the Great Community (INT)
Sun, Jul 31 @ 5:00 pm
Marlene Monk (RIP)
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St.
Albert The Great Parish celebrated its 16th Coming Alive
Camp this past week. 90 children enjoyed a week filled with music,
prayer, games, crafts and lessons. 32 teens from our parish led
groups of campers while 31 adult volunteers coordinated the many camp
activities.
Please
visit this link from our parish website to
read a summary of the week's events and a statement of sincere thanks
to all our hardworking volunteers and generous sponsors.
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WORLD DAY OF GRANDPARENTS AND THE
ELDERLY
Let
us minister together to ensure no one lives in isolation and
loneliness. On
Sunday, July 24, we invite you to take a step
forward in co-creating compassionate communities that see
relationship and accompaniment with the elderly and grandparents as a
normal part of family, neighbourhood, parish, and communal
life.
- Make plans to visit grandparent(s) and/or
elderly individual(s)
- Share a picture from your visit with the
Diocese and receive a gift!
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POPE FRANCIS IN ALBERTA THIS WEEK
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The
release of final public block of tickets for Commonwealth Stadium is
delayed from Monday, July 18 until Friday, July 22, 2022 at 10:30 am
MT. The delay in releasing the final block of tickets will
provide an additional window for Indigenous participation while also
ensuring that all available inventory, including any seats not
reserved by Indigenous or group partners. To get tickets on
July 22 at 10:30 am, click here
- Because of exceptionally large crowds and
heavy expected traffic, Ticketmaster is advising all to arrive by 9:15 a.m. at
the latest - to be early enough to get inside
for the 10:15 a.m. Mass. The Papal Visit team asked that
people make all effort to arrive by 8:30 am. Mass will
start promptly at 10:15 am.
- Please remind your parishioners that tickets
to the Papal Mass are free, please avoid getting tickets from
resellers as these tickets will be made invalid.
- For those with tickets, don't miss the latest
Press Conference on the Papal Visit
- as they have great information and details on the Papal
Mass.
- Information about Park and Ride to Commonwealth Stadium for
Papal Mass
As we
prepare to welcome Pope Francis to Canada, we invite Catholics from
across the country to participate in this historic journey in a
number of different ways.
- In addition to television coverage of papal
events, visit papalvisit.ca to access more
than 10 livestream links of coverage featuring interpretation in
many languages (including Indigenous languages), as well as
livestream links from Vatican TV including commentary.
- Salt & Light Catholic Media has a
dedicated site for information and broadcast details for the
papal visit - slmedia.org/popeincana...
- Novalis will provide digital worship aid at livingwithchrist.ca for all
liturgies with Pope Francis.
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OUR LADY OF THE CAPE IN CALGARY
& CANMORE
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Everyone
is welcome to visit with your families and friends, neighbours, or
coworkers, to honour Our Lady and ask for her intercession.
Sponsored by the Marian Devotional Movement.
The Pilgrim Statue(s) will visit the following parishes:
- July
27 - 29 - at St. Gerard's Church, Calgary
(Part of the Western Tour). Details & Schedule | Poster
- July
27 - 31 - at Shrine Church of
Our Lady of the Rockies, Canmore (Our Lady Pilgrim Statue
visiting major Shrines in Canada as part of the Papal Visit
Pilgrimage Tour). Details & Schedule
- August
2 - 3 - at Holy Spirit Parish, Calgary (Part
of the Western Tour) | Details & Schedule
Take
advantage of this opportunity and be blessed!
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SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
St.
Albert the Great St. Vincent de Paul needs dish detergent
and dry pasta. Please
drop your donations in the St. Vincent de Paul box in the Narthex.
Thank you for your support!
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Resources & Announcements
- 17th
Sunday in Ordinary Time - Bulletin Shorts, free to use
About
Praying. Abraham is persistent in
his pleading with the Lord. And the Lord listens and
relents. A disciple asks Jesus, after seeing him pray, how
to pray. Jesus gives a form that we use at every Mass and that
we hand on to the elect each Lent. He then goes on about
persistence in our praying.
- How does my prayer plead for the Kingdom of
God to come?
- How does my prayer ask for what I need to do
God’s mercy work?
- How does my prayer seek and offer
forgiveness?
(Source:
Diocese of Springfield)
- Resources
for children
- Kid's
challenge this week: Colour this page and write or draw on
the back how you will do what God asks of you, and how you can
help make sure that all people have fair share of the food that
God gives us. This week, try to think carefully each time
you pray the Lord's Prayer, and what the words really mean.
(CAFOD)
- Pope
Francis: Digital media raises serious ethical issues
Although modern means of communication can be “a powerful means
of fostering communion and dialogue within our human family,”
they can also become “places of toxicity, hate speech, and fake
news,” warns Pope Francis, in a message to the lay
communications network SIGNIS. Read more
- Hundreds
of migrants rescued off Tunisian coast
More than 450 persons were rescued by the Tunisian coast guard
in several operations off the country’s coasts, as migrants
continue to brave the Mediterranean waters in their bid to reach
European shores. Read more
- Nearly
70 Christians killed in span of two months
At least 68 Christians have been killed, and many more abducted
or displaced, over the past two months in only one state in the
central region of Nigeria. “Having to live
with such a situation has been very terrible for me and my
people, to say the least”, says Bishop Wilfred Chikpa
Anagbe. Read more
- Take
these 11 thoughts and visit your grandparent (or neighbour)
Pope Francis has dedicated his recent Wednesday audience catecheses to the
theme of the elderly. And he’s also
been speaking from the heart about his own experience of age,
given his knee injury that has forced him to use a wheelchair or
a cane. Read some simple advice and profound
reflections from the Holy Father. We can all learn from
his advice, young and old. Read more
- How
to help children cope with difficult news
Children's dependence on adults and limited experience with
danger can make news of violence especially terrifying for
them. How can we reassure them in times of increased
anxiety? Here are some tips for helping children cope.
- A
bride and groom and God the Father
A religious sister describes how attending a wedding revealed to
her the loving gaze of God. "Several years back, at a
relatively ordinary wedding in a cathedral in
Vermont, I witnessed a groom captivated by his
bride." Read more
- July-August
2022 Calendar Highlights
- July 24 | World Day of
Grandparents and the Elderly
- July 24-29 | Papal Visit in
Canada
- NEW!
July 27-29 - Our Lady of the
Cape (Western Tour statue) visits St. Gerard, Calgary
- NEW! July 27-31 - Our Lady of the
Cape (Papal Pilgrimage Tour statue) visits Our Lady of the
Rockies, Canmore
- July 29 | Triumph Retreat -
Live-in program of inner healing & transformation
- Aug 1-13 | Archateos -
Adventure camp for boys ages 7-17
- NEW!
Aug 2-3 - Our Lady of the
Cape visits Holy Spirit, Calgary
- Aug 12-14 | Holy Ground -
Women's Retreat at Mount St. Francis, Cochrane
- Aug 16-18 | Soul Care -
Women's Retreat at Mount St. Francis, Cochrane
- Aug 22 | Mary: A Bibilical
Walk - Zoom bible study with Fr. Julian Studden
- Aug 25 | St. Mary's Golf
Tournament at Silvertip Resort, Canmore
- NEW!
Aug 27 - Paint St. Paul's
Church in Brocket, AB
- July
Saints
There are many well known saints whose feast days are celebrated
in July. Below is just a few of them and if you click on the
names you can find out more about these saints.
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