Hello St Clare,

I am writing this message from our Superiors Conference in Krakow, Poland. As you know already, I have been attending this meeting with another 41 Superiors from 10 countries.

Our sessions are filled with many discussions about strategic growth of the Salvatorian Community. It’s all about our apostolates, parish ministries, formation programs, expansion, etc.

This conference gives us a sense of direction, namely, how to use all our resources in fulfilling our mission as Salvatorians. It covers a wide spectrum of topics ranging from looking for new vocations, securing proper care for retired priests in our community, and much more.



I hope to see you this weekend at St. Clare! Meanwhile, I humbly ask for your prayers for the Salvatorians!

Fr. Maciej

Urgent Help Needed for Earthquake Survivors

Millions of Syrians were shaken awake by disaster on Feb. 6, and found their lives, like the buildings around them, reduced to rubble. CNEWA’s on-the-ground church partners are responding quickly to provide bedding, food, medicine, milk, nursing formula and diapers to more than 2,000 families seeking emergency shelter in convents, parish halls and schools.

At this critical moment, your generous and prayerful support is more than necessary — it is vital to their survival. Will you be a lifeline to so many women, children and elderly people who have nowhere else to turn? Please donate online at rcav.org/syria

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday (Mass of Anticipation)  5:00pm

Sunday  8:30am, 11:00am and 5:00pm

        6:30pm (Spanish)

DAILY MASSES 

Monday through Saturday at 9:00am

Morning Office/Breviary at 8:30am from Monday through Saturday. Everyone is welcome to join in.

LIVESTREAMING SCHEDULE

Daily Masses Monday through Friday at 9:00am

Weekend Mass at 5:00pm on Saturdays

All of these are posted on YouTube and can be watched either live or after the livestreaming has ended. If you haven't already, please subscribe to our YouTube page and don't forget to "Like Us". This will make it easier to find us on the internet.

Food for Thought . . . and for the Soul

There is no better time to reconnect with or deepen one’s faith than Lent. During this time, we can draw closer to God as we prepare for the joyous celebration of Christ’s resurrection at Easter.

In accordance with the prescriptions of canon 1253, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops decrees that the days of fast and abstinence in Canada are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fridays are days of abstinence, but Catholics can substitute special acts of charity or piety on this day.

When we were baptized, we were made sharers in the priesthood of Jesus Christ. By our penance, we share with Jesus in his work of saving the world. We continue to die with him to sin and self, and to live with him for God.

All who believe in Christ—young and old, sick and healthy, lay and religious—are invited to make Friday a special day. It is a day when we seek to share more fully in Christ’s sufferings, and to work with him to help save the world by our prayer, penance, and good works.

Doing penance is not a form of self punishment, or an unhealthy desire to inflict pain on ourselves. Rather, we do penance in order to discipline ourselves (1 Corinthians 9.24 27) and to live in union with Jesus who suffered to save the world. We offer our penitential actions in obedience to the gospel commands, so that our Lord may purify our love for him and make us stronger in the service of God and the people of God. We freely offer our penances to help make up for sin in our own lives and in the lives of others.

We can do at least one of these good actions each Friday:



• Penance. Abstain from meat, or some other form of food, drink or entertainment.
• Prayer. Take part in a service of worship with others, or pray with our family, or spend some extra time in personal prayer.
• Good works. Do good to others by visiting the sick or aged, helping those in any need, or by contributing time or money to a work of charity.

Link to A Lenten Reflection (by Jerry Creedon RIP)

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday to Friday

9am to 12pm

1pm to 3pm

The parish office is closed on Monday, February 20

for Family Day.

Tax receipts for donations made online through the Archdiocese of Vancouver will be sent by the Archdiocese directly to donors via email.

Love your enemies, easier said than done. But, remember, the foundation of stewardship is prayer. When we are in close communication with God, it opens our heart and it turns our attention away from “me” and moves it towards God and others. It changes my heart and actions, allowing for a little more empathy for “my enemy.” When we pray for others, even our enemies, it may soften their hearts as well.

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Please contact the parish office to make arrangements for

baptisms, weddings, funerals and other Sacraments.

Monday through Saturday

8:45am (before morning Mass)

9:30am (after morning Mass, until last penitent)

No registration or appointment is necessary.



ADORATION CHAPEL

The Adoration Chapel is accessible 7 days a week. Entrance to the Adoration Chapel is open between 8am and 6pm.  

Pre-Authorized Payments

We offer a Pre-Authorized Payment (PAP) plan which you can sign up for by completing the form and returning it with a void cheque to the parish office. Pre-authorized payments are withdrawn directly from your bank account on the 1st day of the month. Click the button below to download the form.

Please remember to sign the back as it is invalid without a signature. You may seal the completed form in an envelope marked Pre-Authorized Payment and drop it in the donation box located in the church, mail it or bring it to the parish office. The form must be in the office by the 20th of the month in order for it to be effective on the following 1st of the month.

Donations at Church

If you wish to continue to make your donation at mass, drop your donation in one of the collection boxes in the church lobby. If you would like a set of Sunday Offering envelopes, please contact the parish office. Otherwise, Visitors' Envelopes are available on the brochure rack in the church lobby.

Second Collections - When there is a Second Collection, a collection box at the back of the church will be specifically labeled for that collection. The next Second Collection is on the weekend of February 19 for the Salvatorian Fathers Seminary.

UKRAINIAN SUPPORT - We will continue to leave a donation box beside the Ukrainian flag in the church lobby as they will need continued support. Thank you.

If you join the team of teachers, you will only teach once a month and training will be provided. This is also a good opportunity for teenagers to get involved. You will work in pairs and typically a teenager will be paired with an adult. 

MISSON

Help to restore a culture of life

INVOLVEMENT

Life Chain

Pro-Life Sunday

40 Days for Life

Hike and Bike for Life

Blooms Into Rooms

Victoria March for Life

LifeCanada

MEMBER UPDATES AND INFORMATION

3 Newsletters Yearly

Emails

Guest Presenters

Facebook @ Life Compass Society

(Life Affirming Stories)

DVDs, Pamphlets, Models

MEMBERSHIPS

$10.00 a year or $25 for 3 Years

LAST YEAR MEMBERSHIP FEES HELPED US TO

 Pay Facebook Fees

Hang Banners in Skytrain Stations

Pay Hike, Bike and Run4Life Fundraiser Costs

Host Angelina Ireland, President of Delta Hospice Society, at our AGM held at St. Clare of Assisi Parish Centre

Members are invited but not required to take part in events.

CHECK OUT THE DISPLAY DURING OUR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE.

You are invited to attend a fraternity gathering taking place every last Saturday morning of the month at 10am (Sept - June) in the St. Clare of Assisi Parish Centre. Contact: Carmen Moorhouse at carmenmoorhouse@gmail.com for more info. 

ACTS is a wonderful piece of inspired writing, history, and personal experience by the writer, Luke (later to be become Saint Luke). It covers the early years of Christianity immediately after the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and His 'call' to a persecutor of followers of Jesus the Christ...a man named Saul...later to be renamed Paul.

We invite you to, "Come and See”, observe, listen, share as the Holy Spirit guides you. Experience the Word of God in The Holy Bible. Open to all regardless of of experience with The Bible. 

Email or Call Matthew: 

biblemondaystc@gmail.com,

6047542762

Ever wondered what it might have been like walking with, talking with Jesus, Our Lord? What was the nature of the talks with Jesus and the Apostles? Was it always serious, formal, casual, was it fun? What must portaging with Jesus have been like? Join us, and see where the Holy Spirit leads us, informs us, how to know God Our Father, Jesus Our Lord, and ourselves, more. 

Email or Call Matthew:  

bibleportage@gmail.com 

6047542762

The Legion of Mary Praesidium, Mary Mother of the Church, is now meeting in person every Thursday from 9:45am to 11am at St. Francis Room of the Parish Centre.

To join as active or auxiliary member, please call Ofelia Estrada at (604)240-9101 or Lourdes Cabael at (778)986-7516.

If you are interested in joining us or would like to know more about Mothers Prayers, please contact Thelma Rose at (604) 464-3383 or by email at glenthel@shaw.ca

For more information, please visit: www.mothersprayers.org or https://stclare.ca/parish-life/faith-formation/mothers-prayer/

If you wish to book a Mass Intention please email the office at stclareofassisi@shaw.ca giving the name of the person, whether it is for a living or deceased person, who it is from and if you have any preferences for the day of the week, a weekend mass or specific date. We will try to book your mass intention as close to the request as possible.  Please note that there may be rare, unforeseen situations when your scheduled date may be changed without notice.

The suggested offering for a mass intention is $10 and can be brought to the office, mailed to 1320 Johnson Street, Coquitlam, V3B 4T5 or dropped in the collection box in the church. Please DO NOT use a collection envelope but put it in a regular envelope clearly marked for what it is for. This offering will go to the priest who says the mass, not to the church.

If you are unable to use email, mass intentions may be phoned in at 604-941-4800.

We are able to accept multiple Mass intentions on Fridays. For all other days, we can book one Mass intention only.

Please pray for the sick of our Parish

Noah Zanatta, Loni Cain, Brendan Pace, Gracienda Ramos, Brian Stewart, Catherine Dunne, Lucy Chase, Doreen Allyen, Tyson Ward, Nora Arroyal, Christopher Brown, Joan McDonald, Annabella Cirko, Frank Matchett, Kelly Durkin, Jason Kendall, Bill Clendinning, Chris Mah, Lydia Guzman, Angelo Visentin, June Cross, Katelyn Boudewyn, Karen Morris, Ramon Montecillo, Janice Caine, Nadine Classen, Leanne Theiss, Sierra Osborne, Sebastien Robillard, Sandra Diersch, Lori Dennis, Mazoe Kaufman, Cindy Mazerolle-Kass, Anna Figura, Ed Garcia, Viray Family, Walter Banke, Elizabeth Teixeira, Reema Ferreira, Terry McDonald, Andrew De Boda, Hari Vijay, Peggy Maas, Chad Galitzky, Al Trotter, Pat Dizy, Brett Lawrence, Norman Schuster, Brenda Haines, John Bergen, Laud Vidal, Rick Empey, Dan Arseneault, Addie Jamieson, Jean-Yves Duret, Valerie Ng and all recipients of St. Clare’s Prayer Shawls.

The Poor Clare sisters are praying for our parish and would be happy to take your personal prayer requests by mail or telephone. For vocation inquiries, send an email to callclaremissbc@telus.net

The show runs March 2-4, 2023. 7:00pm at the Terry Fox Theatre in Port Coquitlam. Tickets are $17 at acrss.org

The goal of “Fiat” Women’s Online Discernment Group is to provide a prayerful environment for young women to discern their vocation, primarily the possible call to Religious Life. These women are given an opportunity to listen to and discuss certain topics about discernment and Religious life in general. Hopefully this Discernment Group will be a good preparation for women who are called to Religious Life to enter the community they are called to with peace and an adequate knowledge of what the Church is asking and desiring for Religious Life.