Aug 30, 2025 - Sunday Bulletin
- Leslie Mendonca
- Aug 28
- 5 min read
Updated: Aug 29
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Important Updates
Online Giving
Make a weekly, or one-time donation to the St. Edmund's Parish collection.
Mass Times
Weekend - Saturday at 4:30 pm (Anticipated Mass); Sundays at 8 am, 9:30 am and 11 am
Weekday - Monday to Friday at 7:30 am and 9 am; Saturdays at 9 am
Confessions - Tuesday to Friday after 9 am Mass; Saturdays from 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm
Morning Prayer - Monday to Saturday 8:40 am
Adoration chapel - 10am to 12pm (noon).
Office Hours (Summer)
For August – Open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Fridays
Hours: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm & 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Updates
Parish News
No 7:30am Mass on Monday, September 1st (Labour Day)
PREP REGISTRATION IS OPEN. Please complete the registration form and hand it into the Parish Office or leave it in the mailbox to the left of the office entry gate. You can get the registration form from the parish office.
PREP classes are in St. Edmund’s School and begin on September 10, 2025. Classes will be held every Wednesday from 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Any questions can be sent to prepatsteds@shaw.ca
Our Heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Jeannette Boos who has gone home to our Heavenly Father. Funeral Mass is Saturday, Sept. 6th @ 11am.
The Filipino Mass is on the first Sunday of the month at 6pm.
Christian Meditation Group meets in person on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7pm.
Royal Orchid 2026 Tours - See flyer
Reflections
HOW TO LIVE ACCORDING TO JESUS' VISION
Meals played an important role in the society in which Jesus lived. More than a time for sharing nourishment, they were a time to share ideas and to model different aspects of social relationships. In Luke's Gospel, the places that a person ate (at the home of a tax collector, 5:29), the people with whom a person ate (sinners, 5:30), whether a person washed before eating (11:38), and, as is the case here, the place that a person sits while eating are all important. The narrator says Jesus tells a parable, but it is really wise advice to both guests and hosts about finding true happiness at the heavenly banquet.
Jesus warns guests to wait before taking their places at the table lest they be asked to move if someone more important arrives. This is more than just a lesson about dinner etiquette. It is advice on how to find your true place in the Kingdom of God. Jesus advises hosts not to invite people who would be expected to repay them to dinner but to invite those who could not repay: the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. This is where real blessings can be found.
In these sayings, Luke gives us not only advice on how to approach the end times but also on how to live according to Jesus' vision of a good society. Luke's Gospel also advises us how the Church must be part of bringing about this society. It is yet another example in Luke's Gospel of the reversal the kingdom brings about.
~ Loyola Press
Mass Intentions
Sunday, August 31
Spec. Int. Sharon Henora O’Donnell
Spec. Intention Anish Rodrigues by Lynn McLeod
Spec. Intention Arnulfo Mendoza III by Mark Mendoza
Spec. Intention Lino Lammoglia by Elisa & John Bueno
Repose Serafino & Maria Cusano/Fiore & Enza Romano by Angelo Cusano
Monday, September 1
Spec. Intention Brien & Shannon Geue by Barbara Stuart
Repose Emmanuel Remaneses & Ernesto Amada by Gaskell family
Tuesday, September 2
Spec. Intention Dylan Teng by Zofia Bronowska
Wednesday, September 3
Spec. Intention Sam Ockoleon by Barbara Stuart
Spec. Intention Edzer Charles for good health & sight by Chantal Pean
Thursday, September 4
Spec. Intention St. Edmund Parishioners
Saturday, September 6
Spec. Intention Christina Gallagher/House of Prayer by Janet Ficocelli
Repose Mum & Dad Cusanelli by family
Repose Francesco Alberici by Ness & Roger
Parish Events
CWL 2nd Thursday of each month @ 7 PM
Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus general meetings are in person on the 1st Tuesday each month @7pm/executive meetings are also in person on the last Tuesday of the month @7pm
St. Eds Christian Meditation Group
The St Edmund's Parish unit of the 'World Community for Christian Meditation' (WCCM) has in-person meditation meeting, on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 7.00 pm in St Edmund's Church.
"No Experience Necessary"- The group leader will give new people the basics of meditation and some resources.
WCCM continues to hold a weekly virtual meeting on Mondays (via ZOOM), also at 7.00 pm. You are sincerely invited to attend the WCCM meeting(s). All are welcome.
To learn more about WCCM, kindly contact: Luis Zunino - email lzunino@gzarchitects.com
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 832 0552 4810
Passcode: 965923
School Events
St. Edmunds Elementary School
St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School
Mark your calendars and plan to attend STA’s most epic, family-oriented Homecoming yet. Festivities begin on Friday, September 19 at 3:30pm with the Senior Boys Soccer battling against Archbishop Carney Secondary at Fen Burdett Stadium. Join us back at STA at 5:00pm with live music, beer garden, food trucks, free gelato and more. Registration isn't required.
Religious Education
PREP 2024-2025
Parish Religious Education Program – PREP REGISTRATION IS OPEN. Please complete the registration form and hand it into the Parish Office or leave it in the mailbox to the left of the office entry gate. You can get the registration form from the parish office.
PREP classes are in St. Edmund’s School and begin on September 10, 2025. Classes will be held every Wednesday from 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Any questions can be sent to prepatsteds@shaw.ca
Children's Choir Training
Practices will be every 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month @10am
Masses will be every 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month @ 11am
Altar Server Training
Every Saturday 11-11:30 am
Archdiocese Notices & Events
JUBILEE YEAR 2025
Learn more about this special year, stay updated with the latest news, and explore how you can participate at rcav.org/jubilee.
Upcoming Marriage & Family Events
Monthly (First Saturday of the month) | Pro-Life Mass and Prayer Vigil
WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
Rekindle the romance, remind yourselves why you fell in love and learn how to make a good marriage even better!
WWME is offering a weekend marriage retreat this fall. Oct. 24-26, 2025.
For more info and to register visit: https://beholdvancouver.org/events/couple-retreat-by-worldwide-marriage-encounter#overview
❤Early bird special before Sept. 11. ❤ Registration closes Oct. 11, 2025
Financials
Remember St. Edmund's in your Will
Bread & Wine
Prayer Requests
Our Parish Community is asked to pray for the Special Intention of Father Steny & Father Cannio
Our Parish Community is asked to pray for the Special Intention of Father Jeevan Prakash D'Almeda
Our Parish Community is asked to pray for the Special Intention of St. Edmund Parishioners
Our Parish Community is asked to pray for the Special Intentions of All Carmelite Priests
Our Parish Community is asked to pray for the Special Intention of Anish Rodrigues & Nileema D’Souza
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