Oct 18, 2025 - Sunday Bulletin
- Leslie Mendonca
- Oct 17
- 6 min read
29th 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).
Updates
Parish News
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
Today, every parish across the globe joins together for a worldwide collection on World Mission Sunday. Your generosity today supports the Pope’s missions in more than 1,124 territories where the Church is young or struggling.
Your offering today provides hope where despair too often dominates—through the building of churches, formation of seminarians and religious sisters, healthcare clinics, and Catholic schools. Please give in-person or online at rcav.org/second-collection
FATHER CANNIO’S NEW BOOK! – The Name is All I Have Is Them and speaks to our relationship with God and Nature. Copies are available at the back of the Church for $20 each or by donation.
THE ALL SOULS BOOK OF LIFE with envelopes is available for you to enter your loved ones’ names during this special, Holy time.
TO ACCESS THE PARISH OFFICE – PLEASE CALL 604-988-3211 (during office hours 9am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 5pm)
The Filipino Mass is on the 1st Sunday of the month at 6pm.
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. Any questions can be sent to prepatsteds@shaw.ca
On the 4th Sunday of every month, the 11am Mass will be for all students & parents of our School. All parents & students are requested to attend
The Adoration chapel is open from 10am to 12pm (noon). Sign-up is needed on Flock Note. If you are unable to use that method, please contact the Parish Office
Christian Meditation Group meets in person on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7pm.
CALLING ALL BAKERS – the CWL Coffee Sunday & Bake Sale is on Sunday, October 26th after all Masses. Please see the information sheet following these notes.
Reflections
PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER
This is the first of two parables that Jesus tells in Luke 18 about prayer. (The second will be read at Mass next Sunday.) This first parable is a lesson in persistence in prayer. (Next Sunday's parable will address attitude in prayer.) While the parable seems to present prayer as nagging God for what we want, such a reading misses the point. God is not like the judge in the parable, worn down by requests and coerced to respond. The key is found in the description of the judge as corrupt and unjust. Since God can be neither, we must understand Jesus to be saying that if even an unjust judge responds to the persistence of the widow, how much more so will God listen to our prayers. God truly wants to hear our needs and respond generously. It is the final lament of Jesus that gets to the point of the parable. The lesson is about the persistence of the one who prays. God wants us to be like the persistent widow, staying in relationship with God, confident that God hears and answers prayers. Then Jesus laments, “Will such faith be found when the Son of Man comes?” In this lament, Jesus notes how easy it can be for us to lose heart.
~ Loyola Press
Mass Intentions
Sunday, October 19
Repose Gloria Reyes by John & Elisa Bueno
Monday, October 20
Spec. Intention Liza Gino by Grace Koo
Tuesday, October 21
Repose St. Edmund Parishioners
Repose Sung Bo Wong by Janet Ficocelli & Adrian Brecelj
Repose Peter Christopher Kerr by sister Rosaleen
Wednesday, October 22
Repose Sister Mary Louise by Liz Wong
Thursday, October23
Repose John Longman by Longman & D’Souza families
Spec Intention Father Jeevan by Liz Wong
Friday, October 24
Repose Valerie Moller
Saturday, October 25
Repose Clara & Manuel Alagoa by daughter Marilyn
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
We are excited to launch our new online store with something for everyone. The online store contains a variety of wearables, athletic and non-athletic bags, and more. Click here to view the store.
The order period for the first launch is October 3 - 24. Orders will be available for pickup from the STA school store on the 2nd floor between December 10-18, or sent directly to your home. The next launch period will be Spring 2026. Looking for specific Alumni merch? Let us know here and we'll be sure to include it with our Spring edition.
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
THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL ARCHBISHOP'S DINNER
Join Archbishop Richard Smith on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. This special evening will bring together Catholics from across the Archdiocese to celebrate our faith, share in fellowship, and support a new fund that empowers women facing adversity. The funds raised at this year’s Dinner will launch a new fund that empowers women facing adversity to find safety, healing, and new beginnings. Register online at rcav.org/dinner2025 before September 30.
LITTLE FLOWER ACADEMY is hosting our Annual OPEN HOUSE on Wednesday, October 22nd at 6:00pm and is accepting applications from prospective Grade Eight candidates for the 2026-2027 school year. All students wishing to apply must sit the ENTRANCE EXAM on Saturday, December 6, 2025. For more information and online application, please visit our website (www.lfabc.org) or contact Kathi Wilson, Registrar at wilsonk@lfabc.org or 604-738-9016 ext. 114.
VOCATION LIVE-IN on the weekend of November 15 - 16 at the Seminary of Christ the King in Mission, BC. Anyone wishing to enter the Seminary in the next couple of years is welcome. For more information phone 604-826-8975 or email rector.minors@sck.ca
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
For the week of October 25 to October 31
Repose of the Souls of All My Sisters
By Nora Gemino
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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