Oct 4, 2025 - Sunday Bulletin
- Leslie Mendonca
- Oct 3
- 7 min read
27th 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
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.
Longtime Parishioner Paxa Baddeley has been called home to our Heavenly Father. Our condolences to her family and friends. The Funeral Mass is on Monday, October 6th @11am here at St. Edmund’s.
The Filipino Mass is on the 1st Sunday of the month at 6pm – October 5th.
TO ACCESS THE PARISH OFFICE – PLEASE CALL 604-988-3211 (during office hours 9am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 5pm)
ONLINE GIVING for the Healing and Reconciliation collection may be made at rcav.org/healing-and-reconciliation
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.
Reflections
God's Plan is God's Grace to us
In today's Gospel, we hear Jesus teach about faith and service to God. The context is a continuing dialogue between Jesus and his followers about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Jesus has just finished an instruction on sin and forgiveness. There are two related teachings that Jesus offers to his disciples when they cry out for an increase in faith. The first is the familiar reminder that faith, even just a little, will enable the followers of Jesus to do wondrous things. But this uplifting and inspiring teaching is quickly followed by the second teaching, a caution about knowing one's place in God's plans. The disciples of Jesus are to understand themselves as servants to God and his plans. Even when God works wonders through us, with our mustard seed-sized faith, we must not seek praise. Our participation in God's plans is God's grace to us—nothing more, nothing less. When we are graced enough to cooperate with God, the work we do is nothing more than our obligation to God as faithful stewards. And yet, our faith enables us to believe that what we have offered in service to God, as his servants, can be made to produce a hundredfold.
~ Loyola Press
Mass Intentions
Sunday, October 5
Repose Cristina Vignone by son Angelo & family
Repose Raffaele Cusano by Rosa Cusano
Repose Arnulfo Mendoza III by Mark Mendoza
Repose Angela Olaso & Mary Nunez by Elisa & John Bueno
Tuesday, October 7
Repose Sister Mary Louise by Liz Wong
Repose Paxa Baddeley by Zofia Baddeley
Wednesday, October 8
Repose Rudolfo Diaz by Zofia Bronowska
Thursday, October9
Repose St. Edmund Parishioners
Friday, October 10
Repose Elaine Hawrelak by Peter & Diane Nation
Saturday, October 11
Repose Gerrard Watt by wife Josephine Watt
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
Apple Fundraiser
Give to your kids an amazing and healthy apple to eat!!!
Sale will end Monday, October 6, and our delivery day it’s schedule by Wednesday October 22!! Reminder e-mails will be sent to you, so you can’t forget!
The funds we raise are so important for providing additional resource that will enrich and upgrade our kid’s academic, physical and social work.
Also, we ask you to please consider sharing this link below with neighbours, friends and family through e-mail or text messages!
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.
Rosary for Peace with Archbishop Smith at Holy Rosary Cathedral on Saturday, October 4 at 11:00 a.m. to pray the Rosary for peace, especially for those suffering in the Holy Land, Ukraine, and around the world. Attend in person or join the livestream as we entrust our petitions to Mary, Queen of Peace. Parish groups, schools, youth and young adult groups, and prayer groups are encouraged to take part. Consider making this part of your pilgrimage to the Cathedral during the Jubilee Year of Hope. Learn more at beholdvancouver/events.
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
Life Chain Sunday, October 5, 2025
Lonsdale at 25th
Parking available at Holy Trinity Church’s gravel lot just west of Lonsdale and 27th.
Signs can be picked up beginning at 1:30 on the grassy area at the northeast corner of Lonsdale and 25th Street.
1:45 Final instructions on the grassy area.
2:00 -3:00 Life Chain.
Beginning 3:15 Celebrate in the Holy Trinity Church Hall at Lonsdale and 27th.
HOW TO HAVE A GREAT LIFE CHAIN
1. The weather is forecast to be sunny on Sunday, but the Life Chain will go on rain or shine. So dress for the weather.
2. Stand on the sidewalk, spaced 8 feet apart. This is so we don’t block other’s signs.
3. Hold your sign facing on-coming traffic.
4. Hold your sign still so that it can be read.
5. Avoid casual talk with other sign-holders; but feel free to wave to those who honk as they pass.
6. Pray silently for those driving past that our message will have a positive impact on them.
7. Remember to SMILE.
8. Refer any media or police or passersby who want to debate or get more information to North Vancouver Life Chain coordinator Len Corben (he’ll be the one wearing a Blue Jays cap). Do not debate with anyone.
9. At 3:00 p.m., please return your signs and flags to your Point Person who will take them back to Len Corben on the grassy northeast corner of 25th Street.
10. When the event is over, please celebrate afterwards with everyone else at the Holy Trinity Church Hall where the North Shore Pro-Life organization will host us with coffee and snacks. This will give you a chance to meet up with people you know, people you don’t know and people you have just met.
Financials
Remember St. Edmund's in your Will
Bread & Wine
Repose of the Soul of Albert Petreny
By Wife Margaret
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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