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Pastor 主任司鐸 Fr. Bruce-John Hamilton

Assistant 助理司鐸 Vacant

Chinese Mass 中文彌撒司鐸

Fr. Anthony Ho

Parish Office Administrator Helen Estrellado

Parish Office Hrs 堂區辦事處時間 Tue—Fri 8:30am to 12:00 pm

1:00 to 4:00 pm Closed for Lunch at 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Corpus Christi Elementary School 6344 Nanaimo Street Vancouver, BC V5P 4K6 Phone: 604-321-1117 Fax: 604-321-1410 Email: office@cchristi.ca Website: www.corpuschristi-school.ca Principal: Ms. Rosa Natola

Sunday Mass 主日彌撒 Saturday Vigil 週六:

5:00 pm (English 英) Sunday 週日: 8:00 am (English 英) 10:00 am (English 英) 12:00 pm (English 英) 3:00 pm (Cantonese)

Weekday Mass 平日彌撒 Mon.—Fri. 週一至五 8:00 am Wednesday 9:05 am (School Mass when in session) Friday 7:00 pm Saturdays & Holidays 9:00 am

Reconciliation 修和聖事

Saturday 9:30 am – 10:15 am 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Monday—Friday 7:45 am —7:55 am Friday 6:15pm —6:40 pm Sunday (In Cantonese) 2:30—2:55 pm

Liturgy of the Hours/Devotions

Office of Readings Daily 7:00 am Saturdays/Holidays 8:00 am Lauds Daily 7:40 am Saturdays/Holidays 8:40 am Sunday 7:30 am Holy Rosary, after weekday Mass Divine Mercy Devotion Fridays 6:35 pm Our Lady of Perpetual Help Saturday 9:30 am

Our Mission: To witness God’s love through worship and service and to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

Our Vision: Corpus Christi, as a community, will create an environment and culture that support all parishioners in embracing Stewardship as a way of life through Prayer, Formation Hospitality, and Service.

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March 29, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Lent

PARISH MINISTRIES/GROUPS

Adoration Chapel Jarka Fusekova/Araceli Hinz Baptism Preparation Class Jackson Fong/Adelia Yiu/

Anita Gill/Scholastica Au Bible Study Fr. Bruce-John Hamilton (Scripture Study) Joyce Fung (Tuesday Morning Group) Joseph Chiu (Chinese) Catering Theresa Stewart Catholic Women’s League Khim Cheung, President Chinese Community Frank Chan Choir Sat. 5pm & Sun. 8am Dominica Chan Sun. 10am Dorathy Li Sun 12pm Cristy Luettschwager Chinese 3pm Vincent Lau Church Care Helen Estrellado Altar Linens Agnes Lo Church Flowers Monica Lau Church Cleaning Cristy Luettschwager Church Gardens Adele Almoite Couples for Christ Neil & Cristy Loresco Russell & Theresa Zablan Richman & Nina Therese Manalili Eucharistic Ministry Bill Lam, Coordinator Knights of Columbus David Robinson, Grand Knight Legion of Mary Vickie Cornwall, President Project Advance Jackson Fong/Simon Yeung RCIA Fr. Bruce-John Hamilton (English) Joseph Chiu (Cantonese) Readers Irene Goh-Ko, Coordinator Safe Environment Ruby Socorro Arico Seniors’ Ministry Jackson Fong/Theresa Stewart Senior Management Team Fr. Bruce-John Hamilton/Jackson Fong/

David Robinson/Rick Lam/ Veronica Yam/Helen Estrellado

Ushers Rick Lam, Coordinator Welcoming Ministry Connie Robinson, Coordinator Youth Ministry Fr. Bruce-John Hamilton Altar Servers Fr. Bruce-John Hamilton Junior Youth Melchor Berceles/Lois Umali Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) Veronica Yam, Coordinator Queen of Angels Vivien Leung, Coordinator

BAPTISM The Baptism Preparation Classes for parents are held every 1st (Part 1) and 3rd (Part 2) Saturdays of the month, 10:30 am to 12 noon, except during the months of July and August. Parents must attend both sessions. Call the Parish Office to pre-register for the class. Baptism celebrations are held every 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month following the 12:00 noon Mass. HOLY MATRIMONY We welcome your wedding celebration at Corpus Christi Church. To arrange the date and begin your preparations, please contact the Parish Office or either one of our priests at least 6 months prior to the proposed wedding date. ANOINTING OF THE SICK If your loved one, relative or friend would like to arrange for a priest for the administration of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick or to visit the sick in a hospital, please phone the Parish Office. Or you may contact the hospital chaplain:

VGH: 604-877-5918 (Pager) Fr. Jude Iloghalu (Mon., Tue., Fri., Sat. and Sun.) (604-230-7217) Fr. Miguel Segura Blay, Fr. Gilbert Nunez, Fr. Luis Martin Brain Delgado (Wed. and Thurs.) MOUNT ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL: Fr. Martin Tuyen Nguyen, OP (Chaplain) 604-876-7826 BURNABY HOSPITAL: St. Theresa’s Parish (Chaplain) 604-298-6800 ST. PAUL’S HOSPITAL: Fr. Victor Fernandes, OCD 604-806-7290

WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS AND VISITORS: To register, please complete a Registration Form available at the Welcoming Booth in the church vestibule or at the Parish Office or download from the parish website, www.ccparish.ca. Envelopes are assigned to those who request for them.

Eucharistic Emmaus Adoration Chapel

To worship at Corpus Christi’s Adoration Chapel, please come to the parish office to obtain a code for the door lock. Eucharistic Adoration in the Church, every Friday, from 5:45 to 6:45 pm. Holy Hour is at 6:00 pm

想在聖體小堂朝拜耶穌聖體，請親臨堂區辦事處，領取門鎖密碼 聖堂明供聖體時間是每星期五下午 5:45 至 6:45 聖時：下午 6:00

PLEASE NOTE: Holy Mass is closed to the public until further notice. Masses are now live streamed on Facebook – look for Corpus Christi Parish Vancouver or www.facebook.com/CCRCPV.

Sunday, March 29 Fifth Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for All Parishioners, Living & Deceased

Monday, March 30

8:00 AM for Bruce Milner, RIP

Tuesday, March 31

8:00 AM for Denise Lenzen, RIP

Wednesday, April 1

8:00 AM for Pelilia Caelian, RIP

Thursday, April 2

8:00 AM for Anna Goritsas & Robert Federchuk, Health

Friday, April 3

8:00 AM for Benet Buziak, Health

6:00 PM Exposition & Benediction (also live streamed)

Saturday, April 4

9:00 AM for Teresa Wong, Intention

March 29, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Lent

In light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Corpus Christi Parish will be temporarily implementing the following measures in compliance with the social/physical distancing mandate of the government:

1. The Parish Office will be conducting business at reduced working hours from 8:30am to 1:00pm and will only be thru phone (604-324-2265) and/or via email (parish.cc@rcav.org). No walk-in inquiries, please.

2. The Adoration Chapel will remain open, however, we will limit the number of people inside at any one time – only 2 people will be allowed in for a maximum stay of 45 minutes. Please leave after your time to make room for others.

3. All Baptism Preparation classes are cancelled until further notice.

4. All Baptisms are likewise cancelled until further notice.

5. Conferment of the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Holy Communion this year are postponed until further notice.

6. Bulletins, announcements and updates will be sent by email thru Flocknote. Email the parish office to get connected.

We are here to serve and we will do the best we can in order to assist you during these difficult times. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Stewardship Reflections

“Jesus said to her, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believe you

will see the glory of God?” (John 11:40)

Many of us say that we believe in God. We go to church on Sunday. We volunteer for events at our parish. But when life gets hard and the pressure is on, when things aren’t

going our way, do we really believe and put our trust in the Lord? When we live a life of gratitude, being thankful for the

gifts we have been given, we really do see that God is providing all that we need. It opens our hearts to see God’s

active presence in our daily lives.

Copyright © 2018 Archdiocese of St. Louis

5th Sunday of Lent

Next Sunday begins Passiontide - two weeks before the Good Easter. The crucifix and statues will be

shrouded in purple this coming Saturday. I don’t know what will happen with regards Holy Week and Easter, so

we will just have to wait and see. In the meantime we should all be praying, for our health care workers, our

researchers, our political leaders, first responders and ourselves.

It is very important during these times to try and establish, and keep a schedule in one’s life and one’s

household/apartment/condominium. No one knows how long this Coronavirus will be around, but we can

establish a “way of living” that is necessary for us. We human beings need schedules in whatever form they

might take, we need routines and routines are good as long as we do not fall into a “rut”, or become mindless in

the way we keep, or live out, our routines.

I took the following from the Navy Seals: discipline = freedom. This is a good moto to live by for

physical, social, psychological, mental and spiritual health, especially, but not only, during these times. I will

give some suggestions, and that is all that they are as each person is free to do as they think necessary. All I

know is that these things help me a lot! I’ve learned them from others, and admittedly there are just part of who

I am:

1) Try to go to bed and get up at the same time. Don’t change this too much. Sleep is one of our most

important assets and we need to be as structured in sleep patterns as possible.

2) Be very conscious of eating healthy. I’m not one to completely avoid “junk food”, but not too much.

In my opinion we need these “breaks”, but not too many!

3) While at home, establish a routine, a schedule that will help and benefit you, your family, and your

children.

4) Avoid – AVOID – too much TV. Try to leave it off during the day.

5) Make time slots in your schedule to pray: read the New Testament 3 minutes a day. You can also

download the Living with Christ app from the app store (Apple, but I think it is also available for

Android). This gives you the daily readings for Mass.

6) Try spending 15 minutes a day in quite prayer, or meditation, and then consider 30 minutes. Don’t

be put off, or get discouraged if you suffer distractions, as it’s our life to battle distractions.

7) Try to begin reading good books! I know everyone is not a reader, but there are different ways to do

this. Searching for good articles is one alternative. If you haven’t read in a while try 15 minutes.

Take a five minute break and then resume reading. One book that I am reading now, it’s not

religious, is Deep Work by Cal Newport. It may not be everyone’s kind of book, but there is a lot of

good material in it, like how to remain focused in a distracted world.

8) One more: use creativity with the children - arts and crafts, board games, even cards. I remember

these when I was young.

Ok, enough for now. I hope this at least gives some suggestions as to the possibilities that are available

to people and they don’t cost a lot. There is much more and I will try to mention those as time goes on.

If you did not know, there is a BC COVID 19 app in the Apple store and I’m sure it’s on Android

as well. It is a great resource.

Here is our parish FB and YouTube pages:

https://www.facebook.com/CCRCPV/

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCCc8TlNPMi_AQc7DVPQEV5A

And here is an infographic that I hope gives you a good perspective as to how to manage these

times:

Let us keep one another in prayers during these times

Sincerely in Christ

Fr. Hamilton

本堂神父的話

四旬期第五日

下個主日是苦難期的開始—是復活日的前兩星期。這星期六，耶穌苦像和聖像會蓋以紫色布

幔。我不知道到聖周和復活節時景況如何，我們只能等著看。如今我們各人都只能祈禱，為我

們的健康，醫護人員，研究人員，我們的政治領袖，前線人員和我們自己祈禱。

在這時段中，最重要能嘗試建立和遵行我們生命，我們住屋/寓所/住房的計劃。沒有人知道這

冠狀病毒會肆虐多久，但我們要建立一個為我們需要的“生活的方法”。我們人類需要作好計

劃，無論任何形式的計劃，我們要能有常規，常規是好的如果它不淪於默守成規或變得盲目

的。

紀律=自由，這是取自從海豹突擊隊的素材。這是個很好的動力，我們生理上，社交上，心理

上，精神上，靈魂健康上都可賴它而生活，特別在，但不僅只在，這段非常時間中。我有以下

的提議，每人都可以按自己認知的需要自行決擇。我所知的是，這些都幫我良多！我從他人中

學會的，我又要承認，這竟成了一部份的我：

1) 嘗試準時起床，上床。不要有太多的改變。睡眠是我們一個最重要的資源，我們需要把

睡眠的模式盡量做好。

2) 食用健康要十分小心。我不是一個戒絕垃圾食物的人，但不吃太多。我的意見是，我們

需這“小息” 但不要是經常的。

3) 在家中，建立一個規律，一個計劃，它讓你，家人，你子女們得益。

4) 避免—避免—太多的電。嘗試在白天的候關閉它。

5) 在你的計劃中，預一些時間作祈禱：每天閱讀新 3 分鐘。你可下載 Living with Christ的程

式（相信 Apple和 Android都有）。它給你每天彌撒的讀經。

6) 嘗試每天 15 分鐘靜默祈禱或作默想，然後再嘗試延至 30 分鐘。在感到分心的時候，不

要放棄，不要氣餒，因我們的生命都要跟分心戰鬥。

7) 嘗試開始閱讀好的書籍！我知道每人都不是個讀者，但我們都有不同的方法做到。搜尋

好的文章是一個好方案。如果你好一段時間沒有閱讀，先嘗試讀 15 分鐘。休息 5 分鐘再

行閱讀。我現在正在閱讀一本 Cal Newport的 Deep Work，它不是宗教的書本。這不會是

每人心儀的書，但內裡很多好的料，例如在分心的時候，怎樣去集中。

8) 還有：跟孩子利用他們的創作力—藝術，手工，棋類遊戲，甚至紙牌。我記得我年青時

這些的一切。

好了，夠了。我希望，這些最少都是一些些的提議，都是隨手可得的，可行的，而且是免費

的。還有不少的，我有時間我會再為大介紹。

你可已經知道有一個 BC省新冠狀病毒的程式，在 App store內，相信 Android 會有的。這個好

的資源。

這我們堂區的面書和 YouTube 的頁面

https://www.facebook.com/CCRCPV/

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCCc8TlNPMi_AQc7DVPQEV5A

以下的圖像訊息，是一個視野讓你管理這些時間。

讓我們大家的彼此代禱。

主內

Hamilton 神父

Prayer to Mary 1 O Mary,

you always shine on our path

as a sign of salvation and of hope.

We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the

Sick,

who at the Cross shared in Jesus’ pain,

keeping your faith firm.

You, Salvation of your People,

and Queen of the Holy Rosary

know what we need,

and we have faith that you will protect us

so that, as at Cana of Galilee,

we may return to joy and feasting

after this time of trial.

Help us, Mother of Divine Love,

to conform to the will of the Father

and to do as we are told by Jesus,

who has taken upon himself our sufferings

and carried our sorrows

to lead us, through the Cross,

to the joy of the resurrection. Amen.

We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our hour of

need, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin Mary. Amen.

1 Adaptation of the Prayer of Pope Francis, 11 March 2020

How to Gain a Plenary Indulgence During the Coronavirus Pandemic, According to the Vatican

The Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary announced an opportunity for a plenary indulgence during the current coronavirus pan-demic.

According to the decree, “the gift of special Indulgences is granted to the faithful suffering from COVID-19 disease, com-monly known as Coronavirus, as well as to health care workers, family members, and all those who in any capacity, in-cluding through prayer, care for them.”

A Plenary indulgence removes all temporal punishment due to sin, but one must have “a spirit detached from any sin” for it to completely apply.

The faithful who qualify for a plenary indulgence during the coronavirus pandemic:

Those suffering from the coronavirus illness Those ordered to quarantine themselves due to the virus Health care workers, family members, and others caring for those with the coronavirus (exposing themselves to conta-

gion)

Do at least one of the following:

Unite yourself spiritually through the media in the celebration of the Holy Mass Recite the Rosary Pious practice of the Way of the Cross (or other forms of devotion) Recite the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and “a pious invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, offering this trial in a spirit of

faith in God and charity towards their brothers and sisters.”

Also must perform all of the following as soon as possible: (considered the three usual condi-tions for a plenary indulgence)

Sacramental Confession Eucharistic communion Pray for the Pope’s intentions

The faithful not suffering from the coronavirus can: “Implore the Almighty God for the end of the epidemic, relief for those who are afflicted, and eternal salvation for those whom the Lord has called to Himself.”

In addition to the usual conditions mentioned above for a plenary indulgence, do at least one of the following: Visit the Blessed Sacrament or go to Eucharistic adoration Read the Holy Scriptures for at least half an hour Recite Holy Rosary Pious exercise of the Way of the Cross Recite the Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Plenary indulgence for those unable to receive Anointing of the Sick: The decree adds that “the Church prays for those who find themselves unable to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and of the Viaticum, entrusting each and every one to divine Mercy by virtue of the communion of saints and granting the faithful a Plenary Indulgence on the point of death, provided that they are duly disposed and have recited a few prayers during their lifetime (in this case the Church makes up for the three usual conditions required). For the attainment of this indulgence the use of the crucifix or the cross is recommended.”

Pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic and all suffering from the coronavirus!

https://churchpop.com/2020/03/20/how-to-gain-a-plenary-indulgence-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-according-to-the-vatican