18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Important Updates
PARISH OFFICE SUMMER HOURS - closed Mondays & Thursdays
FILIPINO MASS is cancelled for the month of August.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
On Saturday, August 17th @ 5:30 pm we are having a Welcome to Father Jeevan & Good Luck to Father Cannio potluck dinner. Potluck menu sign-up sheets are at the Church entrance. As an alternative, you can either email or phone the Parish Office.
To ensure everything runs smoothly, please bring your dishes to the gym by 4:00 PM on Saturday before 4:30 Mass. We will be providing a sausage in a bun, cooked by the Knights of Columbus.
We kindly ask that you sign up and bring a dish. Each dish should be large enough to serve around 30 people to accommodate our guests. For convenience and easy cleanup, please use disposable platters that you bring your food in. If you plan to bring your own platters, you are responsible for them. Additionally, remember to label your dishes clearly with the name of the dish and any key ingredients, especially if they contain common allergens like nuts, dairy, or gluten. If you are short on time, feel free to buy a dish, homemade dishes are not a requirement.
Thank you for your time and energy to help make this a successful event. If you have any questions, please contact Maria De Lucrezia at 604-619 6249
Special Notes
CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP will meet in person on the third Thursday of the month at 7 pm
Best Wishes and Congratulations to Jackie and Barry Callaghan on their 60th Wedding Anniversary. May God continue to bless the love in your hearts and your life together with an ever-deepening faith.
CWL BOTTLE, CAN DRIVE FUNDRAISER is ongoing. CWL has an account with Return It Express. You can take your bottles, cans, tetra packs, milk, plant-based beverage containers to any Return-It location. Instructions are as follows:
Place unsorted bottles in a clear plastic bag(s)
Print off sticker @ Kiosk – Use phone # 778-996-3407
Text code RVCA TO 778-400-5253
To open the door, touch the keypad with your finger or the back of your hand to activate it
Enter the one-time pin code you receive by message. The one-time pin will time out in a few minutes. Repeat if it has timed out.
The Keypad light will turn green. Open door and drop off bag(s)
Proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards the renovation of the Kitchen cabinets, countertops, and flooring in the school gym.
If you are unable to return the bottles yourself, please get in touch with Donna @ 778-996-3407 / dkcolcleugh@gmail.com. Donna will happily pick them up for you and make the deposit.
Please do not drop off bottles at the church or parish office.
This summer, we are planning to paint the inside of the Church along with badly needed repairs to the deck and the staircase leading to the Church and Rectory. Your donations big or small would be appreciated. Envelopes are available at the entrance of the church. Thank you for your generosity.
Reflections
THE ONE WHO PROVIDES TRUE NOURISHMENT
This Sunday we continue to read from the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, but not continuously. Our Lectionary omits John’s report of Jesus’ walking on water. This event is reported much less dramatically in John’s Gospel than in the Synoptic Gospels. After the feeding of the multitudes, the disciples leave in a boat and Jesus follows them. The disciples are said to be terrified by what they see. Jesus reassures them and rejoins them. In today’s Gospel, we learn that the crowd has noticed the departure of Jesus and his disciples and so seeks them out in Capernaum. In the dialogue that follows between Jesus and the crowds, Jesus unfolds for us the gift of himself that that he gives in the Eucharist.
In today’s Gospel, there are four exchanges between Jesus and the crowd. In the first, the crowd, having followed Jesus to Capernaum, asks a very matter of fact question: “Rabbi, when did you get here?” Jesus replies by naming their motivation in pursuing him. They have been fed. Jesus acknowledges this, yet challenges them to see beyond the fulfillment of their material needs. The crowds have followed Jesus because they have been fed. They ought to be seeking out Jesus because he can give them eternal life.
As the second dialogue begins, it seems that the crowd might be on their way to accepting Jesus and his mission. They ask: “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus replies that they must have faith in the one sent from God. But in the third dialogue, the crowd reveals their inability to see Jesus’ true identity. They ask Jesus for a sign so that they might know that Jesus is from God. How strange this sounds since Jesus has just fed more than 5000 people. What more is expected?
But the crowd cannot see beyond the surface of the sign. They show this in their interpretation of the sign that came from Moses. In their description, they identify Jesus with Moses, as if to say, as Moses gave the people manna in the desert, give us a sign so that we will know that you are from God. They are looking to identify a prophet without realizing that God is standing before them. Jesus corrects their misinterpretation, saying that the manna received by their ancestors came from God. As God fulfilled their ancestors’ needs in the desert, so God has provided them with food for eternal life. In the bread that they have received from Jesus, they have received physical nourishment and also spiritual nourishment. Jesus wants the crowd to see beyond the surface to the One who provides true nourishment.
The conclusion of the dialogue reveals the crowd’s blindness. They ask for what Jesus has just told them they have found: “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus answers plainly that he himself is the Bread of Life they seek. Jesus himself is the Bread of Life who will satisfy every hunger and thirst. This is the first of several such statements found in John’s Gospel. We understand these better when we remember that God revealed his name to the people of Israel as “I am,” as Yahweh. Jesus is now claiming this name for himself. In the weeks ahead, we will see the offense that this gives to the people.
~ Loyola Press
Mass Intentions
Sunday, August 4
Spec. Intention Catherine Patrick by Hildegard Fercho
Repose Raffaele Cusano by wife Rosa
Repose Marilyn Paradis by Mike & Phyllis Green
Spec. Intention Joseph Petrvalsky by wife
Monday, August 5
Repose Maria S. Ponte by Ludovina Santos
Spec. Intention Ron Houle by Peter & Fernande Husar
Repose Doreen Yee Lim by Janet Ficocelli
Tuesday, August 6
Repose St. Edmund Parishioners
Repose Gary Ross by Helene Brooks
Repose Cheryl Joseph by Diane & Peter Nation
Repose Doreen Yee Lim by Janet Ficocelli
Wednesday, August 7
Repose William Herman by Anne Herman
Spec. Intention Hanlon family by Hildegard Fercho
Thursday, August 8
Repose Joseph McDaniel by Cecilia Son
Friday, August 9
Repose Flor Cruz by Florence Cruz
Saturday, August 10
Spec. Intention Hanlon family by Hildegard Fercho
Spec. Intention Zofia Bronowska by Lynn McLeod
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
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St. Eds Christian Meditation Group
The St Edmund's Parish unit of the 'World Community for Christian Meditation' (WCCM) will resume its in-person meditation meeting, on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 7.00 pm in St Edmund's Church.
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
School Events
St. Edmunds Elementary School
Religious Education
PREP 2024-2025
Information about the next series of classes will be posted in the bulletin nearer the time when they recommence.
Children's Choir Training
NO PRACTICE OR CHOIR JULY OR AUGUST
Altar Server Training
Every Saturday 11-11:30 am
Archdiocese Notices & Events
GOOD NEWS!!!
We have reached our parish goal so now all pledges made will come back to the parish.
You have the option to collect the pledge forms from our parish office or receive a scanned version via email.
GROTTO OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES – St. Joseph’s Parish (Mission) invites you to the Grotto at Fraser River Heritage Park (7494 Mary Street, Mission) to celebrate the Holy Eucharist in honour of Our Lady, on Saturday, August 17th at 1 pm. Main Celebrant will be the Most Rev. J. Michael Miller, CSB, Archbishop of Vancouver. Confessions will be heard on-site between 10 am and 1 pm. After Mass, procession to the Grotto where the Rosary is prayed and then Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Time for picnic and fellowship. Please bring your own picnic lunch and chairs. For bus information, please contact the Bus coordinator in your Parish or email: info@aquinasinstitute.ca. See the official post in the lobby of the church. Visit www.MissionGrotto.com
MARY and the EUCHARIST
All ladies are welcome to attend the “Mary and the Eucharist” Women’s Conference at St. Patrick Parish, 2881 Main Street, Vancouver.
August 23, Healing Mass at 7:00, August 24 Conference Talks 10 am-3:30 pm, Concert 7:00 pm.
Speakers: Kathleen Beckman, Andi Oney, Annie Karto, Fr. Zachary of the Mother of God, SOLT.
Tickets $60 ($50 for CWL members) available online via e-Transfer: MediatrixConferences@gmail.com
For information: Ethelyn David (604) 889-3842.
Financial Updates
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
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