DNEWS FEBRUARY 2010 - the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops

Bishop Monroe’s
2010 Schedule
CONFIRMATION, MASSES & EVENTS
IN THE DIOCESE AND BEYOND
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The
Bishop’s Message
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IN MEMORIAM
Father Joe Dahlem
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Coming Events
in the Diocese
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The Bishop’s Journal
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NEW SERIES
Spiritual Classics
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NEW CWL COUNCIL
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ADVERTISERS – 14-17
St. Ann’s Academy, Kamloops
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O.L.P.H., Kamloops
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St. Ann’s, Quesnel
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St. James, Vernon
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Sacred Heart, Williams Lake
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ISSUE
Vol. 36, No. 1 – February, 2010
Diocesan News
News and Views of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops
ALL ABOARD! Kelly Pruden and Noah Kennedy are among the St. Ann’s Elementary students heading home on St. Ann’s own
school bus after a day of classes in Quesnel. Pastor Rev. Martin Peyton took his camera to school to record A Day in the Life
of the most northerly Catholic school in the Diocese of Kamloops. See Page 10 – PHOTO BY FR. MARTIN PEYTON
By Kelly Tries, Superintendent
This year, across the province
of British Columbia, Catholic
Schools Week is celebrated from
Jan. 31 to Feb. 6 with the theme
Catholic Schools: Sharing Our
Story, Celebrating Our Faith.
Catholic educators are living
this story and celebrating this
faith with their students each and
every day. Gathered around the
classroom prayer tables, coming
together as a school to celebrate
Mass, visiting the seniors’ centres
to be present to the elderly and
raising funds to send to foreign
missions – these are but a few
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2010
‘Sharing Our Story, Celebrating Our Faith’
Kelly Tries, Superintendent
Catholic Independent Schools
– Kamloops Diocese
examples of the daily stories and
celebrations.
Our schools are different and
we are proud of that difference.
We share with our students
God’s basic directions for life in
the Beatitudes. By sharing the
story of the Prodigal Son, we open
their eyes to God’s limitless
capacity for forgiveness and love.
As God’s children, they learn
that they, too, are called to be
forgiving and loving in a culture
that teaches them the complete
opposite.
The culture we live in tells our
young people that having a bigger
car, a larger salary, a huge house
and lots of money will lead to a
happy life.
We teach them to look for
the Good News in other people,
so they can empathize with them
and learn to love them.
We affirm their giftedness and
help them to see that they can
make a powerful difference in the
world and transform the culture
we live in through the grace and
love of Jesus.
If we do our job well, our
students will know that their life
makes a difference to the whole
kingdom of God. §

ST. ANN’S ACADEMY PHOTOS FROM THE TOP
– ONE: Senior Boys Basketball Team enters 2010
ranked second in BC (L-R) BACK Mr. Rob Larson
(coach), Ethan Lavoie, Blaz Bozinovic, Jared
Doherty, Ivan Bozinovic, Eric Bryenton, Keegan
Robertson; FRONT Michael Kasprzik, Nathan Marshall,
Francisco Mantecon Serrano, Bradon Krenz, Aaron
Smit, Nathan Smith, Andy Oraniewicz. TWO: High
School Coffee House, Dec. 8 LEFT Marina Godard
(Gr. 11) performs ‘Only Hope’ accompanied by
Kevin Mulligan (Gr. 9) on the piano. RIGHT Choir
Please contact the school for more information or to
arrange a tour. Accepting applications for all grades K-12
St. Ann’s Academy
250-372-5452
www.stannsacademy.bc.ca
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Our parents recognize that a well-rounded,
faith-based education supports the same
values that are promoted at home.
• Christian Family Values
• Talented Teaching Staff
• Supportive Academic Environment
• Athletics • Fine Arts • Performing Arts
• Full-Time Kindergarten
• Tax receipts issued for tuition
627608
students join choir and band instructor Mr.
Cuzzetto in a song during the Coffee House
(L-R) BACK Eric Mulligan, Alexa Melnychuk,
Sierra Gladu, Kevin Mulligan, Vanessa
Beltrano, Brittany Lowe, Marta Oraniewicz;
FRONT & MIDDLE ROWS Marina Godard, Olivia Marr,
Ainsley Semenoff, Marizza Flores, Helen
Watson, Brian Langevin, Jennica Kent,
Hannah Bley, Robin Sutherland. THREE: A
Medieval Christmas LEFT Jackson Russell on
xylophone focuses intently on conductor Mr.
Rob Peterson RIGHT Sharing the joy of Jesus’
birth (L-R) BACK Alyson Taylor, Shannon Cain,
Pasqualino Cuzzetto, Kayla McKay, Paige
McIlwain, Nicole Langevin CENTRE Katelyn
Zubak, Noah Bayntun, Jenna Bevan FRONT
Natalia Kunhegyi, Julianna Bradley, Kiauna
Bruno. FOUR: Knights of Columbus Soccer
Challenge – (L-R) Mr. Jarrett Loehr (Grand
Knight Council 1614) with winners Pasqualino
Cuzzetto, Avery Marshall, Elisa
Godard and Carter Semenoff, Mrs. Sharlene
Marican (Elementary PE Director) and Mr.
Beaton (District Deputy, District 10).
Winners also include Katherine Patenio §
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010

THE
BISHOP’S
MESSAGE
‘What was in Bethlehem
was the Wisdom of God.’
“Christian teachers and
young Christian students carry
within themselves an impassioned
love for this Wisdom.
They read everything in its
light…. Without such Wisdom
not one thing came into being,
and thus its reflection is to be
seen in all created reality.…
Everything perceived by human
intelligence…in some way or to
some extent, participates in
creative Wisdom. And here, in
the final analysis, lies the very
possibility of study, research,
and academic dialogue in any
field of knowledge.” (VIS,
December 18, 2009)
Although the Holy Father
was addressing these words to
university students, it is no less
true in our Catholic Schools
where the education of our children
is done in the atmosphere
of the Catholic faith with a
Catholic story – where the children
who have the uncomplicated
gifts of wonder and awe
learn about God and about their
relationship with God.
Catholic Schools Week
(Jan. 31-Feb. 6) – with the theme
“Sharing our story, celebrating
our faith” – provides the
opportunity to reflect on ‘our
story’ and ‘our faith’.
For most of us, as Catholics,
our ‘story’ begins when
the priest at our Baptism asked
our parents the question: “You
have asked to have your child
baptized. In doing so you are
accepting the responsibility of
training him/her in the practice
of the faith. It will be your duty
to bring him/her up to keep
God’s commandments as
Christ taught us, by loving God
and our neighbour. Do you
clearly understand what you are
undertaking?”
By Shawn Chisholm, Principal
The provincial theme for Catholic Schools Week this year is
“Catholic Schools… Sharing Our Story, Celebrating Our Faith,” and
what a story St. Ann’s Academy has to share!
From its humble beginnings in 1880 at Mission Flats, to the present
location on Columbia Street, St. Ann’s Academy has provided
uninterrupted Catholic education longer than any other school in the
province. The Sisters of St. Ann pioneered Catholic education in
Kamloops, providing Christian educational leadership to St. Ann’s
Academy and the Diocese of Kamloops for nearly 100 years. The
Diocesan archives are filled with pictures of these talented, dedicated
and faith-filled women tobogganing, leading lessons, coordinating
concerts, coaching and generally making a positive, transformative
difference in the lives of thousands of Kamloops children.
The Christian Brothers assumed the leadership role for St. Ann’s
Academy in the late 1970s, re-establishing the high school and building
on the work of the Sisters of St. Ann. In 2002 the Brothers relinquished
the running of the school to Catholic Independent Schools – Kamloops
Diocese (CISKD). St. Ann’s Academy continues to operate as one of
five schools that make up CISKD – and its only high school.
With very little hesitation
our parents replied: “We do.”
The responsibility intended
by these two simple words is
reinforced in the blessing of the
father at the end of the ceremony:
“He (the father) and his
wife will be the first teachers of
their child in the ways of faith.
May they be also the best of
teachers, bearing witness to the
faith by what they say and do,
in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Understanding the awesome
responsibility assumed by
the parents, the Church, as a
community of faith, has offered
her assistance by providing for
our children an environment and
persons of faith to support the
story and the faith – we have our
Catholic schools.
Where this ideal setting is
not possible the Church communities
have received the assistance
of catechists who are
prepared to “share the story and
the faith”.
The following words of
Saint Paul in his letter to Timothy
illustrate the ongoing
sharing of the story and the faith.
“Now you have observed my
teaching, my conduct, my aim
in life, my faith, my patience,
my love, my steadfastness….
But as for you, continue in what
you have learned and firmly
believed, knowing from whom
you learned it, and how from
childhood you have known
the sacred writings that are able
to instruct you for salvation
through faith in Christ Jesus.”
(2 Timothy 3:10-11, 14& 15)
I want to thank and ask
God’s blessing upon our parents,
teachers, catechists and
parish communities who by
word and example help our
children to come to know, love
and serve God – that they may
be happy in this world and
happy forever with God, the
angels and the saints in heaven.
And our final word comes
from our patron saint – the Curé
of Ars, St. John Vianney: “O!
What happiness to grow up in
the bosom of a truly Christian
family. It requires care, a great
deal of care, conscientiously to
fulfil the obligations of father
and mother. The parents are a
mirror to their children: and the
chil-dren constantly look into
this mirror. What a consolation
it is for you if you can say: I am
the father, the mother of a pious
child, pleasing to God and
man.”
Most Reverend David J. Monroe
Bishop of Kamloops
Catholic Schools Week 2010 – St. Ann’s Academy
With the support of our priests, dedicated staff, enthusiastic students
and caring parent community, and in partnership with the Holy Spirit, St.
Ann’s Academy looks to the future with hope. Our school is different by
design – our primary focus is the spiritual growth of our community through
the development of our abilities to better know, love and serve God.
St. Ann’s Academy wishes all Catholic schools in the Kamloops
Diocese and throughout the province a very successful and faith-filled
Catholic Schools Week. §
Senior Boys team ranks second in BC
The St. Ann’s Academy Senior Boys basketball team is off to a great
start this season after steam-rolling all teams in their “A” league
competition and tournament play. Their success is due to a strong group
returning from last season, intensity during practices and their
commitment to staying ‘family’, which Coach Larson defines as “our
attitude towards each other, the way we speak and how we act”. Just
returned from the BC Catholic Championships, the St. Ann’s squad has
its sights set on finishing well at “A” Provincials Championships in
March. The team currently ranks second in the Province and is working
hard to keep their ranking high. [See photo Page 2] §
ST. ANN’S ACADEMY photos by the Yearbook Class, Maureen St. Peter and Byron Green
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† March 25 †
SAINT LUCY FILIPPINI
Saint Lucy’s feast day is overshadowed
by the feast of the Annunciation,
but she has the honour of having
her statue in Saint Peter’s in Rome.
Lucy Filippini was born in Corneto,
Tuscany on January 13, 1672. Within the
year her mother died and six years later
her father died.
Lucy was placed under the care of
an aunt and it was while with her that
Lucy showed signs of devotion and
prayer. Although she was living in an
aristocratic environment she maintained
a life set on pleasing God in modesty and
patience. She often found the peace and
prayerfulness she needed by visiting a
Benedictine monastery of nuns and it was
here that she received her first Holy
Communion and education.
She was exceptionally bright and
it was during a visit by Cardinal Mark
Anthony Barbarigo that the formation for
Lucy’s future service began.
Recognizing her wisdom and virtue,
the Cardinal brought her to his diocese
in 1692 to assist him in founding a
community in Montefiascone to educate
young women in the Christian life.
SAINTLY SAYINGS
(1672-1732)
In Montefiascone Lucy, under the
direction of the Cardinal, worked with
(Blessed) Rose Venerini in a school for
young women, especially the poor,
teaching them the domestic arts, the
dignity of being a woman and the importance
of family life. In 1694 Lucy was
placed in charge of the school, which
became known as Maestre Pie and Lucy
received the name Maestre Santa – ‘Holy
Schoolmistress’. Other young women
joined her as teachers and the Cardinal
formed a rule of life for them, officially
establishing them as a community on
October 15, 1704. The success of the
work came to the attention of Pope
Clement XI. In 1707 he asked Lucy to
come to Rome to establish schools for
young women, especially the poor, where
they could receive Christian formation
in prayer and good works.
Lucy died on March 25, 1732. Pope
Pius XI beatified her on June 13, 1926
and canonized her on June 22, 1930.
The Sisters of St. Lucy Filippini
continue the ministry of teaching and
serving the poor in Europe, North and
South America, Asia and Africa. §
(Fill the spaces to see the words)
IN MEMORIAM
Rev. Joseph Dahlem (1924-2010)
Rev. Father Joseph W. Dahlem died
from complications arising from a stroke
in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tacoma, WA on
Jan. 6, 2010 at the age of 85.
Ordained by Bishop Sabatini on June
22, 1991 at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Fr.
Dahlem came to the priesthood after
marriage. His first assignment was as
pastoral assistant at the Cathedral. He
became pastor of Ashcroft, Clinton,
Lytton, Cache Creek and the Bonaparte
and Skeetchestn reserves on Aug. 1, 1992.
On July 1, 1994 he was assigned to
Whistler, serving Pemberton and Mount
Currie. During this time the Our Lady of
the Mountains church/hall and rectory
were built at Whistler. On Sept. 1, 1999
Fr. Dahlem returned to Sacred Heart
Cathedral as associate pastor, serving the
Cathedral and Holy Family parishes. He
retired from pastoral duties in the Diocese
of Kamloops on Aug. 31, 2003 and
returned to Seattle.
Fr. Dahlem was born in Los Angeles
on March 15, 1924 to a Seattle couple,
James and Grace G. (McGuern) Dahlem.
After US Army service during World War
II and the Korean conflict, he began
university studies leading to his becoming
a teacher. He taught in various schools in
Washington and Oregon before entering
the seminary in Spokane, WA in preparation
for his priestly ordination and
service in Kamloops Diocese.
Returning to Seattle, Fr. Dahlem
enjoyed filling in as needed at Our Lady
of Guadalupe Parish in West Seattle and
St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Federal Way.
He is survived by his children Joseph P.
Dahlem (Susan), Mary Anne Gillett
(Chuck) and Michael E. Dahlem (Susie),
six grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death
by his son James in 1986 and his brother
William in 2009.
Interment at Gethsemane Cemetery,
Federal Way followed the funeral Mass at
St. Vincent de Paul Church on Jan. 14.
Most Rev. David J. Monroe, Bishop of
Kamloops and Vicar General Rev. Msgr.
Jerry Desmond of Whistler were among
those attending from British Columbia,
along with some of Fr. Dahlem’s friends
from Whistler.
A Mass for the repose of the soul of
Father Dahlem was concelebrated at
Sacred Heart Cathedral at 7 p.m. on
Tuesday, January 19. §
KAMLOOPS – 2003. Father Joe (centre) prepares to cut the cake at his
retirement party at Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish – DIOCESAN NEWS FILE PHOTO
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Vancouver and Whistler host
2010 Winter Olympic Games
and Paralympic Winter Games
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN – Jesus Christ is born!
By Rev. Msgr. Jerry F. Desmond,
Whistler
Our Lady of the Mountains Parish
celebrated two of our three Christmas
Masses in the Westin Hotel conference
room, which seats 850.
The first Christmas Mass was
celebrated at 11 p.m. on Dec. 24 with
approximately 800 present. The second
was celebrated on Christmas Day at 10
a.m. with some 400 present. Then, just in
case some of our parishioners had to work
long shifts, a 5 p.m. Mass on Christmas
Day was celebrated in the church. What a
surprise! At least 250 or more from all
over the world showed up. (The seating
WHISTLER CATHOLIC COMMUNITY began in the 60-seat Skier’s Chapel, built
and opened in 1968 at the base of Whistler Mountain, Creekside. At that time Whistler
was an outpost mission of St. Christopher’s Parish in Mount Currie. The Skier’s Chapel
would overflow out the doors at Mass time in the winter, so the Catholic community
moved to a series of venues such as Rainbow Theatre in the conference centre and in the
was set up for 170!) Following the Mass,
tables were set up and about 100 people
shared our Christmas dinner together.
Because there were Filipinos, Koreans,
East Indians, Mexicans and some native
Canadians (like myself) – who all brought
food, the menu was fantastic! There was
caroling, in a few different
languages, during the evening, too. It was
enjoyed by all who participated.
Another big surprise was the Mass
attendance on the Feast of Mary the
Mother of God (New Year’s Day). The
anticipated Mass was packed, with more
than 200 present, and the daytime Mass
was comfortably full. §
elementary school. In 1992, the first full-time priest was appointed to Whistler and Our
Lady of the Mountains Parish was established. The first set of architectural plans for a
church was replaced with plans for today’s multi-purpose building at the bottom of Lorimer
Road. The first Mass was celebrated on Christmas Day, 1996. Of the approximately 70
families on the parish list, half are local to Whistler. Visit www.whistlercatholicchurch.ca
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MONTHLY
SECOND FRIDAY – Rosary for
victims of human trafficking
begins at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Cathedral, Kamloops. Everyone is
welcome.
WEEKLY
SATURDAYS – Mass at 4 p.m. at
Nancy Green Cahilty Lodge in
Sun Peaks near Kamloops.
FEBRUARY – 2010
Feb. 5-7 (Friday-Sunday)
LAY ENRICHMENT WEEK-
END at the Immaculate Heart of
Mary Shrine and Centre in Cache
Creek. Theme: ‘Theology of the
Body’ by Pope John Paul II presented
by Rev. Andrew L’Heureux
of Sacred Heart Parish, Williams
Lake. Contact your parish office.
Feb. 6 (Saturday)
ST. ANN’S ACADEMY Annual
Dinner, Dance & Auction at
Colombo Hall (viewing/cocktails
5:30 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m.) – live
music by Michael Sicoly. Tickets
$40 from Karen 250-376-6161 /
karen.mccarthy@stannsacademy.bc.ca
Feb. 12 (Friday)
VERNON FUNDRAISER. The
Knights of Columbus partners
with St. James School to host a
St. Valentines Dinner, Dance and
Silent Auction at the Schubert
Centre. Music by The Kings.
Tickets $25 each, available from
St. James School and De Vine
Vintners.
Feb. 13 (Saturday)
PARISH VALENTINE DINNER
at Our Lady of the Lake, Blind
Bay: tickets $10 per person, $15
per couple or $20 per family.
Feb. 19-21 (Friday-Sunday)
KAMLOOPS DIOCESAN CWL
SPIRITUAL RETREAT at the
Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine
in Cache Creek. Theme: ‘The Role
of Women in the Passion/Resurrection
Gospel Narratives’ facilitated
by Rev. Fred Weisbeck of
Sacred Hart Cathedral, Kamloops.
Feb. 20 (Saturday)
RCIA – RITE OF ELECTION at
Sacred Heart Cathedral begins at
2 p.m.; Mass at 7 p.m.
COMING EVENTS in the DIOCESE OF KAMLOOPS
Feb. 27 (Saturday)
CONFIRMATION RALLY at Our
Lady of Perpetual Help Parish,
Kamloops begins with Mass at 9
a.m. and ends at 3 p.m.
Feb. 27 (Saturday)
TANZANIA MISSIONS. Tickets
for the 2010 Dinner and Gala
Giveaway fundraiser at the TRU
Grand Hall in Kamloops ($75) are
available from Lloyd & Anna
Babcock at 250-579-8888; Frank
& Kelly Tries at 250-314-1429;
Rosemary Henderson at 250-851-
9483; and Josh & Teresa Keller at
250-828-7153.
INVITATIONS
Smithers Catholic
school celebrates
50 years
St. Joseph’s School in
Smithers, BC celebrates 50 years
of existence on the May long
weekend in 2010.
“We invite all former
students and staff to come for a
nostalgic weekend, meet former
classmates and teachers and
revisit all the scenic places that
Smithers is noted for,” says the
spokesperson for the St. Joseph’s
50th Anniversary Committee.
For more information visit
www.stjosephsschool.ca. §
2010 high school
graduates eligible
for two bursaries
For the third year in a row,
Catholic Health Association of
BC will award two bursaries
valued at $250 each to two 2010
graduating students who
demonstrate their understanding
of the importance of Spirituality
in Health Care by writing a 500
word essay on this subject.
Details are available at the
web site www.chabc.bc.ca
(click Upcoming Events, then
Bursary). §
MARCH
March 5-7 (Friday-Sunday)
LAY ENRICHMENT WEEK-
END at the Immaculate Heart of
Mary Shrine and Centre in Cache
Creek: Lenten Retreat with Most
Rev. David Monroe. Contact your
parish office.
March 13 (Saturday)
ST. JUDE’S, 100 MILE HOUSE.
The Knights of Columbus Annual
Banquet featuring a fully catered
roast beef buffet with all the
fixings runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tickets are available to Knights
CARTOON by Father Martin Peyton
and non-Knights alike for $23
each or $45 per couple.
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APRIL
April 9-11 (Friday-Sunday)
LAY ENRICHMENT WEEK-
END at the Immaculate Heart of
Mary Shrine and Centre in Cache
Creek. Theme: It is all about Love.
Presenter: Hubert Fynn. Contact
your parish office.
April 30-May 2
(Friday-Sunday)
LAY ENRICHMENT WEEK-
END at the Immaculate Heart of
Mary Shrine and Centre in Cache
Creek. Topic: Franciscan Spirituality
(Social Justice). Presenters:
Franciscan Sisters of Kamloops
Diocese. Contact your parish
office.
MAY
May 15-16 (Saturday-Sunday)
CATHOLIC ENGAGED EN-
COUNTER WEEKEND at St.
Edwards Church in Lake Country,
30 minutes south of Vernon. Visit
www.ceekelowna.ca or call 250-
317-8445 for registration forms
and detail. §

Canadian government mobilizes resources to help Haiti
By Deborah Gyapong
Canadian Catholic News
OTTAWA (CCN) – From soldiers
on the ground doing rescue work
and distributing aid, to special
arrangements for Haitian immigrants,
the Canadian government
has mobilized a multi-pronged
disaster relief effort in Haiti.
At a news conference Jan. 19,
International Development Minister
Bev Oda announced a $60million
contribution to the United
Nations appeal for Haiti. This
The way it was – one week after Haiti’s devastating earthquake
includes $39-million toward food
and the security needs for food
distribution and $15-million to
UNICEF’s health, water and sanitation
programs for women and
children. The rest will go to UN
agencies dealing with shelter and
other concerns. Oda also announced
grants of $11.5-million
each to: CARE Canada; Médecins
du Monde; Save the Children;
World Vision; CECI (Centre
d’etude et du coopération internationale);
CARE Canada and
OXFAM Quebec. Canada also
will contribute $8.5-million to the
International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies
emergency appeal for Haiti.
The new monies are in addition
to the Haiti Earthquake Relief
Fund set up by Canada to match
charitable donations from individual
Canadians, dollar-for-dollar,
THE WAY THEY WERE – IN 2007. The Catholic Times Montreal photo caption reads: “Although they live in one
of the most destitute shantytowns in the world, these joyful Haitian children receive basic education at one of
182 Catholic-run schools, which receive Canadian funding” – CCN FILE PHOTO / CATHOLIC TIMES MONTREAL
Donations to Haiti Relief
A direct donation can be made by mailing a cheque made out to
‘Development and Peace – Haiti Emergency’
and sending it directly to:
Development and Peace
1425 Rene-Levesque Blvd. W – 3rd Floor
Montreal, QC
H3G 1T7
PARISH COLLECTIONS
To receive an Income Tax Receipt please make your cheque payable to:
‘Development and Peace – Haiti Emergency’
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up to $50-million and the $5million
pledged immediately after
the Jan. 12 earthquake.
MATCHING DONATIONS
Eligible donations will be collected
until Feb. 12 and charitable
organizations have until Feb. 26
to tell CIDA how much they have
collected for earthquake relief.
Canadian Catholic Organization
for Development and Peace
is among the many eligible relief
organizations. This program is
similar to the one launched after
the 2004 tsunami devastated part
of Indonesia and other Indian
Ocean countries.
By Jan. 19 Development and
Peace had already received more
than $900,000 in individual
donations and special parish
collections for Haiti relief that will
be matched by government funds.
Oda said Canadians had
already contributed $40-million in
private charitable donations that
the government will match: “As
we have done in the past, we will
continue to support the Haitian
government and its people as they
recover and rebuild following this
terrible tragedy.”
Canada already had a strong
presence in Haiti and, before the
earthquake, had been committed
to a $555-million reconstruction
and development program over
the years 2006-2011. Canada was
the second largest bilateral donor
to Haiti. Canada already was
contributing more to Haiti than
any other country in the Americas.
Haiti was second on the list of
priority countries for aid after
Afghanistan. Even before the
earthquake, Haiti was deemed one
of the world’s poorest nations.
As of Jan. 19 the Canadian
military had delivered about 300
tons of aid, including food,
medical supplies, and water
purification systems.
The Defense Department
also dispatched the Canadian
Forces’ Disaster Assistance
Response Team (DART) and sent
two Canadian warships from
Halifax to anchor off the Haitian
coast to assist in offloading of
aid and personnel.
DART was set up in the
Jacmel-Legoane region, close to
the epicentre of the 7.3 earthquake,
within days to provide
medical assistance, clean water
and engineering help in the area.
Citizenship and Immigration
Canada (CIC) instuted special
measures to give priority to new
and existing sponsorship applications
of citizens and permanent
residents with close relatives in
Haiti.
The special measures apply to
Haitian family members who have
been “directly and significantly”
affected by the quake. §
7

BISHOP MONROE’S 2010 SCHEDULE
CONFIRMATION, MASSES and EVENTS (dates subject to change)
DATE PLACE – EVENT TIME
JANUARY
Sun Jan 3 Sacred Heart Cathedral
– Ministry of Lector conferred on Paul Simms
8:30 a.m.
St. Mary’s, Skeetchestn: Mass – Epiphany 1 p.m.
Thurs Jan 7 – Sun Jan 10 Westminster Abbey – W.C.B. Retreat
Mon Jan 11 Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek 5 p.m.
– Tues Jan 12 – Priests’ Gathering
Sat Jan 23 Kamloops: CISKD 9 a.m.
Sat Jan 23 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kamloops
– Mass in Thanksgiving for the Christian Brothers
5 p.m.
Fri Jan 29 I.C. Delta – Life in the Spirit
FEBRUARY
Mon Feb 8 – Tues Feb 9 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek: Priests’ Gathering 5 p.m.
Wed Feb 17 O.L.P.H. Church, Kamloops: Ash Wednesday Mass 9 a.m.
Sat Feb 20 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops
– Rite of Election 2 p.m.
– Mass 7 p.m.
Sat Feb 27 O.L.P.H. Church, Kamloops: Confirmation Rally 9 a.m.
Sun Feb 28 Our Lady of Lourdes, Heffley Creek: Mass 8:30 a.m.
MARCH
Tues Mar 2 – Fri Mar 5 Lumsden, Saskatchewan: A.W.C.B. Assembly
Fri Mar 5 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek 7 p.m.
– Sun Mar 7 – Lenten Retreat for Lay Enrichment Participants
Sun Mar 7 I.H.M. Shrine, Cache Creek: Mass 11 a.m.
Sun Mar 7 St. Peter, Clinton: Mass 2 p.m.
Mon Mar 8 – Tues Mar 9 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek
– Priests’ Gathering 5 p.m.
Mon/Tues, Mar 15 & 16 Ottawa: N.O.R.E.
Sun Mar 21 St. George’s, Barriere: Mass 9 a.m.
St. James, Clearwater: Mass 11:30 a.m.
Sun Mar 28 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops: Palm Sunday Mass 11:30 a.m.
Tues Mar 30 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops: Chrism Mass 10 a.m.
APRIL
Thurs April 1 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops: Holy Thursday Mass 7 p.m.
Fri April 2 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops: Good Friday Liturgy 3 p.m.
Sat April 3 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops: Easter Vigil Service 8 p.m.
Sun April 4 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops: Easter Sunday Mass 8 a.m.
St. Joseph’s, Kamloops 1 p.m.
Thurs Apr 8 – Sat Apr 10 St. James, Vernon: CWL Diocesan Convention
Sat April 10 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kamloops: Mass
– St. Francesco Paolo Feast Day: Mass, Procession and Dinner
11 a.m.
Sun April 11 St. Gerard’s, Ashcroft: Mass 9:30 a.m.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops: Divine Mercy Sunday 3 p.m.
Sat April 17 Squamish: Knights of Columbus 25th Anniversary
Sun April 18 Our Lady of the Mountains, Whistler: Mass 9 a.m.
St. Christopher’s, Mt. Currie: Mass 11 a.m.
St. Francis of Assisi, Pemberton: Mass 12:30 p.m.
Wed Apr 21 – Sun Apr 25 Sheraton Hotel, Surrey
– Knights of Columbus Annual State Convention
Fri April 30 Sacred Heart Lumby: Confirmation 6 p.m.
MAY
Sat May 1 St. James, Vernon: Mass 5 p.m.
Sat May 1 Our Lady of the Valley, Coldstream: Confirmation 7 p.m.
Sun May 2 St. Joseph’s, Armstrong: Mass 9 a.m.
St. Ann’s, Enderby: Mass 11 a.m.
St. Mary’s Reserve, Enderby: Mass 1 p.m.
Sun May 2 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek 6 p.m.
– Thurs May 6 – Ecumenical Retreat & Pastoral Study Days
Thurs May 6 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kamloops: Confirmation 7 p.m.
DATE PLACE – EVENT TIME
Fri May 7
– Sat May 8
I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek: CISKD 7 p.m.
Sat May 8 St. Joseph’s, Salmon Arm: Confirmation 4:30 p.m.
Sun May 9 Holy Family, Kamloops: Confirmation 10:30 a.m.
Sacred Heart Cathedral: Confirmation 6 p.m.
Thurs May 13 Victoria: March for Life
Fri May 14 Sacred Heart School, Williams Lake: School visitation 1 p.m.
Sacred Heart Church, Williams Lake: Confirmation 7 p.m.
Sat May 15 St. Joan of Arc, Lac La Hache: Mass 4 p.m.
Sun May 16 St. Jude’s, 100 Mile: Mass 9 a.m.
St. Augustine’s, Canim Lake: Mass/Confirmation 11 a.m.
Holy Family, Bridge Lake: Mass 1:30 p.m.
Fri May 21 St. Ann’s Academy Gym, Kamloops
– St. Ann’s Academy Graduation Liturgy 1 p.m.
– Graduation Commencement ceremonies 7 p.m.
Sat May 22 Ora’s (Towne Lodge), Kamloops
– St. Ann’s Academy Graduation Banquet 6 p.m.
Sun May 23 St. John Vianney, Kamloops: Confirmation 10:30 a.m.
Wed May 26 St. Ann’s School, Quesnel: School visitation 1 p.m.
St. Ann’s Church, Quesnel: Confirmation 7 p.m.
Thurs May 27 St. Monica’s, Richmond
– Sat May 29 – Catholic Women’s League Provincial Convention
Sun May 30 Sacred Heart, Merritt: Confirmation 9 a.m.
St. Michael’s, Logan Lake: Mass 12 p.m.
Mon May 31 – Fri June 4 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek: Clergy Retreat
JUNE
Sat June 5 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek: Pilgrimage Mass
– Feast of Immaculate Heart of Mary Votive Mass
10 a.m.
Sun June 6 Regina, SK: 100th Anniversary – Archdiocese of Regina
Fri June 11 Sacred Heart Cathedral – Feast of the Sacred Heart
– Holy Hour 6 p.m.
– Mass 7 p.m.
Sat June 12 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops: Mass
– Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary/Patroness of the Diocese
9:30 a.m.
Sun June 20 St. John the Baptist, Lillooet: Mass 9 a.m.
Seton Portage (or other): Mass 1 p.m.
Mon/Tues June 21 & 22 Ottawa: N.O.R.E
Sun June 27 Good Shepherd, Valemount: Mass 8:30 a.m.
Our Lady of the Snows, Blue River: Mass 5 p.m.
JULY
Sat July 3 Our Lady of Fatima, Sicamous: Mass 7 p.m.
Sun July 4 Our Lady of the Lake, Blind Bay: Mass 11 a.m.
Sat July 10
– Sun July 11
Chilcotin-Shuswap: Masses/Confirmations/Visitations
Sun July 18 Carmelite Monastery, Armstrong
– Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Mass 2 p.m.
Sat July 24 Our Lady of Lourdes, Quilchena: Mass 5 p.m.
Sun July 25 St. Benedict’s, Okanagan Reserve: Mass 12:30 p.m.
AUGUST
Sun Aug 1 St. Joseph’s, Kamloops Reserve: Mass 1 p.m.
Fri Aug 13
– Sun Aug 15
Fountain Lake, Lillooet – Pilgrimage Mass 5:30 p.m.
Tue Aug 31 Calgary: APEX meeting
SEPTEMBER
Fri Sept 17 – Sat Sept 18 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek: CISKD 7 p.m.
OCTOBER
Mon Oct 18 – Fri Oct 22 Cornwall, Ontario
– Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Plenary
DECEMBER
Mon Dec 6 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek 5 p.m.
– Tues Dec 7 – Priests’ Gathering
8 Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010

SCHOOL
SKATING
PROGRAM
(L-R) ABOVE
Grade 5
students
Jackson
Wallbank,
Dallas Edwards
and Carlos Ayala
enjoy their time
at the rink
BELOW
Sister Tarcie
Taa, SFIC and
skater Angeliki
Agridiotis hit
the boards for a
hug at McArthur
Island
GRADE 4 SCIENCE CLASS. Tianna Salvati-Taylor concentrates
on taking owl pellets apart
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010
Catholic Schools Week 2010
at Our Lady of Perpetual
Help, Kamloops
By Rose Nowicki, Principal
We are truly blessed to have a Catholic
school in our parish community and we at
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School are
grateful to our parents, grandparents and
parishioners for their continued love and
support of Catholic education.
This year when planning for Catholic
Schools Week, we chose events that would
bring our school and parish community
together to Share Our Story and Celebrate
Our Faith!
We begin our week by coming together
to share in the Eucharistic celebration at our
10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday morning.
Monday afternoon, a school-wide dance
‘Sharing Our Story…’ Our school and
parish community has gathered their
favourite family recipes to create a custom
cookbook. These cookbooks will be ready
for sale at the beginning of Catholic Schools
Week. The cost of these cookbooks is $10
each. Each family will be selling cookbooks
and they will also be made available to
purchase through the school office.
O.L.P.H. & St. Ann’s Academy join up
for In-School Mentoring. Once again this
year, our school is participating in the In-
School Mentoring Program offered through
the Big Brother, Big Sisters Program. This
program is designed for young adults to give
of their time to a young person, who can
greatly benefit from having an adult role
model to look up to and provide a friend
where one is needed. During our lunch hour
the Grade 12 students from St. Ann’s
Academy come over to visit several of our
students during their Religion class. The
students look forward to this time when they
can eat lunch together, play football, learn
and play new games and share a story or
two.
Get the Right Start for Your Pre
Schooler. Our school will host the Ready,
Set, Learn Program for children three to five
years of age and their parents on Wednesday,
Feb. 10 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. This program
is sponsored by the Ministry of Education
to promote Literacy and Child Development
for our pre-schoolers. To register for this
livens things up. Tuesday, with the help of
the Franciscan Sisters and our buddies, we
make rosaries. Wednesday is Black & Red
Day and in the afternoon our students
participate in Jump Rope for Heart,
sponsored by the Heart & Stroke
Foundation. Thursday all our grandparents
and our parish community seniors are
invited to our afternoon Senior’s Tea
complete with entertainment. Our week of
celebration ends with our Air Band
competitions Friday morning and a movie
for the whole school in the afternoon.
Everyone is invited to come join us in
our celebration of faith!
O.L.P.H. Bulletin Board
program, please call the school office at
250-376-2343.
2010-2011 Student Registration. Have you
ever considered a Catholic education for
your child? At Our Lady of Perpetual Help
School we are building a foundation that can
truly make a difference in our world. We
are privileged to build a community where
children live and learn as followers of Jesus.
Our school is now accepting registrations
for the 2010-2011 school year (Full-Time
Kindergarten to Grade Seven). All teachers
are certified by the Ministry of Education
and follow curriculum guidelines set out by
the Ministry. Your child will receive an
excellent education while nurturing spiritual
growth within Catholic tradition. To tour our
school or for more information, please call
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School at 250-
376-2343.
Parent Support Group – 2010 Raffle.
Ticket sales end May 14. Main Draw Date:
Friday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. at the O.L.P.H.
Track Meet. Tickets ($5 each) may be
purchased from our school families and
through the school office at 250-376-2343.
PRIZES: 1st– $4,000 Travel Voucher
(Uniglobe Geo Travel); 2nd– 50" Plasma
TV & Home Theatre Centre; 3rd to 7th–
Esso Gas Vouchers at $100 each; 8th to
12th– Save-On Grocery Vouchers at $100
each. B.C. GAMING EVENT: Licence No.
21414. NO CASH OPTION ON ANY OF
THE PRIZES.
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP photos by Judy Wanner
9

From
start...
IMAGES OF A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
ST. ANN’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Catholic Schools
Week 2010
at St. Ann’s, Quesnel
By Don Devine, Principal
At St. Ann’s Catholic
School in Quesnel, Catholic
Schools Week is a time to
reflect upon our blessings as a
Catholic school.
Numerous school community
events allow us to celebrate
and give thanks for these
blessings.
We will share a Liturgical
celebration each day, culminating
with a Eucharistic Celebration
on Friday.
Students take part in a
number of engaging activities
and competitions throughout
the week and there is an open
invitation for parents to come
and participate.
Events include a hockey
game in our gym against the
Quesnel Millionaires, the
Knights of Columbus Free
Throw Competition, the Geography
Challenge sponsored by
the Catholic Women’s League,
the Jump Rope for Heart competition
and Bible stories presented
by the Grade 6/7 class.
St. Ann’s is ‘Sharing Our
Story and Celebrating Our Faith’
in many special ways during
Catholic Schools Week. §
ST. ANN’S SCHOOL photos by Father Martin Peyton
...to finish
10 Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010

ST. JAMES SCHOOL, VERNON – Grade 2 teacher Audrey Fedyniak offers instruction in
a religion class
ABOVE: Parent volunteer Marjam Foster helps Grade 7 student Noah Ziehr get ready
for the Christmas pageant RIGHT: (L-R) Grade 6 students Nicole Olson, Maryam Richter
and Furious Vedan made these Christmas candles for a fundraiser
GRADE 3 STUDENTS (L-R) James Eustache, Jacob Baycroft, Jacob Brewer, Nathaniel
Foster and Sundance Zabotel welcome Father Dale to their classroom
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010
TEACHER PAUL EMERSON works with his Grade 2/3 class
at St. James School
ST. JAMES SCHOOL photos by Father Dale Normandeau
Catholic Schools
Week 2010
at St. James, Vernon
By Gordon Higginson,
Principal
We are all looking forward
to Catholic Schools Week
(CSW) in Vernon. The week
begins with a special assembly
exploring our theme – Sharing
Our Story, Celebrating Our Faith
– at 9 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 1.
On Tuesday we celebrate
our school spirit and our
Olympic pride with the SJS
Olympics. Students will dress in
Winter Olympic costumes and
participate in a variety of
activities throughout the day.
We celebrate our first CSW
School Mass with Fr. Dale
Normandeau on Wednesday at 9
a.m., followed by the Friends,
Family and Founders tea in the
gym/parish centre. This is a
chance to welcome many current
and past supporters of St. James,
entertain them a little and
celebrate our school with all who
attend.
On Thursday we celebrate
Grade 6/7 talent with a showcase
in the afternoon.
The Parent Support Group
organized a February Family
Fling, a potluck followed by
group games and dancing for the
whole family, on Saturday night.
Fun for everyone! §
11

‘MIRACLE ON BETHLEHEM STREET’ – CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2009. ABOVE LEFT Grade 6/7 students sing ‘Everybody Wants to Stay’ ; ABOVE RIGHT The
Three Kings in performance – (L-R) Conley Pinette, Pacen Setah and Riley Myers BELOW The Gr 3/4 class performs the song ‘Flock Watchers’
Welcome
to
Sacred
Heart
Catholic
School,
Williams
Lake
THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
GATHERS FOR LUNCH –
JAN. 6, 2010. FRONT Father
Clinton Pendleton and
Kindergarten student
Dylan Vickers ; REAR facing
the camera at the next
table (L-R): April Frank,
Jody Erho, one of our
CEAs (Certified Education
Assistants) – and Logan
Ross. Lunch was followed
by an Epiphany Assembly
in the afternoon
CLASSROOM SCENES. UPPER
RIGHT (L-R) Melissa Hadden
& Emily Bechard make
gingerbread houses with
the Grade 4/5 class ; LOWER
RIGHT (L-R) Grade 6/7
students Theresa Stirling,
Rae Alphonse and
Danika Robson work on
their newspaper articles
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL photos courtesy of Susan Grieve
12 Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010

Tanzania Missions
group aids villagers
By Anna Babcock, Kamloops
The fourth group of students and
chaperones from the Kamloops Diocese
travelled to Tanzania, East Africa to support
the projects of the Missionaries of the
Precious Blood this past summer. Students
Stephanie Bennett, Nicole Wall, Meghan
Hagerty, Claire Smit, Katherine Kierans,
Karen Rubkiewicz, Kateri Koster and Gypsi
Howse-Matthew travelled with three adults
making the trip for the second time: Steve
Faliszewski (student chaperone) and Lloyd
and Anna Babcock (group leaders). They
were joined by young adults Chris Hagel
and Cale Rainke from Airdrie, AB. They
worked hard and completed a project of
tremendous benefit to the people in the
village of Chihikwi. The group helped dig
two long one-metre ditches and built a water
pumping windmill, two water storage tanks
and a water trough for live-stock – giving
the people in this area access to clean, safe
drinking water for the first time. The group
also distributed food, clothing and medicines
to various projects throughout the
mission territory. The compound in Dodoma,
TZ serves as home base for C.Pp.S.
Mission Projects. It is known as a source of
supplies and support for people and projects
throughout the country. Many thanks to the
generous people of the Kamloops Diocese
who have supported the projects of the
Missionaries of the Precious Blood since we
began our work here in 2001. Your generosity
and compassion have made a tremendous
difference in the lives of the Tanzanian
people. Joined with the efforts of the
student and adult groups in 2003, 2005, 2007
and 2009, our Diocese has now supported
the construction of six windmills, a medical
dispensary for the people in the mission
territory, St. Gaspar Elementary School and
the new windmill factory, plus a shipping
container full of food. Asanteni Sana!
(Thank you very much) §
See Feb. 27 – PAGE 6 and ‘16 Tonnes
in Tanzania’ – PAGE 19
Blessing of the Lambs
VATICAN CITY (VIS) – In keeping with
the tradition for the feast of St. Agnes, the
Pope blessed a number of lambs in the
Urban VIII Chapel of the Vatican Apostolic
Palace on Jan. 21.
The wool of the lambs is used to make
the palliums bestowed on new metropolitan
archbishops on June 29, Solemnity of Sts.
Peter and Paul, Apostles.
The lambs are raised by the Trappist
Fathers of the Abbey of the Three Fountains
in Rome and the palliums are made from
the newly-shorn wool by the Sisters of St.
Cecilia. §
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010
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VATICAN CITY (VIS) – Before his general
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statue of St. Rafaela Maria Porras y Ayllon,
the foundress of the Sisters Servants of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus, which has been
positioned in a niche in the external wall of
the Vatican Basilica.
The theme of the papal catechesis was
the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
which, the Holy Father noted, invites us to
pray to the Lord for “the visible unity of all
Christians,” because unity is “first and
foremost a gift of God”.
He said the theme chosen for this year’s
Week of Prayer – “you are witnesses of
these things” – raises two questions: “what
are these things?” and: “how can we be
witnesses of these things?”.
The answer to the first question is “the
mystery of the Passion and the gift of the
Resurrection,” said the Pope.
“By knowing Christ we know the face
of God.... In Christ, the distant God becomes
close.”
As for the second question, he explained
that “we can only be witnesses of
Christ ... by knowing Him personally ... and
truly meeting Him in our life of faith, and
thus we can contribute to the novelty of the
world, to eternal life”.
“The modern ecumenical movement
has undergone such considerable development
in the last century as to become an
important element in the life of the Church.
...It not only favours fraternal relations
between Churches and ecclesial communities,
in response to the commandment to
love, ...but also stimulates theological
research. Furthermore, it involves the real
life of Churches and ecclesial communities,
with themes that concern pastoral care
and sacramental life.
“Since Vatican Council II the Catholic
Church has forged fraternal relations with
all the Churches of the East and ecclesial
communities of the West. In particular, with
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theological dialogue that has been able to
find points of convergence, even consensus,
on various matters, thus strengthening our
bonds of communion. Over the last twelvemonth,
the various dialogues have made
important progress.”
Turning then to refer specifically to
“the study of a crucial theme in dialogue
between Catholic and Orthodox: ‘the role
of the Bishop of Rome in the communion
of the Church in the first millennium’,” a
study which will subsequently “also extend
to the second millennium”, the Holy Father
recalled how he had asked Catholics to pray
“for this delicate dialogue which is so
essential for the entire ecumenical movement.”
The Holy Father likewise referred to
such events as “the commemoration of the
tenth anniversary of the Joint Declaration
on the Doctrine of Justification, which
Catholics and Lutherans celebrated to-
Council appoints first woman
VATICAN CITY (VIS) – The Pontifical Council
for Justice and Peace has its first female under
secretary. Among other qualifications, Flaminia
Giovanelli is a political science graduate from
the University of Rome and holds diplomas in
library science and religious studies. She has
followed matters relating to development,
poverty and work in the context of Church social
doctrine since joining the then Pontifical Justice
and Peace Commission in 1974.
“Before her the Australian lay woman
Rosemary Goldie held the same post in the
Pontifical Council for the Laity from 1966 to
1976, while Sr. Enrica Rosanna FMA, is currently
under secretary of the Congregation for
Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of
Apostolic Life.
“The appointment of Ms Giovanelli
confirms the great trust the Church and the Holy
Father Benedict XVI place in women. In his time,
Venerable Pope John Paul II also underlined the
need for a ‘fuller and meaningful participation
of women in the development of society’,” states
a Council communique. §
gether on 31 October 2009,” and “the visit
to Rome of Archbishop Rowan Williams
of Canterbury, ...who held discussions on
the situation currently facing the Anglican
Communion. The joint commitment to
continue dialogue is a positive sign, an
expression of how intense the desire for
unity is, despite the obstacles that stand in
its way,” said the Pope.
“Ecumenical work is not a linear
process, the old problems that arose in
another age lose their importance, giving
way to problems and difficulties of our own
time. For this reason we must always be
willing to accept a process of purification,
through which the Lord makes us capable
of unity.”
The Holy Father concluded by asking
people “to pray for the complex question of
ecumenism, for the promotion of dialogue,
and that the Christians of our time may show
the world a shared witness of faithfulness
to Christ”. §
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THE BISHOP’S JOURNAL
December 4 & 5
– Friday and Saturday
After the meeting in Ottawa I came back to
Vancouver and spent a few days visiting
family and friends before going to Surrey
on Friday for the meeting of the District
Deputies of the Knights of Columbus.
December 7 to 15
– Monday to Tuesday
The Pilgrimage group flew by Japan Airlines
to Mexico for the feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe (Dec. 12). Once again it was a
wonderful experience for the 18 of us – even
for those who had been there on other
occasions. We also had the opportunity to
visit religious sites in other cities –
Queretaro, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato,
Guadalajara and Morelia.
In Mexico City the main event, of
course, was on Saturday, December 12 at
the Mass of the Roses when the basilica,
which holds more than 11,000 people, is
filled – and so is the large piazza. It is truly
a family event when the people – young and
old and parents with little children, having
travelled on foot – come to celebrate their
“Mother’s Day”. Many have walked many
miles, sleeping under the stars and upon
arrival, they sleep four or more deep around
the outside walls of the basilica and along
the streets next to the buildings.
December 17 – Thursday
This year I had the opportunity to be present
at only two of the school concerts – Saint
James School and Our Lady of Perpetual
Help.
December 24 & 25
– Thursday and Friday
Christmas was relatively quiet with the three
priests of the Cathedral. At the 8:30 a.m.
Mass I had the opportunity to say the Mass
in sign-language for a young deaf lady and
in the afternoon I celebrated Mass at St.
Joseph’s Church on the Kamloops Indian
Reserve.
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010
December 31 & January 1
– Thursday & Friday
We celebrated the annual New Year’s Vigil
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the annual Cathedral Rectory Open House
with its opportunity to visit with the priests
and with one another.
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The Bishop’s Journal continues
January 3
– Feast of the Epiphany
Father Bob Haggarty, OMI and I celebrated
the Mass with the people of St. Mary’s
Parish on the Skeetchestn Reserve.
January 5 – Tuesday
Today I had one of those unexpected, but
welcomed, visitors to the office. Agnes, an
elder, was visiting in Kamloops from the
Kluskus reserve, about two hours from
Quesnel, and she thought she should come
and say ‘hello’ to the bishop. She asked me
to keep her relatives, especially the children,
in my prayers.
January 7 to 9
– Thursday to Sunday
I drove to Westminster Abbey for the annual
retreat for the Bishops of Western Canada.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor
directed the retreat. Fourteen of the bishops
were present for the retreat, in which the
Cardinal reflected on his own 30 years’
experience as a Bishop and on important
areas of the life of a Bishop – prayer,
leadership, spiritual direction, reading, the
friendship of brother Bishops and ecumenism.
In his last talk he spoke of his
association with four of the last five pontiffs
– Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI, Pope John
Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.
One of the benefits of the retreat is the
opportunity to visit the Poor Clare Sisters,
the Benedictine Monks (some of whom
taught me 53 years ago!), our seminarians
and my brother Bishops.
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When I arrived home on Sunday I
was informed that Father Joe Dahlem died
on Wednesday, January 6 (see Page 4).
January 11 & 12
– Monday & Tuesday
I attended our regular clergy day of
recollection and as part of our program we
watched a video on the newly canonized
Saint Damien, the leper priest.
January 13 & 14
– Wednesday & Thursday
Msgr. Jerry Desmond and three members
of Our Lady of the Mountain Parish,
Whistler, joined me at Cloverdale and
together we drove to Federal Way in
Washington State to attend the funeral of
Father Joe Dahlem on Thursday morning at
Saint Vincent de Paul Parish. After a visit
with the family we headed north, back to
BC.
A lesson I learned that evening is – ‘be sure
you have the right key if you are going to
lock your steering-wheel with a club.’
Luckily my brother-in-law has his store in
Cloverdale. Within a few minutes he sawed
through the bar and I could return to
Kamloops!!
January 19 – Tuesday
This evening there was a concelebrated
Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral for the
repose of the soul of Father Joe Dahlem. The
choir from Holy Family Parish led the
singing; Father Joe served this parish from
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FROM PAGE 13 – PHOTOS BY BISHOP MONROE

Franciscans and Dominicans: ‘Profound Ecclesial Renewal’
VATICAN CITY (VIS) – During a recent
general audience, Benedict XVI dedicated
his catechesis to the mendicant orders that
came into being in the 13th century, focusing
on the most famous – Franciscans and Dominicans
– founded respectively by the Italian
Francis of Assisi and the Spanish Dominic
de Guzman.
“The saints, guided by the light of God,
are the true reformers of the life of the
Church and society. Teachers by their words
and witnesses by their example, they are
able to promote stable and profound
ecclesial renewal.”
Saints such as Francis of Assisi and
Dominic de Guzman “were able to read
the ‘signs of the times’ and discern the
challenges the Church of their time had to
face”.
One of these challenges was the expansion
of groups and movements of faithful
who, though inspired by a legitimate desire
for authentic Christian life, often placed
themselves outside ecclesial communion.
These groups included the Cathars, or
Albigensians, who revived such ancient
heresies as “disdain for the material world,
the negation of free will and the existence
of a principal of evil comparable with God”.
CARTOON by Father Martin Peyton
Movements such as these proved
successful, “not only because they were well
organised, but also because they denounced
a disorder that really did exist in the Church,
caused by the un-exemplary behaviour of
various members of the clergy”.
And yet the Franciscans and Dominicans
showed “that it is possible to live
evangelical poverty without separating
oneself from the Church”. They rejected not
only the possession of material goods but
also refused the idea that the community
could own lands and estates, living “an
extremely sober life in order to remain close
to the poor and placing their trust in
Providence alone,” said the Pope.
“This individual and community
lifestyle of the mendicant orders, united to
their complete adherence to Church
teaching and authority, was much
appreciated by the Pontiffs of the time,
...who gave their complete support to these
new ecclesial experiences, recognizing in
them the voice of the Spirit.
“Today too, though we live in a
society in which ‘having’ often prevails
over ‘being’, we are still receptive to
examples of poverty and solidarity,” the
Pope observed. He recalled how Paul VI
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had affirmed that “the world is willing to
listen to teachers when they are also
witnesses. There is a lesson that must never
be forgotten in the work of spreading the
Gospel: we must ourselves live what we
announce, be mirrors of divine charity.”
The mendicant orders likewise responded
to the widespread need for religious
instruction felt at the time, preaching and
“dealing with topics close to people’s lives,
especially the practice of the theological and
moral virtues, using concrete and easily
understood arguments”.
The cultural transformations which
gave rise to lively debate in universities were
another great challenge of the age. The friars
did not hesitate “to enter the universities
themselves, as students and teachers, erecting
study centres” of their own “and profoundly
influencing the development of
thought”.
“The commitment shown by Franciscans
and Dominicans in mediaeval universities
is an invitation to us to remain present
in the places where knowledge is produced
in order to throw the light of the
Gospel, with respect and with conviction,
on the fundamental questions that concern
man, his divinity and his eternal destiny.” §
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SPIRITUAL CLASSICS
A series of articles by Rev. Dale Normandeau,
Pastor of St. James Parish in Vernon
St. Augustine’s Confessions is a
Spiritual work that has remained freshly
relevant for about 1,600 years. The reason
for its long-lasting appeal is its ability to
communicate universal and eternal truths
despite the limited cultural and historical
milieu from which it originated.
Augustine’s spiritual autobiography not
only described his own conversion from
dissolute, hedonistic youth to Christian
adult, but also provides a testimony to the
mysterious workings of God’s Grace and
the human soul’s response to that Grace.
In short, his life is a singular example of
everyone’s frantic search for God, the
blind alleys we often journey through in
order to find Him, and the joy we
experience upon finally encountering
Him.
St. Augustine of Hippo was born
in Thagaste in North Africa (then a part
of the Roman Empire) in 354 AD to a
Catholic mother and a pagan father.
He was a bright but uninspired
and lazy student who pursued sexual
misadventures in Thagaste and Carthage
and embraced the tenets of Manichaeism,
the prevailing esoteric philosophy of the
day. His dissolute life was the cause of
much grief for his mother, Monica, and
the impetus for her relentless prayers for
his spiritual welfare. As a teacher of
rhetoric, Augustine made his way to Rome
and eventually Milan. It was in Milan that
he encountered Bishop Ambrose and was
attracted to the eloquent power of his
preaching. Augustine eventually became
convinced of the truth of Catholic faith,
rejected Manichaeism, and was baptized
by Bishop Ambrose. He returned to North
Africa, where, in Hippo, he was ordained
a priest and eventually a bishop. In time
he would write thousands of homilies,
letters and philosophical and theological
works, many of which still exist today.
He died in Hippo in 430 AD – a
revered bishop, Church Father and one of
the greatest theologians who ever lived.
LOOKING BACK
Although autobiographical in nature,
the Confessions covers only the first 35
years of Augustine’s life – from his
infancy to his conversion in Milan in 386
AD. The work itself was written some 13
years after the last event described in the
St. Augustine’s ‘Confessions’
book, and it reflects the thoughts and
meditations of a middle-aged churchman
looking back on the events of his life and
drawing lessons and insights from it. With
the advantage of hindsight, he is able to
perceive his early life as a frivolous and
ultimately unsatisfactory pursuit of
transient pleasures. He sees his individual
life as a particular example of human
kind’s earnest but misguided pursuit of
God the creator by way of a fixated
interest in His creatures. This interest will
always end in frustration, however,
because material things that have their
origin in God can never be an adequate
substitute for God and His love, which the
human soul ultimately desires above all
else.
NEO-PLATONISM
St. Augustine’s insights were assisted
by the concepts found in the philosophy of
Neo-Platonism. This school of thought is
derived from Plato, an ancient Greek
pagan philosopher who taught that there is
an ideal form for everything. All things
fall short of that ideal, are subject to the
limits of time and space, and are as mere
shadows in comparison to the ideal form.
In light of Christian revelation, Neo-
Platonism helped St. Augustine to
understand that human beings have fallen
short of encountering God because they
have sought Him only in His creatures, an
error that he himself had committed in the
first half of his life, which is the subject of
his autobiography.
This inordinate love for creatures
divorced from one’s love for God
becomes a serious obstacle in one’s
pursuit of God. To illustrate this insight,
Augustine relates an event which took
place during his teen years.
He stole some pears from a tree, not
out of hunger but out of pure spite. While
we may excuse this as an act of youthful
caprice, Augustine saw far more at play in
this mischievous act. He concluded that
this represented a perversion of his own
personal goodness, a goodness placed
there by God Himself.
From this he concluded that evil and
sin are diminishments of good, as
gradations of darkness reflects the absence
of light and cold is not cold but rather the
absence of heat. They have no existence in
themselves but must draw their meaning
from the opposite they so lack. This is
why a person may sincerely seek God out
but fall short of his goal.
This disappointment derives from
erroneously seeking God by exclusively
focusing on His creation instead of Him.
The goal of every Christian, then, is
to strive for conversion, to ‘turn around’
ones life, values and agendas—which is
what the word ‘conversion’ means—and
to seek out God for His own sake. This
pursuit of God, however, is often waylaid
by obstacles. Two obstacles that St.
Augustine had to overcome in his search
for God were pride and lust.
INTELLECTUAL PRIDE
In middle-age he criticized the
teachers during his youth who did not
instill in him a pure love of pursuing truth,
but rather to use knowledge as a means to
impress people and to acquire prestige,
success and power. Augustine admits that
it was intellectual pride that led him to
embrace Manichaeism, a dualistic
philosophy describing good and evil as
equal and opposing forces in the universe.
Augustine accepted this philosophy, not
because it was true, but because it
resolved his preconceived understanding
of evil. This prejudice was supported, he
felt, by the poor Latin language translation
of Scripture that was being used in the
West at that time. He found the Christian
faith to be unpalatable because it did not
satiate his intellectual arrogance. It was
only later that Augustine realized that to
find the truth—and God, who is the
truth—one needs the necessary
prerequisite of humility.
In time, Augustine began to realize
that Manichaeism was an empty
philosophy. This insight led him to
examine the Catholic faith more seriously.
This examination was assisted by the
preaching of St. Ambrose, Bishop of
Milan, the city Augustine now called
home. While he had resolved his
intellectual prejudice against the faith,
Augustine was still struggling with
another obstacle to conversion—sexual
immorality. Realizing this was impeding
his entrance into the faith that he was
being inexorably drawn to, Augustine was
in a state of spiritual paralysis. The
agonizing struggle he experienced was
caused, he felt, by two wills existing in
him, one carnal and the other spiritual,
that were in conflict with one another.
In Book VIII of the Confessions, this
spiritual crisis comes to a head. While in a
garden in Milan, Augustine agonized over
his inability to extricate himself from his
struggle of wills. It is then that God’s
Grace intervened in the form of a child’s
voice that he hears repeating the phrase,
“take and read, take and read”. Drawn by
these words, he read the following
passage from St. Paul’s Letter to the
Romans: “put on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make no provision for the flesh and
its lusts”. This graced reading brings
about an immediate conversion, which is
followed by his baptism by St. Ambrose.
St. Augustine’s Confessions is
considered to be the first great work of
Christian literature. His conversion
experience has been echoed and
confirmed in the lives of countless men
and women over the past 1,500 years.
This book describes the struggle of the
human soul seeking God and the need for
conversion and co-operation with God’s
Grace in a brilliant and powerful way.
This has given the Confessions a timeless
quality. While its message may fall out of
fashion from time to time, it can never fall
out of date. That is the mark of a true
Classic. §
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18 Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010

WATER = GARDENS
= FRESH GREENS.
School children from
St. Gaspar join in
celebrating the
completion of the
windmill that will
provide water for the
new gardens,
providing greens for
their daily meal
provided as part of
their education at the
mission school
SHIPMENT ARRIVES.
The Kamloops adults
help unload bags of
rice from the
container that finally
arrived with 16
tonnes of food
purchased with
money donated by
Kamloops and Airdrie
parishoners
LINE UP FOR LUNCH
IN CHIHIKWI. This is
where the adults
helped the youth
group in the final
days of their windmill
and water system
project [SEE PAGE 13]
Photos courtesy
of
Josh Keller
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2010
READY TO FLY. The adult groups painted these fins for
the first-ever ‘100% Made in Tanzania’ windmill they
helped to erect at the mission in Dodoma
16 Tonnes in Tanzania
By Josh Keller
KAMLOOPS – Donating to a
worthy cause, especially when it
involves helping people in areas
of the world much less fortunate
than ours, is something many of
us do. Having the opportunity to
actually travel to such places and
experience first-hand the reality of
real poverty, and how even a small
donation can make a difference,
can be a life-changing experience.
Since 2003, groups of young
people from Kamloops have been
raising money to support the work
of the Missionaries of the Precious
Blood (C.Pp.S. Mission Projects)
in Tanzania, East Africa and every
second summer a group has spent
several weeks working in the
mission field.
In the summer of 2009, a
student group and the first-ever
group of adults from Kamloops
and Airdrie, Alberta spent several
weeks visiting the mission. For
two members of the adult group,
it was a return to Tanzania: both
Josh Keller from Kamloops and
Anita McLean from Airdrie were
leaders from these communities
that spent the summer of 2007 at
the mission with groups of young
people.
For Pat and Julian Stodola,
Casey van Dongen and Father
Wladyslaw Karciarz, OMI of
Kamloops, along with Rob
McLean (husband of Anita) and
Wilf and Aileen Fiest of Airdrie,
it was the realization of their
desire to experience the mission
in person.
In advance of their departure,
the group undertook to raise
$20,000 from individuals in
Kamloops and Airdrie to fill a
container with much needed food
staples. The response was overwhelming,
and in meeting their
fundraising goal quickly, 16
tonnes of rice, cornmeal, pinto
beans and dried peas was purchased,
loaded into a container and
shipped from Kamloops in early
April, destined for Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. The container finally
arrived at the Water Project just a
few days before the group was
scheduled to leave.
As they joined with workers
at the mission, all of them local
Tanzanians, in unloading 16
tonnes of food, the adults had a
new understanding of how a small
$50 donation to purchase a sack
of rice can be the difference
between survival and starvation
for a great many people in Tanzania.
We took great pride in helping
to assemble the first “100%
Made in Tanzania” windmill, on
the ground next to the elementary
school where one day soon, it is
hoped, the high school will be
built. A well had already been
drilled several years ago and the
need to provide some fresh
‘greens’ in the diet of the elementary
school students led to a plan
to plant two large gardens to grow
them.
The success of C.Pp.S.
Mission Projects is that every
penny of every single dollar
donated by us goes directly into
their work. There are no middle
men or management fees taken off
the top; every dollar buys food or
helps bring water and education to
people who need it. §
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March 2
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March 16
Rev. Fred Weisbeck
March 31
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COLDSTREAM CWL – DEC. 3, 2009. The new council and these
babes in arms are starting life together: FRONT (L-R) Nyssa
Sorokovsky with Nathaniel (6 weeks), Shantelle Juffs with
Avielle (7 months) and Dona Allan with Carina (6.5 months).
The group also includes spiritual director Fr. Dale Normandeau
and Diocesan CWL President Sharon Geiger and Past President
Lorrilee Jordan – CHARTER MEETING PHOTO BY WILL STANTON
NEW CWL COUNCIL IN COLDSTREAM
By Nyssa Sorokovsky
It was a great turnout for the new Catholic Womens League of Our
Lady of the Valley in Coldstream. Our first meeting was on December 3,
starting with Mass. Thirty-nine members joined the new CWL council
and 36 signed the charter as founding members. Our meeting was very
successful. Not only do we have the executive positions filled, we also
have all our standing committees filled. Veronica Stanton is our first
President and Jodi Bzdel is President Elect. Jenna Abbott is our Secretary
and Mary Turner our Treasurer. The Knights of Columbus showed their
support by serving us coffee and cake. It was a joyous event, and we all
look forward to many years of service to come. §
Lumby’s Annual Ecumenical Carol Service
By Lola Major, Lumby CWL
On a snowy evening Dec. 12, a wonderful ecumenical carol service was
hosted by the enthusiastic Sacred Heart Parish, Lumby. Fr. Richard
Hanaczewski was in attendance and five local churches participated in
this eagerly anticipated annual event. The church was packed and all
were blessed by the timely readings and choral arrangements by each
congregation. A reception followed in the beautifully decorated parish
hall, where all enjoyed coffee and delicious goodies and each other’s
company. We had a lot of positive feedback from this event. God is good.§
28th Annual Seniors Christmas Dinner
By Marguerite Le Blanc, Kamloops
In December 1983, the Catholic Women’s League of St. John
Vianney Parish, Kamloops held its first Seniors Christmas Dinner. This
event took place in the Friendship Room, where 30 members of our parish
sat down to a full Christmas dinner. This first dinner was organized by
Frances Kosolofski (pictured at right). For the past 28 years this event
has taken place, with a few changes – such as moving to the gym as the
number of seniors grew in our parish, and adding entertainment. Ten
years ago the Knights of Columbus came forward with some financial
aid and to do the serving and helping with the clean-up. §
CAROL SERVICE – CWL members Marie Feely (left) and Rosa
Loewen are greeters and Sacred Heart Church, Lumby is the
setting for the community’s annual ecumenical gathering
featuring the parish choir and Rosa on flute – PHOTO BY LOLA MAJOR
‘FIRST LADY’ – Frances Kosolofski (left) organized St. John
Vianney CWL’s first Seniors Christmas Dinner in 1983. In 2009,
she is joined by fellow guests (L-R) Phyllis Dircks, Mary
Ottenbreit and Bernice Dohm. Mary was among the guests at
the first dinner 28 years ago – PHOTO BY CHUCK BISHOP
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