DNews / February 2012 - the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops

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The Bishop’s
Message
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Blessed Kateri
closer to
canonization
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The Bishop’s Journal
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• YOUTH ALERT •
WYD RIO 2013
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Catholic Women’s
League
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Young Adult Events
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• SPIRITUAL CLASSICS •
‘True Devotion to Mary’
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Knights of Columbus
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OUR ADVERTISERS
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CELEBRATING OUR
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
2, 8–12 & 19
Vol. 38, No. 1 – February, 2012
Diocesan News
News and Views of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS sing their hearts out at the Christmas concert at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary
School in Kamloops. Older students in the background enthusiastically sing and swing their clappers. O.L.P.H. is
one of the six Catholic schools in the Diocese of Kamloops – PHOTO BY LINDA BITTANTE
MESSAGE FROM THE CISKD SUPERINTENDENT
Catholic Schools Week – A Celebration
of Catholic Schools In BC
By Kelly Tries
This year, Catholic Schools Week is celebrated
across British Columbia from February 5 to
February 11. The theme is Catholic Schools:
iLearn, iBelieve, iPray.
How we teach, what we teach and the systems
in which we teach have had to be revisited in order
for our schools to be effective in the face of the fast
paced technological changes and social media of
our time. What has not changed are the spiritual
truths that are at the core of everything we do. Truth
and principles based upon truth are timeless. Please
come and celebrate with our students, families and
staffs as they celebrate this February!

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Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Kamloops
By Rose Nowicki, Principal
It’s hard to believe that we are now into
the year 2012 and busy planning school
activities for the remaining months ahead.
We would like to say a special Thank You
to all our parents, grandparents and
parishioners for always coming together as
a community to make all of our school
events and fundraisers such a success. We
are blessed with their love and commitment
to Catholic education.
In February, as always, our staff and
students look forward to Catholic Schools
Week.
This year we have many exciting
activities planned and we invite everyone
to come and share in our excitement!
We will kick off the week celebrating
our faith together, at our Sunday Liturgy
with a Parish Pancake Breakfast to follow
and during the week our students will take
part in various competitions such as
Airbands, CanSpell, Jump Rope for Heart,
the Science Fair and Mini Olympics. Thank
you to Gemma Bittante for providing our
school with your delicious “Pasta”
luncheon.
Our hope here at O.L.P.H. School is that
we can all be a part of building a foundation
for our children where they can live, love
and learn as followers of Jesus.
MR. BRUNO RETIRES
On behalf of O.L.P.H. staff, students
and families we bid farewell to Mr. Frank
Bruno our school custodian who retired on
Jan. 13. We thank him for his years of
dedication and commitment to our school –
job well done! We wish him well as he
begins the many new adventures in his life.
Buona Fortuna, Mr. Bruno, we will miss
you! §
PARENT SUPPORT GROUP
2011-2012 Raffle Ticket Sales
MAIN DRAW
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
at noon at O.L.P.H. School.
Tickets are $5 each and may be purchased
from our school families and through the
school office at 250-376-2343.
PRIZES
1st: $3000 Travel Voucher
(Uniglobe Geo Travel)
2nd: $1000 Home Hardware
Gift Voucher
3rd: Apple Ipad2 – Value $583.73
BC Gaming Event – License No. 38919.
There is no cash option on any of the prizes.
O.L.P.H. FAMILY HALLOWEEN DANCE. The Flintstones – Susan, Nicole, Amanda
and Jesse Richer. O.L.P.H. PHOTOS BY LINDA BITTANTE
RETIREMENT DAY. (L-R) BACK Jessica, Anola, Zoe, Mr. Frank Bruno, Mason, Terran,
Michael; FRONT Kordell and Nolan – PHOTO BY SANDRA COMITA (FRANK’S DAUGHTER)
MR. JIM FORNELLI aka Sancho shows our Grade 7 students how to make balloon
creations…the students helped Sancho at our Annual Santa Breakfast.
‘TOONIES FOR TERRY. For our annual
Terry Fox Run all students are
encouraged to bring in a two-dollar
coin or more for Terry. Their donation
gives them a ticket for the draw for
the T-shirts which are sent to the
school for this event. These students
were the winners! (L-R) Isabella
Carmichael (Kindergarten) and Max
Alger (Grade 3).
2012-2013 O.L.P.H.
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 Full-Time
Kindergarten to Grade 7 registrations for the
2012-2013 school year. 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 learn more, please call Our Lady of
Perpetual Help School at 250- 376-2343. §
GRADE 4 BIBLE PRESENTATION.
Teacher Mark Backmeyer listens
closely as Josie Schuetze receives the
Good News from Fr. Peter Nguyen.
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012

THE
BISHOP’S
MESSAGE
Most Reverend David J. Monroe
Bishop of Kamloops
IN MEMORIAM: Father Patrick Skaria, O.S.A. (1941-2011)
Father Patrick Skaria, O.S.A.
died on December 30, 2011 at
Marylake Monastery, King City,
Ontario.
He was born in Kerela, India
on February 13, 1941. He joined
the Order of Saint Augustine in
India and later went to the Philippines
for his Novitiate in Manila
in 1971. He professed his vows on
April 30, 1972 and was ordained
to the priesthood on June 28, 1975.
Father came to Canada in the
mid-1980s and helped at Sacred
Heart Parish in Delta, BC. He then
worked in several dioceses in
British Columbia, including the
Diocese of Kamloops where he
served at Enderby, Pemberton and
Mount Currie until he went to the
Diocese of Nelson in 2005.
When Father retired in 2010 he
stayed at the rectory of Christ the
Servant parish in Cranbrook, BC.
In November 2011, while
dealing with his ill health, he went
to Marylake Shrine where he died
on Dec. 30. The funeral Mass was
cellebrated on January 3, 2012 at
Marylake Shrine. §
On December 27, 2011 Pope
Benedict XVI sent a message
to Cardinal Antonio Maria
Rouco Varela, the archbishop
of Madrid, Spain. In the message
the Holy Father said:
“It is in the family that we learn
to live together, that faith is
transmitted, values are strengthened
and freedom is channeled
to ensure that one day children
will be fully aware of their own
vocation and dignity, and that of
others. The warmth of the home
and domestic example can teach
much more than words can say.”
Our secondary patron, the Curé
of Ars, Saint John Vianney,
visited the families of his parish
and wrote and preached about
the necessity of the example of
the mother and father for the
proper formation of the children.
The Curé told the people that the
home is where children should
hear about God and His Saints,
where they learn the meaning of
the birth of Jesus, the meaning
of the life, teachings and sufferings
of Jesus, and the meaning
of His resurrection and our hope
to be with Him in heaven.
“If we wish to see any improvement
in the state community or
the family, the family must, in
common with the Church, educate
the children in Christianity,”
Saint John Vianney tells us.
When the Curé came to Ars there
was no school for the children,
so he sent two women to Lyons
to be trained as teachers and
when they returned he began the
first school in Ars to assist the
parents in teaching the children
the Catholic faith.
This issue of The Diocesan
News is dedicated especially to
the Catholic education of our
children in the Diocese of Kam-
loops and, now that we have a
distance-learning school [page
19], our teachers can reach out
to those families where children
cannot even consider attending
one of our five Catholic schools.
Pope Benedict, recognizing the
importance of the family and
the importance of the Catholic
faith, has established that beginning
October 11th this year the
Church will have the ‘Year of
Faith’. The Pope wants families
and all members of the Church
to have the “aspiration to profess
the faith in fullness and with
renewed conviction, with confidence
and hope” and that
believers’ “witness of life may
grow in credibility”.
Yours in Christ,
2002 – ST. CHRISTOPHER’S, MOUNT CURRIE. In this file photo Fr. Patrick Skaria,
O.S.A. is seen in the foreground with parishioners and Bishop Monroe. Father also
served in Enderby and Pemberton before moving to the Diocese of Nelson in 2005.
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Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012 3

Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha’s canonization could be as early as this spring
By Michael Swan,
The Catholic Register
(CCN) – When Canada’s first
aboriginal saint is canonized, it
will be an answered prayer for
native people across Canada and
beyond.
“There’s a natural sense of
pride and joy” among native
people, said Whitehorse Bishop
Gary Gordon.
On hearing the news that
Pope Benedict XVI had cleared
the way for Blessed Kateri
Tekakwitha to be canonized,
perhaps as early as Spring 2012,
Bishop Gordon planned to phone
his old friend Steve Point, the
lieutenant-governor of British
Columbia. Point is a former
elected chief of the Skowkale First
Nation.
“I’m gonna say to him,” the
Bishop said, ‘Steve, we’ve got to
go to Rome!’”
Pope Benedict XVI signed
the decree Dec. 19 recognizing
the miracle in Blessed Kateri
Tekakwitha’s cause for sainthood
and clearing the way for her
canonization.
Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, “the
Lily of the Mohawks,” is the
young Indian maiden who, despite
objections from some in her
own clan, came to know and love
Christ.
She was born in 1656 in a
village on the Mohawk River
called Ossernenon, now Auriesville,
New York. Her father was a
Mohawk chief and her mother a
Christian Algonquin raised among
the French.
CANADIAN REACTION
“Awesome!” was the word from
Grace Esquega, director of the
Kitchitwa Kateri, a Church for
aboriginal Catholics in Thunder
Bay, Ont. Esquega repeated the
word several times when Fr. Larry
Croker called to give her the news.
“There have been prayer
circles. People have been in touch
SAINTLY SAYINGS
with the devotion for years. There
will just be great joy over it, finally
after all this time,” said Croker.
In northwestern Ontario,
native rendezvous weekends and
music ministries have been
organized around devotion to
Blessed Kateri since the 1970s.
At the Martyrs’ Shrine in
Midland, ON where a couple of
statues of Blessed Kateri are very
popular, manager John Zurakowski
predicts the annual First
Nations’ pilgrimage will attract
new participants.
“The First Nations pilgrimage
will grow because now it’s one of
their own elevated to sainthood,”
Zurakowski said.
In missions across Canada the
beatification will demonstrate that
the Church is truly with the people,
said Catholic Missions In Canada
president Fr. Philip Kennedy. “In
the minds of the First Nations
people she’s already a saint. She’s
already someone to whom they
can appeal for sympathy with their
troubles, for help with discriminations.
She’s gone through what
Jerome Emiliani
c. 1481-1537
February 8
Jerome enlisted in the Venetian army in 1511. He was captured
and chained in a dungeon, but promised himself to God if released.
That he later was able to walk out of his prison was considered
miraculous.
He was ordained in 1518. When the plague struck, he cared
for the sick and opened an orphanage. In 1532, he and two fellow
priests formed the Clerks Regular Somaschi, now known as the
Somascan Fathers. Jerome was declared the patron saint of
orphaned and abandoned children in 1928.
(Fill the spaces to see the words)
they are going through.” Bl. Kateri
is significant not only for aboriginal
Catholics but also for native
Lutherans and Anglicans, he said.
Her status as a role model in the
spiritual life also crosses borders.
“When I went to a mission
conference in Guatemala they had
a huge picture of her, like a threestorey
high picture,” Kennedy
said.
Documentation for her sainthood
cause was sent to the Vatican
in 1932. She was declared venerable
in 1942, the first step to
sainthood that recognizes the
candidate’s heroic virtues. Two
miracles that occur after death are
generally needed for a sainthood
cause to move forward. After a
first miracle is confirmed by the
Church, the candidate is beatified.
Kateri was beatified by Pope John
Paul II in 1980, giving her the title
“Blessed”. Her feast day is April
17 in Canada & July 14 in the U.S.
Documentation for the final
miracle needed for her canonization
was sent to the Vatican in July
2009. It involved the recovery of
a young boy in Seattle whose face
had been disfigured by flesheating
bacteria and who almost
died from the disease; he recovered
completely and the Vatican
confirmed the work of a tribunal
that determined there was no
medical explanation for it.
Blessed Kateri
has another
namesake
Blessed Francisco
and Jacinta Marto
20th Century
February 20
“The Indian people in the
United States and Canada have
longed for the canonization of
Blessed Kateri from the moment
of her beatification,” Archbishop
Charles Chaput of Philadelphia
told Catholic News Service at
the Vatican in December. §
BAPTISM – DEC. 30, 2011. Kateri Tekakwitha Muriella, daughter
of Cathedral parishioners Frank and Odette Caputo, was
baptized at St. Joseph’s by Rev. Andrew L’Heureux, rector of
Sacred Heart Cathedral. Fr. Andrew and Frank met and became
friends at Camp Kateri (Kamloops Diocese) in 1994.
Two of the three Fatima visionaries, this sister and brother were
beatified in 2000. With their cousin, Lucia dos Santos, they had
monthly visions of Mary at Fatima, Portugal, from May to October
1917. Mary asked the shepherd children to promote devotion to
her Immaculate Heart and pray the rosary daily. Both Martos
children died of influenza, Francisco at age 10 in 1919, and Jacinta
at age 9 in 1920. Their cousin, who became a Carmelite nun, died
in 2005 at age 97. Fatima is among the world’s great Marian shrines
and pilgrimage sites.
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BISHOP MONROE’S 2012 SCHEDULE
CONFIRMATION, MASSES and EVENTS (dates subject to change)
DATE PLACE – EVENT TIME
Thurs Jan 5 – Sun Jan 8 Westminster Abbey – Retreat
Mon Jan 9 – Tues Jan 10 I.H.M Shrine – Priests’ gathering 5:00pm
Sat Jan 28 Kamloops - CISKD Skype meeting 9:00am
Mon Feb 6 – Tues Feb 7 I.H.M. Shrine – Priests’ gathering 5:00pm
Sat Feb 25 O.L.P.H. Centre, Kamloops – Confirmation Rally 9:00am
Tues Feb 28 – Fri Mar 2 Victoria – A.W.C.B. Assembly
Fri Mar 2 – Sun Mar 4 I.H.M. Shrine – Lent Retreat for Lay Enrichment
Sun March 4 I.H.M. Shrine, Cache Creek – Mass 11:00am
St. Peter, Clinton – Mass 3:00pm
Mon Mar 5 – Tues Mar 6 I.H.M. Shrine – Priests’ gathering
Sat March 10 Sacred Heart Cathedral – Rite of Election 2:00pm
Sun Mar 11 Carmelites – Mass 7:30am
St. Joseph’s, Armstrong – Mass 9:00am
St. Ann’s Enderby – Mass 11:00am
St Mary’s, Enderby – Mass 1:00pm
Sat Mar 17 – Sun Mar 18 Sacred Heart, Anaham& various surrounding parishes
– Mass & parish visitations
Sun Mar 25 Good Shepherd, Valemount – Mass 8:30am
Our Lady of the Snow, Blue River –Mass 12:00pm
Sun Apr 1 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops – Palm Sunday Mass 11:30am
Tues April 3 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops – Chrism Mass 10:00am
Thurs April 5 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops – Holy Thursday Mass 7:00pm
Fri April 6 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops – Good Friday Liturgy 3:00pm
Sat April 7 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops – Easter Vigil Service 8:00pm
Sun April 8 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops – Easter Sunday Mass 8:00am
St Joseph’s, Kamloops 1:00pm
Sat April 14 St. Joseph’s, Salmon Arm – Mass 5:00pm
Sun April 15 Our Lady of Lourdes, Heffley Creek – Confirmation 8:30am
St. John Vianney, Kamloops – Confirmation 10:30am
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops – Divine Mercy Mass 3:00pm
Fri Apr 20 – Sun Apr 22 St. Joseph’s, Salmon Arm – CWL Diocesan Convention
Sun Apr 22 Our Lady of the Lake, Blind Bay – Mass 11:15am
Sat Apr 28 Sacred Heart Cathedral – Confirmation 7:00pm
Sun Apr 29 Holy Family, Kamloops – Confirmation 10:30am
Mon Apr 30 – Wed May 2 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek – Pastoral Study Days 5:00pm
Fri May 4 OLPH, Kamloops – Confirmation 7:00pm
Sat May 5 I.H.M. Shrine – CISKD 9:00am
Sat May 5 Sacred Heart, Williams Lake – Confirmation 7:00pm
Sun May 6 St. Ann’s, Quesnel – Confirmation 11:00am
Sun May 13 St. George’s, Barriere – Mass 9:00am
St. James, Clearwater – Mass 11:00am
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012
DATE PLACE – EVENT TIME
Wed May 16 O.L.P.H., Kamloops – Clergy Appreciation Dinner 6:00pm
Fri May 18 St. Ann’s Academy Gym, Kamloops 1:00pm
– St Ann’s Academy Graduation Liturgy
St Ann’s Academy Gym, Kamloops
– Graduation Commencement ceremonies 7:00pm
Sat May 19 Ora’s (Towne Lodge), Kamloops 6:00pm
– St. Ann’s Academy Graduation banquet
Sun May 20 Sacred Heart, Lumby – Mass 9:00am
St. Benedict’s or St. Theresa’s – Mass 12:30pm
Fri May 25 Our Lady of the Valley, Coldstream – Confirmation 7:00pm
Sat May 26 Our Lady of Lourdes, Quilchena
or St. Paul’s, Coldwater – Mass 5:00pm
Sun May 27 Sacred Heart, Merritt – Mass 9:00am
St. Michael’s, Logan Lake – Mass 12noon
Sat June 2 Whistler – Mass 5:00pm
Sun June 3 Whistler – Mass and Confirmation 9:00am
Sun June 3 St. Christopher’s, Mt. Currie – Mass 11:00am
Sun June 3 St. Francis of Assisi, Pemberton – Mass 12:30pm
Mon June 4 – Fri June 8 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek – Clergy Retreat
Fri June 8 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek
– Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Votive Mass 5:00pm
Sat June 9 I.H.M. Shrine &Centre, Cache Creek
– Pilgrimage Mass : Feast of I.H.M. Votive Mass 10:00am
Sun June 10 St. John the Baptist, Lillooet – Mass 9:00am
Sun June 10 Seton Portage (or other) – Mass 1:00pm
Fri June 15 Sacred Heart Cathedral – Feast of the Sacred Heart
– Holy Hour and Mass 6:00pm
Sat June 16 Sacred Heart Cathedral – Feast of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary/Patroness of the Diocese 9:30am
Sat June 23 – Sun June 24 Chilcotin-Shuswap – Mass/Confirmations/Visitations
Sat June 30 Our Lady of Fatima, Sicamous – Mass 7:00pm
Sun July 15 Carmelite Monastery : Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel – Mass 2:00pm
Fri Aug 10 – Sun Aug 12 Fountain Lake, Lillooet : Pilgrimage – Mass 5:00pm
Fri Sept 14 – Sat Sept 15 I.H.M. Cache Creek – CISKD School Council Training
Mon Sept 24 – Fri Sept 28 Ste. Adele, Quebec
– Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishop’s Plenary
Mon Oct 1 – Wed Oct 3 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek – Fall Pastoral study days
Fri Oct 19 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek
– CISKD Board of Directors Meeting 7:00pm
Sat Oct 20 I.H.M. Shrine & Centre, Cache Creek
CISKD AGM 9:00am
Mon Nov 5 – Tues Nov 6 I.H.M., Cache Creek – Priests’ gathering 5:00pm
Mon Dec 3 – Tues Dec 4 I.H.M., Cache Creek – Priests’ gathering 5:00pm
WORDS FROM OUR SECONDARY PATRON, ST. JOHN VIANNEY
‘Remain humble, remain simple; the more you are so, the more good you will do.’
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The Bishop’s Journal
December 4 – Sunday
I celebrated the Mass at Blessed
Sacrament Church, Chase – some
mountain sheep have come from the hills
to trim what is left of the lawn – and at
Saint Joseph’s Church on the Kamloops
Reserve, where the people have taken
very good care of the church and the
surroundings with new trees and benches
facing the church so that summer visitors
can sit to listen to the guides’ stories of the
history of the area.
December 8 to 12
– Thursday to Monday
This is the time to visit the schools and
enjoy the singing and acting of the
students. It began with the Kindergarten to
Grade 7 students at Saint Ann’s Academy
on Thursday. On Saturday I drove to Saint
Ann’s Parish in Quesnel for Masses in the
evening and on Sunday, followed by a
concert rehearsal on Monday, before my
drive to Sacred Heart Parish, Williams
Lake to be present for the evening meal in
honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe –
burritos, a short talk on Our Lady of
Guadalupe and piñatas [photo Page 7] –
followed by the drive back to Kamloops.
December 14 – Wednesday
I drove to Saint Jude’s Parish in
Vancouver and on to Holy Rosary
Cathedral to be with Archbishop Michael
Miller, many of the priests and people to
celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the
priesthood of Monsignor Pedro Lopez-
Gallo. After the Mass we had a dinner in
his honour at the Italian Cultural Centre.
December 15 – Thursday
I was up early and on the road back to
Kamloops to be sure I would be on time
for the concert at Our Lady of Perpetual
THE DIOCESE OF KAMLOOPS
covers 120,000 square kilometres (46,332.26 square miles) in south central British Columbia.
DEC. 18. Father Vernantius Ononiwu
and Bishop Monroe at St. Jude’s
Church. SEE PHOTO ON PAGE 7
Help School and later on the road again to
Vernon for the concert at Saint James
School. [Vernon photos Page 7]
December 17 – Saturday
Yesterday afternoon I drove to Saint
Jude’s Parish in 100 Mile House, stopping
on the way to visit the young adults who
were having their Advent Retreat at
Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine and
Centre in Cache Creek. This was the ninth
year for the Young Adult Advent Retreat
and 27 young adults were there.
December 18 – Sunday
The day was special as Father Vernantius
Ononiwu had invited me to consecrate the
new oak altar and lectern at Saint Jude’s
made by men of the parish. Later in the
day I said Mass at St. Augustine’s, Canim
Lake and at Holy Family Church, Bridge
Lake before returning to Kamloops.
December 24 & 25 – Christmas
Eve and Christmas Day
Christmas Vigil and Christmas Masses:
5 p.m. at Saint Ann’s Academy to accommodate
more than 500; a full Cathedral at
8 p.m.; midnight Mass at the Cathedral
and on Christmas Day, 1 p.m. Mass at
Saint Joseph’s Church on the Kamloops
Reserve. Christmas dinner was with one
of the families.
With the Chancery Office closed for
the week there was an opportunity to visit
friends and parish families.
January 1 – Sunday: The Feast
of Mary the Mother of God
The morning Mass at 8:30 a.m. was at the
Cathedral and at 1 p.m. the Mass was at
Saint Joseph’s on the Kamloops Reserve.
January 5 to 7
– Thursday to Saturday
The annual retreat at Westminster Abbey
for the Bishops of Western Canada began
Thursday evening with Dr. Michael
Downey as retreat director. I had to leave
early on Saturday in order to drive – via
the Canyon – to 100 Mile House to
replace Father Vernantiuis Ononiwu who
is on holiday to visit his mother and
family in Nigeria. There was snow!
January 8 – Epiphany
Father Vernantius has a full Sunday
schedule! I began with 9 a.m. Mass at
Saint Jude’s, 100 Mile House and drove to
Canim Lake for 11 a.m. Mass at Saint
Augustine’s Church – then drove back to
Saint Jude’s and on to Holy Family at
Bridge Lake for 1:30 p.m. Mass before
driving back home to Kamloops – via
Little Fort.
January 15 – Sunday
The journey began at Kamloops, but the
schedule was the same as on Epiphany
Sunday, except I began with more fresh
snow on Saturday, with Mass at 4 p.m. at
Saint Joan of Arc at Lac La Hache. §
6 Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012

DEC. 12 – FEAST OF OUR LADY OF
GUADALUPE. Bishop Monroe took his
camera to Sacred Heart, Williams Lake’s
celebration. (L-R) Tatianna Dutil and
her grandmother Maria Salazar.
By Maryclaire Snowball
On Monday, December 12, 2011, Sacred Heart
Parish in Williams Lake celebrated the Feast of Our
Lady of Guadalupe in our Parish Hall.
We enjoyed a fantastic authentic Mexican feast
featuring Spanish Rice, refried black beans,
homemade salsa, Salsa Pork, Mexican hamburger
sauce and tacos all prepared by Maria and Rosa
Salazar along with Barb Aquilon.
DECEMBER 15. Two scenes from the Christmas Concert at St. James Elementary School, Vernon –
PHOTOS BY BISHOP DAVID MONROE
DECEMBER 12, WILLIAMS LAKE. Rebecca Elefson takes her turn swinging at the
piñata during parish festivities – PHOTO BY NICOLE SIGSWORTH
Sacred Heart Parish fiesta honours Our Lady of Guadalupe
† PRAY FOR VOCATIONS †
Bishop Monroe was able to attend and share
stories of his pilgrimages to Mexico City.
The children were treated to a piñata made by
Patricia and Theresa Olson. The evening wrapped up
with everyone in attendance participating in the Living
Candlelight Rosary including the Little Flowers and
Blue Knights of our parish. Thank you to all
parishioners that helped out and made this a very
special feast day for Our Lady. §
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012
WYD Rio 2013
The Canadian Bishops have established an age
requirement for the next World Youth Day and we will
adhere to that age requirement without exception. The
minimum age requirement will be 17 years. This means
that the young person must be 17 at the time of World
Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro (July 23-28, 2013). Due to
the complexities of Brazil no one under the age of 17
should apply for World Youth Day 2013. Further to this
age requirement anyone who is not 18 by June 1, 2013
must be joined by a parent or guardian to travel to Rio
with the Diocese of Kamloops group. §
DEC. 18 – 100 MILE HOUSE. The new altar is dressed
after its consecration by Bishop Monroe – SUSAN FRYER PHOTO
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MUSICAL GROUPS BOUND FOR DISNEYLAND. (L-R) The St. Ann’s Academy Senior Choir, Vocal Jazz Choir and Senior Band students will perform
live in Disneyland during the week of February 12-18. St. Ann’s Academy photos continue on the opposite page.
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St. Ann’s Academy, Kamloops –
Elementary & High School Divisions
Catholic Schools Week is
truly a time of celebration at St.
Ann’s Academy (SAA) and
perfectly aligns with our school
theme “Serve with Joyful Hearts”.
During Catholic Schools
Week we celebrate our uniqueness
as an educational community that
strives to assist our students, staff
and families to embrace the
Catholic worldview.
As Bishop Monroe often
states, our Diocesan Catholic
schools create an environment
where our families come to better
know, love, and serve our Lord.
During Catholic Schools
Week many fun events are
scheduled for both our elementary
and high school divisions. Events
such as the Grandparents Tea,
bowling, trips to Harper Mountain
and the many other Catholic
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Schools Week activities bring joy
to our students and staff.
Of course our week starts
with a prominent SAA presence at
Masses at Sacred Heart Cathedral
and Holy Family parishes on
February 5 and our opening and
closing ceremonies are always
compelling – as 500 people gather
to celebrate our school, the
Church, and our Catholic faith.
On behalf of the St. Ann’s
Academy community, I offer our
prayerful thanks for all of our
Diocesan schools, their pastors,
staffs, students and families both
past and present who continue to
“Serve with Joyful Hearts” in
support of Catholic education.
Sincerely,
Shawn Chisholm,
Principal
SAA GARDEN. Mrs. Peel,
many volunteer parents and
students participate each
year in growing a community
garden at St. Ann’s Academy.
Sister Tarcie, Sister Maria and
Sister Analisa help to tend to
the garden and enjoy the
produce from it. Produce is
also sold to St. Ann’s Academy
families to raise funds
for next year’s garden.
Your Diocesan Website – http://www.rcdk.org
WALKATHON FUNDRAISER. Students at St. Ann’s enjoy the
Annual Walkathon Assembly, as Mr. Langevin creates
excitement telling them about all the great prizes they can
win by raising pledges. Students walked 20 kilometres, raising
more than $38,000 for the school. Funds were used to support
our High School Computer Lab and classroom technology.
THANK YOU TO OUR VERY GENEROUS COMMUNITY FOR THEIR
PLEDGES AND DONATIONS.
CARTOON by Fr. Martin Peyton
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012

St. Ann’s Academy, Kamloops –
Elementary & High School Divisions
A HIGH SCHOOL CARNIVAL was held Sept. 20 – kicking off the fun activities planned by our Senior Student Council throughout the year. ABOVE LEFT Ice Cream
Anyone? Mr. Martin, Jackson Fernie, John Wotherspoon and Cody Beutler get ready for a round in the Ice Cream Eating Contest as Kyle Hutton looks on. ABOVE
RIGHT Wrestling contest: Mr. Larson ensures that Tomas Goddard and Stephen Schwarz are set for their arm wrestle as Braden Paul (Senior Student Council
President) catches the event on film. In the background Leah Hoot and Liam Marshall watch the competition, perhaps waiting for their turn to compete.
ELEMENTARY
DIVISION
ART CLUB.
Eva Ferguson-
Howe and Ruby
Liddy carefully
mold and cut clay
during a visit to
the Elementary
Art Club offered
weekly after
school. CROSS
COUNTRY
RUN CLUB.
Domenico
Comita
leads the
pack in a
race last
season.
(L-R) Nathan Kennelly, Jaco Steyn, Darmir Savage, Alex
Gurney and Geoffrey Otto settle in for some free reading
time in Grade One.
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012
Alexa
Tapia,
Presley
Hawkins,
Thomas
Sewell and
Catherine
Browning
bake
Christmas
cookies
as Mrs.
Langevin
and Mrs.
Balison
(grandparent)
watch over
the process.
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DRESSED AS ST. MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS, Sacred Heart
School’s Principal Mrs. Dianne Wilson shows the Kindergarten
class the new additions to her fish tank. St. Marguerite (1620-
1700) was born in France and founded the Congregation de
Notre Dame (the CND Sisters) in Montreal. She was beatified
by Pope Pius XII on November 12, 1950. When Pope John
Paul II canonized Marguerite Bourgeoys on October 31, 1982
he gave the Canadian Church its first woman saint.
PHOTOS : Clockwise from above Left
READING BUDDIES. Grade 6 student Kailee Buhrke reads to
Kindergarten student Athena Stuart (right) and Grade 1 student
William Lulua during buddy reading at Sacred Heart Catholic
School in Williams Lake.
GRADE 4/5 BAKERS. Maryclaire Snowball, Sabryn Alphonse,
Steven Dutil and John Noskey join the rest of their Sacred Heart
classmates in stirring up some fun as they prepare cookies for
their class bake sale. The Grade 4/5 class raised $400 for the
Chalice Program providing educational supplies, farm animals
and medicine to struggling communities.
ON STAGE. Members of Sacred Heart Catolic School’s Preschool/
Daycare program perform the “Elf Hip-Hop Dance” at the school’s
annual Christmas concert.
† PRAY FOR VOCATIONS †
Sacred Heart Catholic School,
Williams Lake
By Nick Iachetta,
Grade 6/7 Teacher
Sacred Heart Catholic School
has been celebrating the theme of
Service throughout the year.
Coming up to Catholic
School Week the staff and students
have been involved in parish,
community and global service
projects that can represent who we
are as disciples.
Throughout Catholic Schools
Week celebrations, each class will
take on a separate service project,
keeping in mind the words of St.
Francis of Assisi: “Preach the
Gospel at all times, and when
necessary, use words.”
GRADE 1 STUDENTS Anthony DiMarco, Joe Henley, Montana
Alphonse and Marissa Sellars show off the Christmas cards
they made for family and friends.
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PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: Caleb Peterson enjoys
the swings; Kalisse Sales & Shelby Powell munch some lunch;
the Boys Basketball Team plans a play; and Ben Weston &
Noah Wolland take time out from their creative endeavours.
By Principal Don Devine
St. Ann’s Catholic School is
preparing to celebrate Catholic
Schools Week (Sunday, February
5 to Friday, February 10) with
activities centring on each aspect
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012
St. Ann’s Elementary
School, Quesnel
of the theme, ‘iLearn, iBelieve,
iPray’.
This week is a time to reflect
and give thanks for the blessings
we have received as a school. We
strive to make our school a place
that draws parents because of the
Catholic formation their children
receive here. We regard each child
who comes through our door as a
child on his or her way back to
God and therefore the tone of our
school, the quality of our staff, the
programs we offer and the curriculum
we provide are all directed
towards the individual child. We
invite the parents to our school for
all events as well as having the
Catholic Women’s League, the
Knights of Columbus and the
Parish involved in the school.
The Eagles Leadership Team
in Grade Six/Seven will help to
direct the activities of the weeklong
celebrtion, starting on Friday,
Feb. 3 by introducing the theme
and the activities at our General
Assembly. At the weekend Masses
(Feb. 4 & 5) parishioners and
parents will be introduced to the
theme and invited to all of the
activities at the school and the
Gym. The school week will start
with student participation in the
Eucharistic Celebration, with the
Knights of Columbus hosting the
basketball throw contest in the
afternoon. The Catholic Women’s
League will sponsor the Geography
Challenge on Tuesday.
Students will attend a skating and
tobogganing party on Friday
afternoon.
Our school is looking forward
to these activities and others we
will be planning as we learn,
believe and pray during Catholic
Schools Week. §
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CSW 2011 – ST. JAMES SCHOOL OUTING TO SCHUBERT CENTRE
St. James
Elementary
School,
Vernon
By Viviana Monaghan, Vice-Principal
We are all looking forward to Catholic
Schools Week (CSW) in Vernon.
We will begin the week with a schoolled
weekend Mass at Our Lady of the Valley
Church at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5.
As the school week begins, we will
gather for a special assembly at 9 a.m. on
Monday to explore our theme, “i Learn,
i Believe, i Pray”.
On Tuesday we will ignite our school
spirit with the St. James School Winter
Games. Students will come in team colours
and participate in a variety of activities
throughout the day.
On Wednesday our doors will be open
to everyone for a special Open House.
Wednesday’s visitors can see our
school in action and look at colourful
bulletin boards and displays.
Parents will also have the opportunity
to participate in student-led conferences
with their children.
On Thursday students will jump rope
and shoot baskets to raise money for the
Canadian Heart Association.
‘Ishmael’s Spear-it,’ our third annual
Reading Extravaganza, will be held on
Friday evening.
Students, parents and staff will
celebrate the love of reading with costumes,
food, music and a friendly battle of the
books!!!
We will end our busy week with Mass
at St. James Church.
It is a blessing for us all to have the
opportunity to celebrate who we are as a
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2011 – TWO SCENES FROM THE SAINT JAMES OLYMPICS
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CWL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE – OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY. (L-R) Kasia Ryan, Terry Mae Sinclair, Alma Van Gool,
Michelle Canel, O.L.O.V. CWL president Veronica Sabbadin, workshop leader Catherine L’Heureux, Wendy Piccini, St.
James CWL president Darlene Heaney, Margaret McSweeny, Irene Helie, Eva Wahoski and Ann Kelly – PHOTO BY MYLES BUKOWSKY
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012
Diocesan
president-elect
presents
workshop
By Kasia Ryan, Vernon
Catherine L’Heureux of St. James,
Vernon presented her first leadership
workshop on Oct. 22 at Our Lady of the
Valley Church, Coldstream.
Sponsored by the O.L.O.V. council, this
CWL workshop was open to the ladies of
all parishes in the area: Coldstream, Vernon,
Lumby, Armstrong, Enderby, Salmon Arm
and Blind Bay.
It has been many years since I attended
a workshop of any kind. With a busy life
style and three children I chose to take the
time out and attend this workshop. I was
very impressed with Catherine’s credentials.
As president-elect for the Diocesan CWL
Council, she is in charge of leadership
training at the diocesan level. She has
completed her gold level in Toastmasters
and is currently the leader of the Catholic
Girls League based at St. James, Vernon.
To me, she shows true leadership and a
devout love of our faith.
The workshop was extremely informative
and interactive. I learnt so much and
definitely feel more confident now that
I have the tools and skills to put into action.
It was warm and comforting to share this
day with other CWL members, to socialize
with these wonderful women who were so
friendly and kind. I encourage all CWL
members in our Diocese to take a workshop
like this. I always thought I was and
would be a follower, but after attending this
workshop, I am now, and can be with
courage, a leader. Thank you Catherine
L’Heureux for sharing your well prepared
presentation. §
‘ASANTENI SANA’ – A message from Brother Anthony Canterucci, CPPS
On Feb. 25, 2012 CPPS Mission
Projects will celebrate its tenth annual
‘Windmills, Wells and Water’ fundraising
dinner at Thompson Rivers University.
I would like to thank the people of the
Diocese of Kamloops for opening their
hearts to embrace me, my fellow missionaries
and the mission work we do for the
people of Tanzania. You should be proud of
the many projects you have supported and
the remarkable difference these projects
have made to the people living in our
mission territory. The water supplied by our
windmills and water systems; the medical
dispensary for the people of Iymbu; the tons
of food supplies; and the education provided
at St. Gaspar Elementary School have
impacted the lives of thousands of people.
In addition to these projects, some
volunteers have been busy sewing clothing
and knitting toques to send to the children
in our mission territory. Anne Smith, Anne
Heistad and Betty Holland have sewn more
than 100 sundresses over the past two years.
SAINT JOSEPH’S
CWL COUNCIL,
SALMON ARM
Frances Kostiuk
(centre), a 35-year
member of the
Catholic Women’s
League, receives
recognition from
Acting President
Sandie Cockram
and President Elect
Terry Mae Sinclair
– PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY
SINHUBER
Clare Ternier has knit bags of toques. All of
these items have been sent with the students
and chaperones from your Diocese every
time they travel to the mission field and
given to the children living in the many
orphanages supported by our mission. Two
lay missionaries from your Diocese, Steve
Faliszewski and Maddison Irwin, have been
working in the mission field for almost a
year now. Their enthusiasm and energy have
brought new life to the mission projects. We
are grateful to have them working with us.
Both of these young people were students
on summer trips prior to making this long
term commitment. Had they not had the
opportunity to come to Tanzania for a
summer, they would likely not be working
here with us today. Thank you for making
the summer projects possible for young
people like Maddison and Steve. On behalf
of the people of Tanzania and the Missionaries
of the Precious Blood, thank you –
asanteni sana – you have made a life-giving
difference in the lives of many. §
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In the days leading up to Christmas the
Diocese of Kamloops gathered its youth to
a familiar place. Cache Creek is home of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine and
Centre, which hosted a group of about 20
young Catholic men and women for a retreat
led by Fr. Andrew L’Heureux of Sacred
Heart Cathedral in Kamloops, partnered by
Diocesan Youth & Young Adult Coordinator
Adele Huculak.
Entitled ‘Wandering Warriors and
Damsels in Distress,’ the retreat addressed
our unique and individual roles as men and
women, how and where we find our identity
as men and women as well as where to draw
the line that differentiates men from women.
Through discussion, we observed that
society is attempting to blur the line that
makes men and women different. It is of
vital importance to recognize the differences
that do exist between men and women and
to look at the ways in which these differences
complement one another. The title of
the retreat was very appropriate for the topic
we were discussing.
Without the ability to recognize who we
are as men and women and without seeking
for this identity through God we will remain
damsels in distress and wandering warriors.
I found this retreat to be a highly enriching
experience. I was given the opportunity
to acknowledge the individual dignity
I possess as a woman and to look at the
merits and grace given to both men and
Lay Enrichment Weekend: ‘The Word Made Flesh’
By Margaret Onneken
People from all over the Diocese came
to Cache Creek – teenagers to grandparent
age – to listen to presenter Fr. Derrick
Cameron the weekend of Dec. 2-4 and
discuss the topic.
It is still like God sending out His
message, crying out in the wilderness of our
lives and hearts – “open up, I wish to enter,
with my message of Hope, Love and Light,”
shining in the dark of our times and days.
It was perfect timing – The Advent of
Our Lord – to step away from our everyday,
our surroundings and busy schedules to
reflect upon “the Word became Flesh”.
By the time you read this, Christmas
has past and I hope we have all opened
the doors of our hearts to welcome the
precious Lord coming to us in the Eucharist
with all His love for us. He wishes to fill
our lives with His presence through the
“Holy Eucharist and manifests Himself
through us, as a Light, with Love and Hope
for all to see. May His presence shine
through you, throughout this year 2012 as
a Gift to you; and for all to see.
I wish with these words to thank – in
the name of all attending this retreat – the
Diocese and Father Derrick for planting the
hunger for the Lord anew. May the Lord of
Love, Hope and Light bless you throughout
the year. §
LAY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
February - May 2012
Sessions are held on the first weekend of
the month (October to May) at the
Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine and
Centre in Cache Creek, beginning Friday
evening and ending Sunday after lunch.
Registration forms are available on
the diocesan website – www.rcdk.org.
February 3-5 – “Building a Culture of
Love and Peace” with Sr. Tarcie, Sr. Maria
and Sr. Analisa, SFIC.
March 2-4 – This weekend with Bishop
Monroe will have a Lenten theme.
April – The first weekend in April is
Easter. Tentative dates are March 30 to
April 1 (Palm Sunday).
May 4-6 – Theme and speaker yet to
be determined. §
women. Over all, it was a wonderful time
of discovery, fellowship and lots of fun!
“Thank you” to Adele and Fr. Andrew for a
great retreat! §
YOUNG ADULT RETREAT – LENT 2012.
Theme: Discipleship in Today’s Culture.
Dates: March 16-18 at the IHM Shrine.
Speaker to be determined. §
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RISE UP 2011
Conference
By Sr. Analisa Baracena, SFIC
The Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO)
Rise Up 2011 National Conference in
Vancouver was held at the Hyatt Regency
from Dec. 28, 2011 to Jan. 1, 2012 with the
theme, John Paul II: Inspired by his Legacy.
More than 500 courageous young adult
participants from across Canada came to
experience this wonderful, inspiring and
enriching five-day event. As many as 16 of
us were from Kamloops Diocese. The
opening session about ‘John Paul the Great’
given by Fr. Raymond De Sousa served as
a great invitation and encouragement for all
of us to open wide the door of our heart to
Christ without any worries, hesitations or
fears. Our readiness to open our hearts to a
deeper relationship with Christ led us into
the following day when the speakers talked
about accepting Jesus in our lives and how
having an authentic relationship with Him
will surely bring us joy, peace and freedom.
The second day culminated in Adoration,
Praise & Worship and the Sacrament of
Reconciliation with 45 priests available to
hear confessions. Presentations on the third
day focused more on the Mission.We were
reminded that our commitment to evangelization
can be traced to the early Church.
The Church is committed to evangelization
as Pope Paul VI stated in his exhortation on
Evangelization in the Modern World
(Evangelii Nuntiandi, EN): “The church
exists in order to evangelize.” We were
encouraged to put our energies into
evangelizing – with lots of courage,
enthusiasm and boldness – most especially
those who do not know and have not yet
heard about Christ. Archbishop Michael
Miller presented the Decree on the
Missionary Activity of the Church (Mission
Ad Gentes, AG). He briefly discussed the
ST. JAMES, VERNON. The topic is Chastity as international speaker Jason
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CLOSING SESSION – Rise Up is an annual conference for young adults (18-35) hosted
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importance of the why, where, who and how
to evangelize. He clearly explained the
reasons we need to evangelize; this is
because Jesus commissioned us to proclaim
the Good News to the entire world. As we
personally experience the love of God, we
also are wanted to share it willingly with
others. The Church is missionary by nature
and we are all called to be missionaries. By
virtue of our baptism we must be ready to
respond to this mission. The Holy Spirit is
the Source of all these works and activities.
We evangelize as we spread the faith with
joy and respect. We proclaim the gospel in
promoting human life and in our apostolate
of presence. We do not impose, we can only
propose.
On the fourth day, two workshops were
available: Living our Apostolate; and
Personal Development. In the afternoon we
had the New Year anticipated Mass at Holy
Rosary Cathedral with Archbishop Miller,
followed by the New Year’s Eve banquet
and dance. The last day’s session was about
our personal legacy. The big challenge for
all of us was how to leave the place
encouraged, equipped, empowered in
introducing Christ to others and in bringing
Him with us, as Blessed Pope John Paul II
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Holy Family Parish, Kamloops
celebrates 30th Anniversary
By Therese Brooks
Holy Family Parish of Kamloops was officially established on the First Sunday in
Advent, November 29, 1981. On Sunday November 27, 2011 the Parish celebrated its
30th anniversary starting with Mass, which was followed by a potluck lunch. After lunch
those attending joined in a sing-a-long led by the Holy Family Choir and a slide show
presentation of events that happened over the last 30 years. A good time was had by all. §
(L-R) Fr. Fred with altar servers Isaac Bruneau and Jenna,
James and Emma Bevan before Mass on November 27,
2011.
DATES FOR THE DIOCESE
Confirmation Rally 2012 – Saturday, February 25 at O.L.P.H.
Parish begins with Mass at 9 a.m.
Rite of Election – Saturday, March 10 at Sacred Heart Cathedral
at 2 p.m.
COUPLE WED 58 YEARS
SUNDAY, NOV. 27, 2011. Dorothy and Lloyd Trainor
celebrate their 58th wedding anniversary at Holy Family
Parish, Kamloops with Fr. Fred Weisbeck and
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DIOCESAN CORE TEAM MEMBERS & FRIENDS IN PENNSYLVANIA. (L-R) STANDING Liz Durfeld, Nancy
Hadden, Rachel’s Vineyard pastoral director Father Frank Pavone, Father Derrick Cameron,
Father Andrew L’Heureux and Cathy Hohmann; SEATED Rachel’s Vineyard founder Dr. Theresa
Burke and Sister Tarcela Taa, FSIC – KATIE D’ANNUNZIO PHOTO
RACHEL’S VINEYARD MINISTRIES
Diocese of Kamloops core team attends
International Leadership Conference
By Nancy Hadden,
Rachel’s Vineyard Site
Facilitator, Kamloops Diocese
The Rachel’s Vineyard core
team of Kamloops Diocese was
privileged to attend the biennial
International Leadership Conference
put on by Rachel’s Vineyard
Ministries in July, 2011 at the
beautiful Malvern Retreat House
in Pennsylvania run by a group of
Catholic laymen.
Our core team consists of
two priests, Father Derrick
Cameron and Father Andrew
L’Heureux (Kamloops was the
only diocese to send two priests
to the conference), Sister Tarcela
Taa, Nancy Hadden, Liz Durfeld
and Cathy Hohmann.
Teams from around the
world, including Canada, the
United States, China, Australia
and Africa were there to learn
and share together.
We were one of the very few
dioceses that was able to have its
entire retreat team in attendance,
thanks to the generous support
of our diocesan Faith in Action
program that allowed all of us to
travel such a distance.
PRESENTATIONS
There were many high profile
presenters including the founders
of Rachel’s Vineyard, Dr. Theresa
Burke and her husband Kevin
Burke, Priests for Life national
director Father Frank Pavone and
several others from Priests for Life
as well as Janet Morana and Teresa
Tomeo from “Catholic View for
Women” on EWTN. Most Reverend
David R. Choby, Bishop of
Nashville, was the main celebrant
for one of the Masses while we
were at the conference.
POST-ABORTION
HEALING
Team members were educated
in many aspects of postabortion
healing, with a particular
emphasis on trauma and the
brain.
Other tracks included Team
Formation, In-take, Media
Training, Listening Skills, Facilitation
Training, Pornography,
‘Silent No More’, Miscarriage,
Infertility/human egg trafficking,
the truth of what happens in an
abortion clinic and many other
topics.
Team members split up so as
to cover as many of the informative
topics as possible. We met
after the conference to share with
each other what we had learned.
HERE IN OUR DIOCESE
The Kamloops Diocese offers
two retreats annually at the
Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine
& Retreat Centre in Cache Creek
for those needing healing from
abortion.
The three-day retreats are
for both men and women –
parents, grandparents, aunts,
uncles, health care professionals
and anyone who is suffering from
abortion.
Confidentiality is key to this
ministry. All core and support
team members sign confidentiality
documents. For more
information, or to register for an
upcoming retreat, please call or
text 250-267-5081 or send an
email to rvkamloops@yahoo.ca.
I speak from experience when
I tell you that hope and healing
are waiting for you as I am a postabortive
woman myself who
found freedom and God’s love
and mercy at a Rachel’s Vineyard
retreat. §
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012
COMING EVENTS
CPPS 10th Annual Fundraiser 2012
Saturday, February 25 – CPPS Mission Projects will host its tenth
annual Windmills, Wells and Water fundraising dinner at Thompson
Rivers University Grand Hall. Tickets are $80 per person; all
proceeds go to the mission projects operated by the Precious Blood
Missionaries in Tanzania, East Africa. This event will also serve as
a send-off celebration for the fifth group of students and chaperones
who will be traveling to Tanzania summer 2012. For tickets and
details please contact Anna or Lloyd Babcock, 250-579-8888 or
Frank Tries, 250-314-1429. §
Fatima Pilgrimage in April 2013
Join Fr. Peter Nguyen as he hosts a pilgrimage to Fatima and Lourdes
with Barcelona from April 14 to April 23, 2013.
Mark your calendars for March 7, 2012 to meet with Tom
MacLean from Collette Vacations for a presentation of this
pilgrimage at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish. For further
information, please contact Perdita at Thomas Cook Travelwise,
Kamloops at 250-851-0211 or contact the O.L.P.H. office at 250-
376-5541. §
17

SPIRITUAL CLASSICS
A series of articles by Rev. Dale Normandeau,
Pastor of St. James Parish in Vernon
While various Catholic schools of
spirituality reflect a good deal of diversity
throughout our Church’s history, they also
hold a great deal in common. All authentic
Catholic forms of spirituality, despite their
differences, are rooted in a common deposit
of faith, as expressed in our Creeds. We all
worship One God in three Persons and
belong to one Church established by Christ.
These are some of the non-negotiable,
dogmatic tenets that we hold in common
even though they are lived out in a variety
of spiritual and liturgical configurations.
Another non-negotiable aspect of
Catholic spirituality is devotion to the
Blessed Virgin Mary, so says St. Louis de
Montfort. While the Catholic faith has a very
rich history of devotion to Mary and the
saints, St. Louis strongly reminds the reader
in his spiritual classic, True Devotion to
Mary, that devotion to Mary is not just
one devotional option among many.
Devotion to Mary is at the heart of Catholic
life and, for those seriously wanting to grow
in holiness, a necessary constituent of
Catholic spirituality.
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
was born in northwest France in 1673.
Ordained in 1700, he felt a call to preach on
Mary and the rosary. Although he lived only
another sixteen years after his ordination,
St. Louis de Montfort preached more than
200 missions throughout the region of
Brittany and established religious orders,
confraternities and schools while still
finding time to write books and hymns. He
died, probably of exhaustion, at the age of
forty-three.
He was canonized in 1947 and is
considered one of the pioneers in Mariology,
the theological study of Mary.
True Devotion to Mary is considered
to be the best book ever written on Marian
devotion and has been praised by every Pope
in modern times. St. Louis’ form of Marian
devotion has proved to be very popular
and was a major influence in the spiritual
lives of such towering spiritual figures as
Blessed Pope John Paul II, Blessed Mother
Teresa, St. Maximilian Kolbe and Frank
Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary.
FALSE DEVOTION
Before describing what manifests true
devotion to Mary, St. Louis de Montfort
presents seven examples of what constitutes
false Marian devotion. In rapid order, he
St. Louis de Montfort’s ‘True Devotion to Mary’
condemns those devotees who arrogantly
disdain the devotion of the simple and
humble; those who believe Mary and Jesus
are in jealous competition with each other;
people who exercise external devotions but
do not mature in their conversion or grow
in virtue; the presumptive who believe
Mary will “bail them out” in the end; fickle
people who engage in multiple devotions
superficially; those who are devoted to Mary
but are not following the teachings of the
Church; and finally, anyone who is devoted
to Mary only as a means to get something
from her. These forms of devotion are false
because they do not lead to deeper conversion
via deeper union with Jesus. In fact,
St. Louis implies that these false devotions
may come from an evil source, as they may
alienate us from Jesus, rather than draw us
closer to him.
AUTHENTIC DEVOTION
Having described false devotion, St.
Louis then identifies those five conditions
that characterize authentic devotion to Mary.
He first reminds the reader that Jesus
Christ is the ultimate goal of devotion to
Mary. All true Marian devotion is radically
Christocentric and all true devotees of
Mary should be growing in a deeper love
and devotion to Jesus Christ. Failure to do
this would render the devotion as
false and delusional. This first
quality of authentic devotion is so
fundamental, in fact, that it is used
as a litmus test to discern the
validity of private apparitions of
Mary, of which there is an overabundance
today.
Secondly, the devotee needs to
acknowledge that he or she belongs
to Jesus and Mary as their slave.
This idea is not to be confused with
the contemptible practice of historical
slavery. It actually means that
he or she must totally give of themselves
to Jesus and Mary without
reservation, much like a married
couple who give themselves totally
(by self-donation) to each other.
We give to Mary everything – our
virtues, values, sins and vices – and
she takes it to Jesus to be purified.
Thirdly, we must acknowledge
our need for Mary in order
to die to ourselves. Renunciation
and mortification (which means
dying to self) is a necessary prerequisite to
all authentic Catholic spirituality. We must
constantly challenge and overcome selfishness
because of concupiscence and mixed
motives, in order to expunge it from our
mind and will. Mary is the best teacher of
mortification because she is untouched by
original sin and, therefore, free of all
concupiscence and selfishness. St. Louis
reminds the reader to also call on the Holy
Spirit, spouse of Mary, to reveal their
selfishness to themselves and counteract
that selfishness by mortification. Without
mortification, everything we do will be
marked by selfishness and will bear no fruit.
Fourthly, St. Louis de Montfort reminds
the devotee to acknowledge Mary as our
Mediatrix with our Mediator, Jesus Christ.
This aspect of Marian devotion may be the
hardest to appreciate, let alone understand.
This is not to say that we cannot go directly
to Jesus, who is the one mediator between
God and human beings, but that we need
one to approach Jesus, who is divine, on our
behalf. This is done not out of fear, but of
humility. It both acknowledges our sinfulness
and Mary’s potency as a Mediatrix.
She is a creature like us who, unlike us,
received the unique vocation to give birth
to Jesus – God and man – and nursed,
clothed and raised him. For that reason, He
will grant her every request. St. Louis goes
so far as to say “He is always lovingly
vanquished by the prayers of His dearest
Mother, who bore Him and nourished Him”.
Finally, we need Mary to help us
preserve the Graces we have received from
God. Since we are inconstant because of
fickleness and weakness, we often deviate
from our resolve to live a holy life. Moreover,
the evil one knows our weaknesses
and uses this knowledge to lead us into sin,
which is why temptation to sin is often
strongest when we are trying to avoid it.
Mary can help us to remain in God’s Grace
because of her state of sinlessness. The devil
cannot touch her or conquer her. We need
recourse to her as she is our strongest
spiritual ally.
The concluding part of True Devotion
to Mary consists of prayers and reflections
for a 33-day private retreat. St. Louis de
Montfort, realizing that his readers needed
a tangible way to flesh out the insights
found in his book, presented them with a
retreat to help them live out an authentic
devotion to Mary. The first twelve days is
a preliminary period which focuses on
ridding oneself of the spirit of the world,
with the following week then centring on
self-knowledge and sorrow for one’s sins.
The next week then leads the retreatant to
pray for a greater knowledge of Mary,
followed by praying for a greater knowledge
of Jesus the following week. This retreat
concludes with an Act of Consecration to
Jesus Christ, through His Mother Mary.
“Free Domain” copies of True
Devotion to Mary can be downloaded from
several sources on the internet and
paperback copies can be obtained at most
Catholic bookstores. Lighthouse Catholic
Media offers an excellent presentation of
this book by Father Lance W. Harlow on
audio CD. Fr. Lance also offers additional
material on St. Louis de Montfort
and Marian devotion on his webpage,
www.echoofgod.com. §
† PRAY FOR VOCATIONS †
18 Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012

ASCEND Online – The First Catholic Distance Learning Option
for the Province of British Columbia! – www.ascendonline.ca
By Principal Louis Coulombe
Families are praying and learning
together! Fun and flexibility are part of
learning as a family. At ASCEND Online,
Blessings for a Happy Healthy New
Year! The Carmel of St. Joseph Guild is
extremely happy to report that two very
successful fundraisers were held in
December, 2011. St. Joseph’s Parish,
Salmon Arm hosted its annual Christmas
Carmelite Fundraiser, which included a
breakfast, silent auction and bake sale –
including the sale of the Sisters’ homemade
jams, cards and sewing items. St.
Ann’s Parish, Enderby held a bake sale
along with the Sisters’ items as well. At
each event an information and membership
table was set up – congratulations
to Enderby for collecting all those new
memberships. Heartfelt thanks to all who
donated, baked, volunteered and came
out to support our fundraising efforts.
(More than $3,000 was raised.)
If you or your parish would like to
host a fundraiser for the Discalced
Carmelite Nuns and The Carmel of St.
Joseph, their monastery in Armstrong,
or host an event such as coffee after
Mass, we would be happy to attend and
provide information about the Carmelites
and the Guild.
Please call Mrs. Terry Mae Sinclair
at 250-832-9418 to arrange details (email
sinclair@sunlite.ca).
Carmelite Corner
Faith and Family come first! Blessed John
Paul II said, “the future of the Church
passes by way of the family”.
Affirming Church teaching that
Please know that the spiritual
benefits of belonging to the Guild are (as
they say these days) – priceless!
Benefits include 50 Masses annually
for living and deceased members,
perpetual Novenas for the intentions of
members, memento by the Sisters after
Holy Communion on Wednesdays, same
memento for deceased members each
Saturday and a share in the merits and
indulgences of the Daily Rosaries and
the Way of the Cross of the Sisters.
Who among us does not need more
prayer? What a gift to give ourselves and
others.
To become an active member submit
$25 by mail. Make your payment
payable to Carmel of St. Joseph’s Guild
and send it to:
Carmel of St. Joseph Guild
Bag 9000, Suite 186
190-B Trans Canada Hwy
Salmon Arm, BC V1E 1S3
Remember to visit the Sisters’ website
for detailed information about the
Carmelite Order: www.carmelspall.org
On behalf of the Guild and the
Sisters, thank you for your prayers and
support. §
Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012
“parents are the first and primary
educators,” ASCEND facilitates the
experience of learning by providing
support, resources and courses for
families making the commitment to
educate at home, as well as the quickly
growing number of students who choose
online education.
It is the sixth school to operate under
the direction of the Catholic Independent
Schools of the Kamloops Diocese
(CISKD). Founded by Bishop David
Monroe in April 2011, ASCEND is a bold
step in Catholic education in Canada by
affirming the “domestic Church” in
education!!
ASCEND is a full K-12 school from
traditional homeschool registration to full
enrolment with funding and meets all BC
Ministry of Education requirements for
graduation with a Dogwood diploma. In
offering a variety of courses and
programs, Ascend is postured to support
other schools with cross-enrollment
options – giving Catholic students more
flexibility than ever in their education.
Some ASCEND families have had
their children score in the 95th percentile
for SATs, writing a year or two ahead of
their peers. Some educate at home to
participate in competitive sporting. Other
families opt for experiential opportunities
such as appearing on the Dragon’s Den
TV production and securing seed capital
for their startup company while others
focus on volunteering and community
initiatives. Home-based learning through
ASCEND allows the widest possible
range of options for families to explore
their faith and educational opportunities.
Statistics are well established to
support the value of home based learning
and faith development.
Truly Catholic schools are
communities of Faith and Love. “Our goal
at ASCEND is to build a community,
both online and in person, of families and
individuals dedicated to promoting a life
in Christ through faith, family and
education.”
To register, enroll or get more
information about programs visit us at
www.ascendonline.ca or contact Louis
Coulombe at principal@ascendonline.ca §
19

OUT & ABOUT in the Diocese of Kamloops – and Beyond
Fr. Martin rides the sky to Kluskus
It’s 100 km from Quesnel to the
Nazko junction and another 80 km
of forest road to the tiny reserve
community of Kluskus. Thirty
members of the Kluskus Band live
there, including eight children
who attend the tiny one-room
school. Teacher Liz Glazier asked
Fr. Martin Peyton to attend the
annual Christmas Concert and
celebrate Mass.
Instead of making the long
drive, Father was given a ride by
the RCMP helicopter piloted by
Staff Sergeant Dave McCulloch,
who was accompanied by Corporal
Ray Kinloch and Constable
Jenny Collins. Corp. Kinloch
filled in for Santa Claus, distributing
the Christmas presents
provided by the Band.
“I enjoyed the trip very
much,” says Fr. Martin. “There
was lots to see all the time.
“The children sang some
Christmas Carols in Carrier, their
native language. I stayed on with
Liz Glazier, the teacher, and in the
evening we had the Christmas
Concert, after which I walked
down through the snow to ring the
church bell. Everyone followed,
carrying lighted candles and we
HIS 60 YEARS as a Knight of Columbus
obviously agrees with Lloyd Devlin, seen
with Council 9508 GK Devon O’Toole. “It’s
been very enjoyable,” Lloyd says, “especially
with all the involvement that’s possible. It
keeps you close to your faith as well.” In
1951 he became a charter member of Chilliwack
Council 3478 and spent many years
with Williams Lake Council 4785 before
transferring to Bishop Harrington Council
9508 (St. John Vianney, Kamloops) in 2003.
“Staying in until you grow old, that’s the
accomplishment,” Lloyd says – PHOTO BY MARY
STOFANIK, ST. JOHN VIANNEY PARISH
celebrated Mass at 6 p.m. After that we all went back
up to the hall for a turkey Christmas dinner.”
The next morning Fr. Martin returned to Quesnel
by truck. §
CHRISTMAS CONCERT. RIGHT Teacher Liz
Glazier leads a hearty performance. BELOW
RCMP Corporal Kinloch sits in for Santa
– PHOTOS BY FR. MARTIN PEYTON (PASTOR– ST. ANN’S, QUESNEL)
ST. JOSEPH’S, SALMON ARM. The Knights of
Columbus of St. Joseph’s Council 7107 prepared
the appreciation dinner for the ladies of the parish
on November 30 – PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY SINHUBER
†
CLERGY
BIRTHDAYS
Congratulations and prayerful
birthday wishes
in advance to:
Rev. Andrew L’Heureux
March 2
Rev. Donal O’Reilly
March 16
Rev. Fred Weisbeck
March 29
Most Rev. David J. Monroe
April 14
ANNIVERSARIES
OF ORDINATION
Congratulations and prayerful
anniversary wishes
in advance to:
Most Rev. David J. Monroe
March 12, 2002
Episcopal Ordination
March 18, 2002
Installation
Rev. Emil Sasge
April 6, 1957
2012
NEWSPAPER
DEADLINES
•
Thursday, March 1
for the EASTER ISSUE
•
Tuesday, May 15
for the JUNE ISSUE
•
Tuesday, July 17
forthe AUGUST ISSUE
•
Friday, Sept. 7
for the OCTOBER ISSUE
•
Tuesday, Nov. 13
for the CHRISTMAS ISSUE
QUESTIONS?
PLEASE CONTACT
ADELE AT THE CHANCERY
250-376-3351
email: info@rcdk.org
20 Diocesan News, Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops – February, 2012