Wednesday Weekly April 16, 2014 Print Version
1. DYC 2014 – Catching Fire
Please update your bulletin and announcement for DYC with the following text for this Sunday as they’ll reach many more over the Easter Masses. Thank you!
Bulletin announcement:
19TH ANNUAL DIOCESAN YOUTH CONFERENCE: CATCHING FIRE
The 19th annual Diocesan Youth Conference is less than 1 week away!! This is your LAST chance to register for this weekend conference happening April 25-27. DYC is open to all youth gr.7-12. Registration is $50 for a 3-day packed weekend of fun, inspiring talks, awesome praise & worship, and time with new friends. Don’t miss out! Register today. You can register online by checking out our diocesan website.
Announcement at all Masses:
The 19th annual Diocesan Youth Conference is less than 1 week away!! This is your LAST chance to register for this weekend conference happening April 25-27. DYC is open to all youth grades7-12. Registration is $50 for a 3-day packed weekend of fun, inspiring talks, awesome praise & worship, and time with new friends. Don’t miss out – Register today! You can register online by checking out our diocesan website.
2. Good Friday – Young Adult Event
Please place the following notice in bulletins in the Central Region:
Young Adults are invited to watch the Passion of Christ following Good Friday services, Friday April 18th at 6pm in the Diocesan Centre youth office.
3. Payroll Services
Please try to submit your timesheets to Payroll by Thursday this week. Thanks!
4. Attention Pastors: Marriage Forms & Priest Login Portal
The revised Marriage Forms are now on the Diocesan website, www.pgdiocese.bc.ca: go to “Our Diocese” and click on “Priest Login Portal”. To login you will need the password given to you at the Council of Priests meeting (contact Lisa Weber or Mary-Anne Lewis Jamin if necessary). Please print off new forms each time they are required in order to ensure the most up to date form is used. Once completed, do not email forms to the Diocese but continue to send them via mail. If you have begun interviews with a couple using the old forms, these will be processed, but effective June 2014 the old forms will no longer be in use. With the exception of Form 1, the numbering of the forms has been changed; refer to the files labeled “Instructions” or “Check List” for the correct form number. If you have any comments or concerns regarding the revised forms, please contact Mary-Anne Lewis Jamin (250-964-4424 ext. 234 or majamin@pgdiocese.bc.ca). Thank you.
5. St. Mary’s School Employment Opportunity
St. Mary’s School in Prince George is seeking a Temporary Full-Time Grade 5 Teacher commencing May 2014 and a Temporary Full-Time Grade Three Teacher commencing April 28, 2014. Please see the attached ads for further information.
Temporary Full-Time Grade Five Teacher April 2014
Temporary Full-Time Grade Three Teacher April 2014
6. Canonization of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII
Tracy Connelly from Immaculata Parish in Burns Lake would like to share the artwork they developed to help celebrate the upcoming canonizations of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII on April 27th. The posters can be ordered at Staples in Prince George. The posters are 2 feet x 3 feet, but can be requested in other sizes; a copy of the posters are attached. The large posters are $20 each and delivery is free throughout the diocese. Delivery takes 2-4 days depending on your location. To order, call 250-614-4270, choose the print shop, and reference the “2 popes posters”. In Burns Lake, the posters are being used to make a bulletin board display mingled with children’s drawings of these two great Saints. Thank you Immaculata!
7. Philippines Joint CCCB-CCODP campaign
The joint appeal by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has now raised $11,991, 932 as of March 31, 2014. The joint appeal was launched November 12, 2013. In addition to the contributions by dioceses, the Government of Canada announced April 3 it will provide CCODP with $2 million in matching contributions to help up to 6,840 people in the Samar province of the Philippines. In a second news release the same day, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that individual Canadians contributed over $85 million in eligible donations which the Government of Canada will match through its Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund. Thanks to all who supported this campaign.