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Windsor Park Park
Re: WINDSOR PARK PARK CLEANUP
Windsor Park Park is underway! That’s right, the work of creating a new park for Windsor Park has begun. Okay, let me back up a bit.
Two years ago, left over lands between 50th Avenue and 53rd Avenue behind the properties along the east side of 4thStreet was redesignated as park space. This is all of the sloped area and odd shaped chunks of land that will never be developed. That 9 acres of forgotten leftover land is what we are calling Windsor Park Park (okay, I am calling it that).
About 20 people from Windsor Park, under the leadership of Diana Zinter, got together for a couple of weekends to talk about what the space could be, what people would like to see in the park and how we can go about getting it. This will be different from other parks that have been developed in the City. For the most part, we are going to be doing it ourselves. We are going to plan and create it ourselves. The Parks Department will help us where they can, but it will be Windsor Park’s project.
The first step in re-claiming the area for the community is going to be the Windsor Park Park Cleanup on April 28th and 29th. For those two days, we are going to go into the area and start cleaning up the garbage and junk that has accumulated in the space over the years. On April 28th, Windsor Park Park will become part of Windsor Park. And we will need your help!
Two of your neighbours are organizing the cleanup which will be from 12:30 until 4:00 PM each day. Breffney and Melanie have been getting all of the things that we will need for a great day of cleanup (and a bit of exploration and idea sharing). While they will have most everything we will need, I would encourage you to wear appropriate footwear (boots) and bring work gloves!
For more information you can contact Breffney and Melanie at: windsorparkpark@yahoo.ca
You can also join the Facebook group for the Windsor Park Park cleanup here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/347262905315569/
Faith Life
The links are now up to see me and the other priests doing the Friday Night Faith Life talks.
We recorded them, and they are up on youtube or you link to them on the diocesan website. Please check it out especially if you want to see the previous two before tonight’s talk, Friday, January 27.
Sacramental Preparation
Registration forms for First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion are now available. View forms above; pick one up at the Church Entrance or call the parish office. Reconciliation Preparation begins Jan. 22, 2012.
Angel Tree Gifts
Please remember to return your Angels along with the gift by December, 12, 2011 so that they can be delivered to the assigned recipients. If you cannot provide a gift and have taken an Angel from tree please return it immediately or call the parish office with the details.
St. Anthony’s Pantry
If you can volunteers to help with the gift sorting; hamper filling; hamper delivery etc. please contact: 403-252-6658 or email the parish office with date, time and preferred project.
Website Updates
This post marks the launch of a number of updates to the St. Anthony’s Parish website. New features are described below:
- The news system has been upgraded to allow comments, and the Pastor’s Blog is now online
- A photo gallery has been created
- Forms are now available online
- Members of the pastoral team may be emailed directly from the website
As before, weekly bulletins are available on the bulletins page.
G.I.R.M.
General Instruction of the Roman Missal: The revised Roman Missal takes effect the beginning of Advent, Sunday, November 27, 2011. Information and education regarding the what and why changes will be taking place for the next three weekends at Mass. If you have any questions or concerns please write Fr. James Hagel.
Book of the Dead
A ‘Book of the Dead’ will be in the Church for the month of November. Please write the names of your loved ones in the book, and they will be remembered in prayer during the November Masses.
Adoration Chapel
We are presently in need of ‘Committed Adorers’ to fill the current vacant hours. If you can commit to one hour a week please sign up on the main schedules either outside the Chapel door of in the parish breezeway.
Bible Study Begins September 14
St. Anthony’s Bible Study group invites our parish family to join us this fall as we examine the Acts of the Apostles. The excitement of that first Pentecost enlivened the early believers in their struggles to establish communities of faith—struggles surprisingly like those we are experiencing in our parishes today. The better we understand what the first believers went through, the better we shall be able to understand our faith today. What better way than to meet two of the early Church’s most significant leaders in the persons of Peter and Paul. To understand their experiences will help us understand our experiences.