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February 2024
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RCWP CANADA Related COMMUNITIES LENT AND EASTER 2024
SCHEDULE Contact info (from West to East):
Vancouver - Our Lady Guadalupe Tonantzin - OLGT (vikki - retired) – tepeyacvancouver@gmail.com Edmonton - Emmaus House Church – (Karen) – karendenis@me.com Calgary - St. Brigid of Kildare Catholic Faith Community- St. Brigid (Rock) - stbyyc@gmail.com Lethbridge Inclusive Catholic Community Fellowship – LICCF.ca (Teresa)- LICComm2022@gmail.com Regina - Mary of Magdala Inclusive Catholic Community - MMICC (Felix) – mmiccRegina@gmail.com Sudbury - Sourdough Housechurch – Sourdough (Marie) – mbouclin@tyenet.com Sudbury - Levain – French Sourdough (Marie) – mbouclin@tyenet.com Toronto – St. Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle Faith Community – SMM (Roberta) - therealrobertaf@gmail.com Ottawa - St. Photina Inclusive Catholic Community – (Virginia) – virginialafond@gmail.com Sutton: Christian Community of Julian of Norwich - (Linda) - lspear@granby.net
Please note the times and time zones that are listed and convert to your own time zone. Daylight Savings Times comes into effect on Sunday March 10th. Saskatchewan (MMICC in Regina) does not change time. They will be the same time as Mountain Time for the Daylight Savings period (until Nov 3rd, 2024).
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Sunday, February 11th, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
MMICC Eucharist, 10:00 a.m. CST, on Zoom Worship Aid
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| Faith Enrichment Program |
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WARM WELCOME TO ALL THIS FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 23rd 7:00
pm Saskatchewan Time (CST)
FAITH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM The Potter and the Clay
Your Faith Enrichment Team invites all MMICC members to gather this coming Friday evening for an hour of readings, reflections, prayers, songs and warm exchanges.
Our theme is based on the reading in Jeremiah 18: “Like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.”
As we journey together through Lent, let us recall the moment when God created the work of art we have become. Though we may be marked with cracks and perhaps have parts that have been glued back together, we are nonetheless God’s BELOVED, created by God’s own hands.  Public Domain. Free for editorial, educational, commercial, and/or personal projects. No attribution required. https://creazilla.com/nodes/15238101-068-god-is-the-potter-we-are-the-clay-illustration
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| Synod related events |
Synod Documents
Join us for Monthly Conversations as we walk the path together towards a Synodal Church
| Events sponsored or recommended by MMICC Ministry Teams |
Eastside United Church invites you to Open Minds, Open Books
are now available in the office for pick up at $25 a copy. Please contact the office for more
details and the reading schedule:
The Warm Welcome Coalition and Carmichael Outreach are excited to announce that funding has been approved for a warming centre to be operated by Carmichael Outreach until the end of May. This warming centre will operate from 11pm to 7am every day to provide a safe space for houseless people to find warmth, food, and a cup of coffee.
The project requires donations of food, coffee, and other snacks for approximately 60 people each night. This is a mission opportunity for people of faith in Regina.
The warming centre is expected to open Jan. 22. In the meantime, the City of Regina will have a bus outside of Carmichael to provide warmth to those in need. Food donations are needed immediately.
There is a sign-up website at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4CAAA829A7F4CE9-46992524-warm Please join others across Regina to provide a warm welcome to your neighbours.
For further information: see the attachment or contact the Warm Welcome Coalition co-chairs, Russell Mitchell-Walker and Madison Massier, warmwelcomeregina@gmail.com
MMICC is participating. More information to follow.
LICCF presents RUTH in 5 sessions Sundays 6:30-8:00 MST Jan 7 to Feb 4, 2024
Bring along: a translation of the book of Ruth from the Hebrew scriptures;
a notebook for your responses
THE STUDY
The character Ruth is known widely for her spoken line to her mother-in-law Naomi, “Wherever you will go, I will go,” but what is the rest of the story about these biblical widows? How is this narrative in four chapters a teacher and a light for us in today’s world of border-crossers, the often-heard sentiment that “things should stay the way they’ve always been,” and women’s role in society, in the Church? Join us (LICCF) for 5 Sunday evenings to pray with, reflect on, and discuss the book of Ruth with audio commentary by Pádraig Ó Tuama, theologian, and written excerpts from Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg’s chapter on Ruth in her book The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious.
REGISTER
Please register at the website LICCF.ca at the “Bible Study” tab to get on the email list for materials. One week or so prior to each zoom gathering, Teresa will send out her study questions and the commentary to prepare for the gathering.
CIRCLES on Zoom, an exercise in listening.
We’ll use a “circle” format in breakout rooms. At the start, someone establishes an order of participant names for each round. Always allow for a “pass” and “return” to the participant if desired. Someone reads the question for that round. Each person responds in order without interruption or cross talk. Quiet is welcome. After sharing on the question, a final round offers people a chance to mention something that touched them, that they wonder about, are grateful for or that they noticed (not a discussion per se).
ZOOM LINK Repeating for 5 Sunday nights https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83332781787
STARTS January 7 and runs weekly until February 4 6:30 – 8:30 MST 8:30-10 PM ET
Jan 7 Introduction: Lectio divina, Pádraig Ó Tuama audio commentary, sharing.
Jan 14 Session 1 Ruth Chapter 1 with lectio divina, short audio and sharing.
Jan 21 Session 2 Ruth Chapter 2 with lectio divina, short audio and sharing.
Jan 28 Session 3 Ruth Chapter 3 with lectio divina, short audio and sharing.
Feb 4 Session 4 Ruth Chapter 4 with lectio divina, short audio and sharing.
Recurring event -- BODY PRACTICE: My Grandmother's Hands
Teresa Elder Hanlon leads 15 min. of body practice for latent trauma in the body, often stored generationally. Tuesday and Saturday mornings at 9:00 am MT. (No Body Practice on March 9th.)
Join us here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81456029918
Meeting ID 814 5602 9918
| Dates reserved for MMICC Ministry Team meetings |
Faith Enrichment Team Meetings: February 2, 13, 20, 27 at 10:00 am CST.
Liturgy Team Meeting: Thursday, February 15th at 4:00 pm CST; 5:00 pm EST
(Ministry Team leaders are asked to reserve dates for meetings after checking here and above to see whether the dates conflict with dates already chosen by other Teams or dates of Community events. Please send notice of dates by using the comments form below.)
| MMICC Library |
See MMICC library list of over 2,000 volumes on Church Reform, Feminism, Indigenous, Religion, Spirituality, Scripture, Theology.
| Prayer requests |
Anonymous request via the MMICC Comments form: For the community of St. Andrew's United Church in Moose Jaw as they struggle with the consequences of the decision to sell their church building. Help them to find a new home. Help them also to deal in a loving way with hate literature they and other United Churches in Canada have been receiving.
Prayers requested at the Eucharist of February 11th:
- Asking prayers of healing for Margaret Anderson (cancer). Karen Schultz (Paranoid Schizophrenia).
- Please prayer for Pat Lenon, Martin Liebetrau, Til Hess and Courtney Perry
- Prayers for Mary Hembroff, recently died in Moose Jaw at the age of 98. She will be lovingly missed.
- Happy February Birthdays to Felix, Nick and Cali
- I'm happy to read if you we need a voice:)
- Pray for our niece Courtney, who will have a lymph node biopsy this week.
- Happy February Birthday Julie
- Happy February Birthday to Don Martin
- For vikki Marie, priest
- For my Duplantie extended family (my mother's family). Thank you.
- Prayers please for cousin Brian awaiting news of biopsy tumors,
- For healing health and strength for Heather Cameron as she begins her medical journey fighting cancer.
- Inspiring homily dear Stephanie … thank you.
- For Gerry Langevin who passed away the Langevin family
Prayers of the People at the Eucharist of February 11th:
P: O God, Everlasting Love, enfleshed in Christ Jesus, poured upon us through the Holy Spirit, we come to you today to receive our prayers as we say: “We pray for healing, Loving One.”
V6: For the spiritual traditions of the world, including Christianity, which are sometimes blinded by archaic doctrines and the desire for human power . . .
R. We pray for healing, Loving One.
For those in political office, who are entrusted with the mandate of leadership, for the willingness, courage, and ability to lead justly and with integrity . . .
R. We pray for healing, Loving One.
For those with the capacity to effect change in caring for the Earth, currently being devastated by climate change, and for help from all who trust in the cycle of life and creation . . .
R. We pray for healing, Loving One.
For those who are ill, for those who care for them, and for the willingness and ability to help them in their pain and suffering – physically, emotionally, and spiritually. . .
For those who have died and those who mourn their loss . . .
R. We pray for healing, Loving One.
For all the places in the world where war, injustice, and all kinds of violence hurt all you have created in love and promise . . .
R. We pray for healing, Loving One.
During this Indigenous Story-Telling Month, we pray for Indigenous people’s stories to be told and heard as we work together for relationship, truth, and reconciliation . . .
R. We pray for healing, Loving One.
For the intentions within the chat, within our communities, and within our hearts . . .
R. We pray for healing, Loving One.
P: O God, hear our prayers, those here spoken, those yet in our hearts, and those known to you alone. We trust in your loving response, through Christ the Risen One.
All: Amen.
A prayer request from Adelina P.:
We are currently renting a nice condo however would like to get settled
either here or in an area better for my health (I live with Asthma).
Please pray for discernment for us as we continue this journey.
Our priority is "where does God want us to live for the latter and final
years of our lives?"
Please pray for Judith sister: Elizabeth Jane, who died on January 27th.
Please pray for relatives of Jackie and Gerry: Margaret Luhning, who died January 25th; Margaret's husband, Alf, who predeceased her; and, Larry, their son, who died in June of 2023.
Please pray for a relative of Jane and Felix: Bernie Schroeder, who died on January 21st.
| Celebrations/Birthdays/Anniversaries |
* Luther - February 4th
* Felix - February 7th
* Peggy - February 8th
* Julie - February 22nd
* Cali - February 22nd
* Nick - February 24th
* Darcy - February 26th
Anniversaries
* Margaret M. and Noel L-W. - February 29th
| Support for our Lenten journey: Be Open to where God is leading us |
MMICC
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 Be Open
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 Break Open My Heart
|  Walking Stick
|  Made of the Earth
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Break open my heart to receive your blessing
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places,
where others see nothing.
R. Break open my heart to receive your blessing.
Blessed are they who are content with scarcity,
confident that with God there is always more than enough R.
Blessed are they who dare to be vulnerable, able to listen,
and not need to fix things. R
Blessed are they who reserve a space for mystery
and wait for the unexpected response. R
Blessed are they who can shift gears and trust the slow work of God. R
Blessed are they who desire what God desires for them. R
Open wide your arms, open wide your heart, and like Christ,
Welcome the wave-flow, the flood, the sap of humanity. (T. De Chardin, Hymn of the Universe)
A MEDITATIVE VERSE
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
(Psalm 51:10)
A POEM
This is the moment
we ask for the blessing
that lives within
the ancient ashes,
that makes its home
inside the soil of
this sacred earth.
So let us be marked
not for sorrow.
And let us be marked
not for shame.
Let us be marked
not for false humility
or for thinking
we are less
than we are
but for claiming
what God can do
within the dust,
within the dirt,
within the stuff
of which the world
is made
and the stars that blaze
in our bones
and the galaxies that spiral
inside the smudge
we bear.
- from "Blessing the Dust," by Jan Richardson,
found in Circle of Grace
A MEDITATIVE VERSE
Restore to us the joy of your salvation,
and sustain in us a willing spirit.
(Psalm 51:12 var.)
| fyi |
Video recommended by Don M. and Emil K.:
What Happened at the Synod and What Does It Mean for Us?
Article recommended by Doris S.: Do not lose heart. We were made for these times.
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D. (aimed at young activists in troubled times)
It has been suggested that we honour our beloved Sr. Patricia with a memorial fund. Donations will go to local Truth and Reconciliation projects with which she was involved.
Since she considered us her parish, the though is that ministry to the Indigenous people of Regina was truly her mission among us and that it would be a special way we could honour her and her memory.
If you would like to contribute to this memorial fund, donations may be made
by e-transfer to mmiccRegina@gmail.com
by cheque upon request for the street address by writing to mmiccRegina@gmail.com
via PayPal by clicking on this link: paypal.com/paypalme/MaryOfMagdala
Eulogy for Patricia Orban -- November 23, 2023 -- Video of Mass of Christian Burial (preceeded by 11 minutes of photos of Sr. Patricia's life)
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