St. Ann's Webmaster, Author at St. Ann's Parish

June 25-26 2016

Posted on July 3, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

My dear parishioners and visitors: Last Sunday, June 19th, we came together to celebrate our 60th Anniversary. It was a solemn and joyful mass and happy pot-luck lunch with your favorite food and delicious roast pig. Again I thank you for your faith commitment and your love for God and for our parish family. This Monday, June 27th, Concord Restorations will come to work in the rectory. I ...
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60th Anniversary Celebration

Posted on June 19, 2016July 8, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

June 19th, 2016 Today, we were honored to welcome many to the celebration of St. Ann’s Catholic Church 60th Anniversary! We were able to welcome many visitors among us. We welcomed the Sisters from Kamloops, Seminarian Rosario and his family from Lac La Hache and visitors from Kamloops and Williams Lake. We were blessed to have them here celebrating with us. Before Mass began, we gave a b...
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June 18-19 2016

Posted on June 18, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

My Dear Parishioners: On Thursday June 2nd the hot water line in the priest’s residence washroom sink ruptured and water came down through my office and into the basement washroom. Concord Restorations was called right away. They are assessing the damage and taking samples for asbestos and lead. I will give you more information as it happens. The Bishop’s office and insurance company are aware ...
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Moment of Death

Posted on June 4, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

What happens when we die? At the moment of death, the immortal soul separates from the mortal body, and every person undergoes the Particular Judgment in which Christ immediately judges the person for the choices and actions he or she made in life and whether or not he or she has died in God’s grace and friendship. As St. John of the Cross wrote, “At the evening of life, we shall be judged on o...
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June 4-5 2016

Posted on June 4, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

My dear parishioners and visitors: The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The heart, in every culture and in every age, is commonly regarded as the natural symbol of love and affection. The term “Sacred Heart of Jesus” denotes the infinite love of Jesus, the Son of God, for the whole humanity. “There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite lo...
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My 25th Anniversary Celebration

Posted on June 1, 2016June 19, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

My dear parishioners and visitors: My priestly journey is a long, tough and challenging one. It began in September 1968 with the Minor Seminary of St. Paul Le Bao Tinh, in the diocese of Ban Me Thuot Viet Nam then miraculously being fulfilled in Kamloops, B.C., Canada, on Saturday, June 1st 1991 at 10.00 a.m at the Sacred Heart Cathedral by the Most Reverend Bishop Lawrence Sabatini, CS. Today,...
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May 14-15 2016

Posted on May 13, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

My dear parishioners: This year 2016 is a very special year for our parish-family: 60th anniversary of the parish (1956-2016), 50th anniversary of the Knight of Columbus (1966-2016), 30th anniversary of St. Ann’s, our parish-school (1986-2016). Some of you are celebrating your own significant wedding anniversaries. May I also mention to you it is my 60th birthday and 25th priestly ordination...
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April 16-17 2016

Posted on April 16, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

Jesus, in this 4th Sunday of Easter’s gospel (Jn. 20: 27-30), makes a solemn promise of eternal life. The question for us now is what we must do to receive this gift? We must “hear” and “follow” His voice, He said (Jn. 20.27). These two words, “hear and follow”, sum up our “must have response” in order to receive this wonderful and precious gift He won for us through His Passion, Death and Resurre...
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April 2-3 2016

Posted on April 2, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

My dear parishioners and visitors, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe” (Jn. 20:29). It is my wish and prayer that all of you had a good blessed Easter-celebration and now you are so invigorated to be faithful witnesses for our risen Lord and Savior as Mary Magdalene did (John 20:1-9). St. John, in today’s gospel reading, first tells us Jesus instituted the sacra...
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O Cross of Christ!

Posted on March 26, 2016March 26, 2016 by St. Ann's Webmaster

Text from the Pope's intense prayer after the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross)... O Cross of Christ, symbol of divine love and of human injustice, icon of the supreme sacrifice for love and of boundless selfishness even unto madness, instrument of death and the way of resurrection, sign of obedience and emblem of betrayal, the gallows of persecution and the banner of victory. O Cross of Chr...
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