St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church April 2

St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church April 2

St. Edward the Martyr Roman
Catholic Church
April 2-3, 2016
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil 5:30 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Monday—-Friday 8:00 a.m.
Reconciliation: Saturday 4:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
or by appointment
We of the parish of St. Edward the Martyr strive to foster a Christian, Catholic community by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ,
seeking to manifest His Word through sacramental worship, with commitment and service to family and community.
Parish Office
123 Trinity Way P.O. Box 489
Sisters, OR 97759
Phone: 541-549-9391 Fax: 541-549-1057
Parish Staff
Pastor: Fr. Jude Onogbosele
E-mail: [email protected]
Residence: 541-549-0751
Pastoral Associate: Carol Neary
E-mail: [email protected]
Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant:
Nanci Reuter
E-mail: [email protected]
RE Coordinator: Tania Rebolledo
E-mail: [email protected]
Parish Office Hours
Tuesday through Thursday: 9:00 a.m.—2:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction:
First Sunday of the Month 1:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.
Church & Garden website:
www.stedwardsisters.org
Diocese website:
www.dioceseofbaker.org
Catholic Bishops website:
www.usccb.org
Infant Baptism: Parents and godparents are required to take a
preparation class. Please contact the parish office.
RCIA and Adult Confirmation: Adults and children are
always welcome to learn more about the Catholic Church and
prepare for full initiation. Call the parish office to learn more.
Marriage Preparation: At least six months in advance couples
must arrange for pre-marriage instruction before setting the
desired date. Contact the parish office for more information.
Communion to the Sick: Contact the parish office if you or a
loved one is unable to attend Mass but wishes to receive Holy
Communion.
Anointing of the Sick: Celebrate this healing sacrament before
your scheduled surgery or hospital stay. Call the parish office.
Catholics, Come Home: If you or someone you know has been
away from the Church and isn’t sure how to come back, please
contact the parish office.
Funeral Services: Please call the parish office at 541-549-9391.
Vocations: If you are interested in the priesthood or the
religious life, please call Fr. Jude.
Saturday Music: If you are interested in being a part of this
liturgical ministry, please call Anne Seile at 541-549-5702.
Sunday Music: Call the parish office if you are interested in
contributing to this liturgical ministry.
Send all bulletin announcements by Tuesday noon preceding
the requested Sunday to [email protected].
Saint Edward Email News & Prayer Request Network: If you have any contributions, would like to have your name added to the
distribution list or have a new email address, please send your information to:
[email protected]
Saint Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church, Sisters, Oregon
April 3, 2016: Sunday of Divine Mercy, Year C
Sunday Reflection
The following is the Homily Pope Francis delivered during this
Year’s Easter Vigil Mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica. It focuses on the
Resurrection of Jesus as the source of Christian hope.
“Peter ran to the tomb” (Lk 24:12). What thoughts
crossed Peter’s mind and stirred his heart as he ran to the
tomb? The Gospel tells us that the eleven, including Peter,
had not believed the testimony of the women, their Easter
proclamation. Quite the contrary, “these words seemed to
them an idle tale” (v. 11). Thus there was doubt in Peter’s
heart, together with many other worries: sadness at the death
of the beloved Master and disillusionment for having denied
him three times during his Passion.
There is, however, something which signals a change in
him: after listening to the women and refusing to believe
them, “Peter rose” (v. 12). He did not remain sedentary, in
thought; he did not stay at home as the others did. He did
not succumb to the sombre atmosphere of those days, nor
was he overwhelmed by his doubts. He was not consumed by
remorse, fear or the continuous gossip that leads nowhere.
He was looking for Jesus, not himself. He preferred the path
of encounter and trust. And so, he got up, just as he was,
and ran towards the tomb from where he would return
“amazed” (v. 12). This marked the beginning of Peter’s
resurrection, the resurrection of his heart. Without giving in
to sadness or darkness, he made room for hope: he allowed
the light of God to enter into his heart, without smothering
it. The women too, who had gone out early in the morning
to perform a work of mercy, taking the perfumed ointments
to the tomb, had the same experience. They were
“frightened and bowed their faces”, and yet they were deeply
affected by the words of the angel: “Why do you seek the
living among the dead?” (v. 5).
We, like Peter and the women, cannot discover life by
being sad, bereft of hope. Let us not stay imprisoned within
ourselves, but let us break open our sealed tombs to the
Lord – each of us knows what they are – so that he may
enter and grant us life. Let us give him the stones of our
rancour and the boulders of our past, those heavy burdens
of our weaknesses and falls. Christ wants to come and take
us by the hand to bring us out of our anguish. This is the
first stone to be moved aside this night: the lack of hope
which imprisons us within ourselves. May the Lord free us
from this trap, from being Christians without hope, who live
as if the Lord were not risen, as if our problems were the
centre of our lives.
We see and will continue to see problems both within
and without. They will always be there. But tonight it is
important to shed the light of the Risen Lord upon our
problems, and in a certain sense, to “evangelize” them. To
evangelize our problems. Let us not allow darkness and fear
to distract us and control us; we must cry out to them: the
Lord “is not here, but has risen!” (v. 6). He is our greatest
joy; he is always at our side and will never let us down.
This is the foundation of our hope, which is not mere optimism, nor a psychological attitude or desire to be courageous.
Christian hope is a gift that God gives us if we come out of ourselves and open our hearts to him. This hope does not disappoint
us because the Holy Spirit has been poured into our hearts (cf.
Rom 5:5). The Paraclete does not make everything look appealing.
He does not remove evil with a magic wand. But he pours into us
the vitality of life, which is not the absence of problems, but the
certainty of being loved and always forgiven by Christ, who for us
has conquered sin, conquered death and conquered fear. Today
is the celebration of our hope, the celebration of this truth: nothing and no one will ever be able to separate us from his love (cf.
Rom 8:39).
The Lord is alive and wants to be sought among the living. After having found him, each person is sent out by him
to announce the Easter message, to awaken and resurrect hope
in hearts burdened by sadness, in those who struggle to find
meaning in life. There is so necessary today. However, we
must not proclaim ourselves. Rather, as joyful servants of
hope, we must announce the Risen One by our lives and by
our love; otherwise we will be only an international organization full of followers and good rules, yet incapable of offering the hope for which the world longs.
How can we strengthen our hope? The liturgy of this
night offers some guidance. It teaches us to remember the
works of God. The readings describe God’s faithfulness, the
history of his love towards us. The living word of God is
able to involve us in this history of love, nourishing our
hope and renewing our joy. The Gospel also reminds us of
this: in order to kindle hope in the hearts of the women,
the angel tells them: “Remember what [Jesus] told you” (v.
6). Remember the words of Jesus, remember all that he has
done in our lives. Let us not forget his words and his works,
otherwise we will lose hope and become “hopeless” Christians. Let us instead remember the Lord, his goodness and
his life-giving words which have touched us. Let us remember them and make them ours, to be sentinels of the morning who know how to help others see the signs of the Risen
Lord.
Dear brothers and sisters, Christ is risen! And we have
the possibility of opening our hearts and receiving his gift of
hope. Let us open our hearts to hope and go forth. May the
memory of his works and his words be the bright star which
directs our steps in the ways of faith towards that Easter that
will have no end. Source: www.vatican.va
CRS RICE BOWL: Please convert moneys in your rice bowl to
one check made out to St. Edward’s with ‘Rice Bowl’ in the
memo and place it in the collection basket.
Iglesia Católica Romana, San Eduardo el Mártir
3 de abril
DOMINGO DE LA DIVINA MISERICORDIA:
Domingo de la divina misericordia nos señala el amor
misericordioso de Dios que yace detrás de todo el
misterio pascual - todo el misterio de la muerte,
sepultura y resurrección de Cristo, hecho presente para
nosotros en la Eucaristía. De esta manera, también
resume toda la octava de Pascua. Como el Papa Juan
Pablo II señaló en su dirección de Regina Coeli en el
Domingo de la Divina Misericordia, 1995: "Toda la
octava de Pascua es como un solo día", y la octava el
domingo es el día de "acción de gracias por la bondad
de Dios le ha mostrado al hombre en todo el misterio
pascual." El Domingo de la Divina Misericordia es la
octava de Pascua, un día que celebra el amor
misericordioso de Dios que brilla a través de todo el
Triduo Pascual y todo el misterio pascual. Es un día de
declaración de reparación para todo pecado, así el día
de la Expiación
CLASES DE INGLÉS: como segundo Idioma (ESL)
continuará en el salón parroquial el 10 de abril. ¡Venga y
participe!
DÍA DE TÉ: El comité de Té de St. Edward celebrará su
16 avo aniversario en estar promoviendo este evento para
el beneficio de la Iglesia. Venga, participe y aparte la
fecha para éste evento tan elocuente que tendrá lugar
aquí , en nuestra parroquia de 11:00 a.m. a 2:00 p.m. Favor de hacer sus reservaciones con Nancy Haase (541- 4806950) ó Shirley Gilles (451-480-5094).
CLASE DE CONFIRMACIÓN, EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA Y GRUPO JUVENIL: regresarán a sus horarios regulares el 3 de abril del 2016.
ENCUENTRO MATRIMONIAL:
Deja que Jesús
transforme tu matrimonio. Próximo fin de semana del
Encuentro Marimonial: 22, 23, y 24 de abril del 2016.
Para más información favor de contactarse con David y
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY: Divine Mercy Sunday Faviola: (541) 410-1526 ó Beto y Angie: (541) 350-2922.
points us to the merciful love of God that lies behind SANTO DE LA SEMANA: Vicente Ferrer (1350-1419 ,
the whole Paschal Mystery — the whole mystery of the Fiesta del día 5 de abril) Nacido en Valencia a un padre
death, burial and resurrection of Christ — made Inglés y madre española , Vicente se unieron a los frailes
present for us in the Eucharist. In this way, it also sums dominicos en 1367 y se convirtió en un predicador notaup the whole Easter Octave. As Pope John Paul II ble , haciendo conversos incluso entre los Judios y musulpointed out in his Regina Caeli address on Divine manes . Después de años de copias de los reclamantes paMercy Sunday, 1995: "the whole octave of Easter is like pal de Avignon , Vincent retiró su apoyo , ayudando a tera single day," and the Octave Sunday is meant to be the minar el cisma papal que había dividido la iglesia occiday of "thanksgiving for the goodness God has shown dental . Él hizo un trabajo intensivo de la misión en Franto man in the whole Easter mystery." Divine Mercy cia , España e Italia , atrayendo multitudes enormes de tipo
Sunday is the Octave Day of Easter, a day that reactivación y ganando fama como taumaturgo . Murió
celebrates the merciful love of God shining through durante una gira de predicación de Bretaña . - USCCB
the whole Easter Triduum and the whole Easter
mystery. It is a day of declaration of reparation for all
sin
CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY
The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades.
Begin with the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Apostle's Creed:
Then, on the large bead before each decade:
Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood,
Soul and Divinity, of Your Dearly Beloved Son,
Our Lord, Jesus Christ,in atonement for our sins
and those of the whole world.
On each of the ten beads:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Conclude with (say 3 times):
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Sunday
April 3
9:00 a.m. Mass
10:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m. : RE
1:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.: Eucharistic
Adoration
5:00 p.m.– 6:30 p.m.: Youth
Group
10
9:00 a.m. Mass
10:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m. : RE
10:30 a.m. : ESL
PARISH CALENDAR: APRIL 3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
4
5
8:00 a.m. Mass
NO MASS
Carol Neary
9:00 a.m.:
Altar Society
Meeting
Office Closed
6
NO MASS
11
12
8:00 a.m. Mass NO MASS
Jim & Kate
Gabriel
13
NO MASS
5:00 p.m.– 6:30 p.m.: Youth
Group
Office Closed
—APRIL 16, 2016
Thursday
7
NO MASS
6:30 p.m.: Sunday
Choir Practice
14
NO MASS
6:30 p.m.: Sunday
Choir Practice
March 26-27, 2016
Attendance: 8:30 p.m. Mass: 75 10:00 a.m. Mass: 328
Collection: $4,260.55
Good Friday: Attendance: 48 Holy Land Collection: $138.00
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION will be this Sunday, April 3 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ending with
Benediction at 3:45 p.m. Spend some time on Divine Mercy Sunday with the Source of all Mercy.
THERE WILL NOT BE DAILY MASS April 5 through
April 8, and April 12 through April 16 as Father Jude will
be away for a retreat and the NW CLSA conference, respectively.
THANK YOU to all who helped make our Holy Week
services so beautiful! We appreciate all you do for St. Edward the Martyr.
THANK YOU to Jessica Lindquist for organizing and leading the annual Easter Egg hunt this year!
PARISH CLEANUP will be April 23 from 9 a.m.
until noon. A light lunch will be provided.
Please sign up by calling the parish office or
add your name to the sign up sheet in the hall.
Please be sure to bring your cleaning supplies. We
will be cleaning the grounds as well as the church interior.
Many hands make for light work. Thank you for your support!
THANK YOU to the 27 women who came out over the
course of the week of March 21 to help with our Quilts for
Kids. Over 58 tops were completed which will make beautiful quilts. These quilts will be given to the Sisters Fire
department to give to youth experiencing trauma.
Friday
8
NO MASS
Saturday
9
Office Closed
4:30p.m.-5:00 p.m.:
Reconciliation
5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass
15
16
NO MASS
Office Closed
4:30p.m.-5:00 p.m.:
Reconciliation
5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION and YOUTH GROUP
resume meeting this week, April 3. Religious Education
meets from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and the Youth
Group meets from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. CONFIRMATION CLASS meets this Sunday, April 3, beginning
with Benediction at 3:45 p.m. and continuing with
Youth Group.
MARRIED COUPLES: The next Worldwide
Marriage Encounter Weekends are April 29th May 1st at Powell Butte Retreat Center near Bend, Oregon, and May 27th - 29th at Our Lady of Peace Retreat
Center in Beaverton, Oregon. For more information call
503-853-2758 or apply on-line. Additional dates and
locations are listed at www.rediscoverthespark.org.
SAINT OF THE WEEK: Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419,
Feast day April 5) Born in Valencia to an English father
and Spanish mother, Vincent joined the Dominican friars in 1367 and became a noted preacher, making converts even among Jews and Muslims. After years of backing the Avignon papal claimants, Vincent withdrew his
support, helping to end the papal schism that had divided the Western church. He did intensive mission work
in France, Spain and Italy, drawing huge revival-type
crowds and gaining fame as a miracle worker. He died
during a preaching tour of Brittany. - USCCB
TEA: The 16th Annual Tea will take place in the parish
hall on Saturday, May 7th beginning at 11:00 a.m.. Help
support the Tea by sponsoring a table of 6 for $120. Additional volunteers are still needed, please call Shirley
Gilles at 541-548-5416 or Nancy Haase at 541-548-7184.
This is a worthwhile and fun event where you can socialize with parishioners and community members while
supporting the parish and the Sisters community.
Saint Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church, Sisters, Oregon
April 2-3, 2016: Divine Mercy Sunday
MERCY IN MOTION: The Corporal
Works of Mercy are found in the teachings
of Jesus and give us a model for how we
should treat all others, as if they were
Christ in disguise. They “are charitable actions by which we help our neighbors in
their bodily needs” (USCCB). They respond to the basic needs of humanity as we journey
together through this life. We will cover all the Corporal Works of Mercy, continuing with
BURY THE DEAD
Funerals give us the opportunity to grieve and show
others support during difficult times. Through our
prayers and actions during these times we show our
respect for life, which is always a gift from God, and
comfort to those who mourn. Listed here are some
ideas to live this Corporal Work of Mercy. Send a card
to someone who has recently lost a loved one. Visit the
cemetery and pray for those you have lost. Spend time
planning your own funeral Mass, read through the Order of Christian Funerals and find hope in the Resurrection.
GIVE ALMS TO THE POOR
Donate money to organizations that have the ability
to provide support and services for those in need. Do
research and find organizations that put people in need
first, rather than profit. Following are some ideas to
live this teaching. Skip the morning latte and put that
money in the collection basket at church. Find a charity that is meaningful to you and volunteer your time or
donate. There are many more ways of giving not only
money but yourself to the poor. Be imaginative!
-USCCB
ESL (English as a Second Language) will not meet
again until April 10.
DOCTRINES FOR LIFE:
Doctrines
for Life: Family as the training ground
for virtues: Fifth in a series of excerpts from
“What Exactly is Catholic Social Teaching?”
by Emily Stimpson for Our Sunday Visitor
Newsweekly.
For the Church, the family is the primary “where” of
Catholic social teaching. In a sense, it’s both origin and
destination. Explains Dr. Steven Brust, of Lock Haven University, “It’s where human beings learn how
to be human. It’s where you recognize your dignity
and the dignity of others. It’s where you grow in temperance, prudence, fortitude, generosity, faithfulness,
sacrifice and kindness. It’s where you learn to live in
communion with others.” “The family makes good
Catholic citizens,” summed up Dr. J Reyes, Executive
Director of Justice, Peace and Human Development
at the USCCB. “It’s a training ground for the virtues.” That, in turn, is why strengthening the family
is a destination or aim of Catholic social teaching.
The family is the first and most natural human
society. On its health and strength, a society’s health
and strength depends. Accordingly, the family is
what the Church’s social doctrines advocate advancing and protecting. In “Seven Themes of Catholic
Social Teaching,” the USCCB put it this way, writing
that, in a just state, “marriage and family are the central social institutions that must be supported and
strengthened, not undermined.” “When the family
breaks down, that leads to a deformation of the human person,” said Dr. Michel Therrien, professor of
moral theology at the Augustine Institute. “That has
huge consequences for the commonwealth. People
can’t contribute because they’re not well formed individuals. The society is left trying to clean up the mess,
but it can’t. The state can’t do what the family does.
That’s why society has to promote, protect and serve
the family. In serving the family, it strengthens the
social order.”
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH AND THEIR FAMILIES:
Michelle Milne, Angeles Rojas, Evelyn Wolfe, Kevin Kuney, Steve O’Leary, Rema Bedaywi, James Steinthal, Fr. Jim Radloff,
Joyce Browning, Fr. John Waldron, Anne MacTavish, Eileen O’ Brien, Rick Vaughn, Juvenal Robles-Ortiz, Karen Miller-Cecil,
Audrey Murphy, Emilia Escobedo, Tetra Ramon, Jobita Alonzo, Ron Thorn, Jim Smith, Marilyn Jo, Marie Jose, Lorena and
Greg Smith, Kevin and Kelly Imming, Mary Holm, Gwen Berry, Cheryl Mundell, Richard Kellogg, McKenzie Leary, Wendy
Shoop, Lorraine Bigos, Kevin Berger, Barbara Marshall, Brian Greene, Margaret Huni, Trisha MacTavish, Ron Cole, Walt
Shuey, Peter Fuchs, Mary Alsup, and Jim Ozouf
Prayer of Pope Francis for the Jubilee: Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever
sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress
and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief. Let us
hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift of God!” You are the visible face of the
invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and
glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let
everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God. Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its
anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good
news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the
intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.
Señor Jesucristo, tú nos has enseñado a ser misericordiosos como el Padre del cielo, y nos has dicho que quien te ve, lo ve también a Él.
Muéstranos tu rostro y obtendremos la salvación. Tu mirada llena de amor liberó a Zaqueo y a Mateo de la esclavitud del dinero; a la
adúltera y a la Magdalena del buscar la felicidad solamente en una creatura; hizo llorar a Pedro luego de la traición, y aseguró el Paraíso
al ladrón arrepentido. Haz que cada uno de nosotros escuche como propia la palabra que dijiste a la samaritana: ¡Si conocieras el don de
Dios!Tú eres el rostro visible del Padre invisible,del Dios que manifiesta su omnipotencia sobre todo con el perdón y la misericordia: haz que, en el mundo,
la Iglesia sea el rostro visible de Ti, su Señor, resucitado y glorioso.Tú has querido que también tus ministros fueran revestidos de debilidad para que sientan sincera compasión por los que se encuentran en la ignorancia o en el error:haz que quien se acerque a uno de ellos se sienta esperado, amado y perdonado por Dios.Manda tu Espíritu y conságranos a todos con su unción para que el Jubileo de la Misericordia sea un año de gracia del Señor y tu Iglesia
pueda, con renovado entusiasmo, llevar la Buena Nueva a los pobresproclamar la libertad a los prisioneros y oprimidosy restituir la vista a los ciegos. Te lo
pedimos por intercesión de María, Madre de la Misericordia, a ti que vives y reinas con el Padre y el Espíritu Santo por los siglos de los siglos. Amen.
Tabernacle Fund
Are you a “Doubting Thomas?”
Sometimes we doubt our beloved’s good intentions; sometimes we doubt our own ability to live up to our commitments. Trust
takes time and a track record. Have you
earned your beloved’s trust? Not sure? Ask.
YEAR OF MERCY QUESTION OF
THE WEEK:
We fear not because we know
God has mercy on us. What is
your experience of this mercy?
Youth: How does your faith in Jesus’ merciful love help you to deal with the fears in
your life?