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Saint Therese Parish

February 8th, 2015 + Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parish Leadership

Pastoral Council:

Brian Mack .............................. mack442@juno.com

Deborah Brockway ..................... dgbr@hotmail.com

Helena Stephens ...................... nyquistha@msn.com

Joanne Moore ................ joanne.guanzon@gmail.com

Joe Orlando ...........................jorlando@seattleu.edu

Lisa McIver ......................... ldmncmm@comcast.net

Patrick Lavin ....................... plavin2000@yahoo.com

Tim Allen ............................... inez10@comcast.net

Tina Albro ............................. tina.albro@gmail.com

Tyra Elliott ................................ tyraelliott@aol.com

Finance Council:

Stephen Dunphy ............................206-550-2979

Stewardship Commission:

Gary Melonson ..............................206-328-4310

Liturgy Commission:

Chauncey Boyle, S.P. .....................206-229-7124

Social Justice Commission:

Karen Estevenin ............... kestevenin@gmail.com

Ann Kuder .......................... alkuder@hotmail.com

School Commission:

Matt Shanahan ............ matt@the-shanahans.com

Parish Office: 3416 East Marion Street Seattle, WA 98122 www.saintthereseparish.org

Fax: 206-329-8373

Priest Administrator Fr. Maurice Mamba .................. 206-720-7275

........... frmaurice@saintthereseparish.org

Pastoral Associate Deacon Greg McNabb .............. 206-720-7270 ............... gregm@saintthereseparish.org

Pastoral Assistant for Faith Formation Mary Lou Colasurdo ................. 206-720-7279 ............. marylou@saintthereseparish.org

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Nicole St. Hilaire ..................... 206-720-7277 ...................... cgs.st.therese@gmail.com

Bookkeeper Bob vanWinkle ........................ 206-720-7272 ......... bvanwinkle@saintthereseparish.org

Music Director “Spirit” Choir 8:30 AM Mark Richards ......................... 206-324-0460 ................ markr@saintthereseparish.org

Music Director “Shades of Praise” Noon & “Jubilation” 5:00 PM Kent Stevenson ...........................................

................. kstevenson@sttheresesea.org

High School Youth Coordinators Jim & Lucita Valiere ................. 206-720-7280 ........................ lucitavaliere@gmail.com

Office Volunteers ......................... 206-325-2711 ................. office@saintthereseparish.org

Bulletin bulletin@saintthereseparish.org

St. Therese Catholic Academy 900 35th Ave Seattle, WA 98122 www.stthereseseattle.org Principal

Matt DeBoer .................... 206-324-0460 x100 .................... mdeboer@sttheresesea.org

Administrative Assistant

Alexandra Reyes ............. 206-324-0460 x101 ....................... areyes@sttheresesea.org

We are a welcoming, diverse Catholic faith community charged with spiritually guiding and

strengthening its parishioners to know, love and serve God. Our Eucharistic celebration energizes our spirits for parishioner involvement, a strong commitment to social justice,

and a Catholic school tradition guided by spiritual values and social equality.

Job mocked by his wife

Georges de La Tour 1625

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Vespers Music Series at St Therese Parish Presents

Heroes and She-roes: Honored & Un-Named

Celebrating Black History in Word, Music & Dance

The Shades of Praise and Jubilation Choirs of St. Therese Parish

welcome special musical guests and performing artists

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2015 6pm

35th & Marion (in Madrona) Seattle Your generous door donations support music programs at St. Therese Parish

Kent Stevenson / Music Director

An Evening for Justice Friday, April 10th

6:30-8:30pm

The St. Therese Social Justice Commis-

sion is looking for anyone interested in performing around the theme of justice.

The night will include a variety of perfor-mances including St. Therese gospel

choirs as well as other performers.

We are looking for dance, poetry, spo-

ken word, song, reflection, etc. This is a night about Christians coming together

for justice. People of all ages, parisioners or not, are welcome to perform or simply

come to the event.

Please contact Rebecka McKinney if you are interested in performing or more in-

fo: 206-910-3424 or mckinr1@spu.edu.

How Can We Become

A More Elder-Friendly Community? Aging & Disability Services for Seattle-

King County wants to know how you think we can become a more elder-friendly

community. Every four years, ADS devel-ops a plan that charts the course the

agency will take to create an elder-friendly community. ADS looks at de-

mographics and other trends, and major service goals and objectives.

Public input is important, and ADS has

created a survey—available on Survey Monkey and also in print—that will help

shape the plan for 2016–2019. Take the

survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/X5JY736. Learn more in this recent Age-

Wise King County article. Questions? Con-tact ADS planner Karen Winston at 206-

684-0706 or karen.winston@seattle.gov.

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Liturgical Ministers: Feb. 15, 2015

Bread Bakers Cindy and Kathryn Porter

Lay Presiders

8:30am Jules Connolly Noon David Okada

5pm Mercy Lazo Eucharistic Ministers

8:30am Ernie Lobo, Bill Wahl Noon Mary Ellen Haley, James Willis,

Louise LaDay, Mary Grondin, SP 5pm Molly Singer, Hannah Myrick

Lectors 8:30am Carol Wood, Louise DuMont, CSJP

Noon Kevin & Alia Petersen 5pm Gwen Peeté, Eva Simmer

Greeters

8:30am Troy Courage, Gary Melonson Noon Alec Stephens, Dominica Myers

5pm Felicia & Robert Hines

Hospitality 8:30am Ann Kuder

Noon Jen Montoya 5pm Postel/Koontz Family

2 SM 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16 PS 89:2-3, 4-5, 27-29 ROM 16:25-27 LK 1:26-38

Due to a sustained surge in local car vandalism, all parishioners are advised to park in the church lot, particularly when it is dark, and to avoid leaving items visible in vehicles. Police are aware of these break-ins, and we are all encouraged to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

February 8th, 2015

Fifth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

Jb 7:1-4, 6-7

Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23

Mk 1:29-39

8:30am Fr. Ray Maiser, C.Ss.R. Spirit Choir

12noon Fr. Ray Maiser, C.Ss.R Shades of Praise Choir

5pm Fr. Ray Maiser, C.Ss.R

Jubilation Choir

To receive this Bulletin by email, please contact

gregm@saintthereseparish.org. Your suggestions

and are welcome at Bulletin@saintthereseparish.org.

Deadline: midnight Tuesday

Financial Stewardship

Sunday, 1/25/2015: $5,706

This fiscal year since July 1: $226,999 Last fiscal year at this date: $266,582

Thank you!

Lenten Schedule 2015

Ash Wednesday Masses February 18th

9am STCA Mass

5pm and 7 pm

Reconciliation

Saturday, March 28th

10am at St. Therese

Holy Thursday

April 2nd 7pm Mass

Good Friday

April 3rd 7pm Mass

Easter Vigil

April 4th 8:30pm

Easter Sunday

April 5th 10am and Noon Masses

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8th

Immaculate Conception Parish 820 18th Ave Seattle 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Fr. Paul. Magnano, Presenter

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish

7000 35th Ave SW Seattle 9:00am – 11:00am

Fr. Jack Walmesley, Presenter

Opening Presentation -

How Do the Gospel and Church Social Teaching Call Us to Be Advocates?

Legislative Update -

By Donna Christensen, Washington State Catholic Conference

What Are the Budget Issues Affecting the Poor in our State?

Who is Affected by Cuts?

Housing Trust Fund, Housing and Essential Needs Program

What Are state sources of revenue and how can we generate more?

Sponsored by

SOUTH SEATTLE DIALOGUE FOR JUSTICE PARISHES:

St. Patrick, St. Joseph, St. James, St. Therese, St. Mary, Immaculate Conception, Holy Rosary,

Christ Our Hope and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Advocacy

training -

Ways to Get Involved

and Become Advocates

Good Prep for Catholic Advocacy Day, March 26, 2015

The Mystery and Vocation of the Family Thursday, February 19, 2015, at St. Monica Parish, Mercer Island, 7pm Andrew Lichtenwalner, PhD, Executive Director of the Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

* USCCB initiatives on Marriage and Family Life * The World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, September 2015 * The two Synods on the Family

St. Monica's is offering some limited childcare. The event is free but we ask that you RSVP to ocff@seattlearch.org or 206-382-4096 by Thursday, February 12. For more information, visit the Archdiocesan Faith Formation Events page. The Archdiocese of Seattle is organizing two pilgrimage packages for Parishioners who want to travel to the World Meeting of Families (WMF), including the Papal Mass on Sept. 27. The theme of this year's WMF is "Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive." You won't want to miss this op-portunity to participate in Pope Francis' first visit to the U.S. For a complete list of speakers and other details about the WMF, visit the official WMF website: worldmeeting2015.org.

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IgNite: Ignatian Nights

for Young Adults

Prayer Made Flesh: Praying with Our Bodies Thursday, February 12, 2015 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Mother Teresa Room, St. Joseph Parish Center, Seattle

The human body is a sacred text within the

larger text of creation.” - J. Philip Newell

We all pray with our bodies. Whether we are moving or still,

contemplative or exuberant….Connecting with and communi-

cating with God using our physical selves happens everyday.

Our body’s language manifests in our intuition, exhaustion,

gut feelings, desires and physical sensations. Marilyn Nash

will guide us though an evening focusing on the body’s inte-

gral relationship to our spirituality. Contact Michaela Kearns,

IgNite Coordinator, if you have any questions: 206-329-4824.

Sponsored by the Ignatian Spirituality Center

(www.ignatiancenter.org).

Field Hospital on the Border(s): A Church in Kinship with Migrants Thursday, February 19th 7pm Seattle University, Pigott Auditorium

Presented by Kristin Heyer of Santa Clara

University, with panelists Mark Potter, SJ. PhD of California and Patty Repikoff, DMin, Pastoral Advocate for Mission, Seat-

tle Catholic Housing Services.

Learn how na-tional and local

organizations serve as ‘field hospitals’ for

migrants suffering from

exploitation, violence and family separation.

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Men’s Basketball at STCA!Every Monday, from 7-8:30 pm, we open up our gym to all of the

dads and men of our community (school and parish, 21 and over) to play pick-up basket-ball games from 7-8:30 PM. Join us!

Saturday

March 21st

5:30

Cocktails

7:00

Dinner

STCA's biggest annual fundraiser is less

than two short months away! There are

three key ways parishioners can help sup-

port the auction:

1. Attend with friends and family!

Visit stthereseseattle.maestroweb.com now

to purchase your gala tickets. The $100

admission price covers cocktail hour with

appetizers, delicious three-course dinner

with premium wines--and entrance to these

stunning exhibits at our venue:

Funky Turns 40:

Black Character Animation

Art from Black Cartoons of

the 1970s

The Fabric of Our Lives:

Tales of Dirty Laundry, White

Sheets, and Bodies—in parts

2. Purchase raffle tickets!

Want a 7-day trip to Maui for $50? Two

Seahawks tickets, autographed gear and

memorabilia for $20? How about a brand-

new iPad Air for only $10?

Buy your tickets now at stthereseseat-

tle.maestroweb.com! Share this link with

family, friends and coworkers!

3. If you have a special auction item you

would be interested in donating, please

contact jrussell@stcaseattle.com.

Thank you for your support!

Jen Russell

Director of Advancement, STCA

206.995.8125 or jrussell@stcaseattle.org

324-0460.

From Dennis O’Leary Executive Director of the

Chancery, Archdiocese of

Seattle, 206-382-4834 ocff@seattlearch.org

Please click here to find an update on where we are in responding to the IRS Tax Fraud scam we ex-perienced last year. One of the most important points that the IRS has stressed to us is the best way to avoid being impacted by this scam is to file your return as early as possible. Please share any of the information contained in the update with other parishioners, school faculty and parents.