Our Lady of Lourdes

Catholic Church

Parroquia de Nuestra

Señora de Lourdes

OFFICE / OFICINA (509) 697-4633 1107 W. Fremont Ave

Selah, WA 98942-1242

Pastor (Párroco): Richard Sedlacek 697-4630 Email: adameks@msn.com Office Staff: Debbie Bender : Monday Maria Iniguez: Tuesday-Friday. Maria Iniguez: Martes-Viernes

OFFICE HOURS / HORAS de OFICINA: Monday– Friday: 9am-3:30 pm. Lunch 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Martes –Viernes 9am-3:30 pm (Bilingüe) Lonche 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Hall: (509) 698-6787 Emergencies: (509) 539-0037 (English) Emergencies (509) 966-0830 (Spanish)

E-Mail: ollselah@hotmail.com Website: ourladyoflourdes-selah.org

MASS SCHEDULE / HORARIO de MISA

Daily Mass/Misas Diarias: 8 am Monday—Friday Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm Sunday: 8:00 am and 10:00 am Misa del Domingo: 1 pm (Spanish) Rosary: 7:30 am Monday-Friday

Confessions: 4:40—5:15 pm Saturday Also by appointment or after Mass Confesiones: 4:40—5:15 pm Sábado

Eucharistic Adoration: 8:30 am—5:30 pm Thursday Adoración Eucarística: 8:30 am—5:30 pm Jueves

TO REGISTER: Please fill out a registration form. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Please notify the Par ish Office.

PARA REGISTRARSE: Llene una forma de registración. CAMBIO DE DOMICILIO: Favor de notificar a la par roquia.

BAPTISMAL CLASSES: For parents and Godparents. Godparents must have received the sacrament of confirmation and live according to the Church’s teaching on marriage. Please bring a copy of the child’s Certifica-te of Live Birth. Parents need to meet with the pastor.

FIRST COMMUNION / PRIMERA COMUNIÓN : Grades 1-2: Wednesday 3:30-5:00 pm (Hall) Grados 1-2: Miércoles 3:30-5 pm (Hall) Grados 3-8 Domingos de 11 am-12:55 pm (Hall)

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION—September to May Grades 1-5: Wednesday 3:30-5:00 pm (Hall) Grades 6-8: Wednesday 6:30 pm– 8pm

EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA— De Octubre a Mayo Grados 1-5: Miércoles 3:30-5:00 pm (Hall) Grados 6-8: Miércoles 6:30 pm– 8pm

YOUTH GROUP/Confirmation—NOVEMBER to JUNE Grades 9-12: Wednesday 6:30 pm -8:00 pm (Youth Room)

GRUPO JUVENIL—De NOVIEMBRE a JUNIO Grados 9-12: Miércoles 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm

MARRIAGES: Contact the par ish office 4 months pr ior to the proposed wedding date.

MATRIMONIOS: Por Favor de contactar la oficina parro-quial cuatro (4) meses antes de la fecha de la boda.

QUINCEAÑERAS: Llame a la oficina o visite nuestro sitio WEB.

Parish Ministries/ Ministerios Parroquiales: Bulletin Editor ..................................................... Maria Iniguez 697-4633 Buillding Use Contract ........................................ Maria Iniguez 697-4633 Bookkeeper ........................................................ Debbie Bender 697-4633 Maintenance ....................................................... Bob Richards 480-8233 Custodian ........................................................... Steve Bender 697-4633 Finance Council .................................................. Ellen Overby 697-8295 Pastoral Council ................................................. Ben Hernandez Confirmation/ ……………….…Kelly Mattson 697-3526 Eucharistic Adoration ........................................ Carol Bergstrom 698-3389 Funeral Luncheons .......................................... Donna White 697-3235 Gift Shop ............................................................. Anne Desmarais. 966-4133 Music Director ..................................................... Katy Pitzer 833-4076 Prayer Chain ....................................................... Christina Ashbaugh 697-6585 Social Committee ............................................... Eileen Hunt 697-9319 Spanish Choir ..................................................... Jose Guerrero 457-6035 Young Ladies Institute (4th Tues) ...................... Karen D’Hondt Knights of Columbus (1st Tues) ......................... Mel Allen 453-2743 Grupo de Oración (Prayer Group) ..................... Felipe Rocha 945-9847 Aztec Dancers .................................................... Tracy Molina 759-1505 PINOCHLE (Thursdays 1-4 pm) ........................ Eileen Hunt 697-9319 Welcome Committee ………………………… ... Debbie Bender 697-4633 Food Bank: Mondays and Fridays from 9-11 am At the Selah Civic Center AA-ALANON— Fridays 6:30 pm / OEA Meetings—Saturdays 9:00 am

February 5, 2017

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 4-5

Welcome Visitors!

TODAY’S READINGS: IS 58:7-10 , 1 COR 2:1 -5 , MT 5:13 -16 NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS: SIR 15:15 -20 , 1 COR 2:6 -10 , MT 5:17-37

CHURCH SCHEDULE: Feb 7 Family Choir Practice at 2 pm & 6:30 pm

WITH GRADTITUDE & APPRECIATION! Amount needed to make budget: $3308.00 January 28-29 Amount collected: $3311.00 January 28-29 Building Fund: $350.00 Other: $66.00 Thank you for your generosity! KNIGHT'S PANCAKE BREAKFAST Sunday, February 5, After 8 am & 10 am Masses Scrambled eggs, bacon, ham, sausage and pancakes will be served. Cost: Donation Only Donations will support Children's Village and Camp Prime Time. Attention! There are many small artificial poinsettias missing from the decorating storage room. If you borrowed any of them please return them. Thank you. Eileen Hunt 697-9319

St. Patrick’s Dinner We are looking for volunteers for our St. Patrick’s Dinner It will be taking place on March 19 at 4:30 pm. If you have any questions you may call the office.

Calling All Landlords Do you or someone you know have an apartment for rent? Homeless and at-risk young adults are in need of safe, affordable studios, one and two bedroom apartments. Catholic Charities has a new subsidy housing program to help young adults secure af-fordable housing so that they can safely transition into adulthood. Landlords are needed to provide fair market housing and leases to young adults. For more information, call Laura Riel at 509.965.7100.

Thank You ! I am very grateful to Debbie Bender for taking down most of the Christ-mas decorations. Due to weather conditions I was not able to get out of my driveway . I would also Like to thank Marilyn and Byron Ihnen and my son Brent Hunt for helping me to complete the task later that week. Eileen Hunt 2016 Contribution Statements There have been a couple calls reporting that statement totals are incor-rect. If you are concerned that your 2016 contribution statement is not correct please call Maria at the church office for a detailed report of your contributions.

Bible Study The Bible Study of the book of Matthew will resume on Thursday evenings beginning in February and going through March 2017. Call Debbie Bender at 509.453 5550 if you are interested in joining the group.

Knights of Columbus Knights of Columbus Toppenish Council #1699 will be holding a com-munity spaghetti dinner and silent auction on Sunday Feb. 12, 2017 from 1:00 – 5:00 pm. Cost is $8.00 per person, $35.00 per family, 6 & under free. Tickets at the door. The net proceeds will benefit the needs of No-ah’s Ark Homeless shelter in Wapato, WA. The dinner will be held at the Filipino-American Community Hall, 211 West 2nd St. in Wapato, WA. Please send questions or comments to: Dean Huth 3DHuth@centurylink.net Home 509-877-4652 Cell 728-8334 PLEASE PRAY FOR—FAVOR DE REZAR POR: Mike Bender, Mary Traub, Donna White ,Joyce Matson, Mike Matson, Richard Overby, Paige Hahn, Nick. C, Raul C. Lian and Maribella Orth Raudel I. Peschau, Gerhardt Please call the Parish Office to remove or add a name. Thank You.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY/FELIZ ANIVERSARIO 2/13/1971 William & Sue Gillespie HAPPY BIRTHDAY/ FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS Feb 4 Don Rice, Margaret Ballew Feb 5 Amy Kaluza, Ray Rossignol Feb 6 Madelyn Quigley, Martina Villafan Feb 7 John Raymond Zambito, Maria Correa Feb 8 Adalcita D. Sabater, Eduardo Duarte, Eileen King, Feb 9 Rosemary DeJong Feb 10 Guadalupe Garcia, Guillermo Valdovinos Feb 11 Bill Fromherz, Hudson Sager Call the Parish Office to remove or add a name: 697-4633 Thank You!

Date Mass Greeters Ministers of Communion Lectors Servers Counters Linens

Feb 4 5:30 PM Willenskys LaBissoniere /Hoppis Overby Tamblyn

Feb 5 8:00 AM Lantz Nedrow/Lantz Doherty Allison Conger

10:00 AM Desmarais/Hunt Strand/Mattson/Collins

Mattson or Youth

Shea & Kieryann Mattson

Mannie & Didi / Kay

Blanca

Feb 11 5:30 PM

Willenskys LaBissoniere /Hoppis Overby Tamblyn

Feb 12 8:00 AM

Lantz Nedrow/Lantz Doherty Allison Conger

10:00 AM

Desmarais/Hunt Strand/Mattson/Collins Mattson or Youth

Shea & Kieryann Mattson

Arnie & Ruth / Joan / Eileen Pauline

RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. If you know anyone that is not Catholic and is interested in our Catholic Faith or any adult that needs confirmation, please call Fr. Sedlacek 10-day Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: You are invited to join us on a 10– days Holy Land Catholic sacred Land. The tour is inclusive ( Travel, hotel, etc.) and schedule for February 13-22, 2017. The take off is from Seattle and the cost is inclusive ($3,098). It includes the Road Emmaus, the place of Jesus Baptism, the dead sea, Jericho, Herodian-Mountain-Fortress, Canna, the birth places of Jesus and John the Baptist, the hills of the beatitudes, the Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, and much more .For Tour that will expand your knowledge of the bible and this more information, con-tact Deacon Mikhail Alnaj-jar at 627-4680 or send an email to dmikhai-l925@gmail.com for bro-chure and related infor-mation. It is Christmas! Our Gospel reading on this festive holy day is the opening words of the Gospel of John. St. John says, “The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came to be through him.” That is why we celebrate today. Pope Francis opened his sermon on Christmas day last year by saying this: “Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.”

Quotes "To sin by silence when they should protest, makes cow-ards of men." Pres. Abraham Lincoln

"Take My Hand, Not My Life" Massachusetts Citizens for Life

"Fewer women would have abortions if wombs had win-dows." Dr. Bernard Nathanson, former abortionist turned Pro-Life, in his 1979 book Aborting America

"For a Christian to speak or act publicly in a pro-choice manner is a scandal to the Gospel and Name of Jesus Christ." Fr. Frank Pavone, Director, Priests for Life By Pro-Life Articles Author www.pro-lifearticles.org

Stewardship is putting our faith in action through the use of the gifts given to us by God. It is becoming a true disciple of Jesus Christ. The Lord did not want us to be passive in our approach to living. He wants more from us than just being quietly holy. Remember that stewardship is a call from God to recognize that all of our blessings and talents have been given to us for a purpose. As baptized Catholics it is our obligation to share these gifts willingly in order to serve the Church and our parish community. As we have pointed out many times, stewardship is much more than financial support. It is, as stated, putting our faith in action with the key word there as “action.” In that way we can become, also as stated, a true disciple of the Lord. In today’s Gospel reading from the Book of Matthew Jesus calls us salt and then light. He tells us, for example, that we are the light of the world, reflecting His light. Specifically He says to those who choose to be His disciple, “Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lamp stand.” St. Teresa of Calcutta once said, “To keep a lamp burning you have to keep putting oil in it.” If we see ourselves as lamps as Jesus told us we should be, we need to keep the oil in it and that requires action on our part. ” From http://www.catholicsteward.com/blog) The Power of Words More than four decades after Roe v. Wade, pro-abortionists still dominate the very vocabulary that we use to discuss the issue of abortion. Language is a very powerful tool and the pro-abortion movement has generally shown much more "terminological savvy" than pro-lifers Indeed, they have been very effective in using terminology which either misleads, deceives or confuses the issues. The words used by pro-abortionists often seem to be assistance of the media, the terms they use drastically misrepresent the facts and turn every unborn baby (or "fetus") into a non-entity and give the impression that women are being robbed of "choice". If the vocabulary is confusing, that is the point. If we do not say what it really is, we can pretend what it is not. There-fore, "a woman's reproductive healthcare" is a euphemism for abortion. "Disarticulating a fetus", which might sound like suspending an unborn's in the calvarium" which might sound like lancing a boil, is too gruesome to describe in this bulletin. Similarly, when laws are passed to reduce the number of abor-tions (such as informing the parents of pregnant minors) this is invariably described as "restrictive" in our media, rather than protective. Yet, protection for a victim is only viewed as "restrictive" by those who would victimize. If you have to dress something up and disguise the truth, you can always assume that it is wrong. When a man murders his wife, we do not say, "Mr. X rendered his wife unalive by evacuating her cranial cavity ... " Instead, we say, "He bashed her brains out..." Yet, we apparently have no stomach for similarly descrip-tion when it comes to the unborn child. So, let them talk about "choice"; we will talk about children. Let them talk about "empowerment"; we will talk about love and respect. Let them talk about "quality of life"; we will speak of human dignity. By Pro-Life Articles Author www.pro-lifearticles.org