SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCHLLC Series #221 65 East 500 North Orem, UT 84057 Telephone: 801-221-0750 Fax: 801-221-0759 Website: oremsrancis.org Email: [email protected]P S Pastor: Rev. David J. Bimenn Ext. 14 Associate Pastor: Rev. Jorge Marnez Ext. 19 Business Manager: Janice Hauzen Ext. 12 Parish Coordinator: Julie Boerio-Goates Ext. 11 Religious Educaon: Luis Velasco Ext. 16 Secretary Adriana Perez Ext. 10 Deacon: Julio Palomino Deacon: Vicente Vasquez CONFESSIONS Monday 5:00-6:00 p.m. Saturday 4:00-5:00 p.m. Appointments available. Please call the office to schedule a me. MASSES, READINGS INTENTIONS SUNDAY, 6 of May Sixth Sunday of Easter 8:30 AM (English) +Priscilla & Bennie Lucero 10:30 AM (English) Ints. Wayne Bowen 12:30 PM (Spanish) +Ruben Marnez Gonzales 3:00 PM (Spanish) Ints Parishioners Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48 John 15:9-17 1 John 4:7-10 MONDAY, 7th of May 9:00 AM (English) +Carol Dean 6:30 PM (Spanish) +Joseph Huang Ha Acts 16:11-15 John 15:26-16:4 TUESDAY, 8th of May 9:00 AM (English) +Gerald King 6:30 PM (Spanish) +Alfie Evans Acts 16:22-34 John 16:5-11 WEDNESDAY, 9th of May 9:00 AM (English) +Ken Wagner 6:30 PM (Spanish) Ints. Pegrita Fierro Acts 17:15,22-18:1 John 16:12-15 THURSDAY, 10th of May 9:00 AM (English) +Dan Chrise 6:30 PM (Spanish) Por la familia Solis Gomez Acts 18:1-8 John 16:16-20 FRIDAY, 11th of May 9:00 AM (English) +Lee & Gladys Jacquart 6:30 PM (Spanish) Ints. Evangelina Perez Acts 18:9-18 John 16:20-23 SATURDAY, 12th of May 5:30 PM (English) +Jim Skelton 7:00 PM (Spanish) Ints. Luis Velasco Acts 18:23-28 John 16:23-28 EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Thursdays 10:00 a.m.—6:30 p.m. Saturdays 4:00 p.m. —8:30 p.m. HOLY HOUR Second Tuesday of every month 7:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. ENGLISH PRE-BAPTISMAL CLASSES 1st and 2nd Wednesday of every month. 7 to 9 p.m. Please be on me; no children. ENGLISH MARRIAGE CLASSES By appointment with a priest. O H Monday — Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We are encouraged to “Sing a new song to the Lord” in this weekend’s responsorial psalm. From the first reading we learn of an experience by Peter that opened him to a new way to sing to the Lord. He and a group of Jewish believers witnessed the Holy Spirit bestowing the gift of tongues on a family of Gentiles. Since Jews considered Gentiles unclean, Jews were forbidden to associate with Gentiles. That the Holy Spirit would be at work in non-Jews was perplexing to the Jewish disciples, yet Peter allowed the Gentiles to be baptized. In the Gospel, Jesus uses the words “Remain in my love”. To remain in his love the disciples must keep his commandments, and his commandment is to love one another. In the early church, decisions such as “who to baptize” and “what was required to be baptized (circumcision for males, obedience to Jewish purity rituals, etc)” were made. The actions of Peter and later Paul tell us that “remaining in my love” sometimes meant being open to new people, to new per- spectives, to new ways of singing. The command to “Love one another” doesn’t mean “Love those who look like you, or dress like you, or speak in the same voice as you.” Just as Peter and then Paul had to open themselves up, so must we con- sider the ways in which the Spirit is calling us to “remain in my love.” It may just demand that we work outside our comfort zone, being open to new people and new situations. “SING A N EW S ONG T O T HE L ORD.” Sixth S unday o f E aster
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SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
CATHOLIC CHURCHLLC Series #221 65 East 500 North Orem, UT 84057
HOLY HOUR Second Tuesday of every month 7:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
ENGLISH PRE-BAPTISMAL CLASSES 1st and 2nd Wednesday of every
month. 7 to 9 p.m. Please be on $me;
no children.
ENGLISH MARRIAGE CLASSES
By appointment with a priest.
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Monday — Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
We are encouraged to “Sing a new song to the Lord” in this weekend’s responsorial psalm. From the first reading we learn of an experience by Peter that opened him to a new way to sing to the Lord. He and a group of Jewish believers witnessed the Holy Spirit bestowing the gift of tongues on a family of Gentiles. Since Jews considered Gentiles unclean, Jews were forbidden to associate with Gentiles. That the Holy Spirit would be at work in non-Jews was perplexing to the Jewish disciples, yet Peter allowed the Gentiles to be baptized.
In the Gospel, Jesus uses the words “Remain in my love”. To remain in his love the disciples must keep his commandments, and his commandment is to love one another. In the early church, decisions such as “who to baptize” and “what was required to be baptized (circumcision for males, obedience to Jewish purity rituals, etc)” were made. The actions of Peter and later Paul tell us that “remaining in my love” sometimes meant being open to new people, to new per-spectives, to new ways of singing. The command to “Love one another” doesn’t mean “Love those who look like you, or dress like you, or speak in the same voice as you.” Just as Peter and then Paul had to open themselves up, so must we con-sider the ways in which the Spirit is calling us to “remain in my love.” It may just demand that we work outside our comfort zone, being open to new people and new situations.
“SING A NEW SONG TO THE LORD.”
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter
“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you…. You are
my friends if you do what I command you.” - John 15:12,14
“God is love” proclaims this weekend’s second reading. Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (AM) reflects on 1 Corinthians 13 to clarify the meaning of these three simple words. 1 Corinthians 13:4 says that love is patient. Pope Francis says that patience includes “the quality of one who does not act on impulse and avoids giving offense…. God’s ‘patience,’ shown in his mercy towards sinners, is a sign of his real power (AM #91).” God is beyond impulses and the associated need to offend others simply because it is believed that others deserve to be offended. This is power and this is mercy. Because patience is mercy based on a very real power, patience is not something that weak people do. Patience is not a resignation to abuse, ag-gression, or manipulation (AM #92). Patience is something else. When it comes to humanity being patient, the Pope notes that patience “takes root when I recognize that other people also
have a right to live in this world, just as they are. It does not matter if they hold me back, if they unsettle my plans, or annoy me by the way they act or think, or if they are not everything I want them to be. Love always has an aspect of deep compassion that leads to accepting the other person as a part of this world, even when he or she acts differently than I would like
(AM #92).” At this point it might be tempting to think of the patience that is part of love to be mainly a passive thing. We have all kinds of misgivings and frustrations with others and in the name of patience we are just supposed to push down these feelings and hope they do not explode. This is not what the Pope means by patience. Patience involves compassion or putting ourselves in the shoes of someone else. Compassion is the enemy of ego-ism. Our own impressions are part of the story and they do not automatically correct the ways other people follow, ways frus-trating to us. Compassion heals us even as it looks out for oth-ers. Once some of this compassion-driven healing takes place in us and we do not simply push down our problems with other people, another aspect of love is possible. Love, 1 Corinthians
13:4 says, is also kind. The kind person is “a good person, one who shows his goodness by his deeds …. love is ever ready to be of assis-tance (AM #93).” Love “allows us to experi-ence the happiness of giving, the nobility and grandeur of spending ourselves unstintingly, without asking to be repaid, purely for the pleasure of giving and serving (AM #94).”
The Pope’s reflections on love as described in 1 Corinthians 13 continue. What is offered here is just a small example of one
way to meditate on love. The Church has 2,000 years of ways to meditate on love. The topic is truly large and it intertwines with all kinds of other rich terms such as hope and faith. The time we spend in church, helping others, and in personal prayer help us understand love even as the tremendous number of pos-sibilities for reflection on love tell us that we are barely scratching the surface. “God is love” the second reading tells us. There is a lot packed into just three words.
The quiz on this weekend’s liturgy offers all kinds of details to ponder. When it comes to something as plentiful as Scrip-ture, even the details can be a feast. Next weekend’s quiz will be a little different. It’s hard to fit all the riches into a single format. 1. Sunday’s first reading was taken from the Book of a) Isaiah b) Revelation c) Ezekiel d) Acts of the Apostles
2. and talked about the activity of a) Peter b) Paul c) Abraham d) Moses
3. who ordered that people should be
a) clothed b) given food to eat c) baptized d) all of the above
4. The Responsorial refrain was
a) He has remembered his kindness b) He has done wondrous deeds
c) The Lord has revealed to the nations . . . d) none of these
5. and the verses were taken from Psalm
a) 98 b) 154 c) 190 d) 206
6. The Second Reading was from the first Letter of a) Paul b) Peter c) John d) James
7. and talked about a) love b) baptism c) faith d) all of these
8. The Gospel reading, taken from
a) Matthew b) Mark c) Luke d) John
9. was about Jesus, who was speaking a) to his disciples b) in a synagogue c) in parables d) none of these
10. saying such things as
a) “Love one another, as I love you”
b) “If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love”
c) “Whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you”
d) all of these
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Ascension of the Lord will be celebrated Sunday, May 13 r ather than Thur sday May 10. Masses will be celebrated according to the regular schedule on May 12 and 13.
Please try to send all announcements for the bulletin on Thursday or Friday which is 9 or 10 days before the bulletin in which the announcements will appear.
Holy Hour on Tuesday returns this week after the 6:30 p.m. Mass. If you are unable to attend this monthly holy hour, there are also weekly holy hours on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Lay leaders in the parish may be interested in a summit on suicide sponsored by the Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition, the Utah Department of Human Services and the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Utah. This conference will be on May 22 at the Viridian Event Center (8030 South 1825 West) in West Jor-dan. The purpose of this event is to discuss the role of the faith community and faith leaders in suicide prevention and mental health promotion. Areas of focus will include leadership, awareness, training and education, identification of people at risk and community resources. There is no fee for this conference but it is necessary to register for it at https://form.jotform.com/80846257654163
The Diocesan Commission for People with Disabilities will host a discussion on guidelines for celebrating sacraments for people with disabilities on May 12 here at St. Francis of Assisi in the morning from 9:00 to 11:00. These guidelines also im-pact preparing those with disabilities for sacraments. Catechists, people with disabilities, their family members, and all interested are invited to attend. Those at the discussion will receive a copy of the revised guidelines and snacks as well as door prizes will be offered.
Help with Marriages: Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi with a long i) simply means rediscovery. The English-language program offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse,
and a loving relationship in your marriage. Retrouvaille is a not spiritual retreat, not a sensitivity group, not a semi-nar, not a social gathering. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a
weekend on May 18-20, call 801-450-4965 or email: [email protected] or visit www.HelpOur Marriage.com
Nonviolence and Climate Change: Spend an Evening with John Dear on his new book: They will Inherit the Earth: Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change. Wednesday, May 23, beginning at 7 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. For information, contact Catherine Kreuter, [email protected] or 1-801-483-1245. For information about the book and event, visit http://www.paceebene.org/event/john-dear-book-tour-salt-lake-city/
A parishioner is offering bikes for sale. J im Mecham has bikes of all sizes ranging in price range from $10-$30. For more information please call Jim at 801-375-1648. Proceeds from the sale will be offered to the parish.
PARISH CALENDAR THIS WEEK
Monday, May 7- 2:30 p.m. staff meeting library; 6:30 p.m. Pes-cadores de Cristo classroom six; 7:00 p.m. Spanish choir prac-tice library; 7:00 p.m. Encuentro Matrimonial classrooms five and seven; 7:00 p.m. Small communities evangelization in gym;
7:00 p.m. Small communities adult catechesis classrooms three/four; 7:30 p.m. Spanish children’s choir small chapel; 7:30 p.m. First Confessions for children in the Spanish Reli-gious education program. Tuesday, May 8 – 3:00 p.m. Diocesan CARA listening ses-sion classrooms three/four; 6:30 p.m. Flama Blanca classroom five; 6:30 p.m. Spanish Confirmation class classroom one/two; 7:00 p.m. Small community adult catechesis Dominguez Room; 7:00 p.m. Spanish choir (3:00 Sunday Mass) music room; 7:00 p.m. Small communities evangelization ministry classroom eight; 7:15 p.m. Holy Hour in the main church. Wednesday, May 9 – 12:30 p.m. the Legion of Mary in the library; 6:00 p.m. Small community dancers in the gym; 6:00 p.m. English choir practice (10:30 Sunday Mass) in the music room; 7:00 p.m. Pescadores de Cristo in the gym; 7:00 p.m. the first of two Spanish pre-baptismal classes in classrooms one/two; 7:00 Concert in the main church; 7:30 p.m. the second of two English pre-baptismal classes in Dominguez Room
Thursday, May 10 – 6:00 p.m. Quince años preparation class for those registered classrooms one/two; 7:00 p.m. Spanish bible study group meets downstairs; 7:00 p.m. Combined youth
group gym; 7:00 p.m. Summerfest plan-ning meeting classroom 11; 7:30 p.m. Spanish choir practice in the library; 7:30 p.m. First Confessions for children in the Spanish religious education pro-gram; 7:30 p.m. Spanish altar server practice in the chapel Friday, May 11 – 6:30 p.m. Spanish
religious education classes downstairs; 7:30 p.m. English Bible study class in the library
Saturday, May 12 – 9:00 a.m. Diocesan conference on cele-brating sacraments for those with disabilities in the gym; 10:00 a.m. Spanish baptisms in the main church for those who have registered; 10:00 a.m. Escuelita de Fe downstairs; 2:00 p.m. Wedding in the main church; 2:00 p.m. Small communities youth group classroom three-four; 4:00 p.m. Holy Hour small chapel
COLLECTION APRIL 28-29
Cash $4848.00
Loose Checks $1003.00
Envelopes $ 685.00 Small Communities $1597.00 Total $8133.00
Budget $7184.00
Above Budget $ 949.00
2nd Collection for the DDD: $3549.00
Building Fund: $ 197.00
Outreach: $ 404.00
Pescadores de Cristo $9128.00
Thanks to all our contributors!
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All Our Military Troops, Randy Jahner, Pilar Carrillo, Melany G. Bowen, Sam Barber Jr., MaryAnn Liddiard, Max Keele, Ronda Weaver, Kiki Brown White, David Summers, Citlali Gomez, Hardy Family, Carlson Family, Dallas
Kummer, Dawn Summers, Pablo Davila, Brother Anthony Lavorin, O.F.M., Madeline Alispach, Shelly Roley Family, Patsy Wilkinson, Charmain Miche, Austin Hardman & Family, Richard Larson, Sandra Valencia, Christian Terry, Gary Bowen, Larry Hirschi, Otto Belvedere, Jose Carrillo, Louise Kalkbrenner, Ysabelle Dohse, Jose Herrera, Kelly Hoffmann, Tom Kennedy, Alan Guadagnoli, Amelia Swisher, Ike & Dora Rivera, Terri Lynn, Leesa Dunn & family, Cisco Fernandez, Joe and Joyce Rainaldi, the Trujillo family, Carl Brewer, Erminia Lopez
