Parish Office 3416 East Marion Street, Seattle, WA 98122 Tel 206-325-2711 Fax 206-329-8373 www.saintthereseparish.org Priest Administrator Fr. Maurice Mamba 206-720-7275 [email protected]Pastoral Associate Deacon Greg McNabb 206-720-7270 [email protected]Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and Faith Formation for Children and Youth Nicole St. Hilaire 206-720-7277 [email protected]Bookkeeper Bob van Winkle 206-720-7272 [email protected]Music Director “Spirit” Choir 8:30 AM Mark Richards 206-324-0460 [email protected]Music Director “Shades of Praise” and “Jubilation” Choirs Kent Stevenson 206-675-8000 [email protected]Office Volunteers 206-325-2711 [email protected]Bulletin (in office Weds. only) 206-325-2711x214 [email protected]St. Therese Catholic Academy 900 35th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 www.stcaseattle.org 206-324-0460 Principal Matt DeBoer 206-995-8100 [email protected]Admissions & Fundraising Randi Bagley 206-995-8104 [email protected]St. Vincent de Paul Emergency Financial Assistance 8am-3pm, M-F 206-767-6449 Saint Therese Parish Shades of Praise 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. April 2, 2017 Saint Therese Parish Submissions/suggestions welcome at [email protected]; deadline midnight, Tues. To receive by email, contact [email protected]. Fifth Sunday of Lent Parish Leadership Pastoral Council: Chair: Deborah Brockway ...........[email protected]Vice Chair: Lisa McIver …..….[email protected]Secretary: Brian Mack ............. [email protected]Tyra Elliott [email protected]Maria Fiesta [email protected]Chuck Manca [email protected]Joanne Moore [email protected]Dominica Myers [email protected]Helena Stephens [email protected]Joe Orlando [email protected]Finance Council: Steve Dunphy 206-550-2979 Stewardship Commission: Gary Melonson 206-328-4310 Faith Formation Victoria Ries………..…[email protected]Liturgy Commission: Chauncey Boyle, S.P…...…..…..... 206-229-7124 Social Justice Commission: Rebecka McKinney .…..….....[email protected]Mary Pauline Diaz.....[email protected]School Commission: Matt Shanahan……..…[email protected]The Resurrection of Lazarus, 1896, by Henry Ossawa Tanner, African American artist best known for The Banjo Lesson
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Parish Office 3416 East Marion Street, Seattle, WA 98122 Tel 206-325-2711 Fax 206-329-8373 www.saintthereseparish.org
Priest Administrator Fr. Maurice Mamba 206-720-7275 [email protected] Pastoral Associate Deacon Greg McNabb 206-720-7270 [email protected] Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and Faith Formation for Children and Youth Nicole St. Hilaire 206-720-7277 [email protected] Bookkeeper Bob van Winkle 206-720-7272 [email protected] Music Director “Spirit” Choir 8:30 AM Mark Richards 206-324-0460 [email protected] Music Director “Shades of Praise” and “Jubilation” Choirs Kent Stevenson 206-675-8000 [email protected] Office Volunteers 206-325-2711 [email protected] Bulletin (in office Weds. only) 206-325-2711x214 [email protected] St. Therese Catholic Academy 900 35th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 www.stcaseattle.org 206-324-0460
Principal Matt DeBoer 206-995-8100 [email protected] Admissions & Fundraising Randi Bagley 206-995-8104 [email protected] St. Vincent de Paul Emergency Financial Assistance 8am-3pm, M-F 206-767-6449
Saint Therese Parish Shades of Praise
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.
Upcoming Parish Events… Sun Apr 2 Fifth Sunday of Lent
Tues Apr 4 Weekday Mass 5:30pm Triduum Choir rehearsal 7pm
Wed Apr 5 Bible Study 6pm
Thur Apr 6 Shades of Praise rehearsal 6:30pm Pastoral Council 7pm
Fri Apr 7 Immigrant Stations of the Cross 6:30pm
Sat Apr 8 Caring for our Common Home 9am
Sun Apr 9 Palm Sunday No social hours after Mass Immigrant and Refugee Committee 10am
Tues Apr 11 Weekday Mass 5:30pm Triduum Choir rehearsal 7pm
St. Mary’s Food Bank needs your food donations at every Sunday Mass.
Your continuing donations are a life-line for individuals and families who have limited finances. The Food Bank has a special section for the homeless.
For the next several weeks in support of our sister parish Immaculate Conception, and with gracious understand-ing from St. Mary's Food Bank, we will be delivering our collections to the Leschi Elementary School for their homeless students. Suggested donation item include: dried fruits, such as raisins, canned meals like chili and stews, pasta and sauces, nutbutters, cereal, apple sauce and canned tuna. Thanks again.
Bob Mackin St. Vincent de Paul Editor’s Note: Please see page 4 for more information about how you can help Leschi Elementary Students.
Bible Study
The Bible Study with Fr. Maurice Mamba will meet this Wednesday, April 5, at 6pm in the Parish Cen-ter. Newcomers are always welcome.
Caring for our Common Home! (Laudato Si’ @ St. T !)
All are welcome to join our next work party and lunch on
The next meeting April 9, Palm Sunday, is from 10am - 11:30am. The group will discuss the plight of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Con-go and other under-served populations.
Potluck Soup Supper, April 13, at 6pm
Calling for Soup Chefs to bring their favorite soup to share.
Others, please bring the following: A-M Salad or Appetizer N-Z Bread or Dessert
Official Fasting and Abstinence Guidelines for Lent and Good Friday
All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence; Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence.
Abstinence from meat is observed by all those aged 14 and older. Fasting, for those between the ages of 18 and 60, consists of one full meal and may include liquids and two additional small meals to maintain strength.
Eucharistic Ministers 8:30am Ann Kuder, Molly Singer Noon John Lewis, Mary Ellen Haley, Maria Fiesta, Cathy Saffel
Lectors 8:30am Beth Maslow, Louise DuMont CSJP Noon Carla Orlando, Kelli Christensen 5pm Steve Dunphy, Judy Hightower
Greeters 8:30am Jim Yearby, Dru Keenan Noon Tim & Susan Lavin 5pm Barbara Peete
PARISH FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP
Received March 26 : $4,895 This fiscal year since July 1: $274,185 Last fiscal year at this date: $276,201
Thank you!
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults
Our Elect have now come to the final step in their preparation to join the Catholic church. For this Fifth Sunday of Lent, our Catechumen (Julie Barber) and our Candidate (Nancy Car-roll) are celebrating with us the last of the scruti-nies." The Scrutinies have been celebrated since the earliest days of the Church. While the word might imply "evaluation" or "assessment," or even "judgment," the root word connotes ra-ther an "intense searching."
While our prayers are for the Elect, the rites of renewal are meant to include all of us as a com-munity, to help us identify and concentrate on the things in our individual lives and our life as church that are not in harmony with the teach-ing found in the gospel of Jesus Christ. In order that our entire Parish Community experience the Rite and also get to know our Elect, we have celebrated the First and Second Scruti-nies at the 8:30am and noon Masses in past weeks and now are celebrating the Third Scruti-ny at the 5pm Mass this Sunday, April 2. The Elect are excited and eager to join us in our Community of Faith. Please welcome them warmly.
Lenten Stations of the Cross
Immigrant Stations of the Cross are scheduled at St. Therese Parish on Fri-day, April 7, at 6:30pm. This traditional devotion, which will include an outside procession, will be led by our new task force on refugees and immigration. We hope everyone will join us.
In Remembrance
Please keep in your prayers those who have died - the sister of longtime parishioner Annabelle Decuir, the uncle of Leo and Mercy Lazo and the grandfather of Matt DeBoer.
Every Lent, Catholics here and throughout the U.S. do something amazingly holy and just. Our prayers, fasting and almsgiving become lifesaving aid for millions of individuals living in conditions of poverty around the world. The hungry are fed; the thirsty are given drink; immigrants and refugees are served; the homeless find shelter.
CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten faith-in-action program for families and faith communities. It offers simple, yet powerful, ways for all of our parishes, most of our
schools, and families throughout western Washington to bring Lenten spirituality to life.
Rice Bowl began on Ash Wednesday, March 1, and ends with Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. Join our faith community in a life-changing Lenten journey of encounter with CRS Rice Bowl.
Rice Bowls may be returned at Mass on Holy Thursday, April 13th. ENCOUNTER RESILIENCE
We encounter Dita in Ethiopia, and see how her newfound entrepreneurial skills are providing three meals a day for her children — even during a devastating drought. What skills have you discovered this Lent that can be put to good use in building God’s kingdom? How have you worked to better the lives of others? Visit crsrice-bowl.org for more information.
HELPING HOMELESS STUDENTS
AT LESCHI ELEMENTARY
We are invited to join Immaculate Conception Par-ish in providing homeless students at Leschi Elemen-tary with food bags to replace meals they miss when school is not in session during spring break. Leschi Elementary has a homelessness crisis with nearly 90 students who are homeless. If you want to donate food, our list is at this Amazon Wishlist link: http://a.co/5lYvwfZ The items ship directly to the school. If you have a minivan, a Costco membership, or are willing to donate some bulk food items, we need 100 lbs. of rice, yellow split peas and clementines, as well as bag delivery. The rice will be packed in the St. Therese social hall between the morning Masses this Sunday, April 2. We also need bag packers at 5:30 pm in the Immaculate Conception rectory base-ment on Wednesday, April 5. It’s a great way for a Lenten small group to do a service project.
Questions? Contact Rachel Faber Machacha at [email protected] or 206-422-9920.
Young Adult Holy Thursday Pilgrimage
April 13th, 6pm – midnight
Join Archbishop Sartain, Bishop Elizondo and hundreds of young adults (18-39) as we pilgrimage around Capitol and First Hills in Seattle for the annual Holy Thursday Pil-grimage.
Come meet up with us after participating in your Parish Liturgy or after the Mass of the Lord's Supper at St. James (which begins at 6pm). Our timeline includes gathering on the steps of St. James Cathedral at 8pm, visiting different churches around Seattle and con-cluding with prayer back at the steps of St. James at midnight. For more information contact Joy Galvez, Director of Youth Minis-try, at joy.galvez@seattlearch,org
Important alert from the Archdiocese’s Office of Parish Financial Services:
We have become aware of a situation (currently under investigation) in a Seattle parish in which new parishioners (a couple) posing as professionals have joined a congregation, made friends with other parishioners and then requested large loans from them in order to take care of a short-term financial crisis — ailing relatives, non-paying clients, etc. PLEASE avoid responding to these requests should they be made by anyone that you have not known for a long time and for whom you do not understand their family and financial situation.
FUND DRIVE IN MEMORY OF JOYCE BRANCH TO BENEFIT STCA ATHLETIC DEPT.
A fund-drive is under way to benefit the STCA Athletics Dept. in memory of Joyce (Missy) Jones Branch, who died five years ago on March 19, 2012, after a battle with breast cancer. Part of a long-time school family, she was the daughter of Bernetta and Andrew Branch. This month-long fundraiser will continue through Easter Sunday, April 16.
Missy was a standout student-athlete at Garfield and the University of Washington. After her playing career ended, she gave of her time and talent to coach girls basketball at St. Therese. All funds collect-ed in her memory will go directly to the Athletics Program and will be used to purchase uniforms, equip-ment, jerseys and shoes and to help fund athletic scholarships to ensure that all students can partici-pate.
Checks and money orders "In memory of Joyce Jones Branch" may be mailed to STCA at 900 35th Ave., Seattle WA 98122. For donations by credit card, go to http://www.stcaseattle.org/how-to-give/ or contact Mary Gubelman in the school office at 206- 324-0460 (Monday through Friday from 9m-3pm). If you give online, please send an e-mail to [email protected] letting us know about the donation so we can properly track it and assign it to this fund. Thank you for helping to keep Joyce’s memory alive and for your prayers and your generosity.
Athletics Update: Track
Track and Field Practice began Monday, March 20, with practices at Genesee Park from 4:15-5:30pm Mon-days and Wednesdays. Open to all school and parish 4th-8th graders. (3rd grade will be available if space provides.) The four Track Meets and Championship dates are:
• Preliminary: Saturday, May 6, 2017 @ 10:00am & 2:30pm
• Relay: Saturday, May 13, 2017 @ 10:00am & 3:00pm
• 8th Grade Pentathlon: Sunday, May 14, 2017 @ 12:30pm (West Seattle Stadium)
• Qualifying: Saturday, May 20, 2017 @ 10:00am & 3:00pm Championship (Individual & Team): Saturday, June 3, 2017 @ 10:00am
As we march onward into the first week of April, we are nearing Holy Week where we re-member the highs and the lows of our shared faith story. While children often look forward to the celebratory season of Easter, we must not forget, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, that “There is no Easter Sunday without Good Friday.”
Thus, in times of darkness and pain, whether as a result of the loss of a loved one, a personal battle with illness or economic or other hardships, we must be people of hope and people of light, for out of the crucifixion came the Resurrection.
As we look out at our community, our city, our country and our world, let us all be inten-tional and mindful of those in need, of those in more-or-less permanent “Good Friday” condi-tions, and offer them hope through our thoughts, words, and above all, our actions.
God Bless, Principal, Matthew D. DeBoer
Spring Open House at STCA: this Thursday, April 6, from 9am-11:30am. Please invite friends or relatives who may be a good fit for our community!
