St. Anne Catholic Church 6150 Remount Road North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118

Office Telephone: 753-3977 Fax: 753-3991 www.saintannenlr.org secretary@saintannenlr.org

St. Anne Parish Mission Prayer Almighty Father, we thank you for calling us to live together as the family of St. Anne Catholic Church. Generations ago you lit the fire of faith through a mission to the children of immigrants in a small stone church. Lord Jesus, we ask you to help us to follow you and humbly serve you by welcoming and serving those most in need of your love. Fill us with your Holy Spirit and light our path. Keep us attentive to your word in the Scriptures and help us to recognize Christ in the breaking of the bread. May the lives we lead be our offering of love to you. We make our prayer in unity with all the Saints, especially through the intercession of St. Anne the grandmother of Jesus. Amen.

Office Hours: Tuesday 9am to 2:30pm Wednesday 9am to 2:30pm Thursday 9am to 6pm Friday 1pm to 6pm

THE CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION

Fr. Toshio Francesco Sato, CM, Parochial Administrator, Fr. Luis Ariel Ramirez, CM, Parochial Vicar

FINANCIAL/OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Graciela Bruzatori PASTORAL COUNCIL CHAIR Tom Rugger

DIRECTOR/RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Belinda Ortner ASSISTANT DIR. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Guillermo Bruzatori

CATHOLIC YOUTH MINISTRY Juanita & Ronny Escovedo Parish secretaries Ramona DeLaCerda-Ilg & Claudia Arzola

PASTORAL CARE MINISTER Patricia McKinley

SCHEDULE OF MASSES/SERVICES Saturday 4:00 P.M. Vigil Mass (English) Sunday 8:00 AM (Spanish), 10:30 AM (English) 5:00 PM (Spanish) 3rd Sunday Youth Mass/ 3º Domingo: Misa Juvenil Tuesday 6:45 A.M. Mass Wednesday 6:00 P.M. Mass Friday 6:45 A.M. Mass

RECONCILIATION Sunday 9:45 A.M. - 10:15 A.M. Wednesday 5:15-5:45 P.M. Or by appointment

BAPTISM By appointment.

MARRIAGE Contact the Pastor at least six months prior to wedding date.

Second Sunday of Lent March 12, 2017 Christ Jesus . . . destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. — 2 Timothy 1:10b

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Second Sunday of Lent; Daylight Saving Time begins; Girl Scouting Sunday Friday: St. Patrick; Abstinence Saturday: St. Cyril of Jerusalem

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The L said to Abram: All the fami-lies of the earth shall find blessing in you (Genesis 12:1-4a) Psalm — Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you (Psalm 33). Second Reading — God has called us to a holy life, not because of our works but according to grace (2 Timothy 1:8b-10). Gospel — Atop a high mountain, Jesus was transfigured before Peter, James, and John. (Matthew 17:1-9).

Lenten regulations regarding fast and abstinence

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addi-tion, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of absti-nence. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligato-ry from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon mem-bers of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards. For more information please see the USCCB website.

EM/Body Tom Rugger EM/Blood Donna Rugger EM/Blood Terry Brighter EM/Blood Ruby Nahlen EM/Blood Patricia McKinley Lector Ben Engel Server 1 Alejandro Guzman Server 2 Elizabeth Guzman Server 3 Volunteer Usher 1C Tom Rugger Usher 2 Ray Buss

EM/Body Kenneth Brasch EM/Blood Jan Brass EM/Blood Jo Anne Brasch Lector Lorene Dumboski Server William Justice Usher 1C Robert Copeland Usher 2 Cliff Price

Parish Religious Education (PRE) Preschool through High School

PRE Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the MVL-VLM center First Communion March 12th2017 9:15am-10:15am Parent Sessions Mary’s Hall Candidate session in HFC March 19th 2017 No Session-Spring Break We Are Forgiven During the week, our young people who are preparing to receive Holy Communion will be reflecting about the Eucharist as a sacrament of unity and forgiveness. Join them by reflecting on the words of the Confiteor and how you have experienced God’s mercy and forgiveness. Confirmation March 12th 9:15am– 10:15am Candidate session in Mary’s Hall March 19th No Session-Spring Break Make up session are online at www.DynamicCatholic.com/confirmation/view-program

Is your child not baptized and has reached the age of 7 or older?

Those who have attained the use of reason and are of catechetical age (age 7 and above) may seek the sacra-ments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist) through the Rite of Christian Initiation for Children. For more information, call the parish office.

Sessions continue on Sundays in the Holy Family Center 9:15-10:15am.

Mass Intentions for the Week Sat Mar 11: 4:00pm Joe Bulmanski+ Sun Mar 12: 8:00am All Parishioners 10:30am Dr. Larry & Helen Furlong+ 5:00pm Priest’s Intention Tue Mar 14: 6:45am Priest’s Intention Wed Mar 15: 6:00pm Priest’s Intention Fri Mar 17: 6:45am Priest’s Intention Sat Mar 18: 4:00pm Rickie Joe Bauer+ Sun Mar 19: 8:00am All Parishioners 10:30am Mary Ann & Jo Owens+ 5:00pm Priest’s Intention

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dn 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28 Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Sunday: Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]

Mass Collections Collections Attendance Actual Budgeted Weekend of : 3/1– 3/2 875 $5,951 $4,919 Ash Wednesday $1,081 Year to date: July 1– March 2 -5% $168,911 $177,092 Ash Wednesday $1,081 Mass Attendance Ash Wed 361 4:00 PM 89 10:30 AM 89 8:00 AM 192 5:00 PM 144

Liturgical Minister March 18 & 19 Saturday 4:00pm Sunday 10:30am

Catholics Come Home! If you are a Catholic or know a Catholic who has been away from the Church, Landings is an opportunity to renew the rela-tionship with Christ and His Church. Sessions are every Tues-day. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. E-mail is: landingsnlr12@gmail.com. Facebook: landingsnlr12 or contact Margaret @ 501-425-2654.

SECOND WEEK OF LENT ENCOUNTER NUTRITION

We encounter Evelina in Zambia as she and other mothers in her community learn new ways to provide nutritious meals for their grow-ing children and families. How do we ensure that those who are hungry have not only food but true nourishment? Visit crsricebowl.org for more.

The Breakfast Club Sundays at 9:00am in the library-March 19th a new study begins, The Bible Timeline.

The Bible is at the heart of our Faith and our relationship with God. Scripture informs our beliefs and inspires our devotions. It is the place where our Father meets with us and lovingly speaks to us. Reading the Bible should bring us closer to Christ, but understanding it is often difficult. The good news is that you can understand the Bible, and The Bible Timeline makes it easy. The Bible Timeline is a Catholic Bible study that can help anyone to make sense of Scripture and experience the life-changing power of God’s Word. This study takes you on a journey through the entire Bible and deep into each period of salvation history, where you will discover the amazing story woven throughout all of Scripture. The Bible Timeline has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand the Bible and deepen their relationship with Christ, and it will help you, too. The study will include a series of twenty-four videos pre-sented by Jeff Cavins. Each video will be preceded by a lively group discussion. Everyone who participates will re-ceive a color-coded Bible Timeline Chart as well as Bible Timeline Study Kit. St. Anne’s will begin The Bible Timeline on Sunday March 5th at 9:00am in the Holy Family Center Library. For more information or to register for the study call the parish office or email bortner@saintannenlr.org.

A Huge Thank You To all our Vincentian Lay Missioners who helped in last weekend’s encounter with the love of God Our Father and Jesus Our Friend. And blessings to the brothers and sis-ters who attended this encounter.

We pray for our Troops: Robert Bartelt, son of Paula Bartelt Matt Missildine, grandson of Eugene & Pat Uekman David Weaver, grandson of Veldonna Weaver Beth Ruspoli, granddaughter of Eugene & Pat Uekman Alberto R. Montemayor, grandson of Mario & Melva Ortiz

WE PRAY FOR OUR PARISHIONERS: Linda Bass, Melissa Beltran, Paul Bickell, Ginger Brighter, Pat Buss, Sr., Lorene Dumboski, Rudy Gangluff, Pat Gault, Else Greb, Mary Halbrook, Jo Hess, Daniel Justice, Lawrence Koerdt, Charlie Mathis, John Nuessen, John Perin, Michele Pogue, Rick Pozza, Randy Richardson, Joe & Regina Skretkowicz, Maggie Spence, Eugene Uekman, Gary Uekman, Teresa Wellman, Veldonna Weaver, Eliza-beth Walls, Jason Whitney, Martha Willard. Family & Friends: Rita Doza, Paul Griffin, Aaron Jarboe, Dick Jarboe, Nancy Nahlen, Sr. De Porres Polk, Julie Sessions, Carrie Tucker-Knight, David Walls, Robert Walls

Mexican Consulate Representatives Will come to the MLV center on Wed. March 15, 2017 at 6:30 pm to give out information in Spanish about managing your finances, banking information. For more information call Guillermo Bruzatori (501) 351-085.

Our Parish Update Continues! Please help us update our church family. We will continue this task for the next 2 weekends. Don’t forget to sign-up your family.

St Anne's Men's Club Fish Fry Our Lenten Fish Fry will be in Mary's Hall on Friday March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) beginning at 5:00 PM until the fish is gone. The menu includes fried catfish, french fries, hush puppies, cole slaw, baked beans, desserts, and drinks. The price is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors 60 and up, and $6 for kids 12 and under. For take-out orders please call 753-6089 or 658-3597

Don’t Give Up Chocolate For Lent We all know the things that make us happy, but we don’t always do them. Lent is an opportunity to change that. This year we invite you to do something different. Join Dynamic Catholic for Best Lent Ever, a free, video-based email program featuring internationally acclaimed speaker and New York Times bestselling author Mat-thew Kelly. From Ash Wednesday to Easter, Matthew will help you identify what stands between you and hap-piness…and what to do about it. Are you ready for the best Lent ever? To sign up, visit www.BestLentEver.com

St Anne’s Parish Survey until March 19 We are ready to hear everyone’s voice about St. Anne Catholic Church. Please pick up a copy of the Survey Questionnaire that is available in the Vestibule, in the Parish Office, or on St. Anne’s homepage. Father Toshio and Father Ariel would like to hear from every-one who attends Mass here, whether you are a visitor, attend part time or full time, registered or non-registered - it does not matter. After you have complet-ed the questionnaire, please place it in the box located in the Vestibule. You may also drop off the question-naire in the Parish Office if that is more convenient for you. You can turn it in at any time until the DEADLINE DATE OF SUNDAY, MARCH 19th. Thank you for your cooperation to making St. Anne your home.

Online Giving arrived! Yes, online giving is now available through our website. This would allow you to contribute to the Church more easily. Please visit our website for more information at https://saintannenlr.org/

Stations of the Cross During Lent every Friday at 7 pm, here at

St. Anne Church.

(Second Sunday of Lent) Next weekend at the 8:00am Mass we will celebrate the “First Scrutiny” for those in our catechumenal process,Rey Lugo de la Cruz, Daniela Navarro Alvarado, Roxana Navarro Alvara-do, who are preparing for initiation at the Easter Vigil. The fol-lowing week, at the 8:00am Mass, we will celebrate the “Second Scrutiny,” and on April 2nd at 8:00am Mass, the “Third Scrutiny.” The scrutinies are also called by the more exotic name “major exorcisms.” As such, they are among the most ancient prayers in the Christian liturgical tradition. As early as the second cen-tury, Christian communities would help those who had been chosen for Baptism to prepare for their initiation by laying on hands and by prayers for protection and deliverance from evil (i.e., exorcisms). At the beginning of the third century, Hippoly-tus told the Christians at Rome to celebrate these rites with catechumens on a daily basis during the final stages of prepara-tion for Baptism. Today we continue to celebrate these powerful rituals, con-vinced that those about to enter into a covenant with God in Christ stand in need of our prayers for deliverance and protec-tion. We also understand today that our prayers for protection from evil are not limited to those formally engaged in the cate-chumenal process. Just as our entire community is called to journey with the catechumens throughout the Lenten season, we recognize the need we all share for freedom from evil and its effects. This week at a special gathering of those in preparation for Confirmation, as well as those in our catechumenal community, we ask their help in naming the evils from which we must seek God’s deliverance and protection. We urge you to prepare for the celebration of the scrutinies in a personal way by discerning what it is in your own life that needs to be freed from sin’s bond-age. Join in spirit with all in our community who turn to Jesus for freedom from sin and protection from all evil.

Men’s Club Fish Fry 50-50 Door Prize In conjunction with the Fish Fry, a lucky winner will re-ceive50% of the money collected from the door prize tick-ets sold. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Proceeds from the sale of these tickets will be used to help defray costs for the celebration reception of Keith Higginbotham’s ordi-nation to the Diaconate. The drawing is to take place the night of the Fish Fry. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRE-SENT TO WIN.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assis-tance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. We are: To have ears to hear the "cries of the poor," To have eyes to "seek and find the forgotten, the suf-fering or the deprived," and to have hearts that "bring God’s love to the poor" through their generosity and do-nations. The Sts. Anne & Joachim Conference that serves the North Little Rock area can be contacted by calling 501-819-2059.