St. John Vianney Catholic Church

503 North Walnut Road, Spokane Valley, Washington 99206-3830 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 141125, Spokane Valley, WA 99214

St. Paschal Catholic Church

2521 North Park Road, Spokane Valley, Washington Mailing Address: P.O. Box 141125, Spokane Valley, WA 99214 UPS/Deliveries: 7404 E. Marietta, Spokane, WA 99212

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE SJV Saturday 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. SP Sunday 6:45—7:45 A.M. Or by appointment

SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION INFANTS: Baptism is scheduled once a month, usually at Sunday Mass. Call 926-5428 to schedule preparation.

RCIA Contact Charles Pfeifer, 924-8791 or Mike Heywood, 999-8374.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Please call five months before desired date to allow time for pre-marital counseling and liturgy planning.

SJV EUCHARISTIC HOME VISITS If you are home bound or ill and would like Communion, please call 926-5428.

Fourth Sunday of Lent March 22, 2020

Focus: Led by the Light Jesus, the Light of the world, leads us out of darkness, a beacon of God’s merciful care and love for us.

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PARISH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM If you need assistance with food, utilities, or prescriptions, please call the SJV Parish Office Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays, 9 a.m. — Noon.

SUNDAY MASSES SJV Saturday Vigil 5:00 P.M. SP Sunday 8:00 A.M. SJV Sunday 10:00 A.M.

SJV WEEKDAY MASS Tuesday through Friday 8:00 A.M. Holy Days and Holidays as announced

SJV EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Every Wednesday of the Month

PASTORAL TEAM 926-5428

Parish Administrator: Fr. Brian Mee 926-5428 Pastor: Fr. Kevin Oiland 926-5428 SJV PARISH OFFICE 926-5428 Accountant/Office Manager Kristi Sampica 926-5428 Secretary: Mavourneen Daspit Music Coordinator: Bridgid Burgard

SJV PARISH SCHOOL 926-7987 Principal: Nick Senger Secretary: Joan Olson School Fax # 891-9030

SJV PASTORAL COUNCIL Fr. Kevin Oiland 926-5428 Ric Wesselman, Chair 921-0406

SJV FINANCE COUNCIL SJV CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS Sue Kappen 710-2897

SJV KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Steve Watilo 951-1027

SJV OUTREACH COMMITTEE Hilda Boyd, Chair 924-4299

SJV PARISH BLOOD CENTER CONTACT Gene Daspit 922-2805

SJV PARISH & SCHOOL WEB http://www.sjvchurch.org http://www.st.johnvianney.com Email: sjv@dioceseofspokane.org Facebook: StJohnVianneyCatholic

TO SCHEDULE AN EVENT, E-MAIL: Parish: mdaspit@sjvchurch.org

SJV PRAYER CHAIN Jayne Seaboldt* 921-0945 *If not available, call Mary McLeslie 926-0460

SJV = St. John Vianney

SP KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Martin Foster 954-0162

SP ALTAR SOCIETY Barbara Vermillion 926-0889 Vivian Gregson 926-7404

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Readings for the Coming Week Mo Is 65:17-21 Jn 4:43-54 Tu Ez 47:1-9, 12 Jn 5:1-16 We Is 7:10-14, 8-10 Heb 10:4-10 Lk 1:26-38 Th Ez 32:7-14 Jn 5:31-47 Fr Wis 2:1a, 12-22 Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Sa Jer 11:18-20 Jn 7:40-53

Next Sunday’s Readings Ez 37:12-14 Rom 8:8-11 Jn 11:1-45

Today’s Readings

1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41

Jesus, Light of the world, thank you for leading us through dark valleys and out of despair. Like young David, anoint us to follow you wholeheartedly wherever you direct. We want to sprout. We want to grow. We want to bear frit that will nourish others. Help us to grow always toward your light.

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Knights of Columbus Scholarships The SJV Knights of Columbus will be offering two $500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are members of St. John Vianney Parish. To be eligible to apply, you must be attending an accredited College/University or Vocational/Technical Program. Applications are available in the parish office. Applications must be completed and returned to the parish office by close of business Thursday April 16. For more information, call Dan Ewers, 879-8024.

March 17, 2020 Dear friends in Christ,

I am writing to you in what may be the most difficult Lenten season we will ever see. In the last 24 hours, we have witnessed emergency declarations from government officials which now call for severe restrictions on public gatherings. I take seriously my responsibility to care for all the souls in the 13 counties of Eastern Washington which make up the Diocese of Spokane. And thus, to date, I have resisted calls to limit public access to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. However, given the scope of the pandemic and the latest government prohibitions, I am requiring the following actions which will remain in place until Monday, April 6, 2020.

1. All public Masses are suspended and everyone remains dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday

Mass. Priests are to offer private Mass for their people on a daily basis and, to the extent possible, livestream the Mass on the web. I will offer Mass at the Cathedral this coming Sunday at 9:00 a.m. which will be livestreamed on the parish and diocesan websites.

2. The Chrism Mass previously schedule for March 31st at 5:15 p.m. is closed to the public. It will be broadcast via livestream on the diocesan website.

3. Funerals rites are limited to graveside committals, unless attendance at the Vigil/Mass does not exceed 10 people.

4. The Sacrament of Penance should continue to be available to the faithful while observing social distancing requirements.

Churches should remain unlocked, to the extent possible, for the faithful to make individual private visits to the Blessed Sacrament.

5. The faithful are encouraged to join me in a voluntary fast on Fridays with the intention of ending this pandemic.

Prior to Monday, April 6th, the diocese will announce any changes to these measures in light of developments with the pandemic. This letter gives me the opportunity to point out that the Catholic Church has always been on the forefront of responding to crisis, disease, and plague. Our extensive Catholic healthcare system in the Diocese of Spokane as well as Catholic Charities of eastern Washington bear witness to this legacy. I am grateful for the ways in which the Church attempts to care for both body and soul at this difficult time.

Sadly, in response to the mandatory national quarantine in France, it was announced today that the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes has closed for the first time in history. Although access to both the grotto and the celebration of the Mass have been disrupted, the prayers of Our Lady of Lourdes, patroness of the Diocese of Spokane, remain as powerful as ever. Just as God has granted countless healings through her intercession in the past, may we receive that same healing today. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Live Jesus in our hearts, forever.

Most Reverend Thomas A. Daly – Bishop of Spokane

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You. Amen.

Confession Schedule Through April 5 St. John Vianney: Tuesday through Saturday 7—9 a.m. 4—6 p.m. St. Paschal: Sunday morning, 8 a.m.—12 p.m.

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The Fourth Sunday of Lent Reflecting on the Word In some places in the U.S., flowers ae blooming and the sun is shining: spring has come. Here in my home in the Midwest, it is still late winter. This particular week in March is when I plant my tomatoes and my peppers in my seed room. I suspend bright lights two inches above the flats to keep them warm. Where light glows, the plants spring upward when they germinate. Did you know that seeds with no light will grow in any direction — sidewise, upwards, or upside-down? Similarly, people in nursing homes or hospitals, having only artificial lightbulbs, can lose track of the natural rhythms of night and day. Third-shift workers may experience that same disorientation. The body does not know when it is dark and when it is light. I recall a disoriented time in my life at seventeen. The world felt directionless. Was there a purpose to anything that I did? I remember thinking, as we sped down the interstate, “If I opened the door and fell out of this car and died, nobody would really care.” I had a vague sense of God’s care, but that love was like a weak light bulb far away. The letter to the Ephesians call us from darkness to light: “live like those who are at home in the daylight.” Jesus touches the blind man’s eyes and he sees. The “Light of the world” changes things. He did for me. I hope that he has done so for you. Yet some may prefer the darkness, Jesus says. Nobody enjoys being directionless, so other directions are marketed to “save us,” to life us from darkness to light — from football to coffee, yoga, and massage therapy. But can any “thing” truly replace Jesus as Savior, the true Light the world?

Dr. Karla J. Bellinger, 2019 Living the Word

Fourth Sunday of Lent — That All Might Be Light

Lord of light, God of our salvation, we walk by the light of your Son, whom you sent that all might see and know your love. Manifest yourself to all who seek your face, and be merciful when we persist in blindness. Expose injustice, and illuminate the way to peace. Reveal the darkness within and around us. Cast that darkness out of us so that we will walk more boldly by your light. With your Son as our guide, bring us into your everlasting radiance. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sunday, March 22 — Into the Light When Samuel goes to Jesse to anoint a new king, no one, including Samuel, recognizes God’s chosen one. Only God is able to look within David and see that this shepherd boy will be a capable and faithful king. The people in the Gospel passage also struggle to see as God sees, and so do we. Jesus’ words and actions provoke everyone to decide whether he is God’s chosen one, whether God truly sent him into the world to save it. The challenge then, as now, is to examine the testimony without making assumptions, such as assuming Jesus was wrong to heal on the Sabbath or that blindness is a punishment for sin. As we scrutinize Jesus, asking ourselves who he is, we face the ultimate challenge of moving toward or away from him, of moving toward or away from God’s light. We want to stand within this light, but sometimes the brightness frightens us. God’s light exposes our darkness, and it can hurt when God’s light burns the darkness out of us. Sometimes it is easier to close our eyes and pretend that we already see everything clearly. But we cannot escape God’s light. It has come into the world, and it remains in our midst. It remains in us. This light will make us radiate with joy and goodness and enable us to illuminate the way for others if we are humble and brave enough to let it.

Monday, March 23 — Making Everything New Passages such as the one from Isaiah in the First Reading remind us how invested God is in this earth. Having created the world, God will not abandon it but will refashion it, casting out suffering and sorrow. By healing a child, Jesus reveals that God’s work of re-creation has already begun. God invites us to participate in it. Reflect on how the work you do—or could do—is part of God’s work of remaking the world.

Tuesday, March 24 — Replenishing The prophet Ezekiel tells of a glorious future in which fresh water flows in abundance. The water brings life to parched ground, transforms salty water, and allows fish and fruit trees to thrive. In the Gospel, Jesus surpasses this life-giving water. He ignores the pool and heals the man through the power of his word alone. The man represents all creation transformed and replenished by the power of Christ. Each time you use water today, thank God for the ways he has helped and replenished you.

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Wednesday, March 25 — Solemnity of the Annunciation In the Old Testament, sacrifices are offerings set apart for God. Such gifts remind the people that they themselves are set apart for God. We give things up during Lent in order to make ourselves a sacrifice, to set ourselves apart from the things of this world and to put ourselves at the service of God and his kingdom. King Ahaz did not want to become such an offering, whereas Mary offered herself with barely a moment’s thought. Offer yourself to God by praying St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Suscipe.

Thursday, March 26 — The Faces of God The Israelites in the reading from Exodus wanted to relate to God in ways that were familiar to them, so they made an image of God. They struggled to accept that God is both beyond images and represented by them, his people. Centuries later God again presented himself in a way that was hard for people to accept: in Jesus, his Son. Make a list of titles for Jesus. Choose one you do not normally use and reflect on what it reveals about God.

Friday, March 27 — The Just Ones People in the temple area question whether Jesus is the Messiah because they know he is from Galilee. They struggle to accept that he is somehow from God, “from above.” Others flatly refuse to believe that Jesus has a unique relationship with God. Jesus is the just man, the one who obeys God in everything, yet who is attacked for precisely that reason. Take a moment to pray for those who are ridiculed or endangered because they are doing what is right.

Saturday, March 28 — Rejections As Jesus continues to provoke division, the religious authorities take an ever more rigid stance against him. They so insist that they know the law, that they know the Scriptures, that they demean everyone who doesn’t agree with them. God’s prophet Jeremiah also experienced spite and dangerous rejection. In those moments we reject someone, it may turn out that we have misunderstood what God is telling us. Choose a psalm and listen for how God might be challenging you.

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Thank you for continuing to support St. John Vianney Parish and St. Paschal Parish.

Kolton Anderson, Sandy Avery, Magelle, Albert Bosteder, Mike Brown, Mak Brownton, Emily Caho, Dan Casey, Rita Cosby, Vickie Choin, Jim Christnacht, Harold Cronk, Tom Crossan, Harriet Dorsh, Liam Dorsh, Andrew Fuchs, Rose Gerard, Maryrose Groce, Ryan Gum, Florian Herda, Marion Hersey, Paul Heppner, Jonas Hiner, Patricia Hoff, Dinah Keith, Marcia Kelly, Rachel Kigano, Patty Kreuzenstein, JoAnn LaBelle, Anne LaSalle, Mary Loff, Peggy Lopez, Maureen Stevens-McClarty, Mona McDonald, Jeff McIntyre, Arleene McTague, Sharon Mehaffey, Carmen Rasumssen, Robin Rasmussen, Ronald Rasmussen, Carole Ries, Jack Rizzuto, Bertha Rubio, Ed Sauley, Darin Sauvé, Deanna Sauvé, Marge Sauvé, Travis Sauvé, Charles & Evangeline Sevela, Bill Simpson, Fr. Charles Skok, Martha Smith, Dick Standiford, Darin Stone, Diane Swanson, Adie Titus, Kathy Verbonquer, Dennis Vermillion, Doug Ward, Mary Ann Warren, Duane & Susan Wenzl, and Irene Zimmer.

Please keep in your prayers all named below and all who are sick .

Immaculate Heart Retreat Center — 448-1224 Women’s and Men’s Holy Week Retreats, “The Death of the Messiah in the Gospels” , Fr. Leslie Hoppe, OFM, Ph.D., Women’s Retreat April 6 — 8, 4:30 p.m. check in, 1 p.m. depart; Men’s Retreat April 9 — 11, 4:30 p.m. check in, 1 p.m. depart. Please register in advance. $240 (includes meals and lodging); $155 commuters (meals only). Contemplation in Action, free Weeklong Work Retreat, Fr. Michael Savelesky. June 1, 6 p.m. check in, June 5, 1 p.m. depart. This cost-free retreat enables participants, to be entrusted each day with tasks to perform either alone or in collaborative groups for the physical improvement of the facilities and grounds of the Retreat Center. After a day’s labor Father Mike will refresh retreatants with a spiritual talk related to a facet of work. Bring your work gear and an open heart. Some of these activities are strenuous and may require strength and lifting. Please register in advance.

Dessert & Card Party The St. Aloysius Gonzaga Altar Society is hosting our annual card party in O’Malley Hall (330 E. Bone Ave.) on Tuesday, April 21. Dessert at 12:30 p.m. and card playing to follow. Cost is $5/per person. To reserve a table for your group, call Lucy, 489-0676, by Friday, April 17.

St. John Vianney, March 8, 2020

Sunday Envelopes/Loose $4,331.47

Building Fund $90.00

School $180.00

Special Projects $66.00

Votive $45.40

Easter Flowers $60.00

Advertiser of the Week All Creatures Veterinary Clinic, C. Gordon Jewett, DVM

Please support our advertisers listed on the back of the bulletin. It is through their support that the parishes receive the bulletins at no cost.

News from St. John Vianney Catholic School — 926-7987

If you are ordering Scrip, the school now needs your orders by 11 a.m. on Mondays for Friday pick-up. Thank you to everyone who supports the school through Scrip!

St. John Vianney Catholic School is now enrolling for the 2020-2021 school year! If you or someone you know is interested in our programs, please contact the school office or visit johnvianney.com and click on Admissions.

Everyone is invited to enjoy a night out with friends and family at the St. John Vianney School Spring Fling at Arbor Crest Wine Cellar, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd, Spokane, on Friday, April 24, 6:30—8:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person which includes hors d’oeuvres and two drink coupons. Tickets are available for sale at https://johnvianney.com/auction.

As always, thank you for your generous support of the parish school. Deacon Nick Senger, Principal

Anyone desiring to have a name in the Prayers for the Ill, please contact the Parish Office, 926-5428 or 926-5553.

St. John Vianney Announcements

SJV Knights of Columbus Breakfast The SJV Knights of Columbus will be serving their famous pancake breakfast Sunday, April 19, after 10 a.m. mass. Proceeds from the breakfast will benefit “Right to Life.”

Catholic Daughters During Lent, the Catholic Daughters are collecting infant items for CAPA (Childbirth and Parenting Assistance, Catholic Charities). Items may be placed in the boxes in the Church foyer.

SJV RCIA Inquiry The Rite of Christian Initiation is an ongoing process and we welcome anyone interested to contact the parish office or one of the team members. If you have any questions, you may call any one of the team members, Charles Pfeifer, 924-8791, or Mike Heywood, 999-8374. Check the bulletin for meeting days and time.

St. Paschal Announcements

St. Paschal Lenten Food Drive The St. Paschal’s Knights of Columbus will be holding a Lenten Food Drive. Boxes are located in the Church foyer. All non-perishable food items will go to the 2nd Harvest Food Bank. The drive ends Holy Week. Thank you for your support.

Coming in April at St. Paschal The Second Sunday of Easter — Divine Mercy Sunday Schedule, Sunday, April 19. For information, call 535-8529. 2 p.m. — Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 2:15 p.m. — Gospel reading and Homily, Fr. Oiland 2:30 p.m. — Rosary 2:45 p.m. — Silent reflective time of prayer 3 p.m. — The Chaplet of Divine Mercy 3:20 p.m. — Benediction 3:30 p.m. — Reception in the Parish Center *Confessions will be available.

CRS Rice Bowl Join our faith community — and more than 14,000 Catholic communities across the United States — in a life-changing Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl. You may still pick up your family’s CRS Rice Bowl. During Lent, we reflect on the challenge of global hunger. For our community, that we may be thankful for the gifts we have and realize that by sharing them they are multiplied to feed the needs of our global family, we pray to the

St. Paschal, March 8, 2020

Sunday Envelopes $1,035.00 Poor $40.00

Building Fund $28.00 Fuel $33.00

Easter Flowers $20.00

Mass intentions until April 6 will be rescheduled.

MASS INTENTIONS