Oregon City, OR 97045
BENIZI NOOZ
Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, Alexander King Sample Appointed as the New Archbishop of
the Archdiocese of Portland
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – The Holy Father appointed Bishop Alexander King Sample as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of
Portland (area 76,937, population 3,296,705, Catholics 412,725, priests 300, permanent deacons 72, religious 653), Oregon, USA. Bishop Sample, previously bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA,
was born in Kalispell, Montana, USA, in 1960, was ordained to the priesthood in 1990, and received episcopal ordination in 2006. In
the national bishops' conference he currently serves on the Subcommittees on Native American Catholics and on the Catechism. He succeeds Archbishop John George Vlazny.
Bishop Sample is a native of Kalispell, Montana, grew up in Las Vegas and attended Catholic schools there.
After his family moved to Michigan, he enrolled at Michigan
Technological University, earning bachelor's and master's degrees in metallurgical engineering in the early 1980s. Exploring a longtime desire to become a priest, he studied philosophy at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. and then entered the Pontifical
College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.
He served in parishes for four years before being sent to Rome to earn a degree in Canon Law. He returned to the Diocese of Marquette in 1996 and over the years served as chancellor, director of the Department of Ministry Personnel Services and on the Diocesan
Review Board for the Protection of Children and Young People. When he was selected for the episcopate in his home diocese by Pope Benedict in 2005, he
was the youngest bishop in the U.S. at 45.
The new archbishop, who seems happy about his assignment, had been to Oregon once before — a boyhood salmon fishing trip to the mouth of the Columbia River. He caught nothing then. "Now I am brought here as a fisher of men," he said. "Hopefully, I'll be more
successful at that."
The Mass of Installation is planned for Tuesday, April 2.
Excerpted from the Catholic Sentinel
Pastoral Council 2012-2013
President: Lydia Roskey Vice President: Lindy McDonald Past President: Ed Schneider Secretary: Mary Lou Silvander Communications: Bill Breshears Evangelization: Ed Schneider Facilities: Ron Palmer Helping Hands: Bill Breshears Jeannine Breshears Liturgy: Jean Kirsch Parish/Family Life: Volunteers Needed Youth Minister: Katy Schnoor Religious Education Youth: Gail Williams Religious Education
Adult: Lydia Roskey Social Justice: Janet Tankersley
Join us on the 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00pm in the Parish Center.
Special Dates for Lent
14 Valentine’s Day 18 Presidents’ Day - Office Closed
23 Youth Fundraiser Spaghetti Dinner & Bingo Night after the 5:30pm Mass
March
10 Daylight Savings begins
10 Welcome Sunday Potluck after 10:30 Mass 17 Saint Patrick’s Day
22 SPB Penance Service and First Reconciliation @7:00pm
24 Holy Week begins 24 Palm Sunday 25 - 29 Spring Break
28 Holy Thursday Mass @7:00pm 29 Good Friday Remembrance of the
Death and Suffering of Christ @ 7:00pm 30 Holy Saturday Easter Egg Hunt
@ 10:00am 30 Easter Vigil @ 8:30pm 31 Easter Mass @8:00am & 10:30am
Parish Staff
Pastor: Father Paschal Ezurike Business Manager: Susan Park Parish Secretary: Mary Ann Mitchael Music Director: Debbie Schaffer RE Director: Gail Williams Youth Director: Katy Schnoor
Welcome New Parishioners
Lonnie & Lanny Knoble and family - Damascus Larry & Norma Schwab - Damascus
Baptisms
Deaths
AS IF BY MAGIC!
For the first time in the ten years since I joined the parish, I was not working on the day the church was decorated for Christmas. When I arrived a little late, I found a group
of men and women engaged in unpacking Christmas ribbons, and lights and crèche statuary. There were ladders on which people perched mounting the gorgeous letters
inviting us to worship our new born Savior. Lights were being meticulously placed on the tree in the Sanctuary. Garlands were placed carefully on the banister in the entry, and wreaths were hung accurate to the quarter inch. Every statue was given an artistic floral
enhancement. Everyone was contributing their appreciation of each person’s effort. All of this had been preceded by much planning, ordering and picking up poinsettias,
cutting of letters and carefully watering trees for days to preserve their longevity. People came and left as time allowed. Then with a final spray of glitter and putting the packaging
out of site, everyone was gone. This ritual has gone on for thirty years for every major Holy Day. I am so grateful to those who so generously give their time and talent to enhance our worship experience. I experienced the same sense of warm belonging I did as a child
baking cookies in mom’s kitchen. How I wish more parishioners could enjoy this experience. By a parishioner
THE LENTEN SEASON IS FAST APPROACHING
Liturgical Events for Lent 2013
Fellow parishioners, we are fast approaching the Lenten calendar. During this season, we are called upon
to amend our lives and to remember the supreme sacrifice our Lord and Savior made for us in the redemption of
our sins by his death on the Cross. Lent is a season of penance and prayer. The Compendium of the Catechism
of the Catholic Church states that, “penance can be expressed in many and various ways but above all in fasting,
prayer, and almsgiving. These and many other forms of penance can be practiced in our daily life as a
Christian, particularly during the time of Lent and on the penitential day of Friday.”
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 13, as we celebrate the Holy Mass both at 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.
We invite you to join the Parish Community in Holy Mass on that day to begin the Lenten season.
St. Philip Benizi will also have Stations of the Cross every Friday in Lent beginning February 15th at 7
p.m. except March 22 when it will be held at 6 p.m. and Good Friday, March 29th, when the Stations of the
Cross will be at 3 p.m. during Holy Week.
The Lenten Penance Service at our Parish will be held on Friday, March 22 beginning at 7 p.m.
As a reminder, during Lent we are called to fast (with some exceptions) on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays
during Lent. All parishioners are also invited to attend the Soup Supper each Friday during Lent at 6 p.m.
(except for March 22 and Good Friday) in the Parish Hall preceding the Stations of the Cross.
During Holy week, St. Philip Benizi will be hosting the unique and annual Liturgical Services:
1. Holy Thursday, “The Lord’s Supper,” commemorating the Institution of the Holy Eucharist at 7 p.m.
2. Good Friday, Stations of the Cross at 3 p.m.
3. Good Friday, “Remembrance of the Death and Suffering of Christ ” at 7 p.m.
ST. PHILIP BENIZI – LENT 2013
STATIONS OF THE CROSS & SOUP SUPPERS
SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS
*Stations of the Cross at 7 PM except March 22nd at 6 p.m. and on Good Friday at 3 PM.
DATE STATIONS OF CROSS SOUP SUPPER
Feb 15 Father & altar servers Altar Society
Feb 22 Bible Study Group Pastoral Council
Mar 1 Youth Group RCIA Group
Mar 8 RCIA Group Youth Group
Mar 15 Pastoral Council Liturgical Commission
Mar 22 1st Communion Class None
Mar 29 Liturgical Commission None/Good Friday
Parish Happenings
Fourth Sunday of each month at 10:30am Mass
Adoration
Scriptural Rosary 8pm
Bible Study
Blood Pressure Screening
The first weekend of every month on Sunday between the Masses
in the Parish Center
Holy Thursday:
Institution of the Eucharist (and the Priesthood) by Jesus; 7pm Mass Good Friday:
Passion and Death of Jesus Christ; Stations at 3:00PM and Remembrance of the Death & Suffering of Christ at 7:00pm Easter Vigil:
Light Overcomes Darkness--Jesus rises from the dead; 8:30pm Mass
Celebrating the rites of the Three Days strengthens us as Christians, and reawakens
the hope that Christ gives in a world full of hate and violence: the reality that
Love triumphs over all.
FOOD ITEMS NEEDED FOR OUR Helping Hands EASTER BASKETS
It is Easter and the Helping Hands ministry at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church is once again requesting food items to provide 15 to 20 families with baskets this Lenten Season
and to help supplement our emergency food program for the less fortunate in our community. With your help our program provided food baskets to 39 families this past
Christmas season as well as gifts for 122 children. You were fantastic! But since people are hungry year round, our program needs to continue providing emergency food baskets throughout the year. We are determined to maintain our pantry’s emergency food supply so
that we can continue to meet the growing needs of our community while providing the healthiest foods we can for our fellow brothers and sisters.
How to Make Resurrection or "Empty Tomb" Rolls
Here is a fun way to teach your kids about the true meaning of Easter – make Resurrection Rolls!
Ingredients needed for the rolls:
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
Large marshmallows
Before beginning, melt your butter, preheat your oven to the temperature on your crescent roll can, and cover your pan in parchment paper or aluminum foil, because the melted marshmallows can get messy!
Give each child a marshmallow, and tell them it represents Jesus. Have them dip it into the melted butter, and then roll it in the cinnamon sugar. These represent the oil and
spices used to prepare Jesus’ body for burial.
Now give each child a crescent roll, and have them wrap up the marshmallow tightly,
pinching it closed as much as possible. The roll represents the linen cloths that Jesus’ body was wrapped in.
Place your rolls into the oven, which symbolizes the tomb. Bake according to package directions, and
pretend it has been 3 days!
While the resurrection rolls bake, the marshmallow melts away, leaving an “empty tomb”. Jesus has
risen! Alleluia, Alleluia!
These are super easy to put together! They are really yummy and sweet- very similar to cinnamon
rolls. You can eat them for breakfast on Easter morning.
Adult Education
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ and His Eucharistic Sacrifice, Lent is about to start. The Lenten season starts with Ash Wednesday. The ashes signify the transience of living things.
The words that are said as the ashes, made from the previous years' palms, are made in the sign of the Cross on the forehead are, ”Remember, O man from dust you came, and to dust thou shalt return". This dusting of ashes were used in our Lord's time and previous times as a sign of repentance and sorrow for sins committed.
Our church will have Ash Wednesday Masses on February 13. During the six weeks of Lent, we will be offering Living the Eucharist. Small groups will meet in the Parish Center or in family homes to reflect on Jesus’ passion, read the upcoming readings and pray together. We are still accepting sign-ups. Our whole community family will also pray for six weeks for the Spirit's guidance as we partake.
I have started "Movie of the Month" presented by the Adult Bible study group. Flyers will be attached to the bulletin. These movies will be family friendly.
I am also hoping to start a study on the Catholic Catechism in September using the Adult Catechism written and approved by Blessed Pope John Paul II.
In Christ Jesus, Lydia Roskey
Adult Education
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Words from Heather Hannam GETHSEMANE
My knees rest alongside yours on the firm, cool ground of Gethsemane. I try to emulate your
posturing, yet after only mere minutes, my back is cramping and my head heavy in the bow and bend. The Garden's night breeze brings no respite, but instead spreads the heat of your body's rigid
exertion. An unearthly quiet affords me witness to your divine silence, I am now aware of your heart
rhythm beating a constant hymn of praise to your Father.
I cannot move because you do not move. Drawn in to this pre-death ritual, your energy holds me
steadier than I have ever been. Your constancy is the source of my breath. I realized I do nothing on my own in this moment, your
life wholly sustaining mine.
Your words to Father further bend my will towards yours, suspending any desire to move away from
you.
Having been given this brief taste of the original garden, I surrender to the unfolding clarity of
Beloved's plan, and rest in Gethsemane next to you. 12/12/12
PRISON PRAYER
Jesus rests in brutalized dignity offering prayer the only way he knows. Leaned against stone walls, his
lips recite my name and all names, a love litany to Father.
Chained and dragged, his earthly condemnation plays out in chapters: this temporary prison the next
backdrop in the passion story.
Demure and humble, Jesus offers no resistance or rebuke to the egging of the guards, their consternation growing.
My name and their names... his voice reaches their ears. In bewildered confusion, a panic brews within
the watching soldiers.
What they thought they knew no longer applies.
Leaning into the bars, the sentries stretch to hear their names called out again, listening for the
reverence that reverberates in their chest, overpowering any head-talk. Strapping men, their muscles quiver and knees bend hearing their names lifted once more,
allegiance now challenged and shifting.
Jesu's lips move in repeated recitation: my name, all names, in his prison prayer. 12/12/12
COMMUNION
I sit still, afraid to move and disturb the spell. Jesu is gazing into the cup, partially filled with Passover
wine. I do not fully understand, my mind's attempts so small and contracted. Moments before, I glanced up as He broke our dinner's bread and claimed his ransom in its substance. Of course I ate it: He gave it to
me, and I love him. It was such a simple act, almost casual except for the strange blessing words, "This is
my body." As I slowly chewed and then swallowed, I noticed my breath begin to expand and my heart
shiver. I buzzing filled my chest and head that riveted my attention back to Jesus.
His head bowed in a reverence that is his alone, I was compelled to look where his eyes rested. "My
blood for the life of the world" came his words. What can this mean? How does wine be blood? What means "the world"?
I cannot fathom in my pitiable head, but my heart commands a silence as Jesu offers me the cup after
he took the first sip. I follow his lead, the warm liquid meeting my throat. As the others at
table follow in the ritual, the rapid sensations arising within are foreign to me and demand my full
awareness. I beg inwardly to hold onto them as long as possible, delirious with their deep resonance in my body and heart.
Something came home in me just now, and I want this feeling to last.
Jesus is now looking at each of us, locking our eyes in his gaze until we are all one in a way I have no
words to explain.
I don't know when I will get this again, but I want it, and not just for me, but for "the world". 12/12/12
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MORE MEANINGFUL
SLOW DOWN Set aside 10 minutes a day for silent prayer or meditation. It will revitalize your body and
your spirit.
READ A GOOD BOOK You could choose the life of a saint, a spiritual how-to book, an inspirational
book or one of the Pope’s new books.
BE KIND Go out of your way to do something nice for someone else every day.
GET INVOLVED Attend a Lenten lecture or spiritual program.
VOLUNTEER AT YOUR PARISH Whether it is helping serve a meal, help with the Helping Hands
program, cleaning the church, etc., it will give you a chance to help others.
REACH OUT Invite an inactive Catholic to come to church with you.
PRAY Especially for people you don’t like or for people who don’t like you.
TUNE OUT Turn off the television and spend quality time talking with family members or friends.
CLEAN OUT CLOSETS Donate gently used items to your local shelter or donation facility.
THE CUP
God's will is the Cup from which we choose to sip.
Jesu first, accepting his role in salvation, claimed the Cup as purpose and given by Father to him, then offered it at table as the New Covenant.
In the garden, faced with the deepest intimacy of his own humanity, wondered of the possibility of the
Cup's passing, but did not dwell awaiting an answer he knew could not come.
Dry, forsaken away from communion with Father, transposed, then, as vessel of the redemptive blood,
Jesu drank deeply even in his last earthly minutes, thirsting for the grace of Fathers will.
This Cup, given from Father to Son, and now to daughters and sons, is one and the same – choice to sip from the will of God. 1/10/13
THE CROSS
Dropped, I have shaken and reverberated from your falls. For the final time I now rest on the dirt and
stones, an uneasy balance forced by uneven rocks. Groans and creaks, preceding yours, escape from dried cracks, forced wider as heavy hands hold down your arms and legs.
Nails pounded begin a keening at the tips of my crossbar, first right then left, holes deepening and
splitting the wood. Sharp splintering quickly muffles from the wet of your sweat and blood, and I feel the
greater weight of your body compressed by the stakes.
Your back arches as the metal is driven through your ankles in hard succession, and I feel the strain
on us both with the jarring lift and vertical thud into the crucifixion hole. All nature knows the reason my limbs were selected to parallel yours and cast their long shadow into
future millennia. And so we wait for this part of the story to play out.
My strengths shift with your head turns, your words, your life force continuing to leak away. The noon
sun heats your blood into a burnished crimson paint, and your body weight evaporates drop after drop.
The charging molecules of air and stone reach their climax, lightning flashing and marble curtains tearing. All creation has bowed low at the loss of their Prince; I alone allowed to hold my full height.
In the finishing blow, I feel the hard point of the spear pierce your chest and back, this last flow of
blood and water the true echo of my wordless tears.
Eased into the arms of your mother, I miss the weight of your sacred body, but forever hold the shadow
of your limbs on mine. 1/10/13
SPAGHETTI DINNER & BINGO FUNDRAISER
Saturday, February 23, 2013 From 6 to 9 PM In the Parish Center Proceeds to benefit our youth group to attend the Steubenville NW Catholic Youth Conference. If you would like to make a monetary donation or help in the kitchen, please contact Youth Minister Katy Schnoor at 503-314-8907 Thank you!
Our Youth Group is also participating in a project to support the Madonna Center. This is a non-profit agency who assists teen parents who chose life. The youth will be sponsoring
a “BABY SHOWER” and will be collecting donations. Please bring items to the Spaghetti Dinner.
Most needed items are: Diapers (#3-6). Clothing to age 3,
(new or lightly used) toiletries, strollers, potty chairs, highchairs, etc.
Gift Certificates or cash donations are always appreciated.
SPB Youth Group St. Philip Benizi is planning on sending 14 youth to Steubenville NW this summer. It is a Catholic Youth Conference that takes place in Spokane Washington at the end of July each year. There are around 1000 Catholics in attendance every year, doing the same thing...becoming closer to Jesus. Last year, we had the opportunity to experience daily Mass, saw the largest Rosary collection, attended reconciliation in order to help open our hearts and also attended two amazing Adorations. There were some uplifting speakers and awesome music! They were able to meet new youth from around the Northwest and have fun in the process. They spent many hours in three vehicles together and learned many things... They learned Dallas doesn’t like pizza sauce. They learned Jake doesn’t like his shoes to be stepped on. They learned Chelsea LOVES scary rides. They learned that Fr. Paschal likes to play Frisbee, and they learned that once you open your heart to God, he will show you wonderful things. The cost per person attending Steubenville NW is over $400, which means we need about $6000 this year to attend with our chaperones. This includes four nights lodging, meals, parish t-shirts, Silverwood Theme Park admission and travel expenses. Church funds are not available to offset these expenses, so we have asked for the support of our parishioners at all Masses on February 9th and 10th. The youth will be fundraising over the next six months to pay for the conference, and there are many ways to help, if you would like to. On February 23rd, the Youth Group is hosting it’s Second Annual Family Spaghetti Dinner and Bingo night. We will serve you a full spaghetti dinner including dessert. We will also have wine, beer and Italian sodas for a nominal fee. There will be amazing baskets that will be raffled off and some gift cards donated by some local businesses that you can purchase for a fantastic discount. Starting at 7:30pm, we will play BINGO. I hear there will be a couple of enthusiastic bingo callers again this year. I hope you can all attend. Another way to help is to write a check or deposit cash in the envelopes that are located in the back of the church and in the Parish Center. You can either put the envelopes in the collection basket or in Sue’s office. No amount is too small. Whether it is $1 or $100, it all helps us reach our goal. Please continue to bring your bottles and cans to the Parish Center. This money adds up. We normally take in about $100 a month. We will be having another can and bottle drive after Easter. Later on this spring, we will be having a car wash, plant sales and are working on having you go out to dinner locally, while supporting the youth. Keep an eye on the bulletin for more details. Most importantly, please keep the teens and chaperones in your prayers. Your support is a great investment - helping to provide us, the parish youth, with a spiritual growth experience like nothing we have experienced before.
Thank you.
new members of our parish!
March 10, 2013 After the 10:30 Mass in the Parish Center
If you plan to attend . . . . Families please bring
main dish & a salad or dessert. Singles please bring one favorite dish.
Lenten Schedule
Penance Service:
March 2nd: St John the Baptist at 10am March 9th: Christ The King at 10am
March 19th: St John the Apostle at 7pm March 22nd: St Philip Benizi at 7pm
Easter Mass:
March 30th: Vigil Mass at 8:30pm March 31st: Easter Sunday at 8am & 10:30am
St. Philip Benizi—Redland 18211 S. Henrici Rd. Oregon City OR 97045
Office Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Mon.-Thursday
Closed on Friday
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Mass Schedule
RECONCILIATION
Eucharistic Adoration
St Philip Benizi Mission Statement
The Primary and only purpose of the Church is that of Jesus Christ who came
into the world to fulfill the will of His Father. Thereby this becomes the
mission of St. Philip Benizi parish, to proclaim the kingdom of God, to build
up the parish community as a witness of God’s love and care for the world, to
be the invitation to become what God has called us to be.
This mission is best accomplished through individuals working with others
who accept the same purpose. This forms a parish community and the work
achieved with the guidance of the Spirit is called ministry. In this way we are
directed to work toward God’s purpose of “wanting all men to be saved and
come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Tim 2:4)
Since the inception of St Philip Benizi, volunteers have been a
mainstay of the smooth functioning of the parish as we strive to
fulfill the St Philip Benizi Mission Statement.
You are the hands that bring the body of Christ to those who
hunger for the Bread of Life. You are the catechists who I
introduce the great truths of our faith to our youth and others.
You are the voices that proclaim God’s Word.