St. Teresa of Avila Parish 11600 Atwood Road Auburn, CA 95603 Office: (530) 889-2254 Fax: (530) 889-2643

Father Michael Carroll, Pastor, Father Innocent Subiza, Parochial Vicar Deacon Edwin Morgado, Deacon Michael Young

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Sunday Masses Saturday Vigil………………………………………………...5:00pm Sunday………………………………..8:30am, 11:00am & 5:00pm

Daily Masses During Lent: Monday - Friday.………………….….…………6:30am & 8:30am Saturday………………………………………………………8:30am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday, 3:00pm – 4:30pm The priests are honored to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance at any time; please call for an appointment with the priest of your choice. Eucharistic Adoration Monday—Friday, 7:00am—8:30am (During Lent) Saturdays, 9:00am—Noon (During Lent) Baptisms: For the celebration of Baptism, please call the Parish Office, for information. Marriage: If you are a member of our parish, please contact a priest or deacon of your choice at least six months in advance of your desired wedding in order to participate in a process of marriage preparation. Confirmation: For teens, the Sacrament of Confirmation is a two-year preparation process; please contact our coordinator of religious education; for adults not yet confirmed, please call the parish office. Ministry to the Sick: Please call parish office (530) 889-2254

Parish Office: 11600 Atwood Rd., Auburn, CA 95603 (530) 889-2254, fax (530) 889-2643 Jo Anne Drummond , Office Manager (530)-889-2254 ext. 11

e-mail: joanne_drummond@StTeresaAuburn.com Bulletin Editor: e-mail: bulletin@StTeresaauburn.com

Religious Education Program Judy Jones, Coordinator—(530) 823-7122 e-mail: judy_jones@StTeresaAuburn.com Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Please call parish office (530) 889-2254 Ministry to Seniors, Bereaved & Homebound Barbara Freuler, Minister – (530) 889-2254 ext. 10

e-mail: barbara_freuler@StTeresaAuburn.com St. Joseph School 11610 Atwood Rd., Auburn, CA 95603 (530) 885-4490 fax (530) 885-0182 Mira Wordelman, Interim Principal

e-mail: mira_wordelman@auburncatholic.com St. Joseph Preschool/Day Care Center Jaime Anderson, Director—(530) 823-1822 e-mail: jaime_anderson@auburncatholic.com

Music Ministry: Jean Sawyer, Music & Liturgy Director – (530) 885-2958 e-mail: jean_sawyer@StTeresaAuburn.com Youth Group: Jaime Anderson, Youth Coordinator, (530) 889-2254 e-mail: jaime_anderson@auburncatholic.com

Third Sunday of Lent February 24, 2008

While we were still sinners Christ died for us.

— Romans 5:8

Monday, February 25: 8:30am Mass + Jim Finney Tuesday, February 26: 8:30am Mass + Barbara Kessler Wednesday, February 27: 8:30am Mass + Mary Jane Tucker Thursday, February 28: 8:30am Mass Sick & Homebound Friday, February 29: 8:30am Mass Our Lady Saturday, March 1: 8:30am Mass Sick & Homebound Saturday, March 1: 5:00pm + Margaret & Joseph Ryan Sunday, March 2: 8:30am Mass + Lori Donovan 11:00am Mass + Kathy Begley 5:00pm Mass All Parishioners

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THIRSTING FOR LIFE-GIVING WATERS Especially during the Lenten, Holy Week, and Easter seasons, the prayer texts of the Eastern Church revel in paradoxical images of Christ: the eternal life who is put to death, the host of the supper who is also its meal, the thirsty crucified one with living water streaming from his side. These images flow from the evangelists’ portrayals of Jesus and from his very ministry, during which he often upset or reversed people’s expectations about him or the ways of God. This “reversal” is at play in today’s Gospel, as Jesus speaks to an enemy foreigner who is also a woman beneath his status. In addition he, the thirsting one, shows the woman to be the one truly thirsting. He—whose parched lips will say “I thirst” before he dies—is the source of life and life-giving water. Lent calls upon us to dwell on how each of us is thirsting for Christ, and it leads us, ultimately, back to the life-giving waters of our baptism into his Body. © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — When the people grumbled to Moses for water in the desert, the LORD heard and brought forth water from the rock for all to drink (Exodus 17:3-7). Psalm — If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading — God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:1-2, 5-8). Gospel — Ask, and you will be given living water so that you will never thirst again (John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Mt. 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday of Lent; First Scrutiny Friday: Abstinence Saturday: First Saturday

February 17, 2008:

$9,237.50 Thank you, our goal is $12,000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++

2nd Collection Rwanda Ministry

$8,021.34

Please join every Friday evening at

7:00pm for Stations of the Cross during Lent.

The Catholic Relief Services: Next weekend we will have a 2nd collection for the Diocese on The Catholic Relief Services; the Church’s global mission to combat poverty, provide relief and development, etc. Please help by giving next Sunday. Special envelopes will be available in the pews.

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HUMILITY

When we kneel at Church it is amongst many things a sign of humility. Kneeling is also admitting that I am a sinner in need of God’s forgiveness and blessings. When we look at the parable of Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Lk 18:9+)

we see that the tax collector’s prayer is acceptable to Christ because of his humble attitude. Christ teaches us that (1) no one who is proud can pray properly. (2) No one who despises his fellow man can pray, we cannot lift ourselves up. We all need to kneel before the mercy of God. We are all sinners—sinful suffering humanity. (3) True prayer comes not from comparison to another but from our need and love of God. “God be merciful to me a sinner.” The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem has a low door lintel. This resulted from a time when raiders would ride horseback into the Church and steal the sacred vessels and harm the pilgrims. So the keepers of the Church lowered the lintel of the door. Now, no one can ride a horse into the Church. The faithful must humbly bow down to enter. Rabbi Joshua Ben Qarehan was asked one day, “Why did God choose the thorn bush as the place from which to speak to Moses? The Rabbi answered, “God chose the humble thorn bush—to teach you that there is no place on earth bereft of the Divine Presence, not even a thorn bush. Hence we can pray anywhere and at anytime. We have our sacred and private places of prayer. Christ’s presence in the Eucharist helps us to be aware that we are in the Holy Presence of God in Church. When we pray we can be like the Pharisee who stood and looked God in the eye, prayed to himself next to the altar. Or we can be like the tax collector, who offered a humble prayer.

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Giggles: A priest was accosted by a mugger while walking down a dark alley. The thief demanded his wallet. As the priest opened his coat to reach for his wallet, the would-be mugger saw the collar and realized he was robbing a priest. He immediately apologized and said: “Forget it, Father. Keep your money. I had no idea you were a priest.” Both nervous and relieved, the priest took out a cigarette and offered one to the stranger. “No, thank you,” the robber said, “I gave up smoking for Lent.”

ATTENTION … NEW LENDING LIBRARY TO OPEN SOON!!!!!!

We hope to have our Lending Library opened by March 15th and 16th. We are in need of good Catholic religious and spiritual books, DVD’s, VHS’s, CD’s and cassette tapes. (Original copies only please) There will be boxes to place your donated items in the entry of the Church on the bell tower side. We are also looking for volunteers to help staff the library after each Mass. If you are interested in helping, please call Julie Opsahl at 269-2595.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP

Today, February 24th the High School Youth Group will be meeting in the parish hall after the 5:00pm Youth Mass, 6:15 –7:45pm. There will be games,

food and fun. Bring a friend. We look forward to seeing you!!!!

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“PSALMS, PALMS, PENITENCE” Walking With Jesus

Through Lent February 27th: Auburn Presbyterian Church, Rev. Rick, Psalm 91. March 5th: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Rev. John Broad, Psalm 23. March 12th: St. Luke’s, Fr. Mike Carroll, Psalm 130

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‘CHILDREN’S LENTEN MINI RETREATS” February 25th: The Gift of Easter

Retreats will take place in the fireplace room from 4:15—6:00pm. Any questions or to RSVP, call 823-7122.

AUBURN INTERFAITH FOOD CLOSET

Next weekend is the kick-off of our monthly food drive (first weekend of every month) to benefit the hungry in our area who are served through the Auburn Interfaith Food Closet. Food/items we are collecting this first weekend are: peanut butter, macaroni & cheese, canned fruits, meals-in-a-can, travel size personal toiletries. We could also use donations of dry cereal, empty egg cartons and paper bags with handles. Please drop your donations in the oak containers at the back of Church, or you may leave them on the donation tables in the plaza. Thank you in advance for your kind heart and generosity.

CALLING ALL CHEF’S There will be a meeting for all Chef’s interested in helping our parish with events on Sunday, March 2, 2008, in the parish hall kitchen following the 11:00am Mass.

Any questions? Please call Danny & Dawn Campos at (530) 887-1325

“The kitchen

wouldn’t be

complete

without you”

THANK YOU’S Below are two very special Thank You’s that our parish received and we wanted to share them

with all of you.

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Monday, 2/25/08 7:00am Adoration St. Teresa 9:30am Bible Study Chapel 3:15pm School Basketball Parish Hall 3:30pm Children’s Choir Practice St. Teresa 4:00pm Children’s Lenten Retreat Fireplace Room 7:00pm RCIA Class Chapel________ Tuesday, 2/26/08 7:00am Adoration St. Teresa 10:00am Music Class Fireplace Room 3:15pm School Basketball Parish Hall 7:00pm Just Faith Fireplace Room__

Wednesday, 2/27/08 7:00am Adoration St. Teresa 9:00am Music Class Fireplace Room 5:30pm Bingo Parish Hall 7:00pm Finance Meeting Parish Office____

Thursday, 2/28/08 7:00am Adoration St. Teresa 3:15pm School Basketball Parish Hall______

Friday, 2/29/08 7:00am Adoration St. Teresa 1:00pm Senior Grp. Board Mtg. Fireplace Room 5:30pm KC’s Fish Fry Parish Hall 7:00pm Stations of the Cross St. Teresa ______

Saturday, 3/01/08 9:00am Adoration St. Teresa 10:00am Carollo Baptism St. Teresa 5:00pm Gathering Inn Parish Hall______

Sunday 3/02/08 8:30am KC’s Corporate Comm. St. Teresa 9:45am CFM Meeting Fireplace Room 12:00pm Chef’s Meeting Kitchen 1:00pm St. Teresa’s Basketball Parish Hall 6:15pm High School Youth Group Parish Hall

PARISH MINISTRIES UPDATE

Eucharistic Adoration: Come before the Blessed Sacrament in prayer and adoration during this Lenten season. Monday through Friday from 7:00am to 8:30am and Saturdays, 9:00am to Noon. We hope to expand this schedule after Lent with your help. If you would like to be part of this ministry or would like more information, please call David or Kristine Hornbeck at 823-5177. Church Cleaning: This ministry is a spiritually rewarding mission, while serving the Church and our parish community. It also provides a special opportunity for contemplative time. This is a “light duty” ministry and we need a few more volunteers to fulfill the goal of keeping our Church beautiful. Ideally, we hope to have “crews” of 2 or more on Monday mornings and either on Thursday or Friday mornings. We welcome anyone who would like to help out on an “as needed/special occasion” basis. If you are interested or have any questions, please call Renee Jacobs at 823-8772. Senior’s Group: The monthly newsletter is now available at the back of Church and posted in the bulletin boards. Our next general gathering is March 14th and it will be a St. Patrick’s Day theme. On February 29th, we will have a board meeting at 1:00pm in the fireplace room.

****************************************************** All Heads of ALL ministries please send me, from time to time, the good news of their ministry amongst us. (Fr. Mike)

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ST. PATRICK’S DINNER/DANCE

Saturday, March 15, 2008 in the parish hall. Happy hour: 6:00pm, Dinner, 7:00pm. Cost per person: $15.00 Serving corn beef, cabbage, carrots, red potatoes, rolls and dessert. Coffee is included. Dance to live music performed by Doug Meredith. Due to the growing popularity of this event, we will be taking reservations only! Call Denise DiMiceli at 889-2285.

GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE &

GET A PIZZA

Parish Blood Drive, Sunday, March 9th, 8:30am—12:30pm

At the parish hall Breakfast served 8:30am –10:30am

Adults…$5.00, Children under 12….$3.00 As a special thank you, all participants will receive a free

breakfast sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Please eat and drink plenty of fluids, and please bring a photo ID. For information, please call Barney Gruber at

(916) 663-3537or Gene McGiveney at 885-5290

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FISH FRY/BAKE

Every Friday during Lent, the Knights of Columbus will be having their Lenten Fish Fry from 5:00—7:00pm with stations

of the cross at St. Teresa’s, 7:00pm. The menu consists of fish (fried or baked), fries, coleslaw, bread, coffee and punch. Cost is $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for children under 12 and $20.00 for families of five or more. On Good Friday, March 21,2008,

we will be serving vegetable minestrone soup, clam

chowder and bread. For more information contact Bob

DiMiceli at 889-2285 or Tony Ivins at 889-9253.

WELCOME SUNDAY: Next Sunday, March 2, 2008 is Welcome Sunday. Our adult, children and youth choirs will be hosting. Please join us after each Mass and meet and mingle with other parishioners.