The Parish Home Messenger Visit us online at www.twosaints.us Special Intention Mass The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your special intention. Contact the parish office to schedule a weekday Mass intention. Anointing of the Sick Call parish office In emergency call 1-206-595-8575 Deadline for items placed in Parish Home Messenger Wednesday noon [email protected]St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Fifth & W. Waldrip, Elma, Washington St. John’s Catholic Church 414 E. Broadway St., Montesano,Washington Mass Sunday Spanish Mass 9:45 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Faith Formation Sunday at 11:15 a.m. Communion Monday 12:00 noon Mass Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Adoration Confession Mass Friday Friday Friday 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Adoration in Spanish 1st Saturday of the month 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mass Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass Tuesday 6:00 p.m. Mass Thursday 6:00 p.m. Adoration Saturday 4:00 p.m. Confession Saturday 4:00 p.m. Mass Saturday 5:00 p.m. Parish Priest: Phone: E-Mail: Father Michael Wagner 360-482-3190 [email protected]Deacon: Phone: E-Mail: Chaplain Tom Hawkins 360-870-2983 [email protected]Parish Office: Mail: E-Mail: 501 W. Main, Elma, Washington PO Box 3027, Elma, WA 98541 [email protected]Secretary Volunteer: Debbi Smith Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Closed 12-1 p.m.) Baptism, Marriage, Other Services, Scheduling Appoints with Father: Contact Fr. Wagner Would you or anyone you know like to have a visit from Father Michael? Know someone who is no longer attending Mass? Do you need home Communion? Call the office at 482-3190 to schedule a time. Weekday Mass on a National Holiday will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. Mass on Holy Days of Obligation are celebrated at 6:00 pm, on the regular Mass schedule set out above.
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The Parish Home Messenger
Visit us online at www.twosaints.us
Special Intention Mass
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for
Baptism, Marriage, Other Services, Scheduling Appoints with Father: Contact Fr. Wagner Would you or anyone you know like to have a visit from Father Michael? Know someone who is no longer attending
Mass? Do you need home Communion? Call the office at 482-3190 to schedule a time.
Weekday Mass on a National Holiday will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. Mass on Holy Days of Obligation are celebrated at 6:00 pm, on the regular Mass schedule set out above.
WEEKLY COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP - GOD GIVES IT ALL
THEN CALLS US TO SHARE
Collection Dates Collected
St. John’s 2/6 - 5 p.m. 2/7 - 8 a.m.
$1,147.99 $389.00
St. Joseph’s 2/7 - 9:45 a.m. 2/7 - 12:15 p.m.
$1,337.25
$165.07
Hosting Coffee Hour
St. John’s is in need of hosts for coffee hours. Please contact Jack Sturdivant to schedule a Sunday to host the coffee hour:
St. Joseph's has designated guilds but people are needed to help set up, bring goodies and to help with the clean up. Please take the time to volunteer.
St. Joseph Altar Society-1st & 2nd Sundays Hispanic Community - 3rd Sunday St. Patrick’s Guild - 4th Sunday Knights of Columbus - 5th Sunday
First Sunday in Lent – February 14, 2016 Calendar
Feb. 14 - 9:45 a.m. Mass intention for Jeanne Paradise, Mary Drawsky, and Gladys Lambert, offered by Marcia and Bob Lambert
Feb. 18 - Lenten reflection group at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Hall
Feb. 19 - St. John’s - Soup Supper at 6 p.m., followed by Stations of the Cross about 7 p.m.
Feb. 22 - NO Communion Service. Deacon Tom w ill be out of town.
Feb. 24 - Parish Office closed at 11 a.m. Debbi w ill be at a class.
Feb. 25 - Lenten reflection group at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Hall
Feb. 26 - St. Joseph’s - Stations of the Cross at 5:30 p.m., Mass at 6 p.m., followed by Soup Supper
Mar. 3 - Lenten reflection group at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Hall
Mar. 4 - St. John’s - Soup Supper at 6 p.m., followed by Stations of the Cross about 7 p.m.
Mar. 10 - Lenten reflection group at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Hall
Mar. 11 - St. Joseph’s - Stations of the Cross at 5:30 p.m., Mass at 6 p.m., followed by Soup Supper
Mar. 17 - Lenten reflection group at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Hall
Mar. 18 - St. John’s - Soup Supper at 6 p.m., followed by Stations of the Cross about 7 p.m.
Late Winter Concert with Wood'n'Strings
Wednesday, March 6 at 1:30 p.m.
This concert benefits the St. Placid Benedictine community and their ministries. Tickets: Adults $25: Students/Seniors $15 Call (360) 438-1771 or visit the St. Placid website: stplacid.org St. Placid Priory, 500 College Street NE, Lacey
Canned Food Collection
The Knights of Columbus are collecting canned food under the program " 40 Cans for Lent." Once the cans are collected they will go to feeding families in need and the local food banks. You can bring your cans and put in the box or basket for the food bank.
Lenten Fast and Abstinence Guidelines
Fasting, almsgiving, and prayer are the three traditional disciplines of Lent. The faithful and catechumens should undertake these practices seriously in a spirit of penance and of preparation for Baptism or of renewal of Baptism at Easter.
Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2016, and Good Friday, March 25, 2016, are days of fast and abstinence.
Fridays of Lent are also days of abstinence.
Fasting is to be observed by all 18 years of age and older, who have not yet celebrated their 60th birthday. On a fast day one full meal is allowed. Two other meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one's needs, but together they should not equal another full meal.
Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids, including milk and juices, are allowed.
Abstinence is observed by all 14 years of age and older. On days of abstinence no meat is allowed.
Note that when health or ability to work would be seri-ously affected, the law does not oblige.
When in doubt concerning fast and abstinence, the parish priest should be consulted.
Season of Lent
Lent is a time of renewal for the whole Church, for each community and every believer. Above all it is a “time of grace” (2 Cor 6:2). God does not ask of us anything that he himself has not first given us. “We love because he first has loved us” (1 Jn 4:19). - Pope Francis
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10
Reflection
“Self-help” books are very popular. They tell us how to improve ourselves. We turn to them for advice on how to have a more appealing personality, to be-come better business people, or to grow in personal relationships. In these books we find a set of disci-plines which promise the reader success in life. All it takes is belief in yourself and commitment to the process.
All too often when we approach the season of Lent, we might think of it as a period of self-improvement. We commit ourselves to the Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We might make a list of what we can accomplish. Perhaps we will give special attention to daily prayer. Maybe we will place an alms box on the dining table to remind ourselves to give to the poor. Maybe we will give up chocolate. All of these actions are good in and of themselves, but we lessen their effect on our spiritual lives by believ-ing that they are personal accomplishments.
Psalm 51:10 helps us enter the season of Lent. It helps us recognize that the meaning of the season is to respond to the grace God offers. We begin Lent by petitioning the Lord to create in us a clean heart.
Lent is the season when we take time to listen to God, to ask what he requires of us, and to respond to his grace. In this way, the disciplines we practice—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—will not be personal accomplishments, but ways in which we can open ourselves to becoming the person God wants us to be.
Pope Francis
“We are invited to embark upon a journey on which, by defying routine, we strive to open our eyes and ears, but especially to open our hearts, in order to go beyond our own ‘backyard.’” (Homily at the Basilica of Santa Sabina, 5 March 2014)
Lenten Action: Explore Lenten resources from Loyola P ress. http:/ / www.loyolapress.com/
Prayer: Have mercy on us, O God, and show us your steadfast love and abundant mercy.
CATHOLIC HOME MISSIONS COLLECTION INCLUDES THE BLACK & INDIAN MISSION
In 1233, seven Florentine laymen—two married, two widowed, three single—all well-known merchants and members of a Marian con-fraternity, abandoned homes, jobs, and wealth for a life of poverty, prayer, and penance at Monte Senario, where they built a chapel and hermitage.
Within a few years, they formed the Order of Friar Servants of Mary, or Servites, a mendicant order that received formal papal approval in 1304. The seven founders, jointly canonized in 1888, are: Bonfilius, Bonajuncta, Amadeus, Hugh, Manettus, Sostene, and Alexis. Alexis, who out of modesty refused ordination, served the order in various ways as a lay brother; he outlived the other founders and reportedly died at age 110.
SALT AND LIGHT
LENT: A TIME TO LIVE MERCYby Joan Rosenhauer
The Sixth Station of the Cross speaks in a special way to how we live out mercy during Lent. In this station, we see Veronica not just wiping the face of Christ but reaching out—at some danger to herself—to touch Jesus, to be present to a man who was suf-fering. Why would she do this? What difference was she really making? After all, Jesus was on his way to die—a simple cloth wasn’t going to change that.
So often, we are tempted to feel this way as we look out at our world so full of tragedy. We think, our little gesture won’t amount to anything—a few dollars here, some time spent there. What difference will that make? At those moments, we should remind ourselves of Veronica. Veronica was quite literally present to the suffering Christ. She reached out to him, and he reached back. That’s what we’re called to do. We should never underestimate the value of simply being present, of reaching out in mercy and love to another human being, someone made in the image and likeness of God. And we must allow those whom we serve to reach back, to touch our hearts and our lives. As we are the hands of Christ, so too are those whom we serve.
This is what the Holy Father has called us to reflect on during this Year of Mercy. This is what we do each Lent. We call it the CRS Rice Bowl Effect.
How can a cardboard box help you touch the face of Christ during Lent?
Meet Mayra. She’s a young student from Honduras whose life has been changed thanks to the prayers, fasting, and almsgiving of Catholics in the United States. She’s also one of the people fea-tured in CRS Rice Bowl this year.
You saw how CRS Rice Bowl has given her the tools and confidence she needs to succeed in school—even in a country beset by poverty, violence, and hardship. Mayra has received her diploma and is now looking to tutor her peers. And she’s made a new friend in Fabricio.
In Mayra, we see Christ—and we reach out across culture and countries to be present. That’s the CRS Rice Bowl Effect.
How does Christ reach back? What effect does Mayra have on us?
Let’s take a moment to reflect on the image below.
When I first saw this image, it made me pause. It’s a beau-tiful photograph, artistically done, with good lighting and excel-lent composition. But more importantly, what really touches the viewer is that it quite clearly shows love, the love shared between grandmother and granddaughter. I saw this photograph before I had heard Mayra’s story, before I’d met her or her grandmother. But what is evident in this image comes through clearly in her story: we see the love of a grandmother for her granddaughter. We see a grandmother who will sacrifice to help improve the life of someone she loves. Perhaps, we even glimpse the merciful love of God, a God who loves and sacrifices no matter the cost.
That, too, is the CRS Rice Bowl Effect—and it’s powerful. It’s inspiring to me to see the hard work of this elderly woman. She challenges me in my own life—to love, to sacrifice. And, she chal-lenges me in my own relationship with God.
This Lent, I hope you will share the CRS Rice Bowl Effect with your families and the communities you serve. Encourage them not just to reach out to those in need through their Lenten almsgiv-ing but through prayerful reflection to allow the stories of these women and men to touch their own lives.
Then we, too, can truly be like Veronica, encountering the suffering Christ. And we, too, can live Pope Francis’s call to mercy.
