S T MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

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1 S T MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH 207 N MAIN ST (PO BOX 1443), COUPEVILLE, WA (360) First Sunday of Lent 10 March 2019 Pastoral Council Corner We will have one more Reflec on Ques on which you can respond to on the insert below. Take this bulle n home, fill out the informa on below, cut it out, place it in the black box in the breezeway. A er this ques on, the black box will be available for you to place your ideas/ques ons for the Pastoral Council. Please include your name so we can respond to you directly. Thank you. For Reflec on I have never a ended coffee and donuts a er Mass. I a end occasionally. I a end regularly. If you do a end, what is your favorite thing about going to coffee and donuts a er Mass besides the coffee and donuts? If you don't a end, would you mind saying why or what would mo vate you to a end Thank you for your me on this. The Pastoral Council Your Name Sun 3/10 Mon 3/11 Tue 3/12 Wed 3/13 Thu 3/14 Fri 3/15 Sat 3/16 Sun 3/17 This Week at St. Mary 3/10-3/17 1st Sunday of Lent Catholic Home Missions Collection 9:30 am at St Augustine Learning Mass 10:55 am Rosary (C) 11:15 am Mass 12:15 pm Confessions 12:15 pm Coffee & Donuts 1:00 pm Parking Lot closes 6:30 pm Lutheran Service (C, HH) Office is open 9 am - 12 noon & 1 pm - 3 pm Office is Closed Office open 9am-12 noon & 1 pm - 3 pm 1:00-3:00 pm Works of Mercy Office is open 9 am -12 noon & closed 1-3pm 10:00 am Bible Study 12:10 pm Mass 12:45 pm Adoration (CH) Office is open 9 am - 12 noon & 1 pm - 3 pm 5:00 pm Stations of the Cross 5:30 pm Seafood Friday (K of C) No activities are scheduled. 2nd Sunday in Lent Happy St Patrick s Day! 10:00 am RE gr K-11 (clsrms) 10:55 am Rosary (C) 11:30 am Mass 12:30 pm Confessions 12:30 pm Coffee & Donuts 1:00 pm Parking Lot closes 6:30 pm Lutheran Service (C, HH)

2 Parish Office Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9 am - Noon & 1 pm - 3 pm Information@StAugustineOH.org Mass at St Mary & St Augustine Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm St Augustine Filipino Music 2nd Saturday Spanish 1st Saturday 7:00 pm St Augustine Sunday 8:00 am St Augustine 9:30 am St Augustine 11:15 am St Mary Thurs, Fri, 1st Sat 9:00 am St Augustine Thurs 12:10 pm St Mary Confession at St Mary & St Augustine Friday 8:30 am St Augustine Saturday 4:00 pm St Augustine 3rd Sunday 12:15 pm St Mary Anointing at St Mary & St Augustine 1st Thursday 12:10 pm St Mary 1st Friday 9:00 am St Augustine Other times by request. Please contact the Parish Office. Holy Communion for Homebound Please contact the Parish Office. Pastor Administration Religious Ed. Director Religious Ed. Support Director of Music Receptionist Parish Ministers Rev. Paul R. Pluth, JCL Mary A. Waters Rowena Harless Maria Mitchell Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven Peggy McCormick Check out the insert for the Safe Environment Program Please Pray for Our Family & Friends For those who are ill, those who are going to have or are recovering from surgery, & those in Careage For our military both at home and deployed, those who are away attending college Shari Lowder Major Thomas Bender, USAF PFC Zarchary McCormick, US Army National Guard Permission is required from the individual prior to adding their name to the prayer list. To include a loved one s name, please call the Parish Office at Eucharist to the Homebound Do you know someone who is unable to come to Mass and would like to receive Holy Communion whether on a temporary or long-term basis? If so, please call the parish office at to arrange a Sunday visit. Rachel s Corner Hope and Healing After Abortion I have hope now. I had not felt that before. I got rid of a 30-year weight and I have been able to go to Communion and have that weight removed. I didn t even believe there was forgiveness for what I had done. Now I know differently. -Testimonial from retreat Come on a Rachel s Vineyard Retreat and discover the oasis of His love and mercy which will satisfy your thirst in a way nothing else possibly can. April 5-7, Stanwood WA English: (206) Español: (206) Project Rachel is a program of Catholic Community Services. You are loved with an everlasting Love! Please take note that the St Mary Office will be closed between March 22nd March 29th. Please contact the office at St. Augus ne for your ques ons or assistance

3 Parish Stewardship of Treasure Weekly Expense: $3,055 March 3 Collection: $4,874 (Includes all revenue except custodial collections and restricted bequests.) Please write your envelope # on your check. Cross of Burdens The Cross of Burdens is up in Harrington Hall again this Lent. Write down your burden and place it on the Cross. Our RE students will pray for you and your burdens every week during the 40 Days of Lent. BAPTISM SCHEDULE Note: These mes are subject to change. Please call Peggy Smith at to register before making final plans for your child s bap sm APRIL 2019 Class 1 Tuesday, March 19 6:30-8:30 PM Class 2 Saturday, March 23 10:00 AM to Noon Bap sms Saturday, April 27 morning Gi s from the Heart Food Bank Thank you for your support through dona ons to the food bank here at St. Mary each Sunday. Please keep the families who find themselves in such great need in your prayers and in your hearts by your con nued support of non-perishable food items. If we each brought a single canned food item to church each Sunday we could make a huge difference in the lives of many less fortunate Pregnancy Care Center Please place your donations of new baby items - diapers, bottles, formula, clothes non-perishable baby foods - in the cradle in Harrington Hall. Monetary donations are also accepted. Please make checks out to Pregnancy Care Center and place in a Pregnancy Care envelope. Thank you Please visit the St Mary Parish website at staugustineoh.org Connect with Father Paul ppluth@staugustineoh.org Facebook Mass Request/Inten on envelopes If you would like to request a Mass, please fill out the request envelope with s pend enclosed and give it to Peggy, St Mary church recep onist. Placing it in the collec on basket will delay your request.

4 YOUR REFRIGERATOR DOOR GUIDE TO LENT p l e a s e p o s t i n y o u r h o m e f o r l e n t The Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6. During the 40 Days of Lent, while individuals in our parish and around the world enter their final preparations for their Baptism at the Easter Vigil on Easter Eve, baptized Christians prepare themselves for their Renewal of Baptismal Promises at the Easter Masses. We prepare for our renewal by making use of the Three Disciplines of Lent: Prayer & Repentance, Fasting from Food and Destructive Actions, and Almsgiving (Works of Charity). This insert describes ways to practice the Three Disciplines of Lent. R e p e n t a n c e : T r y C o n f e s s i o n i n L e n t! ST AUGUSTINE Fridays 8:30 am Thursdays 5:45 pm - 6:15 pm March 7 - April 4 following Youth Stations of the Cross Saturdays 4 pm ST MARY Sundays, 12:15 pm March 10 - April 7 There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. St Augustine F a s t i n g F r o m F o o d & D e s t r u c t i v e A c t i o n s FASTING & ABSTINENCE Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, are Fast Days. Catholics 18 to 58 years old are bound to the spiritual obligation to fast on these two days. On a Fast Day, one full meal is allowed. Two smaller meals, or snacks, may be taken but are not to equal a full meal. Ash Wednesday, and every Friday of Lent including Good Friday, are Days of Abstinence. Catholics 14 years and older Christ Died for Our Salvation on Friday For this reason, Friday itself remains a special day of penitential observance throughout the year, not only during Lent. Friday should be to each week what Lent is to the entire year. It would bring great glory to God and good to souls if Fridays found our people doing volunteer work in hospitals, visiting the sick, serving the needs of the aged and the lonely, instructing the young in the Faith, participating as Christians in community affairs, and meeting our obligations to our families, our friends, our neighbors, and our community, including our parishes, with a special zeal born of the desire to add the merit of penance to the other virtues exercised in good works born of living faith. Penance & Abstinence, 1983, US Bishops Feelings of Unworthiness Bitterness Destructive Speech Negativity What To Give Up for Lent? People Pleasing Guilt Ungratefulness Your Comfort Zone Worry Envy Comparison and much more are not to eat meat and poultry on these Days of Abstinence. Vegetarians, Vegans, and others who customarily do not eat meat and poultry, should choose another sacrificial practice on Days of Abstinence. Pregnant and nursing women, and those in ill health, or for other reasons, e.g. diabetes, are not bound by the obligations of abstinence and fasting. They are urged to substitute another form of self-denial suitable to their condition.

5 Rice Bowl: For Lent, For Life The Stations of the Cross in Lent are prayed at St Augustine on Thursdays at 5 pm prior to the Lenten Soup Supper, and on Fridays after the 9 am Mass. The Stations of the Cross in Lent are prayed at St Mary on Fridays at 5 pm prior to the Lenten Seafood Dinner. The Stations on Thursday at St Augustine Palm Sunday of the Lord s Passion Saturday, April 13 5 pm St Augustine Sunday, April 14 8 am & 9:30 am St Augustine 11:30 am St Mary special time P r a y e r & A l m s g i v i n g Stations of the Cross The Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl is a Lenten faith-in-action program, that feeds the hungry through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The Rice Bowl is a great way for individuals and families to come together during Lent. Rice Bowl Lenten Calendars and Bowls are available at church. Visit the Rice Bowl website at crsricbowl.org to find Family Activities, Resources, and Recipes in English and Spanish. Download the free Rice Bowl Mobile App for your phone or tablet. 25% of Rice Bowl donations return to local ministries that include our Works of Mercy (Agape, Food Pantry, Outreach). #4Lent4Life are led by the youth of the parish. The Stations at St Mary are led by a variety of parishioners. Individuals who participate in the Stations of the Cross, go to Confession, receive Holy Communion, and pray for the intentions of the Pope - receive a Plenary Indulgence, the complete remission of all time earned in Purgatory, to be applied for themselves or for one who has died. Holy Week & Easter Holy Thursday, April 18 Mass of the Lord s Supper 2 pm St Mary 6 pm St Augustine Good Friday, April 19 2 pm Lord s Passion St Mary 3 pm Stations St Augustine 6 pm Lord s Passion St Aug We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. The Vigil of Easter Saturday, April 20 5 pm St Augustine special time Easter Sunday, April 21 6:30 am St Augustine new 8 am St Augustine 9:30 am St Augustine 11:30 am St Mary special time

6 PROTECTING GOD S CHILDREN Safe Environment Training will be held on: Monday, March 25, at 5:30 pm in the St Augus+ne Parish Office in Oak Harbor FOR those who are VOLUNTEERS, are CAREGIVERS and are PARENTS If you will be, or are considering volunteering with Religious Educaon, Eucharist to the Homebound or the Sacristan ministry, you must aend the Safe Environment training class tled Protecng God s Children, (if you have not yet aended this class already) If you are a volunteer and have never signed on to Virtus previously, please go to: virtusonline.org. Click on the First- Time Registrant link on the le) side of the page to start your profile and begin registraon for the class. FOR CONCERNED ADULTS who aren t able to volunteer The informaon provided in this class is also beneficial to parents and those who care for children; all interested adults are welcome to RSVP and aend for their own enrichment. Concerned adults who are aending for their own enrichment do not need to create a Virtus profile. Instead, please RSVP by contacng the parish office at Please call the parish office at if you need assistance with your registraon or have any quesons.

7 THE MASS DVD Series by Robert Barron 3 sessions - 1:00-2:30 pm on Monday, March 11 th Thursday, March 14 th Thursday, March 21 st at St Mary Catholic Church Gives you an opportunity to delve more deeply in the parts of and the history of the Mass. Discussion will follow viewing of the DVD