PASTOR. Fourth Sunday of Easter PARISH STAFF. Rev. W.R. Harris

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1 Fourth Sunday of Easter PASTOR Rev. W.R. Harris PARISH STAFF Mrs. Connie Sauers Parish Secretary Mrs. Sandy Campanario Pastoral Assistant for Administration Mr. Andrew M. Steele Pastoral Assistant for Faith Formation Mr. Scott Powell Pastoral Assistant for Music & Liturgy Mrs. Connie Jacox Bookkeeper Mr. James Howe Parish Custodian Mr. Jake Dykgraaf Cemetery Sexton Mass Schedule Tuesday - Friday: Mass 12:10pm Saturday morning: 9am Saturday Vigil Mass: 5pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9am, 11am, and 2:30pm (Vietnamese) Holy Days of Obligation Masses: 8am, 12:10pm and 7pm Sacrament of Penance Tuesday - Friday: 11am - Noon Saturday: 8-8:45am, and 3:30-4:30pm Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals, Anointings, and Pastoral Care Please call the parish for arrangements. Devotions Rosary: Tuesday - Friday, 11:35am Mother of Perpetual Help: Wednesday, after the 12:10pm Mass Alliance of the Two Hearts: Adoration on the First Friday of the month after the 12:10 pm Mass to Saturday 9am Parish Office Mon. - Fri.: 9am - 4pm (Closed during noon Mass, Tue.-Fri.) Mother Joseph Cemetery Located at 29 th & N St., Vancouver Guided Tours of Our Historic Proto-Cathedral Offered the last Saturday of the Month from 11:00 am to 1:00 PM. Pier Giorgio Agape Ministry Contacts Janet Cleaveland (360) Barbara Stoltenberg (360) Frassati Closet: Tina Barsotti (360)

2 THIS WEEK LOOKING AHEAD SUNDAY, APRIL 22 Fourth Sunday of Easter MONDAY, APRIL 23 Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE TIME TALENT TREASURE NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, APRIL 24 May 14th, 6:00PM, Upper Hall Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter ALL-MINISTRY LEADERSHIP MEETING: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 APRIL 23RD, 6:00PM IN THE UPPER HALL. Please join us for this great opportunity to meet the other ministry leads and learn how these ministries serve the parish and community. Ministry leads please RSVP to let us know who will be sharing from your ministry. All are welcome to attend this event!! Contact Sandy FEAST: Saint Mark, evangelist at admin@protocathedral.org to RSVP. STEWARDSHIP OPPORTUNITY: THURSDAY, APRIL 26 Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter FRIDAY, APRIL 27 Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter We are having our 1st Annual Rummage Sale on August 9th -11th!! We need MANY good stewards to help make this event a success for our parish. If you would like to help or have questions, please contact Ava Stevens at avastevens.mba@gmail.com or Connie Sauers at the Parish Office ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL By now, you should have received a letter from Archbishop Sartain and Father Harris regarding the 2018 Annual Catholic Appeal. If you have any questions about the ACA or our parish project to renovate the upper hall, please contact Sandy at admin@protocathedral.org. WEEKLY PARISH STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Thank you for your continued support of The Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater. April 15th 2018 Loose: $,9338 Envelopes: $5,152 Online Giving: $1,965 Total: $9,455 2

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5 FAITH IN ACTION Protect Life Crusaders PRAY INFORM ACT Next Meeting April 24th, 6:00PM, Upper Hall Contact: Teresa Smith, BABY SHOWER: MAY 20TH!! On May 20th, we will celebrate the lives of all babies spared from abortion through your prayers, and we will begin our Prayers of Thanksgiving. Prayer Cards will be distributed on May 20th. All baby shower gifts will go to Birthright. REMINDER: We need the names of your spiritually adopted babies to include on the Celebration of Life Banner. You can your names to DID YOU KNOW? The third annual National Day of Prayer and Protest Against Planned Parenthood will take place on Saturday, April 28. Local leaders are now being recruited to organize protests and prayer vigils outside Planned Parenthood facilities throughout the nation. As of April 17, 112 protests have been scheduled in 35 states. See the list below for details. This year's #ProtestPP is being held in response to Planned Parenthood's recent announcement that they plan to push for abortion initiatives in all 50 states. In the face of Planned Parenthood's efforts to expand abortion, we recognize an urgent need to educate communities throughout the United States about the true agenda of the nation's largest abortion chain. To find a location near you, or if you would like to host a protest at a Planned Parenthood facility in your area, go to protestpp.com/locations/ for details. FORMATION RESOURCES Don t forget about your FREE subscription to Formed.org, where you can stream hundreds of hours of inspiring movies and video series, read Catholic ebooks, and listen to audio presentations from compelling speakers. IF YOU ARE NEW TO FORMED.ORG: 1. Go to formed.org. 2. Click on Register to create your FREE account. 3. Enter our Parish Code: 4CZMDN and your address. THIS WEEK S RECOMMENDATION: ATTENTION OREGON RESIDENTS: If you live in Oregon, please help pass the Stop Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act and reverse the expansion of taxpayer-funded abortion mandated by HB To sign the petition, visit Get the facts. Get involved. Be a Crusader! 5

6 PARISH EVENTS COMMUNITY EVENTS THE PROTO-CATHEDRAL OF ST. JAMES 1ST ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE AUGUST 9th, 10th and 11th (Upper Hall) CORPUS CHRISTI PLAY FROM TELEIOS TRAVELING THEATRE This is a great time to be thinking about items around your house your family no longer uses or needs. We will need volunteers to make this a success for our parish. There will be more information to come in the parish bulletin. If you would like to help or have questions, please contact Ava Stevens at or at avastevens.mba@gmail.com; or Connie Sauers at the Parish Office or office@protocathedral.org. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS Have you heard of the Corpus Christi festivals in Spain? Plays called Autos Sacramentales were performed in these week-long festivals in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. Come experience this rich history by attending a staged reading of THE GREAT THEATRE OF THE WORLD by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Performances will be Friday, June 1st, at 7:30pm, and Saturday, June 2nd, at 3:30pm and 7:00pm. Those interested in being a part of this production (ages 16+) please come to our first rehearsal and audition on Tuesday, May 1st, at 6:30pm in Aquinas Hall (1333 NE MLK Jr. Blvd.) by Holy Rosary Church. For more information call Nicole Scofield at or teleiostravelingtheatre@gmail.com. ADVERTISER OF THE WEEK World Day of Prayer for Vocations will be observed on Sunday, April 22nd, also known as "Good Shepherd Sunday." The purpose of this day is to publicly fulfill the Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). Please pray that young men and women hear and respond generously to the Lord's call to the priesthood, diaconate, religious life, societies of apostolic life or secular institutes. You can find many resources to promote a culture of vocations on the USCCB Vocations webpage ( vocations). THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US! 6

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