March 18, 2018 The Fifth Sunday of Lent

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1 Mission Statement: Love God, Serve Others, Bear Fruit 6400 Saint Therese Way San Diego CA March 18, 2018 The Fifth Sunday of Lent MASS SCHEDULE SUNDAY MASSES: Saturday: 5pm Sunday: 7, 9, & 11am; and 5pm Weekdays: Monday - Saturday, 7:30am Holy Days: See Bulletin CLERGY Fr. Peter Bosque, Pastor Deacon Robert T. Ekhaml Fr. Justin Langille Fr. William Stevenson Fr. Richard Pagano Sunday Presiders CONFESSIONS SATURDAY: 3pm until last penitent And by appointment Come and celebrate with us: Holy Thursday (Mass with washing of the feet, at 7pm) Good Friday, only day in the entire church year when Mass is not celebrated (12:30pm, celebration of the Stations of the Cross; and then, 2pm, the Rites of Good Friday Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, Holy Communion) Easter Vigil: holiest celebration of the Church, 8pm; and Easter Sunday: 7am, 9am, and 11am. Come let us worship!!!!

2 The Fifth Sunday of Lent Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 March 18, 2018 Lent Preparing to Live the Saving Mystery... EASTER celebrating our salvation! By Fr. PJB As you may know, many Protestant churches have huge extravaganzas celebrating Easter. Most notorious, perhaps, was the pageant at the Reformed Church s Crystal Cathedral in Orange County (now the Catholic cathedral for the Diocese of Orange, Christ Cathedral) The event began with centurions riding through the audience on white Arabian horses; the Roman Procurator, Pontius Pilate, was introduced to the crowd holding a tiger; the crucifixion was re-enacted with tons of blood, somber background music, and thunder claps ; and everything culminated at the Resurrection and Ascension, presented with the Lord rising from the tomb, accompanied by a light show and fireworks, and with angels flying down from the roof of the church, and sound-shaking volume of glorious music. All of this is in sharp contrast to the experience of Triduum in the Catholic ritual, in our Catholic tradition. While our Church has Passion Plays, and Christmas Posadas, and many other cultural experimentations and expressions of our Faith, the essential character of our prayer is the story of our salvation as revealed in Scripture and celebrated in our sacraments. Indeed, Holy Week is all about our salvation history as prayed in liturgy. And most importantly, the three celebrations of Triduum Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil these are celebrated as ONE CELEBRATION.... more to follow... tel

3 ST. THERESE PARISH UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES! AN INVITATION FROM THE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT MINISTRY TO THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING With Christ as our center, we will gather together to share our loving memories, our sorrow, our hopes, our faith, and our joy. Please join us each Friday through March 23rd, 4:00-5:30 pm, in Murray Hall. Let this Lenten Time be a new beginning! Joan Bishop: im-nana@cox.net or call CLUB Our next luncheon will be on Wednesday, March 21, at 11:15 a.m. in the Social Center. The cost of the catered lunch is $9 for members and $10 for guests. This includes wine, cold drink, coffee, dessert, door prizes and drawings four winners will receive $50 each. New members are welcome. Please mail your reserva on before March 17. If you have any ques ons, contact Sylvia at KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS The March winners for the KoC Seminarian Drawing are: Brian MaGuire, David J. Lukacs, & James DeAngelo SACRIFICIAL GIVING COLLECTION REPORT March 4, 2018 Plate Envelopes Online Giving $ 22, $ 2, $ 16, $ 3, Breakdown of gifts received $0.00 to $5.00 $5.01 to $10.00 $10.01 to $25.00 $25.01 to $50.00 $50.01 to $ $ to $ $ to $ $ to $ Total Contributing households DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY come join us in thanksgiving for God s Mercy!!! On Sunday, April 8th, from 2:00 to 3:30pm at St. Therese, you are invited to join together with hundreds of thousands across the world who have responded to this message of God s Mercy! Join together in the hope, healing and answers to many prayers that this devotion has meant to so many. This great feast comes at the end of the Easter Octave and as the prayer for the Mass of the Octave prays, it is a time of great rejoicing in God s Mercy: God of mercy, You wash away our sins in water, You give us new birth in the Spirit, and redeem us in the blood of Christ. As we celebrate Christ s resurrection, increase our awareness of these blessings, and renew Your gift of life within us. Amen! Fr. Billy Zondler, our local newly-ordained priest currently serving at Mission San Diego de A lcalá, will present a talk and lead us in the veneration of the Divine Mercy image, along with praise and worship music.

4 JOURNEY TO THE FOOT OF THE CROSS - 10 THINGS TO REMEMBER FOR LENT Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, former chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), offers 10 Things to Remember for Lent : 1. Remember the formula. The Church does a good job capturing certain truths with easy-toremember lists and formulas: 10 Commandments, 7 sacraments, 3 persons in the Trinity. For Lent, the Church gives us almost a slogan Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving as the three things we need to work on during the season. 2. It s a time of prayer. Lent is essentially an act of prayer spread out over 40 days. As we pray, we go on a journey, one that hopefully brings us closer to Christ and leaves us changed by the encounter with him. 3. It s a time to fast. With the fasts of Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, meatless Fridays, and our personal disciplines interspersed, Lent is the only time many Catholics these days actually fast. And maybe that s why it gets all the attention. What are you giving up for Lent? Hotdogs? Beer? Jelly beans? It s almost a game for some of us, but fasting is actually a form of penance, which helps us turn away from sin and toward Christ. 4. It s a time to work on discipline. The 40 days of Lent are also a good, set time to work on personal discipline in general. Instead of giving something up, it can be doing something positive. I m going to exercise more. I m going to pray more. I m going to be nicer to my family, friends and coworkers. 5. It s about dying to yourself. The more serious side of Lenten discipline is that it s about more than self-control it s about finding aspects of yourself that are less than Christ-like and letting them die. The suffering and death of Christ are foremost on our minds during Lent, and we join in these mysteries by suffering, dying with Christ and being resurrected in a purified form. 6. Don t do too much. It s tempting to make Lent some ambitious period of personal reinvention, but it s best to keep it simple and focused. There s a reason the Church works on these mysteries year after year. We spend our entire lives growing closer to God. Don t try to cram it all in one Lent. That s a recipe for failure. 7. Lent reminds us of our weakness. Of course, even when we set simple goals for ourselves during Lent, we still have trouble keeping them. When we fast, we realize we re all just one meal away from hunger. In both cases, Lent shows us our weakness. This can be painful, but recognizing how helpless we are makes us seek God s help with renewed urgency and sincerity. 8. Be patient with yourself. When we re confronted with our own weakness during Lent, the temptation is to get angry and frustrated. What a bad person I am! But that s the wrong lesson. God is calling us to be patient and to see ourselves as he does, with unconditional love. 9. Reach out in charity. As we experience weakness and suffering during Lent, we should be renewed in our compassion for those who are hungry, suffering or otherwise in need. The third part of the Lenten formula is almsgiving. It s about more than throwing a few extra dollars in the collection plate; it s about reaching out to others and helping them without question as a way of sharing the experience of God s unconditional love. 10. Learn to love like Christ. Giving of ourselves in the midst of our suffering and self-denial brings us closer to loving like Christ, who suffered and poured himself out unconditionally on cross for all of us. Lent is a journey through the desert to the foot of the cross on Good Friday, as we seek him out, ask his help, join in his suffering, and learn to love like him.

5 St. Therese Academy 6440 Saint Therese Way, San Diego, CA PAST EVENT: 6th Grade Science - DNA Extraction Lab February 2018 UPCOMING EVENTS: Visit our website at Will you have children attending school in the academic year? Have you considered giving them the gift of a Catholic education? Are you concerned that a Catholic education is not affordable? Come visit St. Therese Academy to learn about our Tuition Assistance program which helps make a parochial school education affordable for everyone! We are very proud of all we have to offer at St. Therese Academy: A safe and nurturing environment for your children A faith-filled community, where you will develop life-long family friendships Academically challenging curriculum, taught with differentiated teaching methods Weekly classes in Art, Technology, Library, Physical Education, guitar class for students in 6th-8th grades, ukulele class for students in kindergarten-5th grades. Our music program includes the opportunity to sing in our EXALT Choir. Each of these classes are taught by teachers specializing in their field. 100% acceptance of our students who apply to Catholic high schools We invite you to schedule a tour of our school to learn more. Please contact Mrs. Gorney at dgorney@sta-sd.org to schedule your tour. All are invited to join the Academy at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, March 23rd for Stations of the Cross. During Lent, Stations of the Cross can be a powerful way to contemplate, and enter into, the mystery of Jesus' gift of himself to us. This week Stations of the Cross will be led by our 5th grade and kindergarten classes.

6 Weekly Calendar Monday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. Rosary in the Church Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Wrapped in Love in the SC Lounge 11:15 a.m. 50+ Luncheon in the Social Center 4:00 p.m. Religious Education in the STA Classrooms 6:45 p.m. R.C.I.A. in the STA Library 7:00 p.m. M.S.Y.G. in the Social Center Fore more information about events taking place at St. Therese, visit Weekly Mass Intentions Monday, March 19th 7:30 a.m. + Dan Cunningham Tuesday, March 20th 7:30 a.m. + Janina Bressel Wednesday, March 21st 7:30 a.m. + Jerry Miller Thursday, March 22nd 7:30 a.m. + Lina Romero Friday, March 23rd 7:30 a.m. + Mary Kankowski Saturday, March 24th 7:30 a.m. + Lilian Creames 5:00 p.m. + Richard Kise Sunday, March 25th 7:00 a.m. + Leo Shaw 9:00 a.m. - Int. of the Parishioners 11:00 a.m. + Thomas Twist 5:00 p.m. + Norman Hjorth Prayers of the Faithful After three weeks, the names will be sent to the Adoration Chapel. Please pray for the following who are ill, their families, and those who care for them, especially: Patricia Kennedy. Nadia Hill, Charlyn Adams, & Tony Chalupnik. Please pray for the soul of De Chantal Hockenberry P A R I S H S T A F F PASTORAL STAFF Fr. Peter Bosque, Pastor ext. 103 fr.bosque@stthereseparish.org Deacon Bob Ekhaml ext. 307 dnbobe@sbcglobal.net Bonnie Hernandez, Pastoral Minister ext. 102 bonnie@stthereseparish.org Raymond D. Deang, Director of Youth Ministry rdeang@stthereseparish.org Reanna Layba, Coord. of Youth Ministry ext. 308 reanna@stthereseparish.org Sr. Janet Marich, Director of Faith Formation ext. 305 jmarich@sta-sd.org ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Susan Orelli, Business Manager/ Bookkeeper ext. 100 susan@stthereseparish.org Jennifer Stevenson, Parish Secretary ext. 101 jstevenson@stthereseparish.org reanna@stthereseparish.org ST. THERESE ACADEMY Principal: Mark Sperrazzo msperrazzo@sta-sd.org P A R I S H P R O G R A M S / O R G A N I Z A T I O N S MUSIC MINISTRY Saturday 5pm & Sunday 7am Masses: Michael Ruhl Sunday 9 & 11am Masses: Reneé Mitchell Sunday 5pm Mass: Sara Osmus Annie Barrack R.C.I.A. Anna Farrell ADORATION CHAPEL Pat Kankowski PLUS SOCIAL CLUB President: Sylvia Nasri FRIENDS OF THE MISSIONS Mo Kojis ST. THERESE CHARITIES President: JoAnn Rossi ST. THERESE MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRY P A R I S H R E L A T E D O R G A N I Z A T I O N S ITALIAN CATHOLIC FEDERATION President: Pam Tallarida KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Grand Knight: David Bates MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Mike and Anita Barletta barfive@cox.net The Rest Stop (Men s Bible Study) Mick Parada WALKING WITH PURPOSE (Women s Bible Study) Kelly Kocina

7 Lenten & EASTER Schedule Fridays in March Stations of the Cross: 6:30pm Communal Penance Services in neighboring parishes (all at 7pm): Monday, March 19th, St. Martin of Tours in La Mesa Tuesday, March 20th, Guardian Angels in Santee Tuesday, March 20th, St. Luke in El Cajon Wednesday, March 21st, Santa Sophia in Spring Valley Monday, March 26th, Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Lakeside Palm Sunday March 24th/25th TRIDUUM Holy Thursday, March 29th Good Friday, Marc 30th Mass of the Last Supper (7pm) Stations of the Cross (12:30pm) Rites of Good Friday (2pm) (Word, Veneration, Communion) VIGIL, March 31st Ancient Rites (8pm) Easter Sunday, April 1st Masses: 7am, 9am, and 11am (no evening Mass) (Fire, Word, Initiation, Eucharist - most important celebration of our Faith)