St. Cecilia Parish. 27 th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 5, 2014 Respect Life Sunday MASS SCHEDULE PARISH OFFICE HOURS WELCOME VISITORS!

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1 St. Cecilia Parish 1310 Madison Avenue N. Bainbridge Island, WA (206) PASTOR Fr. Joseph P. Mitchell 27 th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 5, 2014 Respect Life Sunday MASS SCHEDULE WEEKEND Saturday Vigil Mass... 5:00 p.m. Sunday... 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. WEEKDAYS Monday and Tuesday Word and Communion... 9:00 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday Mass... 9:00 a.m. RECONCILIATION Saturday... 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.... (Or by appointment) BENEDICTION & EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Benediction...Friday 9:30 a.m.... Followed by Eucharistic Adoration Friday 10:00 a.m. to Saturday 3:00 p.m. PARISH OFFICE HOURS parishoffice@saintcparish.org Mon. Wed, Thurs Fri. 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Closed Lunch 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Office Closed Tuesday BAPTISM Celebrated on the 2 nd Sunday of each month during the 10:00 a.m. Mass or by appointment. Call the Parish Office to plan for Baptism classes and paperwork needed. We encourage parents to schedule classes before the birth of their child. HOUSE CALLS If you wish to receive the sacraments at home please call the Parish Office at (206) x101 to schedule. FIRST RECONCILIATION, FIRST COMMUNION, PREP (Parish Religious Education Program) K-8 Please contact Pastoral Associate for Faith Formation Terry Markuly, x102 or tmarkuly@saintcparish.org CONFIRMATION Please contact the office for more information, Parish Office x101 MARRIAGE GUIDELINES The engaged couple should plan to meet with the pastor at least six months before the wedding. One party should be a registered parishioner RCIA Please contact the Parish Office x101 or RCIA Director Patrick Middleton at FUNERALS Call the parish office for assistance with funeral arrangements PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Parish consultative and advisory body of parish members, Kevin Kanyer (chair) FINANCE COUNCIL Parish financial advisory body made up of parish members, Scott Edwards (chair) PARISH MINISTRIES & ACTIVITIES A catalog of parish ministries and activities is listed on our website under the ministries section. The parish office can assist you in finding out any additional information you require. Find entire ministry directory BULLETIN Send announcements via to editor@saintcparish.org deadline Noon on Monday ST. CECILIA CATHOLIC SCHOOL: School Website Madison Ave. N. Bainbridge Island, WA Phone (206) Principal - Liz Chamberlin lchamberlin@saintceciliaschool.org WELCOME VISITORS! If you are new to St. Cecilia Parish we extend a warm welcome to our Faith Community. Please take a moment to fill out the information below and place in the collection plate or return to the office. NAME: PHONE: ADDRESS:

2 27 th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 05, 2014 NOTES FROM THE PASTOR Dear parishioners: October is designated by the Church as Respect Life month, and the first Sunday as Respect Life Sunday. There are many facets of respect for human life and everyone should be able to find something a little extra they might do this month within that broad spectrum. We might think of a wheel. At the hub is the destruction of innocent unborn human life in the woman. There is a logic to its pre-eminence. It is concrete, objective and decisive. There is no nuance, degree or interpretation. The unborn are the weakest, must dependent and vulnerable. Coming at the very beginning of human life, the loss, in terms of future good works is larger. At the outer rim is the tire, the proper care for those who are approaching death. Then there are all the spokes under the broad umbrella of respect for human life. These include respect for the process by which human life comes into existence. Abortion is often preceded by some irresponsible use of our sexuality. Then there are all the issues of violence of one person toward another: the scourge of gang activity, the horrendous abuse of children, the violence within relationships and crimes against strangers. There is the danger of unjustified recourse to military action or failure to appreciate the Church s refined view of capital punishment. Then there are all the areas that come under the concept of respecting the dignity and enriching the quality of life through responsible use of our material possessions. An insert elsewhere in the bulletin identifies a variety of ways one can address the scourge of abortion. Some concern raising the issue in the public forum, others involve direct support to those who might be vulnerable to the temptation to abort. Everybody can find something to do this month that will enrich respect for human life, created by God in His image. As a most fundamental start, a review of the Catechism s teaching of the commandments 4 through 7 will touch on one aspect of this topic or another. Yours in Christ, PARISH CALENDAR at a Glance 9:30 a.m. Centering Prayer St. Monica 5:30 p.m. Legion of Mary Choir Room 5:30 p.m. Rosary Church 5:30 p.m. Liturgical Choir Choir Room 7:00 p.m. PM JOG Reading Group-Library Tuesday, Oct. 7 9:30 a.m. Bible Study St. Monica 12:30 p.m. Knitting Circle St. Monica 1:30 p.m. JOG Reading Group - Library 5:30 p.m. Rosary Church 7:00 p.m. RCIA Chardin Room 7:30 p.m. Contemporary Choir - Church Wednesday, Oct. 8 9:45 a.m. AM Bk. Group-St. Monica Rm. 5:30 p.m. Rosary Church 7:00 p.m. PM Bk. Group-St. Monica Rm. Thursday, Oct. 9 3:30 p.m. K-6 th PREP - Conger 5:30 p.m. Rosary Church 6:00 p.m. Altar Server Planning Meeting- St. Monica Room 7:00 p.m. Evening Bible Study Chardin Friday, Oct :00 a.m. Adoration all day Saturday, Oct. 11 Adoration until 3 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Confession Church 4:00 p.m. Liturgical Choir - Church 5:00 p.m. Mass Sunday, Oct. 12 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 am Coffee and Doughnuts Faith Center Library open until noon. MASS INTENTIONS Monday, Oct. 6-St. Bruno 9:00 a.m. Communion Service Presider- Orysia Earhart Tuesday, Oct. 7-Our Lady of the Rosary 9:00 a.m. Communion Service Presider- Sue Kuebler Wednesday, Oct. 8 9:00 a.m. Mass Rudolph Silva Thursday, Oct. 9-St. Denis & Companions St. John Leonardi Sukkot 9:00 a.m. Mass Friday, Oct. 10 9:00 a.m. Mass Saturday, Oct a.m. Mass For Parishioners 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass For Parishioners Sunday, Oct th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m. Mass For Parishioners 10:00 a.m. Mass For Parishioners Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, rest in peace. Amen

3 St. Cecilia Parish Bainbridge Island Effective November 1 st this section will no longer be printed here. It will be available online at the parish website. It will also be posted in the sacristy SUNDAY MASS MINISTRY ROSTER Fr. Joseph Mitchell CELEBRANT: OCTOBER 11/12 Vigil 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. EUCHARISTIC *Eileen Okada *Len Beil *Kevin Kanyer MINISTERS Len Korslund Dave Starkman Jane Astle Martha Korslund Terry Starkman Madonna McDonald Tony Perez Iwona Kubin Tony Perez OPEN OPEN LECTOR Joe Rochellle Sue Kuebler Orysia Earhart USHERS Virginia Carter Tom Capps Jim Vandermeer Jim Fuller Ed Reynolds OPEN ALTAR SERVERS Hannah Tonsmann Charlie Hanacek Theo Hale John Ogilvie Lucy Hanacek Liliana McDonald Grayce Schaffer Ruth Ard Isabelle Soltanzadeh VISITING EUCHARISTIC MINISTER ROSTER: Sunday, October 12, 2014 October 12, 2014 Home Call 2 S. (Koura Rd) Mike Lampert Home Call 3 Island Health OPEN Home Call 5 Messenger House Home Call 6 Y Marcia Kilbane Orysia Earhart Home Call 8 V.L. Agate Pt. Rd. Jack Gibney House Call 11 - Coles Marianne Mack MONDAY, October 13, 2014 Communion Service Presider OPEN TUESDAY, October 14, 2014 Communion Service Presider OPEN OPEN FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Sunday Offertory for September 27/28- $5, parishioners using envelopes Watch for the Parish Annual Report this week! Online Giving this week - $ See for how to give online ST. CECILIA PARISH MISSION STATEMENT: As part of the living Body of Christ, Saint Cecilia parish on Bainbridge Island seeks to conform to the will of God through faith, works, teaching and stewardship of God s creation as guided by the Holy Spirit, by the teachings of Christ, and the Grace of the Father. We celebrate this mission daily in prayer, liturgy, sacraments and life.

4 27 th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 05, 2014 INVITATION TO SPREAD THE WORK OF A SAINT St. Vincent de Paul ( ), whose feast day we celebrated Sept 27 th, is the patron of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul founded in 1833 by university students led by Frederic Ozanam ( ) during anti-catholic, post-revolutionary Paris. They were guided in their service by Sister Rosalie Rendu, a Daughter of Charity (order founded in 1633 by Vincent and Louise de Marillac to minister to the poor). Earlier, Vincent had founded in 1617 the Ladies of Charity (laywomen to serve the sick in their homes) and in 1625 the Congregation of the Mission-CM (priest/brothers to evangelize the poor). Vincent died 1660, was canonized in 1737, and declared patron saint of all works of charity in Today the Society is present in 132 countries, and in our own parish! To join in the work of our SVdP parish ministry the Esterman Conference--call SEE Spiritual Enrichment Events Thursday, October 16 7:30pm, St. Cecilia Parish Faith Center STORIES OF FAITH AND CONVERSION OF THREE POPES IN OUR LIFETIME - Their Impact on the Church and the World, John XXIII, John Paul II, Francis Three men have left an indelible mark on the shape of the Catholic Church in the 21 st century, and the relationship the Church will have with the world. All three of these popes have been colorful individuals who lived most of their adult lives witnessing and experiencing the depths of the suffering humans can inflict upon one another. Each had intellectual, emotional, and spiritual transformations in their understanding of God, faith, and their own vocation as priests, born of studying the tradition and their experience of prayer and life. More importantly, all three came to a deep awareness that the world was entering an entirely new era and a new kind of Church was necessary to continue to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This talk will focus on some key revelations Popes John XXIII, John Paul II, and Francis had in their encounter of faith with the real world, and how these personal insights shaped their ministries and their vision of creating a Church that does not flee or hide from the world, but affirms, embraces, and challenges its assumptions and practices. - Mark Markuly, PhD, Dean of Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry PARISH & COMMUNITY EVENTS A huge THANK YOU goes out to all of those, who participated in the 2014 Crop Walk. Not everybody could walk, but many parishioners donated and were there in spirit. A special thanks to Amy Lee- Despard, 7/8 th grade teacher at SCCS for taking the time out of her busy schedule to recruit students and their families to take advantage of this important service opportunity. A special thank you, as well, goes to parishioner Marion Malonson, the coordinator of St. Cecilia s participation in this

5 St. Cecilia Parish Bainbridge Island event for several years, who despite a recent surgery, briskly walked the whole route, outpacing many of us! St Cecilia raised $1,467- to help fight hunger around the corner and around the world! MORNING BIBLE STUDY gathers each Tuesday, morning at 9:45 a.m. and Evening Bible Study on Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Bible Study groups meet in the St. Monica Room. RCIA meets on Tuesday nights at 7 pm in the Chardin Room. We welcome everyone to attend - those interested in joining the Catholic Church, those who just have questions, and those who are already Catholic. If you would like a copy of the RCIA schedule, please contact Patrick Middleton at FAITH FORMATION CLASSES (PREP) It s registration time for the Parish Religious Education Programs. PREP for 7th and 8th grade students has just begun again each Wednesday at 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm in the Chardin Room. PREP for K-6 will is ongoing each Thursday. YOUTHIE GROUP The high school youth group meets each Sunday, from 5pm until 7pm in the St Monica room. Please see the parish website under Religious Education or, the back of church for registration forms and details. YOUTHIE NEWS Youthies are fundraising for our adopted Flower of Hope School in Haiti. We are selling firewood (mostly cedar) by the truckload - you pick up or we deliver. Suggested donation - whatever you think is fair - we are adding doors to the school and our fundraising goal is $1,500. Contact Neill Raymond at to place your firewood order. LEGION OF MARY meetings take place each Monday at 5:30 pm in the Choir Room in the Church. Please consider joining this wonderful ministry. Call Julie Cini at if you have any questions regarding Legion of Mary. FATIMA ROSARY "Finally, my Immaculate Heart will triumph" (Our Lady of Fatima Oct. 13, 1917 anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun.) The secret of the Rosary, St. Louis Marie de Montfort states: "Public prayer is far more powerful than private prayer to call dawn God's mercy, and Holy Mother church, guided by the Holy Ghost, has always advocated public prayer in times of tragedy and suffering." Everyone is invited in prayer to participate in this National Fatima Rosary Rally, on Saturday October 11 at NOON at St. Cecilia's garden. REMEMBER October is the Month of the Most Holy Rosary take time out to pray! PARTNERS IN HEALTH (pih.org) is committed to raise awareness and funds to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Laura Van Dyke is our local representative for this organization., "...there are many things we (Partners In Health) bring to this (Ebola) fight technical knowledge in infectious disease, in health systems strengthening, in community based approaches, the ability to partner effectively with others, the belief that we can make a difference, and most importantly, the ethos to do whatever it takes, to treat the communities we serve as if they were our own families." ~ Dr. Joia Mukherjee. This is the heart of PIH and why Laura is so committed to spreading awareness of this amazing organization. Contact Laura for additional information at or laura@hefftrans.com ADORATION Jesus prayed constantly before and after any event, He had a wonderful relationship with his Father. Like wise, we need to pray everyday before we start the day. Every Ministry should be bathe with prayer and coming to Adoration do just that. We hope the Chapel be - 5 -

6 27 th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 05, 2014 filled with the faithful in Adoration, Petition and Thanksgiving. May the Blessings fall upon you and your family. If you could commit for an hour a month/twice a month or weekly, please contact Virginia at FALL FUNDRAISING DINNER RSVP Now tickets going fast Do you have a favorite dessert you like to bake? Does everyone rave about your pecan pie, lemon bars, or red velvet cake? If so, please consider donating your specialty to the Dessert Dash at the parish dinner on October 25. Contact Yaroslavna Adams at or Laura Devlin at for more details. Thank you for your generosity. RSVP Now, at ARCHDIOCESE & BEYOND! DON'T MISS THE CORNERSTONE CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Oct. 24 th & 25 th at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center. The Bishops of Washington State are sponsoring the Cornerstone Conference to inspire and educate Catholics. This is a statewide conference sponsored by our Catholic bishops and the line-up of speakers is truly impressive. to register and to see list of speakers - a group is attending from St. Cecilia. Some are staying at a hotel, and there is an offer to carpool. (We have to be home for the Parish Dinner though.) Please register for the conference, then, if you'd like to join other St. Cecilia folks contact Terry Markuly at the Parish Office. RACHEL S CORNER Hope and Healing After Abortion When we remember and grieve our loss, we set our souls free so we can move beyond the pain. Come on a Rachel s Vineyard Retreat with us. Give yourself permission to remember, grieve and then find freedom and life in God as you become a new creation full of hope. Next retreat November 7-9, Call Valerie: HOPE (4673) You are loved with an everlasting Love! Project Rachel is a program of Catholic Community Services. PRIORY SPIRITUALITY CENTER 500 College Street NE Lacey, WA Yoga and QiGong as Prayer. October 11 Saturday 9:00a.m.- 3:00p.m. We will do yoga poses and qigong movements as a way of prayer, of being with God. We will exercise our physical, mental, and spiritual muscles in this prayer and meditation retreat. There will be time for silence and journaling, and an opportunity to pray the divine office with the Sisters. Register by prior Friday $50. Bring a sack lunch, yoga mat, meditation cushion or seat, comfortable clothing, prayer shawl, and journal. Minimum 5, Maximum 20 Roy DeLeon is an Oblate of St Placid, a professional graphic artist, and a spiritual director. He teaches Blessed Movements regularly at the Priory and in the Seattle area. He wrote and illustrated Praying with the Body: Bringing the Psalms to Life

7 + + THE SAINTS + MODELS OF CATHOLIC LIFE + + Patrick Middleton SAINT BRUNO Bruno, the eventual founder of the Carthusian Order, was born in 1030 in Cologne, Germany. At an early age, he left Cologne to attend the Cathedral school of Reims, France where he completed his education. Upon his return to Cologne in 1055, Bruno was ordained and given a canonry in the collegiate church at St. Cunibert s. In 1056, he was called back to Reims by Bishop Gervais to serve as a professor of grammar and theology. The next year he was appointed head of the episcopal school. In this position, Bruno oversaw all of the schools, both public and ecclesiastical, within the diocese. He held this position from 1057 to From the words given at his funeral, we can get a good reading on his abilities as a teacher: eloquent, poetic, philosophical, and most importantly, great exegetical (interpretion of Scripture) and theological talents. Bruno s abilities as a teacher are also reflected in the abilities of his students which included Eudes of Chatillon (who would become Pope Urban II) and many others. In 1075, Bruno became chancellor of the Diocese of Reims for which he undertook responsibility for its daily operations. Unfortunately, Bishop Manassas de Gournai (an aristocrat with violent tendencies and apparently no true vocation for the Church) had succeeded Bishop Gervais. Through the efforts of Bruno and the Reims clergy, a council presided over by the Pope s legate suspended Bishop Manassas who then responded by ordering his minions to tear down and plunder the houses of those who had spoken against him, including Bruno. Together with others whose homes had been destroyed, Bruno took refuge in a nearby castle until, in 1080, a definite sentence, supported by a popular riot of the people, forced Manassas to withdraw to the dwellings of Emperor Henry IV who was seeking to assert control over the Catholic Church. As stated in Butler s Lives of the Saints: St. Bruno, [and two others] in a conversation they had one day together in a garden of Bruno s landlord, discoursed -7- on the vanity and false ambitions of the world and on the joys of eternal life, and being strongly affected by their serious reflections, promised one another to forsake the world. * * * [Bruno] forsook the world in a time of flattering prosperity, when he enjoyed in it riches, honor and the favor of men, and when the church of Reims was ready to choose him archbishop. He resigned his benefice and renounced whatever held him in the world, and persuaded some of his friends to accompany him into solitude. With six companions, Bruno applied to St. Hugh, Bishop of Grenoble, to find a suitable place for them. St. Hugh had dreamed of these seven men the night before meeting them, seeing in his dream God building a church in the mountainous desert of Chartreuse and seven stars which directed St. Hugh to that place. He embraced the seven men and granted them the Chartreuse. Bruno and his companions, filled with joy, constructed an oratory and small cells a small distance from one another. They lived solitary lives, but met for Matins and Vespers every day, and for feast days. They would become the Carthusian Order. They spent their time in prayer, studying and copying manuscripts. Given their reputation as very learned men, they were often visited by others seeking instruction. In 1090, Pope Urban II, Bruno s former student, was striving to continue the reforms of Pope Gregory VII and was in almost continuous struggle with Emperor Henry IV and his appointed anti-pope. He therefore called upon Bruno to come to Rome to serve as a private advisor. After Emperor Henry IV forced Pope Urban II, Bruno, and others to flee to the south, Bruno ended up in Calabria Italy where he started another house of the Carthusians. St. Bruno died in Calabria on October 6, Today, the Order he founded has 450 monks and nuns in 24 houses in three continents, all dedicated exclusively to the contemplative life, interceding for the Church and the salvation of the whole world. For more information on the Carthusians, see the critically acclaimed documentary, Into Great Silence. St. Bruno s memorial is October 6.

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10 Saint Cecilia Parish Dinner Celebrate the Saints You ll want to be in that number! Saturday, October 25 6 pm to 10 pm Conger Hall $60/person Come for a heavenly dinner catered by Simply Bainbridge, divine desserts in our Dessert Dash, Parish and School paddle calls, and a "holy" enjoyable evening. Matt Smith, Auctioneer RSVP by October 10 to the parish office or at Volunteers opportunities still available!

11 WHAT CAN I DO FOR THE UNBORN? Today Oct 5, 2014 is RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY, ask yourself what you can do for the Unborn? Above all, PRAY! But can you do more as well here are is a comprehensive list of local organizations and events in our area who support the unborn. Support the local Pregnancy Resource Services center in Bremerton (2917 Wheaton Way #201, Bremerton 98210, , ). This wholly-volunteer office provides resources of many kinds to women during and following pregnancy. Publicize the Gabriel Project, ( ANGEL) which offers one-on-one support and mentoring to any pregnant woman needing help. Encourage any person (woman or man) who is suffering as a result of an abortion to contact Project Rachel and Rachel s Vineyard Healing Retreats ( HOPE) for help and healing from and with others who ve been there and are working through the same suffering. Stand up for legal protection for the unborn at the annual March For Life in Olympia in January, near the anniversary of the Roe v Wade & Doe v Bolton Supreme Court decisions which legalized abortion. Or go to the annual March for Life in Washington DC or the Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco. ( ) Participate in the annual 4US event in Tacoma: a bicycle Ride for Life, Run/Walk for Life, and Family Fun Day raising funds to purchase ultrasound machines for pregnancy resource centers. When a woman contemplating abortion gets to see her unborn baby on ultrasound, she chooses life for her child over 95% of the time! ( ) Come out for the annual Life Chain in Silverdale, at which people line the street for a few hours praying and holding simple pro-life signs (provided). ( ) Come stand in prayerful vigil at the Bremerton Planned Parenthood, any Wednesday (abortion day). Plus, twice a year, during the international 40 Days for Life, people at hundreds of locations simultaneously fast and pray to end abortion, with a prayer presence outside an abortion facility. Our local Wednesdays for Life is an outgrowth of this. ( If you want to save lives by making abortion impossible to ignore or trivialize, consider joining with the Anti-Choice Project, who a couple of times a week stand in a public area displaying pictures of what CHOICE really means: aborted babies. ( ) Contact the Samuel s Hand Coalition, a Kitsap organization that was formed to be a coordinating/contact entity for all these pro-life activities in the local area. If you wish to be put on our list, please notify us (glenn@samuelshand.org, daly0119@comcast.net, P O Box 3207, Bremerton 98310). OPEN YOUR HEARTS TO LIFE! I came so that all might have life, and have it to the full.

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