St. Helen Roman Catholic Parish - Oracle

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1 St. Helen Roman Catholic Parish - Oracle 66 E. Maplewood St. Oracle, AZ Phone: (520) FAX: (520) Visit our Website: To add, change or contribute information for the website please contact the Parish Office at St. Helen s address: sthelensmission@msn.com SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2018 THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, 2018 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Pastor: Rev. Msgr. Ambrose O. Nwohu Parish Secretary& Compliance Representative: GloriaAcosta Parish Office Hours: Tuesday Thursday a.m.-2 p.m. Priest: Tuesday - Friday....9:30 a.m noon & 2 p.m. 7 p.m. MASS SCHEDULE Saturday (Mass of Anticipation) p.m. Sunday...8 a.m. & 10 a.m. Monday thru Friday a.m. First Friday of the Month Anointing of the Sick and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament...8 a.m. All Holy Days of Obligation a.m. & 7 p.m. Pray the Rosary...1/2 hour before each Mass Parish Board of Directors Rev. Msgr. Ambrose O. Nwohu, President Manuel Navarro, Treasurer Carmen Trejo, Secretary Most Rev. Edward J. Weisenburger, D.D. Rev. Msgr. Jeremiah McCarthy ********SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION********* Marriage Preparation Diocesan regulations require that you see a priest at least four months before your wedding date. Baptismal Preparation Please call for arrangements at least two months prior to the date of Baptism. Baptisms are scheduled for the third weekend of each month. Reconciliation/Confession Saturday from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Any other time by appointment.

2 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 28, 2018 The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad indeed. Psalm 126:3 THE HOPE AND PROMISE OF REDEMPTION The prophet Jeremiah prophesies the end of the Babylonian exile. He describes how the weak and sorrowful people now return with joy. These are the scattered people of God: the blind and the lame, the mothers and pregnant women. They shall be led along an easy road so that no one will stumble. The Lord s kindness and mercy are on all these weak and broken people. Here and in Psalm 126 we find the most lovely poetic images of God s love and care for us. Those that sow in tears / shall reap rejoicing. Although they go forth weeping, / carrying the seed to be sown, / they shall come back rejoicing, / carrying their sheaves (Psalm 126:5 6). Although God had to punish Israel for their many sins, God never forgot them, scattered as they were, and brings them all back to the land of their ancestors, there to flourish and be joyful again. We can see in this the hope and the promise of our own redemption, gathered from the far corners of the earth into the great banquet of God. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Deadline for bulletin announcements is 2 p.m. on Tuesday MASS INTENTIONS Offered for our beloved dead as well as our living ones. May the souls of our faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Sunday, 8 a.m. - +Juanita (Jenny) Martin, +Fidelia S. Hall, +Roberto S. Rivera By Berumen Family VOCATIONS CRUCIFIX At each Mass, the family taking the crucifix should designate another family to carry the crucifix home the following week. Please return the crucifix before the beginning of each Mass. 10/20 & 21, 2018 Parish Offertory - $ St. Helen Maintenance Fund - $ Thank you and God bless you for your generosity. INFANT BAPTISMS Instructions for infant Baptisms are on the first and third Thursday of the month (after initial registration) at 7:00 p.m. in the Church Hall. It is mandatory that parents and Godparents attend. Sanctuary Lamp +Roberto S. Rivera by Berumen Family Please stop by the parish office to reserve dates for the Sanctuary Lamp. The Sanctuary Lamp may be reserved by more than one persons for the same dates. PLEASE PRAY FOR Ill and/or homebound: Dora, John Hernandez, Elaine Mendibles, Warren Perow, Margarita Pena, Frank Castillo, Baby Gilbert Franco, Al Gutierrez, Debbie Martinez, Felix Garcia, Patricio Ortiz, Allison Gomez, Susie Molina, Rosa Santos, Evodio Barrientos, Rico Guerrero, Carmen Garcia, Lynne Cunningham, Mollie Clark, Michael Hilimire, Bea Marquez, John Hughes Please help keep our prayer list current. To add or remove a name from the prayer list, please call the parish office. In order to ensure an updated prayer list, names will be listed for two months and then removed. Our Service Men & Women: Christopher Salazar, Nathan Jackson Faithful Departed: Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord and may perpetual light shine upon them

3 OCTOBER 2018 CALENDAR Every First Friday 8 a.m.- Anointing of the Sick and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Holy Days of Obligation Masses 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. Adult Formation (Scripture) Classes with Msgr. Ambrose Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Choir Practice Saturdays, 9 a.m. Womens Prayer Group Tuesdays from 12 noon to 1 p.m Finance Committee Every 3 rd Thursday 6:30 p.m. Parish Council As announced Liturgy Committee As announced Second collection for Building Fund - Every first weekend of the month. Parish Maintenance Second Collection six times/year. St. Helen Offices & Ministries Parish Pastoral Council Chairperson Ellie Brown Finance Council Chairperson Manny Navarro Compliance Representative Gloria Acosta Lector Scheduling/Bereavement - Mary Buzan Sacristan/Euch. Minister Scheduling Tony Telles Altar Server Scheduling Debbie Gutierrez Music Coordinator Ellie Brown Religious Education Gr. 1&2 Ellie Brown Gr. 3 Angelica Valdez Gr. 4,5,6 Leonor Berumen Gr. 7&8 Allison Lapa Phyllis David St. Helen s Food Bank - Helen Alvarez Knights of Columbus Johnnie Seballos Cursillo Movement Leaders Mary & Tony Telles Adult Catechesis Msgr. Ambrose O. Nwohu Kitchen Angels Church Cleaning/Furnishings/Environmental Design (Volunteers needed) We extend a warm welcome and thanks to Fr. Bill Remmel. Our community stands ready to assist in any way we can Catholic Men s Conference Join men from all over the Diocese of Tucson as we learn and share from one another while holding each other up in our Christian calling. IRON SHARPENS IRON, men strengthen men, and faith strengthens love of families, communities, self and God. Mr. Jesse Romero and Mr. Greg Wasinski, nationally known presenters, will be with us for the day offering their insights through presentations and a panel discussion with Bishop Weisenburger. November 3; 8 AM Rosary, 9 AM Program begins; 3PM Mass. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Register online at KNIGHTS CORNER:. Non-perishable food items for our parish food bank are still being accepted. Thanks for your support. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR SUNDAY MORNING SOCIALS Thank you! 2018 SECOND COLLECTIONS (*Diocesan) November 3 & 4 St. Helen Building Fund November 17 & 18 Seminarian Education Fund December 1 & 2 St. Helen Building Fund EnvelopesforPARISH special collections in rack back of the church. VISITING PRIESTS SCHEDULE October 27-28, November 3-25, December 1-2, 2018 Oct: Sat p.m. No Mass Sun a.m. & 10 a.m. Fr. Bill Remmel Nov: Sat. 3 5 p.m. Fr. Bardo Antunez Sun. 4 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. Fr. Ken Wolfe Nov. Sat p.m. Fr. Bardo Antunez Sun a.m. & 10 a.m. Fr. John Francis, OFM Capuchin Nov. Sat p.m. Fr. Bardo Antunez Sun a.m. & 10 a.m. Fr. Jean Baptiste, S.J. Nov. Sat p.m. Fr. Bardo Antunez Sun a.m. & 10 a.m. Fr. Bill Remmel Dec. Sat. 1 5 p.m. Fr. Bardo Antunez Sun. 2 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. Fr. Ken Wolfe All Saints Day Thursday, November 1 (Holy Day of Obligation) For parishioners who wish to attend All Saints Day mass on Thursday, November 1, St. Bartholomew will offer an 8:30 a.m. mass and also a 7 p.m. mass. On Friday, November 2 they will offer an All Souls Day Mass on Friday, at 8:30 a.m. (First Friday) with benediction, and also a special mass at 7 p.m. commemorating Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). You may bring photos or other ofrendas (offerings) to display to honor your faithful departed. Registration for Catechetical School/Sacramental Preparations Sunday, October 7 Last day of registration Week of October 14 Classes begin Parents, grandparents and sponsors: Encourage your children/wards to register. Registration fees: $25 per student. Families with more than one child for registration, fee $20. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS Inquiries regarding the Religious Education program should be directed to the Parish Office. Persons interested in applying for the Director of Religious Education position should speak with Msgr. or contact the Parish Office. The Catechist is one who guards the memory of God and who knows how to awaken it in others. Pope Francis

4 TODAY S READINGS First Reading I will lead the people to brooks of water, on a level road, so that none shall stumble (Jeremiah 31:7-9). Psalm The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy (Psalm 126). Second Reading It was not Christ who glorified himself, but rather the one who said to him: You are my son: this day I have begotten you (Hebrews 5:1-6). Gospel Immediately the blind man received his sight and followed Jesus on the way (Mark 10:46-52). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Eph 4:32 5:8; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 13:10-17 Tuesday: Eph 5:21-33 or 5:2a, 25-33; Ps 128:1-5; Lk 13:18-21 Wednesday: Eph 6:1-9; Ps 145:10-14; Lk 13:22-30 Thursday: Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps 24:1-6; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a Friday: Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; Jn 6:37-40, or any readings from no. 668 or from the Masses for the Dead, nos Saturday: Phil 1:18b-26; Ps 42:2, 3, 5cdef; Lk 14:1, 7-11 Sunday: Dt 6:2-6; Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51; Heb 7:23-28; Mk 12:28b-34 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Priesthood Sunday; National World Youth Day (U.S.) Wednesday: Halloween Thursday: All Saints; first mentioned in the 4 th c. Eastern feast of All Martyrs and attested to by St. Ephrem of Edessa, this feast came to be celebrated on other days as well in the East, e.g., Easter Friday, and the Sunday after Pentecost, the day of its observance in some places in the West. In 609/610, the Roman Pantheon was dedicated on 13 May under the title S. Maria ad Martyres. Many see in this the origin of All Saints Day. For reasons which are unclear, Pope Gregory IV transferred the feast from May to 1 November, adopting perhaps the English-Gallican practice dating from the first quarter of the 8 th c. Friday: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day); rooted in ancient Christian tradition (2 nd c. and Tertullian), St. Odilo of Cluny established a memorial of all the faithful departed in 988. It was accepted in Rome in the 13 th c. First Friday Saturday: St. Martin de Porres, Religious; died 1639; born in Lima of a Spanish father and a black slave mother; O.P. lay brother who humbly ministered to the poor and the sick, especially African slaves; devoted to the Holy Eucharist; a close friend of Rose of Lima; patron of social justice and of peoples of mixed races. Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today is the feast of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, the first representative body of many Catholics who died for their faith between 1535 and 1679 to be beatified or canonized. Almost all of them died at Tyburn, a place of public execution near today s Marble Arch in Hyde Park, London. The first to suffer were Carthusian monks who refused to swear an oath supporting Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church in England, and the last was Saint Oliver Plunkett, the Primate Archbishop of Ireland. The method of execution was particularly vile, since the condemned were hanged and their living bodies quartered to be displayed around London as a horrific warning. Today, the tree-like gallows provides the design of a religious symbol, the canopy over the altar of the martyrs in Tyburn Convent. There, at the heart of the bustling city, a monastic community of women practices contemplative prayer and spiritual hospitality in the Benedictine tradition. Oddly, the community is French in origin; it was expelled from France a century ago when France outlawed contemplative monastic life. England, where the laws against Catholicism had been lifted, invited the community in. In gratitude to their new homeland, and in honor of those who gave their lives for the Catholic faith, the nuns came to Tyburn. In the public crypt, coats of arms stand for each of the 350 martyrs. A Web site visit is possible at Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.

5 Diocese of Tucson Bishop Weisenburger s Wednesday Update is available to view on the Diocesan website. The Update is an informative communication about the bishop s schedule and events currently occurring within the diocese. Log in to the diocesan website: and under the Bishop s heading click on the following links: Departments; then Office of the Bishop; then The Wednesday Update. Call St. Helen Parish Office for help or more information. There are employment opportunities currently available in the Diocese of Tucson. To view the position descriptions and information on how to apply, persons interested should refer to (Employment Opportunities). RETROUVAILLE & MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER RETREAT NOTICES Your word, oh Lord, is truth. Bring the Lord s truth into your marriage by attending an upcoming Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend. To apply online, and for weekend dates visit

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