St. Helen Roman Catholic Parish - Oracle 66 E. Maplewood St. Oracle, AZ 85623-6148 Phone: (520) 896-2708 FAX: (520) 896-2631 Visit our Website: http://www.sthelenparishoracle.org To add, change or contribute information for the website please contact the Parish Office at St. Helen s e-mail address: sthelensmission@msn.com SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018 THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Pastor: Rev. Msgr. Ambrose O. Nwohu...520-896-2708 Parish Secretary& Compliance Representative: GloriaAcosta 520-896-2708 Parish Office Hours: Tuesday Thursday....... 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Priest: Tuesday - Friday....9:30 a.m. - 12 noon & 2 p.m. 7 p.m. MASS SCHEDULE Saturday (Mass of Anticipation).....5 p.m. Sunday...8 a.m. & 10 a.m. Monday thru Friday.......8 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.....9 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.
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 18, 2018 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Mark 13:31 ENCOURAGEMENT This Sunday s Gospel is our final selection from Mark for this liturgical year. It is taken from the end of Jesus teaching in Jerusalem immediately preceding the account of his arrest and passion. In it Jesus gives his disciples hope to sustain them through his passion and death and any persecution or suffering that they would encounter after his resurrection. The words from the book of Daniel also provided hope and encouragement to the people of Daniel s time. The encouragement in these scriptures is meant for us as well, for none of us will escape tribulation in our lives. Followers of Jesus will be able to endure suffering with joyful hope, knowing that Christ s love will lead us along the way of discipleship and give us eternal life with 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, November 18 10 a.m. - +Sandoval & +Self Families By Mary Castillo 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. 11/10 & 11, 2018 Parish Offertory - $867.00 Pie Sale - $111.60 Chair Rental - $20.00 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 +Sandoval & Self Families By Mary Castillo 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
NOVEMBER 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. 896-9031 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 896-3530 Finance Council Chairperson Manny Navarro 896-2469 Compliance Representative Gloria Acosta 896-2708 Lector Scheduling/Bereavement - Mary Buzan 526-4557 Sacristan/Euch. Minister Scheduling Tony Telles 896-9031 Altar Server Scheduling Debbie Gutierrez 896-2711 Music Coordinator Ellie Brown 237-2086 Religious Education Gr. 1&2 Ellie Brown 237-2086 Gr. 3 Angelica Valdez 288-1979 Gr. 4,5,6 Leonor Berumen 419-4051 Gr. 7&8 Allison Lapa 896-2148 Phyllis David 820-0425 St. Helen s Food Bank - Helen Alvarez 404-4817 Knights of Columbus Johnnie Seballos 520-603-5584 Cursillo Movement Leaders Mary & Tony Telles 896-9031 Adult Catechesis Msgr. Ambrose O. Nwohu 896-2708 Kitchen Angels 520-400-4404 Church Cleaning/Furnishings/Environmental Design (Volunteers needed) We extend a warm welcome and thanks to Father Bardo Antunez (Saturday) and Father John Baptiste (Sunday). Our community stands ready to assist in any way we can. Thanks to parishioners: Johnnie & Jennie Seballos and Kitchen Angels for the delicious Thanksgiving Dinner served last Sunday. Dinner was enjoyed by many parishioners and was a welcome prologue to the coming holidays. Many thanks to Bill Agredano for the work he did to clean up the back parking area and landscape behind the church. He trimmed trees and bushes, did quite of bit of weed-eating. We have some very generous parishioners in our community. Please thank them their many contributions KNIGHTS CORNER:. Sunday, Oct. 28 thru Nov. 18 Food 4 Families drive - Please support to feed hungry families. 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 17 & 18 Seminarian Education Fund December 1 & 2 St. Helen Building Fund December 15 & 16 St. Helen Maintenance 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. 27 5 p.m. No Mass Sun. 28 8 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. 10 5 p.m. Fr. Bardo Antunez Sun. 11 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. Fr. John Francis, OFM Capuchin Nov. Sat. 17 5 p.m. Fr. Bardo Antunez Sun. 18 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. Fr. Jean Baptiste, S.J. Nov. Sat. 24 5 p.m. Fr. Bardo Antunez Sun. 25 8 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 PRAY FOR THE DEAD Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and offer our prayers for them. St. John Chrysostom Registration for 2018-19 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
TODAY S READINGS First Reading Those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever (Daniel 12:1-3). Psalm You are my inheritance, O Lord! (Psalm 16). Second Reading Where there is forgiveness, there is no longer offering for sin (Hebrews 10:11-14, 18). Gospel Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away (Mark 13:24-32). 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: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 18:35-43 Tuesday: Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 19:1-10 Wednesday: Rv 4:1-11; Ps 150:1b-6; Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: Rv 5:1-10; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 19:41-44 Thanksgiving Day Suggested: Sir 50:22-24; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 Friday: Rv 10:8-11; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: Rv 11:4-12; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Lk 20:27-40 Sunday: Dn 7:13-14; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Rv 1:5-8; Jn 18:33b-37 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday: The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday: St. Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr; Died 3 rd c.; known from her legendary Passio, a poem which exalts Christian virginity; honored in Rome since the 5 th c.; mentioned in the Roman Canon; patroness of sacred music because of the song of God in her heart. Thanksgiving Day Friday: St. Clement I, Pope, Martyr; St. Columban, Abbot; Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest, Martyr (USA) Clement I died c.100 under Trajan; fourth bishop of Rome; wrote famous epistle to the Corinthians; mentioned in the Roman Canon. Columban, or Columbanus, died 615; Irish monk and missionary to France; wrote a strict monastic rule and Penitential; founded monasteries at Luxeuil, Bobbio, and elsewhere; exiled to Italy for denouncing court immorality and lax bishops; died at Bobbio. Miguel Pro died 23 Nov. 1927 at age thirty-six; from Guadalupe, Mexico; S.J. noted for his sympathetic nature and firm piety; during Mexican religious persecution, he was accused of plotting against the government and was executed while exclaiming, Long live Christ the King! Saturday: St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest and Companions, Martyrs; during the 17 th -19 th centuries in Vietnam, some 130,000 Christians suffered cruel martyrdom, many be decapitation or strangulation; today 117, most of them killed during the reigns of Emperors Minh-Mang and Tu-Duc, are remembered; they include eleven Spanish Dominicans, ten members of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris, and ninety-six Vietnamese (thirty-seven priests, including Andrew Dung-Lac) and fifty nine laypersons, including one seminarian and ten Dominical tertiaries; all canonized by Pope John Paul II. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION November is a month of remembrance for the dead, and cemeteries have long been a focus for prayer. Our tradition holds great respect for bodily remains, since the body was created and redeemed by God, was once the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, and has a destiny of life with God in glory. The funeral practices of the early church contrasted greatly with those of the pagans, who had a great dread of the dead body. The ancient Christian funeral liturgy ended with the relatives and friends giving a final kiss to the body. It expressed affection and showed their faith that the grave would not be the last word. This kiss horrified pagans, who thought that any contact with the dead was degrading. Every year on their loved one s birthday to life, the Christians would return to the place of their burial to mark their profound communion with those whose lives were hidden in Christ. Typically, they buried the dead with their faces turned toward the east, symbolizing the rising of the Sun of Justice, Christ, at the end of days. They were attracted to the catacombs or burial grounds just as we are today. They would often celebrate the Eucharist at the tomb. Before long, as soon as Christians were allowed to build places for worship, they relocated cemeteries from beyond the city walls to surround the church. This was not so much because the church made the ground holy, but because the bodies of the saints hallowed the ground on which the church was built, a subtle but beautiful difference. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
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: www.diocesetucson.org 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 www.diocesetucson.org (Employment Opportunities). Pray For Vocations RETROUVAILLE & MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER RETREAT NOTICES Marriage Help - A Retrouvaille Weekend can help couples rediscover hope and purpose in their marriage. Register Now for a Retrouvaille Weekend beginning Friday evening, January 18 - Sunday, January 20, 2019. Visit: www.retrouvaille.org or Call 520-686-1598 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 www.wwmearizona.com