Jesus defeats death. How do we share in this victory? Saint Maria Catholic Parish Sco sdale, Arizona Easter Sunday of the Resurrec on 1 April 2018 He is risen! Alleluia! HAPPY EASTER! F. Hoefgen 209 2010
2 EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD A P R I L 1, 2 0 1 8 Rev. Thomas J. Hallsten, KHS - Parochial Administrator Deacons Carmene Carbone, Gary Scott, Jim Trant PARISH OFFICE Main Number.......480-948-8380 Fax........480-948-8815 Email....smgoretti@smgaz.org Website..www.smgaz.org OFFICE HOURS Monday - Thursday: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Friday: 8:30 am - Noon Saturday - closed Sunday - closed (staff member present at the gift cart in Piper Hall) MASS SCHEDULE Saturday (vigil) 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 am Monday-Saturday 8:00 am Holy Day - Please call the Parish Office ADORATION CHAPEL Monday - Saturday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Sunday - 7:00 am - 1:00 pm SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday 3:00-4:30 pm Thursday 8:30 am - 9:30 am and by appointment. SACRAMENT OF HEALING Anointing of the Sick: Administered on the 3rd Tuesday of each month after the 8:00 am Mass. Also available upon request if you are shut-in or entering the hospital. IN AN EMERGENCY For emergency anointing after office hours, please call (480) 361-3734. PARISH REGISTRATION Download our registration form at www.smgaz.org, or call the parish office. Administration Parochial Administrator, Fr. Thomas Hallsten... ext. 12 Parish Manager, Lynda Melton.....ext. 33 Accounting, Nancy Milus... ext. 14 Facility Supervisor, Tim Bies... ext. 51 Facility Assistant, Jean Steeley... ext. 51 Director of Music & Liturgy, Dr. Skye Hart... ext. 17 Admin Assistant, Ministry Placement/Sacramental Record Request, Judy Colburn... ext. 13 Faith Formation Office Office Hours... Monday-Thursday 9:00am-6:00 pm Faith Formation Assistant & Marriage Preparation Santa Giuliano... ext. 15 Coordinator of Elementary Faith Formation & RCIA; Annulment Minister Cindy Troiano... ext. 21 Youth Ministry, Lorie Dean....ext. 25 Baptismal Preparation, Deacon Gary Scott... ext. 26 PRESCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN... (480) 948-3606 Office Hours... Monday-Friday 8:30 am-2:30 pm Director, Kate Strohmeyer ext. 23 Administrative Assistant, Julie Mazza... ext. 24 Music for the Order of Mass Resurrection of Our Lord (Year B) April 1, 2018 All Masses **All service music and scripture readings for today are found in your worship aid. You can obtain one from the greeters at the church entrances. After Mass, please return your worship aid to the greeters at the church entrance so the booklets can be reused for the next Mass. Thank you! On behalf of Fr. Thomas Hallsten, Parochial Administrator, and the entire St. Maria Goretti Parish Family, we wish you a most blessed Easter Season. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 1ST Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 [24]/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7or Lk 24:13-35 Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41/Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 [5b]/Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10/Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 [3b]/Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26/Ps 8:2, 5, 6-7, 8-9 [2ab]/Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12/Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-24, 25-27 [22]/Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21/Ps 118:1, 14-15, 16-18, 19-21 [21a]/ Mk 16:9-15 Next Sunday: Acts 4:32-35/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 [1]/1 Jn 5:1-6/Jn 20:19-31 To all who worship with us today, St. Maria Goretti warmly welcomes you. We pray that your time with us is enjoyable and spiritually enriching. We invite you to keep in touch with us via email and text. Simply text SMG to 84576 or visit online at Flocknote.com/smgaz to register your cell phone and/or email address. This will allow us to share important notices with the community. Feel free to call the parish office with questions, 480-948-8380
N E W S & E V E N T S 3 Monday, April 2 Easter Monday - Parish Offices & Chapel Closed Tuesday, April 3 8:45am - Faith Fitness Stretch Class - Piper II 12:00pm - Bingo - Piper Hall 4:00pm - CGS - Atriums Wednesday, April 4 8:30am - Bible Study - Piper Hall 8:30am - Music Together (babies - 2yrs) - Piper II 4:00pm - CGS - Atriums 7:00pm - Choir Rehearsal - John XXIII 7:00pm - Catholic Men s Fellowship - Piper Hall 7:15pm - A.A. Meeting - Piper II Thursday, April 5 9:00am - Women s Bible Study - John XXIII 6:30pm-Youth Ministry On The Way Game Night-John XXIII Friday, April 6 5:00pm - First Friday Focus on Faith bus departs SMG for St. Stephens Byzantine Church Saturday, April 7 9:30am - Crafters - Piper II Sunday, April 8 - Divine Mercy Sunday Food Drive Weekend Parish Breakfast after all Masses 8:45am - CGS - Atrium 10:00am - St. Vincent de Paul - Piper II 10:45am - CGS - Atrium 12:00pm - Bridges/Crossroads Youth Ministry - John XXIII *Complete list of ministries & organizations with meeting schedule is available on page 7 Please pray for the needs listed in our Parish Prayer Book May the souls of the Faithful Departed, through the mercy of God, rest in Peace. Saturday Mar. 31 7:30pm RCIA Sunday Apr. 1 7:00am Joseph & Dorothy Otondo (hall) 9:00am Alberto & Guadalupe Adams (church) 9:00am SMG Parish Family 11:00am Isabella Cadgene Monday Apr. 2 8:00am Patricia Glenn Walsh Tuesday Apr. 3 8:00am Don DeBasio Wednesday Apr. 4 8:00am CALENDAR OF EVENTS PRAYER REQUESTS MASS INTENTIONS Gene Schebler Thursday Apr. 5 8:00am Nicola Prainito Friday Apr. 6 8:00 am Tim Dasalla Saturday Apr. 7 8:00am Giles & Florene Glenn 5:00pm Griffin Connell Sunday Apr. 8 7:00am SMG Parish Family 9:00am Luke Robinson 11:00am Dave Arnold Alleluia! The exclamation rings out across the land, and we who are disciples of Jesus Christ pause to reflect on the reality that he rose from the grave and, in turn, conquered death. In today's colleges and universities, in pulpits of every denomination, and in books and journals, there are those who say it is unimportant whether or not he really rose from the dead. They say that the facts do not impact the moral of the story. Of course, two thousand years of Christianity give evidence that they are incorrect. What the faithful of many generations have experienced and given testimony to is not something built on an idea. It is not a philosophy or a self-help psychology. The church is a direct result of real events in the course of human history. Without those real events, we simply follow a man who showed us a different way to live. Instead, we follow a God who emptied himself into a human form, suffered the pain of torture and death at the hands of those he had created, and then shattered the chains of death so that we in our human form may follow suit. Today, humanity is redeemed. It is time to face the facts! Plate Collection Totals for March 18, 2018 183 Envelopes Used. $5,739.00 Loose.5,563.50 Online Giving (52)...2,318.00 Total Plate Offerings.$13,620.50 Year to Date Sunday Plate Income (July - Feb) BUDGET... $473,000.00 ACTUAL (plate)... $520,683.02 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 Tax statements are not automatically mailed. Please call Nancy in the parish office to request your 2017 donation statement. The 2018 Mass Intention book is available. Mass Intentions are not limited to the deceased; however, families are limited to five per year to ensure that all parishioners have an opportunity to request a Mass. Visit the parish office during the week, or the gift cart after Sunday Mass for information. Follow & Like us on Facebook.com/smgaz Visit our website www.smgaz.org Android/Apple phone users, download our parish App at myparishapp.com
4 FIRST FRIDAY FOCUS ON FAITH - APRIL 6 Mass and Conference with Bishop John S. Pazak, Bishop of the Byzantine Eparchy of Phoenix, 6:30pm - 8:30pm at the Cathedral of St. Stephen Byzantine Church. Bus transportation from SMG provided. Contact the parish office to sign up - 480-948-8380. Happy Easter! No Coffee & Donuts today Gift Cart Closed Ladies, please join us on the first and third Thursdays in St. John XXIII Hall for Women s Bible Fellowship, 9:00 10:30AM. There is NO COST. Just come, visit and share your Catholic faith! Our next session date is April 5th and our topic will be Forgotten Gospels or False Gospels Questions, call Mary at 480-235-9806. NEWS & EVENTS Are you already Catholic and just want to know more about your faith, please join us for any of our Informative sessions. RCIA meets on Monday nights from 6:30 8:00pm in St. John XXIII Hall All are welcome! Mark you calendar for these upcoming presentations: April 2nd: Easter Monday No Session April 9th: Empty Tomb Santa Giuliano Want to know what mystagogy is? Then come hear Fr. Thomas give a talk on that very topic on April 16th SMG WOMEN S GUILD April 21 - All parishioners over the age of 21 are invited to attend our annual wine trip. This year we will visit the vineyards in the Cottonwood area. Registration coming soon. May 5 - Annual Spring Tea at 2:00pm in Piper Hall. For information, call Kathy Nord at 602-705-9643. Grades 6 8 Grades 9-12 He has Risen Indeed! Hallelujah! Charity & Development Appeal Thank you to the 136 parishioners who have pledged $43,856.07 towards our parish goal of $100,000. It s not too late to make your gift. Donor envelopes can be found in the back of the church and in the parish office, as well as online at dphx.org/cda. Online Registration for 2018-19 School Year is underway! Come take a school tour! Support our school through the state tax credit! Easy and no cost to you! Checks submitted prior to April 15 are still eligible for a credit on your 2017 state tax return. Visit CEAZ.org for details and to complete your donation. The total amount is refunded to you via a credit on your state taxes. Men s Club Spring Clothing Drive at all the Masses April 14 & 15 Men * Women * Children All items donated to the St. Vincent de Paul Society The Knights of Columbus Annual Raffle ticket sales will take place the weekends of April 8 and April 22. Proceeds from the ticket sales benefits our SMG Preschool Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20 Grand prize - $10,000
N E W S & E V E N T S 5 PHOENIX CATHOLIC MEDIA TV Mass: The Holy Mass is broadcast live at 9 a.m. Sunday mornings from Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral on KAZT-TV (AZ-TV7, Cable 13), followed by local Catholic talk show Catholics Matter, hosted by Fr. Rob Clements. The Bishop s Hour: The Diocese of Phoenix s locally produced radio program about issues from a Catholic viewpoint. Hosted by Michael Dixon, The Bishop s Hour is broadcast at 9 a.m. every Saturday on Relevant Radio 1310 AM, with an encore presentation on Thursdays at 9 p.m. The Catholic Conversation: Steve and Becky Greene, the Cradle and the Convert, help Catholics faithfully live their vocation by providing Church teaching, navigating moral challenges and exploring current issues facing the faith in our culture. The Catholic Conversation is broadcast at 10 a.m. every Saturday on Relevant Radio 1310 AM, with an encore presentation at 7 p.m. For more Information, visit: phoenixcatholicmedia.org You won t find Easter eggs (which today epitomize the commercialization of the holiday) in the Bible, but they had significance in early Christian celebrations. Because eggs weren t eaten during the Lenten fast, they were preserved and given to children and servants as a gift on Easter Sunday. As such, eggs were also a staple of Easter meals. In pagan traditions, eggs symbolized springtime and new life. When appropriated by early Christians, eggs came to represent the resurrection of Jesus the shell signified the sealed tomb and the cracking of it recalled His emergence from it. REGISTER NOW! STOP BY GORETTI CENTER DURING THE WEEK OR DOWNLOAD THE FORM AT WWW.SMGAZ.ORG The SMG St. Vincent de Paul Conference invites you to attend our meetings to learn more about our ministry. We meet at 10:00am, every other Sunday in Piper II (see parish calendar). Contact Ann Collins at 480-451-0898. If you or someone you know in our parish boundaries is experiencing a crisis and in need of help with food, clothing, rent, utilities or medical/dental attention, we have many resources available. Call SMG SVDP at 480-948-8380, ext. 50. We are overwhelmed and truly grateful for your continued generosity to our food drives and special donations. We are in need of PASTA SAUCE, CRACKERS & COOKIES for our upcoming food drives (first weekend of the month - April 7 & 8). PLEASE NOTE THE NEXT 5TH SUNDAY COLLECTION IS APRIL 29. To schedule a pick up of donated items, call 602-254-3338.