SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 25, 2010 P A R I S H S T A F F FATHER JAMES MAYO, PASTOR Paor@michaelportland.org FATHER LUCAS LABORDE, CAMPUS MINISTER CampusMinier@michaelportland.org ROSEMARY RETTIG, SOCIAL SERVICES SocialServices@michaelportland.org DEACON CHUCK AMSBERRY, PASTORAL ASSOCIATE PaoralAssociate@michaelportland.org MEGHAN JACKSON, MUSIC COORDINATOR MusicCoordinator@michaelportland.org JERRI SCHULTZ, SECRETARY & BOOKKEEPER Secretary@michaelportland.org FATHERS IGNATIUS KISSEL, OSM & FRANCIS NJAU - SUPPLY PRIESTS ROBERT GOWAN, MAINTENANCE PHILIP AUSTIN, FRIDAY MAINTENANCE NORA SCHRECK - PRAYER MINISTRY - 503.841.6257 T H E S A C R A M E N T S EUCHARIST Monday rough Friday at 12:05 p.m. Saturday Vigil at 4:30 p.m Sunday at 8:30 and 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Indonesian Mass on e Third Sunday at 2:00 p.m. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday rough Friday at 11:30 a.m. Saturday 3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Call Deacon Chuck if you would like Communion brought to you at home or are willing to bring Communion to homebound parishioners. If you are having surgery or are seriously ill, call e Paor to be anointed. Also celebrated at all Masses one weekend during January, April, July and October. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Six mons notice is needed as well as marriage preparation classes. Please contact e Paor or Deacon for information. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Celebrated as needed. Classes are asked of e Parents & Godparents. Call e Deacon for information PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Saint Michael e Archangel Parish, located in e heart of Downtown Portland s University Dirict, is a welcoming community of all Roman Caolic faiful. This Italian National Parish sacramentally proclaims e Gospel of Jesus Chri rough a commitment to Evangelization, Education and e Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.
SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CHURCH 424 Souwe Mill Street Portland, OR 97201 Parish 503.228.8629 Fax 503.827.7689 Newman Center 503.222.1725 Summer Hours 9:00 A.M. - Noon & 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Web Site: www.michaelportland.org dal 1894, la parrocchia nazionale italiana di Portland... nel cuore della città. MASS INTENTIONS Sunday (8:30) Pro Populo Sunday (10:00) +James E. Mountain, Sr Sunday (12:00) +Mariella M. Gamolo Monday Joachim & Anne Chung Family Tuesday +Inez Huber Wednesday +Vie Kimble Thursday +Steve Lord Friday John R. Huber Saturday Becky Patroni Call if you d like a Mass celebrated. VOTIVE CANDLES +Ralph Dwyer +Maurine Hill +Marilyn Kruse +Mary Pat Marsh +James E. Mountain, Sr. +Thomas Murray +Duane Peters +Jack Phelan +Maria Raschio +Donald D. Shimel, Sr. +Walter Wilson +Ralph Wright +Sam Sposito +Gene Coats Patricia Canich +Betty Coats Nicole Ellis & Family +Maybelle Clark Macdonald +Frank & +Margerite Terraglio Murty Family - Living and Deceased VOTIVE CANDLES Please call Jerri to light a large votive for your personal intentions, for an anniversary, or as a gift. THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH TH SUNDAY JULY 25 17 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:30 A.M. Sunday Mass 10:00 A.M. Sunday Mass, Fir Holy Communions 12:00 P.M. Sunday Newman Mass MONDAY JULY 26 STS. JOACHIM AND ANNE, PARENTS OF MARY TUESDAY Jeremiah 13:1-11 and Matew 3:31-35 JULY 27 FERIAL DAY WEDNESDAY Jeremiah 14:17-22 & Matew 13:36-43 JULY 28 FERIAL DAY 7:00 P.M. Bible Study THURSDAY Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 & Matew 13:44-46 JULY 29 ST. MARTHA Jeremiah 18:1-6 & Matew 13:44-46 FRIDAY JULY 30 ST. PETER CRYSOLOGUS Jeremiah 26:1-9 & Matew 13:54-58 SATURDAY JULY 31 ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA 3:45 P.M. Confessions 4:30 P.M. Vigil Mass for Sunday SUNDAY Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 and Matew 14:1-12 AUGUST 1 18 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Ecclesiaes 1:2; 2:21-23, Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 and Luke 12:13-21 BRIDGE PEDAL Sunday, Augu 8 Plan your trip to to Sunday Masses very carefully as mo routes will experience delay due to Providence Hospital s Bridge Pedal event at day. Thank you.
DECEASED CLERGY FINANCE NEWS MONDAY Fr. Conantius Warren, OP 1923 Fr. John Whelan 1992 TUESDAY Msgr. Stanley Cregan 1966 Fr. Bertram Griffin 2000 WEDNESDAY Fr. Conrad Heimbach 1952 SATURDAY Fr. Paul Henry, OP 1919 SUNDAY Fr. John Larkin 1995 Fr. Mell Stead 2008 Weekend of July 17 & 18 Received Budgeted La Sunday* $3,766.95 $5,914.35 La Week $97.00 $155.73 Year-to-date $15,875.43 $18,210.24 For e Poor** $328.25 $723.52 Candles $105.57 $157.69 Flowers $3.00 $70.19 *Includes $3,743.95 Sunday Collection envelopes and $23 from e Operating Budget envelopes **Includes $250 from $100 envelopes 2009-2010 OFFERTORY REPORT For e fiscal year ju ended, we achieved 97.5% of our offering budget! The breakdown is below followed by our goals for e present fiscal year. Sunday Actual Sunday Budget $317,731.54 $325,340 Weekday Actual Weekday Budget $8,368.69 $9,170 Total Actual Total Budget $326,100.23 $334,510 For Fiscal Year 2010-2011, our Offertory Goal is $328,044. That is made up of a Sunday Goal of $319,946 & a Weekday Goal of $8,098. We are grateful for your continued and generous weekly support of our parish and in a difficult economic time even more so. God bless you all! FATHER BERTRAM GRIFFIN Tuesday, July 28 This coming Tuesday will be e 10 anniversary of e dea of Faer Bertram Griffin who died of cancer while he was paor of St. Michael s. Perhaps you could say a small prayer is week for his eternal repose and at he be rewarded for his priely miniry. May he re in peace! COLLEGE STUDENT NEWS nd CAMPUS MINISTRY: Our Miniry Center is on e 2 floor of Parish Offices please ring e doorbell on e Mill Street entrance. Faer Lucas phone is 503.222.1725 & his email is CampusMinier@michaelportland.org. NEWMAN MEETINGS: We will continue to have our Friday 6:30 P.M. meetings of e Newman Club at St. Michael rough e Summer. Come and join us! SUNDAY MASS: Noon is our special Mass for College udents. Come, participate, invite a friend.
PARISH NEWS RCIA, RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS, TO START AGAIN SEPTEMBER 21: Would you like to learn more about our Caolic fai...considering joining e Caolic fai...want to review your beliefs as a Caolic? Then, come and join our RCIA journey. We will art again is year on Tuesday, Sept. 21. We meet on Tuesday evenings, on our journey to entry into e Church at e Eaer Vigil next spring. Are you intereed? Tell oers as well. Please contact Deacon Chuck ASAP wi your intere or queions. Also, do you want to help serve or teach in is miniry in any way? Thank you. Please pray for and wi us. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION; PREPARATION TO RECEIVE 1 RECONCILIATION & 1 HOLY COMMUNION FOR THOSE IN OUR NEAR THE SECOND GRADE: These classes will be from 11 A.M. to Noon on Sundays, arting in late September. 1 Reconciliation will be in January, 2011, and 1 Communion in May, 2011. Please tell us of your intere for is ASAP, as we see if we have enough for a class is year. Also, would you like to help serve or teach in is effort in any way? Please contact Deacon Chuck. Thanks. 57% chance if someone says "I don't need an intermediary between me and God..." 68% chance if a representative of Barack Obama's Fai Based Advisory Council office is quoted. 83% chance if you hear from your television, "You're watching Hardball..." 84% chance if someone says "Richard Dawkins said..." 89% chance if someone says "I don't normally watch "The View" but Joy Behar said..." 94% chance if ere's any mention of a flying spaghetti moner. 98% Any mention of The Inquisition or e Crusades. 100% If someone says "I was raised Caolic so..." anying at follows is guaranteed to be anti-caolic. Hope ese help. Please feel free to add your own. Creative Minority Report - Poed by Matew Archbold ANTI-CATHOLICISM Top 10 Ways To Know You're Likely To Hear Someing Anti--Caolic Anti-Caolicism is on e rise and despite its frequency many Caolics often seem surprised to hear it. The Creative Minority Report is here to help by offering you e top ten clues at you're about to hear someing anti-caolic. We break it down by percentage. This is ma folks. We've carried e ones and everying. Broken down by percentage points here are e chances you're about to hear someing anti-caolic if you hear: 44% chance if someone says "I'm not religious but I'm very spiritual." 49% chance if someone says, "The Pope during WWII..." A 53% chance if someone says "I read in e New York Times..." PASTORAL COUNCIL TH MINUTES OF THE JULY 10 MEETING Members Present: Faer James Mayo, Deacon Chuck Amsberry, Jay Johnson, Dess Sabado, Joe Schreck, Cheryl Scarcelli, Rosemary Rettig, Meghan Jackson, Ellen Fargas, Giselle Rincon, and Brigid O Callaghan. Absent: Eddy Temewu, Elyssa Kelly, Chriine Ro Preliminary: The meeting was called to order by Paoral Council President, Jay Johnson. Ellen Fargas offered e Opening Prayer. The Minutes of e May 18 meeting were approved as presented (Note: The June meeting was poponed until July so at a quorum could be present). Paoral Associate s Report - Deacon Chuck Amsberry Participation in e RCIA program remains rong. The meetings will likely move from Wednesday to Tuesday evenings. The Bible Study & Holy Hour Group continue to meet on Wednesday evenings. The Wine & Cheese Socials have returned again is summer wi two more events scheduled for July 17 & Augu 21, after e 4:30 p.m. Mass. The annual parish Summer Potluck will be held in Balera Hall on July 18 at 3:30 p.m.
The Deacon and his wife recently participated in a program called Dynamic Marriages. They were impressed by e program and believe may be worwhile to offer in our parish or possibly roughout e Vicariate. The Deacon is looking for people who may be intereed in teaching/leading e program here at St. Michael s. Social Services Report Rosemary Rettig - The Sack Lunch and Emergency Food Programs are continuing to serve e needs of e poor in our community. During e summer mons, many of e regular volunteers are on vacation so e willingness of e remaining volunteers to work extra hours to cover for ose on vacation is appreciated. The annual Social Services Appeal Letter has collected almo $10,000 to date. Hiorically, we continue to see donations come in roughout e summer. For many years, e parish Social Service program has been e beneficiary of generous donations from e McDonald Foundation. In October, we will need to re-apply to e McDonald Foundation to reque future contributions. The parish was recently e target of a prote by a group from e Weboro Bapti Church of Topeka, Kansas. This is a notorious group at spreads hateful messages on a variety of topics and organizes protes across e country. St. Michael s parish was recently recognized by e Caolic Sentinel for responding to e situation by offering kindness in e form of coffee and donuts to e proteors. In e spirit of e parables, e parish responded wi e Love of Chri to ose who came to spread hateful messages. 18. The annual Parish Potluck will follow in Balera Hall at 3:30 p.m. Campus Miniry Report A report was not submitted is mon. Former Campus Minier, Glenn Rymsza, has left in June and e new Campus Minier, Fr. Lucas Laborde, has now arrived in Portland. We hope to learn more about Fr. Laborde s plans for e Campus Miniry and e Newman Club at our next meeting. Parish Survey: A sub-committee of e Council met in June to outline some recommendations for e upcoming Parish Survey. The primary recommendation is to keep e survey concise and targeted to seek input on e issues at are of mo intere to e parishioners. The outcome of e survey should provide helpful insight to Fr. Mayo and identify a few priority issues for e Paoral Council to act upon. The subcommittee outlined e following four areas of focus for e survey: 1. Worship and Education: a. Is e Celebration of e Mass at St. Michael s meeting e spiritual needs of e parish? b. What brings people to Mass at St. Michael s parish? c. Are e Religious Education Programs meeting e needs of e parishioners? i. RCIA Program ii. Bible Study Music Coordinator s Report - Meghan Jackson The leader of e udent choir graduated in June. Megan will need to consult wi Fr. Lucas to identify a new leader for e choir. The music aff discussed e possibility of making one of e Chrimas Masses, an Italian-focused celebration of e Mass wi Italian Chrimas Carols and readings. Council Member, Cheryl Scarcelli, agreed to assi Megan in planning is special celebration for our Italian National parish. Council Member, Ellen Fargas, suggeed at we also consider a special Thanksgiving celebration of e Mass. The council discussed e possibility of having a Children s Choir wi e participants from e Children s liturgy program at is special holiday Mass. KKIOR/Indonesian Community Report Eddy Tumewu On e ird Sunday of e mon e Indonesian Community celebrates Mass togeer at 2:00 p.m. Parishioners are invited to join e community to share in e celebration of e Mass. This mon, Fr. Francis Njau will celebrate Mass on Augu 2. 3. iii. Holy Hour - Monly d. Should e parish coordinate educational events wi e oer parishes of e Vicariate? Parish Miniries: a. Seek input on e Miniries sponsored by e parish: i. Social Services Programs (Sack Lunch and Emergency Food Boxes) ii. Campus Miniry Program - Newman Club iii. Marriage and Family life supports iv. Are ere miniries at e parish should consider? Community Fellowship: a. Is e parish offering meaningful opportunities for fellowship:
i. Coffee & Donuts - Weekly ii. St. Joseph s Table (Fea) - Spring iii. Cheese and Wine Summer Socials iv. Annual Parish Potluck (Picnic) July v. Annual Parish Dinner Dance Fall vi. Should w e consider oer celebrations? vii. Should we eliminate some events and or replace em wi new events? 4. General Adminirative: a. Are e Mass times appropriate? b. Office Hours and availability of parish aff? 5. Comments free form area to solicit comments and feedback from e parishioners. The sub-committee for e Survey project will meet on July 29 at 5:30 p.m. in e Rectory Conference room to begin drafting queions for e survey. Members of e subcommittee include Ellen Fargas, Rincon, Dess Sabado, Rosemary Rettig, Joe Schreck, and Brigid O Callaghan. A draft of e survey will be presented at e next council meeting in September. We hope to diribute e survey in October of 2010. The Council will use e responses to e survey to conduct a SWOT Analysis of e parish Strengs, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. The revised architectural plans have been reviewed and e concept has been approved by our partner, St. Mary s Academy. The next ep will be to complete value engineering to determine e quality of materials and finishes to be used in e project. The final co of e project may en be determined and approved by e parish and St. Mary s Academy. Then e Archdiocese, e Siers of e Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, e Parish Corporation will all have to sign off on e project. The Paoral Council members noted concerns related to controlling e expense of e project and e on-going operational cos of e facility once e project has been completed. The Council also discussed e legal issues related to ownership of e facility and e long term expectations of bo partners. The council discussed e importance of remaining focused on e needs of e Church and retaining e unique character and identity of e parish roughout e development project. Paoral Council President, Jay Johnson s term has expired. Fr. Mayo asked for nominations for a new Council President. Jay Johnson nominated Joe Schreck and e nomination was seconded by Rosemary Rettig. The council unanimously approved e nomination. A total of ree Council Members have terms at are expiring is mon. Giselle Rincon agreed to accept a second term on e Council. The Indonesian community will nominate one Council member to replace Eddy Temewu. Fr. Mayo will be seeking recommendations for one more Council member to replace Jay Johnson. Paor s Comments Fr. James Mayo We will need to update e website to reflect Fr. Laborde s leadership of e Newman Center and a few oer updates. Former Campus Minier, Glenn Rymsza, had also served as e Webmaer for e parish. Steve Moss and Liono Stiojiwoso are now serving as co-webmaers. This issue will be placed on e agenda for e September meeting as we need to address issues related to e domain name and software licensing. Fr. Mayo also provided an update on e building project. He fir reviewed e hiory of e project which was driven by a need to ructurally reinforce e aging church building and complete a required seismic upgrade. The project became more complicated when we learned at we would need to meet certain code requirements for parking and e church would need to be vacated for a significant period of time to complete e upgrade. An Appreciation Dinner will be held on Augu 6 at 6:00 p.m. for all e parish volunteers, Finance Council members, and Paoral Council members. Next Council Meeting: Scheduled for September 18, 2010. Our new Council President, Joe Schreck will lead e meeting. Giselle Rincon and Rosemary Rettig will provide hospitality. Deacon Chuck will provide e Opening Prayer. Submitted by Brigid O Callaghan Member In order to meet e co of e project, e parish would need a development partner. St. Mary s Academy had a need for Adminirative Offices and Aletic Facilities close to eir campus and agreed to partner wi e parish for is project.
SOCIAL MINISTRY NEWS $100 ENVELOPES: Since our appeal letter of weeks ago, we ve received donations from 92 parishioners and friends of e parish totaling $10,741. Extra envelopes are in e rear of e church. Thank you for your support. Lavender, sweet lavender, please buy our sweet lavender a petition hard to resi from e Ferruzzi daughters Isabella, 8, and Serafina, 6. Recently e girls raised $72.00 and now will go shopping for canned goods. FOR ALL THE SAINTS Needed This Week: boxed breakfa cereal or inant oatmeal, canned milk, 15 oz chili & paa meals, Progresso Soups, and fresh, sliced bread. NEED A MIDWEEK BREAK? Please join us for our Monly Holy Hour Wednesday, Augu 4, at 7:00 P.M. in St. Michael s Parish Church. The Hour of Power has a unique multilingual Rosary, Shared/Quiet Prayers, Exposition & Benediction of e Blessed Sacrament. If you feel you need a way to connect wi e Church and reflect on your week, you are welcome to come pray wi us. NEEDED SCHEDULER FOR CANDLE HELPERS Wi e dea of Maurine Hill is pa week, we are in need of someone who can create and diribute a quarterly schedule to e helpers who maintain e candle altar by e Pieta. If intereed, please contact e office. Thank you! ~from Fr Dwight Longenecker s blog C.S.Lewis once observed, "How monotonously alike all e great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are e saints!" Therese of Lisieux wrote, " All e saints will be indebted to each oer...who knows e joy we shall experience in beholding e glory of e great saints and knowing at by a secret disposition of Providence we have contributed ere unto...and do you not ink at on eir side e great saints, seeing what ey owe to quite little souls, will love em wi an incomparable love? Delightful and surprising will be e friendships found ere--i am sure of it. The favored companion of an apole or a great doctor of e Church will perhaps be a young shepherd lad; and a simple little child may be e intimate friend of a patriarch." I wonder, for inance, what sort of intereing conversation e little shepherd lad of Fatima is having wi John Paul e Great, or what kind of friendship does Therese of Lisieux have wi St Benedict? (If you want to read more about is friendship check out my book, St Benedict and St Therese) What does St Francis, God's little donkey, have to say to St Thomas Aquinas, God's dumb ox? What is brainy Edi Stein saying to poor old not-too-clever Joseph of Cupertino? What got me inking again about e great variety of e saints was e celebration is week of two American saints. I love e way e Holy Spirit introduces us to new friends in heaven at ju e right time. Living in Europe for e la twenty five years I didn't know much about St Elizabe Ann Seton or St John Neumann. After is week I feel like ey are two more friends of e family. As I read e life of St Elizabe all sorts of connections were made. An American who lived in Europe, but was called back to e USA, a parent called to e religious life, a convert from Anglicanism, a teacher and founder of schools. I hope she is praying for me. St John Neumann, called to e priesood in Europe, but no bishop would have him, he comes to e USA and winds up as Bishop of Philadelphia. I grew up in his Diocese it turns out. Also involved in education and work wi young people, I hope he is praying for me. This reveals e mo amazing ing about Caolicism. It is, on e one hand, e universal church. It's power and glory spreads into every land, and ands humbly unbowed in every age. It is a community of fai at retches back 2,000 years, and spans every language, nation and tribe. At e same time, it is a village, a corner shop, a cosy club and a family reunion. Time and again, among e living I have met a new Caolic in a new land or a new place who knows someone I know on e oer side of e globe. They've read e same book or been to e same place or had e same experience. Do you see e underlying unity in a church where a Polish Pope in Rome embraced an Albanian nun who lived in worked in India? John Paul and Moer Theresa were family. The same is true in our life wi e saints. They may be dead here and alive in heaven, but when you meet em and read eir life and get to know em, ey are inant broers and siers. "What!" we cry wi inant recognition, "you too? Why I ought no one else went rough at sorrow or experienced at joy!" "Can it be?" we say wi aonishment, "at is child in France a hundred years ago ought ese same oughts and felt ese same great emotions? or is hermit in a cave in Egypt sang wi e same joy and wept e same tears?