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CLERGY Pastor Rev. Edgardo Enverga, CRM Parochial Vicar Rev. Giovannie Nuñez, CRM Page 2 Exegesis THE 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT Parochial Vicar Rev. Ryan Dela Peña, CRM Deacon Rev. Mr. Robert Donofrio PARISH STAFF Director of Religious Education Beth Gross RE Assistant Angeles Yanez Director of Youth Ministry Rev. Ryan Dela Peña Youth Ministry Assistant Kristine Anderson Parish Secretary MJ Weiskircher Financial Secretary Sharon Dobbins Maintenance George Bleakley Outreach St. Vincent de Paul Society SACRAMENTS BAPTISM: Contact the parish office for classes and registration. You or your parents must be registered members of our parish and actively practicing our faith. MARRIAGE: Contact Fr. Ed at least six months before your proposed marriage date. You must be registered members of our parish for at least six months and actively practicing our faith. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: If you or a loved one is sick, please contact the parish office. R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults): Anyone interested in becoming Catholic, please call the parish office. Striking the Rock The Israelites' hearts were hardened by their hardships in the desert. Though they saw His mighty deeds, in their thirst they grumble and put God to the test in today's First Reading a crisis point recalled also in today's Psalm. Jesus is thirsty too in today's Gospel. He thirsts for souls (see John 19:28). He longs to give the Samaritan woman the living waters that well up to eternal life. These waters couldn't be drawn from the well of Jacob, father of the Israelites and the Samaritans. But Jesus was something greater than Jacob (see Luke 11:31-32). The Samaritans were Israelites who escaped exile when Assyria conquered the Northern Kingdom eight centuries before Christ (see 2 Kin s 17:6,24-41). They were despised for intermarrying with non- Israelites and worshipping at Mount Gerazim, not Jerusalem. But Jesus tells the woman that the "hour" of true worship is coming, when all will worship God in Spirit and truth. Jesus' "hour" is the "appointed time" that Paul speaks of in today's Epistle. It is the hour when the Rock of our salvation was struck on the Cross. Struck by the soldier's lance, living waters flowed out from our Rock (see John 19:34-37). These waters are the Holy Spirit (see John 7:38-39), the gift of God (see Hebrews 6:4). By the living waters the ancient enmities of Samaritans and Jews have been washed away, the dividing wall between Israel and the nations is broken down (see Ephesians 2:12-14,18). Since His hour, all may drink of the Spirit in Baptism (see 1 Corinthians 12:13). In this Eucharist, the Lord now is in our midst as He was at the Rock of Horeb and at the well of Jacob. In the "today" of our Liturgy, He calls us to believe: "I am He," come to pour out the love of God into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. How can we continue to worship as if we don't understand? How can our hearts remain hardened? Yours in Christ, Scott Hahn, PhD *Hearing assistance is available for mass. Inquire at the sacristy.*
MARCH 19, 2017 Mass Intentions March 20 through March 26, 2017 Mon., 3/20: Noon - Repose of the soul of Paul Rivers as requested by Olivia Smith. Tue., 3/21: Noon - Repose of the Souls in Purgatory by Deacon Bob and Ryn Sturm. Wed., 3/22: Noon - Repose of the Souls in Purgatory by Maria David. Thu., 3/23: Noon - Repose of the souls of the Deceased Members of the Adorno Fathers. Fri., 3/24: Noon - Repose of the soul of Phillip Tanguay as requested by Jim and MJ Weiskircher. Sat., 3/25: 9:00 am - The Sick of the Parish. 5:00 pm - Repose of the soul of Joey Collura as requested Regina Collura. Sun., 3/26: The 4th Sunday of Lent 8:00 am - Health and healing of Kennedy Hoffhaus as requested by Howard and Kathleen Haselden. 10:00 am - Intentions of Marcus and Jane Zollinger on their 40th Wedding Anniversary.. 12:00 pm - Repose of the soul of Vicente Cardona as requested by Alvero Cardona and Family. Readings for the Week March 20 through March 26, 2017 Page 3 Mon., 3/20: St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21. Tue., 3/21: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25; Mt 18:21-35. Wed., 3/22: Dt 41, 5-9; Ps 147; Mt 5:17-19. Thu., 3/23: St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop, Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95; Lk 11:14-23. Fri., 3/24: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81; Mk 12:28-34. Sat., 3/25: The Annunciation of the Lord, Is 7:10-14, 8:1; Ps 40; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-28. Sun., 3/26: The 4th Sunday of Lent, 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 OR 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38. Remember the sick of our parish: Aaron Barett, Cody Barra, Kay Beerman, Rebecca Bernard, David Bourke, Judy Brennan, Kristin Brown, Olide Bucci, Rino Bucci, John Butler, Joann Campana, Pasalic Cazim, Warren Chick, Michaela Christodolu, Ann Cisler, Ann Clark, John Connors, Corinne Danley, Cindy Denhard, Rita Dobbins, Jeff Dolin, Angie Donatelli, Anne Drugan, Bartek Dudek, Jeanine Dwelly, Sandra Eaton, Veronica Elverne, Joann Evans, Mary Jane Feagans, Lou Ferringer, Marcia Glenn, Carlan Gombert, Ingrid Grana, Brian Hamilton, Chris Harris, Jay Harris, Rhonda Boswell Head, George Hillers, Jr., Tom Kania, Horst Kaska, Juniper Kennemore, Rebecca Kennemore, Mary Kern, Harvey Kulka, Robert Kulka, Buz Kuzan, Loren Libby, Bill Lonon, Maria Lonon, Pat Magaletti, Ruth Martin, Louise McCarley, Mickey McGuigan, Ted Mencke, Vera Miller, Bridget Nelson, Erin O Brien, Gerry Owen, Jim Painter, Dale Pallam, Ken Reitmeier Mary Elizabeth Rhoads, Jim Riccio, Ginny Rivera, Don Risenhoover, Karen Roberts, Paul Sargent, Ron Schaffer, Gerry Schmanski, Dan Schramm, John Schwartz, Kim Scott, Kerry Sposato, Debbie Thelen, Robert Thelen, Diane Tierney, Dottie Towery, Ann Turnage, Tina Turon, Dorothy Urban, Kathy Wagner, John Wallace, Brian Weiss, Pat Weiss, Anne Williams, Mary Wolny, Juliette Wright, Carolyn Yandle, Art Ziegler. 5:00 8:00 10:00 12:00 Liturgical Ministers Schedule: The 4th Sunday of Lent, March 25/26, 2017 MC s Lectors Sacristan Ushers Altar Servers G. Bentley K. Brown F. Curran K. Hankins M.E. Krebs M. Olle N. Breon S. Dobbins R. Schroeder J. Schroeder A. Schwartz M. Zollinger J. Cetone G. Gibson T. McGinnis K. Neighbors T. Osment M. Weathers B. Gross N. Patin T. Sippel D. Stith L. Bui C. Couch T. Kania M. Walsh N. Kluesener J. Stravolo B. Clancy J. O Brien L. Schroeder T. Floyd B. Hannouche P. Klapper L. Schmidt S. Corson M. Grodecki F. Zieke L. Zieke R. Kreuzer R. Stanley B. Tomes E. Schmidt R. Rodgers A. WARd T. Andress D. Kluesener M. Lynch Lord, hold our troops and their families in your loving hands. Michelle Alano, Maj. S3, Honolulu, HA Regan Allen, Lt.. Col., Yokoto Air Force Base, Japan Christopher Baker, E4 Cpl., Afghanistan Curt Lee Byron, Maj. S3, Honolulu, HA Patrick Finucane, Mstr. Sgt., Ft. Campbell, KY Christian Guevara, USN, San Antonio, TX Christy Stravolo Hamstra, Maj., and Eric Hamstra, Lt. Col., Portugal Patrick J. Kennemore, CPO., Pensacola, FL Anthony J. Renninger, USAF, Aviano, Italy Maria Renniger, US Army, Ft. Eustis, VA Tanner Spry, Maj., Ft. Carson, Colorado Springs, CO
Page 4 UPCOMING WEEK AT JORS: Daily Masses and Adoration Adoration: Perpetual Monday - Friday: Rosary - 11:30 am Mass - 12:00 noon Saturday morning: Mass - 9:00 am THE 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT MONDAY 3/20 TUESDAY 3/21 WEDNESDAY 3/22 6:30 PM Parish Council 6:30 PM Cub Scouts 6:30 PM JH Youth Ministry 10:15 AM Prayer Group 6:00 PM Fast Lane 6:30 PM 40 Day Nutrition 7:00 PM Young Adults 7:00 PM Centering Prayer Group 6:00 AM TMIY 9:30 AM Women s Bible Study 4:30 PM RE 6:30 PM RE - Group Baptisms 6:30 PM HS Youth Ministry BAPTISMS If you would like to schedule your child s Baptism, the sacraments are celebrated on the 3rd Saturday of the month at 10:30 am in Spanish and on the 4th Saturday of the month at 10:30 am in English. For more information, please call the office. Baptism Classes in English. Baptism classes in English are by appointment. Contact the office for more details. Baptism Classes in Spanish. Baptism classes in Spanish are held the 2nd Friday of the month at 7:00 pm. For more information, contact the church office. Sick & Shut-in Ministry. When you are unable to come to Sunday Mass, please call the church or have a family member call for you. For more information, call the church office. ATTENTION ALL PARISHIONERS If you are making a donation to the Adorno Fathers Missions, you MUST make the check out to The Adorno Fathers NOT JORS. Thank-you. SACRIFICIAL GIVING 2016/2017 Budget, Weekend of March 12, 2017 $17,359.00 Income: Weekend of March 12, 2017 $11,350.00 $ 6,009.00 Thank you for your continued support and generosity! Knights of Columbus Council 9575 15th Annual Lenten Fish Fry for Charity Fridays, March 10, 17, 24 & 31 5:00-7:00 pm Groups Supported: Seminarians, 3/10 Safe Homes Rape Crises Coalition, 3/17 Youth Pilgrimage to Rome, 3/24 Birthright (prolife group), 3/31 Menu includes: Fried whitefish; shrimp; coleslaw; fries; roll; drink and dessert. Plate Prices: $5 (kids 12 & younger - fish only) $8 fried fish $8 baked fish Family Deal (fish only) - 2 adults/3 kids $30 $12 fish and shrimp $12 shrimp Take-out and drive-up available. Memorial Bricks. Did you know that the bricks in front of the Adoration Chapel are available for engraving? Engravings are available for memorials, weddings, births, anniversaries, sacramental events, etc. Contributions for the bricks are $60 for text and an image and $50 each for text alone. Purchasing a paver brick will be a lasting testament of your goodness and generosity. For years to come, each time you or your family and friends see the engraved bricks, they will be reminded of the event. If you wish to order a brick, please contact the office for more details. Week 24: Finding God in Other People Woman as the Milieu of Life. Mary as Mother of Sorrows and Witness to the Resurrection. The Wedding Feast at Cana. The Love of the Holy Spirit in your Spouse. Allowing your Spouse to be a Spiritual Guide.
MARCH 19, 2017 THURSDAY 3/23 FRIDAY 3/24 SATURDAY 3/25 SUNDAY 3/26 9:00 AM SVDP/Food Pantry 1:00 PM Mahjong 7:00 PM Sp. Prayer Group 7:00 PM Regnum Christi 9:00 AM Home School 5:00 PM KoC Fish Fry 7:00 PM HS Youth Ministry 7:00 PM Eng. Stations of the Cross 7:00 PM Sp. Stations of the Cross 9:00 AM Young Adult Retreat 10:30 AM English Baptisms 3:30 PM Reconciliation 5:00 PM Mass Page 5 8:00 AM Mass 10:00 AM Mass 10:00 AM Confirmation Class 11:00 AM Marriage Enrich. 12:00 PM Mass 3:00 PM Spanish RCIA 5:00 PM Spanish Mass 2017 JORS CATHOLIC SEDER MEAL APRIL 12th Seating by 6:20 pm; Meal will begin at 6:30 pm Now taking reservations. Please fill out the form on the table in the gathering space and place it in the box with payment. Adults: $12 Children 6-12 6 and Seniors 65+: $6 For more information, call the church office. THIRSTING FOR LIFE-GIVING WATERS Especially during the Lenten, Holy Week, and Easter seasons, the prayer texts of the Eastern Church revel in paradoxical images of Christ: the eternal life who is put to death, the host of the supper who is also its meal, the thirsty crucified one with living water streaming from his side. These images flow from the evangelists portrayals of Jesus and from his very ministry, during which he often upset or reversed people s expectations about him or the ways of God. This reversal is at play in today s Gospel, as Jesus speaks to an enemy foreigner who is also a woman beneath his status. In addition he, the thirsting one, shows the woman to be the one truly thirsting. He whose parched lips will say I thirst before he dies is the source of life and life-giving water. Lent calls upon us to dwell on how each of us is thirsting for Christ, and it leads us, ultimately, back to the life-giving waters of our baptism into his Body. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. SEDIENTOS DE LAS AGUAS QUE DAN VIDA Especialmente durante la Cuaresma, la Semana Santa y el tiempo de Pascua, los textos de oración de la Iglesia Occidental se deleitan con imágenes paradójicas de Cristo: la vida eterna que muere, el anfitrión de la cena que es también alimento, el crucificado sediento del que mana agua de vida de su costado. Estas imágenes fluyen de las representaciones de Jesús por parte de los evangelistas y de su mismísimo ministerio, durante el cual muchas veces cambió o invirtió las expectativas que las personas tenían sobre él o sobre los designios de Dios. Esta inversión está en juego en el Evangelio de hoy, cuando Jesús habla con una extranjera enemiga que está por debajo de su condición social. Además él, el que tiene sed, demuestra que la mujer es la única que tiene sed verdadera. Él cuyos labios secos dirán Tengo sed antes de morir es la fuente de vida y del agua que da vida. La Cuaresma nos llama a reflexionar sobre cómo cada uno de nosotros tiene sed de Cristo y nos lleva, en última instancia, de vuelta a las aguas dadoras de vida de nuestro bautismo en su Cuerpo. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Ou St. Vincent de Paul Society St. Vincent de Paul Society Phone Number: (864) 606-1357 Thank you all so much for all that you do for the Food Pantry... May God continue to bless each of you... Every day of the month is... FOOD COLLECTION DAY! Leave canned food and non-perishables in the SVDP baskets in the gathering space... Food needed: Canned tuna, canned chicken, beef stew, hash, soups, canned veggies, fruit, beans, pasta and pasta sauces, mac/cheese, rice dried beans, oatmeal, grits, cereal, peanut butter, jelly pancake mix and syrup, laundry detergent and toiletries. Brown paper grocery bags are always needed. Every Thursday starting at 9:00 a.m. the pantry is open and Panera Bread is offered. SVDP clients with appointments will be interviewed at that time. We are still collecting current coupons. PLEASE DEPOSIT THEM IN THE FOOD BASKETS IN THE GATHERING SPACE. If you need coupons, please stop by the Food Pantry on Thursdays from 9:00 to Noon. Interested in volunteering in the Food Pantry? Call Virginia Kreuzer @ 574-0221. Ever shop on Amazon.com? Of course you do. Did you know that by going to the site smile.amazon.com and electing the The Adorno Fathers, Amazon will contribute a small percentage of your purchase to the Adornos? Go to smile.amazon.com for more details.
Page 6 THE 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Religious Education March Calendar R e l i g i o u s E d u c a t i o n March 15 - RE Classes 4:30 and 6:30 March 19 - Confirmation Class 10am March 22 - RE Classes 4:30 and 6:30 Group Baptism 6:30pm March 26 - Confirmation Class 10am March 29 - RE Classes 4:30 and 6:30 **The RE Offices will be closed April 2-7 for Spring Break.** April 14th - Youth Stations of the Cross - 7pm. Educación Religiosa Calendario de Marzo 15 de marzo - Clases de ER 4:30 y 6:30 19 de Marzo - Clase de Confirmación 10am 22 de marzo - Clases ER 4:30 y 6:30 Grupo de Bautismo 6:30 pm 26 de marzo - Clase de confirmación 10 am 29 de marzo - Clases ER 4:30 y 6:30 **Las Oficinas de ER estarán cerradas del 2 al 7 de Abril debido a las Vacaciones de Primavera.** 14 de Abril - Estaciones Juveniles de la Cruz, a las 7pm. Mark your calendars now, Vacation Bible School is June 11th thru 15th. ** We will be holding a Volunteer Planning Meeting on Sunday March 19th at 11:30am.** If you are interested in helping out this year, please attend this meeting. All are Welcome! Marque ahora sus calendarios, las Vacasiones de Escuela Bíblica seran del 11 al 15 de Junio. ** Realizaremos una Reunión de Planificación de Voluntarios el domingo 19 de marzo a las 11:30 am.** Si está interesado en ayudar este año, por favor asista a esta reunión. Todos son Bienvenidos!
MARCH 19, 2017 Page 7 YOUTH MINISTRY ROME STORE is NOW OPEN! We have NEW inventory for sale at our ROME Store. First Holy Communion and Confirmation items! Check us out after Mass!! LA TIENDA de ROMA está AHORA ABIERTA! Tenemos nuevo inventario para la venta en nuestra tienda de ROMA. Primera Comunión y artículos de la Confirmación! Visítenos después de la misa! High School Wednesdays: 6:30-7:45 pm Fridays: 7:00-8:45 pm in the Teen Center, lower ROME Pilgrimage: Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser for ROME Pilgrimage is Sunday, March 19th at 6:30 pm. Please come and enjoy a wonderful dinner. $8.00 per adult and $4.00 for children 6 and under. Peregrinación a ROMA: Cena de Espagueti para Recaudación de Fondos para la peregrinación a ROMA este Domingo 19 de Marzo a las 6:30 pm. Por favor venga y disfrute de una cena maravillosa. $ 8.00 por adulto y $ 4.00 para niños menores de 6 años. JR High Youth Group is back! Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30 pm. Grades 6th, 7th, and 8th. All are WELCOME! YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY - FOR ALL PARISHIONERS AGES 18 TO 35 **JORS Young Adult Retreat, March 25, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Fee: $10.00 due March 19. See Fr. Gio for more details. **
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