Saint Mary Parish 4001 Saint Mary s Drive Anacortes, WA 98221 360.293.2101 v 360.293.8556 f www.stmaryanacortes.org Saint Paul Parish St. Paul Church and Fr. Twohy Spiritual Center 17456 Pioneer Pkwy. La Conner, WA98257 Mail: c/o 4001 Saint Mary s Drive Anacortes, WA 98221 360-293-2101 January 20, 2019 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time God has called us through the Gospel to possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 2:14 Liturgy Schedule Saint Mary Parish Celebration of the Eucharist Weekend Saturday Vigil Mass... 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass.. 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Weekday Tuesday...5:00 p.m. Wednesday Saturday.. 9:00 a.m. First Friday Mass....... 9:00 a.m. First Saturday Sacrament of Reconciliation....9:00 a.m. Benediction and Mass 10:00 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Half hour before Daily Mass in addition to the following: Saturday.. 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Sunday..... 7:30 a.m.; 10:15 a.m. Liturgy Schedule Saint Paul Parish Sunday Mass: January 27 at 6:00 p.m. February 10 and 24 at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday Mass: January 29 at 5:00 p.m. February 12 and 26 at 5:00 p.m. Readings for the week... You can find readings for every day at www.usccb.org/nab The Liturgy of the Hours the official daily prayer of the church is at www.divineoffice.org Our Sacred Purpose Our purpose at St. Mary Parish is to live our devotion to Christ in the Eucharist and our compassion for Christ in one another, to build a welcoming community that will love and serve God and neighbor, and share the Good News of Jesus Christ. The Vision That Unites Us Build Community Grow Spiritually Passionate Disciples Our Three Pastoral Priorities Welcoming Formation Stewardship The Values That Guide Us Community Prayer Evangelism Commitment
Parish Directory St. Mary Parish Office: 360-293-2101; FAX: 360-293-8556 4001 Saint Mary s Drive Anacortes, WA 98221 www. stmaryanacortes.org Parish Office Hours: Monday through Friday Monday through Friday: 10:00 a.m. Noon,1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Parish Pastoral Team Rev. Mel Strazicich, Pastor Ext. 101 Ruth Miller, Parish Administrator Ext. 102 ruth.miller@stmaryanacortes.org PA for Faith Formation (position vacant) Ext. 104 fform@stmaryanacortes.org Ben Maes, PA for Liturgy Ext. 106 liturgy@stmaryanacortes.org Facilities Supervisor (position vacant) Call the parish office Marcia Maes, Receptionist Ext. 100 aa1@stmaryanacortes.org Brandee Theriot, Administrative Assistant Ext. 103 adminast@stmaryanacortes.org Deacon Cary Parnell 509-860-5826 deaconcary@stmaryanacortes.org Parish Councils Pastoral Council: Mark Leopold, Co-chair Dave Vacanti, Co-chair Finance Council: To be determined St. Paul Parish Office 360-293-2101 17456 Pioneer Parkway La Conner, WA 98257 Mail: c/o 4001 Saint Marys Dr. Anacortes, WA 98221 Parish Office Hours Contact Ruth Miller at 360-293-2101 x102 ruth.miller@stmaryanacortes.org Parish Pastoral Team Rev. Mel Strazicich, Pastor Ruth Miller, Parish Administrator Immaculate Conception Regional School (360)428-3912 Gwen Rodrigues, Principal 1321 E Division St. Mount Vernon, WA 98274 Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. Psalm 96 This week at St. Mary and St. Paul Sunday, January 20 7:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 8:00 a.m. Mass 10:15 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 11:00 a.m. Mass 12:00 p.m. Healing Prayer Ministry St. Paul, Swinomish Reservation No Mass Monday, January 21 ML King Holiday Parish Offices Closed No Mass Tuesday, January 22 March for Life 8:00 a.m. Mass Wednesday, January 23 8:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 9:00 a.m. Mass 10:00 a.m. Steps in a Journey 4:00 p.m. First Reconciliation 6:00 p.m. RCIA Thursday, January 24 8:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 9:00 a.m. Mass 6:00 p.m. Baptism Class 6:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal Friday, January 25 No Mass 9:00 a.m. Divine Infant Devotion 2:30 p.m. Seven Sorrows Rosary 3:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Saturday, January 26 No Morning Mass 3:30 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 5:00 p.m. Mass Sunday, January 27 7:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 8:00 a.m. Mass 9:30 a.m. Whole Family Catechesis 11:00 a.m. Mass St. Paul, Swinomish Reservation 4:30 p.m. Whole Family Catechesis 5:00 p.m. Mass Mass Intentions January 23: Mary Ann Adams Carpenter + January 24: Shirley Wittman Gerard + January 26: Virginia Belcher Pierce +
Praying for our Military CDR Roger Leech, USN L.CPL. Jobil Anne Robinson, USMC Thomas Mullinaux, USAF Lt. J.G. Scott Cadmus, USN ATCS (AW) Justin Lartigue, USN MM CPO Jon Walsh, USN Johnny C. McDonald, USN 1st Lt. Britta Vivaldo, USMC Lt. Kimberly Dillon, USN Major Alain Martinez, USAF LCDR Andrew Gibbons, USN MIDN2C Hope Hurtado, USN Lt. Tom Cruz, USN Miguel Boza, USAF Lt. Ashley I Lewis, USN Perpetual Adoration St. Peter Julian Eymard Chapel AVAILABLE HOURS SUNDAY: 12, 1, 2 am MONDAY: 10 pm TUESDAY: 2-4 am, 4 pm WEDNESDAY: 3 am, 10-11 pm THURSDAY: 12-4 am, 11 pm FRIDAY : 3 am SATURDAY: No open hours Alliance of the Two Hearts and Communion of Reparation is on the First Friday of every month, with 24-hour Adoration in the Church. Contact Sally 360-3222 Stewardship of Treasure Fiscal year 7/1/2018 6/30/2019 January 12-13, 2019 Offertory $ 9,153 Online Giving $ 2,038 Total $ 11,191 Holy Days $ 181 Weekly Goal $ 9200 Vocation Live-In There will be a Vocation Live-In for boys or young men interested in the priesthood or the consecrated life on the weekend of February 8-10 at the Seminary of Christ the King, Mission, BC. Call 604-826-8715 for more information. All Parish Offices will be closed Monday, January 21. Northwest Catholic Collection January 26-27 Northwest Catholic is the official publication of the Archdiocese of Seattle. It is a gift of faith to every registered Catholic household in Western Washington. Your donation makes this possible. Thank you for being generous! G i v e o n l i n e a t www.seattlearchdiocese.org/ nwcc or use the envelope provided in your monthly packet. St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank Needs Items especially needed at this time include: Cans of fruit, green beans, corn Cans of chili, chicken, ravioli Pasta sauce (not larger than 25 oz. please) Meat Helpers, Rice a Roni, etc. Boxes of Mac n Cheese Jars of peanut butter P e r s o n a l c a r e i t e m s (deodorant, razors, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc.) Paper and/or cleaning products (paper towels, dish soap sponges, etc.) Donations may always be left in the basket outside the food bank door. Thank you for your continued support of our food bank. Contact Lynne Web at lynnejwebb@earthlink.net with your donation questions. Parish News and Events March for Life Tuesday, January 22 This is your last chance to sign up for the 2019 March for Life in Olympia! Register in the narthex after weekend Masses. Bus fare is $20 for adults and children 12 years of age and over; $10 for children ages 5 to 11; and $5 for children under 5. Make your check payable to St. Mary Parish. Mass is at 8:00 am, and the bus will depart to Olympia at 8:30 am. An onboard breakfast will be provided, but each person must bring a lunch. The return trip is scheduled to arrive at St. Mary at 5:00 pm. If you have any questions, call Susan Tibbles (360-293-8598); or Walt Daspit (360-678-4535). ICRS School News Catholic Schools Week is Jan 26 - Feb 1. This is the school's opportunity to say thank you to all of our supporters. On Saturday/Sunday, January 26/27, we show appreciation to our pastors and parishes. The choir will sing at 9AM Mass at ICC, followed by a pancake breakfast hosted by the ICRS 7th graders, 9:30-1:00. All are welcomed. On Thursday, we appreciate grandparents and seniors in the community starting with a school Mass at 10:30, followed by lunch in SJC, and tours. Grandparents and senior friends are invited. Please RSVP to the school by Jan 29. Call 360-428-3912. ICRS Disco Fever Auction tickets available now! Tickets available at icrsweb.maestroweb.com.
Dear Parishioners, Looking back Last Sunday: The Baptism of the Lord. Do you remember your Baptism? Most of us do not. That s why we have this Feast to remind us of who we are in Jesus. At Jesus s Baptism, His Identity and Mission were publically confirmed by the Father: This is my Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased. We know from the other Synoptic Gospels that Jesus and John the Baptist had a little dispute on the banks of the River Jordan about who was supposed to Baptize Whom. And Jesus says that it needs to be this way. Pope Benedict XVI in his book, Jesus of Nazareth, describes how Jesus blended in with the sea of humanity gathered on the banks of the river. In being baptized, Jesus, who did not need baptism, is showing us how we can be both cleansed and become his brothers and sisters and so become children of God. But we ought to remember that Baptism is to the Christian Life what a wedding is to Marriage: it s just the beginning of the relationship! If you said to your spouse I do! on your wedding day and then never saw or spoke to her again until you were about to die, or worse, never, that s not going to work. You re married, but you never lived marriage! So in the same way, we need to persevere and grow daily in our relationship with God and His Family, the Church. Imagine you are with Jesus at His Baptism and He s inviting you down to the water to be baptized with Him. May you hear the voice of the Father speaking over you in Jesus, You are my beloved son, You are my beloved daughter, in you I am well pleased! THANK YOU! To everyone for all their kindnesses and gifts and cards over the holidays. I m running out of room in my kitchen to hang all the cards. Might have to start circling the house here next year. Please know I m horrible at thank you cards, so here s my THANK YOU to all for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Liturgy of the Hours The Divine Office Evening Prayer/Vespers One of our New Year s resolutions at St. Mary s is to continue to unpack the riches of the whole liturgy with our parish. To that end, we are going to start adding Vespers to nearly every evening Mass that is celebrated at St. Mary s. We are starting this month with the Tuesday Evening Masses at St. Mary s. This adds about 5-10 minutes to the Mass, and helps us to pray more in unison with the entire breath of the Church that goes back 3,000 years into the Psalms of the Jewish Temple. It also helps Father fulfill his Evening Prayer obligations more easily :). We hope that you will be nourished by the experience of Vespers with Evening Prayer and inscribe the Psalms and Canticles into your heart! - Fr. Straz Reflections Sacramental Information Call St. Mary Office at 360-293-2101 for more information Infant Baptism The Tragedy of Rejecting Jesus A profound need to resolve once and for all the question of God as a personal reality: Why does this need not drive every soul? If it can be ignored so readily, does this suggest that many people are simply uninterested in ultimate religious questions? Or does this indifference reflect a certain spiritual sloth and a preference to evade the hard search for religious truth? Another possibility, a form of wishful thinking, would also seem likely. Perhaps many people think that their own decision alone determines the reality or unreality of God. In this view, there is no God if one commits to a conviction of his non-existence. The existence of God depends solely on believing or not believing in him. Without one s personal belief, he has no basis to exist. If I choose to consider God an impossibility, he simply cannot exist. My personal conviction determines God s existence and settles the matter. Without arguing explicitly in this manner, it would seem that many people adopt this line of thought, despite its illogic. The obvious possibility that the existence of any reality beyond ourselves does not require our conviction in order to be quite real, and the serious consequence this might entail if the reality in question is God, does not seem to occur to them. They have made their wager; it is enough. The contemplative must find in this tragic conclusion a great and painful provocation. FATHER DONALD HAGGERTY Father Haggerty, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is currently serving at Saint Patrick s Cathedral in New York City. Call the Parish Office to schedule a preparation class and baptism. Those wishing to have their baby baptized must be practicing Catholics. Adult or Child Baptism, Confirmation, or Adults Considering Becoming Catholic Call the Faith Formation Office to learn more about the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adult (RCIA), or Rite of Christian Initiation for Children (RCIC). Weddings Weddings require a 6-month notice and preparation. Sacrament of the Sick (Anointing) Please let us know if someone is seriously ill.