S T MARY C ATHOLIC CHURCH 207 N Main Street, Coupeville, WA 98239 - (360) 678-6536 PARISH OFFICE HOURS Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am - 12 noon, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Parish E-mail: Information@StAugustineOH.org Visit us on the web at www.staugustineoh.org MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm St Augustine Spanish 1st Saturday 7:00 pm St Augustine Sunday 8:00 am St Augustine 9:30 am St Augustine 11:15 am St Mary Latin 2nd & 4th Sunday 11:00 am St Augustine Thu, Fri & 1st Sat 9:00 am St Augustine Thursday 12:10 pm St Mary Latin Friday 12:00 pm St Augustine CONFESSION Friday 11:30 am St Augustine Saturday 4:00 pm St Augustine 3rd Sunday 12:15 pm St Mary ANOINTING OF THE SICK & HOLY COMMUNION Please call the Parish Office PARISH MINISTERS Pastor Administration Religious Education Coordinator Music Director Receptionist Rev. Paul Pluth, JCL Mary A. Waters Mary Rose Anderson Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven Peggy McCormick
JustasMosesliftedup theserpentinthedesert, somustthesonofmanbeliftedup. March 15, 2015 4th Sunday of Lent John 3:14 21 FASTING & FEASTING Lent is a time of both Fasting and Feasting Fast from judging others Feast on the Christ dwelling in them Fast from emphasis on differences Feast on the unity of life Fast from apparent darkness Feast on the reality of light Fast from thoughts of illness Feast on the healing power of God Fast from words that pollute Feast on words that purify Fast from discontent Feast on gratitude Fast from anger Feast on patience Fast from pessimism Feast on optimism Fast from worry Feast on Divine Providence Fast from complaining Feast on appreciation Fast from hostility Feast on peace Fast from bitterness Feast on forgiveness Fast from self-concern Feast on compassion for others Fast from personal anxiety Feast on trust Fast from discouragement Feast on hope Fast from acts that tear down Feast on acts which build up Saint Teresa: Her 500th Year Reformer, Mystic, Doctor of the Church Thursday, March 19, 6:30 pm Carmelite Brother James Lidsay Let nothing trouble you Let nothing frighten you All things are passing God only is changeless Patience gains all things He who has God Is wanting in nothing God alone suffices Teresa of Avila
St. Mary mailing address is: St Mary Catholic Church An: (Name) PO BOX 1443 Coupeville, WA 98239 Parish Stewardship Weekly Parish Expenses: $2,974 Stewardship: March 8 $2,344 Thank you for all your gifts Please remember St Mary in your will Staons of the Cross Tue. 5:30pm Soup at 6:00pm Sign-up (in Harrington Hall) to make and bring soup on one of the following Tuesdays, March 17, 24, & 31 during Lent. Come and join us Tuesday, March 17th at 6:00 pm for good soup and fellowship. Check out the sign up sheet in Harrington Hall to see what is on the menu for the 17th. Bring your own bowl, spoon & drink. Coffee and tea are provided. The Soup sign-up sheet is located in Harrington Hall To submit names of people who are in need of prayers, please contact the parish office at 678-6536 to have the names published in the parish bulletin or to submit names to the prayer chain For all who are ill, needing surgery, or are recovering from surgery. We thank all who pray for those whose names appear on this list. Dolores Morris For all of our deployed military Captain Tom Bender USAF Lord, Hear our Prayer This Week at St Mary Sun 3/15 4th Sunday of Lent 10:45 am Rosary 11:15 am Mass 12:15 pm Confessions will be heard 12:15 pm Right to Life Breakfast by the K of C (I understand it is Biscuits and Gravy today) 6:30 pm Lutheran Service Mon 3/16 Office is closed on Mondays Tue 3/17 5:30 pm Stations of the Cross led by the Young Peoples RE (gr 7-11) 6:00 pm Soup Supper Wed-3/18 10:30 am-12:00 pm Living the Eucharist 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Living the Eucharist -Thu 3/19 10:00 am Bible Study with Marianne 11:30 am Rosary 12:10 pm Mass RIP Jim Morris+ Ronald Vasser+ 1:00-2:00 pm Adoration in the church -Sat 3/21 No Choir Rehearsal today -Sun 3/22 5th Sunday of Lent 9:15 am RE gr. Pre-K 6th 10:45 am Rosary 11:15 am Mass 12:15 pm Coffee & donuts 12:15 pm Confessions will be heard 6:30 pm Lutheran Service
Religious Education 3/15/15 We are reaching out to our parishioners to prepare the following recipes for the Tuesday, March 24th Soup Supper to be served after the Stations of the Cross. Our RE children (grade K-6th ) will be leading the Stations of the Cross. Please sign up and state which recipe you will be preparing. Thank you for your generosity A) Fried Plantains and Beans ( Democratic Republic of Congo) B) Fattet Laban (Lebanon) C) Peanut Stew (West Africa) D) Gallo Pinto (Nicaragua) E) Ugali with Bean Soup (Tanzania) For descriptions of these dishes, go to www.crsricebowl.org/ recipe-archive/ or take a copy of the recipes located next to the signup sheet. NOTE TO PARENTS OF FIRST COMMUNICANTS: Your children are asked to bring bread and serve it. St. Joseph Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (March 19) MARCH 17 Keeping the Faith I bind myself God s power to guide me, God s might to uphold me, God s wisdom to teach me, God s eye to watch over me, God s ear to hear me, God s word to give me speech, God s hand to guide me, God s way to lie before me, God s shield to shelter me, God s host to secure. Amen from St. Patrick s Lorica The Scrutinies of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Celebrated on the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sundays of Lent. These very special rites are celebrated on the last three Sundays of Lent, at liturgies where the Elect are present. The Elect are those in our midst who are preparing for Baptism. Part of their journey to the font is that they have been received among us, the Rite of Acceptance, and they have been enrolled in the Book of the Elect in the Rite of Election. Even if these rites are not celebrated at the liturgy we attend, or not celebrated in our parish or congregation at all, it can be wonderful to reflect upon the journey these Elect are making during Lent, as an inspiration and source of renewal for us in our journey. These are ancient rites and they may, at first, seem strange to us. But they are profoundly rooted in our human experience. We need to examine (scrutinize) how we are, the areas of our lives where we are tempted, or seriously sin - in what we do and what we fail to do. We really need healing and the strength that can come from the support of our sisters and brothers. Invitation to Silent Prayer One of the most powerful moments of the Scrutinies is how they begin. After the homily, the Elect are invited to come forward with their sponsors and to kneel down. Then, the whole assembly is invited to pray for them in silence. It is a very solemn moment. This community has cared for these elect for some months now on their journey. We have sent them to reflect more and more deeply on the Word of God, and expressed to them our longing for the day on which they would join us at the table of the Lord. Now we pray for them in this sacred silence, deeply asking God to protect them and heal them in the weeks ahead. Prayer of Exorcism Then, we pray that they might be freed from the power of the Evil One and protected on their journey. The Laying On of Hands In a silent ritual deliberately reminiscent of the rite used for ordination in the Sacrament of Holy Orders, the priest or deacon lays his hands for a brief moment on the head of each of the Elect. It is a solemn act of calling down the Spirit of Jesus to be with them and protect them. Dismissal of the Elect The Elect are then sent forth to reflect upon the Word and this powerful gesture of love on the part of this community, that cares for them so deeply, with the love of Christ.
LENTEN QUIET DAY AT ST. MARY, COUPEVILLE ON SATURDAY 21ST MARCH, 2015 FROM 9.30 A.M. TO 3.30 P.M. CLAY Lord, from clay you made us, to be living souls from your own breath to live in harmony with you. Too soon we strayed away. Kyrie eleison, But clay I am, and you are the potter always shaping and reshaping. However you make me I am your child, Fashioned in your image. Christe eleison, Your continual moulding turns pride into humility, indifference to love, faint-heartedness to faith, ingratitude to thankfulness. Kyrie eleison. M. D. 9.30 MORNING PRAYER 10.00 MORNING TEA 1015. 1ST SESSION THE EARLY CHRISTIANS AND THE MARCAN GOSPEL 11.15 TIME FOR PERSONAL DEVOTIONS NOON ANGELUS AND WORSHIP 12.45 LUNCH (PLEASE BRING) 1.30 2ND SESSION ST. BRIGID AND IRISH SPIRITUALITY 2.30 TIME FOR PERSONAL DEVOTIONS 3.00 EVENING PRAYER CONTACTS: NORTH MARIANNE DORMAN 3606787744 SOUTH JEAN BEERS 3607301740 BRING BIBLE AND LUNCH. TEA AND COFFEE WILL BE PROVIDED.