ST. TERESA OF AVILA CATHOLIC COMMUNITY 3000 North Lompa Lane, Carson City, NV 89706 Phone: (775) 882-1968 Fax: (775) 883-7063 Emergency: (775) 882-1968 E-mail: stteresa@stteresaofavila.net Website: www.stteresaofavila.net Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Mass Schedule: Monday: Communion Service 7:00am Tuesday-Thursday- Friday: Mass 7:00am Wednesday: Mass 12:15pm Saturday: Mass 4:00pm Sunday: Masses 7:45am, 9:30am, 11:15am, 1:00pm Bilingual Mass & 5:00pm Youth Mass T.V. Catholic Mass: Sunday at 9:00am Channel 8 St. Teresa School Peggy Burger, Principal Bonnie Silsby, Assistant Principal 567 S. Richmond Ave. Carson City, NV 89703 Office (775) 882-2079 Fax (775) 882-6135 Website: www.stts.org Child Development Center Cindy Supko, Director (775) 283-0261 Sacraments Baptism: Parents preparing for baptism must call the office to set up a welcome interview prior to attending a baptism preparation class. Godparents must be confirmed and regularly attending mass, registered in a parish, and attend a baptism class. Marriage: The Catholic parties must be a registered and a practicing member of the parish. Please call the parish office and set up an appointment with a priest at least 6 months prior to your desired wedding month. Reconciliation (Confessions): Saturday: 2:30-3:30 pm or by appointment. Anointing of the Sick: The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick should be celebrated when someone is seriously ill, going in for surgery, or at health risk. Please call the parish office. Parish Staff & Ministries Fr. Chuck Durante, Pastor Fr. Hermes Binlayo, Parochial Vicar Sr. Marie McGloin, S.A., Pastoral Associate Dn. Gil Coleman, Baptism Class Preparation Dn. Michael Johnson, Prison Ministry Dn. Dennis Schreiner, Centering Prayer Dn. Craig Lagier, St. Vincent Advisor and Homeless Ministry Delia Rodriguez, Office Manager Norma Porter & Stephanie Camacho, Receptionists Roland Fournier, Finance Manager Religious Education 775-882-2130 Fax 775-883-7063 Kari Anderson, CRE: 1st-5th Grade Ext 113 Grace Kengle, CRE: 6th-High School Ext 111 Tina Akerley, Pastoral Assistant Ext 107 Delia Rodriguez, Pastoral Assistant Ext 114 Youth Ministry Monica Howk, Youth Activities Director RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and Children Kari Anderson, Adult Director Ext 113 Terri Domitrovich, Children Director Ext 112 Carol Tate, Pastoral Assistant Ext 106 Liturgy, Music & Environment Steve Azzopardi, Director Ext 101 Terri Domitrovich, Children s Liturgy of the Word Ext 112 Facility Maintenance Jeffrey Warnar, Ext 117
February 17th/18th, 2018 Page 1 As Church we observe this holy season of Lent each year to give us the opportunity to look into our lives of faith and evaluate how we are doing. As ashes were put on our forehead we heard, Repent and believe in the Gospel. If we believe our lives should reflect the values Jesus teaches in the gospels. There has been much emphasis over the past several years about not giving something up for Lent but actively doing something different to develop your faith life, improve your relationships or make the world a better place. I don t think this needs to be an either/or decision for Lent but perhaps a both/and. One of the values Jesus teaches and lives out is sacrifice. By giving something up for Lent we consciously change our routine and curb our desires, not just to say that we did it but to keep our minds fixed on this holy time and the longing for the kingdom of God. The discipline involved in giving something up helps us in the greater discipline we call discipleship by calling us out of our own desires and into the greater needs of others. It opens up for us another avenue of giving. For example, the simple act of foregoing doughnuts on the Sundays of Lent can re-direct our thoughts and giving to Operation Rice Bowl and the work of Catholic Relief Services around the world. Similarly, some will come to daily mass during the week or the Stations of the Cross on Fridays or the series on prayer on Thursdays or any number of other devotions during this time to foster a deeper relationship with the Lord. While we may not think of those things as giving up something there is an element of giving time to God in prayer which we may not otherwise do. The draw for Lent should be in deepening our love and relationship with God and what God has done for us. The Lenten Soup Supper on Fridays are certainly about fellowship with one another and growing closer together as Church, not only for ourselves but to reach out to others. The simplicity of the meal is to connect us to the people who eat simple meals year round because it is all they have. The goal is that we come out different at the end of Lent, perhaps more compassionate, more aware of the gift of our faith and the call to discipleship. Some of our parishioners have put forth a Lenten observance based on Pope Francis wonderful encyclical on caring for the earth. Laudato Si is a beautiful document that summarizes our Catholic teaching on caring for one another and all creation. I would recommend it to you as Lenten reading. An insert in today s bulletin highlights Lenten sacrifices that address some of the issues Pope Francis addresses to us and I encourage us, as a parish, to engage the Environmental Program suggested in as many ways as possible. Whatever we choose to do for Lent it ought to make us better disciples of Jesus Christ and witnesses of the love he proclaims in the Gospel. May we not lose hope but strengthen one another in committed discipleship. One example to committed discipleship is participation in our diocesan capital campaign. Last weekend I didn t have the numbers but I m happy to report that on our pledge weekend we added 75 donors and almost $60,000 in gifts and pledges. Thank you to all those who stepped up. The Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) will be coming up next month and some are still struggling with the difference between the CSA and the diocesan capital campaign. The Today Tomorrow Together campaign responds to the long-term and extraordinary needs of the diocese, while the Catholic Services Appeal helps fund the ongoing regular ministerial expenses. A major objective of the Today Tomorrow Together campaign is to establish an endowment to provide supplementary funding for those ministerial expenses, which are funded annually by the Catholic Services Appeal, over the long-term. The endowment will strengthen and empower our church to stand prepared to serve future generations of Catholics. The Catholic Services Appeal is much like our Sunday offertory. It is the annual collection by the Diocese of Reno to fund the ministry offices. The offices include Youth and Young Adult Ministries, Ethnic Ministries, Lay Ministry Formation and Leadership Program, Faith Formation and Catechetics. It also plays a large part in funding our seminarians and permanent diaconate program. The Catholic Services Appeal will continue this year and for years to come. The Today Tomorrow Together campaign is asking for an extraordinary commitment from each of us for the next three years. After the three-year commitment, the Today Tomorrow Together campaign will cease. Thank you for whatever role or roles you are able to play in this important outreach of the Diocese of Reno. I will be doing a teaching mass at the 7:45am mass on March 4. This is an opportunity to learn what we do in the mass and why. As a result, please be aware that the mass will go a bit longer than usual. Last year I did this both at the 4:00pm Saturday mass and at the 5:00pm Sunday mass and the people found it very helpful in growing in their understanding of the mass. It also responds to one of the directives of the Second Synod of the Diocese of Reno which calls for a teaching mass to be offered during the various seasons of the year. All are welcome to come to this mass, listen and learn. Blessings to you all this 1 st week of Lent! Fr. Chuck
First Sunday of Lent Page 2 Dipped in a Dye The ashes on our forehead last Wednesday reminded us of that day we were dipped in a dye. To bap ze (Bap zein in Greek) literally means to dip ( to dip in a dye was a common use) or immerse. In the early Church, Bap sm was always full immersion in water and not simply pouring water on the head which is common these days. But whether it is through dipping or pouring, Bap sm remains to be the sacrament of rebirth, of regenera on. Dipping in a dye is a good metaphor for the experience at bap sm when the Chris an is dipped into the indelible dye of Christ, that is, when the Chris an is immersed into the passion, death and resurrec on of Christ. The fruit of the dipping is not just the washing of the dirt but a new life, a new iden ty in Christ. One is reminded of the branding of a calf when it is permanently marked with the iden ty of its owner. In a way, what the owner is saying is, Know by this mark that you are mine, no ma er what. You might get lost, but you are s ll mine. The same is true at bap sm. The minister at the beginning of bap sm says, I claim you for Christ I now trace the sign of cross on your forehead God is saying to the bap zed You are mine no one, nothing can separate you from me not even your sin. God is not saying, Well, if you d clean up once in a while maybe I would hug you. So the dye of Christ is indelible. It is permanent just as the covenant entered into by God with Noah is permanent. The covenant remains valid down to us today. It has never been revoked no ma er how many mes Israel turned its back to God. God s hug has never been revoked no ma er how much dirt we pile up on us. As Peter said in today s second reading, As Christ suffered for sins once for all and bap sm, which this [Noah s covenant] prefigured, now saves you not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrec on We remember that irrevocable hug, that indelible dye of Christ as we begin Lent. It s because of that hug, it s because of that indelible dye that we are moved to clean up this Lent. It s not the other way around that we need to clean up so that God would hug us. A good way to clean up is to peel away the dirt that has tainted the dye of Christ. And what would that dye of Christ be? That would be the color of compassion, the smell of solidarity and the look of love. And so we begin Lent by looking at our own compassion, our sense of solidarity for others and the call to love. The Biblical word for sin literally means to miss the target. How have we missed the target through our lack of compassion and solidarity, through our failure to love? Fr H Praying with today s readings: 1. I ask God to reveal to me how I have missed the target through my a tudes and ac ons. 2. The Jews call the tes ng of Abraham as the Binding the Binding of Isaac and above all the Binding of God to Israel. I ask for greater fidelity and trust to that Binding. Parish Mission Statement We, the Catholic Community of St. Teresa of Avila, are a people who journey together in prayer and service, nourished and unified at the Word and Eucharist, and under the direction of the Holy Spirit. We are called to love one another and to share our gifts of time, talent, and resources to welcome and to bring our faith to all people!
Ministry in Action Page 3 LENTEN SOUP SUPPER THIS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23rd The Women's Society will be serving soup, salad, rolls and beverage on the Fridays of Lent, prior to Stations of the Cross, in Chartz Hall, Serving is 5:30-6:30 p.m. and the cost is $3 for adults and children 11 or older. Children 10 and under are free. Leftover soup is also sold in medium containers for $4 and large containers for $5. Stations of the Cross are at 7:00pm and in Spanish at 8:00pm. Ethical Trade Coffee, Tea & Chocolate Sales PRESIDENT S DAY Office and Church will be closed. Special Mass at 9:00am in the Chapel. Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. - Matthew 25:40 The Global Solidarity Ministry Team will be selling organic Ethical Trade coffee, tea and chocolate, at cost, the weekend of February 24 th and 25 th. Lent is a good time to reflect on the following principle of Catholic Social Teaching, Option for the Poor and Vulnerable: Ethical trade recognizes the dignity of the work performed by traditional artisans and farmers, and ensures that they are fairly compensated. When you choose fair trade products, you are exercising a preferential option for the poor. http:// www.crsfairtrade.org/print_materials/catholic-socialteaching-squares/ BLESSED CONVERSATIONS There will be a three week series of faith reflections entitled Blessed Conversations on Mondays at 6:30pm in Chartz Hall. Each meeting will be an hour long and focus on a specific topic. The meetings will be on February 26, March 5, and March 12. The topics will be the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, and the Virtues. Please contact Kristen Torvinen for more details and to RSVP at kntorvinen@gmail.com Please pray for Pat Guernsey, Atnafe Work Lencho, Jack Wolfe, Manual Large and all ill in the parish, military, law enforcement, fire protection and their families. CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES RICE BOWL CATCHOLIC c ENCOUNTER LENT Join our faith community and nearly 14,000 Catholic communities across the United States in a life-changing Lenten journey of encounter with CRS Rice Bowl. Pick up your family s Rice Bowl at the doors of the church. During the 40 days of Lent, as companions on the journey, we will encounter our neighbor. This week, in Iraq, we encounter Majd and his family, people forced to flee violence, searching for stability. How are we called to welcome the stranger in our midst? How can you support those, worldwide, who are forced to flee their homes to find safety or better opportunities? Visit crsricebowl.org for more. LEGACY PLANNING SEMINAR Mark your calendars for a seminar to take place on Saturday morning, March 17, at 9:30 in Chartz Hall. The seminar is sponsored by our parish Legacy Council and will be led by Joel Locke, attorney and parishioner. This seminar addresses the necessary planning not only for one s financial estate but also for such things as incapacity, living will and care of minor children. There are also ways to support our parish and school while providing benefits to the donor as well. All are welcome. Registration for the seminar will be available after masses soon. Mass Intentions Requested for this Week Tuesday, February 20th: 7:00am Rebecca Navejar (d) by Lucy Rico Wednesday, February 21st: 12:15pm Carl Peters (d) by Denise Sweeney Friday, February 23rd: 7:00am Norma Magnone (Birthday) by Peggy Saturday, February 24th: 4:00pm Andy Waterhouse (Birthday) by Maureen Waterhouse Sunday, February 25th: 9:30am Kathryn Volpato (d) by Gillis Colgan 11:15am Michael Fondi (d) by Valery Cooney 1:00pm Rev. Tom Dermody (d) by Maureen Waterhouse 5:00pm For the People of St. Teresa Please pray for the repose of the soul of Joanne Acker, Scott Atchian, Ayden Sepulveda, Jessica Marie Meligan, Maria Ruiz, and all parish deceased and their families.
St. Teresa of Avila, Carson City, NV. Page 4 Upcoming Parish Events Monday, February 19: Parish Office Will be Closed 9:00am Mass, Chapel 10:30am JoAnne Acker Funeral Mass, Chapel 4:45pm-6:45pm Adoration, Chapel 6:00pm Centering Prayer, Music Room 6:30pm-9:00pm Charismatic On-Going Formation, Chapel Tuesday, February 20: 5:30pm-7:30pm Women s Bible Study, Chartz Hall 7:00pm Spanish Mass, Church 7:00pm-9:00pm Hispanic Prayer Group, Chapel Wednesday, February 21: 9:15am Centering Prayer, Music Room 12:15pm Mass, Chapel 5:30pm Catechist Enrichment Night, Chapel 5:30pm The Gabriel Project Mtg., Chartz Hall Thursday, February 22: 7:30am-1:00pm- Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Chapel 12:00pm Women s Faith Sharing Mtg., Gathering Space 6:30pm St. Vincent De Paul Society Mtg., Chartz Hall 6:30pm Prayer Methods for Lent, Chapel Friday, February 23: 5:00pm 6:30pm - Soup Supper, Chartz Hall 7:00pm Station of the Cross Deacon Gil, Church 7:00pm Una Fe Bien Construida, Chartz Hall 7:00pm-9:00pm Charismatic Faith Formation, Music Room 8:00pm Via Crucis, Church Saturday, February 24: 8:00am Una Fe Bien Construida, Chapel 4:00pm Mass, Church Ethical Trade Sale after Mass, Gathering Space Sunday, February 25: Masses 7:45am, 9:30am, 11:15am, 1:00pm (Bilingual), & 5:00pm, Church The St. Teresa Women s Society Executive Board will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday, February 22nd at 12 noon at St. Teresa of Avila Church in the conference room. All members are welcome. For more information, please contact Colleen Butler at (775)721-8965. STEWARDSHIP OF RESOURCES February 10th/11th, 2018 Offertory - -$14,876.97 Votive 228.48 Coffee & Donuts 125.07 School Second Collection - 388.00 St. Vincent De Paul - 368.00 Charity 75.00 Ash Wednesday/Eastern Europe 412.00 Latin America --- 5.00 Pro-Life 75.00 Solemnity of Mary 30.00 Online Giving: $1,607.00 In gratitude for the gifts we have received, our parish family and friends made a joyful return to the Lord of $15,623.52 and to special outreach of $935.00. We have over 2500 registered families. Weekly Budgeted Expense Category Salaries $ 8,867.10 Health/Benefits/Education 3,013.98 Maintenance -- 75.00 Utilities 1,436.92 Church /Office Supplies 2,080.19 Diocesan Assessments -- 1,886.71 Insurance-Prop.,Liability & Worker s Comp 455.69 Liturgy/Parish Events - 394.23 Improvements - 359.62 School Subsidy & 2nd Collection 1,230.77 Miscellaneous - 1,639.98 TOTAL - $22,240.19 Knights of Columbus 21st Annual St. Patrick's Day Dinner Fundraiser, March 17, 5:15pm. For information, please call Marty Schwedhelm at 775-250-9564. ORGANIZATIONS Women s Society Co-Presidents, Colleen Butler,721-8965 and Liz Jacques, (401)439-7553 Boy & Girl Scouts, Marty Schwedhelm, 883-0570 Lay Carmelite Community, Marlene Pearson, 882-6293 St. Vincent de Paul Society, Tony, 882-1968 Knights of Columbus, Joe Pettit,775-230-4125 Altar Servers, Carol Tate, 775-224-2685 The Gabriel Project and Parish Coordinator, Kate Schwedhelm, 250-9565
St. Teresa of Avila, Carson City, NV. Page 5 IN APPRECIATION of our Altar Servers and their families All Altar Servers should have received an invitation to an Appreciatioin PIZZA PARTY this Saturday, February 24th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm in Chartz Hall. Please RSVP to Carol Tate at 882-2130 Ext. 106 or email altarservers@att.net. Amenda, Brandy & SJ Acosta Grady Kershaw Jackson Brockett Sarai Jauregui Haylee & Alyssa Butler Kimberly Lopez Abigail Castro Andrew Mortellaro Chloe & Madison Christy Abby Mercer Leslie & Robert Delao Alan & Alohi Morales Maali & Xavier DeLeon Adan Nunez Melina Duarte Sam & Ellee Richetta Moriah Fiel Madeline Roberts Kiera & Owen Hickenbottom Gael Rosales Tatiana Honein Briseyda & Jovany Rubio Annji & Hanna Hope Hordorwicz Kenya Salgado Alexis Humphrey Luz Sandoval Allen Shellhamer Hunter & Kole Steele Laura Torres Josephine Verive Jessie Young Make plans to attend the 12th Annual Friends for Life Dinner and Auction, Thursday, March 8, 2018, where Pro-Life League of Nevada will be honoring Dr. T. Brian Callister as the 2018 Hero for Life recipient. Dr. Callister was instrumental in defeating Doctor Prescribed Suicide in Nevada and several other states in 017. The keynote speaker will be Carol Tobias, President of National Right to Life. Tables of 8 are available for $600. Individual tickets are $75. Visit www.nevadarighttolife.org/ register to purchase tickets and tables. For questions, call Melissa at 775-813-4319. First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2018 Your ways, O L, make known to me; teach me your paths. Psalm 25:4 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43-48 Sunday: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps 116:10, 15-19; Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10 SACRAMENTOS BAUTISMO: Los Padres en proceso para prepararse a bautizar deben establecer una cita para una entrevista inicial y después tendrá que tomar la clase prebautismal. Hable a la oficina de la parroquia para fijar su cita para la entrevista. Padrinos deben de venir a misa regularmente y asistir a una clase pre-bautismal. Por favor no haga arreglos de ningun tipo hasta que establesca la fecha de bautizo con el padre. MATRIMONIO: Los contrayentes católicos de este sacramento deben ser miembros practicantes de la parroquia y estar registrados. Por favor llamen a un sacerdote para una cita al menos 6 meses con prioridad a la fecha deseada para la boda. Por favor no haga arreglos hasta después de su cita. RECONCILIACION/CONFESION Sábados 2:30-3:30pm o por cita. UNCIÓN DE LOS ENFERMOS: el sacramento de la unción de los enfermos debe ser celebrado cuando una persona está seriamente enferma, va a tener una cirugía (operación quirúrgica), etc. Por favor llame a la oficina para recibir este sacramento. Project Rachel, A Post-Abortion Healing Ministry We pray for both mothers and fathers in unmarried relationships and married relationships which are now broken because of abortion. May these women and men reach out for help and begin the healing process through God s love, forgiveness and mercy. Find out more about us www.renodiocese.org on the Home Page click on Ministries, then Agencies. Contact our confidential, nonjudgmental help line 775-324- 4325 to take advantage of valuable resources. Primer Domingo de Cuaresma 18 de febrero de 2018 Descúbrenos, Señor, tus caminos, guíanos con la verdad de tu doctrina. Salmo 25 (24):4 LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Stgo 1:1-11; Sal 119 (118):67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mc 8:11-13 Martes: Stgo 1:12-18; Sal 94 (93):12-13a, 14-15, 18-19; Mc 8:14-21 Miércoles: Jl 2:12-18; Sal 51 (50):3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Jueves: Dt 30:15-20; Sal 1:1-4, 6; Lc 9:22-25 Viernes: Is 58:1-9a; Sal 51 (50):3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Sábado: Is 58:9b-14; Sal 86 (85):1-6; Lc 5:27-32 Domingo: Gn 9:8-15; Sal 25 (24):4-9; 1 Pe 3:18-22; Mc 1:12-15