THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST June 24, 2012 M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T Saint Michael e Archangel Parish, located in e heart of Downtown Portland s University District, is a welcoming community of all Roman Caolic faiful. This Italian National Parish sacramentally proclaims e Gospel of Jesus Christ rough a commitment to Evangelization, Education and e Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. 424 SW Mill Street + Portland, OR 97201 Office - 503.228.8629 + Fax - 503.827.7689 + Newman Center - 503.222.1725 dal 1894,la parrocchia nazionale italiana di Portland...nel cuore della città. P A R I S H S T A F F FATHER JAMES MAYO, PASTOR DEACON CHUCK AMSBERRY, PASTORAL ASSOCIATE FATHER LUCAS LABORDE, CAMPUS MINISTER Pastor@stmichaelportland.org PastoralAssociate@stmichaelportland.org CampusMinister@stmichaelportland.org MEGHAN JACKSON, MUSIC COORDINATOR JERRI SCHULTZ, SECRETARY JACOLYN WHEATLEY, BOOKKEEPER MusicCoordinator@stmichaelportland.org Secretary@stmichaelportland.org Bookkeeper@stmichaelportland.org ROSEMARY RETTIG, SOCIAL SERVICES CONNOR P. SAVAGE, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DAN BENEDICT, MAINTENANCE SocialServices@stmichaelportland.org CampaignDirector@stmichaelportland.org Janitor@stmichaelportland.org E U C H A R I S T 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. S A C R A M E N T O F R E C O N C I L I A T I O N Monday rough Friday at 11:30 a.m. Saturday 3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. S A C R A M E N T S O F B A P T I S M M A T I M O N Y & T H E S I C K Please contact Faer Mayo or Deacon Chuck Amsberry for assistance wi ese Sacraments.
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH SUNDAY JUNE 24 NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST 8:30 A.M Sunday Mass 10:00 A.M. Sunday Mass 12:00 P.M. Sunday Mass MONDAY JUNE 25 FERIAL WEEKDAY 11:30 A.M. Confessions and Daily Mass Readings 2 Kings 17:5-18 and Matew 7:1-5 TUESDAY JUNE 26 FERIAL WEEKDAY 11:30 A.M. Confessions & Daily Mass Readings 2 Kings 19:9b-36 and Matew 7:6, 12-14 WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 SAINT CYRIL OF JERUSALEM 7:00 P.M. INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE Readings 2 Kings 22:8-13 and Matew 7:15-20 THURSDAY Readings JUNE 28 SAINT IRENAEUS 2 Kings 24:8-17 & Matew 7:21-29 FRIDAY JUNE 29 SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL Readings Acts 12:1-11, 2 Timoy 4:6-8, 17-18 and Matew 16:13-19 SATURDAY JUNE 30 FIRST MARTYRS OF ROME 3:45 P.M. Confessions 4:30 P.M. Sunday Vigil Mass Readings Lamentations 2:2, 20-19 and Matew 8:5-17 st TH SUNDAY JULY 1 13 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Readings Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-25, Second Corinians 8:7-15 and Mark 5:21-43 Parish Website www.stmichaelportland.org Summer Office Hours 9:00 A.M. to Noon & 1:00-3:00 P.M. NORA SCHRECK, PRAYER MINISTRY prayer@stmichaelportland.org Where There s A Will, There s A Way Please remember your parish in your will. The wording should read: To e Roman Caolic Archbishop of Portland in Oregon and Successors, for e benefit of St. Michael e Archangel Caolic Church, Portland, Oregon. MASS INTENTIONS Day Presider Mass Intention Sunday P. Ignatius Fr Jerome Young s Heal Sunday P. Mayo Otylia Wilbrandt Sunday P. Mayo Pro Populo Monday P. Ignatius Gregory Thomas Markey Tuesday P. Mayo +Michael Riley Bailey Wednesday P. Mayo +Donna Mengert Thursday P. Mayo London Tyndale-Biscoe Friday P. Lucas Stephen Oh Saturday P. Mayo For Favors Given Sunday P. Mayo Pro Populo Sunday P. Ignatius +Zacarias & +Juana Lagasca Sunday P. Mayo +Renato Requillas Call if you would like a Mass celebrated for your or someone else s intentions. VOTIVE CANDLES +Joanne Bastian +Ada Dunn +Thomas Gianelli +Orlin Ro +Maybelle Clark Macdonald +Frances Shimel +Ekhard Ursin +Walter Wilson Nicole Ellis Roselle E. Robb +Sophia Ni Ryung Kim Altar Guild Members Living & Deceased +Frank & +Margerite Terraglio Murty Family - Living and Deceased Call Jerri to light a large votive for your intentions.
FINANCE NEWS Weekend of June 16-17 - 11 Ordinary Sunday Received Budgeted Last Sunday $4,448.30 $5,530.27 Last Week $226.00 $144.23 $308,043.45 $296,369.23 For e Poor $122.00 $677.88 Candles $325.14 $158.65 Flowers $10.00 $66.35 SOCIAL CONCERNS GARDEN SURPLUS OR FRUIT TREES? Our ree afternoons a week Emergency Food Pantry often receives grocery outlet donations of produce which are past prime but we steward e gleanings as best we can. Remember us when at prune tree or zucchini plant is at its peak of production! Fresh garden produce is a great gift. We need black tea bags, canned tuna, 15 oz jars of peanut butter. Thank you for your concern for our near neighbors. PARISH NEWS PETER S PENCE COLLECTION: Today we support e Holy Faer in his charitable works. Peter s Pence is taken worldwide to support e most disadvantaged: victims of war, oppression, natural disasters, & oers in need of emergency assistance. RCIA: For any interested in becoming Caolic, confirmed, or learning more about our Caolic fai, our RCIA classes will begin again next September. Please contact Deacon Chuck for more information. nd FIRST RECONCILIATION AND FIRST COMMUNION: This class for 2 Grade age will begin next Fall. Contact Deacon Chuck for more information. st GOODBYE POTLUCK: Sunday, July 1, at 1:30 P.M. in e Hall, e parish is hosting a potluck for e Carrido family, to send em off wi prayers as employment takes em away. If you d like to join us, please bring food according to last name: Desserts A-F, Main dish G-L, Salad M-S, and Side dish T-Z. Drinks will be provided. We invite volunteers for cleanup. To help wi planning and it really does help - please RSVP to Kaerine Ferruzzi, our Hall Coordinator at kitchencoordinator@stmichaelportland.org. Questions? Contact Kaerine or Deacon Chuck. Thanks. ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM June 21 July 4 has been declared a Fortnight for Freedom by e Caolic Bishops of e U. S. Please join in prayer for e protection of religious liberty in our country. You are invited to join Archbishop Vlazny at St. Mary s Caedral on Thursday, June 28, 7:30 P.M. for a Holy Hour. There will be an Interfai Prayer Service scheduled in our vicariate for downtown Portland. Please join us at St. Michael s Church on Wednesday, June 27 at 7:00 P.M.
DECEASED CLERGY MONDAY SATURDAY Fr. Thomas Vincent Kennan 1936 Fr. Edward Murphy 1938 TUESDAY SUNDAY Fr. Barolomew De Lorme 1901 Fr. Paul Parrington 1973 Fr. Glen F. Schlatter 1997 THURSDAY Fr. Robert Tomisser 1971 Fr. Joseph Cormier 1997 NEWMAN NEWS TUESDAY MEETINGS AT NEWMAN CENTER: Campus Ministry Tuesday meetings at 6 P.M. continue rough e Summer. This week s topic is Mary: Why is she an important part of e spiritual life of a Christian? A MOST SPECIAL THANK YOU!! I want to take is small space to offer you a huge ank you for your most generous goodness to me on e occasion of my birday, ordination anniversary and start of my eigh year as e pastor of is good parish. Your many cards, gifts of all kinds, help wi airfare to learn some Italian in Italy, Masses offered, etc. were far more an I could ever expect. I am blessed more an I could ever have imagined when I came here in 2005. God is indeed good! Thank you so much and an assurance of prayerful memory! Faer Mayo - Pastor PASTORAL COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 16, 2012, MINUTES Members Present: Faer James Mayo, Meghan Jackson, Helen Heller, Vincent Hayes, Joe Schreck, Rosemary Rettig, Brigid O Callaghan, Fr, Lucas Laborde, Connor Savage. Members Absent: Deacon Chuck Amsberry, Christine Ro, Giselle Rincon and e Newman Club representative, Preliminary: The meeting was called to order by Pastoral Council President, Brigid O Callaghan. The Pastoral Council also celebrated Fr. Lucas s final meeting as he departs to attend e Caolic University of America in Washington, DC. Fr. Lucas will be missed! The Council Minutes of e May meeting were approved. Election of Officers for 2012/2013: For e Scribe position, Rosemary and Joe have agreed to act in e same rotational manner. For President, e Council nominated Brigid O Callaghan to serve anoer year. These nominations were approved by e council. Pastor s Comments: Fr. Mayo reported e need for groups to leave e kitchen area clean and all items put away and replaced as needed. Kaerine Ferruzzi, e new Kitchen & Hall Manager will report to Fr. Mayo on progress wi groups following rules/procedures for use of e kitchen. The Finance Council completed a revised budget for operations, and
e Pastoral Council approved unanimously. Fr. Mayo noted e need for two new Pastoral Council members due to expiring terms for Christine Ro and Ellen Fargas. rd Pastoral Associate s Report: The Parish summer pilgrimage to e Trappist Abbey is set for Saturday, June 23. So far ere are approximately twelve individuals interested in is one day pilgrimage. The monly wine and cheese socials will begin after e Saturday vigil Mass for June 16, July 21, August 18, and September 29. Lastly, ere will be an ecumenical prayer service for religious freedom. The US Bishops are asking all Caolics to pray and fast in defense of our religious freedom. This prayer service is titled, Fortnight for Religious Freedom, and runs for two weeks, from June 21 until July 4. We will outreach to nearby Christian Churches and plan to offer a shared prayer service at St. Michael on Wednesday, June 27, at 7 pm. Campus Minister s Report Fr. Lucas reported at e post-fragua meetings finished on May 29. There are plans for two Fraguas per year beginning in e Fall term. The Freshman Bible Study and Women s Prayer Group is led by Sr. Teresa and some peer leaders, Caerine Stone and Melinda Guillen. The bible study has grown to 10 students and is in its final session. The new Campus Minister, Fr. Maximo Stock, will be ordained a priest in Argentina on July 14. In addition, Fr. Ignacio Llorente, e new pastor at St. Patrick s, will also be an active participant in Newman Center activities is Fall and assist Fr. Maximo. Social Services Report Rosemary Rettig said at in May Social Services provided 2,395 persons soup & sandwich. In addition, provided 278 households representing 378 persons food boxes. The greatest need for food boxes includes peanut butter and canned, ready-to-serve meals such as healy soups, chili, etc. The new white van now displays e parish crest and name. Check it out next time you are in e parking lot! This van is capable of hauling up to 1,900 pounds of food. Social Services now is in need of volunteers as some long-time volunteers have announced eir retirement. They will be sorely missed! Please reach out to Rosemary if you are able to help fill e need of ese departing volunteers. KKIOR/Indonesian Community Report Helen Heller reports at e KKIOR Community was pleased to join e Indonesian Community of Oregon in e 100 Grand Floral Parade on June 9, 2012. This was a successful event! Music Coordinator s Report Meghan is now planning e music for all Masses for e rest of e summer. Substitutes for all organists who are scheduled to be out during e summer have been successfully filled. There was discussion about improving e music at e Noon Mass. Development Director s Report Connor Savage said at e campaign brochure graphic design work has been assigned to a new vendor partner. DiLoreto & Associates is now responsible to design e brochure. This change was necessary due to e distant location of e Seattle printing firm. DiLoreto & Associates is local and decisions and changes can be executed much more efficiently. The major gift phase will begin once is brochure is completed and en Fr. Mayo will schedule meetings wi some key donors. The parish capital campaign is scheduled for mid-august. In preparation for is phase, Connor Savage will reach out to approximately 15 parishioners to solicit response to a survey. This survey is to help direct activities for e fund raising committee and building committee. Building Project Remember Our Roots, Restoring Our Heart Capital Campaign. The Project Team has elected to not tear down e existing church structure and rebuild. It felt it needed to look at at possibility due to costs to see if ere were substantial savings. It was found at any savings would be minimal and e negatives large, so e Team is moving forward wi eir original plans of remodeling e existing structure s interior and seismically-strengening e brick structure and oer improvements. New Bookkeeper: Fr. Mayo has hired Jackie Wheatley & her son, Dan, to be e Parish Bookkeeper. This contractor assignment will include approximately 15 hours per mon. Jerri will continue as Parish Secretary and be able to better do what she presently does and to take on some additional duties. Next Council Meeting: Scheduled for September 22 serve as e Secretary for e meeting. nd, 9 AM. Hospitality has not been assigned and Rosemary Rettig will Submitted by Joe Schreck, Scribe