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 Monday: Communion Service 7:00am Tuesday-Thursday- Friday: Mass 7:00am Wednesday: Mass 12:15pm T.V. Catholic Mass: Sunday at 9:00am Channel 8 Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Mass Schedule: Saturday: Mass 4:00pm Sunday: Masses 7:45am, 9:30am, 11:15am 1:00pm Bilingual Mass 5:00pm Youth Mass Parish Staff & Ministries Fr. Tom Babu, Pastor Fr. Hermes Binlayo, Parochial Vicar Sr. Marie McGloin, S.A., Pastoral Associate Dn. Gil Coleman, Bap sm Class Prepara on Dn. Michael Johnson, Prison Ministry Dn. Dennis Schreiner, Centering Prayer Dn. Craig Lagier, St. Vincent Advisor & Homeless Ministry Delia Rodriguez, Office Manager Norma Reddick, Recep onist Roland Fournier, Finance Manager Youth Ministry Grace Kengle, Youth Minister Monica Howk, Youth Ac vi es Director RCIA Rite of Chris an Ini a on 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 Religious Educa on 775-882-1968 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 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./.m,s s.org Child Development Center Cindy Supko, Director (775) 283-0261 Sacraments Bap sm: Parents preparing for bap sm must a end a bap sm prepara on class. Godparents must be confirmed and regularly a ending mass, registered in a parish, and a end a bap sm class. Marriage: The Catholic par es must be a registered and a prac cing 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. Reconcilia on (Confessions): Saturday: 2:30-3:30 pm or by appointment. Anoin ng of the Sick: The Sacrament of Anoin ng of the Sick should be celebrated when someone is seriously ill, going in for surgery, or at health risk. Please call the parish office.
September 1st & 2nd, 2018 Page 1 Pope Francis says that we should not be lukewarm in our Faith. This kind of message from Pope Francis is a far cry from the image that many in the secular news media are attempting to portray of him. We often hear about the Pope Francis who speaks of God s love and mercy, and the Francis who says, rightly, who am I to judge, but there may be a reason we don t hear much in the secular press about the Holy Father s daily homilies or his messages at his weekly Wednesday General Audience, and perhaps that reason is because what we would get if we blended Pope Francis words that make the secular headlines with the things he preaches each morning at the Domus Sancte Marthae or his words at Wednesday Audience would be a much more complete picture of the message of Pope Francis and a fuller presentation of the Gospel message that he is being called to promote. To preach and speak of the dangers of being lukewarm in our faith is spreading a message that not many in the world or even in the Church will be keen to hear. It is important for us to hear this message because many of us have struggled with periods of what can only be characterized as lukewarm faith in our lives. The words of St. Paul in Ephesians which led to the Pope s reflections is a passage of Scripture that ought to give every one of us pause to think about whether what the epistle writer warns the Church of that day to avoid could apply equally in substance to us today. St. Paul warns the early Christians to whom he wrote to avoid sexual immorality, impurity, filthiness, even what the Revised Standard Version calls silly talk and what is rendered as filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking according to the English Standard Version, or, as the Douay-Rheims puts it obscenity or foolish talking or scurrility, which is to no purpose. How many of us have been guilty of this kind of thing in our lives? I will admit that I have, God forgive me my weaknesses and sins. However, Pope Francis seems to be reminding us that attempting to walk with Christ while acting and doing the way the world acts and does is the very definition of what it means to be lukewarm, a condition that the Scripture describes as one that causes the Lord to spew you out of my mouth. How many of us have gone to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, only to very purposefully go home and watch a television program or movie that is filled with filthy language, needless violence, promiscuous behavior, or all of the above? How many of us have filled our weeks with speech and action that is vulgar at the very least, and vile at worst? How many of us have wished ill upon our neighbors through the week and then enter into Mass on Sunday, singing with the rest of the People of God Glory to God in the Highest, and peace to his people on earth? In warning against lukewarm Christianity, Pope Francis is taking very direct aim at the hypocrisies that we are all guilty of in modern life, and he is saying to us that if we are going to loudly and proudly profess the faith, as we well should, we had better be prepared to live out that which we are professing. Scandals in the Church have been caused in our own day and time, and in every time, by men and women of God who professed Christ with their lips but did not live up to that profession in their lives. In a very real way, of course, none of us live our faith perfectly at all, and the mercy of God understands this by giving us a way to be free from our sins through the power of Christ s sacrifice on the Cross by way of the sacrament of Reconciliation. While understanding, then, that none of us are perfect, and none of us are immaculately conceived as the Blessed Mother was, we need to remember that lukewarm Christianity harms the Church because the whole world is watching us. If the fruit we produce is not good, how can we effectively spread the Gospel if we ourselves do not live it? Let us recommit ourselves to living lives more fully committed to the Gospel in all that we do. Let us try to be better Christians with great vigor and faith. Fr. Tom ORGANIZATIONS Women s Society, Co-Presidents, Colleen Butler 721-8965 and Liz Jacques (401)439-7553 Boy & Girl Scouts, Marty Schwedhelm, 883-0570 Altar Servers, Carol Tate, 775-224-2685 St Vincent de Paul Society, Tony, 882-1968 Knights of Columbus, Winn Teeter, 775-443-8115 Lay Carmelite Community, Marlene Pearson, 882-6293 The Gabriel Project & Parish Coordinator, Kate Schwedhelm, 775-250-9565
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 2 FORM RELIGION All religions have Tradi ons and tradi ons. Tradi ons are the heart and soul of that religion. Without those Tradi ons, the religion would be just another form religion. Tradi on is what Saint James was referring to in today s second reading: Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this to care for orphans and widows and their afflic on and to keep oneself unstained by the world. Jesus summarized the Tradi ons as, The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord your God is Lord alone! You shall love your God with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. The measure of our behavior in God s eyes is not our observance of law but the degree of love or compassion we have for others. The tradi ons are external prac ces that are created to help the believers in prac cing the Tradi ons. Today s gospel men ons some of them the purifica on of cups, the washing of hands, etc. These external prac ces were ini ally designed to help in the prac ce of being pure and undefiled before God and the Father. Since these tradi ons are humanly created and not divinely ins tuted like the Tradi ons, tradi ons are always secondary to the Tradi ons. The Tradi ons are unchanging. The tradi ons can change and need to change according to the culture and the signs of the mes. But over me, the later genera ons of believers could forget the ra onale behind the tradi ons. In the process, the tradi ons became more important than the Tradi ons or the tradi ons became separated from the Tradi ons. Those who see themselves as guardians of the religious tradi ons are also prone to policing others in their observance of tradi ons. They scru nize the washing of the cups, pots while neglec ng the evil inten ons that come from the human heart. That s the context of today s gospel. The tradi ons that were supposed to help in the prac ce of Love of God and neighbor became the center of Judaism. At that me, Judaism had become a form religion for some. The Way, as Chris anity was first known, was born out of Jesus desire to purify this form religion. But just like the Judaism that it ini ally tried to reform, Chris anity itself fell to the same tempta on to place the tradi ons at the center and the Tradi ons at the margins. Instead of focusing on the The Way (Tradi ons) of the Christ, me and again, the Church gets fixated with the ways (tradi ons) that are meant to help us walk The Way. It s like being a ached to a par cular path that Christ might have used at one point--crea ng all rules regula ng travel, pu ng up fences and fortresses to defend the path. One thinks of the tradi ons (including the language itself, La n) that were acquired when Chris anity was the official religion of the Roman Empire or when the Roman Catholic Church felt under siege during the Protestant Reforma on. But Christ has already taken another path. Rather than following the Christ, the Church gets stuck to a par cular path relishing the scent, the glow that the Christ le behind in that par cular path. Legalism and parochialism or small-mindedness can very easily infect our Chris an life. The good news is that the Spirit does not get red of reminding the Church of the primacy of the Tradi ons over the tradi ons. The Second Va can Council reforms are forceful expressions of such a reminder from the Spirit. And the reminder con nues because the Church is always in need of reforma on (semper reformando, according to Va can Council II). Tradi on comes from the La n word, tradere (to pass on, to hand over). With tradi ons we hand over beliefs, prac ces, rituals to the next genera on. But tradere is also the root word of traitor. The gospels noted that Judas handed over (betrayed) Jesus to the Pharisees. The tradi ons are meant to pass on Jesus and not to betray or hide him. When tradi ons hide rather than reveal Jesus, Chris anity becomes a mere form religion. Fr. H Praying with today s readings: 1. Be doers of the Word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. I wrestle with these words today. 2. I rest in the fact that Jesus knows and loves me as I am with all my contradictory impulses, desires and prac ces.
Ministry in Action Page 3 September 2018 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The weekend of September 8 and 9, 2018 marks a very special and important second collection for our diocese; the annual collection for Seminarian Education. The collection assists the seminary formation of the five men of our diocese who responded to God s call to the vocation of priesthood. Vocations are being fostered within our diocese. The Vocations office currently works with seven men discerning a vocation from within our diocese. This is great news! In addition, the office also communicates with men from outside the diocese showing interest in joining us. This means we might have more men in the seminary starting next year. The cost of educating each seminarian per year is approximately $35,000, which covers tuition, room and board, and seminary fees. Other expenses such as medical insurance, language classes, and travel raises that cost to almost $50,000 per year per student. All of us support vocation through our prayers and through our financial contributions. All monies collected throughout the diocese remain here and go directly to pay for the seminary expenses. All of us, together, need to contribute to this fund to help form these men who are called to serve. Sincerely yours in Christ, Most Reverend Randolph R. Calvo JOIN IN A JOURNEY OF FAITH R.C.I.A. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (and teens 18 years old) is a preparation for initiation into the Catholic Faith and for Catholics wishing to renew and deepen their faith. It will begin this Thursday, Sept. 6th from 6:30 to 8:30pm in Chartz Hall. All are welcome. Call Kari for questions at 882-2130 ext. 113. Please pray for the repose of the soul of Bill Nichols, Jack Hanley and all parish deceased and their families. Please pray for Celestino Moreno, Fr. Tom s Family, victims of flood in India, Dennis Parker and all ill in the parish, military, law enforcement, fire protection and their families. St. Teresa Women s Society will hold the first meeting of the 2018-19 season Saturday, September 8 th at 9 a.m. in Chartz Hall. We look forward to seeing all our members and encourage new ladies to join us! We invite all ladies of the parish to visit our table during the Ministry Fair, Sept. 8-9, to learn more about our mission and a chance to win our beautiful raffle basket! Contact Liz Jacques at (401) 439-7553 for questions. Requested for this Week Tuesday, September 4th: Ray Gatera by mom and dad Wednesday, September 5th: End of abortion by Holy Innocents Thursday, September 6th: Michael Borda (d) by John Borda Saturday, September 8th: 4:00pm Fr. Thomas Babu by Staff Sunday, September 9th: 7:45am Crystal Briscoe (d) by John Miller & Dr. Mary Pierczyski 9:30am Charles Seaman by Janet Basgall 11:15am For the People of St. Teresa 1:00pm Celestino Moreno by Wife 5:00pm John W. Connolly by Lila Cumins (Mass times are available for special intentions) Attention Parishioners! I have been so blessed over the years with wonderful Catechists (Teachers of the Faith), but this year several have retired after many years of teaching our parish children. If you can give a couple hours each week beginning in October, please call Kari in the Parish Office at 882-2130 ext. 113. The main requirement is a desire to share the love of your faith with our children. Training is available! Many thanks! Kari Anderson CHILDREN S CATECHUMENATE Attention families whose children are NOT baptized, or whose children are baptized as a Non-Catholic Christian and are ages 7-15. If your family fits either of these situations, and there is interest in the child(ren) becoming Catholic, call or email Terri Domitrovich for more information: 775-882- 1968 x112 /terrid@stteresaofavila.net St. Teresa s has a year-round formation program called the Children s Catechumenate. A child may enroll at any time during the year.
St. Teresa of Avila, Carson City, NV. Page 4 Upcoming Parish Events Monday, September 3: Labor Day, The Church and Parish Office Will be Closed 9:00am Mass, Chapel 4:45pm-6:45pm Adoration, Chapel 7:00pm-9:00pm Charismatic On-Going Formation, Chapel Tuesday, September 4: 7:00am Mass, Chapel 7:00pm-9:00pm Hispanic Prayer Group, Chapel Wednesday, September 5: 12:15pm Mass, Church 9:15am- Centering Prayer, Music Room Thursday, September 6: 7:00am Mass, Chapel 7:30am-1:00pm Adoration, Chapel 8:30am School Mass, Church 7:00pm Bible Study-Spanish, Chapel Friday, September 7: 7:00am Mass, Chapel 7:00pm Una Fe bien Construida, Chartz Hall 7:00pm Charismatic Faith Formation, Chapel Saturday, September 8: 9:00am-Bill Nichols Funeral Mass, Church 10:00am-Women s Society Meeting, Chartz Hall 11:00am-Geselle Rodiles Quinceañera, Church 1:00pm 50 th Wedding Anniversary Mass, Church 4:00pm Mass, Church Ministry Fair Weekend after Mass, Gathering Space Sunday, September 9: Masses 7:45am, 9:30am, 11:15am, 1:00pm & 5:00pm, Church Ministry Fair Weekend after all Masses, Gathering Space The Gabriel Project is accepting baby layette items this weekend for a mom with whom we have been "walking". We thank you in advance for your consideration. The Ron Wood Center is donating a car seat and a Pak 'n Play. STEWARDSHIP OF RESOURCES August 25th/26th, 2018 Offertory - $12,598.49 Votive 258.71 School Second Collection 85.00 St. Vincent De Paul 317.00 Charity 75.00 Assumption 145.00 Black and Native American - 25.00 Home Missions 10.00 Sacraments/Sacramentals - 320.00 ONLINE GIVING $1,726.00 In gratitude for the gifts we have received, our parish family and friends made a joyful return to the Lord of $13,407.20 and to special outreach of $427.00. 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 IMPORTANT EVENTS STARTING SOON! RCIA begins September 6th Night Off The Street orientation on Sept. 20th Religious Education begins 1st week of October Parents are involved by being examples of faith and taking responsibility to bring their children to classes and to Mass. Thank you! Attention Parish Women, would you like to spend more time with the Gospels and other women? We have a daytime group that meets on Thursdays twice a month from noon until 1:15pm. The group (formerly called Women s Faith Sharing) is facilitated by Cheryl Rotter, a longtime Parish member and catechist. The group uses a Catholic publication called Exploring the Sunday Readings and our Bibles. We examine the upcoming Sunday readings as a group while we slow down and be present to each other and the Gospels. Meetings are the second and forth Thursdays held in the Gathering Space at the church. (unless the Office needs the Gathering Space) Meetings for September are the 13 th and the 27 th at noon. Please contact Cheryl Rotter at 772-6681 or the Parish office for more information. 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!
St. Teresa of Avila, Carson City, NV. Page 5 All parishioners are cordially invited to a end the Installa on Mass for our new Pastor, Father Tom Babu. Mass will be on Sunday, September 30 th at the 9:30 am Mass which includes the ceremony of Installa on. Please join us for a light breakfast in Chartz Hall a er Mass. A Pastor s installa on service is an important event for both the pastor and his or her congrega on. It is a fes ve, welcoming ceremony to recognize the calling of the pastor, to acknowledge his responsibili es and du es, and to celebrate the end of the interim period, and a new chapter in a congrega on s life. The Bishop will be present to entrust the responsibili es to the Pastor in the Installa on Ceremony Mass. For those of you interested in joining the Youth Group for the follow up discussions on the movie previously presented I Can Only Imagine, the dates are: September 7 th, 14 th and 28 th and October 5 th from 6:30pm-7:30pm. For any questions, please call Monica 775-846-2629. Fr. Tom suggests: From Relevant Radio: If someone won t forgive me, what should I do? https://relevantradio.com/2018/08/if-someone-wontforgive-me-what-should-i-do/ The Gabriel Project is a parish-based outreach ministry offering hope and assistance to any woman experiencing a crisis pregnancy. This ministry offers compassionate support to pregnant women in difficulties, regardless of their family background, economic status, or religious or no religious faith. There are brochures and referral cards with more information in the Gathering Space. Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time September 2, 2018 Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls. James 1:21b READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5; Ps 119:97-102; Lk 4:16-30, or, for Labor Day, any readings from the Mass For the Blessings of Human Labor, nos. 907-911 Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Ps 145:8-14; Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9; Ps 33:12-15, 20-21; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6; Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-6, 27-28, 39-40; Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23] Sunday: Is 35:4-7a; Ps 146:7-10; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37 Mass in the chapel at 9:00 am Parish Office Closed Are you missing a sweater or sunglasses? These items were left after sunshine summer bible camp. Call Terri at the parish office ext. 112 to pick up. We now have an official Facebook Page. If you are on Facebook, please like our page to see what is going on in our parish. The official page is: http://www.facebook.com/stteresa18/ (There is an unofficial page as well, so please make sure that you go to the page listed above.) If you don't have Facebook, you can get a lot of information about things going on in our parish from our website: www.stteresaofavila.net. Vigésimo Segundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 2 de septiembre de 2018 Acepten dócilmente la palabra que ha sido sembrada en ustedes y es capaz de salvarlos. Santiago 1:21b LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: 1 Cor 2:1-5; Sal 119 (118):97-102; Lc 4:16-30, o las lecturas de la Misa Por la santificación del trabajo Martes: 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Sal 145 (144):8-14; Lc 4:31-37 Miércoles: 1 Cor 3:1-9; Sal 33 (32):12-15, 20-21; Lc 4:38-44 Jueves: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Sal 24 (23):1bc-4ab, 5-6; Lc 5:1-11 Viernes: 1 Cor 4:1-5; Sal 37 (36):3-6, 27-28, 39-40; Lc 5:33-39 Sábado: Mi 5:1-4a o Rom 8:28-30; Sal 13 (12):6; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23] Domingo: Is 35:4-7a; Sal 146 (145):7-10; Sant 2:1-5; Mc 7:31-37