May 27, 2018 Saint Patrick Catholic Church Canby, OR Sacraments: Adult Baptism Adults seeking baptism are expected to participate in the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults). RCIA begins in the fall with the reception of the Sacraments of Initiation in the Spring (Easter). For information call the Office 503-266-9411 Infant Baptisms: Registered parishioners are expected to complete a Baptismal Preparation program prior to scheduling a baptism. Baptismal preparation programs are offered 3 times a year. Next class: Sacramental Prep Policy: In compliance with Archdiocesan policy and recommendations for the preparation and reception of the Sacraments, St. Patrick requires that any candidate receiving the Sacraments of Confirmation, First Reconciliation and First Eucharist must be actively involved in age appropriate Religious Education for a minimum of 1 year prior to beginning preparation for the Sacraments. The candidates must have regular attendance in our programs. Additionally, it will be expected that each candidate will continue to be involved in age appropriate classes and regularly attend weekend Mass during the period of Preparation for the Sacrament. Marriage Policy Please contact the Pastor at least six months prior to the wedding to ensure adequate time for these preparations. The Most Holy Trinity St. Patrick Catholic Church Mission Statement: As a Catholic faith community united in Christ s Gospel and Sacraments, we strive to bring all people to know, love and serve God and one another. Are You New to St. Patrick? We welcome you to St. Patrick Catholic Church. At St. Patrick we know that we are all individual parts of the mystical Body of Christ. Working together, we find great joy in doing God s work here on earth. We invite and encourage you to stop by the parish office Monday through Thursday and our Administrative Assistant, Debbie Newbury looks forward to meeting you and would be happy to assist you in registering with the Parish. HEARTBEATS OPTION LINES Answers the calls of women facing an unexpected pregnancy, providing help and support, and connecting them to their local pregnancy help organization. 24-hour Emergency Helpline 800-712- HELP (4357) - https://optionline.org. Parish Office Information Parish Office: 503-266-9411 Fax: 503-263-2293 498 NW 9th-PO Box 730, Canby, OR 97013 Parish Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday-Thursday 9am-5pm; Tuesday: 9am-6pm Closed for lunch 12-1:00pm. Closed on Fridays. Website: www.stpatcanby.org Email: stpatricks@canby.com. Please like us on facebook. Mass Schedule Daily Mass: Tuesday Evenings 7:00pm Wednesday~Friday 8:00am Confession Schedule Saturdays 4:00-5:00pm Sunday Liturgy Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm Sunday: 8:30am & 11:00am & 1:30pm Mass in Spanish St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank Gretchen McCallum: 503-701-9135 PO Box 754, Canby, OR 97013 Prayer Needs: If you have a prayer need, please contact Kathy Usher, 503-266-2485 after 9:00am Sunday Bulletin Bulletin deadline: Monday morning of each week. Please email your article to: dnewbury@canby.com. Heartbeat s OptionLine.org & 24 Hour emergency helpline: 800-712-4357
REFLECTING ON THE GOSPEL FIRST COMMUNION Congratulations to the following students who received First Eucharist on Saturday, May 26th: Jorge Santiago Clarissa Santiago Wendy T. Morales-Leyva Betsy Santiago Bianca Bazan-Segundo Ana Bazan-Segundo Alejandro Rojas Sandra Rojas Giselle Colores-Cruz Monserrat Colores-Cruz Raylenne Prudencio-Paniagua Angel Camarena Jose Francisco Perez Maria Camila Perez Fabiola Nolasco- Zarate Karina Ruiz Diana Corazon-Martinez Jocelyn Cruz-Lopez Christopher Cruz-Lopez Montserrat Idesales Jose Luis Idesales Ashley Avila-Garcia Luis Mejia Elizabeth Gabriel-Hernandez Isaac Santiago-Cruz Juan Damian Zamora-Avila Please keep these, and all our young people, in prayer as they continue to draw closer to Jesus in the Eucharist. MEMORIAL DAY The Mass for Memorial Day will take place this Monday, May 28th at 9:00a.m. at St. Patrick Cemetery. We will bless all the graves immediately following the Mass. Our cemetery is located on New Era Road right off 99E. In case of rain, Mass will be celebrated in the church. PARISH OFFICE The Parish Office will be closed for Memorial Day, Monday, May 28th. BUY A CHAIR CAMPAIGN St Patrick's Women's Group has started "Buy a Chair" campaign. With the arrival of 20 new tables for the auditorium, there is a need to replace the very old chairs with stronger more stable white ones. We need 224 chairs. You have the opportunity to make this happen. Each chair costs $35. The total cost was averaged which includes carts to stack chairs. Someone will be available after each mass to take your check or cash and you can put your name on a square, representing a chair, which will be glued on the poster chart. Make the check payable to St Patrick Church and put "chair" on description line. If you provide cash, please put your name and address on an envelop available so you receive credit for your donation. If you have questions, you may contact: Karen Hunt, 503-702-3732, Verlene Patton, 503-481- 3619 or Ellen Hannan, 503-819-8331. Thank you for helping update our facility. We have all heard of the shamrock, which, according to legend, was used by St. Patrick to represent the Holy Trinity to the native Irish in the early fifth century. Three leaves on one sprig, representing three persons in one God. That story has been repeated countless times, and the image of the shamrock has become forever linked with the Trinity, and with the Irish. But, of course, God is more than a sprig, and the relationship between the persons of the Trinity is more complex and subtle than three leaves. Earlier church fathers used the image of the sun to speak of the Trinity, with the sun itself representing the Father, the light representing the Son, and the heat representing the Spirit. This image does more than the shamrock to convey the subtlety at work in such a sophisticated concept of three persons, one God. But still, the metaphor of the sun with its light and heat is still just that, a metaphor. Though trinitas is a Latin word and there fore not found in the New Testament, which was written in Greek, there are many triadic tests that speak of Father/God, Son, Spirit. Passages like the one for today would be considered triadic, and they would give rise to full-blown trinitarian theology in later centuries. The gospel scene is after Easter, but in Galilee. According to Matthew, this is the first and only appearance of the risen Jesus to his disciples. Still, the disciples doubt. They receive the command that has been referred to as the Great Commandment : God, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,/baptizing them in the name of the Father,/ and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The Gospel of Matthew, which restricted the use of the term disciple to the Twelve during Jesus ministry, now shows that following the resurrection, there will be disciples in all nations. Matthew s baptismal formula for making a disciple is the same as what Christians use today. Based on this Great Commandment, Christianity has become a worldwide religion. From a mountaintop in Galilee, those initial disciples made other disciples by baptism, who made still more disciples by baptism, and so on, until our very day. Discipleship founded on baptism into the life of the Trinity is much more powerful than a shamrock, or even the sun. Living Liturgy year B
NO TUESDAY EVENING MASS, MAY 29TH. We will have a Liturgy of the Word. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 3484 AWARDS FOR LAST MONTH Family of the Month - Frank and Catherine Battilega and their four children are the family of the month. They live on a farm nearby where Frank has been farming for over 30 years. We thank Frank recently for cooking a great spaghetti dinner that followed the Donna Corri Gibson concert last month. The KofC council greatly appreciates his work in the kitchen. He also has supported our parish liturgies by reading some of the Easter readings for the last 10 years. Also they have shared with financial support, like for candles for annual church use, towards the crucifix hanging in our church and Christmas garlands during the season. Thanks again for their family and support of our parish. Lady of the Month - Margie Phillips, who is gifted in music, is our Lady of the Month. For about seven years at St. Pats she has led liturgical music with others at the 11am Mass and part time at the 5:30 Vigil Mass. She has been in music ministry most of her life and has a master s degree in choral conducting from PSU. Also she has taught choral music in an Oregon City school and has taught music in her Canby music school. She and her husband have two musically talented daughters and we have been blessed that they have helped with liturgical music too. Thanks again to Margie for sharing her music talents at our Masses. Knight of the Month Duane Kloser has devoted time, talent and treasure to our parish family and we appreciate it. As past Grand Knight he has led our council to get some awards and expand some of our activities too. Most recently he spearheaded the Lent concert/retreat featuring Donna Cori Gibson last month. Donna mentioned that Duane was a good organizer and promoter as she sees a lot of different levels of organization in her national travels. Also this helped her sell most of her CDs too. Duane and his wife Chris have three grown children and travel when possible. We also send our prayers for his brother Mark who recently had a near fatal fall and is slowly recovering. Thank you Duane for your hard work. WIDOW AND WIDOWERS DINNER SCHEDULED Save the date: June 10th beginning at 4:00p.m. for the Widow and Widowers dinner put on by the Knights of Columbus. You can call Paul Crawford for more information at 503-680-8924 or by email: paul57@canby.com. THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH Sunday, May 27, 2018 11:00p.m. Choir practice [Spanish] 1:00p.m. Rosary before Spanish Mass 3:00p.m. Spanish Kid s choir practice Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2018 9:00a.m. Memorial Day Mass @ Cemetery Tuesday, May 29, 2018 7:00p.m. Liturgy of the Word 7:00p.m. Bible Study [Spanish] 7:45p.m. Spanish Bible Study Wednesday, May 30 2018 8:00a.m. Daily Mass 5:00p.m Choir practice [Spanish] Thursday, May 31 2018 8:00a.m. Daily Mass 12:00p.m. Eucharistic Adoration 6:30p.m. VBS Planning meeting 8:15p.m. Rosary [Spanish] 9:00p.m. Benediction Friday, June 1, 2018 7:00a.m. Marian Prayer Group 8:00a.m. Daily Mass 9:00a.m. Oregon Food Bank mtg 10:00a.m. Prayer Shawl Meeting 7:00p.m. Hispanic Prayer Group Retreat Saturday, June 2, 2018 9:00a.m. Hispanic Prayer Gr. Retreat 1:30p.m. Baptism: Illiana Luciana Garica Torres 6:30p.m. Baptismal Prep in Spanish ST. PATRICK S FAMILY CAMPOUT JULY 12-15 There will be a meeting of all those attending the family campout following the 8:30am mass in the Parish Center on Sunday, June 3rd. This is an important meeting regarding meal planning and final instructions for the campout. We will also be deciding what to do for the 2019 campout. If you have any questions, please contact Bob and Dawna Hitch at 503-551- 3083.
PASTORAL STAFF Pastor Fr. Arturo Romero Email: aromero@archdpdx.org 503-263-1285 Deacon Rev. Mr. Jerry Giger Email: Gigerjdg@yahoo.com Pastoral Associate Sara Creel stpatrickpa@gmail.com 503-263-1290 Hispanic Ministry Heriberto Aguilar Email: haguilar@canby.com 503-263-1292 Religious Education Jody Patershall Email: jpatershall@canby.com 503-263-1287 Junior High/Senior High Coordinator Frances Parker Email: fparker@canby.com 503-263-1288 Bookkeeper Sherry Heidt Gamble sheidtgamble@gmail.com 503-263-1289 Administrative Assistant Debbie Newbury dnewbury@canby.com 503-263-1286 ST. PATRICK KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Council 3484 Monthly meetings held first & third Tuesdays of the month in the Multipurpose Room of the Parish Center at 7:00pm. LEAVE A LEGACY Life insurance benefits are not taxed as income but they do go into your estate and could increase your heir s estate taxes. An alternative is to leave the policy to St. Patrick s. You can probably make that change on line or by contacting your agent. PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL NEWS Your Parish Pastoral Council officially started back in January 2016. For the past two years, Jesse Villarreal has actively led the council as chairperson. Sincere thanks to Jesse. Now, per our by-laws, we have selected a new chairperson. Navi Valadez has been a member of the parish for 17 years and filled a vacancy on the council last September. She comes with sincere determination to help the council fulfill our mission statement and goals for the parish. YOUR SUNDAY CONTRIBUTIONS Needed for Weekly Budget Goal $ 8,719.81 Offertory-May 19/20, 2018 $ 6,831.41 Over/(Under) $ [1,888.40] Building Fund Collection $105.00 Unemployment $ Cemetery $100.00 PARKING NEAR ST. PATRICK We are asking all our parishioners who park on the street of the corner property of 890 N. Elm located on the corner of 9th Ave and Elm Street to refrain from parking in front of that property. Thank you! ST. PATRICK IS NOW ON INSTAGRAM St. Patrick is now on Instagram. You can download Instagram in the App Store or on Google Play for your phone or ipad. We are in the beginning stages and will be adding photos and videos of all the parish activity and events. This is another great way to stay in touch with what is going on in our parish. Currently we have some pictures of the Confirmation ceremony on May 6, 2018 along with a couple of pictures. Stay tuned for more great pictures, video s and messages. Follow us @Stpatcanby. MASS INTENTIONS OF THE WEEK Tuesday, May 29, 2018 No Mass Liturgy of the Word Wednesday, May 30, 2018 +Tillie Herbst by Rombough family Thursday, May 31, 2018 Special Intention for Mary Ellen Burns by Linda Shields Friday, June 1, 2018 +Elsie Daniel by Jesse & Patti Villarreal Saturday, June 2, 2018 5:30p.m. +Michael Montecucco by family Sunday, June 3, 2018 8:30a.m. +Michael Montecucco by Ed & Marilyn Montecucco 11:00a.m. Intention for the Parishioners 1:30p.m. Intention for the Parishioners
St. Patrick Religious Education Programs FIRST EUCHARIST Congratulations to the following students who will received First Eucharist last weekend: Jared Bland, Jasmin Cantoran Urrutia, Luciano Cantoran Urrutia, Hudson Carter, Mina Galicia, Logan Herren, Brody Joyce, Quinn Kennemer, Isabella Lenz, Ryder Merrifield, Luke Montecucco, Anahi Lopez Rodriguez, Abby Mogil, Jorge Barajas Ramirez, Kylie Rubio, Madeline Thompson, Dawson Thysell, Victoria Navarro Torrez, Ben White, and Maddox White. Please keep these, and all our young people, in prayer as they continue to draw closer to Jesus in the Eucharist. THANK YOU It is with much appreciation and gratitude that we would like to thank the following people who helped with decorating, serving and clean-up at our First Eucharist reception: Andrea, Audrey, Gabriel Gonzales/Ambris and family, Maureen Giger, Adrienne Kersey, Megan Konold, and Jessica Parrack. Thank you to each one of you for volunteering your time to make this celebration possible! We would also like to thank our 11:00am choir: Margie Phillips, Mary Jeanne Sheveland, Candelario Constantino, Colleen O Hogan, and Andres DeGyves. The music was absolutely beautiful! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL We need adult volunteers to help decorate for our upcoming VBS; which takes place July 9 th -13 th from 9:00-12:00 pm. We also need an MC and a few other adults to help with snacks and music during the week of Vacation Bible School. If you like working with children and have a few extra hours to help, please contact Jody Patershall. There will be a VBS planning meeting on Thursday, May 31 st from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Parish Center. There are many jobs to do to get ready for Vacation Bible School. Even a couple hours of your time would be very helpful! BACCALAUREATE MASS SUNDAY, JUNE 3RD Please join us next Sunday, June 3 rd at the 11:00a.m. Mass as we recognize, bless and pray for our graduating seniors. Seniors, please arrive 20 minutes early, meeting in the vestibule of the church with your cap & gown. All our welcome to join us. There will be a cake reception immediately following the mass at the parish center. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FOR 2018 2019 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM YEAR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION HAS BEGUN! Registration forms for our 2018 2019 religious education program can now be found in the vestibule of the church and the parish office. Don t miss this opportunity to register your child(ren) for our religious education program BEFORE June 30 th and save on fees. Registration fees will increase on July 1 st. LIVING THE PASCHAL MYSTERY When questioned about the Trinity, many catechists or Others resort to, It s a mystery. We can t understand it. While that may be true, it doesn t mean we don t think about it. A mystery of faith is in some ways similar to the mystery of the universe. We plumb its depths. We examine it from various angles. We ask questions. We discuss. We debate. And we find that we have not exhausted the topic; rather, it has exhausted us. And we return to it again later, learning more with each engagement. Dismissing any consideration of the Trinity solely because it is a mystery does us a disservice as rational yet faith-filled Christians. Many theologians have sought to express various aspects of this mystery through the centuries, and many more will continue to do so into the future. Part of our living the mystery is to know that we will never fully comprehend or understand all of what it means for God to be a Trinity. In the same manner, we will never fully comprehend or understand the entirety of the universe. But we can approach each mystery with humility and a sense of wonder and respect. Jesus is the incarnate God. He called God Father, and promised to send the Spirit who would remind his disciples about Jesus. Each of us has been baptized into the life of the Trinity and will continue to let that meaning unfold each day of our ongoing lives.