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Roman Catholic Church 300 E. 16th Ave. Apache Junction, AA 85119-6403 480-982-2929 Fax: 480-982-0036 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stgeorgeaj.com Office is temporarily closed (Phone messages will be taken) LITURGY SCHEDULE Saturday: Confessions: 10:00 a.m. Saturday Masses: 11:30 a.m., 1:15, 3:00 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday: Masses 6:30, 8:15 and 10:00 a.m. Communion for those who are compromised and cannot attend Mass: Sunday: 9:00-9:30a.m. (front parking lot) DAILY MASS 8:00 A.M. (No Rosary before Mass) Holy Days: Special Schedule First Sunday of Lent February 21, 2021 Your ways, O Lඈඋൽ, make known to me; teach me your paths. — Psalm 25:4 COMMUNION TO THE SICK If you or someone you know is sick or homebound, please call for the assistance of a Minister of Care. Ministers of Care bring communion to those who cannot come to Mass. Please call the office at 480-982-2929 for more information. PASTORAL STAFF INSTRUCTIONS FOR EMERGENCY If you or someone you know is in critical condition or near Reverend Monsignor Domenico Pinti, Pastor death call 480-982-2929 weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 Father Stanley Nadolny, Parochial Vicar p.m. After hours and on weekends call 480-303-1253. Please Caroline Hodges, Bookkeeper Ext. 103 do not use this service for any other reason. Grace Vozel, Parish Secretary Ext. 101 Christine Ollive, Director of Religious Ed Ext. 102 INFANT BAPTISM Debbie Wohlforth, Receptionist Ext. 100 Parents requesting baptism for their children under 7 years Denis McDonald, Maintenance old must attend a mandatory preparation class offered every other month. Please call the Parish Office in advance for WINTER & ASSISTING PRIESTS scheduling or other information. Infant baptisms are the last Fr. Vince Lieser Fr. Eamonn Boland Fr. Rodney Farke Fr. Charlie Flynn Sunday of each month. PARISH DEACONS MARRIAGES/MARRIAGE PREPARATION Deacon Bill Jones Couples seeking the sacrament of marriage must be regis- tered parishioners who are actively participating in the life of St. George Roman Catholic Parish. Notification of intent to Finance Council marry must be provided nine months in advance. For more Susan Insalaco Caroline Hodges Will Bublitz information on the marriage preparation process, please call Arlene Showers Ray Kimble the Parish Office. First Sunday of Lent WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Mass Schedule: 11:30 a.m., 1:15, 3:00, & 4:30 p.m. Confessions: 10:00 –11:00 a.m. Sunday Mass Schedule: 6:30, 8:15, & 10:00 a.m. Drive up Holy Communion: Sunday only: 9:00—9:30 a.m. PARISH OFFICE CLOSED Daily Mass: 8:00 a.m. (No Rosary before Mass) Stations of the Cross Friday during Lent: Outside: 3:00 p.m. and Inside 5:00 p.m. SPIRITUAL COMMUNION For those who can not come Sunday 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal Morning for Communion Living our faith through acts of My Jesus, Charity I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS $183,000 I love You above all thing, and I desire to Each year the Annual Catholic Appeal blesses us receive You into my soul. with the opportunity to live our faith and practice Since I cannot at this moment receive You the virtue of charity. When resources are shared to sacramentally, assist people in need, we are living our faith. Each come at least spiritually into my heart. gift to the annual Catholic appeal supports numer- I embrace You as if You were already there ous ministries, charities and services throughout and unite myself wholly to You. our Diocese. Never permit me to be separated from You. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be con- AMEN stant in prayer ~ Romans 12:12 Follow Mass You are still encouraged to pray for the end of this REPENT AND BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL illness season, and you can continue to participate Lent is the time of year we devote to scrutiniz- in Mass either online or through television. ing our lives in the light of our baptism into the St. George Sunday & Daily Masses death and resurrection of Jesus. Today’s readings www.stgeorgeaj.com OR are a nice shorthand catechism of what our bap- YouTube directly by typing: tized lives mean. As Noah passed through the wa- St. George Apache Junction ters of the flood to a covenant with God, so did we www.diocesetucson.org enter into a covenant, a promised relationship with God through our baptism. Peter’s letter gives an explicit explanation of what our baptism means: it is an appeal we make to God for a clear conscience. How do we obtain Nancy Gordon this clear conscience? The words proclaimed by Jesus immediately following his temptation show Amy Allanson us the way: “Repent, and believe in the gos- Joe Sharr pel” (Mark 1:15). It might be a good spiritual exer- cise to keep these readings before us throughout the entire season of Lent, a means to help us return to a life lived by our baptismal promises. Mass Intentions 2021 St. George Roman Catholic Parish During the time the office is shut down, we will Scholarship Applications still be accepting Mass Intentions. You will only be able to do them by phone, not in person. Available from website or parish office Applicants must meet the following criteria: • Graduate in the Class of 2021 • Confirmed in the Catholic Church. • Demonstrate leadership in church, school or community-based acƟviƟes. Monday February 22, 2021 • 8:00 a.m. +Carl Wirth A pracƟcing Catholic in St. George Roman Tuesday February 23, 2021 Catholic Parish. 8:00 a.m. +Mark Fuller Wednesday February 24, 2021 ApplicaƟons must be submiƩed by 3:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. Amy Allanson Friday, April 19, 2021 Thursday February 25, 2021 8:00 a.m. Rose Tworek Friday February 26, 2021 8:00 a.m. David Williams Saturday February 27, 2021 11:30 a.m. Renee Wilkey ADULT CONFIRMATION +Mark Fuller 1:15 p.m. Rick, Ron, & Denise Dalke We will be having Adult confirmation on Sun- The Wegrzyn Family day, April 11, 2021. 3:00 p.m. +Harry Johnson This is open to those 18 years and older and in 4:30 p.m. +Mary Lou Stevens good standing with the church. Sunday February 28, 2021 Please contact the parish office for paperwork 6:30 a.m. Joe Peters and interview. All paperwork must be submitted 8:15 a.m. +Alvin Fehringer prior to Friday, March 26, 2021. +Robert Sempowski 10:00 a.m. +Edward Hrapinski +Joe Sharr READINGS FOR THE WEEK TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — I will set my bow in the clouds Monday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13 to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and -19 the earth (Genesis 9:8-15). Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt Psalm — Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to 6:7-15 those who keep your covenant (Psalm 25). Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18- Second Reading — The water of the flood prefig- 19; Lk 11:29-32 ured baptism, which saves you now (1 Peter 3:18- Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 22). 7c-8; Gospel — Jesus was tempted by Satan, and the Mt 7:7-12 angels ministered to him (Mark 1:12-15) 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 THANK YOU Sunday: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps Tracey K. Yamamoto DDS 116:10, FOR ADVERTISING IN OUR BULLETIN 15-19; Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES LENTEN REGULATIONS Sunday: First Sunday of Lent; Rite of Election; ABSTINENCE: Binds all those 14 years and old- Rite of Calling the Candidates er to ABSTAIN FROM MEAT on Ash Wednes- to Continuing Conversion; Rite of day, Good Friday and ALL Fridays of Lent. Sending FASTING: Binds those between the ages of 18 Monday: Washington’s Birthday; and 59 to ONE full daily meal plus breakfast and a Julian Calendar Lent begins collation (light meal) on Ash Wednesday and Tuesday: St. Polycarp Good Friday. Nothing to be eaten between meals. Thursday: Purim (Jewish observance) begins at sunset Prayer Friday: Abstinence Saturday: St. Gregory of Narek God, receive me in repentance; God, don’t leave me; God, don’t put me into temptation; God, give me a good thought’ Saint Polycarp God, give me tears and remembrance on the death and mercifulness of Christ; Feast Day: February 23 God, give me a notion for confession of my sins; Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr God, give me appeasement and obedience; God, give me patience, magnanimity and tameness. God, implant inside of me the root of goodness Born in the second half of the first and honor me with Your love. century in the port city of Smyrna on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor, Polycarp grew up in a town Traditional prayer that was home to a cosmopolitan mix of Romans, Greeks and Arabs. Most of the people were proba- bly pagans, although there was also a large Jewish community. It is believed that when Polycarp was in his twenties, he met John the Evangelist, the youngest of Jesus’ Apostles. The two men formed a friend- Help For the Needy ship, and Polycarp was converted to Christianity by the Apostle.