Our Lady of Sorrows 5239 SE Woodstock Blvd Portland, Oregon 97206

Believing in God’s everlasting love and, guided by the Holy Spirit, we the parish community of Our Lady of Sorrows through the collaborative ministry of the clergy and laity, proclaim and share the Good News of Jesus Christ to our local and worldwide community. June 16, 2019 Most Holy Trinity

You bless us with your presence

PARISH OFFICE Hours: Monday—Thursday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Closed on Fridays Telephone: (503) 775-6731 Fax: (503) 775-6732 Website: www.olspdx.org App: OLS Portland OR Prayer Line: Extension 111 Ihs PARISH STAFF Fr. Joseph Heuberger (Ext. 106) Administrator [email protected] Evelyn Brush OFS (Ext. 102) Pastoral Minister Bulletin Editor [email protected] Bonnie Custer (Ext. 103) LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Administrative Assistant Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00 PM Mondays & Tuesdays, 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM [email protected] Sunday Masses: 8:30 AM, 11:00 AM and Call the office for access code. James Bartel (Ext. 109) 7:00 PM (Eventide) The Rosary is prayed a half-hour before the Director of Liturgy and Sacred Daily Mass: Wednesday—Friday, 12 PM start of every Mass. Music Holy Days: 12:00 PM and 7:00 PM [email protected] Taize Prayer: Second Thursday of every Reconciliation: Saturday, 4:00—4:30 PM Dennis Dupuis month at 7:00 PM

Choir and Vocal Director Anointing of the Sick: First Friday of Family Rosary: Fourth Friday of every Website and Parish App every month at the 12:00 PM Mass month beginning with potluck, 6:00 PM. (503) 305-8336 [email protected] Leo Custer (Ext. 104) Catholic in Recovery is a general recovery group that combines the spiritual princi- Maintenance and Rentals ples of 12 step recovery and the sacraments of the Catholic Church. Welcoming those [email protected] recovering from addiction: Alcohol, Overeating, Drugs, Gambling, Pornography & Sex, Codependency, and all other unhealthy attachments. Confidentiality is protected. Jeannette Howell Wednesdays 6 PM in the parish office. Saturday 2 PM in Fr. Carberry Hall Janitorial Services Mary Ann Colrud Church Custodian Gluten-free Communion hosts are available upon request. Come into the Sacristy before Mass and tell either the priest, James, or one of the Sacristan helpers that you want one, Pastoral Council: and it will be put out on the altar. Leslie Carr (503) 658-8629 Bulletin deadline is Monday at 10am Administrative Council: Carl Duyn (503) 901-8936 Hearing assistance devices are available at the side entrance of the church. The Trinity Is About Relationships

This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Most logical insight and her logic was good because the Holy Blessed Trinity, one of the central mysteries of our Spirit, indeed, is the symbolic love of God that united the Christian faith. The Trinity is a doctrine that is re- Father and the Son. This is the feminine quality of a God vealed to us by Jesus Himself, as He speaks to us in that is beyond human reason and understanding. the New Testament. Jesus tells us that He and the God the Father has been named by Jesus, Himself, as the Father are one, and that when He would leave this Creator, as the one who brought the world into being. It world that He would send the Paraclete, the Holy is Jesus who comes to the world to redeem us; redeem Spirit, to be with us for all eternity. Although Jesus us from the sin that broke the original relationship be- never mentions the word Trinity, the Church has ap- tween God and man. It is the Holy Spirit who continues plied that word to the union of Father, Son and Holy to sanctify us as He is God’s presence in the world today. Spirit; one God in three persons. Since this is a deep As you can see, we keep using pronouns that denote mystery, all human explanations fall short. As hu- male and female. We cannot do otherwise as humans mans, however, we must try to understand who God recognizing that our limited categories can never com- is for us; this is the work of theology. Sometimes pletely understand this deep mystery. theologians can fail as they try to understand the mystery of God in human terms. The Trinity has The understanding of every mystery is an exercise of been understood by the Church from its very begin- putting out into the deep. We try to understand better ning. our relationship to God and to one another. And try we must. Nor can we become discouraged because our The first two councils of the Church – the Council of efforts themselves are their own reward. This Sunday, as Nicaea, AD 325, and the Council of Constantinople, we pray the words of the Creed, perhaps we can medi- AD 318 – give us the formulations that we recite in tate on the mystery of the formulation in the Church of the Creed each Sunday. Perhaps we never avert to the words that we use to praise our God who is Father, what we really say. Finally, in 1438 the Latin tradi- Son, and Holy Spirit. tion of the Creed taught that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, which was a difficulty One of the words to describe the relationship between since the Eastern Church understood this in a differ- the Father and the Son is that they are consubstantial. ent way. The mystery of the Trinity in human reason- The word is attributed to Greek philosophy. It was the ing has helped us to understand the God we worship Greek philosophers who understood reality in terms of as three persons in one God. substance and accidents. When the present text of the Mass was changed several years ago, there was a discus- Most importantly, we understand that truly God is a sion about inserting the word consubstantial, with its relationship. God wants to have a relationship with great historical significance, and eliminating the words man. Consequently, our relationships in this world “one in being.” The theologians among the bishops won are important because in effect all of our relation- out on this word. Consubstantial would be the word we ships mirror in some way the relationship in the use. It adds to the mysterious nature of the Trinity itself. Godhead itself. St. Augustine, one of the greatest minds of the Church, There are many ways in which the Trinity has been was walking along the seashore and came upon a little explained. In a certain sense, we can look at the Trin- boy who had dug a hole in the sand. The boy had a pail ity as a family. There is a father and a son, and con- and was running back and forth to the water to fill the sequently there must, be in human terms, a mother: pail and drop the water in the hole. St. Augustine ques- the Holy Spirit. tioned the boy and asked him what he was trying to do. The boy responded that he was filling the hole with the I would like to tell you about a little girl’s under- ocean. When Augustine reprimanded the boy and told standing of the Trinity, which impressed me greatly. him that it was impossible to do, the little boy, who was She was getting ready for First Communion and the really an angel, responded to him by saying that it was priest came in to ask questions to the First Commu- also impossible that Augustine could ever comprehend nicants. He said, “Who knows how to make the sign the mystery of the Church. of the cross?” This little girl in the front row is raising her hand crazily, so he asks her to make the sign of St. Augustine leaves us with an insight that is important the cross. She began, “In the name of the Father, the when he says, “The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father Son, and the Mother.” This little girl had a true theo- Continued on the next page.

Farewell Fr. Heuberger

Thank you for your faithful service to Our Lady of Service.

Celebrating some of Fr. Heuberger’s favorites: pancakes and ice cream! Saturday June 29th following 5 PM Mass: Ice cream sundaes in Fr. Carberry Hall Sunday June 30th following 8:30 AM Mass: Pancakes with sausages in the Gym Following the 11 AM Mass: Ice cream sundaes in Fr. Carberry Hall Following the 7 PM Mass: Ice cream sundaes in Fr. Carberry Hall

A Sunday Chuckle The Trinity is about Relationships (cont’d) An elderly couple had just learned how to send text as the first principle and, by the eternal gift of this to the messages on their cellphones. The wife was a ro- Son, from the communion of both the Father and the mantic type, and the husband was more of a no- Son.” (St. Augustine, DeTrin 15, 26, 47: PL 45, 1095) nonsense guy. One afternoon the wife went out to This is perhaps not so easy to understand. We are re- meet a friend for coffee. She decided to send her minded, however, that the Spirit truly is the gift of God husband a romantic text message, so she wrote,“ If to us. It is the binding force of communion between Fa- you are sleeping, send me your dreams. If you are ther and Son, and it is God’s presence in the world today laughing, send me your smile. If you are eating, send that allows us to touch Divinity in our humanity. me a bite. If you are drinking, send me a sip. If you are crying, send me your tears. I love you.” The hus- Perhaps for this Trinity Sunday, we can better under- band texted back to her, “I’m using the bathroom. stand our own human relationships in our families by Please advise.” trying to emulate the Trinity with a deep bond between the persons who are God for us. Love in the Trinity forms the bond beyond our understanding. So it can be for The Red Cross Blood Drive we are hosting on ourselves, that as we give to and learn from the other Friday afternoon July 12th is open for registra- persons in our lives, we can be better reflections of the tion athttps://www.redcrossblood.org/ Trinity in our daily life. give.html/find-drive. This is one way our parish responds to the works of mercy that Jesus calls us to. Save a Life; Give Blood Around our area

MARIAN RETREAT DAY JULY 13th, 2019-SATURDAY WITH Marian Retreat Day Activities CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - 8:00am MARIAN CONFERENCE #1 - 8:45am Fr. Timothy Furlow: "Consecration to Mary" ROSARY & CONFESSIONS - 10:30am HOLY MASS with ARCHBISHOP SAMPLE - 11:OO am LUNCHEON with ARCHBISHOP SAMPLE - 12:20pm MARIAN CONFERENCE #2 - 1:40pm Fr Gabriel Mosher, OP: "Our Lady of Fatima & the Vision of Hell" CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY 3pm HOLY ROSARY CHURCH AND SIENA HALL 375 NE CLACKAMAS PORTLAND, OR for men Hosted by the Portland Archdiocesan Division of The World Apostolate of Fatima

Catholic Retreat for Families with Disabilities Journey Together in Hope English: August 23-25 Spanish: August 30-September 1 Aldergate Camps & Retreats in Turner, OR SUMMER CONFERENCE Join us for a weekend of relaxation and faith-filled Join us for the 37th annual Summer Conference this sharing with other families! The retreat will start summer at the , a five-day re- at 6:00 pm on Friday, August 23 and will wrap up treat for families and singles. by noon on Sunday, August 25. There will be time for prayer (including the celebration of Mass), This year’s theme, “Called to Care: ‘Follow in the sharing with other families, and relaxing with your Footprints of Jesus,’” will be presented by Sr. Dawn own family. Day only registration is also available. Nothwehr, O.S.F., PhD. Complete details and registra- tion are available online at Please contact Kelsey Bell with any questions - www.summerconferenceportland.org 503-233-8399 or [email protected].

CALLING ALL ARTISTS: The third annual St. Ste- Applications are now being accepted for the SEEL phen Festival Arts Exhibition is approaching this (Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life) long retreat. The summer! Submit work inspired by the Medieval deadline for applications is August 1, 2019. The Spiritual time period. This show entitled, Infused: A Light in Exercises are composed of meditations, prayers, and the Dark adopts the Medieval motivation of artists contemplative practices developed by St. Ignatius Loyola to saturate culture with a sense of the divine. All to help people deepen their relationship with God. The entries of visual arts media and creative writing are Exercises present a pathway to deeper prayer, good de- encouraged to apply for a curated age-appropriate cisions guided by keen discernment, and an active life of exhibition and live reading. Please see the online service to others. submission form by visiting this link: application Find us online at http://seelportland.org Deadline is July 1st. https://seelportland.org/how-to-apply/ Email [email protected] for more info. Call Janet Buck, SEEL Exec. Director, at 503-951-8682. FRIDAY June 21 7 PM Fr. Carberry Hall St. Pope John XXIII Starring Ed Asner as the Pope

 Bring a snack to share

Doors open at 6:45pm (If Fr. Carberry Hall is too hot, movie may be moved to Fr. Millican Room.)

Our St. Vincent de Paul conference has connect- ed with the service coordinator at Holgate House, a public housing building. Their low-income resi- dents are in need of supplies that their Oregon Trail Card does not cover. Can you help? The following are hygiene supplies that their resi- dents would greatly appreciate:  Laundry pods  Laundry detergent  Shampoo & Conditioner  Lotion  Toothbrushes & Toothpaste Items can be placed in bins at each church entrance as well as at the parish office.

Preliminary Fundraiser Figures As of 6/11 Book Sale: $1746.50 and Silent Auction: $1325.50 Total: $3072.00

Keep Up the Mass Habit  During summertime it is easy to lose track of daily and weekly rituals.  Getting to Mass every Sunday is a wonderful way to boost your fami- ly's faith growth and spiritual health.  When leaving for vacation (or while traveling), research Masstimes of local parishes in the location you will visit. Masstimes.org lists Mass time around the world. Send us a picture of the churches you visit!! June 16, 2019 Happy Father’s Day

As we celebrate the mystery of Wanted- "Box Fans" the Trinity we also realize the mystery of how much God loves It is going to be warm this summer and cares for us each day. Believ- and excessive heat can create ing in this our lives can then over- health problems for many elderly flow in thanksgiving and praise. and disabled clients. cliMany cli- Is there a family you know who ents of our St. Vincent DePaul conference live in old- needs assistance? Please call the Society of St. Vincent de Paul so that together we can help er homes and apartments without air condition- those who are suffering. ing. Please consider donating a new or gently used fan (clean and in working order). Or Assistance with rent, food, and utilities: Society of St. Vincent De Paul These may be dropped off at the office during busi- Emergency Services Center: 8101 SE Cornwell (off ness hours (9 am to 1 pm Monday through Thurs- 82nd AVE, north of Johnson Creek Fred Meyer) day). Hours: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:00 to 4:00 PM Monday—Friday Phone: (503) 235-8431 Thank you!

Parish Prayer Line: (503) 775-6731, Ext. 111 Our “prayer warriors” are standing by to pray for your intention. Join the PRAYER TEAM by calling Connie Whitmarsh 503-245-1143

Extraordinary Ministers Altar Jun 22/23 Readers COUNTERS: Chuck, Jackie, Connie of Holy Communion Servers Saturday Body: Dan E Mary Louie The children in our Reli- 5:00 PM Blood: Cynthia & Walter gious Education class have Sunday Body: Connie provided a receptacle to Leslie Ian, Steve 8:30 AM Blood: Sonie & Rosy recycle drained batteries. Body: Bonnie Milan S. & Sunday Maria F The box is located at the 11 AM Blood: Melba &Victoria Paul S main entrance of the Sr. church. Let’s do our part Sunday Blood: Luisa & Rudy Carl 7 PM Margaret to care for God’s creation.

Month to Over/ Property Parish Prayer Corner Date Under- Develop- Please pray for the following people who are ill (June 2019) Actual Budget Budget ment or recently deceased: +Jeannine Pelissier, +Kate Week 1 $4032.46 $4,000 $32.46 $892.00 Peterson, Marcus Spotts, & Nancy Martindale ********************** Week 2 $4246.00 $4,000 $246.00 $15.00 Contact the Parish Office if you wish to have the name of someone listed in the Prayer Corner for Week 3 $4,000 four weeks. Please notify the office when the name can be removed, or if you wish to have the Week 4 $4,000 name continued after four weeks. Please get the person’s permission before having a name Week 5 $4,000 placed on the prayer list. Total $20,000 $278.46 $907.00

Mass Intentions for the Week

 Lawrence & Mary Mulcatty 12 PM Wed 19 Helen T. McNiel

Worldwide Community of THIS WEEK’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Thu 20 12 PM Prayers Monday, 6/17  Capt. Michael Scorcio (ret) 2 Cor 6:1-10/Mt 5:38-42 Fri 21 12 PM Holly Denman Tuesday, 6/18 For the special intentions of 2 Cor 8:1-9/Mt 5:43-48 Sat 22 5 PM Helen Jones Wednesday, 6/19: St. Romuald  Eilish Mulcahy 2 Cor 9:6-11/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Sun 23 8:30 AM Helen T. McNiel Thursday, 6/20 2 Cor 11:1-11/Mt 6:7-15 11 AM For the People of the Parish Friday, 6/21: St. Aloysius Gonzaga  Capt. Michael Scorcio (ret) 7 PM 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30/Mt 6:19-23 Holly Denman Saturday, 6/22: Sts John Fisher & Thomas More 2 Cor 12:1-10/Mt 6:24-34 THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH Sunday, 6/23: The Most Holy Body & Blood of Jesus Gn 14:18-20/1 Cor 11:23-26/Lk 9:11b-17 Sun-16 Masses at 8:30 AM, 11 AM, 7 PM Evelyn is away on a silent retreat all week. Mon-17 Adoration, 6 AM– 11 PM, Church Parish Prayer Line: Tue-18 Adoration, 6 AM– 11 PM, Church (503) 775-6731, Ext. 111 Wed-19 12 PM Mass Our “prayer warriors” are standing Widows gathering, 10:15AM, Fr. Car- by to pray for your intention. berry Hall Don’t wait to the last minute! Catholic in Recovery, 6 PM, Fr. Millican Meeting Room Thur-20 Lauds, 9:30 AM, Music Room The altar flowers are 12 PM Mass Fri-21 Office closed from Gloria Federici in 12 PM Mass loving memory of

Movie Night, 7:00 PM, Fr. Carberry Anthony Federici Hall Sat-22 Catholic in Recovery, 2 PM, Fr. Carber- ry Hall A Day with the Lord is Friday July 19th Choir Practice, 10:30 AM, Music Room 4 PM Confessions Church open with confessions 7am-7pm 5:00 PM Mass Mass 12pm Adoration 12:30pm-7pm Sun-23 Feast of Corpus Christi Benediction 7pm with Archbishop Sample Masses at 8:30 AM, 11 AM, 7 PM Movie: ”Presence” 7:30pm

Corpus Christi Procession Sunday June 23rd, downtown The Archdiocese of Portland Eucharistic Procession on the Feast of The Body and Blood of Jesus. Mass at 2 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Mary. Procession: 3 p.m. – Gather in School Parking Lot. Rosary: 3:30 p.m. – North Park Blocks After the Rosary the procession in the same order will return to the Cathedral. Benediction: 4:15 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Mary. No registration is necessary and all are welcome to join in any part of the procession, Rosary and Benediction. You can join the procession or meet at the North Park Blocks (corner of Everett & NW 8th Ave) for the Rosary (approx. 3:30pm). There is no seating available in the park. Please tell these advertisers you saw them on your Sunday Bulletin affordable reTireMenT living Pacific Seafood For SeniorS 62 YearS & older WHOLESALE 16797 S.E. 130th Ave James Q Pham, Real Estate Broker Westmoreland’s Union manor Clackamas, Ore. • Property Management 503-905-4500 • Residential • Commercial 6404 SE 23rd Avenue realty, llc Portland, Oregon 97202 RETAIL: 3380 S.E. Powell jamesrealestateteam.com 503-858-0234 503-233-5671 503-233-4891 JAN FERGUSON-BRESEE

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