PARISH BULLETIN
Saint Andrew
Catholic Community
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The Most Holy Trinity
Week of May 30, 2021
and
The Most Holy
Body and Blood of Christ
Week of June 6, 2021
Month of June
Vacation Office Hours:
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Monday - Thursday
Confessions by appointment only (Please make arrangements through the parish office) Website:standrewbc.org Email: [email protected]
1399 San Felipe Drive,
Boulder City, Nevada 89005-3202
Phone: 702-293-7500
DECREE Updated
Dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass
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has been extended by Bishop George Leo Thomas
through
June 27, 2021
"While we recognize that many are eager to return to Mass in our churches, it remains important for those who are elderly and otherwise at risk to refrain from returning to public Liturgies until it is manifestly safe to do so. For all the faithful, especially those who are sick, at high risk of becoming sick, and their caregivers, the obligation to attend Sunday Mass is hereby dispensed."
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Act of Spiritual Communion We are a Eucharistic people, and as Catholic Christians our Eucharistic celebrations represent “the source and summit” of our life as a community. Sadly, not all of us are able to gather physically for Mass, but we want to stay connected spiritually. Following is an Act of Spiritual Communion for you to pray as we join in “Unity” at St. Andrew's LiveStream Mass at 8 AM on our Youtube Channel.
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things and I desire you in my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come spiritually into my heart. As though you were already there, I embrace you and unite myself wholly to you; do not let me ever be separated from you. Amen.
Adapted from St. Alphonsus Maria de’ Ligouri
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Effective
May 18, 2021
Masks
Anyone who is fully vaccinated* is no longer required to wear masks on Diocesan properties. The verification of vaccinations will be based solely on the honor system.
*The CDC has provided that: “In general, people are considered fully vaccinated:
• 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines
• 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine.”
Out of consideration for the many people who remain medically vulnerable (including certain clergy and the elderly), the Diocesan Restoration Advisory Council encourages the continued wearing of masks. The wearing or not wearing a mask, is a personal decision that we all respect.
The Diocese is also encouraging the continuance of social distancing of three (3) feet between congregants that are not of the same household.
Calendar & Mass Intentions May 30, 2021 - The Most Holy Trinity
8: 00 AM Mass: Natalie Moya Happy 18th Birthday! 10:00 AM Mass: People of the Parish Monday, May 31, 2021 OFFICE CLOSED Memorial Day Holiday! Tuesday, June 1, 2021 8:00 AM Communion Service Wednesday, June 2, 2021 8:00 AM Mass: + Jerry Biggs
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Thursday, June 3, 2021 8:00 AM Mass: Peggy Bryant Friday, June 4, 2021 Saturday, June 5, 2021
* Link to Sunday Mass on YouTube is also available on our website: standrewbc.org
Calendar & Mass Intentions June 6, 2021 – The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 8: 00 AM Mass: People of the Parish 10:00 AM Mass: + Esperanza Martinez Monday, June 7, 2021 Tuesday, June 8, 2021 8:00 AM Communion Service Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:00 AM Communion Service Thursday, June 10, 2021 NO Mass or Communion Service Friday, June 11, 2021 Saturday, June 12, 2021
* Link to Sunday Mass on YouTube is also available on our website: standrewbc.org
Pray for Randy & Laura Mykisen and Li'l Rod Cindy Mykisen Keith Kulczak Michael McNeil all those listed on our online PRAYER SITE list (www.standrewbc.org and select the PRAY FOR US tab), all deployed military serving our country, all the people who are ill, the vulnerable including the unborn, for peace and an end to
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Upcoming Funerals at St. Andrew
All are invited to support those in our community who have lost a loved one
Funeral Masses:
Nell Elane Gutierrez 12 PM Funeral Mass Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Burial at the VA Cemetery on Friday, June 3, 2021 at 8 AM Boulder City
Marlyn Milne 1 PM Funeral Mass Friday, June 4, 2021 burial following at at BC Cemetery (private)
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Funeral Service Outside of Mass
at the VA Cemetery:
Sandra and James Leach 10:40 AM Funeral Mass Friday, June 11, 2021
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Year of St. Joseph
Pope Francis' Prayer Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ became man.
Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen.
Auxiliary Bishop Ordination
Priests, Deacons, Staff, and Friends of the Diocese of Las Vegas,
It is with great joy that I share with you the news that today, our Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Gregory W. Gordon, Vicar General of the Diocese of Las Vegas, as Auxiliary Bishop of Las Vegas with the Titular See of Novapietra.
This is the first time the Diocese of Las Vegas has ever had an Auxiliary Bishop. Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio, hopes to attend the Ordination to proclaim the papal letter at the Ordination Mass of Bishop-elect Gordon on Friday, 16 July 2021. I will be the ordaining prelate of the Mass.
I ask you to keep Bishop-elect Gordon in your prayers. Kindly mark your calendars to concelebrate and to assist at the Episcopal Ordination Mass on July 16. The location of the Ordination is yet to be determined. More information regarding the details of that day will be forthcoming.
Let us give thanks to God for the blessings He has bestowed upon us, the clergy, and the faithful of the Diocese of Las Vegas on this day.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
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Most Reverend George Leo Thomas, Ph.D. Bishop of Las Vegas Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas
M O N T H....O F....JUNE
Special Collections
Peter's Pence Collection
On Sunday June 27, 2021
This collection enables the Holy Father to respond with emergency financial assistance to requests to aid the neediest throughout the world—hose who suffer as a result of war, oppression, and natural disasters. It likewise provides the faithful with a tangible opportunity to not only empower the weak, defenseless, and voiceless, but also sustain those who suffer.
Father's Day - Sunday, June 20, 2021 If you would like to remember your living or deceased Father, Husband, Grandfather, Father-in-law, Godfather, Brother, Uncle, Son, Friend/Other as a Spiritual Gift in a Mass offered in our church in observance of Father's Day, we are now accepting your gifts and intentions before Father's Day, June 20th. You can send your request by email ([email protected]) or by contacting the office at 702-293-7500 during office hours. Your Father's Day Offering for this Spiritual Bouquet can be mailed to the parish office, dropped in the collection basket or your gift or offering can be given through OnLine Giving.
If you would like a Father's Day Spiritual Bouquet Card for sending to your living Father, Husband, Father-in-law, etc., please include that with your request. We will get it ready for you to either pick up in the office or leave it in the vestibule of the church on Sunday with your on it for pick up. If you prefer to send your own card to your loved one or friend, you may want to include: As a Spiritual Gift, you will be remembered in the Mass offered in our church. St. Andrew's Catholic Community, in observance of Father's Day.
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Again, this year, we will list your name and intention in the Father's Day bulletin (e.g., in Honor of my father, John Doe or in Memory of my grandfather, Joe Brown).
Outside Stations of the Cross The Outside Stations of the Cross will be placed in storage on June 1, 2021 during the "hot summer months." They will be brought back for the 2022 Lenten, Holy Week, and Easter season. Stations are available in the church and chapel during other times of the year.
PARISH REGISTRATION If you are new and haven't completed a registration form, you are invited to register at the parish office during office hours Monday - Thursday or by downloading and completing the registration form below. We are especially interested in learning about our new parishioners and helping them find ways to become involved in and connected to the parish. We are happy to provide you with additional information about our parish and ministries.
Click Here for the Parish Registration Form. Please complete both pages of the form and return to the parish office via email, drop it in the collection basket, or mail it.
We INVITE you to continue to peruse the bulletin -- new information continues to be added, along with the protocols, procedures, or events that have been in effect throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This repetition of pertinent information allows you to have ready access to the information each week.
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Scripture Readings - May 30, 2021 Sunday—The Most Holy Trinity: Deuteronomy 4: 32-34, 39-40/Psalm 33: 4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22/Romans 8: 14-17/Matthew 28: 16-20 Monday: Zephaniah 3: 14-18a/Isaiah 12: 2-3, 4bcd, 5-6/Luke 1: 39-56 Tuesday: Tobit 2: 9-14/Psalm 112: 1-2, 7-8, 9/Mark 12: 13-17 Wednesday: Tobit 3: 1-11a, 16-17a/Psalm 25: 2-3, 4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9/Mark 12: 18-27 Thursday: Tobit 6: 10-11; 7: 1bcde, 9-17, 8: 4-9a/Psalm 128: 1-2, 3, 4-5/Mark 12: 28-34 Friday: Tobin 11: 5-17/Psalm 146: 1b-2, 6c-7, 8-9a, 9bc-10/Mark 12: 35-37 Saturday: Tobit 12: 1, 5-15, 20/Tobit 13: 2, 6efgh, 7, 8/Mark 12: 38-44
Scripture Readings - June 6, 2021 Sunday—The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ: Exodus 24: 3-8/Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18/Hebrews 9: 11-15/Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26 Monday: 2 Corinthians 1: 1-7/Psalm 34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9/Mark 5: 1-12 Tuesday: 2 Corinthians 1: 18-22/Psalm 119: 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135/Matthew 5: 13-16 Wednesday: 2 Corinthians 3: 4-11/Psalm 99: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9/Matthew 5: 17-19 Thursday: 2 Corinthians 3: 15—4: 1, 3-6/Psalm 85: 9ab and 10, 11-12, 13- 14/Matthew 5: 20-26 Friday: Hosea 11: 1, 3-4, 8c-9/Isaiah 12: 2-3, 4, 5-6/Ephesians 3: 8-12, 14- 19/John 19: 31-37 Saturday: 2 Corinthians 5: 14-21/Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12/Luke 2: 41-51 Sunday: Exodus 17: 22-24/Psalm 92: 2-3, 13-14, 15-16/2 Corinthians 5: 6- 10/Mark 4: 26-34
Pope Francis' GOSPEL REFLECTION The Most Holy Trinity Matthew 28: 16-20
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, On Sunday, May 30th we celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, which reminds us of the mystery of one God in three Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Trinity is the communion of Divine Persons who are one with the others, one for the others, one in the others: this communion is the life of God, the mystery of the love of the Living God. Jesus revealed this mystery to us. He spoke to us of God as the Father; He spoke to us of the Spirit; and He spoke to us of Himself as the Son of God. Thus He revealed this mystery to us. After He rose, He sent the disciples to evangelize to the peoples, He told them to baptize them “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt 28:19). This command is entrusted by Christ in all ages to the Church, which has inherited the missionary mandate from the Apostles. He also directs it to each one of us who, through the power of Baptism, are part of his Community.
Therefore, today’s liturgical solemnity, while making us contemplate the amazing mystery from which we come and toward which we are going, renews for us the mission of living in communion with God and living in communion among ourselves on the model of the divine communion. We are called to live not as one without the others, above or against the others, but one with the others, for the others, and in the others. This means to accept and witness in harmony the beauty of the Gospel; experiencing love for one another and for all, sharing joy and suffering, learning to ask and grant forgiveness, appreciating various charisms under the guidance of Pastors. In a word, we have been entrusted with the task of edifying ecclesial communities which increasingly become families, capable of reflecting the splendor of the Trinity and evangelizing not only with the words but with the power of the love of God that lives within us. GOSPEL REFLECTION The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26 This Gospel on June 6th tells us that the disciples prepared for the meal after they “set out and went to the city” (v. 16). The Lord calls us also today to prepare for his coming not by keeping our distance but by entering our cities. That includes this city, whose very name – Ostia – means entrance, doorway. Lord, how many doors do you want us to open for you here? How many gates do you call us to unbar, how many walls must we tear down? Jesus wants the walls of indifference and silent collusion to be breached, iron bars of oppression and arrogance torn asunder, and paths cleared for justice, civility and legality. The vast beachfront of this city speaks to us of how beautiful it is to open our hearts and to set out in new directions in life. But this requires loosening the knots that keep us bound to the moorings of fear and depression. The Eucharist invites to let ourselves be carried along by the wave of Jesus, to not remain grounded on the beach in the hope that something may come along, but to cast into the deep, free, courageous and united.
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The Gospel ends by telling us that the disciples, “after singing a hymn, went out” (v. 26). At the end of Mass, we too will go out; we will go forth with Jesus, who will pass through the streets of this city. Jesus wants to dwell among you. He wants to be part of your lives, to enter your houses and to offer his liberating mercy, his blessing and his consolation. You have experienced painful situations; the Lord wants to be close to you. Let us open our doors to him and say: Come, Lord, and visit us. We welcome you into our hearts, our families and our city. We thank you because you have prepared for us the food of life and a place in your Kingdom. Make us active in preparing your way, joyous in bringing you, who are life, to others, and thus to bring fraternity, justice and peace to our streets. Amen.
Offertory
July 2020 - March 2021 Actual: $305, 529.16 Budget: $278, 660.00 Surplus: $16, 869.16
Parking Lot* Total Donations: $119,049.15
Parish of St. Andrew Catholic Stewardship Appeal (CSA) Strengthening One Another in Faith
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The total amount pledged as of May 23, 2021 is $56,692.95 with cash received $46,752.95 from 103 families. Thank-you for your continued generosity and support! It still not too late to make a pledge or a contribution and help us meet or exceed our 2021 goal.
Please send your CSA pledge cards directly to the diocese using the envelope addressed to The Roman Catholic Bishop of Las Vegas, Catholic Stewardship Appeal, P.O. Box 26239, Las Vegas NV 89126-0239. Our name St. Andrew #12 is on the card which will credit your contribution to our parish. Our 2021 goal for St. Andrew is $54, 438.00. Once we have reached this goal, all funds raised above and beyond that goal are rebated back to the parish 100%. CSA Video Message from Bishop Thomas Click Here
Breaking Open the Word (BOTW) BOTW will be each Wednesday at 9 AM using Zoom through an email invite on your computer or mobile device. If you signed-up or participated in previous Zoom Meetings, you will be sent on Monday afternoon the link to join this week’s session. If you would like to join Breaking Open the Word and this is your first time, you will need to contact the parish office by email at [email protected] or 702-293-7500 for the link. We still have space available!
Emergency Aid Collection Please do NOT bring to the Parish Hall See newly Updated Pantry Hours Emergency Aid (600 Nevada Highway, Boulder City) accepts non-perishable food donations. Pantry Doors open at 8:30 AM and close at 11:45 AM: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (Food pantry is NOT open on Sunday, Wednesday or Saturday)
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Christian Center Church Pantry 571 Adams Blvd, Boulder City, NV 89005 Tuesdays 6 pm – 7 pm Sundays 12 pm – 1 pm If you cannot get your donations to a pantry, please contact Jenifer Jefferies at 702-809-6209 text/call, or Email: [email protected]. If you would like to make a monetary donation make checks payable to the Christian Center Church and write "food pantry" in memo field.
Reaching Out - Going the extra mile to brighten the lives of those in the nursing homes and to remind them of Christ's love for them. We are always looking for adults, teens, and children who would like to write cards or make their own cards, pictures, and drawings for the residents at our nursing homes. Even if you are not artistically talented, the residents appreciate all of them very much. If interested, please contact Linda Lysakowski at [email protected] or 702-580-1448 and she will see that they get distributed to the nursing homes or facilities that are allowing mail to be delivered or sent.
Priesthood Ordination
Deacon Mauricio Espino
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Bishop George Leo Thomas, Ph.D., and the Vocations Office, cordially invite you to attend the priesthood ordination of transitional Deacon Mauricio Espino. It will be held Thursday, June 3, beginning at 6:00 PM at Guardian Angel Cathedral.
Because of COVID restrictions, seating will be limited, and will be on a "first come first served" basis. The ordination Mass will also be available for viewing at the vocations office Facebook page titled "Diocese of Las Vegas - Office of Vocations".
Let us pray for Deacon Mauricio as he prepares for priestly ministry in the Church of Las Vegas, and let us continue to pray for those especially being called to vocations to priesthood and religious life
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COMING UP A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY for one of our own... Sr. Jeanne Burg, O.P. will be celebrating her 90th birthday on June 6, 2021. If you would like to remember her with a card, please send them to: 5635 Erie St. Racine, WI 53402
Allow 4 days for mail delivery. Let her know that you are from the St. Andrew Community, and maybe even include a snapshot of yourself and/or your family as a picture is always worth a 1000 words.
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702-293-7500
Parish Staff
Fr. Ron Zanoni, Pastor
Deacon Tim O’Callaghan, Parish Life Coordinator
Mary Biggs, O.P., Parish Secretary (office)
Jenifer Jefferies, Religious Education Director
Nancy Porter, Music Director
Cindy Blatchford, Bookkeeper
Kevin Smith, Maintenance Director [email protected]
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