ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH 207 N Main Street, Coupeville, WA 98239 - (360) 678-6536 P O Box 1443, Coupeville, WA 98239
Parish Office Hours Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am - 12 noon, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Parish E-mail: [email protected] Visit us on the web at www.StAugustineOH.org
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm St Augustine Spanish 1st Saturday 7:00 pm St Augustine Sunday 8:00 am St Augustine 9:30 am St Augustine 11:15 am St Mary Latin 2nd & 4th Sunday 11:00 am St Augustine Thu, Fri & 1st Sat 9:00 am St Augustine Thursday 12:10 pm St Mary Latin Friday 12:00 pm St Augustine
CONFESSION Friday 8:30 am & St Augustine 11:30 am Saturday 4:00 pm St Augustine 3rd Sunday 12:15 pm St Mary
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PARISH MINISTERS Pastor Rev. Paul Pluth, JCL Administration Mary A. Waters Religious Education Coordinator Mary Rose Anderson Music Director Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven Receptionist Peggy McCormick May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts, that we may know what is the hope that belongs to our call. Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 19 July 2015
Dear God: Do Pets Go To Heaven?
and I make-believe he’s leaping up.) He Resurrection, when we will be changed gets his daily arthritis pill. Which and raised with a transformed, makes me wonder: “Will Laudie be in perfected, spiritual body into the glory heaven with me?” (Put your own pet’s of the heavenly Jerusalem. (1 Corinthians name in here.) 15) And what is that perfected body? It is the total sum of everything that has It’s not a frivolous question. There oday my oldest dog, Laudie made us better persons—including our T was a media firestorm six months ago (seen above), turns 12. In 2003 I drove pets. St Paul wrote of that Day of when social media began reporting that down to a farm in Oregon to pick out Resurrection: “The creation waits with Pope Francis had said, “Paradise is my puppy. The breeder was impressed eager longing for the revealing of the open to all of God’s creatures.” It that I knew what she meant when she children of God.” (Romans 8:19) The made the front page of the New York said that the name of her kennel— Times . creation—including our pets—waits Mantle Kennel—referred to Elijah’s for the Day when all creation is mantle. “Oh yes,” I said, “the one he Too bad Pope Francis never said ushered into the new heaven, along handed on to Elisha along with a that. Oops! But people were excited. with the children of God. double portion of his spirit.” (2 Kings The Bible is not explicitly pro-dog, 2:8–13) On the prospect of seeing his let alone pro-pet, except for inadequately housebroken dog Ben in In those days, I was in a parish Ecclesiastes 9:14, and the loyal dog in heaven, after he died, David Mills said: only on weekends, and Laudie was my Tobit. So nothing in the Bible directly “Love demands the particular things travelling companion to wherever my about pets and humans in heaven. that have been loved. We hope for assignment was that year. We were Yet… Jesus promises us that Heaven, and for those things that will, frequent passengers on the Keystone as far as we can tell now, make Heaven and Clinton ferries. When I came out God’s eye is on the sparrow. (Luke 12:6) And Blessed Pope Paul VI knew more heavenly. My family doesn’t want of Mass at St Gabriel in Port Orchard, the ideal golden-haired mutt romping I’d look up to the second story something when, decades ago, he said to a little boy, mourning the loss of his with us around the New Jerusalem. He window of the rectory to see Laudie will be perfect, but he won’t be good looking out the window, sitting on the dog, “One day we will see our pets in the eternity of Christ.” (I vote for enough. We want to see Ben, because bed, watching for me. Saturday nights, he is the dog we loved, even if he keeps wherever we were, we’d get Chinese papal infallibility here.) Heaven isn’t immediate for any human being wetting the golden streets.” I’ll look food and watch TV together. When for Laudie there too. Father Paul we went to sleep, Laudie would leap up (except Elijah and the Virgin Mary). on the bed to keep me warm. After death we wait for the Day of These days, there’s no more travelling— Laudie gets carsick. He gets lifted up onto my bed when it’s time to go to sleep (he Weekly Parish Expense: $2,978
Stewardship Totals for July 5:$3,538 MARYKNOLL LAY MISSIONERS Sam Stanton Thank you for your gifts! Speaking: July 25 -26, 2015 Please remember Sam Stanton in 1985, along with his wife, Cecilia and their St. Mary in your will 3 children joined Maryknoll Lay Missioners and served in rural Chile for over 19 years. While in Chile, they joined a Maryknoll pastoral team that a ended the pastoral needs This week at St Mary of three rural parishes in the southern diocese of —Sun 7/19 16th Sun. in Ord Time Linares. Sam is currently the Execu ve Director for ~10:45 am Rosary Maryknoll Lay Missioners. ~11:15 am Mass - RIP Carl Rizzo+ Sam will speak at all Masses on July 25 -26 to share his ~12:15 pm Confessions will be heard experience of mission life as a part of the Diocesan Mission ~12:15 pm Coffee & donuts Coopera ve Plan 2015. A second collec on will be taken to ~ 6:30 pm Lutheran Service support Maryknoll Lay Missioners. Your support of these —Mon 7/20 ~ The office is closed on Mondays lay Catholics who have responded to the voca on of —Wed 7/22 proclaiming Christ’s presence by their lives and work ~ The office will be closed. among the poor will be much appreciated. Sam is looking —Thu. 7/23 forward to the opportunity to share his mission story with ~12:10 pm Mass - RIP-Jarvis Baillargeon+ your parish community. RIP-Peg Moy+ Maryknoll Lay Missioners is a Catholic organiza on ~ 1:00 pm Bible Study in clsrm 4 ~ 1:00-2:00 pm Adoration —Sun 7/26 17th Sun. in Ord Time ~10:45 am Rosary Please pray for ~11:15 am Mass - RIP - Sally Foley+ “For all who are ill, needing surgery, or ~12:15 pm Coffee & donuts are recovering from surgery.” ~ 6:30 pm Lutheran Service
Joan Blakely Joe McGraw July Mass Inten ons Bob Puhr Sun 19th RIP - Carl Rizzo+ For all of our Military Thu 23rd RIP - Peg Moy+ at home and deployed. RIP - Jarvis Baillargeon+ Captain, Thomas Bender, USAF Sun 26th RIP - Sally Foley+ Thu 30th RIP - Donna S tes+ Please call the office (678-6536) to submit a August Mass Inten ons name for prayers or to add to the prayer chain. Thu 6th RIP - Mike Milat+
The next meeting y Next Baptisms will be held ar of the Women of M t. St. Mary will be S on August 22nd. in Harrington Mandatory classes held on Hall on Thursday, July 29th, 6:30—8:30 pm & August 6th after the 12:10 pm Aug. 1st, 10 am-Noon. Mass (at approximately 12:45 pm .) Both classes are held in the St. Augustine
parish office. Bring your lunch if you wish. Our meeting this month will focus on Call 675-2303 x5 to register. the distribution of current funds.
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PRAYER FOR THE May the example of the Holy Family, WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES with the aid of your Holy Spirit, God and Father of us all, guide all families, especially those most in Jesus, your Son and our Savior, troubled, you have made us to be homes of communion and prayer your sons and daughters and to always seek your truth and live in your in the family of the Church. love. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. May your grace and love help our families Jesus, Mary and Joseph, pray for us! in every part of the world World Meeting of Families — Philadelphia be united to one another 2015 in fidelity to the Gospel. July 19th — Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Summer Series: Catholicism Second Session begins this Thursday, July 23 RCIA —Journey of Faith is hosting the 10 part DVD series CATHOLICISM WITH FR. R OBERT BARRON this summer. Open to the whole parish, come join us! Each segment is a stand alone segment, so come for as many as you can. Bring your catechism if you have one! Thursday evenings, 6:30 pm in Come join us! St. Augustine CR 1
. 6: The Mystical Union of Christ & the Church July 23rd 9: Prayer and the Life of the Spirit August 13th
7: The Mystery of the Liturgy & the Eucharist July 30th . 10: The Last Things August 20th 8: The Communion of Saints August 6th The 5th Annual Save the Date:
FAITHFAITH July 31―Aug 2 at St. Mary in Anacortes . ONON FIREFIRE Registration: http://www.stmaryanacortes.org/Faithformation/ CATHOLIC FAMILY CONFERENCE faithonfire.aspx
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers: Deacon Harold is a Fr. James Kelleher, SOLT: Fr. Jim resides with the Society of Benedictine Oblate of Mt. Angel Abbey and is Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) in Corpus known around the world as the "Dynamic Christi, Texas. SOLT is a community of disciples of Deacon", he is one of the most sought-after Jesus and Mary serving on Ecclesial family teams speakers in the Church today. He is a powerful composed of Priests, Religious and laity who strive to and passionate evangelist and preacher whose no- bring all peoples to union with the Most Holy Trinity. nonsense approach to living and proclaiming the Catholic faith is He is also the founder of the Eucharistic Family Rosary Crusade sure to challenge and inspire those who hear him! whose mission it is to spread the devotion of the Holy Rosary and Eucharistic Adoration, in the U.S. and abroad. Fr. Bryan Dolejsi: Fr. Bryan is currently the Fr. Jim Northrop: Fr. Jim is the Pastor at St. Brendan parish in Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Bothell. He is also the State Chaplain for Catholic Seattle and the chaplain of Kennedy High Daughters of Americas and Spiritual Director for School. Western Washington Catholic Charismatic Renewal.