March 28, 2021 Weekly Newsletter Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Highlights this Week

Prayer & Worship Main: 303-799-1036 2 Mass Intentions | The Triduum | Reflections Sacramental Emergencies: opt. 2

Living & Growing in Faith 5761 McArthur Ranch Rd Stations of the Cross | Spiritual Adoption Update Littleton, CO 80124 3 Returning God’s Gifts Update Community Events Parish Office Hours Calendar | VBS Registration | In Loving Memory Mon - Thurs: 9:00a-5:00p 4 Haiti Lenten Cups | Breakfast Burritos | Stewardship Award Fri: 9:00a-12:00p

Kids’ Corner by St. Katharine Drexel [email protected] 5 Celebrating Holy Week with Kids

Parish Resources www.paxchristi.org 6 Staff | RGG Appeal | Missals | Community Rewards 2 Prayer & Worship MASS SCHEDULE THE MOST HOLY Tue - Fri: 9:00am Triduum Sat: 5:00pm For the last three weeks continues for fifty days - longer Sun: 8:30am, 10:30am, we have explored all of the than the forty days of Lent. 5:00pm beautiful symbolism and The joyful music, the elegance meaning behind the liturgy of and fragrance of lilies, and SACRAMENT OF the Triduum. We’re just in time life in Christ, new or renewed, RECONCILIATION this week to talk more about continues until Pentecost...and Tue - Fri: 8:30 - 8:50am and the Easter Season. beyond. Thu: 6:30 - 7:30pm or by appointment EASTER IN REVIEW Easter morning follows the During Holy Week, we follow HOLY HOUR OF glorious coming to life of the the events of Jesus’ passion ADORATION . New life and fresh through his resurrection. Thu: 6:30-7:30pm hope have come in the risen Palm Sunday and the Easter First Friday: 9:30-10:30am Christ. We celebrate with a Triduum mark the main events renewal of baptismal promises of Holy Week. to reject sin and eveil, love God ADORATION CHAPEL and follow Jesus. Jesus entrusts us with Mon -Thu: 7:00am-5:00pm sharing the good news of his Friday: 7:00am-12:00pm Easter is such a significant resurrection with others. feast that the celebration MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, MARCH 27 5:00p | Fr. Andrzej Szczesnowicz FOR YOUR Reflection SUNDAY, MARCH 28 8:30a | The People PALM SUNDAY HOLY THURSDAY 10:30a | Helen Kuros Remember an opportunity How is God asking you to 5:00p | Donald “Buzz” Thurnal † you had recently to welcome “wash feet” in your life? TUESDAY, MARCH 30 someone. If may have been 9:00a | Helen Kuros someone who sat next to you GOOD FRIDAY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 in church, someone new at Who do you still need to 9:00a | Helen Kuros work, someone you just met. forgive? Picture yourself laying SUNDAY, APRIL 4 What did you do to help this the burden of your anger and 8:30a | The People person feel welcomed and hurt and the foot of the cross. 10:30a | Janice Jansen † accepted? 12:30p | Graciela Barbara Lazano de Zevallos

HOLY GOOD EASTER THURSDAY FRIDAY EASTER VIGIL 8:30 AM Stations: 3 PM 8 PM 10:30 AM 7 PM Service: 7 PM 12:30 PM Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord -2- March 28, 2021 Living & Growing in Faith 3 Spiritual Adoption UPDATE

The Beginning of Month 1

GOOD FRIDAY At the moment of my conception, I became a unique human being! Even though I Stations of the Cross am a single cell, I have a DNA On Good Friday we will be of clerical sexual abuse blueprint that will define my praying a new and different and responds to each with eye and hair color, my height Stations of the Cross called profound confessional prayer. as an adult, and my aptitude The Stations of the Cross: in Thought-provoking paintings for such things as math, art Atonement for Abuse and the by author and liturgist Ronald and sports etc. All that is Healing of All. Patrick Raab, CSC, accompany each station. required now is nourishment, This new version invites a safe home in which to live a wounded church to We understand that the and grow, and a loving family. contemplate the passion sensitive nature of the content “Before I formed you in the and death of Jesus through of this version of Stations may womb. I knew you.” the experience of clerical trigger a strong emotional abuse survivors. This one-of- response for some people. PARISHIONER’S PRAYER a-kind resource is written and There is a copy of the booklet FOR THE SPIRITUALLY illustrated by priests to foster we will be using at the Front ADOPTED BABIES: healing amidst the destruction Desk, and you can also find Dear Jesus, through the committed by their brothers. it on Amazon at tinyurl.com/ intercession of Your Mother, Award-winning author and GoodFridayStations. If you Mary, who gave you life acclaimed liturgist Paul Turner have any reservations about with love, and through the pairs each of the fourteen attending, we encourage you intercession of St Joseph, a Scripture-based stations with to please review the booklet man of faith, who took care powerful quotes from survivors beforehand. of you after you were born - I beg You to spare the lives Goal: of the unborn babies whom $110,000 $ , RETURNING GOD’S GIFTS people have adopted who are $100,000 in danger of abortion. I also $90,000 CURRENT PROGRESS pray for their parents. Give $80,000 We’re almost to the half-way point of reaching ...continued on page 4 $70,000 our goal at 42.61% pledged. There’s still time

$60,000 to make your pledge if you haven’t yet! That the Spirit of Truth may $50,000 Don’t forget that your generosity helps fund Pledged: $50,635.16 enable all people to see that $40,000 diocesan ministries including Seminarian and human life at every stage must $30,000 Clergy formation; Campus, Youth and Young be respected and protected, and Paid: $31,560.65 $20,000 Adult ministries; grants to fortify that no person has the right to choose to kill another, $10,000 our parishes and schools; service diocs.org/GIVE-NOW/Returning-Gods-Gifts/ For the glory of God. programs; education; and a lot more! Corinthians : we pray to the Lord.

Pax Christi -3- Littleton, CO 4 Community News THIS WEEK @ PAX: Holy Week In Loving MONDAY, MARCH 29 Memory 7:30p | Choir Rehearsal, Church TUESDAY, MARCH 30 9:45a | Jesus Study, Gt Hall Long-time parishioner Dee Chambers passed away on March 17. 1:00p | Prayer Shawl, Gt Hall Services will take place on Friday, April 16 here at Pax Christi. THURSDAY, APRIL 1 Holy Thursday Rosary at 10:15 a.m. | Memorial Mass at 11:00 a.m. 5:30p | The Search, Gt Hall Please keep Dee and her family inPROJECTS your prayers. YOUR LENTEN CUP CONTRIBUTIONS COULD COMPLETE 6:45p | HS Youth Group, Yth Room 7:00p | Holy Thursday Service, Church

FRIDAY, APRIL 2 St. Elisabeth in Borga was badly damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and since then the faithful has been unable to Good Friday Last week 9:30a | First Friday Adoration, Church FOR HAITI LENTEN CUP CONTRIBUTIONS! reconstruct their chapel. The roof and one of the walls came 10:00a | St. Elizabeth’s Pantry, Gt Hall off and for the past 4 years, the faithful gather each Sunday to 3:00p | Stations of the Cross Fill your Haiti Pax Christi Lenten Cups to the brim celebrate mass under a roof made of rudimentary posts and 7:00p | Passion Service & Veneration, Church (or write a check to Pax Christi with Haiti Lent in memo) and plastic sheets and a makeshift wall of roofing sheets. The pro- return to the parish office on or before Holy Thursday, April 1st. ject includes installing a new roof; reconstructing the fallen SATURDAY, APRIL 3 PROJECTS YOUR LENTEN CUP CONTRIBUTIONS COULD COMPLETEwall; finish (plaster and skim) the walls; paint inside and out; obtain, install, and paint new doors. 8:00p | Easter Vigil, Church PROJECTS YOUR HAITI LENTEN CUP SUNDAY, APRIL 4 CONTRIBUTIONS COULD St. Elisabeth COMPLETE in Borga was badly damaged by Hurricane Easter Sunday Matthew in 2016 and since then the faithfulThe has village been ofunable Duverger to has grown and the number of faithful has in- 8:30a | Easter Mass, Church reconstruct their chapel. The roof and one creasedof the walls past came the size of the small chapel. The community is very proac- 10:30a | Easter Mass, Church off and for the past 4 years, the faithful gathertive eachand tookSunday it uponto themselves to rebuild the church. What was a 12:30p | Easter Mass, Church celebrate mass under a roof made of rudimentarysmall chapel posts hasand now is become an important church that can accom- plastic sheets and a makeshift wall of roofingmodate sheets. all The its growing pro- faithful and that once finished, because of the ject includes installing a new roof; reconstructingsize of itsthe congregation, fallen will be consecrated as a parish. Now they set wall; finish (plaster and skim) the walls; paintrudimentary inside and posts out; and tarps as a roof in order to celebrate mass. They obtain, install, and paint new doors. are seeking our help to finish the project which will include installing the new roof; finishing (plaster and skim) the walls; paint inside and out; St. Elisabeth in Borga was The village of Duverger has obtain, install and paint windows and doors. June 14-18, 2021 badly damaged by Hurricane grown and their chapel has Matthew in 2016 and since beenThe village rebuilt of Duverger into a haschurch grown thatand the number of faithful has in- 8:30am-12:00pm creased past the size of the small chapel. The community is very proac- then they have been unable to will be consecrated as a parish. tive and took it upon themselves to rebuild the church. What was a repair their chapel. For the past FillUntil your they Haiti can Pax complete Christi Lenten their Cups to the brim (or write a check to Pax Christi with Haiti Lent REGISTRATION FOR small chapel has now is become an important church that can accom- four years they have gathered in project,memo) and they return are meeting to the parish for office on or before Holy Thursday, April 1st. PRESCHOOL-5TH GRADE modate all its growing faithful and that once finished, because of the for Mass under rudimentary Mass under rudimentary posts NOW OPEN! size of its congregation, will be consecrated as a parish. Now they set posts and plastic sheets. The andrudimentary tarps. Theyposts and are tarps seeking as a roof our in order to celebrate mass. They https://vbspro.events/p/ project includes installing a helpare seeking to finish our help the to finishproject the projectwhich which will include installing the paxvbs2021 new roof; reconstructing the willnew include roof; finishing installing (plaster theand skim)new the walls; paint inside and out; Contact fallen wall; finish (plaster and roof;obtain, finishing install and paint(plaster windows and and doors. Becky Hensler 720-419-0127 skim) the walls; paint inside skim) the walls; paint inside or [email protected] and out; obtain, install, and and out; obtain, install and for more information. Fillpaint your newHaiti doors. Pax Christi Lenten Cups paintto the windows brim (or write and a checkdoors. to Pax Christi with Haiti Lent in memo) and return to the parish office on or before Holy Thursday, April 1st. Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord -4- March 28, 2021

Community News 5 ...Respect Life, continued from page 3 them love and courage so that they are able to let their child live the life which You have prepared for her/him. Amen. “Through the Incarnation and STEWARDSHIP AWARD birth of Christ, God reveals to for us the dignity of all human life. GRADUATING SENIORS Human life, as a gift of God, is sacred and inviolable. The DEADLINES EXTENDED! Son of God has united himself with every human being and desires for us to share The Knights are offering a 4-year scholarship of $750 per year eternal life with him... Each of ($3,000 total over 4 years) to a graduating high school senior us is made in the image and registered as a member of Pax Christi Parish. The applicants likeness of God, and we reflect shall be an active member in the church and/or community his glory in the world.” during the 2020/2021 school year. The Knights wish to encourage the Pax Christi Parish youth to find value and consolation in liv- —USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities “The Gospel of Life: A Brief Summary” ing a life of stewardship in the service of their neighbor through- out their lives. Scholarship criteria and applications are available upon request by sending an email to [email protected] or texting or calling Alan Brown at 720-560-3357.

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Pax Christi Catholic Church -5- Littleton, CO 6 Kids’ Corner by St. Katharine Drexel Catholic School CELEBRATING HOLY WEEK WITH KIDS Since the early days of Christianity, of his disciples. It reminds us HOLY SATURDAY Holy Week has been a sacred that we are called to serve one This day commemorates time. Here are some ideas to help another. the time of darkness and you keep the holy in Holy Week. • Go to Mass: The Holy waiting when Jesus was in the Thursday liturgy marks the tomb. It is also a day for final PALM SUNDAY preparations before Easter. Begin your celebration of the beginning of the passion, triumphal entry of Jesus into death and resurrection of • Invite family members, Jerusalem at Mass by holding Jesus. At the end of Mass, friends and neighbors — your palms high as the priest join in the procession to especially people who have blesses them. Then continue move the Blessed Sacrament strayed from the Church — the celebration at home. to an of repose. to come to church with you • Put a small statue of Jesus • Help someone: Do for the Easter Vigil or for Mass in the center of your dinner something special for on Easter morning. table. someone in need. • On Holy Saturday, gather Talk about it: Over dinner, talk Talk about it: The is the family around a bonfire about how Jesus is the center the central sacrament in our in the backyard. Roast of our lives and our faith. How Catholic faith. Talk about our marshmallows and sing do we feel when we make Catholic belief that we receive campfire songs as a sign of Jesus the center of our lives? the real presence of the risen “keeping vigil” until Jesus Jesus in holy Communion. rises. HOLY WEEK PREPARATION DAYS: How does this encounter with Talk about it: The Easter Vigil Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Jesus change us? begins with the symbol of fire. • Clean the house: Think of Talk about how fire represents spring housekeeping as a GOOD FRIDAY that Jesus is the light of the prayerful preparation for This day is the most solemn world. He brings light to the Easter. and sorrowful day of the Church calendar. darkness and new life to a • Buy a lily: The white flower sleeping world. What are some heralds the resurrection of • Attend the Good Friday other symbols of resurrection? Jesus. Let your children pick liturgy, which includes the out one for your family and reading of the Passion, EASTER SUNDAY one for someone who needs Veneration of the Cross, Celebrate the risen Lord at to hear “good news.” special prayers and holy Mass with the singing of the Communion. Gloria and alleluias, the renewal • Color eggs: Decorated eggs of baptismal vows, a sprinkling are a symbol of new life that • Set aside some prayerful with Easter water and receiving comes with the Resurrection. family time between 12 noon the Eucharist. The time you Make it more meaningful by and 3 p.m. spend on your Holy Week helping your children write Talk about it: It is OK to feel preparations will make Easter “Christ is Risen,” “Alleluia” or sad on Good Friday. Talk about Sunday more meaningful for “Jesus loves us” on the eggs. friends and family who may the whole family! have died and how we believe HOLY THURSDAY that, because of Jesus, we hope Adapted from Teaching Catholic Kids This day recalls the Last Supper online at https://teachingcatholickids. to rise to new life in heaven. when Jesus washed the feet com/holy-week-ideas-for-families/

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord -6- March 28, 2021 Parish Resources 7 PARISH STAFF Pastor: Fr. Andrzej Szczesnowicz ...... 720-419-0122 / [email protected] Deacon: Tom Sandusky ...... 720-419-0131 / [email protected] Business Manager: Lisa Walker ...... 720-419-0123 / [email protected] Director of Music: Christy Felcyn ...... 720-419-0124 / [email protected] Director of Discipleship: Rachel Daugherty ...... 720-419-0129 / [email protected] Director of Youth Ministry: Marcela Garcia Lopez...... 720-419-0125 / [email protected] Head Catechist: Becky Hensler ...... 720-419-0127 / [email protected] Executive Assistant: Linda Van Matre...... 303-799-1036 / [email protected] Communications Coordinator & Hospitality: Laura Luchini..303-799-1036 / [email protected] Maintenance: Chris Rezabeck ...... 720-419-0130 / [email protected] St. Katharine Drexel School: Mandi Lupher, Director ...... 720-419-0128 / [email protected] IT’S TIME FOR THE 2021 COMMUNITY RETURNING GOD’S GIFTS REWARDS (RGG) CAMPAIGN! MISSALS STILL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE Thank you for prayerfully Did you know that just by doing considering your gift to the Call 303-799-1036, visit your normal, every-day shopping appeal in response to the Gospel https://bit.ly/3mqnY5E you can generate $$ for Pax message to love one another or scan the QR code to Christi? http://www.paxchristi. by sharing our blessings place your order for a small org/home/calendar-events/ within our Diocese. Scan donation of $7.50 per book. and click the “News” tab or scan the QR code to learn more. the QR code to sign up today.

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