Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Established 1891 424 South 30th Street, Tacoma, WA 98402 (253)383-4549 www.holyrosarytacoma.org March 29, 2020

Parish Contact Information Schedule Laurie Halte ...... parish@holyrosarytacoma.org Masses, Rosary and Confession are Office Manager/Bulletin Editor Suspended Amy Gallwas ...... [email protected] Music Convent Chapel Francine Mastini ...... [email protected] Wednesdays from 2pm to 4pm. Eight people at a Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Sacristan time will be permitted. Please email Shelly Copeland Thom Ryng ...... [email protected] at [email protected] to schedule a time ...... [email protected] to sit and pray in adoration of Our Lord in the Liturgy, Altar Server Coordinator and RCIA tabernacle. Heather Shea ...... [email protected] Parish Office hours Confirmation Not open to the public. Available by phone or Helen Talbo ...... [email protected] email. Jason Blessing ...... [email protected] CYO Sports 253-383-4549—Leave a message Parish Council ...... [email protected] [email protected]

Altar Society ...... [email protected]

Even though we say that we believe, there is a part of us that doesn’t. There are many times in our lives when we experience death, whether it be the physical death of someone we love, a failed relationship, the loss of a job, or a broken dream. As we are going through these death experiences, we can easily find ourselves reaching out to God to make it better and fix it! We think that the proper order of life is to maintain the things of this world, especially those things that are essential to our sense of well-being and security. We do not like change. The grieving that comes from our death experiences can keep us stuck and in despair. If we have lost something or someone of great value, the very meaning and essence of life is lost with them. We need gentle companions to lift us from despair and that is precisely who God desires to be in our life as well.

God calls us out of our tombs, where we have been closed up in fear and despair, and shouts, “Come out!” He desperately wants to show us the path to hope and the new life that is possible after loss and death. But our faith can be weak, and we still prefer to cling to the memory of what we had rather than the joyful possibilities of tomorrow. We sometimes live as if God is not real and that the transformative power of His resurrected presence is a story found in the Bible rather than a narrative unfolding in our lives.

God is the God of surprises, not our demise. God opens new possibilities, begins new chapters, creates new verses, and brings us to new heights! We spend so much time and energy ruminating over what we left behind yesterday that we are far too tired to see what can unfold tomorrow. Loving someone new doesn’t negate our past loves. Embracing the love of a person, God, or life itself tomorrow doesn’t diminish the love of yesterday. Each of our loves is different, and one cannot be replaced by another. They don’t cancel each other out. God truly has tended to every detail of our lives, and if we listen to each detail, we find that they all lead us back to Him. Jesus wants us to come out of our closed -up tombs. Are we going to listen this time?

Parish Stewardship Fiscal Year to date Contributions Total to Budget Needed for the week: date: ($4,660 wkly) Deficit: Father Raderamacher and Father Ahn from All July/Dec. 2019 $111,367 $121,160 -$9,793 Saints continue to offer Masses for the following January 2020 $10,636 $122,003 $139,800 -$17,797 February $9,705 $131,708 $158,440 -$26,732 Saturday March 28th †Charie Santiago March 1 $2,887 $134,595 $163,100 -$28,505 Sunday March 29th The People of Holy Rosary Parish March 8 $2,145 $136,740 $167,760 -$31,020 Monday March 30th Holy Rosary Bilingual Academy March 15-27 $4,102 $140,842 $181,740 -$40,898

Anointing of the Sick During the Covid 19 Outbreak Anointing of the Sick is given to those preparing for surgery, the elderly, the ill, and the dying. In the event of an emergency call the Parish office 253.383.4549. After hours emergency 253.922.4021. Thank you to Father Martin Bourke and the Priests in our area for their availability. The CMC chapel will be open on Wednesdays from 2pm to 4pm. Eight people at a time will be permitted. Please email Shelly Copeland at [email protected] to schedule your space. Those who do not schedule ahead of time, will only be permitted in if space and time allow. Thank you to the Copeland family for offering their time, to monitor and sanitize for those of us who wishto sit and pray in adoration of Our Lord in the tabernacle.

OSERVANCES OR THE WEEK OF MARCH 29, 2020 Sunday: 5th Sunday of Lent Wednesday: April Fools’ Day Thursday: St. Francis of Paola, Hermit Saturday: St. Isidore, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Next Sunday: Palm Sunday

Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for the month of March 2020

Freedom from Addiction

We pray that those suffering from addiction may be helped and accompanied.

Available online resources while Mass is unavailable: The Best Catholic Content All Archbishop Eteinne Daily Mass at 8:30 AM: in One Place https://vimeo.com/archdioceseofseattle This Lenten Season, do not forget you have a free subscription to formed.org. At Home with Faith, available via the links below to find resources to deep- en your family's faith: Entertaining movies, enlightening programs, inspiring talks and a great selection of popular eBooks-all just a https://marriagefamilylife.seattlearchdiocese.org/athomewithfaith click away! Be sure to enter “Visitation” as your church. During this time when many families cannot attend Mass, Magnificat is We share the same subscription. www.formed.org offering its website with excellent daily prayer resources available free of charge https://us.magnificat.net/free Every day at noon all the Catholic churches throughout the Archdiocese of Another prayer resource being offered free of charge during this time, free Seattle will ring their bells –a sign of unity, and a reminder of the presence of God in our midst during these challenging times. Besides the ancient practice of charge from “The Word Among Us”https://wau.org/ of praying the Angelus at noon, we are also invited to pray the Prayer to Our Lady of Seattle.

Your Pastoral and Finance Council Council members are available to answer questions, or hear your thoughts. Please chat with one after Mass, or Email at [email protected] Pastoral Council John Baker, Shelly Copeland, Cecilia Brasier, Tom Cornwall, Helen Talbo and Caren Smithlin Finance Council Dave Holmes and Ed Dugger

For those in need of prayer: Mark Schindeldecker, Jon Wacker, Wilma Jean Foley, Vesna Ljubicic, Sally Daigneault, Michael McNally, Mary Jane Long, Gina Hygema, Robert Stanley, Warren Walters, Marilyn Nybeck, Charlene Oats, Patty Millier, Billie Moppin, Michelle Hartson, Paige Fulton, Gwendolyn Wicker, Margarette Sigette, Carmela Gatta, and for those whose suffering is known only to God. For those who have died: †Charie Santiago †Judy Hussey †Richard John Keen †Mary Mazza †James Dempsey †Vickie Dudschus †Sandie Burns, †Wayne Hygema Sr., †Lydia Turner, †James McAdams, †Clarisa Lorion †Jose Santos Rios †Howard Russell and †Father Michael Wagner Please Continue to pray for our Military, and all of the sick and homebound members of our community.