June 13, 2021 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

“where all are welcome”

St. Benedict Catholic Church | www.stbenedict.org 16223 S 48th St. Phoenix, AZ 85048 | 480.961.1610 St. John Bosco Catholic School | www.sjbosco.org 16035 S 48th St. Phoenix, AZ 85048 | 480.219.4848

“ They that are planted in the house of the LORD shall ﬂ ourish in the courts of our God. ~ Psalm 92:14

Parish Mission Statement Oﬃ ce Hours We are a vibrant and welcoming Catholic Church community that Monday - Thursday 9 am - 4 pm recognizes God’s presence in all through our love and service. Friday 9 am - 12 pm Closed Daily 12 pm - 1 pm Parish Vision Statement Mass Schedule Build the Kingdom of God, individually and communally, by fostering Weekends: Saturday 5 pm discipleship and thanksgiving through: Sunday 9 & 11 am, 5 pm • the celebraࢼ on of Eucharist and other sacraments, Weekdays in Church: M - F 8:15 am • prayer and lifelong Catholic formaࢼ on, Reconcilia on • service with and for one another and the greater community. Fri 5-6 pm, Sat 3:30-4:30 pm, in Church

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Scripture Readings Presider Schedule* For This Week the Week of

Monday: 2 Cor 6:1-10; Ps 98:1, 2b, 3-4; June 14-20, 2021

6/14 Mt 5:38-42 Monday 8:15 am - Fr. James Tuesday: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Ps 146:2, 5-9a; Tuesday 8:15 am - Fr. Wilfred 6/15 Mt 5:43-48 Wednesday 8:15 am - Fr. James Wednesday: 2 Cor 9:6-11; Ps 112:1bc-4, 9; 6/16 Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday 8:15 am - Fr. Wilfred Thursday: 2 Cor 11:1-11; Ps 111:1b-4, 7-8; Friday 8:15 pm - Fr. James 6/17 Mt 6:7-15 Saturday 5 pm - Fr. Wilfred Friday: 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30; Ps 34:2-7; Sunday 9 am - Fr. James 6/18 Mt 6:19-23 11 am - Fr. James Saturday: 2 Cor 12:1-10; Ps 34:8-13; 6/19 Mt 6:24-34 5 pm - Fr. Wilfred

Sunday: Jb 38:1, 8-11; Ps 107:23-26, 28-31; *Please note: this schedule is subject to 6/20 2 Cor 5:14-17; Mk 4:35-41 change without noࢼ ce.

Parish Contribu ons “Living Our Faith, A special thank you to those Building Our Home” who are faithfully contribuࢼ ng Capital Campaign Regular Contribu ons for May 2021 As of May 2021 (Contribu ons are recorded on a monthly basis Campaign Pledges: $ 3,548,859 per ﬁ scal year: July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021) Collected Campaign Pledges: $ 2,514,522 Actual: $ 84,438* Budget: $ 70,833 Parish CDA Totals * Faith Direct Online: $ 55,543 as of May 14, 2021 Cash Contribuࢼ ons: $ 5,046 Numer of Donors: 225 Check Contribuࢼ ons: $ 23,848 Amount Donated: $80,937 Goal: $85,000 Page 3 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - June 13, 2021

A Reﬂ ecࢼ on by Fr. James

Scien sts have iden fi ed seven basic characteris cs of living things: movement, respira on, sensi vity, growth, reproduc on, excre on and nutri on. Of the seven, the process of growth is uniquely diff erent in that it takes place gradually and con nuously throughout the life span of the organism. While growth can be observed and measured over me, the actual process of growth at the cellular level is not generally visible to the human eye. In the Gospel today, Jesus uses the parables of the mystery of growth to illustrate the nature of the Kingdom of God. Just as the farmer cannot understand or explain the process of growth that takes place between the me of sowing the seed and the me of harves ng, so also it is diffi cult for us to fully understand the nature of the Kingdom of God and how it grows throughout our lives and among us. The parables reveal that the Kingdom of God begins as a ny seed of faith planted in our lives; it grows throughout our lives, transforming us and the society around us. Our faith is like a mustard seed. It started at our Bap sm and grows if we water and nurture it. This calls for our refl ec on on how we nourish the seed of faith in our lives. What spiritual book are you reading right now to grow in your faith? What prayers, spiritual ac vi es or charity works are you doing right now to nourish your faith? A fully grown faith can infl uence many people and transform the world around us. O en, we may feel that our own faith is insignifi cant, as small as a mustard seed. Jesus assures us that the Spirit is working in and through the ny seed of faith in our lives. Like the farmer in the parable, we need to be pa ent as we nourish the seed of faith and allow the Lord to ini ate the process of spiritual growth in our lives. The parable also invites us to plant the seeds of faith in the lives of others around us. We do not always have to plant the seeds of faith through theological preaching and miraculous healing, but we can do that in many simple ways such as an act of charity or compassion given to someone in need, an invita on to prayers, support to someone in despair, a friendly gesture towards someone in trouble, or a welcoming smile for someone who is alone. Through such seemingly insignifi cant gestures, we may plant the seed of faith and allow it to begin to take root in the lives of others which may grow into a frui ul harvest in their lives. Thank you and remain blessed, Fr. James

Parish Staff Pastor - Fr. James Aboyi, VC Ext. 302 Parochial Vicar - Fr. Wilfred Yinah, VC Ext. 306 [email protected] [email protected] Deacon - Ed Winkelbauer Ext. 300 Deacon - Jack Benware Ext. 300 [email protected] [email protected] Dir. Faith Forma on - Sr. Colleen Braun Ext. 308 Offi ce Manager - Mary Jane Livens Ext. 304 [email protected] [email protected] Children’s Forma on - Heather Mooney Ext. 303 Dir. Music/Media/Liturgy - Nick Garza Ext. 312 [email protected] [email protected] Youth Ministry - David Rees Ext. 307 Front Offi ce/Admin. Asst. - Amy Fletcher Ext. 300 [email protected] afl [email protected] Page 4 stbenedict.org

Faith Formaࢼ on and More

Employment Opportuni es Summer me Faith Forma on (Cont.’) The parish currently has 3 Staﬀ openings. Last weekend we gave you a few ideas to con nue • Full- me Coordinator of Youth Ministry, faith forma on at home during the summer. Parents con nue to be the primary catechists for • Part- me Coordinator of Liturgy, and their children. Here are some addi onal ways you • Part- me Coordinator of Adult Forma on and might help enrich your child’s faith throughout the Evangeliza on. upcoming summer months. For more informa on, full job descrip ons and • Keep an “Awe and Wonder” journal. When direc ons on how to apply, please go to our website you are traveling or exploring a new place this at stbenedict.org/employment/ or see the bulle n summer, encourage your child to write down board in the lobby. or draw where they experience God. Children o en no ce God in all of crea on or experience the love of Jesus in unexpected encounters with others. • Plant something together and have your children be responsible for watering and caring for it. Safe Environment Having a connec on with nature ins lls a deeper sense of reverence for all life and o en enhances It will soon be me to renew your Diocesan Safe our rela onship with Jesus. Environment cer ﬁ ca on. Everyone ac ve in a Lord, Give us new eyes to see our lives in the light of your ministry here at St. Benedict must take or renew their love. Help us to see your image in the face of everyone Safe Environment training once a year. These classes we meet and know your goodness in the joy and love we may be taken online on or a er July 1st. More details feel for one another. Keep us healthy as we delight in the coming soon! freedom of summer. Amen.

Marriage Encounter Don’t take a vaca on from your marriage! Weekday Mass Back at Church The 8:15 morning Mass is moving back to the church for Come and learn a technique of loving the Summer due to the Chapel’s small size and problems communica on that you can use for the rest of your with the live-streaming. With an average of 20 a endees lives. Sign up today to a end one of the upcoming at the morning Mass, we found the space in the Chapel virtual Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends was not adequate for proper physical distancing. on August 21/22, 2021. Early registra on is highly In addi on, having to transport the live-streaming recommended. For more informa on, please visit our equipment to and from the chapel was not beneﬁ cial to website at www.wwmearizona.com it. Thank you for your understanding and we apologize “Lord, it is good to give thanks to you.” for any inconvenience this may have caused. ~ Psalm 92 Page 5 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - June 13, 2021

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www Youth Ministry Bowling Social JAM and EPIC are hos ng a bowling social THIS WEEKEND on Sunday, June 13 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm at Bowlero Kyrene! All incoming 6th through outgoing 12th grade students and families are invited! Cost is $10 per person and space is limited. For more informa on contact David Rees at [email protected]/. Feed My Starving Children - June 26 YM Movie and Message - June 19 A er a long break, our youth ministry programs June 19 is referred to as “Juneteenth”, will be returning to Feed My Starving Children! All “Freedom Day” or “Libera on Day” and middle school and high school teens are invited to is celebrated in remembrance of the join us on Saturday, June 26 as we pack thousands emancipa on of those who have been of meals for starving children all over the world. We enslaved in the United States. will meet at the Mesa FMSC (1345 S. Alma School To con nue our moral forma on and Rd., Mesa, AZ 85210) and pack meals from 9 am to understanding of Catholic Social Teaching, EPIC and 11 am. Space is extremely limited, so please RSVP JAM will have a special “Movie & Message” gathering to David Rees at [email protected] as soon as on Saturday, June 19. Join us from 9 am to 12 pm possible. in Annex 4 as we watch and discuss the movie “42” (rated PG-13). EPIC and JAM parents are asked EPIC Social - June 27 to a end this event as well to help foster a be er All incoming 9th grade through outgoing 12th grade understanding of Social Jus ce. high school students are invited to an EPIC Summer To RSVP, contact David Rees at [email protected]. Social on Sunday, June 27! We’ll be mee ng in the Teen Lounge (Annex 1) from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. Join J.P. II Classic Basketball Event us for pizza, drinks, games, fellowship, and prayer. Bring the en re family out to Hoop It Up at the JPII For more informa on and to RSVP, contact David Classic 7th Annual Basketball Event on Friday, August Rees at [email protected]/. 6 at Xavier College Prep (4710 N. 5th St., Phoenix, AZ 85012). Dribble on over to see The Church Fathers Voca ons (Your Parish Priests) take on Our Phoenix Sons (Diocesan Seminarians) and enjoy ice cream a er the “Here are my mother and my brothers.” game! Tickets are $5 each or $20/family and go on Is Christ invi ng you to let Him live in you through sale (online only) July 1. Space is limited. single-hearted service as a priest, deacon or in the For more informa on, call 602.354.2005 or go to consecrated life? Contact the Voca on Oﬃ ce at h ps://dphx.org/event/jpii-classic/ dphx.org/vocaࢼ ons/contact or call 602.354.2004. Page 6 stbenedict.org

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St. Vincent de Paul Thank you for your con nued dona ons. Hurrah! The pantry is extremely well-stocked at this me! • Pears (Canned) • Mayo Family Promise returns this month! We are excited • No Cereal (please) • No Pasta to host families for evening meals, fellowship and a safe place to sleep at the St. John Bosco MPR on June 27 to July 4. Don’t delay, please join us for this very rewarding service experience. Families are encouraged to par cipate and students can earn volunteer hours. For more informa on, contact Tracy Ryan at [email protected]. To sign up to help, go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f044fa8ab4- Our parish recently joined a na onwide eff ort to family14 or to the parish website for a link. increase outreach and support for pregnant and paren ng mothers en tled, “Walking with Moms in Knights of Columbus Need.” This month members of our parish community The Knights of Columbus Fr. Bob Binta Council will begin the process of taking an inventory of #12246 held their fi nal mee ng of the fraternal the pregnancy resources currently available in our year on Thursday, June 10. At this mee ng we local area, iden fying gaps, and planning how to discussed plans for the next fraternal year for our implement responses to be er serve mothers in church community and our charity contribu ons. need. Once completed, the results of our inventory We also elected offi cers for the next fraternal year will be shared with the parish community. which begins on July 1, 2021. Please join us in praying that our united eff orts The “Knight of the Year” Award and the list of those will help ensure pregnant women in need to know elected offi cers of will be published in the bulle n that they can turn to our parish for support and next week. assistance. We invite all parishioners to join us in Walking with Moms in Need. Our council would like to thank all of the St. Benedict parishioners, especially in this past year For more informa on, and to ensure you receive of COVID, for helping the Knights with all of the ongoing updates, please contact: Molly Goins at charitable events in 2020 and for the fi rst two [email protected] or 602.317.7790. quarters of 2021. Vivat Jesus, Welcome New Parishioners! Rudy Cavolina, Grand Knight • Jamie, Sco and Kendra Biggs and Chin Pei Fr. Bob Binta Council 12246 Chua [email protected] 480.747.8000 • Kris, Dawn, Rylan and Henley Johnson Page 7 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - June 13, 2021

Feast of Faith: The Prepara on of the Altar The altar is the focal point of our churches. It is a sign of Christ in our midst; indeed, it has been said that “the altar is Christ” (Dedica on of an Altar, 4). The altar is a table “on which the sacrifi ce of the cross is perpetuated in mystery throughout the ages un l Christ comes”; but it is also the place for a fes ve meal: “a table at which the Church’s children assemble to give thanks to God and receive the body and blood of Christ” (Dedica on of an Altar, 4). Both these func ons of the altar are clear in the rites for the prepara on of the altar that follow the general intercessions, which remind us of the St. Paul and the New Testament prepara ons we make at home for a fes ve meal. The deacon or altar servers come forward and, Tradi onally, 13 of the 27 books of the New Testament are a ributed to Paul the Apostle, who bowing, place a cloth known as a corporal (from the famously converted to Chris anity a er mee ng La n for “body”) over the altar cloth. They place the Jesus on the road to Damascus and wrote a series chalice, the cup to be used in the celebra on of the of le ers that helped spread the faith throughout Eucharist, and the Sacramentary or Roman Missal, the Mediterranean world. But scholars now agree which contains the prayers of the Mass, on the on the authen city of only seven of Paul’s epistles: altar. These reverent prepara ons help us to focus Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Gala ans, Philippians, on what is about to happen: the sharing of a holy 1 Thessalonians, Philemon. These are believed to have been wri en between A.D. 50-60, making meal, a solemn sacrifi ce. them the earliest known evidence for Chris anity. ~ Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Authors of the later epistles may have been followers of Paul, who used his name to lend authen city to For adverࢼ sing in the back of the bulleࢼ n, the works. (Source: History.com) please contact Claudia Borders at 520.298.1265 Ministry Contacts Altar Servers... Dcn. Ed, [email protected] Magnifi cat Moms... Molly, [email protected] Art & Environment... Carol, [email protected] Music/Choir... Nick Garza, 480.961.1610 ext. 312 EMHCs... Val & Al, [email protected] Pastoral Care... Kathy, [email protected] Events Commi ee... Lani, [email protected] Pastoral Council... Jay, [email protected] Finance Council... Debbie, [email protected] Projector... Nick Garza, 480.961.1610 ext. 312 Hospitality... Karen, [email protected] Refugee Rese lement... Dave, [email protected] Knights of Columbus... Rudy, [email protected] Sacristans... Be e, [email protected] Lectors... Michele, [email protected] St. Vincent de Paul... Phil, 480.961.1610 ext. 315 Linens... Mary Jane, 480.961.1610 ext. 304 Women’s Spirituality... Sr. Colleen, 480.961.1610 Grow Your Business, Advertise Here. If You Live Alone You Need MDMedAlert! Support Your Church & Bulletin. 24 Hour Protection at HOME and AWAY! 95 Free professional ad design & my help! ✔Ambulance Solutions as Low as $19. a month ✔Police ✔Fire www.jspaluch.com ✔Friends/Family FREE Shipping email: [email protected] FREE Activation NO Long Term Contracts This Button SAVES Lives! As Shown GPS, Call Claudia Borders CALL Lowest Price Guaranteed! NOW! 800.809.3352 GPS Tracking w/Fall Detection Nationwide, No Land Line Needed 800.231.0805 MDMedAlert EASY Set-up, NO Contract Safe-Guarding America’s Seniors Nationwide! 24/7 365 Monitoring in the USA The Most Complete Online National Directory of Check It Out Today! Catholic Parishes

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From The Principal of St. John Bosco Catholic School Summer vaca on has oﬃ cially begun for the students of St. John Bosco. These children (and teachers!) are to be applauded for their year-long compliance to strict pandemic mi ga on protocols. This was a major accomplishment and we all emerged stronger because of it. We are grateful to God not only for the strength to endure this daily ba le but for keeping everyone healthy. I wish to thank the en re St. John Bosco and St. Benedict communi es for the support and perseverance as we navigated through these pesky, but necessary, measures to mi gate the virus. I am very hopeful for our school community as we join the rest of the world in the gradual return to normalcy. There were endless protocol mee ngs and decisions to be made throughout this unprecedented year but we successfully worked through it together. Thank you for your pa ence, partnership, and prayers. I am especially grateful to Fr. James for his unwavering support of me and of our school. His genuine love of Catholic educa on will ensure that SJB will con nue to provide academic excellence in a Christ- centered environment. St. John Bosco Catholic School is truly where faith is formed and leaders are born. Blessings for a safe and refreshing summer, Anita Pe , Principal

Scrip Shop The Scrip Shop will have abbreviated hours during summer vaca on. The window will be open on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8:30 - 9:30 am through the month of June. We will be closed during the month of July, and will reopen when school starts in August. Please contact Wanda or Ka e with any ques ons that you may have. Wanda Wiscombe & Ka e Savoy St. John Bosco Catholic School Scrip Oﬃ ce (480) 219-4848 x5108 New Student Enrollment Do you have a child who would like to join us for the 2021-22 school year? Go to our website Admissions page and click on the “Apply Now” bu on. Follow the instruc ons and ensure the applica on is “Submi ed.” Preschool programs ﬁ ll up quickly so apply now to secure your child’s spot. If you are interested in learning more about St. John Bosco, we encourage you to call 480.219.4848 or email [email protected] today for a private on-campus or virtual tour.