Parish Mission Statement LLC 248 Office Hours We, the members of Saint Thomas More Parish, are a family Mass Schedule 9:30 am N 5:00 pm MH of Christians led by the Holy Spirit in communion with the 9:30 am N 1:00 pm F Catholic Church. Saturday 5:00 PM 3015 E Creek Rd We dedicate ourselves to proclaiming and living the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We devote ourselves to sharing Sunday 9:00 AM Cottonwood Heights, UT our faith, strengthening family bonds, promoting social 840936575 justice and growing in love. We commit to each other through prayer and action. MondayFriday 9:00 AM 8019425285 Holy Days 9:00 AM www.stmutah.org August 9, 2020 Confessions Curbside First Reading 1 Kings 19:9a, 1113a Saturday 10:00 AM Second Reading Romans 9:15 Gospel Matthew 14:2233 Life In Our Parish THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE P a g e AND RECONCILIATION 2 Monday, August 10 9:00 am MassM Facebook "Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense Tuesday, August 11 It is called the sacrament of conversion because it makes sacramentally present Jesus' call to conversion, the first Wednesday, August 12 step in returning to the Father from whom one has strayed by 9:00 am Mass Facebook sin. It is called the sacrament of Penance, since it Thursday, August 13 consecrates the Christian sinner's personal and ecclesial steps 9:00 am MassNFacebook of conversion, penance, and satisfaction. It is called the sacrament of confession, since the Friday, August 14 disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential 9:00 am Mass Facebook element of this sacrament. In a profound sense it is also a "confession" acknowledgment and praise of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man. Saturday, August 15 It is called the sacrament of forgiveness, since by the 5:00 pm Sunday Vigil Mass Facebook, Church or Gym priest's sacramental absolution God grants the penitent "pardon and peace." Sunday, August 16 It is called the sacrament of Reconciliation, because it 9:00 am Sunday Mass Facebook, Church or Gym imparts to the sinner the live of God who reconciles: "Be reconciled to God." He who lives by God's merciful love is ready to respond to the Lord's call: "Go; first be reconciled to Childcare’s Daycare your brother. Christ instituted the sacrament of Penance for all sinful members Our Creek Road Childcare’s daycare is now of his Church: above all for those who, since Baptism, have fallen reopened with HIGH levels of health and into grave sin, and have thus lost their baptismal grace and safety precautions in place. To sign up for wounded ecclesial communion. "Penance requires . . . the sinner to the Daycare, contact [email protected]. endure all things willingly, be contrite of heart, confess with the Please bring clean water bottle and clean personal lips, and practice complete humility and fruitful satisfaction." belongings to Daycare every single day! Among the penitent's acts contrition occupies first place. Contrition is "sorrow of the soul and detestation for the sin committed, together with the resolution not to sin again." Anyone who is aware of having committed a mortal sin must not The church is open for adoration Monday thru receive Holy Communion, even if he experiences deep contrition, Friday from 9:30 am thru 11:00 am. without having first received sacramental absolution, unless he has a grave reason for receiving Communion and there is no If you are the last one, please let the front office possibility of going to confession. Children must go to the know so they can close the church. sacrament of Penance before receiving Holy Communion for the first time. Zoom.com Without being strictly necessary, confession of everyday faults If you want to host meeting, simply got tozoom.comand (venial sins) is nevertheless strongly recommended by the Church. Indeed the regular confession of our venial sins helps us form our create a (free) account. Once logged in, it is fairly intuitive. conscience, fight against evil tendencies, let ourselves be healed by If you want a little bit of training you will see at the bottom Christ and progress in the life of the Spirit. By receiving more of the left margin menu items you will see blue links frequently through this sacrament the gift of the Father's mercy, forAttend Live Trainingand Video Tutorials. The training we are spurred to be merciful as he is merciful videos are super easy and informative. If you are and educator, you are able to use re advanced subscription Given the delicacy and greatness of this ministry and the respect due to persons, the Church declares that every priest who hears services for free. confessions is bound under very severe penalties to keep absolute secrecy regarding the sins that his penitents have confessed to him. New Security Code He can make no use of knowledge that confession gives him about penitents' lives. This secret, which admits of no exceptions, is If you have a master key or exterior door keys to the Parish called the "sacramental seal," because what the penitent has made Center or Church, please contact Fr. John this week. We are known to the priest remains "sealed" by the sacrament. changing our burglar alarm code, and you don't really want the police responding to a failed dearming of the building. Let us The sacrament of Penance can also take place in the framework of help you, and avoid having the police called out needlessly. a communal celebration in which we prepare ourselves together for confession and give thanks together for the forgiveness Condolences to John and Cecilia received. Here, the personal confession of sins and individual Linsmeier on the passing of her dad, absolution are inserted into a liturgy of the word of God with Hugh W. Stewart. readings and a homily, an examination of conscience conducted in Condolences to Michael and Lisa Brennan on the passing common, a communal request for forgiveness, the Our Father and of Michael's grandfather. a thanksgiving in common. Over 200 years ago, the first Catholic Intermountain Catholic weekly newspaper priests traveled from New Mexico (founded in 1899) provides a network of P a g e through Utah looking for an overland communication to a vibrant community of 3 route to the Pacific Ocean. Today, faith. Catholics in Utah number well over 300,000 (10% of the state population), Stephanie Hedman, the and are served by over 41 priests in 81 Assistant Director of Creek parishes, missions, stations and 17 Road Childcare, recently Catholic schools. An area of nearly completed her Child 85,000 square miles comprises the Diocese of Salt Lake Development Associates. We’d like to City. congratulate her on all her hard work with both her studies and within our Daycare and Preschool It was in 1776 that Franciscan friars Francisco Dominguez programs. Way to go, Miss Stephanie! and Silvestre de Escalante crossed this territory with the help of local Native American guides. Six months later, diminishing supplies and threatening weather forced their expedition to return to New Mexico. It would be nearly 100 years before Catholic priests would formally establish Join in the weekly Zoom "Meet & Mingle Time to Chat" their first foundation in Utah Territory. to see friends and familiar faces! Up next Wednesday, August 12, 5:30pm. Watch for an email with the Zoom In 1871 Fr. Patrick Walsh built the first Catholic Church in link. If you have not received the email/link, please Utah, dedicating it to St. Mary Magdalene. Father (later contact Nancy Hardy at [email protected] All Bishop) Lawrence Scanlan arrived in 1873 to become ladies of the Parish are welcome. pastor. Soon he would be given responsibility for the pastoral care of the Catholic military men, immigrant Book Corner The Ladies would like post a book every miners and railroad workers who numbered in the week that is “proper” for the bulletin and everyone’s hundreds. Small churches, schools, an orphanage and a reading; if you have a book that you have enjoyed, please hospital were built, staffed by clergy and Holy Cross send the name and author to Margarita and she will put it Sisters, to serve the growing Catholic population. in the bulletin. Here is the first one: “Educated” by Tara Westover. As the nineteenth century came to a close, it was clear that the Catholic community in Salt Lake City was rapidly outgrowing the small church of St. Mary Magdalene. The LORD, PROTECT OUR TROOPS AS THEY time had come for the Catholics to erect a landmark of PROTECT US faith in downtown Salt Lake City. In 1890 Fr. Scanlan purchased a lot where the present AIR FORCE Cathedral stands for $35,000. The Vicariate of Utah Brant Stokes Chris & Gene Cutak’s son became the Diocese of Salt Lake a year later, and a rectory was built on the site by Bishop Lawrence Scanlan, the first ARMY Catholic bishop of Utah. AJ Santi Anthony Santi’s father Brad Carlisle Kip & Joni Quinn’s nephew Ground was broken for the new church in 1899. Charles Egan Sean Egan & Mary PowersEgan’s son Construction for the building would last nearly a decade, Kyle Frazer Craig & Christine Frazer’s son costing a small fortune for the estimated 3,000 Catholics in Mark Taylor Dolores Montoya Taylor & Bill Taylor’s son Utah at the turn of the century. In 1917, the interior was Nicholas L. Lee Darrel & Sandy Smith’s friend Wayne Thayer Grandson of Mike and Marsha Hooley artistically enhanced and the church was renamed the Cathedral of the Madeleine. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Seventy years later, in the 1990's, the inside of the Bonnie Oulette Alyson & Chris Young’s sister Cathedral was renovated and restored over a threeyear Mel Shipton Tom and Jenny Zuehlke’s friend period, costing 9.7 million dollars. It stands today as a beautiful monument to the early Catholic Church in Utah, MARINES and is listed on the Utah State Register of Historic Sites as Jonathan Nentl Carla Kulinsky’s soninlaw well as the National Register of Historic Places. Michael Knight Michael Mallory’s nephew Michael Cooley Roland and Patti Allen’s nephew Today in the Diocese of Salt Lake City there are 13 NAVY religious orders. There are 145 priests, deacons, brothers Matthew Ren Suzanne & Gary Ren’s son and women religious serving across the state, as well as Ryan Mooney Millie Gallagher’s nephew thousands of lay ministers. Varied ministries reach out to Scott M. Gibson Joan & Francis Hanson’s grandson people of different ethnic backgrounds, especially Hispanic David McKibben Bob & Camille Stackhouse’s greatnephew people, who make up a large percentage of the growing Catholic population. Catholic Community Services Be sure to let the parish office know when your loved one (founded in 1945) helps refugees, the homeless, the poor has returned home safely and can be removed from the and other marginalized members of society. The military list. Subscribe to our bulletin on the web and HOSPITAL NOTICE: received the bulletin thru your email. P a g e Federal Privacy RegulationHIPAA (Health Insurance 4 Portability and Accountability Act), prohibits all hospitals Go to our web site www.stmutah.org, click from informing churches of a patient’s presence unless the were it says Bulletins, it will bring you to a patient gives permission for the hospital to do so. If you screen scroll down to the blue line “Our Weekly Bulletins are admitted to a hospital and would like a member of the click the little box that says “Subscribe Now” under Our clergy or a caregiver to visit you, please notify the hospital Weekly Bulletins, this will take you to a new window that or call the parish office. You may be visited by a pastoral says MSubscribe, fill out the require information. You will care member from the area not necessarily Saint Thomas receive an Email with the weekly bulletin from LPI More. LPIconnections If you have any questions, please call Margarita. LOW GLUTEN HOST: If you wish to received a low gluten host (0.01%) at Communion, please let the priest or Things You Can Do to Prevent the Unthinkable: deacon know before Mass so that it may be consecrated. The host will be kept in a separate Pyx used only for these Any parent or caregiver, even a very loving hosts during celebration of the Eucharist. and attentive one, can forget a child is in the back seat. Being especially busy or distracted or having a change from the SAFE ENVIRONMENT: The Catholic Diocese of Salt usual routine increases the risk. Lake City is committed to protecting children and young Here are some safety reminders from the people. If you are aware of abuse or have been abused by AmericanAcademy ofPediatrics: clerics, church volunteers or Church workers, contact the Division of Child & Family Services, 1800678.9399. Always check the back seat and make sure all children are out of the car before locking it and walking away. For pastoral assistance contact the Pastoral Center, 801 Avoid distractions while driving, especiallycell phone 3288641. For a copy of the Safe Environment policy or use. training, please visit: www.dioslc/safeenvironment. Be extra alert when there is a change in your routine, like whensomeone else is drivingyour child or you take a different route to work or child care. BULLETIN DEADLINE: The deadline to submit items for the following week’s bulletin is no later than NOON ON Have your child care provider call if your child is more THURSDAY of the prior week (except special holiday weeks, than 10 minutes late. where the printing company sets up the schedule). Submit articles to [email protected] this bulletin online at Put your cell phone, bag, or purse in the back seat, so www.stmutah.org you check the back seat when you arrive at your destination. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: “Share Your Blessings” If someone else is driving your child, always check to We are collecting these regularly needed items: canned make sure he has arrived safely. fruit, canned veggies, cereal, chili, stew, pasta & sauce, tuna, peanut butter, soup, rice, beans, sugar, flour, canned Keep your car locked when it is parked to prevent a curious child from entering when no one is around. meats. Nonperishable food items. Also, personal hygiene Many hot car deaths have occurred when a child items are also needed such as: toilet paper, soap, mistakenly locks himself inside. toothpaste, detergent, shampoo, conditioner, infant diapers. Food to be dropped off in the barrels in the Meyer Hall. Make sure children do not have easy access to your car All personal hygiene items to be dropped off in the church. keys. Store themout of a child's reach. Teach children that cars are not safe places to play. CARE MINISTRY Keep rear folddown seats closed to prevent a child If you know of someone who needs a meal brought to them from crawling into the trunk from inside the car. or help in any way, please contact us. Remind children that cars, especially car trunks, should not be used for games like hideandseek. For anyone who is seriously ill, or knows of someone who is seriously ill or needs prayers for their health or who have Important Tip: If a child is missing, alwayscheck the suffered a loss, please contact us and we will wrap them in pool first, and then the car, including the trunk! love and prayers with a blessed prayer shawl/afghan. Saint Thomas More Care Ministry at 8019425285 or Eileen Barlage at 8019424936. P a g e 5
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Adolph Martinez Chris Carpenter Jasper Scott Mary Leaper Sherie Davidson Alan Rogers Christina Eldredge Jenean Carver Merrill & Don Wood Stephen Taylor Albert Malloy Christopher D. Bell Jennifer Orellana Michael Hendrickson Steve Jones Alexandra Vasquez Christopher Jones Jessica Spingler Michael Randall Steve Emsley Alisha Hernandez Cindy Conger Jim Olson Millie Gallagher Susan Montgomery Amy Grimshaw Cindy Pacconi Joan Jones Mirian Sorensen Susan Mease Amy Dotson Conner Fitzsimons Joan Maurice Monet Frank Terese Jones Analyse Riley Daniel Smith John Fogarty Nathan Watterson Terry Halls Angela Vredeveld Darci Forrest John Gould Nedra Christenson Teri Young Angie Allen David Stevens John Lawson Nickie Williams Thomas Dewing Anne Fox David Vega John Tretman Nina Baumann Tim deJong Anthony Arnason Dennis Vega Jonathan Cook Omar Bernal Quijano Tim Pflieger Asa Sapilovic Denny Clare Jordon Wardle Orlando Rachele Timmy Short Barbara Corcoran Diana Broomfield Judy Hooper Palla Vaculin Tom Warner Baylee Bearden Edwin Solak, Sr. Julia Gould Pamela Kriss Gomero Tom Zuehlke Becci Rogers Erika Larson Juliana Smith Pat Carney Tristan Manning Bill Selmer Ernest "Bud" Currey Karin Krueger Patti Farrell Vella Gould Bob Leaper Evan Green Kathleen Boyer Penny Cline Victoria Martinez Bob Schartmann Flora Lawson Kayle Le Moine Peter Katz Virgina Morales Brad Jordison Frank Ziebert Kelly Mease Phillip Baumann Brian Palmer German Visbal Kevin MacGilvery Ramon Rojas Please let the parish office Braydon Smith Gilberto Diaz Linda Gould Ray Minette know when your loved one Carla Mejía Tamariz Gloria Antunez de Rivero Lorraine Rogers Reynaldo Granja is doing better and can be Carlee Albrecht Gracie Mickelsen Marcus Fernandez Rita Kresuk removed from the sick list. Carol Berg Harry Short Marie Jey Ronan Poyurs Carol Nich Hope Thorton Marie Minnick Seryna Rogers Carole Jakeman Isabella Jones Mark Dabrowski & Parents Shane Poyurs Cecilia Dearth Jackie Petravage Marva Burman Shannon Bruce Charles Patrick Zinn Jane Stickel Mary Barcikoski Sharla Tanner Chris Kalipetsis Janet Sainsbury MaryAnn Head Sharon Martinez Office Staff PP a a g g e e 6 Ministry Leaders 801-942-5285 6
Art and Environment Tami Bernstein Ext. 101 SATURDAY 8/8 Rev. John Evans, Pastor Altar Servers Chris/Suzanne Fassler 801-619-3674 [email protected], ext. 102 Archivist Phillip Dulle 801-381-7445 5:00 pm Community Rev. Mr. John Keyser, Deacon Bingo Ray Bachiller 801-430-8762 Bingo Holly Porter 801-680-0117 [email protected], ext. 104 SUNDAY 8/9 Boy Scouts Bret Anderson 801-232-6511 Rev. Mr. Mark Solak, Deacon Capital Campaign Larry Page 801-949-7272 9:00 am † Msgr. Robert Servatius [email protected], ext. 105 Care Ministry Eileen Barlage 801-942-4936 (Francis and Joan Hanson)
Nora Kennedy, Pastoral Assistant Coffee & Donuts Nora Kennedy Ext. 100 [email protected], ext. 100 Community Outreach Dan Foslid 801-834-1987 Cub Scouts Jake Jensen 801-300-6601 MONDAY 8/10 Sonia West, Bookkeeper CYO Athletic Director Sean Caldwell 801-440-6250 9:00 am † Honorable John Lewis [email protected], ext. 103 Day Care Claire Cushing 385-264-0144 (Shirley D.) Tami Bernstein, Dir. Faith Formation DDD Director Amanda Korzeniowski Ext. 220 [email protected], ext. 101 Emergency Preparedness Open TUESDAY 8/11 (Baptism Preparation) Eucharistic Min Level l Margarita Martin 801-971-7119 9:00 am No Mass Claire Cushing, Dir. Creek Rd Childcare, Eucharistic Min Level Il Pete Vietti 801-554-8444 Finance Council Larry Page 801-949-7272 Daycare and Preschool WEDNESDAY 8/12 [email protected], ext. 111 Funeral Receptions Susan Porter 480-282-7224 Garden Club Cathy Miller 801-918-0106 9:00 am † Mary C. Montoya Bernie Hernandez, Facilities Girl Scouts Julie Hardman [email protected] (Bill Taylor and Dolores Montoya y Taylor) [email protected], ext. 108 Home Schooling Ruth Lowe Ext. 210 Dave Murphy Facilities Hospitality Ministers Tami Bernstein Ext. 101 THURSDAY 8/13 [email protected], ext. 108 Knights of Columbus Danny Schoenfeld 801-557-6260 9:00 am † Rev. Richard Kennedy Ladies of STM Roxann Vredenburg 801-556-9822 Melinda Voss, Music Director (Margaret Torina) [email protected], ext. 202 Lectors Linda Johnson 801-466-4046 Liturgy Committee Chris Fassler 801-619-3674 FRIDAY 8/14 Margarita Martin, Bulletin Music - Holzhauser Grp Todd & Katherina 801-541-1589 [email protected], ext. 107 Music - Sunday Choir Melinda Voss Ext. 202 9:00 am † Bob Meyer (Margaret Torina) Newcomers Joanne Mattes 801-898-2970 Newsletter Editor Carrie Lentz Ext. 230 S A C R A M E N T S Parish Council Shannon Wirthlin 801-809-4309 SATURDAY 8/15 Preschool Claire Cushing 385-264-0144 Baptism 5:00 pm † Rita and Bob Moller Adults and children contact Tami Bernstein Respect For Life Barbara Granja Ext. 205 (Tami Bernstein) above Rosary (1st Sunday) Sylvie Mimche 404-246-4059 Sacristans Open SUNDAY 8/16 Reconciliation Social Committee Sean Caldwell 801-440-6250 Saturdays 4:00 PM or by appointment Safe Environment Nora Kennedy Ext. 100 9:00 am † George and Lorraine Anderson St.Vincent Soup Kitchen Kathleen Pachucki 801-942-3235 First Communion (John and Susan Porter) Adults and children contact Tami Bernstein Stewardship Open above Vacation Bible School Ruth Lowe Ext. 210
Confirmation Vocation Promoter Adults and children contact Tami Bernstein Wedding Coordinator Missy Corcoran 801-580-5724 above Youth Ministry Ali Torina 801-718-9993
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