March 14, 2021 • 4th Sunday of Lent Guardian Angels Catholic Church

Guardian Angels Catholic Church Readings for the week of March 14, 2021 109 South 3rd Street P.O. Box 444 Monday: Is 65:17-21, Jn 4:43-54 Mead, CO 80542 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12, Jn 5:1-16 970-535-0721 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15, Jn 5:17-30 [email protected] Thursday: Ex 32:7-14, Jn 5:31-47

Website: MeadAngels.org Friday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16, Rom 4:13, 16- Pastoral Staff 18, 22, Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a

Saturday: Jer 11:18-20, Jn 7:40-53 Administrator: Fr. Michael Freihofer ext.101 Next Sunday: Jer 31:31-34, Heb 5:7-9, Jn 12:20-33

Deacon: Rev. Mr. Tim McCann ext.105

[email protected] Place your order for the Lenten Fish Fry. F Children’s Formation Education: Angie McCann ext. 106 I [email protected] Order now for pick up on 3/19. Pick up anytime S Youth Director: Regina Hubbard ext. 106 between 5pm-6:30pm H [email protected] https://koc15857.square.site/ F Director of Facilities: Jim Hejlik 303-718-6020 ext. 103 R [email protected] The Knights of Columbus are conducting a "40 Y Business Manager: Karen Surbrugg ext. 102 Cans for Lent" food drive this weekend up through [email protected] Easter. Please bring canned goods and place them in or Receptionist/Bulletin: Ann Lamphere ext. 100 near the "helping hands" collection box in the entry [email protected] foyer. Mead Community Food Bank is looking for high Music Director: Laura Davis protein items like chunky soups/stews, canned beef and [email protected] chicken, Spam, peanut butter, and cereal, spaghetti,

Event Coordinator: Linda O’Hare spaghetti sauce, Parmesan cheese, and salad dressing [email protected] though any non-perishable items are ‘happily accepted.

Safe Environment Coordinator: TBD [email protected] Please consider donating throughout Lent. Ministry Schedule Coordinator: Shannon McKinney: [email protected] The Knights of Columbus Council 15857 would like to Grand Knight : Shawn McPeek 720-839-1689 recognize the following: March Knight of the Month: Dave Hoer

**Bulletin submission deadline is Tuesday by noon. March Family of the month - Makala

Office Hours: -Thank you for your help and contribution towards the Monday-Tuesday 9:00 am — 4:00 pm council, order, parish and community. Wednesday-Thursday 9:00 am — 2:00 pm Friday Closed

Sacraments: Baptisms, First Holy Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Anointing of the Sick, Funerals, Mass Intentions ~ Contact the Office RCIA CATECHESIS SCHEDULE 2020 – 2021

Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:00 pm—4:30 pm March 14, 2021 Lent Week 4 SUNDAY READINGS Daily Mass times: Tuesday 8:00 am Adoration & Confession 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a after Mass Wednesday 4pm Holy Hour & Confession Ephesians 5:8-14 Mass 5:15pm John 9:1-41 Thursday 8:00 am Adoration & Confession Theme: Material Goods/Truth after Mass Catholic Faith Handbook: Chapter 30 & 31 Mass times: Vigil Saturday 5:00 pm USCCB For Adults: Chapters 31 & 34 Sundays 7:30, 9:00,10:30am

Guardian Angels Calendar ~ This Week and Announcements

This Week Please pray for our Seminarians & for men and Saturday March 13 women to enter the Religious Life 5:00 pm Mass Intention for +Peggy Barrett Sunday March 14 Sat—Men in our boundaries called to the priesthood 7:30 am Mass Intention +Lowell Georgia Sun—Women in our boundaries called to consecrated 9:00 am Mass In the church or Watch on Facebook life Live with your Guardian Angels Community Mon—Men applying for formation for priesthood Intention +Dot Cavanaugh Tue—Women applying for formation for sisterhood 10:30 am Mass Intention Pro Populo Wed—St. John Vianney Seminary staff

Mon March 15 9:00 am Caring Hands Crafters Thu—Redemptoris Mater Seminary staff 6:30 pm RCIA-Saint Michael’s Community Hall Fri—Men and women applying for formation

Tues March 16 8:00 am Mass Intention In reparation for the sins of our “Chili-to-Go” orders can be picked up forefathers Thrower & Martinez Families after all Masses March 13 & 14, with payment Wed March 17 due at that time. 4:00 pm Holy Hour 5:15 pm Mass Intention for Healing & Liberation for The GA Women’s Group is also happy to accept K Kullman 6:15 pm RE classes monetary donations for our fundraiser, with all

Thurs March 18 proceeds returning to support the needs of our 8:00 am Mass Intention In reparation for the sins of our parish. Donations can be made online forefathers Median & Barela Families 7:00 pm AA ~ Parish Hall (Miscellaneous-Chili-to-Go), put in the collection basket (marked“ Chili-To-Go”), or Friday March 19 No daily Mass dropped off during business hours. 5:00pm—6:30pm Fish Fry to go We hope to see you next year in person for our 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross Annual Chili Bingo Fundraiser, a fun-filled Saturday March 20 family event with good food, Bingo, wonderful 5:00 pm Mass Intention +Heather Suits Sunday March 21 prizes, and lots of laughter with your fellow 7:30 am Mass ! 9:00 am Mass in the church or Watch on Facebook parishioners live with your Guardian Angels Community Pro Populo 10:30 am Mass Observances for the week of March 14, 2021

Sunday: 4th Sunday of Lent; Daylight Saving Time begins Wednesday: St. Patrick, Bishop; St. Patrick’s Day Thursday: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Friday: St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Next Sunday: 5th Sunday of Lent

Financial Stewardship March 7, 2021 (includes online): We will be using Sign-up-Genius for these events: Weekly Operating Collection $ 9,931.27 Weekly Debt Reduction Collection $16,016.55 Holy Thursday 7:00 pm Good Friday 7:00 pm Total Collected: $25,947.82 Easter Vigil 8:00 pm Easter Sunday Required weekly to meet our budget for: 7:30 am Operations: $7,603 9:00 am 10:30 am Loan payments: $5,448 Total Weekly Budget Requirement: $13,051 Details coming soon

Pastor’s Page Healing Mass Format on Tuesday, Mar. 16 “You cannot arrive at virtue except through knowing yourself and knowing Me. And this knowledge is more -Rosary at 6:15 p.m. perfectly gained in time of temptation, because then you -Conference talk at 6:40 p.m. We will cover: know that you are nothing….” (1) the necessity of forgiveness; God permits the demons to tempt us in order for us to (2) renouncing false judgments and stinging statements; call upon Him in prayer and the sacraments, and to (3) breaking “unholy soul ties” (unholy alliances); grow in virtue. Also, for those who go to hell, the devil (4) distinguishing between natural problems brewing in is the executioner of torment. a family tree (from the world and flesh) and spiritu- al problems brewing from demonic temptations and Parish Center Construction and How We familial and familiar evil spirits. Paid for It: Frequently Asked Questions -Mass starts close to 7:30 p.m. There will be prayer after Mass over individuals who want additional prayer. If this column inspires you to ask other questions you’ve always wondered about the building, please Preparation before you come… send them to [email protected], or call the office -Think about people you need to forgive, or people you 970.535.0711 and we’ll address them in a future need to go deeper in forgiveness column. -Think about negative things that were said to you that really affected your. How much did it cost to build the parish center? -Think about unhealthy relationships that you have had and how they affected you. The general contractor’s bid was $4.5M to construct the -Think about negative behavior patterns that you are building which included some furnishings and seeing coming from your family lines. For example: equipment. The project came in under budget. hatred, un-forgiveness, emotionalism, hoarding, drugs, alcohol, sexual sin patterns, fear, worry, doubt, control, In addition to the building costs, the parish incurred an mental illness, etc. approximate additional cost of $500,000 for design fees, liturgical art, furnishings, etc. These costs were Feel free to write these things down in advance. paid for from capital campaign pledges, additional donations from non-parishioners, and parish operating Wisdom of The Dialogue of St. Catherine funds.

Summary of Chapter 42. On the final Day of Judgment, What was the plan to pay the construction costs? God will say, “Arise, you dead, come to judgment.” “The bodies of the just will be glorified. But the bodies In 2015, the urgent need to build a bigger church that of the damned will be forever tortured….” “Every could accommodate the population growth projected in action, whether good or evil, is done by means of the the area was clearly understood by the Archdiocese of body. So it is just…that My chosen ones should be Denver, the pastor, the parish leadership, and rewarded with endless glory and good in their glorified parishioners. As such, the Archdiocese agreed to expe- bodies for the toil they endured for Me in body as well dite the timeline and allowed us to start construction as in soul.” The damned will be engulfed in the filth of before all the money was raised. There was never an their sins. For example, “those who were hateful and expectation that the original 200 families would be able bitter toward their neighbors will be engulfed in hate.” to pay the entire $4.5M, but they did pledge to pay Those who never turn to God and admit their sins and $2.6M. ask for His mercy have the devil as their gateway into hell. Those pledges would be paid over the course of five years from 2015-2020 and at the end of the campaign in Summary of Chapter 43. God wants all of us to be 2020, 91% of those families honored and paid-off their saved. The Father says, “I want them to conquer and pledges. receive from Me the glory of victory when they have proved their virtue. No one need fear any battle or The Archdiocese loaned the parish $1.2M so temptation of the devil that may come, for I have made construction could begin before 100% of the campaign you strong and given your wills power in the blood of pledge cash was received; and US Bank loaned the My Son.” parish $1.9M to cover the difference between the pledges and the cost of the construction.

PARISH LIFE

Parish Organizations Support Guardian Angels For Amazon Smile search Guardian Angels Women's Group Amazon Smile gives Guardian Angels a reward for use. Rebate from Oct 1 and Dec. 31, 2020 was $152.13 Next meeting April 6 at 6:30 pm Thank you for using Amazon Smile and searching for Guardian Angels. Saint Michael’s Community Hall Face masks required please King Soopers Rebate Program Link your Soopers Card (or Alt ID) to Guardian Angels Knights of Columbus Go to www.kingsoopers.com Click on Savings & Rewards Next meeting Monday March 22 at 7pm– Bakhita Hall Sign in or create an account to enroll. You no longer will you need to reload gift cards to earn rebates for Guardian Angels – all you need to do is link your Sooper Card Finance Council to Guardian Angels and shop with King Soopers just like you always do! Next meeting April 13 at 6:00pm –Bakhita Hall You MUST enroll in the community rewards program and select Guardian Angels as your Norm Finke Alyx Staiano Kris Barnett charity. Louis Bustamante Marsha Brichacek Your current re-loadable rebate card will not expire and can be reloaded and used the same as cash, but will no longer have a link or benefit Guardian Angels. Any balance on an existing Pastoral Council reloadable card must be spent because King Soopers will not issue any refunds. 01-April-2020 to 30-June-2020 $1,595.57 Next meeting April 13 at 7:00pm—Bakhita Hall Trudi Boaz Jeff Yuska-Secretary M.U.M.S Alan Bracken-Chairman Germaine Aguilera Hey Moms- have COVID rules left you feeling isolated, Ann Grenzenbach anxious, and frustrated? St John's M.U.M.S group (Mothers Uplifting Mothers) is especially critical now “If I am distracted, Holy Communion helps me to become recollected. If opportunities are offered by each for helping one another spiritually and socially during day to offend my God, I arm myself anew each day for these unusual circumstances. Our next group the combat by the reception of the Eucharist. If I am in meeting is an open house on Tuesday, March 18 special need of light and prudence in order to discharge from 9:30-11:00 am in Benedict Hall at St. John's. by burdensome duties, I draw nigh to my Savior and seek council and light from him” - St. Thomas More All moms welcome. There will be limited child care available and kids' activities offered in the main “God has done everything; he has done the impossible: meeting room as well. Please email us he was made flesh. His all-powerful love has accom- at [email protected] with any questions. plished something which surpasses all human under- We look forward to seeing you! standing: the Infinite has become a child, has entered the human family. Any yet, this same God cannot enter my heart unless I open the door to him”. - Pope Benedict XVI

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Happy Lent! Let us keep one another in prayer and heart as we begin the 4th week of our Lenten journey. May we truly open our hearts and use this time of sacrifice and penance to grow closer to God!

This truly is a wonderful season in our church year. A time to die to the things that keep us from being the people we are truly created to be.

Congratulations to our second graders who re- ceived their First Reconciliation last Wednesday evening. A special thank you to the teachers and parents for helping to prepare our angels so well. They were glowing with God’s peace and for- giveness!! It was a beautiful celebration of His mercy and love.

Please continue to pray for our children and teach- ers as They learn more about our awesome God!

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