CHURCH HISTORY In 1879 Rev. John Baptist Salpointe, Vicar Apostolic of Arizona sent Father Antonio Jouvenceau to Tombstone to ascertain the need for a church in the busy mining camp. Church Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish services were being held in vacant rooms or closed bars. Led by Nellie Cashman “Angel of the Camp”, the citizens of Tombstone raised money to build a one and a half story adobe building that housed a rectory on the top floor and a church on the bottom floor. This building was Tombstone, Arizona dedicated on January 1, 1881, becoming the first church building in Tombstone. In 1882, a larger wooden church was constructed on the corner of Sixth and Safford, May 16, 2021 –The Ascension of the Lord facing Sixth Street. Nellie Cashman was again involved in the construction efforts. She raised money and borrowed a wagon and team to haul wood from the Chiricahua Mountains. The new church allowed the 1881 building to be used solely as a rectory. The 1882 church served the Tombstone community until about 1946 when it was moved to its present location. In 1947, a new church was constructed on the corner of Sixth and Safford Streets under the guidance of Father Thomas Doyle, Pastor. This church faced Safford Street. Later the property north of the church, which included two large 1880’s entwining Lady Banksia rose trees, was donated to the church. The property became part of the Sacred Heart Complex, which includes the classroom building constructed in 1965 (now the Sacred Heart Thrift Store), and the new rectory built in 1972. Under the direction of Father John Fahey (Pastor 1999-2003), restoration work was started on all the buildings. The 1881 church-rectory serves as the parish office; the 1882 church building serves as the parish hall; and the 1947 church building continues to be used for church services. The bell was manufactured in 1883 by Rumsey Mfg. Co. of St Louis, Mo. and used to sit on a bell tower beside the Old Church and the new one. It was moved to the top of the church in September 2000. It has a wonderful sound and is rung before each Mass on the weekends. In February 2002, all three buildings as well as the beautiful Rose Tree Garden behind the church were placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Church-598 East Safford Street, Office-592 East Safford St. Restoration work is an ongoing activity and Father William Gyure (2013-2017) PO Box 547 continued the work that Father Fahey started. The inside as well as the outside of the buildings have had much work done; as well as the beautification of the grounds. The last thing that Fr. Tombstone, Arizona 85638 Bill did before retiring was have a new floor put in the Church. Fr. Matt Crehan O.F.M., our Phone: (520) 457-3364 last priest got beautiful new lighting for the inside of the church. Email: [email protected] Sacred Heart Church is the Mother Church for the other Catholic Churches in Cochise Web: www.shctombstone.org County. The architecture is similar in the Churches in Benson, Wilcox, Ft. Grant and Pierce/Sunsites. Office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9 am till Noon & 2 till 4 pm Over the years, we have had 40 priests. We now have our 41st & 42nd. One of them, Father Gregory Adolf & Father Robert Neske, Pastors Father Thomas Doyle, served twice. We are very proud of the fact that Sacred Heart Church Diocese of Tucson has been serving the community of Tombstone for over 140 years.

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS Special Observances And Saints: Sunday: The Ascension of the Lord, World Communications Day, Shavuot (Jewish observance) begins at sundown; th Tuesday: St. John I; Thursday: St. Bernardine of Siena, Julian Calendar Saturday – May 15 – No Mass Ascension; Friday: St. Christopher Magellanes and Companions; Saturday: St. Sunday – May 16th - Rosary 9:30 AM, Mass 10:00 AM +Angelina Nsibirwa Rita of Cascia, Vigil of Pentecost by Darlene Plant Monday –May 17th – No Mass or Communion Service The Ship of the Church: The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the Tuesday – May 18th – Communion Service 8:30 AM waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep th her on her course. (St. Boniface) Wednesday – May 19 – Mass at 5:00 PM +Helen Floyd by Bonnie Mason Thursday – May 20th – No Mass or Communion Service Friday – May 21st – Communion Service 8:30 AM The Loan: We didn’t inherit the earth from our parents. We’re borrowing it (Chief Seattle) nd from our children. Saturday – May 22 – No Mass Sunday – May 23rd –- Rosary 9:30 AM, Mass 10:00 AM +John Wetterer by the Andrews, +Helen Floyd by Bonnie Mason Weekly Prayer: a sweet friendship refreshens the soul. (Proverbs 27:9)

Confessions: Confessions are ½ hour before Mass or by appointment. Treasures From Our Tradition: In medieval times, one country, Scotland, linked its economy to the liturgy. Four holy days of the church calendar were Church Address and Phone Number: Address: P.O. Box 547, keyed to the legal year. On these days, rents were due, clergy and servants Tombstone, AZ 85638 – 598 E. Safford St. Phone # - 520-457-3364 were paid, and contracts and leases would begin or end. The term days were Pentecost (called Whitsunday), the Feast of Saint Martin on November 11 (Martinmas), the Feast of the Presentation on February 2 (Candlemas), and Weekly Collection- Offertory gift for last Sunday was $712. Thank you for August 2 (Lammas), a harvest festival. On Lammas day, the first loaf of bread being a good steward to your church. from the summer wheat harvest was given to the village priest. After the Reformation, which swept the Catholic festivals away, the term days were Priest’s e-mails: [email protected] [email protected] gradually detached from the old feasts. It was only in 1990 that the term days were anchored on the 28th of February, May, August, and November. Today the old Scottish universities are the last holdouts, still naming their terms or The Ascension of the Lord May 16, 2021: Whoever semesters after the old festivals. Scottish students today may not know about believes and is baptized will be saved. (Mark 16:16) the liturgical year, but they still call the fall term Martinmas, and the spring session Candlemas. (J.S. Paluch Co.)

Catholic Quiz: This week’s Question: “What does ‘Pentecost’ mean? From Did You Know…that at our recent Parish Finance Council and Corporate where does it originate?” The answer to last week’s Question: “When is the Board of Directors meetings, Mike Rosado (Chair), Jeff Hankerd, Roberta Feast of the Ascension?” Before it was a separate Feast, the mystery of the Elford, and Martin Devere, were reappointed to the Parish Finance Council, Ascension in the Gospels of Luke (24:50-53) and John (20:21f) narrate the (Charlotte Gilbert and Ruth Hobgood also serve on the Council). The events of Christ’s Resurrection, Ascension and Glorification as one mystery- Corporate Board of Directors, made up of the Bishop of Tucson, the event. The Scriptures connect the giving of the Holy Spirit with Christ’s ascent Moderator of the Curia, the Pastor, and two Lay-Members: Jan Andrews into heaven, a unified mystery and event. And so, in some places, up until the (Board Secretary) and Martin Devere (Board Treasurer) also met. This was the middle of the 4th century, the mystery of the Ascension was commemorated first time that the two groups were able to meet in over a year, and the 2021- only on Pentecost! As a distinct feast of its own, the Ascension began to be 2022 Budget was presented and approved. (Copies available in the Parish widely celebrated by the end of the 4th century – as a historical event on the 40th Office). The financial reports that were shared at the meeting, regarding the day of Easter, according to the chronology given in the Acts of the Apostles “financial health” of the Parish, were extremely good! Thanks to your (1:3). Thus, the new Feast of the Ascension became an integral part of the incredible generosity and your unflagging support of our Parish, through this Easter Season. In time, a Vigil was added to the Feast, and even an Octave, so difficult year of ‘lockdowns’ and suspension of public Masses, we have not that the Easter Season was split into two Seasons: Easter to Ascension and only ‘weathered the storm’ but will finish the fiscal year (ending 30 June) in Ascension to Pentecost. In the Middle Ages, under the influence of the black! This is a remarkable achievement, when so many of the smaller monasticism, the period between Ascension and Pentecost took on a penitential parishes in our Diocese have had a tremendous struggle to remain operational, aspect, with the result that the joy and exultation in the Resurrection was and have had to rely on loans and grants to stay open! Sacred Heart of JESUS somewhat diminished. The Roman Calendar of 1969 restored the ancient unity Parish, the “Mother Church of Cochise County”, has, again, proven to be the of the Easter Season – the 50 days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost are exception, and continues to be a model for other parishes in so many areas! celebrated as one feast day, sometimes called ‘the Great Sunday’, within which And, more good news! Again, because of your exception generosity, our Parish the commemoration of the Lord’s Ascension and Glorification holds a special has made 227% of our Parish Goal for the Annual Catholic Appeal – the place. The Church in a number of countries where the Feast of the Ascension is highest percentage in the Diocese of Tucson this year! Of course, finances are not a public holiday petitioned to have the option to transfer the Solemnity to only one indicator of the health of any parish. There are many others, and they, the Seventh Sunday of Easter, to enhance participation of the Faithful in the too, show how ‘spiritually healthy’ we are, as a parish. Throughout this very celebration. A number of Provinces (Archdioceses) elected to do so, including difficult and challenging year, our St. Vincent de Paul Society has actually (in 1998), the Province of Santa Fe, of which our own Diocese of Tucson is a increased its services to the needy in our own community. Our Sacred Heart part – hence the Feast of the Ascension is celebrated on this Sunday! Thrift Store has found ways to remain open and safe (as ‘safe’ as any public place can be), and continues to be a tremendous community asset! While income was less, due to the two ‘lockdowns’, the spirit of charity, which Soul Food: “A priest I know and respect greatly once pointed out a simple animates our Thrift Store’s wonderful volunteers, continues to grow! and arresting fact: at some point in our lives, those two moments – ‘now and Attendance at Mass is also steadily increasing, and we hope to have our at the hour of our death’ – will be the same moment. I am so grateful to know Religious Education programs and monthly Knights of Columbus breakfasts that JESUS meant what He said from the Cross: ‘Behold, your back in operation very soon! Thanks to YOU and, of course, to our gracious Mother.’”(Anonymous) God, Sacred Heart of JESUS Parish will emerge from this very difficult and

challenging year stronger than ever! Sick and Home Bound: Please keep the following parishioners and the sick Readings for the Week: of our community in your prayers: Terry Allen, Jeff Amacker, Ron Arko, Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; Jn 16:29-33 Marie Ciochetti, Betty Davis, Charlie Escapule, Peggy Fenn, Robert Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:11b-19 Frampton, Sue Furnas, Morry Gilbert, Jeremy Gowen, Bob and Janie Hause, Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-36ab; Jn 17:11b-19 June Hedegaard, Susan James, Alicia Lewis, John Lewis, Bill Lindley, Betty Thursday: Acts 22:30, 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26 Lopez, Jimmy Lopez, Antonio Martinez, Christopher Martinez, Ernie Friday: Acts25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Jn 21:15-19 Martinez, Jesse Martinez, Tony Martinez, Richard & Frank Molina, Junior Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5, 7; Jn 21:20-25 Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or JI 3:1-5; Ps Morales, Charlotte Morris, Mary Musich, Katie Nixon, Anthony Palma, 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-30; Rom 8: 22-27; Jn 7:37-39 Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104: 1, Rose Parra, Joe Perotti, Jeff Rice, Betty Ridge, Frances Russell, Jay 24, 29-31, 34; 1Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25; Jn 20: 19-23 or Jn 15: 26-27; Rodriguez, Silvia Scott, Rosemary Torres. If you know of anyone who 16: 12-15 should be added to or removed from this list, please let the office know.

Feast of Faith –The General Intercessions: Pro-Life Articles: Abortion is the most common, least regulated medical procedure and the number one killer in America. More lives are lost each year The general intercessions were restored to the liturgy in the reforms that through abortion than all deaths due to cancer, heart attacks, accidents, AIDS, followed the Second Vatican Council. In these prayers—also known as the natural disasters, wars, illness and diseases combined. The savagery of war, the “universal prayer” or “prayer of the faithful”—the assembly prays for the atrocities of the Nazi holocaust, graphic violence, natural disasters and critical Church, the world, and the local community. As the name “prayer of the and bloody medical procedures are routinely shown on the media. But never an faithful” reminds us, these intercessions are a privilege of the baptized, which abortion! Women are denied critical information on the risks of an abortion, is why any catechumens are dismissed before the Creed and the intercessions. including increased risk of Breast Cancer, Post Abortion Syndrome, the sale of In baptism, we become members of a royal priesthood, and what do priests body parts, etc. The truth about abortion has been censored by the media, do? They intercede; they pray. In standing to pray to God as a community, we silenced by our courts, politicized by our politicians and even silenced in our are living out our royal priesthood. The intercessions at Mass usually follow a churches and schools. Babies in the womb have no voice except yours and mine. clear pattern, moving from general to specific needs. We pray for the whole We cannot remain silent any longer! (Pro- Life Articles Author) Church. We pray for the world and for our nation. We pray for our local community, for those who have died and for all the sick and afflicted. In our

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