April 25, 2021 • Fourth Sunday of Easter Guardian Angels Catholic Church
Guardian Angels Catholic Church Readings for the week of April 25, 2021 109 South 3rd Street P.O. Box 444 Monday: Acts 11:1-18, Jn 10:1-10 Mead, CO 80542 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26, Jn 10:22-30 970-535-0721 Wednesday: Acts 12:24—13:5a, Jn 12:44-50 [email protected] Thursday: Acts 13:13-25, Jn 13:16-20 Website: MeadAngels.org Friday: Acts 13:26-33, Jn 14:1-6 Pastoral Staff Saturday: Acts 13:44-52, Jn 14:7-14
Administrator: Fr. Michael Freihofer ext.101 St. Joseph the Worker: Gn 1:26—2:3 Mt 13:54-58
Next Sunday: Acts 9:26-31, 1 Jn 3:18-24, Jn 15:1-8 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Tim McCann ext.105
Children’s Formation Education: Angie McCann ext. 106 [email protected] Prayers of the Faithful
Youth Director: Regina Hubbard ext. 106 [email protected] For young men and women; That God may give them Director of Facilities: Jim Hejlik 303-718-6020 ext. 103 the gift of understanding to discern their service in [email protected] the Church, the priesthood, diaconate, or Business Manager: Karen Surbrugg ext. 102 consecrated life; And for the gift of courage to follow [email protected] His call. We pray to the Lord. . . . Receptionist/Bulletin: Ann Lamphere ext. 100 [email protected] For young people; That they may know the Music Director: Laura Davis [email protected] personal love of the Lord for them, and respond with
open and generous hearts. We pray to the Lord. . . . Event Coordinator: Linda O’Hare [email protected]
Safe Environment Coordinator: TBD The Knights of Columbus Council 15857 would like to [email protected] Ministry Schedule Coordinator: recognize the following: April Knight of the Month: Shannon McKinney: [email protected] Tom Seaman
Grand Knight : Shawn McPeek 720-839-1689
**Bulletin submission deadline is Tuesday by noon. April Family of the month - Justice -Thank you for your help and contribution towards
Office Hours: the council, order, parish and community. Monday-Tuesday 9:00 am — 4:00 pm Wednesday-Thursday 9:00 am — 2:00 pm Friday Closed
Sacraments: Baptisms, First Holy Communion, RCIA CATECHESIS SCHEDULE 2020 – 2021 Confirmation, Marriage, Anointing of the Sick, Funerals, Mass April 25, 2021 Easter Week 4 Intentions ~ Contact the Office SUNDAY READINGS Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:00 pm—4:30 pm Acts 4:8-12 Daily Mass times: Tuesday 8:00 am Adoration & Confession 1 John 3:1-2 after Mass Wednesday 4pm Holy Hour & Confession John 10:11-18 Mass 5:15pm Theme: Confirmation II Thursday 8:00 am Adoration & Confession after Mass Catholic Faith Handbook: — USCCB For Adults: — Mass times: Vigil Saturday 5:00 pm 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 April 24 women to enter the Religious Life 5:00 pm Mass Pro Populo Sunday April 25 Sat—Men in our boundaries called to the priesthood 7:30 am Mass Sun—Women in our boundaries called to consecrated 9:30 am Mass In the church or Watch on Facebook life Live with your Guardian Angels Community Mon—Men applying for formation for priesthood Intention for +Shaun Varsos 10:30 am Mass Intention for Richard Stadler & Family Tue—Women applying for formation for sisterhood Wed—St. John Vianney Seminary staff Mon April 26 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 April 27 8:00 am Mass Observances for the week of April 25, 2021 Wed April 28 Sunday: 4th Sunday of Easter; World Day of Prayer 4:00 pm Holy Hour for Vocations 5:15 pm Mass Wednesday: St. Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr; 6:15 pm RE classes St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest Thursday: St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Thurs April 29 Doctor of the Church 8:00 am Mass Friday: St. Pius V, Pope; Arbor Day 7:00 pm AA ~ Parish Hall Saturday: St. Joseph the Worker
Friday April 30 Next Sunday: 5th Sunday of Easter No daily Mass
Saturday May 01 World Day of Prayer for 5:00 pm Mass Vocations April 25, 2021 Sunday May 02 7:30 am Mass The purpose of World Day of Prayer for Vocations is to 9:00 am Mass in the church or Watch on Facebook publicly fulfill the Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of live with your Guardian Angels Community the harvest to send laborers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk Intention for +Linda Gruntorad 10:30 am Mass Pro Populo 10:2). As a climax to a prayer that is continually offered throughout the Church, it affirms the primacy of faith and grace in all that concerns vocations to the priesthood and to the consecrated life. While appreciating all vocations, the Church concentrates its attention this day on vocations to the ordained ministries (priesthood and diaconate), consecrated life in all its forms (male and female religious life, societies of apostolic life, consecrated virginity), secular institutes in their diversity of services and membership, and to the missionary life.
2021 marks the 58th Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations World Day of Prayer will be observed Financial Stewardship April 18, 2021 (includes online): on Sunday, April 25, 2021 also known as "Good Shepherd Sunday." The purpose of this day is to publicly fulfill the Weekly Operating Collection $ 8,301.97 Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send Weekly Debt Reduction laborers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). Please pray Collection $ 5,244.70 that young men and women hear and respond generously to Total Collected: $13,546.67 the Lord's call to the priesthood, diaconate, religious life, Required weekly to meet our budget for: societies of apostolic life or secular institutes. Operations: $7,603 Loan payments: $5,448 Resources for promoting vocations can be found on the Total Weekly Budget Requirement: $13,051 USCCB website.
Pastor’s Page St. Catherine of Siena God the Father says, “Because they know neither In the new rite of Mass (Novus Ordo), we celebrate St. Catherine on Me nor themselves, they do not hate their selfish Thursday, April 29. In the old rite (Traditional Latin Mass of 1962), sensuality. No, they even love it.” we celebrate St. Catherine on April 30. She is a powerful intercessor. If they are doing good things for humanity, but For many weekends I have put in the bulletin summaries of chapters are spiritually dead, God sometimes gives them a from The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena. Remember that God the little more time to convert, permits them to receive Father told her what to write. The book gives us a balanced view of material goods, and raises up people to pray for how seriously we should take our faith. I have emphasized what she them. However, “if they do not change their ways, they will end in eternal punishment.” wrote: Glorify God; save souls. I encourage you to read The Dialogue and her biography—The Life of More Pictures Taken in Siena St. Catherine of Siena (by Blessed Raymond of Capua). It will feed In this picture, St. Catherine is cutting off her your faith and prayer life. hair at age 12 in order to show that she wants to I had the privilege of offering Mass four feet away from her incorrupt devote herself completely to God—to be single for head in Siena in 2011 and 2014, asking for intercession. In June 2019, the Kingdom. I offered a Latin Mass at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Church in Rome, where her incorrupt body is entombed. While in Siena and Rome, I took various pictures of churches, statues, and paintings. Here is a picture of a painting of St. Catherine levitating up the stairs at her house in Siena when she was a child. I took this picture at her actual home where she grew up in Siena.
Finally, here is a picture called “The Mystical Marriage.” This painting depicts Jesus appearing to her and offering a ring. She unites herself to Him in faith. She could see the ring at all times, but it was invisible to others. She knew that God was always present to her, so she had the courage to follow His will.
Wisdom of The Dialogue of St. Catherine Summary of Chapter 46. Those who are in right relationship with God have a foretaste of heaven now; those who are not, a foretaste of hell. God the Father says, “Just as all truth is gained by the light of faith, so falsehood and delusion are won through infidelity.” After Baptism, at the age of discernment, we are to exercise virtues to keep the light of faith, producing “fruit” for our neighbors. However, wretched people do the opposite. “Instead they give birth to dead virtues. They are dead because all their actions, being done in deadly sin and bereft of light of faith, are dead.” They are spiritually blind through their selfish love. “They do not know that of themselves they are nothing. They do not recognize the sins they have committed.”
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 May 4 at 6:30 pm Thank you for using Amazon Smile and searching for Saint Michael’s Community Hall Face masks required Guardian Angels. 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 April 26 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 Finance Council Card to Guardian Angels and shop with King Soopers just like you always do! Next meeting May11 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 Pastoral Council link or benefit Guardian Angels. Any balance on an existing reloadable card must be spent because King Soopers will not Next meeting May 11 at 7:00pm—Bakhita Hall issue any refunds. Total Jan 1—Mar 31 $1,550,84 Trudi Boaz Jeff Yuska-Secretary Alan Bracken-Chairman Germaine Aguilera Ann Grenzenbach M.U.M.S Hey Moms- have COVID rules left you feeling isolated, “It is not lengthy prayers, but generous deeds that touch God’s heart”. -St. Arnold Janssen anxious, and frustrated? St John's M.U.M.S group (Mothers Uplifting Mothers) is especially critical now for helping one another spiritually and socially during “Lord, help me to make time today to serve you in those these unusual circumstances. Our next group who are most in need of encouragement or assistance.” meeting is an open house on Thursday, May 6th from -St. Vincent de Paul 9:30-11:00 am in Benedict Hall at St. John's. “Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; All moms welcome. There will be limited child care rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of available and kids' activities offered in the main its creation witness to the presence of its Maker. Then, meeting room as well. Please email us having once let it be seen that it was truly dead, He did not allow that temple of His body to linger long, but at [email protected] with any questions. forthwith on the third day raised it up, impassible and We look forward to seeing you! incorruptible, the pledge and token of His victory.” -St. Athanasius of Alexandria
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We are glad to be back together after our Easter and Spring break! We have only 2 more classes and hope to end this school year stronger in our love and faith for our God! Please continue to pray for our children and teachers as they learn more about our awesome God and prepare to meet Him in our wonderful sacraments! Our 3rd Graders will be receiving Confirmation and First Holy Communion on April 30th. We are truly excited for them! We are so blessed this easter season to celebrate God’s love for us and his victory over strife and death once and for all. Let us love one another and continue to follow His example and keep His commandments.
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