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.