Welcome to St. Vincent de Paul Parish 40 WEEKS Discussions Mother’s Day Have some questions or just need to talk? Come is next join us as we gather to discuss our 40 weeks Journey. Sunday! When: May 11th The Knights are making their famous Time: 1:15 pm Mother’s Day Breakfast next Sunday! Where: Willenborg Center Living Room Please join us for French toast, sausage, and eggs. We’ll be serving between 9am Or and 11:30am (after the 8am and 10am masses). When: May 14th Time: 7:00 pm Where: Willenborg Center Living Room Donate to Oso mudslide relief effort $27,173.00 – Weekly amount needed for balanced budget Catholic Community Services of Western Washington is $26,779.00 – Amount Collected last week accepting donations to assist in the Oso mudslide relief ($394.00) – Weekly Shortfall effort. Those who would like to donate should visit We are off to a good start on the Annual Catholic Appeal www.ccsww.org. Campaign! Our parish project this year is a new roof for Those who would prefer to donate by check can mail our parish school. Any monies pledged and collected over them to: our assigned goal of $160,442.00 will be returned to the Catholic Community Services parish. Conversely, if we don’t make our goal, the parish Attn: Oso Mudslide is responsible for making up the deficit! We have not 100 23rd Ave. S been in that situation yet, thanks to our generous parish- Seattle, WA 98144-2312 ioners. Last year we received a rebate of over $11,000.00. Let’s try to double that this year! Thank you for your con- Please make checks payable to “Catholic Community tinued support of St. Vincent de Paul Parish. May 4th, 2014 Page 1 Week at a Glance Message from the Pastor Sunday, May 4th— Third Sunday of Easter Sunday Masses 8:00 & 10:00 am , 12:00 pm, 5:00 pm LifeTeen 10:00 am Sunday School—School 11:30 am 1st Communion Classes—School and W/C Room A 11:30am Confirmation Potluck & Class – S. Narthex The Return of 1:00 pm El Shaddai Prayer Group—W/C Room A 6:15 pm Edge – Social Hall 6:15 pm LifeTeen—S. Narthex Fr. Clarence Jones has been assigned by Archbishop Sar- 6:30 pm Baptism Class—School Library tain as a full time Parochial Vicar for St. Vincent De Paul Monday, May 5th— Monday of the third week of Easter Parish. Fr. Clarence is no stranger to St. Vincent’s. He 9:00 am Mass—Chapel served as Parochial Vicar around 2004/2005. Since 2005 9:45 am Legion of Mary—W/C Dining Room he has served as Parochial Vicar and then Pastor at Our 6:00 pm Grapevine—Church Lady of Mt. Virgin Parish is Seattle. Fr. Clarence was 7:00 pm Just Faith—W/C Living Room known for his bright tennis shoes (which has become the Tuesday, May 6th— Tuesday of the third week Easter fashion for many) and his love of the Beatles. He is an 9:00 am Mass—Chapel accomplish musician and a very compassionate priest. 7:00 pm School Commission—School He will be a great asset to our parish’s pastoral care min- Wednesday, May 7th— Wednesday of the third week of Easter istry. Anthony Lezcano held this position temporarily 7:15 am RCIA—S. Narthex since the retirement of Maryelyn Scholz during a long and 6:00 pm Mass—Chapel complicated search process. Many thanks to Anthony! 7:00 pm Adult Choir Practice—Church Fr. Clarence will fill that position in pastoral care and work Thursday, May 8th— Thursday of the third week of Easter with the many parish volunteers who wonderfully extend 9:00 am Mass—Chapel Christ’s care to those in need in our neighborhood. 9:30 am Mothers and Others—W/C Living Room 10:00 am Adult Bible Study—S. Narthex With Fr. Clarence’s arrival, we will not need to address at 6:00 pm Children’s Choir—Church this time any Mass schedule or reduction in the number Friday, May 9th— Friday of the third week of Easter of Masses we offer. This will be a great relief. To help 9:00 am Mass—Church insure we keep a parochial vicar we now need to do more work at filling the Church for these five Masses. The Saturday, May 10th— Saturday of the third week of Easter archdiocese does look at Mass attendance and seating 11:00 am First Communion —Church capacity when making personnel decisions. Your invita- 3:15pm—4:30pm Reconciliation 5:00 pm Vigil Mass tion to friends, relatives, and neighbors will help us be a growing community. Sunday, May 11th— Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday Masses 8:00 & 10:00 am , 12:00 pm, Doing extremely well in the Annual Catholic Appeal this 5:00 pm LifeTeen year would also send a nice message of appreciation for 10:00 am Sunday School—School getting a parochial vicar assigned to the parish! 1:00 pm El Shaddai Prayer Group—W/C Room A Fr. Clarence will begin ministry at St. Vincent’s on July first. Fr. Bill May 4th, 2014 Page 2 Liturgy & Prayer Family Life Moments “In the breaking of the bread” Lk.24: 13f Let us Pray for the sick in our Community: This story, unique to Luke, tells of Jesus’ appearance Ricki Nero, James Rogers, Dolores Miller to two disciples who had given up their faith and and Angie Morton departed from the group of Jesus’ disciples. They were travelling from Jerusalem to Emmaus when the risen Let us pray for those in our Community who have died: Jesus joined them, seemingly out of nowhere, opened George Crook and their eyes to the Scriptures, and then revealed himself James Lillis, Uncle of Shelley Porter to them in the breaking of the bread. He did more than open their minds and hearts as he broke bread with them. By breaking and sharing, we For Individual and Family Reflection grasp the virtue of compassion. Compassion literally Next Week's Reading— May 11, 2014 means “to suffer with.” Christ, who is the bread of life, broke and emptied himself on the cross. By doing First Reading: Acts 2:14a, 36-41 so, the travellers slowly began to find new faith as the Second Reading: 1 Pt 2:20b-25 old faith had left them. They could find faith only after Gospel: Jn 10:1-10 breaking open the word and bread with Jesus. There Catholic Bible is available at are some who have to put their fingers into the wounds http://usccb.org/bible/ of Jesus’ brokenness before rediscovering a deeper faith. Suffering is our teacher! Ministry to the Sick It is a paradox of faith, we all face at one time or another. In the recently released diary of Mother and Homebound: Theresa, she speaks of her “dark night” of faith which began shortly after her ministry in Calcutta. "Where is Would you like to have someone my faith?" she wrote. "Even deep down… there is nothing but emptiness and darkness... If there be God bring you the Eucharist. — please forgive me." After her faith “support system” was taken from her, she echoed similar words Please call the Parish Office at of Jesus from the cross of being forsaken. This is a “freefall of faith” which happens as our old faith is 253-839-2320 to request one of our transformed and a new more mature faith is painfully Eucharistic Ministers to bring you emerging from within us. communion. On behalf of the entire Lutovsky Family we wish to express our thanks and gratitude to the wonderful Fr. Rolheiser OMI speaks of a Zen retreat in which a St. Vincent de Paul commu- Christian is told to bring their bible, rosary, & icons of nity for the outpouring of faith. Cherish and give them a place of honor during love and support shown prayer time. Later on they are told to pack their bible toward Arnie and us during away and all their images and icons of faith. “The Arnie’s brief battle with Bible is not God; it is a book about God. The rosary is cancer. We are sincerely not the presence of Mary. It reminds us of her as we grateful. call upon her true presence which is in heaven. A maturing faith gradually adopts a faith of greater In God’s Love, substance. People become more important than Robbie Lutovsky and Family religious things. It is the Word made flesh as Jesus leading us to discover that truth. It is the Christ in you finding faith in the Christ in others. It all happens on the road of deepening faith. Joe May 4th, 2014 Page 3 Mark Miloscia, Pastoral Assistant [email protected] 253-839-2320 X233 Jeff Markwith, Pastoral Assistant [email protected] 253-946-1241 X248 Fortnight for Freedom: June 21-July 4 This year, the bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty would like to emphasize the link between religious liberty and service to the poor and vulnerable and has proposed the theme of Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom to Serve. USCCB staff has prepared a number of materi- als to assist parishes in celebrating the Fortnight. USCCB will also be providing Homily Helpers for the Sundays of the Fortnight and daily Masses at a later date. Please continue to check www.Fortnight4Freedom.org for updated information about the 2014 Fortnight. 40 Days of Prayer: Apr 30-Jun 8 Beginning April 30, for 40-Days, our parish partner City Vision and over a dozen local churches will pray together asking the question, “What is God’s heart for our city of Federal Way?” During these 40 days, we are asking parishioners to add to your prayers some specific requests for the city of Federal Way.