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On a Wing and a Prayer April 2016
Guardian Angels Catholic Community – Just. Faithful. Catholic.
www.guardianangelscatholiccommunity.org https://www.facebook.com/GuardianAngelsCatholicCommunity
Join us for Mass every Sunday at 9AM and every Wednesday at 7AM
THE ECUMENICAL CATHOLIC COMMUNION -- A Wonderful Way of Being Catholic!
http://www.ecumenical-catholic-communion.org/
An Easter message from our Presiding Bishop Francis Krebs: https://vimeo.com/159693719
Praise and Worship Center Easter Mural
Guardian Angels Calendar April 2016
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
APRIL 1
2
3
2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER
MASS 9AM
PRESIDER/PREACHER: ELAINE
HOWARD THURMAN CLASS
AFTER MASS IN THE
FELLOWSHIP HALL
4
5
6 MASS 7AM
7
8
9
I-HELP
WALK/RUN
FOR THE
HOMELESS
10 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER
MASS 9AM
PRESIDER/PREACHER: ED
NYU BIBLE CLASS BEGINS
TODAY AFTER MASS
11
12
13 MASS 7AM
7PM
GUARDIAN
ANGELS MEN
MEET IN
CLASSROOM 2
14
15
16
17
4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER
MASS 9AM
PRESIDER/PREACHER: SUE
NYU BIBLE CLASS CONTINUES
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
MEETING AFTER MASS TODAY
PAZ DE CRISTO 4PM
18
19
20 MASS 7AM
7PM EMMAUS
MINISTRY
MEETING AND
TRAINING IN
CLASSROOM 2
MORE INFO IN
THIS
NEWSLETTER
MOVIE: REUSE
21
Climate Fast and Community Potluck at 7PM at Community Christian Church. More info in the Newsletter
22
23
24
5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER
MASS 9AM
PRESIDER/PREACHER: ELAINE
NYU BIBLE CLASS CONTINUES
ECO-SEDER 7PM
25
26
27 MASS 7AM
28
29
4P – 6P I-HELP
30
April Birthdays – 4 – Sandy Hume, 12 – Sue Ringler, 18 – Brenda Hickernell, 25 – Jeff Keck April Anniversaries: 4/6/1973 – Jeanie and Bob Ghan, 4/8/1972 – B and John Phelps
send your birthdays/anniversaries/other remembrance days to Becky: rgkeck1@yahoo.com
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman begins Sunday evening, 4/3 on the National Geographic Channel. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/the-story-of-god-with-morgan-freeman/videos/story-of-god-trailer/
Join Guardian Angels Team for the April 9th I-HELP Walk/Run
If you cannot walk with us consider making a donation to the team. Thank You! https://www.crowdrise.com/guardianangelscatholiccommunity
And we will get together to serve dinner to our I-HELP guests on Friday, April 29TH … Not only do we serve a delicious meal we take
time out to practice our potato-masher fencing skills!
HOLY WEEK AT GUARDIAN ANGELS
Holy Thursday – Foot Care Clinic with Arizona State University
Community Health Nursing Students. We served 119 guests (up from 93
in 2015). We had plenty of shoes, socks, food, love, energy and smiles!
Back when I was the rector of the Collegio Massimo of Jesuits and a parish priest in Argentina, I
remember a mother with young children whose husband had left her. She did not have a steady job and
only managed to find temporary jobs a couple of months out of the year.
When there was no work she had to prostitute herself to provide her children with food. She was humble.
She came to the parish church and we tried to help her with our Caritas (charity).
I remember one day---it was during the Christmas holidays---she came with her children to the College
and asked for me. They called me and I went to greet her. I thought it was for the package of food from
Caritas that we had sent her. I asked her, "Did you receive it?"
"Yes, yes, thank you for that too. But I came here today to thank you because you never stopped calling
me Senora."
Experiences like this teach you how important it is to welcome people delicately and not wound their
dignity. For her, the fact that the parish priest continued to call her Senora, even though he probably knew
how she led her life during the months she could not work, was as important as---or even more important
than---the concrete help that we gave her.
Pope Francis "The Name of God is Mercy"
Good Friday
Here is the link including the words to the beautiful song
Kellie sang for us at Evening Prayer on Good Friday:
http://www.amidonmusic.com/online-choral-store/133-love-call-me-home
Gary had this poem on his wall in the hospital:
i thank You God for most this amazing by e. e. cummings
i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any—lifted from the no
of all nothing—human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
"i thank You God for most this amazing" by e. e. cummings, from 100 Selected Poems. © Grove Press, 1994
For the next 50 days, it’s time for feasting. It’s time to celebrate our beliefs that love is more powerful than hate and fear, that life conquers death, that light shatters the darkness, that God is big and compassionate and just and generous and merciful beyond all understanding…the world may be in Good Friday, but we are an Easter People! This does not mean we are cockeyed, Pollyanna-ish optimists, but that we are called to live a deep-seated hope in the slow work of God even in moments of grief and struggle. During Eastertide, we have 50 days to again celebrate our Baptism and imagine how we will live in the world in which Christ is risen, in which Easter didn’t just happen once, but happens always, in which Easter has become the way of the world. Now begins the most subversive, the most terrifying, the most transforming and joyous days of the Christian calendar, the 50 Days of Easter. May it be for us, and for the world, a great feast.
“The NYU Bible Study”
Do you want to read the Bible but don’t
know where to start?
Do you have trouble finding books in the
Bible during Mass and other church
services?
Are you comfortable with the New
Testament but completely lost when it
comes to the Old Testament?
No matter how hard you try, you simply
can’t get your “head wrapped around”
Scripture?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then
Our last serving adventure
to Paz de Cristo. Jeff didn’t
get the memo…camera
pointing at you means…
SMILE!
The “Not Your Usual Bible Study” is for you.
Most Bible studies focus on the interpretation of Scripture and its application to our lives.
But the “Not Your Usual Bible Study” (NYU) will focus on understanding the structure of the Bible, its basic history &
geography, and the chronology of events in both the Old & New Testaments.
The “NYU Bible Study” will be chunked into small units over the next year. We will
use Max Anders, “30 Days to Understanding the Bible”. We will supply the book. If
you’re unable to attend each session – that’s ok – as long as you read and study on
your own.
Films and videos will be shown to highlight certain sections of the Bible. These
lessons should appeal to all regardless of background or age (10+).
Unit I - “Not Your Usual Bible Study” - APRIL 10TH-MAY 22nd
April 10 – “Walking The Bible” PBS Video – From Creation to Abraham
April 17 – Anders: The Structure of the Bible
April 24 – “Walking the Bible” PBS Video-The Israelites in Egypt
May 1 – Anders: The Geography of the Old Testament
May 8 – Anders: The Historical Books
May 15 – Anders: The Creation Era
May 22 – Anders: Patriarchs (and Matriarchs)
Men’s Ministry
The men’s group will have a meeting on Wednesday April 13 at 7
pm at Community Christian classroom 2. The purpose of the
group is to create a gathering where men from our community
can connect with others for support, fellowship and deepening
bonds of friendship. It was suggested by some who attended the
information meeting that we focus on a book or similar way that
would challenge us. Pastor Ed has a book in mind, and invites
others to bring their thoughts/ideas. For more info or if you have
questions, please contact Pastor Ed (ewalsh1991@gmail.com).
Emmaus Ministry
On the road to Emmaus, two of the disciples encountered Jesus whom they did not recognize. As he spoke with them, their
hearts were “burning within them” as he shared the scripture with them, their eyes were opened later as he broke bread with
them. We have an opportunity to share the scriptures, to pray and
become and give Eucharist for others who because of illness or other condition are unable to join us in worship. We stretch out
our community to them. Here’s how that will work? We create a way for people to contact us and let us know that
someone is unable to attend mass on Sunday. That hopefully will be through a link on the
website for those who have email, or a call to Pastor Ed (480-459-7095). The person may also reach out to any of the members of the community who can pass that information on.
The information we will need is a phone number and an address.
Who will the ministers be? The ministers will be the people who make up our faith
community. Maybe YOU?
We will have a training session on Wednesday April 20, 7 pm, classroom 2 at Community Christian for anyone who is
interested in this ministry.
We will present the format and give training for this incredible ministry. If you have any questions, please contact Ed.
Thank you for walking along this journey with us. It is amazing how clearly in our words and actions we already communicate
Christ to others.
Earth Day 2016! ---April 20, Free Film screening: REUSE! Because You Can’t
Recycle the Planet, 7 p.m., Harkins Valley Art. (more info below)
---April 21, Climate Fast and Community Potluck Join a group of interfaith student leaders form ASU in a fast
for climate change---to demonstrate collective action and rising awareness about how climate change is often a result of
over indulgence. At 7 p.m. break the fast at a Community Potluck for the Earth, Community Christian Church, 1701 S. College Ave., Tempe, AZ
---April 24, Eco-Seder Join in this interfaith, creation-centered Seder meal to celebrate the gifts of
Creation, confront the pharaohs that pollute and destroy our fragile planet and commit ourselves to prayer and action for the Earth at Community Christian
Church, 1701 S. College Ave., Tempe. 7:00-8:30 p.m.. RSVP to doug.bland@azipl.org.
Free Film Screening: REUSE! Because You Can't Recycle The Planet. https://sustainability.asu.edu/events/rsvp/film-reuse/ This film is not about our waste problem, but about solutions. And they are everywhere!
This documentary film follows "Reuse Pro" Alex Eaves' cross-country adventure. On his journey, he finds endless reuse solutions for our waste problem and discovers how reuse truly benefits "people, planet, and wallet." View the trailer here. Free parking at the Brickyard Parking Garage. Validate your ticket at the concession stand. Post-film Q&A. This event is cosponsored by Mesa Community College Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Doors open 6:30 p.m. Film begins at 7:00 p.m. Harkins Valley Art Theater 509 S Mill Ave Tempe, AZ 85281
Congratulations to Monica and Wayne (and Christian)! First picture of our newest Angel – Baby Boy Cook!
Guardian Angels….thank you for your love and care through Gary’s illness. Your love gave us both the
strength to get through each day…one day at a time. We will continue to lean on you through Gary’s
recovery. We so appreciate the cards and the gifts and the visits and the yard work and the meals (I told
Gary to just keep “feeling not quite right yet” so I can come up with reasons that we need to keep getting
meals! ). We are so blessed to be a part of such a beloved community. Just like Guardian Angels is here
for us, I want to remind you that Guardian Angels is here for YOU too. Don’t be afraid to make connections
with people, don’t be afraid to share your needs, don’t be afraid to reach out in love to each other.
May you have a beautiful Spring and may God Bless You today and always.
Love, Pastor Sue
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