ST. AUGUSTINE PARISH AUGUST 2, 2020

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

PARISH STAFF

Fr. Brian A. Mee, Pastor

Allen Peterson, Deacon

Heather Fuller-Johnson, Music Director

Robin Sparrow, Hospitality Coordinator

Tom Bro, Plant Manager

Teresa Reuter, Director of Communications & Programming

Zack Cunningham, Cataldo Catholic School Principal

St. Augustine Catholic Church sits between Cannon Hill and Manito Parks in the heart of

Spokane’s historic South Hill neighborhood. It has provided a place of worship for generations of

Catholic families and serves the students of Cataldo Catholic School.

428 West 19th Avenue, Spokane, WA 99203 | 509.747.4421

www.staugustinespokane.com | email: staugustine@dioceseofspokane.org

MASS TIMES

Tuesday through Friday: 8:00 am

Saturday: 4:30 pm

Sunday: 9:00 am & 11:00 am

CONFESSIONS

Saturday: 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm (or by appointment)

ROSARY

Monday on ZOOM: 9:00 am

Tuesday: 8:30 am

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

First Friday of the month: 8:30 am - 9:00 am

BAPTISM AND HOLY MATRIMONY

Parents seeking Baptism for their child and engaged couples

seeking marriage should contact the parish office at least four

months prior to the intended dates for preparation.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

MEMORIAL OF ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI

CONFESSIONS 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

MASS 4:30 PM † Tom Purkett

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

MASS 9:00 AM † Joan Guerin

MASS 11:00 AM Pro populo

MONDAY, AUGUST 3

ROSARY 9:00 AM ON ZOOM

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4

MEMORIAL OF ST. JOHN VIANNEY

MASS 8:00 AM

ROSARY 8:30 AM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5

MASS 8:00 AM † John Bacon

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6

FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD

MASS 8:00 AM

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7

MASS 8:00 AM

PLEASE KEEP THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR PRAYERS

Sandy Alderman, Althea Beaver, Isabel Brunkan, Bill

Campbell, Pat Campbell, Margaret Chastek, Frank Culhane,

Anita Kernie, Mary Lenoue, Tyler Lovett, Kathy Korth, Shea

O’Rourke, Greg Renner, Beau Richardson, Jason Rocks,

Erika Schearman, Dan Sheldon, Megan Simpson, Tiffany

Simpson, Joel Stavana, Ashley Sutch, Eley Vann, Doug

Ward, Wilson Webb, Paula Willette and Rebecca Danette

Schroer.

Please contact the parish office if you would like to add

someone to the prayer list (509)747-4421.

PRAYERS

“Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times

shall be good. We are the times; Such as we are, such are the times.”

St. Augustine of Hippo

CALENDAR

Eternal rest grant unto

her O Lord and let

perpetual light shine

upon her. May she

rest in peace. Amen.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Joan Guerin, longtime

parishioner and faithful daily Mass attendee, who passed away

July 11. We ask you to keep Joan and her family in your

prayers.

Dear Parishioners,

Now that we have been back to public Masses for

approximately two months, let me take this opportunity to

remind you that the diocese has provided a certain protocol

that is aligned with the statewide mandate requiring that

face masks be worn in public places.

There are exceptions to this mandate for those individuals

with certain health conditions and disabilities. Unless you

have a serious reason for not wearing a mask to Mass, I

encourage you to please wear one and continue to social

distance while in the church.

Because not all parishioners are able to wear masks, while

others are apprehensive about masks not being worn, I am

requiring masks to be worn at the 11:00 am Sunday Mass.

Masks will be encouraged, but not obligatory, at the other

two weekend Masses - Saturday at 4:30 pm and Sunday at

9:00 am.

The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday

Mass remains in effect. The church will continue to be

open weekdays until noon for anyone who wishes to come

spend quiet time before the Blessed Sacrament.

May Christ the Divine Physician protect the vulnerable,

heal the inflicted, and offer an end to this pandemic.

God bless,

Fr. Brian A. Mee

MESSAGE FROM FR . MEE

Eucharistic Testimonial The Eucharist in East Oakland ~ Ivana Ackermann “We don’t have a purificator, so we’ll use this napkin.” My friend and coworker Tom was holding a white paper napkin in his hand. We were getting ready for the first of our monthly Masses in the Oakland Catholic Worker where we lived and worked. I must have looked perturbed because a few days later, Tom would procure a neatly pressed cloth purificator. He would show it to me with a half-endearing, half-patronizing twinkle in his eye as if to say, “See, I care about paying proper respect to the Eucharist, too.” But in the moment, all we had was a napkin.

The Catholic Worker is a place where one often makes due with rundown living quarters, minimal funds and imperfect people. So on this Tuesday afternoon, Jesus made due with picnic ware. Many things had to be done; the dining room needed to be rearranged, the altar decorated, the music rehearsed. Thus the white paper tissue made its way to the credence table.

After the Mass, the room was reverted to its original purpose and we indulged in a lively meal. I had forgotten all about the makeshift purificator until it was time to clean up. As I carried an armful of cups into the kitchen my eyes fell on the napkin. It was laying on top of a stack of dinner plates next to the trash can, one end sprinkled with the Precious Blood, the other end dipped in the spaghetti sauce.

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As a young Catholic convert, I knew about the procedures that ensure anything which contains the Eucharist is treated with proper reverence. I knew that cloth purificators had to be cleaned with special care prior to being thrown into the wash. I had not yet learned the proper procedure for tomato sauce-covered paper purificators. A moment of hesitation passed, then I wrapped the soiled napkin into a clean one and resolved to bury it in the backyard of the staff house, half a block away. I hid the bundle in my hands as I walked home alone in the dark. As always, I marched briskly down the broken-up sidewalk, carefully dodging the double-parked cars, keeping a watchful eye toward the unexpected. Suddenly, I thought of St. Veronica. Surrounded by hostility, we carried a cloth with the blood of Jesus in our hands.

“I knelt down and poured the oil over my organic tomb, much like the anonymous woman had done at the feet of our Savior.”

I buried the fragile shroud under a bush along our fence. In a moment of spontaneous devotion, I ran up to my room to grab a perfumed oil I had received in Israel two years earlier. I felt as though I had joined the women who had gone to the tomb after the Sabbath to anoint the body of their Lord. I knelt down and poured out the oil over my organic tomb, much like an anonymous woman had done at the feet of our Savior.

Not much later I read Cathoic Worker foundress Dorothy Day’s reflection on an equally earthy Mass involving a ceramic coffee cup-chalice. Though not delighted about the irreverence of the moment, she mused, perhaps it happened to remind us that the power of God did not rest on all these appurtenances with which we surround it. That all over the world, in [...] all the troubled, indeed anguished spots of the world.” There Christ is with the poor, the suffering, even in the cup we share together, in the bread we eat. I did not gain such deep theological insights from my napkin. Rather, I consider it a gift. Three times that night, a silent visitor accompanied me as I improvised the burial of Our Lord. In a small, sacramental way, I got to join the women who cared for our Lord’s body in His death. Perhaps it will open my eyes to do so again.

YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST

EUCHARISTIC SAINT OF THE MONTH - ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI ITALIAN THEOLOGIAN & DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Born in1696 Naples, St. Alphonsus was a Catholic bishop, musician, lawyer and theologian. He entered the novitiate of St. Philip Neri at 27 and became a priest at 30. He founded the Redemptorists in 1732, where today there are 5,300 Redemptorists serving in 82 countries. Alphonsus suffered with poor eyesight and asthma at an early age, so his father had him educated in the legal profession where he earned a doctorate in canon law. One of St. Alphonsus’ great contributions to the Catholic Church was his masterpiece “The Moral Theology.” He lived until the age of 90. St. Alphonsus is the patron saint of lawyers and confessors.

STEWARDSHIP

THE INTENTION OF POPE FRANCIS FOR AUGUST

The Maritime World

We pray for all those who work and live from the sea, among

them sailors, fishermen and their families.

St. Augustine Parish has created a website exclusively

dedicated to this important year. The website came about to

help foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of the

Eucharist by bringing together in one place the many Catholic

devotions and catechesis of the Eucharist, and by bringing to

light Eucharistic images hidden in everyday lives. This

includes information about Eucharistic saints and miracles,

the Eucharist in art, and personal stories how the Eucharistic

has impacted one’s life.

To access the website, simply click on the link from the main

page of the parish website at www.staugustinespokane.com.

We have also created monthly supplements for the Year of

the Eucharist. These are available at the entrances to the

church.

Please take one!

Thank you all for your generosity in supporting the parish.

To continue your weekly offering, please mail your

offertory to the parish office at 428 W. 19th Ave., Spokane,

WA 99203 or donate online on the parish website at

www.staugustinespokane.com/online-giving.

Stewardship - Week of July 26

Offertory: $5,474

Month to date: $28,151

Fiscal year to date: $28,151

Poor: $290

Month to date: $890

Fiscal year to date: $890

Guatemala Mission: $135

Month to date: $505

Fiscal year to date: $505

THANK YOU G ARDENERS!

IMMACULATE HEART RETREAT CENTER

Private directed retreats at IHRC are always available -

either Ignatian or Scriptural Spiritual Direction retreats.

These are 1-2 day, 3-day, 5-day, 8-day, or 30-day. We can

tailor a retreat to your spiritual and emotional needs. For

more information or to register in advance, please call

(509) 448-1224 or visit www.ihrc.net. The cost per day is

dependent on the length of the retreat.

YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST - WEBSITE

Thank you to our dedicated parishioners who work so hard

on the parish gardens. They spend many hours each week

weeding, planting and keeping the flower beds tidy. They

work trimming the rose bushes and always makes sure we

have beautiful flower arrangements in the church.

Thank you!

You may have noticed the ‘new’ piece of marble hanging

on the wall as you walk up the stairs to the balcony. This

piece of rose marble came from the original St. Augustine

altar. We are please to have it on display - be sure and take

a peek!

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