WELCOME VISITORS! We invite you to become a member of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Parish. Registration forms are available at all Church entrances. Please return registration forms to the parish office or drop in the offertory

basket. Thank you for joining our family of faith!

S . M P C C

3300 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, CO 80305 303-499-7744 303-494-8754 (fax)

www.smdpchurch.org

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Anticipatory, 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00am Tuesday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.;

Confession, Saturday, 3:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment; Holy Day Masses, consult the office or bulletin.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Tues.—Thurs.: 9-4pm; Fri: 9 -12 (Closed for lunch 12-12:30 pm)

Deacon Rev. Mr. Karl Matz (Retired) Administrative Assistant JoAnn Ford, (Tues.& Thurs.) parishoffice@smdpchurch.org Business Administrator Ken Baird businessoffice@smdpchurch.org Director of Music Fernanda Nieto, D.M.A. Coordinator of RE Anaisabel Arena Ext. 103 RCIA Father Jim Baird and Jo Ann Ford Custodian George Ford

The First Sunday of Lent March 1, 2020

In Our Prayers: Karen Whitaker, Russ & Marge Miles, Patricia DeBolt, & John McCafferty, Amanda Eastman

Saturday, February 29

♦ 5:00 pm +Mary Cairns-McCafferty family Sunday, March 1

♦ 8:30am +Patrick Miller-Mike & Judith Miller ♦ 11:00 am Pro Populo-(For the people) Monday, March 2

♦ 8:30 am No Mass Tuesday, March 3

♦ 8:30 am +Bruce Kindgren-Marie Kindgren Wednesday, March 4

♦ 8:30am +Pauline Cichorz-Norma Cichorz Thursday, March 5

♦ 8:30am +Inez & Harry Pedlow-Dorothy Pedlow Friday, March 6

♦ 8:30am + Jack Proctor-his family Saturday, March 7

♦ 5:00pm +Mary Williams-McCafferty family Sunday, March 8

♦ 8:30am Pro Populo-(For the people) ♦ 11:00am +Don McGann-Evelyn & Joe Shurwon

OFFERTORY FOR FEB 23, 2020 $2,824.80

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

PASTORAL COUNCIL: Chair--Marsha Ruggeri, Carrie Lingo, Joan Fleming,

Jason Pastrick, Mario Mirville FINANCE COUNCIL:

Chair--Mario Mirville, Alexandria Keefe, Taylor Varoglu, Jeremy Lingo, Frank Shafer, Ken Baird

Both councils include Fr. Jim.

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There are several weekday and weekend Mass intention spots available beginning in April and continuing throughout 2020. If you have a loved one you want to offer Mass for, call or come by the Church office to request the Mass you want.

Readings For the week Mon: Lev 19:1-2,11-18 Ps 19:8,9,10,15 Matt 25:31-46 Tues: Isa 55:10-11 Ps 34:4-5,6-7,16-17,18-19 Matt 6:7-15 Wed: Jonah3:1-10 Ps 51:3-4,12-13,18-19 Lk 11:29-32 Thur: Est C:12,14-16,23-25 Ps 138:1-2ab,2cde-3,7c-8 Matt 7:7-12 Fri: Ezk 18:21-28 Ps 130:1-2,3-4,5-7a,7bc-8 Matt 5:20-26 Sat: Deu 26:16-19 Ps 119:1-2,4-5,7-8 Matt 5:43-48 Sun: Gen 12:1-4a Ps 33:4-5,18-19,20,22 2 Tim 1:8b-10 Matt 17:1-9

Stations of the Cross will be prayed every Friday at 7:00 PM during the Lenten

season.

Sunday, March 15th after 11:00 Mass, parish potluck to honor St. Patrick and St.

Joseph, more details later.

Friday, March 20th 4:30-6:30 PM, K of C fish fry, more details to come.

GROUP EVENTS CALENDAR Analytic Bible Study Group: meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.—studying Matthew. Open to all who are interested. Contact Dave: 303.999.9174. Legion of Mary: meets Fridays from 9:15-10:30 a.m. in the St. Anne Room. Contact Susan, 303.499.6170. Golden Needles Sewing Group: meets every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. We meet to sew, crochet, knit and socialize! Contact the parish office for more information. Art Guild meets on the 1st Saturday of the month. Contact Barb or Pete Schumacher, 303.494.2049. Koinonia Group : We meet at various restaurants in the area on the last Sunday of the month. Our next dinner will be on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 5:00PM. It will be held at Parma. All adults of the parish are welcome. Please join us for fellowship and a good meal. Con-tact Vi Beeby at 303-494-8371 to make your reservation. Scripture Study: Meets every Thurs. from 9:30-10:30 in the St.. Anne’s Room. Each week we explore the scripture readings for the week and how they apply to us today. Father Jim will lead this group. All are welcome!!!

First Sunday of Lent It’s all about how much we’re willing to lie to ourselves. That’s really what that sad story of the Fall of Adam and Eve is about. The Prince of Lies sends out his first trial balloon. Hey, did God really say you couldn’t eat any of the fruit of the garden? Oops, he overshot that one. Eve is already correcting him with the truth, Oh no, we can have all the fruit except from the tree in the middle of the garden. Okay, he’ll have to go straight to his BIG LIE. You poor thing! God is deceiving you. God knows that as soon as you eat of that fruit you’ll be as smart as the gods and you’ll know the difference between good and evil. And there you have it. They knew all along that they were being played. God was holding out on them. They certainly were too smart to let God keep them in the dark like this. They grabbed the fruit and gobbled it down. And here’s the thing. Now they knew the difference between good and evil, because now there WAS a difference. Before they were lured into lying to themselves, only good surrounded them. You certainly won’t die if you eat the fruit! whispered the Prince of Death. The thing is, there WAS no death before they ate the fruit. It was in the moment of their profound lying to themselves that death entered the world. We lie to ourselves a lot, and the result is that we are sick and sad. But Jesus saved us from ourselves. All the shiny objects of this world can’t separate us from the love of Christ, and that’s just what he told Satan that liberating day in the desert.

What are the lies you keep telling yourself? Kathy McGovern ©2020 www.thestoryandyou.com

The Children’s RE classes have resumed and

will meet each Sunday at the regular class time. Parents start working on your

Sacramental books with your children.

THE WINTER NAME OF GOD Annual Morning Lenten Retreat Immaculate Conception Church 715 Cabrini Dr, Lafayette, Co Saturday, March 14th 9-11am

On Saturday, March 14th, Kathy McGovern will lead the retreatants in a Lenten reflection on the deep winters experienced by the isolated woman whom Jesus found at the well, the despair of the man who had been blind from birth until the day he encountered Jesus, and the three days in the tomb experienced by Lazarus. What winters have you known that Jesus wants to touch and heal? Register your attendance with Rita Albright, 303-665-3800 or rita.albright@gmail.com. A free will donation to Kathy is appreciated.

LENTEN FOOD DRIVE The Social Concerns Committee will be collecting food from Ash Wednesday until Palm Sunday for the Harvest of Hope Food Pantry. Lists of the items needed are posted on the bulletin board. and bags for collection are available in the Gathering space. Among the items most needed are: CANNED TUNA OR CHICKEN CANNED FRUIT BREAKFAST CEREAL HEARTY SOUP, HEALTHY SNACKS RAZORS, DEODORANT, TOOTHPASTE, TOILET PAPER, SOAP/SHAMPOO, FEMININE HYGIENE All items are greatly appreciated.

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