The Third Sunday of Lent

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Mass IntentIons

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PresIder schedule

4th Sunday of Lent – March 15, 2015

St. Albert the Great1095 Channing Ave.

Sat 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. LuongSun 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. LuongSun 11:00 am (Byzantine) Fr. Hernandez

St. Thomas Aquinas 751 Waverley St.

Sun 7:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Hester Sun 8:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. LavagettoSun 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. StanleySun 12:00pm (Greg.) . . . . TBD

Our Lady of the Rosary3233 Cowper St.

Sun 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. MikalonisSun 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. LuongSun 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Mikalonis

Time is precious. It is often said that one can tell what is important to an individual by how that individual chooses to spend their time. Lent for me is always a good time to examine how I spend my time and make some hon-est assessments and changes. Am I making good use of my free time? Are the things I am doing worthwhile? What can I do to grow in my spiritual life on my Lenten journey?

Always in the back of my mind is my little voice saying: “You need to slow down and spend more time with the Lord.” For someone who works directly for the Church and thinks about liturgy on a daily basis, I still need to remember to spend more time with God - even just to be quiet in His pres-ence. It’s easy to think about what’s wrong or what needs to be fixed while attending Mass every weekend. Just being silent, trying to listen to what God is telling me, is difficult at times when I’m so focused on preparing lit-urgies and other events during Lent.

Our parish Lenten activities offer many options for spending more time with the Lord to nourish ourselves. S.O.U.P. (Sharing Ourselves with Undernourished People) at Our Lady of the Rosary Hall on Wednesday eve-nings provides us with physical nourishment, while our weekly Taize prayer on Thursday evenings provides us with quiet time to listen to God. We can join a discussion group to talk about the book “Rediscover Catholism” - the book that was gifted to everyone at Christmas, or perhaps attend our weekly Spirituality Tuesday sessions to feed our minds, or go to Confession on Wednesday evenings to nourish our souls. What path will your Lenten journey take you? . . . Nora Lundin, Director of Liturgy & Music

Sunday, March 8: 2nd Sunday of Lent 9:00 am SAG . . . . . .Harry Browne †10:30 am OLR . . . . .Rev. Matt Stanley (SI)Readings: Exodus 20:1-17 or Exodus 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17/Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11/1 Corinthians 1:22-25/John 2:13-25

Monday, March 9: St. Frances of Rome7:15 am STA . . . . . .Homeless of Palo Alto8:30 am OLR . . . . . .Charles Goguely †12:15 pm STA . . . . .Nancy Bilotti †Readings: 2 Kings 5:1-15ab/Psalm 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4/Luke 4:24-30

Tuesday, March 107:15 am STA . . . . . .Rev. Gene Konkel †8:30 am OLR . . . . . .Bea Ellis †Readings: Daniel 3:25, 34-43/Psalm 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9/Matthew 18:21-35

Wednesday, March 11Readings: Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9/Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20/Matthew 5:17-19

Thursday, March 128:30 am OLR . . . James Kenneally †Readings: Jeremiah 7:23-28/Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9/Luke 11:14-23

Friday, March 13Readings: Hosea 14:2-10/Psalm 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 and 17/Mark 12:28-34

Saturday, March 14Readings: Hosea 6:1-6/Psalm 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab/Luke 18:9-14

our lenten Journey

Weekly steWardshIP rePort We encourage every family and household to practice good stewardship. Remember sacrificial giving is planned, thoughtful, and proportional and it symbolizes your commitment to Christ and the Church. We

encourage you to consider using the Sunday Offertory Envelopes or Parish Pay as a way of giving to the Lord the “first

fruits” of the "treasure" you have received.

Our Weekly Offering

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March 1 Actual: $ 13,584 Goal: $ 11, 000

For the sIck & hoMebound – Fr. Thierry Geris, Kathy Gibbs, Terry Flynn, Grace Lee, Gearailt Cummins, Bob Carlstead, Ann Masik, Dolores Collinsworth,

Agnes Tan, Msgr. Eugene Boyle, Azul Sophia Vavuris, Mary Jones, Isabella Silva, Flora Beaudoin

For the recently deceased – William McInerny, Bernice Ellis, Harvey Fanucci, Elaine Lomasney, Elsie Trojak, Robert Prestidge, Chuck Faltz, Zita Kudlacik, Andy LeBeau,

Helen Wall, Ned Gallagher, Jr., Harry Browne, Jeffrey Abel, Christine Roche

St. Thomas Aquinas ParishthIs Week’s hIghlIghts

Sunday, March 89:15 am . . . . . Faith Formation (ISTP)10:15 am . . . . Faith Formation (SESS)10:15 am . . . . SAG Site Committee (SAGH)10:30 am . . . . Hisp Catechesis Pre-Confirm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st & 2nd (DC)10:30 am . . . . Hisp Catechesis K-6 & Adult. . . . . . . . . . . . . .(ISTP)11:30 am . . . . Prayer Card Group (KCorner)4:15 pm . . . . . The EDGE (DC)7:00 pm . . . . . Life Teen (DC)

Monday, March 9 9:00 am . . . . . Rediscover Catholicism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (OLRH)6:00 pm . . . . . 1st Reconciliation Pres (SAG)7:00 pm . . . . . RCIA - Adults(SAGH)7:00 pm . . . . . Hisp. Catechist Mtg (Pc1st)7:00 pm . . . . . Seder Committee (OLRH-S)7:30 pm . . . . . Youth Core Team (DC)7:30 pm . . . . . Rediscover Catholicism (DC)

Tuesday, March 107:00 pm . . . . . Hispanic Prayer Group(DCC)7:00 pm . . . . . Spirituality Tuesday (SAGH)7:00 pm . . . . . Spanish Baptismal Class (PC)7:00 pm . . . . . Knights of Columbus (THB)

Wednesday, March 114:00 pm . . . . . YSOP (OLRH)6:00 pm . . . . . S.O.U.P. (OLRH) 6:00 pm . . . . . 1st Reconciliation Pres. (OLR)6:00 pm . . . . . Lenten Confessions (STA)6:00 pm . . . . . Chinese Lenten Confessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SAG)7:00 pm . . . . . Pastoral Stewardship (THB)

Thursday, March 1210:00 am . . . . Prayer Group (SAGH)7:00 pm . . . . . 1st Communion Catechesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PC 1st & 2nd)7:00 pm . . . . . Taize Prayer (OLR)7:30 pm . . . . . Gregorian Choir (STA)

Friday, March 136:00 pm . . . . . Goretti Group (STA/THB)6:00 pm . . . . . Knights SJ Chapter (TGDin)7:00 pm . . . . . Stations of the Cross (OLR)7:30 pm . . . . . Hisp. Young Adults (OLRH-S)

Saturday, March 148:00 am . . . . . Quinceanera Retreat (OLRH/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DC)8:30 am . . . . . Liturgy Board Mtg (SAGH)11:00 am . . . . Cantonese Scripture (PC2nd)2:00 pm . . . . . Funeral - Jeffrey Abel (STA)

sPIrItualIty tuesday asseMbly - March 10th

“Catholic Interpretation of Scripture; how it has changed over the last 100 years”, with special guest speaker Fr. Jose Rubio.

Christians believe that the Bible is inspired; that the Scriptures are true. At the same time, we affirm that biblical truth is not necessarily the same as historical truth. There has been a resurgence of Catholic biblical scholarship since the first half of the 20th century. What caused this biblical renewal in the Church? Why was it necessary? How has this “progressive revelation” impacted the World Church and our worship today?

Fr. Rubio is a very knowledgeable and able speaker. He has studied Scripture in depth, some of the Gospels in their original language. He has much to teach us. Remember the words of St. Jerome: “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ”. Please join us as we learn about scripture and our Church at St. Albert Hospitality Center, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

scrutInIes WIth the elect

Over the next two weekends, at the 10:30am Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary, we will celebrate the rites of penance and purification with our elect who are preparing to receive the sacraments of initiation at the Easter Vigil. The purpose of these rites is to uncover all that would lead them away from Christ, so that they might be able to come to a full Christian life. The support of a parish community is vital to this process. At the same time, these brief rites call us, the baptized, to uproot the sin in our lives so as to be more faithful to our own baptism. We will be using Cycle A Readings.

“called to do god’s Work – together In chrIst”

ADA Goal: $ 128,000 Pledged: $ 110,000Pledges: 230 Average Pledge: $481 % of Goal: 85%

Why I don’t attend sunday Mass. I have sMall chIldren

Oh, they’re the worst. Noisy little things... I have them, too. You know, the first thing they do when they exit the womb is scream? And it doesn’t stop there—if you bring them to Church they will choose the quietest time of Mass to scream like you’re murdering them—the homily, the Consecration—they know how to pick it. When my kids were little, I used to get ready for Mass and wonder what fresh hell I was in for this week. There were Sundays when my husband would take one of my screaming, writhing kids out of Church and I’d wonder if I would ever see either of them again (not enough to follow them, mind you, just enough to quietly ponder). So, why did we put ourselves through it? Because now they come with us cheerfully—not perfectly—but cheerfully enough. I still have to sit between them and give them the hairy eyeball once in a while, but dang if they aren’t listening. Church is what we do on Sunday. It’s the main event and the rest of our day and the rest of our week is better for it. (2 in a series).

greetIng card MInIstry

You are invited to join us in Kerry's Corner today, March 8, after the 10:30 am Mass at OLR to make greet-ing cards for use by the Pastoral Home Ministry Team. Ages 16 and up only please.

March 8, 2015

st. PatrIck's day event tIckets goIng Fast!Ticket sales are on track for another sold-out event, slated for Saturday, March 14. Don't be left out! Priced to welcome multi-generational participation: $15 - adults, $5 - children 12 & under. Representatives will be outside to sell tickets after Masses this weekend. Later inquiries may be made at Pastoral Center 650-494-2496. Volunteers to assist always encouraged: Joe Kinsella 650-364-3705.

MeanIngFul MovIes start March 15Save Sunday, March 15, for the showing of the first in the STA Spring Meaningful Movies series. “The Visitor” will be shown at 5:00 p.m. in the Thomas House Basement Hall, 745 Waverley St., Palo Alto, followed by a brief discussion and sharing of snacks. “The Visitor” is a 2007 American drama film. The screenplay focuses on a lonely college professor in late middle age (Richard Jenkins) whose life changes when he finds a young couple living in his long-unused New York City apartment. He is forced to face issues relating to identity, immigration, and cross-cultural communication in post-9/11 New York City. The film is enlivened by music and humor and kindness. For “The Visitor”, director Thomas McCarthy won the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, while Richard Jenkins was nominated for Best Actor in the 2008 Academy Awards. Subsequent films in the series, also at 5 pm in the Thomas House Hall, are:Sunday, April 19: "Gran Torino"Sunday, May 24: "Sin Nombre".

the lIght Is on For you

On Wednesdays from 6 - 8PM, the doors of St. Thomas Aquinas Church are open and the Light is on For You! Bring a family member or friend, come in,

and rediscover God’s heart of mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Jesus Christ desires to lift your burdens off your heart which you may have been carrying for a short time or years. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will also be available during this time. To find guides to confession check the rear counter at St. Thomas Aquinas or visit http://www.dsj.org/light

sIgn uP For Meals For hotel de ZInk Ruth Chippendale will be at our sites after Mass in the next two weeks to give people an opportunity to sign up to bring food to the Hotel de Zink Homeless Shelter during the 1st and 2nd weeks of April.

KEY REFERENCESDC . . . Dermody CenterDCCh Dermody Center ChapelOLR . . Our Lady of the Rosary

ChurchOLRH OLR Church HallKC . . . OLR Kerry’s CornerPC . . . . Pastoral CenterSAG . . St. Albert the

Great ChurchSAGH SAG Hospitality Ctr.

SESS . . St. Elizabeth Seton School

SESA . SES AuditoriumSTA . . . St. Thomas Aquinas

ChurchTHB . . STA - Thomas House

Basement THD . . STA - Thomas House

Dining RoomTHL . . STA - Thomas House

Library

HOLY SACRAMENTS Please contact the Pastoral Center at 650-494-2496 for more information.

Anointing of the Sick: By request or every first Monday of the month after the 7:15 am Mass. Every first Friday at the 8:30 am and 12:15pm Mass.

Christian Initiation: Become a Catholic or renew your Catholic faith (Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation) as an adult, youth or child.

Funeral: Arrange for a Funeral, Memorial Mass or graveside service for a loved one.

Infant Baptism: Preparation may begin before or after the birth of your child.

Marriage: Arrangements need to be made at least six months prior to the proposed marriage date.

ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE STAFF, & COMMITTEES

Main Phone: (650) 494-2496

Business & Operations Manager: Chuck Tully ext. 20 ctully@dsj.org

Admin Assts: Cathy Miller ext. 24, camiller@dsj.org;Ron Aranha, raranha@dsj.org

Pastoral Stewardship Council: (every 2nd Wed. 7:00 pm THB) Chair: Florence de Bretagne (flodebretagne@gmail.com); Vice-Chair: Mary Fong (fongmt@hotmail.com); Secretary: Jerry Lucha (gerald.lucha@sri.com)

Community Life: Anne Morrison (650) 493-2998

Green Committee: Katia Reeves (katia.reeves@sbcglobal.net)

Human Concerns Committee: Chair: Paul Chestnut (650) 493-8237

St. Vincent de Paul Society: (650) 424-8155For truck donation pickup(650) 871-6844

Parish Site Committees: STA: Kay Williams (650) 328-2781; OLR: Chris Lundin clundin@stanford.edu; SAG: Pat Briggs (650) 856-0460; Kathleen Hart (650) 321-8399;

St. Elizabeth Seton School (Daughters of Charity): 1095 Channing Avenue (650) 326-9004 Principal: Evelyn Rosa Advancement Director: Danielle Ambler (650) 326-1258

STA Photography: (650) 493-2128, photography@paloaltocatholic.org http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/PALOALTOPHOTOG/SpecialR1

Stanford Hospital Chaplaincy: Catholic Chaplain: Fr. John Hester (650) 723-5101

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Chaplaincy: Rev. Carolyn Glauz-Todrank (650) 497-8538

Widows/Widowers Group: Lorraine Dabney (650) 494-6488

Welcome new parishioners to St. Thomas Aquinas Parish! We encourage you to register as members of our growing family. Please email your name, address, and phone to admin@paloaltocatholic.org. Current members please contact the Pastoral Center to update your information.