Aug 16 - Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Parish

The Loreto Letter
CELEBRATIONS OF THE
EUCHARIST
Monday-Saturday: 7:30am
Wednesday-Friday: 5:30pm
Saturday: 5:00pm
Sunday: 7:00am, 9:00am,
11:00am, 5:00pm
“In Christ Jesus you also are being built together into a
dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” Ephesians 2:22
AUGUST 16th, 2015 * Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time*
Volume XVIII, Number 38
SACRAMENT OF
RECONCILIATION
Saturday: 8:30am-10:00am or
by appointment
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday-Friday:
8:30am-5:00pm
18000 E ARAPAHOE RD
FOXFIELD, CO 80016
303.766.3800 (Office)
303.766.3700 (Fax)
303.951.8330 (School)
www.OurLadyofLoreto.org
Welcome to Our Lady of
Loreto Parish!
St. Francis of Assisi, the
patron saint of Colorado,
teaches that hospitality is
the first of all the
virtues. I pray you find
here a hospitable and
virtuous Catholic Christian
community. Call upon us
if you need us. Know of
our prayer for yours and
you. Please pray for OLOL
and for me.
Father Ed, Pastor.
Feast Days This Week:
Thursday:
St Bernard, Abbot, Doctor of the church
friday:
St pius X, Pope
Saturday:
The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mass Intentions for August 16th—23rd
PARISH STAFF
PASTOR
Msgr. Edward L. Buelt,
[email protected]
PAROCHIAL VICAR
Fr. Nick Thompson
[email protected]
DEACON Michael Magee
[email protected]
DEACON Richard Miller
[email protected]
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR
Mrs. Jeanne Norville
[email protected]
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Mr. Joe Heasley
[email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS/
DIGITAL EVANGELIZATION
Mrs. Joia Farmer
[email protected]
Saturday
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
Friday
Friday
Saturday
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
7:30 am
5:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
11:00 am
5:00 pm
7:30 am
7:30 am
7:30 am
5:30 pm
7:30 am
5:30 pm
7:30 am
5:30 pm
7:30 am
5:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
11:00 am
5:00 pm
BAPTISM OF INFANTS
OLOL Parishioners
Lucille Pillsbury+ Baptism Prep Packets are available
in the R.E. area in the Narthex or
Masako Dowd+
the packet is available
OLOL Parishioners
on our website.
Helen Nussbaum+
Eleanor Sullivan
CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF
Helene & Francis Biller
ADULTS
Mary Myers+
Non-Catholic
adults
who are
Helen Glim+
called
to
full
communion
in the
Judy Minderler+
Catholic
Church
are
asked
to
Elisabeth McNeil
contact
Shirley
at
303.414.2255
Joseph DeJesus+
for further information.
Thomas O’Brien Markel+
Aidan Doyle+
MARRIAGE
Mary Lanh Pham+
Spiritual
preparation
is
vital for the
Marion & Vern Jaques (50th)
celebration of the Sacrament of
Arielle Farmer+
Marriage. Couples are invited to
OLOL Parishioners
contact
Father Nick Thompson to
Bryce Lorenz+
arrange
an individual meeting.
Joseph Sang Luong+
Readings for the week of August 16th
Sun
1st
2nd
Gospel
Prv 9:1-6
Eph 5:15-20
Jn 6:51-58
[email protected]
Mon
CHILDREN/FAMILY FORMATION
Mrs. Joan Deeb
[email protected]
1st
2nd
Jgs 2:11-19
Mt 19:16-22
Tue.
1st
2nd
Jgs 6:11-24a
Mt 19:23-30
Wed.
1st
2nd
Jgs 9:6-15
Mt 20:1-16
Thu.
1st
2nd
Jgs 11:29-39a
Mt 22:1-14
Fri.
1st
2nd
Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22
Mt 22:34-30
Sat.
1st
2nd
Ru 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17
Mt 23:1-12
Sun.
1st
2nd
Gospel
Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b
Eph 5:21-32
Jn 6:60-69
FAITH FORMATION
Mrs. Shirley McDermott
PRINCIPAL
Sr. Julia Balu, SOLM
[email protected]
LITURGY & MUSIC
Mr. Charles Nolen
[email protected]
YOUTH MINISTRY
Mr. Brad Farmer
[email protected]
YOUTH MINISTRY ASST.
Ms. Kiki Wallyn
[email protected]
PARISH SECRETARY
Ms. Peggy Burke
[email protected]
FACILITIES & MAINTENANCE
Mr. Gery Myhre
[email protected]
PASTORAL SERVICES
CARE OF THE SICK/DYING
Please call at the beginning of any
serious illness or hospitalization.
If you are ill and would like to
receive the Eucharist, please call
the office. In the case of death,
please call Fr. Ed before meeting
with the funeral director.
ADORATION
The adoration chapel is available
24 hours per day, seven days per
week. Please contact Fr. Nick or
Jason Hill ([email protected]) if you
have questions or would like to
sign up for Adoration.
COR JESU (HEART OF JESUS)
An e-mail prayer ministry
at OLOL Parish.
E-mail [email protected] to
join this prayer group, or to offer
your prayer requests.
THE GABRIEL PROJECT
Stay in touch, keep informed,
connect with the OLOL community!
Facebook:: facebook.com/OurLadyofLoretoFoxfield
Twitter:
@mypastor
Instagram: @ololoreto
Pregnant? Need help? Be not
afraid. For help, hope and healing,
call 1.800.713.3021
COME HOME
If you are struggling with a past
abortion, please contact Fr. Ed.
A Word from Father
Ed
Accompany One Another with Mercy (Pope Francis)
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
This weekend marks the official beginning of the new pastoral year. It
promises to be a year of grace and growth, of service and accompaniment, of mercy and
mission.
Each year we open the new pastoral year with a renewal of our parish
spirituality, that is, stewardship. Our spirituality was chosen by the parish pastoral council when we became a parish, back in 1998. We took (and take) seriously St. Pauls’ exhortation to the Corinthians: “Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of
God’s mysteries” (I Cor. 4:1). Stewards must prove themselves trustworthy. As disciples
we prove ourselves trustworthy through the stewardship of our time in prayer, the carrying out of ministry and service, and thanking the Lord for his gift of life through generous tithing of our total financial resources to the church.
Pope Francis has called an extraordinary jubilee, a Holy Year of Mercy.
“I have often thought about how the Church might make clear its mission of being a
witness to mercy,” he wrote. It is journey that begins with a spiritual conversion. For this
reason, I have decided to call an extraordinary Jubilee that is to have the mercy of God at
its center. It shall be a Holy Year of Mercy. We want to live this Year in the light of the
Lord's words: ‘Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful’ (cf. Lk 6:36).”
In Latin the word mercy is misericordia. I like to break the word up
syllabically: mi-ser-ri-cor-dia. It means, “God (dia), remember, bring back (ri) to [your]
heart (cor) my (mi) being (ser).” When we ask God to have mercy on us we ask him
simply to remember who we are, that we are nothing more than dust. As Psalm 103:14
sings: “For he knows how we are formed, remembers that we are dust.” We ask God to
remember that we humans are his very heart, his very being, in some sense the very reason for his eternal existence.
In light of this Holy Year of Mercy, we have chosen as our own parish
pastoral theme: Accompany one another with mercy. In this way we will recall throughout the year the obligation in love we have toward one another. We beg God to remember that our being is his very heart. We remember that our neighbor’s being is our very
heart, that the mercy we have received from God in Jesus Christ we must give to one
another in the church, and that every Christian is obligated to accompany one another
with mercy.
After all the Masses this weekend and next we are holding our annual
ministry faire. The many and varied ministries through which you can accompany another in mercy are “on display.” These ministries are sacramental, pastoral, prayerful, biblical, ecclesiastical, personal, and O so rich in mercy. I invite you to visit the faire, consider
these many opportunities, and commit to at least one or the other. At the faire you also
can sign up for one or any of the many education, catechetical, and support ministries
we are offering, from Bible study to mens’ and womens’ groups, youth ministries, children sacramental preparation classes, etc. On Sunday mornings, too, there is a special
guest coming in to help educate the children and us all on some marvels of God’s creation and his special creatures. Don’t miss it! Come to the faire!
On another note, we welcome Msgr. Bernie Schmitz to the 5:00 p.m.
Mass on Sunday. Msgr. Schmitz is celebrating the Eucharist and confirming 51 of our
young people. I congratulate them all and thank each for his/her openness to God’s
Holy Spirit and for wanting to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit’s sevenfold gifts. Be
assured of my prayers.
Finally, a gentle reminder that beginning Monday, August 24, all weekday morning Masses (M-F) will begin at 7:00 a.m. instead of 7:30. The change in the
schedule allows us to more generously respond to the needs of parishioners, school parents, and commuters.
COMING SOON
TO OLOL
THIS WEEKEND!
Join us for the
Service & Ministry Faire
After all the Masses
in Holy Family Hall!
Monday, August 24th
First Day of School—OLOL
Thursday, August 20th
Young Adult Potluck
7pm
EFFECTIVE
Thursday, August 24th
All morning masses Monday—Friday
will move from 7:30am to 7:00am
Monday, September 28th
Infinite: Praise & Adoration
7pm, Church
Beginning September 14th
Great Adventure Bible Study
See the back of the bulletin for
details
G UIDED BY THE H OLY S PIRIT ,
O UR L ADY OF L ORETO
C ATHOLIC P ARISH IS A
E UCHARISTIC COMMUNITY
THAT SEEKS TO LIVE THE
G OD , INSTILL THE
LEGACY OF FAITH , AND PROCLAIM THE LOVE OF C HRIST
THROUGH SERVICE TO ALL .
WORD OF
Adult Formation
THIS WEEK:
Monday: “33 Days” 9:30am-11:00am HFH
Wednesday: “33 Days” 7:00-8:30 HFH
RCIA
“The Eucharist is the secret of my day. It gives strength
and meaning to all my activities of service to the Church
and to the whole world.” (Pope St. John Paul II)
33 Days To Morning Glory
Monday, Aug 3rd to 31st, 9:30am –11am
or
Tuesday Aug 4th to 25th, 7pm—8:30pm
Meditation:
Conference on Spiritual Warfare.
My daughter, I want to teach you about spiritual warfare.
Never trust in yourself, but abandon yourself totally to My
For information on becoming Catholic,
Contact: Shirley McDermott at 303-414-2255 or
[email protected]
Calendar of Events:
August 16 Inquiry Session, 10:30-Noon in room 111
Sept. 13
Session on “The People of God”
This Week:
Wednesday: Catechist Formation 7:00pm -CW
Now registering for Religious Ed “RE” and First Eucharist
for grades 2-12. Forms are located in the Sally Port Main
Entrance of the Church and in the Narthex.
Console the Heart of Christ
A reflection for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by
Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB.
The Collect for the Feast of the Sacred Heart reads:
O God, who in the Heart of Your Son wounded by our sins,
bestow on us in mercy the boundless treasure of Your Love.
Grant, we pray, that in paying Him the homage of our devotion, we may also offer worthy reparation.
“You do not hear that word very often – reparation. Yet it
is a necessary word. We do have to make reparation for
sin. The best reparation we can possibly do, in life, is
simply to be truly sorry for our sins, to decide I am not
going to do that anymore, then to do some small means of
penance. It doesn’t have to be grand. The real secret to
reparation is love. To do a small thing with great love is
huge. To do a great thing without love means absolutely
nothing.
will. In desolation, darkness, and various doubts, have recourse to Me and to your spiritual director. He will always
answer you in My name. Do not bargain with any temptation; lock yourself immediately in My Heart and, at the
first opportunity, reveal the temptation to the confessor
(Diary of Divine Mercy, 1760).
CHILDREN & FAMILY FORMATION
The most we can possibly do is to do
all things with love. To prefer nothing to the love of Christ (RB 4:21).
To respond with love. If our
thoughts are of love, then our actions will be of love. It is no small
thing to be devoted to the Sacred
Heart of Christ. To be willing to do
more, to suffer more, to be willing to
give the very best of ourselves with love, and not to
count the cost. That’s heroic.
Christ deserves our love. We should do all that we can to
console the Heart of Christ. He mourns today for His
Church and yet He rejoices in His Church. There is a victory already begun and it begins with each one of us. It
begins with love, it ends with love, and it goes into eternity with love. Love one another; that He may be one in
us and we in Him. To talk about it is really nothing; to
live it is everything. Live it... and we shall do it together.”
Something to think about….
YOUTH MINISTRY
This Week:
Sunday: Summer College Group, JPII, 6:15pm
Friday: End-of-Summer Pool Party, Meadow Hills, 4pm
Saturday: Confirmation Rehearsal, 2pm, Church
Ministry Faire!
Confirmation
Congratulations to those being Confirmed this weekend!
“You are the light of the world!” (Mt 5:14) We look to you to
carry that light to the dark corners of the world!
Please continue to pray for these students as their challenge
to be alive in the Church is only beginning.
Confirmation sign-up: Registration will be available by midAugust for the coming school year Track 1. Classes are open
to incoming 8-12th grade students and will be held Wednesdays 7-8:30pm October through May.
Stop by our booth for food, fun, a knock-knock joke and the
inside scoop for what this new school year has to offer!
And take a “someone-elsie” with our new Assistant, Kiki, to be
entered to win a prize!
See you there!
Coming This September!
Infinite: An evening of Contemporary Praise, Worship
& Adoration. OPEN TO ENTIRE OLOL COMMUNITY!
Worship will be led by
musicians,
Matt Miller & Joia Farmer.
Every 4th Monday—
7pm-8:30pm
beginning September 28th
SOCIAL MINISTRIES
LITURGY & MUSIC
This Week:
Sunday: Sun. 5 PM Ensemble rehearsal, 4:30pm
All rehearsals are in Room 105
of the St. Joseph Ministry Center.
The Façade of the Church
Inspired by the Basilica of St.
Ambrose in Milan (left), the western façade of the church frames
3 large windows which bath the
interior with light. The 3 windows symbolize the 3 ways
Christ provides for us to come to
know the Father - the light of
created nature (sun), the light of
the sacrament of Matrimony and the living of family life, and the
light of the Eucharist and the sacred priesthood.
We enter the secular space of the world to the sacred space of
the church through 3 doors recalling the image of Christ, the
Good Shepherd, the Gate of the sheepfold. The doors are
opened before each Mass (weather permitting) to welcome all
who come and to embody St. John Paul II’s exhortation to “Open
wide the doors to Christ!”
Send your questions by email to:
[email protected] or [email protected]
This Week:
Sunday: St Vincent de Paul Food Drive
Quote: “Regarding the problem of the death penalty. ...
The problem must be viewed in the context of a system
of penal justice ever more in line with human dignity
and thus, in the end, with God’s plan for man and society. … If bloodless means are sufficient to defend human
lives against an aggressor and to protect human order
and the safety of persons, public authority must limit
itself to such means, because they better correspond to
the concrete conditions of the common good and are
more in conformity to the dignity of the human person.
St. John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae. 56
St. Vincent de Paul: Need emergency help with rent,
utilities, food or mortgage? Call 303-414-2283
OLOL SCHOOL
School Orientation and Assessment,
August 17th & 18th
All enrolled students for the 2015-2016 school year must
sign up for an assessment time on August 17th or 18th. If
you have not yet chosen your time, you will find the signup links at www.ololcatholicschool.org under “Quick
Links”.
School Ice Cream Social
We will be celebrating the end of summer with an Ice
Cream Social on Friday, August 21st at 6:00 PM! Join us
on the lawn in front of the school for some cool treats.
OPENINGS STILL AVAILABLE IN 2nd, 4TH, 5TH, 6th
and 7th GRADES FOR THE 2015-2016 SCHOOL
YEAR! If you are interested in registering or have questions, contact the school office at 303-951-8330.
OTHER EVENTS
This Week:
Sunday: Ministry Faire, HFH, After All Masses
Charismatic Prayer Group, 7pm, CL 105/107
Monday: Legion of Mary, 6pm, RGB
Friday: Bulletin Folding, 10:15am, CW
This Week:
Monday :
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Orientation/Assessments
Orientation/Assessments
Staff Development
School Office Closed
Ice Cream Social, 6pm, Front Lawn
Important Dates!
August 17th & 18th School Orientation & Assessments
for all students
th
August 19 – Full Day Staff Development
August 20th – Teacher Retreat
August 21st – School Office Closed
August 21st – Ice Cream Social, 6:00 PM,
front lawn of school
August 24th – Welcome Back, Students!
First day of school, noon dismissal
August 27th – School Mass, 8:30 am,
all are welcome to join us!
SAVE THE DATE . . . The Our Lady of Loreto’s Second
Annual Wings Gala to raise money to support the Youth
Faith Fund will take place the evening of April 23rd at the
Inverness Hotel. Tickets can be purchased at:
www.WingsGala.org.
Charismatic Prayer Ministry—All are welcome to
join us this evening, Sunday, 8/16, 7 p.m. in room
105 of the SJMC for praise, worship and prayer. Our
guest speaker will be our former Parochial Vicar, Fr.
Felicien Mbala, speaking on the Holy Spirit. For
more information contact Vicky at 303.699.8927
Cookies, Sandwiches and More
Altar flowers for this weekend are
courtesy of Joyce Matanane
in memory of Arielle Farmer.
provides food for the Holy Ghost Sandwich Line in
downtown Denver. Please leave your peanut butter and
jelly/honey sandwiches or cookies in the outer entryway
to the Adoration Chapel over the weekend of August 2223. The items will be picked up after 6:30 PM on Sunday.
If you have questions, please contact Sarah Warren
at [email protected]
MARRIAGE & FAMILY
This Week:
Thursday: Baptism Prep Class, 7pm, RGA
Young Adult Potluck, 7pm, CL 109
GIFTS OF TREASURE
Offertory
Week of August 9th, 2015
Adults
Children
YTD Actual Offertory
YTD Budgeted
$37,727
$528
$289,554
$320,000
(Fiscal year 7/1/15-6/30/16)
Debt & Capital Funding Status
Debt on Church
Mortgage payable through 2031*
$7,513,000
Debt on St. Joseph Ministry Center
Bridge loan payable through 2023**
1,500,000
Total Debt Our Lady of Loreto Parish
$9,013,000
Capital Campaign
Total pledged to Building an Inheritance of Hope Campaign
(Includes previous campaign pledges rolled into
new campaign)
Collected to Date
Percent collected
* Pre-payment of mortgage would incur substantial penalties.
** It is to OLOL’s advantage to hold this loan to maturity due
to its favorable rate and terms.
$6,170,000
$1,281,000
21%