Memorial of Our Redemption

Memorial of Our Redemption
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 23, 2011
(Part III of Series on the Eucharist)
Reflection Next Week:
George Hofbauer, Principal
“Do this in memory of me.”
-Eucharistic Prayer
Readings for
January 30, 2011
First Reading: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:26-30
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12a
Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday - 5 p.m.
Sunday - 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 5:30 p.m.
Weekday Mass Schedule
Monday - Friday - 7 a.m.
Reconciliation
Saturday - 3:30-4:15 p.m. in the Church
or by appointment
Parish Center Hours
Monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
www.stjosephparish.org
732 18th Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112
Fax: (206) 329-5698
Parish Receptionist (206) 324-2522
Parish Staff
(206) 329-5981
Pastor
Rev. John D. Whitney, S.J.
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Rev. Jack O’Leary, S.J.
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Senior Priest in Residence
Deacon/Pastoral Associate
Steve Wodzanowski
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Pastoral Staff:
Dottie Farewell, Pre-K to 8th Faith Form.
Dennis Gentele, Facilities
Renée Leet, Administrative Assistant
Bob McCaffery-Lent, Music & Liturgy
Marti McGaughey, Bookkeeper
Greg McNabb, Administration
Anne Moran, Administrative Assistant Randy Novak, High School Youth
John Stuntebeck, Accompanist
St. Joseph School
700 18th Avenue East • (206) 329-3260
Main Office
George Hofbauer, Principal
Rick Boyle, Academic Vice Principal Patrick Fennessy, Vice Principal
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In the oddly-titled but wonderful book, The Man Who Mistook His
Wife for a Hat, neurologist Oliver Sacks reports a variety of casestudies regarding people who have had strokes or seizures that have
effected unusual centers in the brain. In one such case, a man is
left without any short term memory—and by this, I do not mean the
type of dementia one finds in Alzheimer’s patients; rather, this man
is totally lucid but completely trapped on a day in 1944 when he
had his stroke. Minute to minute, things appear and then disappear.
Aggravations, joys, people, places: all are there but none are held in
memory and so disappear virtually immediately. At one point in his
conversation with this man, Sachs asks, “Are you happy?” and the
man responds with a poignant honesty that reveals the tragedy of his
condition: “I don’t know.”
Without memory, how could he know if he were happy—how could
any of us know—since joy and sorrow both exist in the flow of memory, as responses and recollections to events and people who enter
our lives? Far from a thing of the past, memory is a present phenomenon, by which we hold and redeem all the moments of our life into
a present self, who is unfolding into an unmade and as yet uncreated
future. As the philosopher and theologian, Søren Kierkegaärd says,
we are “everything we have ever done, plus freedom.” So it is, that
memory is not some mere recollection of past events, it is a present
reality, by which given moments transcend their own occurrence and
continue to exist and shape the depths of our reality. We are, to a
very great extent, the memories which live through us.
Such a sense of living memory—which, in the Greek of the New
Testament, is called anamnesis—is at the heart of our experience as
Christians, and especially our life as sharers of the Eucharist. When
Jesus says to his disciples, on the eve of his passion and death, “Do
this in memory of me,” he is not simply asking them to wax nostalgic about the good old days; rather, he is commanding them (commanding us) to make present again, to re-member, his life and his
death and his resurrection through our living relationship with those
events in the sacrifice of the mass and in the life of the Church. The
real presence of Christ in the Eucharist and in the Church emerges
through the acts of remembrance by which what happens in Jesus’
life happens in every community that bears his name and in every
person who recalls—by word and action—his sacrifice of love. Just
as we are, in a real sense, the memories we hold of our own lives, so
too, as Christians, we become Christ by making the memory of him a
part of ourselves. We re-member Christ in our own lives and in our
community, and so become the sacrament of Christ for the world.
This act of remembering lies at the root of the structure of the mass
itself. We begin with gathering, with the acknowledgement that we
Sunday, January 23
Newcomers Gathering, 11 AM
CFF Classes Resume Today
Come to the Quiet, 5 PM, Church
Monday, January 24
Sacred Silence, 7 PM, Church
Wednesday, January 26
MOMS, 9:30 AM, Parish Center
Pathfinders Resumes, 6 PM
The VOICE (High School Youth), 7 PM
Friday, January 28
Eucharistic Adoration, 7:30-11 AM,
Loyola Chapel, Parish Center
Sunday, January 30
Catholic Schools Week Begins
School Open House, 10 AM
are both individuals and community. In this moment, we take time to
acknowledge our faults, and to open ourselves to God’s forgiveness.
The penitential rite at the beginning of mass recalls our baptismal call
to unity and forgiveness; it unites us to Jesus, who began his public
ministry in the baptism of repentance preached by John the Baptist.
Similarly, the Liturgy of the Word unites us to the teaching life of
Jesus, recalling how—in word and deed—he incarnated the promises
of the Old Testament and became enfleshed in the life of the early
Church. However, the teaching of Jesus finds its ultimate expression not in words but on the cross, where he offers up his life rather
than renounce the love and compassion that he has shown throughout
his ministry. The cross, then, is an altar of sacrifice, by which Jesus
gives his love to the Father, even at the cost of his physical life. And
at our altar, we remember this sacrifice, by offering the bread and the
wine, as Jesus did just before his death. Though we do not die in the
same way as Jesus, we enter his death by entering the memory, and
by allowing the memory to enter us: body and blood given to God
and to us before they can be taken and spilled by the violent of the
world. In consuming him, we re-member Jesus; we make him part of
our selves and our community by this sacrament, and then by going
forth (as the mass ends) to become that memory alive in the world.
In other words, we become the incarnated memory, the real presence
of Christ, which is the purpose of the sacrament and, indeed, the
promise of our salvation.
Next week:
St. Joseph Community
extends its prayers and
hopes for the following
intentions: For Lisa’s
well being, strength
and wisdom on the
road she is travelling
. . . Thanksgiving that
Michael is pain free . . .
For Maggie’s health and
the decisions she will be
making . . . For an aunt
to be well . . . For those
who are moving this month, may the transition
be smooth.
Calendar
Communion: The Church as Eucharist
“The word of the LORD came to me:
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I dedicated you . . . .“
Jeremiah 1:4-5
If you are interested in having someone placed
on the prayer tree, please contact Renée Leet at
324-2522 or [email protected]
Eucharistic Adoration
Just a reminder that there is Eucharistic Adoration every Friday morning from 7:30 -11 am in
the Loyola Chapel of the Parish Center.
Parish Holy Hour
Thursday, February 3rd, 7-8 pm
St. Joseph’s Choose Life Ministry is sponsoring a monthly Rosary with Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament. It will take place on the 1st
Thursday of the month from 7-8 pm. In the Chapel located on the first floor of the Parish Center.
All are welcome. For info contact Jackie Quinn
at 324-1780, Tom Cannon at 322-4819 or Mary
Ott at 324-7459.
Part-Time Bookkeeper
Needed
St. Joseph is seeking a 16 hour per week bookkeeper. Duties include accounts payable and
payroll. Experience in ADP and QuickBooks
Pro preferred. Contact Greg McNabb at 9651648 for more information.
Formation
IIgnatian Spirituality Center
Movies That Matter: We invite you to stir up your
winter heart and soul, and support the work of ISC, as we
present our first Movies that Matter Film Series, a benefit
for the ISC. Each evening will include a film screening
followed by commentary, complimentary desserts, and
opportunity for discussion. Friday evenings: January 28;
February 4 & 11, 7 pm at St. Joseph Chuch. January 28:
“Posada”; February 4: “Griefwalker”; February 11:
“Tapestries of Hope” All are welcome! $10 single ticket
price for adults; $5 for students under 21; $30 for Series
Pass to all four films. For more information or to purchase
tickets online, visit www.ignatiancenter.org
Lightworks: A shorter version of the Spiritual Exer-
cises of St. Ignatius Are you longing to find meaning in
your everyday experience? Are you searching for a way
to deepen your prayer and integrate it into your busy life?
Do you have a desire to learn practices for engaging with
scripture? If so, consider LIGHTWORKS, a shorter version
of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius! Each session
includes a presentation, small group sharing, and prayer/
ritual. All are welcome! Cost for the whole series is $185.
Scholarships available. Twelve Thursday evenings, February 17 – May 12, 2011 | 7:00-8:30 pm | St. Joseph Parish
Center | Bev Austin and Steve Wodzanowski, facilitators.
Registration due by February 7th.
For more information about all of these programs & events,
please visit www.ignatiancenter.org
Spirituality on Tap: “Fall In Love with the World”
Come join facilitator, Jack Peterson, President of Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma, and other young adults aged 21-35
for an evening of a guided meditation and sharing to reflect
on the difference between “loving” and “falling in love.”
How would this impact our relationship with others, with
the world and with God? Come find what your own prayerful reflections will tell you.
Thursday January 27th
7-9 pm
Location: Seattle Prep’s Faculty Lounge in Peyton Hall
2400 11th Ave E. Seattle 98102
For young adults aged 21-35
Hosted by Seattle Prep and the Ignatian Spirituality Center
For more information, e-mail [email protected] or
visit www.ignatiancenter.org
Adult Faith Forum
CHURCH AS TEACHER . . .
Presented by Fr. John Whitney, S.J.
Tuesday, January 25th
7 pm – 8:30 pm in the Church
Free!
For details contact Deacon Steve at
965-1646 or [email protected]
ITo Hunger for God: A Christian
Understanding of Human Nature
Join us on Thursday, January 27 from 7-8:30 pm in St.
James Cathedral Hall as Father Mike Raschko (Associate
Professor at the School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle
University, Theologian for the Archdiocese, and parish
priest) returns to talk about his most recently published
book, describing the relationship between God and the human person. He will also be available for book signing after the talk. Father Raschko is a dynamic speaker who can
translate spiritual and theological ideas into meaningful
and practical concepts for our faith lives. ALL ARE WELCOME. Suggested donation: $10. Information, Helen
Oesterle, 206-382-4514, [email protected]
ISeattle University’s The School
of Theology and Ministry
Presents
Search For Meaning:
Pacific Northwest Spirituality Book Festival
Saturday, February 5th, 9 am – 5 pm
Pigott Building, Seattle University
Keynote presenters: Anne Lamott & Tariq Ramadan
Over 40 author sessions, book signings and raffle
FREE and Open to the Public
Online RSVP strongly Recommended
www.seattleu.edu/stm/searchformeaning
IRetreat Opportunity
Introduction to Contemplative Prayer Retreat
Come experience contemplative prayer at a retreat weekend on January 28-30. Retreat leaders will be Sr. Joyce
Cox and Mr. Pat Sursely. For more information, call
1- 800- 330- 7622 or go to www.seattlearchdiocese.org/
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Community
Seniors on the Go
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Tuesday, January 25th - Seniors Monthly Potluck – 6
pm in the Social Hall. Call Mary Ott for details 3247459.
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Friday, February 4th - First Friday Healing Mass and
Luncheon. 11:30 am Mass followed by lunch in the
Parish Center.
Principal Transition
Listening Sessions
As the search begins for a new school principal, there will
be listening sessions for parishioners, school families and
alumni to attend. Two sessions are scheduled for February
3rd and March 3rd, 7 pm in the Church. Come to one or
come to both.
IBishop Blanchet Concert
Do you enjoy live big band music? Join us for an evening
of dancing and entertainment with music performed by
Bishop Blanchet High School’s Jazz Band and Jazz Choir.
Saturday, January 29th, 7-10 pm. Ernie Rose Activities
Center, Bishop Blanchet High School, 8200 Wallingford
Ave. N. Tickets: $25 adults/ $5 Students/ $175 for Table
of 8. Get tickets at the door or order tickets in advance by
calling the Bishop Blanchet Activities Office at 206-5277704. All proceeds from this popular annual event underwrite travel expenses for the students to attend the Lionel
Hampton Jazz Festival. For more info, go to www.bishopblanchet.org and click on calendar for January 29.
ICatholic Professionals of Seattle
Catholic Professionals of Seattle holds monthly breakfast
meetings and offers support for men and women from all
walks of business and professional life. The next breakfast
meeting is Friday, February 4th. Our speaker is Raymond
de Souza, founder and director of Saint Gabriel Communications. Please RSVP 48 hours in advance via the web
site: www.catholicprofessionalsofseattle.org Members
$18 and non-members $35. Payment means, parking
options/costs and membership details found on our web
site. Doors open at 6:45 a.m. Mass at 7:15 a.m. Breakfast
at 8:00 a.m. with event ending by 9:15 a.m. at the U.W.
Catholic Newman Center: 4502 - 20th Ave. NE, Seattle,
WA 98105. Contact: Sheldon Sweeney (425) 941-1921,
or email [email protected] for more
information.
Social Ministry
Legislative Advocacy Alerts
The 2011 legislative session has begun. We are anticipating difficult challenges in the session, as the Governor and
legislators continue to struggle with a budget shortfall due
to the recession and the passage of the Initiatives to limit
state revenues. Catholic Community Services and Catholic
Housing Services of Western WA, with the Washington
State Catholic Conference, (WSCC) will continue in our
advocacy efforts. I personally invite you to join our advocacy during the 2011 legislative session by receiving and
acting on our Advocacy Alerts.
You can sign yourself-up by going to the WSCC website at
www.thewscc.org and click on their join our advocacy button to register for their Alerts. When you receive an Advocacy Alert, you will be able to click on the “Take Action”
button and easily send your message to your legislators.
For each Alert, there will be a message already drafted or
you will have the option of drafting your own.This year’s
legislative session IS extremely important for the people
we serve and the services we provide. We will need your
help as we move through the challenges of the upcoming
session.
For more information contact Deacon Steve at 965-1646 or
stevew@stjosephparish
“The Science and Promise of
Adult and Embryonic Stem Cells”
Thursday, February 10, 7:00 pm
Parish Center, St. Joseph Church
Suggested Donation $5-10
Plan to attend this timely and important talk.
Sponsored by the St Joseph’s Choose Life Ministry and
the Social Justice Commission
Guest speaker Dr. Theresa Deisher will update us on where
stem cell research is now, on how we can align our morals
with medical advances, and on the progress being made
using adult stem cells to treat patients. For information
contact Deacon Steve by phone: 206-965-1646 or e-mail:
[email protected]
Choose Life Ministry
Next meeting is Sunday, February 6th
7-8 pm at the home Jackie Quinn, 918 18th Ave E,
324-1780. All are welcome!
Colors of Grace 2011 Stewardship Pledge Drive
St. Joseph Parish gratefully acknowledges the following Parishioners who have completed their 2011
Sacrificial Giving Pledge forms as of January 13th. If you have not filled out a pledge form for the
calendar year 2011, please do so today by contacting Anne Moran at 329-5981, ext. 116 or amoran@
stjospephparish.org. It is vitally important that we document these intentions through the pledge form
for more accurate budgeting for the the year ahead and a better understanding of the life of the Parish.
Thank you for making St. Joseph a vibrant community of prayer, partnership and shared responsibility. We are stewards of a wonderful tradition. (If you made a pledge and do not see your name listed,
please contact Anne Moran. We did receive many pledge forms without names. This is the second half
of names following last week’s list.)
Roger and Gayle McNulty; Kathryn and Chris McReynolds; Alex and Kelly McShane; Paul & Darlene McTaggart;
George and Cheryl Mead; Terrence and Jene Menage; Lisa
and Richard Menti; Mark and Ellen Mills; Sharon Evans
and Bradley Miner; Bruce and Catherine Mirkin; Jeff &
Sharon Montgomery; Matt and Anne Moran; Mr. and
Mrs. James T. Moriarty III; Jane Mueller; Vincent and
Catherine Mullally; Donald and Lynn Murphy; Matthew
and Cristina Murphy; Megan Murphy; Petra Murphy; Joan
and Mark Murray; Sean and Francine Murray;
Cynthia Nelson; Michael C. and Nicki Nelson; Thomas
and Elizabeth Newman; Mack and Celia Newton; Christine
Kelly and Dee Nistl; Armand and Angela Nucci; Michele
Nucci;
Al O’Brien; John and Jeanne O’Brien; Michael and Leslie
O’Brien; Matthew and Catherine O’Donnell; Steven and
Sheelagh Odsather; Julie Olsen; Joan O’Neill; Thomas
O’Riordan and Caroline Stamato; Robert and Katherine
Ortblad; Kathleen O’Sullivan and Baird Johnson; John and
Mary Ott;
Leslie Pagilagan; Joanne Patten; John Paul; Ronald and
Elizabeth Pauldine; Nick and Amy Pavelich; Brian and
Giselle Pavlovec; Allen Payne; Susan Peacey; Dorothy
Pearson and Mike Price; Christine and Patrick Pendergast;
Margaret Pepper; Sister Rosemary Perisich, SNJM; Sara
Perkins; Jane Perry; Mary deRosas and Paul Peterhans;
Jane W. Peterson; Tom and Beth Peterson; Anne and Steve
Phelps; Anne O’Donnell and John Phillips; Mrs. Laurence
Pierre-Louis; Shauna Pierson; Marianna and Fiore Pignataro; Tom and Brooke Pigott; Sergio Pineda; Karen Pinkard;
Elisabeth Pisano; Amalia Poquiz; Carolyn Powley; Pablo
and Jennifer Proaño; Joseph and Sheila Prusa;
Jackie Quinn; Joseph and Bridget Quinn; Daniel and Karen
Quinn-Shea;
Catherine Raab; Sterling and Celeste Garcia Ramberg;
Fred and Susan Raney; Janet Rasey-Jackson; Robert and
Lisa Ratliffe; Annette and David Raubvogel; Dr. David J.
Rawlings and Kathryn McGonigle; David Read; Philip and
Martha Read; Andrew and Mary Ries; Sarah and Brooke
Riggio; Charles and Karen Riley; Stephen and Rena
Ritchey; Valerie Ritchie; Joan Robertson; Louise Robinson; David Rodriguez; Tiffany and Joseph Rodriguez;
Pamela Kulin and James Rogers; Stuart and Lee Rolfe; Jon
and Stephanie Rooney; Donald and Mary Elizabeth Roos;
Chris and Ruth Ross; David and Manya Ross; Katharine
Ross and Scott Andrews; Stephen Rothrock and Tessa Keating; Lynn Rowley; Patricia and William Rozmyn; James
and Brooke Rufo-Hill; Elizabeth and Steve Rummage;
Wolf and Leilani Saar; Peter and Amy Sajer; Betty Sanders & Bruce Carter; Rich and Mary Santi; Michael and
Carol Sauter; Paul and Debra Sauvage; Janice and Blair
Savidge; Lorraine Schneider, SFCC; Joseph and Lydia
Schumm; Richard and Denise Schwaegler; Renee Willette
and James Schwartz; Bill and Lori Schwebel; Stephanie
and John Scroggs; Denise and Jack Seaborn; Paula Seibert;
Kelly Hufty and Dave; Victoria Selser; Mary Linden and
Robert Sepulveda; Patricia Shanahan and Knut Nordness;
James Sheehan; Phil and Kerri Shigo; Betty Shorett; Bette
Sifferman; Stan and Frances Sifferman; Paul Simons; Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Simpkins; Ann and Doug Skrobut; Albert
Smith and Kristine Brynildsen-Smith; Bettie Smith; Peggy
McShane and Brian Smith; Laurie and Gregory Smith;
James and Jo Smith; Mike and Diann Smith; Ron and Erin
Smith; Samuel and Julie Smith; Nancy and Timothy Smith;
Jeanine and Mark Snowden; Sandip and Carrie Soli; Earl
and Alice Spangler; Sam and Winnie Sperry; David and
Marti Spicer; Veronika Spies; Bernadette and Robert Starin; Ranleigh Starling; Barbara Steinhauser;
Bob and Peggy Stevens; Dan and Terri Stewart; Diane and
Larry Stokke; Tracey and Paul Stone; William Parks and
Beth Struckhoff; Helen Sullivan and Tim Brown; John and
Jean Sullivan; Rosaleen Sweeney; Erin Swezey and Tim
Leary;
Richard and Bettina Willson; James and Gloria Wittrell;
Chuck and Jean Woletz; Meg and Steve Wolfe; Michael
& Jennifer Wood; Frank Woodruff and Jan Agosti; Frank
Woodruff and Jan Agosti; William and Dolores Wright;
Paul and Susan Wyckoff;
Helen Talbott; Fritzi Taylor; Annie Thenell; Patricia
Thenell; Peter and Sheila Thompson; Myrna Tierro; Jeanne
and Robert Tiscareno; Mrs. Lucy Tobin;
Steve and Tricia Trainer; Robert Trotter; Brady and Doreen
Twohy; Annette Uhlenkott and Daniel Trippel;
Brigette and Jeremy Yates; Laura Young; Armen and Gena
Yousoufian;
Troy and Moya Zaboukos; Edward and Ann Zamojski;
Marianne and Joseph Zech.
Camille and Darryn Urueta;
Sarah VanArsdale-Cook; Keri Vander Heyden & Kerry
Hegedus; Michael Vila; Ellen Villegas; Steve and Lisa
Visintainer; Tom Vogl;
Janet Walsh; Patricia Warme; Michael Mathieu and Kathleen Washienko; Harry and Nina Watts; Mary Weaver; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Weis; Edward Welch; Torsten and Samantha Welte; Brian Werner and Catherine Crisham; Kari Fillipi and Philip White; Joseph and Donna Whitford; Patricia
Whitney; Karen and Peter Wickstrand; James and Mary
Lou Wickwire; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wiljanen;
Pledges Received:
37% Participation
Registered Parishioners
$927,216.00
Pledged to Date