Mar 20 - Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Parish

The Loreto Letter
“In Christ Jesus you also are being built together into a
dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” Ephesians 2:22
CELEBRATIONS OF THE
EUCHARIST
Monday-Friday: 7:00am
Wednesday-Friday:
7:00am, 5:30pm
Saturday: 7:30am, 5:00pm
Sunday: 7:00am, 9:00am,
11:00am, 5:00pm
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.
Accompany One Another in Mercy
Palm Sunday
March 20th, 2016 * Volume XIX, Number 17
Mass Intentions for March 19th– March 27th
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]
FAITH FORMATION
Mrs. Shirley McDermott
[email protected]
CHILDREN/FAMILY FORMATION
Mrs. Joan Deeb
[email protected]
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]
Saturday
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
7:30 am
5:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
11:00 am
5:00 pm
7:00 am
7:00 am
7:00 am
5:30 pm
5:30 pm
8:00 p.m.
7:00 am
9:00 am
11:00 am
PASTORAL SERVICES
OLOL Parishioners
BAPTISM OF INFANTS
Jules Francis Grigg
Baptism preparation packets are
Andrew Chick available in the religious education
OLOL Parishioners
area in the narthex or
on our website.
Joe, Jill & TJ Mattingly
Don Alferman+
CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF
Greg Thompson+
ADULTS
Ministry for the Sick
Non-Catholic adults who are
Dominic Dogue
called to full communion in the
Albert Manzot
Catholic Church are asked to
OLOL Parishioners
contact Shirley at 303.414.2255
OLOL Parishioners
for further information.
Betty and Allen+ Shelly
MARRIAGE
OLOL Parishioners
Spiritual preparation is vital for the
Greg Thompson+
Readings for the week of March 20th
Sun
1st
2nd
Gospel
Is 50:4-7
Phil 2:6-11
Lk 22:14—23:56
Mon
1st
2nd
Is 42:1-7
Jn 12:1-11
Tue.
1st
2nd
Is 49:1-6
Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
Wed.
1st
2nd
Is 50:4-9a
Mt 26:14-25
Thu.
1st
2nd
Gospel
Ex 12:1-8, 11-14
1 Cor 11:23-26
Jn 13:1-15
Fri.
1st
2nd
Gospel
Is 52:13—53:12
Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9
Jn 18:1—19:42
Sat.
1st
2nd
Gospel
Gen.1:1-2:2:2
Ex. 14:15-15:1
Rom. 6:3-11
Lk. 24:1-12
Sun.
1st
2nd
Gospel
Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Col 3:1-4
Jn 20:1-9
Stay in touch, keep informed,
connect with the OLOL community!
Facebook: facebook.com/OurLadyofLoretoFoxfield
Twitter:
@mypastor
Instagram: @ololoreto
celebration of the Sacrament of
Marriage. Couples are invited to
contact Father Nick Thompson to
arrange an individual meeting.
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 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
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 Father Ed
or Father Nick.
A Word from Father
Foxfield Approves West Wing!
Ed
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Even as we enter into Holy Week, I share with you the good news
that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Foxfield has given approval for
the parish to begin construction of the west wing of the St. Joseph Ministry Center. (You will recall that the west wing includes a gymnasium; six
classrooms; a pre-school and kindergarten complex; offices and work
spaces dedicated to the school; and a bridge to connect the current east
wing with the new west.) There are one or two minor conditions which
must be met before we are granted a certificate of occupancy; these,
however, will be easily attended to in the next eleven months.
As far as timing goes, you may actually see some preconstruction work occur as early as tomorrow (Monday), including the
moving of a construction trailer on site; the placement of construction
fencing and barriers, etc. After Easter, that is, once the Mylar's are signed
by the appropriate town and archdiocesan officials and recorded with the
county, actual construction should begin in earnest. It is foreseen that it
will take eleven months to conclude construction.
During construction the interruption of parish activities and ministries will be negligible. School and ministry activities will be able to
take place as scheduled without interference. Access and egress traffic
patterns will change a little, but not much. The north-south service road
in the middle of the campus will be closed preventing cars from exiting
north onto Arapahoe Rd. Persons will not be able to park on the north
side of the ministry center and reach the church without walking all the
way around the church (to the east) or back to the campus’ west drive.
Those needing to access the Holy Family Hall kitchen or basement store
room will still be able to do so from the north parking lot. Otherwise one
should encounter no complications or construction headaches.
I thank the Town of Foxfield for its partnership with the parish in
this regard. Even moreso, I thank everyone in the parish and our partners in business who have worked hard and contributed to this project
and to making Our Lady of Loreto Parish the holy, healthy, and growing
Christian community that it is. Psalm 127 teaches us that “[u]nless the
LORD build the house, those who build it labor in vain.” It is the LORD
who has and continues to build the house of Loreto. We, you and I, are
but his humble servants. And because the Lord builds this house it is
built with firmer foundation, stronger walls, and a more secure roof.
Congratulations to all who have anticipated this beginning and
who look forward to its completion. May the LORD grant success to the
works of our hands.
Father Ed
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 WORD OF
G OD ,
INSTILL THE
LEGACY OF FAITH , AND PROCLAIM
THE LOVE OF
THROUGH SERVICE
C HRIST
TO ALL .
Adult Formation
This Week:
Sunday: RCIA, 9:00am Mass w/Dismissal—Session in JPII
RCIA
Thank you!!
The RCIA sponsors and team offer our thanks to
all those present at the Masses for the past four Sundays.
Also our thanks to the parish community as a whole, who
prayed for and with our candidates during the RCIA Penitential Rite and our elect during the RCIA Scrutinies.
Please continue to pray for our elect and candidates as they enter their final week of preparation for the
sacraments of initiation.
For more information on the RCIA process, please contact:
Shirley McDermott at 303-414-2255 or
[email protected]
Mar 20
“OCEAN OF MERCY” DVD
3 Lives 1 Vision—No Limits
Mar 24-26 The Easter Triduum
This Week: March 20th
Sunday:
RCIC Class, Room 112
RCIT Class, Room 111
Monday: First Eucharist Classes, 5:45-7:00
Tuesday: RE Classes, No Class/Holy Week
RCIC and RCIT
March 24: Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lords Supper, 7pm
March 25: Divine Mercy and Stations, 3pm
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion, 7pm
March 26: Rehearsal: Sponsors & Godparents, 10am,
Church
April 1:
Rehearsal Baptized Candidates at 6:30pm
April 2:
Candidates Mass, First Eucharist/Confirmation,
10am
2nd and 3rd First Eucharist Classes
March 21: We have class this Monday
March 28: No class/Happy Easter
April 4th: Children have class/Parents have “Parent
Night” in Holy Family Hall with Deacon Mike.
RE K, 1st and 3-6 grade
No class this week. Please attend Triduum celebrations.
RE Family Retreat
RE Family Retreat it will be re-scheduled date TBD. Keep
an eye on the Bulletin!
“Ocean of Mercy”
DVD available on Formed
The story of St. Pope John Paul II, St. Faustina,
St. Maximillian Colby, and Divine Mercy
FREE Access at www.formed.org.
Parish code BJ6J9M"
What is the message of mercy?
God is merciful! He is love itself poured out for us and He
wants no one to escape that merciful love. God wants us
to turn to Him with trust and repentance while it is still a
time of mercy, before He comes as the just Judge. This
turning with trust to Him who is Mercy itself is the only
source of peace for mankind. Turning to and imploring
God’s mercy is the answer to the troubled world. Jesus, I
trust in You.
to light the spiritual reality for parents
CHILDREN & FAMILY FORMATION
Divine Mercy Sunday Novena begins on Good Friday and
ends with celebration on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3rd.
A plenary indulgence (the forgiveness of all temporal punishment resulting from sins that have already been confessed)
is granted on the Feast of Divine Mercy if to all the faithful
who go to Confession, receive Holy Communion, pray for the
intentions of the Holy Father, and "in any church or chapel,
in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for
a sin, even a venial sin, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honor of Divine Mercy, or who, in the presence
of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserved in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout
prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. 'Merciful Jesus, I trust
in you!')."
The 3 O'Clock Devotion: Saint Faustina recorded these
words of Our Lord in her diary: "At 3 O’clock, implore My
mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment,
immerse yourself in My passion, particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world. I will allow you to enter into My mortal sorrow. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that
makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion." From this
has come the practice of reciting the Divine Mercy Chaplet
every day at 3 P.M.
Easter Celebration
Continue your Easter celebration the day after:
Monday, March 28th, 7pm-8pm in the
church
Eucharistic Adoration,
Exposition & Benediction
along with moving, professionally led worship
music, and thoughtful reflection.
We call it Infinite. Open to all ages! Families
are encouraged to attend and pray together.
Teens and families are especially invited, but
this is a parish-wide event.
YOUTH MINISTRY
This Week:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
High School Youth Group, 7pm, JPII
6th Grade Youth Group, 7pm, JPII
Confirmation Track 1, 7pm, JPII
No 7th & 8th Grade Youth Group
Spring Break
There will be no 7th & 8th grade youth group
on Holy Thursday, 3/24. All groups will NOT
meet during Spring Break, March 28 through
April 1.
Join us for Infinite Adoration & Praise on
Monday, March 28th instead!
ourladyofloreto.org/youth-main.
Need more info?
Contact Brad at [email protected]
SOCIAL MINISTRIES
LITURGY & MUSIC
This Week:
Tuesday:
Treble Choir - Probationers & Novices, 5:00pm
Cantati Loreti, 7:00pm
Wednesday: Holy Thursday rehearsal, 4:00 PM - church
Good Friday rehearsal, 4:30 PM - church
Saturday:
Easter Vigil rehearsal, 9:00 AM - church
All rehearsals are in Room 107 of the St. Joseph Ministry Center.
Easter plants & decor donations—Help us decorate the
church for Easter! Today is the deadline for Easter décor
donations to be acknowledged in the bulletin! Each $35
donation can be in honor of, or in memory of, a loved
one. To sponsor our Easter decor, please fill out an “Easter
Plants & Decorations” form (on a table in the narthex) and
enclose it with your donation in an envelope. Please
place all envelopes in the collection basket at Mass. Submit donations no later than today, March 20, to be
acknowledged in the bulletin. As always, your generosity
is greatly appreciated!
Bring back your palms! Today’s the day to bring your
old palms back to church! Leave the old palms and take
new palms! The old palms will return as ashes for Ash
Wednesday 2017.
This Week:
Monday: St Vincent de Paul Conf Mtg, 7 PM, RGA
Saturday: Food Band of the Rockies Mobile Food
Bank, 2PM, West Parking Lot
Quote: Let us treat others with the same passion and
compassion with which we want to be treated. ...if we
want life, let us give life. ...The Golden Rule also reminds
us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life
at every stage of its development. — Pope Francis, Visit
to the Joint Session of the United States Congress
(9/24/16)
St Vincent de Paul Holy Thursday Food Drive:
Items needed: Peanut Butter, Jelly/Jam, Cold Cereals
(Cheerios, Raisin Bran, Wheaties, Corn Flakes, Chex), Hot
Cereals (Oatmeal, Cream of Wheat), Pasta and Pasta
Sauces, Canned Pasta, Boxed Macaroni and Cheese,
Hamburger Helper & One-Step Casserole Mixes, Canned
Fruit, Canned Vegetables (no corn or green beans pls),
Canned chili w beans, baked beans, Canned Soups &
Stews, Mayonnaise. Please no glass containers — and
no expired or about to expire items
8th Grade, Language Arts Teacher Opening
for the 2016-2017 School Year
Our Lady of Loreto Catholic School is hiring a 8th grade teacher
for the 2016-17 school year. Please see below for a general outline
of standards and competencies for this position. Candidates must
have a current teaching license or qualify for the alternative licensure program.
Interested candidates, send your cover letter and resume to
Sr. Julia Balu, Principal, at [email protected]
Candidates must:
 Recognize and support the unique Catholic mission of the
school, live Gospel values, and assume an active role in building the school’s faith community.
 Show instructional proficiency by effectively planning, demonstrating competence in the teaching process, and using effective methods of evaluation.
 Exhibit classroom management skills including a consistent
discipline approach promoting self-direction and positive selfimage and maintaining a functional and pleasant learning
environment.
 Work cooperatively and positively with administration, staff
members, students and parents.
 Demonstrate a sense of professional responsibility and maintain a professional manner.
OTHER EVENTS
This Week:
Sunday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Friday:
Charismatic Prayer Group, 7pm, CW
Legion of Mary, 7pm, RGB
Father’s Challenge Weekend Mtg., 7pm, CO
Bulletin Folding, 10:15am, CW
Stations of the Cross, 3pm, Church
Good Friday Service, 7pm, Church
Charismatic Prayer Ministry
All are welcome to join us today, Sunday, March 20th at 7:00
p.m in the CHAPEL OF THE WORD for prayer, praise and worship. Our guest speaker will be Margaret DeCrescentis. She will
be sharing with us about her Mission of Mercy in Kenya. For
more information contact Vicky at 303.699.8927
Cookies, Sandwiches and More 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 March
26-27. The items will be picked up after 6:30 PM on Sunday. If
you have questions, please contact Sarah Warren
at [email protected]
OLOL will staff the Soup Kitchen on Fri March 25. Volunteers
are needed to help prepare food from 9:00am - 1pm and serve
from 2:00pm - 5:00pm. If you wish to volunteer, or have any
questions, please call Rosanne at 303-699-9245/720-318-8886.
OLOL SCHOOL
Upcoming events:
March 24th Holy Thursday - NOON DISMISSAL NO SCHOOL MASS
March 18-April 1 Easter Break—NO SCHOOL
Springtime in Paris Gala - Tickets can now be
purchased online on the church website. $125
each or a table of 10 for $1500.
REMINDER: There will be no 8:30 school Mass on Holy
Thursday, or the week of Easter Break.
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN TO ALL FOR THE 20162017 SCHOOL YEAR
Registration packets can be found on our school website.
If you have questions, call the school office at 303-9518330.
$5000 CASH or $5000 Tuition Raffle
Tickets on Sale NOW! Contact Cheryl at 720-391-1857
[email protected]) or Rachal at
[email protected] for tickets.
Ladies Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary meets in the Holy Family Hall on the 2nd
Monday of the month. Our next meeting will be on
Mon. April 11th. We gather at 6:30 for a social and the meeting
begins at 7:00 pm. All women of the parish are invited
and encouraged to attend.
Join us in April as we welcome our guest speakers Brad and Joia
Farmer, OLOL youth directors. Joia is also in charge of putting
the parish communications including the bulletin.
We are looking forward to hearing them speak.
Some of our Ladies Auxiliary members are part of the living rosary, which began in 1940 in Poland by praying one decade each
day. If more women would like to participate they can contact
Mickey at 303-400-5957
The Ladies Endow group is currently studying St. Thomas Aquinas (section 1 of 2) in the Narthex Sacristy weekly on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. If you’re interested in joining please email Cynthia Winslow at: [email protected]
or call her at 303.330.3430
A Holy Week Prayer with the Regis Jesuit High School
Canta Belles: Tuesday, 3/22, at 7:00 pm. Regis Jesuit
High School will present its annual Holy Week Prayer with
the Canta Belles, a musical interpretation of the Passion of
Jesus Christ, in the school’s Blessed Rupert Mayer Chapel
located in the Girls Division building. Through the Gospels
and sacred choral repertoire, RJ’s advanced all-women's
SPRINGTIME IN PARIS GALA TICKETS
Tickets available this weekend in the narthex! This
year we are honoring a wonderful hero in our
community, Andy Fitzgerald. In February of 1952,
one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast
struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the
coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a
small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard
set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors
trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel. Andy is
the the only living member of the rescue team. We
will have the opportunity to celebrate his heroics
while we raise funds on April 23rd at the Inverness
Hotel.
Knights of Columbus Council 12336
UPCOMING KNIGHTS ACTIVITIES:
3rd ANNUAL MARDI GRAS CASINO FUNDRAISER
SATURDAY, APRIL 9,2016
This event will benefit Catholic Charities/Little Flower & the
OLoL Life Closet - which provides food, clothing and counselling
to those in need in the Aurora area
$20.00 per person includes transportation, $5.00 food credit,
$5.00 Quick Play & moreBus departs OLoL parking lot at 9 AM
and returns approximately 5 PM
Tickets & more details are available at the Knight’s Fish Fries or
by contacting Dale Hutchinson 303-693-0638 or
([email protected]) or Mike Zapfe 303-840-3442 or
([email protected])
Saturday, April 23rd
5- 0pm
Silent Auction and
followed by a Live
ner
Inverness Hotel
Tickets are $125
Cocktails
Auction and Din-
From Knights to Christ:
“The only important decision we have to make is
to live with God; He will make all the rest.”
Author unknown
per person, or
DID YOU KNOW
Our Lady of Loreto tithes back to God 10% of
each Sunday’s offertory collection ?
The funds are used to support “special collections”
designated by the United
States Council of Catholic
Bishops and the Archdiocese
of Denver such as World Mission Sunday, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Holy Land Support, Catholic Relief
Services, Black & Indian Missions, etc. They are
also used for various charities selected by Our
Lady of Loreto including St Vincent de Paul, Life
Closet, Ridgeview Academy, Crisis Pregnancy
Centers, and many others.
Give electronically at
www.OurLadyof Loreto.org
or via your smart phone.
GIFTS OF TREASURE
Offertory
Week of March 13th, 2016
Adults
Children
YTD Actual Offertory
YTD Budgeted
$53,618
$276
$2,015,320
$1,980,000
(Fiscal year 7/1/15-6/30/16)
Capital Funding - Ministry Center West Wing
Savings currently held for construction
Building an Inheritance of Hope (BIH)
anticipated pledges to be collected
Total construction funding
Project expenses paid from BIH contributions
$3,862,000
3,950,000
$7,812,000
$340,000
Debt
Debt on Church
Mortgage payable through 2031*
Debt on St. Joseph Ministry Center
Bridge loan payable through 2023**
Total Debt Our Lady of Loreto Parish
* 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.
$7,267,000
1,383,000
$8,650,000