July 5, 2015 - St Pius X Parish

XIV Sunday Ordinary Time
July 5, 2015
ST. PIUS X
13670 E. 13th Place, Aurora, CO, 80011 Office: 303-364-7435 Fax: 303-340-0122
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 - 7:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
STPIUSXPARISH.ORG & STPIUSXSCHOOL.NET School: 303-364-6515
“Check our New Website: www.stpiusxparish.org”
THANK YOU AND FAREWELL, DEAR TEACHERS!
This year, four of our beloved teachers are retiring. The community of St Pius X has been blessed with their
presence and ministry for many years, and we want to express our gratitude to the Lord and to each one of
them. Should you happen to come across them, please show them how much we all appreciate their service to
St Pius X youth!
Mrs. Darel Balutowski, also known affectionately as Mrs. Ski, retired after working at St. Pius X School for
twenty years. She taught all of her years in first grade. She was an anchor in our Primary Department.
Mrs. Geri Prager has taught for 34 years in the Archdiocese of Denver. Seven of those years have been in the
second grade at our school. For many years she was the director of the PreSchool at Queen of Peace Parish.
Ms. Kathy Gunsalus came to St. Pius 22 years ago. She taught Language Arts in Middle School and was a
kind and caring teacher. Her calm nature was appreciated by all and her students absolutely loved her!
Mrs. Marilyn Pahl taught at St. Pius for six years, although she was a substitute teacher for us for many
years. She began as our Science teacher and then moved to our Music Department. Through her efforts, our
choir and our Music program flourished.
Dear Teachers, we will miss you! May the Lord continue to bless you in your retirement, and be sure of
our prayers for you and your families.
PARISH STAFF
Rev. Jorge Agüera (ext. 111)
[email protected]
PASTOR
VICAR
Rev. Samuel Sarkodie (ext. 112)
[email protected]
DEACONS
D. Gregory Martin [email protected]
D. James Blume
[email protected]
D. James Claver
[email protected]
LITURGY &
MUSIC:
Greg Onofrio (303) 365-2393
[email protected]
RELIGIOUS Martha Jones (303) 364-1822
EDUCATION [email protected]
DIRECTOR
SOCIAL
MINISTRIES
Jay Reszka (ext. 116)
[email protected]
Doris Williams (ext. 115)
[email protected]
BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE
SECRETARY
Neyda Navarrete (ext. 114)
[email protected]
Sonia Hinojosa (ext. 110)
[email protected]
SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL
Mark Strawbridge
[email protected]
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday
5:30 p.m. English Anticipatory
7:15 p.m. en Español
Sunday
7:30, 9:00, 11:00 a.m. English
1:00 p.m. Español
Daily Mass Monday through Saturday at
8:00 a.m.
Holy Days 7:00 p.m. Anticipatory, Bilingual
8:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Confessions Wednesday 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Saturday 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Anointing
Mass Intentions
Saturday, July 4, 2015
8:00 Judy Cox † By her Family
5:30 Charles Coble † By a Friend
Sunday, July 5, 2015
7:30 Bauer Family Members †
By Cindy Pfluger and Joyce Hanson
9:00 For the Parishioners By St. Pius X Parish
11:00 Lucianne Gideon † By Peggy Burke
Monday July 6, 2015
8:00
Tuesday July 7, 2015
8:00
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
8:00
Thursday, July 9, 2015
8:00
Friday, July 10, 2015
8:00
Saturday, July 11, 2015
8:00 For the Personal Intentions of RJ Holmes By Cora & Lu
5:30 Travis Martinez † By Isabel Martinez
Sunday, July 12, 2015
7:30 Elaine Knoll † Sister of Barbara Rome
By Shirley Hammes
9:00 For the Parishioners By St. Pius X Parish
11:00 Edward Donaldson & Leonardo de Leon †
By Grace Donaldson
Prayers of theFaithful
We pray for all those who are sick or
in need of our prayers:
Evelyn Duran; Dale Papineau; James Dolan;
“Please Pray for”
Anna Whelan; Erin Miller; Edie Halt; Drake Penrod;
James Schuard; Fr. Sark; Arsenio Idea; Paula Wilder;
Ann Williams; Sharon Haney; Lynn Kallender; Gabrielle Schuett; Cindy Cross; Michelle Watson; Dusty
Martin; Ned Tollie Gray; Mary Whitteker; Kelly
Gleason; Lina Williams; Ana Limon; Assunta
Ferraro; Teri Reynolds; Glenda Powell; Nancy
McClain; Geneva Tatman; Ralph Pacheco; Brett
Davis; Martha Atchley; Mike Simons; Stephen Sanchez;
First Saturday of the month
8:00 a.m.
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
7:00 p.m. on 2nd Wednesday
Adoration Every Wednesday 7 pm
Pray for the Recently Deceased
Frank Campbell;
Craig VanMossevelde;
THIS WEEK ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Today’s Readings
First Reading — They shall know that a prophet has
been among them (Ezekiel 2:2-5).
Psalm — Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his
mercy (Psalm 123).
Second Reading — I am content with weaknesses and
hardships for the sake of Christ (2 Corinthians 12:7-10).
Gospel — “Where did this man get all this? Is he not the
carpenter, the son of Mary?” (Mark 6:1-6a).
Readings for the Week
Monday:
Tuesday:
Gn 28:10-22a; Ps 91:1-4, 14-15ab; Mt 9:18-26
Gn 32:23-33; Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b, 15;
Mt 9:32-38
Wednesday:
Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a;
Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Mt 10:1-7
Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5; Ps 105:16-21;
Mt 10:7-15
Friday:
Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28,
39-40; Mt 10:16-23
Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a; Ps 105:1-4, 6-7;
Mt 10:24-33
Sunday:
Am 7:12-15; Ps 85:9-14;
Eph 1:3-14 [1:3-10]; Mk 6:7-13
THE PATH TO THE NEW EVANGELIZATION
“Looking back over the past fifty years and even at
our lives today, I think it’s too easy to see the problems in the world. It’s too easy to become a
cynic. There’s too much beauty in the world to
lose hope; too many people searching for something more than themselves; too many people who
comfort the suffering; too many people who serve
the poor; too many people who seek and teach the
truth; too much history that witnesses, again and
again, to the mercy of God, incarnate in the course
of human affairs. In the end, there’s too much evidence that God loves us, with a passion that is totally unreasonable and completely redemptive,
to everstop trusting in God’s purpose for the world,
and for our lives….”
Of Human Dignity; The Declaration on Religious at 50, Charles J.
Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, March 17, 2015
CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE
It is cool and current!!!
Please log onto www.stpiusxparish.org and check out
our newly revamped parish website. Thank to our parish
Webmaster Alex Martinez everything is up to date and
beautiful. You can find information on all of our Parish
Programs and ministries as well as some links to several
important Catholic sites. Enjoy!!!
PAPAL ENCYCLICAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Everyone is talking about “Laudato Si! On the Care for
Our Common Home” Now you can check it out for
yourself on www.papalencyclicals.net/Francis/ It is a
landmark work that challenges us to be true stewards of
all of God’s Creation.
THANKS TO THE BASKET BALL
CAMP VOLUNTEERS
Once again, for yet another year, a huge thank you goes out to
Dave Sipiora and Jill and Michele Walker for organizing the 6th
St. Pius X Basketball Camp last week. Not only do these individuals and their volunteers donate all of their time running the
Camp each year, but they also donate 100% of the Camp proceeds to the school’s Athletic Fund and to the parish’s St. Vincent de Paul Society. You are all true servants!
CHANGE OF HOURS NOTICE
Starting July 6,
The Office will open
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 5 pm
CHANGES TO WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE
Please note that beginning July 11, 2015, the Saturday morning Mass will be
discontinued for summer. We apologize for any inconvenience caused!
SOCIAL MINISTRIES
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS NEEDED
FOR VET’S HOME
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
We Need More Volunteers!
We need more Communion Ministers who are willing to
take the Eucharist to residents of the Colorado State Veteran’s Home (on corner of Montview and Peoria). You
are needed to visit some 8-10 Catholic residents at the
home - just one Sunday a month from 10 AM to
11:30AM! Training is provided. If you can help, please
call Jay at the Parish Office.
SOUP KITCHEN
JULY 10th
This Friday, July 10th is a Soup Kitchen Friday where
our volunteers travel to downtown Denver to serve the
evening meal at the St. Francis Center (2323 Curtis St.).
We still need new volunteers as we continue to be a few
volunteers short of late! All are welcome. Most of us
carpool from the Parish Office, leaving at 2:00 PM - returning by 5:30 PM. You can meet us down at the 2323
Curtis St. location. For more information or directions
downtown call the Parish Office.
For over 10 years, St. Pius volunteers have been helping out at the Food Bank of the Rockies (FOB). We
need some more help! We work from 12:30-3:30 PM
on Wednesdays and Fridays at the 10700 E. 45th FOB
location. Some work most Wednesdays and Fridays
and some work only once a month or less. Whatever
you wish to do is fine. Our task is to repackage damaged food goods for area non-profits. However, each
3 hr. shift we do at FOB contributes free food credits
for Aurora Catholic Charities helping them stock their
food bank. So your 3 hours of service does double
duty!!! For more info, call parish office.
HELPER FOR NURSING HOME MASSES
Need volunteer 1-2 times a month
Fr. Sark says Mass at Aspen Care on the 1st Friday of each month and at the Veteran’s Home on the 2nd Friday of each month. He needs someone to help him at
the Nursing Homes with these Masses from 9:30 AM until 11 AM.
If you can help with this for one or two times a month that would help
Fr. Sark a great deal. Please call Jay at the Parish Office.
ADULT FAITH FORMATION
ARE YOU AN ADULT CATHOLIC WHO HAS NOT MADE 1st COMMUNION OR BEEN CONFIRMED?
Classes start in July
There are many adult Catholics who were baptized in the Church as infants, but through no fault of their own, were not
able to make their 1st Communion or Confirmation as children. Perhaps this is you! Now is your opportunity to make
this right. If you are an adult Catholic wanting to make your 1st Communion or Confirmation, classes are starting in
July. They will be held in conjunction with our RCIA Program every Tuesday night from 7-8:30 PM. If you are interested, please call Jay at the Parish Office at 303-364-7435.
DO YOU WANT TO BECOME CATHOLIC?
RCIA Starting in July
We did some re-structuring of our RCIA Program these past few weeks, so we have delayed the start of our RCIA Program for 2015-16. We will be starting up again in July. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is the study Program for all persons interested in joining the Catholic Church. It combines Biblical study, with a broad overview of
Catholic doctrine mixed in with Catholic worship and prayer aimed at helping newcomers find a spiritual home in the
Catholic Church. Classes will be held weekly on Tuesday nights from 7-8:30 PM. If you are interested, please call Jay
at the Parish Office at 303-364-7435.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Registration hours in school room #5
Monday and Thursday 5:00-7:00pm and Saturdays 9:00am-12:00pm
[email protected] 303-364-1822
Confirmation Preparation
Two Year Program: Grades 5-12
First Communion
Preparation
Two Year Program:
Grades 1-4
Grade 5: Saturdays 10:00am-11:30am
Grades 6-8: Thursdays 6:00pm-8:00pm
Grades 9-12: Sundays 6:00pm-8:00pm
Second Year Fees
Saturdays
10:00am-11:30am
Fees after July 1st:
Registered: $80.00
Non-registered: $100.00
First Year Fees after July 1st
Registered: $80.00
Non Registered: $100.00
(beginning July 1st)
Registered: $190.00
Non-registered: $210.00
YOUTH MINISTRY
ST. PIUS X
July 12-17th
A SUMMER CAMP FOR
CATHOLIC YOUTH
Totus Tuus (Latin for Totally Yours), a summer catechetical program for younger kids and teens will be held at St. Pius
X Parish from July 12-July 17th. The Grade School kids program (for kids entering 1st-6th) runs Mon.-Fri. from 9:30 AM
to 2:30 PM. The day will include religious instruction, daily Mass, songs, praise, games and recess. For Middle School
kids and High School teens, the Program runs Sun.-Thurs. 7:30-9:30 PM and also combines catechesis with having
fun! Totus Tuus is taught by energetic Catholic college students. Registration forms are in the bulletin insert or through
the Parish Office . It will be $30 per child or $50 for a family. Scholarships will be made available to help cover
cost. Please register by July 7th.
PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER!!
TOTUS TUUS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
Especially High School Students
A successful Totus Tuus Program requires 5-10 additional volunteers who can help during the week in the classroom
helping with religious instruction, performing skits, and managing the kids. This is a great opportunity for high
school age kids needing service hours! If you are 18 or over, you can also help, but you will need to have
completed the Safe Environment classes and a background check. To volunteer, contact the Parish Office.