Readings and

Mass Intentions

SUNDAY, JAN. 29 8:00 am Mass…Healing for Broken Relationships 10:30 am Mass…Alec & Jane McMillan & Family Zep 2:3; 3:12-13/Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10/ 1 Cor 1:26-31/ Mt 5:1-12a MONDAY, JAN. 30 Heb 11:32-40/Ps 31:20, 21, 22, 23, 24/ Mk 5:1-20 TUESDAY, JAN. 31 Heb 12:1-4/Ps 22:26b-27, 28 & 30, 31-32/ Mk 5:21-43 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1 9:00 am Mass...John & Nancy Jennings Heb 12:4-7, 11-15/Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a/Mk 6:1-6 THURSDAY, FEB. 2 9:00 am Mass...Richard Gage† Mal 3:1-4/Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10/Heb 2:14-18/ Lk 2:22-40 FRIDAY, FEB. 3 9:00 am Mass...Cath Braum & Boys Heb 13:1-8/Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9abc/ Mk 6:14-29 SATURDAY, FEB. 4 5:30 pm Mass...Sean & Susan Carroll & Boys Heb 13:15-17, 20-21/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6/ Mk 6:30-34

Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Returning our Treasure in Thanksgiving

Financial information

January 21st & 22nd

Weekly Need:…….……..$11,350.00

Weekly Actual:…...…......$10,146.00

Attendance 734

Property Loan Balance:...…..$386,906.25 (as of 12-12-2016)

HOLY REDEEMER’S

PRAYER INTENTION BOOK

Please continue to remember and pray for all those listed in the prayer intention

book and those listed below:

Cecilia Cavazos,

Virginia Merrill† & Charles Lynch†

Ladies of Holy Redeemer Our next meeting is on

February 2nd

at 6:30 pm.

Guest speaker: Naomi Price

Hearts Reaching Out

All Dads and their daughters are invited to our annual dance hosted by the

Men of Holy Redeemer on Saturday, February 18th at 6:30 pm.

Tickets will be on sale after all Masses on Feb. 4th & 5th; Feb. 11th & 12th.

Tickets are $5 per person /$20 family.

Blessing of the Throats February 3rd is the feast day of Saint Blaise, who was the Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia in the fourth century. Before being martyred, he is said to have healed a boy who was choking. Since the eighth century, Saint Blaise has been venerated as the patron of those who suffer from diseases of the throat. We pray in a special way for the protection from afflictions of the throat and from other illnesses. The blessing of Saint Blaise is a sign of our faith in God’s protection and love for us and for the sick. The blessing of St. Blaise is given by two candles held in a crossed position by a priest and pressed against the throats.

Msgr. Publius will give the Blessing of the Throats after each Mass on February 4th & 5th.

Keeping Kids Safe Training For Teens

Wednesday, February 8th 6:30 pm in the parish hall.

(Teens 7th through 12th grade)

Teens interested in volunteering at parish events or in any ministry

(such as nursery, usher, choir, faith formation, greeter, or sound system)

are required to complete this training. RSVP by contacting the parish office.

Blessed Among Us: St. Thomas Aquinas Feast Day January 28th When the young Thomas declared his intention to become a Dominican friar, his family initially kidnapped him and locked him in their castle in southern Italy. When this failed to dissuade him, they relented and set him free to pursue his vocation. Thomas’ initial studies gave no promise of his later eminence. While studying in Cologne he rarely spoke, thus earning the nickname “the Dumb Ox.” Only his teacher, Albert the Great, recognized his abilities and predicted that the lowing of this “dumb ox” would eventually be heard around the world. By the time he received his doctorate in Paris, Thomas was recognized as an unrivaled genius, and his services were in wide demand, both by the Dominicans and the Papal court. In 1266, he began his masterpiece, the Summa Theologiae, a vastly ambitious exposition of the Catholic faith in which he brilliantly adapted the philosophy of Aristotle in the service of Christian theology. The project was never completed. During Mass one day, Thomas had a mysterious experience that caused him to hang up his writing instruments, never to resume. When asked about his silence, he replied, “All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.” “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.” - St. Thomas Aquinas

We have paid off

our church loan!

Join us for lunch after the 10:30 Mass on February 12th. We

will provide the entrée; please bring a side dish or dessert. Sign ups will be after Mass or call the parish office.

January 29, 2017

Jan. 29: Faith Formation Classes 9:00 am Jan. 30: Adult Bible Study 6:30 pm Jan. 30: Boy Scouts T-1099 7:00 pm Jan. 30 Rosary Making 9:00 am Feb. 1: Wed. Ladies Bible Study 9:30 am Feb. 1: Youth Group 6:30 pm

Feb. 1: RCIA Classes 7:00 pm Feb. 2: Ladies of Holy Redeemer 6:30 pm Feb. 3: First Friday Adoration 9:30 am Feb. 8: Keeping Kids Safe for Teens 6:30 pm Feb. 12: Holy Redeemer Social 11:30 am Feb. 18: Daddy Daughter Dance 6:30 pm

Upcoming Events THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE

CALLED TO SERVE:

Sat., Feb. 4 • 5:30 pm Mass

ALTAR SERVERS

Carson Fronk Tanner Wheaton

USHERS

Dave Knesek Hannah Jozwiak

Jim Hughes

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS

Steve Weaver Elizabeth Weaver

Patricia Devlin Roxanna Young

Karen Marsh

Sun., Feb. 5 • 8:00 am Mass

ALTAR SERVERS

Wyatt Mott Aiden Slabbekoorn

USHERS

Lorren Mott Duane Knesek

Scott Tudor

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS

Bobby Zeigler Laura Petter

Betty Alexander Jackie Voss

WR Alexander Lea Young

Will Matthews

Sun., Feb. 5 • 10:30 am Mass

ALTAR SERVERS

Olivia Caggiano Erin Miller

USHERS

Regina Grammer Weston Reese

Stephen Grammer William Seibold

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS

Arturo Sandoval Val Grooms

Mike Harding Nilsa Lescelius

Monica Collins Steve Lund

Margaret Edmonston Maria Sandoval

Thomas Edmonston Patrick Snell

Thank you to our Sponsor of the Week

The ads in our bulletin defray the cost of printing to the church and

are a valued service provided to our parishioners. Please patronize the

sponsors as they are supporting us.

Faith Formation News & Notes

First Reconciliation Retreat-January 29th from 2:00-4:00 pm. Parent and child should both attend.

Middle School Rally

Inflatables and games; amazing keynote speakers, dinner and Mass.

Located at Nolan Catholic High School on Saturday, February 25th 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. 6th-8th graders are invited; $30 to attend.

Registration ends February 8th.

Exalted to the Heavens: The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

February 2nd Although this feast is the Presentation of the Lord, there are three great entrances celebrated in this liturgy. The most ancient described in Psalm 24, is the entrance of the Lord, the king of Israel, into the holy city, probably an annual liturgy that exulted in the covenant love be-tween God and the people. God enthroned in the Temple radiated so greatly a joy that even the gates of the city were exalted. Against this horizon, the liturgy speaks of a poor couple entering the Temple area, carrying a tiny child. They present their first-born to give thanks and to fulfill the Law. Only Simeon and Anna recognize the Lord of Glory coming into the Temple. In the Incarnation, the King of Glory has come to set up a tent of flesh and blood. Mary is the new gate: she, and with her, all flesh, are exalted. Just as the ark, entering the city, lifted up the heads of the gates, the Son of God, entering into humanity, raises up that humanity to the heavens. By the time the Gospel of Luke was written, the Temple had been destroyed. The loss of the Temple, site of God’s dwelling place among human beings, was devastating to early Christians and to Jews. The author of the Gospel here guarantees that Christ is the font of holiness for all flesh, so the Lord has not abandoned us. Rather, in Jesus and in the Holy Spirit, the presence of God journeys with us as with the Israelites passing through the desert towards the Promised Land. Looking towards that kingdom, we rise up to receive the Lord of glory who came as a little child. - Kimberly Hope Belcher

First Friday of Adoration

February 3rd

at 9:30 am

The Church in Latin America inspires all to "Share Your Faith"

The Church in the United States has a long history of sharing our faith in Jesus Christ with the people of Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1965, the Bishops

of the United States created the Latin America Committee and an annual national collection to support the work of the Church in Latin America. This year marks the

fiftieth anniversary of its creation. We also recognize the tremendous benefit of having our Latin American brothers and sisters in the Church and the revitalization

their fervor brings to the faith. In addition to offering our help and support to the Catholics of Latin America, we have much to learn from them.

Today’s 2nd collection will benefit this cause.

Physical Disabilities and the Redemptive Meaning of Suffering Saturday, February 18th at 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

St. Patrick’s Cathedral For more information contact: pquintero@fwdioc.org.