St. Vincent de Paul Parish Pampa Tx

Diocese of Amarillo Bishop Patrick J. Zurek

Pastor Rev. Francisco Pérez

810 W. 23rd Pampa Texas 79065 Phone: 665-8933

Fax: 806-665-2840 Email: stvincentpampa@gmail.com

Website: WWW.STVINCENTPAMPA.COM

Amount needed each week for expenses 5500.00

Regular Collection 4285.50 Children’s Collection 133.00 Pastoral Education Center 26th

Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your

lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”

Luke 6:38 Good Sams needs: Any kind of canned goods, shampoo ,sheets, towels, toothpaste, tennis shoes for: Men, Women & Children

(Any size), brown papers bags & plastic bags!!! Volunteers

March Special Collections Ash Wednesday/Eastern Europe March 1st

Catholic Relief Services March 12th Easter Flowers March 19th

PEC March 26th

February 25th Sat. 5:30 p.m. Mark Ebenkamp (BD) February 26th Sun 9:30 a.m. Parish Family 12:00 p.m. +Valentin Saldana Trejo, +Jorge Avalos, +Carlos Regalado, & +Luz M. Magallanes Mon. February 27th No Mass February 28th Tues. 7:00 p.m. +Ernesto Granillo

March 1st ASH WEDNESDAY Wed 12:10 p.m. Vincent & Joyce Simon 6:00 p.m. +Wanda Kling 8:00 p.m. Fr Francsco March 2nd Thurs 7:00 a.m. +Ed Ringering FIRST FRIDAY March 3rd Fri. 8:30 a.m. Freddy & Mary Martinez family 6:30 p.m. +Roxanna Willis, +Juanita Brower & +Jeane Bratcher March 4th Sat. 5:30 p.m. +Ron Graves March 5th Sun 9:30 a.m. +Lorraine Qualls, +Glen & +Ester Hamilton, +Mary & +Aaron Anderwald 12:00 p.m. Parish Family

Mass Intentions for the Week

February 25th & 26th, 2017

February 26th, 2017 Eighth Sunday

in Ordinary Time

Scripture Insights Today’s readings focus on trust and trustworthiness, and chal-lenge or ability to let go of earthly worries and trust in God’s care. Today’s short passage from Isaiah is a conversation between Zion, who represents the whole people, and God. The people cry out, believing that God has forsaken them, and God’s re-sponse is immediate and reassuring. To describe the intimate and tender love of God for the people, the author uses the im-age of a mother nursing her child-quite a change from the more usual male images of God we see in Scripture. If we often cry out as Zion did, wondering if God has forsak-en us, then the conviction of today’s psalmist is our spiritual refuge. We see his (or her) confidence repeated in each verse: the only place to find strength is in the Lord. Summing up all of these repeated assurances, the psalmist concludes by en-treating all people to trust in the Lord. To help them understand their ministry, Paul presents the Co-rinthians with the image of a steward. They, like stewards, have been entrusted with the “mysteries of God,’ and so they must “be found trustworthy.” It is a heavy but exalted respon-sibility. But the judgment of that trustworthiness must come from God, not from humans. Paul advises that human judg-ment be deferred, for God will illuminate the true motives of all his stewards when he come. Jesus uses a delightful comparison between nature (the birds, the wild flowers, and the grasses) and humans to teach the importance of trust in the providence of God. His instruction to the disciples has two layers. First, the disciple cannot serve the things of God and the things of the world. Focus-ing anxiously on physical desires excludes God. Second, there is no need to do this anyway. God knows what is needed and pro-vides for those who trust. Which image of the tenderness of the Lord inspires you most? Do you think you worry about earthly things more than you should? Jesus says that we should trust God to care for us. How con-vinced are you?

PLEASE PRAY FOR….those who are sick or suffering in any

way, we especially remember at this time:

Anita Harp, Ollie Campbell, Manuel Duarte, Jim Eakin, Jeannie Eakin, Miriam Moreno, Jim Hamilton, Israel Martinez, Sonny Portillo, Mary

Hartley, Guadalupe Resendiz, Rosa Resendiz, Lisa Torres, Clyde

Trusty, Danielle Fontenot, Hugh McLeland, Jean Ladd, Sharon Strickland, Leonila

Payan, Higinia Sanchez, Ramon Arana, Elieso Garcia, Krista Hughes, Jesse Chavez, Ann Hamilton, Mary Ann Ebenkamp, Marsha Varner, Olivia Hernandez, Tatum Schulte, Pat Wyatt, Leopoldo Anaya, For all those that are incarcerated , lonely, sick or dying… . We pray to the Lord

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

February 26th 9:30 a.m. Mass & 12:00 noon

Mass 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Study-conf room

10:40 a.m. Faith Formation—PEC

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Monday February 27th No Mass

7 p.m. Women’s Book Study group—1529 N.

Christy

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Tue. February 28th, 7:00 p.m. Mass 7:30 p.m. Prayer service—church

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ASH Wednesday March

1st 12:10 p.m., 6:00 p.m.

and 8:00 p.m. (Sp)

Office closes at noon NO Youth Night

6-7:15 p.m. NO CLASSES

Eucharist, Confirmation and RCIC classes—PEC

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Thursday March 2nd 7:00 am Mass 2:00 p.m. Bulletin folders—conference rm

6:00 p.m Santacruz prayer group

6-7:30 p.m. Spanish Bible Class—PEC

7:00 p.m. Ulteya—cafeteria

7:30 p.m. Solis choir practice—church

7:30 p.m. Fundraiser wrap up meeting-

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First Friday March 3rd , 8:30 a.m. Mass &

6:30 p.m. Prolife Mass 9a.m.—6:30p.m. Adoration 6:30 p.m. Servicio Coro Divina Miscricordia– cafeteria 7:15 p.m. Stations of the Cross 8:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross in Spanish

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Saturday March 4th, 5:30 p.m. Mass

4:30 p.m. Confessions

7:00 p.m. Baptismal Classes in Spanish—conf rm

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First Sunday of Lent March 5th 9:30 a.m.

Mass & 12:00 p.m. Sp. Mass 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Study—conf room

10:40 a.m. Faith Formation—PEC

11:00 a.m. Knights of Columbus sausage dinner—

at the old Hall

3:00 p.m Marriage

Enrichment—cafeteria

February 25th & 26th, 2017

The Lord is kind and merciful.

2017 GRADUATES The West Texas Catholic is once again asking for names of St. Vincent's 2017 High School Graduates. The annual Graduation Issue of the West Texas Catholic will be printed in early May and dated Sunday, May 21st. This is only for High School Catholic graduates. The deadline to call in names is Monday March 6th at noon. Please, call the par-ish office if you have a son or daughter that is graduating.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SAUSAGE DINNER The 65th Annual Polish Sausage Dinner will be on Sunday March 5th, 2017 from 11:00 am to 2:00 p.m. at the Knights Hall 318 N. Cuyler . Advance tickets 12 earch $14 at the door, chil-dren under 6 free. Tickets will be available at the parish office. For more information call Kenny Gerber at 806-662-0952

RESPECT LIFE BANQUET

The Honorable Cecilia Abbott, First Lady of Texas, will be the keynote speaker Sun-day, March 19 for the 20th annual Respect Life Banquet. This year’s banquet, which benefits Respect Life Ministries in the Diocese of Amarillo, will begin with social hour at 4:00pm, with dinner served at 5:00 in the Heritage Room of the Amarillo Civ-ic Center, 401 South Buchanan. Tickets are $50 per person, which includes a prime rib dinner catered by the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amaril-lo, according to Stephanie Frausto, director of Respect Life Ministries. The evening will also include Silent and Live Auctions. For more information, to purchase tickets, or to donate items for the Silent and Live Auctions, contact Frausto at 383-2243, ext. 129, or 678-4673. Tickets can be purchased through the diocesan Respect Life Office and can also be purchased from any Knights of Columbus Council in the Diocese of Amarillo.

Wednesday March 1st, 2017

Mass Schedule

12:10 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m. Sp

Operation Rice Bowl ENCOUNTER LENT Encounter ourselves -Encounter our neighbors

Encounter our God Join our faith community and nearly 14,000 Catholic Commu-nities across the United States in a life-changing Lenten jour-ney of encounter with CRS Rice Bowl. Pick up your family’s CRS Rice Bowl from each entrance of the church on Ash Wednesday and don’t for-get to download the CRS Rice Bowl app! Bring Lent into your life, online, offline, anytime, anywhere. Tap into a rich spiritual experience and make the 40 days of Lent ones that will change your life– and the world. Put lent at your fingertips with new daily reflections and recipes, integrated social sharing and new way to track your Lenten sacrifices! Available also in Spanish. May these 40 days better pre-pare us to encounter ourselves, our neighbor and God.

“The Good News is no mere matter of words...It is about leaving

ourselves behind and encountering others.” - Pope Francis

February 25th & 26th, 2017

NO CLASSES ON WEDNESDAY March 1st due to Ash Wednesday All children and youth who are being baptized should have their forms & birth certificates in

by now. The deadline for all paperwork (forms & sponsors) & baptismal certificates for children & youth celebrating First Eucharist or Confirmation is Friday March 10.

No Youth Group

on Ash Wednesday!

DIOCESAN CATHOLIC YOUTH CONFERENCE DCYC

AKA YOUTH RALLY 2017 April 21st to April 23rd

North Exhibit Hall of the Amarillo Civic Center

35 per person or 45 at the door. The conference is open to all youths in grades 7-12, according to Diocesan Youth Director Oscar Guzman. The theme of this year’s DCYC is “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13) The conference will run from 6pm to 10pm on April 21 and from 9:00am to 11:00pm on April 22. A third day is being added to the conference this year, which will include a Family Mass celebrated by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek on April 23 at 11:00am. Scheduled speakers at the DCYC include Disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ Sister Mary Gianna Thornby; best-selling Catholic author and international speaker Ruben Quezada; internationally-known recording artist Amanda Vernon; and, musician Bob Lesnef-sky, aka, Righteous B. Serving as the house band will be Jon Dooley and the St. Vincent de Paul Praise Band. Additional information on the annual DCYC will be featured in The West Texas Catholic; on the diocesan website at www.amarillodiocese.org/youth; on diocesan social media; and, on St. Valentine Catholic Radio, 1360AM, KDJW. For more information, please contact your parish youth minister or the Diocesan Youth Office at 383-2243, ext. 118.

LENTEN WOMEN’S PRAYER BRUNCH

All women throughout the Diocese of Amarillo are invited to attend a Lenten Women’s Prayer Brunch, set for Saturday, March 11. The brunch, sponsored by Amarillo Rejoicers, will be served from 9:45am to 11:30am at the Amarillo Club on the 30th floor of the Chase Towers at 600 South Tyler. In addition to brunch, the morning will include prayer and worship, testimony and teaching as well as individual prayer for those in need, according to Disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ Sister Elizabeth Ann Dockery. Once again this year, the Pray-er Brunch is a ticketed event, according to Dr. Meganne Walsh. Tickets are $15.00 each and can be pur-chased in one of three ways: • At Top of Texas Catholic Superstore in the Signature at 2500 South Coulter; • Through the U.S. mail by sending a check for $15.00 to Norma Frausto, 3801 South Roberts, Amarillo, 79118. Please make checks out to M. Walsh MD; or, • Online at www.facebook.com/amarillo.rejoicers. Tickets purchased through the U.S. mail or online can be picked up the day of the brunch. The deadline to purchase advance tickets is Wednesday, March 8. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Tickets for the final brunch for the 2016-17 school year on Saturday, May 13 can also be purchased during the March 11 brunch.

Please remember to save the date for the Sixth Annual

Bishop’s Gala 2017 Friday May 5th, Amarillo Country Club 6:30 p.m. Social hour & 7:30 p.m. Dinner

Live Auction Casino Proceeds to benefit Holy Cross Catholic Academy

Practice of Charity Pope Francis reminds us in the Joy of the Gos-pel that in cultures characterized by the “feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures,” there is no room in our lives for others, especially the poor. We worry about belongings, entertain-ment, and status. One antidote is to accept that God cares deeply for us, like a mother for her child. St. Augustine took the phrase from today’s psalm-”only in God is my soul at rest”- and applied it to his own grasping, carnal early life, which made him miserable, but which he only begrudgingly gave up. Read his Confessions, book 1, chapters 1 and 2. they are brief, but full of insight that applies even 1,500 years later. Consider taking a portion of your clothing and food budget for this week and donating it to Birthright, a ministry that helps mothers and their children (http://birthright.org/en/). Pray the Our Father, focusing on “give us this day our daily bread.”

Preparación Para Bautismo en Español Las instrucciones para papas y padrinos serán el 4 de Marzo a las 7:00 p.m. en la oficina de la parroquia. Los padrinos ya deben haber recibido los sacramentos de Confirmación y Primera Comunión, y si son casados deben serlo en el Sacramento de la Iglesia Católica. Este programa

es obligatorio para quienes no lo hayan tomado antes. Seria muy bueno tomarlo durante el embarazo. Para reservaciones llamar a la oficina 665-8933. Los niños no son admitidos a la clase porque distraen la

sesion, por favor no los traiga.

Mes Marzo

Ministros de Comunión-Misa de los Martes

Lectores - Misa de los Martes

7 Julia Soto– Cecilia Losoya Bertha Arreola—Maria Davila

14 Tina Gonzalez-Javier Gonzalez Rosa Soto—Sonia Solis

21 Socorro Granillo— Lupita Machado

Benjamin Machado Mireya Pacheco

28 Alma Guardado Maria Davila

Marco Rizo - Jorge Brito

Cursillos en 2017 El Cursillo de mujeres sera del jueves 27 al domingo 30 de abril. El Cursillo de hombres seradel jueves 19 al domingo 22 d octubre. Los dos Cursillos tendran lugar en el Centro de Retiros Obispo DeFalco, calle Spring 2100 Norte. El Cursillo se conduce en espanol completamente, inform Gonzalez; por eso sugiere que todos los participantes domi-nen el espanol para poder captar el mensaje que se presenta. Para mayors informes sobere el Movimiento del Cursillo, llamen a Gonzalez, 678-9162

‘CUANDO USTEDES AYUNEN, NO PONGAN CARA TRISTE” La Oración, el ayuno y la limosna son practicas cuaresmales que tienen su origen en las enseñanzas de Cristo. Se hacen por amor a Dios y no para lucirse ante los demás. Estamos llamados a

servir a otros con alegría.

“NO SE PREOCUPEN POR SU VIDA” Cuando Jesus nos dice que no nos preocupemos por el asunto del vestido y de la comida, no hace un llamado para que seamos irresponsables, sino todo lo ccontrario. Si observamos a las aves, veremos que ellas abandonan la comodidad del nido para ir en busca del preciado alimento; ponen en juego todas sus habilidades y obtienen lo que necesitan y al final de cuentas la providencia de Dios no las deja sin comer. El problema aqui es de confianza en Dios. El ya sabe que nosotros requerimos muchas cosas, pero en realidad lo que mas necesitamos es a Dios mismo, el autor de la vida, ya que sin el nada somos ni podemos nada. Sabemos que el dinero es un medio, no lo convirtamos en un fin. No podemos server a dos amos. Es major que el dinero sea el que nos sirva. Si no nos apoyamos en Dios , que es Roca firme, nos tendremos que sostener sobre cosas pasajeras, que al fin de cuentas se desmoronaran. Trabajemos con ganas para que Dios reine en nosotros y en el mundo. Pongamos todo lo demas en sus manos paternales.

UN ENCUENTRO CON LA CUARESMA

Únase a nuestra comunidad de fe-y a casi 14,000 comunidades católicas en los Estados Unidos-en una jornada de Cuaresma de encuentro que cambia vidas con Plato de Arroz de CRS. Consiga el Plato de Arroz de CRS de su familia en las entradas de la iglesia, no olvide descargar la aplicación CRS Plato de Arroz! Que estos 40 días nos preparen mejor para salir al encuentro de nosotros mismos, nuestro prójimo y nuestro Dios.

LECTURAS PARA LA SEMANA 26 febrero al 4 marzo

Domingo Is 49:14-15; Sal 62:2-3, 6-9; 1Cor 4:1-5; Mt 6:24-34

Lunes Eclo 17:20-24; Sal 32:1-2, 5-7; Mr 10:17-27 Martes Eclo 35:1-12; Sal 50:5-6, 7-8, 14 & 23; Mr 10:28-31

Miércole Jl 2:12-18; Sal 51:3-6, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20—6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Jueves Dt 30:15-20; Sal 1:1-4, 6; Lc 9:22-25 Viernes Is 58:1-9; Sal 51:3-6, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15

Sábado Is 58:9-14; Sal 86:1-6; Lc 5:27-32 Domingo Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Sal 51:3-6, 12-13, 17;

Ro 5:12-19; Mt 4:1-11

VIVIENDO NUESTRA FE

El amor incondicional es algo complicado. Algunas veces hemos oído (o nos lo han dicho) que si hacemos tal o cual cosa ya no nos van a querer. Hacer depender el amor de acciones, actitudes o cualidades físicas o morales es equivocar la naturaleza del amor. El amor de Dios no pene condiciones, ama simplemente. Eso quiere decir que busca el bien de la otra persona. Nuestras familias y relaciones deben reflejar ese amor que busca el bien en cualquier circunstancia. A veces no es fácil, pero así es el llamado