Our Lady of the Desert Church

7101 West Picture Rocks Road, Tucson, AZ 85743

Phone: 520-744-3400 Email: office@desertrenewal.org

Website: www.desertrenewal.org

July 5, 2020

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Redemptorist Community

Church Rector

Rev. Ed Vella, C.Ss.R.

Associates

Rev. Tony Nguyen, C.Ss.R.

Director of Renewal Center

Local Redemptorist Superior

Rev. Pat Grile, C.Ss.R.

Rev. Jim Shea, C.Ss.R

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bro. William Cloughley, C.Ss.R.

Rev. Peter Connolly, C.Ss.R.

Rev. Ricardo Elford, C.Ss.R.

Borderlands Outreach

Rev. Lamar Partin, C.Ss.R.

Pastor, Santa Catalina Parish

Rev. Greg Wiest, C.Ss.R. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

In Residence :

Rev. Tom Picton, C.Ss.R.

Rev. Denis Ryan, C.Ss.R.

Deacon

Rev. Mr. Ken McNealy

Choir

Hope Sullivan, Music Director

Liturgical Ministers/

Compliance Officer

Kelly Mooney

Bob Jones

Bulletin Editor

Alexis Murrieta

Knights of Columbus

George Horton

Welcome: The Redemptorist Community and Pastoral

Staff of the Redemptorist Renewal Center extends a warm and loving welcome to all who come here to pray and worship in our church. We are a community that welcomes all people as brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. Together we are the body of Christ, living and active today.

Our Lady of the Desert Dear Church Family,

Covid – 19 and Masses. Here we are once again, public indoor Masses having been

suspended, out of safety for our Church community, the Redemptorist Renewal Center,

and all of our sisters and brothers. If any one of us were to sit down and list all the

feelings that the present Covid – 19 situation brings up in us, the list would be a mile

long. In fact, doing so would be an excellent idea. It could help us to identify and

recognize the feelings we have toward this dreaded virus and how it has altered our dai-

ly lives and our spiritual lives. Some have had their lives cut short due to the virus. Let’s stay strong and try to be

patient. (I say to myself, “is that even possible?”) Possible, yes. Easy, no. We are reminded that we are part of a

much larger world and local community and need to have concern and care for one another. Please do not stop

praying for those directly affected by Covid-19 and the Bighorn fires. Pray for the hundreds of firefighters and for

the front-line health and emergency workers, all of whom are making great sacrifices in the face of fire and

contagion, to keep us safe. God bless them all! They are all true heroes, and our country and world needs heroes.

We continue to offer an online weekend Mass. Each weekend I will send an email alert that the Mass has been

posted on YouTube. If you subscribe (it’s free) to our YouTube Channel, you will automatically get it in your email.

Click here: O.L. of the Desert Weekend Mass

Stewardship. Our Church community has been through a lot physically, spir itually, emotionally and

financially. We must take good care of ourselves and our families as we are being stretched thin in all these

dimensions. Write or call if we can be of help with the first three areas, please. “Generosity” is the “middle name”

of our Church community family! For your convenience, know that you may come during office hours to personally

offer your stewardship, or mail it in, or use the following link and specify your donation. Click here: Stewardship

Multicultural Event Postponed. I know that last week we just announced the upcoming Multicultural Event

for September 27. The administration of the Redemptorist Renewal Center and coordination team have had to

postpone the event. We will let you know when will be able to host this wonderful and much needed gathering.

4th of July Holiday. Our office will be closed on Saturday,

July 4. Try to spend some time praying, reflecting and

discussing what July 4th actually means for us, living in a

blessed land of ethnically diverse communities. So, what are

we really celebrating when we break out the red, white, and

blue? Justice and freedom for all? All Americans do not enjoy

freedom and justice to the same degree. Let’s reconsider the

meaning of freedom and immigration and racial justice. As a

first born of immigrants, I think about it quite a bit. First

Nations indigenous peoples were here WAY before the USA

ever started. That’s why they are called “First Nation”. You

and I are called to spread love, peace and inclusion. As I wrote

last week, I am not the first to say it; Jesus is. “All will know by this that you are my disciples—if you have love

for one another.” (John 13:35). Enjoy your families!

~Fr. Ed Vella, C.Ss.R.~

Prayer for Independence Day

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We lift up our hearts, O God,

on this day of celebration in gratitude

for the gift of being Americans.

We rejoice with all those who share

in the great dream of freedom

and dignity for all.

With flags and feasting,

with family and friends

we salute those who have sacrificed

that we might have the opportunity

to bring to fulfillment

our many God-given gifts.

As we deny all prejudice

a place in our hearts,

may we also clearly declare

our intention to work for the time

when all people,

regardless of race, religion, or sex,

will be granted equal dignity

and worth.

Come, O gracious God,

who led your children Israel from slavery,

keep us free from all

that might hold us in bondage.

Bless our country and join

our simple celebration that we may praise you,

our Source of freedom,

the One in whom we place our trust.

~ Fr. Ed Hays – A Pilgrim’s Almanac, p. 111

God of Heaven and Earth, you created the one human family

and endowed each person with great dignity.

Aid us, we pray, in overcoming the sin of racism. Grant us your grace in eliminating this blight

from our hearts, our communities, our social and civil institutions.

Fill our hearts with love for you and our neighbor so that we may work with you

in healing our land from racial injustice. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

~ United States Conference of Catholic Bishops~

Our mission is to be a place where the contemplative spirit of the human person may be discovered, fed and nourished. It is a place, an oasis in the Sonoran Desert, where Individuals encounter God and “feel the burn” of the Holy Spirit.

You may request additional envelopes on the table at the side entrance of the Church; the envelopes will

be available the following weekend in the box on the table at the side entrance of the Church.

CONSIDER SETTING UP A REOCCURING WEEKLY OR MONTHLY

DIRECT DRAFT WITH YOUR BANK.

JUST SEND IT TO OUR LADY OF THE DESERT CHURCH

7101 W. PICTURE ROCKS RD, TUCSON, ARIZONA 85743

SUNDAY COLLECTION June 26-28, 2020 $ 4,154.00

Redemptorist Renewal Center office hours are as follows:

Monday - Saturday:

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Sundays:

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

-Fr. Ed

Please Take Note:

OUR SICK

“The desert will lead you to your heart where I will speak.”

OUR DECEASED Please remember in your prayers:

(Month/Year)

Ed Bumby (6/20) Michael J. Connolly (2/20)

Maureen Connolly (2/20)

John Dallas (8/19) Carolyn Hasenoehrl (6/20)

Robert Heyer (10/19)

John Hoelzel (10/19)

Thomas Jackson (5/20)

Marcia Janicki (9/19)

Ray Kovash (6/20) Ralph Long (2/20)

Dave Miller (2/20)

Robert E. Muckley (12/19)

Margaret O’Connell (2/20)

Consuelo Piccarella (7/19)

Joseph Piccarella (9/19)

Aidan Martel Santoyo (7/19)

Tom Weiss (9/19)

Please pray for others in our community who are struggling with various illnesses.

Marge Beymer DCN Joe Bogushefsky Ellie Bruss Jeff Bruss Sue Bruss Peggy Calabro Pat Celentano Jim Eldridge Berlyn Hodges Sherry Iavagnilio Kim Judkins

Loretta Korpics

Jo Kovash

Suzanne Kraft

Virginia Lester

Harriet Lewandowski

Billie Marshall

Philip Oberstar

Jim Oliver

Kathy O’Toole

Mark Paris

Paul Person

Pat Pion

Joseph Plamondon

Alice Rigney

Ryan Roberts

Walter Ross

Aubrey Scarbrough

Chuck Sensale

Phil Treinen

Jane Welti

Robert White

Vilma Wiswall

Marilyn Witte

James Wurth

Victoria Villa

Kathy Zeches

Ernie Zeches

**Virginia Lester –Healing &

Recovery

** Denny Mallory (d)

**Leonardo Gentile (d)

**Victims of Coronavirus

**Dan & Mary Sue Pitsko -

Anniversary

**Bob McNeil (Healing)

**Anne Hauer (d)

**Redemptorist Community

**Ortiz, Garcia & Morales

Families

**Jeremiah Burroughs

**Jim Granger (d)

**Joseph Kubiak (d)

**For The Family of George

Floyd (d)

**Margaret O’Connell (d)

UPCOMING EVENTS

SoulShine -is a 12 Step group designed to meet the needs of recovering addicts. The primary focus is on codependency, but we are open to all persons suffering from any type of addictive behavior. Our meeting format follows that of A.A. and includes recovery readings. Come learn to love yourself better, free yourself from addictive thinking and allow your soul to shine! Every WEDNESDAY, 7:00- 8:30 pm. The SoulShine Online CoDA Zoom Room starts at 6:30 pm for anyone who wants to join early and visit before the meeting starts at 7:00 pm. https://arizona.zoom.us/j/965541204

Seeds of the Word Book Club: Our next book club meeting will be Wednesday, September 30th, from 2-3 pm in the Ironwood Room (across from the RRC pool). We’ll be discussing Anthony Lilles and Dan Burke’s book, LIVING THE MYSTERY OF LOVE: 30 Days with Thérèse of Lisieux (discussion of which was postponed due to the Coronavirus shutdown). Lilles and Burke lay out Thérèse’s program for a deeper relationship with God in this presentation of her intimate letters to her sisters and close friends. The RRC bookstore still has a few copies in stock. Please join us, even if you have not read the book! Please note that we will have the discussion as a Zoom call September 30th at 2 PM if the RRC remains closed in September. Well make the final decision by the end of August.

GriefShare - will take place on Saturday mornings on Zoom or conference call from 10-12.

To register or for more information: contact, June or Stan Wood 520.219.2919. or at Jwls1@earthlink.net

Scripture Prayer Group - meets via zoom each Tuesday from 7-8pm. For more details email John Davenport at: john@davenport.net, or call 440.478.1203.

Redemptorist Associates - All meetings are taking place via zoom. Anyone who is interested in learning more about the Redemptorist Lay Associates, please contact Jenny Martin 520.461.9001 or Fr. Ed Vella 520.744.3400.

**Mass Intentions

Be assured that the

Redemptorists will celebrate private Masses for these specific

intentions, as requested .

10am. There is

Please call Jeanette Witte

All groups will be cancelled until further notice see bulletin

We will dis-

cover the way of the cross

using information from vari-

ous spiritual writers. For

information please call Jen-