3601 Altamesa Fort Worth, Texas 76133 Parish office is located in the building

on east side of church.

St. Bartholomew CATHOLIC CHURCH

Parish Mission:

Daily Schedule for February 23-27: Monday : Mass at 8:30a.m.

Tuesday: Liturgy of the Word at 8:30a.m. Wednesday : Liturgy of the Word, 8:30a.m. ; Mass at 6:30p.m. Thursday: Mass at 12: 10p..m.

Friday: Mass at 8:30a.m., Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after 8:30a.m. Mass until 2:00p.m. , Stations of the Cross 6p.m (English),

7p.m.(Spanish) Weekend Masses: Saturday: 4:30 p.m.– English Sunday: 9 a.m. - English; 11 a.m. - English; 1 p.m. - Spanish

A nursery is provided at the following Masses: 4:30p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m., 11 a.m. & 1p.m. Sunday.

Mass Schedule

February 22, 2015

First Sunday in Lent (B)

“Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God.”

Weekly Calendar/Calendario Semanal Sunday: 22nd First Sunday in Lent~10Domingo de Cuaresma

Special Collection for Black and Indian Missions

Coffee and Donuts

Youth RCIA at 10:30a.m. in the Youth Room.

No RCIA this week. This class resumes next week at 10:30a.m. in the Office Library. The topic will be :” Prayer, Discernment, and Forming Conscience” taught by Diane Etzel

Spanish Choir Practice

CCD classes (K-4th grade) . Session 1 –10:30a.m., Session 2 -11:45a.m. in the parish life center

Adult Scripture Study, 10:30a.m. in the church building, room 23

Spanish Scripture Study, 11:30 a.m. in the church building , room 21

Redescubre el Catholismo Class, 2:15 p.m. in the church building, room 23

ACTS English Men’s Team, 2p.m. in the Parish Life Center, rooms 1-4

Spanish Altar Servers, 2:15 p.m. in the church

Marriage Enrichment . 6p.m. in the church building, room 14

YSN at 7p.m. in the Youth Room

Sunday Night Bible Study at 7p.m. in the church. Joe Winterling is leading this Bible study on the Book of Mark. All are welcome,

Monday: 23rd Folklore Dance Class, 5:45 p.m. in the Great Hall

Hispanic Prayer Choir Practice, , 6p.m. in the Parish Life Center, room 15&17

Safe Environment Initial class in English , 6:30p.m. in the Parish Life Center , room 13

Talleres de Oracion y Vida, 7p.m. in the parish life center , room 4

Spanish Ultreya Meeting, 7p.m. in the church building, room 14

Catechism-Bible Study, 7p.m. in the parish life center , room 1. This study is led by John Tharp. All are welcome.

Tuesday: 24th

ESL Daytime Classes , 9-12a.m.in the parish life center. Nursery provided.

ESL Night time Classes , 6-9p.m. in the parish life center

Sew Blessed, 11a.m. in the church building, room 14

Spanish RCIA, 7p.m. in the church building, room 23

Marriage Enrichment, 6:45 p.m in the Parish Life Center, room 1&3

Estudio Biblica en Espanol , 7p.m. in the church building, room 14. This Bible study is led by John Contreras. Wednesday: 25th Men’s Morning Prayer Group. All men are welcome to join us at 6:00 a.m. in the church. Doors open at 5:30 a.m.

ESL Daytime Classes, 9a.m.-12p.m. in the parish life center. Nursery provided.

Wednesday Women’s Bible Study, 9:30a.m. in the church building, room 14

Prayer Group, 9:30a.m. in the chapel

Redescubre el Catholismo , 10 a.m. in the Parish Life Center, room 2

CCD Classes (Grades5&6) 7p.m. in the parish life center

Discovery Class (Gr.7 & 8), 7p.m. in the Youth room, Doors open at 6:30p.m.

Spanish Scripture Study, 7pm. In the church building, room 14

Music Rehearsal, 7p.m. in the church

Hispanic Prayer Choir Practice, 7p.m. in the church building, room 23

Thursday: 26th

ESL Daytime Classes, 9a.m.-12p.m. in the parish life center. Nursery provided.

ESL Nighttime Classes, 6p.m. in the parish life center

Spanish Choir rehearsal, 6:00p.m. in the church

Spanish Lectors, 7p.m. in the church building, room 14

Young Adult Ministry , 7p.m. in the Parish Life Center, room 11

Joy of the Gospel Class, 7p.m. in the Great Hall, led by Fr. John Robert. This is a 6 week series that repeat s on Friday mornings.

Friday: 27th Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 9:15a.m-2:00p.m. in the church chapel

Joy of the Gospel Class , 9:30a.m. in the Great Hall, led by Fr. John Robert. This is a 6 week series and a repeat of Thursday night.

Hispanic Prayer Group, 6p.m. in the church building , room 14

Lenten Fish Fry , 5-7p.m. in the Great Hall

Stations of the Cross , 6p.m. in English, 7p.m. in Spanish in the church

Children’s RCIA, 7p.m. in the parish life center

Saturday: 28th Saturday Morning Bible Study, 9:30a.m. in the church building, room 14 Safe Environment Retraining Class in English , 10 a.m. in the Parish Life Center , room 2. Confessions/ Confesiones, 3p.m. in the chapel Healing Mass (Bilingual), 7p.m. in the church Next Sunday: March 1st Second Sunday in Lent~20Domingo de Cuaresma Pantry Sunday

RCIA this week

Coffee and Donuts

Youth RCIA

Spanish Choir Practice

CCD classes (K-4th grade)

Adult Scripture Study

Spanish Scripture Study

Redescubre el Catholismo Class

ACTS English Men’s Team

Lenten Vespers

Sunday Night Bible Study

Marriage Enrichment

Paradox Café and YSN

Magnanimous Musings of Fr. John Robert Skeldon

For the musings this 1st Sunday of Lent, I simply want to share with you Pope Francis’ homily from

last Sunday (the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time) which he celebrated with all the Cardinals of the

Church. It is masterful, magisterial and profound. It is one of the finest reflections I have ever

read on the mission of the church. I think Pope Francis is tipping his hand as to the course of the

church towards those who are estranged, marginalized, on the “peripheries” of the church itself. I

also think it is a perfect reflection with which to enter into the holy time of Lent. I’ll let Our Holy Father Pope Francis speak:

“Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean”… Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out his hand and touched him, and said: “I

do choose. Be made clean!” (Mk 1:40-41). The compassion of Jesus! That com-passion which made him draw near to every person in

pain! Jesus does not hold back; instead, he gets involved in people’s pain and their need… for the simple reason that he knows and

wants to show com-passion, because he has a heart unashamed to have “compassion”.

“Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed in the country; and people came to him from every quarter” (Mk 1:45). This

means that Jesus not only healed the leper but also took upon himself the marginalization enjoined by the law of Moses (cf. Lev 13:1-

2, 45-46). Jesus is unafraid to risk sharing in the suffering of others; he pays the price of it in full (cf. Is 53:4).

Compassion leads Jesus to concrete action: he reinstates the marginalized! These are the three key concepts that the Church proposes

in today’s liturgy of the word: the compassion of Jesus in the face of marginalization and his desire to reinstate.

Marginalization: Moses, in his legislation regarding lepers, says that they are to be kept alone and apart from the community for the

duration of their illness. He declares them: “unclean!” (cf. Lev 13:1-2, 45-46).

Imagine how much suffering and shame lepers must have felt: physically, socially, psychologically and spiritually! They are not only

victims of disease, but they feel guilty about it, punished for their sins! Theirs is a living death; they are like someone whose father has

spit in his face (cf. Num 12:14).

In addition, lepers inspire fear, contempt and loathing, and so they are abandoned by their families, shunned by other persons, cast out

by society. Indeed, society rejects them and forces them to live apart from the healthy. It excludes them. So much so that if a healthy

person approached a leper, he would be punished severely, and often be treated as a leper himself.

True, the purpose of this rule was “to safeguard the healthy”, “to protect the righteous”, and, in order to guard them from any risk, to

eliminate “the peril” by treating the diseased person harshly. As the high priest Caiaphas exclaimed: “It is better to have one man die

for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed” (Jn 11:50).

Reinstatement: Jesus revolutionizes and upsets that fearful, narrow and prejudiced mentality. He does not abolish the law of Moses,

but rather brings it to fulfillment (cf. Mt 5:17). He does so by stating, for example, that the law of retaliation is counterproductive, that

God is not pleased by a Sabbath observance which demeans or condemns a man. He does so by refusing to condemn the sinful woman,

but saves her from the blind zeal of those prepared to stone her ruthlessly in the belief that they were applying the law of Moses. Jesus

also revolutionizes consciences in the Sermon on the Mount (cf. Mt 5), opening new horizons for humanity and fully revealing God’s

“logic”. The logic of love, based not on fear but on freedom and charity, on healthy zeal and the saving will of God. For “God our Sav-

iour desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim 2:3-4). “I desire mercy and not sacrifice” (Mt

12:7; Hos 6:6).

Jesus, the new Moses, wanted to heal the leper. He wanted to touch him and restore him to the community without being “hemmed in”

by prejudice, conformity to the prevailing mindset or worry about becoming infected. Jesus responds immediately to the leper’s plea,

without waiting to study the situation and all its possible consequences! For Jesus, what matters above all is reaching out to save those

far off, healing the wounds of the sick, restoring everyone to God’s family! And this is scandalous to some people!

Jesus is not afraid of this kind of scandal! He does not think of the closed-minded who are scandalized even by a work of healing,

scandalized before any kind of openness, by any action outside of their mental and spiritual boxes, by any caress or sign of tenderness

which does not fit into their usual thinking and their ritual purity. He wanted to reinstate the outcast, to save those outside the camp (cf.

Jn 10).

There are two ways of thinking and of having faith: we can fear to lose the saved and we can want to save the lost. Even today it can

happen that we stand at the crossroads of these two ways of thinking. The thinking of the doctors of the law, which would remove the

danger by casting out the diseased person, and the thinking of God, who in his mercy embraces and accepts by reinstating him and

turning evil into good, condemnation into salvation and exclusion into proclamation.

These two ways of thinking are present throughout the Church’s history: casting off and reinstating. Saint Paul, following the Lord’s

command to bring the Gospel message to the ends of the earth (cf. Mt 28:19), caused scandal and met powerful resistance and great

hostility, especially from those who demanded unconditional obedience to the Mosaic law, even on the part of converted pagans. Saint

Peter, too, was bitterly criticized by the community when he entered the house of the pagan centurion Cornelius (cf. Acts 10).

The Church’s way, from the time of the Council of Jerusalem, has always always been the way of Jesus, the way of mercy and rein-

statement. This does not mean underestimating the dangers of letting wolves into the fold, but welcoming the repentant prodigal son;

healing the wounds of sin with courage and determination; rolling up our sleeves and not standing by and watching passively the suf-

fering of the world. The way of the Church is not to condemn anyone for eternity; to pour out the balm of God’s mercy on all those

who ask for it with a sincere heart. The way of the Church is precisely to leave her four walls behind and to go out in search of those

who are distant, those essentially on the “outskirts” of life. It is to adopt fully God’s own approach, to follow the Master who said:

“Those who are well have no need of the physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call, not the righteous but sinners” (Lk 5:31

-32). (continued on the next page)

Reflexión Magnánima de Padre John Robert Skeldon

(Musings Continued)

In healing the leper, Jesus does not harm the healthy. Rather, he frees them from fear. He does not endanger them, but gives them a

brother. He does not devalue the law but instead values those for whom God gave the law. Indeed, Jesus frees the healthy from the

temptation of the “older brother” (cf. Lk 15:11-32), the burden of envy and the grumbling of the labourers who bore “the burden of the

day and the heat” (cf. Mt 20:1-16).

In a word: charity cannot be neutral, antiseptic, indifferent, lukewarm or impartial! Charity is infectious, it excites, it risks and it en-

gages! For true charity is always unmerited, unconditional and gratuitous! (cf. 1 Cor 13). Charity is creative in finding the right

words to speak to all those considered incurable and hence untouchable. Finding the right words… Contact is the language of genuine

communication, the same endearing language which brought healing to the leper. How many healings can we perform if only we learn

this language of contact! The leper, once cured, became a messenger of God’s love. The Gospel tells us that “he went out and began to

proclaim it freely and to spread the word” (cf. Mk 1:45).

Dear new Cardinals, this is the “logic”, the mind of Jesus, and this is the way of the Church. Not only to welcome and reinstate with

evangelical courage all those who knock at our door, but to go out and seek, fearlessly and without prejudice, those who are distant,

freely sharing what we ourselves freely received. “Whoever says: ‘I abide in [Christ]’, ought to walk just as he walked” (1 Jn 2:6).

Total openness to serving others is our hallmark, it alone is our title of honour!

Consider carefully that, in these days when you have become Cardinals, we have asked Mary, Mother of the Church, who herself ex-

perienced marginalization as a result of slander (cf. Jn 8:41) and exile (cf. Mt 2:13-23), to intercede for us so that we can be God’s

faithful servants. May she - our Mother - teach us to be unafraid of tenderly welcoming the outcast; not to be afraid of tenderness. How

often we fear tenderness! May Mary teach us not to be afraid of tenderness and compassion. May she clothe us in patience as we seek

to accompany them on their journey, without seeking the benefits of worldly success. May she show us Jesus and help us to walk in his

footsteps.

Dear new Cardinals, my brothers, as we look to Jesus and our Mother, I urge you to serve the Church in such a way that Christians -

edified by our witness - will not be tempted to turn to Jesus without turning to the outcast, to become a closed caste with nothing au-

thentically ecclesial about it. I urge you to serve Jesus crucified in every person who is emarginated, for whatever reason; to see the

Lord in every excluded person who is hungry, thirsty, naked; to see the Lord present even in those who have lost their faith, or turned

away from the practice of their faith, or say that they are atheists; to see the Lord who is imprisoned, sick, unemployed, persecuted; to

see the Lord in the leper – whether in body or soul - who encounters discrimination! We will not find the Lord unless we truly accept

the marginalized! May we always have before us the image of Saint Francis, who was unafraid to embrace the leper and to accept eve-

ry kind of outcast. Truly, dear brothers, the Gospel of the marginalized is where our credibility is at stake, is discovered and is re-

vealed!

Para la reflexión de este primero domingo de Cuaresma, simplemente quiero compartir con ustedes la homilía del domingo pasado del

Papa Francisco (el sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario) que celebró con todos los cardenales de la Iglesia. Es magistral, magnífica y

profunda. Es una de las mejores reflexiones que he leído sobre la misión de la iglesia. Creo que el Papa Francisco está inclinando su

mano sobre el curso de la iglesia hacia los alejados, los marginados, en las "periferias" de la propia iglesia. También creo que es la refle-

xión perfecta para entrar en el tiempo santo de Cuaresma. Voy a dejar que nuestro Santo Padre Francisco les hable:

Señor, si quieres, puedes limpiarme…» Jesús, sintiendo lástima; extendió la mano y lo tocó diciendo: «Quiero: queda lim-

pio» (cf.Mc 1,40-41). La compasión de Jesús. Ese padecer con que lo acercaba a cada persona que sufre. Jesús, se da completamente, se

involucra en el dolor y la necesidad de la gente… simplemente, porque Él sabe y quiere padecer con, porque tiene un corazón que no se

avergüenza de tener compasión. No podía entrar abiertamente en ningún pueblo; se quedaba fuera, en descampado» (Mc 1, 45). Esto

significa que, además de curar al leproso, Jesús ha tomado sobre sí la marginación que la ley de Moisés imponía (cf. Lv 13,1-2. 45-46).

Jesús no tiene miedo del riesgo que supone asumir el sufrimiento de otro, pero paga el precio con todas las consecuencias (cf. Is 53,4).

La compasión lleva a Jesús a actuar concretamente: a reintegrar al marginado. Y éstos son los tres conceptos claves que la Iglesia nos

propone hoy en la liturgia de la palabra: la compasión de Jesús ante la marginación y su voluntad de integración. Marginación: Moisés,

tratando jurídicamente la cuestión de los leprosos, pide que sean alejados y marginados por la comunidad, mientras dure su mal, y los

declara: «Impuros» (cf. Lv 13,1-2. 45.46). Imaginad cuánto sufrimiento y cuánta vergüenza debía de sentir un leproso: físicamente, so-

cialmente, psicológicamente y espiritualmente. No es sólo víctima de una enfermedad, sino que también se siente culpable, castigado

por sus pecados. Es un muerto viviente, como «si su padre le hubiera escupido en la cara» (Nm 12,14). Además, el leproso infunde

miedo, desprecio, disgusto y por esto viene abandonado por los propios familiares, evitado por las otras personas, marginado por la so-

ciedad, es más, la misma sociedad lo expulsa y lo fuerza a vivir en lugares alejados de los sanos, lo excluye. Y esto hasta el punto de

que si un individuo sano se hubiese acercado a un leproso, habría sido severamente castigado y, muchas veces, tratado, a su vez, como

un leproso. Es verdad, la finalidad de esa norma era la de salvar a los sanos, proteger a los justos y, para salvaguardarlos de todo ries-

go, marginar el peligro, tratando sin piedad al contagiado. De aquí, que el Sumo Sacerdote Caifás exclamase: «Conviene que uno mue-

ra por el pueblo, y que no perezca la nación entera» (Jn 11,50). Integración: Jesús revoluciona y sacude fuertemente aquella mentalidad

cerrada por el miedo y recluida en los prejuicios. Él, sin embargo, no deroga la Ley de Moisés, sino que la lleva a plenitud (cf. Mt 5,

17), declarando, por ejemplo, la ineficacia contraproducente de la ley del talión; declarando que Dios no se complace en la observancia

del Sábado que desprecia al hombre y lo condena; o cuando ante la mujer pecadora, no la condena, sino que la salva de la intransigencia

de aquellos que estaban ya preparados para lapidarla sin piedad, pretendiendo aplicar la Ley de Moisés. Jesús revoluciona también las

conciencias en el Discurso de la montaña (cf. Mt 5) abriendo nuevos horizontes para la humanidad y revelando plenamente la lógica de

Dios. La lógica del amor que no se basa en el miedo sino en la libertad, en la caridad, en el sano celo y en el deseo salvífico de Dios,

Nuestro Salvador, «que quiere que todos se salven y lleguen al conocimiento de la verdad» (1Tm 2,4).

(continúa en la página siguiente)

(Reflexión continuaron) «Misericordia quiero y no sacrificio» (Mt 12,7; Os 6,6). Jesús, nuevo Moisés, ha querido curar al leproso, ha querido tocar, ha queri-

do reintegrar en la comunidad, sin autolimitarse por los prejuicios; sin adecuarse a la mentalidad dominante de la gente; sin preocu-

parse para nada del contagio. Jesús responde a la súplica del leproso sin dilación y sin los consabidos aplazamientos para estudiar la

situación y todas sus eventuales consecuencias. Para Jesús lo que cuenta, sobre todo, es alcanzar y salvar a los lejanos, curar las her-

idas de los enfermos, reintegrar a todos en la familia de Dios. Y eso escandaliza a algunos. Y Jesús no tiene miedo de este tipo de

escándalo. Él no piensa en las personas obtusas que se e scandalizan incluso de una curación, que se escandalizan de cualquier aper-

tura, a cualquier paso que no entre en sus esquemas mentales o espirituales, a cualquier caricia o ternura que no corresponda a su for-

ma de pensar y a su pureza ritualista. Él ha querido integrar a los marginados, salvar a los que están fuera del campamento (cf. Jn 10).

Son dos lógicas de pensamiento y de fe: el miedo de perder a los salvados y el deseo de salvar a los perdidos. Hoy también nos en-

contramos en la encrucijada de estas dos lógicas: a veces, la de los doctores de la ley, o sea, alejarse del peligro apartándose de la

persona contagiada, y la lógica de Dios que, con su misericordia, abraza y acoge reintegrando y transfigurando el mal en bien, la con-

dena en salvación y la exclusión en anuncio.Estas dos lógicas recorren toda la historia de la Iglesia: marginar y reintegrar. San

Pablo, dando cumplimiento al mandamiento del Señor de llevar el anuncio del Evangelio hasta los extremos confines de la tierra

(cf. Mt 28,19), escandalizó y encontró una fuerte resistencia y una gran hostilidad sobre todo de parte de aquellos que exigían una

incondicional observancia de la Ley mosaica, incluso a los paganos convertidos. También san Pedro fue duramente criticado por la

comunidad cuando entró en la casa de Cornelio, el centurión pagano (cf. Hch 10). El camino de la Iglesia, desde el concilio de Jeru-

salén en adelante, es siempre el camino de Jesús, el de la misericordia y de la integración. Esto no quiere decir menospreciar los

peligros o hacer entrar los lobos en el rebaño, sino acoger al hijo pródigo arrepentido; sanar con determinación y valor las heridas del

pecado; actuar decididamente y no quedarse mirando de forma pasiva el sufrimiento del mundo. El camino de la Iglesia es el de no

condenar a nadie para siempre y difundir la misericordia de Dios a todas las personas que la piden con corazón sincero; el camino de

la Iglesia es precisamente el de salir del propio recinto para ir a buscar a los lejanos en las “periferias” esenciales de la existencia; es

el de adoptar integralmente la lógica de Dios; el de seguir al Maestro que dice: «No necesitan médico los sanos, sino los enfermos.

No he venido a llamar a los justos, sino a los pecadores» (Lc 5,31-32). Curando al leproso, Jesús no hace ningún daño al que está

sano, es más, lo libra del miedo; no lo expone a un peligro sino que le da un hermano; no desprecia la Ley sino que valora al hombre,

para el cual Dios ha inspirado la Ley. En efecto, Jesús libra a los sanos de la tentación del «hermano mayor» (cf. Lc 15,11-32) y del

peso de la envidia y de la murmuración de los trabajadores que han soportado el peso de la jornada y el calor (cf. Mt 20,1-16).

En consecuencia: la caridad no puede ser neutra, aséptica, indiferente, tibia o imparcial. La caridad contagia, apasiona, arriesga y

compromete. Porque la caridad verdadera siempre es inmerecida, incondicional y gratuita (cf. 1Cor 13). La caridad es creativa en la

búsqueda del lenguaje adecuado para comunicar con aquellos que son considerados incurables y, por lo tanto, intocables. Encontrar el

lenguaje justo… El contacto es el auténtico lenguaje que transmite, fue el lenguaje afectivo, el que proporcionó la curación al leproso.

¡Cuántas curaciones podemos realizar y transmitir aprendiendo este lenguaje del contacto! Era un leproso y se ha convertido en men-

sajero del amor de Dios. Dice el Evangelio: «Pero cuando se fue, empezó a pregonar bien alto y a divulgar el hecho» (Mc 1,45).

Queridos nuevos Cardenales, ésta es la lógica de Jesús, éste es el camino de la Iglesia: no sólo acoger y integrar, con valor evan-

gélico, aquellos que llaman a la puerta, sino salir, ir a buscar, sin prejuicios y sin miedos, a los lejanos, manifestándoles gratuitamente

aquello que también nosotros hemos recibido gratuitamente. «Quien dice que permanece en Él debe caminar como Él

caminó» (1Jn 2,6). ¡La disponibilidad total para servir a los demás es nuestro signo distintivo, es nuestro único título de honor! Pen-

sadlo bien en estos días en los que habéis recibido el título cardenalicio. Invoquemos la intercesión de María, Madre de la Iglesia, que

sufrió en primera persona la marginación causada por las calumnias (cf. Jn 8,41) y el exilio (cf. Mt 2,13-23), para que nos conceda el

ser siervos fieles de Dios. Ella, que es la Madre, nos enseñe a no tener miedo de acoger con ternura a los marginados; a no tener

miedo de la ternura. Cuántas veces tenemos miedo de la ternura. Que Ella nos enseñe a no tener miedo de la ternura y de la com-

pasión; nos revista de paciencia para acompañarlos en su camino, sin buscar los resultados del éxito mundano; nos muestre a Jesús y

nos haga caminar como Él. Queridos hermanos nuevos Cardenales, mirando a Jesús y a nuestra Madre, os exhorto a servir a la Igle-

sia, en modo tal que los cristianos –edificados por nuestro testimonio– no tengan la tentación de estar con Jesús sin querer estar con

los marginados, aislándose en una casta que nada tiene de auténticamente eclesial. Os invito a servir a Jesús crucificado en toda per-

sona marginada, por el motivo que sea; a ver al Señor en cada persona excluida que tiene hambre, que tiene sed, que está desnuda; al

Señor que está presente también en aquellos que han perdido la fe, o que, alejados, no viven la propia fe, o que se declaran ateos; al

Señor que está en la cárcel, que está enfermo, que no tiene trabajo, que es perseguido; al Señor que está en el leproso – de cuerpo o de

alma -, que está discriminado. No descubrimos al Señor, si no acogemos auténticamente al marginado. Recordemos siempre la

imagen de san Francisco que no tuvo miedo de abrazar al leproso y de acoger a aquellos que sufren cualquier tipo de marginación. En

realidad, queridos hermanos, sobre el evangelio de los marginados, se juega y se descubre y se revela nuestra credibilidad.

Iglesia de San Bartolomé iniciará una segunda misa en es-

pañol el domingo, 12 de abril a 3p.m.

St. Bartholomew Church will be starting a second Spanish

Mass on Sunday, April 12th at 3p.m.

Spanish Men’s Cursillo –March12-15.. Contact Rafael

Cuevas, 817-291-4713 for more information

Lenten Services and Observances

On Sundays, March 1st & March 15th, 6-7p.m. Ves-

pers in the church led by Fr. John Robert

Stations of the Cross will be on Fridays in Lent from February 20–

March 27. English Stations will be at 6p.m. followed by Spanish

Stations at 7p.m..

Parish/ Deanery Penance Service, Monday, March 23rd at 7p.m..

There will be 12 priests here to do confessions.

Fast and abstinence are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all who have celebrated their 18th birthday and have not yet celebrated their 60th birthday. Abstinence from meat is to be observed on Fridays during Lent by all who have celebrated their 14th birthday.

It’s Not Too Late to Join the Joy of the

Gospel Classes by Fr. John Robert

These classes started January 29 but you can

easily join in the class. Fr. John Robert is leading

a reading and discussion about this most

substantial papal document that we have seen in

a long time. These classes are on Thursdays at

7 pm and repeat on Fridays at 9:30 am. The Joy of the Gospel.

will meet weekly for six weeks. You are encouraged to purchase

a copy of the document for yourselves.

Safe Environment Training If you are involved in ANY ministry in the church you must have Safe Environment Training. Safe Environment Training sessions have been scheduled as follows:

Safe Environment Initial (English) session on

Monday February 23. Session will begin at 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm and be held in the PLC Room 13.

Safe Environment Retraining (English) ses-

sion on Saturday February 28. Session will begin at 10:00 am - 11:30 am in the PLC Room 4.

Safe Environment Initial (English) session on

Sunday March 22. Session will begin at 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm and be held in the PLC Room 13.

The Ladies Auxiliary to the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Most Holy Trinity cordially invite you to the Lenten Quiet Day Retreat and Pantry Shower for the Carmelite Nuns on Tuesday, February 24th at the Carmelite Monastery. The Monastery is located at 5801 Mount Carmel Drive in Arlington, Texas 76017. Father Augustine Lieb TOR will be our Retreat Master and the event will begin at 10:00 am and end at 3:00 pm. Don't forget to bring a sack lunch for yourself and pantry items for the Nuns (paper goods or canned food; how-ever, please remember that the Nuns are vegetarians). For more infor-mation concerning this spiritual re-treat, please call Columba Reid at 817 274 9321.

Vocation Lenten Discernment Series for Men

The Vocations office will have Lenten Discernment Series “…but

I who chose you..” (Jn 15:16) for men high school aged to 35

years old. The series will be on Monday evenings during Lent –

6:00-8:00 p.m. – St. Patrick Cathedral located at 1206 Throck-

morton St, Fort Worth, TX 76102.

Come spend time in discernment with other fellow men who are

listening for God’s direction in their life.

The meetings are as follows:

- February 23 – 6 pm meet in Annex Building for Prayer, Dinner,

& Discernment

- March 2 – 6 pm Holy Hour in Cathedral, 7 pm Dinner/

Discernment in Annex

- March 9 – 6 pm Holy Hour in Cathedral, 7 pm Dinner/

Discernment in Annex

- March 16 – 6 pm Holy Hour in Cathedral, 7 pm Dinner/

Discernment in Annex

- March 23 – 6 pm Holy Hour in Cathedral, 7 pm Dinner/

Discernment in Annex

If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Voca-

tions@fwdioc.org or contact the Vocations office at 817-945-

9321.

Servicios de La Cuaresma y Observancias

Los Domingos, Marzo 1 y Marzo 15, 6-7pm Vísperas en la Iglesia

dirigidas por el Padre John Robert

El Viacrucis – Los Viernes durante la Cuaresma; Febrero 20 –

Marzo 27. En Ingles a las 6 pm. En Español a las 7 pm

Servicio Penitencial de la Parroquia/Decanato, Lunes, Marzo 23

a las 7 pm Habrá 12 sacerdotes haciendo confesiones.

El Ayuno y la Abstinencia el Miércoles de Ceniza y el Viernes Santo

es para todos los que hayan cumplido los 18 años y no han cumpli-

do los 60. La Abstinencia de carne los Viernes durante la Cuares-

ma es para todos los que cumplieron los 14 años.

You are invited to join Father Mel Bessellieu June 12-26, 2015

following the footsteps of St. Paul to Greece, Turkey, and Ita-

ly. This 15-day Catholic pilgrimage will include a 3-day cruise,

all inclusive for $4,995. Please contact Linh Doan-Pham @ 682-

667-2368 if you are interested.

Sacrament of Baptism (newborns - age 6): Parents requesting the Sacrament of Baptism should be either living within par-ish boundaries or be registered in the parish. Parents and godparents are expected to attend a baptism class for an infant to be bap-tized. Parents are required to bring a signed photocopy of the child’s state-registered birth certificate to the baptism class. Godpar-ents who are not registered at St. Bartholomew must provide a letter from their parish which verifies that they meet the godparent requirements. All paperwork must be turned into the office before scheduling your child’s baptism date. The next class will be 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 9th in the church hall. Call the office to sign up for this class. Parents also need to call the office if you need to use the nursery while attending this class. For more information, call Art and Cecilia Villa, 817-292-3897. The next English Baptism ceremony will be Saturday, May 2nd at 10 a.m. in the church for those who have attended the class. Sacramento del Bautismo (Recién nacidos hasta 6 años): Los padres que soliciten el bautismo deben vivir dentro de los límites de la parroquia o ser miembros registrados. Los papas y los padrinos deben asistir a una clase pre-bautismales. Por favor pase a la oficina parroquial para obtener el paquete con la información y formas necesarias antes de asistir a la clase pre-bautismal. Los padrinos que no estén registrados en San Bartolomé deben proporcionar una carta de su parroquia en donde verifique que es-tán registrados y que cumplen con los requisitos para ser padrinos. Necesita entregar una fotocopia del certificado de nacimiento del bebe emitido por el estado. La próxima clase de bautismo en español será en el edificio de la iglesia, el jueves 16 de abril a las 7 p.m. Si no trae todos los documentos necesarios no podrá tomar la clase. Habrá cuidado de niños disponible. Los bautismos en español se realizan el primer sábado de cada mes a las 11 a.m. La próxima fecha para bautismo en español será sábado, mayo 2, 11 a.m., en la iglesia. Sacrament of Confirmation: Students wishing to prepare for this Sacrament must be in 11th grade and are expected to be in religious education (i.e. YSN, bible study or religion class at school) for one year before registering for Confirmation. Anew class

will be starting in August. Para la Confirmación el próximo año, se va a requerir un año de educación religiosa (YSN)

antes de inscribirse para la Confirmación. Un adolescente que necesita recibir la Confirmación y las clases posteriores

debe inscribirse y asistir regularmente al programa YSN un año previo a las clases de Confirmación. Sacrament of Matrimony: Please call Deacon Gary Brooks at least six months before you wish to marry. Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confesiones: Saturday: 3-4 p.m. in the chapel.

BULLETIN DEADLINE THIS WEEK:

WEDNESDAY, 10a.m.

Coffee and Donuts This Weekend after the 9a.m.

and 11a.m Masses in the Church Hall.. Come join

with your fellow parishioners for fellowship. If you

would like to volunteer call Shane Chubbs at 214-914-

5636

Mass of Healing

Fr. Hector and Fr. John Robert will celebrate

a Healing Mass

on Saturday, February 28th at 7p.m.

This will be bilingual.

Misa de sanación Padre Héctor celebrará una Misa de sanación el

sábado 28 de febrero a las 7p.m.

Black and Native American Special Collection

This Weekend

This collection meets the needs of those who would bring the light

of Christ’s witness to the impoverished, the isolated and the despairing

among the Black and Indian people. Pope John Paul II keeps asking

the faithful around the world to recommit themselves to their

Catholic Faith. In this light, many wonderful evangelization ef-

forts are being made. It is only through the constant generosity of

the Church members that such wonderful events are realized.

.The collection is now going on 120 years. In earlier years evange-

lization programs were centered mostly in the Southern and Mid

Western States. As the Church grew in numbers and continues to

spread over the entire United States…and that is good…the mes-

sage of the Gospel of Jesus is getting better known.

Fish Fry This Friday

On Fridays, February 27th, March 20th and March

27th , Dwight Cooley will be cooking from 5-7p.m.

. Come out and enjoy fried catfish, sides, dessert. If

you would like to help him please call Cheryl

Brooks in the Office at 817-292-7703 .

Audio Homilies

On our Website there is a link to audio homilies and

special services since November 2014. Hear Fr. John

Robert, Fr. Hector, Deacons John and Gary . All of

Christmas Eve Mass and Confirmation!

S. Augustine’s Men’s Purity Group

Struggling with or Addicted to Porn? Struggling to maintain sexu-

al integrity? Do you want to grow in your relationship with Jesus

and honor your marital vows? If the answer to any of these is yes

Saint Augustine Men’s Purity Group is here to help you.

St Augustine’s Men’s Purity Group, a ministry for men struggling

with or addicted to pornography is coming to St Bart’s starting

Saturday March 7th. Meetings are confidential and will be held in

the Parish Life Center from each Saturday 9:00 – 10:30 AM in Rm

2, on the East end of the building.

Meetings are also held Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:00 PM at Holy Trinity

School Library 3750 William D. Tate Road (Hwy 121) Grapevine,

TX 76105 and Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:00 PM St Elizabeth Ann Seton

(Nursery, North of Church Bldg) 2016 Willis Lane, Keller, TX

76248.

For more information visit us at catholicmenspurity.com or email

us at info@catholicmenspurity.com

Pantry Sunday Next Weekend

Please bring your non-perishable food and monetary

donations next weekend for the St. Vincent de Paul So-

ciety Pantry Sunday.

QUIET TIME AT MONTSERRAT! The Montserrat Jesuit Retreat Center weekends this year are: Women (in English): Thursday March 5 – Sun-day March 8 Men (in English): Thursday May 21 – Sunday May 24 Hispanic Men, Women and Couples: Friday Aug. 7 - Sunday Aug. 9 For information and registration go to their very helpful website, with wonderful photos of the grounds: montserratretreat.org

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Next Sunday

First Sunday in Lent 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th Second Sunday in Lent

First Reading Gn 9:8-15 Lv 19:1-2,11-18 Is 55:10-11 Jon 3:1-10 Est C: 12,14-16,23-25 Ez 18:21-28 Dt 26:16-19 Gn 22:1-2,9a,10-13,15-18

Responsorial Ps 25:4-9 Ps 19:8-10,15 Ps 34:4-7,16-19 Ps 51:3-4,12-13,18-19 Ps 138: 1-3,7c-8 Ps 130:1-8 Ps 119:1-2,4-5,7-8 Ps 116:10,15-19

Second Reading 1 Pt3:18-22 Rom 8:31b-34

Gospel Mk 1:12-15 Mk 25:31-46 Mk 6:7-15 Lk 11:29-32 Mt 7: 7-12 Mt 5:20-26 Mt 5:43-48 Mk 9:2-10

St Bart’s Spring 2015 Men’s ACTS Retreat

The ACTS Retreat is an experience you

owe to yourself and your family. It’s a

unique program that provides opportunities

for each retreatant to form deeper relation-

ships with their families and our Lord through Adoration

and daily prayers; through Community with others from

our parish; through Theology and study of our Christian

faith; and through Service to our family, our church, and

each other. The English-Speaking Men’s Retreat will be

Thursday, April 30th – Sunday, May 3rd. Cost is $190,

all-inclusive. If you have questions, please contact Mark

Gannaway at 817-832-8339 or

mgannaway@arcanainsurance.com

Daily Readings

QUINCEAÑERA Guidelines

The girl must be Baptized, have received her First Communion,

first penance and be in religious education two years before

the Quinceañera.

She must attend the monthly sessions for 1 year of Sister

Yolanda’s Young Ladies Vocational Group.

Starting January 2016 there will be no new celebrations sched-

uled individually.

Parents must be currently registered in the parish, and contrib-

uting to the support of the parish for a minimum of 12 months.

Their contributions must be in the form of assigned envelope

number or through some electronic transfer method, such as

Faith Direct or automatic bank

Starting January 2016, the Celebrations be will held on the 2nd

Saturday of the month at 11:00 AM. There will be a maximum

of 5 individuals at any one ceremony. Families must register for

one of the days that the ceremony will be held.

There is a $350.00 fee for the use of our Church and will be

payable two weeks before the celebration starting January

2016.

The standard practice is that there Will NOT TO BE A

MASS OR A COMMUNION SERVICE for Quinceañeras.

Families are encouraged to have the blessing as part of the

standard Sunday Liturgy. Any other request must be coordinat-

ed with the Pastoral Associate or the Pastor.

Contact the office or the St. Bart’s Website for additional

guidelines

REQUISITOS PARA QUINCEAÑERAS

La joven debe estar Bautizada, recibido su Primera Comunión,

Confesión y estar asistiendo al programa de Educación Religio-

sa dos años antes de la Quinceañera.

Debe asistir por 1 año a las sesiones mensuales de;para Jovenci-

tas de la Hermana Yolanda

Grupo Vocacional A partir de enero de 2016 NO se programa-

ran celebraciones individuales.

A partir de enero de 2016, las celebraciones se llevarán a cabo

sólo el segundo sábado de cada mes a las 11:00 am.

Habrá un máximo de 5 jovencitas en cada ceremonia. Las fami-

lias deben inscribirse en uno de los días que se celebrará la

ceremonia.

Los padres deben estar actualmente registrados en la parro-

quia, y apoyando a la parroquia con su contribución por un

mínimo de 12 meses. Su contribución debe ser utilizando sus

sobres a través de algún método de transferencia electrónica,

o Faith Direct o giros bancarios automáticos

Hay una cuota de $ 350.00 por el uso de nuestra Iglesia y se

pagará dos semanas antes de la celebración a partir enero

2016.

La norma regular es que NO HABRA MISA O SERVICIO

DE COMUNION para Las Quinceañeras. Animamos a las

familias a tener una bendición como parte de la liturgia domini-

cal normal. Cualquier otra solicitud debe coordinarse con el

Asociado Pastoral o el Pastor.

Contacto a la oficina o el sitio web del St. Bart para direccio-

nes adicionales.

Youth RCIA today, Sunday, February 22nd, at 10:30 a.m. in the Youth Room. YSN (Youth Sharing Night- Grades 9-12) today, Sunday, Feb.22nd

at 7p.m. in the youth room

Discovery Class (Grades 7&8) on Wednesday, February 25th at

7p.m. in the Youth Room. Doors open at 6:30. All are welcome.

St. Bart's Youth Ministry Annual Come and See Retreat - March 20-22, 2015 What to expect: Fun, games, prayer, worship, sharing and faith growth Cost: $65 Register by March 4th. Contact Eric for more info special notice - Looking for any parishioners who would be will-

ing to donate and make our retreaters a meal for our dinner Saturday , March 21.

Paradox Cafe from 4 to 6 p.m. every Sunday in the Youth Room

Come experience a relaxed atmosphere as we explore the paradoxes and questions of our faith while we drink coffee, hot choco-late, sodas and eat snacks. Please bring a snack and/or drinks to share.

Staff Fr. John Robert Skeldon, Pastor

Fr. Hector Medina, Parochial Vicar

Gary Brooks, Deacon

Pastoral Associate

Reyes Tello Jr, Deacon John Coe, Deacon

Sister Yolanda Pineda, MCSH

Coordinator of Hispanic Ministry

Parish Office: 817-292-7703 FAX Number: 817-292-2568

Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m.-8:00p.m.

Friday: 9a.m.-2p.m. Sunday: 9a.m.-3p.m.

E-mail: stbarts@stbartsfw.org

Website: http://www.stbartsfw.org

Deacon Brooks’ Residence:

817-238-1869

Office Staff: 817-292-7703

Linda Dinsmore, Office Manager

Olivia DeLeon, Bookkeeper (Bilingual)

Karen Amaya , Secretary (Bilingual)

Bertha Olmos, Secretary (Bilingual)

Maria Keña Rivera, Secretary (Bilingual)

Marie Tamulevicz, Secretary

Lenora Thompson, Secretary/Data Entry Communications Director &

Facilities Coordinator:

Cheryl Brooks: 817-292-7703

e-mail: cheryl@stbartsfw.org

Director of Religious Education

Charlie Gappa: 817-966-2378

CCD Office: 817-288-4005

CCD E-mail: ccd@stbartsfw.org

Maintenance

Dan Patterson: 817-361-8720

Minister of Music

Michael Sawey: 817-292-7703 e-mail: msawey@stbartsfw.org

Nursery Director

Teri Kolodechik: 817-292-8748

Youth Minister

Eric Hernandez: 817-480-5471

e-mail: eric@stbartsfw.org

Annulments

Deacon Gary Brooks

Ministry to the Sick

Pat Ward: 817-294-0954

Call Pat or the parish office for hospital

or home visits. On Sundays the Eucharist

will be brought to those who desire it.

Prison Ministry

Ed Brady: 817-309-3302

Service Committee:

Call Cheryl Brooks at the Office

Spanish Marriage Enrichment:

Abel & Bertha Olmos: 817-201-6336

St. Vincent de Paul Society

Food Pantry: 817-361-8420

Hours: MWF, 1-4 p.m.; Th,6:30-8:30 p.m.

Sat, 9-11 a.m.; Tues & Sun--closed

Welcome Newcomers Maria Ceidy Diaz Jose Mercado Christian Pimentel Jose Romero Francisco & Maria Torres Sandro & Mariela Velez Omar & Nerine Vereda Monica Zapata