ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

207 N Main Street, Coupeville, WA 98239 - (360) 678-6536 Mailing Address: PO Box 1443, Coupeville, WA 98239

Rev. Paul Pluth, JCL, Pastor

Parish Office

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 am - 12 noon, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Parish E-mail Information@StAugustineOH.org Visit us on the web at www.StAugustineOH.org

Saturday Vigil

Filipino Music

5:00 pm

2nd Saturday St Augustine

St Augustine

Spanish 1st Saturday 7:00 pm St Augustine

Sunday 8:00 am St Augustine

9:30 am St Augustine

11:15 am St Mary

Latin 2nd & 4th Sunday 11:15 am St Augustine

Mon, Thu, Fri & 1st Sat 9:00 am St Augustine

Thursday 12:10 pm St Mary

MASS SCHEDULE

ANOINTING OF THE SICK & HOLY COMMUNION Please call the Parish Office

Pastor Rev. Paul Pluth, JCL

Administration Mary A. Waters

Religious Education Mary Rose Anderson

Music Director Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven

Receptionist Peggy McCormick

PARISH MINISTERS

CONFESSION

Friday 8:30 am St Augustine

Saturday 4:00 pm St Augustine

3rd Sunday 12:15 pm St Mary

Since the beginning of the Church, Christians have followed the footsteps of Jesus, from his arrest to his being laid in his tomb, as a devotion. First done in Jerusalem, the Stations of the Cross arose so that Christians did not have to travel to Jerusalem to carry out this devotion.

During Lent, there are weekly opportunities to participate in the Stations of the Cross. Did you know that if you participate in the Stations of the Cross, you have the opportunity to gain a plenary indulgence either for yourself or for a deceased loved one?

What is a plenary indulgence? The complete remission of all temporal consequences for sins already forgiven: our sins have been forgiven through Confession or other penitential acts, yet the stain of our sins on our character remains in us and needs to be “cleaned up” for us to enter into heaven. This

cleansing can either take place in Purgatory after our death, or during our lifetime drawing on the graces of the Church attached to our spiritual devotions.

To gain the indulgence, you need to (a) participate in the Stations of the Cross, (b) go to Confession, (c) receive Holy Communion, and (d) pray for the intentions of Pope Francis—all within a few days of each other. This is easy to accomplish in Lent, when Confession is available every Saturday, Sunday, and Friday! In fact, in Lent you could complete all four actions in the space of an hour and a half on Friday morning at St Augustine, where Confession is offered before Mass and Stations of the Cross are celebrated after Mass! And the indulgence can be gained either for your own spiritual benefit, or for the deceased loved one you have in mind when completing the four indulgenced actions.

An Indulgence in Lent - Father Paul Pluth

Tuesday Stations of the Cross

If you would like to be one of the leaders of the Tuesday Stations of the Cross during Lent, you will find the sign-up sheet in Harrington Hall.

“What Are We Doing in Holy Week?”

Father Paul Pluth gives a brief introduction to the worship of the

holiest week of the year. Tuesday, April 11, 6:15 pm

LENT ONLINE

Sacred Space - Daily Devotions Computer - sacredspace.ie Smart Phone/Tablet - Sacred Space app

Pray As You Go - Devotions, Examine Computer - pray-as-you-go.org Smart Phone/Tablet - Pray As You Go app

Rice Bowl- Family Activities, Devotions Smart Phone/Tablet - CRS Rice Bowl app

Lenten Rice Bowls are available in the vestibules of the church and Harrington Hall for you to pick up today.

Little Black Books for Lent are available for a $1.00 donation in Harrington Hall

Lenten Soup Night

Tuesdays at 6:00 pm during Lent.

Please sign up in

Harrington Hall for a Soup Night Supper

SU

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ABSTINENCE is

No Meat No Poul t ry

EVERY FRIDAY IN LENT

i s a Day of Abst inence

for Cathol ics 14 years

and o lder

but Fish is Okay!

The Cross of Burdens

Please join our RE kids this Lent and let Jesus carry your burdens by writing them down and attaching your messages to the wood of the cross located in Harrington Hall. The Cross of Burdens will be available from Ash Wednesday through Holy Week.

Prayers

Please pray for all of our families & friends.

Maddie Rose Haaga, Michael Gerrity, Sam Santamaria, Song and his family, Abbey Lee, Charlie Toth,

Carole Hart, Colleen Patmore, Dee Gore, Josh Poole

Also for our family members who are in college or in the military, at home and deployed Capt. Thomas Allan Bender - USAF PFC Zachary McCormick - Army NG

For the repose of the souls of

+Marge Eggerman and +Bob Puhr

Please call the office at 678-6536 to add or delete someone’s name.

Permission is required from the individual prior to adding their name to the prayer list.

First Sunday of Lent 5 March 2017 One does not live on bread alone;

but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

Parish Stewardship Weekly Parish Expense: $3,055

February 19: $2,389 February 26: $3,952

Please remember St Mary in your will.

Sun 3/5

9:30 am RE Pre-K—6th 10:45 am Rosary 11:15 am Mass - RIP +Saveria Rizzo

RIP +Ralph Rizzo 12:15 pm Confessions will be heard 12:15 pm Coffee Hour 6:30 pm Lutheran Service

Tue 3/7

Office is closed 5:30 pm Sta ons of the Cross 6:00 pm Soup Supper

Thu 3/9

11:30 am Rosary 12:10 pm Mass 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Adora on 1:00 pm Bible Study

Sun 3/12

9:30 am RE Pre-K—6th 10:45 am Rosary 11:15 am Mass - RIP +Ronald Vassar

RIP +Jim Morris 12:15 pm Confessions will be heard 12:15 pm Coffee Hour 6:30 pm Lutheran Service

Fri 3/10

4:30 pm Sta ons of the Cross 5:00 pm Friday Fish Bake

Mon 3/6

9:00 am-12 noon the Office will be closed

This Week at St. Mary

The St. Mary Memorial Board was put in place to provide a suitable memorial for the Faithful Departed members of St. Mary Catholic Church

and their families. The board is located in the Bell Tower Ves bule.

To add the name plate of a Faithful Departed to the Memorial Board, simply fill out a lavender request form (in the ves bules) and return it to

St. Mary Recep onist, along with your dona on of $25.00 per name plate. Please make checks out to St. Mary Catholic Church.

FOR FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER

Mar. 4th Young People’s RE Program Trip to Movie Matinee “The Shack” in Burlington

Mar. 5th Several things today. *1* First Confession has been changed to April 30th. *2* Class in Session: *3* The Lenten Cross of Burdens, sponsored by RE Children, is now upstairs in Parish Hall. RE Children also fill out their Lenten intentions for including with next Sunday’s offertory. *4* Janet Rojas reads about St. Patrick and RE Children as this is the month of his feast day.

Mar. 11th Middle School Age Students from Young People RE Program attend one-day Archdiocese of Seattle Junior High Rally, called “Soul on Fire,” at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bellevue Mar. 12th Class in Session Note: Children will begin Shamrock foam craft honoring upcoming St. Patrick’s Day, focusing on and learning about the Blessed Trinity Mar. 19th Class in Session / Children’s Eucharistic Adoration during RE General Assembly at 9:45 lead by Michelle McNeil, Parents please have children here by 9:30. Parents and Parishioners are welcome to attend. (**K.C. Right to Life Monthly Breakfast in Parish Hall After Mass**) Mar. 21st Tuesday Nights Teens’ Special Stations of the Cross & Serving Soup Supper Mar. 26th Class in Session April Apr. 4th Tuesday Nights Early Grades R.E. Special Stations of the Cross & Serving Soup Supper Apr. 9th Palm Sunday / Early Grades R.E. and Teens Join Sunday Mass

Processional / Kids return Operation Rice Bowls Apr. 13th Holy Thursday

Apr. 14th Good Friday Apr. 15th Easter Vigil at St. Augustine at 6 PM Apr. 16th No Class / Easter Sunday Apr. 23rd Class in Session / Apr. 30th Class in Session / First Confession after Mass and Reception following. May May 7th Class in Session / First Holy Communion @ St. Mary and Reception following May 10th Last Class of the School Year for Young People’s Religious Education (Teens) May 14th Last Day Class for Children / Mothers’ Day Sunday May 15th Confirmation at St. Augustine (NOTE: St. Mary Mission will have two of our own RE teens confirmed that night, Rubi Melendrez & Claudia Partida)

Perhaps eucharistic saints must also include the earliest

missionaries, who in the power of the Spirit built up

communities of faith. Eucharist was the center of the

life of these communities. They gathered on Sunday for

“the breaking of the bread” (Acts 2:42). Keeping alive the

memory of what Jesus did, they rejoiced in his presence as

Risen Lord and waited in hope for his future coming. They

stand at the beginning of our eucharistic tradition.

IN TIME OF PERSECUTION

But surely there are more. Are eucharistic saints the martyrs,

like St. Ignatius of Antioch (d. 170), who saw themselves

and their own terrible fate lifted up by the Eucharist?

Condemned to death for his Christian belief, Ignatius was

taken in chains from Syria to Rome to be executed by being

thrown to the wild beasts in the arena. On his way, he

wrote: “I am God’s wheat, and I am being ground by the

teeth of wild beasts to make a pure loaf for Christ.”

PROTECTED AND PROTECTING

Perhaps eucharistic saints are those who defended the

Eucharist with their lives, as St. Tarcisius did. This twelve-

year old altar boy lived in Rome during the Valerian

persecution (3rd century). On his way to bring the Eucharist

to Christians in prison, he was stopped by a gang of boys

who demanded to see what he was carrying. He wouldn’t

hand it over. Infuriated, their rage turned into violence, and

Tarcisius was killed—protecting the holy Eucharist.

Or, on the other hand, they may be the saints whom the

Eucharist protected, like St. Clare of Assisi (1194 -1253).

When mercenary soldiers invaded Assisi and came to sack

her convent, Clare rose from her sickbed, took a monstrance

with the Blessed Sacrament in it, and held it up before

them. They turned and ran.

PRAISE AND ADORATION

Are they the saints who composed hymns to the Eucharist,

as did St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-74)? Here is a verse of one

that is still sung today, translated by the poet Gerard Manley

Hopkins:

Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore,

Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more,

See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart

Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art.

Perhaps they are the saints who spent hours in adoration of

the Blessed Sacrament, like St. Pascal Baylon (1570-1592). A

lay Franciscan brother in Spain, he chose to live in poverty.

Pascal would often spend the whole night in ecstatic prayer

before the Blessed Sacrament. He is the patron saint of

Eucharistic Congresses.

COME AND RECEIVE

Are eucharistic saints the men and women who founded

religious communities devoted to the Eucharist, as St.

Who are the Eucharistic Saints?

Eucharistic saints. Who might they be? Are they the Apostles,

with whom Jesus shared bread and wine at the Last Supper? Are

they the ones whose feet he washed, and who heard him say, on

the very night before he died: “Do this in memory of me”?

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Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868) did in nineteenth-century

France? He established the Congregation of the Blessed

Sacrament to reach out to the unchurched and to prepare

the faithful to approach Eucharist worthily.

Are they pastors and popes, such as Pope St. Pius X

(1835-1914), whose decisions encouraged eucharistic

participation? Pius lowered the age of First Communion

to seven, because he had confidence in the faith of

young children. He also urged all the faithful to receive

Communion frequently—not only once a year or a few

times a year, as had been their custom. Because of him,

many Catholics in the twentieth century returned to the

ancient practice of receiving Communion every Sunday.

MINISTRY AND MISSION

Maybe eucharistic saints are those for whom Eucharist

was central to mission, such as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

(1910-1997). Her care for the poorest of the poor was

constant and passionate. Where did her energy come from?

She and her sisters, the Missionaries of Charity, found

strength in the Eucharist. “In each of our lives Jesus comes

as the Bread of Life,” Mother Teresa wrote, “to be eaten, to

be consumed by us. This is how He loves us. Then Jesus

comes in our human life as the hungry one, the other,

hoping to be fed with the Bread of our life, our hearts by

loving, and our hands by serving.”

EUCHARISTIC SAINTS TODAY

Finally, yes, there must be “eucharistic saints” living today.

They may bring Communion to the sick, or prepare children

for first Eucharist, or serve as special ministers of the

Eucharist, or perform some other service. They are the ones

who embody charity, the hallmark of Eucharist. Although

the Church has not proclaimed them to be saints (worthy of

universal devotion), their faith in Christ and the Eucharist

shines brightly.

Down through the ages, men and women have gathered at

the altar of God to remember and celebrate what Jesus has

done. The term communion of saints, communio sanctorum,

means not only the people whom the Church has canonized

as saints, but all those who are united in the sharing of “holy

things”: most especially, the Eucharist. The saints are those

who have witnessed to Christ among us, full of thankfulness

and praise. We all are eucharistic saints, “God’s holy ones,”

when we faithfully participate in the sacred mysteries of

Christ’s dying and rising—through the Eucharist.

REFLECT

What does the Eucharist mean in my life? Do I

have a deep reverence for the presence of Christ

in the Eucharist? Do I feel that my participation

in the Eucharist connects me with others in the

communion of saints?

ACT

This Lent, make an effort to attend Mass more

frequently, or to spend some time in prayer

before the Blessed Sacrament. From even a small

investment of time you can reap a big reward.

PRAY

Apostles and evangelists, pray for us! Holy

martyrs and witnesses to Christ, pray for us! Saints

who shaped the Church and changed the world—

pray for us!

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Quizás los santos eucarísticos también deban incluir a los primeros misioneros que con el poder del Espíritu edificaron las comunidades de fe. La Eucaristía era el centro de la vida de estas comunidades. Se reunían los domingos para “partir el pan” (Hechos 2,42). Al mantener vivo el recuerdo de lo que hizo Jesús, se regocijaban en la presencia del Señor resucitado y anticipaban esperanzados su próxima venida. Se destacan al inicio de nuestra tradición eucarística.

EN TIEMPO DE PERSECUCIÓN

Pero seguro que hay muchos más. ¿Son santos eucarísticos los mártires como san Ignacio de Antioquía (muerto en 170), que se veían a sí mismos y su terrible destino elevados por la Eucaristía? Condenado a muerte por su fe cristiana, Ignacio fue llevado encadenado desde Siria a Roma para ser ejecutado y arrojado a las fieras salvajes en el Coliseo. En el camino escribió: “Soy trigo de Dios, y estoy siendo molido por los dientes de las fieras para hacer el pan puro de Cristo”.

PROTEGIDO Y PROTECTOR

Quizás santos eucarísticos son los que defendieron la Eucaristía con sus vidas como lo hizo San Tarsicio. Monaguillo de doce años, vivió en Roma durante la persecución de Valeriano (siglo III). Cuando llevaba la Eucaristía a los cristianos en la cárcel, fue detenido por un grupo de muchachos que le exigieron que les mostrara lo que llevaba. Pero no lo hizo. Enfurecidos, la ira de los muchachos se convirtió en violencia y asesinaron a Tarsicio mientras protegía la Sagrada Eucaristía.

O, por otro lado, podrían ser los santos que fueron protegidos por la Eucaristía, como santa Clara de Asís (1194-1253). Cuando soldados mercenarios invadieron Asís y fueron a saquear el convento, Clara se levantó de su lecho de enferma, tomó la custodia que contenía el Santísimo Sacramento y la puso en alto delante de ellos. Dieron media vuelta y se echaron a correr.

ALABANZA Y ADORACIÓN

¿Serán los santos que compusieron himnos a la Eucaristía, como lo hizo santo Tomás de Aquino (1225-1274)? Esta es la primera estrofa de su famoso “Adoro te devote”:

Te adoro con devoción, Dios escondido, oculto verdaderamente bajo estas apariencias.A Ti se somete mi corazón por completo, Y se rinde totalmente al contemplarte.

Tal vez son los santos que pasaron horas adorando el Santísimo Sacramento como san Pascual Bailón (1570-1592), un hermano lego franciscano español que eligió vivir en la pobreza. A menudo Pascual pasaba la noche entera en oración extática ante el Santísimo Sacramento. Es el santo patrono de los Congresos Eucarísticos.

VENGAN Y RECIBAN

¿Son los santos eucarísticos los hombres y las mujeres que fundaron comunidades religiosas dedicadas a la Eucaristía, como lo hizo san Pedro Julián Eymard (1811-1868) en el

¿Quiénes son los santos eucarísticos?Los santos eucarísticos ¿Quiénes son? ¿Serán los Apóstoles con los que Jesús compartió el pan y el vino en la Última Cena? ¿Son aquellos a quienes les lavó los pies y le oyeron decir la noche antes de morir: ”Haced esto en conmemoración mía”?

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siglo XIX en Francia? Fundó la Congregación del Santísimo Sacramento para llegar a los no creyentes y para preparar a los fieles a acercarse a la Eucaristía dignamente.

¿Son los pastores y los papas, como san Pío X (1835-1914), cu-yas decisiones alentaron la participación eucarística? Pío X bajó la edad de la Primera Comunión a los siete años, porque tenía confianza en la fe de los niños pequeños. Instó también a todos los fieles a recibir la comunión con frecuencia, no solo una vez al año o un par de veces al año, como había sido la costumbre. Gracias a él, muchos católicos en el siglo XX volvieron a la anti-gua práctica de recibir la comunión todos los domingos.

MINISTERIO Y MISIÓN

Quizás los santos eucarísticos son aquellos para los que la Eucaristía es central para la misión, como la beata Teresa de Calcuta (1910-1997). Su atención a los más pobres entre los pobres era constante y apasionada. ¿De dónde recibía tanta energía? Ella y sus hermanas, las Misioneras de la Caridad, encontraban la fuerza en la Eucaristía. “Jesús viene a la vida de cada uno de nosotros como “el pan de vida”, escribió la Madre Teresa, “para ser comido, para ser consumidos por nosotros. Así es como Él nos ama. Entonces Jesús se presenta en nuestra vida humana como el hambriento, el Otro, con la esperanza de ser alimentado con el pan de nuestra vida, nuestro corazón amando y nuestras manos sirviendo”.

SANTOS EUCARÍSTICOS HOY

Por último, sí, tiene que haber “santos” eucarísticos hoy. Son los que llevan la Comunión a los enfermos o preparan a los niños que van a hacer su Primera Comunión o sirven como ministros extraordinarios de la Sagrada Comunión o desempeñan otras labores. Son los que personifican la caridad, el distintivo de la Eucaristía. Aunque la Iglesia no los ha declarado santos (dignos de devoción universal) su fe en Cristo y la Eucaristía brilla con fuerza.

REFLEXIÓN¿Qué significa la Eucaristía en mi vida? ¿Tengo una

profunda reverencia por la presencia de Cristo en la

Eucaristía? ¿Siento que mi participación en la Eucaristía

me vincula con otros en la comunión de los santos?

ACCIÓNEsta Cuaresma, esfuérzate por asistir a misa con más

frecuencia o pasar algún tiempo en oración ante el

Santísimo Sacramento. Es una pequeña inversión de

tiempo que puede producir una gran recompensa.

ORACIÓN¡Apóstoles y Evangelistas, rueguen por nosotros!

¡Santos mártires y testigos de Cristo, rueguen por

nosotros! ¡Santos que dieron forma a la Iglesia y

cambiaron el mundo, rueguen por nosotros!

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En el correr de los años, hombres y mujeres se han reunido ante el altar de Dios para recordar y celebrar lo que Jesús ha hecho. El término comunión de los santos, communio sanctorum, incluye a las personas que la Iglesia ha canonizado, y a todos aquellos unidos que comparten las “cosas santas”, sobre todo, la Eucaristía. Los santos son aquellos que han sido testigos de Cristo entre nosotros, lleno de agradecimiento y alabanza. Todos somos santos eucarísticos, “los santos de Dios”, cuando participamos fielmente en los sagrados misterios de la muerte y Resurrección de Cristo, en la Eucaristía.

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AUTORA ■ Rita Ferrone es una galardonada escritora y conferencista sobre liturgia, catequesis y la renovación de la Iglesia Católica.

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