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MASS SCHEDULE
Weekends Saturday....5:00 pm; (7:00 pm Spanish) Sunday .....9:00 am, 11:00 am; (1:00 pm Spanish ) Weekdays Monday - Friday 8:00 am; (7:00 pm Spanish) First Saturday ..... 8:00 am Holy Day of Obligation Masses 8:00 am, 6:00 pm, (8:00 pm Spanish) Confession Saturday ............. 3:30 - 4:30 pm Scanlan Office Building or by appointment Baptism Preparation English: Call the Parish Office to register Spanish: 1
st & 2
nd Sat., 2:00 pm (Scanlan)
Baptism English: 4
th Saturday at 9:00 am
Spanish: 3rd Saturday at 9:00 am
Marriage Preparation English: Contact the Parish Office Spanish: Contact a Deacon Anointing of the Sick First Friday during 8:00 am Mass Call Parish Office for home/hospital anointing Eucharistic Adoration Tuesday - Friday.........9:00 am - 3:00 pm Last Friday of the month - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, after 7 pm Mass - Saturday 6:00 am Mission Churches Mass Schedule Saint Paul’s - Hurricane (171 S. Main) Sunday Mass—12:30 pm San Pablo Mission - Beryl Junction (721 S. Highway 18) Sunday Mass—4:00 pm Saint Christopher’s - Kanab (39 West 200 South) Daily Mass—8:00 am, Sundays— 9:00 am Zion Park - Springdale (Canyon Community Center, 126 Lion Blvd.) SCAP…Sundays at 8:00 am Palm Sunday through December 1
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Church Office 157 North 200 West / PO Box 188 St. George, UT 84771 Ph:435-673-2604 / Fax:435-688-2704 Email: [email protected] Office Hours Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Closed from 12 noon-1:00 pm
Saint George
Photo: Bob Parks
259 WEST 200 NORTH, ST. GEORGE, UTAH 84770—WWW.SAINTGEORGECATHOLICS.COM
February 21, 2021 / First Sunday of Lent
CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev. David Bittmenn, Pastor
Rev. Kelechi Alozie, Parochial Vicar
ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
STEWARDSHIP / CORRESPONSABILIDAD
Gratitude in Action: Our Way of Life / Gratitud en Acción: Nuestra forma de Vida
Lent is a beautiful season in our liturgical year. Some may not believe so because of the denials associated with it, the challenge to greater sacrifice. There is also a challenge to improve the person we are at the time we begin our Lenten journey. During this time of fasting and sacrifice, more fervent prayer and devotion, we have the opportunity for cleansing, positive change and new beginnings. We try to avoid sin. We might also embrace the idea of sainthood. “Consequently sin is always an offense that touches others, that alters the world and damages it… At the very moment that a person begins human existence, which is a good, he or she is confronted by a sin-damaged world. Each of us enters into a situation in which relationality has been hurt. Consequently each person is, from the very start, damaged in relationships and does not engage in them as he or she ought. Sin pursues the human being, and he or she capitulates [surrenders] to it.”1 Lent is a perfect time to seek forgiveness which brings us reconciliation with God and each other. This time of dryness allows us a deeper spiritual examination of ourselves and encourages a closer, more personal encounter with Jesus. We might ask ourselves: ‘Who have I offended by word or action? Whose needs have I forgotten or ignored? Who IS Jesus in my life? How is He present to me each and every day? How can my relationship with Him be more meaningful?’ “In The Seven Storey Mountain, the Trappist monk and spiritual writer, Thomas Merton, explains how, when asked by his friend Robert Lax what he, Merton, wanted to be, he replied that he wanted to be a good Catholic. Lax, a poet and mystic, told him, ‘What you should say is that you want to be a saint.’ Merton deferred, conscious of his own failings and inadequacies. But Lax persisted: ‘All that is necessary to be a saint is to want to be one.’ By desiring sainthood, Lax said, we consent to become what God has created us to be. God, in turn, will make us saints.” (Franciscan Spirit Blog, Franciscan Media online) And so we pray,
“God of our conversion, lead us to sainthood through our lenten journey.
May we embrace this time of penance in a spirit of prayer. May we fast from all that distracts us from you.
May we come to the aid of those in need. At journey’s end, may we find ourselves renewed as members
of the body of Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.”
(Franciscan Spirit Blog, Franciscan Media online) 1Benedictus – Day by Day with Pope Benedict XVI, edited by Rev. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
~Carole Drake
Pastoral Assistant and Community Outreach
La Cuaresma es una hermosa temporada en nuestro año litúrgico. Algunos pueden no creerlo debido a las negaciones asociadas con él, el desafío a un mayor sacrificio. También existe el desafío de mejorar la persona que somos en el momento en que comenzamos nuestro viaje de Cuaresma. Durante este tiempo de ayuno y sacrificio, oración y devoción más ferviente, tenemos la oportunidad de purificación, cambios positivos y nuevos comienzos. Tratamos de evitar el pecado. También podríamos abrazar la idea de la santidad. “En consecuencia, el pecado es siempre una ofensa que toca a los demás, que altera el mundo y lo daña… En el mismo momento en que una persona comienza la existencia humana, que es un bien, se enfrenta a un mundo dañado por el pecado. Cada uno de nosotros entra en una situación en la que se ha dañado la relación. En consecuencia, cada persona está, desde el principio, dañada en las relaciones y no se involucra en ellas como debería. El pecado persigue al ser humano, y éste capitula [se rinde] a él ”1. La Cuaresma es un momento perfecto para buscar el perdón que nos trae la reconciliación con Dios y con los demás. Este tiempo de sequedad nos permite un examen espiritual más profundo de nosotros mismos y fomenta un encuentro más cercano y personal con Jesús. Podríamos preguntarnos: '¿A quién he ofendido con palabras o acciones? ¿De quién son las necesidades que he olvidado o ignorado? ¿Quién es Jesús en mi vida? ¿Cómo se me presenta todos los días? ¿Cómo puede ser más significativa mi relación con Él? " “En The Seven Storey Mountain, el monje trapense y escritor espiritual, Thomas Merton, explica cómo, cuando su amigo Robert Lax le preguntó qué quería ser él, Merton, respondió que quería ser un buen católico. Lax, un poeta y místico, le dijo: "Lo que debes decir es que quieres ser santo". Merton se demoró, consciente de sus propios defectos e insuficiencias. Pero Lax insistió: "Todo lo que se necesita para ser un santo es querer serlo". Al desear la santidad, dijo Lax, aceptamos convertirnos en lo que Dios nos ha creado para ser. Dios, a su vez, nos hará santos ". (Blog del Espíritu Franciscano, Franciscan Media en línea) Y entonces oremos “Dios de nuestra conversión, condúcenos a la santidad a través de nuestro camino cuaresmal. Aceptemos este tiempo de penitencia con espíritu de oración. Que ayunemos de todo lo que nos distrae de ti. Que podamos acudir en ayuda de los necesitados. Al final del viaje, que nos encontremos renovados como miembros del cuerpo de Cristo, en cuyo nombre oramos. Amén." (Blog del Espíritu Franciscano, Franciscan Media en línea)
Pastor’s Message / Mensaje del padre: Father David Bittmenn
Bad things do happen to good people and this part of reality continues to confound us. Psalm 73 records some of this confusion and the same confusion is the context of this weekend’s second reading. In the verses before the second reading, we’re told that
good people can reduce the bad things that happen to them because they are good. However, “even if you should suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you (1 Peter 3:14).” Good people who suffer are blessed because they are with Christ who was good and who also suffered. If Christians value following Christ, it has to be for better or for worse and when we suffer - or even do more works of penance in Lent - it is in union with Christ who turned suffering into salvation. It is being in Christ even in times of trial that is important, not seeking out trials for the sake of trials. The only way to know the wisdom of this approach is to rely on it when in need. This second reading is a commentary on the magnitude of Christ’s salvation. It is vast and surprising. Not only did the righteous one die for the sake of the unrighteous, something exceedingly rare, but the death of a human like us proclaimed God’s triumph even to those imprisoned spirits who had been quite successful ignoring God. An example of these imprisoned spirits is given in the second reading when it refers to the people who turned their back on God in Noah’s day, the same people who perished in the flood. The reading says that Jesus preached to these dead people or these spirits. Different Christians interpret Jesus’ actual preaching to these spirits differently. The words do agree with the Nicene Creed prayed at Sunday Masses where it says that Jesus descended into hell. Hell was the abode of the dead and it included those who ignored God and those who were just. Jesus died, so he descended into the abode of the dead and once there preached the Good News to the souls imprisoned there (see Catechism of the Catholic Church #632-633).” Others say that passed out of the realm of the dead and that passing showed the power of God and in that way Jesus “preached.” Having already mentioned the flood, the second reading refers to those who were saved, those on the ark, as being “saved through water. This prefigured baptism….” Baptism connects us with the life of Jesus and if we are connected with the life of Jesus we respond differently when bad things happen to good people. We have hope and strength in Christ.
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
We are one community nourished and transformed by the Eucharist. As the body of Christ, we are led by the Holy Spirit to know, love and serve God and one another.
Somos una comunidad alimentada y transformada por la Eucaristía. Como cuerpo de Cristo, somos guiados por el Espíritu Santo para conocer, amar y servir a Dios y unos a otros.
Cosas malas le pueden pasar a la gente buena y esta parte de la realidad sigue confundiéndonos. El Salmo 73 dice algo de esta confusión y el mismo desconcierto es el contexto de la segunda lectura de este fin de semana. En los versículos anteriores a la segunda lectura, se nos dice que las buenas personas pueden reducir las cosas malas que les suceden porque son buenas. Sin embargo, "aunque sufrieras por causa de la justicia, bienaventurado eres (1 Pedro 3:14)". Las personas buenas que sufren son bendecidas porque están con Cristo que fue bueno y que también sufrió. Si los cristianos valoran seguir a Cristo, tiene que ser para bien o para mal y cuando sufrimos, o incluso hacemos más obras de penitencia en Cuaresma, es en unión con Cristo que convirtió el sufrimiento en salvación. Es estar en Cristo incluso en tiempos de prueba lo que es importante, no buscar pruebas por causa de las pruebas. La única forma de conocer la sabiduría de este enfoque es confiar en él cuando en necesidad. Esta segunda lectura es un comentario sobre la magnitud de la salvación de Cristo. Es vasto y sorprendente. No solo murió el justo por causa de los injustos, algo extremadamente raro, sino que la muerte de un ser humano como nosotros proclamó el triunfo de Dios incluso para aquellos espíritus encarcelados que habían tenido bastante éxito en ignorar a Dios. Un ejemplo de estos espíritus encarcelados se da en la segunda lectura cuando se refiere a las personas que dieron la espalda a Dios en los días de Noé, las mismas personas que perecieron en el diluvio. La lectura dice que Jesús predicó a estas personas muertas o a estos espíritus. Los diferentes cristianos interpretan la predicación real de Jesús a estos espíritus de manera diferente. Las palabras están de acuerdo con el Credo de Nicea que se reza en las misas dominicales donde dice que Jesús descendió a los infiernos. El infierno era la morada de los muertos e incluía a los que ignoraban a Dios y a los que eran justos. Jesús murió, así que descendió a la morada de los muertos y una vez allí predicó la Buena Nueva a las almas encarceladas allí (ver Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica # 632-633)”. Otros dicen que salió del reino de los muertos y que el paso mostró el poder de Dios y de esa manera Jesús "predicó". Habiendo mencionado ya el diluvio, la segunda lectura se refiere a los que fueron salvos, los que estaban en el arca, como “salvos a través del agua. Este bautismo prefigurado... " El bautismo nos conecta con la vida de Jesús y si estamos conectados con la vida de Jesús respondemos de manera diferente cuando malas cosas les pasa a buenas personas. Tenemos esperanza y fortaleza en Cristo.
EVENTS and MASS INTENTIONS Please visit our website for more announcements or email us at [email protected] for questions or submissions.
Our Lady of Grace Candle
burns this week in memory of
Elisa Lujan
MASS INTENTIONS
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday - Friday
9 am - 3 pm
Stephen Ministry
Christ caring for People through People Walking with Others during Troubled Times
Saint George Catholic Church
Parish Events Monday 10:00 am Everyday God (every other week) Kuzy Hall - Rm 3 7:00 pm RCIA Scanlan - Fl 2 3:30 pm Holy Rosary Hurricane Tuesday 9:00 am Marian Hour - Our Lady of Peace Church 6:00 pm CCD Scanlan 7:00 pm Neo Catechumenal Way Kuzy Hall - Rm 3 First Tuesday 6:30 pm Knights of Columbus Kuzy Hall - Rm 1 6:30 pm Women’s Group Kuzy Hall - Rm 3 Second Tuesday 1:00 pm Women’s Group Lunch at Harmons Wednesday 12:00 pm Bulletin Deadline (11 days prior to publication date) 6:00 pm Holy Spirit Prayer Group Kuzy Hall - Rm 3 7:00 pm Clases Biblicas CERS Scanlan - Fl 2 Third Wednesday 6:30 pm 4th Degree K of C Kuzy Hall - Rm 1 Thursday 9:00 am Prayers for the Unborn Church 6:00 pm CCD Scanlan Second Thursday 1:30 pm Mass at Sterling Court, St. George 324 N 1680 E Friday First Friday 8:00 am Anointing of the Sick at Mass Church Last Friday 7:00 pm Nocturnal Adoration Church Saturday 7:00 pm Neo Catechumenal Way Kuzy Hall - Rm 3 First Saturday 8:00 am Mass in Honor of Our Lady Church 9:30 am Pro - Life Presence Bluff & 600 S After Last Friday 6:00 am Nocturnal Adoration ends - Mass Church First Weekend All Masses Renovation Fund Collection Third Weekend All Masses K of C Food Drive Last Weekend All Masses DDD Collection Sunday 9:00 am CCD Scanlan 11:00 am CCD Scanlan 5:00 pm Rosary Church First Weekend All Masses Renovation Fund Collection Third Weekend All Masses K of C Food Drive Last Weekend All Masses DDD Collection
Saturday, 2/20
5:00 pm U Ken Odette
U Coach Ray Odette
U Helen Milovich
U Mark Daley by Frank & Lolita
U Alfred Jankus
7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo
Sunday, 2/21
9:00 am U Louie Tan by Rita & Nate
Richie and Rosamaria
11:00 am Generational Healing of families
Dan Sorensen by Tom & Susie
1:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo
Monday, 2/22
8:00 am U Marc Robles
7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo
Tuesday, 2/23
8:00 am U William Grace by Jane & Tom Weyand
7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo
Wednesday, 2/24
8:00 am U Robert Kowalski by Karen K.
7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo
Thursday, 2/25
8:00 am U Josephine B. Horn by Jane & Tom
7:00 pm U Gloria Polash by Jane & Tom Weyand
(Spanish) Pro Populo
Friday, 2/26
8:00 am Bryan Jones
7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo
Rectory…………..673-7354
Pastor........................ Rev. David Bittmenn Parochial Vicar……..Rev. Kelechi Alozie Retired……………… Rev. Glenn Dare
Office……….……..673-2604
Business Manager ..... Don Drake ([email protected])
Bookkeeper ................. Kelli Callister ([email protected])
Receptionist………...Nora Escatel ([email protected])
Maintenance……… Call Office
Deacons Rigoberto Aguirre ...................... 628-9107 Rogaciano Tellez ........................ 652-9219 Jesse Robles ([email protected])…909-953-0240 Baptismal Preparation Registration (English)
Deacon Jesse Robles……Call the Office to register
Pastoral Assistant and Community Outreach Carole Drake………435-673-2604 Ext 104 or 435-668-9202
Religious Education Coordinator
Mariana Lawrentz …720-227-8319 or 435-673-2604 ([email protected])
Newman Catholic Club Veronica Gonzales, President: [email protected] Online Giving Link …….please visit our website
Bulletin Ministry………[email protected]
Thrift Store (Jackie Rickman)………673-1029
Gift Shop (Sharon Rawlins)………688-1948
Parish Council …… [email protected] Safe Environment…Carole Drake, Local DSE
435-673-2604 or [email protected]
ANNOUNCEMENTS and REPORTS Please visit our website for more announcements or email us at [email protected] for questions or submissions.
LOOKING AHEAD
February 22 Everyday God Retreat 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Kuzy Hall 2nd Floor
February 24 Stephen Ministry Training
6:00-8:30 pm Kuzy Hall
February 27 A Taste of Carmel: Exploring Carmelite Spirituality, 2:15 - 4:00 pm Scanlan Conf.
Room 2nd Floor
March 3 Stephen Ministry Training
6:00-8:30 pm Kuzy Hall
Weekly Collection Report
Collection (02/14)...…..…….......................$ 12,761
Capital Improvement Project (January) Building Fund……………...………...… $ 3,109
CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten program for families and faith communities in the United States who want to put their faith into
action. In its first 40 years, more than $250 million has been given through CRS Rice Bowl to support programs that prevent hunger and poverty around the world. Twenty-five percent of gifts remain in each U.S. diocese where they are given to hunger and poverty alleviation efforts in those communities. The Rice Bowls will be given to our CCD students on Sunday, February 21, and they must be returned with contributions/donations no later than Sunday, March 28.
STATIONS of the CROSS (Bilingual—In the Church)
Every Friday evening at 5pm
Beginning February 19 Ending Friday, March 26
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LENTEN FOOD COLLECTION
PROGRAM 40 CANS FOR 40 DAYS
Throughout Lent, please bring non-perishable food items to church and deposit them in the Knights’ food wagons in the Church vestibule.
40 LATAS POR 40 DÍAS
Durante la Cuaresma, por favor traiga alimentos no perecederos a la iglesia y deposítelos en el vagón de comida de los Caballeros de Colón en el vestíbulo de la Iglesia.
We recently lost one of our Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Dallas Hyatt of Hurricane passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 6. Cremation has taken place through Spilsbury Mortuary.
Dallas’ cremains will be inurned at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Salt Lake City on March 5, 2021. May our Lord, Jesus Christ, grant eternal rest to Dallas, and His consoling peace to those who grieve. Please keep Dallas and his family in your prayers during this difficult time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS and EVENTS
Scripture Readings for the Week of February 21st
Sunday: Gn 9:8-15/Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [cf. 10]/1 Pt 3:18-22/Mk 1:12-15
Monday: 1 Pt 5:1-4/Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 [1]/Mt 16:13-19
Tuesday: Is 55:10-11/Ps 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 [18b]/Mt 6:7-15
Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10/Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19 [19b]/Lk 11:29-32
Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25/Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 [3a]/Mt 7:7-12
Friday: Ez 18:21-28/Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8 [3]/Mt 5:20-26
Saturday: Dt 26:16-19/Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8 [1b]/Mt 5:43-48
Next Sunday: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 [9]/Rom 8:31b-34/Mk 9:2-10
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Last Friday (February 26) 9am-3pm, after 7pm Mass-Saturday 6am - Mass will Follow
Adoración del Sagrado Sacramento
El viernes pasado (26 de febrero) 9 a.m. a 3 p.m., después de las
7 p.m.Misa-Sábado 6am - Misa seguirá
Black & Indian Mission (US) Collection February 20 & 21
Please give generously.
Colección Black & Indian Mission (EE. UU.)
20 y 21 de febrero
Por favor da generosamente.
Prospering in a Post-COVID World
The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a free financial planning webinar given by financial services speaker and author Joe Jordon. Mr. Jordan will be discussing
retirement and how to create inter-generational wealth. The webinar will be held on Saturday, February 27, at noon. Pre-register to reserve a spot at shorturl.at/axehx This webinar is open to all parishioners. You do not have to be a Knight to attend.
Chef Sal prepared a delicious luncheon for Father Dave’s birthday attended by the Staff. Seated with Father are Father Kelechi and Deacon Rogaciano. Standing are Chef Sal; his wife, Teresa, who graciously served the luncheon, assisted by daughter, Camila. Son, Alexander was busy at school.
GIFT SHOP
It's time to get ready for the Lent and Easter season. Come in to see the variety of Lenten prayer books in English and Spanish, Last Supper plaques, statues, Stations of the Cross rosary and other special rosaries, holy cards, bookmarks, children's books, crucifixes, crosses, RCIA gifts and so much more.
First Holy Communion and Confirmation items are also available. Come in and purchase early.
Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 2 pm and ONLY after the 5 pm Mass on Saturdays and after all the Masses on Sundays.
Next weekend’s second collection benefits
the Diocesan Development Drive (DDD)
If you have DDD envelopes, you may use them for this collection. You may also contribute to DDD through our Parish online giving.
The Thrift Store needs Volunteers. Spend a few hours each week helping our Community and making new friends. You may even find that treasure you never knew you wanted. Stop into the Thrift Store or call 435-673-1029 and speak with Jackie.
