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ST. AGNES CHURCH
March 18, 2018
Fifth Sunday of Lent
2314 Third Avenue, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361 (308)632-2541
Mailing address: PO Box 349, Scottsbluff, NE 69363-0349 Fax:
308-632-2146 Website: www.st-agnes-church.com
Parish Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9am - Noon & 1pm -
4pm
Rev. Vincent L. Parsons
Pastor Rev. Michael E. Wetovick
Associate Pastor Sr. Vera Meis, C.S.J.
Pastoral Minister
Mass Schedule:
(October - May) Saturday: 4:00 pm
Sunday: 8:00 & 10:30 am (June - September) Saturday 6:00
pm
Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 am Monday, Tues, Wed, Friday 7 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays one hour prior to evening
Mass or by appointment (632-2541)
Sacrament of Baptism Please call the Parish Office
Lenten Communal Penance Service
Today at 3:00
and Tonight at 6:00
at Christ the King Church
Please take time to prepare and read the Brief Examination of
Conscience
on page 5
“I go to Confession every 15 days, because the Pope is also a
sinner. And the confessor listens to what I tell him, he advises me
and absolves me because we are all in need of his forgiveness.”
Pope Francis
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W e believe that Christ Himself instituted the seven sacraments.
The sacraments touch upon the various phases of life – from the
crib to the grave. Along the journey of life we need God’s life
within us. God’s grace is always available to us. Many years ago a
young man from a small village in Nigeria was attending the
University of Arizona. There was no electricity in his home town.
There were no cars in that town. He came to Arizona so he could
help his people with electricity. He bought an old car to get
around Tucson. A year later, on a blistering hot day, he invited
some friends to join him on trip to the Grand Canyon. As they
traveled the temperature in the car became unbearably hot. A friend
asked him if he would turn on the air conditioning. The Nigerian
said, “I don’t have air conditioning in this car.” “Yes you do,”
said the friend. “It’s the button that says A/C.” “No,” said the
Nigerian, “that means alternating current. I don’t want to touch
that button less the car stop running.” “No,” said his friend, “A/C
means air conditioning.” Imagine. The Nigerian sweated through many
hot days thinking that A/C meant alternating current. All along he
had cool air at his fingertips but never used it. So it is with
‘grace.’ The sacraments supply us with many graces. Grace is always
at our fingertips. It is up to us to open our hearts to receive
that grace and use it. A woman was visiting an art museum. She
turned to a curator and pointed at the wall. She said, “I suppose
you call that hideous-looking thing modern art!” “No!” he replied.
“We call it a mirror.”
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Fifth Sunday of Lent S a i n t A g n e s
C a t h o l i c C h u r c h
Today’s Readings Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalm 51 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33
Parish Administration (308) 632-2541 / (308) 632-2146 (Fax)
[email protected] www.st-agnes-church.com
Pastor Rev. Vincent L. Parsons (ext. 2)
[email protected] Pastoral Minister
Sr. Vera Meis (ext. 4) [email protected]
Director of Religious Education Mrs. Terri Calvert (ext.5)
[email protected] Church Office Manager Theresa Trevino (ext.
3)
[email protected] School Head Teacher
Mrs. Julie Brown (632-6918) [email protected] School
Office Manager
Teresa Johnson (632-6918) [email protected]
Daily Mass
Mondays & Tuesdays, 7:00am Wednesdays, 8:15am
Fridays, 5:45pm
Communal Reconciliation St. Agnes Church: Mar 18 - 3pm Christ
the King: March 18, 6pm
Individual Reconciliation
March 26, noon & 6pm No reconciliation Sat. Mar 31st
Stations of the Cross Every Friday, 5:15 pm
Communal Rosary
Mondays, 4:45pm
Lenten Fish Fry Friday, 23 5:30 - 7:30pm
School Gym
Holy Week Schedule March 29, Holy Thursday, 7pm March 30, Good
Friday, noon
March 31, Holy Saturday, 8pm April 1, Easter Sunday
8:00 & 10:30am
2018 Lent/Holy Week Schedule
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Finance Corner Sunday Collections
& ATW Giving
March 11, 2018 Actual $4706.08 ATW $5036.50 Budget $9000.00
Surplus (Deficit) $742.58 Haiti/Uganda $1443.00
March Totals Actual $10383.94 ATW $5036.50 Budget $18000.00
Surplus (Deficit) $2579.56 Next Sunday’s 2nd collection is for
VCNIN
Page 3 Fifth Sunday of Lent
Dates to Remember In 2018 Mar 18 Comm. Penance Service Mar 20
Chrism Mass @ North Platte Mar 23 Last Lenten Fish Fry Mar 24 -
DCCW Shroud of Jesus April 1 - Easter Sunday April 15-17 - Parish
retreat with Fr. Jim Sichko
Server Schedule Mar 24 4pm Gregg Hartman Austin Svitak Mar 25
8am Katie Forrstrom Noah Henderson 10:30am Natalie Williams Jesse
Claire McCaslin
Lector Schedule Mar 24 4pm S. Vera Meis Mar 25 8am Neal Brady
10:30am Jacque Neu
Saturday March 24 @ 1 pm Christ the King Parish Center,
Gering, NE Presenter - Jim Bertrand M.Ed
American Confraternity of the Holy Shroud
Shroud replica available to view
The Shroud
Monday, March 19, 2018 Daily Mass (7:00am) Intention: †Diane
Eikhoff by Jerry & Eileen Young Communal Rosary (4:45pm)
Liturgy of the Hours (5:05pm) Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Daily Mass
(7:00am) Intention: Special Intention by Jerry & Jeannette
Fitzgerald Tuesday Discussion Group (8-9 am) Liturgy of the Hours
(5:30pm) RCIA (7pm) Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Daily Mass NO MASS
Liturgy of the Hours (5:30pm) Contemplative Prayer Group
(6:00pm)
Thursday, March 22, 2018 Mass at Heritage (9:30am) Liturgy of
the Hours (5:30pm) Friday, March 23, 2018 Daily Mass (5:45pm)
Intention: Joe & Donna Brandl by Connie McDonnough Liturgy of
the Hours (5:30pm) Saturday, March 24, 2018 Weekend Mass (4:00pm)
Intention: Priests & Religious by Jerry & Eileen Young
Sunday, March 25, 2018 Weekend Mass (8:00am) Intention: †Earl
Langel by Family Weekend Mass (10:30am) Intention: For the
Parish
This Week’s Schedule
New Stories, Preaching, Laughter and Songs!
With Rev. James Sichko
April 15th - 17th 7-8 pm at St Agnes Church
2018 Parish Mission
Known for his story-telling, Fr. Jim weaves every day life
experiences with the rooted messages which lie within the
Gospel.
This Friday (Feb 23rd) Deep Fried Pollock, Cole Slaw, French
Fries, Cheese Pizza, Dessert, Beverages
Shrimp (extra charge) St. Agnes School Gym
5:30-7:30pm Adults, $8 Kids under 10, $4
Eucharistic Adoration for Holy Week will begin at 8:30 pm on
Holy Thursday and conclude at 10:30 am on Good Friday. Sign up
sheets will be available in the Gathering Space starting Saturday,
March 17th after Mass until Holy Thursday Mass. Please consider
signing up to spend 1 hour with Jesus.
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Jesus’ message often seems conflicting; to live, one must give
up his life; to gain everything, one must give up all that one has.
These words were a struggle for those heard them from Jesus’ lips,
just as they are a challenge for us to understand today. Jesus
repeatedly tells us it is necessary not to be so concerned about
our future tomorrow as to focus on our future in eternity. His
words conflict with our human condition as we struggle daily to
make ends meet today. Like the Greeks of today’s Gospel, we search
for Jesus so that we can know the meaning of His words
In attempting to understand Jesus’ words, we discover that no
matter how much we pray or reread the Scriptures, there are some
answers we will never comprehend fully in this world. While the
answers to our ques-tions most definitely are found in these
contexts, our human rationality limits us from accepting that our
true existence will be in heaven. We worry and fret about paying
bills, providing for our children’s education, saving for our
retirement, and the list becomes endless. If we listen only to
these pressures of the world, we can become overwhelmed and focus
only on the demands of subsistence for our mortal lives. When we
recognize what little power we really have in running the world, we
can reach the point of distrust about anything including faith in
Jesus’ promise of salvation. If we allow only reason to dominate us
and ignore our faith, we people without hope for anything better.
We start to question Jesus’ promise He made to us over 2000 years
ago to save us from our sins.
How does Jesus continue to assure us that His promise is still
valid? Only after we have recognized that we have no control of
any-thing in this world, can we begin to allow faith to complement
our reasoning. We need a conversion towards faith in ourselves to
reach out beyond our emphasis on physical needs. We need to turn
ourselves entirely over to God to become at ease about our future.
Confidence in God requires that we become the grain of wheat that
dies in this materialist world to yield the rich harvest of heaven.
We can look at the examples that Jesus provides to understand the
benefits of letting Him gives us direction. To be Catholic is to be
where Christ is and Christ is always pouring out his life for
others on the cross, giving Himself for the good of others through
self-forgetful love. However, we will not change until we want to
change and are ready to make that commitment towards Christ who is
love.
We commit during Lent to make a dedicated effort to change for a
time how we live. However, after Easter if we fall back into the
habits that we wanted to improve on during Lent, we are letting the
world infiltrate into the time we have carved out for our faith. So
recog-nition that change must occur, followed by the desired to
change (conversion) only the first step to turn to faith. If we
want to become like Christ in our actions and focus on the Kingdom,
then this work of faith is a daily commitment that lasts a
lifetime.
May the Lord Give You the Opportunity to Grow in Your Faith.
Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13,
16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3,
16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn
8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9; Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer
20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10,
11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12- 16; (procession)
Is 50:4-7; Ps 22: 8-9, 17 -20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 —
15:47
This Week’s Readings
Hello! My name is Michelle Johhnston. I am in the RCIA program
along with my husband Jef Johnston. I am currently employed at
Platte Valley Companies. I have a brother Mike Zeiler, a
sister-in-law Sarah (Mike’s wife) and 3 nieces, Emily, Natalie
& Madelyn. I was raised, baptized and confirmed in Emmanuel
Congregational Church. I joined RCIA so that I can have a better
understanding of the Catholic faith, and to be able to attend mass
as a family.
Meet the RCIA Candidates RECEIVE AND PASS IT ON If you don’t
sleep well tonight, remember the homeless family with no bed to lie
in. When you’re stuck in traffic, don’t be angry. Millions of
people will never have a car to drive. After a bad day at work,
think of the man unemployed for a year. Mourning a broken
relationship? Remember those with no one to love them. Unhappy
because your vacation is over? Think of the mother working twelve
hour shifts to feed her family. So you ran out of gas? A paraplegic
would love to be able to walk to the service station. Saw a gray
hair in the mirror? Think of the patient in chemotherapy with no
hair left. If you’re the victim of bitterness, ignorance, or worse,
remember that this happened to Jesus, too. Use those gifts that you
have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
Accept that you are a child of God. Copyright © 2011, World Library
Publications. All rights reserved.
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Grade School (Pre-K - 5th grades) Formation Sessions Meet from
9:15-10:15 a.m. in the school building. Mar. 4th - No formation
sessions, Mar. 11th, Mar. 18th, & Mar. 25th Middle School
Formation Sessions (grades 6th-8th) meet from 7-8:15 p.m. in the
school building. Mar. 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th - No formation
sessions, Holy Week
High School (CYM) Formation Sessions Youth gather in catechist’s
homes from 7-8:30 p.m. Mar. 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th - No formation
sessions, Holy Week 11th CYM Schedule: 7th - Confirmation-Garden
Room 14th - CYM - Leader’s home 21st - Confirmation - Garden Room
28th - No formation sessions, Holy Week
Save the Dates:
First Communion April 7th & 8th all weekend Masses
Confirmation
April 22nd - 10:30 am Mass
Celebrating Sunday for Catholic Families
Fifth Sunday of Lent Gospel: John 12:23-24
On the Way to Mass: What do seeds need to grow? How is light
important to the growth process? On the Way Home From Mass: What
“fruit” do you hope to have ready in time for Easter this year?
Living the Word: As we move into spring, plant some seeds as a
family. This project can be as simple as planting a few grass seeds
or herbs in a pot in your living room. As each member scatters
their seeds, let them name something they wish to “die to” so that
they may experience the joy of new life on Easter with Christ.
Encourage everyone to notice the signs of spring all around as they
go about their week and report back on them over dinner as they
prepare to grow something new in their lives.
Celebrating Sunday for Catholic
Families 2017-2018
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Pick of the Week 7 Secrets of Confession In this presentation,
popular speaker Vinny Flynn explores the “hidden”
truths of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, presenting what to
many will be a whole new way of approaching Confession, inviting
you to begin an exciting personal journey to healing and
holiness.
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www.saintagnesscottsbluff.formed.org Enter your email and create a
password (you need this to login later)
Page 6 Fifth Sunday of lent
R_ligious E^u][tion Progr[m Email—[email protected]
Religious Education Office—308-635-1362
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Family Activities Week of March 18th - 24th
Sunday - March 18th After Mass, have everyone talk about two
things they learned about or found interesting from the Gospel or
homily. Monday - March 19th St. Joseph is the patron of families,
fathers, and travelers. Ask for his intercession for all who will
be traveling on Easter. Tuesday - March 20th Think of someone you
don’t like and say three nice things about him or her. Wednesday -
March 21st Using colored markers, decorate tracing paper with
Easter symbols. Hang them in front of windows to let the light
shine through. Thursday - March 22nd Prepare anyone who is eligible
for Confession to make an examination of Conscience, using the Ten
Commandments and eight Beatitudes as guides. Friday - March 23rd
Figure out how much you saved by avoiding meat today, and put that
money in the Rice Bowl Attend the Stations of the Cross today in
the Church at 5:15pm and daily Mass at 5:45pm. Fish Fry follows in
the school gym. Saturday - March 24th Place any final donations in
the box you set up on March 3rd. Make a family trip to deliver it
to its destination.
Partners in Faith - February 2018
Teens Encounter Christ #106 April 13-15, 2018
Christ the King, Gering Registration Deadline: April 6, 2018
To Register go to: www.gidiocese.org/yya/tec
First Communion Retreat March 10, 2018
Bread Making Center
Church Center
Gospel Skit Center
First Communion Banners
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March 18, 2018
St. Agnes Catholic School 205 E 23rd, Scottsbluff, NE
Ph: 308-632-6918
Monday, March 19th
Quarterly Awards 8:15 in the gym
Tuesday, March 20th Honor Roll Breakfast - 7:30am
P/T Conferences - 5-9pm Wednesday, March 21st
NO Mass Thursday, March 22nd
P/T Conferences - 5-9pm
Friday March 23rd NO SCHOOL
St. Agnes Students selling over 100 raffle tickets were
recognized at the final Penny Carnival Prize ceremony held on
Friday, March 9th. These students earned the right to choose from
the incentive prizes provided by the Home & School. Top sellers
were: Kennedi Larson – 1160, Asher Wilson- 1050, Gianna Gonzales –
630, Havynn Urdiales – 600, Katie Forsstrom – 565, Traxton Adams,
560, Mila Miller – 511, Addison Peck 450 & Andrew Peck 450. A
total of 82 students sold over 100 tickets. Wow!
Pictured above is top ticket seller Kennedi
Larson. She sold 1,160 tickets! She chose the Apple iPad as her
prize
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Monday, Mar 19 Hot Dog on a Bun Baked Beans Peas 1/2 Banana
Helpers: Shannon Hafner, Elli Wolf
Tuesday, Mar 20 Pancakes Sausage Pa y Potato Triangles Spinach
Orange Wedges Helpers: Sheree Verbeck, Shae Brost
Wednesday , Mar 21 Cheese Pizza Fresh Green Salad Steamed
Broccoli Applesauce Helpers: Shannon Sierra, Laura Garcia
Thursday, Mar 22 Beef Pa y w/Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Corn
Wheat Roll Fruit Cocktail Helpers: Sco & Kris n Schiff
Friday, Mar 23 NO SCHOOL Helpers:
What’s Happening at St. Agnes School...
Hot Lunch Menu for March 19th-March 23rd, 2018
Google Mania! St. Agnes 1st-5th grade students have become
google maniacs as they discover the various ways our new chrome
books can be put to use. All grades have created a google classroom
and these devices have been used to research composers for music
reports, develop a google slide show for 4th grade state reports,
to type, edit and publish creative works in 1st, 2nd and 3rd
grades, and to do a research project in 5th grade. It is amazing to
watch how quickly even the little ones are catching on to using
this technology. We are very fortunate to have such amazing
resources at our school. Thanks Premiere supporters for providing
this awesome learning opportunity for our students!
Celebrating Success! St. Agnes students
celebrated their raffle selling success with a pizza party
held on March 14 in the school gym. The students
exceeded their goal of selling 20,000 tickets. The total topped
out at 20, 253
tickets. Thanks to all who supported the raffle by purchasing
tickets, to the lucky winners, and to our
generous prize donors. Each helped make our carnival a huge
success.
Welcome Baby Franklin! Tatum Cannon Franklin entered the world
at 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 7th. He
weighed in at 8.5 pounds and was 21 ¾ in long. His proud
parents, Landon and Jayme, and big brother Everest are very excited
by his arrival. Congratulations, Mrs. Franklin!
Parent / Teacher Conferences Parent / Teacher conferences will
be held at St. Agnes School on Tuesday / Thursday, March 20 &
22. A schedule should have come home with your child. If you cannot
make your assigned time, please
contact the classroom teacher to reschedule.
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SECOND GRADE by Lori Svitak Spring has sprung in our class. We
are all enjoying the warm and sun- filled days. In religion, we
have learned about Jesus the Good Shepherd and the Last Supper.
Since Easter and First Com-munion are coming up we can connect the
two to the celebration of the Eucharist and how Jesus sacrificed
his life for us. In handwriting, we have learned all the lower case
letters in cursive and are now preparing to learn the capital
letters. The children have done an amazing job and are anxious to
be able to write their names and sen-tences in cursive. March
brought Dr. Seuss' birthday. The second grad-ers enjoyed all the
activities that we did surrounding his special day. The students
dressed up as their favorite book character, made a Cat in the Hat
project, wore crazy hair and animal print
clothes. The best part was getting to read Dr. Seuss books while
cuddling up with a Dr. Seuss stuffed animal character from his
books. In math, we are measuring ob-jects to the nearest half inch,
reading time to five-minute intervals, using com-parison symbols,
and subtracting two-digit numbers.
Classroom News...
LIBRARY NEWS by Lana Payne
Students are busy with their current reading incentive books and
students who completed last month’s reading project will be making
pinecone bird feeders. Pennington Seed Company in Sidney donated
forty pounds of bird seed for this activity. Thank you Pennington
Seed! This month the Library is focusing on Dr. Seuss books in
celebration of his birthday as well as books for St. Patrick’s Day,
and Easter. I am also continuing to read this year’s Golden Sower
nominee books to the students. When everyone has had a chance to
hear all the nominated books the students will be voting for their
favorite book. Last time I wrote about the children’s book The
Story of Ferdinand which was the basis for the recent movie
Ferdinand. A new movie to be released this month also has its
origins in a children’s book “The Wrinkle in Time.” It was written
by Madeleine L’Engle and published in 1969. It’s truly a classic!
If you or one of your children haven’t read it yet, try to read it
before you see the movie! FYI: Used Book Sale will take place the
week of Parent Teacher Conferences. Please send any used books that
you wish to donate for the sale as soon as possible!!!
MUSIC NEWS by Jessica Mikoloyck
Hello St. Agnes families! The children are very excited as they
were introduced to the songs that we will be preparing for the
Spring Music Program! As this is my first ever organized Elementary
School music program, we will be keeping things very simple! The
theme this year is Spring Time and Friendship. There will be no
costumes or special outfit requests, other than inviting the
children to wear their Easter outfits from this year. The Spring
Program will be held in the St. Agnes gym on April 19th at 6:30pm
and all are invited! A very special "Thank you!" to all of you who
have reached out and offered words of encouragement or volunteered
to assist in any way. The children are ready to work so hard
and
are having so much fun as we begin preparing for the program! We
can't wait to see you all there! ~Jessica Mikoloyck--
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