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ST. THERESA PARISH – PHOENIX, AZ SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2019
My Brothers and Sisters, Periodically in our spiritual journey as Christ’s disciples, it’s good to re-visit some of the “basics” of our faith – and nothing is more basic, or central, to Catholic Christians than the Sacrament of the Eucharist: something that we cele-brate each time we participate in the Mass and receive the Body and Blood of Christ in Holy Communion. The cele-bration of the Eucharist, the Liturgy, is so central to our Catholic Faith that is referred to in the teachings of the sec-ond Vatican Council as “the source and summit – the fount and apex - of the Christian life” (Lumen Gentium, §11).
The Liturgy and the reception of the Body and Blood of Christ is what gives us the grace, wisdom and strength to live out our lives as Christ’s disciples (with all the joys and challenges that come with that life). In this way, then, it is our “source” for the Christian life; our “fuel” to follow Christ day-by-day. The Eucharist is also the ultimate way we Catholics offer our thanks to God for all the blessings of our lives – in fact, the word Eucharist derives from the Greek word for “thanksgiving.” In this way, the Eucharist is the “summit” of all that we do as Catholic Christians.
The mystery of the Eucharist – in which the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ is made present and shared with us for our nourishment as the Body of Christ, the Church – challenges human understanding, logic and ultimately rea-son. The presence of the Body and Blood of Jesus under the appearance of bread and wine cannot be known by the senses, but only through faith. Relying on the senses alone, we can only see bread and wine – but by faith, we are able to recall the words of Christ by whose power the bread and wine have been transformed into his Body and Blood… and experience the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
Hopefully, then, the act of receiving Communion is also an act of faith. When the minister says “The Body of Christ” or “The Blood of Christ,” the communicant’s “Amen” is a profession in the presence of the saving Christ: Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, who now gives life to the believer by his or her reception of Holy Communion.
This is why the Church teaches us to come to Mass and (especially) to receive the Eucharist with reverence. As we are making our way forward to receive Holy Communion, we try our best to focus ourselves on the incredible gift of Christ himself that we are about to receive. Hopefully, we can have minimal distractions at this time! The norm es-tablished for Dioceses of the United States of America is that communion is to be received standing.* According to the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (§160), when receiving Holy Communion, the communicant bows his or her head before the Sacrament as a gesture of reverence and receives the Body of the Lord from the minister. The consecrated host may be received on the tongue or in the hand, at the discretion of each communicant. As soon as the communicant receives the host, he or she consumes the whole of it. When Holy Communion is received under both kinds, the sign of reverence is also made before receiving the Precious Blood. Receiving under both kinds is a “fuller sign” of the Sacrament, however if one chooses to receive only the consecrated host, the communicant is still receiving the entire Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of the Lord.
*An exception can be made to the norm of standing to receive, in that the communicant can opt to receive the host while kneeling (Redemptionis Sacramentum § 91). Here at St. Theresa, our sloping floors present a hazard to those approaching from behind should a communicant unexpectedly kneel (a few years ago, a gentleman using a walker could not stop in time when someone suddenly knelt in front of him, and was forced to crash into the pew). So, a communicant who wishes to kneel while receiving should take his/her place (for the entire Mass) near the center aisle in the first pew on the tabernacle side of church and use the kneeler when receiving the host from the cele-brant of the Mass. In this way, safety hazards can be avoided.
Those adults and children who are not receiving Communion but wish to come forward at Communion time are wel-come to come forward, approaching the minister with arms crossed over the chest to receive a special prayer from the minister.
May we always keep in mind what a tremendous gift the Eucharist is… the source and summit of our faith!
Grace and peace in Christ, Rev. Charles G. Kieffer Pastor
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
PARISH NEWS
2019 Safe Environment Training SET Foundation
Eucharistic Minister Training Our next training for new Eucharistic Minis-ters is on its way! Join us on Thursday, September 12th, at 6:00PM, or Satur-day, September, 14th, at 9:00AM. Look for registration forms coming soon!
Calling All Young People Of The Parish, Grade 4 And Up… we need you as an Altar Server! Join us for new Server training on Saturday, October 5th, at 9AM, or on our re-scheduled date of Thursday, October 10th, at 6PM. (Please note that a parent/guardian must also be able to attend.) Look for registration forms coming soon!
All are invited to our next evening of marriage and family enrichment Fri-day, August 30th, 6:30-
8PM in the Convent Conference Room. Our August Date Night will include a special presentation from Al & Peggy Frei on “Commitment in Marriage: Balanc-ing Marriage, Family, Work & Life” They will share their journey of 60 years of marriage and family. The ups and downs of life while raising 8 children, which led to 22 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. We are extremely blessed to have them share their wisdom and experience, so tell your married or engaged friends about this wonderful opportunity to grow in apprecia-tion of our spouses and the covenant of our marriages. The evening is free, and light refreshments will be served. Childcare available for children over a year old. Please RSVP childcare to [email protected]. Save the Date: September 20th @ St Thomas the Apostle, Fr Steve Kunkel will speak on “The Sacra-ment of Matrimony: Your Role in Your Vocation”
On-line Registration for the 2019-2020 School Year is Now Open!
Elementary Religious Education Traditional Classroom (3 yrs.-5th grade)
Home School (3 yrs.-8th grade) Sacramental Preparation Classes
4th-12th grade (1st Reconciliation-Confirmation-1st Eucharist)
Go to: www. https://sttheresaphxcatechesis.weshareonline.org/
Elementary Religious Education classes begin: September 8th in School Classrooms, 10:30AM-Noon 4th-12th grade Sacramental Preparation classes begin: September 8th in Classroom Room 17, 12:30-2PM
Contact Rita Laguna in the Parish Office with questions.
This is for all parishioners who wish to begin volunteering
at St. Theresa Parish.
Please contact Rita Laguna in the Parish Office @ 602-586-7426 to find out how to complete your Safe Envi-ronment Foundational Training.
2019 Safe Environment Training SET Renewal
Go to: phoenix.cmgconnect.org to renew. If you wish to renew in person, please contact Rita Laguna in the Parish Office @ 602-586-7426 for an appointment.
This is for all current volunteers who wish to continue
serving at St. Theresa Parish.
Do you have a boy in middle school or high school that is in-terested in hiking, backpacking, kayaking…? St. Theresa Parish has an active Boy Scout troop
that is recruiting new scouts. We have scouts from most of the local schools (you don’t have to attend STCS). No previous scouting experience is necessary. Meetings are weekly and at least one outdoor adventure/month. Please contact Rose Cheke @ 602-625-959.
Flag Retirement Ceremony St. Theresa Boy Scout Troop 147 will conduct a Flag Retirement Ceremony on Tuesday, September 17th. If you have an American Flag that needs to be retired, please drop it off in the Parish Office.
ST. THERESA PARISH – PHOENIX, AZ SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2019
Children’s Liturgy of the Word dismissal for the 9AM Sunday Mass needs your help! If this is an area of min-istry you have considered joining, then please follow with us on Sunday, September 15th to the Pope John Paul Room for the readings and prayers. We return back to the Church in time for Liturgy of the Eucharist. Children’s Liturgy is a worship experience for children between 5 to 9-years-old, designed to help them under-stand the Gospel message and participate at their level. We are in need of committed adult disciples to keep this ministry vibrant and healthy. If you are able to support this ministry once a month for 15-25 minutes, please prayerfully consider it. Volunteers must be SET trained and can buddy with a spouse, friend or older child. In addition, they qualify for service hours. Training is pro-vided at the convenience of the volunteer. For more in-formation, please call Gina Keating at 602-840-0850, ext. 111 or email [email protected].
Pray For Those... Who Are Sick: Mary Alba
& Victor Heimbach
Look out 2nd & 3rd Graders! It’s a SACRAMENT YEAR!
St. Theresa Parish is excited to begin formation for families with children in 2nd & 3rd grades who are
registered at St. Theresa Catholic School AND in our weekly Religious Education Program.
Children in 2nd grade receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and children in 3rd grade receive the
Sacraments of Confirmation & First Eucharist. Both groups celebrate the Sacraments together
as large faith community! The Parent Meeting for both Sacraments is:
Sunday, September 22nd at 10:30AM in Fr. Feeney Hall.
We will discuss our role as parents to “pass on the faith;” the reception of the sacraments
and hand out sacrament workbooks. If you need additional information please call
Gina Keating at 602-840-0850, ext. 111. Parents need to preregister for the Sacraments at: https://sttheresaphxcatechesis.weshareonline.org/
StTheresaChildrensCatecheticalMinistriesRegistration
Adult Faith Formation Orientation begins Sunday September 8th following the 11AM Liturgy at noon in the Convent Upper Room.
Inquiry sessions are designed for anyone seeking more information about the Catholic Church. All are welcome "Come and See," Jn 1:39
~ If you are an adult who wants to be fully initiated into the Catholic Church (Baptized, Confirmed & Receive Eucharist), attend all sessions. Explore our Catholic Faith Tradition.
~ If you are an adult Baptized in another Christian Faith and wish to become Catholic, attend sessions through October, and continue as you like. Explore our Catholic Faith Tradition. ~ If you are a Baptized Catholic Adult and desire to receive First Communion/Confirmation, at-tend the first segment… and continue as you like. Explore your Catholic Faith Tradition. ~ If you are already fully initiated in the Catholic Church and registered at St. Theresa Par-ish (Baptized, Confirmed with Eucharist) we welcome you to attend any or all of the sessions. Ex-plore your Catholic Faith Tradition.
EXPLORE OUR CATHOLIC FAITH TRADITION Adult Registration Forms are available in the Parish Office or online at St. Theresa Parish Website.
Special arrangements will be made to accommodate work schedules. For more information regarding the 2019/2020 RCIA Process, contact Patty & David Pettit at
(602) 840-0850 or email [email protected].
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Parents Of Unbaptized Children The children’s RCIA program (based on the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is a family process for children, ages 7-17, who have not been baptized and want to join the Catholic Church. The children will ee-ceive the Sacraments of Initiation, which are Bap-tism, Confirmation, and Eucharist or Holy Com-munion at the Easter Vigil. During the year, the chil-dren will receive a better understanding of what it means to know and love God, how to develop their re-lationship with Him through prayer, how the 10 Com-mandments apply to us today, the Sacraments of the Catholic Church as well as Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture. The importance of attending weekly Mass as a family, as well as the classes, will be stressed. Each student needs a sponsor who will support the child in his/her Catholic journey. The sponsor must be a Bap-tized and Confirmed Catholic, who is at least 16 year of age and is in good standing with the Catholic Church. The children in the RCIA process will join the adults at the Easter Vigil where they all receive the Sac-raments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and First Eucharist.
Orientation is Sunday, September 8th at 10:15AM in the Club Room
(Look for yellow sign and black arrow in the Church Ramada pointing to a glass door).
For more, please call Gina Keating at 602-840-0850, ext. 111
or email [email protected].
PASTORAL CARE
Mark Your Calendars!!!!! Seniors and Friends Luncheon
Wednesday, September 4th 11:30AM in Fr. Feeney Hall
RSVP to Andrea Myton at 602-214-0553 (please leave a message if you get
Andrea’s voicemail). RSVP and/or pay online on the Par-ish website (www.sttheresaphx.org) and click on “Senior Luncheon Registration”. $10.00 per person. RSVP deadline Friday, August 30th.
At the September Luncheon, we will be collecting supplies for the Teachers at St. Theresa Catholic School.
They are in need of Post-It Notes, Standard Staples, Paper Clips, #2 Pencils, Dry Erase Markers, Hi-Lighters,
Sheet Protectors, Binder Clips, Adult Scissors, Blue Painters Tape, Copy Paper and Glue Sticks.
Parishioners Who Are Sick or Home-bound… please call Maureen Schaaf in the Parish Office @ 602-586-7429 to re-quest Holy Communion. Appointments may also be scheduled for Confession and Anointing of the Sick. When the Church cares for the sick, it serves Christ himself in
the suffering members of his Mystical Body…the Church shows this solicitude not only by visiting those who are in poor health but also by raising them up through the sacrament of anointing and by nourishing them with the Eucharist during their illness and when they are in danger of death. (Decree of the Sacred Con-gregation for Divine Worship, 7 December 1972)
Give Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament a try!
Every Thursday in the Convent Chapel From 9:00AM-7:00PM
Alzheimer Support Group… meets the last Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, August 27th at 4PM in the Parish Office Conference Room. If you are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia and need the support of others please come by and see if this is the group for you.
Are You Called To The Corporal Work Of Mercy, Burying The Dead? Pastoral Care is in need of a few more committed individuals with these qualities, 1. Flexible schedules 2. Detail oriented 3. Able to move furnishings as needed 4. Able to ascend and descend steps safely 5. Help direct funeral attendees at Com-
munion time, to help provide beautiful and meaningful funeral liturgies, which St. Theresa Parish is known. If you think you may be called to serve in this way please contact Maureen Schaaf in the Parish Office @ 602-586-7429 or [email protected].
Grief Group Dates for September Contact Maureen in the Parish Office
for more information or to register. New Day Journal
Tuesdays @ 6:30PM September 10th, 17th, 24th
October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th.
BUNCO: Monday, September 16th at 1:45PM in Fr. Feeney Hall. NO PRIOR BUNCO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Come make new friends, and have a laugh or two. For more information, please call Patti Iannucci @ 602-952-0802. $7 is collected and goes toward cash prizes.
ST. THERESA PARISH – PHOENIX, AZ SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2019
Sunday 1:00PM Infant Baptisms (Church) Monday 5:30PM Youth Choir Rehearsal (Church) Tuesday 4:00PM Alzheimer Support Group (Parish Conference Rm) SVDP Mtg. (Convent Conference Rm) 7:00PM Boy Scout Troop 147 Mtg. (PJP Rm) Wednesday 9:30AM Centering Prayer (Convent Chapel) 5:00PM Reconciliation (Church) 6:00PM Adult Choir Rehearsal (Church) 6:30PM Rosary (Convent Chapel) Thursday 9:00AM Adoration (Convent Chapel) 7:00PM Kevin Saunders Bible Study (Church) Praise & Worship (Church) Friday 6:30PM Covenant of Love (Convent Conference Rm) Saturday 9:00AM Reconciliation (Church) 8:00PM Al Anon (Classroom 16) Alcoholics Anonymous (Classroom 17)
Readings ~ Week of August 25, 2019 Sunday Is 66:18-21; Ps 117:1, 2; Heb 12:5-7, 11-13; Lk 13:22-30 Monday 1 Thes 1:1-5, 8b-10; Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b; Mt 23:13-22 Tuesday 1 Thes 2:1-8; Ps 139:1-3, 4-6; Mt 23:23-26 Wednesday 1 Thes 2:9-13; Ps 139:7-8, 9-10, 11-12ab; Mt 23:27-32 Thursday 1 Thes 3:7-13; Ps 90:3-5a, 12-13, 14 and 17; Mk 6:17-29 Friday 1 Thes 4:1-8; Ps 97: 1 and 2b, 5-6, 10, 11-12; Mt 25:1-13 Saturday 1 Thes 4:9-11; Ps 98:1, 7-8, 9; Mt 25:14-30 Sunday Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; Ps 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11; Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a; Lk 14:1, 7-14
Mass Intentions & Celebrants
(AUGUST 26TH-SEPTEMBER 1ST)
MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH 6:30AM VICTOR HEIMBACH, SP. INT.-FR. CHUCK
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH 6:30AM FATIMA VAZ, SPECIAL INT.-FR. JC
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH 6:30AM MARY ALBA, SPECIAL INT.-FR. CHUCK
8:30AM +FORREST PFILE-FR. JC THURSDAY, AUGUST 29TH
6:30AM +ARACELI GUEVARA-FR. CHUCK FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH
6:30AM BILL HAUGEN, SPECIAL INT.-FR. CHUCK SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST
8:00AM RICHARD STRATZ, SPECIAL INT.-FR. CHUCK 4:00PM FOR THE PARISHIONERS-FR. CHUCK
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST 7:30AM +MARY JANE LAWS-FR. JC
9:00AM DONALD TRUMP, SPECIAL INT.-FR. PAUL 11:00AM ALL ABDUCTED & EXPLOITED
CHILDREN, SPECIAL INT.-FR. JC 5:00PM +GEORGE PEÑA-FR. CHUCK
The Priest scheduled to celebrate the Mass IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
