Schedule Sunday Masses 7:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 6:00 PM Saturday Vigil Mass 6:00 PM Weekday (Mon-Fri) 8:00 AM Confessions Saturday 4:30 PM —5:30 PM

Welcome to Our Roman Catholic Family

311 S. Central Avenue Safford, AZ 85546

928.428.4920 FAX 928.428.4922

StRoseLima@gmail.com

Saint Rose of Lima Parish Pastor: Rev. Robert A. Rodriguez

Parochial Vicar: Rev. Vincent W. Ahar Deacon: Carl Vessels

EAC Newman Center

3592 W. 4th Street Thatcher, AZ 85552

928.348.7539

St. Martin de Porres Mission

50 S. Main Pima, AZ 85543

Schedule Tuesday Mass 11:00 AM (When the college is in session during Fall & Spring semesters.)

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish

Schedule Sunday Mass 8:30 AM Weekday Mass ( Monday thru Friday) 9:00 AM Confessions Friday 9:30 AM —10:00 AM

2257 S. 1st Avenue Solomon, AZ 85551

928.428.0149 OLGSolomon@gmail.com

San Jose Mission

1670 Church Street San Jose, AZ

Other Services at St. Rose of Lima Parish

Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction Friday 8:30 AM—1:00 PM Baptisms Every 1st & 3rd Saturday 10 AM Baptismal class 2nd Saturday 10 AM—Noon Call for registration Weddings Minimum of 4 months advance. Call for further information. Office Hours: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Website: www.SaintRoseLima-Safford.com

Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time, August 16, 2015

Schedule First Sunday of the month Mass 4:00 PM (Beginning October)

Services Baptisms & Marriages available upon request.

Other Services at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish

Baptisms Every 2nd & 4th Saturday 10 AM

Office Hours: 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM

Baptisms The parents of the child to be baptized must submit a copy of the baby's birth certificate. Parents and godparents need

to attend the parish baptismal class. Classes are given on the second Saturday of the month from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Please call

the office to sign up for the next scheduled class. All requirements for the Diocese of Tucson and Saint Rose of Lima will be given

to the parents at this time. Baptisms are performed the first and third Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. Our office staff is limited, therefore,

sponsors and godparents proof of sacraments, documents and payment must be submitted at least one month before the

baptism. When choosing godparents, if they are married, they must be married through the Catholic church, if single you

must not be living with a partner. Donation is $20.00.

Quinceañera The candidate and her parents must contact the office at least one (1) year or more before the date requested.

Quinceañera are not performed during Holy Days. Requirements: active within the parish, youth group, Religious Education, Mass

attendance, etc. or Six(6) sets of meetings and volunteer ministries given by Fr. Robert. Cost is $200.00. There is a non-refundable

deposit of $100.00 to hold the date. Balance to the church must be received in the office one week before the ceremony.

Weddings The couple must contact office at least 6 months prior to the desired wedding date. An appointment will be made for

the couple. At that time it will be determined if the date desired is available, and all requirements for the Diocese of Tucson and

Saint Rose of Lima will be given to the couple. Donation is $150.00.There is a non-refundable deposit of $50.00 to hold the date.

Balance to the church must be received in the office one week before the ceremony.

Dear Parishioners,

Many wonderful people have been asking me how

they may contribute their time to St. Rose of Lima and Our

Lady of Guadalupe. Yes! We need your help. I formed a list

of needs that you may be interested in. Remember that we ask

all volunteers to be in compliance. Its an easy process that

Mary Ann Barriga will guide you through. Just call Our Lady

of Guadalupe Office (928)428-0149.

Parish Environment coordinator-changing

colors in the sanctuary to match the liturgical year.

Setting up Christmas Nativity, Easter cross, flowers,

clean up of Sanctuary, ect.

Grounds/building –Assisting Louie Barbosa one

day out of the week for large projects. Moving tables,

chairs, shelves, painting projects ect. Heavy lifting

involved.

Home Bound Volunteers-Bringing Holy

Communion to homebound. Adam & Veta Estrada will

assist in training. See directory for contact info.

Alter Server Coordinator-Fr. Robert is the

trainer. I have someone who washes the vestments. I

need someone to schedule servers and make calls.

Parish Council members– Advisors to the

pastor.

(RR Lectors)-Readers at all Mass times are

needed.

RCIA core-group member– helping

to teach and guide new members of our parish.

Former RCIA members are ideal.

Fr. Robert is now the Director and in need of

assistance.

Money Counters-Monday mornings at

8:45am

St. Rose of Lima Finance Council

August Meeting Has Been Cancelled

` Compliance `

Every Thursdays from 1:00- 2:30 pm., a compliance

representative will be at St. Rose of Lima Parish to accept

applications, take fingerprints, and show a Safe Environment

Video. Compliance is a three part process necessary for

clearance by the Diocese of Tucson to volunteer at St. Rose

of Lima Parish and Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. If you

have questions, please call Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish at

428-0149.

Volunteers Needed St. Rose of Lima Parish is in need of

3 third grade teachers & also 1

Second grade teacher. Please help

our youth grow in their faith by

offering a small amount of time. It is

our job to teach the next generation

of Gods love! Please contact the R.E. Office for

further information!

July 2015

Baptism; Naeomi Amaiya Castro

Caden Cassius Castro

Laniya Ava Castro

Rodrigo Abraham Rios

Faithfully Departed;

Marriages; Connie Sue Lopez Freddie &

Michael Carl Freddy

Crystal Nicole Salazar Maldonado &

Joe Christopher Maldonado Jr.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 16, 2015 Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man

and drink his blood,

you do not have life within you.

— John 6:53

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Forsake foolishness that you may

live; advance in the way of understanding (Proverbs 9:1

-6).

Psalm — Taste and see the goodness of the Lord

(Psalm 34).

Second Reading — Live as wise persons trying to un-

derstand what is the will of the Lord, filled with the

Spirit and giving thanks always (Ephesians 5:15-20).

Gospel — Jesus says, “I am the living bread . . . who-

ever eats this bread (my flesh) will live forever”

(John 6:51-58).

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION If the alb is the premier baptismal garment, then

why are there so many other styles of vesture in evi-

dence in our parishes? In some places, altar servers and

other ministers might wear a garment, usually black,

called a cassock. Over that is normally worn a white

garment (a “surplice”), reminiscent of the alb but much

shorter, often of starched linen and trimmed with lace.

The cassock is not a liturgical garment, but a clerical

robe. Its origins lie in the religious habit of monks. By

the late Middle Ages, diocesan priests and clerics in-

creasingly were encouraged to emulate religious priests.

Very small boys were often apprenticed to monasteries,

especially for music education, and would be invested

with a cassock and sometimes even inducted into the

ranks of clerics.

For centuries before the Reformation, it was re-

quired that all men entering higher education be clerics,

and so the cassock and its variations became familiar

academic garb. At the Reformation, many ministers re-

tained a form of the cassock as ordinary dress, rejecting

liturgical garments. In the seventeenth century, the Eng-

lish Civil War was in part provoked by the Archbishop

of Canterbury’s insistence that ministers wear surplices.

Although the Episcopal Church now retains “cassock

and surplice” as the normal dress for lay men and

women assisting at liturgy, Catholics are increasingly

attentive to the deeply traditional treasure of the alb, our

baptismal robe, when special liturgical vesture is

needed.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wednesday: St. John Eudes

Thursday: St. Bernard

Friday: St. Pius X

Saturday: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jgs 2:11-19; Ps 106:34-37, 39-40, 43ab,

44;

Mt 19:16-22

Tuesday: Jgs 6:11-24a; Ps 85:9, 11-14; Mt 19:23-30

Wednesday: Jgs 9:6-15; Ps 21:2-7; Mt 20:1-16

Thursday: Jgs 11:29-39a; Ps 40:5, 7-10; Mt 22:1-14

Friday: Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22; Ps 146:5-10;

Mt 22:34-40

Saturday: Ru 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17; Ps 128:1b-5;

Mt 23:1-12

Sunday: Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ps 34:2-3, 16-21;

Eph 5:21-32 [2a, 25-32]; Jn 6:60-69

AT THE TABLE

In today’s first reading, Wisdom is imagined as a

woman rich in poise and grace. She moves smoothly

and confidently about her temple‑like home. She

doesn’t flutter about, nervous with worry. Wisdom

sends her maidens to invite all to her open house. The

guests do not possess any particular genius or insight.

They need only be a people of good will and common

sense. They are summoned to leave behind foolishness

and to find for themselves a place at Wisdom’s table.

There they may and can eat and drink deeply.

Today’s Gospel draws us back to the table of the

Eucharist. Jesus addresses those who seek to understand

his words and, sadly, those who seek to avoid them. As

people born of God, we are called and equipped to seek

God’s will and act on it.

LOVE THEM BOTH We must love them both—those whose opinions we

share and those whose opinions we reject. For both have

labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us

in the finding of it.

Mass Intentions for Aug. 16-23

ST. ROSE OF LIMA NOTICES

Second collections

August 15/16: St. Vincent de Paul

Life Teen Youth Choir Practice

Meets on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the church.

Messengers of Mary

Join us in praying the Holy Rosary Monday – Friday

mornings at 7:30 before Mass. We will pray the rosary

on Thursdays in the CHURCH (instead of the Chapel),

at 11:00 a.m. Remember to pray the rosary daily. Call

428.0573 for prayers & Consecration to Jesus

through Mary.

Spanish Bible Study

Spanish bible study meets every 2nd and 4th Friday

of the month. Bible Study will be in the St. Matthew

Class room led by Nemecio Ramos. All are welcomed!

Spanish Choir Practice

Meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the church.

Sun 7am St. Rose Of Lima

Parishioners

10am ✞ Matthew Shane Sanchez

11:30am For Madona Kvale

Appreciation for 22 Years of

Service to St. Rose Of Lima

6pm ✞ Paublita Duran

Mon 8am ✞ Janis Dawley

Tues 8am ✞ Irene DeLaO

Wed 8am ✞ Aurelio, Rosalia, Michael

Paiz

Thurs 8am Health & Well Being of

Lily Kin

Fri 8am Thanksgiving for Prayers

Answered to the Sacred

Heart & St. Anthony

Sat 6pm ✞ Maria Morales &

Carmen Rackley Morales

Sun 7am ✞ Benny S. Sanchez

10am ✞ Ashley Dawn Franco &

Ismael Meza Escobar

11:30am In Thanksgiving of St. Rose

of Lima

6pm St. Rose of Lima

Parishioners

Weekend Collections: Aug. 8/9 2015 Offertory $ 3,864.00

St. Vincent de Paul $ 259.00

Building Fund $ 90.00

Chelsea Winsor’s Formation $ 1,404.60

The St. Rose of Lima

Novena will start August

15, 2015. It will continue

daily until the Feast Day of

our Patron Saint

on Sunday, August 23,

2015.

After the 11:30am Mass we

will celebrate our Patron

Saint with a Family Day!

We will be having

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs,

Cake, Ice Cream and ask that

our Parishioners bring side

dishes. So that means we will

be playing games such as

Touch Football, Volleyball,

Sack Racing, Water Balloon

and so many others. Please

join us in the celebration!!

Also accepting water & soda

donations, please deliver to

the parish office.

Religious Education Supply Drive

St. Rose of Lima’s Religious Education will be

having a Supply Drive. A list of items we are in

need of will be listed below. Please drop items in

the donation box in the back of the church.

Items we are in need of;

24 Count Crayons

Pencils

Glue Sticks

Electric Pencil Sharpeners

Construction Paper

St. Rose

of Lima

RE Office Hours

9am-12pm

Mon-Thurs.

(928)348-4785

Religious Education will

resume on the 24th of

August.

Religious Education, Confirmation, and R.C.I.A. registration will continue registration in the Religious Education Office 9:00am –12:00pm Mon.-Thurs.

The fees are listed below: K-5, Junior High Youth, Life Teen $25.00/1st child $20.00/2nd child $15.00/3rd child $10.00/4th child $5.00/5th child Confirmation $20.00/1st child $15.00/2nd child $10.00/3rd child R.C.I.A. $20/person

St. Jude Prayer Group The group is open to all, if you are a friend, family

member or are struggling yourself with addiction

please feel free to join, we will meet Friday’s @

2:30pm in the St. Rose of Lima Garden.

ST. ROSE OF LIMA

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

The August Meeting Has Been Cancelled

Newman Center

at

Eastern Arizona College

The Fall semester at EAC will begin soon and the Newman Center offers a lunch after the Tuesday Masses. This provides the students with a “touch of home feeling” and is always appreciated.

The first Newman Center Mass will be September 1st 2015 at 11:00am.

A wonderful group of people have been generous over the years to offer these lunches. We are in need of volunteers. The menus are simple but having food “like mom makes” is so welcomed.

The committees are usually 4 volunteers one time each semester. If you would be willing to help; please call Fran Galusky:

#(928)428-0552.

R. E. Burrito Sale Fundraiser

Religious Education will be having a Burrito

Sale on Sunday August 30, 2015 in the

Volunteers Hall. It will start 10:00am and end at

2:00pm. There will be $3.00 Bean, $4.00 Mixed

and Green Burrito’s. Also preorders' will be

accepted and encouraged –contact Jolene

Hernandez-Rodriquez @

(480) 456-9780.

Catholic Daughters of the Americas

The Catholic Daughters will be meeting

Wednesday, August 19 at 7:00pm in St.

Matthews Room. All members are encouraged to

attend.

ALTAR SERVER MEETING Saturday, September 26

10:00 a.m.—11:45 a.m.

St. Rose of Lima Church

This is open to existing altar

servers and those interested in

becoming altar servers. You need

to have completed your 1st Holy

Communion.

ATTENTION

COUNTY FAIR COMMITTEE MEETING Friday, August 21, 2015

4:30 p.m. in the St. Rose of Lima Office

All are welcome to attend.

Festival of Trees

Mark your calendars!! The 2015 Festival of Trees

will be December 5-11. The Chair Women will be

Valerie Enriquez and it will be sponsored by The

Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

Mass Intentions for Aug. 16-23

Sun 8:30am ✞ Chano & Belen

Talavera

Fri 9:00am Our Lady of Guadalupe

Parishioners

Sun 8:30am In Thanksgiving to the

Virgen Mary

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

Second collections

Sunday, August 16: St Vincent de Paul

Rosary

The Rosary is recited daily at 8:30 a.m. before the 9:00

a.m. Mass.

Eucharistic Adoration is on Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to

10:30 a.m.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Gift Shop is open weekdays

9:30 a.m.—3:00 p.m. and Sundays after 8:30 a.m.

Mass.

Anointing of the Sick Mass is every first Friday of the

month at the 9:00am Mass

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Weekend Collections: Aug. 9, 2015 Offertory $ 536.00

Building Fund $ 5.00

Volunteers Needed! Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish is in need of

Religious Education Aides for this school year. If

you would like to help be an Aide for the R.E.

classes, please call the Our Lady of Guadalupe

Office at (928) 428-0149.

` Compliance ` Every Thursdays from 1:00- 2:30 pm., a

compliance representative will be at St. Rose of Lima Parish to accept applications, take

fingerprints, and show a Safe Environment Video. Compliance is a three part process

necessary for clearance by the Diocese of Tucson to volunteer at St. Rose of Lima Parish and Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. If you have questions, please

call Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish at 428-0149.

In preparation for our December celebration, we

are looking for volunteers who would like to be

dancers in a Mexican traditional dance or help

sewing the traditional wear for the dancers. If

interested please call the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish

Office.

Registration for Grades K-5 will now ONLY be accepted in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Office, Mon-Fri 9:30am-3:00pm.

Baptism Certificate is required for all 3rd graders at this time of registration.

R.E. Family Day/ Fiesta Planning Meeting will be today after Mass. Bring your favorite dish and ideas to share!

The video of the traditional dances we would like to perform for Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration in December will be shown today during the Family Day pot Luck.

Psalm 149: 1, 4 “Sing to the Lord a new song,

for the Lord delights in his people”

Please join us during Mass as we sing praises to the Lord. If it’s a new song

please join in by humming along.

LOVE AT HOME There is beauty all around, when there’s

love at home. There is joy in every sound; when there’s

love at home. Peace and plenty here abide; smiling

sweet on every side. Time doth softly, sweetly glide; when there’s love at home.

ORTEGA’S SHOES Mt. Graham Shopping

Center

Richard & Theresa Ortega

Elodia—Valarie—Sami

928.428.0636

VALLEY FURNITURE

350 E. Armory Road

Safford, AZ

928.348.9340

SECULAR FRANCISCAN St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Fraternity

Meets 2nd Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. At Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

David Esquivel, Minister

928.865.2887

Kachina Hot Springs

Mineral Spa 1155 W Cactus Rd

Safford, AZ

928.428.7212 Kachinamineralsprings.com

KNIGHTS OF

COLUMBUS Joe Figueroa,

Grand Knight

928.965.5662 Meets 1st Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

Walneck’s Safford Sewing Center

Jeff & Virginia Walneck Parishioners

Hwy 70 & 3rd Ave

928.428.0494

CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS

OF THE AMERICAS Court St. Rose of Lima #2398

Kittie Avalos, Regent

928.651.3257 Meets 3rd Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

At St. Rose of Lima

In St. Matthew’s room

ARBONNE INTERNATIONAL

Patricia A. Shafer

520.975.7902

Stephanie Aranda

928.428.6652

PURE SWISS SKIN CARE

THRIFTEE FOOD & DRUG Groceries-General Merchandise

Bakery-Deli

Pharmacy-Florist

755 S CENTRAL AVE

SAFFORD, AZ 85546

PHONE: 928.428.1844

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928-428-7425

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928.428.1740

EXTRAORDINARY

MINISTERS

OF

HOLY

COMMUNION

Serving the

sick and homebound

in our community

OVEREATERS

ANONYMOUS NO dues * NO fees * NO weigh-ins *

NO diets

Meets Tuesdays at 7:30-8:30 p.m.

at St. Rose of Lima

in St. Luke’s Room

928.322.8647

Safford

Alcoholics Anonymous®

Meets at St. Rose of Lima Church

in St. John’s Room

Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday

at 6:00 p.m.

And, Sunday at 1 p.m.

In the Old Historic Town of Solomon

928.428.2094

CURSILLO

LEADERSHIP

For more information, contact

St. Rose of Lima Parish Office

928.428.4920

707 S. 6th Ave

Safford, AZ

928.428.1033

Brando’s Fun N’ Sun

Travel & Cruise

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513 W. Main Street, Safford

928.322.3271 Discount Vacation Planning, Cruises,

Airlines, Rental Cars, Hotels & More!

Greens Furniture

David Montez the Furniture King

520 W. 5th St Safford, Az 428.5900

St. Jude Prayer Group

Praying for those

struggling with addiction

Meets at

St. Rose of Lima Church

in the Garden

Friday’s at 2:30 p.m.

Fifth Avenue Florist 516 S. 5th Avenue, Safford

928.428.2491

Mon—Fri 9 a.m.—5 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m.—12 p.m.

Jill R Chacon, owner

Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe

Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe and patroness of the Americas, you brought an end to the

human sacrifices on the Aztec altars in the 16th century by means of your image on the

cloak of St. Juan Diego. So now we ask you to come to our aid and bring an end to the

sacrificing of our preborn children on the altar of sexual excess and convenience. Bring us

leaders who will respect life from the first moment of conception until natural death. Make

them strong, honest and moral men and women. And, through their efforts, save our nation

from moral annihilation and make us a culture of life! Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of

Peace, save the nations and peoples of this continent! Amen.

Catholics United for Life 270.325.3061 www.olgprayers.org

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