Bulletin Feb 22

OUR LADY

OF

LOURDES CHURCH

916 N. LOCUST, PO BOX 214 PITTSBURG, KS 66762 PHONE: 620-231-2135 FAX: 620-231-4804 [email protected] WWW.OURLADYPITTSBURG.ORG

WWW.SMCSCHOOLS.ORG

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

TODAY’S FOCUS – Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Paul assures us that we can trust God and his promise of life everlasting in heaven. Jesus, God’s only Son, made this possible by sacrificing his life on the Cross to reconcile us with the Father. Now, we are to show Jesus that we truly want everlasting life by following his commands; humbly loving God and loving one another. SCRIPTURE READINGS We need God’s Word each day. Mon (23) Saint Polycarp: Sirach 1:10; Mark 9:14-29 Tue (24) Sirach 2:1-11; Mark 9:30-37 Wed (25) Ash Wednesday: Joel 1:12-18; 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Thur (26) Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Luke 9:22-25 Fri (27) Isaiah 58:1-9a; Matthew 9:14-15 Sat (28) Isaiah 58:9b-14; Luke 5:27-32 Sun (1) First Sunday of Lent: Genesis 9:8-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1-12-15 ST. PIUS X NEWMAN CENTER Rev. David T. Marstall, Chaplain 301A E. Cleveland, Pittsburg, KS 66762

REV. THOMAS J. STROOT, PASTOR REV. RUBEN ORTIZ MONTELONGO, ASSOCIATE PASTOR REV. DAVID T. MARSTALL, ASSOCIATE PASTOR & CHAPLAIN, ST. PIUS X NEWMAN CENTER WEEKDAY MASSES 6:30 a.m. — Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. — Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m. — Tuesday, Thursday & Friday SUNDAY MASSES Saturday 5:30 p.m. Sunday 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 Noon Spanish Mass—2:00 p.m. En Español: La misa en español, cada domingo a las 2:00 pm, confe siones a las 1:30 pm antes de la Misa. Se puede llamar al Padre Ruben Ortiz (620) 231-2135 CONFESSIONS (OR BY APPOINTMENT) Before the 8:00 a.m. weekday Masses — 7:30-7:50 a.m. Saturday — 4:00-5:15 p.m. MARRIAGES-Contact a parish priest at least four months prior to desired wedding date. PSR—Parish School of Religion (School Year) Elementary (K-8) Wednesdays 6:15—7:30 p.m.

Missionary Catechists of the Poor Spanish Sisters 620-235-1732

PHONE (620) 235-1138

ST. MARY’S GOODWILL 117 E. 10th 235-0564

MASS SCHEDULE

RELIGIOUS GIFT SHOP 117 E. 10th 235-7448

(When PSU is in session.) Sunday: 11:00am & 6:00 pm; Monday: 8:30pm; Wednesday & Thursday -Noon

PRAYER LINE 9:00am – 5:00pm 5:00pm – 9:00pm

231-6824 231-8816

ST. MARY’S COLGAN SCHOOLS Mr. John Kraus, President of Schools/Director of Administration Email: [email protected] Mr. Thomas Gorman, 7-12 Principal E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Michael Martin, Preschool-6 Principal Email: [email protected] ELEMENTARY (PRE-SCHOOL - 6)

(620)-231-6941

JR. HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL (7-12) (620)-231-4690 Elementary: [email protected] SMC: [email protected]

SEASON OF LENT Ash Wednesday Feb. 25th — Holy Saturday March 11th Liturgically, Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and ends on Thursday of Holy Week when the Holy Triduum begins. The Holy Triduum includes Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Lent is for us a time of renewal, conversion, penance and reparation. Christian penance traditionally involves prayer, fasting, and works of charity. In our times it may be appropriate, even necessary, in many instances to put less emphasis on fasting and more on penance which includes prayer, receiving the sacraments and in doing charitable works. But the witness of Scripture and the life of the Church will not let us abandon corporal penances. Fasting and abstinence are encouraged in Lent. LENTEN REGULATIONS—FAST AND ABSTINENCE The fifth precept of the Church binds Catholics to observe the prescribed days of fast and abstinence. This is intended to establish the minimum response of a faithful Catholic to the Lord’s call to repentance, conversion and penance. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are the days of Fast. Catholics who are 18 years old but not yet 59 are obliged to Fast, that is take only one full meal and two lesser meals, with nothing to eat between meals. Drinking fluids would not be contrary to the practice of fasting. Ash Wednesday, the Fridays of Lent and Good Friday are the days of Abstinence. All Catholics who are 14 years old and older are obliged to abstain from eating meat. Catholics have a serious obligation to join together in the common observance of the above days of fast and abstinence. No one should be scrupulous in this regard, but neither should they excuse themselves for any light reason. People who are not able to practice bodily penance, perhaps due to pregnancy, illness or having to do hard physical labor should choose a different work of penance or of charity. It would be ideal if works of penance were linked to works of charity, for example, if the money saved by eating less or less expensive meals would be given in charity to feed the poor. ***All the Fridays of the year are days of penance, in commemoration of the Lord’s Passion, but they are not necessarily days of fast and abstinence. On these days it is left to the choice of each individual Catholic to practice some work of penance—which could be fasting or abstaining from meat—or a work of charity. On Ash Wednesday, the Fridays of Lent and Good Friday, however, Catholics are obliged to practice fasting and/or abstaining specifically.***

The SMC Student Council is hosting our annual Red Cross Blood Drive this Wednesday, February 25th from 9:00-10:15 and 12:00-2:00 in the McCullough Gym. Please call Debbie Smith in the high school office (231-4690) to schedule an appointment.

VIRTUS Class will be held Thursday, March 5th, from 6:009:00pm in the elementary multipurpose room.

Altar Society St. Patrick’s Day Party After a several year hiatus, the Altar Society St. Patrick’s Day party is back! The party will be Sunday, March 8 at 4:00pm in the Activity Center. Come be Irish for a day and enjoy a corned beef and cabbage dinner, time with friends, and, of course, bingo! Cost is $1.00 to cover the bingo pot. RSVP by calling the rectory (231-2135) before Tuesday, March 3rd. Bring a friend. Hope to see you there!

ST. PIUS X NEWMAN CENTER Providing Catholic Ministry to Pittsburg State University 620-235-1138 WWW.CATHOLICGORILLAS.ORG REV. DAVID MARSTALL, CHAPLAIN Office Hours: 1:00-3:00 M, W, Th, F and other random times [email protected] MRS. AMY LOMSHEK, SECRETARY Office Hours: 9:00-2:00 M-F [email protected]

MASS SCHEDULE SUN 11:00am, 6:00pm Mon 8:30pm Wed, Thu 12:00pm RECONCILIATION 30 min. before all Masses ADORATION Thursday 10:00-3:00 See website for full weekly schedule THIS WEEK Sacred Grounds Coffee House: Guest Speaker Carri Prewitt Sun. 7:00 Apologetics Mon. 9:00: Evangelization Mardi Gras Party Tue. 9:00-12:00 Ash Wednesday Feb. 25. Mass @ 12:00, 5:30 Soup Supper Following Mass That Man Is You! Wed. following supper: Session 18 Women’s Bible Study Thu. 8:00-9:00: Lesson 6 Stations of the Cross, Fish Fry 6:00 Stations @ SPXNC; Fish Fry @ Knights of Columbus Hall. LOOKING AHEAD Lenten Small Groups Meet at various times. Sign up by Wed. Busy Person’s Retreat Mar. 1-5 Newman Club Meeting Thu. Mar. 5 Stations of the Cross Every Friday during Lent, either here or at an area parish. Spring Break Mission Trip Find information online. Spring Break NJ Pilgrimage Find information online. Go to catholicgorillas.org for more information on all events.

REFLECTIONS ON LIFE The framers of the Declaration of Independence asserted that all human beings have inalienable rights, bestowed on them not by any human power, but by their Creator. Those who hold a more exclusionary view need to explain why we should divide humanity into those who have moral value and those who do not. This moral line-drawing poses a serious threat to the dignity and rights of other poor and vulnerable members of the human family who need and deserve our respect and protection.

“BIG EVENT” SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH PSU students will volunteer to do the following work at your residence: Washing windows, moving/raking dirt/mulch, raking & bagging leaves, cleaning gutters, trimming scrubs/trees, removing limbs, planting trees/flowers/ bushes. Job request form must be returned by March 2nd to: Pittsburg State University 1701 S. Broadway QUESTIONS: CALL 235-4810

LOOKING AHEAD Sun (22) CONFIRMATION MASS Sun (22) Knights of Columbus Initiation Mon (23) Our Lady’s Prayer Group Wed (25) ASH WEDNESDAY Wed (25) Blood Drive Wed (25) PSR Classes Wed 25) RCIA Classes Fri (27) Stations of the Cross Fri (27) Stations of the Cross & Benediction MARCH Wed (4) PSR Classes Wed 4) RCIA Classes Thur (5) VITRUS Class Sun (8) Altar Society St. Patrick’s Party Sun (29—Thur April 2) PARISH MISSION

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Join our parish in commemorating Jesus’ walk to Calvary, each Friday during Lent at either: 2:30pm with the elementary students or 7:00pm with Benediction to follow. “Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted.” (Is. 53:4)

12:00 Noon Mass 6:00 pm, Chapel Masses 6:30, 8:00, 11:15, 6:30pm 9-10:15; Noon-2, McCullough Gym 6:15—7:30 pm 6:30—7:45 pm 2:30 pm 7:00 pm 6:15—7:30 pm 6:30—7:45 pm 6-9 pm, Elementary Multi-purpose Room 4:00 pm, Activity Center (Schedule will follow)

SCHOOL LUNCHES Mon — Burrito, Chips/Cheese, Corn, Pineapple Chunks Tues— Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Green Beans, Bread, Applesauce Wed— Fish Sandwich, Fries, Mandarin Oranges Thur— Chili Dog, Tater Tots, Strawberry Shortcake Friday— Mozzarella Maxx Sticks w/Marinara, Salad, Peaches DIOCESAN ART CONTEST “BUILDING A CULTURE OF LIFE” was recently held and we had 2 winners from our seventh grade. Congratulations to 1st place winner Patrick Yoakam and 2nd place winner Chandler Bishop in the 7th grade division.

FREE & EASY WAYS TO HELP SMC—w/o Spending Money There are several ways to support our schools financially without spending additional dollars. These fundraisers will not replace our other efforts, but they do help our schools and programs: KTCCU—account holders can pick up Panther Debit Cards. One cent per transaction benefits the Booster Club GoodSearch Search Engine--using the Yahoo browser www.goodsearch.com donates one cent for each search. Ron’s IGA—bring your receipts to the school or church office until March 31st. Campbell’s Soup Labels—tear them off and turn them into the school or church office. General Mills—Box Tops for Education Target Card—Designate our school as your charity of choice and use your card. There are so many businesses which support our schools in so many ways. We thank them all for helping to make our Catholic school so successful.

Please remember to name Our Lady of Lourdes or St. Mary’s Colgan Schools in your will. May we leave a legacy of faith and education for the generations to come. Please consider informing Fr. Tom or the parish office of your legacy plans, [email protected]

STEWARDSHIP OFFERING Weekly Sunday Offering needed to sustain Parish Budget:

$35,500.00

Sunday Offering Last Week

$27,454.21

Surplus or

$<8,045.79>

MASS INTENTIONS 1) Fr. Tom Stroot 2) Fr. Ruben Ortiz 3) Fr. David Marstall SUNDAY (22) 7:00 (1) People of the Parish 9:00 (2) Parish Purgatorial Society 10:30 (1) Intention of Celebrant 12:00 (4) CONFIRMATION MASS 2:00 (2) (Spanish) Intention of Celebrant MONDAY (23) 6:30 (3) Fr. Edward Steinberger+ TUESDAY (24) 6:30 (3) Ruth VanBecelaere+ 8:00 (1) Intention of Catherine Gibson 11:30 (1) Mary B. Doell+ WEDNESDAY (25) ASH WEDNESDAY 6:30 (3) Charles Miller+ 8:00 (1) Max McCormick+ 11:20 (1) Diney DeRuy+ 6:30 (1) Dorothy Wachter+ THURSDAY (26) 6:30 (1) Louis Pontello+ 11:30 (1) Yankoviz, Cottitto, Bavuso, Dalrymple+ FRIDAY (27) 6:30 (1) Leona Cashero+ 8:00 (1) Jack J. Mocnik+ 11:30 (3) Pat Mullinix+ SATURDAY (28) 8:00 (3) Charles Peak Sr. & Jr. & Dan Peak+ 5:30 (1) Elizabeth Mason+ SUNDAY (1) First Sunday of Lent 7:00 (1) People of the Parish 9:00 (1) Intention of Celebrant 10:30 (1) Intention of Celebrant 12:00 (1) Parish Purgatorial Society 2:00 (3) (Spanish) Intention of Celebrant NEWMAN CENTER — Fr. David Marstall Sun (22) 11:00am Parish Purgatorial Society Sun (22) 6:00pm Int. of Faculty, Students & Staff Mon (23) 8:30pm Katie Tunis+ ASH WEDNESDAY Wed (25) Noon Stephen Allen+ Wed (25) 5:30 Parish Purgatorial Society Thur (26) Noon Parish Purgatorial Society Sun (1) 11:00am Parish Purgatorial Society Sun (1) 6:00pm Int. of Faculty, Students & Staff

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS Forgiveness, too, is a gift from God. Freed from the paralysis of sin, the man in today’s Gospel was able to stand and give witness to the power of God. How do I let sin cripple me? Am I a good steward of the gift of God’s forgiveness?

VOCATION PRAYER Lord Jesus, together with Mary your most holy mother, who stood beside you in the hour of your redeeming sacrifice, we pray that many youths may have the courage and the humility, the fidelity and the love to answer “Yes” to your invitation, just as Mary did when call to collaborate in the mission of redemption. Amen. ATTENTION Parishioners: FISH FRY, THIS FRIDAY, Feb. 27th, 5:00-7:00p.m. at Pittsburg Knights Hall 718 N. Bdwy. Choice of CATFISH or COD along w/a variety of SIDES for your choosing. Cost $7. Adults, $4. Children 12 and under. Children choice of spaghetti and grilled cheese. BENEFIT for the Knights Seminarian Fund. Every Friday during Lent except Good Friday. Come & Support our SEMINARIANS!! SCAMMON KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FISH FRY will once again be served during the Fridays of Lent, beginning February 27th. There will be several dinner choices. Serving starts at 6:00pm at the St. Bridget’s Parish Hall in Scammon. Carry-outs welcome. A NEW SCHEDULE WILL BE READY SOON!! SERVERS – FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 1: 5:30pm - Patrick Biggs, Jacob Drenick, Daniel Easom 7:00 – Ailee Story, Elizabeth Hayes 9:00 – Cori Koehn, Emily Curlee, Jonah Dellasega 10:30 – Zachary Flood, Fred Elmer, Kourtney Endicott NOON – Katie Richey, Amanda Warner, Tommy Wilson OFFERTORY GIFT BEARERS – FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 1: 5:30pm — Kamal & Laila Yaghmour 7:00am – John & Evaughn Boswell 9:00am – John & Barbara Saker 10:30am – Dawnelle Burris Family NOON – Paul Mullinix Family EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS – FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 1: 5:30pm– Mark & Teresa Kolarik, John Kraus, Susan Sayler 7:00 – Pat Pence, Malcolm Turner, Val Zacharias 9:00 – Phil & Mary Beitzinger, R. Patterson, C. Pfannensteil 10:30– Becky Duncan, John Martel, Gary Oehme, J. Patterson NOON– Steve & Nancy Hicks, Lala Payne, Debbie Clawson LECTORS – FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 1: 5:30pm - Cynthia Kraus & Francis Keegan 7:00am – Joe Hart 9:00am - Bob & Peggy Fleming 10:30am – Dean Cortes & Patty Horgan NOON - Doug Lee & W.W. O’Bryan