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MASSES FOR THE WEEK 05/03 - 05/13

SAT 4:00 PM

Charles and Richard Quintal, Larry Martin

SUN 8:30 AM

Paul LaFramboise, Kay Eckman

SUN 11:00 AM

People of the Parish, Elaine Clifford

TUE 8:00 AM

James Fogelsinger

WED 8:00 AM

Helen and Eileen Flajole

THU 8:00 AM

Maureen & Francis Dunckel

FRI 8:00 AM

Larry Martin, Irene Foco

SAT 4:00 PM

Caroline Adamski and Family, Dennis Kraynak, Nancy Dore

SUN 8:30 AM

People of the Parish, Rita Salogar

SUN 11:00 AM

Isabelle Sabourin, Kathleen Vanderberg

PICTORIAL DIRECTORY

This coming week we have parish directory pictures scheduled. Pictures will be taken in the Parish Center. Each person is allotted 30 minutes, but in most cases will not need that amount of time. If you have family members in the military, know that you can submit their photos and we will gladly place them in our directory.

RED-RED-RED

Next weekend is Pentecost Sunday. Red is the liturgical color of the day and in the Spirit of Pentecost, we encourage all of you to wear red that day. We would like to see the church covered in a sea red.

PARKING

Our neighbor to the east is Stapish Cederberg Funeral home and they have generously let us use their parking lot for many years and I personally want to thank them for this wonderful service. They are very kind in allowing us to park there.

It was noticed by a neighbor last weekend, during Sunday 11:00 a.m. mass that a handful of kids were wondering through their parking lot peeking inside various cars in the parking lot. When confronted with what they were doing, they scattered like cockroaches when the lights come on. It appears they were looking for an easy target. I am glad nothing was taken and all the cars were locked. We will be much more watchful in the future.

ALSO

It seems that more so than in past years, we have had larger numbers of kids hanging out on Church grounds, either skateboarding or doing whatever. Nothing has been damaged yet, but we are keeping an eye out as well on this situation. If you are driving by the area, feel free to drive through the parking lot just to keep an eye out for us - Thanks.

CSA

We had a very good first weekend. Thank you to the 51 people who pledged a total of $8,200. That is a good start, but it is only a start. Please the pledges coming.

CATHOLIC WEEKLY

There are several parishioners that receive the Catholic Weekly (Diocesan Newspaper) through St. Mary. That means St. Mary's Parish gets billed every month and in checking our records there are some that do not use the envelopes in their package for the Catholic Weekly. In essence they are getting the paper free on us. Every now and than we delete those who get the Catholic Weekly because of this. So if you would like to continue to receive the Catholic Weekly, please let us know.

UPCOMING ORDINATIONS

On Friday May 16, we have four individuals who are being ordained to the priesthood for the diocese. They are Nick Coffaro, Chris Coman, Denis Heames, and Daniel Roa.

The following day on Saturday May 17, we have two individuals who are being ordained transitional deacons for the diocese and later to the priesthood. They are Jose Murcia and Prentice Tipton. We pray for God's Spirit upon these six men.

BETHLEHEM - OLIVE WOOD

Peace Land Olive Wood will be here at St. Mary for the weekend of May 24 / 25 to ask for your help with the native people of the Holy Land in Bethlehem. These Christian families once made up 65% of the population, now they make up less than 2%. These families relied on the income from selling their religious hand-carved olive wood artifacts to tourists. So they have come to the United States to try to help support these families by bringing their religious artifacts here to sell in the US. All proceeds from the sales will be sent back to the families of the Holy Land so they may be able to keep their homes and provide for their families.

The last five years have been very difficult for the Christians families in Bethlehem and this is the only source of income for many of them

CLUSTER CORNER

Holy Trinity - Boy scout troop 11 will have an All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast on Mother's Day, May 11, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (noon). Tickets are $5 in advance or $6 at the door. All mothers will receive a flower.