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Welcome Home 728
Ellsworth SW
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St.
Mary's Catholic Parish
May 21, 2006 6 th Sunday of Easter
At Home With The Word For May 28 Acts 1: 15-26, 1 John 4: 11-16 John 17: 11-19 Mass Intentions –May 20 - 26 Sat. ~ Matthew Bender Sun. 8:30 ~ Gene Stuckensnider 11:00 ~ Ron Olson
Life In The Spirit Continues this Monday evening, May 22 nd @ 7:15 PM in the Gathering Space.
Parish Staff on Retreat Our parish staff will be on retreat from Weds – Friday of this coming week. The office will be closed. Our emergency phone number is 990-5552. However, if there is a need for an anointing, it would be quicker to call the Corvallis parish directly - 757-1988. Thank you and please pray for our staff.
WCC Our next WCC (Whole Community Catechesis) session will be Sunday, June 4. We will celebrate Pentecost – the birthday of the church. It will be from noon – 2 PM (lunch included). There will be a repeat session Weds., June 7 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. Please plan to attend, even if you have never been to WCC before. We will welcome you!
Catholic Daughters Used Treasure Sale Coming June 23rd and 24th. Please remember us when you are cleaning out your closets, garages and attics. We are accepting donations now. For more information and pick-up, please call Linda Townsend at 926-6668.
Would You Like to Know More About the Catholic Church & What it Teaches? Join us on Sunday mornings from 9:40 – 10:45 in the classroom on the second floor – room at top of elevator. May 21 – Holy Spirit June 11 – The Bible
It Takes A Village To Raise A Child! We at St. Mary's School need help with our children. As always we have counted on your generosity. Thank you and God bless
Habitat For Humanity St. Mary's will begin a new series of builds on 23 rd & Marion in Albany. Dates are June 10 th , July 8 th & July 29 th . Can you help? Sign up after Mass in the Gathering Space or call John & Francey @ 541 791-3726 or John's cell @ 541 220-8541
Sunday Nursery Helpers Needed Help is needed in our parish nursery for the Sunday morning masses. Pick up applications in the parish office.
Pray One! Knit One! The next meeting of the Prayer Shawl Ministry will be Monday, May 22 at 9:00am in the basement of the Parish house. Lots of fun things are happening and we have lots of lovely shawls and yarns to keep us busy. We would welcome anyone interested in joining us on this wonderful journey! Call Carol Hawke at 926-2106 or Pat Jacobson at 928-2327 for more information.
Vacation Bible School July 10 – 14 th Come join the Fiesta! Registration begins this weekend following all the Masses. For more information call or email Laurie Lloyd at 791-2201 or rnl5@juno.com
The Parishioners Committee represents parish and parishioner interests in the Archdiocese's bankruptcy case. For more information on these efforts and to learn how to help go to www.parishionerscommittee.org .
Helping Hands Has two AmeriCorps VISTA position openings – one for a Business Opportunities Coordinator and the other for a Food Service Training and Employment Coordinator. For additional information call John Donovan, 928-0931 or 974-6709. Thank you.
“Exercise daily – walk with the Lord!”
Deacon Victor Will be ordained on Thursday, June 8 th at the Cathedral of St. John in Boise, Idaho. He will celebrate his first Mass here at St. Mary's on Saturday, June 10 at 5:30 PM. Everyone is invited to attend. We will have a reception for “Father Victor Manuel” following the Mass. You may write him at: Father (after June 8) Victor Manuel 804 North 9 th St, Boise, ID 83702.
Please Remember If you have something that you would like in the bulletin, we ask that you submit it on disk or via email to the parish office no later than 8 AM on the Monday preceding the Sunday that you want the announcement to run. Announcements will be put in the bulletin based on suitably and available space. Thank you very much. You can send the email to: kathy_reilly@comcast.net.
Parish Library Our parish library is scheduled to open on Pentecost Sunday – June 4. We hope that you will take some time after Mass to come up and browse. A committed group of folks has been working on our library for several months. We have a nice variety of religious books for both adults and children. We also hope to expand our selections as time goes on. Please let us know what topics you might be interested in reading about. Also, we are looking for folks to sponsor subscriptions to Cahtolic magazines – please call or email if you might be willing to do that: 926-1449 ext 303; stmarys_albany@comcast.net.
Helping Hands Garden Market Stand Purchasing fruits, vegetables and flowers from the stand will help AHH shelter become self sufficient. Open from Monday thru Saturday from 10 AM to 8 PM and Sundays from 1:00 PM to 8 PM. Located @ 2780 Pacific Blvd. in the old Hereford Steer parking lot. For more info, call 979-0485 or email veg2@comcast.net
We Are Collecting Signatures For the Parental Notification Petition both this weekend and next. This initiative petition calls for notifying parents 48 hours before an abortion may be performed on an un-emancipated minor. There are provisions in the bill for emergencies and also in cases of parental abuse. You can get more details at the signature table. Thank you.
The Family Of Dorothy Heintzman Would like to express our sincere appreciation to Fr. Betts, Bill Whitley, the 2 alter attendants and St. Mary's CDA for their wonderful service at Mom's funeral Mass. It was a beautiful homage to a beautiful lady who will be missed by her family and friends. A special thanks also to Pat Jacobsen for leading the Rosary Vigil and to Mary Austin for faithfully bringing communion and praying with Mom at Timberview.......... Thank you, Dorothy's family
Calling Adult Softball Players!!! Want to play summer softball? Join the St. Mary's Co-ed team! We play in the Adult Church League on Monday nights. League starts in June and ends in mid-August. We are winners of the 2005 Sportsmanship Trophy, so come join us for some fun. For more info, call Kirk or Lisa Richardson @ 926-0885, thanks.
If God Should Go On Strike How good it is that God above has never gone on strike because He was not treated fair in things he didn't like. If only once He'd given up and said, “That's it, I'm through. I've had enough of those on earth, so this is what I'll do. I'll give my orders to the sun…cut off the heat supply! And to the moon, give no more light and run the oceans dry. “Then just to make things really tough and put the pressure on, “Turn off the oxygen till every breath is gone. “You know He would be justified, if fairness was the game. For no one has been more abused or met with more disdain than God and yet He carries on, supplying you and me with all the favors of His grace and everything else for free!
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