1386 S. West End St., Springdale, Arkansas 72764 Tel 479-756-6711 Fax 479-756-8818 www.straphaelcc.org email: info@straphaelcc.org Facebook @StRaphaelNWA

Church Office Hours: Monday—Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm, Friday 9:00am– 12:00pm

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT We the people of St. Raphael Roman Catholic Church bring together diverse gifts and backgrounds to form a growing vibrant community centered in the Eucharist, the source and sign of our unity. In pilgrimage to the Kingdom of God, our mission is to demonstrate God's presence and love through: worshipping together, spreading the Good News, serving others, and enjoying Christ-Centered activities. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we are committed to

sharing our time, our talents, and our treasures to fulfill God's will for our parish.

March 15, 2020 Third Sunday of Lent

Reflections on today's Gospel

JOHN 4:5-15, 19-26, 39-42 (Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8)

KEY VERSE: "The water that I will give will be-come in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life" (v.14).

TO LOVE: Have I shared Christ's life-giving water with others this Lent?

TO SERVE: Lord Jesus, increase my thirst for you.

TO KNOW: The woman who met Jesus at the well was despised as a heretical Samaritan, a descendant of the Assyrian occupation. With their mixed Jewish and pagan beliefs, Samaritans were regarded as unfit to worship in the temple in Jerusalem. Thus, the Samaritans built their own temple on Mount Gerizim. Jesus looked beyond national and religious boundaries to the coming of the Spirit who would unite all believ-ers in worship of one God. At first, the woman was suspicious of Jesus, but as he revealed her inner need, the woman changed her attitude. She addressed him as "sir" then as "prophet." Then she recognized Jesus as the Messiah, and finally as her personal Savior. Leaving her empty water jar behind (a symbol of her arid life), the woman ran off to tell the people in the village that she found the Lord. Many believed on the strength of her testimony. Jesus' disciples had gone to the city to buy food, and when they returned, he asked them to pray for others, who, like the woman, would harvest the ripe field of souls that lay before them. Each of us needs a personal en-counter with Jesus. St. Augustine said, "It was for you that Jesus was weary from the journey."

We are so glad you joined us! If you are new to our parish, we would like to invite you to become a member.

The Welcome Booth in the vestibule is open the first full weekend of every month or come by the Parish Office.

Visit our website for a registration form or more information.

Open to those in need—Must have photo ID Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:45pm-7:45pm

During Lent we would ask that you prayerfully consider giving to our food pantry Personal Care Items. We have in our lines, many homeless

people or people living in their cars. Aside from food, they have a different type of basic needs, such as, hand warmers, wet wipes/baby wipes, Blistex, medicated hand moisturizer, insulated goves, Neosporin, Band-Aids’, clinical strength deodorant, antibacterial gel, toilet paper, medicated foot cream, thick socks, cushioned insoles, large Ziploc bags, dental care items, Vitamin Water, nutritional drinks. During our season of Lent, we will also accept, only brand new, clothing items. For your sacrifice, may you experience a Blessed Lenten Season!

Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Philippians 4:6

—Msgr. Scott Friend—Sherry Pianalto—Mary England—Gabe Peters—Andrew Lampe —Sean Wendland—George & Shirlene Gonzalez—Andrea Perez—Millie Connell —Dean Cannon—Tracy Brugger—Barbara Hancock—Kevin M Cunningham—Herman Seiter —Carol Ann Schlinger—Candace Page—Jack Ledbetter—Sherry Ledbetter—Sondra Horn

Pray for our Troops, especially: —Samuel Atkinson, PV2—Arturo Rodriguez, CPL—Sgt. Jeff Mader—Sgt. Jon Mader —Lcpl Jarod Mader—Spec. Michael Gray—PVT. Captain Nathan Brown—David G. Hill, W5 —PFC Christopher Sharp—Michael G. Jaro, Pvt.—Jerod Dalke, PVT—Sgt, Malachi Bucao —Brandon Hayes, Spc—Jeremy Riedel, PVT.—Cpl Christopher Main—Lt. Greg Abide —Spc Medic, Fredrick Tober—Mark Pittman, PFC.—1LT Kyle Rudolph —PO3 Chris Rudolph —Aaron Wolfe, A1C—Bryan Phillips, PO 1C.—Lt. Richard Carter—Sgt. James Lee —Capt. Benjamin Gonzalez—Jorge Gonzalez, PVT.—Andrew Swalley, PFC.—Josh Hall, A1C —Cadet Isaac Antony—Midshipman Megan LaMendola—Sgt. Ellen Cox—Julia M. Puma, AMN —Cadet Corin Mellone

Please pray for all Seminarians & Diaconate Candidates of the Diocese of Little Rock, especially our Seminarian: Jaime Nieto

and our Diaconate Candidates: Eduardo Andrade, Oscar Lopez, Ernesto Peña, Rob Phillips, Luis Sanchez

The Pope's Monthly Intention—MARCH—Catholics in China

We pray that the Church in China may persevere in its faithfulness to the Gospel and grow in unity.

FOOD Pantry

Monday, March 16

1st Reading: 2 Kgs 5:1-15 Response: Ps 42:2-3 & 43:3-4

Gospel: Luke 4:24-30

Tuesday, March 17

1st Read:Dn 3:25, 34-43 Response: Ps 25:4-9

Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35

Wednesday, March 18

1st Reading: Dt 4:1, 5-9 Response: Ps 147:12-20 Gospel: Matthew 5:1-7-19

Thursday, March 19

First Reading: 2 Sm 7:4-5, 12-16 Response: Ps 89:2-5, 27-29

Gospel: Matthew 1:16-24

Friday, March 20

1st Read: Hos 14:2-10 Response: Ps 81:6-17 Gospel: Mark 12:28-34

Saturday, March 21

First Reading: Hos 6:1-6 Response: Ps 51:3-4, 18-21

Gospel: Luke 18:9-14

Sunday, March 22

First Reading: 1 Sm 16:1-13 Response: Ps 23:1-6

Second Reading: Eph 5:8-14 Gospel: John 9:1-41

Pastor:

Rev. John Connell

Associate Pastors:

Rev. Daniel Ramos

Rev. Jon Miskin

Deacons:

Chuck Marino

Dan Cashman

Jesús Ramos In order to keep this prayer list up to date, all names will be removed and this list will start over quarterly; Sept. 1st, Dec. 1st, March 1st & June 1st.

New names will always be added as requests come in. To add or remove a name from this list please contact the office

or e-mail Nancy: nphillips@straphaelcc.org

Prayer Requests

Daily Readings

Dear Parishioners, Bishop Taylor has promulgated some changes to the way we as Catholics will worship, pray, learn and live for the next few weeks due to the spread of Covid-19. Attached is his promulgation for the Diocese and below are bullet points for how we will implement these changes at St Raphael. 1) All non-essential gatherings at Parishes for the rest of March and April are cancelled or postponed,

pending further notice. This includes but is not limited to previously scheduled Confirmation ceremonies. • PRE and RCIA classes are cancelled effectively immediately. Students will be marked as present

for the rest of the semester. The elect, candidates and students in RCIC/RCIA will come into the

church at the Easter Vigil on April 11th

• All parish groups (including our youth groups), ministry groups, and meetings are cancelled

beginning Monday, March 16th.

• All retreats are cancelled through April.

• Our Gift Shop is closed effective, Monday, March 16th

• Our parish office will be closed to the public effective Monday, March 16th, but you can still call

the office and do your business by phone during our normal business hours.

• All appointments with our priests are cancelled or postponed until at least May.

• Our Religious Sisters will not be seeing anyone until at least May.

• Our Food Pantry is closed through April.

2) The Sunday Mass obligation is dispensed for all Catholics effective immediately. Public Masses shall be sus-

pended starting the weekend of March 21-22, except for small groups at the discretion of the priest. • All Masses are cancelled effective, Monday, March 16th. We will resume public Masses as soon as

Bishop Taylor gives us permission to do so.

• Our Adoration Chapel will close this Sunday morning. Adoration will begin again starting

Monday, March 16th from 9:00AM until 6:00PM in the main church. Please keep at least 6 feet

between you and the closest adorer.

3) All communal penance services are cancelled. Face-to-face confessions are suspended, and confessions

may only be heard with a physical screen/barrier. • Our reconciliation service as well as other area reconciliation services are cancelled.

• For the time being, we will continue to offer reconciliation during our regularly scheduled times:

Tuesday 5:00PM – 6:00PM

Wednesday 5:00PM – 6:00PM

Thursday 5:00PM – 6:00PM

Saturday 9:00AM – 10:00AM

Saturday 3:00PM – 4:00PM

• We will use the cry room and the sanctuary keeping that 2-meter distance between priest and

penitent

4) All Holy Water fonts shall be drained and dried until further notice.

• They have already been removed here.

5) Except for very small parishes, only those entering the Church through RCIA may be present physically for the Triduum. All others may participate in Triduum services via TV or electronic media.

• Our Easter Triduum will be reserved only for those coming into the church, their sponsor and

immediate family.

• There will be no public Easter Sunday Masses.

• All other Holy Week services are cancelled.

6) On Palm Sunday, priests will hold a short private service, after which people may pick up blessed palms made available outside of church.

• We will have blessed palms available by Saturday afternoon, April 4th by 4:00PM in the vestibule. During this time when Masses are cancelled, the Church will have little to no income for what could be 6 to 8 weeks. Out of justice, we will continue to pay our employees as normal. Our financial outlook for this fiscal year which will end on June 30th is not good. As of February 28th, we were running a $56,000 deficit. Our yearly property insurance bill is due this month which runs about $30,000. We need approximately $180,000 to cover payroll and expense through April. We, also, need $19,930 per month for our building loan payment. By the end of the year we could be looking at a deficit of around $250,000, which we do not have. Our deficit is large because of three factors; weekly collections are way down, the added expense of having our sisters here and increase payroll due to increases in the minimum wage. I am asking each of you to give and give generously during this time. Please place your weekly donation in the brass mail slot just outside the front entrance. There will be a sign with an arrow to help show you the location. Other great options are to sign up for online giving or mail your donations. Staff will be checking for dropped off donations and mail most days. ON-LINE GIVING: Did you know you can set up automatic bank drafts for ALL of your parish/diocesan donations? Visit our secure On-Line Giving site to find out more. Now is a great time to sign up! May God bless us all during this time with his Spirit and his presence. Please pray also for those affected by Covid-19, especially those who have died.

Father John Connell Pastor,

St Raphael

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PARISH COUNCIL OF MINISTRIES

Chairman:

Dave Louk

Vice Chairman:

Tom Maddock

Secretary:

Nathan Bearden

Other Members:

Bárbara Barroso

Cristobal Cartegena

Oscar Lopez

Bill McGowan

Matt Mendenhall

Phuong Mueller

Gary Reed

Perpetual

Eucharistic Adoration

Open 24/7 except

during Daily & Funeral Masses

and on Sundays from 7am-8pm.

ADORERS NEEDED:

Monday 2-3am 3-4am

PARTNERS NEEDED: Wednesday

1pm-2pm

Thursday 7am-8am 10-11pm

Friday 5-6pm

Saturday 9am-10am Noon-1pm

Contact Suzanne Chipollini

to sign up for an hour #879-0762

suzannechipollini@yahoo.com

Weekly Mass and Reconciliation Schedule —St. Raphael (Springdale)

Date Time Event Priest Intention

Mon, March 16 12:00pm Mass/English CANCELLED

Tues, March 17 8:30am Mass/English CANCELLED

5:00pm Confessions CANCELLED

6:00pm Misa/Español CANCELLED

Wed, March 18 12:00pm Misa/Español CANCELLED

5:00pm Confessions CANCELLED

6:00pm Mass/English CANCELLED

Thurs, March 19 8:30am Mass/English CANCELLED

5:00pm Confessions CANCELLED

6:00pm Misa/Español CANCELLED

Friday, March 20 8:30am Mass/English CANCELLED

12:00pm Misa/Español CANCELLED

Sat, March 21 9:00am Confessions CANCELLED

3:00pm Confessions CANCELLED

4:00pm Mass/English CANCELLED

Sunday, March 22 7:00am Mass/English CANCELLED

8:30am Misa/Español CANCELLED

10:30am Mass/English CANCELLED

12:30pm Misa/Español CANCELLED

5:00pm Misa/Español CANCELLED

7:00pm Misa/Español CANCELLED

Weekly Mass and Reconciliation Schedule—St. Joseph (Tontitown)

Date Time Event Priest Intention

Mon, March 16 No Monday Masses

Tues, March 17 5:00pm Confessions CANCELLED

5:30pm Mass/English CANCELLED

Wed, March 18 7:30am Mass/English CANCELLED

Thurs, March 19 7:30am Mass/English CANCELLED

Friday, March 20 7:30am Mass/English CANCELLED

Sat, March 21 3:00pm Confessions CANCELLED

4:00pm Mass/English CANCELLED

Sunday, March 22 9:00am Mass/English CANCELLED

4:30pm Mass/Latin CANCELLED

Diocese of Little Rock website:

www.dolr.org

MASS IN TRANSIT: Going out of town? Go to www.masstimes.org

to find the mass time for churches throughout the United States.

Buy a

Brick

Leave a legacy

honor loved ones

& help reduce

our building debt

at the same time.

Call the church office for

more details.

Need another gift idea? We still have some gift cards for sale!

$25 cards Aeropostale ( 4), Buffalo Wild Wings (8), Chili’s(7)

& Red Robin (2)

Contact nphillips@straphaelcc.org or stop by the office if you are interested in buying some cards

Collection Last

week Month to date

Monthly needs

Surplus (Short Fall)

Stewardship $17,990.02 $39,351.66 $75,800.00 $(36,448.34)

Building $7,308.00 $11,934.00 $28,000.00 $(16,066.00)

STEWARDSHIP Thank you

for your generosity to the parish!

VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED to run the new video system at each of the Masses.

Some of the Masses are already using the system. We would love to have every Mass covered!

Now you can sign up on our website or call the office if you would like to help with this new ministry.

From the Pastor ’s Desk

BIOGRAPHIES Here is the second of our Diaconate Candidates…

We are the López Cortés Family, I Oscar, my wife Alejandra, our children Alexis, 21 and Axel, 18. We are originally from Mexico City. We got married in the year of 1994, and the second year of mar-riage we came to the United States for a second honeymoon, which is not over yet. We arrived in the city of Springdale in November of 1995, with many dreams and in search for a better future. We registered at the Parish of San Rafael in September 1998. We liked this country to start our family and in that same year our daughter Alexis was born and three years later our son Axel was born. We were able to attend Mass every Sunday, and when we started serving in the parish it was then when we were invited to live a family retreat camp. So much was the impact it had on our lives to attend this camp that in a short time we joined the ministry. Then we became Extraordinary Ministers of Communion. We also serve in the marriage preparation group and are certified as instructors of the Natural Planning Method. How was my call to diaconal formation? On one occasion, when I was with Father John Connell, at a meeting where the Pastoral Plan for the Diocese of Little Rock was being made, I saw the need in our community. This was the first thing that led me to continue learning more about my faith and how to continue better serving the community. It has been a very hard process. That is why we continue asking for your blessings and prayers. Thank you from the López Cortés family: Alejandra, Alexis, Axel and Oscar. GOD BLESS YOU.

Women's Council Scholarship Forms are available in the office and with your Youth Directors.

These scholarship goes to the top High School Seniors

who have been active in our parish and youth programs.

The deadline is March 31st

Turn your complete forms into the office or scan and

email to cathyjcrouch@gmail.com. Good Luck, Seniors!

CINNAMON ROLL SALE IS POSPONED

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

SRYG/JrSRYG Thank you to all - SRYG ministries 9-12th grade teens, Teresa Borchert, Joe & Antoinette Hartman, Mark & Sara Moses, Darla Lucas +food pantry, Monica Beltran, Lizzette Castrellon, Monica Lopez, Nancy Phillips, Cyndi Roberson, Maria Solis, those who made soups and desserts, and last but not least Fr. Jon Miskin. Together all of these special people gave their talents and support. This whole entire effort of everyone present and not present last Friday made the SRYG ministries presentation of the Stations of the Cross and Lenten meal bring together our Greater Glory to God! As SRYG we are always one group, living to support, encourage, and accept each other where we are on our own individual journey of faith. Much love and appreciation - Susan Antony, Director of English Youth Ministries

First Day

of Spring,

Thursday

March 19th