Our Lady of Lourdes

Catholic Church

Parroquia de Nuestra

Señora de Lourdes

OFFICE / OFICINA (509) 697-4633 1107 W. Fremont Ave

Selah, WA 98942-1242

Pastor (Párroco): Richard Sedlacek Email: adameks@msn.com Office Staff: Debbie Bender : Monday Maria Iniguez: Tuesday-Friday. Maria Iniguez: Martes-Viernes

OFFICE HOURS / HORAS de OFICINA: Monday– Friday: 9am-3:30 pm. Lunch 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Martes –Viernes 9am-3:30 pm (Bilingüe) Lonche 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Hall: (509) 698-6787 Emergencies: (509) 539-0037 (English) Emergencies (509) 966-0830 (Spanish)

E-Mail: ollselah@hotmail.com Website: ourladyoflourdes-selah.org

MASS SCHEDULE / HORARIO de MISA

Daily Mass/Misas Diarias: 8 am Monday—Friday Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm Sunday: 8:00 am and 10:00 am Misa del Domingo: 1 pm (Spanish) Rosary: 7:30 am Monday-Friday

Confessions: 4:40—5:15 pm Saturday Also by appointment or after Mass Confesiones: 4:40—5:15 pm Sábado

Eucharistic Adoration: 8:30 am—5:30 pm Thursday Adoración Eucarística: 8:30 am—5:30 pm Jueves

TO REGISTER: Please fill out a registration form. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Please notify the Par ish Office.

PARA REGISTRARSE: Llene una forma de registración. CAMBIO DE DOMICILIO: Favor de notificar a la par roquia.

BAPTISMAL CLASSES: For parents and Godparents. Godparents must have received the sacrament of confirmation and live according to the Church’s teaching on marriage. Please bring a copy of the child’s Certifica-te of Live Birth. Parents need to meet with the pastor.

FIRST COMMUNION / PRIMERA COMUNIÓN : Grades 1-2: Wednesday 3:30-5:00 pm (Hall) Grados 1-2: Miércoles 3:30-5 pm (Hall) Grados 3-8 Domingos de 11 am-12:55 pm (Hall)

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION—September to May Grades 1-5: Wednesday 3:30-5:00 pm (Hall) Grades 6-8: Wednesday 6:30 pm– 8pm

EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA— De Septiembre a Mayo Grados 1-5: Miércoles 3:30-5:00 pm (Hall) Grados 6-8: Miércoles 6:30 pm– 8pm

YOUTH GROUP/Confirmation—NOVEMBER to JUNE Grades 9-12: Wednesday 6:30 pm -8:00 pm (Youth Room)

GRUPO JUVENIL—De NOVIEMBRE a JUNIO Grados 9-12: Miércoles 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm

MARRIAGES: Contact the par ish office 4 months pr ior to the proposed wedding date.

MATRIMONIOS: Por Favor de contactar la oficina parro-quial cuatro (4) meses antes de la fecha de la boda.

QUINCEAÑERAS: Llame a la oficina o visite nuestro sitio WEB.

Parish Ministries/ Ministerios Parroquiales: Bulletin Editor ..................................................... Maria Iniguez 697-4633 Buillding Use Contract ........................................ Maria Iniguez 697-4633 Bookkeeper ........................................................ Debbie Bender 697-4633 Maintenance ....................................................... Bob Richards 480-8233 Custodian ........................................................... Steve Bender 697-4633 Finance Council (2nd Tues) room # 1 Ellen Overby 697-8295 Pastoral Council ................................................. Rob Tyrrell 697-4633 Confirmation/ ……………….…Kelly Mattson 697-3526 Eucharistic Adoration ........................................ Carol Bergstrom 698-3389 Funeral Luncheons .......................................... Donna White 966-3786 Gift Shop ............................................................. Anne Desmarais. 966-4133 Music Director ..................................................... Katy Pitzer 833-4076 Prayer Chain ....................................................... Christina Ashbaugh 697-6585 Social Committee ............................................... Eileen Hunt 697-9319 Spanish Choir ..................................................... Jose Guerrero 457-6035 Young Ladies Institute (4th Tues) ...................... Karen Hoffmann Knights of Columbus (1st Tues) room #2-3 ...... David Ripperger 697-4633 Grupo de Oración (Prayer Group) ..................... Felipe Rocha 945-9847 PINOCHLE (Thursdays 1-4 pm) ........................ Eileen Hunt 697-9319 Welcome Committee ………………………… ... Debbie Bender 697-4633 Food Bank: Mondays and Fridays from 9-11 am At the Selah Civic Center AA-ALANON— Fridays 6:30 pm / OA Meetings—Saturdays 9:00 am

July 8, 2018

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 8 Welcome Visitors!

TODAY’S READINGS: EZ 2:2-5 , 2 COR 12:7-10 , MK 6:1-6

NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS: AM 7:12-15 , EPH 1:3-14 OR 1:3-10 , MK 6:7-13

CHURCH SCHEDULE: July 12 Spanish Prayer Group 7:00 pm MEL ALLEN HALL SCHEDULE July 12 Pinochle 1:00pm-4:00 pm July 13 A.A. Meeting 6:30 pm July 14 O.A. Meeting 9:00 am WITH GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION! Amount needed to make budget: $3,806.00 July 1 Amount collected: $4,343.00 July 1 Building Fund: $288.00 Peter’s Pence: $391.00 Thank you for your generosity. Summer Barbeque Wednesday July 11 in the Mel Allen Hall. Hot dogs and burgers provided, sign up for potluck. Join us for good food and good company. Volunteers For Wednesday afternoon to an-swer phones, greet visitors, and help with OLL office tasks. 1:30p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Please call the office if you would like to volunteer. Thank you!

Peter’s Pence Collection Thank you for your generous support in the last week’s Peter’s Pence Collection! As a parish, we collected $391.00. Our contributions will be combined with those from our brothers and sisters around the world to help Pope Francis provide essential relief to people in need. If you missed the collection, it is not too late to give, visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections, and click on the “How to Give” link.

PLEASE PRAY FOR—FAVOR DE REZAR POR: Mike Bender, Mary Traub, Joyce Matson, Mike Matson, Richard Overby, Paige Hahn, Nick. C, Raul C. Raudel I., Liam and Maribella Orth, Mel Allen, Ray Geck, Estela P. , Joel Rivera, Fritz Abhold , John Lange and Darlene Mercer Please call the Parish Office to remove or add a name. Thank You.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY/FELIZ ANIVERSARIO 06/08/1974 Cecil & Mari Mills 06/09/1984 Arthur & Patricia Dority 06/09/2001 Rafael & Summer Cuevas 06/10/1966 Mike & Linda Beksinski HAPPY BIRTHDAY/ FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS July 7 C.J. Gonzales, Jaimi Schmidt July 8 Paul Irigoin July 9 Jennifer Hilmes, Sergio Velazquez July 10 Michael Byrd July 11 Carlos Hernandez , Favian Romero, Gwen Bardes, Mark Doll, Paul Pieti July 12 Arwen Gonzalez, Elisa Yanet Sanchez,

Fred Pitzer, Georgina Gutierrez, Samantha Conger July 13 Otoniel Torres July 14 Guadalupe Sanchez

Call the Parish Office to remove or add a name: 697-4633 Thank You!

Date Mass Greeters Ministers of Communion Lectors Servers Counters Linens

July 7 5:30 PM

Liz Chalupa/Pat L'Heureux

Kristin Ballew / Maggie Ballew Ellen Overby John Ballew

July 8 8:00 AM Chuck Lantz

Pauline Doherty / Marilyn Ih-nen

Byron Ihnen

10:00 AM Ben & Laureen Hernandez

Sandra Collins / Ann Strand Will Strand Michael,Caitlin, and Joshua Strand

David and Tammy/Sandy

Pauline

July 14 5:30 PM

Lisa & Sarah Wilensky Marie Clark / Jeff LaBissoniere

Leanne LaBisso-niere

July 15 8:00 AM

Chuck Lantz Lindsay Conger / Amy Conger Pauline Doherty Alisson Conger

10:00 AM Don & Sharon Rice Nancy & John Probst Andrew Chen

Julian Mendoza / Valeria & Em-manuel Barragan

Christina/Paul/Kay/Joan Nancy

Diocesan Collection for Priest Retirement and Seminar-ian Collection will be from July - August Currently projected financial funding for our retired priests (and for the remainder of us who will retire) for the next ten years is underfunded by $970,000. For our seminarians the “financial picture” is even more challeng-ing. Currently projected financial funding for the next ten years is underfunded by $6.1 million, leav-ing the future funding for formation of men for priesthood a grave here in the Diocese of Yakima. In 2017, your marvelous response to the Special Collection for Priest Retirement and Seminarian Education resulted in the Church collecting a total of $247,017 towards funding these two most important needs. God has indeed blessed His Local Church with generous hearts! Camp Howard 2018 You are invited to camp Howard’s 245-acre wilderness setting, with a spectacular view of Mt. Hood, it will inspire youth from all walks of life to participate in the various activities provided during a week long ex-perience. With an on – site registered nurse. Located: Portland Oregon Summer Camp Register Online at www.camphoward.org for more infor-mation (503)231-9484 or in-for@cyocamphoward.org Men are welcome on Rachel’s Vineyard retreats The retreats are for any man or woman suffering after abor-tion. “Jennifer”, a retreat participant, reveals the special blessing that men bring to the retreat: “I used to consider post-abortion healing only a woman’s issue. As you know, men grieve too…but I never knew that. I can’t tell you how much the presence of men on the RV Retreat has helped me to heal. Abortion divides us. It divides mother from child and severs the love in many rela-tionships… I never realized that men suffer deep grief from this. I think we need each other to fully reconcile what this pain has done in our lives and to our relationships. The men who attended my retreat helped to restore my faith in men…and that is a miracle!” If God is calling you to hope and healing OR to minister to those in need of hope and healing here in our local commu-nity, please contact Lisa Petersen (509-421-7847 or lisape-tersen65@gmail.com)for more information. Your call will be kept completely confidential.

The First Reading from the prophet Ezekiel tells of how Ezekiel was called by God. The Lord speaks to him and says, “Hard of face and obstinate of heart are they to whom I am sending you.” God knew He was not giving Ezekiel an easy task, but that is part of what being called by the Lord sometimes involves. Be-ing called is something to which we often make reference, as each of us is called in Baptism. St. Paul once wrote that we are “called to belong to Jesus Christ.” The United States Bishops issued a document a few years ago titled Disciples Called to Witness. That is what we are all to do as baptized Catholics. In that treatise the Bishops say, “To create a culture of witness, we must live explicit lives of discipleship. Being a disciple is a challenge. Fortunately, one does not become a disciple of Christ on his or her own initiative. The work of the Holy Spirit within the Christian community forms the person as a disciple of Christ.” God does not forsake us when we are called, just as He did not abandon Ezekiel. He is with us through the Holy Spirit to strengthen us and assist us. We must allow the Lord to help us. At the same time, we must strive to be disciples of the Lord. We are called to spread the light of the Gospel in everything we do. Love for the Unborn and Our Eternal Reward In Luke Chapter 14:12-14, Jesus tells us that the good we do for those who cannot repay us in this world is the most beneficial, because He assures us that we will "be repaid in the resurrection of the just". Congressman Henry Hyde, one of the greatest pro-life advocates ever to serve in Congress, expressed this idea when he said: "When the time comes, as it surely will, when we face the awesome moment, the final judgment ...... those in the pro-life movement will not be alone. I think there'll be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world, but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world ...and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God, "Spare him, because he loved us". The unborn are even less able to repay us than the beggars and the crippled and the lame and the blind (to whom Jesus referred). At least, these poor people know that we love them and are able to say "Thank you". The child in the mother's womb not only has no voice whatsoever, but cannot even tell you "Thank you", in-deed, love and action for the unborn is the most selfless form of love. In this world, nothing comes from them in return The Scale Of The Tragedy The death count of Hitler's rampage is between 11--17 million

persons. Stalin also amassed a death count of between 10--20 million persons. Communist Chi-na's Mao Zedong is estimated to have killed 27--40 million people. According to the Guttmacher

Institute, the global abortion rate for the world is above 44 mil-lion babies a year! No doubt, this figure significantly underesti-mates the actual figure as this Institute is affiliated with the abor-tion industry. In terms of deaths, what we are doing today, or what we allow to continue is worse than what Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Mussolini, Pol Pot and other tyrants perpetrated. We cannot re-main silent and indifferent to the culture of death. We must be the voices of the innocents who have no voice. Proverbs 31:8: "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed." Proverbs 25:26: "Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked." By Pro-Life Articles Author www.pro-lifearticles.org