Newsletter of Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church ~ August - September 2018

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In this issue...First Corporal Work of MercySagrada FamiliaWait Mountain!Father Macario; StewardshipNotes from Steubenville pt 1. . . también en EspañolParish LifeMore on our stained glassSimple Solutions

Feed the Hungry—it is the first corporal work of mercy and Jesus’ commandto us. He fed 5,000 before he started teaching, so he must know how hard it isto concentrate on spiritual things or anything else with an empty belly.To that end, inside the southeast entrance to the church is a large box called

the wooden bin. It was hand-made by parishioner and wood worker par excel-lence Ed Meyer. It is where parishioners can leave their non-perishable fooddonations for the hungry before or after every Mass and on weekdays when theParish Office and Church are open.Everyone can participate in this important ministry, which is physically car-

ried out at The Dorothy Day Center. Each year, volunteers choose one or twomonths out of the year to pick up your gifts of donated food from the woodenbin, take it to the Dorothy Day Center and put them on the shelves.Once a month, suggestions for food donations appear in the church bulletin.

However, these are only suggestions and if you feel called to donate a certainitem, that is fine. There is always a need and all donations are used and appre-ciated.Although the Center receives monthly shipments of food from the Regional

Food Bank, the items sent vary each month and never entirely cover all theneeds. Your donations fill in the gaps and provide security for folks experienc-ing food shortages. Longtime volunteers will relate that on some occasionsthey have visited a home where there is no food at all. Your gifts are life andsoul saving blessings.Please remember that poverty takes no holidays or vacations so the need ex-

ists all year long.Although St. Charles has a 60-year history of providing food for the hungry,

The Dorothy Day Center was founded and built in 2005 to fulfill greater needsand reach more people. In the ministry’s 13-year history, food has been provid-ed for approximately 106,000 people; 9,600 of them children.The Center is a 2,000 square-foot warehouse space. Volunteers take food

from there to deliver to those who cannot reach their local food pantry formany reasons. The situations are as varied as the people in need: no car, pooraccess to public transportation, elderly, chronically ill, disabled, no money forgas, a mother with several young children for whom a long bus ride is logisti-cally impossible, and so on. Also, many folks with families work minimumwage jobs. They are often at work when food pantries are open.Once a recipient told volunteers, “We are blessed by the best.” Your generos-

ity is greatly appreciated by those who volunteer and receive.For more information see the website: www.thedorothydaycenter.comEd. note: Please, non-perishable packaged food only. We cannot accept fresh orhomemade foods or clothing. Thank you.

TheWooden Bin and the First Corporal Work ofMercy— All Can Participate

"Mary has been taken up to heaven; theangels rejoice.

They bless the Lord and sing his praises."— antiphon, office of the Assumption

"Give and gifts will be given to you;a good measure, packed together, shaken

down, and overflowing,will be poured into your lap.

For the measure with which you measurewill in return be measured out to you."

–Lk. 6:38. . . from the Gospel of Thursday, 23rd .week in Ordinary Time

When standing in completed cathedrals, it is easy toforget the planning and arduous labor that was sustainedover time to bring them to the glory they are today:Notre Dame de Paris, 182 years in the making; theDuomo in Florence,140 years; Wells Cathedral inEngland, 314 years.Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain is still under

construction. It has been since 1883 and cranes towerover the famous Modernist church designed by AntoniGaudi. As I stood at the foot of the huge building,hundreds of feet in the air workers affixed a gigantic Mto a north tower.All over the exterior are words. Sanctus, Sanctus,

Sanctus spirals up one tower. The Latin for gold,frankincense and myrrh adorn another. The west doorsare embossed with passages from St.Matthew'sGospel and the south doors with the Lord’sPrayer. Not since Medieval and Renaissancecathedrals have unfinished buildingsgarnered as many pilgrims. For there is quitea crowd to tour this basilica. The target datefor completion is 2026: one hundred andforty-three years, two world wars, acivil war and one long repressivedictatorship since thecornerstone was laid.But the Holy Family

(Sagrada Familia) is notcomplete and that seemslike such a wonderfulrealization about Church.The cornerstone of theliving Church is Christ;yet, the buildingcontinues. And buildingof the Basílica i TempleExpiatori de la SagradaFamília symbolizes the

building of holiness.The birth and death of Jesus is rendered in stone

around the exterior of the church. These are familiar andunderstandable events. It is the the rising and setting ofthe life Jesus shared with humanity. The part of thebasilica finished first, just as it is with all of us, was theNativity. This facade is the eastern, sunrise side of thebuilding. The Passion Facade on the west was completedin the 1990s; it is stark, harsh depiction of Jesus’s deathand faces the setting sun.Still unfinished is the Glory Facade.While the finished Glory Facade will have elaborate,

biblically-based, statues that match the artistic vision ofthe Nativity and Passion Facades, the doors themselvesthrough which visitors leave the street and enter the nave

are emblazoned simply and boldly with the prayerJesus taught his disciples, the Our Father.

How beautiful a metaphor that the Gloryof God continues to be constructed. Yes,work literally continues on this largestportal to the church with the CelestialGlory of Jesus as its theme. But the Gloryof God continually unfolds in historyand, spiritually, isn’t the Glory ofJesus’s life and resurrection themain entrance to Church? Isn’t theglory the main portal that leadsone from just wandering around inthe secular world and intosanctuary?

–Kathy Judge

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A Church Always Under Construction

6 Edgar: Did you know that rabbit is a favorite dish in Paris?Edith: I had no idea.Edgar: They raise them in the hutch back of Notre Dame.

6 A mime broke his left arm in a bar fight and got arrested.He still has the right to remain silent.

6 What do you call Al Gore dancing?Algorythym.

6 Jokes about sugar are rare.Jokes about brown sugar . . . Demerara.

6 I have a horse named Mayo.Mayo neighs.

6 A guy with a stutter died in prison …Before he could finish his sentence.

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Way back in 1067, nobleman Ludwig der Springerwas hunting in the picturesque, hilly countryside nearEisenach, Germany. He rested on a hilltop rock. Legendsays he was impressed by the landscape and access totrade routes and exclaimed, “Wart, Berg! Du sollst mireine Burg werden! (Wait, Mountain! You Shall BecomeMy Castle). Today, tourists from the world over visit“one of the coolest castles in Europe,” according toparishioner and travel agent Bob Reichert.Significant Catholic and Protestant history occurred in

this castle. A castle museum label proclaims, “twodeeply religious individuals from seemingly differentworlds share Wartburg Castle.” In ironies only historycan provide, one was a 13th century princess and theother a 16th century renegade monk: one a Catholic saintand the other a person who rejected veneration of thesaints.St. Elizabeth of Hungary lived at Wartburg in the

1200s. Betrothed at age 4 and married at 14 to aWartburg nobleman’s son, Elizabeth bore three children.Inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, her forbidden works of

mercy for the poor tested the patience of her in-laws.During one of her trips delivering bread to the poor in

secret, her husband Ludwig asked her questions to erasesuspicions that she was stealing castle treasures to obtainfood for yet another mission of mercy. When sherevealed the contents under her cloak, white and redroses spilled forth.Widowed when her husband died in the Crusades, she

was exiled. She died a Franciscan nun in Marburg at just24 years old. She was canonized in 1235.Martin Luther hid at Wartburg from 1521 to 1522,

disguised as “Squire George.” He was in voluntary exilefrom pursuit by the Church. There he translated theBible into German in eleven weeks and continued torevise it the rest of his life. While little is known whateach room in the castle was used for during medievaltimes, Protestant religious pilgrims visited the castle asearly as the 1500s. Luther’s actual desk remains in his

“Wait, Mountain! You Shall BecomeMy Castle.”simple writing room 496 years later.Like many centuries-old structures in Europe, the

castle is a layer cake of changes through the ages. Themain stone Romanesque castle was built after 1155. Asecond story was added before 1200. Lightning and firedamaged the building in 1320 so, more restoration andexpansion along with the addition of a chapel. On ourtour, it was easy to imagine how cold and dank thosecavernous stone rooms were in European winters.However, this castle had an unusual amenity with walk-in sized fireplaces in many main rooms.From 1838 to 1890, the castle transitioned from an

ancient noble family’s private residence to a publicmuseum. Friends of the Wartburg collected furnishings,tapestries and art works from church attics, decayedcastles and homes of nobility.Unbeknownst to us until the end of our tour, a choir

from Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina wasin our group. As the tour concluded, at the guide’srequest, they provided us with an offering—a Latinhymn, Cantate Domino or Sing to the Lord a New Songby 15th century composer Hans Leo Hassler. Their clearvoices in the acoustically perfect Sängersaal(performance hall) made for one of those moments youwish could last forever.The golden cross atop the castle was placed by Grand

Duke Carl Alexander in the 19th century as a symbol ofChristian unity rather than division. Wartburg Castle is aUNESCO World Heritage site.

By Monica Knudsen

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Fr. Macario Martínez-Arjona, O.S.B. was born andraised in Garden City, Kansas. He is the sixth of sevenchildren. He has one brother in California, two brothersin New Mexico, one sister close by in Edmond, and twosisters as well as his father living in the hometown, Gar-den City. His parents Juan and Rachel, who is deceased,are both from Mexico.After graduating high school, Fr. Macario started col-

lege studies at Garden City Community College. Whenhe completed his Associate of Arts Degree, he startedstudies at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.There Fr. Macario received a Bachelor of Business Ad-ministration.While beginning the MBA program, he felt called to

serve the Church and to become a priest. He affiliatedwith the Dodge City Diocese and started seminary class-es at Conception Seminary College, a seminary operatedby Benedictine monks in Conception, Missouri. As Fr.Macario was completing the program at Conception, andafter prayer and discernment, he decided to become aBenedictine monk at Conception. Fr. Macario made hisreligious vows on August 15, 2004 and was ordained apriest on May 29, 2014.As a monk at Conception, Fr. Macario has had various

jobs. For three years he worked in the Conception Abbeyand Seminary College’s Treasury Office. For four years,he worked in the seminary’s language department teach-ing English to the seminary’s international students. Forone and half years, he worked as the Admission Directorfor the seminary. The last couple of years, Fr. Macariohas been working in Conception’s Development Office,first as its Planned Giving Director and then as the De-velopment Director.Fr. Macario has helped assist parishes for weekend

Masses, but this will be his first time being assigned tospecific parish. He is looking forward to serving theSaint Charles Borromeo family.

FatherMacario

Stewardship is . . .“. . . fundamentally the work of the Spirit in our lives.

It is, ultimately, the pull and the power of the Gospelcome alive in our times and circumstances.”(U.S. Catholic Bishops’ pastoral letter, Stewardship: A Disciple’sResponse)

“. . . passing on God’s love – understanding God’slove as manifest in every breath, birth to death, andeverything sandwiched in between: all of creation, ourfamilies, our aptitudes, our talents, our treasurestemporal and spiritual, everything.”(Colleen Smith, Catholic Stewardship – Sharing God’s Gifts, 2001Our Sunday Visitor Publishing)

. . . the philosophy, the spirituality from which we, aspeople of God, live out our baptismal call to serve othersand to serve God.

. . . a way of life, achieved through conversion of heartand mind, in which we recognize that all we have is agift from our generous God, meant to be shared withothers.

. . . not about something we do. It is about who we are,and Whose we are.

. . . an act of worship, not an act of obligation.

. . . simply putting our faith first each and every day.

. . . he was transfigured before them. . . Then Elijahappeared to them along with Moses, and they were

conversing with Jesus. – Mk. 9: 2-4

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St. Charles Borromeo—September 2018

Baptism Class,Spanish

9 am—11 amBeckman Hall

Baptism Class,Spanish

9 am—11 amBeckman Hall

Blood PressureChecks after

11am & 1pm Mass

9:00 amCatholic Worker

Delivery

9:00 amCatholic Worker

Delivery

50th Anniversaryof ChurchBuilding

Ticket Sales for Play

Ticket Sales for Play

9:20 am R.E.

9:20 amConfirmation

Ticket Sales for Play

7pm - RICA

7 pm - Matachines

9:20 am R.E.

9:20 amConfirmation

Ticket Sales for Play

8:00 am KnightsBreakfast

9:20 am R.E.

9:20amConfirmation

9:20 am R.E.

9:20 amConfirmation

Altar Expense

CatholicCharities

Building &Maintenance

6:30 pm ChoirPractice

Bunco Party

6:30 pm ChoirPractice

6:30 pm ChoirPractice

6:30 pm ChoirPractice

7pm - RICA

7 pm - Matachines

7pm - RICA

7 pm - Matachines

7pm - RICA

7 pm - Matachines

10:30 am FoodBank Delivery

Labor Day

7:00 pmTalleres de Oración

7:00 pmTalleres de Oración

7:00 pmTalleres de Oración

7:00 pmTalleres de Oración

3:45 pmSafe Environment

TrainingRoom AB/C

4:00 pmNewsletter Meeting7:00 pm BaptismSeminar, English

Room C

7:00 pmJourney of Faithin Beckman Hall

7:00 pm BaptismSeminar, English

Room C

5:30 pmSafe Environment

TrainingRoom AB/C7:00 pm

Journey of Faithin Beckman Hall7:00 pm ParishCouncil Meeting

7:00 pmJourney of Faithin Beckman Hall

Adoration11 am - 8 pm every

Wednesday

6:30 pm R.E.

5:30 pmStewardshipMeeting

6:30 pm R.E.

6:30 pmPeace and Justice

6:30 pm R.E.

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Confessions everyWednesday at 7 pm and

Saturday at 3 pm

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This year’s Steubenville was the best, because I liked tohangout with the group. I also liked the Guys Talk withOscar and Adoration. —Michael Luna

Steubenville was a life-changing weekend, I loved theexperience and meeting new people. My favorite partoverall was growing closer to God. —Anonymous

I’ve encountered God in a completely new way. Before,I was entranced by Him and His complexity, I saw him asHe who is creator of the inmensity that is everything. I sawHim as the giver of life-changing gifts. I saw Him as abeing that is grandiose. After this pilgrimage, I see that heis indeed that, but He is also much more. He is indeed thecreator of all things, but he gives the same amount ofattention to a drop of water as he would to an entire ocean.He is indeed the giver of great gifts, but those gifts don’thave to have you crying on the floor, or speaking intongues to be a great gift. At times the greatest gift can besitting in peaceful silence with Him. He is indeedgrandiose, but He is also unbelievably, beautifully simple.He is perfect, for He is Jesus. —Michelle Velasco

My experience on this trip was amazing. I learned howimportant it is to go to Mass on Sundays or any day thatthere is Mass. I saw how strong the Holy Spirit is and whatit can do to a person. It opened my eyes on how I see thechurch and now I am able to see it in a whole differentway than I ever had. —Anonymous

I loved celebrating God and loving God, surroundedby people my age. I also loved to hear the speakers speakand listening to their stories an relating to them. —M.G

Steubenville was something very emotional. I had anexperience with God that I will never forget. Ourrelationship changed and I hope that it stays like that so Ican demonstrate the love he has for us. Steubenville was anexperience I was completely sure I wanted to participate in,but I wasn't sure what to expect. My faith was in a stableplace, but I knew there was more I could do to strengthenit. Going to Steubenville and being surrounded by so manypassionate lovers of God was inspiring. I came home witha strengthened relationship with God and with myself. Iwas gifted with a new perspective on my faith and that ispriceless. —Paola Figueroa

My experience was indescribable. To put into wordswould be like growing money on trees. It's just a preciousthing that you can not miss, you have to experience it foryourself. It can be a beautiful thing and even if you don’t itokay, don't be frustrated because you are not going to bethe only one. Everyday there, you will be reminded onhow much God loves you. Take this opportunity and use itin your everyday life. —Fabiola

I came into my second year of Steubenville expecting alot but at first I thought that God wasn’t listening to me orthat he was just ignoring me but then towards the end ofadoration he showed me that what I needed right now waspeace, and that what I got. He once again showed me howmuch he loved me and what a great God he is. —Alondra

Steubenville was great. It helped me be more open.Seeing everyone open up and telling their story helpedme, because I know that I never have to go throughanything alone. I have God to talk to and the people thatcame and that I met. I know that they will be there if Ineed someone to talk to. I loved it. I loved everything wedid. —Anonymous

I feel so blessed to have been able to attend Steubenvillethis year. Throughout the entire weekend, I experiencedlots of emotions. I feel like I had many emotions built upthat I was able to release on this trip. I enjoyed learningand hanging out with others during this trip . I also enjoyedthe deep chats that we shared, but my favorite part wasgetting closer to God and sharing my thoughts and prayerswith Him. —Anonymous

Notes from Steubenville* pt 1

6 My uncle named his dogs Rolex and Timex.They’re his watch dogs.

6 A slice of apple pie is $2.50 in Jamaica and $3.00in the Bahamas.These are the pie rates of the Caribbean.

6 Someone stole 300 cans of Red Bull from mylocal store.I don’t know how they can sleep at night.

* A three-day youth conference held in varying locationsthroughout the country. St. Charles youth attended the Mid-America Conference in Springfield, Missouri. The youthconventions began at the Franciscan University ofSteubenville, Ohio, hence the name.

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Este año, Steubenville fue lo mejor, porque me gustorelacionarme con el grupo. También me gustó la charlapara los hombres que dio Oscar y me gusto la Adoraciónal Santísimo. – Michael Luna

Steubenville fue un fin de semana que me cambió lavida. Me encantó la experiencia y el poder conocer agente nueva. Mi parte favorita en general fue acercarmea Dios. – Anónimo

Me he encontrado con Dios de una maneracompletamente nueva. Antes, estaba fascinada por Él ySu complejidad, lo veía como Aquel que es creador de lainmensidad. Lo vi como el dador de regalos que cambianla vida. Lo vi como un ser que es grandioso. Después deesta jornada, veo que él en verdad es eso, pero también esmucho más. Él es en verdad el creador de todas las cosas,pero le da la misma cantidad de atención a una gota deagua que a un océano entero. Él es en verdad el dador degrandes dones, pero esos dones no tienen porqué ser elhacerte llorar o hablar en lenguas para ser un gran regalo.A veces, el mejor regalo puede ser sentarse en silenciopacífico con él. Él es realmente grandioso, pero tambiénes increíblemente bello y simple. Él es perfecto, porqueÉl es Jesús. - Michelle Velasco

Mi experiencia en este viaje fue increíble. Aprendí loimportante que es ir a misa los domingos o cualquier díaque haya misa. Vi lo fuerte que es el Espíritu Santo y loque le puede hacer a una persona. Me abrió los ojos en laforma en que veo la iglesia y ahora puedo verla de unamanera completamente diferente a como lo hice algunavez. – Anónimo

Me encantó celebrar a Dios y amar a Dios, rodeado depersonas de mi edad. También me encantó oír a losoradores hablar y escuchar sus historias y relacionarmecon ellos. – MG

Steubenville fue algo muy emotivo. Tuve unaexperiencia con Dios que nunca olvidaré. Nuestrarelación se fortaleció y espero que se mantenga así paraque pueda demostrar el amor que él tiene por nosotros.Steubenville fue una experiencia en la que estabacompletamente segura de querer participar, pero noestaba segura de qué esperar. Mi fe estaba en un lugarestable, pero sabía que había más que podía hacer parafortalecerla. Ir a Steubenville y estar rodeado de tantosapasionados amantes de Dios fue inspirador. Llegué acasa con una relación fortalecida con Dios y conmigomisma. Fui dotada con una nueva perspectiva de mi fe yeso no tiene precio. – Paola Figueroa

Mi experiencia fue indescriptible. Ponerlo en palabrassería como hacer dinero crecer en los árboles. Es algoprecioso que no te puedes perder, tienes queexperimentarlo por ti mismo. Puede ser algo hermoso eincluso si no está bien, no te frustres porque no vas a serel único. Todos los días allí, se te recordará cuánto teama Dios. Aprovecha esta oportunidad y úsalo en tu vidacotidiana. – Fabiola

Llegué a mi segundo año de Steubenville esperandomucho, pero al principio pensé que Dios no me estabaescuchando o que simplemente me estaba ignorando,pero luego, hacia el final de la adoración, me mostró quelo que necesitaba ahora era paz, y eso es lo que obtuve.Paz. Una vez más, Dios me mostró cuánto me amaba yqué grande es. – Alondra

Steubenville fue genial. Me ayudó a ser más abierta.Ver a todos abrirse y contar su historia me ayudó, porquesé que nunca tengo que pasar nada sola. Tengo a Dioscon quien hablar y la gente que vino y que conocí. Sé queestarán allí si necesito a alguien con quien hablar. Meencantó. Me encantó todo lo que hicimos. – Anónimo

Me siento tan bendecida por haber podido asistir aSteubenville este año. Durante todo el fin de semana,experimenté muchas emociones. Siento que tuve muchasemociones acumuladas que pude liberar en este viaje.Disfruté aprender y pasar el rato con otras personasdurante este viaje. También disfruté las charlasprofundas que compartimos, pero mi parte favorita fueacercarme a Dios y compartir mis pensamientos yoraciones con él. – Anónimo

Notas de Steubenville pt 1

Filipino, member of theConfraternity of the Holy Rosary,professional calligrapher. Martyredwith 15 others at Nagasaki, Japan in

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Parish LifeBaptisms-JuneRoberto RomeroLuciana RodriguezIsaac RamirezLevine RenadaDylan Ramos

Daniel GutierrezBruno CordovaBraulio LopezAlexander SilvaAnthony RicoChristian GironMelanie MartinezNatalia DiazAllison MedinaJaneth MedinaVictor Villanueva

Baptisms-JulyNora Slatnick

Caleb Garcia-de AndaJasmine CastanedaBrooks LegateMateo MartinezAlison LizamaAndres JuarezJose Velasco

Aiden BetancourtJesus Huerta

Natalia GuiterrezGloria RamirezAlexa ReyesKenia Reyes

Nicole MorquechoSantiago Gutierrez

Gael Leija

New Parishioners-JuneChun Yim

Jose and Liliana EspiridonChristian and Janelle RodriguezGustavo and Ivonne RamosSergio and Lauren Monteiro

Jhovany and Maria Carbajal-CalderonJesus and Sandra Zavala

Humberto and Adriana MaciasMaria Hernandez

Ernesto and Jessica RuizMarco and Mayra Esparza

Vilma GamonalJose and Miriam Gallegos

Kori HernandezNicholas and Samantha Campenni-Hunt

Katie EdwardsJose and Elva Vera

New Parishioners-JulyMaria Lugo

Efrain and Maria RamirezRoberto and Mayra Loera-Figueroa

Jesus and Maria MartinezTherese Porter

Noe and Maria ParadaRolanda and Idania Gamez

AnniversariesAugust Anniv.01st Jeffrey and Tamara Knapp 26th02nd Tim and Sandy Politte 22nd03rd Gary and Christiane Sauls 45th04th Vincent and Cynthia Brady 39th07th Donald and Frances Haan 53rd

Randy and Tracy McNutt 18thTim and Carmen Schoelen 15th

08th Gregg and Tia Feronti 20th09th Casper and Betty Temple 66th10th Earl and Josephine Statton 51st14th Bob and Clara McBroom 47th18th Philip and Ana Evans 28th21st Joe and Kay Lieber 52nd22nd Thomas and Kathy Outlaw 26th28th Gustavo and Lorena Escobar 25th

Darrell and Rebecca Van Houtan 50th30th Harry and Rosemary Koelsch 60th

Long and Ha Ta 22nd

September Anniv.01st John and Jo Anne Griswold 40th

Jason and Laura Brewington 22nd05th Patrick and Elizabeth Determan 49th06th Bob and Norma Muth 25th07th Steve and Joey Muth 22th15th Manuel and Maria Garcia 43rd17th Mark and Catherine Myers 30th20th John and Josephine Addai 20th26th Larry and Martha Wiseman 34th28th Mathew and Rosita Graves 23rd29th Michael and Deborah Wilson 28th

Larry and Andrea Schwab 20thChristopher and Kimberly Miller 17th

Weddings-JuneVince Gunter and Valerie Sauls

Weddings-JulyEdgar Frausto and Nancy EscobarOsvaldo Verdin and Laura Ortega

Juan Guerrero and Maria HernandezDeaths-JulyLouis Bruning

b. Feb. 2, 1936 — d. July 14, 2018Requiem - July 19, 2018Sr. Rene Alberto Beltran

b. June 29, 1972 —d. July 14, 2018Requiem - July 24, 2018

Helen Romanob. Feb. 12, 1926 — d. July 14, 2018

Requiem - July 28, 2018

Sign seenon a church marquee:

Choosy mothers choose Jesus.

6 My doctor has just diagnosed me as having low bloodpressure.He’s given me a prescription for two Ikea self-assemblywardrobes.

6 I was going to donate blood today, but they always ask waytoo many personal questions.Like, “Whose blood is this”, and, “Where did you get it?”

6 “How much to buy a singing ensemble?”You mean a choir?“Fine, how much to acquire a singing ensemble?”

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August Saints and Days

01 St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor;Memorial02 [St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; St. Peter Julian Eymard, Priest]04 St. John Vianney, Priest;Memorial05 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time06 The Transfiguration of the Lord; Feast07 [St. Sixtus II, Pope and Companions; St. Cajetan, Priest]08 St. Dominic, Priest;Memorial09 [St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr]10 St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr; Feast11 St. Clare, Virgin;Memorial;New Moon, Partial Solar Eclipse12 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Perseids Meteor Shower13 [Ss. Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs]14 St. Maximillian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr;Memorial15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Solemnity, Obligatory16 [St. Stephen of Hungary]18 [BVM]19 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time20 St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor;Memorial21 St. Pius X, Pope;Memorial22 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary;Memorial23 [St. Rose of Lima, Virgin]24 St. Bartholomew, Apostle; Feast25 [St. Louis; St. Joseph Calasanz, Priest; BVM]26 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time; Full Moon27 St. Monica;Memorial28 St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor;Memorial29 The Passion of Saint John the Baptist;Memorial

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September Saints and Days01 [BVM]02 Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time03 St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor;Memorial07 Neptune at Opposition08 The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Feast09 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time; New Moon12 [The Most Holy Name of Mary]13 St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor;Memorial14 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross; Feast15 Our Lady of Sorrows;Memorial16 Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time17 [St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor]19 [St. Januarius, Bishop and Martyr]20 Ss. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Priest, and Paul Chong Ha-sang and

Companions, Martyrs;Memorial21 St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist; Feast22 [BVM]23 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; September Equinox25 Full Moon26 [Ss. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs]27 St. Vincent de Paul, Priest;Memorial28 [St. Wenceslaus, Martyr; St. Lawrence of Ruiz and

Companions, Martyrs]29 Ss. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels; Feast30 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Alphonsus Marie Liguori, Bishop & Doctor1692 - 1787

Founded the Congregation of the Most HolyRedeemer in 1762. Prolific writer of Moral

Theology, The Glories of Mary, and The Wayof the Cross, et al.

In Conversation mkjOur Father,I praise your hallowed name,(so often though by rote,which, of course, You know.)But, hear me yet again.

Father in heaven,thank you for Your Kingdom on earthand our daily bread(I fear I take it for granted.)I am humbled by the fulfillmentof Your Promise to forgive me.(Me, whom I struggle to forgive,You have forgiven.)

Yours is the help I craveleading meaway from my sinful habitsand (time and again)quelling my anxiety by Your divinetriumph over evil.

Our Father,Thine is kingdomthe power and the glory.

Amen

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We, your newsletter team, submit this issue with humility and thanks to God: Florence Botchlet, MichaelCarpenter, Deacon Bill Gorden, Kathy Judge, Monica Knudsen, Kathy Marks, Andrea McCoy, MargaretPhipps, Charlene Smith.

Humilitas

Let's look again at the Last Supper windows, in ourparish.The Apostles we focus on now, Phillip and

Bartholomew, are lesser known from the Gospels, morefrom tradition. They are generally placed further fromChrist in most depictions of the Last Supper, and thus areless recognizable. We have to connect the dots.To the far right of the chalice and in the same tier, is, I

think, Phillip. One reason to infer this is that directly be-low Phillip are the loaves and fish. Jesus early in his min-istry asks Phillip how they are to feed the crowd, andPhillip confesses that he doesn’t really know, which setsup the miracle of feeding the 5000.Phillip, it seems according to traditions, may have sep-

arated from the other Apostles between the Resurrectionand the Ascension, perhaps already undertaking a mis-sion. He was already abroad, making disciples. This item

comes from information from the Dead Sea Scrolls. Hisdemeanor in the glass is devout and prayerful. It speaksfor itself.Exactly opposite on the left end of the same tier is, I

think, Bartholomew. There is some confusion as to thisname, sometimes rendered Nathaniel. He was introducedto Jesus by Phillip. He is routinely mentioned withPhillip at various occasions. He was present at the As-cension. Bartholomew is credited with evangelizing inIndia and Armenia. The faces of Bartholomew andPhillip are almost mirror images across from each otherin our glass.We will spend a future article exclusively on Judas in

the stainded glass of the Last Supper.—Deacon William Gorden

Stained Glass of St. Charles - Phillip and Bartholomew

I was sitting outside yesterday listening to the birds sing when a baby squirrel came walking up theramp. I am sure he saw me, but fearless, he continued coming until he reached the top of the landing.When I stomped my foot the little squirrel then ran away. Squirrels, or raccoons, will empty a bird feederin a day if you let them.Water thoroughly plants that bloom all summer such as, geraniums, zinnias, roses and marigolds be-

cause they need a lot of nutrients.Slugs and snails are a huge problem in many gardens especially those with tender leaves. To combat

them mix nonsudsing ammonia and water of equal parts, then on a cloudy day, a raining morning or acool evening spray the slugs as they feed. This method is very effective on baby slugs. The ammonia con-verts to nitrogen and acts as a foliar food for plants. You can also mix vinegar and water—two parts vine-gar and one part water in a spray bottle and just spray this mixture on the slugs under the leaves as theyfeed. Wood ashes from your fireplace will discourage them from crawling up the stem of the plant.The ideal time to plant is on an overcast or rainy day, but sometimes you can only plant on a sunny

day.To produce more fruit use this simple recipe. Mix 1 tsp. Epsom salts in 4 cups warm water. Spray on

plants to boost magnesium and and await results in 10 days. This is especially good for tomatoes, peppersand roses.Enjoy your Labor Day!

—Florence Botchlet

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