St.

Philip Neri Parish

The Northwest Paulist Center
for Evangelization & Reconciliation

2408 SE 16th Ave., Portland, OR 97214-5334

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Committed to the mission of Jesus and dedicated to be welcoming to all, we the community of St. Philip Neri strive to reach out, to reconcile and to promote unity for all of Gods creation through worship, education, and service toward the common good.

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time January 29, 2012

PARISH OFFICE & STAFF: Phone 503-231-4955
Pastor Fr. Charlie Brunick, CSP, x117 ....................... frcharlie@stphilipneripdx.org Associate Pastor Fr. Michael Evernden, CSP, x111 ...................................... mecsp@mac.com Associate Pastor Fr. Jim McCauley, CSP, x109 ............................................ jrpaulist@aol.com Director of Adult Faith Formation Barbara Harrison, x107 ................................. barbarah@stphilipneripdx.org Business Manager Jeanne McPherson, x103 ............................... jeannem@stphilipneripdx.org Parish Office, Parish Secretary Mercy Rossi, x101 .... ........................................mercyb@stphilipneripdx.org Bulletin Editor (Bulletin deadline is Tuesday Noon before target weekend) Mercy Rossi, x101 ......................................... secretary@stphilipneripdx.org Building & Grounds, Maintenance Edward Danila .............................................. edwardd@stphilipneripdx.org Children & Youth Faith Formation ...................... frcharlie@stphilipneripdx.org

Website: www.stphilipneripdx.org Fax 503-736-1383

Director of the NW Paulist Center for Evangelization & Reconciliation Fr. Charlie Brunick, CSP, x117 ........................ frcharlie@stphilipneripdx.org
SATURDAY VIGIL: 4:00pm SUNDAY: 8:30am and 10:30am

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

MONDAY THRU THURSDAY & SATURDAY:

8:00am FRIDAY: 12:10pm Reconciliation: Saturdays at 5:00pm

TUESDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS: 9:00AM TO 4:00PM OFFICE IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS

OFFICE HOURS

This Weeks Calendar & Mass Intentions

Next Sundays Scripture Readings: 5 Sunday in Ordinary Time (February 5) Job 7:14, 67 1 Corinthians 9:1619, 2223 Mark 1:2939
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MASS INTENTIONS____________ Monday January 30 8:00 AM Mass ( Finley Andreas) Chapel Tuesday January 31 8:00 AM Mass (Josh Daniels) Chapel Wednesday February 1 8:00 AM Mass (for those without access to clean water) Chapel Thursday February 2 8:00 AM Mass (for homebound parishioners) Chapel Friday February 3 12:10 PM Mass (Dolly Lomax) Chapel Saturday February 4 8:00 AM Mass (Bonaventure Oh & Family) Chapel 4:00 PM Mass ( Finley Andreas) Church Sunday February 5 8:30 AM Mass (People of the Parish) Church 10:30 AM Mass ( Rosalie Navarra Vogel) Church 10:30 AM Mass Deaf Community Chapel Church cleaning, January 30February 5: Antonette Amato, Mary Gabelsberger

This Weeks Announcements

All Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers: Please attend training and

refresher training after each Mass on January 28th29th . This is for all present ministers and for all who think they might be called to this ministry. It is very important for all to attend so that we can all help our Liturgies to be the best they can be. Fr. Jim McCauley, CSP

Bowling! Some of our parishioners are going bowling right after the
10:30 mass, Sunday, January 29th. We are going to AMF lanes located at 3031 SE Powell Blvd. It is less than a ten minute drive from the church. The cost is $10.10 per person and includes 2 hours of unlimited bowling and shoe rental. If you didnt RSVP, you can still meet up at the Bowling Alley just mention that you are with Rob Nosse or the St. Philip Neri group.

Catholic Schools Week: On Sunday, February 5th,

9:30am in Carvlin Hall, to celebrate Catholic Schools Week, the Religious Education Family Gathering group will host a breakfast for our families who have children in Catholic schools. (Families, please contact Barbara if you did not receive an invitation.) The 10:30 Liturgy will celebrate the students in Catholic schools with them participating in some of the Liturgical Ministry roles. We are proud of all of our families (Catholic Schools/Public Schools/Private Schools/Home Schooled) who so diligently work to incorporate our Catholic faith into their daily lives and actions. We also thank the parishioners for all your monetary contributions and encouragements for our young people.

Announcements continued

Archbishops Catholic Appeal 2012

Most past contributors to the Archbishops Catholic Appeal will receive a mailing from Archbishop Vlazny within the next few days. At all Masses next weekend, additional information will be provided in the bulletin insert. The Appeal provides funds to support essential parish-based ministries that would find it difficult, if not impossible, to operate solely on parish funds. Appeal funds are used to help fund Archdiocesan offices and agencies that assist the parishes and their people. In addition, part of the funds are used to assist retired archdiocesan priests. The theme of the 2012 Archbishops Catholic Appeal is Teach, Bless, Serve. As you consider the amount you can pledge to help these ministries, please reflect on the following: Contributing to the Archbishops Catholic Appeal is one concrete way to Imitate Christ...compassion, kindness, and self sacrifice. Take a moment to honestly examine all the God-given blessings in your life and then ask not yourself, but ask God: What is just? By our baptism and our confirmation in the Catholic church, each of us is called to serve as a good shepherd. Were called not only to follow Christ but to be Christ. Please pray for the Lords guidance as you consider the above reflections, and please give generously according to the blessings God has given you. LET US PRAY FOR: Andrea Del Rosario and family (husband Ben Del Rosario passed away on Dec. 30); for the homebound members of our parish; Margie Glaser; Jane (Brunick) Kolongowski; Eulalia Rossetto; for Joan Andreas (husband Finley Andreas passed away on Jan. 16).

50th Rigatoni Luncheon: The St. Philip Neri Altar Societys Stuffed
Rigatoni Luncheon, a Valentine tradition, celebrates its 50th year on Thursday, February 16th. Volunteers are needed for STUFFING Rigatoni! Sign-ups are in the foyer of the Church. Come one, come all. Come when you can, stay as long as you can.

Lent: Please plan now to participate in the Paulist Lenten Small

Faith Groups starting February 26th. Using scripture, Liturgy, and Prayer, the theme will be Living the Eucharist. Designed to be 90 minutes, the small faith group (about 8 people) will meet once a month either in someones home or at the parish center. We will try to offer evenings and afternoons and either a Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon. We will also offer a pamphlet for Family Activities, and a Lenten devotional book (From Exodus to Easter: My Daily Journey Through Lent) for all parishioners to take home. Sign-up Sundays will be February 5th and February 12th. Please pray about this opportunity.

Announcements continued

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program: The VITA Program

offers free tax help to low- to moderate-income (generally, $50,000 and below) people who need help in preparing their tax returns. Certified volunteers sponsored by various organizations receive training to help prepare basic tax returns in communities across the country. VITA sites are generally located at community and neighborhood centers, libraries, schools, shopping malls, and other convenient locations. Most locations also offer free electronic filing. To locate the nearest VITA site, call 1-800-906-9887.

Tax Counseling for the Elderly: The TCE Program provides free
tax help to people aged 60 and older. As part of the IRS-sponsored TCE Program, AARP offers the Tax-Aide counseling program at more than 7,000 sites nationwide during the filing season. Trained and certified AARP Tax-Aide volunteer counselors help people of low-to- middle income with special attention to those age 60 and older. For more information on TCE, call 1-800-906-9887. To locate the nearest AARP Tax-Aide site, call 1-888-227-7669 or visit AARP's website.

Come and See Weekend: Feb 24th-26th at Benedictine Sisters in

Mt. Angel, OR for Catholic women 18-50 to experience prayer, community and way of life as lived by the Sisters. For more info, call 503-845-6141 or email smarietta@juno.com.

"A Taste of Peace" Silent Auction & Wine Tasting. Please come &
join this fundraising event supporting the ministries of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows. Wine tasting on Saturday, February 4th, from 4:008:30pm at Our Lady of Peace Retreat House, 3600 SW 170th Ave., Beaverton, OR 97006. Purchase your tickets today either securely online at www.olpretreat.org or call Our Lady of Peace Retreat House at 503-649-7127.

St. Agatha Catholic School Open House: Thursday, February

2nd from 6:008:00pm at St. Agatha, 7960 SE 15th, Portland, OR 97202. For more info: 503-234-5500 or www.stagathaschool.us. Come explore the possibilities that St. Agatha Catholic School offers students from preschool through 8th Grade. Educating students for over 100 years in the historic Sellwood neighborhood. St. Agatha offers a challenging curriculum, state-of-the-art science lab, service learning, CYO sports program, Music, Art. P.E. and Technology, small class sizes, and much more.

Around the Archdiocese: Prayer Service for Victims and Survivors

of Human Trafficking and Slavery. Wednesday February 8th from 6:30pm7:30pm at St. Mary's Cathedral. Why You Want to Attend: This is the feast day for St. Josephine Bakhita. Pope John Paul II said that in St. Josephine Bakhita, "We find a shining advocate of genuine emancipation. The history of her life inspires not passive acceptance but the firm resolve to work effectively to free girls and women from oppression and violence, and to return them to their dignity in the full exercise of their rights."

Pastoral Corner

January 29, 2012

Two prayers, two different Traditions, yet so much in common.

Great Spirit Prayer (Native American) Oh Great Spirit, Whose voice I hear in the wind, Whose breath gives life to all the world... Please hear me; I need your strength and wisdom... Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset... Make my hands respect the things you have taught my people... Help me to remain calm and strong in the face of all that comes towards me... Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock... Help me seek pure thoughts and act with the intention of helping others... Help me find compassion without empathy overwhelming me... I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy - Myself... Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes... so when life fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame." Brother Sun, Sister Moon (St. Francis of Assisi) Brother Sun and Sister Moon I seldom see you seldom hear your tune Preoccupied with selfish misery Brother Wind and Sister Air Open my eyes to visions pure and fair That I may see the glory around me. I am God's creature, of Him I am part I feel His love awakening my heart. Brother Sun and Sister Moon I now do see you; I can hear your tune So much in love with all that I survey I am God's creature, of Him I am part I feel His love awakening my heart. Brother Sun and Sister Moon I now do see you, I can hear your tune So much in love with all that I survey.

Pray Always, Fr. Michael Evernden, CSP