2nd

Sunday of Lent March 4, 2012

This Weeks Calendar and Mass Intentions
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 8:00 AM Mass 8:00 AM Mass 8:00 AM Mass 8:00 AM Mass 12:10 PM Mass 8:00 AM Mass 4:00 PM Mass 8:30 AM Mass 10:30 AM Mass 10:30 AM Mass Louis & Eulalia Rossetto Joanne Scafidi <A> Charles Artner for the deceased Frances Sposito Shimel John & Carmella Martinotti Wally Mace <B> People of the parish Marian Morgan <A> Deaf Community Chapel Chapel Chapel Chapel Chapel Chapel Church Church Church Chapel

Call the office if you would like a Mass celebrated for you, for an anniversary of death or marriage, a birthday, etc.

Church cleaning, March 511: Barbara Masvidal, Patricia Valentine & Marcia Angelos

Lenten Retreat
Registration is now open for the Lenten Retreat March 23rd25th at the Shalom Prayer Center in Mt. Angel! This is a shared retreat with St. Henrys and will be co-facilitated by Fr. Michael and Connie Ostlund. The theme of the retreat will be A Walk with St. Francis. Cost is $127 and includes accommodations Friday & Saturday nights and meals breakfast Saturday through breakfast Sunday. Call the parish office and reserve your space today! Registration must be paid in full by March 16th. Questions: Contact Matthew Pearl at mjmpearl@aol.com or call 503- 970-3937. Shalom!

Rigatoni Grazie

Our gratitude to all who made our 50th Annual Rigatoni Luncheon a huge success! To the 60 volunteers who stuffed endless rigatonis and those who soldiered on till the end; to Florence Katrena, Rose Ferraris, and Bill Dietzler for helping me pick up all the supplies for the lunch; to my kitchen crew who did a fabulous job all week long plus the day of the luncheon; to Robert George for baking the rigatonis to perfection and for the wonderful sauce; to Joanne Dindia for coordinating all the servers who worked; to our out-of-town friends who put on aprons and worked the kitchen and waited tables as well as those who took time off from their jobs to do the same; and to Ed Danila for all his assistance. Thank you to BOOK SALE! Mary Ellen Doshas Meucci for doing the decorations for the March 24th and 25th in Carvlin Hall. You will find the best tables. We also had the help of students fulfilling their book deals right here! We have collected some great community service. Great job! Thank you to Don Dindia, Vic books and are looking for more donations. Wandtke, and Carol Helvey for manning the cake and coffee You are welcome to bring your book room; a huge thank you to Rick VandenBerg, Fr. Charlie, and those who followed them, for tackling the pots and pans. donations after the Masses on the Thank you to Bill Dietzler and those who followed him, for weekend of the 17th and 18th to Carvlin running the dishwasher. We are grateful to all the Altar Hall. Society Ladies who worked. A big thank-you to the clean-up crew who left the kitchen and hall spic and span. Thank you Fr. Michael for taking pictures. Thank you to Anita Donahue Operation Rice Bowl Reflection job well done on the advertising. Call and Response This could not be accomplished without the wonderful In todays first reading, Abraham responds faithfully to volunteers from the parish who help every year. Without you, God, and God bestows blessings on him and all of his this luncheon would not be a success. Now for the statistics: descendants. During Lent, we are called to listen to Gods you stuffed 9, 036 pasta noodles and we served 607 people, voice in our lives and to respond in faith. We pray that we which was 102 more than last year. We had 30 pans of baked may recognize the inherent dignity in all of Gods people, rigatonis; we froze 53 packages of rigatonis plus 31 quarts of and we fast so that our sacrifices may bring new life to sauce. It was all gone by 2:30pm! Our profit $5,474.00. A BIG others. We give so that CRS can continue to help people thank you from the Altar Society. Job well done! (Go to the St. with disabilities receive a quality education and find Philip Neri website Events section to see photos and video.) productive work. Mary Schleich & Joanne Dindia

2nd Sunday of Lent March 4, 2012

Pastoral Corner
What Every Christian Does Fr. Jim McCauley, CSP

Note of Thanks

We would like to thank you all for the beautiful cards, prayer, and support given to us at the loss of our mother, Eulalia Rossetto, who died on February. 6th. The Rossetto Family. You have heard it said many times that Evangelization is what every baptized Christian does. It means presenting the saving person, message, and invitation of Jesus Christ. Health and Nutrition In participation with Ecumenical Pope John Paul II brought to our attention a need for a Ministries of Oregons Interfaith Food New Evangelization, because cultures that were once the and Farms Partnership project to draw very engine of passing on Gospel values no longer do so. awareness about healthy diet and Pope Benedict XVI continues to dare us to re-present the nutrition, this weeks focus is on Fats: invitation of Jesus to a conversion of heart. The New Oils & Nuts. The type of fat eaten is Evangelization is a call to conversion of heart for all what really matters, not whether it is believers and cultures where the salt of the Gospel has lost high, low, or total fat. "Bad" fats (saturated & trans fats) its tang. increase risk for certain diseases. "Good" fats like As in the time of St. Paul, when he wrote to Timothy, we monounsaturated & polyunsaturated fat, lower disease are called to stir into flame the faith given to us, and to GO risk. Keep a healthy diet, substitute good fats for bad fats, & share that faith so that others may COME to the avoid trans fats. Some recommendations for Cooking Oil: communion of faith in Christ and in the Church. Many have Olive, Coconut, Canola, Sesame, etc.; for Nuts & Seeds: lost the original energy of their faith in a world that avoids Almonds, Walnuts, Cashews, Pumpkin/Sunflower Seeds, any mention of transcendent values, much less any etc.; for Nut Butters: Natural, Non-Hydrogenated. Nuts & mention of God. How can we challenge this strong secular nut butters have lots of good fat & keep for long periods of influence all around us, so that the person, message, and time. Look for low or no sodium options. For more resources/info, visit www.faithandwellness.org! invitation of Jesus may be heard? Some things we can do may be to recognize that even LET US PRAY FOR: Fr. Charlie, whose sister, Jane, passed away on Feb. 28, and family among people who seem to be strongly materialistic, there is an undeniable openness to the divine. We can keep the question of God alive, helping people to see that what they are thirsting for is not something, but someone named Jesus. We can remember that what people are thirsting for Parish Staff is not a theological statement, but a relationship that is at Pastor, Children & Youth Faith Formation, & Director of the NW the heart of faith. A relationship with Jesus, who saves us Paulist Ctr. | Fr. Charlie Brunick, CSP from our sins and from emptiness. And we can proclaim frcharlie@stphilipneripdx.org the Gospels deliberate invitation to enter into friendship with the Lord Jesus, who must always be the center of our Associate Pastor | Fr. Michael Evernden, CSP mecsp@mac.com Catholic life. Associate Pastor | Fr. Jim McCauley, CSP Joy should be the tone of our life as Catholic Christians, jrpaulist@aol.com because joy is an infallible sign of Gods presence; and Director of Adult Faith Formation | Barbara Harrison practical love. Because God loves us, and we love God, we barbarah@stphilipneripdx.org want others to discover this love is for them too. Business Manager | Jeanne McPherson jeannem@stphilipneripdx.org Parish Secretary & Bulletin Editor | Mercy Rossi mercyb@stphilipneripdx.org Building & Grounds, Maintenance | Edward Danila edwardd@stphilipneripdx.org