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Page 4 I Kilu “Today’s first reading describes the offering of first fruits the people of Israel where to present to the Lord in thanksgiving for their deliverance from Egypt and the gift of the promised land. Is my offering at today’s Mass an appropriate response to the many blessings the Lord has given me? STEWARDSHIP QUOTE OF THE WEEK From the Pastor’s Desk Today is the First Sunday of Lent. Happy Valentine! Today February 14, Valentinefor God and for one another. It is a special day to demonstrate our love in a meaningful way espe- cially to those who are close and dear to us. Please note our Lenten Schedule of Masses: Weekday Masses. Weekday Masses are at: 5:30a.m., 7:20a.m., 12:10p.m., and 7:00 p.m. 7:00a.m., Anticipated Mass: 7:00p.m. Sunday Masses: 12:30p.m., 5:00p.m. and 7:00p.m. Via Crucis (station of the cross). We invite all to join us at our Station of the cross every Friday of Lent at 6:00pm. In the church. Schedule of Confessions. During the Season of Lent, confessions are: 30 minutes before the 12:10p.m. Weekday Mass; 6:00 to 7:00p.m. on Saturdays; working hours and inquire. You may also call in at the Rectory for assistance during working hours, Monday to Friday. God Bless you! Annual Archdiocesan Appeal. As a sign of our Charitable consideration, let us be mindful and sup- port the needs of our mission and ministries of our Archdiocese through the Annual Archdiocesan Appeal. Our chaplains at the Guam Memorial Hospital, the prisons ministries and our seminarians, who are studying for the Priesthood who will later serve our people in the Archdiocese, all need your kind and generous support now to sustain our Mission in the Archdiocese in bringing Christ to the people and the people to Christ. YOUR NEXT SALES COULD BE FOUND HERE. CALL 646-7181 / 646-8044 YOUR NEXT SALES COULD BE FOUND HERE. ADVERTISE NOW Pregnant? Scared? & Confused? Free Pregnancy Test & Guaranteed Confidentiality SAMONTE MEDICAL CLINIC INTERNAL MEDICINE GROUP Romeo M. Samonte, MD Leopoldo C. Arcilla, MD Clarence Nelson G. Uy, MD Accepting New Patients and Walk-Ins MOST INSURANCES ACCEPTED GUAM BUSINESS CENTER TEL# 647-4533 1757 ROUTE 16 STE 106 FAX# 647-1110 HARMON, GUAM 96929 CLINIC HOURS MONDAY THRU FRIDAY: 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM SATURDAY: 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM MINIMAL WAITING TIME General Dentistry OFFICE HOURS MIKKEL TAN VY BUILDING Mon.-Fri. 9:00-12:00 #194 Chalan San Antonio 2:00-6:00 Suite 201 Tamuning, Home of the Guam Childrens Ballet Company www.ladanseguam.com OPEN: MON- SAT 11:00AM- 5:00PM SUNDAY- PLS. CALL 649- 9213 ST. ANTHONY - ST. VICTOR CHURCH Under the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Agana, Guam, USA 507 Chalan San Antonio Tamuning, Guam 96913 Phone (671) 646-7181/ 8044 E-mail [email protected] Website www.stanthonyguam.org Facebook www.facebook.com/SASVCGuam For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. - Matthew 6:21 THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF ST. ANTHONY—ST. VICTOR CHURCH VOL. 33 | ISSUE 30 | July 2, 2017 13th Sunday in Ordinary time Mass Stewardship June 25,2017 1st Collection $5,919.94 2nd Collection $1,240.15 TOTAL $7,160.09 GOOD NEWS! Dan Finucane, Liguori Publications I K i l u “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18 Scientists and theologians sometimes work the same cases. A friend of mine finished his graduate studies and did a year of postdoctoral work in the northwest. He’s a moral theologian specializing in medical ethics. He’s no armchair coach, looking at life from the sidelines: Not long after ordination, he spent time as a hospital chaplain, and he’s done night-shift ride-alongs with police officers, learning about human nature from people on the street as well as from those in the squad cars. He also worked in a facility that house criminal offenders undergoing psychiatric treatment, spending hours in group sessions led by the prison’s psychiatrist. At times they discussed inner voices they had followed, voices that had led them to commit crimes. My friend remembered vividly one conversation with the doctor after a meeting. My friend said, “These men hear voices. The founder of my religious order heard voices. From a psychiatric point of view, how do we know whether to lock people up or call them saints?” The psychiatrist had a simple response: “It depends what the voices tell them.” If you murder another human being, we’ll lock you up. If you sell everything you own and give the money to the poor, we’ll call you a saint. A lot of people may be challenged to follow your example. I’m intrigued that my friend still tells this story decades after the fact. What message is worth spreading? What insight is worth handing on year after year? Real wisdoms-truths tested against real human experience-shows where the voice of God has resonated in human hearts.

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Page 4 I Kilu

“Today’s first reading describes the offering of first fruits the people of Israel where to

present to the Lord in thanksgiving for their deliverance from Egypt and the gift of the promised

land. Is my offering at today’s Mass an appropriate response to the many blessings

the Lord has given me?

STEWARDSHIP QUOTE OF THE WEEK

From the Pastor’s Desk Today is the First Sunday of Lent.

Happy Valentine! Today February 14, Valentine’s Day is always a special day to express our love

for God and for one another. It is a special day to demonstrate our love in a meaningful way espe-

cially to those who are close and dear to us.

Please note our Lenten Schedule of Masses: Weekday Masses. Through Lent, our regular

Weekday Masses are at: 5:30a.m., 7:20a.m., 12:10p.m., and 7:00 p.m. Saturday Masses:

7:00a.m., Anticipated Mass: 7:00p.m. Sunday Masses: 6:00a.m., 8:00a.m., 9:30a.m., 11:00a.m.,

12:30p.m., 5:00p.m. and 7:00p.m.

Via Crucis (station of the cross). We invite all to join us at our Station of the cross every Friday of

Lent at 6:00pm. In the church.

Schedule of Confessions. During the Season of Lent, confessions are: 30 minutes before the

12:10p.m. Weekday Mass; 6:00 to 7:00p.m. on Saturdays; or come to our Parish Office during

working hours and inquire. You may also call in at the Rectory for assistance during working hours,

Monday to Friday. God Bless you!

Annual Archdiocesan Appeal. As a sign of our Charitable consideration, let us be mindful and sup-

port the needs of our mission and ministries of our Archdiocese through the Annual Archdiocesan

Appeal. Our chaplains at the Guam Memorial Hospital, the prisons ministries and our seminarians,

who are studying for the Priesthood who will later serve our people in the Archdiocese, all need your

kind and generous support now to sustain our Mission in the Archdiocese in bringing Christ to the

people and the people to Christ.

YOUR NEXT SALES COULD BE FOUND HERE.

ADVERTISE NOW

CALL 646-7181 / 646-8044

YOUR NEXT SALES COULD BE FOUND HERE.

ADVERTISE NOW

Pregnant? Scared? & Confused?

Free Pregnancy Test & Guaranteed

Confidentiality

SAMONTE MEDICAL CLINIC INTERNAL MEDICINE GROUP

Romeo M. Samonte, MD

Leopoldo C. Arcilla, MD

Clarence Nelson G. Uy, MD

Accepting New Patients and Walk-Ins

MOST INSURANCES ACCEPTED

GUAM BUSINESS CENTER TEL# 647-4533

1757 ROUTE 16 STE 106 FAX# 647-1110

HARMON, GUAM 96929

CLINIC HOURS

MONDAY THRU FRIDAY: 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM

SATURDAY: 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM MINIMAL WAITING TIME

General Dentistry OFFICE HOURS MIKKEL TAN VY BUILDING

Mon.-Fri. 9:00-12:00 #194 Chalan San Antonio

2:00-6:00 Suite 201 Tamuning,

Home of the Guam Children’s Ballet

Company

www.ladanseguam.com

OPEN: MON- SAT 11:00AM- 5:00PM SUNDAY- PLS. CALL 649- 9213

ST. ANTHONY - ST. VICTOR CHURCH

Under the Ecclesiastical

Jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of

Agana, Guam, USA

507 Chalan San Antonio

Tamuning, Guam 96913

Phone

(671) 646-7181/ 8044

E-mail [email protected]

Website www.stanthonyguam.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/SASVCGuam

For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. - Matthew 6:21

THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF ST. ANTHONY—ST. VICTOR CHURCH VOL. 33 | ISSUE 30 | July 2, 2017

13th Sunday in Ordinary time

Mass Stewardship

June 25,2017

1st Collection $5,919.94

2nd Collection $1,240.15

TOTAL $7,160.09

GOOD NEWS!

Dan Finucane, Liguori Publications

I K i l u

“You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the

netherworld shall not prevail against it.”

Matthew 16:18

Scientists and theologians sometimes work the same cases. A friend of

mine finished his graduate studies and did a year of postdoctoral work in the

northwest. He’s a moral theologian specializing in medical ethics. He’s no

armchair coach, looking at life from the sidelines: Not long after ordination, he

spent time as a hospital chaplain, and he’s done night-shift ride-alongs with

police officers, learning about human nature from people on the street as well

as from those in the squad cars. He also worked in a facility that house

criminal offenders undergoing psychiatric treatment, spending hours in group

sessions led by the prison’s psychiatrist. At times they discussed inner voices

they had followed, voices that had led them to commit crimes. My friend

remembered vividly one conversation with the doctor after a meeting. My

friend said, “These men hear voices. The founder of my religious order heard

voices. From a psychiatric point of view, how do we know whether to lock

people up or call them saints?” The psychiatrist had a simple response: “It

depends what the voices tell them.” If you murder another human being, we’ll

lock you up. If you sell everything you own and give the money to the poor,

we’ll call you a saint. A lot of people may be challenged to follow your

example. I’m intrigued that my friend still tells this story decades after the

fact. What message is worth spreading? What insight is worth handing on year

after year? Real wisdoms-truths tested against real human experience-shows

where the voice of God has resonated in human hearts.

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

13th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

1. The UST (Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Manila) CREED Program will be con-

ducted 15-22 July 2017 at our parish. If you are interested please leave contact infor-

mation at the parish office. More information will be forthcoming from the team.

2. Your parish desires your spiritual upliftment and growth. We trust that you empow-

er your children to grow in their faith. We are happy to have signed up for an online

service with the Augustine Institute. Please go to website (www.formed.org)

wherein you can register (one-time) and use the parish passcode (P94KZT) to view

or download hundreds of videos/audios and other resource materials. This subscrip-

tion is particularly helpful for our religious education teachers and parents, as well

as for children. Check out this awesome site and give us feedback!

3. Training on USCCB Charter and Essential Norms, Boundaries, and Mandated Report-

ing is required for everyone in parish ministry, including clergy, staff, and volun-

teers. Thank you for complying with this mandate and for your cooperation.

4. Thank you for your generous contribution to Peter’s Pence, which the Holy Father

uses to help our brothers and sisters in need around the world.

“Saints Peter and Paul worked tirelessly to spread the Gospel. Not all can be apostles,

but we, too, must be good stewards of our vocations, using the gifts we’ve been given

in the service of God’s kingdom”

dear Padre

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to Church teaching is contained in this work. It does not imply any endorsement of the opinions expressed in

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Mass Schedule

Monday - Friday

6:30 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Saturday 7:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. (Anticipated Sunday Mass) 7:30 p.m. (Neo- Catechumenal Way)

Sunday 6:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Confessions Saturday 5:00-5:45pm

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Monday to Sunday 7:00am -10pm

Pastor Msgr. James L.G. Benavente

Pastor Emeritus Msgr. Brigido U. Arroyo

Parochial Vicars Rev. Fr. Efren F. Adversario

Rev. Fr. Rudy G. Arejola

Office Personnel Linda T. Angeles

Maintenance Santiago Bagana, Jr.

Mary Ann Lee

Volunteers Priscilla Baker

Terry Estabillo

Carmen Leon Guerrero

Is it a sin to break the law?

Dear Padre,

If you break a government law, is it automatically a sin? It’s illegal to use fireworks

in my city, but every year I do it anyway. Should I mention this at reconciliation?

Joe

Dear Joe,

Strictly speaking, to break a government law does not automatically consti-

tute the definition of sin, so it needn’t be mentioned in the sacrament of recon-

ciliation. By definition, sin damages (or, with grave sin, destroys) communion

with God and the Church (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1472). Some ac-

tions may not be objectively destructive to our relationship with God and the

Church-and therefore are not sinful-but they may affect others. Church mem-

bers are part of society, which depends on its citizens to abide by the laws. Saint

Paul encouraged everyone to obey the authorities, for all authority that exists is

established by God (see Romans 13:1-7). Not all sins are equally offensive to

God; similarly, not all civil laws are equal in their gravity. To knowingly travel a

few miles over the posted speed limit isn’t the same as intentionally setting a

forest fire in a posted area. The danger is in thinking one’s actions are without

consequence. Sensible civil laws are designed to ensure the safety and well-

being of citizens, and many municipalities outlaw fireworks because of the haz-

ards they pose. When any civil law is broken for mere self-indulgence or when

breaking the law places others at ris, the act has the potential of constituting the

definition of sin. In that case, it would rightfully warrant reconciliation.

The Padre

Father Joseph Nolen, C.Ss.R