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ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

207 N Main Street, Coupeville, WA 98239 - (360) 678-6536 P O Box 1443, Coupeville, WA 98239

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm St Augustine

Spanish 1st Saturday 7:00 pm St Augustine

Sunday 8:00 am St Augustine

9:30 am St Augustine

11:15 am St Mary

Latin 2nd & 4th Sunday 11:00 am St Augustine

Mon, Thu, Fri & 1st Sat 9:00 am St Augustine

Thursday 12:10 pm St Mary

CONFESSION

Friday 8:30 am & 11:30 am

St Augustine

Saturday 4:00 pm St Augustine

3rd Sunday 12:15 pm St Mary

ANOINTING OF THE SICK & HOLY COMMUNION

Please call the Parish Office

Pastor Rev. Paul Pluth, JCL

Administration Mary A. Waters

Religious Education Coordinator Mary Rose Anderson

Music Director Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven

Receptionist Peggy McCormick

PARISH MINISTERS

Jesus te l l s us to reform and repent . Time wil l run out , and no one can ever

count on another year. Now is the t ime!

ABSTINENCE is

No Meat No Poul t ry

x x Fish i s okay

EVERY FR IDAY IN LE NT

i s a Day of Abst inence

for Cathol ics 14 years

and o lder

The Cross of Burdens is over in Harrington Hall again this Lent. Write down your burden and place it on the Cross. Our RE students will pray for you and your burdens every week during the 40 Days of Lent.

February 28, 2016

Third Sunday

of Lent Lk 13:1-9

Come & Walk the Camino by Father Paul Pluth

The Camino is the pilgrimage path to the

grave of St James the Greater, one of the 12

apostles, in Compostela, Spain - Santiago de

Compostela. There is no one route - Europe

is crisscrossed by many pilgrim paths, marked with the sign of a

scallop, the symbol of St James. I even came across an

intersection of two of the pilgrim paths in a vineyard in France!

Pilgrims walk these paths, carrying a scallop shell to let people

know they are on pilgrimage. People walk the Camino for many

reasons - for each, it is a their personal spiritual journey. Martin

Sheen starred in a movie about it - The Way - and Shirley

McClaine wrote a book about her walk, The Camino, A Journey of

the Spirit. Today, thanks to the Internet, the Camino is now

worldwide!

This Thursday, March 3, at 5:45 pm during the Soup

Supper at St Augustine, Lindy Cameron will share her

illustrated guide to “Walking the Camino”. Lindy is co-owner

of the Brilliant Moon Bookstore in Shelton, a speaker at REI,

and a presenter for Sno-Isle Libraries. Come and walk the

Camino with us this Thursday !

Today in the Jubilee of Mercy

In Luke’s Gospel today, Jesus

warns us against judging others.

Focus instead, Jesus says, on

deepening - or restoring - our

own relationship with God, for

during this Lenten springtime that Master Gardener

can use even life’s manure as fertilizer to coax from a

tree that may seem hopeless barren: us!

Week by Week through the Year of Mercy, Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

This Week at St. Mary

Sun 2/ 28 9:30 am RE gr Pre-K—6th 10:45 am Rosary 11:15 am Mass - RIP-Maria Erlinda Sarno+ 12:15 pm Confessions 12:15 pm Coffee & donuts 6:30 pm Lutheran Service

Mon 2/29 Office is Open 9:00 am-12:00 pm & 1:00-3:00 pm

Tue 3/1 5:30 pm Stations of the Cross (C) 6:00 pm Soup Supper (HH) 6:45 pm Living the Eucharist (clsrm 4)

Wed 3/2 9:00 am Bible Study-Luke (HH) 9:30 am Choir & instrument rehearsal (C) 7:00 pm Bible Study-Luke (HH)

Thu 3/3 11:30 am Rosary 12:10 pm Mass 1:00 pm Bible Study Adoration until 2:00pm

Fri 3/4 5:00 pm Stations of the Cross (C) 5:30 pm Fish Fry (HH)

Sun 3/6 9:30 am RE gr Pre-K—6th 10:45 am Rosary 11:15 am Mass 12:15 pm 1st Confessions & Confessions 12:15 pm Reception for 1st Confession families and all parishioners 6:30 pm Lutheran Service

Par i sh Stewardship

Weekly Parish Expense: $2,978

February 21 $1,943

Thank you for your gifts!

Please remember St. Mary in your will

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Our Tuesday Lenten Stations of the Cross are on Tuesdays during Lent. Stations begin at 5:30 pm in the church. See Mike Hay to sign up for leading the Stations of the Cross.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Soup Suppers are on Tuesdays during Lent. Soup begins about 6:00 pm in Harrington Hall Sign up for Soup on the sheet in Harrington Hall. Bring your own bowl and something to drink. If you have signed up to bring soup and be host, see Lisa Dugger for your specific duties during that day (set-up, clean-up).

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Our Lenten Small Group, Living the Eucharist follows the Soup Night supper at 6:45 pm through March 15th, in classroom #4

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Lenten Fish Fries The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring Stations of the Cross and Lenten Fish Fries on Friday nights. Join

the Knights to pray the Stations at 5:00 pm and for dinner at 5:30 pm each Friday through March 18th. All proceeds will go to support the St. Mary pilgrim for World Youth Day.

“ Please come and shop at the craft

table in Harrington Hall after Mass

during Lent and support our pilgrim

Katherine Morales for World Youth Day!

There is something new every week so come check

things out!

March Mass Intention/RIP Request

Thu - Mar 10 - INT - Jones & Price families-for

the loss of a loved one in each family

It might be an act of faith to believe you’ll have enough

money to pay your credit card bill at the end of the month!

The success of the campaign (it was repeated the following

year) suggests that belief itself has a kind of magic or charm,

regardless of the object of that belief.

There may be something to this. It is human nature to

believe, after all, and human dignity demands a respect for

belief as part of the human person. But we also know that

placing faith in an unworthy object can diminish people,

and leave them empty and disappointed. Beliefs give shape

to our commitments and guide our actions. Beliefs that

matter must be grounded in truth.

TO BELIEVE IS TO TRUST

To believe, credere in Latin, is to trust. It is to give one’s

heart to something. In the Eucharist on Sundays we profess

our faith, saying “I believe.” We say this together to affirm

that we are believers together. At times my personal faith

may be weak. The faith of others supports me. At other

times it is my faith that provides the support for those

around me. Believing is a community project.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church affirms that “faith

needs the community of believers” (CCC 1253). Infants are

baptized based on the faith of their parents. The Church

community walks with catechumens on their journey of

faith. Even to the end of our days, sharing faith is important.

It is no accident that the funeral rites make reference to the

faith of the person who has died. The journey is long, but it

leads us to God, in whom we have placed our trust. Blessed

are those who have given their heart to this something—a

faith that leads beyond death, to eternal life.

THE CREED AT SUNDAY MASS

The Creed that we say at Sunday Mass is a wonderful

witness to the multi-faceted nature of Christian believing.

What is most personal to each individual—the trust I

give to God’s revelation—is also something universal,

shared with millions of other believers. In a day and age

when people try to “make their mark” by being different,

the Creed is counter-cultural. What the Creed gives us

is something that individuality and personal flair can

never provide: the strength that comes from a believing

community. Christians in some parts of the world have

been professing their faith at Sunday Mass since the fourth

century. The Creed has deep roots.

The Apostles’ Creed is a summary of the profession of faith

made in Baptism. Therefore, every time we say the Creed we

should remember our dignity as the baptized. The Creed

tells our story. The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed was

composed as an expression of the faith of the bishops

gathered at the Council of Contantinople in the fourth

Belief and BelongingA few years ago, a popular department store launched an

advertising campaign at the holiday season centered on a logo made

up of the word “Believe!” �is cheerful exclamation emblazoned on

shopping bags and the like might suggest believing in Santa Claus,

or yourself, or, really, anything.

3T H E T H I R D S U N D A Y O F L E N TL I V I N G T H E E U C H A R I S T ■ Y E A R C

AUTHOR ■ Rita Ferrone is an award-winning writer and speaker in the areas of liturgy, catechesis, and renewal in the Roman Catholic Church.

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century. Its precise expressions concerning each Person of

the Trinity guard and protect us from false ideas (heresies)

and keep us grounded in the truth that sets us free. Today,

either may be used at Sunday Mass.

Within the flow of the liturgy, the profession of faith

follows the homily. Coming as it does after the Word of

God, it affirms God’s revelation. The Creed also prepares us

to enter into the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the second great

section of the Mass. At the center of the Creed stands the

Paschal Mystery—Christ’s death and resurrection—which is

the pivot on which the whole revelation turns. The Paschal

Mystery is the heart of the Eucharist. Thus, the Creed points

us forward, to the Eucharist.

WHAT’S IN THE CREED?

The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed consists of four

parts. Each person of the Trinity—Father, Son, and Spirit—

is named, and their interrelationships are named as well.

The unique work of each Divine Person for our salvation is

recalled. The fourth part of the Creed concerns the Church

and her beliefs. It may surprise some that belief in the

Church is an article of faith. Yet the Church is indeed part

of the mystery of Christ. Gift from the heart of God, the

Church is integral to the work of Jesus Christ and the Holy

Spirit in the world. It continues to the end of time.

At various moments in our faith journey, specific articles

of the Creed can stand out and call us to more abundant

life. Here are some examples: After the tragic attack on the

World Trade Center in New York City on 9/11, some people

heard our profession of faith in “one God” as a call to

solidarity with all monotheistic religions: it became a key

to reconciliation. A passion for the natural environment

has made some acutely aware of affirming God as “maker

of heaven and earth”: it has become a call to stewardship of

the gifts of the earth. After burying a loved one, some hear

the affirmation of “the resurrection of the dead and the life

of the world to come” as a fresh promise: it has become

REFLECT

Try this exercise at home, as a way to hear the

Creed afresh: At every point where it says “I believe”

substitute the words “I put my trust.” What insights

occur to you, when you consider the Creed in light

of trust?

ACT

Memorize the Creed. In the early Church the Creed

was never written down on paper or parchment,

but “retained in the hearts of the faithful” (Rufinus,

Commentary on the Apostles’ Creed, 4th century). Get

to know it “by heart.”

PRAY

Giver of the gift of faith, we thank you for the

Creed, and for the Church that has passed it on to

us. Let it be our strong support in the midst of life.

Help us to bear witness to our common faith, by

all we say and do.

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an occasion of healing and hope. How has the faith we

affirm in the Creed called you to more abundant life? Each

person has particular moments of insight. Although we say

“Yes” to all of it at once, we realize the power of what we

proclaim only a little at a time.

St. Mary 2nd Graders are making First Confession. Two students are receiving this sacrament for the first time March 6th. Please keep these children in your prayers. Also, remember to allow them and their family members ahead of the line to confession after Mass next Sunday.

Then join us afterward for a celebration of this sacred event in the children’s lives. There will be a special reception with some light food, a sheet cake, coffee and juice after the children’s and family members’ reconciliation next week.

Families with Spanish Speaking Adults can purchase the Spanish versions of both the YouCat

(a young adult book of the Catholic Church’s Catechism)

and the St. Jerome Bible for a discounted sum of $10/

per set. St. Mary’s currently has only ten sets available,

so first come first serve. If the cost of $10 is prohibi+ve,

contact Mary Rose 515-451--3749.

Learning different kinds of Catholic Prayer.

The K—6th grade religious education students this Lent are learning about a variety of different prayer forms in their Catholic Tradition. Last Sunday Lyle and Fran Kendall of St. Mary taught them the ba-sics of Eucharistic Adoration and the children practiced sitting quietly for a few minutes in adoration. This Sunday, the chil-dren are learning about the Rosary watching an animated “Brother Francis” DVD on it. Next week they focus on Nove-nas. This Lenten season, they will also learn about saying chap-lets, focusing on the Diving Mercy, and about Litanies.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP FOR ST. MARY PARISH

If someone you love has died, either recently or in the past, you may be

interested in a bereavement support group here at St. Mary’s.

Sometimes we don’t realize that it might be comforting and healing to

be part of a supportive group with others who have also experienced

loss.

Father Paul is interested in starting such a support group. It will be

based on Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt’s series on “Understanding Your Grief.”

Parishioners Matt and Shari Lowder will be facilitating the group. Shari

is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with emphasis on grief

counseling and bereavement. Matt is a trained Hospice volunteer and

group facilitator.

There will be an information meeting on Thursday,

March 10 following the 12:10 Mass at St. Mary.

There is no obligation to become part of a group. This would be a time

to ask questions and find out if you or someone you know might be

interested in such a group at the parish. Please invite friends to attend.

March Daily Readings 2016

1 – Tue – 3rd

wk of Lent

Dn 3:25, 34-43

Ps 25:4-5ab, 6 7bc, 8-9

Mt 18:21-35

2 – Wed – 3rd

wk of Lent

Dt 4:1, 5-9

Ps 147:12-13. 15-16. 19-20

Mt 5:17-19

3 – Thu – 3rd

wk of Lent

Jer 7:23-28

Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9

Lk 11:14-23

4 – Fri – 3rd

wk of Lent

Hos 14:2-10

Ps 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 & 17

5 – Sat – 3rd

wk of Lent

Hos 6:1-6

Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab

Lk 18:9-14

6 – 4th

Sunday of Lent

Jos 5:9a, 10-12

Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

2 Cor 5:17-21

Lk 15:1-3, 11-32

4th

Sunday of Lent - Year A Scrutinies

1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7. 10-13a

Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6

Eph 5:8-14

Jn 9:1-41

7 – Mon – 4th

wk of Lent

Is 65:17-21

Ps 30:2 & 4, 5-6, 11-12a & 13b

Jn 4:43-54

8 – Tue – 4th

wk of Lent

Ez 47:1-9, 12

Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9

Jn 5:1-16

9 – Wed – 4th

wk of Lent

Is 49:8-15

Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18

Jn 5:17-30

10 – Thu – 4th

wk of Lent

Ex 32:7-14

Ps 106:19-20, 21-22, 23

Jn 5:31-47

11 – Fri – 4th

wk of Lent

Wis 2:1a, 12-22

Ps 34:17-18, 19-20, 21 & 23

Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

12 – Sat – 4th

wk of Lent

Jer 11:18-20

Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12

Jn 7:40-53

13 – 5th

Sunday of Lent

Is 43:16-21

Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6

Phil 3:8-14

Jn 8:1-11

5th

Sunday of Lent – Year A Scrutinies

Ez 37:12-14

Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8

Rom 8:8-11

Jn 11:1-45

14 – Mon – 5th

wk of Lent

Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or Dn

13:41c-62

Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6

Jn 8:12-20 or Jn 8:1-11

15 – Tue – 5th

wk of Lent

Nm 21:4-9

Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21

Jn 8:21-30

16 – Wed – 5th

wk of Lent

Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95

Ps 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56

Jn 8:31-42

17 – Thu – 5th

wk of lent

Gn 17:3-9

Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9

Jn 8:51-59

18 – Fri – 5th

wk of Lent

Jer 20:10-13

Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7

Jn 10:31-42

19 – Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband

of the Blessed Virgin Mary

2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16

Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 & 29

Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22

Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

20 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

Gspl-Procession w/palms

Lk 19:28-40

Rdg 1- Is 50:4-7

Resp – Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24

Rdg 2 – Phil 2:6-11

Gospel – Lk 22:14—23:56

21 – Mon – Holy Week

Is 42:1-7

Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14

Jn 12:1-11

22 – Tue – Holy Week

Is 49:1-6

Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 & 17

Jn 13:21-33, 36-38

23 – Wed – Holy Week

Is 50:4-9a

Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 & 33-34

Mt 26:14-25

24 – Holy Thursday

Chrism Mass

Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9

Ps 89:21-22, 25 & 27

Rv 1:5-8

Lk 4:16-21

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Ex 12:1-8, 11-14

Ps 116:12-13, 15-16c, 17-18

1 Cor 11:23-26

Jn 13:1-15

25 – Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion

Is 52:13—53:12

Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25

Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9

Jn 18:1—19:42

26 – Holy Saturday - At the Easter Vigil

in the Holy Night of Easter

Rdg 1-Gn 1:1—2:2 or Gn 1:1, 26-31a

Resp-Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24,

25 or Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20 & 22

Rdg 2-Gn 22:1-18 or Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-

13, 15-18

Resp-Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11

Rdg 3-Ex 14:15—15:1

Resp-Ex 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18

Rdg 4-Is 54:5-14

Resp-Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13

Rdg 5-Is 55:1-11

Resp-Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6

Rdg 6-Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4

Resp-Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11

Rdg 7-Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28

Resp-42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 or Is 12:2-3,

4abcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-13, 14-115, 18-

19

Epistle-Rom 6:3-11

Resp-Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23

Gospel – Lk 24:1-12

27 – The Resurrection of the Lord

The Mass of Ester Day

Acts 10:34a, 37-43

Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23

Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8

Jn 20:1-9

28 – Mon – Octave of Easter

Acts 2:14, 22-23

Ps 16:1-2a & 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11

Mt 28:8-15

29 – Tue – Octave of Easter

Acts 2:36-41

Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20 & 22

Jn 20:11-18

30 – Wed – Octave of Easter

Acts 3:1-10

Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9

Lk 24:13-35

31 – Thu – Octave of Easter

Acts 3:11-26

Ps 8:2ab & 5, 6-7, 8-9

Lk 24:35-48

March Event Calendar

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1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 31

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10 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 30

April 2016

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28

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ar 5

Feb 28 29 Mar 1 2 3 4 5

Office closed

5:30pm Stations of the Cross (CH)

6:00pm Soup Night

6:45pm Lenten Small Group (Clsrm 5)

9:00am 10:30am Bible Study - Luke

9:30am 10:00am Instrumental/chior rehearsal (

6:15pm Young Peoples RE gr 7-11

7:00pm 8:30pm Bible Study - Luke

11:30am Rosary

12:10pm Mass

12:45pm -2pm is Adoration

7:00pm K of C Officers mtg


5:30pm Fish Fry (HH)

4:00pm Confession (@ St. A's)

Mar

6 -

12

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

CRSCollection

9:30am RE gr Pre-K--6th

10:45am Rosary

11:15am Mass

12:15pm 1st Confession students& families then all par

12:15pm Reception for !st Confe

6:30pm Lutheran Service

Office closed


6:00pm Soup Night



9:30am 10:00am Instrumental/chior rehearsal (CH)


11:30am Rosary

12:10pm Mass INT - Price & Jones families & for their losses of a loved one


7:00pm K of C general mtg




Mar

13

- 19

13 14 15 16 17 18 19


10:45am Rosary

11:15am Mass

12:15pm Coffee & donuts

12:15pm Confessions (CH)


Office closed

5:30pm Stations of the Cross - Led by the RE gr. Pre-K-6 (CH)

6:00pm Soup Night



9:30am 10:00am Instrumental/chior rehearsal (

6:15pm Young Peoples RE gr 7-11


11:30am Rosary

12:10pm Mass





Mar

20

- 26

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Passion/Palm Sunday


10:45am Rosary

11:15am Mass


Office closed


6:00pm Soup Night

Holy Thursday

2:00pm Mass

6:00pm 6:30pm Mass

Good Friday

2:00pm Adoration of the Cross

4:00pm Confession - Cancelled (@ St. A's)

Mar

27

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pr 2

27 28 29 30 31 Apr 1 2

Happy Easter

10:45am Rosary

11:15am Mass


Office closed 6:15pm Young Peoples RE gr 7-11

11:30am Rosary

12:10pm Mass


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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