St Leo Church A Jesuit Parish 710 South 13th Street Tacoma, Washington 98405 November 9, 2014 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Phone: (253) 272-5136 Fax: (253) 272-6285 www.stleoparish.org PASTORAL COUNCIL Chair: Brittany Henderson Jacquie Armstrong Eugena Buena-Douglas Christie Flynn Sarah Gallup-Stowell Patrick Keely Kevin Moore Kathleen O’Connor Susan Preciso Dick Reed Virginia Stowell Artee Young PARISH STAFF (& phone extension) Pastor: Fr. Steve Lantry, S.J. (106) Parochial Vicar: Fr. Jim Harbaugh, S.J.(114) Deacon: Michael Riggio Faith Formation: Dotti Krist-Sterbick (110) email: [email protected] Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Trinka Hamel (104) Youth Formation: James Harper (111) Social Ministry: Rick Samyn (102) Pastoral Care: Demetra Schwieger (103) Food Connection Director: Kevin Glackin-Coley (383-5048) Music Director: Anna De Foe (112) Office Coordinator: Theresa McDermott-Erskine (107) Maintenance: Kevin McKim and Dan Blachly (105) LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST Monday through Friday & Holydays - 12:10 PM Saturday Vigil - 5:00 PM Sunday 8 AM and 10:30 AM Native Community Mass - Sunday - 1:30 PM St. Leo Parish is a safe and welcoming place for the LGBTQ community. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays- 3:00 - 4:00 PM or by appointment CALL FOR INFORMATION ( 272-5136 for any staff person ) Call Dotti Krist-Sterbick (ext 110) Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) NVC and Faith Sharing Groups Adult Formation Infant Baptism Children’s Catechumenate Call Trinka Hamel (ext. 104) Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (age 3 to grade 5) Oct-May 1st Reconciliation:(children 7+) Family preparation in fall. 1st Eucharist:(children 7+) Family preparation winter/Spring. Call James Harper (ext. 111) Youth Ministry (Jr. High grade 6-8. Sr High grades 9-12) Groups meet Oct. - May. Call Theresa McDermott-Erskine (ext.107) Parish Registration: new members, updates. Call Demetra Schwieger (ext. 103) Funeral Arrangements Pastoral Care Visits Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick: to arrange for a priest Health Care Ministries: Parish Nurses: Kathy Hitchcock, 564-3785, Eileen Weeg, 253-820-4141 (including blood pressure checks, prayer shawls) Call Fr. Jim Harbaugh (ext. 114) Marriage Preparation (contact at least 6 months prior to wedding) Annulments Kathy Hitchcock 564-3785. Sacramental Records Maria Luisa Kirchmer (vm 311). Prayer Line: Mary Means 564-5911 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN UPDATES A Place Like Home Where we come to share our story Campaign Goal $1,775,000 $1,626,537 as of November 5, 2014 92% of goal Top 10 Reasons Why We Love St. Leo’s By Paula Olson with help from brother Bill Kerrigan 10. Perfect altar view. Pew jockeying just doesn’t happen at St. Leo’s. Several rows of chairs and pews in the front make the church experience start off with accessibility and ease. 9. A Jesuit church. After Dad got back from World War II, he graduated from Loyola University and became a devote Catholic. My oldest, Ken Tuckfield, graduated from Bellarmine Prep, implanting Jesuit loyalty for another generation. Even Pope Francis knows Jesuits rule! 8. Lovely politics. Home of Father Bix and nuclear resistance, non-violent communications, equality of humans regardless of who they love or what they suffer from. No harping about unborn babies, who should be excluded, or premature dying. 7. Nice selection of ministry options. If you’re in the mood to help someone, St. Leo’s is the place for you. You can help the homeless, the pets of the homeless, the hungry, the displaced, the newly released from prison, the intellectually disabled, the elderly, the mentally ill and physically ill. You can donate money, make sandwiches, knit prayer scarfs, give food, visit people or bring them to church. You can sing, sew, color, bring your crèches at Christmas, arrange flowers, pass out the Eucharist and read. 6. L’Arche. Okay, I’m partial. I love L’Arche in so many ways. I am particularly grateful to the core members and assistants who paved the acceptance of Bill so he can live a few moments of his lifelong dream of priesthood by taking up his food offering wearing his makeshift “stole.” 5. St. Leo’s liturgies. We love the choir, the music, and the song selections, especially the ones Bill knows by heart. Those are the times when he asks me, “Did I sing good?” We love the Gospel dances, the Food for the Journeys, Blessing of the Animals, and a favorite, when the children and teens lead the liturgy. We’re a parish that can really belt out a song or a welcome. No limp murmuring at St. Leo’s! 4. Feeling of belonging. There is nowhere else my family, including my holidays-only husband, Rob, feels so accepted and part of a church family,. We love watching the other side of the church grow up and grow old. We worry about whom we don’t see and cheer when they return. 3. Our priests, Father Steve and Father Jim. Even though Bill thinks Steve is a little short and Jim has a lot of gray hair, they are wonderful spiritual leaders. Thank you for introducing me to Our Lady of Costco, poetry, the language of the Gospel, and the wisdom and hope of sober priests. These men walk the talk. 2. Rich simplicity. I love our church building and its history, especially the baptismal font. The decorations are colorful without being distracting. No gimmicks, no gilded gold. We are a home to praise God, to serve God, and to serve each other. 1. The real presence of God. St. Leo is full of the breath and warmth of God, which I inhale greedily each time I enter and fill myself with God’s peace, strength, and love. I walk out ready to live the Word. If this is who we are with our current facilities, just think of the possibilities with our new building! Break open those piggy banks and wallets and let’s blast through to 100% goal! The Social Justice Page On Social Justice: Tacoma City Council to Hear Paid Sick Leave Bill—Make Your Voice Count On Tuesday, November 18th Tacoma City Council will have a hearing on the proposed Paid Sick Leave Ordinance. This is an opportunity to give voice to this social justice issue. Catholic Social Teaching tells us that we have an obligation to ensure that laborers secure a reasonable wage for their labor and are afforded a decent quality of life. This should include the option of having paid sick days afforded to them within reason. To think that in this city, and country, we still have not supplied workers with this basic right is simply unjust and frankly poor business practice. In one report in www.boston.com it stated that currently, 90 percent of restaurant workers report not having paid sick days, and 60% report having to work while sick. Affording sick days to workers is the right thing to do. The National Partnership for Women and families reports that the 2012 Paid Sick Day Ordinance passed in Seattle covers 450.000 workers and 70% of employers report no administrative difficulties and no evidence that the law has a negative impact on the economy. Let’s have Paid Sick Days for workers be the norm in Tacoma. Make you support known and attend the hearing at Tacoma City Hall Tuesday, Nov. 18th - 5:30 pm in the Council Chambers! For more information visit: http://healthytacoma.net/ And or visit the Social Ministry Kiosk. Meetings continue in support of a Living Wage (15-Tacoma Now) The cost of living keeps rising and our wages are stagnating. If minimum wage had kept up with inflation, it would now be $22/hr. Corporate profits have never been higher. They can afford to pay at least $15. The campaign needs your help to win though. Big business will fight. Where: First United Methodist Church 621 Tacoma Ave South, Around Back When: Saturdays from 4:00pm to 5:30 pm Contact Sarah for more info: 253-973-8153 Like us on face-book to stay updated on events "15 Now Tacoma" Legislative Advocacy: In progress St. Leo’s will be working with the non-profit agency Sound Alliance on Mental Health Services issues and with the Environmental Priorities Coalition and Earth Ministry on environmental issues. Stay tuned! Emergency Services: September Budget Report Income: St. Leo Budget line item— $ 500.00 St. Vincent de Paul— $ 1,055.00 Other Donations— $ 1,106.00 Total Income— $ 2,661.60 Expenses: WA IDs— Local Transportation— Prescriptions— Toiletries— Rent— Educational/Work Assist— Utility Assist— Screening Fee Apt.— Birth Cert.— Agency Assist— Total Expense— End of Month Bal.— $ 419.00 $ 893.64 $ 144.78 $ 34.34 $ 275.00 $ 544.59 $ 150.00 $ 214.00 $ 107.00 $ 150.00 $ 2,932.44 $ (270.84) Devotion to the Our Lady of Guadalupe: Our Lady of Guadalupe is a foundational image of the struggle of those on society’s margins: struggling workers and indigenous who are seeking to have a real voice in society and the work place. Our lady of Guadalupe was a faith filled response to the oppressions inflicted on the marginalized of 16th century Mexican Society. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Americas. Her feast day is Friday, December 12th. She has been the support and hope for many who have struggled for just wages and better working conditions for farm laborers. In our faith tradition (particularly our belief in the Communion of the Saints) the intercession of Our Lady has always been invoked in the struggle for land reform world wide. Next month we celebrate her feast day and we want to bring forth this rich faith tradition. Help us in this celebration by sharing with us your faith story and any struggles for justice and peace in which Our Lady of Guadalupe has played an important part. Let us know by contacting Rick Samyn at: (253) 2725136 #102 or via email at: [email protected] St. Leo Church -November 9, 2014 Daily Scripture Readings A Jesuit Parish Sunday November 9 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17 John 2:13-22 ...a Catholic community centered in the Eucharist, enriched by diversity,committed to Gospel values, and continually seeking to be Christ’s servant presence in the world. Monday November 10 St. Leo the Great Titus 1:1-9 Luke 17:1-6 Tuesday November 11 St. Martin of Tours Titus 2:1-8, 11-14 Luke 17:7-10 Wednesday November 12 St. Josaphat Titus 3:1-7 Luke 17:11-19 Thursday November 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Philemon 7-20 Luke 17:20-25 Friday November 14 St. Joseph Pignatelli 2 John 4-9 Luke 17:26-37 Saturday November 15 3 John 5-8 Luke 18:1-8 Sunday November 16 Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 Matthew 25:14-30 Iryne Johnson “Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” John Medved James Kors Myra Doak Pearl Rose Bonnie Riordon Joanne Dion Frank Briden Alfredo Alarcon Frank Paul Marie Cain November 2004 November 2005 November 2008 November 2011 November 2012 November 2012 November 2012 November 2013 November 2013 November 2013 Wiliam Call, Pat Tyson, Joe Samyn, Joann Saucedo, Clarence Snodgrass, Susan Nowak, Christina Davis, Lynda McCormick, Elaine Wilson, Mary Rutter, Cindy Cornwell, Sam Jablonski, Bernice Fox, Josie Stortini, Beatrice Roy, Hannah Rajacich, Valerie Wolfe Royster, Bob Armbruster, Kathleen Russell, Christopher Lasher, Katie Rutter, Pam McCauley, Hermine Soler, Brendan Gallagher, Sr Pat Walsh, Dave McCormick, Robert Young, Brenda Edlund, Susan Frey,Dick Matthaei, Winfred Clere, Fred Montgomery, Sue Ford, Sharon Higgins, Helen Hoppa, Mary Means. BIRTHDAYS COMING UP! Sunday Collection (for fiscal year 2014-2015) Last Week’s Collection Total: $15,900.69 Collected Year to Date $251,815.52 Total Budgeted Year to Date $257,220.00 Net Difference + or (-) (-$5,404.48) Nov 15 Eugena Douglas, Brian Edwards, Stanley Hatten, Peter Kram, Kathy Manke, Adelia Orr, Juan Pinos Aguirre, Jennifer Spencer, Teri Wiseman-Kuhlman. Nov 16 Thomas Griffith, Brennan Hines, Jaime Tamayo. Nov 17 Mary Harburg-Petrich, Beverly Heinrich, Charles Heinrich, Laura Loper, Richard Rivera, Curtis Sandstrom. Nov 18 Bridgette Cooper, Brittany Cooper, Kevin McGuire, Josie Stortini. Nov 19 Alex Caffey, Tom Dowd, Molly Foote, Ginger Kennedy, Leilani King, Matthew McAuley, Kathryn Vanderhorst. Nov 20 Kristen Briejer, Shay Glackin-Coley, Hannah Hunthausen, Ellen Johannessen, David Ramsey, James Riddick, Hugh Weber Nov 21 Lunette Birrenkott, Sierra Christiansan, Zygen Christiansan, Dotti Krist-Sterbick, Kevin McKim, Nicholas Mundell, We remember in prayer those serving in the military in Afghanistan: Milan Franklin, Savannah Huffman, Keith James Jr., Curtis Long,Roy McMahon, Owen Rocke, James Shockley, Alex Straub and Bruce Clark. If you would like someone added to this list please contact Rick at 272-5136 or email [email protected]. Thursday Faith Sharing Group The Thursday Faith Sharing Group will meet weekly during Advent at 10:30 am in the Morin Rm. We will be using the Irish Jesuits Sacred Space for Advent. If you are interested in joining us, call Colleen Mulligan at 253-2829033 or email her at colleenmulligan7876@ comcast.net. Welcome to these most recent additions to our Raggedy Band of Believers: Marge Barzar John & Jen Malasmas Michelle Talmadge Gary White and Family Women’s Retreat Opportunity: Peace Days for Women, “Pray Always—Pray All Ways” led by Sisters Carmel Little, CSJP, Kathleen Pruitt, CSJP, and Jo-Anne Miller, CSJP Navigating the Holidays after Divorce. Friday December 5th, beginning at 7pm - Sunday, December 7th, ending at 3pm. A weekend retreat designed for women who have experienced divorce in the last 5 years. Wednesday, November 19, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at St. Mary-on-the-Lake Peace and Spirituality Center, 1663 Killarney Way, Bellevue. Free-will offering. Bring a sack lunch, coffee and tea provided. We encourage you to carpool. To register or for more information contact Diane Figaro at 425-635-3603 or e-mail [email protected] For more information, go to www. SursumCordaRetreats.com or call Carol Guenther at 253-318-7158. ASSEMBLY ON HOMELESSNESS invited community leader: Mayor Jim Ferrell of Federal Way Tuesday, November 11th(Veterans Day) 7:00 - 8:00 PM at St. Vincent de Paul Parish Assembly will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. and end at 8:00 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Parish is located at 30525 8th Ave. South in Federal Way. Will our community’s leaders work with us to address our concerns? Sound Alliance leaders and their allies will make a proposal to Federal Way’s Mayor to work together to develop a day shelter-hygiene center. This facility would provide showers, laundry, and other basic services, as well as being a public place where existing social service providers can meet with community members during the day. Contact: Peter Hasegawa, Sound Alliance at [email protected] or 206-307-9942 Linda Parrish at [email protected] (253)241-9533 Annual Holiday Market is coming up Nov. 21-23 Consider your choices when you shop this holiday season: Invest in your community and the world. St. Leo Parish and Urban Grace Church will present their annual Holiday Market on the weekend of Nov. 21-23 in the Great Room at Catholic Community Services, 1323 S. Yakima Ave. in Tacoma. The market hours are: Friday, Nov. 21, 4:00-7:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 3:00-7:00 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. The Market will feature Fair Trade and locally-sourced products. Vendors include Fair Trade Winds, Ten Thousand Villages, Giraffe, Theo Chocolate, King’s Books, L’Arche and many more. Admission is free. Do your holiday shopping in a way that promotes justice for people locally and globally. NEW THIS YEAR: On Friday evening, Nov. 21, from 5:00-7:00 p.m., we will be hosting Ice Cream Social. You can take a break from your shopping to enjoy delicious locallymade ice cream with toppings made from Fair Trade ingredients. You won’t want to miss this! For more information about the Holiday Market, contact Jennifer Dean at 253-272-2184 x101 or [email protected]. We still need volunteers for all shifts, as well as set-up and tear-down. If you can help, see the sign-up sheets in the hospitality area or contact Shannon Brennan at 253-2274681 or [email protected]. St. Leo’s Club invites you to join them for the annual Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Trip Saturday December 13th Now is the time to reserve your space on the tour bus to Leavenworth for the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Festival. The St. Leo's club is sponsoring this bus trip to Leavenworth on Saturday December 13th. We will leave the church parking lot at 8:30 AM. The bus will leave Leavenworth after the big tree lighting ceremony around 5-5:30 PM. We will return to St. Leo approximately 8:30 PM. The cost for the trip is $30 per person. We arrive in Leavenworth in plenty of time for you to have the whole afternoon to shop, explore and eat some great German food. Come and join us for a good time! Sign-up sheets are in the Hospitality Area. (This trip usually fills up early so sign-up now to insure a seat). Ignatian Spirituality and Non-Violent Communication Parish-wide retreat With Fr. Michael Lynch S.J. and Sura Hart November 16th 1:30 - 5 PM CCS Building Several people have asked about ordering a LGBTQ Group t-shirt. We are elated by the show of support for our group and your willingness to be a witness to our inclusiveness at St. Leo’s. We are going to put in a FINAL t-shirt order on November 26th. If you are interested in ordering a t-shirt, please fill out the coupon below and send it to Heidi Erdmann, c/o St. Leo’s LGBTQ Group, St.Leo Church, 710 South 13th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405. Advanced payment is requested. Please make checks out to Heidi Erdmann. Be sure to indicate your size and whether you are ordering a Ladies or Men’s. Note that prices are slightly higher for sizes 2X and larger. Pricing Information $15.00 for sizes Small to XL $18.00 for sizes XXL and larger Name: Phone Number: Email Address: Quantity Size Ladies or Men’s 1) 2) 3) Total Price: Price Invites you to join us in the annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Gathering of Gratitude Int 7:00 pm, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at Temple Beth El 5975 South 12th St. | Tacoma, WA 98465 Join us as we come together in peace and community at Thanksgiving to explore, reflect and give thanks for our blessings. J Thank For more than a quarter of a century, this annual service has brought together people of many faith traditions. The gathering will include participants from the Bahá’í, Catholic, Center for Spiritual Living, The Church of Jesus Chris of Latter Day Saints, Jewish, Muslim, Native American, Protestant, Sufi, Unitarian Universalist and other faith traditions. For brough in Spirit A reception and fellowship time will follow the service. For more information please call (253) 426-1506 or email [email protected] 901 South 13th Street Tacoma, WA 98405 www.associatedministries.org Ever thought about becoming a Foster Parent? Come to a free open house to learn more about what it takes and how to become licensed. Safe, loving homes are desperately needed for children while their families gain the skills necessary to care for them. We are in most need of families that can offer a home to infants, sibling groups and/or medically fragile kids. Open house starts at 5:30 every third Thursday at Catholic Community Services, 1323 S. Yakima. Tacoma 98405. Questions? Call Beverly at (253) 502-2745.
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