January 11, 2015
St Leo Church A Jesuit Parish 710 South 13th Street Tacoma, Washington 98405 January 11, 2015 Baptism of the Lord 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 The Social Justice Page On Social Justice: The Dignity of Work –The Struggle for Employment From time to time I have highlighted job-seekers in our social justice page. As so many of you know securing employment is difficult. Self promotion is hard to do and it is particularly difficult when someone is starting their life over due to unforeseen circumstances or has migrated to a new world with unfamiliar challenges. Ms. A is a hard working, smart and motivated individual. This is a sharp women with good management and people skills. I should know as she interned for me at St. Leo Emergency Services. She has experience in retail management, supervision and staff training. She presents with a steady work history and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Washington. I have her resume and contact information on file! Mr. R is new to this country but not to hard work and experience. He holds a civil engineer license form the Philippines. He has accumulated about 40 years of work experience in construction, steel fabrication, project cost estimations and crew supervision. Mr. R is looking for a new start here in the state of Washington. He is legally in this country with his wife and they live with their daughter here in Tacoma. Resume and contact information for Mr. R is available as well. Gifs for the Journey (GFJ) 2014 -THANK YOU This past Advent Season our parish raise a total of $20, 974.00 for the agencies and program supported through our Gift for the Journey Program. GFJ has been such a wonderful way of showing on-going support to community programs that have been rooted in our neighborhood for many year. Thanks again for your support and we hope to have the presentation of these gifts the weekend of January 17th and 18th. St. Leo’s Emergency Services December 2014 Budget Report Income: St. Leo Budget line item— St. Vincent de Paul— Other Donations— Total Income— $ 500.00 $ 1,680.00 $* 11,020.00 $ 13,200.00 Expenses: WA IDs— Local Transportation— Prescriptions— Birth Certs.— Rent— Apt. Screen Fee— Furniture— Educational/Work Assist— Agency Assist— Out of State Trans. St. Vincent de Paul— Utility Assistance— Total Expense— $ 613.00 $ 1,725.47 $ 150.97 $ 90.00 $ 1,825.00 $ 90.00 $ 150.00 $ 362.65 $ 91.04 $ 191.50 $ 60.00 $ 71.46 $ 5,421.09 End of Month Bal.— $ 7,778.91 We received a generous gift of $10,000 from the HRH Foundation of Menlo Park, CA. On the Environment: Let’s be forward thinking on care for Creation and envision a sustainable future for all. The News Tribune often catches my eye with articles concerning the environment and issues of sustainability. In an article posted on January 2nd - “GMO crops in works the bypass regulation” I was taken –a-back by such profit driven schemes that have no regard for longterm consequences. The spirit of current regulations on the releasing of GMO products into the environment is to try to safeguard the environment from unintended consequences of the release of unknown organisms. Yet according to TNT companies like Scotts are cranking out products that for all intent and purpose are GMO just with the process tweaked to skirt regulations. The article goes on to note a company by the name of Cellectis Plant Science secured an “exemption” to develop a potato that will make French fries “heathier” WOW—is that shallow or what!!!! Maybe the better idea would be to eat heathy, proportionate food to maintain health body & mind and commit to being stewards and guardians of Creation. Maybe we need to make a market for that sort of thinking! Blessings to you All Interfaith Conversation on Israel-Palestine sponsored by Associated Ministries • Mountain View Lutheran Church • Muslim Student Association of University of Washington, Tacoma • Pacific Lutheran University • Temple Beth El • University of Puget Sound 5:00–7:30 p.m. • Sunday, January 25, 2015 University of Puget Sound 1500 North Warner Street, Tacoma, Washington 98416 Upper Marshall Hall in the Wheelock Student Center Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, Spehar-Halligan Visiting Professor of Ecumenical Collaboration in Interreligious Dialogue at Seattle University, and former General Secretary of the National Council of Churches will help set the context. SCHEDULE 5:00 - 5:10 5:10 - 5:50 5:50 - 6:15 welcome context dinner (provided) 6:15 - 7:00 7:00 - 7:20 7:20 - 7:30 table conversation report back closing/next steps To RSVP or for more information, please visit http://associatedministries.org/event/interfaith-conversation-on-israel-palestine/ Daily Scripture Readings Sunday January 11 The Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 Acts 10:34-38 Mark 1:7-11 Monday January 12 Hebrews 1:1-6 Mark 1:14-20 Tuesday January 13 Hebrews 2:5-12 Mark 1:21-28 St. Leo Church - January 11, 2015 A Jesuit Parish ...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. Mark Your Calendars - St. Leo All Commission Meeting The Pastoral Council invites everyone who is currently serving on any of the St. Leo Commissions to the Annual All Commission Meeting. Tuesday, January 27, 2015 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. in the Hospitality Area Pizza and salad will be served. Please R.S.V.P. to Brittany Henderson: [email protected] Wednesday January 14 Hebrews 2:14-18 Mark 1:29-39 Thursday January 15 Hebrews 3:7-14 Mark 1:40-45 Friday January 16 Hebrews 4:1-5, 11 Mark 2:1-12 Saturday January 17 St. Anthony Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 2:13-17 Sunday January 18 Samuel 3:3b-10 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20 John 1:35-42 Sunday Collection (for fiscal year 2014-2015) Last Week’s Collection Total: $11,089.71 Collected Year to Date $408,283.36 Total Budgeted Year to Date $385,830 Net Difference + or (-) 22,453.36 PILGRIMAGE TO IRELAND: JMJ Pilgrimages. May 3-16, 2015. $4,100 (all inclusive). Spiritual Leader Fr. John Wilkie. Includes Dublin, Belfast, Knock, Galway, Kilarney, and more. For details call Evelyn Czapiewski, 253-584-5047. Dick Grant, Robert Wood, Sheila Loyd, Sara Grochowicz Tyler Hunt, Regina Mojarab, Deanna Orse, Erica McAlister, Dave Seiwerath, Sharon Higgins, Corinne Guelfi-Briggs, Jack McDonald, William Call, Pat Tison, Joe Samyn, Clarence Snodgrass, Susan Nowak, Christina Davis, Lynda McCormick, Mary Rutter, Cindy Cornwell, Sam Jablonski, Bernice Fox, Josie Stortini, Beatrice Roy, 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, Fred Montgomery, Sue Ford, Helen Hoppa, Mary Means. BIRTHDAYS COMING UP! Jan 17 Annette Cooper, Maureen Hiam. Jan 18 Joe Calugas, Betty Fleischmann, Marianne Reed. Jan 19 Jerry Emery, Anne McNamara, Alison Mohrbacher. Jan 20 Gennyn Dennison, Kim Ebert, Nicholas Mead, Colin O’Loughlin, Deanna Orse. Jan 21 Amy Blackburn, Brooklyn Fox, Jen Fox, Agnes Mullan, Steve Thomas, Sam Walters. Jan 22 Jim Kuhlman, Carol Thompson. Jan 23 Barbara Chiado, Yarin Garcia Calderon, Theresa McDermott-Erskine, Kelcey Mead, Rick Samyn. Non-Violent Communication Peace Pod! Please stop by the Nonviolent Communication Tri-Fold in the Vestibule after each Mass on the weekend of January 10 to sign up if you are interested in joining a Peace Pod. The first Peace Pod of 2015 will begin Thursday, January 29 from 6:30-7:30 PM (Location-Rectory Library). They will meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month thereafter. The Peace Pod meeting dates through June will be: 1/29/15, 2/12/15, 2/26/15, 3/12/15, 3/26/15, 4/9/15, 4/23/15, 5/14/15, 5/28/15, and 6/11/15. We pray with those St. Leo parishioners and their families who lost loved ones over the holidays. George Weinberger brother of Loretta Fotheringham, Mary Louise Taylor, mother of Mary Kay Taylor, Joe Dommer, brother of Kathleen Miller, Judy McTighe, sister of Dave Ronald, Tom Sullivan, brother of Kathy Hitchcock, Marie Hindery, mother of Mary Ann Seiwerath, and Mary Gooley, mother of Sr. Marilyn Gooley. We pray with Agnes Kampi and family in the passing of her sister and our parishioner, Winfred Clere. Winfred was in her homeland Uganda visiting her mother at the time, so she will be buried there. “…Merciful Lord…open the gates of paradise to your servants and help us who remain to comfort one another…” Do You Feel Disillusioned with your Marriage? Do you think you have to settle for a lackluster (or even a cold and distant) relationship? Think again! You can gain new insight into your marriage and rekindle the warmth you once felt. The Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vī) program has helped tens of thousands of marriages worldwide. Your marriage could be next! For confidential information about, or to register for our upcoming program beginning January 23-25, 2015 call 206-706-2608 or visit our website at www.HelpOurMarriage.com January 11th after 10:30 Mass A Note from Fr. Bix in the Morin Room: Noted guitar and banjo folk singer, Seth Martin and young Korean women, Nan Young Le, will relate in song the struggle of the villagers if Jeju Is, SK. to resist a naval base, which will be port for US vessels of War, which are Nuclear Weapon Capable. Friday Evening January 16th 7pm in the Hospitality Area: Father Bill Bichsel and Melissa Yager of the Catholic Worker will do a presentation about the 10 person delegation that traveled to Jeju Island, South Korea, to join the Villagers and the Korean religious group in their Eucharistic Resistance to a naval base that will be port for American Vessels of War with Nuclear Weapon Capability. Save the dates! February 18 - April 5, 2015 Save the season! Next Lent A Jesuit/Ignatian Pilgrimage Join the St. Leo Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission this weekend on2015 Sunday, January 11, as we for Lent attend a Sunday service at Allen AME Church, whose mission is “to serve Tacoma and surrounding areas through a continuing program of preaching the gospel, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, housing the homeless, providing jobs for the jobless, and administering to the needs of those in prisons, hospitals, and nursing homes.” JOIN US What: Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church Last year, 20,000 people participated in the Jesuits’ online Lenten program of daily reflections, prayers and parking readings.lot at 10:30) When: Sunday, January 11, 10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (meet in their Where: Church is located at“Igniting 1223 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (parking in back) our Values,” our 2015 program, will bring us together Why: To learn about other again, faithsasand be enriched by ourthrough common experience of God’s love. pilgrims, to follow Jesus the Lenten desert to the healing waters of unique the Resurrection. Who: All are welcome. Learn more about the church’s history at http://www.ametacoma.org. While we journey, we will prayerfully consider the Gospel readings in light of our Ignatian identity. We will explore what it means to be companions of St. Ignatius—whether as Jesuits or Jesuit colleagues, partners in mission, students, alumni, family or friends. What, precisely, are the values and characteristics we think of as being uniquely “Ignatian” or “Jesuit?” How, in our many ministries and vocations, do we express, recognize and supFebruary 18 - April 5, 2015 port those values? Save the dates! men and women from across the Jesuit spectrum will Save theIgnatian season! Nextprovide Lent daily reflections (available in Spanish as well as English). A Jesuit/Ignatian Pilgrimage Carefully selected music, video, art and poetry will enrich our fororLent 2015 prayer. To sign up for daily emails PDFs, visit: www.jesuits.org/ignite. JOIN Join us forUS Lent 2015, as we ask ourselves Jesus’ own question, Last year, 20,000 people participated in the Jesuits’ online Lenten “Who do youprayers say Iand am?” program of daily reflections, readings. “Igniting our Values,” our 2015 program, will bring us together again, as pilgrims, to follow Jesus through the Lenten desert to the healing waters of the Resurrection. While we journey, we will prayerfully consider the Gospel readings in light of our Ignatian identity. We will explore what it means to be companions of St. Ignatius—whether as Jesuits or Jesuit colleagues, partners in mission, students, alumni, family or friends. What, precisely, are the values and characteristics www.jesuits.org/ignite Pictures to the left: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, National Association. Cherie Suski from St. Leo RCIA preparing for Baptism St. Leo Parish Faith Formation by Dotti Krist-Sterbick, pastoral assistant for faith formation Hello. From time to time you will now find a reflection in the bulletin on what is happening in Faith Formation here at St. Leo Parish. Perhaps, it is best to start with a reflection on, “what is faith formation?” Is that the same as CCD? Or religious education? Great questions. The faith formation commission over a decade ago spent many hours in prayer and discernment reflecting on what we mean by what we do here. The following is the mission statement that the commission created for itself. It also contains the values that were and continue to be alive in our community. The Faith Formation Commission discerns and plans for formation experiences that attend to the spiritual life of each parishioner as she or he continually seeks to be “Christ’s servant presence in the world.” As a commission, we review and reflect on the ways our ministries nourish emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs of St. Leo parishioners. The Faith Formation Commission invites parishioner input and ideas, concerns and observations. As part of a Eucharistic, Servant and Pastoral community, the commission invites, reaches out, and looks inward as we deepen our faith experiences within ourselves, in our families, and in our varied faith communities. Our values: - embracing our Jesuit identity by engaging in Ignatian spirituality building trust and relationship in community honoring the mystery and sacredness of each person’s relationship with God being witness to others as we share our stories in the light of God’s word celebrating our Catholic tradition in Eucharist and all the sacraments, liturgy and prayer living faith with a preferential option for the poor listening deeply for the will of God through discernment diversity Each faith formation bulletin reflection this year will highlight one or two of the values inherent to faith formation in our community. The values are not listed with any kind of hierarchy of value in mind. So, first… Honoring the mystery and sacredness of each person’s relationship with God. How do we honor a relationship that we perceive as mysterious and sacred? For those of us who are teachers/catechists/faith sharing group facilitators in the areas of faith formation it means putting aside our judgments and our desires for measureable outcomes. And it means providing a space where the individual can explore her/his own relationship with God. Some examples on how this quality plays out in a couple of our faith formation programs… Cathechesis of the Good Shepherd Because we strive to not seek assurance that the person is learning what “we want” them to learn, you will not find quizzes in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, now almost our sole offering of faith formation for children. In fact, the catechist in her/his training reflects on the true teacher/catechist in the Atrium—Jesus Christ, God. The catechist is a servant or midwife. God and child are in love with each other. The catechist’s job is to provide the space for this relationship to flourish. Because each child is different, each relationship is different and is largely unknown to the catechist. So, the catechist offers developmentally appropriate “works” that attract the child’s engagement. By observing the child, the catechist learns what is alive in the child and speaks to her/his heart. This assists the child’s pondering of God. From Trinka Hamel who directs the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd at St. Leo: th th “Children’s formation programs are underway. Seven multi-age Atrium sessions and one 4 /5 grade class session meet each week. These sessions are offered over four days with the help of about twenty volunteer catechists and assistants. What happens during this time? Here’s a glimpse of a recent session… A group of six to nine year olds are busy in the Atrium. Two children are working on a puzzle of the Land of Israel and decide to gather materials so they can make their own map out of construction paper. Another child looks on, and offers to show them where Nazareth, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem are on the map. They decide to add these cities to their own maps. Other children have chosen different work – some water plants on the shelves, several listen to a catechist read Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus, one sits at a table with the Good Shepherd materials – simple wooden sheep and a shepherd – carefully placing each sheep in the sheepfold, the shepherd at the gate. And one young boy sits quietly in the prayer corner, looking toward a timeline on the wall. Earlier in the session, the whole group had begun work on this timeline, marking key moments in the history of God’s gifts to us. Where would we say creation began? When was Jesus born? Where on the timeline is 2014? As part of the group work, the boy had taken a card marked, “creation,” and placed it toward the middle of the timeline. Another child suggested it should go at the beginning, by the words from Genesis, “In the beginning…” The boy gestured from one end of the timeline to the other – “but it’s all creation,” he said, “even right now.” In coming weeks he’ll have the chance to return to this work. With the space prepared and the many volunteers ready to guide, children return to the Atrium each week. They have important work to do. “ RCIA and the Children’s Catechumenate Because God is working within each of us according to God’s time, it means that we try to avoid putting any artificial constraints or timelines that might not support God’s mysterious work in the human heart. So, in RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults), for example, sometimes people for years discern receiving sacraments before they arrive to their first meeting. Sometimes they arrive after barely becoming conscious of God’s voice within them. So, as much as possible, RCIA tries to provide space and rituals for individual discernment, questions, and learning that are neither too fast nor too slow. Not creating artificial constraints also means trying to avoid any obstacles for families who wish for their lives and the lives of their children a deep connection to God which we celebrate in the sacraments. At St. Leo that means we live into the trust that just the inquiry itself is the person’s response to God’s invitation. Our answer is first yes and then next is the figuring out how to accomplish and meet the request. Because our work is to trust in God’s work in the human heart, we try to provide programs that will refresh the thirst that is expressed. And we know that we will not see what God’s work is accomplishing. So, what is the work of faith formation? Just saying yes to anyone who asks for us to accompany on their journey? Yes, as much as possible. But that is not all. It is then about listening deeply during a process involving time that seems to fit the individual’s needs and circumstances. It is about the catechist/team member listening deeply and then using the gifts handed down through tradition and one’s personal prayer, training, experience and wisdom to reflect together with the inquirer/parent/adult/child on the mysterious ways of God’s all-encompassing love. Then, with God’s help, we hope to have honored the mystery and sacredness of each person’s relationship with God. deep personal love of Jesus Christ contemplative in action partnership with others apostolic body in the church in solidarity with those most in need available for new missions called to learned ministry ever searching for the magis Under an Ignatian Influence: Jesuit Values for Life 9 Tuesday evenings, January 20-March 24, 2015 7:00-9:00 pm at St. Joseph Parish Center, Seattle What do the Jesuits name as their core values, and how might you incorporate them into your own way of life? Come absorb personal reflections by Jesuit and lay presenters steeped in the Ignatian tradition, deepen your understanding of what it means to be Ignatian, and engage with others interested in the Jesuit charism. www.ignatiancenter.org COST: $130 ($30 non-refundable registration fee) Partial work scholarships available. REGISTER: online by Thursday, January 15, 2015 INFO: [email protected] or (206) 329-4824
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