1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
3. catholicism

INFORMATION
Pastor
Rev. Joe Hartmann
Office
Mon-Thu 9:00am – 4:00pm
Fridays 9:00am – 1:00pm
Phone
970.586.8111
Fax
970.586.8112
Website
olmestes.org
MASS SCHEDULE
Sat
All year 4:30pm, and Memorial
Day thru Labor Day 6:15pm
Sun
8:00am &10:00am
7:00pm en Español
Mon
Communion Service 8:30am
Tue-Fri
Tue-Fri
Weekday Mass 8:30am
Adoration 7:00-8:15am
RECONCILIATION
Tue-Fri
7:30am -8:15am
Sat
3:00pm – 4:15pm
First Fri
4:30pm – 5:00pm
DIRECTORY
Assistant
Shirley Reece
[email protected]
Manager
Robert Lauro
[email protected]
Sacristan
Jim Callowich
[email protected]
Weddings
Religious
Education
By Appt
Finance
Council
Please Call The Office
Bob Christopher
Dr. Anthony Fink
Tim Schiller
Judy Schreiber
OLM Weddings - Sharon Brubaker
[email protected]
970.397.2613
St. Malo Weddings - Nancy Lang
[email protected]
970.586.4589
K-5 Beth Miller
[email protected]
6-12 Sharon Brubaker [email protected]
RCIA
Nancy Lang
970.586.8111
Spanish
Victor Rojas
970.449.3272
Bulletin
Noon Monday
Bob Christopher
Deadline [email protected]
PARISH GROUPS
Wednesday
9:50–11:00am Sunday Readings and
Reflections:
Call Claire Kreider 577.1669
Prayer Chain
To request prayers for someone contact:
Helen 586.4014, Diane 577-9544
Or By Appointment
SACRAMENTS
Fr. Joseph Hartmann
[email protected]
Pastor
Sunday
Pastoral
Council
Morning Bible Class:
Call Sue 577.1889
Brenda Bosch
Kent Bosch
Bob Christopher
Scott Dorman
Johanna Gengler
Joe Phillips
Victor Rojas
Our Lady Of The Mountains
Catholic Church
920 Big Thompson Ave.
PO Box 1706
Estes Park, CO 80517
MARCH 8, 2015
Third Sunday Of Lent: First Scrutiny
Phone: 970-586-8111
Fax: 970-586-8112
www.olmestes.org
THE SAMARITAN
WOMAN
In the adjacent painting,
the artist depicts Jesus, a
Jew, seated at Jacob's well
and speaking with a
Samaritan woman. Notice
her full attention and the
concentrated look she gives
Him. Notice Jesus’ calmness
and attentiveness to her.
Due to her five failed
'marriages', and now her
cohabitating with another
man, He knows her life has
been difficult and painful.
Without judgment, Jesus’
understanding and
tenderness softens her
hardened heart, her bitter
view of life and probably
of God. She opened herself
enough to discover an
unexpected truth and hope
for her life in Jesus. Jesus
was thirsting, but not for
water; He thirsts for faith in
souls. She thirsted for
someone who could truly
satisfy her deepest longing.
Both were answered.
Artwork: “Christ And The Samaritan
Woman”, by Vasilly Igorevish.
HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE WITH
FR. DON WILLETTE
The menu for this Friday, March 6, is baked
catfish, scallop potatoes, potato salad,
macaroni and cheese, rolls and dessert.
June 14 thru June 27, 2015
Orientation for interested Pilgrims will be held
Suggested donation is $7.00, or $15 per
on Sunday, March 1st at 1pm.
family.
Make it a Friday devotion for Lent;
at Saint John XXIII Catholic Church.
Stations of the Cross and Lenten meal at Our
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Lady of the Mountains.
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40 DAYS FOR LIFE
Jeremiah 1:5: "Before I formed you in the
womb I knew you.” Lord, You alone are the
giver of life. Your Word tells me that you
know every single hair on my head. You
became one of us to save us. Help me to
defend the littlest and least of my brothers
and sisters in Christ. Give me the grace to see
You in everyone. May I have the grace and
SAVE THE DATE
strength to be my brother's keeper and do my
part to defend life. We are told that it is not
Saturday, March 14th
so much what we say but that we show up, that
Annual
Knights of Columbus
we stand up for the unborn. "Amen, I say to
St. Patrick's Day Dinner
you, as much as you have done to one of these
little ones, you have done that to Me."
Corned Beef and cabbage with all the fixins
(Mt 25:40). For more information please visit
and, of course, green beverages.
www.40daysforlife.com/fortcollins.
Entertainment will be an Irish dance group.
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Stations of the Cross and Lenten Meal
The Stations of the Cross are held every
Friday during Lent at 5:30pm. This beautiful
devotional helps us to meditate on the
season. Each week, immediately following
the Stations, the Knights of Columbus will be
holding a Lenten meal in the lower center.
This will give you a good option for your day
of abstinence.
Please RSVP ASAP and pay in advance to
Shirley in the office.
Also, the Knights would like to say
"Thank You" to the parish for their
attendance at the Saint Valentine's Day
dinner Saturday night. We hope everyone
enjoyed the dinner and live entertainment.
YOUTH CORNER
Knights Of Columbus
SAT
MAR
SUN MAR
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION K-5th GRADE
 Classes are held Wednesdays from
3:30-5pm
 Confessions:
Wed. March 18th and 25th.
 No Class: Spring Break: April 8th
MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL
Middle School 6:30pm
High School 7:30pm.
Youth Group and Confirmation Class 7:30pm
For Activities see online bulletin: www.olmestes.org
Call Sharon Brubaker for more information at
970.397.2613 or email Her at [email protected]
SIGN UP SHEETS
For Palm Sunday, Holy Week
and Easter Sunday are available in the
office reception area. Sign up early
and avoid the rush!
THU MAR
7 Rosary Before Mass
8 Rosary Before All Masses
12 6:00pm Officer Mtg. Members Welcome
6:30pm Rosary, 7:00pm Business Mtg.
FRI
MAR
13 Lenten Meal After Stations
SAT
MAR
14 St. Patrick's Day Dinner
FRI
MAR
20 Lenten Meal After Stations
FRI
MAR
27 Lenten Meal After Stations
THU APR
9 6:00pm Officer Mtg. Members Welcome
6:30pm Rosary, 7:00pm Business Mtg.
SUN APR
12 Pancake Breakfast
The Prayer
Intentions Of
Pope Francis
March 2015
Universal Intention: That those involved in
scientific research may serve the well-being of
the whole human person.
Evangelization Intention: That the unique
contribution of women to the life of the Church
may be recognized always.
Worldwide Marriage
Encounter Weekends
Upcoming Mass
Schedule
Dates are: June 12-14, Denver, September
11-13, Denver, and October 23-25, Frisco. For SAT MAR 28 Palm Sunday Vigil 4:30pm
more information, please visit
SUN MAR 29 Palm Sunday 8:00am, 10:00am, 7:00pm
http://northerncoloradome.org. Questions?
Feel free to contact Brenda & Gary Granger: THU APR 2 Holy Thursday Last Supper Mass 7:00pm
Phone:303.604.6202, or email them at
Adoration Until 10:00pm
[email protected].
FRI
APR
3 Good Friday NO MASS
3:00pm Veneration Of The Cross
5:30pm Condolences To Mary
SAT
This Lent: Learn how to suffer in union with
Christ. Endow and the Archdiocese of Denver invite
you to a unique half-day Lenten retreat which
allows participants to step away from the busyness
of their lives to reflect with Pope Saint John Paul II
on the message of joy and hope in suffering.
During this retreat, we will explore the various
ways that we experience suffering in the world,
its origins, and our quest for its meaning. Pope
Saint John Paul II will show us how it is only in Christ
that we can hope to find any meaning and purpose
in our experience of suffering.
Join us Saturday, March 14th, 2015 at 8:30 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. Location: John Paul II Center for the
New Evangelization—Bonfils Hall- 1300 S Steele
Street, Denver, CO 80110. To Register for this
retreat please visitwww.endowgroups.org and find
it under the ‘Events’ tab. Men and Women welcome
to attend!
APR
SUN APR
4 Holy Saturday 8:00pm Easter Vigil
5 Easter Sunday 8:00am, 10:00am
NO 7:00pm Misa en Espanol
SAT
APR
11 4:30pm Mass
SUN APR
12 Divine Mercy 8:00am, 10:00am, 7:00pm
SAT
23 Vigil Of Pentecost 4:30pm, 6:15pm
MAY
SUN MAY
24 Pentecost 8:00am, 7:00pm
10:00am Graduation Mass
SAT
MAY
SUN MAY
30 Holy Trinity 4:30pm, 6:15pm
31 Holy Trinity 8:00am, 10:00am, 7:00pm
EUCHARIST FOR THE HOMEBOUND
“I was sick and you visited me.” MT 25:31
If you are unable to attend Mass, are currently
homebound, hospitalized or in hospice and wish to
receive Holy Communion please contact Shirley in
the office at 970.586.8111. An Extraordinary
Minister of the Eucharist will then contact you and
arrange for Holy Communion to be brought to you.
FASTING, PRAYER AND
ALMSGIVING
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN if people
thought of Fasting, Prayer and
Almsgiving in a broader context?
For example:
FAST: Offering special acts of
sacrifice for others: e.g., Fasting by
reducing one’s dependence on TV
and electronic devices and, instead,
saying a prayer each time you
‘automatically reach out to use it’?
PRAYER: Thinking, Praying and being
mindful of millions of people who
have broken lives, or little or no
access to electricity, food, housing,
clean water or sanitation.
ALMSGIVING: Fasting daily from
one daily food item you habitually
eat and, in its place, put $1 in the
Rice Bowl to give it to the poor.
HOLY MASS: Making a commitment
to read the Sunday readings before
going to Mass. If you don’t have time
to read all three readings then be sure
to read the Gospel.
EUCHARISTIC VISIT: Visiting and
Adoring the Lord in the Blessed
Sacrament. Giving 5-10 minutes on a
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or a
Friday. Make it happen.
Offertory
From
Last Week
Offertory From Masses
Church Preservation Fund
$
$
4,799
555
Sanctuary Candle
The Sanctuary Candle For This Week
Was Donated In Thanksgiving For
Bert & Jackie Cushing
“I have always considered that, during the night, sleep is my
best prayer… Only, the whole of me is not sleeping, for my
heart keeps watch by the tabernacle, and I ask my guardian
angel to offer each heartbeat to our Lord as an act of love.”
~ Saint Agnes of the Cross
Daily Readings Week Of March 8, 2015
Sun: Ex 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17/
1 Cor 1:22-25/Jn 2:13-25
Mon: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b/Lk 4:24-30
Tue: Dn 3:25, 34-43/Mt 18:21-35
Wed: Dt 4:1, 5-9/Mt 5:17-19
Thu: Jer 7:23-28/Lk 11:14-23
Fri: Hos 14:2-10/Mk 12:28-34
Sat: Hos 6:1-6/Lk 18:9-14
P a s t o r' s
Dear Our Lady’s Families and Visitors,
After His Resurrection Jesus breathed on His
apostles and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins
you forgive, they are forgiven; whose sins you retain,
they are retained’” (John 20:21-23).
This is the Third Sunday of Lent. Those few words
from St John are the clearest command, that God's
direct forgiveness is meant to be manifest now in His
Church through His priests. He has gone to Jerusalem
to celebrate the Passover with His apostles. Not
surprising, He is thoroughly grieved and angered with
what He sees when He arrives at the Temple area:
the amount of commotion and commerce in a sacred
place. Jesus proceeds to make a whip of cords and
drives out the money-changers and merchants who,
amongst other things, have been gouging people in
their selling of animals for sacrifice. He shouts, "Take
these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a
marketplace." Our souls can become like that.
It is not animal sacrifices that win God's favor; it is
a contrite humble heart loving Him, obeying Him,
and caring for one another with honesty and
integrity. This pleases God and this was not
happening. Even today, many Catholics just want
Jesus to ‘dust’ them off a little or go over them with a
damp rag. Few want Him to do some serious business
in their lives, total conversion. Very few want Him to
get out a whip of cords and knock over those things
in their lives that are not His will. The big question is:
Why are we not trusting Jesus to let Him really clean
house in us?
When women go to the beauty salon or men go to
a barber shop, they hope to look better and be
different when they come out. As His priest, I try to
make His Sacrament of Confession available as much
as possible. It is a great grace that most Catholics
tend to avoid. But, those who regularly receive the
sacrament understand its necessity in their spiritual
journey.
If you are willing to have the Lord do spring
cleaning on you:
(1) Ask the Holy Spirit to show you your sin and have
sorrow for them.
(2) Ask the Him to forgive your unknown faults and to
C o r n e r
heal your subconscious.
(3) Go to Confession.
(3) Thank the Lord for again having made you whole.
This is all there is to it:
After a thorough examination of conscience,enter the
confessional, begin with...
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. My last confession
was [wks/mo/yrs] ago. These are my sins.
Confess your sins clearly as best you can remember.
Say An Act of Contrition:
“My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I
have sinned against You, whom I should love
above all things. I firmly intend, with Your help, to
do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid
whatever leads me to sin. Our Savior, Jesus Christ,
suffered and died for us. In His name, my God,
have mercy. Amen.”
After the Prayer of Absolution the Priest Says:
Priest: Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.
You: “For His mercy endures forever.”
Priest: The Lord had freed you from your sins; go
in peace.
You: “Thanks be to God.”
Ta-dah!! That’s it! It doesn't get simpler than that.
You are as God’s newly baptized baby, all fresh and
clean, filled with grace!!
When we confess our sins to a priest, we are
following an important plan laid down by Jesus
Christ. He needs us to love one another. To share our
faith and our values with those who may be
wavering. To be channels of God's grace through our
prayer, sacrifice, our thoughts and actions. He wants
to remove our sins, each of which puts more and more
distance between us and God.
Even if we are satisfied with the way we are now,
Jesus still wants us to change for the better. Trust that
He will combat the evil that is spoiling everything.
If you have not been to Confession in a while, our
Lord invites and welcomes you to receive His mercy in
this beautiful Sacrament of Healing.
God bless you,
Rev. Joe Hartmann
Please Pray For
The
Sick
W E E K L Y
SAT
MAR 7
4:30 PM
FR. GREG
SUN
MAR 8
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
Dick Bettale
Jim Boyer
Richard Boyer
Jane Cornell
Naomi Cosgrove
Bert Cushing
Terry Danton
Cyd Deats
Mary & Bob Dorris
Mary Dorwart
Pat Dzuris
Mary Rose Filsinger
Sylvester Frontczak
Sarah Gonterman
Mark Matthews
Larry McCoy
Allison Daigre McGreal
Karolynn Murray
Patrick Murray
Inge Niedringhaus
Kurt Niedringhaus
Olga Romero
John Shelley
Jane Swaney
Matt Thompson
Eleanor Vernon
The Westley Family
Bob Winokur
7:00 PM
FR. GREG
MON MAR
9
8:30 AM
FR. MARK
TUE
MAR 10
8:30 AM
FR. MARK
THU
MAR 12
8:30 AM
FR. GREG
FRI
MAR 13
8:30 AM
FR. MARK
SAT
MAR 14
✝ GREG WESTLEY
♥ NOAH THOMAS McCLAIN
✝ VIRGINIA VAN WESTEN
♥
✝
♥
♥
♥
BETTY WASSMER
✝
✝
✝
✝
♥
✝
RAY NUETZMAN
JOSEPHINA MORALES
OLM PARISHIONERS
COMMUNION SERVICE
MARY DORWART
8:30 AM
FR. GREG
WED MAR 11
C A L E N D A R
4:30 PM
FR. GREG
PHIL VAN DOREN
ANN NOONAN BIASI
MARY JOSEPHINE FRANCO
OLGA HALL
DAN GENGLER
♥ PHYLLIS TOMAINO
✝ ROY & VERNA JONES
♥ ALLEN & PAT DZURIS
OLM: Fr. Joseph Hartmann
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Rome: Fr. Mark De Battista,
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Poland: Fr. Gregory Cioch
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♥=Living, ✝=Deceased, S=Solemnity
H=Holy Day of Obligation, F=Feast Day
This Week: Go To Confession.