Saint George...2020/08/30  · Pastor’s Message / Mensaje del padre: Father David Bittmenn About 20 years ago some of the “Lost Boys” found refuge in Salt Lake City. “Lost

MASS SCHEDULE

Weekends Saturday....5:00 pm; (7:00 pm Spanish) Sunday .....9:00 am, 11:00 am; (1:00 pm Spanish ) Weekdays Monday - Friday 8:00 am; (7:00 pm Spanish) First Saturday ..... 8:00 am Holy Day of Obligation Masses 8:00 am, 6:00 pm, (8:00 pm Spanish) Confession Saturday ............. 3:30 - 4:30 pm Scanlan parking lot or by appointment Baptism Preparation English: Call 307-256-9814 to register Spanish: 1

st & 2

nd Sat., 2:00 pm (Scanlan)

Baptism English: 4

th Saturday at 9:00 am

Spanish: 3rd Saturday at 9:00 am

Marriage Preparation English: Contact the Parish Office Spanish: Contact a Deacon Anointing of the Sick First Friday during 8:00 am Mass Call Parish Office for home/hospital anointing Eucharistic Adoration Tuesday - Friday......9:00 am - 3:00 pm Last Friday of the month - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, after 7 pm Mass - Saturday 6:00 am Mission Churches Mass Schedule Saint Paul’s - Hurricane (171 S. Main) Sunday Mass—12:30 pm San Pablo Mission - Beryl Junction (721 S. Highway 18) Sunday Mass—9:00 am Saint Christopher’s - Kanab (39 West 200 South) Daily Mass—8:00 am, Sundays— 9:00 am Zion Park - Springdale (Canyon Community Center, 126 Lion Blvd.) SCAP…Sundays at 8:00 am Palm Sunday through December 1

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Church Office 157 North 200 West / PO Box 188 St. George, UT 84771 Ph:435-673-2604 / Fax:435-688-2704 Email: [email protected] Office Hours Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Closed from 12 noon-1:00 pm

Saint George

Photo: Bob Parks

259 WEST 200 NORTH, ST. GEORGE, UTAH 84770—WWW.SAINTGEORGECATHOLICS.COM

August 30, 2020 / 22nd Sunday In Ordinary Time

CATHOLIC CHURCH Very Rev. David Bittmenn, Pastor

Rev. Kelechi Alozie, Parochial Vicar

ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

It’s time again to sign up for Religious Education!

• Registration begins August 22nd

• Registration ends September 12th

• Register after all Weekend Masses

• Or Register at the Parish Office Monday - Thursday 3:30 to 7:00 pm 3rd floor

• Limited class size - 10 Students - due to Covid-19

• Single Student Registration $30.00

• 2 Students Registration $55.00

• 3 or more Students Registration $85.00

• KG-7 classes start September 13th Sundays 9:00 am - 9:45 am 10:00 am - 10:45 am 11:00 am - 11:45 am 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

• First Year Confirmation classes start September 15th Tuesdays 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm

• Second Year Confirmation classes start September 17th Thursdays 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm

• All students must wear a mask

• All students will be checked for fever before entering the building

• The classrooms will be sanitized before, between and after classes

• We will be sending more homework and will need parent support For more information call Mariana Lawrentz 435-673-2604 or

720-227-8319 or email [email protected]

STEWARDSHIP / CORRESPONSABILIDAD

Gratitude in Action: Our Way of Life / Gratitud en Acción: Nuestra forma de Vida

Stewards are disciples of Jesus Christ, walking His Way, His Truth and following His path in this Life as we journey toward our eternal destination. Disciples bear the six characteristics that identify an “Everyday Steward” – mindfulness, prayerfulness, gratefulness, graciousness, committed and accountable. This identification exhibits a “way of life”, a way of life lived 24/7. It is a lifestyle that must be embraced, yet cannot be developed overnight. Stewards must pick up their cross daily and follow in Jesus’ footsteps according to the Father’s Will, just as Jesus did. That this call might be fulfilled, Stewards must be committed. “The way of the cross is unavoidably uphill. Christians don’t get to carry their cross downhill.” 1 A committed Steward perseveres daily in a way of life that acknowledges EVERYTHING belongs to God. We care for and tend to all things God provides, whether it be our time – how we use it, our talent – how we share it, or our money – how we spend it. ALL belongs to God. He trusts our good judgment to lovingly care for everything He chooses to give us, no matter how large or how small. “There is no closer bond than the one which gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift.”2 God also believes we will wisely seek His counsel, if in doubt about the choices He calls us to make. He desires we seek Him in prayer, asking whatever we feel we need to make our wise choices. There are days where our cross may be easy for us to carry as we journey. There are other days when our cross is heavy and we need help lifting and moving forward with it. A committed Steward will not give up, will not despair. This Steward will seek the Lord’s strength, His wisdom and guidance when the burden of life becomes too heavy. He will persevere. “What a wonderful habit it is to make the Sign of the Cross, to bring Christ to our minds and to our hearts as we carry the crosses of life on our shoulders.”3 May your Stewardship legacy of commitment remain strong when the path of life becomes rutted and its borders give way to slippery footing. God is there! 1Faith Under Fire by Matthew Archbold 2The Way of Silence by Brother David Steindl-Rast 3Amazing Graces by Julie Dortch Cragon

⁓Carole Drake Pastoral Assistant and Community Outreach

Los corresponsables son discípulos de Jesucristo, caminando Su Camino, Su Verdad y siguiendo Su camino en esta Vida mientras viajamos hacia nuestro destino eterno. Los discípulos tienen las seis características que identifican a un “Corresponsable de Todos los Días”: atención plena, oración, agradecimiento, gentileza, compromiso y responsabilidad. Esta identificación exhibe una "forma de vida", una forma de vida vivida 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana. Es un estilo de vida que se debe adoptar, pero que no se puede desarrollar de la noche a la mañana. Los corresponsables deben tomar su cruz todos los días y seguir los pasos de Jesús de acuerdo con la Voluntad del Padre, tal como lo hizo Jesús. Para que este llamado se cumpla, los Corresponables deben estar comprometidos. “El camino de la cruz es inevitablemente cuesta arriba. Los cristianos no pueden llevar su cruz cuesta abajo ".1 Un corresponsable comprometido persevera diariamente en una forma de vida que reconoce que TODO pertenece a Dios. Cuidamos y protegemos de todas las cosas que Dios proporciona, ya sea nuestro tiempo, cómo lo usamos, nuestro talento, cómo lo compartimos o nuestro dinero, cómo lo gastamos. TODO pertenece a Dios. Él confía en nuestro buen juicio para cuidar con amor todo lo que elija darnos, sin importar cuán grande o pequeño sea. “No hay vínculo más estrecho que el que celebra el agradecimiento, el vínculo entre el que da y el que da gracias. Todo es un regalo ”2. Dios también cree que buscaremos sabiamente Su consejo, si tenemos dudas sobre las decisiones que Él nos llama a tomar. Él desea que lo busquemos en oración, pidiendo todo lo que sentimos que necesitamos para tomar nuestras decisiones sabias. Hay días en los que nuestra cruz puede ser fácil de llevar mientras viajamos. Hay otros días en que nuestra cruz es pesada y necesitamos ayuda para levantarla y avanzar con ella. Un corresponsable comprometido no se rendirá, no se desesperará. Este corresponsable buscará la fuerza del Señor, su sabiduría y guía cuando la carga de la vida se vuelva demasiado pesada. Él perseverará. “Qué maravilloso hábito es hacer la Señal de la Cruz, llevar a Cristo a nuestras mentes y corazones mientras llevamos las cruces de la vida sobre nuestros hombros” 3. Que su legado de compromiso de Corresponsabilidad permanezca firme cuando el camino de la vida se convierta en surco y sus fronteras den paso a un terreno resbaladizo. ¡Dios está ahí!

Pastor’s Message / Mensaje del padre: Father David Bittmenn

About 20 years ago some of the “Lost Boys” found refuge in Salt Lake City. “Lost Boys” came out of the genocidal Second Sudanese Civil War (1987-2005) where about 2,000,000 people died. Some of those who died were family members of children who

themselves managed to hide from oncoming fighters or who were away from their villages attending to their family’s cattle during the attacks. After realizing that their families were dead, these children banded together trying to make it to refugee camps in Ethiopia or Kenya. These journeys could take weeks or years and on the way illness, lack of food, hostile fighters, and wild animals took their toll. Many bands of children found their way by trial and error; the lands through which they passed not having much in the way of roads or clear directions. Once they reached the refugee camps, these children were sent to other nations to begin life anew. Many of the “Lost Boys” arrived in Salt Lake as young men. Eventually returned to Sudan between wars, brought back wives, and began families of their own. They worked hard and were good providers. But more than one of them noted that all they did was work. They were pleased and grateful to be in a stable, peaceful place with opportunities, but there was a cost. Their life here was not the life they once knew in their villages back home. Everyone here was busy and it was harder to “just be.” “Just being” in some societies is suspiciously close to loafing. Unfortunately, “just being” is also part of prayer, at least when viewed from the outside. This is one thing prayer has to overcome. Prayer also has to overcome the draw of efficiency. Prayer involves a lot of repetition and the results are uneven. Working hard and being efficient are important parts of what makes our part of the world a relatively stable and peaceful place having more opportunities than other parts of the world. As valuable and necessary as these things are, it sometimes takes people who were desperately short of them to testify to what we have suspected when battling to find time and effort to pray: that life where hard work and efficiency do not dominate is conceivable and in its way fulfilling. “Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…”. These words from this weekend’s second reading reinforce a tendency to question the primacy of working long hours and seeking more efficiencies even while admitting their importance. The inefficiencies and aimlessness of prayer have long-term rewards.

Hace unos 20 años, algunos de los “Niños Perdidos” encontraron refugio en Salt Lake City. “Lost Boys” surgió de la genocida de la Segunda Guerra Civil Sudanesa (1987-2005) donde murieron alrededor de 2.000.000 de personas. Algunos de los que murieron eran familiares de niños que lograron esconderse de los combatientes que se acercaban o que estaban lejos de sus aldeas atendiendo al ganado de su familia durante los ataques. Después de darse cuenta de que sus familias habían fallecido, estos niños se unieron para intentar llegar a los campos de refugiados en Etiopía o Kenia. Estos viajes podían tomar semanas o años y en el camino las enfermedades, la falta de comida, los combatientes hostiles y los animales salvajes hubo perdidas. Muchas bandas de niños encontraron su camino probando y cometiendo error; las tierras por las que pasaban no tenían muchas carreteras ni indicaciones claras. Una vez que llegaron a los campos de refugiados, estos niños fueron enviados a otras naciones para comenzar una nueva vida. Muchos de los "Niños Perdidos" llegaron a Salt Lake cuando eran jóvenes. Finalmente, regresaron a Sudán entre guerras, trajeron esposas y formaron sus propias familias. Trabajaron duro y fueron buenos proveedores. Pero más de uno notó que todo lo que hacían era trabajar. Estaban complacidos y agradecidos de estar en un lugar estable y pacífico con oportunidades, pero había un costo. Su vida aquí no era la vida que una vez conocieron en sus pueblos en casa. Todos aquí estaban ocupados y era más difícil "simplemente estar". En algunas sociedades, el “solo ser” se acerca sospechosamente a holgazanear. Desafortunadamente, “solo ser” también es parte de la oración, al menos cuando se ve desde afuera. Esto es algo que la oración tiene que superar. La oración también tiene que superar el atractivo de la eficiencia. La oración implica mucha repetición y los resultados son desiguales. Trabajar duro y ser eficiente son partes importantes de lo que hace que nuestra parte del mundo sea un lugar relativamente estable y pacífico que tiene más oportunidades que otras partes del mundo. Por valiosas y necesarias que sean estas cosas, a veces se necesitan personas que estaban desesperadamente insuficientes para dar testimonio de lo que sospechábamos cuando luchamos por encontrar tiempo y esfuerzo para orar: que la vida donde el trabajo duro y la eficiencia no dominan es concebible y en su camino cumpliendo. No se adapten a esta época, sino sean transformados por la renovación de su mente…”. Estas palabras de la segunda lectura de este fin de semana refuerzan una tendencia a cuestionar la primacía de trabajar muchas horas y buscar más eficiencias, aun admitiendo su importancia. Las ineficiencias y la falta de objetivo de la oración tienen recompensas a largo plazo.

Mass In Honor of Our Lady

Join fellow parishioners at Mass in Honor of Our Lady

at 8:00 am on the first Saturday, September 5th

EVENTS and MASS INTENTIONS Please visit our website for more announcements or email us at [email protected] for questions or submissions.

PARISH EVENTS Monday 10:00 am Everyday God (every other week) Scanlan, FL2 7:00 pm RCIA Scanlan, FL2 3:30 pm Holy Rosary—please join us Hurricane

Tuesday 9:00 am Marian Hour - Our Lady of Peace Church 12-4 pm Bridge Group-Room at the Square St. George

6:00 pm CCD Scanlan

First Tuesday 6:00 pm Knights of Columbus (Library) St. George

Second Tuesday 1:00 pm Women’s Group Lunch at Harmons Santa Clara

Wednesday

12:00 pm Bulletin Deadline (11 days prior to publication date) 6:30 pm Holy Spirit Prayer Group Scanlan, FL2 7:00 pm Neo Catechumenal Way Scanlan, FL2 7:00 pm Clases Biblicas CERS Scanlan, FL2

Third Wednesday

6:30 pm 4th Degree K of C Scanlan, FL3

Thursday 9:00 am Prayers for the Unborn Church 6:00 pm CCD Scanlan

Second Thursday 1:30 pm Mass at Sterling Court, St. George 324N 1680E

Friday First Friday 8:00 am Anointing of the Sick at Mass Church 6:30 pm Women’s Group (Sept-June) Scanlan, FL2

Last Friday 7:00 pm Nocturnal Adoration Church

Saturday 7:00 pm Neo Catechumenal Way Scanlan, FL2

First Saturday 8:00 am Mass in Honor of Our Lady Church 9: 30 am Walk for Life Bluff & 600S

After Last Friday 6:00 am Nocturnal Adoration ends with Mass Church

First Weekend At all Masses - Renovation Fund Collection

Third Weekend At all Masses - K of C Food Drive Last Weekend - At all Masses - DDD Collection

Sunday 9:00 am CCD Scanlan 11:00 am CCD Scanlan 5:00 pm Rosary Church

First Weekend At all Masses - Renovation Fund Collection

Third Weekend At all Masses - K of C Food Drive

Last Weekend - At all Masses - DDD Collection

Our Lady of Grace Candle

burns this week in memory of

Irene Visokey

MASS INTENTIONS

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Tuesday - Friday

9 am - 3 pm

Stephen Ministry

Christ caring for People through People Walking with Others during Troubled Times

Saint George Catholic Church

Saturday, 8/29

5:00 pm U Alfred Jankus

U Robert Kowalski by Karen Kowalski

7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo

Sunday, 8/30

9:00 am U Genevieve Gauthier

U Claudia McGeehan by Leo

11:00 am U Pablo Romero by Misael Romero

Mark & Brenda Hatch & Family

1:00 pm Todos los Niños del Catecismo

Monday, 8/31

8:00 am U Sandy Ferderber

by Lynn & Shannon Spencer

7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo

Tuesday, 9/1

8:00 am Father Glenn Dare, Happy Birthday!

7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo

Wednesday, 9/2

8:00 am U Sandy Ferderber

By Lynn & Shannon Spencer

8:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo

Thursday, 9/3

8:00 am All Parish Groups

A Successful New Beginning

7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo

Friday, 9/4

8:00 am U Nancy White

All Souls by Cy & Margaret

7:00 pm (Spanish) Pro Populo

Rectory…………..673-7354

Pastor........................ Very Rev. David Bittmenn Parochial Vicar……..Rev. Kelechi Alozie Retired……………… Rev. Glenn Dare

Office……….……..673-2604

Business Manager ..... Don Drake ([email protected])

Bookkeeper ................. Kelli Callister ([email protected])

Receptionist………...Nora Escatel ([email protected])

Maintenance……… Call Office

Deacons Rigoberto Aguirre ...................... 628-9107 Rogaciano Tellez ........................ 652-9219 Baptismal Preparation Registration (English)

Kathy Snyder…………………...307-256-9814—call to register

Pastoral Assistant and Community Outreach

Carole Drake………435-673-2604 or 435-668-9202

([email protected])

Religious Education Coordinator

Mariana Lawrentz …720-227-8319 or 673-2604 ([email protected])

Newman Catholic Club

Veronica Gonzales, President: [email protected] Online Giving Link …….please visit our website

Bulletin Ministry………[email protected]

Thrift Store (Jackie or Diane)………673-1029

Gift Shop (Sharon Rawlins)……... 688-1948

Parish Council …… [email protected]

Safe Environment…. Carole Drake, Local DSE

435-673-2604 or [email protected]

Weekly Collection Report

Collection (08/23)...…..……..........................$ 7,903

Capital Improvement Project (July) Kuzy Hall Renovation Loan……………..$ 391,985

Renovation Fund Collections …………... $ 19,898

ANNOUNCEMENTS and REPORTS Please visit our website for more announcements or email us at [email protected] for questions or submissions.

LOOKING AHEAD

August 29 Religious Education Registration

Continues

September 1 Thrift Store hours 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Tuesday - Saturday. Monday Donations only 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

September 5 - 27 Cinco in September food sale after every Mass on Saturdays and Sundays

September 7 Labor Day - Office Closed

September 13 Religious Education begins

September 14 RCIA begins

September 15 Thrift Shop Jewelry Sale

September 16 Stephen Ministry Training begins

6:00 - 8:30 pm Scanlan Conf. Room

September 19 Taste of Carmel: Carmelite Spirituality

2:15 pm - 4:00 pm Scanlan Conf. Room

October 2 Parish Blood Drive

This weekend’s second collection benefits the Diocesan Development Drive (DDD)

If you have DDD envelopes, you may use them for this collection. You may also contribute to DDD through our Parish online giving.

Next weekend’s second collection benefits the Saint George Catholic Church

Renovation Projects

If you have Building Fund envelopes, you may use them for this collection. You may also contribute to the Renovation Projects fund through our online giving.

Notice We will be updating our website for the next few weeks. If you do not find what you are looking for, please use the drop down tabs. We thank you for your patience.

CINCO EN SEPTIEMBRE

9/5 - Silvina and Misioneros de Jesus – Pambazos de Cabasta de chorizo y queso fresco $6.00 Tacos de Canasta de chorizo con papas de Chicharron, y de frijoles 3/$5.00 To place order for Saturday call (504) 481-9176 For Sunday Call (435) 862-1366 9/6 - Miguel and friends – Carnitas - Tacos $2.00 To place order Sandra Vargas (435) 817-2349 9/12 - María Duenas and friends – Pupusas $2.50 To place order (435)319-5401 or (435) 229-5951 9/13 - Elizabeth and Adelina Aparicio– Tamales $2.00 To place order (435) 216-2854 9/19 - CERS – Elotes 9/20 - Juan Carbajal and Choir Group – Tamales and Chocoflan 9/26 - Teresa Loya and friends– Barbacoa and Burritos 9/27 - Ana and Victor Moreno - Tamales 9/5-9/27 - Lupita and friends - Drinks ex: horchata, lemonade etc. and Snow Cones

Or to order for any of the above dates you may also call (435)531-1125 or (435)619-0911

ANNOUNCEMENTS and EVENTS

Scripture Readings for the Week of August 30

Pro-Life “Walk for Life”

First Saturday, September 5

The Pro-Life Ministry’s monthly “Walk for Life” is Saturday, September 5, from 9:30 to 11:30 am, at the corner of Bluff Street and 600 South.

What a great opportunity to offer up a sacrifice for the cleansing of the Church and at the same time for the protection of the tiny babies in the womb.

If you can’t stand, bring a folding chair. If you can't stay for 2 hours, invite a friend to take your place when you leave. We need a good turnout. Please come and remember to bring your Rosary.

All for Jesus, Amen!

Sunday: Jer 20:7-9/Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [2b]/Rom 12:1-2/Mt 16:21-27

Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5/Ps 119:97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 [97]/Lk 4:16-30

Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16/Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14 [17]/Lk 4:31-37

Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9/Ps 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21 [12]/Lk 4:38-44

Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23/Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [1]/Lk 5:1-11

Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5/Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40 [39a]/Lk 5:33-39

Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15/Ps 145:17-18, 19-20, 21 [18]/Lk 6:1-5

Next Sunday: Ez 33:7-9/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/Rom 13:8-10/Mt 18:15-2

ARE YOU SOMEONE OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO…

• Has expressed an interest in becoming Catholic?

• Has expressed an interest in knowing more about Christianity?

• Was baptized Catholic as a child, but has not celebrated the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist?

We offer an opportunity to come together in a small group to learn more about our faith. Sessions focus on the teachings and experience of Church and prepare individuals to celebrate the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist during the Easter season. You are welcome to participate in the process with your questions, your insights and your faith story in a warm accepting setting. Sessions begin on September 14, 2020. For information please contact Kathy Snyder: 307-256-9814 or Mary Helen Stricklin: 435-251-2084

CCD Teachers Needed for 2020-2021

Saint George Parish needs CCD teachers for the coming school year, September through May. We have several grade openings.

Becoming a CCD teacher (catechist) is an excellent way to deepen your own faith. The resources and materials you receive will refresh and expand your knowledge. You don’t have to be an expert in Catholicism or a gifted teacher; you just need a basic knowledge of the teachings of the Church and a desire to share your faith and inspire the children of the parish. It is a joy to pass on the Church’s truths to our children so that they might live in union with God.

Please contact Mariana Lawrentz [email protected] or by telephone at the church office, 435-673-2604, or cell 720-227-8319

Sponsored by Knights Of Columbus

Council 10733 Vic Giasson Council

Rosary Service to Honor Washington County Law

Enforcement Officers & First Responders

Date: September 1, 2020

Time: 10:00 am

St. George Catholic Church

Bring your Rosary

For more information call Mark Meredith 435-229-3382