Third Sunday of Lent - Amazon S3...1 J esus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there . Jesus, tired

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J esus came to a town of Samaria

called Sychar, near the plot of land that

Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Jacob's well was there . Jesus, tired from his

journey, sat down there at the well. It was about

noon.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus

said to her, "Give me a drink." His disciples had

gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan

woman said to him, "How can you, a Jew, ask

me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?" —For

Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.

— Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew

the gift of God and who is saying to you, 'Give

me a drink, ' you would have asked him and he

would have given you living water." The

woman said to him, "Sir, you do not even have

a bucket and the cistern is deep; where then can

you get this living water? Are you greater than

our father Jacob, who gave us this cistern and

drank from it himself with his children and his

flocks?" Jesus answered and said to her,

"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty

again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give

will never thirst; the water I shall give will

become in him a spring of water welling up to

eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give

me this water, so that I may not be thirsty or

have to keep coming here to draw water.

Child Development Center (3 mos-PreK) 1259 St. Albert’s Drive, Reno, NV 89503 Telephone: 775.747.1617 Director: Mrs. Kristin Mareno email: [email protected]

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Ponder This: “We can’t have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.”

—Saint Thomas Aquinas

Third Sunday of Lent

Reconciliation

03/18 Sat 2:30-3:30 PM

Weekend Masses

03/18 Sat Vigil (English) 4:00 PM

Vigil (Spanish) 6:00 PM

03/19 Sun 8:00 AM

10:00 AM

5:00 PM

Weekday Masses

03/20 Mon 10:30 AM

03/21 Tue 10:30 AM

03/22 Wed 10:30 AM

03/23 Thu 10:30 AM

03/24 Fri 10:30 AM

Weekly Scripture Readings

03/19 Sun Ex 17:3-7 Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 Jn 4:5-15, 19-26, 39, 40-42

03/20 Mon 2 Sm 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22 Lk 2:41-51

03/21 Tue Dn 3:25, 34-43 Mt 18:21-35

03/22 Wed Dt 4:1, 5-9 Mt 5:17-19

03/23 Thu Jer 7:23-28 Lk 11:14-23

03/24 Fri Hos 14:2-10 Mk 12:28-34

03/25 Sat Is 7:10-14; 8-10 Heb 10:4-10 Lk 1:26-38

Sacraments

Baptisms Baptisms for infants through 2nd grade are generally held during any of the weekend Masses (except during Advent and Lent.)

Please note: you must complete an online baptism request form located on our website before attending the baptism classes. If you are registered with another parish, you must provide a letter from your parish confirming that you are registered there and are regularly attending Mass.

There are three classes which parents and godparents are required to attend. The first covers the responsibilities parents and godparents promise toward keeping the flame of faith alive in their child/godchild. The second will reaffirm and respond to questions from the first and discuss the ongoing involvement in the child’s continued growth in the faith of the Church through the Sacrament of Confirmation. And the third class will discuss the baptismal rite itself.

Classes will be scheduled and conducted by Deacon Richard Ramm upon receipt of the completed baptism request form.

Weddings

All weddings must be scheduled six months in advance. A marriage preparatory class (four sessions) is required. Contact the parish office to determine availability and to schedule your wedding.

Funerals Nina Weaver 747-0722 [email protected]

Religious Education (Grades K-8) Beth Lujan 747-0722 [email protected]

Confirmation (Grades 9-12) Tricia Garcia 747-0722 x5608 [email protected]

RCIA Karen McClenahan 843-9549 [email protected]

Parish School (K-8) 1255 St. Albert’s Drive, Reno, NV 89503 Telephone: 775.747.3392 Principal: Mr. Bret Scoggin email: [email protected]

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Parish Staff

Pastoral Administrator Ted Krembs 747-0722 x5606 [email protected]

Director of Liturgy/Music Nina Weaver 747-0722 x5603 [email protected]

Finance Officer Margaret Tharaldson 747-0722 x5607 [email protected]

Data Manager Marie Fromherz 747-0722 x5604 [email protected]

Front Desk/Receptionist Linda Burnell 747-0722

Catholic Counseling JoAnn Baird 747-0722 [email protected]

Homebound Ministry Deacon Chuck Lanham 747-0722 x5612 [email protected]

Bulletin Editor/Website Manager Deacon Chuck Lanham 747-0722 x5612 [email protected]

Filipino Ministry Judy Bernabe [email protected]

Latino Ministry (Español) Victor Gonzales 747-0722 x5900 [email protected]

Child Development Center Mrs. Kristin Mareno 747-1617 [email protected]

Principal, Parish School Bret Scoggin 747-3392 [email protected]

Knights of Columbus, Council 7322 Matthew P. Mareno, Grand Knight [email protected] kofcknights.org/CouncilSite/?CNO=7322

Legion of Mary Linda Burnell (775) 747-0722

Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts Russ Fromherz 721-0518 [email protected]

You are not a number! PLEASE include

YOUR NAME on your donations so we

will know who to give credit to for your

tax purposes. This is especially important

for those making cash donations.

Saint Albert the Great Parish now pro-

vides Online Giving—a convenient and

safe way to make a one-time or recurring

donation.

Getting started is easy—just visit our

website, www.stalbertreno.org and click

the Online Giving link.

You may also wish to view an explanato-

ry video that we have linked on our web-

site. You can also find the video on

YouTube at

http://youtu.be/E0qMjL6LFH4

Karl Albert Marilyn Alford Pat Amato Michael Bass Fr. Chuck Blankenship Paul Bunker Charles Burnell Mary Burnell Grady Calderon Melanie Cooper Brenda Craighton Sally Elizares Charles Enz Patricia Fouch Cesar Garcia Juana Garcia Leonora Garcia Michael Garcia Refugio Garcia Anne Giammona Aggie Gonzales Peter Gonzales Katie Gulla Roy Gulla Helen Handy Ann Harper Oliver Harris David Hill Oran Hill Donna Jacobs Jennifer Jempsa Paul Kastor Bill Kayser Avilda Kline William Kline Patricia LaBar Leonides Ladines Russell Lett Michael R. Lewis Teresa Mmahs Bobbie Madden Richard Manion Rick Martinmaas Zack McElroy Pat Mellenger Dave Metzger David Miles Rose Moen Pamela Morales Wayne Morehead Jim Oliver Jose Pineda Juanita Pineda Bill Ponton Monica Poynter Larry Ramirez Ron Roundtree Rosa Maria Santos Jesse Schopper Loretta Shea Mary Sheets Nolan Sheets Dick Schield Doug Shipman Justin Robert Siaz Joan Sierakowski Milorad Sipka Carolyn Smith Orion Smith Patricia Sullivan Thomas Trivette Godfrey Valentine Ryoka Vallandingham John Verducci Bob Watnes Connie Wilson Jim Woods

Clergy

Pastor Fr. Honesto Agustin 747-0722 x5601

Parochial Vicar Fr. Tom Nelson 747-0722 x5600

Deacons Deacon Chuck Lanham 747-0722 x5612 [email protected]

Deacon Richard Ramm [email protected]

Date 2nd Coll. Online Giving

Coll. Basket

03/04-

03/05

$1,651.00 $8,993.53

03/11-

03/12

$899.00 $12,322.00

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03/19

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Your Generosity

Thank you for your generous gifts of

time, talent, and treasure.

Catholic Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts

Youth Ministry

following the teachings of the Catholic Church

For more information contact:

Russ Fromherz

(775) 721-0518 (cell or text)

[email protected]

Thoughts and Prayers

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Ministry Schedule Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 25-26, 2017

Mar 18—Mar 31, 2017

18 Sat 4:00 pm Mass Virgil Arramine † By Seeliger family

Eleuterio Alsasua By Alsasua family 6:00 pm Mass (Sp)

25 Sat 4:00 pm Mass (B) David J. Gaul † By Rebecca Gaul

6:00 pm Mass (Sp)

19 3rd Sunday of Lent 8:00 am Mass Mabel Morgin †

By Judy & Dan Fitzgerald 10:00 am Mass (B)

T. D. Francis † By Rani Francis

11:00 am Rosary 5:00 pm Mass

Manuel dela Cruz † By Bernadette Cabanero

26 4th Sunday of Lent 8:00 am Mass Edward Christensen †

By his family 10:00 am Mass

Virgil Arranni † By Brian Saeman

11:00 am Rosary 5:00 pm Mass

People of the Parish

20 Mon 10:30 am Mass

Patty Fouch †

Margaret & Norm Cardoza

27 Mon 10:30 am Mass

21 Tue 10:30 am Mass

28 Tue 10:30 am Mass Juliana Martinez

By Rebecca Gaul

22 Wed 10:30 am Mass

29 Wed 10:30 am Mass

23 Thu 10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

30 Thu 10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

24 Fri 10:30 am Mass

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

31 Fri 10:30 am Mass

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

Small groups engage adults of all

stages of faith as we experience life-

long conversion in Christ through

contemplation and reflection on our

Sunday readings and as we share the

faith experiences they bring to mind.

We are forming new groups to meet the six weeks during Lent.

For information or to sign up, please contact

Joe Decaria

560-4210, email [email protected]

Dan Pimm

622-4488, email [email protected].

4PM Father Honesto Agustin Deacon Chuck Lanham Lectors Jim Fox I Judy Fox II & Intro Eucharistic Ministers John Rix * Bona Sipka Patricia Sullivan Patricia deClerq Vangie Lesh Eileen Durham Sacristan Jim & Karen McClenahan Altar Servers Mykel Miller Ana Miller Usher Denis & Connie O’Sullivan *

8AM Father Tom Nelson Deacon Chuck Lanham Lectors Russ Fromherz I Marie Fromherz II & Intro Eucharistic Ministers Ed Strickland * Evelyn Pineda Tori Tennant Janet Lanham Russ Fromherz Sacristan Clancy & Carol Wendt Altar Servers Timothy Nicks Cameron Overton Bryson Parco Usher Ben Ruybalid *

10AM Father Tom Nelson Deacon Richard Ramm Lectors Laure Turner I Teri Wolf II & Intro Eucharistic Ministers Joe Decaria * Joe Schenck Michelle Schenck Lori Tennant Sally Ramm Donna Kennedy Sacristan Lisa DiFronzo Altar Servers Taylor Tennant Matthew Day Nathan Day Usher Bret Scoggin *

5PM Father Tom Nelson Deacon Richard Ramm Lectors Raul Belleza I Lorraine Ellasos II & Intro Eucharistic Ministers Lorraine Ellasos * Ethel Talbot Frankie Talbot Patrick Talbot Sacristan Frankie Talbot Altar Servers Zachary Ellasos Owen Davis Usher Reminder: It is your responsibility to find your replacements. Please refer to your ministries phone list that was mailed to you.

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St. Albert’s School Report

This coming Tuesday the 21st will be our PTO at

6:30p.m., and our annual Living Saints program. Spring

Break for St. Alberts starts on the 27th through the 31st.

Quote for the week

“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you

are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what

you think about.”

—Dale Carnegie

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a

heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”

—John Milton

Sincerely,

Bret Scoggin, Principal

ATTENTION TEENS: JOIN US FOR FELLOWSHIP AND FUN

We are going to start meeting every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8:00 pm

in the Upper Room. It will be a great time for prayer, fellowship and

spiritual growth. We will start and end the meeting with personal prayer and

reflection time and go over the upcoming Sunday readings. We can also plan fun social nights,

where we just hang out, play games, watch a movie, etc.

We hope you can join us and meet new people and, of course, grow together with us on this

spiritual journey!

All teens (9th-12th grades) are welcome whether enrolled in confirmation or not!

Contact Tricia Garcia at [email protected] for more information.

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Fill Your Home With Love

The Legion of Mary of

St. Albert the Great

would like to bring The

Blessed Mother of

Fatima to your home.

Let your home be filled

with the love and

presence of our

Blessed Mother.

For further information contact:

Ofelia Sabadera or Linda Burnell

at 775-747-0722.

JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR MEN

High School or College Age

Saint Albert the Great hosts a summer camp

from June 12th through August 11th. Your job

will to be a facilitator of fun.

This summer camp is co-ed, and we have many

women to look after the young ladies, but

could use a few more men to look after the

young men.

If you are interested, please email

[email protected]

or stop by the parish office for an application.

-Ted Krembs, Pastoral Administrator

Post-Abortion Healing Ministry

Referrals:

4 Priests

3 Marriage and Family Therapists

Peace Starts Here Pamphlets

How to talk to a friend Brochures

English and Spanish

Help phone line listed on the back

Call 775-324-4345

Nonjudgmental and confidential

We are here to listen and to help

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Event Tickets on sale Now!

The Knights of Columbus #7322 will be selling tickets

after each mass and on PayPal—

www.kofc7322events.com

Purchase your tickets early as we sold out last year!

You are invited to

St. Alberts Wine Tasting and Auction

“A Night at the Oscars”

Saturday, April 29th

at 5:30 pm in the St. Albert school gym.

For more information please contact Liz at

[email protected]

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We are looking for a few good wines!

Don't open that bottle!

Get volunteer hours for your donation.

We are putting together an

amazing auction item

that is full of donated wine

from our

St. Albert community.

So don't pop that cork.

Donate your bottle TODAY!

For more information contact Liz at

[email protected].

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If you are interested in learning

Please join the

Lay Ministry Leadership Formation Team

St. Albert the Great Parish

March 27, 2017, 6:30 p.m.

For a informative presentation and discussion of the

Diocesan Lay Ministry Program

The Lay Ministry Formation program offers existing

Lay Ministers with Christ-centered leadership

training with emphasis on:

Learning more about theology and liturgy.

Improving your leadership skills.

Becoming more effective in your ministries.

The next formation group will begin in August

2017. At this meeting we will inform you what to

expect, and will have application packets and

information brochures available.

The deadline for applying is fast approaching, so

please JOIN US!

We will meet in the gathering room in the building

east of the church, which is located on the corner of

Kings Row and Wyoming Street in northwest Reno.

For more information contact

Dr. Lauri Anne Reinhart,

[email protected] or call 326-9431

Worldwide FertilityCare Awareness Week March 19 to 25, 2017

FertilityCare Center of Reno offers natural family planning services in the Diocese of Reno. The Creighton Model FertilityCare System helps couples achieve or avoid pregnancy, according to their preference. Medical/surgical consults are available for diagnosis and treatment of symptoms including infertility. Long distance services are available and fees are negotiable. For more information please call 775-827-5111 or email:

[email protected] or

[email protected].

Second Collection March 25-26, 2017

Catholic Home Missions Appeal

Catholic Home Missions is a grant-making agency offering financial support to missionary activities that strengthen the Catholic Church in the U.S. and its territories. Its primary focus is on evangelization activities, religious education, ministry training for priests, deacons, religious sisters and brothers, and lay people, and support of poor parishes across the country. To learn more visit usccb.org/home-missions.

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Catholic Professional and Business Group

Presents

Karlo Broussard

Thursday, April 13, 2017 Silver Legacy

Please join the Catholic Professional & Business Group

for breakfast Thursday, March 09, from 7 - 8:30 am at the

Silver Legacy as we welcome Karlo Broussard, one of

Catholic Answers newest apologists, will answer: “Can

we trust the Bible?” Karlo explores why the Gospels are

actually the most reliable historical documents in all of

ancient liturature.

For additional information and to make reservations visit

CatholicProfessionals.org. All are welcome.

The breakfast is only $22 for members, $20 for students,

and $25 for non-members.

Clergy and religious brothers and sisters are free!

Lenten Schedule

The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. It is a time for

personal reflection, prayer, reconciliation and penance. In the

Lenten spirit there will be no processional or recessional mu-

sic to begin of end the Mass. We ask that silence be observed

at all times while inside the body of the church.

Mar 01 Ash Wednesday (See page 1 for Mass times)

Mar 03 6:00 pm Stations of the Cross—KofC

Soup Supper following Stations

Mar 07 6:00 pm Healing from Brokenness of Fear

Parish Mission—Fr. Tom Bonacci

Mar 08 6:00 pm Healing from Brokenness of Life’s Struggles

Parish Mission—Fr. Tom Bonacci

Mar 09 6:00 pm Reconciliation Service

Mar 10 6:00 pm Stations of the Cross—Rel. Ed.

Soup Supper following Stations

Mar 17 6:00 pm Stations of the Cross—Senior Strong

Soup Supper following Stations

Mar 24 6:00 pm Stations of the Cross—Latino Ministry

Soup Supper following Stations

Mar 31 6:00 pm Stations of the Cross—Filipino Ministry

Soup Supper following Stations

Apr 07 6:00 pm Stations of the Cross (Live)—School

Soup Supper following Stations

This year, Saint Albert’s CSA goal remains

unchanged from last year at $109, 415.41. For

many reasons, this year it is especially urgent

that we reach and, God willing, exceed our goal

sooner rather than later.

As of March 16, 2017:

2017 Goal: $109,415.41

Pledged: $68,895.00 (63%)

Still Needed: ($40,520.41) (47%)

As you can see, we have made significant

progress although current pledges leave us

short of the halfway mark. We urgently need

your help. If you have yet to make your pledge,

please consider doing so before the end of this

month. Thank you and God bless you for your

generosity and support.

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We are looking for a few good men!

If you are not currently a knight or are

new to St. Albert the Great parish,

please consider joining Council 7322.

For details and more information visit

our website at:

kofcknights.org/CouncilSite/?CNO=7322

“The poor you will always have with you, and whenever you wish you can do

good to them.” [Mk 14:7]

There is a real need for individual packets of

dried milk and single serving size pork and

beans, tuna fish, Vienna sausage, or any other

food item that come in five ounce cans. These

items are pre-cooked and can be eaten directly

from the can if necessary. I am trying to figure

out how to package these items in something

other than a brown paper lunch bag since I like to

put several items in this bag for a complete day

of food and the lunch bags aren’t big or sturdy enough to hold

everything. If you have any ideas please let

me know.

Those in need are so grateful for your gifts

of non-perishable food, clothing, and

toiletries.

Thank you for all you do for those in need

and may God bless you.

Deacon Richard Ramm

787-8839

Deacon’s Outreach A Rising Son: Looking toward the East

W hen Christ comes to us in the Eucharist,

it is both a proclamation and a

supplication. We conclude the

Eucharistic prayer with the

proclamation: “When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,

we proclaim your Death, O Lord until you come again.” We

acknowledge and affirm that the Lord Jesus is present, in

the here and now, and also the One who is yet to come.

As Catholics, we believe when the bread and wine are

consecrated, what was before no longer remains but is

now the real and true body and blood of our Lord Jesus

Christ.

[Read more in this week’s Colloqui]

The monthly Memorial

Mass for those interred in

Our Mother of Sorrows

Catholic Cemetery will be

celebrated on Wednesday,

April 5, 2017 at 11:00 A.M.

in the Most Holy Redeemer Mausoleum

Chapel at the cemetery.

The celebrant will be Rev. Thomas Babu

All are cordially invited to attend. (Ashes will

be distributed).

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Christ the King Passionist Retreat Center Women’s Weekend Retreat

The Women of the Reno are invited to the annual retreat at Christ the King Passionist Retreat Center on the weekend of April 7-9, 2017. The theme of this year’s retreat is Gathered in the Name of Jesus. This retreat, like the Gospel of Matthew, affords us the opportunity to engage the strife in our own time with courage and love.

Please reserve your spot today. Call Carol Forrest at 916-725-472 Ext 314

or register on line at http://christthekingretreatcenter.org.

Call Jil Lehr 774 971-4413 for further information

The Divine Mercy Novena of Chaplets Beginning April 14, 2017

A novena is typically nine days of prayer in preparation of a celebration of a feast day. The Chaplet can be said anytime, but the Lord specifically asked that it be recited as a novena. He promised, "By this Novena (of Chaplets), I will grant every possible grace to souls."

Please join us as we begin the Novena of Chaplets on Good Friday (April 14th) at 3:00pm in the church and continue at 3:00 pm until Divine Mercy Sunday (April 23rd). We welcome you to join us in prayer at the church for one day or all nine days of this Novena. If you are unable to join us please pray this Novena wherever you are.

Jesus said in diary entry #699- “I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy.”

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Married Couples

At the request of our Bishops, weare trying to make more couples aware of Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekends. This is truly an amazing opportunity to spend a weekend away with your spouse.

Upcoming weekends are:

February 10-12, 2017, Sacramento, CA

March 31-April 2, 2017, Reno, NV

August 25-27, 2017, Sacramento, CA

October 6-8, 2017, Reno, NV

November 3-5, 2017, Sacramento, CA

It’s not to early to register, call now! For more information visit our website at:

http://www.sacramentowwme.org

or contact Terry and Janet at

[email protected]

or call 916-489-3464.

Centering Prayer An Introduction to Contemplative Practice

St. Albert’s Centering Prayer group, led by JoAnn and Chuck Baird, is on the first Monday of each month at 7:00 pm in the chapel.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CC), § 2653, says:

The Church ‘forcefully and specially exhorts all the Christian faithful…to learn ‘the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ’ (Phil 3:8) by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures…Let them remem-ber, however, that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that a dialogue takes place between God and man. For ‘we speak to him when we pray; we listen to him when we read the divine oracles.’

Centering Prayer is a spiritual custom based upon the Word of God, Lectio Divina. We strive to in-crease the time we spend alone with God to 15-20 minutes twice a day. The purpose of our gathering is to encourage one another each month in this sacred, individual practice, in the words of CC, § 2560, in “the encounter of God’s thirst with ours.”

All members of the Centering Prayer group invite you to join them in the joy of this spiritual discipline.