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Administrator:
Rev. George Kuforiji
www.holytrinitybandon.org
Holy Trinity
Catholic Church
355 Oregon Ave
Bandon, OR 97411
St. John
the Baptist 15th and Hwy 101
Port Orford, OR 97465 Parish Mission Statement
To be a welcoming
Catholic community
committed to love,
prayer, and service.
3rd Sunday of Lent ~ March 4, 2018
St. John the Baptist ~ Port Orford
Mass Sunday ………………...……8:30 am Wednesday………....…...…..9:00 am
Confessions Sunday ………………...7:45-8:15 am
Liturgy Schedule for March 3 - 9, 2018
Holy Trinity ~ Bandon
Saturday Evening Vigil Mass….5:00 pm Sunday Mass …………………10:30 am
Communion Service Monday (Chapel)…...………….8:00 am
Penance Service Wednesday (Church)…………...6:30 pm
Weekday Mass Tuesday (Chapel)…………………………….…...4:00 pm Thursday (Chapel)...…..…………………………12:00 pm Friday (Chapel)………….………………….……..9:00 am
Stations of the Cross Friday (HT Church)……………………………..…7:00 pm
Confessions Wednesday…………………………………..4:30-5:15 pm Saturday…………………………………….3:30 - 4:45 pm
Adoration Thursday (Chapel)…………………………...12:30 - 8 pm
Exodus 17:3-7
The people of Israel are on the way to the promised land, making their way through the wilderness. They are without food and without water. God provides them with the manna-bread from heaven in the passage immediately before ours. Without food we ache and are weakened. Without water we die. We can go a long time without food, but without water we cannot exist at all. The Hebrew people are now without water in the desert, they are about to die. They know this and they are complaining to Moses. They need water above everything else. Moses knows that the quarrel of the Hebrews is with God directly, and he takes their quarrel to God, as a prophet does. There is no rebuke or reprimand from God. Instead, God provides them with water through Moses, but notice those wonderful words: “I will be standing there in front of you on the rock.” They need water, yes, but God is there. The Lord God “is in their midst,” the source of their vitality, their life. God is the water of Israel. The French mystic, Simone Weil, once said that “The workers need poetry more than bread.” Perhaps we need God’s water-life more than physical life. Those who seek baptism at Easter are looking for the life-giving water, newly given by God. This is the water that gives the very life that God is. God is the water of the new Israel, the Church.
By Deacon Owen Cummings © 2003, OCP. All rights reserved.
Administrator:
Rev. George Kuforiji
Fr. Kuforiji’s voice mail: 541-347-2309
Parish Office: 541-329-0697
Soup & Stations at St. John’s
Come to St. John’s Parish in Port Orford on Fridays
of Lent for a soup supper followed by
Stations of the Cross, beginning at 5:00 pm.
This is a great way
to enter into deeper
reflection on your
Lenten journey
while enjoying
good fellowship.
Holy Trinity Activities
Mon. 3/5
Communion Service 8 am, Chapel
Rosary 1:30 pm, Chapel
0Tues. 3/6
Red Cross Blood Drive 1-6 pm, Hall
Mass 4 pm, Chapel
Wed. 3/7
Mass, 9:00 am, St. John’s WCN Dinner, 5:45 pm, Parish Hall Penance Service, 6:30 pm, Church
Thurs. 3/8
Bible Study 10:45 am, Parish Hall
Mass Noon, Chapel
Adoration 12:30-8 pm, Chapel
Fri. 3/9
Mass 9:00 am, Chapel
Adoration 9:30 am - Noon, Chapel
HT Stations of the Cross: 7 pm
St. John’s Soup Supper 5 pm
St. John Stations of the Cross 5:30 pm
Liturgical Ministers
Sat. Eve 3/10
Lector: Jay Straley EMHC: L. Green & D. Lindsay Altar: Please step in and serve.
Sun. 3/11
Lector: Jeff Turner EMHC: L. Turner & B. Bluth
Altar: Please step in and serve.
February 25, 2018 Collections
Holy Trinity $1096.12 Budget Goal: $1608
Church Renovation $3
St. Johns $453
We at Holy Trinity and St. John’s
thank you, our parishioners and
our extended family, our visitors,
for your contributions and support.
“God loves
a cheerful giver.”
2 Cor. 9:7
Mass Intentions
Holy Trinity
Sat 3/3: +Dave Swenson
Sun 3/4: Intentions of all Holy Trinity parishioners
Tue 3/6: All those on Holy Trinity’s Prayer Chain
Wed 3/7: Intentions of
Father George
Thu 3/8: Intentions of all Holy Trinity parishioners
Fri 3/9: Intentions of all
residents of Pacific View
St. John the Baptist
Sun 3/4: Intentions of all St. John’s parishioners
Wed 3/7: All those on St. John’s Prayer Chain
Stations of the Cross
on Fridays
Pray and reflect with us on Jesus’ sorrowful journey each Friday of
Lent in the Church at 7 pm.
“We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your Holy Cross you
have redeemed the world.”
Rosary Please join us
in the Chapel
Monday,
March 5,
at 1:30 pm.
Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal
Have you made your commitment? If you haven’t yet made your commitment for the 2018
Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal, please complete a pledge card which can be found at the back of the
church, indicating your gift or pledge to our Catholic Church in Western Oregon. This appeal pro-vides financial support to essential ministries to local
parishes. We are greatly blessed! The Archbishop’s annual appeal is an invitation to share your blessings and support our Gospel
mission here in Western Oregon. Your pledge is a sign of your gratitude for God’s abundant
blessing, who cannot be outdone in generosity. Thank you for your commitment!
Carol Dunn, Tanner Quella, Skip Thomas, Joan McDow, Todd Freitag,
Conrad Fenger, Tricia Brown, Nancy LaBay, and everyone on
Holy Trinity & St. John’s Prayer Chains.
Good Neighbor’s Food Pantry sends their thanks to Holy Trinity Altar Society
and Parishioners, who participated in the Advent
Food Drive. Donations included 250 lbs. of food and $170. Your generosity will feed a
lot of people. God bless you all!
Charismatic Women's Retreat:
"Refreshment of the Holy Spirit" will be the theme for this deeply spiritual weekend.
Date: April 13-15, Friday through Sunday Place: St. Rita’s Retreat Center, Gold Hill, Oregon.
Time: Friday between 4 and 6 pm for registration, dinner at 6 pm. Retreat ends around 1 pm Sunday.
Price: $115 before March 30th, $120 thereafter. Price includes accommodations, and 5 meals. Commuter fee $75.
For further information and mailing of registration, please email Sandy Dinius: [email protected]
Reflecting on Sunday’s Readings
4th Sunday of Lent ~ March 11, 2018
To help you prepare for Mass next weekend, here are next Sunday’s readings:
Reading I: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6
Reading II: Ephesians 2:4-10
Gospel: John 3:14-21
Bible Study:
Come, join the Bible study class this Thursday, March 8, at
10:45 am for a social time and sharing of prayer requests.
Class begins at 11:00. We finish at 11:45, in
time to attend daily Mass at 12:00. Please call
Kathy Cowan at 347-3031 for more
information. All are welcome!
Lenten Penance Services
Mar 6: Holy Name, Coquille @ 7:00 pm Fr. Henry, Fr. George
Mar 7: Holy Trinity, Bandon @ 6:30 pm Fr. George, Fr. Henry
March 13: S. Monica, Coos Bay @ 7:00 pm Fr. Robert, Fr. Jim, Fr. Justus, Fr. Selvam
Mar 15: Star of the Sea, Brookings @ 6:30 pm. Fr. Justus, Fr. Robert
Mar21: St. Mary, Our Lady of the Dunes, Florence @ 6:00 pm. Fr. Selvam, Fr. Jim, Fr. Henry
Mar 15: St. John the Apostle, Reedsport @ 6 pm. Fr. Selvam, Fr. George
Weekday Adoration
Come, spend time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament beginning with benediction on Thursday,
March 8, 12:30-8 pm, and on Friday, March 9, from 9:30 am - noon in the chapel.
“The Holy Eucharist is the perfect expression of the love of Jesus Christ for man.” ~ St. Maria Goretti
WCN Dinner on
Wednesday, Mar. 7,
will begin at
5:45 pm. Following
dinner we will
attend the parish
Penance Service
at 6:30 pm.
See you there!
Please Welcome & Pray especially for Lorna
Cooper, our catechumen, as
she prepares to receive the
Sacraments of Initiation at
our upcoming Easter Vigil.
Lorna, may God’s peace fill
your heart as
you draw closer
to Him!
FORMED; an extensive online resource for Catholics of all ages with movies, documentaries,
Bible studies, guides to prayer, faith education, audio talks & books, ebooks, and more; is offering parishes a free trial subscription during Lent. To access this wonderful content, go to formed.org. Click on the menu in the upper right corner and
select log in. Use [email protected] and password HTBandon3! Grow, learn, enjoy!
April Men’s Meeting
The next Men’s Group meeting will be April 6 after
the 9 am First Saturday Mass. Please contact Jeff
Turner with any questions about the group or the
meeting at 503-302-6425 or by email to
“Satan always tries to destroy this prayer (the rosary), but he will never succeed. It is the prayer of her who triumphs over everything and everyone.”
~ St Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) as quoted in “Champions of the Rosary” by Donald H. Calloway, MIC.
Remember to Reset
Your Clocks! It’s that time of
year again! Remember to set your clocks ahead
one hour this coming Saturday night. March 11 is the first day
of Daylight Saving Time.
The Holy Shroud of Turin March 22, 23, 24
Dr. John & Rebecca Jackson, leading authorities on the Shroud
of Turin, will be with us on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
leading into Holy Week with the following presentations:
March 22, 5:30-8 pm: General overview of the
shroud, history, science, and theology.
March 23, 5:30-8 pm: The Stations of the Cross and how Christ’s Passion is expressed on the shroud of Turin.
March 24, 10:30 am-1 pm: The Shroud and its close relationship to the Mass and the Church.
Please note the correct days for these presentations: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Please RSVP to Mike Hahn at 541-347-6680 or 719-322-3162.
From the Desk of Father George Kuforiji The Sign Of The Cross, Part One On every Ash Wednesday, we as Catholics are supposed to be signed with the sign of the cross with ashes on our foreheads. One may wonder, what is the meaning of the sign of the cross, and what is the history behind it? The sign of the cross that Catholics make before prayer or any other activity is not meant to be a superstitious act, but an outward profession of faith.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “The Christian begins his day, his prayers, and his activities with the Sign of the Cross: ‘in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.’ The baptized person dedicates the day to the glory of God and calls on the Savior’s grace which lets him act in the Spirit as a child of the Father. The sign of the cross strengthens us in temptations and difficulties” (2157).
The sign of the cross is a simple gesture that has ancient and biblical roots. It is believed that this ancient tradition of marking one’s body with the cross was inspired by a passage in the book of Ezekiel where it says, “And the Lord said to him, ‘Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it’” (Ezekiel 9:4).
As Catholics, the cross is part of the epicenter of what Catholics believe and crossing ourselves reminds us of the price Jesus paid for our sins. It is both a profession of faith and a simple prayer that has such great power. According to Saint John Chrysostom, “Wherever [demons] see the sign of the cross, they fly away, dreading it as a staff that they are beaten with.”
For Christians or Catholics, the sign of the cross calls to mind that profound sacrifice of Jesus 2,000 years ago and ac-tively calls for His aid to help us in our need. It is an acknowledgement of what happened on Calvary. According to writings that date back to the 3rd century, Christians have been making the sign of the cross over their bodies from the very beginning.
Christian apologist Tertullian (160-225 AD) wrote, “We Christians wear out our foreheads with the sign of the cross.” He then added, “In all our travels and movements, in all our coming in and going out, in putting on our shoes, at the bath, at the table, in lighting our candles, in lying down, in sitting down, whatever employment occupies us, we mark our foreheads with the sign of the cross.”
I came across this story about a man in a Siberian work camp in a book “The Sign of the Cross” written by Bert Ghezzi. Alexander Solzhenitsyn had lost hope and given up on life. In hunger and poor health due to hard labor and harsh weather, he was ready to die at the hands of guards who would beat him to death with the work shovel he had dropped.
As he sat on a bench waiting for a merciless beating from the guards, he heard approaching footsteps and braced him-self for a command from a guard telling him to get back to work. On his refusal to compile, he would have received a “quick bloody death” instead of a “slow death in a bleak empty future.”
On looking up at the figure in front of him, instead of a guard, he saw a gaunt looking, elderly prisoner who bent down and with a stick, scratched the sign of the cross in the dirt. On reflection, suddenly, a ray of light penetrated his soul and he realized that he did not have to face “the evil of the gulag and the Soviets on his own diminished strength. With the power of the cross, he could withstand the evil of not one but a thousand Soviet empires.”
He got off the bench. Though the story did not say so, he most certainly made the sign of the cross on his body before going back to work.
The story of this man gives us an example of the power behind the sign of the cross. As Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, who lived in the 4th century, noted in his Catechetical Lectures, “Let us then not be ashamed to confess the Crucified. Be the cross our seal, made with boldness by our fingers on our brow and in everything; over the bread we eat and the cups we drink, in our comings and in our goings out; before our sleep, when we lie down and when we awake; when we are traveling, and when we are at rest.”
For Take-out: Call 347-2450 1st & Delaware,
Old Town Bandon, across from the Boat Basin.
Open 7 days a week (11 am till 8 pm)
Daily Lunch Specials $5.50
Holy Trinity Parish Coordinators
Emergencies, Lectors: Allison Hundley 404-2268
Pastoral Council Chair : Jeff Turner 503-302-6425
Finance Council Chair: Mike Hennick 297-5556
Religious Education: Sharon Hennick 297-5555
Youth Ministry Coordinator: Mike Hennick 297-5556
Office Assistant/Bulletin: Teresa Roberts 329-0697
Homebound Ministry: Judy Crowe 347-5043
Altar Society Pres & Music Dir: Kathleen Stadelman 347-2640
Prayer Chain: Carol Holden 347-1949
Communion Ministers: Kathy Cowan 347-3031
Altar Servers: Bella Schwartz 404-9583
Maintenance/Hall Rental: Francis Stadelman 347-2973
Website: www.holytrinitybandon.org
Holy Trinity email: [email protected]
St. John’s Coordinators
Emergencies: Gary Dietel 332-0139
Pastoral Admin Committee (PAC): Nancy O’Donnell 253-1310
Finance & Books: Gary Dietel and James Huntzinger 332-0139
Women’s Guild: Priscilla Lang 253-6166
Prayer Chain: Linda Dietel [email protected] or 332-0139
Hospitality: Nancy O’Donnell 253-1310
Music: Lynda Dietel 332-0139
Communion Ministers/Lectors: Patricia Huntzinger 404-8071
Grounds: Gary Dietel and Bob O’Donnell 253-1310
Building: Gary Dietel 332-0139
Bob O’Donnell 253-1310
Phone Directory & Publicity: Sherry Johnson/Priscilla Lang 332-0599
Church Bulletin: Teresa Roberts: [email protected]
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