may 18th 2014
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St. Philip Neri Parish
The Northwest Paulist Center for Evangelization & Reconciliation
2408 SE 16th Avenue | Portland, OR |97214-5334 www.stphi l ipneripdx.org
Parish Office 503.231.4955 | Fax 503.736.1383
Guided since our founding in 1912 by the missionary vision of the Paulists’
committed to the mission of Jesus, and dedicated to be welcoming to all, we,
the community of St. Philip Neri, strive to reach out, to reconcile and to
promote unity for all God’s creation through worship, education, and service
toward the common good.
Fifth Sunday of Easter May 18th
, 2014
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BIRTHDAY WISHES TO FR. CHARLIE! Happy Birthday to Father Charlie next week on
Monday, May 26th! He will be away on his birthday at the Paulist Quadrennial to which he has been elected
as a delegate. It is also the Feast day of our namesake: St. Philip Neri. And----- it is Memorial Day in the
United States---a time to remember those who have
served in our military----Thank you.
MEMORIAL DAY OFFICE CLOSURE Our parish office will be closed on Memorial Day
Monday, May 26th. Please pray for those who have
served in our Armed Forces and those who are serving now.
BREAKFAST WITH THE LADIES! Come over to Carvlin Hall today after the 9:30am Mass
for a great French toast and sausage breakfast as they are ending their season of cooking breakfast for the
summer. Our summer crew will take it over and we thank you!
RIGATONI STUFFING THIS TUESDAY The Altar Society will be stuffing Rigatoni to freeze on Tuesday, May 20th. We would appreciate all the help
we can get. The starting time will be 9:30am, stay as
long as you can. On the job training will be instructed. Bring your own lunch, coffee and dessert will be
provided. There are yellow sign up sheets in the back of the Church.
RIGATONI PRICES AND UPDATES- Frozen Rigatoni will be sold after the Saturday evening
Mass May 24th and Sunday Morning Mass May 25th in Carvlin Hall. Prices for Rigatoni are $15 for three
dozen. There will be a limit of 4 packages per family.
Please sign up to help with the stuffing. Thank you!
HAPPY 4OTH ANNIVERSARY FR. MICHAEL! Today we celebrate Fr. Michaels 40th Ordination
anniversary! Congratulations and thank you for your many years of being a Paulist Father!
FIRST COMMUNION Congratulations to the following young people who
received First Communion Sunday, May 18th! Welcome to the Table of the Lord!
Ansel Harris Crowne
Jake Burnett
Samantha DePinto
Helen Dreasher
Nina Edwards-Schroeder
Nathaniel Ernst
Mary Flynn
Eamonn Kelley
Olivia Thomas
Lila Wagner Emilie Palleroni
Next Sunday’s Scripture Readings: Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 25th, 2014
Reading 1, Acts, 8:5-8, 14-17
Responsorial Psalm, 66:1-3,4-5,6-7,16,20(1) Reading 2, Peter 3:15-18 Gospel, John 14:15-21
Fifth Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 18, 2014
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR and MASS INTENTIONS
Sunday, May 18: 9:30amMass Brian McPherson Church
10:30amMass Deaf Community Mass Chapel Monday, May 19: 8:00am Mass †Josephine Healy Chapel
Tuesday, May 20: 8:00am Mass †The Do’s Great Grandmother + Grandfather Chapel
Wednesday, May 21: 8:00am Mass Maxime Chercover and Carmen Rio Chapel Thursday, May 22: 8:00am Mass †Terry Amato Church
Friday, May 23: 12:10pmMass †For all deceased Church Saturday, May 24: 8:00am Mass Aldino Kim Chapel
4:00pm Mass For the unemployed Church Sunday, May 25: 9:30am Mass †Ngo Vau Du Church
10:30amMass Deaf Community Mass Chapel
Please fill out a Mass Intention Form (located in the foyer of the Church) if you would like a Mass celebrated for you, for an anniversary of death, birthday or marriage, or some other special event. You can also call the office.
Church cleaning for May 19th through 25h: Florence Katrena and Rose Ferraris
PARISH OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 am – Noon on Mondays 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tuesday through Friday Office: 503.231.4955
PARISH STAFF
Pastor, Director of the NW Paulist Center Business Manager Fr. Charlie Brunick, CSP, x 118, [email protected] Jeanne McPherson, x 103, [email protected]
Associate Pastor Receptionist/Administrative Assistant Fr. Michael Evernden, CSP, x114, [email protected] Rose Wolfe, x101, [email protected]
Director of Adult Faith Formation Maintenance and Grounds Barbara Harrison, x107, [email protected] Edward Danila, [email protected]
Receptionist/Bulletin Editor Angelica Liharik, x102, [email protected]
BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS: Deadline (unless otherwise noted) is Tuesday at Noon prior to the Sunday Mass.
FRED MYER COMMUNITY REWARDS You can help St. Philip Neri church earn donations just by shopping with your Fred Meyer Rewards Card. Sign
up for this program by linking your rewards card to St.
Philip Neri at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search for St. Philip by the name or our non-
profit #80262. If you need help with linking your card, please call the Parish office. You will still earn your
own rewards points, Fuel Points and Rebates, just as
you do today. Thank you.
PASTORAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: Congratulations to Bob Bennett who will be returning to the council in the fall for a second term and to Jim
Thomas who joins us for a first term. Thank you to the following members who leave the council: Carla
Gonzales, Keith Watson and Mary Kavanaugh.
PLEASE PRAY FOR:
Paulist Seminarians All Holy Names Sisters
Fifth Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 18, 2014
Is it a sin Father, or just a Mistake? That sin exists is obvious. A few moments on I-5 will prove it. We point it out in others quite easily. What we can do about sin is not obvious at all. US Catholic magazine recently offered a survey on why people aren’t darkening the confessional and question the relevance of the Seven Deadly Sins. My take is that the article has the starting point all wrong. Sin is a very loaded word. Deadly Sin is an extremely loaded concept. I do not doubt that either exists but how we deal with the reality of sin is something of considerable importance. Maybe we take sin so seriously that we don’t take sin seriously at all. If something, like an elephant in the living room, becomes to big to handle we try to ignore or work our way around it. We give up before even getting started. Confession as it is presently experienced in the Church is simply irrelevant; not completely but generally so. Confession is both too easy and far too difficult. Confession, now known as the Sacrament of Reconciliation, has two parts, the confessing and the reconciling. The fist part may be fairly easy, the second part not so. We have to do something about what we confess, we need to reconcile whatever the imbalance is that we bring to the confessional.
The focus, in my lifetime, has been on the confessing part, then comes the absolution and off I go free as a bird. NO! Few people experience deep healing at just the confessing level. The grace, the power of this sacrament is experienced in the ability to go out and reconcile, to right the wrongs we have done. Most people feel that once absolved nothing further need be done. I believe this is why so many feel the sacrament irrelevant and experience no real growth; but rather return and return again with the same old list of sins. Oh sure, we are repeat offenders but only because we have not really dealt with what needs reconciling in our lives. Reconciling can take a very long time and this is why we need the grace, the power, of this sacrament so we can continue on and improve our way of life.
In AA we talk about “progress not perfection.” We are never perfect but we are always getting better. Not being able to be perfect, only God is perfect, doesn’t mean that we should just give up because we can always become better. It seems to me that the major part of the AA Fellowship is taken up with making amends, both of things past and the ongoing need of amends in our daily life. The sacrament of Reconciliation isn’t so much about wiping away sin but rather it is about transforming our “sin” into something wonder-filled. As I mentioned early on the word sin is a loaded word, at times overwhelming, something beyond our ability to do anything about. I don’t believe it is beyond anyone but I do think we need other words to talk about it. One word is mistake. We all make mistakes and in most cases we know how to fix our mistakes. In AA we talk about character defects and shortcomings and again these are things that we can do something about usually with the help of others. What do I need to work on in me, not in others but in me. Step by step we can walk our way into new life; with the support of family and friends, a welcoming faith community and with the grace and power in the sacrament of Reconciliation. I have experienced this transformation in me, I have seen it in others, and believe it is available to all who are willing to do the work.
Fr. Michael Evernden, CSP
Fr. Michael
DIVISION/CLINTON STREET FAIR MEETING We will hold our first meeting on Sunday, June 8 at 10:45 in the children's liturgy room in the back of the Church.
All are welcome - past volunteers and lots of room for new faces. This is great fun and it is a wonderful opportunity to join in a large neighborhood celebration. We are hoping to add a parade entry as well as face painters and
clowns to help draw people in. For more information contact: Rose Wolfe [email protected].
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Pentecost Sunday, June 8th at 1pm in Carvlin Hall we will be having Parish Bingo till about 3pm. Mark your calendars to save the date, invite your neighbors and friends! AARP will also be hosting a Safe Drivers class on
Saturday, June 14th. This refresher information class will be very helpful to you on the road. The cost will be $15 for AARP members, $20 for non members.
†SISTER GRAZINANO Sister Margaret Graziano, a Sister of the Holy Names originally from our parish, died on May 11 at the age of 97.
Margaret Graziano joined the Holy Names Sisters at age 19, taught in Oregon and Washington for twenty years, and then worked in prison ministry for decades, retiring in 2012 at the age of 95. The funeral Mass for Sister
Margaret will be held on Wednesday, May 21, at 11:00 AM at Mary's Woods Chapel at Marylhurst, Oregon. The first Masses of the newly established St. Philip Neri Parish were celebrated in the Graziano home on Division Street a
few years before Margaret was born. The home is pictured on the cover of our Centennial Year Memorial
Directory. Initially the two Paulist founders of our parish lived with the Graziano family.