Are you in 4th grade or older and have received First Eucharist? If so, have you ever thought about becoming an ALTAR SERVER? You are invited to a training session on Monday, July 31, 6:30PM to learn more and find out if this important ministry is for you! All current servers are asked to attend this session as well, as Fr. Gerardo will share some updates to your responsibilities.

The first Saturday of each month is a special day of devotion to the Blessed Mother associated with her apparitions at Fatima. Beginning August 5, and continuing on each 1st Saturday of the month, a Mass dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary will be celebrated at 8:00AM (English). Let us not forget that Our Mother Mary is the shortcut to get to God (St. Padre Pio) and the easiest and safest path to the Most Holy Trinity, being the daughter of God the Father, Mother of God the Son and Spouse of the Holy Spirit!

Because of this Mass, First Friday Eucharistic Adoration: 24 Hours with the Lord will conclude with Benediction at 7:30AM. There is no change to the start of Adoration on Friday, August 4, which begins at 8:00AM in the Adoration Chapel for silent mediation until 6:00PM, when we move to the Church for a communal adoration service in Spanish until 10:00PM. Adoration then continues until 7:30AM Saturday morning, with each hour in the language, or silent, as the person who signed up for that hour decides. Drop-in adorers are welcome at any time! If you would like to commit to a set time of adoration, please contact: 8:00AM-6:00PM: Agnes Skelly (stpaj1290@gmail.com, 713-366-9014) or 10:00PM-7:30AM: Antonia Alvarez (948-0744).

On Sunday, August 6, and every first Sunday of the month, the sacrament of Reconciliation is offered immediately after the 9:30AM Mass to 11:15 AM.

Please support the local charitable causes of the Knights of Columbus by ordering some delicious tamales! Pre-order by adding your name to the list on the bulletin board, tamales will be available during Coffee Hour on Aug. 6th. Contact John Sowieja, Grand Knight, for more information (970-230-1032).

Any person or parish group that would like to help with the Parish Picnic & Volunteer Appreciation should attend a planning meeting on Monday, August 7 at 6:30PM in the Parish Hall. The potluck picnic will be Sunday, August 27, 1:30—4:00PM. See you there!

Bill Poche (bbpp65@hotmail.com) and Ann Andzel (annandzel@yahoo.com) are planning an Advent Chorale, to be presented on the first Sunday evening of Advent, at Sacred Heart. The intention is to offer an inspirational gift to

PARISH HAPPENINGS

MEETINGS & THINGS

Middle & High School Youth BBQ & movie under the stars: Sunday, 8:00PM, Bring a friend!

Altar Server Training: Monday, 6:30PM Parish Council: Tuesday, 6:30PM 1st Friday Eucharistic Adoration: 24 Hours with the

Lord: Friday, 8AM to Saturday, 7:30AM. Mass dedicated Blessed Virgin (English): Saturday,

8:00AM

XVII ORDINARY SUNDAY

JULY 30, 2017

761 BIRCH AVE. — P.O. BOX 191 — RIFLE, CO 81650 — WWW.STMARYRIFLE.COM

Liturgical Schedule

English Mass Schedule:

Mon., Tues., Fri. — 7:30am

Saturday — 4:30pm

Sunday — 9:30am Sacred Heart- 230 N. 6th St., Silt

Sunday 7:30am

Misa en Español Schedule:

Thursday — 7:00pm

Saturday — 7:00pm

Sunday — 12.30pm

Reconciliation Schedule:

Mon., Tues., Fri. — 7:00am

Thursday — 6:30pm

Saturday — 3:30pm & 6:30pm

Sunday — 12:00pm

First Sunday of the Month — 11:00AM

Adoration Schedule:

Mon., Tue., Fri. — 8:00am–9:00am

First Friday of Each Month—8:00am—10:00pm

ST. MARY PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCH

Parish Council:

Larry Brady Daniel Bucio Agueda deLeon Bernie Whitman

Finance Council:

Lillian Dahlin Michelle Duran Dan Niedbalski Rosie Ruiz

Parish Staff

Administrator: Fr. Gerardo Garcia Jimenez Pastoral Assistant: Karla Jacobs

KarlaJacobs@StMaryRifle.com 970-625-5125 x20 Parish Office Hours: Mon., Tues., Thu., & Fri.: 9:00am - 1:30pm, After Lunch break by appointment

Religious Ed Coordinator: Mandie Dovey Mandie Dovey@StMaryRifle.com 970-625-3891 x23 Religious Education Summer Office Hours: By appointment only. Family Life/Youth Ministry Coordinator: Sophie Simms, 970-625-3891 x107 SophieSimms@StMaryRifle.com Office Hours: Tuesday 12:00pm-2:00pm Maintenance: Joe Skelly Fax: 970-625-1095 Prayer Requests: Call: 625-5125 or e-mail prayer@stmaryrifle.com General Email: info@stmaryrifle.com Submission Deadlines: Bulletin - Tuesday Noon Announcements - Thursday Noon Online: www.stmaryrifle.com

St Mary Catholic Church in Rifle

Councils-Parish & Finance

all who attend the Chorale, as participants or audience, at the start of our Advent journey. Parishioners from St. Mary and Sacred Heart are invited to join us in preparation. Father Gerardo has already committed his talents to the program! Rehearsals will start in in August. P,S. We are looking for a keyboard that we can borrow.

We recently received a donation of gently-used whiteboards for our classrooms, and while we are excited to replace the chalkboards, this is a big project as we have 11 classrooms! Willing-to-help, handy guys and gals are asked to contact Joe Skelly (281-474-7650) or Yulissa Hernandez (625-5125 x25). Teens are welcome!

We have begun an offertory campaign to better provide for the diverse needs of the different ministries of our parishes. You are invited to donate to the weekly offertory collection at least one hour worth of your hourly wage, and to do so with faith and gratitude in your heart for all the blessings received each day.

YOUTH MINISTRY INFORMATION All Middle & High School youth (Fall grades 6-12) are invited to a BBQ and ‘Movie Under the Stars’ tonight (7/30). BBQ begins at 8:00PM, and The Blind Side will begin at dusk. Bring a blanket & pillow or lawn chair and a friend or two!

Please be sure to register for youth group by grabbing a form from the Information Rack, this will allow us to reach you (via Flocknote and Facebook) with up-to-date information on youth group events.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INFORMATION Religious Education Registration for 2017-2018 will be during August after every weekend mass and Wednesdays, August 9 and 23 from 7:30PM - 8:30PM.

Teachers and Aides needed for Religious Education, please contact Mandie Dovey, 456-9088, at mandiedovey@stmaryrifle.com Thank you!

Looking for volunteers to help register students for the Religious Education 2017-2018 year. Volunteers are needed after every mass during August. Please contact Mandie @ 970-456-9088 if you can help.

WE PRAY FOR...

READINGS OF THE WEEK

SHEPHERD’S CORNER Dear Family in Christ, Treasure sounds like something pirates possess; but each of us has treasure, too. Our treasure is not only cash, but includes personal property, real estate, stocks and many others valuables. And “treasure” should be understood to include one’s spiritual treasures, as well. At least, in material sense, compared to the rest of the world, I would say that Americans are rich. Sometimes people living in America don’t always

July 31- Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 Matthew 13:31-35

August 1 - Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop, Doctor of the Church Exodus 33:7-11; 34: 5B-9, 28 Matthew 13:36-43

August 2 - Weekday Exodus 34:29-35 Matthew 13:44-46

August 3 - Weekday Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38 Matthew 13:47-53

August 4 - Saint John Vianney, Priest Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34B-37 Matthew 13:54-58

August 5 - Weekday Leviticus 25:1, 8-17 Matthew 14:1-12

August 6 - The Transfiguration of The Lord Daniel 7:9-10, 19-14 2 Peter 1:16-19 Matthew 17:1-9

Transfigured in glory, the Son of Man has received kingship and dominion. He will come again in glory.

July 29 7:00PM Magdalena Quezada

July 30 9:30AM Shawn Saguid

Aug 3 7:00PM Adelaida Cisneros ♥

To request a Mass intention, please make your request in the sacristy following Mass.

MASS INTENTIONS

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS

Anna Lee Knies, Cory Allen, Norman Buchan, Terry Breslin, Sarah Wilson, Gene Sowieja, Eddie Zinn, Sue Hawkins, Gabriel Sebastian Andujo, Nancy Yenelle, Darrian Levings, Giles Family, Fernando Núñez, Glenda Wesley, Manuel Ortega, Ramundo Ortega, Ed Allen, Ray and Marie Willey, Charlie Wyant, Tine Glenn, Mary Meserole, Dorothy Wimmer, Gina Glenn, Dave Kissell, Gabbie Levy, Pat Ghastin, Marilyn Weiss, Darren Crabtree, Dorothy Ceremuga, Linda Como, Zack Sowieja & family, Ruben Quintero, Marilyn Bryan, Lisa Edwards, Bernice Ghastin, Chris Chavez, Joan Weaver, Gayl Bernhardt, Darrell Redman, the family of Rustin Franke, Kyle Scholla, Butch Pressler, Alice Holmes, Mark Holmes, Billie Jansky, Craig Leonard, Brian Garland, Bill Oaks, Anita Sundin, Rick Sundin, Joshua Jones, Julia Avonovich, Tammy Waller, Fred Garcia, Julie Kuper, Pat Schmeckel, Ted Diaz, Corky Wilson, Alex & Linda Garcia, Alicia & David Thorpe, Tony Martinez, Linda Tomasi, Lauren Giard, Cathy Richard, Mary Ann Olson, Kim Nieslanik, Susan Armstrong, Freddie Romero, Gerald Waters, Nancy Newton, Joe Elliot, Kathy Willeart, Patrick Chavez, Reagan Nelson, Joyce Cawley, Clarence Gomez, Esther Jones, Lucy Wolff, Bob Christensen, Yvonne Diaz, Tanya Giard, Loretta Kochis (Mable Sanders’ sister), Scott Gordon, Kari Kuerstan, Bert Garlitz, Eliza Gallegos, Mary Benson, Daniel Tena, Connie Ritter, Rosalia Garza, Gordan Hammel, Kimberly Green, Virginia Escalante, John Daly, Clarence Gomez, Amanda Axelson, Mary Brennan, Andrea Gallegos, Nadine Gadis, Pat Squire, Marlene Brandt, and for all others in our Parish and Community who are in need of our prayer. For the souls of our departed: Irene Goergen, Janet Blea, Julia Avonovich, Uriel Meraz, Derek Miles, Francisco Delgadillo, Trudy Heinman, Jay Sikora, Eva Diaz, Jim Sweeney, John Daily, Helen Mahon (Jackie Vazquez’s grandmother), Georgi Aibner, Betty Fulton, Frank Breslin, Ed Andzel, Ernest “Joe” Thompson, Shannon Bascomb, Elaine Gomez, James Flynn, Billy Mauer, Tom Scanlon, Fr. Robert Hehn, Bellard Garcia. For prayer requests please contact the Parish Office.

THE HOLY FATHER’S

PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR AUGUST

Artists. That artists of our time, through their ingenuity, may help everyone discover the beauty of creation.

Sunday: 3rd & 4th Year Theology Monday: 1st & 2nd Year Theology Tuesday: 1st & 2nd Year Theology Wednesday: Spirituality Year Thursday: College Freshmen & Sophomores Friday: Vocations Ministry Saturday: Applicants & Prospective Seminarians

DEAR FATHER

SACRED HEART PARISH

Q: Is it a sin to purchase goods and services from a business that financially supports morally objectionable behavior?

A: This question requires us to back up a bit and ask two more fundamental questions: “What is sin?” and “To what degree am I allowed to participate in an objective evil?” A moral action has three necessary components: the object, the intention, and the circumstances. These are the what, the why, and the context. For something to be sinful, all three of these components must be taken into account. I must know what I am doing is sinful, I must fully intend it, and there must not be any mitigating circumstances that lessen my degree of culpability. Sin, in other words, requires knowledge that the action is sinful, the will to perform it, and circumstances that do not unduly inhibit my knowledge and freedom to act. To purchase goods and services from a business that supports morally objectionable behavior is sinful if we are conscious that the business supports such behavior, if we intend to purchase the product as a way of showing our support of this morally objectionable behavior, and if there are no mitigating circumstances inhibiting our knowledge and freedom of action. As a general rule, we should avoid purchasing goods and services from such businesses. We should not, for example, buy products from companies that fund grave objective moral evils such as embryonic stem research, contraception, abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment, or euthanasia. Specific cases must also take into account the distinction between grave and less serious matters.

Fr. Patrick Keyes, CSsR

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230 North 6th Street, Silt — Sunday Mass at 7:30am Coffee Hour - 3rd Sunday after Mass Confessions after Mass by Request

Ministries for August: Mary Layman

Extraordinary Minister (8/6): Kevin and Kris Erpestad Lector (8/6): Kris Erpestad Offertory (7/16 & 23): $616.00 and $636.00 Attendance (7/16 & 23): 57 and 50

“The Apostle Thomas, at the conclusion of his impassioned quest, not only came to believe in the resurrection, but found

in Jesus his life’s greatest treasure, his Lord. He says to Jesus: ‘My Lord and my God!’ [John 20:28]. We would do well, today, and every day, to pray these magnificent words, and to say to the Lord: You are my one treasure, the path I

must follow, the core of my life, my all.” Pope Francis July 30, 2016

MINISTRY SCHEDULE

STEWARDSHIP

JULY 15 & 16 and 22 & 23 Offertory: $4,232.07 and $3,360.77 Attendance: July 15: 103 July 16: 198 July 22: 94 July 23: 134

realize this, it is true. Even those who are immigrants and are working at the bottom rung of America’s socioeconomic ladder, yet thrilled to be in the United States, are able to send money back to their families remaining in their homeland. Yes, in America we are blessed. But God did not give us these blessings to stockpile; he gave them to us to share with others. That’s the nature of stewardship: sharing. Sharing everything we are, everything we have and everything we do, because God has shared everything to us, even his own intimacy and what he loves the most which is his only begotten Son. This kind of love is usually call: Providence. All of us know very well that Stewardship is not only about money (also includes your talents, your time, your gifts, your spirit, and your own person sharing with generosity) but we know that for a long time the Church has incorporated the collection of funds into worship. It is obvious that the ministry of money is critical for the health and growth of the body of Christ. Let me remind you that your financial contribution to your parish helps accomplish these: Frees priest for other tasks more closely related to their ordained, expands lay ministries and affords just wages, adds more and better ministries, apostolates, and adds professional services in the parish. The ministry of giving accomplishes so many good works on the local level, but since we are One Body in Christ, what we do in our local parish affects the Universal Church. To us as Catholics stewards, money, essentially, is a tool. Wealth can be a blessing, but money can complicate life, too. Take a few moments to reflect upon your own understanding of money. For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. (Mt. 6:21)

There are several ministries next weekend where additional ministers are needed. Please contact the Parish Office is you are able to help. Thank you!

4:30pm Saturday August 5

Extraordinary Ministers: Cindy Bjerstedt and Fred Garcia

Lector: Melanie Holmes Ushers: Knights of Columbus Cantor: Art & Melanie Dahl and Jackie Vazquez Gifts: Meghan and Anisa Orona Sacristan: Trudy Giard

9:30am Sunday August 6 Coffee Hour following Mass

Extraordinary Ministers: Harry Kissell, Mickie Hosack, Troy Feese, Eric Miller and Kim Feese

Lector: Barbara Ramirez and Aaron Hosack Ushers: Danny Urenda and Daniel Ilincuta Server: Justin Vasquez Cantor: Mary Jessup and Lynda Prendergast Gifts: Nan and John Sowieja Coffee Host: Knights of Columbus Church Cleaners: Hispanic Community Money Counters: Monday: Billie Jansky, Jane

Whitt and Kathie Bernat. Sacristan: Karla Jacobs

If you are not able to serve as scheduled, please find a substitute, trading if possible. Please note the change on the schedule in the sacristy or inform the Parish Office at 625-5125 x25 or YulissaHernandez@StMaryRifle.com.

Fr. Gerardo Garcia

Switching Sides

Jennifer Fulwiler is a popular writer and speaker from Austin, Texas, and frequently appears on Catholic radio and EWTN. In this eye-opening presentation, she explains how her original support for abortion was based on love (and lies). Through sound logic and scientific proof, Jennifer chronicles how she came to accept the truth about abortion.