WELCOME VISITORS! We invite you to become a member of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Parish. Registration forms are available at all Church entrances. Please return registration forms to the parish office or drop in the offertory

basket. Thank you for joining our family of faith!

S . M P C C

3300 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, CO 80305 303-499-7744 303-494-8754 (fax)

www.smdpchurch.org

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Anticipatory, 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00am Tuesday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.;

Confession, Saturday, 3:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment; Holy Day Masses, consult the office or bulletin.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Tues.—Thurs.: 9-4pm; Fri: 9 -12 (Closed for lunch 12-12:30 pm)

Deacon Rev. Mr. Karl Matz (Retired) Administrative Assistant JoAnn Ford, (Tues.& Thurs.) parishoffice@smdpchurch.org Business Administrator Ken Baird businessoffice@smdpchurch.org Director of Music Fernanda Nieto, D.M.A. Coordinator of RE Anaisabel Arena Ext. 103 RCIA Father Jim Baird and Jo Ann Ford Custodian George Ford

The Second Sunday of Lent March 8, 2020

In Our Prayers: Karen Whitaker, Russ & Marge Miles, Patricia DeBolt, & John McCafferty, Amanda Eastman

Saturday, March 7

♦ 5:00 pm +Mary Williams-McCafferty family Sunday, March 8

♦ 8:30am Pro Populo-(For the people) ♦ 11:00 am +Don McGann-Evelyn & Joe Shurwon Monday, March 9

♦ 8:30 am No Mass Tuesday, March 10

♦ 8:30 am Sr. Maria Gertrude Read OSB-Dave & Susan Read

Wednesday, March 11

♦ 8:30am +Billy Lynch-McCafferty family Thursday, March 12

♦ 8:30am +Frank & Ollie Zita-Jim Donovan Friday, March 13

♦ 8:30am + Margaret Read-Dave & Susan Read Saturday, March 14

♦ 5:00pm +Bryan Morry-McCafferty family Sunday, March 15

♦ 8:30am +Edward Wehinger-Bill & Janet Wehinger ♦ 11:00am Pro Populo-(For the people)

OFFERTORY FOR MARCH 1, 2020 $5,576.00

ASH WEDNESDAY $443.83 FEBRUARY ONLINE DONATIONS $2,442.61 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

PASTORAL COUNCIL: Chair--Marsha Ruggeri, Carrie Lingo, Joan Fleming,

Jason Pastrick, Mario Mirville FINANCE COUNCIL:

Chair--Mario Mirville, Alexandria Keefe, Taylor Varoglu, Jeremy Lingo, Frank Shafer, Ken Baird

Both councils include Fr. Jim.

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Think Beyond your lifetime...There is no other parish like our parish. How will you ensure its here for future generations? Let’s have a conversation, please call 303-468-9885 of visit TheCatholicFoundation.com. Please name The Catholic Foundation in your will for the benefit of our parish.

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There are several weekday and weekend Mass intention spots available beginning in April and continuing throughout 2020. If you have a loved one you want to offer Mass for, call or come by the Church office to request the Mass you want.

Readings For the week Mon: Dan 9:4b-10 Ps 79:8,9,11 & 13 Lk 6:36-38 Tues: Isa 1:10,16-20 Ps 50:8-9,16bc-17,211 & 23 Matt 23:1-12 Wed: Jer 18:18-20 Ps 31:5-6,14,15-16 Matt 20:17-28 Thur: Jer 17:5-10 Ps 1:1-2,3,4 & 6 Lk 16:19-31 Fri: Gen 37:3-4,12=13a,17b-28a Ps 105:16-17,18-19,20-21 Matt 21:33-43,45-46 Sat: Mic 7:14-15,18-10 Ps 103: 1-2,3-4,9-10,11-12 Lk 15: 1-3,11-32 Sun: Ex 17:3-7 Ps 95:1-2,6-7,8-9 Rom 5:1-2,5-8 Jn 4:5-42

Stations of the Cross will be prayed every Friday at 7:00 PM during the Lenten

season.

Sunday, March 15th after 11:00 Mass, parish potluck to honor St. Patrick and St.

Joseph, details on flyer in bulletin and posted on each church entrance.

Friday, March 20th 4:30-6:30 PM, K of C

fish fry, more details to come.

GROUP EVENTS CALENDAR Analytic Bible Study Group: meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.—studying Matthew. Open to all who are interested. Contact Dave: 303.999.9174. Legion of Mary: meets Fridays from 9:15-10:30 a.m. in the St. Anne Room. Contact Susan, 303.499.6170. Golden Needles Sewing Group: meets every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. We meet to sew, crochet, knit and socialize! Contact the parish office for more information. Art Guild meets on the 1st Saturday of the month. Contact Barb or Pete Schumacher, 303.494.2049. Koinonia Group : We meet at various restaurants in the area on the last Sunday of the month. Our next dinner will be on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 5:00PM. It will be held at Parma. All adults of the parish are welcome. Please join us for fellowship and a good meal. Con-tact Vi Beeby at 303-494-8371 to make your reservation. Scripture Study: Meets every Thurs. from 9:30-10:30 in the St.. Anne’s Room. Each week we explore the scripture readings for the week and how they apply to us today. Father Jim will lead this group. All are welcome!!!

Second Sunday in Lent Wouldn’t that be the greatest thing, to be promised by God that you and all your descendants would be a blessing? Think of your own family, maybe the one you were born into or the one you’ve created. How has your family blessed your city, or your schools, or the parishes to which they’ve belonged? I love the idea of doing a DNA search on family blessing. What remote cousin of yours stepped in when someone in his grade school was being bullied? Did your dad coach a team, or lead the Boy Scouts? Do your have any firefighters or police officers? How about musicians? Has anyone served in the military? Did your sister help with voter registration, or work on election day? Has any family member ever served in office? Closer to home, have you raised kind, compassionate children? That’s the greatest blessing of all. Do you have any teachers in your family? Medical professionals? Does anyone in your family know how to get blood from a patient painlessly? Those of us who have blood drawn regularly bless you for providing us with that most crucial cog in the medical world, the painless phlebotomist. That is a unique and powerful blessing. Think back on the people who have provided rich blessings in your life. Maybe it’s the lawyer who helped you with your will. Maybe it’s the plumber who figured out where the leak was coming from. Blessings travel faster around the globe than any scary pandemic. Like Abram and Sarai, our ancestors left home to find a new home. Some became famous, most toiled every day in difficult circumstances. But their blessings remain, and go forward through us.

In what ways will you be a blessing this Lent? Kathy McGovern ©2020 www.thestoryandyou.com

♦ Sun, Mar 15-Eucharist & Reconciliation

Learning Center ♦ Sun, Mar 29-1st reconciliation after 11

Mass & Confirmation Program begins at home

♦ Sun, Apr 19-Confirmation Learning Center

Our RCIA candidates celebrated the Rite of Sending and Election this past weekend. They celebrated the Rite of Sending here at St. Martin’s at the 11:00 Mass and then we traveled together down to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception where they met Archbishop Aquila and celebrated the Rite or Call to Continuing Conversion. This is another step in their preparation for receiving their sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation at the Easter Vigil. Please continue to pray for them on this journey.

LENTEN FOOD DRIVE The Social Concerns Committee will be collecting food from Ash Wednesday until Palm Sunday for the Harvest of Hope Food Pantry. Lists of the items needed are posted on the bulletin board. and bags for collection are available in the Gathering space. Among the items most needed are: CANNED TUNA OR CHICKEN CANNED FRUIT BREAKFAST CEREAL HEARTY SOUP, HEALTHY SNACKS RAZORS, DEODORANT, TOOTHPASTE, TOILET PAPER, SOAP/SHAMPOO, FEMININE HYGIENE All items are greatly appreciated.

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