HOLY YEAR OF MERCY — “Joyful Call” The time has come for the Church to take up the joyful call to mercy once more. It is time to return to the basics and to bear the weaknesses and struggles of our brothers and sisters. Mercy is the force that rea-wakens us to new life and instills in us the courage to look to the fu-ture with hope. — Pope Francis

SAINT MARIE BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS (1844 – 1879)

Patroness of Lourdes, France Feast Day – February 18th

St. Marie Bernadette Soubirous was born at Lourdes in 1844. At fourteen years of age she witnessed eighteen ap-paritions of Our Blessed Lady at Lourdes, instructing her to make known the miraculous healing powers which the Blessed Virgin, by her presence, would give to the waters at Lourdes.

In 1866, St. Marie Bernadette Soubirous joined the Sisters of Charity at Nevers, taking her perpetual vows in 1878. Her contemporaries admired her humility and the authentic character of her testimony about the ap-pearance of the Blessed Virgin. Nevertheless she had to endure many severe trials during her religious life and exhibited heroic patience in sickness. She realized that the heal-ing spring was not for her, and was fond of saying: “The Blessed Virgin used me as a broom to remove dust. When the work is finished, the broom is placed behind the door and left there.” She died in 1879 at the age of thirty-five and was canonized in 1933 by Pope Pius XI. Coming to reflect before the body of Bernadette, the pilgrim sees, to-day, the face that 18 times looked on the Virgin Mary, the hands that, at the request of the Blessed Virgin, had scraped the ground and allowed the spring to flow at the back of the Grotto, the lips that related the words of

the Immaculate Virgin and the Message of Lourdes.

Altar Servers (John Conner 687 -2144) Feb. 14 - John, Sidney, Chaim, Dominic Feb. 21 - Dominic, Sidney, Chaim, John

EMOHC (Teresa Thompson 687-2142) Feb. 14 - Carol Aberg & Don Seidel Feb. 21 - Jane & John Stroope

Readers (Teresa Thompson 687 -2142) Feb. 14 - Ken Szelazkiewizk

Ushers (John Conner 687-2144) John Conner & Robert Booky

Sacred Heart Mission Catholic Church Cloudcroft, NM

P.O. Box 236, La Luz NM 88337 (575) 434-9460

Office Hours Monday - Thursday (At Our Lady of the Light - La Luz)

10:00am - 4:00pm Fr. Christopher Williams, Pastor

(email: cwpostnm@hotmail.com) Fr. Theo Okafor, Parochial Vicar

Andy Weiss, Deacon

1st Sunday of Lent February 14th, 2016

Sunday Mass: 9:00 am (Rosary recited before Mass) (Confessions prior to Mass –8:30am) Mass on Wednesdays - 9:00 am *Anointing of the sick on the 1st Wednes-day of the month. Adoration after Mass last Wednesday of the month.

Church Committee Members

Chairperson - James Carfagno Vice-Chair - Michael Blette Secretary - Carol Aberg Finance - Jackie Koscak Social Chair - Lourdes Blette

Please remember to notify Teresa Thompson (687-2142), if you are unable to read or serve as scheduled, even if you have arranged for someone to take your place. Thank you.

Mass Intentions: Sun. (Feb. 14) - †Gerri Cates by Mike & Lourdes Blette

Wed. (Feb. 17) - For all Parishioners

Sun. (Feb. 21) - † Carolyn Kirwin by Tip Kirwin

Please remember the Sick of the Parish in your

Prayers Don Dickman Lavonne Dickman Robin Armenta Richard Englehardt Angie Madl Margarita Bustamante Jennifer Madl Brian Madl Ralph Brooks Ceci Borunda Sara Lee Patricia Drake

If you need to add or remove a name from the Prayer List, please let Teresa Thompson know. This will ensure an updated Prayer List.

Sacred Heart’s webpage: http://www.sacredheartcatholiccloudcroft.org

Collections Collection Feb. 7th - $723.00

UIM Renovation Fund — $101.00

Second Collection is for the Diocese

of the Cuidad Juarez. The 2nd col-

lection next Sunday is for Fr. Hay

Catholic School. Thank you for your

donations & support.

Our Lenten Journey

Lent should be a time of prayer, fasting and giving alms. We can do all three. Stations of the Cross—Will be held on Fridays at 5:30pm at the Church. Rice Bowls—This year we will again participate in the CRS Rice Bowl Campaign. Please partici-pate by giving alms to the poor in other countries. Lenten Penance Services St. Jude (Alamogordo) Monday, Feb. 29th - 7:00pm Our Lady of the Light - La Luz Tuesday, March 1st - 6:30 pm St. Francis de Paula (Tularosa) Thursday, March 3rd - 6:00pm Immaculate Conception Church (Alamogordo) - Thursday, March 10th - 7:00pm

Church Council Meeting & Potluck Supper - February 16th CancelledThe Church Council Meeting and Potluck Supper Scheduled for Tuesday, February 16th at 5:30pm at the Church has been cancelled. The date for the church council meeting for March will be announced soon.

Margarita Bustamante

If you need to add or remove a name from the Prayer List, please let Teresa Thompson know. This will ensure an

Feeding the Hungry

St. Francis Soup Kitchen The St. Francis de Paula Soup Kitchen is

open every Wednesday. Volunteers are needed at noon to help pre-

pare the meal. The meal is served from 3:30 to 5:00pm. Contact

Fr. Christopher if you would like to volunteer.

Our Savior Lutheran Chuch - The next hot meal prepared & served

at Our Savior Lutheran Church will be on Wednesday, February

17th. If you would like to volunteer, a signup sheet will be on the

bulletin board in the back of church in La Luz and at the back addi-

tion at Cloudcroft. If you have questions, please call Vanita, 437-

8065.

Ash Wednesday and Good Fridays are days of Fasting and Abstain-ing from food with meat. Fasting means eating only one regular meal during the day or eating three small meals to equal one regular sized meal. Those younger than 15 or older than 60 are exempt from fasting. Other Fridays during lent are days of Abstaining from food with meat. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday. Each person should do some form of penance during lent.

Pope Francis Offering Plenary Indulgences For Year of Mercy To emphasize the spiritual nature of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, the Pope is offering plenary indulgences to the faithful. The indulgences can be gained by visiting designated shrines and fulfill the usual re-quirements . The following churches have been designated by Bish-op Cantu as pilgrimage sites: The Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Las Cruces; Lord of Mercy Parish, Hatch; St. Cecilia, Jal; St. John the Baptist, Roswell; St. Vincent, Silver City; St. Joseph Apache Mission, Mescalero; and St. Martin de Porres, Sunland Park. As a parish, we will be doing four pilgrimages throughout the year. The first will be at St. Joseph Apache Mission in Mescalero on Thursday, March 10th. Mass will be celebrated at 11:00am. A sign-up sheet will be posted in the church soon.

February 16th Cancelled The Church Council Meeting and Potluck Supper Scheduled for Tuesday, February 16th at 5:30pm at the Church has been cancelled. The date for the church council meeting for March will be announced