Parish Office Office Hours: 8:30 am-3:30 pm Phone: 327-9573 Pastor: Rev. Esteban Soler Deacon: Dcn. Roy Buck Parish Office: Jami Glastre www.stcharlesspokane.org

Parish Council Kathleen Anderson Gene Duenas Jennifer Durand Jennine Fitzgerald John Featherstone Mike Myers Debby Phillips Anne Thomas Sandy White

Finance Council Tom Geiger Ron Hardin Bill Kirchner Barbara McNabb School Office Hours: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Phone: 327-9575 Fax: 325-9353 Principal: Heather Schlaich Bookkeeper: Jami Glastre Secretary: Sheila Warne Prayer Line Audrey Morlan 464-0460 Beverly Burger 327-9158 Mary Ann Longeway 919-5274

Opportunities for Service Altar Society Choir Lectors Coffee & Doughnuts Homebound Eucharistic Ministers Greeters/Ushers Knights of Columbus School St. Gianna Pro-Life Group Family Promise of Spokane Funeral Luncheons Caritas Franciscan Sisters The Little Portion Sr. Joanne Clavel Sr. Patricia Novak 241-3180

Consider a gift/bequest to St. Charles in your Will. I give to the “St. Charles Church Preservation Fund.” located at 4515 N Alberta, Spokane, WA 99205.

The following amount/percent ____to be used exclusively for Church preservation. OR …

I give to St. Charles Catholic Parish, located at 4515 N Alberta, Spokane, WA 99205, the following amount/percentage ___to be used wherever needed most.

Sacraments

Reconciliation Wednesday: 5:00 pm Friday: 5:00 pm Saturday: 3:00 pm Or by appointment Baptism Contact the parish office. Parental preparation is required. Marriage Diocesan policy requires couples planning to be married to contact the parish office at least four months in advance of desired date.

ST. CHARLES PARISH February 9, 2020 ▪ Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

4515 N. Alberta St., Spokane, WA 99205

Religious Education If you are interested in learning more about the Catholic faith, call Father Soler.

Masses Saturday: 4:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am Holy Days: As announced Weekday mass times listed inside First Saturday at 8:30 am Adoration Wednesday: 5:00 pm Friday: 5:00 pm

P.P. = Planned Parenthood 123 E. Indiana, St. Gianna Group meets to pray the rosary in front of P.P.

February 9, 2020 – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Charles Parish welcomes all our visitors who are joining us for worship. May your time with us be grace-filled and may the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and your loved ones today and always.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Dear all,

Praised be Jesus Christ Our Lord!

I am writing to you to share some exciting good news. Following a conversation with Bishop Daly, I am happy to share

that he hopes to have me serving this community for some years.

Second is news regarding the school. Our school has struggled the last several years both in enrollment and financially.

As I came in last year, my commitment, and that of our Bishop, was to work on finding a way to bring St. Charles

School to a better place. For the last few months I have dedicated myself to evaluating the situation and discerning a path

forward. It was clear to all of us involved in the administration, that we needed to find a “niche” for our school – some-

thing which would differentiate our school from the other Catholic schools in the area. After evaluating different direc-

tions, consulting and discerning, I have asked permission from our Bishop to transition our own St. Charles School from

Diocesan Curriculum to a Classical Liberal Arts Curriculum model. The school will remain our parochial school and we

intend to keep working with our amazing staff, it will continue to be the main evangelizing mission of our parish. From

the many benefits I can foresee happening in the future, I would like to mention a few here.

1. This transition has proven to revitalize other schools that were struggling all over the country.

2. It will certainly be a completely different option for Catholic families in the Spokane area. The historical fluctuation

of our enrollment numbers has, in part, been correlated to the enrollment of nearby Catholic schools. As neighboring

schools decreased, we would increase, and vice versa. That is in part because we are “competing” for the same fami-

lies. Changing to a new educational model will bring other families, without continuing on that path of the past.

3. From the faith perspective, this focus will be more helpful both for teachers and students. Having an integrated cur-

riculum in Catholic liberal arts education connects every subject and reality with God and His revelation. While con-

tinuing to learn the different subjects, students learn how they relate to each other, and how God and faith can be dis-

covered through them. Children are educated to know and desire, in every way, He who is the source of all Beauty,

Goodness and Truth.

4. From the educational point of view, it will greatly help the kids and their parents. A program of study modeled after

the Trivium (that is grammar, logic and rhetoric), engages the natural stages of a child’s development and their desire

to learn.

I am truly excited about this opportunity. I, myself, was classically trained in my younger years, and I have no doubt

how helpful it has been to me in my personal growth, ministry, and missions around the world.

I do ask you to kindly keep us all in your prayers in this new adventure which we are about to begin, and I am truly

grateful to God and to you for your support.

In Christ,

Fr. Soler

Tue, Feb 11 1:00 PM P.P./ Chapel St. Gianna Prayer- All Welcome

6:30 PM Parish Center/Gym Youth Group 6th-12th Grade

7:00 PM Parish Center St. Gianna Respect-Life Group Meeting

Wed, Feb 12 10:00 AM Parish Center Women's Book Study

1:00 PM Activity Center Altar Society Meeting

6:30 PM Activity Center Catechetical Wednesday

Thu, Feb 13 7:00 PM Library Pastoral Council

FRANCISCAN CORNER

The first companion of St. Francis was a rich and wise man, Ber-nard of Quintavalle. Bernard had seen Francis renounce his com-fortable life and wondered why. One day, Bernard invited Francis to stay with him. During the night, when Francis thought Bernard was asleep, Francis got up and prayed over and over the words: “My God, my God” and nothing more. Bernard, who was not asleep, was inspired by Francis’ prayer and in the morning told Francis he wanted to join him. Together they went to Mass and afterwards asked the priest to open the Gospels 3 times to see what their path should be. The passages said, “Go sell what you have and give to the poor. Take nothing for your journey. Let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me”. This Bernard did and so began the Franciscan order. What can we learn? Ex-ample has power. Whose example have you followed? Who is following your example and what are they learning?

St. Charles Borromeo Parish—Spokane, WA

LITURGICAL SERVICES

COFFEE & DONUTS

STEWARDSHIP REPORT

LECTOR SCHEDULE

If you can help with this ministry, call Sandy Fielder at 475-9023

Weekend

Collection

Total

Collections

Received

Collections

Needed

Feb. 2 $5,027 $171,494 $182,900

Please Remember in Your Prayers For all those we hold deeply in our hearts, may

they be remembered.

St. Charles, pray for us!

Prayerfully consider

donating to our Janitor Fund.

Collected Last

Week: $185.00

Novena for Healing

All are invited to attend the annual Lourdes No-

vena for Healing to be held at the Cathedral of

Our Lady of Lourdes Monday, February 3rd

through Tuesday, February 11th. Join Bishop

Daly as prayers will be offered for all those in

need of any kind of healing – physical, emotion-

al, or the healing of relationships. The daily ser-

vices last 45 minutes and will include music led

by the Cathedral Choir, Cathedral Brass, Chil-

dren’s Choir, and musicians from the Spokane

Symphony Orchestra. A complete schedule may

be found by logging on to the Cathedral web-

site at www.SpokaneCathedral.com. All are wel-

come! Weeknights at 5:15 pm and weekends at

4:00 pm.

St. Thomas More Parish Card Party &

Luncheon March 10, 2020, 11:30 am—3:00pm,

Make reservations by March 4, 2020 by calling

Pat Martin at 509-466-7358.

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ALTAR SERVERS Here are the needs for Caritas this

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paper towels, laundry soap, rice,

canned fruit, chili, soda crackers,

canned meat, Top Ramen noodles

Sat, Feb. 08 4:00 PM Dick Pelkie†

Sun, Feb. 09 8:00 AM Dick Pelkie†

10:00 AM For the Parish

Mon, Feb. 10 8:00 AM No Mass

Tue, Feb. 11 8:00 AM Toni Williams

Wed, Feb. 12 8:30 AM Dick Pelkie†

Thu, Feb. 13 8:00 AM

Fri, Feb. 14 8:00 AM Colleen Dodroe†

Sat, Feb. 15 4:00 PM Kevin Thomas

Sun, Feb. 16 8:00 AM For the Parish

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Feb. 15 4:00 PM

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