The Parish Photo Directories have arrived! All families that were photographed should stop by the table after Mass to pickup their free copy.

The votes are in! By a 164-129 vote, the preferred location for the Our Lady of Guadalupe statue is #2 - the garden setting. The next step is to determine the availability of donated labor and materials in order to estimate our fundraising goal. We start this process at the Hispanic Committee meeting on Monday, June 20 at 7:00pm. English speakers that would like to share information or contribute are encouraged to speak with Fr. Jose Maria, a bilingual member of the Parish Council, Maintenance Committee or Hispanic Committee member. Their names and contact information can be found on the bulletin board.

Let’s help restock the shelves at Lift-Up! From now through July 7 please drop donations of canned food, dry goods, cleaning supplies, baby food/formula/diapers and personal hygiene products in the Lift-Up collection box in the entryway. The results of your generosity will be delivered to Lift-Up on July 8 by some of our middle and high school students who are invited to lend a helping hand there that day. Thank you for helping those in need in the Rifle community! 2017 Confirmation candidates are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity for service hours. Students interested in helping should contact Sophie Messaros (625-3891 x107, SophieM@StMaryRifle.com), as a permission slip signed by your parent is needed.

30 teens from St. Mary will attend the Steubenville Youth Conference next Friday-Sunday Please pray for them, and their chaperones, that they may come to experience a relationship with Christ that can radically transform everything in their lives. Our deepest gratitude to the Knights of Columbus for the Fish Fry fundraisers and the Parish Bazaar awarding scholarships and underwriting part of the bus cost!

The Peter’s Pence collection is an opportunity to stand in solidarity with Catholics all over the world to support the charitable works of Pope Francis as he reaches out to those suffering the effects of war and violence, natural disasters, and religious persecution. The collection will be taken up on July 25/26.

The next baptismal preparation class in Spanish will be offered on Friday, July 8 at 7:00pm. All parents and godparents need to attend this class. Contact the Parish Office if the class is needed in English.

Outside interests are currently funding an effort to get Physician-Assisted Suicide laws added to our ballots here in Colorado. To do so they are paying people to collect signatures throughout the summer. We need everyone to know they should not sign any petition that would put physician-assisted suicide on the ballot in November. Physician-assisted suicide is a dangerous proposition that we should avoid. To learn more about this issue visit archden.org/life.

XII ORDINARY SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2016

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

PARISH HAPPENINGS

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 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 Julie Burner Agueda deLeon Bernie Whitman Finance Council: Dan Niedbalski, Chairperson Allan Cyr Lillian Dahlin Michelle Duran Bob Prendergast

Parish Staff

Pastor: Fr. JoséMaría Quera 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 Coord.: Mandie Dovey Mandie Dovey@StMaryRifle.com 970-625-3891 x23 Office Hours: No summer hours, please leave voice message or email Family Life/Youth Ministry Coord.: Sophie Messaros, 970-625-3891 x107 SophieM@StMaryRifle.com Office Hours: Tuesday: 5:00-7:00pm Maintenance: Joe Skelly Fax: 970-625-1095 Prayer Requests: Call: 625-4509, 625-5125 or e-mail prayer@stmaryrifle.com Email: info@stmaryrifle.com Submission Deadlines: Bulletin - Tuesday Noon Announcements - Thursday Noon Online: www.stmaryrifle.com, or

St Mary Catholic Church in Rifle

Parish & Finance Councils

MEETINGS & THINGS Hispanic Committee/Guadalupe statue planning

meeting: Monday, 7:00pm, Parish Hall Mosaic Ensemble: Tuesday, 5:00pm, Room 4

Blessed Sacrament Adoration Chapel combination: 1225 (Christmas Day)

FAMILY LIFE/YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS Parents of middle and high school students (Fall 2016 grades 6-12) are encouraged to complete a YOUTH MINISTRY REGISTRATION form, that can be found in the Information Rack, so that we have emergency contact information when your child attends youth group,

Next Youth Ministry Activities: Middle (Fall 2016 Grades 6-8) and High School: June 26-July 1 - Totus Tuus - Register this weekend! July 8 - Help deliver donations to Lift-Up from the Parish

Food Drive and lend a helping hand stocking shelves! Those who will receive confirmation in 2017 are encouraged to take advantage of this service opportunity. Permission slips available next weekend.

Middle School: July 17, Water & Worship, 2:15-3:45PM High School: July 24, celebrate World Youth Day in Rifle, 6:00-7:30PM

TOTUS TUUS - JUNE 26 TO JULY 1: Registration THIS WEEKEND after all masses!

Fall 2016 1st - 6th grade: Monday, June 27 - Friday, July 1: 9:00am - 2:30pm. $25 per student, $75 maximum per family.

Fall 2016 7th - 12th grade and 2016 graduates: Sunday, June 26 - Thursday, June 30. 7:30pm to 9:30pm. No charge, parent signed registration form & permission slip for Thursday night at the Bowling Alley are still needed. Thank you to Parish Bazaar for underwriting the cost of the middle/high school program!

The focus of Totus Tuus is to engage our children and youth in the faith and to make it their own. The elementary youth learn more about God as their loving Father and Savior. This year the focus is on prayer, the Our Father and the Glorious Mysteries of the rosary. The children have opportunity for confession and attend Mass daily at 11:15AM. The community is invited to join us for Mass (No 7:30AM Mass this week)!

For our middle and high school students, the college-age teaching team establishes a relationship much like a big brother or sister. The team members give witness to their vibrant faith and relationship with God through talks & testimonies and they lead small group discussions, prayer, games and fellowship. This age group focuses on the Cardinal and Theological virtues. There is opportunity for confession and adoration, and a Thursday evening social at the Rifle Bowling Alley.

Support from the entire parish community is needed: become a prayer partner, donate snacks for the kids, or lunch or dinner for the teaching team. Join us for the Parish Potluck on Tuesday at 5:30PM. Adult and teen helpers for the daytime program are also needed.

Contact Imelda Rodriquez. (imii2012@icloud.com, 970-456-8131) or Sharon Pritt (slonghurstpritt@gmail.com, 970-366-2969) to offer your assistance.

WE PRAY FOR...

READINGS OF THE WEEK

MINISTRY SCHEDULE

June 18 4:30pm Theresa Lleyva 7:00pm Omero Otero June 19 9:30am Ignatius Lana

12:30pm Jaime Magana ♥

June 23 7:00pm Consuelo & Anastasio

To request a Mass Intention call 625-5125 or e-mail info@stmaryrifle.com

MASS INTENTIONS

“Why does Jesus want to know what people think about him? Why does he want to know what his disciples think about

him? Jesus wants his disciples to become aware of what is hidden in their own minds and hearts and to give voice to their

conviction. At the same time, however, he knows that the judgment they will express will not be theirs alone,

because it will reveal what God has poured into their hearts by the grace of faith. This is what faith is all about!

It is the response of the rational and free human person to the word of the living God. “

Saint Pope John Paul II

August 19, 2000

4:30pm Saturday, June 25 Extraordinary Ministers: Fred Garcia and Rose Fraser Lector: Melanie Holmes Ushers: Meghan Orona Server: Needed Cantor: Chris Sullivan and Frank Breslin Gifts: Halie and Billie Holmes Sacristan: Fred Garcia

9:30am Sunday, June 26 Extraordinary Ministers: Eric Miller, Harry Kissell, Larry Brady, Lyle Green, and Karla Jacobs Lector: Meghan Alstatt and Bryan Fleming Ushers: Dan Niedbalski and Caitlyn Peed Server: Luke Duran Cantor: Mary Jessup and Brian Gray Gifts: Eric & Holly Miller Coffee: Harold & Bernie Piper and Susan Armstrong Church Cleaner: Needed-Contact Joe Skelly Money Counters: Patricia Ulloa, Lucy Wolff and Dorothy Zinn Sacristan: Karla Jacobs If you are unable to serve as scheduled please find a replacement and notify the Parish Office at 625-5125 x 20 or info@stmaryrifle.com. Thank you.

EXPANDING THE WORD JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY

SACRED HEART PARISH 230 North 6th Street, Silt — Sunday Mass at 7:30am

Coffee Hour - June 26 - a celebration of the 61st anniversary of the dedication of the church

Ministries for June: Margaret Simms

Extraordinary Ministers (6/26): Les & Margaret Sims Lector (6/26): Kris Erpestad Offertory (6/12): $475.00 Attendance (6/12): 43

STEWARDSHIP

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS

Lisa Lessard, 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, Ann & Ed Andzel, Anita Sundin, Rick Sundin, Joshua Jones, Julia Avonovich, Tammy Waller, Fred Garcia, Julie Kuper, Marty Thompson, Ernest “Joe” Thompson, Terry Whitley, Pat Schmeckel, Luke Anderle, Ted Diaz, Corky Wilson, Alex & Linda Garcia, Georgi Aibner, Megan Doll, Alicia & David Thorpe, Tony Martinez, Linda Tomasi, Lauren Giard, Cathy Richard, Mary Ann Olson, Irene Goergen, Lyle Green, Kim Nieslanik, Susan Armstrong, Freddie Romero, Gerald Waters, Nancy Newton, Joe Elliot, Ann Arrington, Kathy Willeart, Patrick Chavez (Esther Jones’ uncle), 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, Derek Miles, Gordan Hammel, Kimberly Green, Virginia Escalante, John & Therese Daly, Clarence Gomez, Amanda Axelson, Mary Brennan, Betty Fulton, Andrea Gallegos (Eliza Gallegos’ granddaughter), 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: Elaine Gomez, James Flynn, Billy Mauer, Tom Scanlon, Fr. Robert Hehn, Bellard Garcia. For prayer requests or to join our e-mail/phone prayer ministry contact Dorothy Zinn (625-4509).

THE HOLY FATHER’S

PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JUNE

WHO DO YOU SAY? In today’s Gospel Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” (Luke 9:20). Only Peter has the courage to state outright that Jesus is the Messiah—the anointed one—of God. Jesus’ question is one that we have to answer at some point for ourselves if we are to truly live as his disciples today. It is easy to avoid a direct answer, to rely on what someone else has said about Jesus, or just to follow the rules and say the right prayers for years on end, without ever stopping to face this question squarely. Marianne lives in a small-town parish. She says she never thought this question was for her until one day it came up in a Bible study group. “I’d read or heard this passage so many times before, but on this particular day it was as if I were hearing it for the very first time. As I drove home, I knew deep in my heart that I had to acknowledge Jesus as the one whom God had sent into this world for me.” And, she continued, “I knew that if I accepted Jesus as the Lord of my life, there would be consequences!” This started Marianne on a new path. She found a wise and experienced spiritual director and began reviewing her life. “I used to tease one of my friends who wore a ‘What would Jesus do?’ bracelet,” she said, “but suddenly I knew that this is a question that I’ll be asking myself all the time now.” Her life’s challenges haven’t vanished overnight: Marianne cares for her elderly mother and copes with diabetes, but she says, “I trust in God much more these days, and God’s blessing is that I’m so much more openhearted and openhanded with other people than ever before.” Living Stewardship Now Is Jesus the center of your life? If not, why not?

-Copyright (c) 2009, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

June 20 - Weekday 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15A, 18 Matthew 7:1-5

June 21 - St. Aloysius Gonzaga 2 Kings 19:9B-11, 14-21, 31-35A, 36 Matthew 7:6, 12-14

June 22 – Weekday 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3 Matthew 7:15-20

June 23 - Weekday 2 Kings 24:8-17 Matthew 7:21-29

June 24 - Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Isiah 49:1-6 Luke 1:57-66, 80

June 25 - Weekday Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 Matthew 8:5-17

June 26 - Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 Kings 19:16B, 19-2 Galatians 5:1, 13-18 Luke 9:51-62

Elisha is summoned to follow the prophet Elijah and to succeed him. Jesus insists that those who follow him must abandon all material or psychological securities, walking ever forward without looking back. It is the Lord alone who is to hold fast our lot. Paul distinguishes between true freedom and license.

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today, as he often does, Luke portrays Jesus “praying in solitude” (Luke 9:18). The Jubilee Year of Mercy invites us to rediscover the value of silence as the prayerful setting in which to reflect on the ways in which God’s mercy transforms our lives, in order to make mercy the heart of our own lifestyle. But in a line that sounds odd, Jesus “rebuked” his disciples “and directed them not to tell anyone” (9:20–21) after they professed their faith in Jesus as “the Christ of God” (9:20). Jesus challenges us also to profess our faith not by what we say, but by what we do: take up our own cross daily (9:23) and “bear one another’s burdens” (Galatians 6:2). Our gratitude for God’s mercy toward us should make us instruments of God’s mercy toward all. Then, as Zechariah prophesies in today’s first reading, the fountain of God’s mercy will open to purify the whole world from the sin and selfishness that cause suffering and sorrow to so many (Zechariah 13:1).

--Peter Scagnelli, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

JUNE 11 & 12: Offertory: $6,164.51 Attendance: June 11: 66 June 12: 176

Universal: Human solidarity That the aged, marginalized, and those who have no one may find–even within the huge cities of the world–opportunities for encounter and solidarity.

Evangelization: That seminarians and men and women entering religious life may have mentors who live the joy of the Gospel and prepare them wisely for their mission.

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

Spiritual Works of Mercy (Booklet)

Most Christians want to live an active faith yet feel perplexed about how to do so. The seven interconnected "spiritual works of mercy" come to our aid: counseling the doubtful; comforting the ignorant; admonishing sinners; comforting the afflicted; forgiving offenses; bearing wrongs patiently; and praying for the living and the dead. Through such acts of mercy we can respond fully to God's goodness towards us, involving conversion of our interior life: such acts are truly God's acts of mercy; we become mere human agents for God to alleviate people's unhappiness.