ST. THERESA PARISH – PHOENIX, AZ SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016

My Brothers and Sisters, Having concluded the Fifty Days of Easter with last week’s Solemnity of Pentecost, we now celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity – one of the “doctrinal feasts” that we en-counter as we re-enter the period of the Church Year known as Ordinary Time.

Like next week’s Solemnity of the Most Holy and Body Blood of Christ, Trinity Sunday (as today’s feast is often called) focuses our attention on one of the central teachings of our Christian Faith: our conviction that there are Three Persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – in our one God. It’s important to note that this is truly a mystery of our faith: there is no way to completely grasp this mystery by way of our human intellect (how can one Divine Being be three individualized Persons?)… yet, we are encouraged by the faith we profess to accept this mystery as real and true, even though it appears to be completely illogical. Many down through the centuries have attempted to try to help us understand this mystery by way of analogy: St. Patrick, for instance, is credited with comparing the Trinity to a shamrock – one single “leaf” having three distinct parts. An analogy that I find helpful: one substance, H2O, can take three distinct and different forms: water, ice and steam… but no matter what form it takes, it remains H2O. God is God, one and indivisible, but reveals Godself to us in three distinct Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Perhaps it’s a bit easier to celebrate this mystery of our Faith, the Trinity, by focusing on the “why” instead of the “how” of the mystery. In other words, why in the world would God choose to manifest Godself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit? The answer, in a sense, is quite simple: God is a God of relationship… and so much wants to be in relationship with those created in God’s image and likeness (you and me) that God interacts with us in three ways, in three modes, by way of three Persons… so much does God love us and want to draw us into relationship with the Divine.

The Collect, or opening prayer, of today’s Mass gets to the core of this celebration: the pray-er addresses and praises God as the Father who so wanted to be known to the human race that Jesus became human. The prayer goes on to recognize the God who so desires that we share divine life that the Spirit continues to lure us into union with one another and with God. This process is described as “sanctification” in the words of the Collect prayer.

How wonderful it is that we can celebrate “three Persons equal in majesty, undivided in splendor, yet one Lord, one God1” who – as Father, Son and Holy Spirit – wants nothing more than to achieve intimacy with each one of us!

Grace, mercy and peace,

Rev. Charles G. Kieffer Pastor

1from the Preface of the Holy Trinity, second typical edition of the Missale Romanum (1975)

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PARISH NEWS

Spiritual Adoption Update: Hooray! Your spiritually adopt-ed baby is going to be born sometime between now and Father's Day. To celebrate his or her birth, the St. Theresa Parish Sanctity of Life Ministry is hav-

ing a baby bottle drive to benefit First Way Crisis Preg-nancy Center. Please keep filling your baby bottles with loose change! We will be in the south vestibule of the Church to collect your returned bottles from now until Father's Day, Sunday, June 19th. Last year we collected over $3,000 to help moms in crisis pregnancies bring their babies to term. THANK YOU for praying for the babies you adopted and for your donations to help First Way Crisis Pregnancy Center.

St. Vincent De Paul The SVDP 5th Sunday collection to support our min-istry will take place NEXT weekend, May 28th & 29th. Members of the St. Theresa Parish SVDP will be at the church doors after all Masses to accept your donations. Thank you for your continued support.

Vacation Bible School will present “Alice in Wonderland”

June 20th-24th from 9AM-12noon Fee: $30 per child, 4 years to 4th grade.

Children will follow Alice down the rabbit hole to find Jesus, who will help them know which way to go! Registration forms are available in the Parish Office and online at

www.sttheresaphx.org. Questions, call Gina Keating in the Parish Office @ 602-840-0850, ext. 111. DON’T BE LATE to this very important date!

Help Wanted! Have you been considering getting in-volved in a liturgical ministry? Summer is a great time to start! With folks looking to take time off during the summer, we’re in need of additional ministers to help meet the demands of weekend Masses. It’s also a time to “get your feet wet” and get used to the rhythm of each ministry before the big push of Christmas and Easter! All liturgical ministries – Ushers, Altar Servers, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Music, Martha’s Minis-try (Eucharistic linens), and Art & Environment – are open for new enrollment. Please call or e-mail Brian Kinzie, Director of Liturgy and Music, in the Parish Of-fice during the week to learn more and get start-ed! [602.840.0850 ext. 121; bkinzie@sttheresaphx.org]

Congratulations to the Third Grade Children and Teens Who Received the Sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Eucharist on Saturday, May 14th.

You and Your Families are in Our Prayers as You “Walk in Love” Throughout Your Lifetime!

Alexis Adams, Allison Adams, Vivian Amoia, Gabriela Arriola, Ava Ash, Lillian Ash,

Isabella Ballesteros, Melodie Bellmont, Mico Bonanno, Brandon Braccio, Henry Burch,

Annabelle Burchett, Mason Bushard, Matthew Calderon, Eva Cordova, Sofia Cordova,

Jackson Crandall, Nico DeFalco, Matias Espinosa, Jude Foster, Jake Gregory, Ada Hamilton,

Drew Heglie, Michael Herdegen, Maya Hill, Elle House, Mackenzie Jackson, Adian King,

Kiera Kinerk, Anderson Kopp, Zachary Koss, Alexa Levario, Vince MacBan, Mateo Martinez,

Elizabeth Martinez, Lizbeth Martinez, Logan Martinez, Rebecca Martinez, Luke Mellen, Kate Mosby,

John Murphy, Logan Nardi, Fabian Nieto, Fedrick Nieto, Nikolas Nieto, Jade Ortiz-Alba,

Rowan Ostendorf, Reagan Perez, Keegan Pierce, Aleczander Quintana, London Urias-Ramonett,

Uriel Ray, Ella Reithinger, Margarita Russell, Autumn Saavedra, Alex Salome, Brenna Satran,

Ryland Schultz, Sadie Sebald, Faith See, James Seoane, Madeleine Smith, Maggie Smith,

Adrien Somoza, Dane Stevens, Madeline Taylor, Elyse Tseffos, Paige Walkenbach, Madison Ware,

Natalie Weatherwax, Natalie Weiland, Molly Winter, Lillian Wylie, Jake Yelton, Mark Zacher,

and Shannon Zacher. Confirmation Only Charlotte Crowson, Ella Crowson, Bella Flick,

Camden Hamilton, Jacob Leuer, and Lucy Shanahan

ST. THERESA PARISH – PHOENIX, AZ SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016

Pastoral Council Corner Did You Know?

The Parish Pastoral Council would like to present brief explanations of each Stained Glass Window in our church to discover the meaning be-hind the stained glass. We encour-age parishioners to take in the beau-ty of our windows and experience the wisdom of God teaching us through the use of symbols. Window III: The Moses Window

Moses lived to be 120 years old and died about 1450 BC. He is called a prophet; that is one who receives a message from God and who relays it to the people. Reflection: What is the message of love I hear today which I may relay to another person? The story of the burning bush, found in Exodus 3:1, is depicted in the window. God called upon Mo-ses to go to the Pharaoh and get the Israelites released so he could lead them out of Egypt to the promised land. The evening before the Israel-ites left Egypt they sacrificed a lamb and sprinkled the blood on the

doorposts and lintels. When the Angel of Death came he passed by the homes of the Hebrews and this is called “The Passover”. Jesus is called the “Paschal Lamb” of the New Testament as he saves the life of the soul just as the Old Testament lamb saved the body. The lamb in the window is pouring his blood into a cup, reminding us of Christ’s pouring forth his blood in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. After the Exodus, Moses received the message of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, which are illustrated in the two tablets which the prophet holds. Details of the Ten Command-ments are found in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Parishioner Updates Name/Email/Phone/Address/Birth

If you have had a name, email, phone, address, new birth, etc. change within the past year, please call Carrie Vinesky

in the Parish Office @ 602-840-0850. Carrie can update your record as well as make any additional changes you may have. We appreciate your help in keeping our data-base up to date and helping us cut our postage costs!

Got Paper? Our green paper retriever bins are located behind the Msgr. McMahon Center Gym and are ready to accept your recycled paper. All proceeds go to support Student Council sponsored

activities of St. Theresa Catholic School. PLEASE, break down boxes and paper only... no shredded pa-per, cans, glass or trash.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

A BIG Thank You! As the 2015 – 2016 Elementary Religious Ed-ucation year comes to a close this Sunday, May 22, 2016. I would like to take this time to thank some

wonderful people who took time out to teach our Cath-olic Faith to the children of our parish. This year’s team included: Peggy Balaberda, Brittany Works, Carmen Guzman, Ivette Tablas, Fita Cobb, Andrea Perez, Karla Perez, Jessica Lopez, Wendy Sue Early, Shannon (Thornton) Corbett, Danielle Leivian, Meeghan Seoane, Carolyn Savalle, Dan Burch, Barbara MIllbrandt, Maria Gomez, Zoe Ollinger, Susan McDonald, Rosie Tallabas, AnaMarie Sherman. If you know or see any of these wonderful people, please thank them for their dedication in teaching the Faith. I would also like give ‘YOU’ the St. Theresa Parish Community a huge thank you for your generous dona-tions of recycled items. These items have been and will be used for future creations by the children. Please think of us over the summer, we can always use more recy-cled items.

Information for the 2016–2017 Elementary

Religious Education Program (Pre-school–5th grade) will come out in July.

Please watch the bulletin for more information or contact Rita Laguna in the Parish Office

@ 602-840-0850 ext. 110.

Pray For Those... Who Have Died: Mike Calvey,

Fr. Brian Fenlon, Roland Iannucci & Elizabeth Sabo

Who Are Sick: Walt Tamasauckas

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PASTORAL CARE

‘Substitute Adorers’ Needed To Help At Adoration During The Summer Months…

Summer comes and people take vacations and it leaves our Thursday Adoration hours at risk. If we have volun-teers that can help us with this we will never leave Jesus alone, and we will not overwhelm our substitute list. Sharing time with Jesus always ends up with blessings. If you can help, please contact MaryAnn Gray @ 480-994-5579 or email MaryAnn at edward.gray@cox.net. THANK YOU!

Are You Homebound And In Need Of Anointing, Confession, Or Communion? Contact Bobbie Stich in the Pastoral Care Ministry Office @ 602-586-7429.

Adoration Every Thursday from 9AM-8:30PM in the Convent Chapel. During the 6-7PM hour, prayers are said for our country and those who serve. Good News! Devotion to the Eucharist is now spreading to many of our Parishes throughout the Valley. It is growing every-where, by day and by night; the Holy Eucharist will be-come a means of salvation for this age. The worship of the Eucharist is the glory, the power of this Century. Let us fill the Convent Chapel every Thursday with si-lent prayer to our Jesus. Come when you can and leave when you must.

Are You Caring For Some-one With Memory Loss? Our next Alzheimer Support Group will take place on Tues-day, May 31st in the Parish

Office Conference Room at 4PM. This meeting will be lead by Dr. Anna Burke, St. Theresa Parish parishioner and Geriatric Psychiatrist/Dementia specialist at the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute and Isabel Meth from the Central Arizona Alzheimer’s Region. Join us and bring peace and knowledge in to your difficult situation.

~ Readings ~ Week of May 22, 2016

Sunday Prv 8:22-31; Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 5:1-5; Jn 6:12-15 Monday 1 Pt 1:3-9; Ps 111:1-2, 5-6, 9, and 10; Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday 1 Pt 1:10-16; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday 1 Pt 1:18-25; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; Mk 10:32-45 Thursday 1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12; Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5; Mk 10:46-52 Friday 1 Pt 4:7-13; Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13; Mk 11:11-26 Saturday Jude 17, 20b-25; Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6; Mk 11:27-33 Sunday Gn 14:18-20; Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Lk 9:11b-17

Congratulations To The St. Theresa Catholic School Graduating Class Of 2016!!!

Pastoral Care Wellness Corner Did you know… mental illness affects millions of peo-ple? We would like to print out some of the Myths vs Facts, for clearer understanding of this illness. Myth: People with mental illness are dangerous. Fact: Most people with mental illness are no more like-ly to be violent than others are. Myth: People with mental illness belong in institutions. Fact: Most people with mental illness lead fulfilling lives by living at home, holding meaningful jobs and raising healthy families. Myth: People with mental illness just need to ‘snap out of it’ or ‘pull themselves together.’ Fact: As with physical illness, sometimes mental illness goes away on its own. Sometimes, people can make lifestyle changes that help. Others benefit from medica-tions or therapy.

ST. THERESA PARISH – PHOENIX, AZ SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016

Sunday 10:15AM RCIC End Of The Year Party (Club Rm) 10:30AM RE (Msgr. McMahon Gym) 6:00PM Life Night (Life Teen Rm/Gym) Monday 7:00PM Boy Scout Troop 147 Mtg. (PJP Rm) Tuesday 1:00PM Pastoral Care Book Club (Parish Conference Rm) 5:30PM Core Mtg. (Life Teen Rm) 6:30PM SVDP Mtg. (Convent Conference Rm) 7:30PM Adult Basketball (Msgr. McMahon Gym) Wednesday 9:30AM Centering Prayer (Convent Chapel) 5:00PM Reconciliation (Church) 6:30PM Rosary (Convent Chapel) Thursday 9:00AM Adoration (Convent Chapel) 7:00PM Kevin Saunders Bible Study (Fr. Feeney Hall) Friday

Saturday 9:00AM Reconciliation (Church) 8:30PM Al Anon (Classroom 16) Alcoholics Anonymous (Classroom 17)

Mass Intentions & Celebrants (MAY 23RD-MAY 29TH)

MONDAY, MAY 23RD 6:30AM +PEG FOX-FR. JOACHIM

TUESDAY, MAY 24TH 6:30AM TOMASA AROS, SPECIAL INT.-FR. JOACHIM

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH 6:30AM BRENDA GOMEZ, SPECIAL INT.-FR. JOACHIM

8:30AM ST. THERESA STUDENTS, SPECIAL INT. -FR. CHUCK

THURSDAY, MAY 26TH 6:30AM CHRISTINE AROS, SPECIAL INT.-FR. CHUCK

FRIDAY, MAY 27TH 6:30AM ELVIRA CRUZ, SPECIAL INT.-FR. JOACHIM

SATURDAY, MAY 28TH 8:00AM +REGINA NEDILL-FR. JOACHIM 4:00PM FOR THE PARISHIONERS-FR. JC

SUNDAY, MAY 29TH 7:30AM +JEANNE CONSTANTINE-FR. JC

9:00AM +MARY OCANO-FR. CHUCK 11:00AM +MARY OCANO-FR. JC 5:00PM +JIM MYERS-FR. PAUL

The Priest scheduled to celebrate the Mass IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.