St. William Catholic Church Chapel of the Holy Cross March 11, 2012 Third Sunday of Lent/Tercer del Domingo de Cuaresma

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St. William Catholic Church Chap

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Pregnant? Need Help?

Catholic Family Services and Project Rachel

Gadsden (256) 546-4883 Huntsville (256) 536-0073

Crisis Pregnancy Center

Albertville (256) 878-1300 National Hotline (800) 395-HELP (4357)

Se habla Español

PARISH STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION Pastor/Padre

Fr. Tim Pfander, fr.tim@stwilliamchurch.com 256-582-4245 x103

Hispanic Ministry/Ministerio Hispano

Fr. Joe Lody, frjoe@stwilliamchurch.com 256-279-0169

Deacon/Diácono

Rev. Mr. Edwin Santos 256-878-9973 256-738-6153

Parish School of Religion Director/Directora de Escuela

Cecilia Hall, cecilia@stwilliamchurch.com

256-582-4245 ext. 104

Finance Manager/Bulletin Editor

Laura Hodge, laura@stwilliamchurch.com 256-582-4245 ext. 102

Secretary

Kristen Skaziak, kskaziak@stwilliamchurch.com 256-582-4245 ext. 101

DRE Assistant

Debra Klan, debbie@stwilliamchurch.com 256-582-4245 ext. 104

New Life Center Director/Directora del Centro de la Vida

Maria Lopez 256-891-0550

Church Clubs and Organization Contact Information Music coordinator/Coordinador de Música

Kevin McGarrahan 256-586-6784 St. Vincent de Paul Betsy Traynor ***for Assistance 256-582-4245x118 ***por Asistencia 256-582-4245x119 RENEW Mary Fritts 256-582-7389 Ladies Sodality Kristen Skaziak 256-558-1883 Knights of Columbus Jack Hahn 256-506-9148 Cursillo Denis Liederbach 256-582-6200 Respect Life Judith Hyatt 256-200-0148 Alice Beck 256-593-4764 Young at Heart Helen Befort 256-891-0680

BULLETIN DEADLINE MONDAY 12:00 pm

Sacraments

Confession/Confesión Saturday/sábado—St. William 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm or by appointment/o por cita

Wednesday—Chapel miércoles Capilla de la Santa Cruz

5:00 pm - 5:45 pm/o por cita Weddings/Bodas

Couples must contact one of the parish priests at least 6 months prior to setting a wedding date at the parish.

Por favor hablar con Padre Joe lo mas pronto posible. Baptisms/Bautismo

Please contact Fr. Tim for schedules and preparation information. Por favor hablar con Padre Joe para las practicas. Los Padres del Nino y los padrinos tienen que asistir.

Quinceañera

Participants must have received Confirmation or have been pre-pared for Confirmation. Contact the Pastor 3 months prior to the event.

Las Participantes deben haber recibido Confirmación o estar pre-parado para recibir Confirmación. Contactar con el párroco 3 mes antes de esto evento.

Pre-K through 8th Grade

Children age 4 through 15. Catholic Youth Formation meets on Sunday in Mary’s House from 9:45 am to 10:45 am. Please see the calendar for the full schedule.

Senior Youth Catechism

Continuing education for all high school age kids who have been fully confirmed with the church. Please see the calendar for the full schedule.

Adult Formation/RCIA

Interested in learning about the Catholic Faith? Classes meet on Tuesday at 7:00 pm in Craven Hall. Please see the calendar for the full schedule.

Español

Para información sobre las Clases de religión, Confirmación y Primera Comunión contacte a María López, Tom Ackerman, Ceci-lia Hall, o Padre Joe.

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This is the fundamental question that must be asked: who is man? Man is a being who bears within his heart a thirst for the infinite, a thirst for truth – a truth which is not partial but capable of explaining life’s meaning – since he was created in the image and like-ness of God. The grateful recognition that life is an inestima-ble gift, then, leads to the discovery of one’s own profound dignity and the inviolability of every single person. Hence the first step in education is learning to recognize the Crea-tor’s image in man, and consequently learning to have a profound respect for every human being and helping others to live a life consonant with this supreme dignity.

~Pope Benedict XVI, Message for the World Day of Peace, January 1, 2012

If you missed our Spiritual Adoption weekend Mar 3-4, there are additional pledge cards in a small white basket in the vestibule. Just fill it out and leave the pledge part in the bas-ket.

“It is our vocation…to set people’s hearts ablaze, to do what the Son of God did, who came to light a fire on the earth in order to set it aflame with his love. It is not enough for me to love God if my neighbor does not love him. I must love my neighbor as the image of God and the object of his love…I must act in such a way that people love their Creator and each other in mutual char-ity for the love of God who loved them so much that he delivered up his own Son to death for them.”St. Vincent ( Manual, p.54-55)

Judith Hyatt Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Si usted está en necesidad de asistencia, por favor, consulte Agustín Contreras, 205-363-2294 o en el Centro el martes desde 4-6 pm.

St. William Parish-Wide

Lenten Retreat and

Reconciliation Service

Join us as we prepare for

Lent through prayer and

reconciliation. On

Thurs-day March 15 we will

gather at 7:00 pm for a

brief prayer service followed by an

opportu-nity for sacramental confession. We will have

several priests available to assist you. On

Fri-day March 16 at 6:00 p.m. we will pray the

Stations of the Cross, as usual during Lent,

followed by a retreat led by Fr. Rick

Che-nault. Many of you will remember that Fr.

Chenault was a seminarian here at St.

Wil-liam before he was ordained as a priest for

our diocese. He currently serves as the

Asso-ciate Pastor at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in

Tuscaloosa, works in campus ministry, and is

the vocations director for our diocese. He

will spend 45 minutes after dinner helping us

prepare for the upcoming Easter Season.

Thursday March 15

7:00 p.m. Reconciliation Service

Friday March 16

6:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross

6:30 p.m. Simple Meal

7:00 p.m. Lenten Retreat

Cursillo—is an apostolate of the Church

that assists lay people in living out their

Christian vocation by being “signs of

Christ” in the world.

Next Men’s weekend is March 15-18,

2012, Women’s weekend is May 24-27

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If interested, go to the website:

www.cursillo.org/birmingham or contact

Denis Liederbach at (256) 582-6200 or

ybic@charter.net .

PRAYER OF THE WEEK

March 11, 2012, Third Sunday of Lent

O God, author of every mercy and of all goodness,

who in fasting, prayer and almsgiving have shown us a remedy for sin,

look graciously on this confession of our lowliness,

that we, who are bowed down by our conscience, may always be lifted up by your mercy.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Reflection:

Undertake an examination of conscience this week and pray for God’s loving mercy.

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From the Pastor/Del Pastor

As we are now well into Lent, we can take a look at what it means to turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel. A good place to start would be the Ten Commandments. The reading from Exo-dus presents us with one of the first listings of the Commandments. In this passage, God explains some of the laws to show how serious they are. For the first one, God includes making images to be used for worship.

In the days of Moses, people of other cul-tures made images of their gods and declared that the image was the god, and so should be wor-shipped. The LORD wanted his people to remember that God cannot be limited to an image or idea. That is still true today. Our images and statues are meant to help us pray to God, not to that work of art.

On the other hand, some people give a super-stitious meaning to religious articles. Burying a statue to help sell your house could be one example. If you want to ask for a favor from God, just ask Him. God is much more likely to listen to a sincere prayer than a superstitious action.

God also emphasizes some commands by du-plicating them. He tells us not to steal from others, and also not to plan to steal from our neighbor. The same with adultery: Planning it is just as bad as do-ing it.

Jesus simplified all these commands when he reminds us to love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself. Let’s remember that as we turn away from sin to serving God better during Lent.

Ahora, como estamos bien en la temporada de Cuaresma, podemos examinar lo que significa apar-tarse del pecado y ser fieles al Evangelio. Un buen lugar para empezar sería los Diez Mandamientos. La lectura del Éxodo nos presenta uno de los primeros listados de los mandamientos. En este pasaje, Dios explica algunas de las leyes para mostrar su grave-dad. Para el primer mandamiento, Dios incluye la rea-lización de imágines que se utilizarán para la adora-ción.

En los días de Moisés, la gente de otras cultu-ras hicieron imágenes de sus dioses y declararon que las imágenes eras sus dioses, y así deben ser adorados. El Señor quería que su pueblo recuerde que no se puede limitar a Dios a un concepto ni a una idea. Eso todavía es la verdad hoy en día. Nuestras imágenes y estatuas existen para ayudarnos a orar a Dios; no para orar a un objeto de arte.

Al otro lado, algunas personas dan un sentido supersticioso a los artículos religiosos. Enterrar a una estatua para ayudar a vender una casa podría ser un ejemplo. Si quiere pedir un favor de Dios, entonces pídasela. Es mucho más probable que Dios oye una oración sincera que una acción supersticiosa.

También Dios destaca algunos mandamientos por la duplicación de ellos. Él nos dice no robar de los demás, y también que no debemos robar de nuestro prójimo. Lo mismo con el adulterio: Planearlo es tan malo como hacerlo.

Jesús simplificó todos estos mandamientos cuando nos recuerda que “amarás a Dios con todo tu corazón y amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo. Re-cordemos eso mientras nos alejamos del pecado para servir mejor a Dios durante la Cuaresma.

The confirmation class at the Chapel of the Holy Cross needs service hours opportunities, please call Paola Santos at

256-738-6103 if you know of any activities where the kids can help. La clase de confirmación de la Capilla

necesita completar sus horas de servicio, si conoce alguna de estas oportunidades por

favor comuníquese con Paola Santos 256-738-6103.

The general rule of the church is: “All persons who have completed their 14th year are bound by the law of absti-nence; all adults are bound by the law of fast up to the

begin-ning of their 60th year. Nevertheless, pastors and parents are to see to it that minors who are not bound by the law of fast and abstinence are educated in an authentic sense of penance.” (Canon 1253)

Abstinence means abstaining from meat. Fasting means one full meal a day, with two lighter meals in the course of a day to maintain strength. The Fridays of Lent in the United States are days of abstinence from meat.

Ash Wednesday (February 22nd) and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence from meat.

Pope John Paul II Catholic High School

1st Annual

College Fair

March 14, 2012 Open to the public

Located in the gym at Pope John Paul II Catholic High School

7301 Old Madison Pike Huntsville, AL 35806

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St. William Calendar of Events Capilla de la Santa Cruz Calendario de Eventos

Sun, Mar 11, 2012

9:45 am PSR

Mary’s House & Angel House 11:00 am First Scrutiny St. William 3:30 PM Dance Class Craven Hall Mon, Mar 12, 2012 8:30 AM COMMUNION SERVICE St. William Tue, Mar 13, 2012 8:30 AM COMMUNION SERVICE St. William 1:00 PM Renew Angel House 7:00 PM RCIA Craven Hall Wed, Mar 14, 2012

9:00 AM Adult Scripture Study Craven Hall 10:00 AM Ladies Sodality Craven Hall 6:00 PM Youth Group Craven Hall 6:30 PM Music Rehearsal St. William 7:00 PM Knights of Columbus Craven Hall Thu, Mar 15, 2012 8:30 AM COMMUNION SERVICE St. William 7:00 PM Penance Service St. William Fri, Mar 16, 2012

6:00 PM Stations of the Cross St. William

6:30 PM Simple Meal Craven Hall

7:00 PM Lenten Retreat with Fr. Chenault St. William Sat, Mar 17, 2012 8:30 AM COMMUNION SERVICE St. William 4:30 PM Rosary St. William domingo 11 de marzo 9:30 AM PSR/Clase de Confirmacion-Segundo Ano

Centro - Sala Pequeña

9:30 AM PSR/Clase de Confirmación-Primer Ano Centro - Sala grande

12:30 PM PSR/Clase de Primera Comunión Centro - Sala grande

1:00 PM Clase de Crecimiento Centro - Sala pequeña 2:00 PM Prayer Group/Grupo de Oración

Chapel/Capilla

2:00 PM Youth/Grupo de Jóvenes Centra - Sala Grande 3:00 PM Clase de Crecimiento

Centro - Sala Pequeña 6:00 PM K of C/Caballeros de Colon

Centro - Sala Grande

lunes 12 de marzo martes 13 de marzo miércoles 14 de marzo 4:30 PM Confessions/Confesiones Chapel/Capilla jueves 15 de marzo

6:30 PM Choir/Ensayo del coro Chapel/Capilla 6:30 PM Choir/Ensayo del coro

Centro - Sala Pequeña

viernes 16 de marzo

5:00 PM PSR/Clase de Primera Comunión Centro - Sala pequena

6:30 PM Choir/Ensayo del coro Centro - Sala pequeña

sábado 17 de marzo

12:30 PM PSR/Clase de Primera Comunión Centro - Sala pequeña

6:00 PM RCIA/Catecismo para Adultos Centro - Sala pequeña 7:00 PM Adoration/Adoración

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Minister’s Schedule (schedule available online at www.stwilliamchurch.com)

March 24-25 Ministers of Communion Lectors Servers Ushers

Saturday 5:00 pm Linda Hodge Billie Simpson John Bannan Jessica Doyle

Tony Sorcic Jake Hodge Eugene Doyle Norb Patla

Sunday 8:30 am Stacy McLaughlin Paul McKinney Bill Schmidt Ken Hall Lorraine Armstrong Frank McLaughlin William McLaughlin Dale Lee Harold Davis William Busic Sunday 11:00 am Kay Nolan Eden Yutiamco Mary Traynor Pat Chomskis Sheila Tenchavez Kathryn Hammond Patrick Hammond Mark Etu Cindy Hammond Rickey Hammond

To become a member of St. William Catholic Church, please complete one of our registration forms located: At the entrances of the church, in the parish office, on our website at www.stwilliamchurch.com or complete the form

below and we will mail you one. Welcome to the parish!

CURRENT MEMBERS PLEASE USE THIS FORM TO UPDATE ADDRESS, PHONE, OR EMAIL INFO Place this form in the offering basket or mail to the church office at:

St. William Catholic Church, 929 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, AL 35976 Name________________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________ City__________________________________State_________ZIP_______ Email________________________________________________________ I would like to join St. William Catholic Church. Please send me a registration form. I would like more information about becoming Catholic.

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March 17-18 Ministers of Communion Lectors Servers Ushers

Saturday 5:00 pm Kevin McGarrahan Bev Sorcic Robert Crowell Denis Liederbach

Norb Patla Zack Summers Erin Summers Dewon Simpson Sean Landry

Sunday 8:30 am Joan Whitfield Cecilia Hall Terri Rushing Shawn O’Harra Ken Hall Matthew Laski Emma Reed Dale Lee Bill Schmidt William Busic Sunday 11:00 am Kristen Skaziak Gayle Eason Tina Hoang Maria Go Eden Yutiamco George Uchaker Halie Uchaker John Thompson Cindy Hammond Jimmy Chavez

Mar 31-Apr 1 Ministers of Communion Lectors Servers Ushers

Saturday 5:00 pm Norb Patla Robert Crowell Kevin McGarrahan Denis Liederbach Linda Hodge Alex Summers Erin Summers Eugene Doyle Noel Merrill Sunday 8:30 am J.B. Hahn Ada Winters John Hahn Dottie Browne-Peck

Christian Martinez Grace Fennimore Amanda Lee Marcel Poisson Bill Schmidt Dale Lee Sunday 11:00 am Kristen Skaziak Maria Go Mary Rusk Cindy Hammond Christopher Wallace Maggie Skaziak Matthew Skaziak Patrick Hammond John Eason Brandon Word March 14 Making First Communion Banners March 28 Youth Meeting “Prove It”

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St. William Prayer List

When hospitalized, please call the church office to request a visit from the priests. Please call the church office with the parishioners name, hospital where they are admitted, room and phone number, if available, as soon as possible after admission. If our parish priests are unavailable, the office will try to make other arrangements. Bev Sorcic Dolores Garbowicz Flo Powers Becky Swatek Mary Rosa Yutiamco Family Sally Goerss Marie Bass Carmen Collazo Donna Mitchell Elsa Kirst Denis Liederbach Helen Meadows Sam Harvey Dottie Browne-Peck Ava Williams Thomas Schwerin Our homebound parishioners

Parishioners

Friends and Family Stewardship Report

Mass Intentions/Intenciones de la Misa

March 10-18, 2012

Saturday, March 10th

8:30 am St. William - Communion Service Sunday, March 11th

8:30 am St. William - James Mosansky, RIP 8:30 am Chapel - All Souls in Purgatory 11:00 am St. William - St. William Parishioners

Monday, March 12th

8:30 am St. William - Communion Service Tuesday, March 13th

8:30 am St. William - Communion Service 6:00 pm Chapel - James Mosansky, RIP

Wednesday, March 14th

8:30 am St. William - Robin Perrault, RIP 6:00 pm Chapel - Frank Babbino

Thursday, March 15th Friday, March 16th

8:30 am St. William - Phillip Gaudet, RIP Saturday, March 17th

8:30 am St. William - Pro-Life Intentions 6:00 pm Chapel - Saul Earthenware

Sunday, March 18th

8:30 am St. William - Anita Gaudet, RIP 11:00 am Chapel - St. William Parishioners

Teresita Buenaventura Ruth Holthause

Lana Ahrens Mary Ann & Bud Haygood

Kirk Henderson Caleb and Noah Zabat

Casey Roberson Bill McManamy Suzie Van Sciver Euvalia Oben Jake Mosansky

Levy Jones Amy McGatha & Family Those Recovering from Surgery

Teresita Buenventura Marti Gaudet Nguyen Family Joseph Gaudet Patti Badolato Aurelia Snouffer Karen Cavannah Alton “Brother” Elliott

Karen Fought Sharon Cheshire Tom & LeeAnn Hodges

Clifton May Jonathon Burson Our Soldiers Stationed Overseas

$ 8,616 $ 9,644 $ 12,294 $ 3,015 $ 676 $ 3,691 $ 769,521 $ 147

Note: Names will remain on list for 1 month. Please, contact the office to put name on list for a new 1 month period.

I, the Lord, am your God… You shall not have other gods besides me.

~Exodus 20:2a, 3

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Please pray for Alice Beck and family whose father,

Luke Meatte, recently passed away after a long illness.

Eternal rest grant unto him O' Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him

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