PASTOR
Rev. Erik Vigil Reyes
PAROCHIAL VICAR
Rev. Francis Saleth, HGN
D
EACONRich Wilson
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address
917 West 7
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Fort Morgan, CO 80701
Phone
970-867-2885
Fax
970-867-5883
info@sthelenachurch.org
Web Site
www.sthelenachurch.org
Sacramental Emergency: 970-210-2050OFFICE HOURS
Monday—Office Closed
Tuesday & Wednesday—9:00 am to 1:00 pm Thursday & Friday—1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Mass Schedule
Weekdays
8:00 am St. Helena
Saturday
5:00 pm St. Helena
7:00 pm St. Helena (Sp.)
Sunday
7:00 am St. Francis of Assisi
9:00 am St. Helena
9:00 am Our Lady of Lourdes
11:00 am St. Helena (Sp.)
1:00 pm St. Helena (Sp.)
1st Saturdays 8:00 am Anointing of the Sick after Mass
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ELENAWednesday, Thursday, Friday: 7:00 am - 7:45 am Saturdays, 3:30 - 4:45 pm, or by appointment
St. Helena
Welcome to the Catholic communities of
St. Francis & Our Lady of Lourdes
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NTENTION Saturday Sept. 7 5:00 pm SH 7:00 pm SH Sp.+Michael Schneider (Ernest Schneider) Juan Velasquez (Family)
Sunday Sept. 8 7:00 am SFA 9:00 am SH 9:00 am OLOL 11:00 am SH Sp 1:00 pm SH Sp.
+Gerald Gorman(Stacey & Brian) For all unborn children
People of the Parish +Jose Alva (Alva Family) Jesse De Leon (Emili De Leon)
Monday Sept.9
8:00 am
+Kordell Tibbetts (Phillips Family)
Tuesday Sept. 10
8:00 am
+Monty Larrew (Mike & Joan Blossom)
Wednesday Sept. 11 8:00 am Luke Makings Thursday Sept. 12 8:00 am Virginia Gearhart Friday Sept. 13 8:00 am
+Miguel Burciaga (Burciaga Family)
Saturday Sept. 14 5:00 pm SH 7:00 pm SH Sp. People of Parish
Jaime Guitierez & Luz Hernandez
Sunday Sept. 15 7:00 am SFA 9:00 am SH 9:00 am OLOL 11:00 am SH Sp. 1:00 pm SH Sp.
+Deno Brunelli (laura Parnell) Elizabeth (Babe) Dagenhart (Tom & Donnna Dagenhart)
Fr. Francis
+Pascual Tomas (Tomas Family)
+Guadalupe & Manuel Rodriguez (Fam)
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St. Francis of Assisi: 204.00
Our Lady of Lourdes: 1,404.25
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It's said that upon reading the Gospels, Gandhi commented that he very much liked Jesus Christ. It was Christ's fol-lowers he found troublesome. One wonders who Gandhi had met and if these Christians had truly counted the cost of their faith. Following Jesus, re-ally following Jesus, is much more
chal-lenging than we may think. He emphasizes this with strong language in this Sunday's Gospel. He compares dis-cipleship to the carrying of one's own execution device - "his own cross" - and for the need even to "hate" what could disrupt one's commitment. Some of this is standard hyper-bole, exaggeration for effect common to the time period. Some of this should make us wonder how deep our disci-pleship goes.
"Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost?" Jesus imagines this con-struction project gone wrong. Someone may lay the foun-dation but not have enough resources to finish. We've re-ceived the firm foundation of the sacraments - our baptism, for one, along with weekly Mass attendance and regular confession. Yet how often do we find ourselves too dis-tracted, exhausted, or uninterested to truly build our lives on our faith? We have all met such Christians. Some days, we may be those Christians ourselves. We become the in-complete tower that confuses and baffles the onlookers. "This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish!"
For some of us, our cross may feel heavier than we ex-pected upon the first lift. Building a tower means laying stone upon stone. It's a process. We don't arrive at comple-tion overnight. Grace is always sufficient to provide the resources, but we need to keep saying yes to the task. This week, consider your own discipleship. What is one area where you've become distracted or discouraged? How can that improve this week? Let God lay another brick on the tower.
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REPARATION Please contact the Parish Office for information on Baptisms, Confirmation, and First Eucharist.
Sacrament of Matrimony
Please contact the Parish Office one year prior to the anticipated marriage date.
Couples preparing for Marriage within the Archdiocese of Denver must take Natural Family Planning (NFP) Call Lance & Carolyn Hochanadel @970,380.3742 Please be aware that if you need an annulment for any previous marriage(s), you must begin the annulment procedure before any marriage preparation can proceed. Annulments usually take up to a year to be finalized by the Archdiocese Metropolitan Tribunal.
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COORDINATOR
PHONE
English Beth Boettcher 970.380.6935 Spanish Flor Silva 970.867.6141
MASS READINGS
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ICKPlease contact the Parish Office at the onset of illness or as soon as your loved one is placed in Hospice if you would like them to receive the Sacrament of the Anoint-ing of the Sick or Last Rites.
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OMEBOUND If you know of any parishioner that would like to receive Holy Communion, please call the Parish Office to set up an appointment.R
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EWSPlease contact Cassie Groves at 720-606-9848 or e-mail ReligiousEd.classes@gmail.com to register your child for the religious education program.
THE RITEOF CHRISTIAN INITIATIONFOR ADULTS
(RCIA)
Your personal encounter with the Risen Christ through the sacramental life of the Church begins with RCIA!
Who should inquire about RCIA?
Anyone not yet baptized
Anyone interested in becoming a Catholic Christian
Any Catholic who has not received any of the Sacra-ments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion)
Anyone interested in learning about the Catholic Faith Classes begin September
For more information or to register for classes, please con-tact
Deb Sagel @ 970.867.9309
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UIÑCEAÑERASQuinceanera celebrations can be scheduled April - No-vember upon request. Please contact the office for more information.
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ACRAMENT Silent Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament begins Thursday after the 8:00 am Mass until Friday before the 8:00 am Mass. Come and adore the Lord in Sacred Silence.Y
OUTHGROUPYouth Group meets Wednesday nights from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the Msgr. Dinan Hall during the school year. Please contact Lance & Carolyn Hochanadel @
970.380.3742
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OLUMBUSMeetings are held every third Thursday of the Month from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Rosary begins at 6:30 pm.
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ROUPSpanish prayer group gathers every Friday at 6:00pm - 8:00pm in the Msgr. Dinan Hall
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The group gathers every Second Saturday at 7:00 pm through 7:00 am Sunday in the Church.
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This drug awareness group gathers every Monday even-ing in the conference room from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
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ISERICORDIAThis group gathers every Friday at 6:00 pm in the Hurley conference room.
BAPTISM TIMES
Baptism Classes—First Monday of each Month in the Conference Room
Sunday: Wis 9:13-18b/Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17 [1]/Phlm 9-10, 12-17/Lk 14:25-33
Monday: Col 1:24--2:3/Ps 62:6-7, 9 [8]/Lk 6:6-11 Tuesday: Col 2:6-15/Ps 145:1b-2, 8-9, 10-11 [9]/Lk 6:12-19 Wednesday: Col 3:1-11/Ps 145:2-3, 10-11, 12-13ab [9]/Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: Col 3:12-17/Ps 150:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 [6]/Lk 6:27-38 Friday: 1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14/Ps 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 11 [cf. 5]/Lk 6:39-42
Saturday: Nm 21:4b-9/Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38 [cf. 7b]/Phil 2:6-11/Jn 3:13-17 Next Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14/Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19 /1 Tm 1:12-17/Lk 15:1-32
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Your next opportunity to donate to the Flooring Campaign will be the weekend of September 14-15, 2019, with chances to win some great door prizes and the opportunity to have a footprint placed on the wall in memory of your loved one.
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Craig Eicher Luke Makings Virginia Gearhart
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RDINARIOMas allá de todo. Así da comienzo el Evangelio de este domingo, dejarlo to-do para seguir a Jesús es el costo del discipulado. No hay vuelta atrás; sería una equivocación hacerlo. Es la expe-riencia del SI con mayúscula. El costo es grande comparado con cualquier cosa. Este es el punto; seguir a Jesús hasta Jerusalén va más allá de calcula-ciones humanas. Se paga un alto precio. ¡Dejarlo todo! Si, todo. Así lo explica Jesús a los que lo seguían es su tiempo histórico, y, en nuestro tiempo es también muy válida su explicación: "Si alguno quie-re venir a mí y no se despquie-rende de su padquie-re y de su madre, de su mujer e hijos, de sus hermanos y herma-nas, e incluso de su propia persona, no puede ser dis-cípulo mío." Y agrega algo más fuerte todavía: "El que no carga con su propia cruz para seguirme luego, no puede ser discípulo mío." (Lucas 14:26-27).
Seguir a Jesús y su Reino es muy diferente a lo que se piensa y se calcula. Comprometerse al discipulado en las parroquias en las que sirven, en sus comunidades, debe ser una decisión de vida, no de momentos e ilu-siones. Jesús, pide algunas cosas importantes para el seguimiento: Relación personal con Él, renuncia de uno mismo, compromiso total, e identificarse al modo de vivir de Jesús. El Papa Francisco dice: "Seguir a Je-sús es exactamente esto: por amor, ir con él, detrás de Él: el mismo camino, la misma vía. Y el Espíritu del mundo será el que no tolerará y nos hará sufrir, pero un sufrimiento como el que pasó Jesús. Pidamos esta gracia: seguir a Jesús por el camino que Él nos enseñó. Esto es bello, porque nunca nos deja solos. ¡Nunca! Siempre está con nosotros. Así sea."
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El primer dia de Catecismo sera este Miercoles, 11 de Septiembre.
Si usted gusta ayudar y donar su tiempo a la educacion religiosa, contacte la oficina.
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RAYERS Our Priests: Fr Erik—Fr. FrancisDeacon Rich and Deacon Mario Seminarian Abelardo Marrufo and
Postulant Jay Armstrong Fr. Frank and Fr. Miguel
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OSARYOur Lady of Fatima has asked that we pray the Ro-sary daily with our family.
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ALENDARSeptember 8—14, 2019
Wednesday ... Religious Education
Youth Group
PATRIOTS DAY
Thursday ... Holy Adoration
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• Welcome to all those visitors who are worshiping with us this weekend.
• The Gift Cabinet will be open this Saturday after the 5:00 pm and Sunday 9:00 am Mass.
• Religious Education and Youth Group starts this week.
• Follow us on Facebook @sthelenafm.
• Thank you all for your kind patience and
under-standing while we are in the midst of our Church facelift. May God Bless you all.
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LOORINGUPDATE What a great start to our $30,000 flooring campaign! The winners for this first drawing are:Kids Basket: Rosa Nava
Elitch Tickets: Brenda Anderson Selfie Stick &
Cell Phone Charger: Veronica Garcia LaMichoacana Ice Cream
Basket: Maria De Los Dolores
Donations can be given at the Parish Office and/or at the next prize opportunity on September 14, and 15, 2019, after all Masses at St. Helena and September 21 and 22 at Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Francis.
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How was the decision made to start the facelift/ cleanup of the Church facility?A!
It is on the Bishop’s priority that every pastor should be a good stewards of the goods of every parish. This includes making sure that Church’s property are safe and well kept to avoid major deterioration. From day one I was ap-proached by different members that brought up the obvi-ous need to do something. I think we all can agree on the fact that this was long due. These issues were brought to the pastoral and finance council and with the help and per-mission of the Archdiocese we decided to do it. The only advice given was to wait for a year since my arrival.Q?
Did Fr. Erik have a committee that advised him?A!
Yes, first the members of both finance Council and pas-toral Council. Secondly, the Archdiocese which includes the following offices/departments: liturgy, construction and development and General Vicar. Finally, I personally asked a couple priest and parishioners. Lastly, our dean was glad to present his approval to our Archbishop.Fr. Erik
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EWSReligious education classes start September 11th!
If you have a late registration, please stop by the office and drop your registration off this week.
We are in need volunteers to teach and volunteers to be classroom aides. Please prayerfully consider donating your time on Wednesday nights to support the religious educa-tion of our youth!
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CHOOLBiblical School begins on September 21, 2019 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. You can still enroll! Listen to Pope Francis when he says, “A Christian’s first task is to listen to the Word of God, to listen to Jesus.” Join us to learn how to read the Bible from a Catholic perspective.
If you are still on the fence about enrolling, attend the first few weeks of class and see for yourself! Pick up a brochure at one of the parish entrances to learn more!
You can also call 303.715.3195 or visit biblicalschool.org to view student testimonials.