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December 11, 2016
Third Sunday of Advent
St. Andrew
Catholic Church
806 NE Alberta Street
Portland, OR 97211
Father Dave Zegar
Tel: 503-281-4429
Fax: 503-281-4411
[email protected]
www.standrewchurch.com
St. Andrew is a faith community
baptized into one body, which honors and
celebrates diversity. We welcome and include persons of every color, language,
ethnicity, origin, ability, sexual orientation,
gender expression, marital status,
and life situation.
La Parroquia de San Andrés es una
comunidad bautizada en un cuerpo, que
honra y celebra la diversidad. Acogemos a
las personas de todos colores, lenguas,
razas, origenes, habilidades, orientación
sexual, estado civil y estilos de vida.
Parish Mission
St. Andrew Parish recognizes that, as Jesus Christ was
sent by God to
“bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to
captives,and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of favor,”
(Luke 4:18)
La Parroquia de San Andrés reconoce que, así como
Jesús fue enviado por Dios
“para traer la Buena Nueva a los pobres, para anunciar
libertad a los cautivos, y a los ciegos nueva luz. Poner en
libertad a los oprimidos y proclamar el año de gracia del
Señor,”(San Lucas 4:18)
....so it is the mission of St. Andrew Parish to be a visible
presence of Christ in our culturally and racially diverse
neighborhood, rooted in the Gospel and nurtured by
liturgy, prayer, and the community of faith. As such we
commit ourselves to work with the poor, the powerless, and the oppressed for the liberation of all; to seek
justice, compas- sion, and peace in our lives, community,
and world; and to proclaim and celebrate God’s unconditional love for all.
....También es la misión de la Parroquia de San Andrés, el
ser presencia visible de Cristo en nuestra comunidad
con diversidad de razas y culturas, enraizada en el Evangelio y alimentada por la liturgia, la oración, y la comunidad
de fe. Como iglesia, nos comprometemos a trabajar con
los pobres, los desamparados y oprimidos,
por la liberación de todos; para buscar justicia, compasión, paz en nuestras vidas, en la comunidad y en
el mundo entero, y para proclamar y celebrar el amor
incondicional de Dios para todos.
December 11, 2016
Third Sunday of Advent
GAUDETE SUNDAY
BE PATIENT
Imprisoned John the Baptist sends
his disciples with a question: Are you
really the one? Jesus answers by listing the works of the Messiah. “Happy
the person who does not lose faith in
me,” he adds. Jesus praises John as the
greatest child born of woman, but notes
that the least in the kingdom of heaven
is greater than John. As the end of time
draws closer do you keep faith in Jesus?
Are you patient until he comes? Can
you dare to be one of the least in the
kingdom?
Today is “Gaudete Sunday” or
“Rejoice Sunday.” Why? What is all
the rejoicing about? More than two
hundred years ago a man named Isaac
Watts wrote the words to a Christmas
carol which, no doubt, you have heard
every Christmas since you were born.
The first verse reads: Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room
And heaven and nature sing.
Do you every wonder if that is really true? Is there joy in the world because Jesus was born? Yes! There is joy
and happiness, celebration and song,
excitement and honest-to-goodness
merriment. There is hardly a nook or a
cranny, hardly a country on the entire
earth that doesn’t have at least some
Christian people who join in celebrating Jesus’ birth. Almost as though the
Liturgy can't wait to celebrate the presence of the Savior, the Word of God
today tells us to rejoice. How will you
put that word into practice as we enter
this second half of the Advent season?
Save the DATES
We will decorate the church for
Christmas on Sunday December
18th at 2:00 PM. Many hands will
make for light work.
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Monday
Text, Philip J. Sandstrom, STD © 2001, OCP. All December 12th is the Feast of Our
rights reserved.
Lady of Guadalupe. Mananitas
and rosary at 5:00 AM. Mass will
Today’s Readings
be celebrated at 7:00 PM and all are
welcome.
Isaiah 35: 1 - 6a, 10
Psalm: Lord, come and save us.
James 5: 7 - 10
Matthew 11: 2 - 11
Are you the one who is
to come or should we
look for another?
Advent & Christmas
Inserts
The bulletin will contain
inserts for the Advent and
Christmas season to accompany your prayer and activities
in the domestic church.
Prayer Requests
For prayer requests via e-mail,
please contact Louise Kasper at
503.280.2690, or e-mail your request
to [email protected]
Our Parish Posada will be celebrated at 6:00 PM on Monday December 19th at 6:00 PM
Join St. Andrew
​ o find out more about St. Andrew
T
and to join our community, fill out a
registration form found on the Hospitality tables at both entrances to the
church. You can also learn more at our
website: www.standrewchurch.com
Bulletin Announcements
In order to ensure timely printing
and delivery for bulletins, materials
for next Sunday’s bulletin must be
received by 5 PM on Monday. Send
your announcements to Joy Wallace at
[email protected].
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Announcement
The pastoral council has re-established the
St Andrew Personnel Committee.
This committee will advise the pastor and
assist in the support of staff and volunteers. The members of the committee will
be involved in various personnel matters,
including development of job descriptions,
serving on search and hiring subcommittees, and conducting exit interviews.
Bertha Moseson, Joan Miller, Bev Gay,
Lillian Shirley, and Rob Stewart will serve
on the committee. Questions about this
committee and its role in the parish can be
directed to any of the members.
Anuncio
El consejo pastoral ha establecido de nuevo el Comité de Personal de San Andrés.
Este comité asesorará al pastor y ayudará
en el apoyo del personal y los voluntarios.
Los miembros del comité estarán involucrados en varios asuntos de personal,
incluyendo desarrollo de descripciones
de puestos, sirviendo en subcomités de
búsqueda y contratación, y conduciendo
entrevistas de salida. Bertha Moseson,
Joan Miller, Bev Gay, Lillian Shirley y Rob
Stewart formarán parte del comité. Las
preguntas sobre este comité y su papel en
la parroquia pueden dirigirse a cualquiera
de los miembros.
Christmas Food & Toy Drive
We invite you to participate in our
Christmas Food and Toy Drive.
Help us reduce the stress of the
holiday season for families in
our neighborhood who live with
income insecurity. We are nowcollecting
unwrapped books and toys as well as cash
donations for the purchase of turkeys and
chickens for the food boxes.
Join the community service party and
volunteer to help box the food on Friday,
Dec. 16th or deliver the food on Saturday,
Dec. 17th. This is a fun community effort
appropriate for all ages.
St. Andrew E-mail
If you wish to be added to the St.
Andrew e-mail list and if you wish to have
something announced to the community
via an e-mail message, please send your
message in a proofread Word document to
[email protected]
The Catholic Community of St. Andrew
806 NE Alberta Street Portland, OR 97211 Ph. 503-281-4429 Fax 503-281-4411
SERVICES
SERVICIOS
Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm
Sunday Eucharist: 9:30 am (English), 12:30 pm (Spanish)
Weekday Eucharist: 9:00 am (Tuesday-Friday)
Reconciliation: 4:30 - 5:00 pm Saturday
First Saturday of each month, 5:30 pm bilingual
Mayan Community Eucharist in Spanish and Kanhoval
La Misa Domingo: 9:30 am (Ingles), 12:30 pm (Español)
La Misa Diaria: 9:00 am (martes-viernes)
Confesiones: 4:30 - 5:00 pm los sábados
Primer Sábado del mes, misa bilingue Maya Kanhoval y Español a
las 5:30 pm
LOS MINISTERIOS
STAFF
Pastor
Fr. Dave Zegar, ext.11
[email protected]
Office Receptionist
Diana Ruiz, ext. 10
[email protected]
Asistentes Pastoralesy
Comité Hispano
Diacono
Diaconoy Ministerio Maya
Grupo de Jovenes
Lectores
Preparación Bautizos
Promotores de Salud
Catequesis
Bulletin Editor
Joy Wallace 503-284-2613
[email protected]
Community Center Dir Lisa Hatten ext. 16
[email protected]
Hispanic Ministry Diana Ruiz, ext. 17
[email protected]
Janitor
Ricky Ford
Liturgy/Music
eligious Education
R
Michael Prendergast, ext. 12
[email protected]
COUNCIL & COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Administrative Council John Kelly 503.528.8221
[email protected]
Auction Co-Chairs
Patty Gardner 503.936.5542
[email protected] Building & Maintenance Jerry Lindsay 503.757.6644
Community Center Lisa Hatten 503.880.0116
Management Council [email protected]
Hispanic Committee
Bertha Moseson 503.729.8075
[email protected]
Liturgy Commission
Michael Prendergast, ext.12
[email protected]
MACG Core Team
Bev Logan 503.922.9481
[email protected]
Pastoral Council
Damon Williams
[email protected]
St. Vincent de Paul Joe Condon 971.221.8636
[email protected]
April Sandoval, ext. 23
[email protected]
Youth Ministry
Jessica Chapman, ext. 35
[email protected]
Youth Ministry
Alejandro Bautista; 503-314-4844
[email protected]
MINISTRIES & PROGRAMS
Art & Environment
Tom La Voie 503.737.5570
[email protected]
Community Forum
Open position
E-mail Prayers
Louise Kasper 503.280.2690 [email protected]
Emergency Services
Joe Condon, 971.244.0339
[email protected]
Welcoming LGBTQ
Jerry Deas 503.319.1326
Ministry
[email protected] Gospel Choir
Edna Hicks 503.287.2360
Hospitality
Elizabeth Weber 503.493.9271
Infant Baptism
Molly Hiro, 503.289.2419
[email protected]
St. Andrew Legal Clinic 503.281.1500
St. Andrew Nativity School 503.335.9600
One Spirit-One Call [email protected]
Diana Ruiz 503.281.4429, ext. 17
[email protected]
Paul Riek 503-926-4854
Ramón Jacob 503.288.5913
Romeo Jimenez 971.221.6298
[email protected]
Alejandro Bautista
[email protected]
Esteban e Isabel Ruiz 503.735.4617
Diana Ruiz 503-281-4429. ext. 17
Cesar Geronimo
[email protected]
Martina Murray 503.922-1602
Isabel Camacho 503.737.5192
ST. ANDREW CALENDAR DEC. 12 - 17
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Monday
Mananitas a la Virgen
5:00 AM
Lady of Guadalupe Celebration 5:00 PM
Wednesday Gospel Choir Practice
7:00 PM
Thursday
Administrative Council
4:00 PM
Hispanic Middle School Youth 6:30 PM
Christmas Choir Practice
7:00 PM
Friday
Hispanic Youth Group
6:30 PM
9:30 AM Youth Group
6:30 PM
Saturday
Food & Toys delivery
8:00 AM
Confessions4:30 PM
Mass5:30 PM
Daily Mass at 9:00 AM on Tuesday - Friday
View online parish calendar at www.standrewchurch.com
THINGS TO DO, PLACES TO GO
L’ARCHE CHRISTMAS TREES
We are excited to announce our 27th Annual
Christmas Tree Sale, Nov. 20 to Dec. 20.
With two convenient tree lots in the Hollywood
and Montavilla neighborhoods, you're sure to find
a great tree and help L'Arche Portland transform the lives
of people with and without intellectual disabilities. Our
trees are locally grown and freshly cut, featuring a wide
variety of Noble, Douglas, Grand, and Nordmann firs from
tabletop to 10 feet.
During this season of giving, remember to purchase your
tree from L'Arche Portland, and help keep our homes warm
in winter, lit in darkness and alive with hospitality!
NATIVITY GRADUATE SUPPORT
Looking for Coaches!
St. Andrew Nativity is starting a Nativity Scholars College
& Career Coaching Program. We are looking for volunteer
“Coaches” to support a Nativity graduate in the process of
planning and preparing for future success, from their junior
year of high school through post-secondary
transitions. Ideally, Coaches will be educators
or former educators with experience working with high school or college students. If
you are interested please email Bri Hennessy
at [email protected] for more
information.
ONLINE SPIRITUALITY
From Dec. 2 - 15, National Catholic Reporter
3 Minute Retreats: app (loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayers) Aims to give users a daily short
retreat that suits even the busiest person. Free app from
Loyola Press, available to both iPhone and
Android users.
FOCUS Bible Studies - online bible study
(focusoncampus.org/resources) Orginally
designed for college students, but now available to all. Offers a variety of Bible studies for
small groups. Free FOCUS Equip App allows
one to listen to talks, lead Bible studies and
read “how to” articles.
Save the Date for Camping!
Save the Date for the
4th Annual Parish Camping Trip!
St. Andrew's 4th Annual Camping Trip will be
held on August 11-13, at beautiful Cape Lookout
State Park, near Tillamook, OR. We have a continuous block
of 40 sites immediately adjacent to the beach. Start practicing your camp songs now! Please contact Debbie Driscoll,
[email protected], if you'd like more information.
LITURGY
BELLS
We welcome donation of bells for use during
the Christmas and Easter Season. Bring bells
and place them in the baskets on the tables
in the entry ways. Bells can be found at many
music stores including Portland Music Company 2502 NE Broadway, Rhythm Traders
3904 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Artichoke Community
Music 3130 Se Hawthorne Blvd.
CHILDREN'S CHOIR
FOR CHRISTMAS
We will have a children's choir for Christmas Eve this year.
Thanks go out to Tom LaVoie and Pam Wood who will direct
and accompany the choir. The choir is open to all children
K-6th grade. We are in need of 3-4 parents who can also help
with attendance, passing out music and helping to keep the
children in good order. The choir will rehearse on Sundays
December 11 and 18th from 11:00-11:45 am in the Thea
Bowman Room. On Christmas Eve, December 24th the children will meet at 4:00 PM in the Church and sing at the 5:00
PM Family Mass. If you are interested
in having your child participate please
e-mail your child’s name along with
the name of one parent or guardian and your contact information to
Michael Prendergast (mprendergast@
archdpdx.org).
COMMUNITY CHOIR
FOR CHRISTMAS
As is our tradition at St. Andrew we will have a community
Choir for Christmas. The choir is open to all parishioners junior high school and older. The choir will rehearse on Thursday December 15, and 22 from 7:00-8:30
PM in the Church and on Sunday December
18th from 11:00-Noon in the Church. If you
have Christmas folders with music bring it
to the first rehearsal. For more information
contact Michael Prendergast ([email protected]).
LAS POSADAS
LAS POSADAS: is a nine-day rotating
pilgrimage popular in Latin America
and the Philippines commemorating
the journey of Mary and Joseph from
Nazareth to Bethlehem. Suggested by
St. Ignatius Loyola as the focus of a
Christmas novena in the 16th century,
it was shaped by St. John of the Cross
into a pageant in 1580. It was introduced in Mexico in 1587 as a solemn
celebration in church but soon began
to be celebrated in homes and became more festive. Las
Posadas weaves together Advent themes of waiting, hospitality and social justice.
Our Parish Posada will be celebrated at 6:00 PM on
5 Monday December 19th.
St. Vincent de Paul/St. Andrew Emergency Services
Pointing to the star
MINISTERIO HISPANO
Bautizos:
Preparación pre-bautismal es cada segundo
sábado de mes a las
7pm. Y los bautizos son
cada cuarto domingo
del mes (excepto durante cuaresma). Llame
a Diana al 503-281-4429 ext 17 para
registrarse.
Advent is the season of waiting. Its function is to remind us
what we’re waiting for as we go through life too busy with
things that do not matter to remember the things that do.
When year after year we hear the same scriptures and the same
hymns of longing for the life to come, of which this is only
its shadow, it becomes impossible to forget the refrains of the
soul.
Advent relieves us of our commitment to the frenetic in a fast-paced world. It slows
us down. It makes us think. It makes us look beyond today to the “great tomorrow” of life. Without Advent, moved only by the race to nowhere that exhausts the
world around us, we could be so frantic with trying to consume and control this life
that we fail to develop within ourselves a taste for the spirit that does not die and
will not slip through our fingers like melted snow.
Quinceañeras: Se realizan cada
tercer sábado del mes. Tienen que ser
miem- bros de la parroquia y tener
la primera comunión hecha. Llame
a Diana al 503-281-4429 ext 17 para
registrarse y confirmar la fecha.
It is while waiting for the coming of the reign of God, Advent after Advent, that
we come to realize that its coming depends on us. What we do will either hasten or
slow, sharpen or dim our own commitment to do our part to bring it.
Bodas: Comunicarse directamente
Advent stands before us, within us, pointing to the star for which the wise ones
from the East are only icons of ourselves.
Primera Comunión: Habrá regis-
con Padre David al 503-281-4429 ext
11.
traciones durante los domingos del mes
de septiembre. Se inician también registraciones para la Catequesis del Buen
We all want something more. Advent asks the question, what is it for which you are Pastor para niños en edades de 3 a 9
spending your life? What is the star you are following now? And where is that star in años. Este es un programa bilingüe e
its present radiance in your life leading you? Is it a place that is really comprehensive interactivo en el que los niños aprenden
enough to equal the breadth of the human soul?
sobre la biblia y la liturgia y está basado
en el entendimiento de que los niños
from The Liturgical Year by Joan Chittister, Thomas Nelson
tienen una relación innata con Dios.
Las clases inician en el mes de octubre
November 2016 Statistics: 209 families (691 individuals) got food from
durante los domin- gos a la hora de la
Emergency Services: 16,020 lbs of food. We partnered with ten families to help
with utility bills ($1441.31), and with five other families for rent assistance ($1639). misa 12:30pm.
We also supported our Hispanic weekend with $163 for masa and tortillas. Total
Religiosa registro Educación
assistance this month: $3243.31. 43 volunteers worked a total of 194 hours in
El registro de educación religiosa para
November.
niños de 3-10 años de edad y de confirmación , se extenderá hasta el mes de
Society of St. Vincent de Paul:
septiembre. Primera Comunión ( típicaAll donations to the St. Andrew Conference of St. Vincent de Paul support those in mente de 7 años de edad) y Catequesis
need in our community. Please write checks to St. Vincent de Paul/St. Andrew so it de las clases del Buen Pastor (edades
3-10) se pondrá en marcha el domingo
goes to emergency services of our parish.
23 de octubre.
Reducing Gun Violence
Puede registrarse por:
- Poner en contacto abril Sandoval al
503.281.4429 ext . 23 o asandoval@
archdpdx.org y solicitar un formulario
- En una mesa después de la misa del
domingo de septiembre de 18 y 25
Reducing Gun Violence: An Education and Action Forum
Third in a Series
St. Andrew Community Center
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Ostias Libres De Gluten
Birthdays This Week
Es usted intolerante al gluten o tiene
alergias a algunos ingredients que no le
permiten tomar Comunion? La Parroquia de San Andres ofrecera ostias
echas libre de gluten. Las ostias estan
echas de agua filtrada, harina de arroz,
harina de papas, aceite organico de
palmas, levadura de papas, y lecitina de
girasol. Si usted necesita ostias para la
Comunion que sean libres de gluten,
por favor contacte a Diana Ruiz al 503281-4429 ext 17.
Today: Sandra Garcia, Emily Davis, Felipe Mateo Tomas, and Malaika Watson.
Next week: Guadalupe, Poox Parra, Greta Moseson, Gabriel Pimentel, Miguel Alvarez, Kellan Quinn, Raddy Laurie, David Hernandez,
Naomi Kersey-Bronec, Oliva Antoine, Michael Arrieta-Walden, Elizabeth
Vazquez, Kim Bastable, Lucas Weisensee, Teresa Hernandez, Carmelia
Tronci-Bell, Elena Jimenez Juan, Samantha Pulido, Andres Gonzales, Axel Perez,
Eleanor Van Der Wolf, Matilida McKean, Juan Hernandez, Mynor Calel, George
Lohse, James Sheehan, Tom Caruso, and Oscar Furukawa.
Anniversaries This Week
Nancy Strening and David Paumier; Juventino Tuz Aviles and Yanice Aviles Ruiz;
Dottie and Clary Barrett; and Yolanda Cortez-Ocampo and Robins Fitz-Eustaquio.
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