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St. Bartholomew
3601 Altamesa Fort Worth, Texas 76133
Parish office is located in the building
on east side of church.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
“Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God.”
February 22, 2015
First Sunday in Lent (B)
Parish Mission:
Mass Schedule
Daily Schedule for February 23-27: Monday : Mass at 8:30a.m.
Tuesday: Liturgy of the Word at 8:30a.m.
Wednesday : Liturgy of the Word, 8:30a.m. ; Mass at 6:30p.m.
Thursday: Mass at 12: 10p..m.
Friday: Mass at 8:30a.m., Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after
8:30a.m. Mass until 2:00p.m. , Stations of the Cross 6p.m (English),
7p.m.(Spanish)
Weekend Masses: Saturday: 4:30 p.m.– English
Sunday: 9 a.m. - English; 11 a.m. - English; 1 p.m. - Spanish
A nursery is provided at the following Masses: 4:30p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m., 11 a.m. & 1p.m. Sunday.
Weekly Calendar/Calendario Semanal
Sunday: 22nd First Sunday in Lent~10Domingo de Cuaresma
Special Collection for Black and Indian Missions
Coffee and Donuts
Youth RCIA at 10:30a.m. in the Youth Room.
No RCIA this week. This class resumes next week at 10:30a.m. in the Office Library. The topic will be :”
Prayer, Discernment,
and Forming Conscience” taught by Diane Etzel
Spanish Choir Practice
CCD classes (K-4th grade) . Session 1 –10:30a.m., Session 2 -11:45a.m. in the parish life center
Adult Scripture Study, 10:30a.m. in the church building, room 23
Spanish Scripture Study, 11:30 a.m. in the church building , room 21
Redescubre el Catholismo Class, 2:15 p.m. in the church building, room 23
ACTS English Men’s Team, 2p.m. in the Parish Life Center, rooms 1-4
Spanish Altar Servers, 2:15 p.m. in the church
Marriage Enrichment . 6p.m. in the church building, room 14
 YSN at 7p.m. in the Youth Room
Sunday Night Bible Study at 7p.m. in the church. Joe Winterling is leading this Bible study on the Book of Mark. All are welcome,
Monday: 23rd
 Folklore Dance Class, 5:45 p.m. in the Great Hall
Hispanic Prayer Choir Practice, , 6p.m. in the Parish Life Center, room 15&17
Safe Environment Initial class in English , 6:30p.m. in the Parish Life Center , room 13
Talleres de Oracion y Vida, 7p.m. in the parish life center , room 4
Spanish Ultreya Meeting, 7p.m. in the church building, room 14
Catechism-Bible Study, 7p.m. in the parish life center , room 1. This study is led by John Tharp. All are welcome.
Tuesday: 24th
ESL Daytime Classes , 9-12a.m.in the parish life center. Nursery provided.
ESL Night time Classes , 6-9p.m. in the parish life center
Sew Blessed, 11a.m. in the church building, room 14
Spanish RCIA, 7p.m. in the church building, room 23
Marriage Enrichment, 6:45 p.m in the Parish Life Center, room 1&3
Estudio Biblica en Espanol , 7p.m. in the church building, room 14. This Bible study is led by John Contreras.
Wednesday: 25th
Men’s Morning Prayer Group. All men are welcome to join us at 6:00 a.m. in the church. Doors open at 5:30 a.m.
ESL Daytime Classes, 9a.m.-12p.m. in the parish life center. Nursery provided.
Wednesday Women’s Bible Study, 9:30a.m. in the church building, room 14
Prayer Group, 9:30a.m. in the chapel
Redescubre el Catholismo , 10 a.m. in the Parish Life Center, room 2
CCD Classes (Grades5&6) 7p.m. in the parish life center
Discovery Class (Gr.7 & 8), 7p.m. in the Youth room, Doors open at 6:30p.m.
Spanish Scripture Study, 7pm. In the church building, room 14
Music Rehearsal, 7p.m. in the church
Hispanic Prayer Choir Practice, 7p.m. in the church building, room 23
Thursday: 26th
ESL Daytime Classes, 9a.m.-12p.m. in the parish life center. Nursery provided.
ESL Nighttime Classes, 6p.m. in the parish life center
Spanish Choir rehearsal, 6:00p.m. in the church
Spanish Lectors, 7p.m. in the church building, room 14
Young Adult Ministry , 7p.m. in the Parish Life Center, room 11
Joy of the Gospel Class, 7p.m. in the Great Hall, led by Fr. John Robert. This is a 6 week series that repeat s on Friday mornings.
Friday: 27th
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 9:15a.m-2:00p.m. in the church chapel
Joy of the Gospel Class , 9:30a.m. in the Great Hall, led by Fr. John Robert. This is a 6 week series and a repeat of Thursday night.
Hispanic Prayer Group, 6p.m. in the church building , room 14
Lenten Fish Fry , 5-7p.m. in the Great Hall
Stations of the Cross , 6p.m. in English, 7p.m. in Spanish in the church
Children’s RCIA, 7p.m. in the parish life center
Saturday: 28th
Saturday Morning Bible Study, 9:30a.m. in the church building, room 14
Safe Environment Retraining Class in English , 10 a.m. in the Parish Life Center , room 2.
Confessions/ Confesiones, 3p.m. in the chapel
Healing Mass (Bilingual), 7p.m. in the church
Next Sunday: March 1st Second Sunday in Lent~20Domingo de Cuaresma
Pantry Sunday
CCD classes (K-4th grade)
Lenten Vespers
RCIA this week
Adult Scripture Study
Sunday Night Bible Study
Coffee and Donuts
Spanish Scripture Study
Marriage Enrichment
 Youth RCIA
Redescubre el Catholismo Class
Paradox Café and YSN
Spanish Choir Practice
ACTS English Men’s Team
Magnanimous Musings of Fr. John Robert Skeldon
For the musings this 1st Sunday of Lent, I simply want to share with you Pope Francis’ homily from
last Sunday (the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time) which he celebrated with all the Cardinals of the
Church. It is masterful, magisterial and profound. It is one of the finest reflections I have ever
read on the mission of the church. I think Pope Francis is tipping his hand as to the course of the
church towards those who are estranged, marginalized, on the “peripheries” of the church itself. I
also think it is a perfect reflection with which to enter into the holy time of Lent. I’ll let Our Holy Father Pope Francis speak:
“Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean”… Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out his hand and touched him, and said: “I
do choose. Be made clean!” (Mk 1:40-41). The compassion of Jesus! That com-passion which made him draw near to every person in
pain! Jesus does not hold back; instead, he gets involved in people’s pain and their need… for the simple reason that he knows and
wants to show com-passion, because he has a heart unashamed to have “compassion”.
“Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed in the country; and people came to him from every quarter” (Mk 1:45). This
means that Jesus not only healed the leper but also took upon himself the marginalization enjoined by the law of Moses (cf. Lev 13:12, 45-46). Jesus is unafraid to risk sharing in the suffering of others; he pays the price of it in full (cf. Is 53:4).
Compassion leads Jesus to concrete action: he reinstates the marginalized! These are the three key concepts that the Church proposes
in today’s liturgy of the word: the compassion of Jesus in the face of marginalization and his desire to reinstate.
Marginalization: Moses, in his legislation regarding lepers, says that they are to be kept alone and apart from the community for the
duration of their illness. He declares them: “unclean!” (cf. Lev 13:1-2, 45-46).
Imagine how much suffering and shame lepers must have felt: physically, socially, psychologically and spiritually! They are not only
victims of disease, but they feel guilty about it, punished for their sins! Theirs is a living death; they are like someone whose father has
spit in his face (cf. Num 12:14).
In addition, lepers inspire fear, contempt and loathing, and so they are abandoned by their families, shunned by other persons, cast out
by society. Indeed, society rejects them and forces them to live apart from the healthy. It excludes them. So much so that if a healthy
person approached a leper, he would be punished severely, and often be treated as a leper himself.
True, the purpose of this rule was “to safeguard the healthy”, “to protect the righteous”, and, in order to guard them from any risk, to
eliminate “the peril” by treating the diseased person harshly. As the high priest Caiaphas exclaimed: “It is better to have one man die
for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed” (Jn 11:50).
Reinstatement: Jesus revolutionizes and upsets that fearful, narrow and prejudiced mentality. He does not abolish the law of Moses,
but rather brings it to fulfillment (cf. Mt 5:17). He does so by stating, for example, that the law of retaliation is counterproductive, that
God is not pleased by a Sabbath observance which demeans or condemns a man. He does so by refusing to condemn the sinful woman,
but saves her from the blind zeal of those prepared to stone her ruthlessly in the belief that they were applying the law of Moses. Jesus
also revolutionizes consciences in the Sermon on the Mount (cf. Mt 5), opening new horizons for humanity and fully revealing God’s
“logic”. The logic of love, based not on fear but on freedom and charity, on healthy zeal and the saving will of God. For “God our Saviour desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim 2:3-4). “I desire mercy and not sacrifice” (Mt
12:7; Hos 6:6).
Jesus, the new Moses, wanted to heal the leper. He wanted to touch him and restore him to the community without being “hemmed in”
by prejudice, conformity to the prevailing mindset or worry about becoming infected. Jesus responds immediately to the leper’s plea,
without waiting to study the situation and all its possible consequences! For Jesus, what matters above all is reaching out to save those
far off, healing the wounds of the sick, restoring everyone to God’s family! And this is scandalous to some people!
Jesus is not afraid of this kind of scandal! He does not think of the closed-minded who are scandalized even by a work of healing,
scandalized before any kind of openness, by any action outside of their mental and spiritual boxes, by any caress or sign of tenderness
which does not fit into their usual thinking and their ritual purity. He wanted to reinstate the outcast, to save those outside the camp (cf.
Jn 10).
There are two ways of thinking and of having faith: we can fear to lose the saved and we can want to save the lost. Even today it can
happen that we stand at the crossroads of these two ways of thinking. The thinking of the doctors of the law, which would remove the
danger by casting out the diseased person, and the thinking of God, who in his mercy embraces and accepts by reinstating him and
turning evil into good, condemnation into salvation and exclusion into proclamation.
These two ways of thinking are present throughout the Church’s history: casting off and reinstating. Saint Paul, following the Lord’s
command to bring the Gospel message to the ends of the earth (cf. Mt 28:19), caused scandal and met powerful resistance and great
hostility, especially from those who demanded unconditional obedience to the Mosaic law, even on the part of converted pagans. Saint
Peter, too, was bitterly criticized by the community when he entered the house of the pagan centurion Cornelius (cf. Acts 10).
The Church’s way, from the time of the Council of Jerusalem, has always always been the way of Jesus, the way of mercy and reinstatement. This does not mean underestimating the dangers of letting wolves into the fold, but welcoming the repentant prodigal son;
healing the wounds of sin with courage and determination; rolling up our sleeves and not standing by and watching passively the suffering of the world. The way of the Church is not to condemn anyone for eternity; to pour out the balm of God’s mercy on all those
who ask for it with a sincere heart. The way of the Church is precisely to leave her four walls behind and to go out in search of those
who are distant, those essentially on the “outskirts” of life. It is to adopt fully God’s own approach, to follow the Master who said:
“Those who are well have no need of the physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call, not the righteous but sinners” (Lk 5:31
-32).
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(Musings Continued)
In healing the leper, Jesus does not harm the healthy. Rather, he frees them from fear. He does not endanger them, but gives them a
brother. He does not devalue the law but instead values those for whom God gave the law. Indeed, Jesus frees the healthy from the
temptation of the “older brother” (cf. Lk 15:11-32), the burden of envy and the grumbling of the labourers who bore “the burden of the
day and the heat” (cf. Mt 20:1-16).
In a word: charity cannot be neutral, antiseptic, indifferent, lukewarm or impartial! Charity is infectious, it excites, it risks and it engages! For true charity is always unmerited, unconditional and gratuitous! (cf. 1 Cor 13). Charity is creative in finding the right
words to speak to all those considered incurable and hence untouchable. Finding the right words… Contact is the language of genuine
communication, the same endearing language which brought healing to the leper. How many healings can we perform if only we learn
this language of contact! The leper, once cured, became a messenger of God’s love. The Gospel tells us that “he went out and began to
proclaim it freely and to spread the word” (cf. Mk 1:45).
Dear new Cardinals, this is the “logic”, the mind of Jesus, and this is the way of the Church. Not only to welcome and reinstate with
evangelical courage all those who knock at our door, but to go out and seek, fearlessly and without prejudice, those who are distant,
freely sharing what we ourselves freely received. “Whoever says: ‘I abide in [Christ]’, ought to walk just as he walked” (1 Jn 2:6).
Total openness to serving others is our hallmark, it alone is our title of honour!
Consider carefully that, in these days when you have become Cardinals, we have asked Mary, Mother of the Church, who herself experienced marginalization as a result of slander (cf. Jn 8:41) and exile (cf. Mt 2:13-23), to intercede for us so that we can be God’s
faithful servants. May she - our Mother - teach us to be unafraid of tenderly welcoming the outcast; not to be afraid of tenderness. How
often we fear tenderness! May Mary teach us not to be afraid of tenderness and compassion. May she clothe us in patience as we seek
to accompany them on their journey, without seeking the benefits of worldly success. May she show us Jesus and help us to walk in his
footsteps.
Dear new Cardinals, my brothers, as we look to Jesus and our Mother, I urge you to serve the Church in such a way that Christians edified by our witness - will not be tempted to turn to Jesus without turning to the outcast, to become a closed caste with nothing authentically ecclesial about it. I urge you to serve Jesus crucified in every person who is emarginated, for whatever reason; to see the
Lord in every excluded person who is hungry, thirsty, naked; to see the Lord present even in those who have lost their faith, or turned
away from the practice of their faith, or say that they are atheists; to see the Lord who is imprisoned, sick, unemployed, persecuted; to
see the Lord in the leper – whether in body or soul - who encounters discrimination! We will not find the Lord unless we truly accept
the marginalized! May we always have before us the image of Saint Francis, who was unafraid to embrace the leper and to accept every kind of outcast. Truly, dear brothers, the Gospel of the marginalized is where our credibility is at stake, is discovered and is revealed!
Reflexión Magnánima de Padre John Robert Skeldon
Para la reflexión de este primero domingo de Cuaresma, simplemente quiero compartir con ustedes la homilía del domingo pasado del
Papa Francisco (el sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario) que celebró con todos los cardenales de la Iglesia. Es magistral, magnífica y
profunda. Es una de las mejores reflexiones que he leído sobre la misión de la iglesia. Creo que el Papa Francisco está inclinando su
mano sobre el curso de la iglesia hacia los alejados, los marginados, en las "periferias" de la propia iglesia. También creo que es la reflexión perfecta para entrar en el tiempo santo de Cuaresma. Voy a dejar que nuestro Santo Padre Francisco les hable:
Señor, si quieres, puedes limpiarme…» Jesús, sintiendo lástima; extendió la mano y lo tocó diciendo: «Quiero: queda limpio» (cf.Mc 1,40-41). La compasión de Jesús. Ese padecer con que lo acercaba a cada persona que sufre. Jesús, se da completamente, se
involucra en el dolor y la necesidad de la gente… simplemente, porque Él sabe y quiere padecer con, porque tiene un corazón que no se
avergüenza de tener compasión. No podía entrar abiertamente en ningún pueblo; se quedaba fuera, en descampado» (Mc 1, 45). Esto
significa que, además de curar al leproso, Jesús ha tomado sobre sí la marginación que la ley de Moisés imponía (cf. Lv 13,1-2. 45-46).
Jesús no tiene miedo del riesgo que supone asumir el sufrimiento de otro, pero paga el precio con todas las consecuencias (cf. Is 53,4).
La compasión lleva a Jesús a actuar concretamente: a reintegrar al marginado. Y éstos son los tres conceptos claves que la Iglesia nos
propone hoy en la liturgia de la palabra: la compasión de Jesús ante la marginación y su voluntad de integración. Marginación: Moisés,
tratando jurídicamente la cuestión de los leprosos, pide que sean alejados y marginados por la comunidad, mientras dure su mal, y los
declara: «Impuros» (cf. Lv 13,1-2. 45.46). Imaginad cuánto sufrimiento y cuánta vergüenza debía de sentir un leproso: físicamente, socialmente, psicológicamente y espiritualmente. No es sólo víctima de una enfermedad, sino que también se siente culpable, castigado
por sus pecados. Es un muerto viviente, como «si su padre le hubiera escupido en la cara» (Nm 12,14). Además, el leproso infunde
miedo, desprecio, disgusto y por esto viene abandonado por los propios familiares, evitado por las otras personas, marginado por la sociedad, es más, la misma sociedad lo expulsa y lo fuerza a vivir en lugares alejados de los sanos, lo excluye. Y esto hasta el punto de
que si un individuo sano se hubiese acercado a un leproso, habría sido severamente castigado y, muchas veces, tratado, a su vez, como
un leproso. Es verdad, la finalidad de esa norma era la de salvar a los sanos, proteger a los justos y, para salvaguardarlos de todo riesgo, marginar el peligro, tratando sin piedad al contagiado. De aquí, que el Sumo Sacerdote Caifás exclamase: «Conviene que uno muera por el pueblo, y que no perezca la nación entera» (Jn 11,50). Integración: Jesús revoluciona y sacude fuertemente aquella mentalidad
cerrada por el miedo y recluida en los prejuicios. Él, sin embargo, no deroga la Ley de Moisés, sino que la lleva a plenitud (cf. Mt 5,
17), declarando, por ejemplo, la ineficacia contraproducente de la ley del talión; declarando que Dios no se complace en la observancia
del Sábado que desprecia al hombre y lo condena; o cuando ante la mujer pecadora, no la condena, sino que la salva de la intransigencia
de aquellos que estaban ya preparados para lapidarla sin piedad, pretendiendo aplicar la Ley de Moisés. Jesús revoluciona también las
conciencias en el Discurso de la montaña (cf. Mt 5) abriendo nuevos horizontes para la humanidad y revelando plenamente la lógica de
Dios. La lógica del amor que no se basa en el miedo sino en la libertad, en la caridad, en el sano celo y en el deseo salvífico de Dios,
Nuestro Salvador, «que quiere que todos se salven y lleguen al conocimiento de la verdad» (1Tm 2,4).
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«Misericordia quiero y no sacrificio» (Mt 12,7; Os 6,6). Jesús, nuevo Moisés, ha querido curar al leproso, ha querido tocar, ha querido reintegrar en la comunidad, sin autolimitarse por los prejuicios; sin adecuarse a la mentalidad dominante de la gente; sin preocuparse para nada del contagio. Jesús responde a la súplica del leproso sin dilación y sin los consabidos aplazamientos para estudiar la
situación y todas sus eventuales consecuencias. Para Jesús lo que cuenta, sobre todo, es alcanzar y salvar a los lejanos, curar las heridas de los enfermos, reintegrar a todos en la familia de Dios. Y eso escandaliza a algunos. Y Jesús no tiene miedo de este tipo de
escándalo. Él no piensa en las personas obtusas que se e scandalizan incluso de una curación, que se escandalizan de cualquier apertura, a cualquier paso que no entre en sus esquemas mentales o espirituales, a cualquier caricia o ternura que no corresponda a su forma de pensar y a su pureza ritualista. Él ha querido integrar a los marginados, salvar a los que están fuera del campamento (cf. Jn 10).
Son dos lógicas de pensamiento y de fe: el miedo de perder a los salvados y el deseo de salvar a los perdidos. Hoy también nos encontramos en la encrucijada de estas dos lógicas: a veces, la de los doctores de la ley, o sea, alejarse del peligro apartándose de la
persona contagiada, y la lógica de Dios que, con su misericordia, abraza y acoge reintegrando y transfigurando el mal en bien, la condena en salvación y la exclusión en anuncio.Estas dos lógicas recorren toda la historia de la Iglesia: marginar y reintegrar. San
Pablo, dando cumplimiento al mandamiento del Señor de llevar el anuncio del Evangelio hasta los extremos confines de la tierra
(cf. Mt 28,19), escandalizó y encontró una fuerte resistencia y una gran hostilidad sobre todo de parte de aquellos que exigían una
incondicional observancia de la Ley mosaica, incluso a los paganos convertidos. También san Pedro fue duramente criticado por la
comunidad cuando entró en la casa de Cornelio, el centurión pagano (cf. Hch 10). El camino de la Iglesia, desde el concilio de Jerusalén en adelante, es siempre el camino de Jesús, el de la misericordia y de la integración. Esto no quiere decir menospreciar los
peligros o hacer entrar los lobos en el rebaño, sino acoger al hijo pródigo arrepentido; sanar con determinación y valor las heridas del
pecado; actuar decididamente y no quedarse mirando de forma pasiva el sufrimiento del mundo. El camino de la Iglesia es el de no
condenar a nadie para siempre y difundir la misericordia de Dios a todas las personas que la piden con corazón sincero; el camino de
la Iglesia es precisamente el de salir del propio recinto para ir a buscar a los lejanos en las “periferias” esenciales de la existencia; es
el de adoptar integralmente la lógica de Dios; el de seguir al Maestro que dice: «No necesitan médico los sanos, sino los enfermos.
No he venido a llamar a los justos, sino a los pecadores» (Lc 5,31-32). Curando al leproso, Jesús no hace ningún daño al que está
sano, es más, lo libra del miedo; no lo expone a un peligro sino que le da un hermano; no desprecia la Ley sino que valora al hombre,
para el cual Dios ha inspirado la Ley. En efecto, Jesús libra a los sanos de la tentación del «hermano mayor» (cf. Lc 15,11-32) y del
peso de la envidia y de la murmuración de los trabajadores que han soportado el peso de la jornada y el calor (cf. Mt 20,1-16).
En consecuencia: la caridad no puede ser neutra, aséptica, indiferente, tibia o imparcial. La caridad contagia, apasiona, arriesga y
compromete. Porque la caridad verdadera siempre es inmerecida, incondicional y gratuita (cf. 1Cor 13). La caridad es creativa en la
búsqueda del lenguaje adecuado para comunicar con aquellos que son considerados incurables y, por lo tanto, intocables. Encontrar el
lenguaje justo… El contacto es el auténtico lenguaje que transmite, fue el lenguaje afectivo, el que proporcionó la curación al leproso.
¡Cuántas curaciones podemos realizar y transmitir aprendiendo este lenguaje del contacto! Era un leproso y se ha convertido en mensajero del amor de Dios. Dice el Evangelio: «Pero cuando se fue, empezó a pregonar bien alto y a divulgar el hecho» (Mc 1,45).
Queridos nuevos Cardenales, ésta es la lógica de Jesús, éste es el camino de la Iglesia: no sólo acoger y integrar, con valor evangélico, aquellos que llaman a la puerta, sino salir, ir a buscar, sin prejuicios y sin miedos, a los lejanos, manifestándoles gratuitamente
aquello que también nosotros hemos recibido gratuitamente. «Quien dice que permanece en Él debe caminar como Él
caminó» (1Jn 2,6). ¡La disponibilidad total para servir a los demás es nuestro signo distintivo, es nuestro único título de honor! Pensadlo bien en estos días en los que habéis recibido el título cardenalicio. Invoquemos la intercesión de María, Madre de la Iglesia, que
sufrió en primera persona la marginación causada por las calumnias (cf. Jn 8,41) y el exilio (cf. Mt 2,13-23), para que nos conceda el
ser siervos fieles de Dios. Ella, que es la Madre, nos enseñe a no tener miedo de acoger con ternura a los marginados; a no tener
miedo de la ternura. Cuántas veces tenemos miedo de la ternura. Que Ella nos enseñe a no tener miedo de la ternura y de la compasión; nos revista de paciencia para acompañarlos en su camino, sin buscar los resultados del éxito mundano; nos muestre a Jesús y
nos haga caminar como Él. Queridos hermanos nuevos Cardenales, mirando a Jesús y a nuestra Madre, os exhorto a servir a la Iglesia, en modo tal que los cristianos –edificados por nuestro testimonio– no tengan la tentación de estar con Jesús sin querer estar con
los marginados, aislándose en una casta que nada tiene de auténticamente eclesial. Os invito a servir a Jesús crucificado en toda persona marginada, por el motivo que sea; a ver al Señor en cada persona excluida que tiene hambre, que tiene sed, que está desnuda; al
Señor que está presente también en aquellos que han perdido la fe, o que, alejados, no viven la propia fe, o que se declaran ateos; al
Señor que está en la cárcel, que está enfermo, que no tiene trabajo, que es perseguido; al Señor que está en el leproso – de cuerpo o de
alma -, que está discriminado. No descubrimos al Señor, si no acogemos auténticamente al marginado. Recordemos siempre la
imagen de san Francisco que no tuvo miedo de abrazar al leproso y de acoger a aquellos que sufren cualquier tipo de marginación. En
realidad, queridos hermanos, sobre el evangelio de los marginados, se juega y se descubre y se revela nuestra credibilidad.
Iglesia de San Bartolomé iniciará una segunda misa en español el domingo, 12 de abril a 3p.m.
St. Bartholomew Church will be starting a second Spanish
Mass on Sunday, April 12th at 3p.m.
Lenten Services and Observances
On Sundays, March 1st & March 15th, 6-7p.m. Vespers in the church led by Fr. John Robert
Stations of the Cross will be on Fridays in Lent from February 20–
March 27. English Stations will be at 6p.m. followed by Spanish
Stations at 7p.m..
Parish/ Deanery Penance Service, Monday, March 23rd at 7p.m..
There will be 12 priests here to do confessions.
Fast and abstinence are to be observed on Ash Wednesday
and Good Friday by all who have celebrated their 18th birthday
and have not yet celebrated their 60th birthday. Abstinence
from meat is to be observed on Fridays during Lent by all who
have celebrated their 14th birthday.
Servicios de La Cuaresma y Observancias
Los Domingos, Marzo 1 y Marzo 15, 6-7pm Vísperas en la Iglesia
dirigidas por el Padre John Robert
Vocation Lenten Discernment Series for Men
The Vocations office will have Lenten Discernment Series “…but
I who chose you..” (Jn 15:16) for men high school aged to 35
years old. The series will be on Monday evenings during Lent –
6:00-8:00 p.m. – St. Patrick Cathedral located at 1206 Throckmorton St, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
Come spend time in discernment with other fellow men who are
listening for God’s direction in their life.
The meetings are as follows:
- February 23 – 6 pm meet in Annex Building for Prayer, Dinner,
& Discernment
- March 2 – 6 pm Holy Hour in Cathedral, 7 pm Dinner/
Discernment in Annex
- March 9 – 6 pm Holy Hour in Cathedral, 7 pm Dinner/
Discernment in Annex
- March 16 – 6 pm Holy Hour in Cathedral, 7 pm Dinner/
Discernment in Annex
- March 23 – 6 pm Holy Hour in Cathedral, 7 pm Dinner/
Discernment in Annex
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to [email protected] or contact the Vocations office at 817-9459321.
El Viacrucis – Los Viernes durante la Cuaresma; Febrero 20 –
Marzo 27. En Ingles a las 6 pm. En Español a las 7 pm
Servicio Penitencial de la Parroquia/Decanato, Lunes, Marzo 23
a las 7 pm
Habrá 12 sacerdotes haciendo confesiones.
El Ayuno y la Abstinencia el Miércoles de Ceniza y el Viernes Santo
es para todos los que hayan cumplido los 18 años y no han cumplido los 60. La Abstinencia de carne los Viernes durante la Cuaresma es para todos los que cumplieron los 14 años.
It’s Not Too Late to Join the Joy of the
Gospel Classes by Fr. John Robert
These classes started January 29 but you can
easily join in the class. Fr. John Robert is leading
a reading and discussion about this most
substantial papal document that we have seen in
a long time. These classes are on Thursdays at
7 pm and repeat on Fridays at 9:30 am. The Joy of the Gospel.
will meet weekly for six weeks. You are encouraged to purchase
a copy of the document for yourselves.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Discalced Carmelite
Nuns of the Most Holy Trinity cordially invite you
to the Lenten Quiet Day Retreat and Pantry Shower for
the Carmelite Nuns on Tuesday, February 24th at the
Carmelite Monastery. The Monastery is located at 5801
Mount Carmel Drive in Arlington, Texas 76017. Father
Augustine Lieb TOR will be our Retreat Master and the
event will begin at 10:00 am and end at 3:00 pm. Don't
forget to bring a sack lunch for yourself and pantry
items for the Nuns (paper goods or canned food; however, please remember that the Nuns
are vegetarians). For more information concerning this spiritual retreat, please call Columba Reid at 817
274 9321.
Safe Environment Training
If you are involved in ANY ministry in the church
you must have Safe Environment Training.
Safe Environment Training sessions have been
scheduled as follows:
 Safe Environment Initial (English) session on
Monday February 23. Session will begin at
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm and be held in the PLC
Room 13.
 Safe Environment Retraining (English) ses-
sion on Saturday February 28. Session will
begin at 10:00 am - 11:30 am in the PLC Room
4.
 Safe Environment Initial (English) session on
Sunday March 22. Session will begin at 2:30
pm – 5:30 pm and be held in the PLC Room
13.
Spanish Men’s Cursillo –March12-15.. Contact Rafael
Cuevas, 817-291-4713 for more information
You are invited to join Father Mel Bessellieu June 12-26, 2015
following the footsteps of St. Paul to Greece, Turkey, and Italy. This 15-day Catholic pilgrimage will include a 3-day cruise,
all inclusive for $4,995. Please contact Linh Doan-Pham @ 682667-2368 if you are interested.
Pantry Sunday Next Weekend
Please bring your non-perishable food and monetary
donations next weekend for the St. Vincent de Paul Society Pantry Sunday.
Mass of Healing
Fr. Hector and Fr. John Robert will celebrate
a Healing Mass
on Saturday, February 28th at 7p.m.
This will be bilingual.
Misa de sanación
Padre Héctor celebrará una Misa de sanación el
sábado 28 de febrero a las 7p.m.
Black and Native American Special Collection
This Weekend
This collection meets the needs of those who would bring the light
of Christ’s witness to the impoverished, the isolated and the despairing
among the Black and Indian people. Pope John Paul II keeps asking
the faithful around the world to recommit themselves to their
Catholic Faith. In this light, many wonderful evangelization efforts are being made. It is only through the constant generosity of
the Church members that such wonderful events are realized.
.The collection is now going on 120 years. In earlier years evangelization programs were centered mostly in the Southern and Mid
Western States. As the Church grew in numbers and continues to
spread over the entire United States…and that is good…the message of the Gospel of Jesus is getting better known.
Audio Homilies
On our Website there is a link to audio homilies and
special services since November 2014. Hear Fr. John
Robert, Fr. Hector, Deacons John and Gary . All of
Christmas Eve Mass and Confirmation!
Fish Fry This Friday
On Fridays, February 27th, March 20th and March
27th , Dwight Cooley will be cooking from 5-7p.m.
. Come out and enjoy fried catfish, sides, dessert. If
you would like to help him please call Cheryl
Brooks in the Office at 817-292-7703 .
S. Augustine’s Men’s Purity Group
Struggling with or Addicted to Porn? Struggling to maintain sexual integrity? Do you want to grow in your relationship with Jesus
and honor your marital vows? If the answer to any of these is yes
Saint Augustine Men’s Purity Group is here to help you.
St Augustine’s Men’s Purity Group, a ministry for men struggling
with or addicted to pornography is coming to St Bart’s starting
Saturday March 7th. Meetings are confidential and will be held in
the Parish Life Center from each Saturday 9:00 – 10:30 AM in Rm
2, on the East end of the building.
Meetings are also held Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:00 PM at Holy Trinity
School Library 3750 William D. Tate Road (Hwy 121) Grapevine,
TX 76105 and Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:00 PM St Elizabeth Ann Seton
(Nursery, North of Church Bldg) 2016 Willis Lane, Keller, TX
76248.
For more information visit us at catholicmenspurity.com or email
us at [email protected]
Coffee and Donuts This Weekend after the 9a.m.
and 11a.m Masses in the Church Hall.. Come join
with your fellow parishioners for fellowship. If you
would like to volunteer call Shane Chubbs at 214-9145636
BULLETIN DEADLINE THIS WEEK:
WEDNESDAY, 10a.m.
Sacrament of Baptism (newborns - age 6): Parents requesting the Sacrament of Baptism should be either living within parish boundaries or be registered in the parish. Parents and godparents are expected to attend a baptism class for an infant to be baptized. Parents are required to bring a signed photocopy of the child’s state-registered birth certificate to the baptism class. Godparents who are not registered at St. Bartholomew must provide a letter from their parish which verifies that they meet the godparent
requirements. All paperwork must be turned into the office before scheduling your child’s baptism date. The next class will be 7 p.m.
on Thursday, April 9th in the church hall. Call the office to sign up for this class. Parents also need to call the office if you need to
use the nursery while attending this class. For more information, call Art and Cecilia Villa, 817-292-3897. The next English Baptism
ceremony will be Saturday, May 2nd at 10 a.m. in the church for those who have attended the class.
Sacramento del Bautismo (Recién nacidos hasta 6 años): Los padres que soliciten el bautismo deben vivir dentro de los
límites de la parroquia o ser miembros registrados. Los papas y los padrinos deben asistir a una clase pre-bautismales. Por favor
pase a la oficina parroquial para obtener el paquete con la información y formas necesarias antes de asistir a la clase pre-bautismal.
Los padrinos que no estén registrados en San Bartolomé deben proporcionar una carta de su parroquia en donde verifique que están registrados y que cumplen con los requisitos para ser padrinos. Necesita entregar una fotocopia del certificado de nacimiento del
bebe emitido por el estado. La próxima clase de bautismo en español será en el edificio de la iglesia, el jueves 16 de abril a las 7
p.m. Si no trae todos los documentos necesarios no podrá tomar la clase. Habrá cuidado de niños disponible. Los bautismos en
español se realizan el primer sábado de cada mes a las 11 a.m. La próxima fecha para bautismo en español será sábado, mayo 2,
11 a.m., en la iglesia.
Sacrament of Confirmation: Students wishing to prepare for this Sacrament must be in 11th grade and are expected to be
in religious education (i.e. YSN, bible study or religion class at school) for one year before registering for Confirmation. Anew class
will be starting in August. Para la Confirmación el próximo año, se va a requerir un año de educación religiosa (YSN)
antes de inscribirse para la Confirmación. Un adolescente que necesita recibir la Confirmación y las clases posteriores
debe inscribirse y asistir regularmente al programa YSN un año previo a las clases de Confirmación.
Sacrament of Matrimony: Please call Deacon Gary Brooks at least six months before you wish to marry.
Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confesiones: Saturday: 3-4 p.m. in the chapel.
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REQUISITOS PARA QUINCEAÑERAS
La joven debe estar Bautizada, recibido su Primera Comunión,
Confesión y estar asistiendo al programa de Educación Religiosa dos años antes de la Quinceañera.
Debe asistir por 1 año a las sesiones mensuales de;para Jovencitas de la Hermana Yolanda
Grupo Vocacional A partir de enero de 2016 NO se programaran celebraciones individuales.
A partir de enero de 2016, las celebraciones se llevarán a cabo
sólo el segundo sábado de cada mes a las 11:00 am.
Habrá un máximo de 5 jovencitas en cada ceremonia. Las familias deben inscribirse en uno de los días que se celebrará la
ceremonia.
Los padres deben estar actualmente registrados en la parroquia, y apoyando a la parroquia con su contribución por un
mínimo de 12 meses. Su contribución debe ser utilizando sus
sobres a través de algún método de transferencia electrónica,
o Faith Direct o giros bancarios automáticos
Hay una cuota de $ 350.00 por el uso de nuestra Iglesia y se
pagará dos semanas antes de la celebración a partir enero
2016.
La norma regular es que NO HABRA MISA O SERVICIO
DE COMUNION para Las Quinceañeras. Animamos a las
familias a tener una bendición como parte de la liturgia dominical normal. Cualquier otra solicitud debe coordinarse con el
Asociado Pastoral o el Pastor.
Contacto a la oficina o el sitio web del St. Bart para direcciones adicionales.
QUIET TIME AT MONTSERRAT!
The Montserrat Jesuit Retreat Center weekends
this year are:
Women (in English): Thursday March 5 – Sunday March 8
Men (in English): Thursday May 21 – Sunday May
24
Hispanic Men, Women and Couples: Friday Aug. 7 Sunday Aug. 9
For information and registration go to their very
helpful website, with wonderful photos of the
grounds: montserratretreat.org
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QUINCEAÑERA Guidelines
The girl must be Baptized, have received her First Communion,
first penance and be in religious education two years before
the Quinceañera.
She must attend the monthly sessions for 1 year of Sister
Yolanda’s Young Ladies Vocational Group.
Starting January 2016 there will be no new celebrations scheduled individually.
Parents must be currently registered in the parish, and contributing to the support of the parish for a minimum of 12 months.
Their contributions must be in the form of assigned envelope
number or through some electronic transfer method, such as
Faith Direct or automatic bank
Starting January 2016, the Celebrations be will held on the 2 nd
Saturday of the month at 11:00 AM. There will be a maximum
of 5 individuals at any one ceremony. Families must register for
one of the days that the ceremony will be held.
There is a $350.00 fee for the use of our Church and will be
payable two weeks before the celebration starting January
2016.
The standard practice is that there Will NOT TO BE A
MASS OR A COMMUNION SERVICE for Quinceañeras.
Families are encouraged to have the blessing as part of the
standard Sunday Liturgy. Any other request must be coordinated with the Pastoral Associate or the Pastor.
Contact the office or the St. Bart’s Website for additional
guidelines
St Bart’s Spring 2015 Men’s ACTS Retreat
The ACTS Retreat is an experience you
owe to yourself and your family. It’s a
unique program that provides opportunities
for each retreatant to form deeper relationships with their families and our Lord through Adoration
and daily prayers; through Community with others from
our parish; through Theology and study of our Christian
faith; and through Service to our family, our church, and
each other. The English-Speaking Men’s Retreat will be
Thursday, April 30th – Sunday, May 3rd. Cost is $190,
all-inclusive. If you have questions, please contact Mark
Gannaway at 817-832-8339 or
[email protected]
Daily Readings
First Reading
Responsorial
Second Reading
1 Pt3:18-22
Sunday
First Sunday in Lent
Gn 9:8-15
Ps 25:4-9
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
Lv 19:1-2,11-18
Is 55:10-11
Jon 3:1-10
Est C: 12,14-16,23-25
Ez 18:21-28
Dt 26:16-19
Ps 19:8-10,15
Ps 34:4-7,16-19
Ps 51:3-4,12-13,18-19
Ps 138: 1-3,7c-8
Ps 130:1-8
Ps 119:1-2,4-5,7-8
Next Sunday Second Sunday in Lent
Gn 22:1-2,9a,10-13,15-18 Ps 116:10,15-19
Gospel
Mk 1:12-15
Mk 25:31-46
Mk 6:7-15
Lk 11:29-32
Mt 7: 7-12
Mt 5:20-26
Mt 5:43-48
Rom 8:31b-34
Mk 9:2-10
Welcome Newcomers
Maria Ceidy Diaz
Christian Pimentel
Francisco & Maria Torres
Omar & Nerine Vereda
Jose Mercado
Jose Romero
Sandro & Mariela Velez
Monica Zapata
Staff
Fr. John Robert Skeldon, Pastor
Fr. Hector Medina, Parochial Vicar
Gary Brooks, Deacon
Pastoral Associate
Reyes Tello Jr, Deacon
John Coe, Deacon
Sister Yolanda Pineda, MCSH
Coordinator of Hispanic Ministry
Parish Office: 817-292-7703
FAX Number: 817-292-2568
Office Hours:
Youth RCIA today, Sunday, February 22nd, at 10:30 a.m. in the
Youth Room.
YSN (Youth Sharing Night- Grades 9-12) today, Sunday, Feb.22nd
at 7p.m. in the youth room
Discovery Class (Grades 7&8) on Wednesday, February 25th at
7p.m. in the Youth Room. Doors open at 6:30. All are welcome.
St. Bart's Youth Ministry Annual Come and See
Retreat - March 20-22, 2015
What to expect: Fun, games, prayer, worship,
sharing and faith growth
Cost: $65
Register by March 4th.
Contact Eric for more info
 special notice - Looking for any parishioners who would be willing to donate and make our retreaters a meal for our dinner
Saturday , March 21.
Paradox Cafe from 4 to 6 p.m. every Sunday in the Youth Room
Come experience a relaxed atmosphere as we explore the
paradoxes and questions of our faith while we drink coffee, hot chocolate, sodas and eat snacks. Please bring a snack and/or drinks to
share.
Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m.-8:00p.m.
Friday: 9a.m.-2p.m.
Sunday: 9a.m.-3p.m.
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.stbartsfw.org
Deacon Brooks’ Residence:
817-238-1869
Office Staff: 817-292-7703
Linda Dinsmore, Office Manager
Olivia DeLeon, Bookkeeper (Bilingual)
Karen Amaya , Secretary (Bilingual)
Bertha Olmos, Secretary (Bilingual)
Maria Keña Rivera, Secretary (Bilingual)
Marie Tamulevicz, Secretary
Lenora Thompson, Secretary/Data Entry
Communications Director &
Facilities Coordinator:
Cheryl Brooks: 817-292-7703
e-mail: [email protected]
Director of Religious Education
Charlie Gappa: 817-966-2378
CCD Office: 817-288-4005
CCD E-mail: [email protected]
Maintenance
Dan Patterson: 817-361-8720
Minister of Music
Michael Sawey: 817-292-7703
e-mail: [email protected]
Nursery Director
Teri Kolodechik: 817-292-8748
Youth Minister
Eric Hernandez: 817-480-5471
e-mail: [email protected]
Annulments
Deacon Gary Brooks
Ministry to the Sick
Pat Ward: 817-294-0954
Call Pat or the parish office for hospital
or home visits. On Sundays the Eucharist
will be brought to those who desire it.
Prison Ministry
Ed Brady: 817-309-3302
Service Committee:
Call Cheryl Brooks at the Office
Spanish Marriage Enrichment:
Abel & Bertha Olmos: 817-201-6336
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Food Pantry: 817-361-8420
Hours: MWF, 1-4 p.m.; Th,6:30-8:30 p.m.
Sat, 9-11 a.m.; Tues & Sun--closed