Sat March 6
5:00 pm +Marie Norton
Sun March 7
8:00 am Parishioners by our Pastor
9:30 am +Ray Bruno
11:15 am Benefactors of our Parish
5:00 pm +Naomi Donati
Mon March 8
9:00 am +Mark McMullen
5:30 pm Communion Service
Tue March 9
9:00 am +Souls of Haiti earthquake victims
5:30 pm Communion Service
Wed March 10
9:00 am Communion Service
5:30 pm Paul Ferguson
Thu March 11
9:00 am +Claire Curtin
5:30 pm Communion Service
Fri March 12
9:00 am Special Intentions of Quintin & Sandra Neal
5:30 pm Communion Service
Sat March 13
5:00 pm +Jessie Perez-Zabala
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Theme: The Need of Ongoing Reform
Dear Parishioners,
Next Sunday, March 14, Pacific Daylight
Savings Time begins. Please be sure to set your
clocks AHEAD ONE HOUR prior to retiring Satur-
day evening so that you will arrive Sunday at the proper time!
This Sunday evening following the 5:00 p.m. Mass,
our Life Teen youth ministry will present a Life Nite at our
Faith Formation Building for our high school teens. All are
welcome; we expect our Confirmation I and II teens to attend.
The theme will be Lenten: Living out the Paschal mystery as
an essential part of our being followers of Christ.
Monday the Building and Landscaping Maintenance
Committee will meet in the parlor at 6:00 p.m.; the Fundraising
Committee will meet in the parlor at 7:00 p.m. We expect all
organizations and groups utilizing our parish facilities to have
a responsible representative present at the Fundraising meeting.
Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., the Knights of Columbus will
meet in the hall; the Ladies Guild will meet in the Faith
Formation Building. Both are our major men’s and women’s
parish organizations. It is our hope that all adult parishioners
will become members and active participants of these groups,
for they do such fine supportive work for our parish.
Saturday evening, the Knights of Columbus will hold
our annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner in the hall, with dinner
served at 7:00 p.m. The Blanchette School of Irish Dance will
entertain and there will be valuable raffle prizes. Tickets will
be on sale following Mass this weekend. Remember, we are
all Irish on St. Patrick’s Day!
The 2010 Catholic Services Appeal in our parish
continues to rise, nearing our assessment/goal with $78,559 in
contributions and pledges made as of this past Tuesday. Again,
I thank you for your generosity! Participating in the Appeal is
a faithful disciple’s action in seeing that the vital ministries and
services sponsored by our Diocese take place: Catholic
Community Services, chaplaincy ministry at Renown and the
VA Hospitals, support for our seminarians and their education,
faith formation support, family services that include Respect
Life and Natural Family Planning, support for the weekly
Channel 8 TV Mass, and many other programs which benefit
us all in many ways. It is my hope and prayer that every family
and individual in our parish will participate in as much as God
has blessed you. Contributing to CSA is a form of almsgiving
and a Lenten means of atoning for one’s sins. Pledges may be
spread over a 10-month period. Envelopes may be found at the
entrance to our worship space.
I received confirmation this past week of the coming
to our parish of Father John Keefe, CSC, for a mission the
week of April 12th. Father Keefe was the pastor of St. John
Bosco in Battle Mountain for four years and was with us here
at Immaculate Conception several years ago to present our
Confirmation retreat. A Holy Cross Father, he served missions
in Africa for 20 years and in Mexico for 9 years. Currently, he
resides in Phoenix. He is a very inspirational and likeable
priest. His talks will center on Eucharistic devotion. Ask
anyone from Battle Mountain . . . they will confirm that we
have so much to look forward to in Father Keefe!
Your Pastor,
Father Norm
Monday: 2 Kings 5:1-15ab; Luke 4:24-30
Tuesday: Daniel 325, 34-43; Matthew 18:21-35
Wednesday: Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9; Matthew 5:17-19
Thursday: Jeremiah 7:23-28; Luke 11:14-23
Friday: Hosea 14:2-10; Mark 12:28-34
Saturday: Hosea 6:1-6; Luke 18:9-14
Sunday: Joshua 5:9a, 10-12; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21;
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Readings for the week of March 8, 2010
Your prayers are needed for the recovery of the following people:
Eucharistic Liturgies for the week of March 7, 2010
Please call when they recover, so the name may be removed from the list.
LEARN YOUR FAITH: We are gathering each
Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the parish hall to probe and
reflect upon the readings for the coming Sunday with
Fr. Norm. We are also studying the Sacraments section in the
Catechism of the Catholic Church. Everyone is welcome,
including those who are interested in joining the Catholic Church!
Kuykandall Family, Leo Andreozzi, Dale Richards,
Bowers Family, Kathleen Foley, Liz Downer, Cleo
Hudson, Frediani Family, Ruby Sandoval, Reda Family,
Ann Cefalu, Nina Jones, Carol Morgan, Emma Hittle,
Petty Family, Judy Oppio, Corinna Osgood, Gloria Tyndall,
Chicago Family, Sr. Mary Vianney, Duggan Family, Julie Nemitz,
Christine Echeverria, Tony Macaluso, Pat Nees, Mildred Hudson,
Middleton Family, Londos Family, Marsha Naten, John Gerbel,
Shirley Hagala, Marie Gardner, Rene Carlson, Baby Catherine,
Fr. Jim Fugle, Larry Sieber, Beeson Family, Noli Vidal, Lily
Kong, Donna Casci, Joe McPhilliamy, Cole Ahtty, Carrara Family,
Alfredo Panelli, Kristy Burch-Weinberg, Vilma Luna, Riley
Bloom, Lupa Garcia, Capurro Family, Margaret Coney, Gladys
Dimaggio, Bonnie Teague, Debbie Earling, Schmaltz Family,
Angelina Marie
