PASTOR

REV. W.R. HARRIS

PARISH STAFF

MRS. CONNIE SAUERS

PARISH SECRETARY

OFFICE@PROTOCATHEDRAL.ORG

MRS. SANDY CAMPANARIO

PASTORAL ASSISTANT FOR

ADMINISTRATION

ADMIN@PROTOCATHEDRAL.ORG

MR. BEN ESPANA

PASTORAL ASSISTANT FOR MUSIC

MUSIC@PROTOCATHEDRAL.ORG

MRS. CONNIE JACOX

BOOKKEEPER

BLBKSOLUTIONS@GMAIL.COM

MR. JAMES HOWE

PARISH CUSTODIAN

MR. JAKE DYKGRAAF

CEMETERY SEXTON

CEMETERY@PROTOCATHEDRAL.ORG

Mass Schedule

Tuesday - Friday: 12:10pm Saturday morning: 9am

Saturday Vigil Mass: 5pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9am, 11am, and 2:30pm (Vietnamese)

Holy Days of Obligation Masses: 8am, 12:10pm and 7pm

Sacrament of Penance

Tuesday - Friday: 11am - Noon Saturday: 8 - 8:45am and 3:30 - 4:30pm

Vietnamese Confession - Sunday 2 - 2:30pm

THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 31ST, 2019

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7:30PM—RCIA, UH

LOOKING AHEAD

STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE

TIME | TALENT | TREASURE

WEEKLY PARISH STEWARDSHIP OF

TREASURE Thank you for your

continued support of The Proto-Cathedral

of St. James the Greater .

THIS WEEK

NEXT STEWARDSHP MEETING: May 13th, 5:30PM, Upper Hall

THANK YOU GOOD STEWARDS!

We want to thank all who helped clean out the storage bunker in preparation for painting and installing new shelves! We also want to thank those who helped, and continue to help, create a new storage area in the hallway! We are so grateful for your generous gift of Talent!!

GOOD STEWARDS OF GOD’S GRACE

Lent is a wonderful time to reflect on and renew our com-mitment to Christ and His Church. St. Paul gives us one of the best examples of being a Good Steward of God’s Grace as he recognized the gift of grace given to him for our benefit, for the benefit of building up the body of Christ, the Church.

God gives each of us gifts to help build up His Church. But it is only when Christ dwells in our hearts that we are truly able to recognize these gifts and how we are called to use them for the benefit of the Church. As St. Paul tells us in Ephesians 3:8-10, “To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ, and to bring to light [for all] what is the plan of the mystery hidden from ages past in God who created all things, so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the Church to the principalities and authorities in the heavens.”

SATURDAY, APRIL 6 SATURDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

FRIDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

THURSDAY, APRIL 4 THURSDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 WEDNESDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

TUESDAY, APRIL 2 TUESDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

MONDAY, APRIL 1 MONDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

SUNDAY, MARCH 31 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

March 24th, 2019

Loose: $1,981

Envelopes: $4,122

Online Giving: $2,627

Total: $8730

Weekly Goal: $13,226

Surplus/(Deficit): $4,496

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The K-12 Faith Formation Classes will meet this Sunday as scheduled: K-8: 9:10am-9:50am HS: 12:10pm-1:10pm

UPCOMING KEY DATES: April 7th—No Class, Spring Break April 13th—Confirmation Retreat April 21st—No Class, Easter April 27th—First Communion Retreat/First Confessions May 4th—First Holy Communion Rehearsal May 5th—First Holy Communion May 9th—Confirmation

The full schedule can be found on the parish website under the Faith Formation Menu at protocathedral.org/faith-formation/k-12-formation.

All high-school youth are welcome to join us Sunday evenings in the parish hall from 6-7:30pm for food, fun, and learning about Catholicism in a friendly environment. For more information, contact Stephen Gahan at sgahan9@hotmail.com.

Pier Giorgio Agape Ministry Contacts

Janet Cleaveland

(360) 713-4160

Barbara Stoltenberg

(360) 573-4649

Frassati Closet:

Tina Barsotti

(360) 571-0513

PARISH OFFICE Mon. - Fri.: 9am - 4pm (Closed during noon Mass, Tue.-Fri.) MOTHER JOSEPH CEMETERY Located at 29th & N St., Vancouver BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, FUNERALS, ANOINTINGS, AND PASTORAL CARE

Please call the parish for arrangements . DEVOTIONS • Rosary: Tuesday - Friday,11:35am, Saturday,8:20am • Mother of Perpetual Help: Wednesday, after the 12:10pm Mass. • Alliance of the Two Hearts: Adoration is on the First Friday of the month after the 12:10pm Mass, ending with Benediction and Mass on Saturday at 9:00am.

GUIDED TOURS OF OUR HISTORIC PROTO-CATHEDRAL

Offered the last Saturday of the Month from 11:00am to 1:00pm.

ADVERTISER OF THE WEEK

K-12 FAITH FORMATION

MATTHEW: THE KING AND HIS KINGDOM BIBLE STUDY

Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 3rd, 5:30PM in the Upper Room

ADULT FAITH FORMATION

PARISH INFORMATION

FRASSATI YOUTH GROUP

Our monthly Eucharistic Adoration devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus & to the Immaculate Heart of Mary begins this Fri., April 5th, after the 12:10 pm Mass, and continues until Sat., April 6th, with Benediction at 9:00 am, followed by morning Mass. Additional adorers are always welcome!

If you are not able to come for your scheduled hour, PLEASE BE SURE TO FIND A SUBSTITUTE. Please contact Tim Shotwell at 360-356-6970, or email him at tim.l.shotwell@gmail.com to sign up or to make any changes to your current adoration schedule.

Come Spend an Hour with Our Lord!

ALLIANCE OF THE TWO HEARTS AND THE COMMUNION

OF REPARATION

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FAITH IN ACTION

Protect Life Crusaders PRAY – INFORM—ACT Next Meeting– April 30th, 5:00PM, UH

YOUTH CRUSADERS PARTICIPATE IN 40 DAYS FOR LIFE! As the season of Lent is a time of prayer and sacrifice, the Youth Crusaders opted to not have a regular meet-ing this month, but instead went to the Planned Parenthood site in Vancouver to offer prayers for the unborn. Thursdays are the days assigned to The Proto-Cathedral for praying at the vigil site, and we hope that other parishioners will follow the example of our Youth Crusaders this Lenten Season and join the peaceful / prayerful pres-ence at the Planned Parenthood site at 11516 SE Mill Plain Blvd.

DID YOU KNOW Ohio defunds Planned Parenthood and abortion industry By Kelli | March 22, 2019 , 07:21pm, Liveaction.org

Earlier this month, the Sixth Circuit Court of Ap-peals overturned a lower court ruling and upheld a 2016 Ohio law that rerouted approximately $1.3 million in state funding from abortion facilities (like Planned Parenthood) to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). As Live Action News previously reported, “… Planned Parenthood… successfully managed to get an injunction blocking the law, with U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett ruling that stripping the abor-tion giant of its taxpayer funding would cause ‘irreparable injury.'” The Sixth Circuit disagreed, with Judge Jeffrey Sutton writ-ing, “Private organizations do not have a constitutional right to obtain governmental funding to support their activities. The state… has no obligation to pay for a woman’s abortion.”

Now, Ohio has followed through with its original plan and has de-funded Planned Parenthood and other abortion organizations in the state. The Associated Press reports that the Ohio Department of Health “notified recipients and contractors Thursday that it will end that funding within a month to comply with the law, unless the court delays the effect of its ruling as Planned Parenthood request-ed.” While Planned Parenthood continues to claim that it is one of the most important healthcare providers for women in the United States, the facts and figures prove otherwise. In truth, its patient load has decreased significantly over the past decade (700,000 pa-tients lost since 2006), and its legitimate health care services (like cancer screenings) continue to plummet. In addition, as abortions nationally continue to drop, Planned Parenthood’s abortion numbers have increased year over year — it currently holds 35% of the na-tional market share for abortions (it committed more than 330,000, according to the most recent annual report). The abortion corporation has also been caught in numerous overbilling and fraud scandals, has been caught aiding and abetting sex traffickers and abusers, has lied to women about abortion risks and fetal develop-ment, and has been secretly videotaped revealing how its employees alter abortion procedures to obtain the most intact organs from aborted children for resale to third parties. Taxpayers overwhelm-ingly do not support paying for abortions and want more re-strictions on abortion. In 2017, President Trump signed a bill allowing states to defund abortion organizations like Planned Parenthood. In addition, a new Title X family planning rule change spells out that there must be a “clear financial and physical separation between Title X funded projects and programs or facili-ties where abortion is a method of family planning,” which means that unless Planned Parenthood complies with the changes, it stands to lose $60 million in federal funding. Read the full article at www.liveaction.org/news/ohio-defunds-planned-parenthood-abortion/.

GET THE FACTS. GET INVOLVED. BE A CRUSADER!

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LENTEN EVENTS CALENDAR

SOUP SUPPERS

DAYS: Every Lenten FRIDAY

TIME: 6:00PM—7:00PM

PLACE: Upper Hall

Each Lenten Friday (except Good Friday), a ministry of The Proto-

Cathedral will host and provide the soups and bread for that evening.

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

DAYS: Every Lenten FRIDAY (except March 15 &March 22) TIME: 6:00PM—6:50PM

PLACE: Church

PARISH LENTEN MISSION

DAYS: April 8—April 11, 2019

TIME: Day & Evening Schedule, see the flyer in bulletin.

PLACE: Church Fr. Ricardo Pineda, C.P.M., will give our Lenten Mission: “If you knew the Gift of God”. Please see the flyer in this Bulletin for further details.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

DAYS: Every Lenten FRIDAY

TIME: 7:00PM

PLACE: Church

LENTEN PENANCE SERVICES IN THE SOUTHERN DEANERY In addition to the scheduled Confession times at the Proto-Cathedral, the following parishes will be offering Penance Services during Lent: April 4th—St. Rose, Longview, 6:30PM April 10th—Sacred Heart, Battle Ground, 6:30PM

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For More information contact the Parish office or visit the Parish Website

360-693-3052 + www.protocathedral.org

Holy week at the

Proto-Cathedral Palm Sunday through

The Sacred Triduum

PALM SUNDAY – April 14th 5:00pm (Vigil), 7:30am, and 9:00am

11:00am – Mass with the Procession of palms (we begin in the Upper Hall) Victoria The Passion according to St. Matthew Morley Nolo mortem peccatoris

España Judas mercator pessimus Gregorian Chant Proper

THE OFFICE OF TENEBRAE Wednesday, April 17th – 7:00pm

The Lamentations of Jeremiah by Orlandus Lassus and chanting of the Psalms in the darkness of the church

THE MASS OF OUR LORD’S SUPPER Holy Thursday, April 18th – 7:00pm

Pärt Missa Syllabica Pärt The Woman with the Alabastor Box Tallis A New Commandment Byrd Tristis et anxietas Gregorian Chant Proper

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place until midnight at Our Lady’s Altar.

GOOD FRIDAY – April 19th

10:00-11:45am – Final time for Confessions 12:00pm – Stations of the Cross

7:00pm – The Liturgy of the Passion Victoria The Passion according to St. John & Reproaches – Popule Meus Lotti Crucifixus Bruckner Christus Factus Est

THE EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT Saturday, April 20th – 8:30pm

Dvořák Mass in D Major Monteverdi Beatus Vir Handel Hallelujah from Messiah Howells Like as the Hart

This Mass will be accompanied by the Collegium Musicum Chamber Orchestra. A Champagne reception will follow the Easter Vig-il in the Upper Hall. EASTER SUNDAY – April 21st 7:30am – Said Mass (No music) 9:00am – Sung Mass by Collegium Musicum 11:00am – Sung Mass with Collegium and Chamber Orchestra 2:30pm – Mass in Vietnamese