St. Aloysius A Roman Catholic Parish with a Jesuit Tradition

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time—November 15, 2020

PARISH INFORMATION 330 E. Boone Ave., Spokane, WA 99202 509-313-5896

Website: www.stalschurch.org Email: mkfairbanks@dioceseofspokane.org

SUNDAY Masses are open to the public: 8:30, 9:45, or 11:00 am All Masses are LIVE streamed. 11:00 is recorded and posted on website. Please reserve a space to attend.

Either call before Friday noon, 509-313-7020 or go to www.stalschurch.org and follow instructions.

8:00 am DAILY Masses are also open to the public. Names and phone numbers are recorded. Masks and social distancing are required at all times in the church. Daily Masses are live streamed and saved to YouTube via our website.

St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Grade School— K through 8th grade and Early Learning Center—Infants to K 611 E. Mission Ave. 489-7825 Principal: Angie Krauss

Altar Society - President: Mary Kay Bryan 487-4632

Knights of Columbus Council #15143 Grand Knight: Larry Lyle 558-9438

S.E.E.L. –Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life Jennifer Doolittle 313-5898 - seelspokane@gmail.com

PARISH STAFF - dial 313+ ext. (below)

Pastor: Tom Lamanna, SJ x 7011 Associate Pastor/Funerals: San Mai, SJ x 7021 Parish Administrator: Don Weber x 7004 Maintenance: Richard Moran x 7016 Liturgy, Sacraments, and Faith Formation: Michele Lassiter - mlassiter@dioceseofspokane.org Liturgy and Liturgical Ministers: Solveig Heidberg x 7020 Liturgy and Music Director: Andrea Timm atimm@dioceseofspokane.org Ministry to the Homebound: Shareen Elloy x 7007 Charity and Social Justice: Rita Waldref x 7003 Weddings/Annulments: Kathy Yates x 7002 Communications Coordinator: Gina Pinnock gpinnock@dioceseofspokane.org Administrative Assistant: Mary Kay Fairbanks x 7000 Young Adults and SEEL: Mike Tedone, SJ mtedonesj@gmail.com

St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Parish - Spokane, Washington November 15, 2020

8:00 a.m. Weekday Mass Intentions

Nov. 16 Peggy Bowles

+ Fred Gesberger Nov. 17 Harper Weber

Newly Married Couples

Nov. 18 + Joe Cooney

Nonnie Frenzer

Nov. 19 + Steve Rapp

Nov. 20 + Peter Siposs

ACA in Action

Enriching Parish Life

Educating Our Future

Strengthening Families

Advancing Church Leadership

St. Al’s statistics as of Nov. 9th

Contributed: $ 66,122 Goal: $170,203

Donations are still coming in. Thank you to all who desire to

support our local diocese.

* Rising Strong

is a holistic family-centered drug treatment and housing program through Catholic Charities. The

program supports families as they rebuild their lives.

Knights of Columbus to sell “Keep Christ in Christmas” Cards

During this Season of Advent, St. Aloysius’s Knights of Columbus are reminding everyone that

Jesus is the “Reason for the Season”. Celebrating Christmas is about celebrating the birth of the Son of God.

The funds raised will help support our council’s many charities. It also provides an opportunity for you to

share rich, faithful, messages of joy with your family and friends at Christmas.

Children’s First Reconciliation

Children in Sacramental Preparation will celebrate First Reconciliation

during our Reconciliation: Nov. 19th

Parishioners are welcome to join us.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

is available Thursdays,

4:30-6:30 pm in the church.

That their Love may be blessed… Our prayers accompany

Mary Grayce Hart and Adam Thies Jennifer Albrecht and Jack Kieseweeter

married during the month of October Mass for the Newly Married is Tuesday, Nov. 17th, at 8am.

GLUTEN-FREE HOSTS available at all Masses. If you would like a gluten-free host, please let the

“Attendant” know when you sign in for Mass.

THANKSGIVING DAY

November 26th - There will be a 10:00 AM Mass. There will be NO 8:00 am Mass nor Confessions that day.

THANKSGIVING DAY

It is very helpful if you are able to sign up for the Sunday Masses on our website. stalschurch.org Just click and follow the Eventbrite directions.

Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Throughout the month of November, a Book of Remembrance is available

(near Mary’s altar) to inscribe the names of deceased loved ones to be remembered

by our community.

Your Sunday Contributions

Needed for Oct. budget: $ 50,000 October contributions: $ 50,702

Fiscal “Year to Date” (July– October 2020):

Needed for budget: $ 212,500 Contributions received: $ 203,310

Over/Under: $ - 9,190

We are grateful for your continued prayers and financial support.

Ways to donate are: Bill Pay - PayPal - US postal service

Justice Works: Social Ministry

Prayer/Reflection

God of Abundance, use our gifts and our creativity to eliminate the harvest

of hunger that poverty has sown. Root out the seeds of greed and

gluttony within the human heart that choke off the ability to recognize and respond to those

who are suffering.

Wean us from our normal diet of disregard and empty distraction.

Help us push back from the crowded table of self-preoccupation.

Draw us instead to a common table where there is room

and welcome for all, where all are fed.

Gracious God, bless our efforts to work for food security and eliminate hunger

so that all might know a harvest of justice. We ask this in Christ’s name.

Amen.

Parishioners are invited to feed our hungry brothers and sisters in and around Spokane.

Feeding the Hungry November 8—November 22

Food Drive:

A Partnership with Gonzaga Prep

Option 1. For those who feel comfortable:

Bring non-perishable food items to church.

Daily Mass or Sunday Mass times only. Place

food on the steps in front of the communion

rail, on the Marian or St. Joseph sides.

Option 2. For those who wish to donate

money to Prep’s Food Drive:

Write a check to Gonzaga Prep.

Memo line: Food Drive Mail to:

Gonzaga Prep, 1224 E. Euclid, Spokane 99207.

Thanksgiving Dinner

for House of Charity and Rising Strong*

November Collection for the Poor donations

will be given to Sodexo Food Services to

defray food expenses for Thanksgiving

Dinner for participants of these Catholic

Charities programs.

Please write checks to: St. Aloysius Church

Memo line: Thanksgiving Dinner

Checks can be mailed to: St. Aloysius Church,

330 E Boone Ave, Spokane 99202 OR placed in a

“Collection for the Poor Basket” at Sunday Masses.

Questions? Contact Rita at 509-313-7003 or rwaldref@dioceseofspokane.org

In the early hours of November 16, 1989, a battalion from the Salvadoran army entered the campus of the University of Central America in San Salvador and shot 6 Jesuit priests in the head because they were intellectuals—and because they spoke against the war and the oppression of the poor. Unexpectedly, the troops also found the housekeeper and her daughter in a nearby room. They were at the University because they sought shelter from the violence in their neighborhood. The Jesuits believed the Salvadoran poor were “crucified peoples’ who bore the wounds and cross of Jesus. They could not be silent about injustice, just as St. Oscar Romero could not be silent. Because they were the “voice of the voiceless,” they were killed to silence their challenging, prophetic words. Hopefully, their life and death give us courage to speak the truth and to be a voice for justice, locally and globally, in our country and in El Salvador, the land our Sister Community. The memorial rose garden, near the location the Jesuits were killed, is a reminder of the promise of new life, of resurrection, for all who embrace the cross of Jesus.

After 30 years, theologian says martyrs' work continues in El ... The Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador - YouTube

Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador and their Companions

Roses in December

40th Anniversary Celebration of North American Women Martyrs in El Salvador

Virtual Prayer Service. December 2, 2020. 7:00-7:45 PM

Live Streamed from St. Aloysius Church.

Details forthcoming.