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Special Intention Mass The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your special intention. Contact the parish office to schedule

a weekday Mass intention.

Anointing of the Sick

Call parish office

In emergency call

1-206-595-8575

Deadline for items placed in Parish Home Messenger

Wednesday noon phm.twosaints@gmail.com

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Fifth & W. Waldrip, Elma, Washington

St. John’s Catholic Church 414 E. Broadway St., Montesano, Washington

Mass Sunday Spanish Mass

9:45 a.m. 12:15 p.m.

Faith Formation Sunday at 11:15 a.m.

Communion Service

Monday 12:00 noon

Mass Wednesday 6:00 p.m.

Adoration Confession Mass

Friday Friday Friday

5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

Adoration in Spanish

1st Saturday of the month

3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Mass Sunday 8:00 a.m.

Mass Tuesday 6:00 p.m.

Mass Thursday 6:00 p.m.

Adoration Saturday 4:00 p.m.

Confession Saturday 4:00 p.m.

Mass Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Parish Priest: Phone: E-Mail:

Father Michael Wagner 360-482-3190 frtwosaints@gmail.com

Deacon: Phone: E-Mail:

Chaplain Tom Hawkins 360-870-2983 chapz802@comcast.net

Parish Office: Mail: E-Mail:

501 W. Main, Elma, Washington PO Box 3027, Elma, WA 98541 Office.twosaints@gmail.com Secretary Volunteer: Debbi Smith

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Closed 12-1 p.m.)

Baptism, Marriage, Other Services, Scheduling Appoints with Father: Contact Fr. Wagner Would you or anyone you know like to have a visit from Father Michael? Know someone who is no longer attending

Mass? Do you need home Communion? Call the office at 482-3190 to schedule a time.

Weekday Mass on a National Holiday will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. Mass on Holy Days of Obligation are

celebrated at 6:00 pm, on the regular Mass schedule set out above.

Christ the Lord is Risen Today

Alleluia

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP - GOD GIVES IT ALL

THEN CALLS US TO SHARE

Collection Dates Collected

St. John’s 3/19 - 5 p.m. 3/20 - 8 a.m.

$748.00

$650.00

St. Joseph’s 3/20 - 9:45 a.m. 3/20 - 12:15 p.m.

$1,454.07

$233.70

Hosting Coffee Hour

St. John’s is in need of hosts for coffee hours. Jack Sturdivant has been hosting it. Please contact Jack if you would like to assist. Phone (or text) at (360)581-1384, or

e-mail: jack_sturdivant@hotmail.com Thank you, Jack!

St. Joseph's has designated guilds but people are needed to help set up, bring goodies and to help with the clean up. Please take the time to volunteer.

St. Joseph Altar Society-1st Sunday Hispanic Community - 3rd Sunday St. Patrick’s Guild - 4th Sunday Knights of Columbus - 5th Sunday

Beginning April, there will be NO coffee on the 2nd Sunday of the month at St. Joseph’s. We do not have enough help to continue with this coffee hour.

Easter – March 27, 2016

Calendar

Apr. 2 - Adoration in Spanish, 3-6 p.m. Sign up sheets are in the back of the church.

Apr. 6 - Office Closed (Debbi at a class in Seattle.)

Apr. 9 - Movie night after Mass at St. John’s

Mark Your Calendars!! The Knights of Columbus will be cooking breakfast again to celebrate Mother's Day. The two Masses at St. Joseph’s will be combined and will be held at 9:45 a.m., followed by the breakfast. There will be NO Faith Formation that Sunday.

Confession

St. Joseph's will have confessions on Fridays at 4 p.m., now that Lent is over.

Confessions at St. John's remain on Saturdays at 4 p.m.

There are so many people who worked tirelessly to make our Holy Week and Easter services memorable and meaningful. Your parish and mission family appreciate the generosity of sharing your time, talents, and treasures. Please take a moment to personally thank those listed here:

Fr. Michael and Deacon Tom Hawkins; Sadie Hawkins for planning the Holy Triduum; Debbi Smith for preparing the programs; the lectors, altar servers and Marty Kimbrel; the musicians, Karla McPhee, Dennis McPhee, Dana Smith, Pat West, and the choir.

St. Joseph’s and St. John’s altar societies for decorating the churches. They look beautiful.

St. John’s choir members: Connie Church, Dems Alburo, Debbie Delia, Eileen Raykowski, Julie Willey, Bill Edralin, Colleen Meyers, Susie Curry, Ken Albert, and Marian Bronson. Lectors Jack Sturdivant and Tom Casey.

Everyone who worked on the Passion play: Julia Fogassy, Victoria Dilley, Deviona Jones, Karl Fogassy, Adan Rojas, Silvia Gaspar, Sándor Fogassy, Alex Stowers, Braden Stowers, Jonathan Gibson, Heather Gibson, Von Bernal, Joshua Bernal, Loupel Antiquiera, Norm Sadler, Catherinen Sadler, Bob Harvey, Humberto Merino, Alvaro Merino, Marisol Merino, Javier Guzman Flores, Yarely Rojas, Adriana Rojas, Adan Rojas Jr., Micah Blackman, Tom Casey, Ralph Malizia, Celestino Ramirez Flores, Agustin Ramirez de Jesus, Michael Ramirez, Alexis Ramirez, Olivia Blackman, Hollie McCartny, Christian de la Concha, Jose Luis de la Concha, and Diane (who made the wonderful costume for Mary Magdalene).

Apologies to those who also contributed but are omitted from this list. Without everyone’s generosity and hard work our Holy Week and Easter celebrating God’s love for us would not have been the blessing that it has been for all.

Let us pray with the Holy Father . . .

“Imploring from God the gift of peace.”

Remember in your prayers all those affected by the

attacks in Brussels.

Oremos con el Santo Padre .. . .

“Suplicando de Dios el regalo de paz.”

Recuerden en sus oraciones a todos que son

afectados por los ataques en Bruselas.

Christ Is Risen! Alleluia!Christ’s Resurrection is an object of faith in that it is a transcendent intervention of God himself in cre-ation and history.

—CCC, no. 648

When we speak of the Paschal Mystery, we refer to Christ’s death and Resurrection as one inseparable event. It is a mystery because it is a visible sign of an invisible act of God. It is paschal because it is Christ’s passing through death into new life. For us it means that we can now die to sin and its domination of our lives, and we pass over into divine life already here on earth and more completely in heaven. Death is con-quered in the sense that not only do our souls survive physical death, but even our bodies will rise again at the end of time at the Last Judgment and resurrection of the dead.

The Resurrection narratives in all four Gospels—though differing in details because of varying viewpoints of the differ-ent authors—maintain a similar structure in the narration of the events. At dawn on the Sunday after Christ’s death, Mary Magdalene and a companion go to the tomb to anoint the dead body of Jesus. They find the tomb is empty. They meet an angel who proclaims the Resurrection of Jesus: “He is not here, for he

has been raised” (Mt 28:6). They are told to bring the Good News to the Apostles. Mary Magdalene leads the way and is celebrated in the liturgy of the Church as the first witness to the Resurrection.

Next come the appearance narratives when Jesus appears to the Apostles and disciples in a number of instances. St. Paul summarizes these appearances in his first Letter to the Corinthians (cf. 1 Cor 15:3-8). Finally, the disciples are commissioned to bring the Gospel to the world.

While the empty tomb of itself does not prove the Resurrection, since the absence of Christ’s body could have other explanations, it is an essential part of the proclamation of the Resurrection because it demonstrates the fact of what God has done in rais-ing his Son from the dead in his own body. When St. John entered the empty tomb, “He saw and believed” (Jn 20:8).

This article is an excerpt from the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults, copyright © 2006, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. All rights reserved.

Scripture excerpts used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, Revised Edition, © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All rights reserved.

Quote from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, copyright © 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana–United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

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¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡Aleluya!La Resurrección de Cristo es objeto de fe en cuanto es una intervención trascendente de Dios mismo en la creación y en la historia.

—CIC, no. 648

Cuando hablamos del Misterio Pascual, nos referimos a la muerte y Resurrección de Cristo como un solo e inseparable acontecimiento. Es un misterio porque es un signo visible de un acto invisible de Dios. Es pas-cual porque es el paso de Cristo a través de la muerte a la nueva vida. Para nosotros esto quiere decir que ahora podemos morir al pecado y su dominación de nuestras vidas, y pasamos ya aquí en la tierra a la vida divina y lo haremos más completamente en el cielo. La muerte es conquistada en el sentido de que no solo nuestras almas sobreviven la muerte física, sino que incluso nuestros cuerpos se levantarán de nuevo al final de los tiempos en el Juicio Final y la resurrección de los muertos.

Las narraciones de la Resurrección en los cuatro Evangelios —aunque difieren en los detalles a causa de los distintos puntos de vista de los diferentes autores— mantienen una estructura similar en la narración de los acontecimientos. Al amanecer del Domingo tras la muerte de Cristo, María Magdalena y una compañera van a la tumba para ungir el cuerpo sin vida de Jesús. Encuentran la tumba vacía. Se encuentran a un ángel que proclama

la Resurrección de Jesús: “No está aquí; ha resucit-ado” (Mt 28:6). Se les dice que lleven la Buena Nueva a los Apóstoles. María Magdalena es quien se pone al frente y es celebrada en la liturgia de la Iglesia como el primer testigo de la Resurrección.

A continuación surgen las narraciones de las apariciones de Jesús cuando este se aparece a los Apóstoles y los discípulos en distintas ocasiones. San Pablo resume estas apariciones en su primera Carta a los Corintios (cf. 1 Co 15:3-8). Finalmente, los discípulos reciben la comisión de llevar el Evangelio al mundo.

Mientras que la tumba vacía no prueba la Res-urrección, ya que la ausencia del cuerpo de Cristo podría tener otras explicaciones, es una parte esencial de la proclamación de la Resurrección porque dem-uestra el hecho de lo que Dios ha hecho al resucitar a su Hijo de la muerte en su propio cuerpo. Cuando San Juan entró en la tumba vacía, “vio y creyó” (Jn 20:8).

Este artículo es un extracto del Catecismo Católico de los Estados Unidos para los Adultos, copyright © 2007, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Todos los derechos reservados.

Los textos de la Sagrada Escritura utilizados en esta obra han sido tomados de los Leccionarios I, II y III, propiedad de la Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferencia Episcopal Mexicana, copyright © 1987, quinta edición de septiembre de 2011. Todos los derechos reservados.

Las citas del Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, segunda edición, © 2001, Libreria Editrice Vaticana–United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. Utilizados con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.

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