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1 Child Development Center (3 mos-PreK) 1259 St. Albert’s Drive, Reno, NV 89503 Telephone: 775.747.1617 Director: Mrs. Kristin Mareno email: [email protected] Parish School (K-8) 1255 St. Albert’s Drive, Reno, NV 89503 Telephone: 775.747.3392 Principal: Mr. Bret Scoggin email: [email protected] Scripture Readings For The Week 02/07 Sunday Is 6:1-8 1 Cor 15:1-11 Lk 5:1-11 02/08 Monday 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13 Mk 6:53-56 02/09 Tuesday 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30 Mk 7:1-13 02/10 Wednesday Jl 2:12-18 2 Cor 5:20—6:2 Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 02/11 Thursday Dt 30:15-20 Lk 9:22-25 02/12 Friday Is 58:1-9 Mt 9:14-15 02/13 Saturday Is 58:9-14 Lk 5:27-32 Reconciliation 02/06 Saturday 2:30—3:30 PM Weekend Masses 02/06 Saturday Vigil (English) 4:00 PM Vigil (Spanish) 6:00 PM 02/07 Sunday 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Weekday Masses 02/08 Monday 10:30 AM 02/09 Tuesday 10:30 AM 02/10 Wednesday 10:30 AM 02/11 Thursday 10:30 AM 02/12 Friday 10:30 AM Church/Parish Office 1250 Wyoming Avenue, Reno, NV 89503 1259 St. Albert’s Drive, Reno, NV 89503 (Mailing) Telephone: 775.747.0722 Fax: 775.746.3976 Website: http://www.stalbertreno.org email: [email protected] Items for publication in the bulletin should be submit- ted no later than Tuesday for the next publication. Email items to [email protected] or mail them to the attention of the Bulletin Editor at the address listed above. Ponder This: The Saints did not all begin well, but they all ended well.” —St. John Vianney Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time W hile the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him, and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.

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Child Development Center (3 mos-PreK) 1259 St. Albert’s Drive, Reno, NV 89503 Telephone: 775.747.1617 Director: Mrs. Kristin Mareno email: [email protected]

Parish School (K-8) 1255 St. Albert’s Drive, Reno, NV 89503 Telephone: 775.747.3392 Principal: Mr. Bret Scoggin email: [email protected]

Scripture Readings For The Week

02/07 Sunday Is 6:1-8 1 Cor 15:1-11 Lk 5:1-11

02/08 Monday 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13 Mk 6:53-56

02/09 Tuesday 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30 Mk 7:1-13

02/10 Wednesday Jl 2:12-18 2 Cor 5:20—6:2 Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

02/11 Thursday Dt 30:15-20 Lk 9:22-25

02/12 Friday Is 58:1-9

Mt 9:14-15

02/13 Saturday Is 58:9-14 Lk 5:27-32

Reconciliation

02/06 Saturday 2:30—3:30 PM

Weekend Masses 02/06 Saturday Vigil (English) 4:00 PM Vigil (Spanish) 6:00 PM

02/07 Sunday 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM

Weekday Masses 02/08 Monday 10:30 AM 02/09 Tuesday 10:30 AM 02/10 Wednesday 10:30 AM 02/11 Thursday 10:30 AM 02/12 Friday 10:30 AM

Church/Parish Office 1250 Wyoming Avenue, Reno, NV 89503 1259 St. Albert’s Drive, Reno, NV 89503 (Mailing) Telephone: 775.747.0722 Fax: 775.746.3976 Website: http://www.stalbertreno.org email: [email protected]

Items for publication in the bulletin should be submit-ted no later than Tuesday for the next publication. Email items to [email protected] or mail them to the attention of the Bulletin Editor at the address listed above.

Ponder This:

“The Saints did not all begin well, but they all ended well.”

—St. John Vianney

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

W hile the crowd was pressing in on Jesus

and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there

alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore.

Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him, and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.

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Sacraments

Baptisms Baptisms for infants through 2nd grade are generally held during any of the weekend Masses (except during Advent and Lent.)

Please call the office or go online to our web-site to fill out a baptism request form. A pre-paratory class is required for parents and god-parents. Classes will be scheduled and con-ducted by Deacon Richard Ramm upon re-ceipt of the completed baptism request form.

Parents of children in the third grade or older are asked to contact Beth Lujan in the Reli-gious Education Office.

Weddings

All weddings must be scheduled six months in advance. A marriage preparatory class (four sessions) is required. Contact the parish office to determine availability and to schedule your wedding.

Funerals Nina Weaver 747-0722 [email protected]

Religious Education (Grades K-8) Beth Lujan 747-0722 [email protected]

Confirmation (Grades 9-12) Tricia Garcia 747-0722 x5608 [email protected]

RCIA Karen McClenahan 843-9549 [email protected]

New Parishioners December 2015

We like to think of St. Albert’s as a large extended family and want to get to know you. When you have the oppor-tunity please introduce yourselves and allow us to get to know you better.

Tessa Perry Gabriel Verdin George Michael L. Alvendia Isamara Quevedo Diaz David & Linda Quandt

Parish Staff

Pastoral Administrator Ted Krembs 747-0722 x5606 [email protected]

Director of Liturgy/Music Nina Weaver 747-0722 x5603 [email protected]

Finance Officer Margaret Tharaldson 747-0722 x5607 [email protected]

Data Manager Marie Fromherz 747-0722 x5604 [email protected]

Front Desk/Receptionist Linda Burnell 747-0722

Catholic Counseling JoAnn Baird 747-0722 [email protected]

Homebound Ministry Deacon Chuck Lanham 747-0722 x5612 [email protected]

Bulletin Editor/Website Manager Deacon Chuck Lanham 747-0722 x5612 [email protected]

Filipino Ministry Ino Quintana [email protected]

Latino Ministry (Español) Victor Gonzales 747-0722 x5900 [email protected]

Child Development Center Mrs. Kristin Mareno 747-1617 [email protected]

Principal, Parish School Bret Scoggin 747-3392 [email protected]

Knights of Columbus, Council 7322 Denis Dolan, Grand Knight (775) 409-4180

Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts Russ Fromherz 721-0518 [email protected]

Karl Albert Michael Bass Bill Bates Fr. Chuck Blankenship Tara Bennett Charles Burnell Donna Burnell Mary Burnell Grady Calderon Melanie Cooper Brenda Craighton Helen Duca Sharon Edwards Sally Elizares Charles Enz Michael Forte Jr. Patricia Fouch Winnie Fromherz Arlene Garritson Anne Giammona Peter Gonzales Helen Handy David Hill Oran Hill Jennifer Jempsa Paul Kastor Bill Kayser Patricia LaBar Marian LaVoy Michael R. Lewis Pat Mellenger Rose Moen Pamela Morales Juanita Pineda Marilyn Reddington Doug Shipman Jesse Schopper Mary Sheets Nolan Sheets Justin Robert Siaz Orion Smith Thomas Trivette Mattie Watkins

Names will be listed for three months. Please submit names online or email the Bulletin Editor. If necessary you may contact the parish office to add a name to our Thoughts and Prayers list.

Clergy

Pastor Fr. Honesto Agustin 747-0722 x5601

Parochial Vicar Fr. Justin Lazar 747-0722 x5600

Deacons Deacon Chuck Lanham 747-0722 x5612 [email protected]

Deacon Richard Ramm [email protected]

Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts

First Grade thru College

Coed Ages 14-21

For further information contact:

Russ Fromherz at 721-0518 or email: [email protected].

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You are not a number! PLEASE include

YOUR NAME on your donations so we

will know who to give credit to for your

tax purposes. This is especially im-

portant for those making cash donations.

Saint Albert the Great Parish now pro-

vides Online Giving—a convenient and

safe way to make a one-time or recurring

donation.

Getting started is easy—just visit our

website, www.stalbertreno.org and click

the Online Giving link.

You may also wish to view an explanato-

ry video that we have linked on our web-

site. You can also find the video on

YouTube at http://youtu.be/

E0qMjL6LFH4

Date 2nd Coll. Online Giving

Coll. Basket

01/02-

01/03

CRS $1,830.00

$1,329.00 $12,901.00

01/09-

01/10

$1,608.00 $12,987.00

01/16-

01/17

$799.00 $10,874.00

01/23-

01/24

Calamities $1,693.00

$499.00 $7,950.03

01/30 -

01/31

$509.00 $8,490.00

Ministry Schedule

First Sunday of Lent 02/13—02/14

Your Generosity

Thank you for your generous gifts of

time, talent, and treasure.

Deacon’s OutreachDeacon’s Outreach

Those in need are so

grateful for your gifts of

non-perishable clothing,

toiletries and food.

Thank you for your

generous support.

Deacon Richard Ramm 787-8839

4PM Fr. Justin Lazar Lectors Jim Fox I Judy Fox II/Intro Eucharistic Ministers Jim Fox * Deacon Chuck Judy Fox Rachel Hart Millie Montenegro Marjorie Murdoch Eileen Durham Sacristan Alice Chromy Altar Servers Samuel Hart Megan Drake Ray Go Usher Jim Crandal *

8AM Fr. Norm King Lectors Marian LaVoy I John Wilkins II & Intro Eucharistic Ministers Tom Booth * Deacon Richard Carol Juillerat Sid Albee Darlyce Albee Evelyn Pineda Russ Fromherz Sacristan Antoine Joseph Altar Servers Claire Maloney Bea Maloney Jack Maloney Usher Tod Brill *

10AM Fr. Norm King Lectors Mary Maples I Newt Maples II & Intro Eucharistic Ministers Sylvia Scoggin * Deacon Chuck Mary Maples Newt Maples Lulu Gonzales Stephanie Hix Leslie Jacques Sacristan Bret Scoggin Altar Servers Braden Martinez Bracciano Olsen Brianna Ramirez Usher Tod Brill *

5PM Fr. John Bain Lectors John Bateman I Raul Belleza II & Intro Eucharistic Ministers Ethel Talbot * Deacon Chuck Frankie Talbot Patrick Talbot Haley Webbert Andrew Johnston Sacristan Altar Servers Mary Browne Dominic Browne Usher Reminder-It is your responsibility to find your replacements, please refer to your ministries phone list that was mailed to you.

Ash Wednesday

Mass will be

celebrated on

February 10 at

11:00 am in the

Most Holy Redeemer Chapel at

Our Mother of Sorrows

Catholic Cemetery.

Our celebrant will be Father

Nathan Mamo, S.T.L.

All are cordially invited to

attend.

Small Group Faith SharingSmall Group Faith SharingSmall Group Faith Sharing Is it important to you to connect your daily experiences with your faith for deeper meaning?

St. Albert’s is encouraging parishioners to participate in small groups for the six weeks of Lent, to look at our daily lives in light of our faith, shared with others.

Small groups are an experience designed with you in mind! In our small group sessions we will:

Experience and nurture a deep, lasting relationship

with Christ and Others;

Connect the teaching and tradition of the Church to

our daily lives;

Become connected to each other;

Make a connection between faith in Christ and the

call to service; and

Become more deeply connected to our parish

community.

Signups will begin at Sunday liturgies January 23/24.

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St. Albert’s School Report

Tuesday, February 9th at 8:30 am is our Fat Tuesday Breakfast for Lunch for our students. Our Chili’s Give Back fundraiser is on Thursday,

February 11th..

Quote for the week

“The greatest compliment that was ever paid to

me was when someone asked me what I

thought, and attended to my answer.” —Henry David Thoreau

“Man does not live by words alone, despite the

fact that sometimes he has to eat them.” —Adlai Stevenson

Sincerely,

Bret Scoggin, Principal

Come CelebrateCome CelebrateCome Celebrate

Scout SundayScout Sunday February 7, 2016 @ 10:00 am Mass

All Boy and Girl Scouts are encouraged to

attend the 10:00 am Mass on Sunday,

February 7th to celebrate the birthday of

scouting. Please wear your uniforms.

Thank You!Thank You!

B.S.A. Troop 7322 would like to thank St.

Albert's parishioners for donating over 3000

pounds of food to the Annual Scouting for

food Fundraiser last fall and for the save-mart

stickers we used to help supply our patrol

boxes with better utensils! We appreciate the

St. Albert's family and the knights of

Columbus. Happy Scout Sunday!

Egg RollsEgg Rolls Our 8th Grade students are having an EGG

ROLL fundraiser this week to raise money for

their Point Bonita Class trip.

YUMMY Veggie or Pork egg rolls.

Help support the class and buy some egg rolls.

Pick up an order form after mass.

OR you can....

Call or email Dawn Marsala to place an order

(her contact information is on the form)

Deadline to order is Friday, February 12th.

The 8th grade class

thanks you for your support!

Scholarship Contest !!!

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Nevada

State Court invites 8th Grade Catholic girls

entering Bishop Manogue High School as a

freshman this fall, 2016, to apply for a one-time

scholarship of $720.00 to be awarded in April.

If interested, contact Jina Couvrette, Nevada

State Regent, by email at:

[email protected] to receive contest

rules and application information.

Applications will be accepted March 1st through

March 31st, 2016.

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We are looking for a few good men!

If you are not currently a knight or are new to St.

Albert the Great parish, please consider joining

Council 7322.

For details and more information visit our website

at:

kofcknights.org/CouncilSite/?CO-7322

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

31 4th Sunday Ordinary Time

8:00 am Mass Edward Christensen † by The Hunt Family 10:00 am Mass Walter Schafer † by Marie Schafer 05:00 pm Mass Joseph Stransky † by Nellie 06:00 pm 5th Sunday Rosary by KofC

01 10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Centering Prayer (Chapel)

02 Presentation of the Lord 10:30 am Mass

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

7:00 pm K of C Officers’ Meeting

03 10:30 am Mass

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

04

10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

05 St. Agatha, Virgin/Martyr 10:30 am Mass

Sally Morales by Lynn Kearney

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

Noon Senior Strong Bingo—Gathering Room

06 St. Paul Miki, Martyr

4:00 pm Mass Ray Corradetti † by Pat & Cathy Pettinari 6:00 pm Mass (Spanish) People of the Parish

07 5th Sunday Ordinary Time

08:00 am Mass People of the parish 10:00 am Mass (B)

Scout Sunday Bill Thompson † by KC Council 7322 5:00 pm Mass

Lolita de la Cruz † by Bernadette Cabanero

12:00 Noon Crossroads

08 10:30 am Mass

06:30 pm St. Al’s GALS (Gathering Room)

09 10:30 am Mass Catherine Klasic † by Robert & Darla Pendel

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

7:00 pm K of C Business Meeting

10 Ash Wednesday Aid to Catholic Church in Central & Eastern Europe

7:00 am Mass

10:30 am Mass

Sally Morales by Lynn Kearney

6:00 pm Mass

Michael † by Carolyn

7:30 pm Mass (Spanish)

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

11 10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

12 10:30 am Mass

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

6:00 pm Stations of the Cross-KofC

Soup Supper KofC 15 hours of Adoration

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4:00 pm Mass End of Abortion by Save the Innocents

6:00 pm Mass (Spanish) Guadalupe Marquez † by Silva Martinez & Bertha Alcala

14 1st Sunday of Lent 08:00 am Mass

10:00 am Mass People of the Parish 05:00 pm Mass Lester & Jeff Cole † by Lorraine Cole

15 10:30 am Mass Henry de Diego † by John & Wenife de Diego

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10:30 am Mass Catherine Klasic † by Paul & Rose Pendel & family

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

17 10:30 am Mass

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

2:00 pm Feeding the Homeless (Gym)

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10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

19 10:30 am Mass

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

6:00 pm Stations of the Cross-Latino

Soup Supper

20 4:00 pm Mass LaVella Kunke † by Allen, Carol & Barry Roth 6:00 pm Mass (Spanish)

21 2nd Sunday of Lent 08:00 am Mass

10:00 am Mass Barney Lujan † by Hix family Noon Mass (Filipino) (B)

05:00 pm Mass People of the parish

12:00 Noon Crossroads

22 Chair of St. Peter, Apostle 10:30 am Mass

23 10:30 am Mass Mary Burnell by her mother & aunt Kathy

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

7:00 pm K of C Business Meeting

24 10:30 am Mass

Sally Morales by Lynn Kearney

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

25 10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

26 10:30 am Mass

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

6:00 pm Stations of the Cross-Filipino

Soup Supper

27 4:00 pm Mass People of the parish 6:00 pm Mass (Spanish)

28 3rd Sunday of Lent

8:00 am Mass

10:00 am Mass Elba † by Willie Rivera 05:00 pm Mass Mercedes Campos † by Bernadette Cabanero

29 10:30 am Mass

01 10:30 am Mass

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

02 10:30 am Mass

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

03

10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

04 10:30 am Mass

Sally Morales by Lynn Kearney

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

6:00 pm Stations of the Cross-St Al’s Gals

Soup Supper

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4:00 pm Mass Sam Murdoch † by Margerie Murdoch11 6:00 pm Mass (Spanish) People of the parish

February 2016

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

31 4th Sunday Ordinary Time

8:00 am Mass Edward Christensen † by The Hunt Family 10:00 am Mass Walter Schafer † by Marie Schafer 05:00 pm Mass Joseph Stransky † by Nellie 06:00 pm 5th Sunday Rosary by KofC

01 10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Centering Prayer (Chapel)

02 Presentation of the Lord 10:30 am Mass

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

7:00 pm K of C Officers’ Meeting

03 10:30 am Mass

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

04

10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

05 St. Agatha, Virgin/Martyr 10:30 am Mass

Sally Morales by Lynn Kearney

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

Noon Senior Strong Bingo—Gathering Room

06 St. Paul Miki, Martyr

4:00 pm Mass Ray Corradetti † by Pat & Cathy Pettinari 6:00 pm Mass (Spanish) People of the Parish

07 5th Sunday Ordinary Time

08:00 am Mass People of the parish 10:00 am Mass (B)

Scout Sunday Bill Thompson † by KC Council 7322 5:00 pm Mass

Lolita de la Cruz † by Bernadette Cabanero

12:00 Noon Crossroads

08 10:30 am Mass

06:30 pm St. Al’s GALS (Gathering Room)

09 10:30 am Mass Catherine Klasic † by Robert & Darla Pendel

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

7:00 pm K of C Business Meeting

10 Ash Wednesday Aid to Catholic Church in Central & Eastern Europe

7:00 am Mass

10:30 am Mass

Sally Morales by Lynn Kearney

6:00 pm Mass

Michael † by Carolyn

7:30 pm Mass (Spanish)

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

11 10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

12 10:30 am Mass

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

6:00 pm Stations of the Cross-KofC

Soup Supper KofC 15 hours of Adoration

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4:00 pm Mass End of Abortion by Save the Innocents

6:00 pm Mass (Spanish) Guadalupe Marquez † by Silva Martinez & Bertha Alcala

14 1st Sunday of Lent 08:00 am Mass

10:00 am Mass People of the Parish 05:00 pm Mass Lester & Jeff Cole † by Lorraine Cole

15 10:30 am Mass Henry de Diego † by John & Wenife de Diego

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10:30 am Mass Catherine Klasic † by Paul & Rose Pendel & family

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

17 10:30 am Mass

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

2:00 pm Feeding the Homeless (Gym)

18

10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

19 10:30 am Mass

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

6:00 pm Stations of the Cross-Latino

Soup Supper

20 4:00 pm Mass LaVella Kunke † by Allen, Carol & Barry Roth 6:00 pm Mass (Spanish)

21 2nd Sunday of Lent 08:00 am Mass

10:00 am Mass Barney Lujan † by Hix family Noon Mass (Filipino) (B)

05:00 pm Mass People of the parish

12:00 Noon Crossroads

22 Chair of St. Peter, Apostle 10:30 am Mass

23 10:30 am Mass Mary Burnell by her mother & aunt Kathy

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

7:00 pm K of C Business Meeting

24 10:30 am Mass

Sally Morales by Lynn Kearney

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

25 10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

26 10:30 am Mass

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

6:00 pm Stations of the Cross-Filipino

Soup Supper

27 4:00 pm Mass People of the parish 6:00 pm Mass (Spanish)

28 3rd Sunday of Lent

8:00 am Mass

10:00 am Mass Elba † by Willie Rivera 05:00 pm Mass Mercedes Campos † by Bernadette Cabanero

29 10:30 am Mass

01 10:30 am Mass

11:00 am Faith Sharing (Chapel)

02 10:30 am Mass

11:30 am Legion of Mary (K of C Hall)

03

10:30 am Mass

7:00 pm Choir Practice

04 10:30 am Mass

Sally Morales by Lynn Kearney

8:30 am Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet

6:00 pm Stations of the Cross-St Al’s Gals

Soup Supper

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4:00 pm Mass Sam Murdoch † by Margerie Murdoch11 6:00 pm Mass (Spanish) People of the parish

February 2016

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deacon’s corner Conversations at Table

Who Are You Going To Call? Church or State

Deacon Chuck Lanham

B enedict (Baruch) Spinoza was a seventeenth century Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Jewish descent who developed highly controversial ideas regarding the authenticity of the Hebrew Bible and the nature of the Divine. Jewish authorities issued a cherem1 against him, excluding him from Jewish society and the Catholic Church placed

his books on the Index of Forbidden Books. Despite, or perhaps because of the concerted Judeo-Christian objections to his ideas, he achieved significant renown2 and long-lasting influence on the rapid growth and dominance of secular societies.

Spinoza espoused and formalized a theology and philosophy on pantheism, the belief that nature, as the totality of everything, was identical with the divine; that the totality of all matter in whatever form is an all-encompassing, immanent god.

“Spinoza collapsed creator and creature, destroying the essential distinction introduced at the very beginning of the Bible. Pantheism makes a god of this world and thus completely undermines the entire Judeo-Christian understanding of reality that flows from the creator-creature distinction in Genesis. Removing that creator-creature distinction allows for a reintroduction of pagan animism and idolatry, the worship of the divine in creatures. Spinoza’s ‘monism’ was a radical rejection of the First Commandment” thus “, … history becomes God, and human beings worship their own actions and efforts as divine. And since the political state is the most powerful expression of collective human action, the state itself becomes the greatest manifestation of the divine.”3

Since God and the world and all matter are the same, it must be obvious that the supernatural is a mere fairy tale for the uneducated masses (Spinoza called them the ‘vulgar masses’) and therefore there could be no heavenly kingdom either. The practical results of Spinoza’s Pantheistic vision have been a transfer of religious devotion to a sacralized state, now made divine. With the creator collapsed into the creature, the logical next step is for the church to be collapsed into the state, the most direct example being Henry VIII declaring himself the sovereign head of the Church of England, the state of which he was then civil sovereign.

Spinoza’s vision took the form of a pyramid, where those who ruled were Spinozan monists who have the right to rule because they are the only ones who are rational (to be rational is to deny immaterial reality.) Below the philosophic elite are the scientific elite who support the philosophic elite with their materialistic understanding. And at the bottom of the pyramid are the vulgar masses who blindly bow to the scientific elite or “experts” who define reality as entirely material.

“The Christian distinctions between immaterial and material reality, soul and body, next world and this world, city of God and city of man, and church and state are all ridiculed out of existence. The church that stands over and against the state, teaching all the wrong things, must be firmly subordinated to the state—and hence to the rule of the philosophic elite.”4

We are witnesses to Spinoza’s world-vision today. More next week.

1. Cherem, Hebrew: םרח, a kind of ban, shunning, ostracism, expulsion, or excommunication.

2. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel said of Spinoza, “You are either a Spinozist or not a philosopher at all” and Gilles Deleuze called him “the

prince of philosophers.”

3. Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D. Worshipping the State: How Liberalism Became Our State Religion, March 25, 2013, Regnery Publishing.

4. Ibid.

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Pro-Life League of Nevada

AnnualAnnual

Friends for Life DinnerFriends for Life Dinner Friday, February 19, 2016

Reno Downtown Ballroom

5:30 PM

Help support Nevada’s pro-life movement by

attending the annual Friends for Life dinner on

Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Reno

Downtown Ballroom.

Our Keynote speaker will be Ryan Bomberger

of the Radiance Foudation and this year’s

honoree is Assemblyman Ira Hansen.

Tickets are $75/person and $600/table of 8.

For ticket information or to donate to our silent

auction please call Kathleen at 775-815-2099.

Let’s Play Ball!Let’s Play Ball!

Sunday Family Coed Softball League 2016

Ages 14 and older

Sundays, May-August

10 games plus single elimination tournament

5:20pm — 10:00pm

Shadow Mountain & Golden Eagle Sports Complexes in Sparks

Cost: $60 NEW players or $30 RETURNING players

If interested and to sign up, please contact Dawn Marsala @ (775) 750-7905(text or call)

or email [email protected]

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Centering Prayer An Introduction to Contemplative Practice

St. Albert’s Centering Prayer group, led by JoAnn and Chuck Baird, is on the first Monday of each month at 7:00 pm in the chapel.

On Centering Prayer

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CC), § 2653, says:

The Church ‘forcefully and specially exhorts all the Christian faithful…to learn ‘the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ’ (Phil 3:8) by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures…Let them remember, however, that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that a dialogue takes place between God and man. For ‘we speak to him when we pray; we listen to him when we read the divine oracles.’

Centering Prayer is a spiritual custom based upon the Word of God, Lectio Divina. We strive to increase the time we spend alone with God to 15-20 minutes twice a day. The purpose of our gathering is to encourage one another each month in this sacred, individual practice, in the words of CC, § 2560, in “the encounter of God’s thirst with ours.”

All members of the Centering Prayer group invite you to join them in the joy of this spiritual discipline.

Grief Support Ministry Crossroads

Saint Albert the Great offers two monthly grief

counseling sessions, the second and fourth Sun-

days of the month from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm in

the Parish Office Building, Gathering Room,

(down the steps from the church parking lot

and around to the side of the building facing

the school).

Crossroads is for any person experiencing a life-

changing event, such as the death of a loved

one to other life-changing events.

JoAnn Baird would like to share this ministry

and she welcomes others’ participation.

For more information you can e-mail JoAnn at

[email protected] or leave voicemail or a

text message on her cell phone 925-699-4765.

She will get back to you.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Married Couples

By offering Married Couples the beautiful experience of a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend, the Catholic Church is affirming and supporting you in your chosen vocation – Marriage. Take advantage of this great gift to enhance your relationship and enjoy a love-filled weekend away together. What a wonderful gift to give each other. (Valentine Day is coming) .

Weekends for 2016 are as follows:

February 12-14 in Sacramento

April 1-3 in Reno, NV

August (either 19-21 or 26-28) in Sacramento

October 7-9 in Reno, NV

November 4-6 in Sacramento.

It’s not to early to register, call now!

For more information visit our website at:

http://www.sacramentowwme.org

or contact Terry and Janet at

[email protected]

or call 916-489-3464.

Christ the King Passionist Retreat Center

Men’s Retreat

The Retreat Season at Christ the King is deeply inspired by Pope Francis announcement to celebrate The Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. The theme is "Be Merciful As Your Heavenly Father Is Merciful."

The Men's retreat will be on February 19-21, 2016 . If you’re unable to attend the parish date, visit our website for alternative dates.

Please reserve your spot today. Call Carol Forrest at 916-725-472 Ext 314

or register on line at http://christthekingretreatcenter.org.

Call Jil Lehr 774 971-4413 for futher infomation

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