St.

Peter the Apostle

Roman Catholic Church
204 S. Boulder Hwy., Henderson, NV 89015
702-970-2500
Fax: 702-970-2555
Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday: 8 am - 4 pm
Closed 1 pm - 2 pm Lunch
email: info@stpahend.org
www.stpetertheapostlecatholicchurch.org
Facebook: stpetertheapostleromancatholicchurch
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Parish Clergy

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Fr. Gem Bandivas, Administrator

Rev. Mugagga Lule, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Mr. Daniel De Pozo, Permanent Deacon
Rev. Mr. Bill Davis, Permanent Deacon

Tues: 8:30 - 9:00 am

Sat: 3:30-4:30 pm English & Spanish

Mass Schedule

Eucharistic Adoration

Church Open by 3 pm

Saturday
5:00 pm English Youth Mass

Friday: 8:30 am to noon

Sunday
Church Open by 7 am

Faith Formation
Office: Rm 8 - Faith Formation Complex
Phone: (702) 970-2525
Hours: Sunday - 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday 1:00 - 6:00 pm

8:00 am, 10:00 am

12:00 pm English Childrens Mass
2:00 pm Spanish Mass
5:00 pm English Tagalog Songs

Daily Mass
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am

Sacrament of Baptism
Baptism is the first step to become a Catholic Christian. Parents who wish to baptize their children agree to raise them in the Catholic faith. For more
information about the requirements for infant baptisms, check the bulletin or call Deacon Dan. Classes are the 2nd Saturday of each month in the Faith
Formation Complex room 13 at 9 am. For Spanish, classes are the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30pm in the Faith Formation Complex room 13.

Sacrament of Reconciliation
God loves us and wants to forgive our sins. You can experience Gods unconditional love through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This
sacrament is available on Tuesdays from 8:30 to 9:00 am, and on Saturdays, English & Spanish, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, or at other times by
contacting a priest.

Sacrament of Marriage
Please contact the parish a minimum of six months prior to the wedding. Do not set a date prior to your first appointment with a priest or
deacon. If the wedding is to take place elsewhere, please seek advice from our clergy. For more information, please contact the Parish
Office at 702-970-2500.

Funeral Arrangements
Please contact the Parish Office at 702-970-2500 as soon as possible after a death to make the funeral arrangements. Services can be in
English, Spanish or Bilingual.

Emergency Calls
A hospital chaplain covers all hospitals. In an emergency, please contact the hospital. After hours, please leave a message with the Parish
Office and you will be contacted the next business day.

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

Saturday, February 13, 2016
5:00 pm The Hernon Family
Sunday, February 14, 2016
8:00 am Elma Becker
10:00 am Enrique Trujillo
12:00 pm Carlos G. Fresquez
2:00 pm People of the Parish
5:00 pm Peter & Elayne La Porta
Monday, February 15, 2016
8:00 am Sally Jordan
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
8:00 am Joan Davis
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
8:00 am Ruth Georgia
Thursday, February 18, 2016
8:00 am Ricardo Suer
Friday, February 19, 2016
8:00 am Soledad Presto
Saturday, February 20, 2016
5:00 pm The Hernon Family
Sunday, February 21, 2016
8:00am Vincent & Beatrice Di Leonardo
10:00am Edward John Armstrong
12:00pm Tony Fuentes
2:00pm
Anthony B. Clark
5:00pm
People of the Parish

FOLLOWING POPE FRANCIS (HOMILIES, CATECHESIS)

www.news.va (Official Vatican Network)
www.radiovaticana.va
Facebook: news.va English
Vatican radio-English Section
www.news.va Espaol
www.radiovaticana.va
Facebook: news.va Espaol
Radio Vaticana en Espaol

Intentions of Pope Francis

February
Universal: Care for Creation
That we may take good care of creationa gift freely
givencultivating and protecting it for future generations.
Evangelization: Asia
That opportunities may increase for dialogue and encounter
between the Christian faith and the peoples of Asia.

Prayer of the Faithful

We Pray for the names written
in our book of intentions

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Week Day Devotions

Monday - Friday: 7:15 to 7:45 am
-Rosary before Mass in the Church
Tuesday - Pro Life Rosary after 8 am Mass in the
Chapel
Wednesday - Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena after 8
am Mass in the Church
-Our Mother of Perpetual Help 6:00 pm in the Chapel
Thursday - St. Jude Novena after 8 am Mass in the
Church
Friday - Eucharistic Adoration after 8 am Mass until 12 noon
in the Chapel (We need at least two people at all times)

In Memoriam
St. Peter The Apostle Catholic
Community
Extend our Most Sincere Condolences to
The Families
Maureen Lois Dinkel
Marion B. Lee
Elizabeth Mc Farlane Howe
Alvin Trombley
Important Help Numbers
Catholic Charities Adoption Services
(702) 385-3351
First Choice Pregnancy Services
(702) 294-2273
Womens Resource Centers of Southern NV
(702) 366-1247
Living Grace Home-(702) 212-6472 serving the
special needs of pregnant young moms
Readings for the week of February 14, 2016
Sunday:

Dt 26:4-10 Ps 91:1-2, 10-15 Rom 10:8-13

Lk 4:1-13
Monday:
Lv 19:1-2, 11-18 Ps 19:8-10, 15 Mt 25:31-46
Tuesday:
Is 55:10-11 Ps 34:4-7, 16-19 Mt 6:7-15
Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10 Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19
Lk 11:29-32
Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8
Mt 7:7-12
Friday:
Ez 18:21-28 Ps 130:1-8 Mt 5:20-26
Saturday: Dt 26:16-19 Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8 Mt 5:43-48

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HENDERSON, NV

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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

St. Peter The Apostle

Catholic Community
welcomes
Our New Parishioners
December & January
Juan Antonio & Cecilia Chavez
Francis & Stephanie Nepacena
Barbara & Patricia Hallock
Donald & Shirley Wykstra
Violeta Gornal
Gregory & Debra Monica
Tomas & Sonseray Martires
Maria Coronel
Angel Marquez
Itzel M. Vazquez
Eulogio & Guillermina Padpad Jr.
Gerardo & Alana Rico
Robert W. & Dorla Lawhn II
Dorothy Catherine Reed
Terly P. Montoya
Guillermo & Maria Taligatos
Michael & Carole Moreo
Isidora A. Batac
James & Gracie Camacho
Maria Dutson
Wendell & Genevieve Drury
Ruben & Leticia Hernandez
Victor & Afra Cornejo

O gracious Master, infuse in our hearts the spotless

light of Your Divine Wisdom and open the eyes of
our mind that we may understand the teachings of
Your Gospel. Instill in us also the fear of Your
blessed commandments, so that having curbed all
carnal desires, we may lead a spiritual life, both
thinking and doing everything to please You. For
You, O Christ, our God, are the enlightenment of
our souls and bodies; and to You we render glory,
together with Your eternal Father, and with Your all
holy, life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and forever.

PARISH RECOLLECTION
MARCH 16, 2016
9am to 12 noon
or
6pm to 9pm

By Fr. Tony Verceloni

March 17, 2016

9am to 12 noon or 6pm to 8pm

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

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Stations of The Cross

Va Crucis

Lector Training Meeting Monday February 16, 2016 @

7pm in Church.

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED FEBRUARY 15, 2016

MASS @ 8 AM

6 pm English, Every Friday during Lent

7 pm Todo los Viernes durante la
Cuaresma

IRS Statement 2015

THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK

Six-minute reflections on
the Weekday Gospels of
Lent.
English & Spanish for
Sale in the Gift Shop $2

If you would like an IRS statement, please fill out

this form and return it to the Parish Office. You may
return it by mail or place it in the offertory collection.
This statement only includes your Sunday offertory
It does not include other contributions, i.e. Mass
intentions, flowers, etc. Your Catholic Stewardship
Appeal donation statement comes directly from the
Diocese. Questions, please call the Diocese at
702-735-3500.
Sunday Offertory Envelope # ___________
Name: _______________________________________
Address: _____________________________________
City: ________________________
Zip: ___________
Telephone # -

St. Peter Gift Shop

MONDAY -FRIDAY
8am
8am--4pm (Closed for
Lunch 1pm
1pm--2pm)

Wednesday:
5:00-6:30Childrens Choir
6:30 8:00Tagalog Choir
Thursday:
5:00 6:30Spanish Choir
6:30 8:0010:am Mass Choir

St. Peter
Music Ministry
Rehearsals

SUNDAY
9am
9am--4pm(Closed for
Lunch 12pm
12pm--1pm)
Now Accepting Credit
Cards
Please Support our Gift
Shop!!!

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CANONICAL- LITURGICAL FORUM

BY FR. GEM BANDIVAS, JCL, MBA, PhD

COMING LATE AND LEAVING RIGHT AFTER COMMUNION

Dear Fr. Gem: It is unfortunate that some in the parish
have developed the poor habit of leaving Mass (whether
during weekday or Sunday) immediately after
Communion. I always believed we were to stay until we
received the final blessing. Am I right? Also, for reasons
of respect, both for God and neighbor, I was always
taught never to be late for Mass and I have trained my
children to do the same. Could you provide a theological
discourse on this matter so others maybe enlightened
as well?
ANGELINA, Parishioner
Dear Angelina: The concern you raised is a perennial
problem, but one which must be faced with patience. As St.
Paul would say, "Opportune et inopportune" (in season and
out of season), until the message reaches home.
Taking part in the Mass especially on a Sunday is not
only an important Christian obligation, as the Catechism of
the Catholic Church teaches (n. 1389), but first and foremost
a profound need of every member of the faithful. Those who
deliberately fail in the obligation, of course, commit a grave
sin. However, we have to be careful in apportioning sin to
their actions, for we rarely know the circumstances or
motivation.
First and foremost, it is important that all of Christs
faithful be at Mass especially on weekends. Pope John Paul
II in his Apostolic Letter Dies Domini said: "It is crucially
important that all the faithful should be convinced that they
cannot live their faith or share fully in the life of the Christian
community unless they take part regularly in the Sunday
Eucharistic Assembly." (n. 81)
The Second Vatican Council called the Sunday Mass
the "summit and the font" from which we derive our strength
to live our lives and make our world a better place.
I imagine if people had this understanding, this same
sense of obligation and love of God, they would always be
on time for Mass, participate as well as they could in the
prayers and the hymns and would stay until the Mass is over
to make a good, sincere thanksgiving.
Another point to be emphasized is the importance of
assisting at the entire Mass. There are many plastic images
to illustrate this, but most can grasp that if their boss, or the
local mayor, summons them to a meeting, they would not
dare leave before their host has formally brought it to a
close. Even more is this true when a beloved parent, sibling
or lifelong friend invites us to spend time with them.
If we behave thus before mere human authority and

relationships, then how much more should it be true when

our host is the Father who created us, the Son who died and
rose for us, and the Spirit who gives us life.
From a very material standpoint one could also see if
there is some tangible motivation that leads so many of the
faithful to leave early. Is there a bottleneck in the parking lot?
Are Mass schedules too close together? If there are real
practical inconveniences involved, then theology alone will
be ineffective in changing people's habits until these are
resolved.
Let us leave courtesy aside for a moment and return to
thanksgiving. The Mass is something we celebrate together
as Church and as a worshipping assembly united to Christ
through the priest. It is not just something we do as individual
Christians.
In the same manner, our thanksgiving for Mass cannot
be reduced to the individual sphere and must be carried out
as Church. This collective thanksgiving is done through the
priest at the closing prayer to which all respond "Amen."
Those who dont are letting their habits of haste pull
them out of what should be an atmosphere of reflective
gratitude.
Moreover, there has to be an effective period of silence
after the Communion song and that the priest, deacon and
other ministers lead by example, dedicating some moment to
silent reflection at the chair.
Finally,
constitutes
celebrated.
sacrament,
every day.

the greeting by the priest, Ite, missa est,

a last admonition to live what has been
It is about protecting the grace received in the
so that it will bear fruits in the Christian life of

Precisely when the Mass is about to end, and we go to

take up the work of every day between toil and dangers, the
Church reminds us that we must live under Gods hand and
that under his hand we will be guided and protected. In this
way the whole essence of the Mass will be, in a certain
sense, incorporated with our being and continued in our life
of each day.
The final blessing and dismissal send us forth to transmit
what we have received to our brothers and sisters. If we
leave immediately after Communion, then we lose this
important component of our spiritual life.

>>>Fr Gem

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Our Love Offering. . .

February 7, 2016 Parish Offertory: $ 11,681.12
February 7, 2016 Parish Improvements: $ 2,926.54

Second Collections Schedule

February 14, Operating Deficit Reduction
February 21, Operating Deficit Reduction
February 28, Operating Deficit Reduction

Thank you for your continuing support.

Please consider including a
bequest to St. Peter the Apostle
in your will or living trust.

FAITH
FORMATION IS
IN NEED OF
VHS & DVD
PLAYERS & A
LIGHT WEIGHT
TV!!!!
GOD BLESS
*** Please
FAITH FORMATION
HOURS:
Sunday 9am-2pm-Monday 1pm-8pm
Tuesday 1pm-8pm-Wednesday 1pm-6pm

do not bring food or beverage

into the church to avoid
spills and unsanitary conditions.***

FAITH FORMATION CLASSES ROOM 13

SATURDAY:
Confirmation 2 Class- 3:30 pm.
Youth Mass-5:00 pm.
SUNDAY:
Pre-School & Kindergarten Class-10:30 am.
Communion 2 Class-10:30 am.
Childrens Mass-12:00pm.
MONDAY:
Confirmation 1 Class-6:30 pm.
TUESDAY:
Communion 1 Class-4:30pm.
RCIA Children & Adults Class-6:30pm.
WEDNESDAY:
3rd8th Grade Class 4:30pm.

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
The Diocese of Las Vegas, in cooperation with
the Vedelago Petsch Architects, Inc., is making
sure that the proposed interior improvements at
St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church is
incompliant with the existing ADA standards.
While awaiting for the issuance of the building
permit from the City of Henderson, we ask for
your kind consideration and understanding for
the delay of the start of our construction.
Meanwhile, the update for our fundraiser is
$87,577.08
Thank you for your continuing support

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HENDERSON, NV

PARISH OFFICE..... 702-970-2500

Fr. Gem Bandivas, Parish Administrator ..Ext. 2509
Fr. Mugagga Lule, Parochial Vicar ... Ext. 2510
Deacon Dan DePozo, Wedding/Baptism .Ext. 2508
Elizabeth Schoeter, Office Manager .....Ext. 2502
Sandra Gaeta, Receptionist/Gift Shop .....Ext. 2501
Dale Victor, Finance Office ....Ext. 2505
Don Grizzard, Maintenance ..... Ext. 2500
Luz Elnar, Housekeeping...Ext. 2500
LITURGICAL MINISTRIES
Liturgy Coordinator...Ellen Lerum
Music Directors .Ken & Ellen Lerum
Sacristans .Jay Frumkin
Altar Servers .Roger Pepper
Extraordinary Ministers .Jos Martinez, Sr.
Lectors ..Daniel Potucek
Ushers ..John Ramos

FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Tim Lawler (Chair), Kenny Allwein, Lou LaPorta,
William J. Sheehan, David Sanchez, Janel Potucek

OTHER MINISTRIES
Grief Support .....Deacon Dan DePozo
Homebound .Jos Martinez, Sr.
Pro-Life .Monica Caffarella
Environment ....
Rosary-Making ...Emely Cortez
Altar Care.Susan Mirasol
DEVOTIONS
Mother of Perpetual Help ...Ernie Mirasol
St.JudeThaddeus .Sacristans
Guadalupanos .Linda Gonzales
Spanish Prayer Group ...Jose Leyva
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