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Devotions Readings for the week As we gather, let us remember

of March 12, 2017 and pray for...
Monday - Friday: 7:15 to 7:45 am
- Rosary & Divine Mercy Novena before Sunday: Gn 12:1-4a Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, Saturday, March 11, 2017
Mass in the Church. 22 2 Tm 1:8b-10 Mt 17:1-9 5:00 pm Celia Leideger
Tuesday Sunday, March 12, 2017
- Pro Life Rosary after 8:00 am Mass Monday: Dn 9:4b-10 Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 8:00 am John & Barbara Brawner
in the Chapel. 13 Lk 6:36-38 10:00 am Louis Ferriolo
12:00 pm People of the Parish
Wednesday
-Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20 Ps 50:8-9, 2:00 pm Jesus Jaime Marquez
after 8:00 am Mass in the Church. 16bc-17, 21, 23 Mt 23:1-12 5:00 pm Raymundo Balajadia
Monday, March 13, 2017
-Our Mother of Perpetual Help 6:00 pm 8:00 am Connie Kauwalu
in the Chapel. Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20 Ps 31:5-6,
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
14-16 Mt 20:17-28 8:00 am Elisenda Amaranto
Thursday
-St. Jude Novena after 8:00 am Mass Wednesday, March 15, 2017
in the Church.
Thursday: Jer 17:5-10 Ps 1:1-4, 6 8:00 am Robert & Joy Giljohann
Lk 16:19-31 Thursday, March 16, 2017
-Friday 8:00 am Wayne Highlands
- Eucharistic Adoration after 8:00 am Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a Friday, March 17, 2017
Mass until 3:00 pm in the Chapel
(We need at least two people at all times) Ps 105:16-21 Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 8:00 am Arturo Garcia Jr.
Saturday, March 18, 2017
-Divine Mercy 2:45pm in the Chapel. Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 Ps 103: 5:00 pm Paul & Sharen Peyrebrune
1-4, 9-12 Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Sunday, March 19, 2017
-Spanish Prayer Group at 6:00 pm 8:00 am People of the Parish
in room 13.
10:00 am Daniela Gastelum
Next Sunday: Ex 17:3-7 Ps 95:1-2, 6- 12:00pm Jesus Jaime Marquez
Saturday 9 Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15,
-Legion of Mary 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm 2:00 pm St. Jude
In the Chapel. 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 5:00pm Eleanor Skurski

St. Peter The Apostle Catholic Community welcomes Our New Parishioners
January, February
Joe Bowyer & Dolores GabaySilvia SiliceoChristina Vasquez
Irene A. SteinhardtMichael & Fe AllenDaniel FredericksonCarlito & Gloria Locsin
Raymundo Lopez & Mercedes GuerreroWilfredo & Elizabeth RecientesLoraine Plummer
Arlen CastroTany & Juliana MatilaNadia D. SandovalFrancisco & Maricela GonzalezJessica Laniba
Lydia MilloraJoseph & Christine SchiavoneHector Torres & Maria Zapien
Danny A. & Brittney M. VellaRobert & Myra SimmonsIgnacio RendonCarlo ChavezPeter Harbauer
Daniel & Jean SarmientoThayman & Josefa SanfordMonika NogajAlejandro SolisMacaria Martinez
In order that we may better serve you, please register with the Parish.

Faith Formation Hours: St. Peter the Apostle Gift Shop

Sunday 9am-2pm-Monday 1pm-8pm
Tuesday 1pm-8pm- Wednesday 1pm-8pm Monday to Thursday 8am-4:30pm
(Closed for Lunch 1pm-1:30pm)
Faith Formation Classes Room 13
Sunday: Sunday 9am-4pm
Pre-school & Kindergarten Classes (Closed for Lunch 12pm-1pm)
10:30-11:45am.
Communion 2 Classes 10:30am & Attend NOW ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS
Childrens Mass at 12pm.
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Monday:
Confirmation I & II Classes 6:30pm-8pm
Tuesday:
PAR I Classes 4:30pm-6pm
RCIA Adults & Children Classes 6:30pm-8pm
Wednesday:
3rd- 8th grade & Older Communion I Classes 4:30-6pm
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PARISH RECOLLECTION
HEALING LIFES HURTS
By John Cojanis
MARCH 14, 2017
10:00am or 6:00pm
& those who are 18 but not yet 60 are allowed only one
MARCH 16, 2017
10:00am or 6:00pm
SESSIONS AT 10AM AND 6PM ON
THE SAME DAY ARE THE SAME
BUT EACH DAY THE TOPIC IS
DIFFERENT
Stations of The Cross
Va Crucis
6 pm English, Every Friday during
Lent
7 pm Todo los Viernes durante la
Cuaresma
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LENT is the season of
Penance, Prayer, Fasting
and Almsgiving
Annual Penance Service/
Lenten Confessions is on
Wednesday March 15,
2017 from 9am to 12noon
and 5pm to 8pm.
FASTING: On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday,
full meal. Two smaller meals are allowed as needed,
but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted.
ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT: Those who are 14
years of age or older to abstain from meat on Ash
Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent.
OUR PARISH WOULD LIKE TO THANK
THE VARIOUS MINISTRIES AND PRAYER
GROUPS FOR SPONSORING OUR LENTEN
MEAL OF HOT SOUP AND BREAD:
Ash Wednesday, after 12 noon Mass,
1pm - USHERS c/o John & Angie Ramos
Ash Wednesday, after 6pm Mass,
7pm - CHOIR/MUSIC MINISTRY
March 3, 6:30pm - MOTHER OF PERPETUAL
HELP c/o Ernie & Susan Mirasol
March 10, 6:30pm - GUADALUPANOS
c/o Linda Gonzalez
March 17, 6:30pm - Sto. Nio Prayer Group
c/o Flora Valdez
March 24, 6:30pm - LECTORS
c/o Dan & Janel Potucek
March 31, 6:30pm - SPANISH PRAYER GROUP
c/o Jose & Columba Leyva
April 7, 6:30pm - SACRISTANS
c/o Carlos & Alma Sedano
April 14, after Passion Play, Outdoor Stations of the
Cross 11am - St. Peter Staff
St. Vincent de Paul for the Bread
Thank you for your kind generosity
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CANONICAL- LITURGICAL FORUM
BY FR. GEM BANDIVAS, JCL, MBA, PhD
REMOVING HOLY WATER DURING LENT
Dear Father Gem: May you have a good and fruitful
Lenten celebration this year. My question is about
Holy Water during Lent. I notice that there is an
increasingly surfacing practice of removing holy
water from the fonts of churches for the entire Lenten
season. Last Sunday I was looking for holy water
stoups at the entrance of the church only to be told
that we removed it because we are in the desert
days of Lent. Are we also adopting this new
practice? Will you please provide us documentation
to show that this is now the trend that the Catholic
Church is adopting? Thanks.
Rita, STPA Parishioner
Dear Rita: First of all, Id like to thank you for bringing up
this issue. I have to admit that I am partly to be blamed for
the disappearance of the holy water stoups at the
entrance of the church. I apologized for the inconvenience
as a result of my ignorance. Last Ash Wednesday after
the 8:00AM Mass, one older parishioner advised me that
we need to remove the holy water stoups because its
already Lent. Considering that the advice came from a
long time and respectable parishioner, without any
hesitation I quickly said OKAY and the sacristan of the
day who overheard the conversation immediately
removed it.
Later in the day, I kept asking myself whether what I
did was in accord to the mind of the Church. So, I started
researching. Then I came across this document from the
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the
Sacraments in an official reply to a dubium on March 14,
2000 (Prot. N. 569/00/L). To wit:
This Dicastery is able to respond that the removing
of Holy Water from the fonts during the season of Lent is
not permitted, in particular, for two reasons:
1. The liturgical legislation in force does not
foresee this innovation, which in addition to being praeter
legem is contrary to a balanced understanding of the
season of Lent, which though truly being a season of
penance, is also a season rich in the symbolism of water
and baptism, constantly evoked in liturgical texts.
2. The encouragement of the Church that the
faithful avail themselves frequently of the sacraments is to
be understood to apply also to the season of Lent. The
fast and abstinence which the faithful embrace in this
season does not extend to abstaining from the
sacraments or sacramentals of the Church.
The practice of the Church has been to empty the
Holy Water fonts on the days of the Sacred Triduum in
preparation of the blessing of the water at the Easter Vigil,
and it corresponds to those days on which the Eucharist is
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not celebrated (i.e., Good Friday and Holy Saturday).
That is fairly clear. As of this writing, I already gave
instruction to put back our holy water stoups at the
entrance of the church until after Mass on Holy Thursday,
when they are emptied of holy water and later refilled with
the water blessed at the Easter Vigil (Paschales
Solemnitatis 97).
The tradition of placing holy water stoups at the
entrance of the church probably originated with the
custom of early Christians of washing their hands before
entering the basilica in a fountain opportunely located in
the atrium and called a cantharus or phiala. The custom
was not just for practical purposes, as can be seen in St.
John Chrysostoms admonition to those who enter church
washing their hands but not their hearts (Homily LXXI on
St. John).
One of the most famous of these fountains was the
first-century bronze pine cone, almost 4 meters high,
which originally stood near the Pantheon and the temple
of Isis in Rome and was later moved into the courtyard of
the original basilica of St. Peter. In 1608, during
construction of the new St. Peters Basilica, it was moved
to its present location, the Cortile della Pigna, which now
forms part of the Vatican Museums.
When in time the atrium of most churches was
reduced to a porch or narthex, the cantharus gave way to
smaller stoups placed just inside the entrance of the
church.
This change also led to the disappearance of any
practical usage of water, leaving only the religious
meaning as a symbol of baptism and purification.
Although the practice already existed in some places, it
was Pope Leo IV (847-855) who ordered priests to bless
and sprinkle the people with holy water every Sunday
before Mass. In some places this was done by the priest
as the people entered the church. The present custom of
crossing oneself is apparently of later origin.
There are relatively few extant examples of stoups
from before the 11th century, although there are some
probable examples going back several centuries earlier,
such as a ninth-century pail in the treasury of Aachen.
There are no universally established rules regarding the
size, shape and design of stoups, and many forms are
found.
Lent is a time when we need the spiritual benefits of
holy water. Holy water is a sacramental. Holy water is a
protection from evil, a reminder of our baptism and of our
commitment to live a Christ-centered life.
Fr. Gem
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Our Love Offering. . . In Memoriam

March 5, 2017 Parish Offertory:$ 12,763.28
March 5, 2017 2nd Collection:$ 3,431.50
Second Collections Schedule St. Peter The Apostle Catholic Community
Extend our Most Sincere
March 12, Operating Deficit Reduction Condolences to The Families Of:
March 19, Operating Deficit Reduction
Beverly Harbauer
Please consider including a bequest to Jesus Miuora
St. Peter the Apostle in your will or living trust.
Dora Crews
Thank you for your continuing support Michael Lee Dominguez

St. Peter the Apostle

Music Ministry

Mass Intentions for 2017 are now

available. The cost of each Mass
intention is $15.00 and will come with a
card that has the name of your loved one
and the date of the Mass. We can accept
check or cash for payment. One intention
per Mass is accepted unless two people
share the same last name, husband and
wife for example. There is a four Mass
limit per person and you may not request
the same Mass each week. There is no
guarantee that your loved ones name will
be mentioned during the Mass. Please
come to the office to make your requests.
St. Peter places fresh flowers in the
sanctuary area of the church. If you
would like to donate the cost of the
flowers on behalf of your family or a
loved one, please contact the Parish
office at, 702-970-2500 for complete
details.
Join the Choir
Practice on Wednesday, 6:45pm
&
Saturday, 4:00pm In the Church
If you can sing or play a musical instrument
we invite you to join our Choir
please attend the rehearsal or call the
Parish office.

CALLING ALL YOUTH GROUP

COMING SOON Middle School Youth Group Meet every
second Sunday of each month 6:30 p.m.
St. Peter the Apostle Gift Shop in the Faith Formation Complex.

High School Youth GroupLife Nights

will now have available the Sundays from 6:30pm-8:00pm Room 13.

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If there are any questions about the youth groups or if you are looking to
help out in any way with these worthy and beautiful groups please contact
Anthony Sperduti, 702.354.5960 or email anthonysperduti@gmail.com

Audio/Video Ministry
Audio/Video Ministry is looking for kind hearted people to run the slideshows
for Mass. If you like to.help.out at St. Peters and haven't found a ministry you
Please visit our would enjoy, this group will.surely love your support. All you have to do is
contact Anthony J. Sperduti - A/V Ministry Coordinator at his.email
Website: anthonysperduti@gmail.com or call him at 702.354.5960 and we can instruct
you on the simple to follow procedures of running the slideshow projectors for
your fellow parishioners. You will find this ministry easy and fun and if you
Stpeterhenderson.org ever feel like falling asleep during Mass this will surely.keep you awake as
you follow along with the Mass. We are looking for new people to start as
soon as possible.
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PARISH OFFICE...... 702-970-2500 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION702-970-2525

Fr. Gem Bandivas, Parish Administrator .Ext. 2509 Maria Oswald, DRE .. .Ext. 2528
Deacon Bill Davis, Finance/Homebound .Ext. 2500 Terry Christiansen, Faith Formation .Ext. 2526
Malu Marigomen, Business ManagerExt. 2503 Vickie Sanchez, Faith Formation.Ext.2525
Elizabeth Schoeter, Office Manager .....Ext.2502 Margie Bedosky, Faith Formation..Ext. 2525
Cindy Blatchford, Bookkeeper .....Ext. 2505 Anthony Sperduti, Servant Coordinator for Youth And
Sandra Gaeta, Receptionist/Gift Shop ....Ext. 2501 Young Adults.Ext. 2525
Don Grizzard, Facility Maintenance .Ext. 2500
Connor Grizzard, Maintenance Assistant.Ext. 2500 OTHER MINISTRIES
Luz Elnar, HousekeepingExt. 2500 Homebound ...Deacon Bill Davis
Pro-Life Monica Caffarella
LITURGICAL MINISTRIES Environment ...Michelle Couch
Sacristans Carlos Sedano Rosary-Making ..Marie Misa
Altar Servers .Roger Pepper Altar Care..Susan Mirasol
Extraordinary Ministers .. Wedding Coordinator..Linda Rivera
Lectors .Daniel Potucek BereavementLinda Rivera
Ushers ..John Ramos
DEVOTIONS
HOSPITALITY: Mother of Perpetual Help .....Ernie Mirasol
Tony Roberto, Ruth Majovsky St.JudeThaddeus ...Sacristans
Guadalupanos ...Linda Gonzales
BUILDING & GROUNDS: Spanish Prayer Group .Jose Leyva
Deacon Bill Davis Legion of Mary Nelly Heagney

FUNDRAISER: NON-PARISH MINISTRIES

Sylvia De Guzman Shue Knights of Columbus .Francisco Diaz
St. Vincent de Paul .Pat Dockins
HUMAN RESOURCES & RECRUITMENT:
Janel Potucek
Rosary Making Ministry
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Deacon Bill Davis(Chair), Please join us 2nd Sunday of each month
Sylvia De Guzman Shue, Janel Potucek, Dorothy Reed, Room 6 @ 3:30pm. For questions please
Josie Cruz call Marie Misa 702-565-1736 or
Sam Greene 702-813-9994

Safe Environment Program

St. Peters is fully committed to ensuring a safe
environment for all parishioners. A Victims
Advocate Hotline, 702-235-7723 is available
through the Diocese for any individual who has been
sexually and/or physically abused.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
We invite you to come join us every
4th Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm
in the Parish Hall.
For more information please contact

Important Help Numbers Francisco Diaz: Cell 419-796-8325

Catholic Charities Adoption Services
(702) 385-3351
First Choice Pregnancy Services
(702) 294-2273
Womens Resource Centers of Southern NV
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Living Grace Home-(702) 212-6472 serving the
special needs of pregnant young moms
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St. Vincent de Paul
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
is requesting donations of usable
blankets, jackets and coats for the
homeless. Call 702-877-9500 if for
any questions.
Donations can be left at the Office.
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