The Catholic Community of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, guided by the Holy Spirit, commits itself to work steadfastly in

love and humility to discern the will of God as we seek to proclaim the mission of Jesus Christ in our parish and beyond.

Gifted and called by Baptism, we dedicate ourselves to minister to the diverse needs of all of God’s people through every dimension of our worship, formation, fellowship, stewardship, and service.

May all that we do in His Name glorify Jesus Christ. Amen.

314 Turner Road • Salem, Virginia 24153

Website: www.olphsalem.org • Email: office@olphsalem.org Phone: (540) 387-0491 • Fax: (540) 389-8237

Parish Office: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Monday–Friday

EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES Saturday Vigil: ........................................ 5:30 pm Sunday:…………………… 8:00 am &10:30 am Weekdays: .............................. See inside bulletin Holy Days: ............................. 12:00 and 7:00 pm A nursery is available during the 10:30 am Mass on Sunday for children 6 months to 3 years of age.

PRAYER AND DEVOTIONS Eucharistic Adoration: 3:00–9:00 pm Wed. The Church and Eucharistic Chapel are open for prayers during office hours.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: ........................................ 4:00–5:00 pm Wednesday: ..... 5:30–6:00 pm or by appointment

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM See page 2, “Christian Initiation”

SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING Please contact the parish office at 387-0491 to receive the Sacrament of Anointing by appointment or if you would like a visit by our pastoral staff.

REGIONAL OFFICES AND SERVICES Salem Knights of Columbus ................. 525-7479 Roanoke Catholic School ..................... 982-3532 Commonwealth Catholic Charities ....... 344-5107 Madonna House .................................... 343-8464 St. Francis House .................................. 342-7561 Roanoke Area Ministries ...................... 345-8850 RAM House .......................................... 343-3753 St. Andrew’s Diocesan Cemetery ......... 342-9180 Refugee & Immigration Services ......... 342-7561 Ancient Order of Hibernians ................ 427-1246 Catholic Historical Society ................... 982-0152 Our Lady of the Valley Ret. Comm. .... 345-5111

MARCH 22, 2015

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CHRISTIAN INITIATION: Infant Baptism – Please contact Deacon Eric Surat, 387-0491, Ext. 320, for information regarding baptismal preparation. For information regarding the adult process (RCIA), please call the parish office. NEWCOMERS: Welcome to our community! Please call Vicki Hubbard in the office to register, 387-0491. MARRIAGE PREPARATION: Please contact the Pastor, 387-0491, at least six months prior to the intended date. ORDAINED MINISTRY & RELIGIOUS LIFE: For information about the life and ministry of priests, deacons, seminarians and communities of men &women in religious life, contact the pastor or visit the web page of our Vocations Office: www.richmonddiocese.org/vocations. PARISH FAMILY CRISIS: A resource for parishioners in need. Fr. McKay, 387-0491. HOSPITAL VISITS: If you are homebound or in the hospital, please call the parish office, 387-0491. When you are admitted to the hospital, please list yourself as Catholic and state that you want your church informed of your stay. Due to HIPPA regulations, this is the only way the hospital can release information to the church. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION-PASTORAL CARE: Lewis Gale - Ronny & Renee Riqulemy Salem Health – Bill Guentner Richfield – Martha Dishner

STATIONS OF THE CROSS every Friday at 7 pm during Lent followed by Benediction. This is a wonderful way to experience the fullness of Lent in your prayer life and prepare your heart for the celebration of Easter. See you there? DAY OF REFLECTION on Saturday, April 25, from 9 am to 3 pm at Camp Bethel. The theme for this years’ event is "Living Plan B". Cost is $15/per person and will include coffee, snacks and lunch. Sign Up Now! Sign up sheets are on the bulletin board in the Commons. Contact Beverly Stith Email Dabeebs1@aol.com or call 589-1478. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SCHOLARSHIP Are you a college-bound high school graduate or an undergraduate college student in need of some financial assistance? The Albert H. Canfield Scholarship may be for you. Check out the Knights of Columbus Council 562 website www.kofc562/canfield for the criteria and eligibility requirements. The mandatory deadline for submission of applications is April 15, 2015. For additional information, contact Joe Moses at 540-819-7487 or 540-342-4143. HOLY WEEK OFFERINGS During the Holy Thursday Mass, the procession at the preparation of Gifts is to include gifts for the poor. It is therefore a fitting time to return the Haiti Bowls we have filled as a Lenten sacrifice. Please bring your Haiti Bowl and place it in on of the baskets provided. THE LIGHTHOUSE MEDIA located by the hospitality kitchen in the Commons has many spiritual aids for you during this Lenten season. Many of tthe books and CDs are geared especially for Lent. "JOY" movie night is this Thursday, March 26 at 7 pm in the Social Hall. Come and spend some time with fellow parishioners and enjoy a good movie. THANK YOU for your generosity in helping Jesus in Disguise through Catholic Relief Services, reaching out to those who are in need. YEAR OF THE CONSECRATED LIFE "May the world of our time...be enabled to receive the Good News not from evangelizers who are dejected and discouraged...but from ministers of the gospel whose lives glow with fervor, who have first received the joy of Christ." __Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi, no. 1

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Holy Thursday April 2 Mass of the Lord's Supper 7:00 pm Good Friday April 3 Stations of the Cross 12:00 Noon The Passion of the Lord 7:00 pm Holy Saturday April 4 Morning Prayer 9:00 am Blessing of Easter Food 9:45 am Easter Egg Hunt 10:00 am Easter Vigil 8:00 pm Easter Sunday April 5 Easter Sunday Mass 8:00 & 10:30 am

* The office will be closed Friday, April 3 through Friday, April 10.

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PARISH EVENTS and LITURGIES

Saturday, March 21 8:30 am Carmelites, Chapel & FLC 10:00 am Olive Branch (10 am - 1 pm; 4:30 - 7 pm) 4:00 pm Confessions 5:30 pm Mass - Ginny Riquelmy Sunday, March 22 8:00 am Mass - OLPH Parishioners 8:30 am RCIA, FLC 9:00 am K-12 Christian Formation, FLC 10:30 am Preschool, FLC 10:30 am Mass - Norma Sowers 11:30 am Children's Choir Practice, Choir Room 11:30 am Spring Bake Sale, Commons Monday, March 23 12:00 pm Mass - Norene Beach 6:30 pm Alpha, SH Tuesday, March 24 12:00 pm Mass - Ivan Skrobić Wednesday, March 25 1:00 pm Olive Branch (1-4pm and 4:30 - 7 pm) 3: 00 pm Adoration (3 - 6 pm; 7-9 pm) 5:30 pm Confessions 6:30 pm Mass - Eleanor Nunley Thursday, March 26 9:00 am Mass - Eleanor Nunley 10:30 am Bible Study, FLC 5:00 pm Sacramental Prep, FLC 7:00 pm Adult Choir, Worship 7:00 pm Joy Movie Night, SH Friday, March 27 9:00 am Mass 5:00 pm Fish Fry, SH 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross & Benediction Saturday, March 28 8:30 am Dominicans, Chapel & FLC 10:00 am 1st Communion Session, SH 10:00 am Olive Branch (10 am - 1 pm; 4:30 - 7 pm) 4:00 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Children's Choir, Choir Room 5:30 pm Mass - David Lundie Sunday, March 29 - Palm Sunday 8:00 am Mass - OLPH Parishioners 8:30 am RCIA, FLC 9:00 am K-12 Christian Formation, FLC 10:30 am Preschool, FLC 10:30 am Mass - Coy Witt 11:45 am Youth Group, FLC 12:00 pm Adult Choir, SH 1:00 pm Franciscans, Commons

Please pray for our sick, that they may be strengthened by the love of Christ.

Janice Allen Kristy Bagnasco David Bowling Kathleen Brightwell

Martha Faw Mae Fukumoto Alicia Gay Bill Hawryliw

Steve Mowles Danny Psathos Will Thomas Shirley Williams

Readings for the Week March 22 - March 29, 2015

Sunday: Jer 31:31-34/Heb 5:7-9/Jn 12:20-33 Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Heb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9/Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13/Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28/Jn 11:45-56 Next Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16/Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/Mk 14:1 or 15:47 or 15:1-39

Liturgical Ministry Schedule

5:30 pm Saturday March 28

10:30 am Sunday

March 29

Welcomer Mary Kafura Tammy St. Clair

CLW

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Christine Johnson Sarah Wyar Mary Gubla Dennis Kafura Peggy Miller Angela Meadows Mary Kafura

Sherri McGuire David Wyble Eric Surat Joe Tucciarone Pat Wyble Linda Tucciarone Mike McGuire Lisa Fleischhauer Dan McBride

Lectors Michael McKnew Vicki Hubbard

Brian Corbett Janet deGuzman

Altar Servers Gabriella Stanley Morgan Fletchall Everett Fletchall

Cross Bearer Russell Chu ?

Sound Board Chris Smith Jeremiah Krajnik

Instrumentalists ? ? ?

Cantor Michael Hemphill Dave Drahos

Altar Linens Pat Purcell

8:00 am Sunday

March 29

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Beth Nalls Glenn Nalls

John Beach ?

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Tom Fame

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This page is sponsored by the Salem Knights of Columbus Council #10015

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LOOKING FOR THAT special book or gift for First Communion or Confirmation? Come to the Olive Branch after Mass or on Wednesdays (1-4 pm; 4:30-7 pm) or Saturdays (10 am-1pm; 4:30 -7pm) and see the many gift ideas recently stocked for both of these special occasions. WINTER IS OVER and the spring clean up begins. We are looking for some new folks to commit to helping out with sections of the gardens around the church. Some of our people have been doing this for many years and are ready to retire. Needed is some young blood to carry on. If you are interested in helping, call Mike Siska at 389-4399 or the office 387-0491. DURING THE HOLY DAYS Palm Sunday through Divine Mercy Sunday we will not be selling balls for the "One Ball Bingo " in the Commons. We will resume the weekend of April 18/19. If you wish to buy a number call Mike McKnew 815-1315 or Scott Rogers 734-755-2185. THERE WILL BE a reception in the Social Hall after the Easter Vigil to welcome the newly received into the church. Please bring a plate of appetizers, finger foods or desserts to share. Drinks will be provided. There will be someone in the church in the morning and in the evening on Saturday, April 4 to receive food. Please drop food off at the kitchen in the Social Hall. THE OLPH YOUTH The OLPH Youth Group is collecting plastic Easter Eggs and individually wrapped candy for our Easter Egg Hunt on April 4 at 10:00 am. We appreciate all donations. A box is located in the Commons for donations until the weekend of March 28 and 29.

ATTENTION PARENTS OF RISING 9th and - 12th GRADERS The Steubenville Atlanta Youth Conference presented by Life Teen is July 9-12, 2015! Please prayerfully consider sending your teen to Atlanta. There is an information packet on the Youth Bulletin Board. I need to know by March 29th if your teen is interested. If you have any questions, please contact Melissa Yates at 387-0491. Thank you.

Easter Egg Hunt

The OLPH Youth Group is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt for children up to grade 5 on Saturday, April 4. The hunt will begin promptly 10:00 am. Please gather by the playground and bring your Easter Basket! Snacks and various activities will follow the hunt.

Last Lenten Fish-Frys is Friday, March 27. The public is welcome, so please invite all your friends and neighbors. Delicious fried or baked flounder, along with various side dishes, desserts and beverages. Price: ( 6 years and up) $8.00 Children: ( 5 years and under) Free

Please sign up on the Youth Bulletin Board for the following activities: • March 29 after the 10:30 am Mass -

2:00 pm Stuffing Easter Eggs- Meet in Room 8/10 in the Family Life Center. Lunch will be provided. • April 4 – Sign up to Work the Easter Egg Hunt • 9:00 am -11:30 am • April 12 – Youth Group Meeting

5:00 -7:00 pm in the Social Hall. Capture the Flag, weather permitting.

TRIDUUM - THE THREE DAYS - AND EASTER: the high holy days of Christians. This is the week we are encouraged to set aside our busy-ness and immerse ourselves in the path from Gethsemane to glory. Here we have the opportunity to zero in on those things which define our faith: our call to love and serve one another and to share Eucharist at one table (Holy Thursday); the meaning of the Cross (Good Friday); the stories and songs of salvation promises, welcoming new members and recalling our own baptismal vows with its promise of our own (Easter Vigil). If you have never experienced this feast in its wholeness, perhaps this is the year to make time. "Therefore let us celebrate the feast, with sincerity and truth." (1Cor. 5:8)

PARISH STAFF

Clergy

Pastor Rev. Alistair McKay, C.S.s.R.

amckay@richmonddiocese.org 387-0491 Ext. 301

Deacon Rev. Dr. Eric Surat

office@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 320

Ministries

Music & Worship Barbara Fraticelli

music@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 305

Youth Ministry Melissa Yates

youthministry@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 307

Religious Education Barbara Hairfield

christianformation@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 304

Roanoke College Ministry

Rebecca Siar rasiar@mail.roanoke.edu

Administrative Staff

Business Manager Elaine Fletchall

busmgr@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 302

Parish Secretary Vicki Hubbard

office@olphsalem.org 387-0491 Ext. 300

Custodian Milka Ponjavic

Olive Branch

Pat Hickok olivebranch@olphsalem.org

387-0491 Ext. 306

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OLPH Financial Stewardship

Regular Offertory Additional Income * Total Week Ending 3-01-15 $15,047.34 $ 1,245.00 $16,292.34 Week Ending 3-08-15 $ 6,954.45 $ 2,180.00 $ 9,134.45 Week Ending 3-15-15 $ 8,928.81 $ 155.00 $ 9,083.81 Additional income (first three weeks in March) includes $646 for capital improvement, $121 for discretionary, $1,143 for Easter flowers, $20 for Catholic Virginian, $100 for stole fee, $1,500 designated (Fish Fry), and $50 designated (youth ministry) Also collected (first three weeks in March) was $64 for St. Francis House, $1,290 for Health Wagon, $777 for Catholic Relief Services, $30 for Gift of Life, $515 for Family Crisis, and $3,025 for Haiti Mass Count Week Ending 3-01-15 442 Week Ending 3-08-15 516 Week Ending 3-15-15 499

“I will be their God and they shall be my people” - Jeremiah 31:33

OUTSIDE THE PARISH

THIS LENTEN SEASON see "Tetélestai" It is Finished; the trial, execution, and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah at St. Andrew's Catholic Church on Friday, March 20 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, March 21 at 1:00 & 8:00 pm. Come and live The Passion, free admission; donations accepted; no reserved seating. Go to livethepassion.org for more information. UMBRELLAS AND CALENDARS NEEDED Newly arriving refugees are acclimating to more than just the snow when they arrive. In addition to all the other things needed when they arrive, umbrellas and 2015 calendars would be a great help to them. Umbrellas are handy year-round as many refugees rely on public transportation and walking to get around. Calendars help refugees learn about making appointments and keeping a calendar to encourage habits for success in America. If you have these items to share, please call (540) 342-7561 or deliver them to Commonwealth Catholic Charities, 820 Campbell Avenue. BAKE IT FORWARD SALEM A cooperative project of Salem Area Ecumenical Ministries and the Salem Food Pantry. This project enables you to share your baking talents and favorite recipes in Christian love with those in need in our community. See the bulletin board by the hospitality kitchen for suggestions of homemade items needed and the times and places for delivery. For further information, contact Karen Adams at College Lutheran Church 389-4963 or karenadams@collegelutheran.org.

"To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything

he has given us. And he has given us everything." __Thomas Merton