September 10, 2017

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time & Grandparent’s Day

In Christ / En Cristo,

Fr. Cal Christiansen

On Monday, August 28th, the teachers at St. Pius X School and staff at the parish office took a step away from their day-

to-day work and gathered for their annual off-site retreat. This was held at St. Cecilia’s in Stanwood.

Mitch Roberts gave a presentation on DISC, a personality study to better understand work styles, how to build more

effective relationships and to work as a team instead of two separate entities. The day began with Mass and ended with

adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

It was a wonderful opportunity to grow in our faith and self-knowledge in order to serve our parish family more

effectively. A great day for all of us, gathered together in fellowship, learning, laughter and prayer.

El dia Lunes, 28 de Agosto, las maestras de la Escuela de San Pio y el Personal de la Parroquia tomamos un dia fuera de

la rutina y estuvimos todos juntos reunidos en nuestro retiro annual. Este retiro se llevo a cabo en el Instituto Espiritual

las Carmelitas en San Cecilia de Stanwood.

Mitch Roberts dio una presentacion en un Disco, para estudiar y saber mas respecto a los estilos de trabajo, como con-

struir mas efectivamente una relacion y como trabajar mejor como equipo y no como dos entidades separadas. El dia ini-

cio con la Santa Misa y termino con una Adoracion al Santisimo Sacramento.

Fue una gran oportunidad para crecer en nuestra fe y conocimiento para poder ayudar de una mejor manera y mas efec-

tiva a todas las familias de nuestra parroquia. Fue un maravilloso dia para todos nosotros, al pasar mas tiempo juntos en

copania, aprendisaje y oracion.

Monday, 9/11 8:00 a.m. Mass - Victoria E. Balangue, RIP

5:30 p.m. Liturgy Commission, Parish Office Conference Room

7:00 p.m. Finance Council, Parish Office Conference Room

7:00 p.m. St. Pius X Choir rehearsal, Church

7:00 p.m. Missionaries, ESS

Tuesday, 9/12 8:00 a.m. Mass - Vincente Quang Tran, RIP

9:00 a.m. Bible Timeline Bible Study, Social Hall

3:30 p.m. CYO sports practice, Gym

6:00 p.m. Grupo de Oracion Choir rehearsal, Church

7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts, Gym & Parent’s Meeting in ESS

7:00 p.m. Christian Catholic Movement of Families, Fireside Room

Wednesday, 9/13 9:00 a.m. Mass - Robert Guidero, Int

6:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus Social Hour - Open to All in the

Fireside Room

7:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus Business Meeting, Fireside Room

7:00 p.m. Bukas-Loob Sa Dios-DCS, Parish Office Conference Room

Thursday, 9/14 8:00 a.m. Mass - Virginia King, Int

3:30 p.m. CYO sports practice, Gym

6:00 p.m. Traditional Choir Rehearsal, Church

7:00 p.m. Hispanic Prayer for Priests, Adoration Chapel

7:00 p.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe Committee meeting, ESS

7:00 p.m. Bible Timeline Bible Study, Social Hall

7:30 p.m. Bukas-Loob Sa Dios Youth Praise rehearsal, ESS

Friday, 9/15 8:00 a.m. - Joseph R. White, Int

6:30 p.m. Living Water, Social Hall

7:00 p.m. WWCCR Unbound Training, Church

7:00 p.m. Missionaries’ Bible Study, ESS

8:00 p.m. Hispanic Adult Choir rehearsal, Fireside Room

Saturday, 9/16

8:00 a.m. WWCCR Unbound Training, Church

9:00 a.m. Hispanic Bible Study (Missionaries), ESS

9:00 a.m. Bukas-Loob Sa Dios Teaching Ministry, Gym

9:00 a.m. Catechetical Certification Class, Fireside Room

10:00 a.m. Hispanic Baptisms, Church

3:00 p.m. Youth Choir rehearsal, Fireside Room

4:00 p.m. Confessions heard, Confessional in Adoration Chapel

7:00 p.m. Hispanic Marriage Prep, Fireside Room

7:00 p.m. St. Pius X Choir rehearsal, Church

Sunday, 9/17 + Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time +

9:00 a.m. Traditional Choir rehearsal, Fireside Room

10:00 a.m. Volunteer Appreciation Reception after 10:00 a.m. Mass,

Social Hall - All are Welcome!

11:30 a.m. Hispanic RCIA, Fireside Room

12:30 p.m. Confessions heard, Confessional in Adoration Chapel

3:00 p.m. Christian Catholic Movement of Families, Gym

6:00 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, ESS

September 11. 2017 through

September 17, 2017

Living Water Prayer Group Meditation

by Dr. Kerry McMahon

“All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting and reviling must be

removed from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one

another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has

forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31-32

Father in Heaven,

Why is it so difficult to be kind and compassionate in moments

of distress? Why do we take up our sword first and our love

last? This scripture are truly words by which to live. For as we

forgive, we will be forgiven. Regardless of the scenario, you

have called us to respond in grace and the fullness of love; not as

doormats to be walked upon, but as foot washers with tender

hearts. At the expense of our own pride, remind us to be Your

perfect instrument on earth, even if the canvas is rough and

unwelcoming.

Forgive us, Father, for the times in which we’ve sought an eye

for an eye, in those moments when we repaid stubbornness with

stubbornness and pettiness with pettiness - forgive our lack of

grace. You ask us to rise above our own egos and respond in

charity and selflessness. Jesus never acted poorly or justified

bad behavior. He always responded in love.

Our hearts are so imperfect, easily lacking in sacrifice. We look

forward to the day of complete union with You, where our love

will be made perfect. Until that day, grant us the grace to for-

give quickly, not hold grudges and not allow bitterness and re-

sentment find a home in us. Give us soft, kind, merciful hearts.

Help us to offer God responses instead of self-protective atti-

tudes. When those we hold dear have difficult days, sleepless

nights and stressful weeks, we pray our love is greater than

those struggles. Remind us that on any given day, everyone has

a bigger story than the chapter we happened to walk into. Give

us long fuses and short memories when it comes to the broken-

ness of others.

Father, make it impossible for us to not love well so that one day

we may truly be Christ-like in all we do.

Come join us for Living Water Prayer Group on Fridays in the

Social Hall at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is most welcome!

Starting this Weekend

Beginning this weekend, our St. Pius X

Spanish Mass will begin at 1:00 p.m. in-

stead of at 6:00 p.m.

This will probably cause a few parking

issues at first and some confusion with

regard to coffee hours, but hang in there,

people … everything will work out for the

best!

Promise!

www.stpxparish.org

We need an Adorer for:

Sundays from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Wednesdays from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Fridays from 11:00 p.m. to Midnight

Saturdays from Noon until 1:00 p.m.

Perpetual Adoration

Please call Jean or Tony Luke at (425) 670-1941 if you can help

with this most purposeful and worthwhile ministry!

There is an urgent need for substitute Adorers once in awhile

to ‘fill in’ for those who cannot attend their regular, weekly

hour. Adorers have doctor’s appointments, vacations, family

emergencies and all that too! Please sign up to help if you

can.

‘Will you spend just an hour with Me?’

Please pray for the repose of the soul of

Kenneth Koichi Kurosawa

March 21, 1933 - July 16, 2017

Funeral will be at 11:00 a.m.

Friday, September 22, 2017

Please keep this faithful soul in your prayers.

Pray a Rosary with Us for

the End of Abortion

Join us before daily Mass Monday

through Friday at 7:30 a.m. in the Church

for a Rosary to pray for the abolition of abortion.

(Wednesday daily Mass will be at 8:00 a.m. until school re-

convenes on Tuesday, September 6th - and then Wednesday

Mass will be at 9:00 a.m.)

Please offer your prayers for our brothers and sisters who are ill:

Barry, Pricila Cabiles, Alice Cannon, Allan de Castro,

Baby Hudson, Corazon de Castro, Diane Carringer, Lee You Chee,

Eliza, Kyle Earp, Stephanie Farmer, Ann Felix, Payton Haggett,

Joan Heng, Tina Kester, Virginia King, David Kolb, Bob Kolve,

Clay Kolve, Gerri Kolve, Matthew Kolve, Nels Kolve, Mike Lawson,

Michael Leong, Jean Luke, Amanda Manning, Oscar Mendoza,

Elizabeth Herres-Miller, Michelle Miller, Pat Murphy, Adrian Ng,

Linh Nguyen, Joyce Olson, Howard Paull, Jerry Paull, Peter,

Bee Poh, Valentine Powell, The Priano Family, Angie Roberts,

Margarehta Schalk, Dena Schnexnayder, Tom Snyder,

Antonia Adamson-Springett, Rudy Sutlovich, Alberto Tcruz,

Terence, Gean Thompson, Laura Thompson, Scott Thompson,

Pat Weber, Alan Wood, Mark Wood, The Zambrano Family,

& Mary Zgodzinski

We especially pray for the Lord’s mercy for all those who were previously on

the prayer list and remain chronically ill; also for their families and those who

take care of them. If you have recently become critically ill or injured and

would like your name in the bulletin prayer list, please call the parish office or

have an immediate family member make the call for you. Names will be

removed after three months, or sooner at your request. You are welcome to

return names to the prayer list if they’ve been removed.

Will you Say a Prayer?

When you’re in the Adoration Chapel, please take a copy

of the bulletin with the prayer list (above) … or find a copy

of this list posted, and say a prayer for the sick and

infirmed in our parish family.

This can be accomplished by simply saying, ‘Please keep

the people on this list near You and Your will be done,’ or,

quietly read each name to yourself and say, ‘Lord, please

show mercy on these people who are sick.’

By doing this each time you’re in the Chapel, there are

prayers going heavenward for each and every person on

this list, 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.

Prayer is a Very Powerful Resource for All of Us!

Can You and Some Friends,

or Your Ministry

Help Us Out?

Volunteers are needed to serve

coffee and doughnuts after the 11:00 a.m. Mass

on the second Sunday of each month

beginning This Month!

We need a team of three or four people who can

commit to the second Sunday. The work in-

volves serving,

collecting and doing dishes, putting things away

Rachel’s Corner Hope and Healing After Abortion

“This retreat is a safe place. We were guided

by the team into places of the heart which we had blocked and

repressed up to now. The location is beautiful and peaceful. Having

the whole weekend allowed us to keep our hearts and wounds open

in order to continue exploring our emotions.”

- Retreat Testimonial

Come to a Rachel’s Vineyard™ Retreat.

Allow God to fill you with His merciful peace.

Our next retreat will be from

November 10-12, 2017

Call Valerie at (800) 822-HOPE (4673)

You are loved with an everlasting love!

Eres amado con un amor eterno! Project Rachel/Project Joseph is a program of Catholic Community Services

Come join the Lazarus Team of Fabulous People! Help those less

fortunate - and experience the good feeling you have for helping out

the less fortunate! Prayerfully con-

sider joining the Lazarus House

team. Charitable donations make it

possible for this ministry to continue

helping those in need and YOU

could be a huge

part of that!

Right now we are in need of sandwiches and/or

sandwich fixings, cereal, toiletries such as

toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, shampoo, etc.,

St. Vincent de Paul

Wishes You a Blessed Week

In today’s Gospel Jesus says, “… where two

or three are gathered in My name, there am I in the midst of

them.”

In August, through your generous gift, the St. Pius X

Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul enabled the

poor to experience Jesus’ presence by assisting 51 families -

providing 46 bags of food, $304.27 for utilities, $715 for

housing and $450 for furniture and clothing.

Thank you and God bless you!

(425) 355-3504, extension #3

Financial Stewardship Year to Date Report

for 7/1/2017 to 6/30/2018

Weekend collection from pews: 8/26-27 $ 10,449.67

Weekly online giving: 8/26-27 $ 4,225.00

Total collection for week of 8/26-27 $ 14,674.67

Actual YTD Giving: $ 125,094.73

Budgeted YTD Goal: $ 112.500.00

Needed to Meet Weekly Budget: $ 125,000.00

Over/Under budgeted YTD Goal: $ 94.79

Weekly Children’s Collection $ 40.00

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Join the Pro-Life Movement!

Life Chain is a peaceful and prayerful

public witness of Pro-Life individuals who

meet the first Sunday of every month on

Hwy. 99 and 220th from 2:00 p.m. until

3:30 p.m.

This is a visual statement of solidarity by our Christian community that

abortion kills children and our Church supports the sanctity of human life

from the moment of conception until natural death.

Come join us again on Sunday, October 7th!

I wasn’t raised in a particularly religious family. However, in my

late teens, our family started attending the Episcopal church with

which I was affiliated until I was baptized into the Roman

Catholic faith aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on February 7,

1977. Confirmed into the faith in a church in Wichita, KS in 1978,

I never once heard of a Deacon. Oh, I was aware that in the

Protestant faith, deacons were considered to be elders and

revered members of the church, but had no idea they existed in

the Catholic Church.

So, I was confused when, in 1999, Msgr. Joseph Cosgrove at Holy

Cross, introduced our first Deacon, Jerry Heyer. The question

immediately arose in my mind, ‘What is a Deacon?’ Perhaps

some of you have had the same question.

Those of you who are steeped in our Catholic faith will know that

the Church has had deacons throughout its history. Diaconal

service is mentioned in Hebrew scriptures but was never defined

as one holding ecclesial office until mentioned in the New

Testament. Timothy 3:8-13 sets forth the qualifications

necessary for both bishops and deacons.

However, for more than 1,000 years, the diaconate was

considered the final ordination before becoming a priest, known

as ‘transitional deacons.’ The Second Vatican Council

established the permanent diaconate and the first permanent

deacons were ordained in the United States in 1969.

In the hierarchy of the Church, the permanent deacon is the

lowest ranking ecclesial office and is ordained for the service of

the church in liturgy, word and charity. Throughout the world,

there are nearly 70,000 permanent deacons - all of whom serve

at the discretion of the bishop.

The title of deacon derives from the Greek word, ‘diakonos’

which means ‘servant.’ The permanent deacon is ordained by the

bishop and is permanently and publicly configured to Christ the

Servant, and with priests, share the pastoral responsibility of the

bishop to care for all people of the diocese in which he serves. A

deacon keeps one foot in the clerical world and the other in the

secular world and in this way, with the Holy Spirit, provides

witness to God in the marketplace.

Very simply stated, the aforementioned is what a deacon is.

There’s a lot more to the permanent diaconate and I’d be glad to

entertain any other quesetions. For the moment, however, I am

glad you asked!

Glad You

Asked!

By

Deacon

Derrel Craig

“How is it possible to speak of the dignity of every human per-

son when the killing of thte weakest and most innocent is per-

mitted?”

“To claim the right to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia,

and to recognize that right in law, means to attribute to hu-

man freedom a perverse and evil significance.”

The above quotes were taken from

“The Gospel of Life”

Chapter 1

Pope St. John Paul II

Please continue to keep all our brothers and sisters

left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey

in your prayers.

September 5, 2017

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

With deep alarm we learned this morning of the cancellation of the DACA program and a schedule to phase-out the pro-gram in the next six months, unless Congress acts to pass a legislative solution. We want to express clearly at this time our concern for all the young people – Americans – who are affected by this troubling decision. We know many “Dreamers” in western Washington and admire the extraordinary contributions they are making to our communities and the vibrancy of our parishes. To penalize them because they entered the United States without documents as minors with their parents is unjust and does not reflect the proud tradition of our country.

As Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, said today, “These youth entered the U.S. as minors and often know America as their only home. The Catholic Church has long watched with pride and admiration as DACA youth live out their daily lives with hope and determination to flourish and contribute to society: continuing to work and provide for their families, continuing to serve in the military, and continuing to receive an education. Now, after months of anxiety and fear about their futures, these brave young people face deporta-tion.”

With Cardinal DiNardo and the excellent staff of the USCCB, we intend to strongly urge Congress to pass a legislative solution that is humane and fair. Not to do so would be to turn away from our very own sisters and brothers. We en-courage all Catholics in western Washington to let their voices be heard as well. Please refer to the Washington State Catholic Conference’s (WSCC) action alert and add your voice to ours.

To our young friends who are fearful of deportation as a result of this decision by the Trump Administration, we want you to know that we are with you, that we pray for you, and that in the name of the Lord Jesus, we will do all we can to make the United States your permanent home.

Sincerely in Christ,

Most Rev. J. Peter Sartain Most Rev. Eusebio Elizondo, MSpS Most Rev. Daniel H. Mueggenborg

Archbishop of Seattle Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle