Welcome to Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

Mass Schedule Saturday: 4:00 pm Sunday: 8:30 am & 10:30 am Holy Day: 5:30 pm

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Rev. Michael Brown Parochial Administrator

Dave Lang Parish Manager

Rev. Joseph Newman, OSFS Rev. Alan Zobler, OSFS

Weekend Celebrants

Gary Thrun Deacon

Sr. Ritamarie Miller, OSF/T Director of Liturgy & Music

Lisa Pierson Office Manager, CRE

PARISH OFFICE: 419-865-2345 OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Friday

8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

ADDRESS: 6149 Hill Ave., Toledo, OH 43615

REGISTRATION: New members should call or visit the

Parish Office

RECONCILIATION:

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. every Saturday or by appointment

BAPTISMS:

Call Parish Office

MARRIAGES: Please contact Parish Office

6 months in advance

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults): Call Marty Charney at 419-865-7252

Christian Formation Program

(classes for public grade school children) Call the Parish Office

MASSES:

Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Holy Days: 5:30 p.m.

ST. BENEDICT CATHOLIC SCHOOL Martha Hartman,

Principal/ St. Benedict Catholic School Diane Spetz,

Secretary/ St. Benedict Catholic School

SCHOOL PHONE - 419-536-1194 SCHOOL FAX - 419-531-5140

Parish Activities for This Week

Sunday, February 25: 2nd Sunday of Lent Mass: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 2nd Grade Eucharist Session: 9:15 a.m., Parish

Office RCIA: 9:30 a.m., Lourdes Room Monday, February 26: Deadline for March 4 Bulletin: Please submit

articles in email format to Parish Office by noon. Prayer Shawl Ministry: 1:00 p.m., Lourdes Room St. Benedict School Board: 5:30 p.m., Conference

Room RCIC: 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 27: Bible Study: 6:30 p.m., Lourdes Room Wednesday, February 28: Hospitality Kitchen: 10:00a.m.-12:00p.m., Parish

Life Center Family Faith Formation: 6:00 p.m., Parish Life

Center Thursday, March 1: Bingo: In the Parish Life Center. Doors open at

10:00 a.m. Hard Card and Paper Lightning at 11:00 a.m. Series at 1:00 p.m. To volunteer call 419-865-2345.

Choir: 7:00 p.m., Music Room Friday, March 2: Stations of the Cross: 7:00 p.m., Church Saturday, March 3: St. Katharine Drexel Confirmation: 11:00 a.m., Rosary Cathedral Reconciliation: 3:00-3:30 p.m. Mass: 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 4: 3rd Sunday of Lent Mass: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. RCIA: 9:30 a.m., Lourdes Room

Palms for Easter Fire There is a container beside the lectern in the Gathering Space in which you may place Old Palms. The Palms will be burned in the fire at the Easter Vigil.

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SACRIFICIAL GIVING REPORT Offertory: Sunday/Holy Day/Initial Offering: 2/18...$ 8,933.57 Weekly Sunday Offering Budget……….$ 9,500.00 Over (under) for the week #35– 2/18.....$ (566.43) Year-to-date thru 2/18/2018…...............$ 295,735.11 Year-to-date budgeted thru 2/18/2018..$ 323,000.00 Over (under) thru 2/18/2018…..............$ (31,714.23)

THANKS so much to all who support our parish.

Call the parish office or drop us a note if you would like to receive contribution envelopes. Please call the Parish

Office if you have any changes in your address, phone, household, etc.

Mass Intentions

Sat. 3/3 4:00 p.m. Sophia B. Wallace Dan and Sue Shanahan Jane Jarzynski Sun. 3/4 8:30 a.m. OLL Parishioners Sun. 3/4 10:30 a.m. Robert Pacholski

Church Laundry: Feb. 25-Mar. 3: Connie Kuyoth

March 4-10: Mary Doore

Church Cleaners: February 26: Mary Alice McGuire March 5: Carmen Worline

Ministry of Praise Petitions

1) Those Who Mourn 2) Nursing Home Residents 3) Caregivers

March 3 & 4, 2018

4:00 p.m. Mass CELEBRANT: Fr. Mike Brown EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Deacon Gary, Cathy

Pirucki, Stan Pirucki, Sr. Sharon Pollnow, Catherine Carrigan, Margaret Boltz, Dave Drlik

LECTOR: James and Ruthi Mitchell SERVERS: Devin Corson, Dylan Burnham 8:30 a.m. Mass CELEBRANT: Fr. Joseph Newman EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Kim Stanford, Judy Born,

Bonnie Tillman LECTOR: Veronica Hoffman SERVERS: Hawley family

10:30 a.m. Mass CELEBRANT: Fr. Joseph Newman EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Chuck Martin, Margaret

Martin, John Anderson, Marty Paskiet, Janet Veith, Rose Underwood, Rose Dennis

LECTOR: Chuck & Margaret Martin SERVERS: Emma Siers, Elizabeth Skowronski

Liturgical Ministers

The Sanctuary Lamp burns to remind us of the presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Sponsorship this

week is in memory of OLL Parishioners.

Please pray for the soul of James Wadley who passed away on February 17th. May God grant him eternal rest. Amen.

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Daughters of Mary Mass will be celebrated in honor of its members on Saturday, March 3rd at the 4:00 Mass.

Church Directories will be distributed to all parishioners who had their portrait taken the end of March, the first anniver-sary of the dedication of the new church. If you have not yet received your free

portrait that was taken in the fall, please stop by the parish office during business hours to pick it up.

If you do not wish your name and contact infor-mation to be included in the new parish directo-ry, please notify the parish office.

Heartbeat-Baby Bottle Return Reminder to return your filled baby bottle for Heart-beat the weekend of March 3 & 4. Heartbeat of Tole-do, a life-affirming pregnancy support center, will use your donations to help women facing unplanned pregnancies by providing free preg-nancy tests, ultrasounds, options coun-seling, and prenatal parenting classes. Thank you for your support of Heart-beat of Toledo!

Anyone in 1st through 8th grade interested in playing spring soccer, please complete the fol-lowing forms and return to the St Benedict School of-fice.

Soccer Registration

CYO Contract

Emergency Medical Form

Acknowledgement of Concussion Information Parent/Player Sudden Cardiac Arrest Signature Form Forms can be found at StBenedicttoledo.org website. Deadline is March 2nd 2018

The Light is On

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, March 21, 2018 when the confessional lights will be on in parishes across the Diocese of To-ledo for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Between the hours of 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM on March 21st priests in local parishes will be available to hear confessions.

Begun in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC as a means to encourage the Catholic faithful to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation, The Light is On is a collective diocesan-wide effort when confessions are scheduled at the same time at local parishes on a se-lected day.

Priests in local parishes will avail themselves to hear confessions on this date.

Fr. Mike Brown will be available to hear confessions from 4-7 pm on March 21st here at Our Lady of Lourdes.

Crafters Needed For the Daughters of Mary Easter Bake and Craft Sale the weekend of March 24 & 25. If interested, please call Gert at (419) 865-5912.

WOW Ladies would like to wish everyone in the parish a fruitful Lent.

Watch the bulletin for details on

future upcoming events.

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Tired of writing checks? It’s not too late to sign up for automatic withdrawal for your contributions. Sign up forms are available in the parish office. We are happy to mail out a form to you if you wish.

Readings for the Week of February 25, 2018 Sunday: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 [9]/Rom 8:31b-34/Mk 9:2-10 Monday: Dn 9:4b-10/Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 [cf. 103:10a]/Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20/Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 [23b]/Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20/Ps 31:5-6, 14, 15-16 [ 17b]/Mt 20:17-28 Thursday: Jer 17:5-10/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [40:5a]/Lk 16:19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/Ps 105:16 -17, 18-19, 20-21 [5a]/Mt 21:33-43, 45- 46 Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9- 10, 11-12 [8a]/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Next Sunday: Ex 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [Jn 6:68c]/1 Cor 1:22- 25/Jn 2:13-25 Scrutiny: Ex 17:3-7/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 © Liturgical Publications Inc

Join Us for “I Served A Saint” with Mario Enzler & Bishop Daniel E. Thomas Tues., April 17, 2018 Make plans to attend Catholic Charities Spring Ga-la, "I Served a Saint," Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at The Pinnacle, 1772 In-dian Wood Circle, Maumee, OH. Keynote speaker Mario Enzler will share how his experiences serving as a member of the Vatican’s elite military corps, the Swiss Guard, and his relationship with Pope John Paul II, transformed him personally and professional-ly to become a better man, executive, and leader. Also speaking will be The Most Reverend Daniel E. Thomas, Bishop of the Diocese of Toledo A VIP Reception for event sponsors with Mario Enzler and Bishop Thomas begins at 5:30 p.m. Din-ner program begins at 6:30 p.m. To become an event sponsor contact Jeff Grilliot, Catholic Charities Director of Development at 419.214.4890 or email jgrilliot@toledodiocese.org. Help Catholic Charities raise funds to meet the in-creasing need for food, shelter, medical care and more. Our transformative ministries provide help and hope to over 45,000 individuals of all faiths, annually, in the 19-county Diocese of Toledo.

You are invited to hear a presentation by Fr. Charles Ritter entitled “Beyond Casseroles and Recycling--The Systemic Dimension of Catholic Social Teach-ing.” Pope Francis' letter "Laudato Si" is the latest in a long and consistent series of church teachings, all of which are grounded in the principle of the dignity of each and every human person. How do we apply Jesus' command to love our neighbor to the econom-ic, political and social structures of society? Fr. Ritter will speak at St. John XXIII on Thursday, March 8th at 7:00 PM. Light refreshments will be served. To help with planning, please contact Bob Clark-Phelps at 419-377-1540 or clark-phelps@verizon.net if you would like to attend or if you have any questions.

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A Catholic education is not out of reach with a scholarship from the Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund Need-based Scholarships worth up to $1,500 per child are available for Catholic schools or $500 for homeschooling expenses for students who reside in Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood or Wyandot County for grades K-8th for the 2018-2019 school year . For example a family of five with a household income of $77,706 is eligible. To apply online or for more information about the pro-gram visit WWW.NOSF.ORG or contact the North-west Ohio Scholarship Fund office at (419) 720-7048. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 27, 2018.

In celebration of Black History Month, St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church presents An Evening with the Toledo Symphony REACHING FOR OUR STARS Prelude concert to the North Star Series under the direction of Sara Jobin. Sunday, February 25, 5p.m., 1119 W. Bancroft, Tole-do, OH 43606 Tickets: $20 in advance/$25 at the door Call today! 419-241-4544

Little Flower Parish Fish Fry 5522 Dorr St, in the O'Grady Comm Cntr, Mar 2nd & 16th, Adults $10, Seniors $9 and $6 child, serving 5-7pm. Alaskan polluck, au gratin potato's, cole slaw, roll, desserts and beverag-es. Call 419-537-6655 for more infor-mation.

Second Sunday of Lent The early Church Fathers saw the Transfiguration as the revelation of Jesus as divine and as a fulfillment of God's kingdom here on earth. Imagine what Peter, James, and John must have thought after seeing such a demonstration of God's power. It is in direct experiences with God, like this one, that we come to see the truth about Jesus. Events like the Transfiguration don't happen every day, you say? On the contrary, they happen EVERY DAY! The sacraments are direct, purposeful experi-ences with God that occur every day in churches eve-rywhere. In the Eucharist, we are able to witness the real Jesus in our midst. One could say that appearing to us in the form of bread and wine is even more mi-raculous than what the three apostles saw that day. Yet what do we think when encountering the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist? Lent is a great time to attend daily Masses, spend time in Eucharistic adoration, or prepare more fully for Sunday Mass by reading the Scripture in advance or quieting our hearts and minds with prayer. Do not let this time pass without noticing him. In the Eucharist, he is right in front of you.

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