Our Lady of Lourdes

Catholic Church

Parroquia de Nuestra

Señora de Lourdes

OFFICE / OFICINA (509) 697-4633 1107 W. Fremont Ave

Selah, WA 98942-1242

Pastor (Párroco): Richard Sedlacek Email: adameks@msn.com Office Staff: Debbie Bender : Monday Maria Iniguez: Tuesday-Friday. Maria Iniguez: Martes-Viernes

OFFICE HOURS / HORAS de OFICINA: Monday– Friday: 9am-3:30 pm. Lunch 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Martes –Viernes 9am-3:30 pm (Bilingüe) Lonche 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Hall: (509) 698-6787 Emergencies: (509) 539-0037 (English) Emergencies (509) 966-0830 (Spanish)

E-Mail: ollselah@hotmail.com Website: ourladyoflourdes-selah.org

MASS SCHEDULE / HORARIO de MISA

Daily Mass/Misas Diarias: 8 am Monday—Friday Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm Sunday: 8:00 am and 10:00 am Misa del Domingo: 1 pm (Spanish) Rosary: 7:30 am Monday-Friday

Confessions: 4:40—5:15 pm Saturday Also by appointment or after Mass Confesiones: 4:40—5:15 pm Sábado

Eucharistic Adoration: 8:30 am—5:30 pm Thursday Adoración Eucarística: 8:30 am—5:30 pm Jueves

TO REGISTER: Please fill out a registration form. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Please notify the Par ish Office.

PARA REGISTRARSE: Llene una forma de registración. CAMBIO DE DOMICILIO: Favor de notificar a la par roquia.

BAPTISMAL CLASSES: For parents and Godparents. Godparents must have received the sacrament of confirmation and live according to the Church’s teaching on marriage. Please bring a copy of the child’s Certifica-te of Live Birth. Parents need to meet with the pastor.

FIRST COMMUNION / PRIMERA COMUNIÓN : Grades 1-2: Wednesday 3:30-5:00 pm (Hall) Grados 1-2: Miércoles 3:30-5 pm (Hall) Grados 3-8 Domingos de 11 am-12:55 pm (Hall)

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION—September to May Grades 1-5: Wednesday 3:30-5:00 pm (Hall) Grades 6-8: Wednesday 6:30 pm– 8pm

EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA— De Septiembre a Mayo Grados 1-5: Miércoles 3:30-5:00 pm (Hall) Grados 6-8: Miércoles 6:30 pm– 8pm

YOUTH GROUP/Confirmation—NOVEMBER to JUNE Grades 9-12: Wednesday 6:30 pm -8:00 pm (Youth Room)

GRUPO JUVENIL—De NOVIEMBRE a JUNIO Grados 9-12: Miércoles 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm

MARRIAGES: Contact the par ish office 4 months pr ior to the proposed wedding date.

MATRIMONIOS: Por Favor de contactar la oficina parro-quial cuatro (4) meses antes de la fecha de la boda.

QUINCEAÑERAS: Llame a la oficina o visite nuestro sitio WEB.

Parish Ministries/ Ministerios Parroquiales: Bulletin Editor ..................................................... Maria Iniguez 697-4633 Buillding Use Contract ........................................ Maria Iniguez 697-4633 Bookkeeper ........................................................ Debbie Bender 697-4633 Maintenance ....................................................... Bob Richards 480-8233 Custodian ........................................................... Steve Bender 697-4633 Finance Council (2nd Tues) room # 1 Ellen Overby 697-8295 Pastoral Council ................................................. Rob Tyrrell 697-4633 Confirmation/ ……………….…Kelly Mattson 697-3526 Eucharistic Adoration ........................................ Carol Bergstrom 698-3389 Funeral Luncheons .......................................... Donna White 966-3786 Gift Shop ............................................................. Anne Desmarais. 966-4133 Music Director ..................................................... Katy Pitzer 833-4076 Prayer Chain ....................................................... Christina Ashbaugh 697-6585 Social Committee ............................................... Eileen Hunt 697-9319 Spanish Choir ..................................................... Jose Guerrero 457-6035 Young Ladies Institute (4th Tues) ...................... Darlene Mercer Knights of Columbus (1st Tues) room #2-3 ...... David Ripperger 697-4633 Grupo de Oración (Prayer Group) ..................... Felipe Rocha 945-9847 PINOCHLE (Thursdays 1-4 pm) ........................ Eileen Hunt 697-9319 Welcome Committee ………………………… ... Debbie Bender 697-4633 Food Bank: Mondays and Fridays from 9-11 am At the Selah Civic Center AA-ALANON— Fridays 6:30 pm / OA Meetings—Saturdays 9:00 am

August 5, 2018

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 4-5 Welcome Visitors!

TODAY’S READINGS: EX 16:2-4, 12-15 , EPH 4:17, 20 -24 , JN 6:24-35

NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS: 1 KGS 19:4 -8 , EPH 4:30—5:2 , JN 6:41 -51

CHURCH SCHEDULE: August 9 Spanish Prayer Group 7:00 pm August 15 The Assumption of Mary Mass 8:00a.m. / 12:05p.m. / 7:00p.m. (No Spanish Mass) MEL ALLEN HSCHEDULE August 9 Pinochle 1:00pm-4:00 pm August 10 A.A. Meeting 6:30 pm August 11 O.A. Meeting 9:00 am

WITH GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION! Amount needed to make budget: $3,806.00 July 29 Amount collected: $2,629.50 July 29 Building Fund: $469.50 Priest Retirement & Seminarian: $780.00 Thank you for your generosity. Job Opening Administrative Assistant, 30 hours with benefits Central Washington Catholic Foundation - Yakima, WA $15 - $17 an hour POSITION SUMMARY: The mission of the Central Washing-ton Catholic Foundation is to provide enduring support for Cath-olic education and ministries in Central Washington. The Administrative Assistant provides all bookkeeping functions and assists the Executive Director in all operations of the Foundation. To apply, submit resume and cover letter, along with your appli-cation, at Indeed.com. Administrative Assistant - Central Washington Catholic Founda-tion, Yakima.

Summer Barbeque Wednesday August 8 at 6:00 p.m. in the Mel Allen Hall. Hot dogs and burgers provided, sign up for potluck. Join us for good food and good company.

Diocese of Yakima will be having its Annual Priest vs. Seminar-ian Fundraiser Soccer Match on Sunday, AUGUST 5th 2018 at Marquette Stadium, 5200 W. Chestnut Ave. in Yakima. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. and the game begins at 6:00 p.m. Admission to this family event is FREE everything that is collected will be to benefit Seminarian Education. There will be plenty of food and drinks for sale!

PLEASE PRAY FOR—FAVOR DE REZAR POR: Mike Bender, Mary Traub, Joyce Matson, Mike Matson, Richard Overby, Paige Hahn, Nick. C, Raul C. Raudel I., Liam and Maribella Orth, Mel Allen, Ray Geck, Estela P. , Joel Rivera, Fritz Ab-hold , John Lange, Lucas St. George and Darlene Mercer Please call the Parish Office to remove or add a name. Thank You.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY/FELIZ ANIVERSARIO 08/04/1990 Tom & Julie Rust 08/04/2001 Bret & Beth Tamblyn 08/05/1978 Calvin & Sandra Collins 08/06/1966 Richard & Marilyn Farris 08/06/1994 Gerald & Jaimi Schmidt 08/07/1998 Kelly & Paula Mattson 08/09/1957 Charles & Blue Tierney 08/10/1996 Chad & Jennifer Quigley 08/11/1984 Rick & Ann Washut

HAPPY BIRTHDAY/ FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS Aug 4 Daisey Vasquez, Emiliano Duarte, Evelyn Ochoa, Mary Newman, Sawyer Hardy Aug 5 Ismael Prado Aug 6 Elizabeth Chalupa, Esmeralda Barajas, Robert McCormick, Stephen Kohls Aug 7 Angeles Perez-Uribe, Mary Frances Ballew, Nancy Probst Aug 8 David Santana, Marko Perez-Uribe Aug 9 Gary Filcher, Leticia De La Cruz,Bob Richards Aug 10 Craig Lancaster, Mark Nedrow, Mike Weier Aug 11 Enrique Reyes, Jose Luis Guerrero, Julianne Goberville

Call the Parish Office to remove or add a name: 697-4633 Thank You!

Date Mass Greeters Ministers of Communion Lectors Servers Counters Lin-ens

August 4 5:30 PM Conner Henning / Cathy Hoppis Bill Fromherz

Kait & Anthony Panarello /

August 5 8:00 AM Chuck Lantz Marilyn Ihnen / Chuck Lantz Byron Ihnen Isabella DeHerrera

10:00 AM Rob & Megan Tyrell

Daniel Terrell Karen Rice Karis O'Brine / Lauren Rice / Liam Mullinax

Christina/Joan/Sandy

Blanca

August 11

5:30 PM Liz Chalupa/Pat L'Heureux Kristin Ballew / Maggie Ballew Ellen Overby John Ballew

August 12

8:00 AM Chuck Lantz

Pauline Doherty / Marilyn Ih-nen Byron Ihnen

Michael, Caitlin and Joshua Strand

10:00 AM

Ben & Laureen Hernandez Sandra Collins / Ann Strand Will Strand

Arnie & Ruth/Kay Pauline

Diocesan Collection for Priest Retirement and Seminarian Collection will be all trough August Total collected: $2980.00 In 2017, your marvelous response to the Special Col-lection for Priest Retirement and Seminarian Educa-tion resulted in the Church collecting a total of $247,017 towards funding these two most important needs. God has indeed blessed His Local Church with generous hearts!

Evangelization Retreat October 26-28 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hall Reaping Life of the Good Seed Third Evangelization Retreat Friday, October 26,2018 5:30 p.m.-9:00p.m. Light Dinner Served Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:00 a.m. Mass 7:30 a.m.– 9:00 a.m. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are provided Sunday, October 28, 2018 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Breakfast & Lunch 10:00 a.m. Mass in Church “Truly a weakened that will change your life” For more information call Lillian at 972-1454

In the Gospel from John, Jesus advises us, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever be-lieves in me will never thirst.” By calling Himself the Bread of Life, Jesus is telling us by what He says, how He acts, and in fact Who He is that He is the Word of God made flesh. God reveals to us the Word alive in the most complete way possi-ble, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are to hear the Word and know Who Jesus is; we are to accept that Word into our minds and hearts — into our spirit — and we are to let that Word begin to change us. That change is represented by knowing what God wants us to do. Today’s Holy Scriptures make that clear. We must pray that we respond and do be good stewards of our time, talent, and treasure so that we can do the work God wants us to do. In the Second Reading, Paul reminds us that we need to undergo a conversion — in effect put on a new self. Our entire lives need to be devoted to change, so that we renew ourselves from the inside and live a stewardship way of life according to God’s ways. Charles Spurgeon, an English minister in the 1800s once wrote, “Conversion is a turning onto the right road. The next thing to do is to walk on it.” That is our trial. Once we experience conversion, we must follow through by doing what the Lord wishes us to do. Early Church Fathers and Abortion One of the arguments in Roe v Wade court was: “It perhaps is not generally appreciated that the restrictive criminal abortion laws ...are not of ancient or even of common law origin." This is misleading. Consider the following teachings by early Church Fathers. The first passage comes from the Dida-che (Greek for “teaching”), which is usu-ally dated as early as the end of the first century: “…you shall not murder a child by abortion nor kill that which is begot-ten” (chapter 2). This statement is as clear as it gets. The second passage is from St. Barnabas from the early second century: “You shall love your neigh-bour more than your own soul. You shall not slay the child by procuring abortion; nor, again, shall you destroy it after it is born” (Chapter 19). St. Basil the Great (c.330-379): “Women also who admin-ister drugs to cause abortion, as well as those who take poi-sons to destroy unborn children, are murderesses” (Letter 188, to Amphilochius concerning the canons, section 8). Notice here how St. Basil is not making any distinctions about what stage in the pregnancy is okay to administer drugs to cause abortion. Nowhere in these quotes is there a distinction being made between any "stages" of life. For the Fathers, abortion is unequivocal taking of life. Pro-Life Articles