Requirements for Gaining Plenary Indulgence: "Requirements for gaining a Plenary Indulgence: visiting one of the shrines designated by the bishop and praying for mercy for the Church and the world. Part of the prayer needs to include the Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be for the intentions of the Holy Father and the other usual conditions: complete detachment from sin, sacramental confession of sins and reception of Holy Communion up to twenty days before or after the pilgrimage."

SAINT POLYCARP (80 – 167)

Patron of Those Suffering from Earaches & Dysentery

Feast Day – February 23rd

St. Polycarp embraced Christianity while very young, and became a disci-ple of St. John the Evangelist who made him Bishop of Smyrna, before his exile to Patmos. He governed that See for seventy years, and among his disciples

were St. Irenaeus and the writer Papias. The former has recorded that his master knew St. John and others who had seen Jesus. From Eusebius, St. Irenaeus, and St. Jerome we learn that St. Poly-carp went to Rome to consult Pope Anicetus regarding the date of the Easter celebration, as there was a difference between the East and the West. It was agreed that both might follow their own cus-tom. In the fourth general persecution, under the Emperors Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius, the Saint was apprehended and brought before the proconsul. Refusing to deny Christ, he was condemned to be burned. Witnesses say that the flames did not touch him, but formed an arch over his head. Thereupon, when he was pierced with a sword; such a great amount of blood issued from the wound that it extinguished the fire. His body was eventually burned, but his bones are preserved in the Church of San Ambrogio in Rome.

Altar Servers (John Conner 687 -2144) Feb. 21 - John, Sidney, Chaim, Dominic Feb. 28 - Dominic, Sidney, Chaim, John

EMOHC (Teresa Thompson 687-2142) Feb. 21 - Jane & John Stroope Feb. 28 - Teresa Stevenson & John Conner

Readers (Teresa Thompson 687 -2142) Feb. 21 - John Stroope

Ushers (John Conner 687-2144) John Conner & Robert Booky

Sacred Heart Mission Catholic Church Cloudcroft, NM

P.O. Box 236, La Luz NM 88337 (575) 434-9460

Office Hours Monday - Thursday (At Our Lady of the Light - La Luz)

10:00am - 4:00pm Fr. Christopher Williams, Pastor

(email: cwpostnm@hotmail.com) Fr. Theo Okafor, Parochial Vicar

Andy Weiss, Deacon

2nd Sunday of Lent February 21st, 2016

Sunday Mass: 9:00 am (Rosary recited before Mass) (Confessions prior to Mass –8:30am) Mass on Wednesdays - 9:00 am *Anointing of the sick on the First Wednesday of the month. Adoration after Mass last Wednesday of the month.

Church Committee Members

Chairperson - James Carfagno Vice-Chair - Michael Blette Secretary - Carol Aberg Finance - Jackie Koscak Social Chair - Lourdes Blette

Please remember to notify Teresa Thompson (687-2142), if you are unable to read or serve as scheduled, even if you have arranged for someone to take your place. Thank you.

Mass Intentions: Sun. (Feb. 21) - †Carolyn Kirwin by Tip Kirwin

Wed. (Feb. 24) - For Vocations

Sun. (Feb. 28) - † Daniel Kirwin

Please remember the Sick of the Parish in your

Prayers Don Dickman Lavonne Dickman Robin Armenta Richard Englehardt Angie Madl Margarita Bustamante Jennifer Madl Brian Madl Ralph Brooks Ceci Borunda Sara Lee Patricia Drake Leonor Rubalcava

If you need to add or remove a name from the Prayer List, please let Teresa Thompson know. This will ensure an updated Prayer List.

Sacred Heart’s webpage: http://www.sacredheartcatholiccloudcroft.org

Collections Collection Feb. 14th - $1,020.00

Diocese of Juarez — $135.00

Second Collection is for Fr. Hay

School. Next Sunday the 2nd collec-

tion is for the Black & Native Ameri-

can Churches. Thank you for your

donations & support.

Our Lenten Journey

Lent should be a time of prayer, fasting and giving alms. We can do all three. Stations of the Cross—Will be held on Fridays at 6:00pm at the Church. Lenten Penance Services St. Jude (Alamogordo) Monday, Feb. 29th - 7:00pm Our Lady of the Light - La Luz Tuesday, March 1st - 6:30 pm St. Francis de Paula (Tularosa) Thursday, March 3rd - 6:00pm Immaculate Conception Church (Alamogordo) - Thursday, March 10th - 7:00pm

*** Remember *** Please do not chew gum in church. Please be respectful of those who are praying prior to Mass by whispering when visiting with others in church.

Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowls This year we will again participate in the CRS Rice Bowl Campaign. The Rice Bowls will be available this Sunday. Please participate by giving alms to the poor in other countries. Rice Bowls should be returned by Easter Sunday.

Margarita Bustamante

If you need to add or remove a name from the Prayer List, please let Teresa Thompson know. This will ensure an

Feeding the Hungry

St. Francis Soup Kitchen The St. Francis de Paula Soup

Kitchen is open every Wednesday. Volunteers are needed at

noon to help prepare the meal. The meal is served from 3:30 to

5:00pm. Contact Fr. Christopher if you would like to volunteer.

“Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and ab-stinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 on-wards.”

Pope Francis Offering Plenary Indulgences For Year of Mercy

To emphasize the spiritual nature of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, the Pope is offering plenary indulgences to the faithful. The indul-gences can be gained by visiting designated shrines and fulfill the usual re-quirements . The following churches have been designated by Bishop Cantu as pilgrimage sites: The Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Las Cru-ces; Lord of Mercy Parish, Hatch; St. Cecilia, Jal; St. John the Baptist, Roswell; St. Vincent, Silver City; St. Joseph Apache Mission, Mescalero; and St. Martin de Porres, Sunland Park. As a parish, we will be doing four pilgrimages throughout the year. The first will be at St. Joseph Apache Mission in Mescalero on Thursday, March 10th. Mass will be celebrated at 11:00am. A

Please do not chew gum in church. Please be respectful of those who are praying prior to Mass by whispering when visiting with others in church.