SAINT ANNE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH BRISTOL, VIRGINIA April 2, 2017 Remember St. Anne’s in your Will and Trusts

Today the Church prays the third and final scrutiny with the

Elect. Images of death and life abound. Having come this

far in Lent, are you ready to die to your old ways and

embrace new life? May that be our prayer, both for

ourselves and for all who are preparing for Baptism,

Confirmation, and Eucharist this Easter.

Readings for this Week (April 3--8) MONDAY: Daniel 13:41c-62; John 8:1-11

TUESDAY: Numbers 21:4-9; John 8:21-30

WEDNEDAY: Dn. 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; John 8:31-42

THURSDAY: Genesis 17:3-9; John 8:51-59

FRIDAY: Jeremiah 20:10-13; John 10:31-42

SATURDAY: Ezekiel 37:21-28; John 11:45-56

Scripture for next Sunday

(Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion)

Isaiah 50:4-7 The Suffering Servant speaks to the weary.

Philippians 2:6-11 Jesus emptied himself, and accepted death on a cross.

Matthew 26:14—27:66 They came to a place called Golgotha and crucified Jesus there.

The glorious entrance into Jerusalem that we will

experience in our procession next Sunday finds an echo in

the centurion’s word near the end of the Passion that will

be proclaimed: “Truly, this was the Son of God!”

In between, we will hear Isaiah’s prophetic description of

the Suffering Servant, Saint Paul’s great hymn of praise,

and the dramatic unfolding of the Passion. Let us take time

to absorb it all, reflecting on the great love of God for us.

Senior High Youth Ministry (Grades 9-12) Upcoming Schedule:

Apr. 2—Youth Group (BYC 6:00pm-8:00pm) ■ “How does God help when it hurts?”

April 9—NO SHYM ■ Confirmation Retreat (1:00pm-4:00pm)

April 16—NO SHYM ■ HAPPY EASTER!

April 23—Youth Group (BYC 6:00pm-8:00pm)

■ Meet in the Church commons for PS/Fun in gym

Diocesan Youth Work Camp -Wise County, VA

(Saturday, June 24—Friday, June 30)

(Open to all rising 9th graders thru graduated 12th graders)

Work Camp is not just a youth event. It is an opportunity

for you to make a difference in the lives of those in need

right here in our diocese—right here in Southwest Virginia!

This is also a great opportunity for you to fulfill community

service hours that you may need for high school programs.

Early Bird Registration now open thru April 17

Early Bird Registration is $325! Take advantage of Early Bird Registration!!!

Cost goes up after April 17!

Have questions or need to register, contact Laura Cochrane!

276-492-3095 or lauracochrane@stannes-bristol.org.

Men of St. Joachim: Join the Men of Saint Joachim for

prayer and sacrifice. In April, this group meets on April 4

(this Tuesday!) and also on Tuesday, April 25. (No meeting

during Holy Week or the week after Easter). Meetings are

at 6 a.m. in the parish office conference room. For more

information, contact Seminarian Jamie Hickman.

SPRING CLEANING DONATIONS… If you forgot to bring in your items to be donated to Bristol

Faith In Action, please drop them by the church this

afternoon (Sunday) or by 1pm this Monday. Thanks!

Reception Helpers Needed!! If you are willing to help with the occasional reception or

party provided for the parish by the Parish Life Committee,

please stop by the table in the commons and sign-up so that

we can contact you. Thank you!

Next weekend… Just a reminder, next weekend is Palm

Sunday. We have our regular weekend Mass times,

however the Masses will run just a bit longer than usual.

STATIONS of the CROSS

This Friday, April 7

5 pm—Spanish

6 pm—English

(Soup supper at 5:30 pm)

On Good Friday, April 14

12n —English

2pm--Spanish

LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE This Tuesday—APRIL 4 — at 7 p.m.

Several priests will be here for individual confessions.

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Operation Rice Bowl 2017 What skills have you discovered this Lent that can be put to

good use in building God’s kingdom?

Did you know that CRS Rice Bowl has a free Lenten app?

Download it for iPhone or Android devices and get daily

Lenten reflections right on your phone. Be sure to visit

www.crsricebowl.org to watch videos of the people and

communities your Lenten gifts are changing through CRS

Rice Bowl. Return your Rice Bowl on the weekend AFTER

EASTER (April 22/23) to the basket in the commons.

Thank you for your donations.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Catechumens, Candidates, and Inquirers will attend

OREMUS class this Wed., April 5, at 6:30 p.m. RCIA

classes will resume next Wednesday, April 12. If you know

anyone interested in becoming Catholic or learning more

about the Catholic faith, please bring them on Wednesday

evenings or contact Sydney at sydneyfarnum@stannes–

bristol.org.

RCIA Notes: These past two Sundays and at the 5:30

Mass this weekend, many of you have witnessed our Elect

participate in the Rites of Scrutiny. These Rites are

celebrated to help deliver the elect from the power of sin

and Satan, to protect them against temptation, and to give

strength in Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

The Rites of Scrutiny are meant to uncover, and then heal,

all that is weak, defective, or sinful in the elects’ hearts and

to bring out through repentance all that is upright, strong,

and good. The celebrations of the Scrutinies also remind the

whole parish community of the need to reflect on their own

sins and the need for God’s help. Please continue to pray

for our Elect, our Candidates, Catechumens, and Inquires as

they all continue their journey towards full communion

with the Catholic Church.

Presentation of the Lord’s Prayer

Thursday, April 6, 6:00 p.m. Mass Our parish will celebrate the “Presentation of the Lord’s

Prayer” this Thursday, April 6, at the 6 p.m. Mass. In this

celebration our elect will receive from us the prayer that

summarizes the whole Gospel, the Lord’s Prayer. We pray

the Lord’s Prayer as a community every weekday and

Sunday before we partake of the Lord’s meal, the Eucharist.

It is the most perfect of all prayers. Just as Jesus’ teaching

on the sermon on the Mount is teaching for life, so too, the

Lord’s Prayer is a prayer for life.

“OREMUS” - Let us Pray April 5—Session Four— “Relational Prayer”

“In learning how to speak to him,

we learn to be a human being, to be ourselves.”

Emeritas Pope Benedict XVI

Sign up this weekend at the table in the commons or by

emailing sydneyfarnum@stannes-bristol.org before noon

on Monday to join us for OREMUS this Wednesday,

April 5, at 6:30 p.m. It is very important that you sign-up

if you are attending. Also, for those attending class, there

will be a simple supper served at 5:45 p.m. When you sign-

up for class, please indicate if you will be attending the

supper. Thank You!

Did you miss the 3rd session of “OREMUS”? If you

missed the third session last month, you may want to attend

a “make-up” session that will be held this Monday, April 3

at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Vincent de Paul Center. Please call or

email Sydney Farnum if planning to attend the make-up

session. 276-669-8200 ext. 32.

CHOIR: The Choir will rehearse this week on:

Monday April 3 at 6:30, Wednesday., April 5 at 6:30

and Thursday, April 6 at 7 p.m.

FOOD DONATIONS: Help the KofC reach their goal of

collecting 1000 lbs. of non-perishable food items for BFIA

this Lent. Place your donated items in the blue food pantry

box located near the wheelchair lift. THANK YOU!

A Special Note…. To St. Anne’s parishioners:

Thank you for your prayers and expressions of sympathy at

the loss of my daughter, Mary Winters. May God bless you

for your kindness.

Chris Winters & family

Lighthouse Catholic Media—CDs CD of the Week: “Building Your Life on Rock—Standing

Firm in the Storm”. Ralph Martin, an internationally

known Catholic leader and teacher, discusses the challenges

and the joys of being fully faithful to all the Church

proclaims as true. Ralph provides practical advice on how

to build our lives on rock and equip ourselves spiritually so

that we can reach out to others with true charity. He shows

how our fidelity to the Word of God will give us the

strength to stand victorious in the difficult age in which we

live. Stop by the CD display in the commons for this CD

and many other titles. A $3 donation per CD is appreciated

and enables us to restock with new CDs. Thank You.

LENTEN NOON ORGAN MEDITATION Friday, April 5 at Central Presbyterian Church.

SAINT ANNE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH BRISTOL, VIRGINIA April 2, 2017 Remember St. Anne’s in your Will and Trusts

Saturday, April 1 (Vigil—5th Sunday of Lent)

5:30 p.m. †Dan Dutcher

Sunday, April 2 (Fiftth Sunday of Lent)

8:30 a.m. †Anne Marie Sullivan

11:30 a.m. †Dr. John C Snyder & †Pauline Snyder

2:00 p.m. Parishioners (Spanish Mass)

Monday, April 3

12:15 p.m. †Doug Bassett

Tuesday, April 4

8:30 a.m. †Mary Winters

Wednesday, April 5

8:30 a.m. †Rosamond & †Dennis Fagan

Thursday, April 6

6:00 p.m. †Elizabeth P. Miller and †Ann P. Rogers

Friday, April 7

7:30 a.m. †Albert & †Amelia Carriera

Saturday, April 8 (Vigil—Palm Sunday)

5:30 p.m. †Tonette Davidson

Sunday, April 9 (Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion)

8:30 a.m. †Anne Marie Sullivan

11:30 a.m. †Cirilo Trompeta

2:00 p.m. Parishioners (Spanish Mass)

HOLY WATER: There are holy water bottles available

by request in the church office. Stop by the office if you

would like to get a holy water bottle so you can have holy

water in your home. Keep in mind that the holy water in the

font has already been blessed by the prayers of the priest.

Please also keep in mind that holy water from the church

font is NOT for drinking.

Collection Report (March 25/26) Regular/Operating $8,001.20

Catholic Relief Services $2,921.50

Addt’l School 2nd Collection $ 300.00

Addt’l BFIA $ 30.00

Addt’l Ash Wednesday $ 20.00

2nd Collection this weekend (April 1&2) is taken up for

Saint Anne’s School. Thank you for your generosity.

2017 Annual Diocesan Appeal

Building Our Family of Faith Over the past month, many of our parishioners have given

their support to the 2017 Annual Diocesan Appeal. If you

have already made your 2017 Appeal gift, please accept our

gratitude for your commitment. The nineteen ministries

supported by the Appeal work together to ensure we are

advancing our parishes, supporting our clergy, and growing

our faith across our diocese of 236,000 Catholics covering

33,000 square miles. If you have not yet taken the

opportunity to contribute to the Appeal, pick up a pledge

envelope in the commons or the parish office. For more

information, go to http://richmondcatholicfoundation.org/

giving/annual-appeal/.

This Week in Adult Faith Formation:

Sunday, April 2:

Sunday Morning Adult Religious Education Class—

SMARE— “Forgiven—The Transforming Power of

Confession” 9:45-11am in the School Library.

Monday, April 3:

Monday Adult Religious Education Class— “Mary”.

1:00-2:30pm in the St. Vincent de Paul Center.

Tuesday, April 4:

Book Club—10:30-11:30am, St. Vincent de Paul Ctr.

Prayer by Pope Benedict XVI, Facilitator: Seminarian

Jamie Hickman.

Scripture Study—6:30-8pm, St. Vincent de Paul Ctr.

The Passion and Resurrection Narratives of Jesus.

Wednesday, April 5:

Little Rock Scripture Study—The Passion and

Resurrection Narratives of Jesus in the St. Vincent de

Paul Center—1:00pm-2:30pm.

OREMUS at 6:30pm in the Great Room.

Thursday, April 6:

Scripture Study (to prepare us for the Sunday

readings) at the St. Vincent de Paul Center, 7:00pm-

8:00pm (after Mass). (Please note: If there is no Mass

at 6:00pm, the time for scripture study changes to

6:00pm-7:00pm. During Lent we will study “Living

the Eucharist” for Year A.

For information about any of the above programs, please

email sydneyfarnum@stannes-bristol.org or call 276-669-

8200 ext. 32.

40 Days for Life (March 1 thru April 9)

Join this peaceful prayer vigil in front of the Bristol

Regional Women’s Center, 2901 W. State St., Bristol, TN.

Catholics are asked to cover every Friday during this time

from 12n to 4p, but you are welcome to join other

denominations on any day during clinic hours. Please join

with others to celebrate God’s most sacred gift of Life!

SCHOLARSHIPS Available from Catholic Daughters

The National Court of CDA will award two $1000

scholarships to an 8th grade student entering the 9th grade

in the fall of 2017 to a Catholic High School. Requirements:

You must be Catholic. You can be male or female. You

must be attending a Catholic (not a home setting) High

School in the fall. An essay of approx. 250-300 words typed

and double-spaced entitled “Ways to serve God through my

Catholic Faith” must be submitted with application.

Deadline is May 1, 2017. For more information on the

requirements of the above scholarships or for an

application, contact Judy Smith at 423-652-7780 or

jumpinjudy6148@yahoo.com.

Fifth Sunday of Lent

PARACLETE HERE—THIS WEEKEND!! Stop in the Great Room this weekend after Mass (April 1/2)

for Catholic Religious Items—Gifts for Easter, Baptisms,

Confirmation, First Holy Communion & more!

EASTER FLOWER MEMORIALS If you would like to make a donation to our

Easter Lilies in memory of, or in honor of

someone, please notify the office NLT 10a on

Monday, April 10. These will be listed in our

Easter bulletin.

Easter Egg Hunts!! Hey kids….. this year we are planning

two Easter Egg Hunts on Easter on the

lawn in front of the parish office. One

will be held AFTER the 12:30 Mass (at

approx. 1:50p) and the other after the

Spanish 3p Mass (at approx. 415p)

Bring your basket and hunt for eggs!

Please Note: No sign-ups, tables, etc. in the commons and

no oral announcements on Easter weekend (April 8/9).

(And limited space in bulletin due to the flower memorials.)

HOLY WEEK LITURGY SCHEDULE

—PALM SUNDAY (April 8/9) (Regular Mass times), (incense at all EXCEPT the 8:30 a.m. Mass) —(No Weekday Mass on Monday/Tuesday, April 10/11)

—(No Weekly Adoration, Tuesday, April 11)

—There will be Confessions Tuesday, April 11, 5-6 p.m.

—Weekday (School) Mass on Wed., April 12 at 8:30 a.m.

The Sacred Triduum Begins! —HOLY THURSDAY, April 13

Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7 p.m. (incense) w/nursery

Followed by the Altar of Repose until 11p

—GOOD FRIDAY, April 14

Stations of the Cross 12N (in English)

Stations in Spanish at 2 p.m.

Good Friday Service 7p, (no incense) w/nursery

(Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion)

Via Dolorosa, (9:15p) after the Good Friday Svc.

—HOLY SATURDAY, April 15

Blessing of Easter Food at 9:30a, RCIA Rite at 10a,

Easter Vigil Mass of the Resurrection 8:30p.m./incense

Reception will follow the Easter Vigil

—EASTER SUNDAY, April 16

Masses at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Spanish Mass at 3 p.m. (incense and nursery at all EXCEPT the 8:30 a.m. Mass)