SAINT PATRICK PARISH Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord April 5, 2015 2111 MULDOON ROAD ANCHORAGE, AK 99504 TEL: 337-1538 - FAX: 337-5460 PARISH WEB
 SITE; www.st.patsak.org

MASS SCHEDULE Holy Saturday Vigil 8:00 pm Easter Sunday
 Mass Times 7:30 am (No Incense) 9:30 am & 11:30 am (No 5pm Mass on Easter Sunday)

Fr. Scott Medlock, Pastor [email protected] Fr. Dan Hebert, Parochial Vicar [email protected] Deacon Felix Maguire, Deacon [email protected] Deacon Mick Fornelli, Deacon [email protected] Deacon Jon Hermon, Deacon [email protected] Julie Thomas, Director of Faith Formation [email protected] John Barrientes, Coordinator of Youth Ministry, [email protected] Anna Abbott, Young Adult Ministry [email protected] John Gagnon, Business Manager [email protected] Sally Nicholson, Secretary [email protected] Mrs. Inge Boyden, Office Assistant Rima Ostrom, Office Assistant [email protected]

No 5:30pm Mass Monday, April 6th only Daily Mass Tuesday - Friday 5:30 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4:00 pm until all are heard or upon request Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament Mondays 6:00 - 7:45pm (Except Monday, April 6th Thursdays 6:00 - 8:45pm First Fridays 6:00 - 7:45pm

WELCOME to anyone new to the parish community. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the parish staff. Please complete a parish registration form, which can be found in the Gathering Area.

(No Nursery Service on Easter Sunday)

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION please contact the parish office for schedules. Marriage preparation requires four month’s notice.

Saturday Sunday Sunday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

April 5 Easter Sunday

Intentions for this Week April 4, thru April 10, 2015 5:00pm Ed Moriarty, R.O.S 8:30am Barbara Huck, R.O.S. 11:30am Donald Quest, R.O.S. 5:00pm People of the Parish 5:30pm Deacon Felix & Agnes Maguire, Thanksgiving 5:30pm Delbert Allen, R.O.S.
 5:30pm Eleanor Iacuaniello, R.O.S. 5:30pm John & Cyndi Gagnon, Thanksgiving
 5:30pm Deceased Members of Leithead & Nicholson Families Member

April 6 Monday

April 7 Tuesday

April 8 Wednesday

April 9 Thursday

April 10 Friday

April 11 Saturday


Office Closed

Municipal Election 7am - Dcns. Hall

Rosary 5pm - Chapel

Adult Faith Study Group

Rosary 5pm - Chapel

Women’s Morning of Reflection

No 5:30pm Mass Mass (No Incense) 7:30am -Church Mass 9:30am - Church Mass 
 (Children Choir) 11:30am- Church

Seekers 7pm - JPII Chapel Young Adult Gathering 7pm - JPII DnRm.

Rosary 5pm - Chapel

Mass 5:30pm - Church

Mass 5:30pm - Church

Brother Francis Foot Washing 6pm- BFS

Legion of Mary 6:15pm - JPII DnRm

Folk Choir Rehearsal 6:30pm Church

R.C.I.A. 7pm - JPII LvRm

K of C 7pm - Dcns Hall

Praise Choir Rehearsal 7:30pm - Church

Regnum Christi Meeting 7:3pm Hosp. Rm.

10am - JPII DnRm Memorial Mass
 Donald Quest
 11:am - Church Reception to follow in the Deacon’s Hall Rosary 5pm - Chapel Mass 5:30pm - Church Eucharistic Adoration 8:30pm-Chapel SPRED Meeting 6:15pm -Hosp. Rm.
 Traditional Choir Rehearsal 7pm - Church

Mass 5:30pm Church

9am - Chapel Nursery

First Communion Retreat Day 2pm- Dcns. Hall

Contemporary Choir Practice 3:45pm - Church Confessions 4pm - Recon. Rm. KofC Rosary 4:30pm - Chapel
 Notre Dame Alumni Gathering 6pm-JPII DNR; JPII LvRm AA 8pm -Tara

April 5, 2015

Young Adults: Happy Easter!  Join us this Monday at 7pm upstairs in the hall for session 10 of Renew's Why Catholic?: One Church with Diverse Roles.  We’ll also be meeting Saturday at Alaska Rock Gym for belay lessons! Contact us for the details on the time. If you are interested in joining the YA Book Club, or if you would like to receive our weekly emails about future events, please email Anna at [email protected] to get signed up!  Check out our Facebook page, Young Adults at St. Patrick's Parish in Anchorage (don't forget to sign up for notifications)!

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection

Parish Closed on Easter Monday:  Please note, the parish office will be closed and we will not celebrate Mass or offer Adoration on Easter Monday, April 6.  We will resume our regular schedule on Tuesday, April 7, with the office reopening at 9am.

Seekers Group Is Meeting: Do you have questions about the Catholic Faith? Know someone who does, and may not yet be ready for the RCIA process? Our parish Seekers Group may be just right for you! The Seekers Group is an informal gathering with discussion of what it means to be Catholic. We are now meeting on Monday evenings at 7pm, in the JPII House chapel. Please call the parish office at 337-1538 for more information. Please join us and invite a friend!

Baptism Class: Is it time for your baby or young child to be baptized? Come to the baptism class this Thursday, April 16th at 7pm, the class will be held in the Tara Lounge. For additional information please call the Parish Office at 337-1538. Food for St. Francis House: Donations of food are collected for St. Francis House in the Gathering Area of the church and delivered every Monday. For the month of March St. Patrick’s Parishioners contributed 835 pounds. For the first quarter of 2015 a total of 2,086. pounds on food were donated. Your continuous giving is a blessing to those whose are helped with needed food.

CRS Rice Bowl - Hungering for Celebration! We prayed, fasted and gave alms —and now we celebrate! Our Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowls ends in our hearts, where Jesus reigns forever. Let us rejoice in our risen Lord.—and in the lives we have changed this Lent in Tanzania, Nicaragua, Niger, Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and all over the world! Don’t forget to turn in your CRS Rice Bowl. Please bring it to Mass next weekend and give it to one of our priests or deacons. Thank You!

April  13-­‐26|  Why  Catholic  workshops  –  Brenda  Maiman,   Adjunct  Pastoral  Representa7ve  for  Renew  Interna7onal  will   be  making  a  presenta7on  for  Why  Catholic.    Please  contact   Brenda  at  [email protected]  for  more  informa7on.   April  13  |Monday  –  Our  Lady  of  the  Angels  –  Kenai  –  6:00pm   April  16  |  Thursday    –  St.  Patrick  –  6:30pm   April  25  |Saturday    –  Holy  Family  Cathedral    -­‐  9:00am  

Music Ministry News Thanks to St. Cecilia and all musicians who helped make this a glorious Easter!   Now  is the time to make a commitment to St. Patrick's Music Ministry.   We need singers and instrumentalists  of all ages. The Music Ministry is rewarding and worthwhile, not only for choir members, but for all parishioners. If you are interested, contact any choir director, the church office, or email Margaret Simmons, Music Coordinator, at [email protected] for more information.

May 29 – 31│Engaged Encounter - Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) is a weekend specifically focused on drawing engaged couples closer together.  It provides couples with an opportunity to gain the social tools and techniques that will help their marriage succeed. For more information please contact Deacon Mick Fornelli at call 907-297-7770. EASTER PRAYER

Women’s Saturday Mornings of Reflection  You are invited to a Saturday Morning of Reflection on Saturday, April 11, from 9am-12:30pm in the St. Patrick Chapel.  We will begin with Rosary followed by Mass, Confession, a reflection and lunch.  Father Tom Brundage is the April celebrant. RSVP to Kathy 332-2335. St. Patrick's Lenten Alms Giving:  Donations for our Lenten Alms 2015 total $18,109.83 for the rebuilding of the foundation of St. Bernard's church in Talkeetna.  This weekend’s second collection will conclude our Lenten Alms collection. Thank you for your support of our Lenten outreach to St. Bernard's Parish!

May 1 | Deacon Ordination - Our Lady of Guadalupe April 24-25 |Fr. Jaime Mencias celebrates the 25th anniversary of his ordination on Friday, April 24th.  St. Michael will have a 2 day celebration and all are invited.  On Friday, April 24th will be Daily Mass at 12:10pm followed by a simple reception in the social hall at St. Michael Parish in Palmer.  On Saturday, April 25th will be Mass at 5:30pm followed by a Dinner Reception in the social hall at St. Michael Parish in Palmer.  We anticipate that Friday will be rather simple to mark the actual day or his anniversary and Saturday will be quite a bit larger for the entire community.   If you are a member of the clergy that would like to concelebrate at either celebration, please contact Mike McCarthy at [email protected] or text him at 907-227-3187.




God our Father, by raising Christ your Son you conquered the power of death and opened for us the way to eternal life.
 Let our celebration today raise us up and renew our lives by the Spirit that is within us.Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
 International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL)

April 5, 2015

ST. PATRICK’S KNIGHTS NEWS

The St. Patrick’s Council meets on the first Wednesday of each month (Members Only) with a Social meeting on the third Wednesday (Open to All - All are Welcome). Rosary at 6:45 pm. Meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Meetings take place the in Deacons Hall.
 Magazines and Paperback Books for Veterans:  The Knights of Columbus continue to collect and transport donated current (2015) magazines to JBER and the VA Clinic.   They also appreciate mystery, western, and popular hardcover and paperback books in good condition. Please place these items in marked boxes in the gathering area.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament Monastery Weekdays: 7am - 9pm, Monday - Friday First Friday: 8am ending with Mass at 8am Saturday Saturday & Sunday: 7am - 8pm St. Patrick Parish Every Monday 6pm - 7:45pm First Friday 6pm - 7:45pm Every Thursday 6pm - 8:45pm Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Every Friday 7pm - 8pm St. Andrew Parish, Eagle River Perpetual Adoration St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Perpetual Adoration - Pope John Paul II Adoration Sacred Heart Parish, Wasilla First Saturday, begins with Mass at 10am

Ordination Hospitality Appeal:  This coming June our Archdiocese will celebrate the ordination to the priesthood of Arthur Roraff!  Several of Arthur’s fellow seminarians are hoping to make the trip to Anchorage to join in the celebration.  Would you be able to provide housing for one or two of Arthur’s fellow seminarians while they are here for the celebration?  If so, please contact the parish office at 337-1538. Alaska Pacific University - Course offerings Open to Observers for the Spring of 2015. Class dates are Feb. 9 - May 3. Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul: Have you ever thought about becoming a Sister?  Single Catholic women ages 18-40 are invited to a prayerful and reflective Religious Vocation Discernment Weekend Retreat with the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, April 10-12, 2015, in Los Altos Hills, California.  For reservations and information contact Sister Lisa Laguna, D.C., 213-210-9903, or [email protected], or www.DaughtersOfCharity.com

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Want to go on pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi? Fr. Leo, pastor of St. Benedict Parish, and Bob McMorrow, Lumen Christi’s Church History teacher, will be leading a pilgrimage to Rome in May and you are invited. Fr. Leo lived in Rome for 5 years and has more than a few insights into must see pilgrimage spots… and some must visit restaurants.  Bob has taught the history of the Catholic Church for a dozen years and might have a story or two to share about Rome and the Saints. Monastic Vocations Discernment Retreat:  Mount Angel Abbey invites men who are between 18-45 years of age and are discerning a monastic vocation to come join us for a three-day discernment retreat experience on Friday, April 10th, through Sunday, April 12th, 2015.  This is free of charge and we welcome you as our guest.  Please contact Fr. Odo Recker, OSB, at 503-845-3123, or email: [email protected], or visit our website: www.mountangelabbey.org

Please join us for Divine Mercy Sunday Celebration Sunday, April 12th 2:00pm St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Divine Mercy Sunday ~ Feast of Divine Mercy Where: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish When: April 12th at 2:00pm
 What: Greeting, and Reflection by Deacon Mick Fornelli _Opening Prayer _Recitation of the Divine Mercy _Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament _Opportunity for Confession Jointly sponsored by St. Elizabeth’s Parish, Holy Cross Parish & St. Patrick’s Parish.

In Christ’s Words “My image already is in your soul. I desire that there be a Feast of Mercy. I want this image, which you will paint with a brush, to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter; that Sunday is to be the Feast of Mercy.”

Scripture Readings April 5 thru April 11, 2015

March Sunday Collection

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, April 5th Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-9

March 29 $15,365.48

Easter Monday, April 6th Acts 2: 14, 22-33 Psalm 16: 1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Matthew 28: 8-15 Easter Tuesday, April 7th Acts 2: 36-41 Psalm 33: 4-5, 18-19, 20 & 22 John 20: 11-18 Easter Wednesday, April 8th Acts 3: 1—10 Psalm 105: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 Luke 24: 13-35 Easter Thursday, April 9th Acts 3: 11—26 Psalm 8:2ab, 5-9 Luke 24: 35—48 Easter Friday, April 10th Acts 4: 1—12 Ps 118: 1-2 & 4, 22-24, 25-27a John 21: 1—14 Easter Saturday, April 11th Acts 4: 13—21 Psalm 118: 1 & 14-15, 16-18, 19-21 Mark 16: 9—15

March 22 $11,716.90

March 1 $16,770.68

March 8 $13,171.23

March 15 $12,927.48

Goal for the Month: $63,500.00 Total Collected for this month: $69,951.77 Over the Goal: $6,451.77!

Special Collection Schedule: —Easter Sunday Weekend:  Our Lenten Alms Collection for St. Bernard's in Talkeetna (Your envelope packet has a Building Fund envelope for this date.  Please hold it until April 11/12.) —April 11 & 12:  Our monthly Building Fund Collection

Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12th Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 118: 2-4, 13-15, 22-24 1 John 5:1-6 John 20: 19—31 Children & Youth Birthdays April 5 - April 11 Sunday April 5

Shelley Johnson

Sophia Mayers

Monday April 6

Aurora Larson

Megahn Reese

Sialagi Taulia

Tuesday April 7

Morgan Christy

Megan Christy

Bryson Litteral

Wednesday April 8

Thomas Anderson

Bella Tunuchuk

Thursday
 April 9

No Birthdays

Friday April 10

Cory Stubs

Saturday April 11

Ellie Bloechl