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St. Helen
As disciples of Jesus in the universal Church we are called to become in Jesus’ own words “a house of prayer for all peoples.” Thus we welcome all, the stranger, the lost, those who have never known Jesus and those who have fallen away for whatever reason. We seek to spread the full gospel: “Woe to us if we don’t spread the gospel.” Our practical goal is to utilize and dispense the seven sacraments as instruments of God’s sanctification and healing, under the guidance of the Arch-bishop of Santa Fe. We set our sights on mature Christian witness for the building up of God’s spiritual house, the new people of God that He has chosen to be his own, and chosen to announce His praises. Our prayer is to become committed disciples of our Lord Jesus and become “a house of prayer for all peoples.”
1600 South Avenue O, Portales, New Mexico 88130Email: [email protected]
www.Sthelenportales.orgChurch Office: 575-356-4241, Fax 575-359-1721
Hours: Monday 1:00-5:00 pm; Tuesday-Thursday 8:30 am-5:00 pmFriday 8:30 am-4:30 pm
ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH PORTALES, NEW MEXICO APRIL 18, 2021
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Thank you for your generosity. Sunday Collection: $4,158.50
Building $ 145.00
Sanctuary Candle Poor Souls in Purgatory
Robert Garcia, Dorothy Montoya, Andrea Romero, Mary Sena, Mattias Gonzales, Arcelia Chavez, Alfredo Chavez, Samanta Sena, Skippy Encinias, Stephen Gonzales, Santiago Gonzales, Ernesto Apodaca, Manuel Gallegos Jr., Manuel Garcia, Esperanza Garcia, Peter Morrison, Stella Lucero, John Grijalva Jr., Agapita Baca, Terri Gonzales, Bernadette Smedley, Mary Marks, Julia Ortega, Francis Gonzales, Raul Lucero, Jesse Robles, Nina Sanchez, John Campbell, Priscilla Padilla, Andrew Baca, Manuel Baca, Anthony Baca, Donovan Gomez, Zendaya Sigala, Bahola Mendoza, Jocelyn Sarinana, Justin Terry, Jessica Gorbet, Victoria Torres, Paulino Varela, Rita Arroyo, Hector Sauceda., Lucy Montano, Mark Gonzales, Jacqueline Houser, Joey Garcia, Alicia Toscano, Angelica Mendoza, Marie Gutierrez, Henrietta Garcia, Louella Gallegos, Eloy Vigil, Wanda Martinez, Ethan Eden, Lilly Jimenez, Sophia Hooper, Charlie Montoya, Virginia Sanchez, Gloria Maestes Jessi & Justin Carivarzo, Mary Madrid, Julia Holguin, Margaret Briseno, ,Joe Batista, Gail Terry, Moises Tapia, Mary Garcia, Manuel Gonzalez Jr., Amy Jimenez, Lisa Velasquez, Gabrelle Velasquez, Maria Jimenez, Alex Jimenez, Kika Nieto, Maria Isabel Alderete, Dora Arguello, Charles Montoya
Call the office (575)356-4241 if you would like to add or
delete a loved one to St. Helen’s prayer list.
St.
Bernadette
Feast day:
April 16
Saturday April 17
4:00 p.m. – Mass (English) Leo Montoya by Alex & Flory Montoya
Baby Aziel Nicklaus Salas by Salas Family
Juana Maria & Tomasa Sanchez-Serra By Deacon & Yolanda Herrera
Sunday April 18
9:00 a.m. – Mass (English) Acacio Padilla by Troy & Maxine McCollum
Maida Gomez by Juan Gomez
Vorsila Bohrer by Antonio & Antonia Salaz
12:00 a.m. – Mass (Spanish) Por Las Almas de Purgatorio
Emma Jasso by Jasso Family
(6yr. Anniversary)
Miguel & Juan Mendoza by Mendoza Family
Readings for the Week of April 18, 2021 Sunday Third Sunday of Easter Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48 Monday Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday Acts 7:51—8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 7b
and 8a, 17 and 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-5, 6-7a; Jn 6:35-40
Thursday Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51
Friday Saint George, Martyr; Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr
Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc-2; Jn 6:52-59 Saturday Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr
Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Jn 6:60-69
Sunday Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18
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ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH PORTALES, NEW MEXICO APRIL 18, 2021
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Announcements
Thank you Thank you to everyone for wearing your mask at
Church and sanitizing your area before leaving.
During this trying time it is important to us for the
safety of our parishioners. As always, if you have
small children who cannot wear a mask or if you are
in poor health, please take advantage of the Mass on
the internet. Father distributes communion at the
second door facing the parking lot from 10am.-
11am, and 1pm – 1:30pm.
Lectors With summer approaching, a reminder to the
Lectors on the dress code for Mass: no spaghetti
straps, tank tops, short dresses, shorts or capri pants
or sandals. When you are assigned as a lector
please sit in pew number 1. You are also
responsible to sanitizing the lectern after Mass.
April 24 Father Francisco will out of town, Saturday, April
the 24th. Father Sena will be doing Confessions and
Mass that day.
Rice Bowls Rice Bowls may be turned into the office
during office hours.
Confession Confession is the church on the following
dates:
Wednesday 5pm-5:45pm
Saturdays 3pm – 3:45pm
Mask MUST be worn at all times.
First SaturdayMay 1, is First Saturday, there will be no Mass but
the Rosary will be said at 9am outside.
Mass Please be on time. If we reach
capacity or if all pews are taken you
will not be able to enter. The police
are making random inspections and if
we are over the capacity required by
the state, the church can be shut down.
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ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH PORTALES, NEW MEXICO APRIL 18, 2021
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
.Anuncios Gracias Gracias a todos por usar su máscara en la Iglesia y
desinfectar su área antes de irse. Durante este
tiempo de prueba, es importante para nosotros por
la seguridad de nuestros feligreses. Como siempre,
si tiene niños pequeños que no pueden usar una
máscara o si tiene problemas de salud, aproveche la
Misa en Internet. El padre distribuye la comunión
en la segunda puerta que da al estacionamiento de
10 a. M. A 11 a. M. Y de 1 p. M. A 1:30 p. M.
Lectores Con el verano acercándose, un recordatorio para los
lectores sobre el código de vestimenta para la misa:
no tirantes finos, camisetas sin mangas, vestidos
cortos, pantalones cortos o pantalones capri o
sandalias. Cuando sea asignado como lector,
siéntese en el banco número 1. También es
responsable de desinfectar el atril después de la
Misa.
24 de abril El padre Francisco saldrá de la ciudad el
sábado 24 de abril. El Padre Sena estará
haciendo Confesiones y Misa ese día.
Cuencos de arroz Los tazones de arroz se pueden entregar en la
oficina durante el horario de oficina.
Confesión La confesión es la iglesia en las siguientes fechas:
Miércoles 5 pm-5:45 pm
Sábados de 3:00pm a 3:45pm
La máscara DEBE usarse en todo momento.
Primer sábado El 1 de mayo, es el primer sábado, no habrá misa,
pero el Rosario se rezará a las 9 am afuera.
Masa Por favor, se puntual. Si alcanzamos el aforo o si
están ocupados todos los bancos, no podrá entrar.
La policía está haciendo inspecciones al azar y si
superamos la capacidad requerida por el estado, la
iglesia puede ser cerrada.
.
Oración por la confianza Oh Cristo Jesús,
cuando todo es
oscuridad y
sentimos nuestra
debilidad e
impotencia, danos
el sentido de Tu
presencia, Tu Amor
y Tu fuerza.
Ayúdanos a tener perfecta confianza en Tu
amor protector y poder fortalecedor, para
que nada nos asuste ni nos preocupe, pues
viviendo cerca de Ti veremos Tu mano, Tu
propósito y Tu Voluntad, en todas las cosas.
Amén
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ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH PORTALES, NEW MEXICO APRIL 18, 2021
Story of Lourdes & Saint Bernadette Bernadette Soubirous was born in Lourdes on 7th
January 1844. She was the eldest of nine children born
to Francois Soubirous and Louise Casterot. Francois was
a miller, but at the time of the Apparitions, was
unemployed. The family (six persons) lived in the
Cachot (a disused prison cell) in considerable poverty.
On Thursday, llth February, 1858, Bernadette went with
her sister, Toinette-Marie (11 years) and a friend, Jeanne
Abadie (13 years) to collect firewood. Afraid to follow
the other two across the small Savy Canal, Bernadette
paused, and began to take off her stockings. She heard a
gust of wind, but nothing moved. Then she saw a Lady
at the Grotto nearby. “I saw a Lady dressed in white. She
had a white dress girdled with a blue sash, and a yellow
rose on each foot, the colour of the chain of her rosary.
After that I rubbed my eyes. I thought I must be making
a mistake. I put my hand in my pocket and took out my
rosary. I tried to make the Sign of the Cross, but I could
not lift my hand to my forehead. The Vision made the
Sign of the Cross. Then my hand trembled. I tried, and
was able to sign myself. I said the rosary. The Vision
passed her beads through her fingers, but she did not
move her lips. When I had finished my rosary, the
Vision suddenly disappeared.”
Our Lady appeared 17 more times. Friday, 16th July,
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Our Lady appeared
for the last time even though the Grotto had been
barricaded by the authorities.
It was in the last three years of her life that her holiness
became obvious to all. She had acted as infirmarian and
assistant sacristan up to October 1875, but at that point,
her poor health finally failed, and she was confined to bed
for the remaining three years. A tubercular condition in
the right knee combined with asthma made those years a
continual agony. She died on April 16th, 1879. It is an
interesting point that although many other people were
cured or had their conditions eased at Lourdes, Bernadette
herself always had poor health and suffered during her
final years.
Bernadette Soubirous was declared Blessed in 1925 and a
Saint in 1933.
Historia de Lourdes y Santa Bernadette
Bernadette Soubirous nació en Lourdes el 7 de enero de
1844. Era la mayor de nueve hijos de Francois Soubirous
y Louise Casterot. Francois era molinero, pero en el
momento de las Apariciones estaba desempleado. La
familia (seis personas) vivía en Cachot (una celda de
prisión en desuso) en una pobreza considerable.
El jueves 11 de febrero de 1858, Bernadette fue con su
hermana, Toinette-Marie (11 años) y una amiga, Jeanne
Abadie (13 años) a recoger leña. Con miedo de seguir a
los otros dos a través del pequeño canal Savy,
Bernadette se detuvo y comenzó a quitarse las medias.
Escuchó una ráfaga de viento, pero nada se movió.
Entonces vio a una Dama en la Gruta cercana. “Vi a una
Dama vestida de blanco. Llevaba un vestido blanco
ceñido con una faja azul y una rosa amarilla en cada pie,
del color de la cadena de su rosario. Después de eso, me
froté los ojos. Pensé que debía estar cometiendo un
error. Me metí la mano en el bolsillo y saqué el rosario.
Traté de hacer la Señal de la Cruz, pero no pude
llevarme la mano a la frente. La Visión hizo la Señal de
la Cruz. Entonces mi mano tembló. Lo intenté y pude
firmar yo mismo. Dije el rosario. La Visión pasó sus
cuentas a través de sus dedos, pero ella no movió los
labios. Cuando terminé mi rosario, la Visión desapareció
repentinamente ".
Nuestra Señora apareció 17 veces más. Viernes 16 de
julio, fiesta de Nuestra Señora del Carmen. Nuestra
Señora apareció por última vez a pesar de que la Gruta
había sido atrincherada por las autoridades.
Fue en los últimos tres años de su vida que su santidad
se hizo evidente para todos. Ella había actuado como
enfermera y sacristán auxiliar hasta octubre de 1875,
pero en ese momento, su mala salud finalmente falló y
estuvo confinada a la cama durante los tres años
restantes. Una enfermedad tuberculosa en la rodilla
derecha combinada con asma convirtió esos años en una
agonía continua. Murió el 16 de abril de 1879. Es un
punto interesante que, aunque muchas otras personas se
curaron o mejoraron sus condiciones en Lourdes, la
propia Bernadette siempre tuvo mala salud y sufrió
durante sus últimos años.
Bernadette Soubirous fue declarada Beata en 1925 y
Santa en 1933.
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