We are a thing Church Marriage Prep: Deacon Doug Marsh Bap sm Prep/RCIA: Deacon Bob Cole Altar Servers: Deacon Andre’ Mason RCIC: Cathy King Pro-Life: Carla Cain Sacrament of Infant Bap sm Contact the Office Pastoral Care for the Sick For Holy Communion: Anoin ng and Confessions Contact Fr. John Pastoral Visit at home or in the hospital: Contact Fr. John * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pregnant and in need? Op onLine.org, 1-800-712-HELP Homeless and Pregnant? Call Good Counsel Homes 1-800-723-8331, www.goodcounselhomes.org Hur ng from abor on? Www.Abor onForgiveness.com

ST. DOMINIC CATHOLIC CHURCH 5354 S. Hwy 85 ● Security, Colorado, 80911 Phone: 719-392-7653 ● Fax: 719-392-1651

Office Hours: Mon— Thurs: 9:00am to 5:00pm Friday: 9:00am to 2:00pm

Email: stdominic@stdominiconline.org Website: h p://www.StDominicOnline.org

Facebook: h ps://facebook.com/ColoradoStDominic

Weekend Masses Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Masses Monday thru Friday: 8:00 AM Wednesday: 6:00 PM First Saturday Mass: 8:00 AM Reconcilia on: Saturday 3:00-4:30 PM Penance Service-March 19@6:30pm

March 18, 2018 Fi h Sunday of Lent

For extreme emergencies, please call (719) 528-3157, or

Fr. John Stearns at (888) 728-9316

Parish Staff Pastor Fr. John Stearns x1002 pastor@stdominiconline.org Deacons Bob Cole x1003 Doug Marsh x1003 dmarsh@stdominiconline.org Andre’ Mason x1003 amason@stdominiconline.org Business Manager Paul Lara x1001 plara@stdominiconline.org Director of Religious Education Sr Ann Cassidy x1006 acassidy@stdominiconline.org Parish Secretary Pene Hargis x1000 phargis@stdominiconline.org Assistant Secretary Grace Linn x1009 glinn@stdominiconline.org Director of Music Aaron Miller x1005 amiller@stdominiconline.org Social Ministry Patricia Frank x1008 pfrank@stdominiconline.org Maintenance Dylan Watson x1010 Sam Wadle

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9; Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16; (procession) Is 50:4-7; Ps 22: 8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 -- 15:47 [15:1-39]

Welcome to St. Dominic Catholic Church. We are so happy to have you here with us. Please, if you are new to the parish, fill out a registra on form either on our website or you can pick one up in the office or at our welcome table. Be sure to ask about all the ministries we have here. There is something for everyone. If you are just visi ng thank you for coming and we hope you will come back and see us soon.

Please Keep in Your Prayers: The month of March:

Ron & Maria Brown, Rita Ochoa, Marianna Aus n, Xavier Linn-Poindexter, Barbara Lemay, Joy Califano, Joan Kincaid, Gary Baldwin, Ellen Mayo, Sharon Grant, Dolores Drake, Buzz Richmond, Jeff Frank, Amanda Bourda, Dan Gieck, & Helen Contreras. For the Repose of the Soul: Genevieve Lempecki, Larry Darnall, Michael Kestel, Helen Wilson, & Rose Vialpando.

CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players St Dominic Men’s Group

Wednesdays 7pm … Luke Trailer

Is the Catholic Church s ll relevant? Why does the Catholic Church hold to

certain ideas in the modern day? Discover the figures who shaped

the Church and changed the world. If you don’t know the Faith,

How can you live it? To sign up contact Brant Tre er, Men’s

Group Ministry Lead, bctret@gmail.com

We love having you as part of our flock!

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ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS All No fica ons for Adverse Weather will now be on Flock Notes,

please see sign up informa on under Flock Notes.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Call or text 719-246-1830 Hours Needing Coverage:

Su 3am, 11am, M 2am,3am, 4am, & 6am Sa 3am, 8pm,9pm

Consider taking a regular sched-uled hour or sign up with flock notes and help when you can. "Let us go with confidence to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace," - (Heb. 4:16) "When we speak to Jesus with simplicity and with all our heart, He does like a mother who holds her child's head with her hands and covers it with kisses and caresses." - St. John Vianney, on adoring Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament

Appointment with God at 3pm “At three o’clock, implore My mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, par cularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion (Diary, 1320).” -St. Maria Faus na Kowalska

Penance Service

St. Dominic Church

March 19, 2018 6:30pm

We are in need of EMHCs for our homebound parishioners.

This ministry requires bringing the Eucharist to homebound parishioners on a weekly basis. You will set up the day and time most convenient to you. If you are in-terested or have any questions please contact Patricia Frank in the Parish Office at 392-7653.

Sun 3/18 MINISTRY FAIR

9:30am Faith Forma on @ Church & Trailers

11:00am RCIA—Third Scru ny & Dismissal

12:30pm JPIC @ Family Room

Mon 3/19 6:30pm PENANCE SERVICE @ Church

6:30pm Boy Scouts @ Mark Trailer (Walt)

6:45pm Study of Luke @ Narthex (Maria L)

7:00pm Spiritual Book Club @ Luke Trailer (Kim A)

Tues 3/20 10:00am Franciscan Inquiry Class @ Luke ‘A’ (Cathy K)

6:00pm Cub Scouts @ Mark Trailer (Walt)

6:00pm Finance Council @ Family Room (Fr John)

6:00pm RCIC @ Luke A & B—Final Class

6:30pm Small Group @ Choir Rm (Bobbie S)

7:00pm RCIA @ Narthex & Kitchen

Wed 3/21 2:00pm Small Group @ Luke Trailer (Kim A)

6:30pm Choir Prac ce @ Choir Rm (Aaron M)

7:00pm RCIA @ Trailer #2 Luke Rm C (Deacon Bob)

7:00pm Men’s Group @Luke ‘B’ (Brant T)

Thurs 3/22 9:30am Small Group @ Day Chapel/Kitchen (Brian K)

5:30pm Liturgy Mee ng @ Luke ‘A’

6:30pm Hearts on Fire Prayer Group @ Day Chapel (Rick S)

6:30pm Deacon Doug @ Family room

Fri 3/23 9:00am Prayer Group @ Counters Room (Dolores D)

10:30am Small Group @ Family Room (Carol B)

5:30pm Soup Supper @ Narthex by Lectors (Harry)

7:00pm Sta ons of the Cross—Pro Life Way of the Cross @ Church (Deacon Doug)

Sat 3/24 8:30am-1:30pm

RCIA Retreat & Lunch @ Narthex/Day Chapel/Kitchen

1:00pm Altar Server Training @ Nave ( Deacon Andre’)

Sun 3/25 12:15pm Pro Life Mee ng @ Family Room (Carla C)

12:30pm Franciscan Community Mee ng @ South Narthex

Weekend Collec ons 3/18 Tithing—VFW Post 101 Second Collec on— 3/25 Tithing–Fountain Police Department Second Collec on–

ATTENTION ALL PARISHONERS: St. Dominic Catholic Church currently has openings on both the Finance Council and on the Parish Council. If you are interested in helping to lead our church into the future, please submit a le er of interest to the office No Later Than close of business on 21 March 2018. The le er should state why you wish to serve our parish and list your qualifica ons. Please direct any ques ons to Fr. John.

RETURNING GOD’S GIFTS (RGG) St Dominic Catholic Church is pleased to par cipate in the 2018 Returning God’s Gi s Appeal. This appeal supports charitable needs through out the Diocese of Colorado Springs. Your contribu on benefits Catholic Chari es, provides scholarships for Catholic School Chil-dren, provides forma on for men training for the Priest-hood and permanent diaconate, and so much more. Please make your gi to Returning God’s Gi s. You can make your gi online at www.diocs.org, or by picking up a brochure and inten on envelope here at the parish. Thank you.

St. Dominic Church Library Looking for Volunteers

to oversee the Church Library, please call the office if interested.

The Pon fical Good Friday Collec on Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pon fical Good Friday Collec on, which helps Chris ans in the Holy Land. Your support helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious educa on. The Pon fical Good Friday Collec on also helps to pre-serve the sacred shrines. The wars, unrest and instability have been especially hard on Chris ans. In these mes of crisis, the Pon fi-cal Good Friday Collec on provides humanitarian aid to refugees. When you contribute to the Pon fical Good Friday Collec on, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. Please be generous! For more informa on visit www.myfranciscan.org/good-friday.

Divine Mercy Youth Vigil St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church

6455 Brook Park Drive Colorado Springs CO 80918

7:00pm—9:00pm - April 7th, 2018 Eucharis c Adora on, Divine Mercy Chap-let, Icon Procession, Venera on of Relics, Confessions & Recep on.

JESUS I TRUST IN YOU

Sat 3/17 5:00pm Caleb Stefan rb Fran Reinhart

Sun 3/18 8:00am The People of St Dominic’s

11:00am † Jeffrey R. Espinoza rb Allen Espinoza & Family

Mon 3/19 8:00am Richard Carson rb Sam & Pene Hargis

Tues 3/20 8:00am For those receiving Ini al Sacraments rb Sister Ann

Wed 3/21 8:00am For those receiving Ini al Sacraments rb Sister Ann

6:00pm † Cecil Crocker rb Gary & Maxine Baldwin

Thurs 3/22 8:00am Travis Schwenk rb Sam & Pene Hargis

Fri 3/23 8:00am Living & Deceased members of the Krutka & Magoon Families rb Brian Krutka

Sat 3/24 5:00pm † Armando David rb Mar neau Family

Sun 3/25 8:00am PALM SUNDAY † Robert Mar nez rb Ruby Mar nez

11:00am The People of St. Dominic’s

3/18-3/25 Sanctuary Lamp:

NOVENAS Miraculous Medal Novena prayed Monday a er the 8:00 AM Mass. Chaplet of Divine Mercy prayed Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday a er the 8:00 AM Mass. Novena to the Sacred Heart prayed Friday a er the 8:00 AM Mass.

Sound Booth Adult volunteers needed to oversee the sound booth and

work with the youth volunteers. Contact Jeremy Oliver at 719-310-1239.

Spiritual Adop on Program MONTH 6 ~ Developing Baby

Your spiritually adopted baby is developing quite beau fully now. His/her weight is approaching 2 pounds. Babies born prematurely at this me have a very good chance of surviving. The medical advances in caring for extremely small newborn infants are extraordinary indeed. Jus ce O’Connor has remarked that the Roe vs. Wade decision is on a collision course with itself. Each passing year, we wit-ness medical advances that allow medical professionals to save younger and younger premature infants.

St. Dominic Food Pantry Open Tuesdays, 10:00am to 12 noon

If you or someone you know in our parish is in need of an Easter Dinner Basket please contact Patricia Frank in the Parish Office at 392-7653. The deadline for basket requests is Friday, March 23, 2018. We are in need of the following food items: Hams (must be brought to office), boxed mashed potatoes, canned pineapple, fruit cocktail, Jell-O (not sugar free), biscuit mix and dessert mix. Donations due Friday, March 23, 2018.

Choir Ministry St. Dominic Choir is looking

for new members to join the ministry. Reading music is not required!

Contact Aaron Miller or call him at 719-200-3271. The Choir meets every Wednesday

at 6:30pm in the Choir Room.

February 14 thru March 30 Planned Parenthood on Centennial

St. Dominic’s day is on Wednesdays—6am to 6pm

Church Security volunteers needed. Please sign up at Ministry Fair or stop by the Parish Office.

Spiritual Book Club The SBC will be reading Frui ul Discipleship by Sherry Weddell. Star ng April 16th. This text teaches us about the spiritual gi s, we have as bap zed Catholics, and provides a guide for using these gi s to posi vely impact ourselves and the world around us. Remember, “You don’t have to appear excep onal to the world to be used in remarkable ways by God” (Weddell) If you are a casual reader, an avid scholar, or you just want to get together with your fellow Catholics and work to deepen your spiritual faith, we look forward to mee ng you! Please contact Kim Anderson at 757-870-1640 for more infor-ma on.

“We are asking for dona ons to off-set the cost of Easter flowers for the Parish. If you would like to make a dona on, Please put the money in a sepa-rate envelope with the name of the person you’d like to honor or remember on the front. You can then either bring it to the office or put the envelope in the Collec on basket. It must be clearly marked as “EASTER FLOWERS” dona-

ons so that it is NOT included with the weekly offerings. We will publish the names of the honorees in the bulle n a week a er Easter. Thank You!”

Notes From the Pastor

My Dear Parishioners, Please support your church! This weekend St. Dominic Church is asking you to complete and return your intention card. As I mentioned in my homily, I am not asking for an amount, but I am asking for 100% participation. This church belongs to Jesus Christ, but we are its keepers. This is our home. We have been blessed with a beautiful church and we should keep it up. God has blessed us abundantly and we are called to be thankful. We show our thanksgiving by respecting and carefully caring for the blessings He has given. We show our respect in how we guard the Eucharist. We show our thanksgiving in how we care for others and we show our thanksgiving for a place to worship by how we care for it and those we help. There are at least 20 places in the Bible where the Word of God speaks about tithing. Here are a few for our meditation. Mark 12:41-44 And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in every-thing she had, all she had to live on.” Matthew 6:1-4 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Malachi 3:8-10 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, “How have we robbed you?” In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Thank you for your kindness and generosity. Remember, if you have any questions about our faith, history or the Church, please feel free to send your questions to me at Pastor@StDominicOnline.org. Your servant in Christ, Fr. John

ITEM / PROJECT NUMBER ITEM COST TOTAL COST AMT COLLECTED

Rebuild piano with-new strings/tuning pins/hammers & shanks

1 $5,400.00 $5,400.00 $20.00

U li es: electric/gas/water

Monthly $5,300.00 Average

$5,300.00 monthly

$2,345.00 Applied

Piano mic system 1 $2,999.00 $2,999.00 $00.00

Church Needs List

INCOME REPORT FOR MARCH

THE CHURCH IS CURRENTLY

BEHIND ON BILLS AND $66,035.52 IN DEBT.

Addi onal offering needed per Parishioner: $12.00

Building Fund $ 9,556.00 1st Week 16,296.47 2nd Week 17,602.18 3rd Week .00 4th Week .00 Direct Tithing 16,152.53 Fundraisers/Gi s .00 Total $ 59,607.18

GOAL $26,056.00 $26,056.00 $26,056.00 $26,056.00

$104,224.00

Special Announcement—Happy Anniversary

We are recognizing couples who have been married 25, 50 or more years. They must be registered with the parish and both alive. The Anniversaries will only be posted for each current month.

MARCH Robert & Laura Perry—March 1, 1966—March 1, 2018 = 52 yrs Pat & Brigi e Shonka—March 6, 1965—March 6, 2018 = 53 yrs

Please contact the Parish Office to share your good news!

Knights of Columbus Council #4636 The Council is sponsoring a “Diaper Drive” for the Colorado Springs Pregnancy Care Center. Please bring your dona on during the weekends of March 10th—11th and March 17th—18th. A container will be placed in the Narthex. The Knights of Columbus want to thank you in advance for your dona on. Grand Knight—Ken Stewart

ATTENTION ALL CATHOLICS WHO SUPPORT PRO-LIFE!

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Holy Family #1794 of Security are inviting all Ladies, if you are 18 years and older, we would love to invite you to join us for our monthly meeting to learn more about the Catholic Daughters. Our April meet-ing will be held in the Narthex of St. Dominic at 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 7, 2018, but invite you to come early and enjoy some good fellowship and refreshments before the meeting at 12:30 pm. We would love for you to join us! For further information, please call Evelyn Irving at 687-5713

CONFIRMATION PREP AND CLASSES At this point in the year, when we only have 3 more

mes to gather – minus the recep on of the Sacrament, (April 10th at 6:00 PM).

April 8 is going through the Ritual and prac ce; April 10 is the recep on of the sacrament;

April 15 will be the last class and special closing.

This is the me to begin asking friends and rela ves to pray in a special manner for the young people, as they ac-cept to make this next official step in living their rela onship with God and the St. Dominic Parish community.

Thank you for your coopera on.

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Catholic Charities Announcements Paid Internship available: Database Helper needed for 12 weeks to assist with implementation of a new web-based volunteer database. $11.00/hr., 15 hr/wk. Work with the Volunteer Manager on planning and implementation, and with staff and volunteers to learn new processes. For more information, contact Volunteer Manager, Doug Rouse, at drouse@ccharitiescc.org. Mini-grants available for parish ministry! Apply for support of up to $2,500 for helping our vulnerable brothers and sisters at the parish level through parish programming. Applications are due April 30, 2018. For more information, email Parish Ministry Coordinator, Leilani Foronda, at lforonda@ccharitiescc.org. Adoption: Catholic Charities of Central Colorado will be holding an In-fant Adoption training for prospective couples. Please contact 719-866-6535 for more information. Counseling Services Available: Confidential sessions for Individual, Family, and Couples counseling available through Catholic Charities on a sliding fee basis. For more information please contact 719-866-6535. Come to the First Friday tour at Catholic Charities at 10:00 am. The next tour is April 6. Register online at www.CCharitiesCC.org Volunteer Opportunities: Light Maintenance Helper needed for re-pairs and special projects as needed, help maintain the grounds, some cleaning, and other light tasks both indoors and outdoors. Food Prepara-tion volunteers for the Marian House needed Wednesday 7:00 am to 10:00 am. Donation Sorting volunteer help needed at the Marian House. Flexible schedule: M-F between 8:00 am and 1:00 pm. Family Connections – Help sort and organize clothing items at the Marian House for our Kids Klozet and/or label and organize baby formula and baby food by expiration date for a 2 hour shift Tues., Wed., or Th., 9:30 am – 2:00 p.m.

High School Seniors! If you are making plans for College, why not consider checking out the Newman Connec on. Find a campus community at the college or university you will be a ending. Just go to the website, click “Connect” and “Find a Campus” . . . it’s that easy! www.newmanconnec on.com Staying in the Springs? Check out: Catholic Fire Campus Ministry of Colorado Springs Mass every week at UCCCS University Center Room 303 @ 12:30. Bible Studies; Thursday night dinner; Weekday Mass; Retreats! www.SpringsCatholicFire.org Facebook: Catholic Fire Fr. Kyle Ingels; fatheringels@gmail.com Open to all college students wherever you a end classes.

Young Adult Ministry Conference 2018 Saturday, April 14 at 9:30am to 8pm

St. Francis of Assisi Parish 2050 Parish View, Colo Springs 80919

Register at h ps://goo.gl/Bp2pLj

World Youth Day Panama 2019 January 21—28, 2019

Especially designed for the Diocese of Colorado Springs 8 days / 7 nights — Sr. Bernade e Mota, FMA WYD Host

For a full Brochure: www.myfaithjourneys.com/login Group Number 19031

For more informa on, e-mail: bmota@diocs.org

Is That All There Is? Do you ever feel like there's some-thing missing in your life, that there must be more? There is more, much more, that the Holy Spirit wants to give us. The Spirit wants us to have a joy & power in our life that most of us can’t even imagine, the power given to the Apostles. But we have to ask for it (Lk 11:14)! Join us a er Easter for a “Life in the Spirit Seminar” that will prepare you for Pentecost & change your life. Let the Spirit s r up power in you!

April 5 thru May 10 at 7pm St. Dominic Catholic Church

Sign-up a er Mass Mar 17/18 & 24/25