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Our Lady of Perpetual Help
St. Mary’s, Albany
We are a people responding to Christ’s call to conversion, new life and discipleship with a nurturing Community.
We celebrate this new life in Scripture and the Sacraments of the Roman Catholic tradition.
Our Celebration impels and transforms us to be Spirit filled individuals who can reach out and minister to all people challenging and enabling them to build God’s Kingdom of justice and holiness.
Mini Silent Auction
July 20th – 21st, 2019
One Weekend Left!
Stop by and put in your bid. New furniture pieces plus household and baby items donated from a local business will be available! Proceeds to be split between Raise the Roof: Phase 3 and the Soup Kitchen.
Linn County Fair
Right to Life Booth
July 17th – July 20th, 2019
The Linn County Fair is coming up. Our parish has a Right to Life booth at the fair and needs help covering the shifts from July 17 – July 20. Parking and entry are covered for volunteers. Come serve a 3-hour shift, and enjoy the rest of the fair before or after your shift. Contact Mary Austin for more information – she’s in the parish directory. Contact Mary Austin to schedule a time and arrange for your free pass: 541-928-8706
Change to Mass Schedule
July 22nd, 2019 – July 31st, 2019
From 7/22 through 7/31 there will be no morning Masses, only morning prayers.
On 7/26 there will be no healing Mass.
On 7/31 there will be no evening adoration or confession.
Weekend Masses will remain the same.
Thank you.
2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament
Benefiting Special Olympics
July 27th, 2019 at 9am
Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Albany Council 1577
Where: Springhill Golf Club, 155 NW Country Club lane, Albany, OR 97321, (541)926-6059
When: JULY 27, 2019 with a shotgun start at 9am. Check in no later than 8:30am.
Agenda: Teams of 4 players will compete in a “Scramble” format with awards for Long Drive, KP, longest putt, best score, and numerous other prizes and surprises.
Meal and awards to follow the tournament.
Cost: $100.00 per player for 18 holes of golf and entry into all awards and meal. Carts included. Single players welcome! We will put you on a team.
How to Enter: Fill out the form on the link below and email Dan and Gary to let them know you have signed up. Dan McDowell at (503) 551-2592 or [email protected]
Gary Haworth at (541) 223-8160 or [email protected]
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12NelfryNW4m2URu4sU0jcIzLiuDuqlaK
VBS Volunteer Training
SAVE THE DATE!
Adult Trainings:
Sunday, July 28 – 9:30-11am (John XXIII Room)
Friday, Aug 2 – 4-5:30pm (John XXIII Room)
Youth Trainings:
Thursday, July 25 – 6-7:30pm (Youth Loft)
Saturday, July 27 – 5:30-7pm (Youth Loft)
Decorating Parties:
Friday, August 2 – 4-8pm (Gathering Space)
Sunday, August 4 – 4-8pm (Gathering Space)
Vacation Bible School
August 5-9, 2019
9am – Noon
Ages 4 years thru 5th grade
Register online OR stop by the office for more information. Forms are also available on the bulletin board by the back door of the church.
Join Us
English Mass
Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM
Sunday 8:30 & 11:00 AM
Daily Masses Monday – Saturday 8:30 AM
Last Friday of the month is a Healing Mass at 8:30am
Spanish Mass
Saturday 7:00 PM
Sunday 1:00 PM
Reconciliation
Saturday 3:30 – 4:30 PM
Last Wednesday of the month 6-7 PM with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
or by appointment during regular office hours – Please call ahead to make the appointment.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena
Communal Recitation weekdays 8:00-8:30 AM and
Personal Recitation in the chapel
(Novena booklets available in both languages.)
Adoration
Adoration, Rosary and Confession:
6:00pm – 7:00pm on the last Wednesday of every month.
Perpetual Adoration Chapel Available
If you are a registered parishioner, come to the office for the key code.
POINTS TO PONDER:
A recent local newsletter gives us food for thought.
A bill introduced on March 7 titled “Kittens In
Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act” (also called the
KITTEN Act) would end the killing of kittens that
have been used in tests conducted by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
According to one man, “The USDA’s decision to
slaughter kittens after they are used in research
is an archaic practice and horrific treatment,
and we need to end it. The KITTEN Act will protect
these innocent animals from being needlessly
euthanized in government testing, and make sure that
they can be adopted by loving families instead.”
It is reassuring to know our elected leaders
demonstrate such empathy and compassion for
helpless animals. It would be more reassuring if this
same concern was expressed for human unborn or
just-born children.
Recently voted against was the
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,
which would prohibit a health care practitioner from
failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the
case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted
abortion.
One website states: “The American Dream is
rooted in the ideas that every child deserves
equal opportunity to excel and that individuals
who work hard should have a fair shot to get
ahead, no matter where they started in life.”
It also says: “… to fight for Oregon and to make
sure the American Dream is there for the next
generation of Oregonians.”
Presumably it means whatever next generation of
Oregonians who will not undergo the horrific and
archaic practice of abortion. “Every child deserves
equal opportunity.” Wouldn’t this be true for the
unborn child as well?
We have seen this time and again, whether we are talking about Spotted Owls, Cetaceans, trees… – they all generate a lot of media coverage and people feel upset over the tragedy of damage to populations of plants and animals. You will see action on the part of citizens to rectify these tragedies, often at some expense to other populations.
If a parent leaves a child in a hot car or otherwise mistreats it, public opinion slates them as the worst parent ever. Yet, some in society would have us believe it is okay to kill a baby at any stage of life, or “allow” it to die after birth without taking any action to prevent the death. “Making it comfortable” is not an accurate turn of phrase. Abandoning the baby and allowing it to starve to death is anything but “comfortable.”
God made every living thing. All life matters – born or unborn, human, animal or plant. Step up and take action against the injustice of wanton killing of gorillas. Find people to adopt the kittens. Just don’t forget how precious a human baby is. There are many who want to have a baby and can’t. Let them take the baby home to love and care for it.
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