Sacred Heart Cathedral would like to invite all the faithful of the Diocese of Gallup to our Parish Mission.
March 7th – 10th.  Bishop James S. Wall will be our Mission Presenter.  His Theme is:  “Love, Hope and Truth in the Teaching of Pope Benedict XVI.”

Bishop Wall will speak at all the weekend Masses to begin his Mission than the First Conference will begin Sunday March 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the Cathedral.
He will speak at 7:00 p.m. each evening of Monday-Wednesday.  He will also be celebrating Mass at 8:00 a.m. each weekday Monday, 8th-Wednesday 10th  and will then present a synopsis of the previous night’s teaching in the lounge of the Family Center.  A simple continental breakfast will be served.  On the last day of the Mission Wednesday, March 10th, we will continue with our tradition of a “Potluck Dessert” social following that evenings presentation.  On the last night, we will also be taking up a “love offering” for the St. John Vianney House of Discernment for priestly vocations.

Everyone is welcome!  What a blessing to have our own Bishop James S. Wall as presenter at this years Lenten Mission.

During Lent.  Stations of the Cross will be held at St John Vianney Parish, on Fridays beginning
February 19,2010 at 6 pm. After the Stations, there will be a special
Lenten Series featuring Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in 30 – minute Video in the Hall.
Hot Chocolate and hot cider will be served during a brief discussion after
the video.

2010 CATHEDRAL PARISH LENTEN MISSION … One of the highlights of our parish Lenten observance each year is the annual Mission, which will run from Sunday, March 7th thru Wednesday, March 10th.  This year will be historic for us insofar as our 2010 Mission presenter will be Bishop James S. Wall.  (I believe that this is the first time a Bishop of Gallup has ever conducted the Lenten Mission at Sacred Heart Cathedral).  I first talked to Bishop Wall about the possibility several months ago, and he readily agreed to give the 2010 Mission.  He also added, almost immediately, that he knew just what he wanted his Mission theme to be:

“Love, Hope & Truth in the Teaching of Pope Benedict XVI.”

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“‘Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation’
(2Cor 6.2)
… Although there is no season that is not filled with the divine gifts,
And although at each moment we have, through his grace, access to the divine mercy,
Yet now is the time in which the souls of all men and women
Should be stirred with greater fervor towards spiritual perfection,
And inspired with greater confidence;
Now when the return of that [Easter] day on which we were redeemed
Invites us once more to the fulfillment of all our sacred duties.
So that purified in body and soul
We may celebrate the supreme Paschal Mystery of Our Lord.”
(From a Lenten Homily of Pope Saint Leo the Great – Pope from 440 to 461 AD)

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The next pre-baptism class will be on Saturday February 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the Family Center. If anyone plans to attend this class, they need to call the Sacred Heart Office at (505)722-6644. Classes are held the last Saturday of the month with Baptisms being held on the Last Sunday of the Month after the 11:00 a.m. Mass.  Reminder there will be no baptisms until Easter Sunday; there are no baptisms during lent.

LENT – 2010:   The penitential season Lent begins this coming week, with the celebration of Ash Wednesday on February 17th. The times of the four Ash Wednesday Masses are 6:30 & 8:00 am, 12:10 & 5:15 pm.  This is also a day of fast & abstinence – only one full meal should be taken and no meat should be eaten.  Lent is the seven-week preparation for the celebration of the “high holy days” of the Church’s year: the Solemn Paschal Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

There are two parts to the Lenten season and observance.  During the first three and a half weeks (February 17th thru March 13th), the Church calls us to focus our attention on an examination quality and vigor of our own personal faith in light of Gospel demands.  Beginning with the fourth week of Lent (March 14th thru March 31st), the focus shifts from personal examination and purification to Christ Himself – preparing us to walk with Jesus through His suffering and death, and to rise with Him in the glory of Easter morning!

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FEBRUARY ODDS & ENDS … Congratulations to Bishop James S. Wall who celebrated last Friday the first anniversary of the announcement of his appointment as the fourth Bishop of Gallup – it doesn’t seem possible that it has already been one year!  Congratulations to our Religious priests, sisters & brothers who were honored on Saturday for their years of service to the Church – amounting to an aggregate of 290 years!  Besides the Religious priests who were honored this week, we have several Diocesan priests who will be celebrating significant anniversaries this year: Fr. Tim Cervantes (10), Fr. Kevin Finnegan (20), Fr. Dan Hussey (25), Fr. Ray Mahlmann (25), Fr. John Sauter (25), Fr. Miike Vigil (25), Fr. Alberto Avella (30), Fr. Pat Universal (35), Fr. Dan Daley (40), Fr. Larry O’Keefe (40), Fr. Bill Welch (55) – amounting to 330 aggregate years!

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