St.

Philip Neri Parish

The Northwest Paulist Center
For Evangelization & Reconciliation
2408 SE 16th Avenue Portland, OR 97214
www.stphilipneripdx.org

Parish Office 503-231-4955 Fax 503-736-1383

Guided since our founding in 1912 by the missionary vision of the

Paulists, committed to the mission of Jesus, and dedicated to be
welcoming to all, we, the community of St. Philip Neri, strive to
reach out, to reconcile and to promote unity for all Gods
creations through worship, education, and service toward the
common good.

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 1, 2016

SENIOR GATHERING
Our next Senior Gathering will be this Tuesday, May 3, 122pm in Carvlin Hall. We begin with a potluck lots of great
food! This month our speaker will be Simone Carter, Trauma
Prevention Coordinator, representing the Trauma Nurses
Talk Tough program. Take the Right Steps will help us
identify possible mobility concerns at home, in the car,
shopping, how to fall and what to do next, how to catch
yourself, & who checks on you daily? Please plan to attend
share our potluck and learn from our guest speaker. Bring
a dish to share and bring a friend. Dont cook? Feel free to
stop by the deli of your favorite store for a treat/beverage
to share.

FIRST COMMUNION TODAY

This Sunday is First Communion at the 9:30 Mass.
Congratulations to these young people for answering the
Call to the Table of the Lord and we ask them to pray for
us on thistheir special day: Landon Ernst, Mitchell Geiger,
Elyssa Meyer, Alexi Olsav, Gillian Sayers, and Gabrielle
Wagner.
SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEK
This special collection is for Catholic Charities.

ESCRIP BENEFIT MOBILE

New Feature for eScrip Fundraising; eScrip Benefit
Mobile. Raise between 3-20% of your everyday
transactions
1. Must have a smart phone and/or iPad
2. Download the app from the App Store
3. Once you have the app, you open it, select
payment method, select beneficiary St. Philp
Neri Church
4. Select the store you wish to purchase a gift card
from
5. Tap Next
Tap Buy
Payment Options: credit card or your checking account.
St. Philip receives a higher percentage of your purchase
when you use your checking account.
Participating Stores: Starbucks, Target, Whole Foods,
Banana Republic, Aeropostale, American Airlines to
name just a few. Full list is to come soon.

WERE GLAD YOU ARE HERE

If you are new to the parish, visiting from across town, across the country, or other parts of the world, welcome & thank
you for worshiping with us! Fill out one of the Welcome Cards in the pew racks and drop it in the collection basket.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please call the office, 503-231-4955.

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Saturday, April 30th:
Sunday, May 1st:
Monday, May 2nd:
Tuesday, May 3rd:
Wednesday, May 4th:
Thursday, May 5th:
Friday, May 6th:
Saturday, May 7th:
Sunday, May 8th:

8:00am Mass
4:00pm Mass
9:30am Mass
10:30am Mass
8:00am Mass
8:00am Mass
8:00am Mass
8:00pm Mass
12:10pm Mass
8:00am Mass
4:00pm Mass
9:30am Mass
10:30am Mass

Pius Duk-Gi Kim & Family

Cecilia Crater
Fr. Charlie Brunick
Deaf Community
Eulalia Johnson
Cris Bell
Joseph & Rose Scafidi Wedding <A>
Jean Bruck <B>
Stephen Chang-Seop Oh
Marina & Jospeh Amato
Cecilia Crater
People of St. Philip Neri
Deaf Community

Chapel
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Church
Chapel

If you would like a Mass celebrated for you, for an anniversary of death, birthday, marriage, or other special event,
please fill out a Mass Intention form (located in foyer of the Church) or call the office.
Parish Office Hours
Monday 9am Noon
Tuesday Friday 9am 4pm
503 231-4955
Parish Staff
Pastor & Director of NW Paulist
Center
Fr. Charlie Brunick, CSP .x118
frcharlie@stphilipneripdx.org
Parochial Vicar
Fr. Michael Evernden, CSP .x114
mecsp@mac.com
Parochial Vicar
Fr. Bill Edens, CSP ..x113
frbill.csp@gmail.com
Director of Faith Formation
Barbara Harrison .x107
barbarah@stphilipneripdx.org
Business Manager
Jeanne McPherson ..x103
jeannem@stphilipneripdx.org
Office Manager
Rose Wolfe .x101
rosew@stphilipneripdx.org
Maintenance & Grounds
Ed Danila edwardd@stphilipneripdx.org

THIS WEEKS EVENTS:

May 3:
12pm, Senior Gathering, Carvlin
May 4:
7:15pm, B- Catholics, Chapel
May 5:
7:30pm, Amici dItalia, Carvlin
May 6:
7pm, Open Sanctuary, Church
May 7/8:
Catholic Charities Collection

Church Cleaning, May 2-May 8, Barbara Masvidal & Marcia Angelos

Please pray for:

Fr. Charlie Kerry Czuba Bona Oh
Paulist Seminarians Vocations Paulist Fathers
Our parish community Holy Spirit guide the pastor selection committee
[Know someone we should pray for? Contact Rose in the office.]

REMINDER: CASH DONATIONS

Cash contributions in the church collection can only be credited to a family if
placed in a pre-printed parish envelope. If it is important that your contribution
be recorded for tax purposes, we encourage you to use electronic giving or
formally register in the parish so you can receive pre-printed parish envelopes.
You can register by picking up a registration form in the church foyer or by
calling the office. We thank you for your faithful support of St. Philip Neri.

JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY

In the normal church year-- the month of May is dedicated to Mary. And, this
Year of Mercy, it just so happens that the Spiritual Work of Mercy suggestion
for May is to Counsel the Doubtful and so we can especially ask for the
guidance of Our Lady of Good Counsel. We all know people that are
struggling with questions and doubts whether personal, religious, political, and
economic. Please take time this week to encourage someone and remind
them that God is walking alongside of them. This is not easy. Our actions need
to authentically reflect Gods Mercy. At the end of the day, spend some time in
reflection and yes---- rejoicing in the love and encouragement that was shown
to you by God and others throughout the day.

LOST & FOUND

Do you ever get home and realize you left something at church? Glasses,
umbrellas, phones? These are often found and turned into the office. We
have a pair of glasses from last weekend found in the back section of pews.
If you lost a pair, give the office a call, 503-231-4955. We keep them for a
month but then they are taken to Goodwill.

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Pastoral Corner
How does the Holy Spirit guide the Church? In the first reading from Acts of the Apostles we hear that some people
were teaching in Antioch that new converts to faith in Christ must first become Jews. They would thus be following
the actions of Jesus and the Apostles who were circumcised and who followed the 613 Jewish commandments.
However, demanding that Gentile converts must first become Jewish would severely limit the spread of Christianity.
Paul and Barnabas carried their mission to the Gentiles. They believed that the Holy Spirit had already accepted these
converts. To referee this issue, they went up to Jerusalem to confer with Peter and the Apostles. This discussion came
to be known as the Council of Jerusalem.
Through the powerful testimonies of Paul and Barnabas the Holy Spirit worked through the collaborative process to
bring about a unified position of the Gentiles.
The results of this Council were written in a letter and sent by a carefully selected delegation of disciples, including
Paul and Barnabas to the community in Antioch. It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any
burden beyond these necessities, namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats of strangled
animals, and from unlawful marriage.
How bold they were to SPEAK FOR the Holy Spirit!
The Holy Spirit guides the church through collaborative dialogue in prayer. The Synod on the Family over the past two
years was conducted in a process like that. Pope Francis wrote the final report, an Apostolic Exhortation entitled Amoris
Laetitia (the Joy of Love) that summed up the process, in which he quotes elegantly and in an extended fashion the
reports from Dioceses all over the world. He doesnt come down with a new teaching, but rather insists on a style of
decision-making that pays attention to the Local churches as well as the central governance (the Vatican).
Subsidiarity is the principle that says decisions should be made at the lowest level in the organization possible. Only
issues that affect the whole church should be referred to the Pope. Issues like the question of Gentile converts. In
that situation the Pope (Peter) had to intervene because one group of Jewish disciples was imposing an unnecessary
burden on others.
But Pope Francis continues: Not all discussions of doctrinal, moral or pastoral issues need to be settled by interventions
of the magisterium. Inculturation allows for issues to be handled at the appropriate level. Each country or region
can seek solutions better suited to its culture and sensitive to it's traditions and local needs.
Jesus said to the Apostles, The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you
everything and remind you of all that I told you.
Fr. Bill Edens, CSP
Through the Holy Spirit, the Church tends the Scripture and Tradition Next
and guides
the decisions
made at various levels
Sundays
Readings
and in various cultures.
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6 Sunday of Easter
May 8, 2016

A WORD FROM SERVANT OF GOD

ISAAC HECKER, FOUNDER OF THE
PAULIST FATHERS
By a sublime synthesis of the natural and the
supernatural, of the union of the most thorough
manhood with the most exalted faith, of the most
perfect liberty of the human will with the action of
divine grace, they will make manifest the highest ideal
of the Christian life and character. [On the Mission of
New Religious Communities, 1876]
If you have asked Father Hecker to pray for you or another
person who is ill, and you believe something miraculous
has happened, please phone Fr. Paul Robichaud, CSP at
202-269-2519 and tell him your story.

Reading 1: Acts 7:55-60

Responsorial: Psalm 97:1-2, 6-7, 9 (1a, 9a)
Reading 2: Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20
Gospel: John 17:20-26

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

May 22: Fr. Charlies Birthday Party in Carvlin Hall after
the 9:30am Mass.
June 25: 4pm Mass, Archbishop Sample will preside,
reception to follow on lawn, Carvlin Hall
June 26: 9:30am Mass, Fr. Eric Andrews, Paulist
President will preside with Fr. Charlie, Fr. Michael, Fr. Bill,
Fr. Ted Vierra, Fr. Rich Colgan, & Fr. John Hurley, parish
picnic to follow on the lawn.

St. Philip Neri - More Parish News & Information, May 1, 2016

FOOD PANTRY
Remember to bring items for the panty often to help keep
it stocked. All non-perishable items plus personal hygiene
items, toilet paper and paper towels. Single serve items
for the Grab-N-Go bags and gallon bags, spoons, napkins,
hard candies & mints, are helpful items for those with no
storage.

-PAULIST MEMORY BOOK

A memory book is being planned so we want your photos
of past and present Paulists. We plan on putting together
a booklet with the parish history, the immigration stories
we collected, and photos. Please submit to Rose in the
office by email rosew@stphilipneripdx.org or bring them
by to be scanned into the computer.

EMAIL PRAYER TREE

The email prayer tree has 29 people who pray daily
for your concerns and requests. When we receive
your request it is emailed to the Prayer Tree. If you
would like to join the Prayer Tree or if you have a
request, contact barbarah@stphilipneripdx.org or call
the office, 503-231-4955.

The map may be down from the bulletin board, but we

would still like the story of how you came to Portland and
St. Philip Neri. We are collecting the stories and will
include them in the booklet. So send your story to Rose.
Do you have a favorite Paulist story? Have the Paulists
touched your life in a special/significant way? Please
share your story with us to be included in the memory
book. Need help writing it, or want to tell it to someone
so they can write it up, let us know.

OFFICE VOLUNTEERS
BINGO
Our next bingo afternoon will be Sunday, May 29,
12-3pm in Carvlin Hall. Mark your calendar now and
plan on joining us for an afternoon of fun, friends
and goodies. If you have items to donate for prizes,
bring them with you to add to our prize table.

There is much to be done in the offices and in the priest

residence as we prepare for the Paulists leaving in June.
We are looking for volunteers in the front office to help:
cover phones, the window, etc. in the coming weeks. If
you have some time you can spend in the office, please
call Rose or Jeanne in the office to let us know when
you can come in. No experience needed well show
you the hows!