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The
Proto-Cathedral
of Saint James
the Greater
218 West 12 th Street Vancouver, WA 98660
Phone: 360-693-3052 Fax: 360-693-3077
E-mail: office@ProtoCathedral.org
Website: www.ProtoCathedral.org
The 6th Sunday of Easter — May 10, 2015
Prayer to the Mother of the Lord
for All Mothers
Mary, on this day when we honor all
mothers, we turn to you. Please intercede
for all of our mothers. Ask your Divine
Son to give them the grace of surrendered
love so that they may join with you in
giving their own “Fiat.” May they find
daily strength to say yes to the call of
sacrificial love, the very heart of the vocation of motherhood. May their love and
witness be a source of great inspiration for
all of us called to follow your Son. Amen.
— From Catholic.org
D EVOTIONS
M ASS S CHEDULE
Tuesday—Friday: Mass 12:10PM •Rosary: Tuesday—Friday, 11:35AM
Saturday morning: 9AM
•Mother of Perpetual Help:
Wednesday, after the 12:10PM Mass
Saturday Vigil Mass: 5PM
•Alliance of the Two Hearts:
Sunday: 7:30AM, 9AM, 11AM,
Adoration on the First Friday of the
and 3:30PM in Vietnamese
month after the 12:10PM Mass to
Holy Days of Obligation
Saturday 9AM
Masses: 8AM, 12:10PM and 7PM
P ARISH O FFICE: Mon.—Fri.: 9AM—4PM
S ACRAMENT OF P ENANCE
(Closed during noon Mass, Tue.—Fri.)
Tuesday—Friday: 11AM—Noon
Saturday: 8—8:45AM
and 3:30—4:30PM
G UIDED
M OTHER J OSEPH C EMETERY
Located at 29th & N St., Vancouver
TOURS OF OUR HISTORIC
P ROTO -C ATHEDRAL
P ASTOR & P ARISH S TAFF
Rev. W.R. Harris, Pastor
Mrs. Connie Sauers, Parish Secretary
Mr. Joseph Salazar, Pastoral Assistant
for Faith Formation
Mr. Scott Powell, Pastoral Assistant
for Music and Liturgy
Mrs. Connie Jacox, Bookkeeper
(available in the Office on Thursdays)
Mr. Kha Vu, Parish Custodian
Mr. Jake Dykgraaf, Cemetery Sexton
Mr. Minh Hoang, Cemetery Custodian
ARE OFFERED THE LAST
S ATURDAY
PIER GIORGIO AGAPE
MINISTRY CONTACTS
•Frassati Supper:
Tammie Vincent
(360) 281-5479
frassatisupper@
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•Frassati Cupboard:
Barbara Stoltenberg
(360) 573-4649
•Frassati Closet:
Ann Smith
(360) 597-4556
OF THE MONTH FROM
11
AM TO
1
PM
THIS WEEK AT THE PROTO-CATHEDRAL
The Early Church Series
Wednesdays at 7 PM in the Parish Upper Hall
Sunday:
-The Vietnamese families are serving coffee and donuts this
Sunday. Join us in the Lower Hall after Mass.
Monday:
- Proto-Cathedral Historical Society— 7pm, Lower Hall
Tuesday:
- Altar Society Meeting —10:30 AM, Lower Hall
- Knights of Columbus Council business meeting — 7-9PM,
Upper Room, access on Columbia St.
Wednesday:
- Pro-Life Marian Prayer Group — 10AM, Lower Hall
- Early Church Series — 7 PM, Upper Hall
Thursday:
- Cenacle of Life — 10 AM, in the Church
- Frassati Supper — 5-6:30 PM, Lower Hall
“Splintering of an Empire”
(covering 461 – 500 AD)
In this final session on The Early Church, you watch
the collapse of the
Roman Empire in
the West and the
positive influence
the Catholic
Church
demonstrates
after the decline
of Western
Roman power.
Friday:
- Church Cleaning — 8 AM, Church
- Frassati Cupboard (food distribution) — 1-2 PM, Lower Hall
- RCIA — 7 PM, Upper Room
Saturday: Men’s Group Meeting — 8
AM,
Lower Hall
Olive Wood Carvings from Bethlehem
-This Weekend
Olive wood carvings are
available to purchase after
our Saturday Vigil and
Sunday morning Masses this
weekend. The proceeds
support Christian Catholic
families in the Holy Land
since it is the major source
of income for them there.
More than 75 families in Bethlehem hand carved these
items. They are very beautiful and unique items
(Nativities, Crucifixes, Rosaries, & Statues).
The Christian population there has dropped from
22% to less than 2% in the past two decades. This is
a way to support their staying in Bethlehem.
Memorial Day
On May 22-23 (Friday and
Saturday) all are welcome to help
out at Mother Joseph Catholic
Cemetery. We need volunteers
to weed, spread bark dust, and
wash head stones.
There will no Mass at Mother
Joseph Cemetery on Memorial
Day (5/25). Instead Mass will be
at the Proto-Cathedral at 9AM on
Monday, May 25th.
Altar Society Membership Drive
Our Altar Society is having a
membership drive on May 17th
during the coffee hours after
masses. Members will be available to
answer questions and provide flyers
with membership enrollment forms.
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C OMMUNITY U PDATE
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CONFERENCE
S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 2 0 TH ,
HERE AT THE P R OTO - C A THED R A L
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Jerry Usher is the founder and president of
Third Millennium Media, an organization
dedicated to helping establish new Catholic
radio stations and assisting the needs of
existing stations. TMM also works with
various other Catholic apostolates to help
them establish a presence in Catholic media.
Father Brian Mullady, O.P., is an
academician of the Catholic Academy of
Science. He is adjunct professor at Holy
Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, CT, and
preaches parish missions and retreats. He
has several series on Mother Angelica’s
EWTN television network. He is the author
of several books and numerous articles. He
is the author of the Question and Answer column in
Homiletic and Pastoral Review. He is the Theological
Consultant to the Institute on Religious Life.
Bill Diss was very involved with a variety of
churches to stop the construction of a large
Planned Parenthood center. His employer, a
public school district, found out about his
work and he became the victim of a great
deal of scrutiny. In 2012, while he was
tutoring students, he was surprised by a visit
from Planned Parenthood employees and
was informed that they would be recruiting children from his
classes. He asked to be excused for religious reasons. The
district denied his requests and removed him from the school
by the Human Resources Director, two administrative
officials and a Portland police officer in 2013. His story has
been told on many internet news services, Oregon television
stations and on FOX national news. He is now being
assisted by a labor law firm hired by the union and lawyers
from Life Legal Defense Fund.
Full conference details coming soon.
Mass Intentions for This Week
All the Masses offered this week will be for the
Mother’s Day Novena.
Weekly Parish
Stewardship of
Treasure
April 26, 2015
Loose
$2,811
Envelopes:
$5,227
Thank you for your continued Online Giving:
support of the Proto-Cathedral
Total:
of St. James the Greater.
$593
$8,631
Seton Catholic Prep Choir wins 1st place Gold
award in the Worldstrides Heritage Music Festival
Four year-old Seton Catholic Prep Concert Choir, has
won first place GOLD in the 1A division at the
Worldstrides, Heritage Music Festival in Seattle, WA, April
18, 2015. They also received 3 Superior ratings at the
LCRMA High School Choir Festival in Vancouver, WA,
April 16th and then received 2 Excellent Awards at the
Columbia Basin College Choir Festival in Pasco, WA, April
17th. To receive the GOLD Standard rating all three
Musical Festival judges scored the Seton Choir in the mid
90’s on a 100 pt. scale on four different songs. Concert
Choirs are critiqued based on the quality of sound, vocal
technique, programming, presentation, and precision.
Marriage Retreat
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marriage are: (1)
Romance, (2)
Disillusionment, (3)
Misery, and (4)
Awakening. Many
marriages experience
the first 3 Stages.
Marriages that end in
divorce never make it to the 4th Stage of Awakening. Don’t
give up without learning about the 4th Stage of Awakening.
If your marriage suffers from Disillusionment or Misery
please contact Retrouvaille. For confidential information
about or to register for the program beginning with a
weekend on June 12 - 14, please call 1-503-225-9191 or
visit www.helpourmarriage.org.
Quo Vadis Days
Three Day Vocations Camp for Young Men 13-18
June 28th - July 1st, Camp Don Bosco
This camp
experience
sponsored by the
Archdiocese
Vocations Office
provides a time
of fun, prayer,
and talks to help
you explore the
Lord’s call in
your life. It is a
great opportunity to let the Lord speak to you and to
spend time listening to Him. Cost: free. The number of
participants will be limited, so register soon online at
www.qvdays.org. Questions? Please contact: Fr. Jacob
Maurer (253) 383-4549 x 102.
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