From Our Pastor

Welcome!

Dear Friends of St. Andrew's,

From the founding of our Parish in 1958, we have grown and developed with Sierra Vista - as partners in building up this great community we call home.

Over the decades, we sought to be active participants in every aspect of community life. We believe that serving the common good and making this city a place where people come first, where the least and most easily-overlooked are served and cared for, and where the quality of life is enhanced for all our fellow citizens, is an essential witness to our faith.

We hope our parish church is a place where all experience the Presence of God and the welcome of God's People. We pray that its beauty will speak a wordless invitation to those who are seeking, those who are wearied by life's burdens and those who are drawn to lift their hearts in prayer.

We thank God for giving us this opportunity to extend His blessings and to share our church and campus facilities with the Sierra Vista community.

The pulse of St. Andrew's is reflected through our ministries and individual parishoner efforts. I hope to highlight these achievements and bring focus to upcoming events in the article following this message.

Yours because His,

Fr. Greg Adolf
Pastor

Bienvenido

Estimados amigos de San Andrés,

Desde la fundación de nuestra Parroquia en 1958, hemos crecido y nos hemos desarrollado junto con Sierra Vista construyendo esta gran comunidad la cual llamamos nuestra casa.

A través de las décadas hemos tratado de participar activamente en todos los aspectos, dentro de nuestra comunidad. Creemos que un testigo esencial de nuestra fe es el servir al bien común y el hacer de esta ciudad un lugar para quienes lo más importante es su gente, donde los más necesitados y los más olvidados son servidos y cuidados, y donde la calidad de vida es mejorada para todos nuestros ciudadanos.

Deseamos que nuestra parroquia sea un lugar donde todos puedan sentir la Presencia de Dios y se sientan bienvenidos como hijos de Él. Rogamos que su belleza les haga una invitación silenciosa a aquellos quienes están en busca de Dios, a aquellos quienes se encuentran abrumados por los problemas de la vida, y a aquellos quienes han sido llamados a levantar sus almas en oración.

Agradecemos a Dios por darnos esta oportunidad de extender sus bendiciones y de compartir nuestra iglesia y nuestras facilidades con la comunidad de Sierra Vista.

El servicio de San Andrés está reflejado en nuestros ministerios y los esfuerzos individuales de nuestros parroquianos. Espero que podamos realzar estos logros y llevar enfoque a futuros eventos los cuales mencionamos en el artículo debajo de este mensaje.

Suyo en Cristo,

Padre Greg Adolf

Pastor

Did You Know...?

. . . That the Church will celebrate the Year of Jubilee in 2025, a year of spiritual, social, and ecclesial significance?

A Jubilee Year or Holy Year is a year of forgiveness, reconciliation, and spiritual renewal that takes place every 25 years! This Jubilee Year will run from 24 December 2024 to 23 December 2025 and will be marked by the opening and closing of the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica. Rome is preparing for 35 million pilgrims! The theme chosen for the Jubilee Year is: "Pilgrims of Hope". There is a special emphasis on the participation of Youth from around the world in this Jubilee! Pope Francis said “To fully experience love and hope, young people must approach the journey of life as pilgrims and not just sightseers seeking the perfect selfie.” The Diocese of Tucson, with the encouragement of Bishop Weisenburger, is hosting a Jubilee of Hope Pilgrimage for the Youth of our Diocese. Forty-five young people from across the Diocese have been selected to attend this journey of hope, faith and discernment. Four of our Teens from St. Andrew’s and two from Our Lady of the Mountains, have been invited to participate as Pilgrims from our Diocese! These six Teens are all active in various ministries (one of the qualifications for their selection) and you would likely recognize them as Altar Servers, Lectors, Choir members, and volunteers in our various Youth Ministries: Gabe Slone, Andrew Ramey, Aiden Fitzpatrick, Ethan Salerno, Lucia Kjolsrud, and Sophia Ramsey! Several have expressed interest in a Religious Vocation! Bishop Weisenburger and our Seminarian Carlos Nagore, as well as some parent/chaperones will be accompanying the six Pilgrims from our two Parishes! There is an expense for their two-week Pilgrimage of $4,000 and we are working hard to raise the money for the Pilgrimage which will take place in April 2025. They have fund-raisers, such as pancake breakfasts, and the sale of “Jubilee Year” shirts, and have worked hard in raising a significant part of the funding needed at this point. Now we are asking - that you pray for these young Pilgrims, and - if you are able, to donate to the “Jubilee Pilgrimage Fund” to close the gap on the funding for this once-in-a lifetime experience for these committed young Catholics! (If writing a check, please make it to: St. Andrew’s -- and note “Jubilee” or “Youth” on the Memo line!) REMEMBER - that next Sunday, we will celebrate the Last Sunday of the liturgical year with the Feast of Christ the King, literally the ‘crowning’ of the Church Year! We will celebrate with a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament following the 10:00 AM Mass next Sunday morning! The Kingdom of God is never up for re-election, only proclamation! Please join us for the Procession and Adoration and proclaim with us by your participation: “JESUS CHRIST IS KING!”

Prop 139

The Bishops of Arizona have released a video on the dangers of Arizona's Proposition 139

Read the text below:

"As Catholic Bishops of Arizona we want to express our strong opposition to Proposition 139. If passed, this initiative threatens to enshrine a constitutional right to virtually unrestricted abortion in Arizona. What makes a constitutional amendment especially grave is that our own Arizona legislators could lose the ability to regulate abortion in any meaningful way, leaving us with the potential for what would likely become nearly unrestricted abortion. Arizona law currently allows for abortions up until 15 weeks of pregnancy. Proposition 139, however, would go far beyond even this current law. The proposed amendment, among other things, would likely remove most safeguards for girls and women that are currently in place at abortion clinics, permit a minor to obtain an abortion without parental involvement or permission, and allow for painful late-term abortions of viable pre-born children. While this ballot measure claims to be moderate in nature, its vague language would make Arizona one of the most extreme states in terms of abortion. We believe that even many of those who support abortion in limited instances would find this proposed constitutional amendment extreme and misleading. Arizonans deserve far better than the measures being proposed in this initiative which is why we strongly oppose Proposition 139."

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8:00 AM

10:00 AM

12:00 Noon (Spanish)

5:00 PM

Mon - Fri Daily Mass

9:00 AM

12:05 PM

Saturday

9:00 AM

5:00 PM (Vigil)

6:30 PM at Good Shepherd Mission (Whetstone)

Masses on Holy Days of Obligation are usually 9 AM, 12 Noon, and 7 PM (bilingual)

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This Week's Catholic Quiz

This week’s Question: “Who may receive the Sacrament of Anointing for Healing?”

The answer to last week’s Question: “Why is November designated as the “Memorial Month” in the Church?” “Memorial Day” – not in May, as it is in the U.S., but throughout the Catholic Church on November 1st and prolonged throughout the month, the time in the natural cycle of harvest and dying. Called “the month of the holy souls,” or “Memorial Month”, it actually begins with the Feast of All Saints (1 November) and the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (2 November). We distinguish between those in heaven, “all saints,” who pray for us, and our loved ones, for whom we pray, who have died and still may be experiencing the final purification process of death-to-self that follows repentance. The Church memorializes the dead and acclaims JESUS as Lord of the living and the dead!

(If you would like to be as well-informed as the “Quiz Master” – pick up a copy of the Catholic Source Book, available in the Parish Office, for only $15!)