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 our parishioners have been active in promoting the Cause for Sainthood, for the “Apostle of Arizona and Sonora,” Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino, S.J.?

On 11 July 2020, Pope Francis advanced the cause of Kino's sainthood by recognizing his life of heroic virtue, and declaring him ‘Venerable’. Padre Kino has ‘popularly canonized’ by the people of Arizona, Sonora, and the O’odahm Reservations, since his death in 1711. He is honored for the exploration and mapping of this vast desert region, the introduction of European livestock and horticulture, but above all, for being a tremendous ‘bridge-builder’ between peoples and cultures, and a tireless worker for peace, among Native Americans, and the Spanish settlers. His name appears in many places across this border region, including Kino Chapel at Fort Huachuca, and our own “Kino Hall”! A statue of this incredible missionary-explorer graces the south façade of our church, as well as on Kino Boulevard in Tucson, and in the Hall of Statuary in our Nation’s Capitol! A mural at our Knights of Columbus’ “Columbian Hall” depicts Padre Kino and his great friend, Sobaípuris Chief Coro meeting at the San Pedro River in 1692. Several years ago some of our parishioners participated in a very special event – the opening of Padre Kino’s mausoleum in Magdalena, Sonora, for the purpose of placing a roll of ribbon on his remains. That ribbon became a ‘third class relic’ (sometimes called a ‘touch relic’) of Venerable Padre Kino! We had a great crew working with our Sister Doris Jurgenson assembling these prayer cards - cutting the ribbon into small squares and glueing them to the cards for distribution, inviting those who use these cards to invoke the intercession of Venerable Padre Kino, and promote his Cause for Canonization! We are – again - seeking the help of a few folks, who would be willing to meet for an hour a week, to ‘assemble’ the holy cards. The assembly will be done here at St. Andrew’s, as the ‘relic-ribbon’ cannot be taken home to assemble. If you are interested in assisting us with this very beautiful project, please give the Parish Office a call (458-2925) and we will designate a time and place to meet and begin this unique work, in October!

A HUGE ‘thank you’ to all who participated in last Sunday’s “Parish Ministry Fair” and Parish Picnic! The attendance was tremendous, the food delicious, the music great, the ‘ministry tables’ beautiful and inviting, the barbeque wonderful (thank you, especially, to the Knights of Columbus (Chairman Dale Hammond) and the Benton Family Cooks!), and the joyful energy which was tangible! It was a super expression of our Parish’s great gift for ‘hospitality’ – shared by the neighbors and others who dropped in to eat and enjoy the company of God’s People! It was a special blessing to

have our Bishop here with us and for him to experience our Parish at its energetic best!!

Recent Events

Fr. Greg has been officially installed as a monsignor by Bishop Weisenburger this past Sunday

 

Upcoming Events

You are invited!

More Upcoming Events...

      

2nd and 3rd graders meet Tuesday or Wednesday evenings.  4th-8th grader First Communion classes begin Sept. 15.  Email Genevieve at [email protected] if you missed registering your child!

"This is where we're led....this is where we're fed."

Mass Times

Sundays

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)


+ Reconciliation +

Weekdays: 8:30-8:55 AM – before the Mass
Saturdays: 8:30-8:55 AM and 3:30-4:55 PM
Sundays: 7:30 – 7:55 AM and 4:30-4:45 PM

Anytime by appointment

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This Week's Soul Food

“Our love for God stretches us upward - vertical – reaching to the heights from the depths of our souls, imploring His help here below. Our love for our neighbor pulls us outward – horizontal – opening arms, hands, and hearts to those in need. JESUS asks that our very life takes the form of His Cross, and to always see Him there, at the intersection, where He continues to pour out the mercy that redeems the world.”

// Melinda Knight

This Week's Catholic Quiz

This week’s Question: “Why are Baptism and Penance known as the ‘sacraments of the dead?"

The Answer to Last Week’s Question: “Why does the Priest kiss the altar at the beginning and at the end of Mass?”

The Priest (and Deacon) kiss the altar as a sign of reverence for the altar itself – a symbol of Christ the Sacrificial Victim, and to reverence the altar stone, embedded in the altar and containing relics of the martyrs – usually from the catacombs in Rome! Remember that the altar is the most important piece of ‘furniture’ in the church; there have not always been pews or pulpits or organs or statues, but from the ‘night in which He was betrayed, while they were at table, He took the bread. . .’ and so, there has been a table/altar at the center of the liturgy for 20 centuries!

(If you would like to be as smart as the “Quiz Master” – pick up a copy of the Catholic Source Book – available in the Parish Office, for only $25.00!)

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