FEBRUARY 27, 2022 - EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
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FEBRUARY 27, 2022 — EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, ARLINGTON & ST JOHN MARY VIANNEY, DARRINGTON
Dear Parishioners of ICC and SJV,
Tues March 1, 10 am Prayer Shawl Meeting Lent is the forty-day liturgical season
Tues March 1, 7 pm AA/ALAnon of fasting, special prayer and
Thur Mar 3, 7 pm RCIA almsgiving in preparation for Easter.
Fri, Mar 4, 9-11 am First Friday Adoration The name “Lent” is from the Middle
Sat Mar 5, 8 am ICC Men English “Lencten,” meaning spring;
Sat Mar 5, 8:30 am First Saturday Rosary and Mass its more primitive church name was
the “forty days,” “quadragesima” in Latin, or
Observances for the week of Feb 27, 2022 “tessaracoste” in Greek. The number “forty” is first
noted in the Canons of the Council of Nicaea (A.D.
Sunday: 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time 325), likely in imitation of Jesus’ fast in the desert
Wednesday: Ash Wednesday before His public ministry.
Thursday: St. Katharine Drexel, Virgin
Friday: St. Casimir Lent begins, of course, with Ash Wednesday. It is the
Next Sunday: 1st Sunday of Lent start of 40 days of prayer, penance and almsgiving as
we prepare ourselves to celebrate the resurrection of
A Peek at Lenten Schedule — Lent starts 3/2 our Lord Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. One of the
visible hallmarks of this season are the ashes used on
Ash Wednesday: Mass at ICC: 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Mass at SJV: 4 p.m.
Ash Wednesday. Ashes are an outward sign of grief,
Penance Service: TBD
a mark of humility, mourning, penance and morality.
Search Program Wednesdays at 7 p.m. beginning Mar. 9th The Old Testament is filled with stories describing
Sta of the Cross Fridays at 6 p.m. the use of ashes in such a manner. In the Book of Job,
KofC Fish Fry Fridays at 6:30 p.m. beginning March Job repented before God: “Therefore, I disown what I
11th (not available earlier than 6:30 p.m. have said, and repent in dust and ashes” (42:6).
and take out only) Daniel “turned to the Lord God, to seek help, in
prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and
REMINDER: FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION ashes” (Dn 9:3). I pray that all of you have a fruitful
Lent!
is this coming Friday, March 4th. There is a
sign-up sheet in the vestibule. Adoration Respectfully Yours in Christ,
begins at 9:00 am. Please choose a slot Fr. Tyler Johnson
between 9:00 am—11:00 am. Benediction
closes the adoration at 11 am.
REMINDER: FIRST SATURDAY ROSARY & MASS
Rosary at 8:30 a.m. Mass at 9:00 a.m. Come celebrate
Mary, the Mother of God.
~ Staff and Assistance ~
Priest Admin: Fr. Tyler Johnson icapastor@comcast.net
DRE/Bul Editor: Michel Gallegos iccadre@comcast.net
Bookkeeper: Karla Lowe klowebk@comcast.net
Music: Rick Haugen Maintenance Supervisor: Tom Worsfold Rice Bowl: Lent 2022 -
K of C, Keith Papka krpapka@yahoo.com 425-238-4424
The yearly rice bowl
ST. VINCENT dePAUL: Assistance M—F, 9am—4pm 425-355-3504
project will begin on Ash
Catholic Com Svc :Assist/Counseling 425-257-2111 Wednesday, March 2 and
Prayer Chain: Cathy Callan catlou@frontier.com 360-435-8745 continue to Wednesday of
Holy Week, April
PARISH SCHEDULE 13. Please take home a
Rice Bowl for your kitchen or dining room table.
Parish Office: Mon—Thu 9:30 a.m. —4:30 p.m.
FRIDAY 9:30 a.m.— noon
Mass times ICC: Saturday 5:00 p.m. Due to the bulletin’s holiday schedule, our
(Confessions 3:00—4:30 p.m.)
ICC: Sunday: 9:00 a.m. SJV: 12 noon February 19/20 stewardship report will be
Daily Mass is Mon, Wed—Fri 8:30 a.m. published next bulletin.
FEBRUARY 26 & 27 IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2022
FAITH FORMATION
Feb. 20 NO Faith Formation and Youth Group
after Mass
Mar. 12 Catholic Youth Convention at Camp
Don Bosco, Carnation, WA
Mar. 20 NO Faith Formation or Youth Group
Items for the Homeless — Youth
Group Project
The youth group will be collecting
socks, gloves, hats, granola bars, and
personal toiletries (like soap,
chapstick, deodorant, combs, toothpaste, and
toothbrushes) for the homeless. These will be donated
to the North Snohomish County
Outreach program. Please bring these to
church and place in the designated bins.
Thank you so much for your generosity.
Planted in the House of the Lord
Grocery delivery apps are all the rage these days, and
I can’t deny the convenience of tapping your finger a
few times and seeing your week’s shopping dropped
on the doorstep. But there is one aspect of this trend
that seems to make a lot of shoppers nervous — fruits St. Katharine Drexel | March 3
and vegetables.
With a family like hers, it’s no wonder that St.
A lot of us have strong opinions on our fresh produce Katharine Drexel (November 26, 1858 – March 3,
and aren’t ready to delegate this highly subjective 1955) grew up to become one of the first American-
selection process to a total stranger. My father was a born saints.
produce manager and I remember as a child learning
about the complexities of choosing correctly. Getting Born in Philadelphia in 1858, her mother passed away
a bad bag of under ripe tomatoes after shopping on an when she was only five weeks old. Her father, a
app could easily sour one on the whole idea. renowned banker, remarried a wonderful woman, and
together they raised St. Katherine Drexel and her two
Forrest Gump said life is like a box of chocolates. I sisters in a life of privilege. Both financially and
say, we’re all like grab-bags of produce dumped on spiritually well-endowed, the Drexels were devout
someone’s doorstep — but if we’re Christians who Catholics and set an excellent example of true
live our faith publicly, we’re stamped with the name Christian servitude with prayer and care for the poor.
of God. If your thumb is green enough, you know that
you can tell a lot about a gardener from the produce After her father’s death, St. Katharine Drexel gave up
he grows. We who are planted in the house of the her inheritance and instead devoted her life to the
Lord — what do we reveal about our Gardener? material and spiritual well-being of black and native
Americans. Mother Drexel, as she would become
What do our actions show of His teachings? What do known as, established the Sisters of the Blessed
our words reflect of His voice? What does our Sacrament for Indians and Colored, and together they
strength reveal of the soil from which we sprang and opened a boarding school in Santa Fe, the first of 50
the life-giving waters that nourished us? missions for Native Americans in 16 states.
When we open ourselves up to those we encounter, At 77, she suffered a heart attack and was forced to
let’s make a special effort to show the care we have retire from active ministry. She spent the next 20
had — lest our peers come away from the experience years of her life in quiet yet intense prayer. She died
thinking God doesn’t know how to garden, when in at the age of 96 and was canonized in 2000 by Pope
reality, it’s us who don’t always know how to grow. John Paul II. © Lpi
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