New to the Parish? Welcome!  Please register.
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UPCOMING EVENTS AT OLM
(see Bulletin for further info)

School Supplies

Join our Back to School Project and help provide school supplies

(crayons (pkg. of 8, 16 or 24), rulers, scissors, markers,

school glue or glue sticks, pens, pencils, spiral notebooks, colored

pencils, notebook paper, portfolio or folders, book bag or

backpack, 3 ring binders, calculator [under $5.00], school box,

erasers) for the children of Los Pobres, Posada and Catholic Charities.

School Supplies can be brought to the office during the week

or the church at weekend Masses through Tuesday, September

5. Thank you for your support and generosity. For more information

call Deb Carleo at 561-3731.

Bible Study

Thursdays at Noon and 7 p.m.
in the Parish Center Library

Bible Study sheets will be available each week
on the kiosk by the west doors.

Current Bible Study Program

Revelation is the first “ongoing” study in The Great

Adventure Bible Study Program. In this intriguing look at

one of the most talked-about books in Scripture, Jeff Cavins

explores Revelation to demonstrate how the kingdom

established by Christ in his Church is intimately connected

with the Kingdom of Heaven, especially through the

celebration of the Mass. You will learn what all the mysterious

figures and images of Revelation present, as well as what

will happen during the Second Coming of Christ, what has

already happened, and what is happening now in salvation

history. Join us for Revelation: The Kingdom Yet to Come.

Beginning Thursday, July 20 (at noon and 7:00 p.m. in Room

8) continuing for 10 weeks ending September 28.

Whole Community Catechesis

“Growing Up Catholic”

Growing Up Catholic every Sunday, 10:00-10:45 a.m. in the Parish Center.
For information or to register, call Chris at 561-3580.

Learn - Deepen - Defend - Instruct

Gifts

Get your inspirational CD and book
from the kiosk in the Narthex, Today!
or
Order on line at www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org

Parish Calendar Of Events

Click here for Month-at-a-Glance Events

This Week's Bulletin

King's Korner

Hospitalized?

If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like Father Jim to visit you, please call the parish office or ask the hospital chaplain to contact the parish. Because of privacy laws, hospitals do not publish lists of those who have been admitted to the hospital.

Monthly Food Drive

Remember to bring food donations the first weekend each month to all the Masses. Staples, canned hams, chicken, packaged meals and children’s snacks are always good. Please be generous

Whom do you call for information at the parish?

Is it Chris or Fran, Father Jim, Lynn, Linda, Blase or Mike?

When does Formation begin?

What do we offer?
 

You have questions.

We have answers.
 

Click here for a thumbnail sketch of all we have to offer at OLM and whom you need to speak. In the next couple of weeks we will provide guidelines and explanations for sacraments, formation and other parish information

Ministry Minutes are available at the office.
Check out what is happening in the Parish ministries

Click here for a message and info on Parish Council

RCIA-RCIC

Do you know someone who has never been baptized, but has asked you questions about the faith? Or maybe someone who has been baptized in another faith has asked how to be a Catholic.

Our Rite of Christian Initiation for adults and for children run all year.

If you have questions, call Chris at 561-3580.

Ministry of Consolation -- Bereavement Ministry

It is the goal of the community of Our Lady of the Meadows that no member should suffer the loss of a loved one in isolation.

To that end, we are pleased to offer ongoing supportive

and pastoral services for the bereaved through the ministry of consolation.

These services include a monthly support group on the second Thursday of each month; routine contact by telephone and mail, as desired; assistance at funerals and receptions.

All services are free and available to parishioners or any family member who is experiencing the loss of a loved one.

It is our hope that, through these pastoral services, those suffering a loss may come to know the loving support of the faith community.

For more information contact the parish office, or Paula Giordano at 561-2958.

Caregiver Connection

Do you care for someone who is chronically ill; find yourself stressed

out and frustrated; feel alone and overwhelmed?
“
You are not alone”
 

- find comfort in knowing others care. Join us and connect with other

caregivers the second and fourth Thursday of every month (10:30

a.m.-noon) at the Joni Fair Hospice House Chapel (Second Floor), 1107

Pueblo Boulevard Way. No registration required. Open to the public.

For more information call 719-296-6201.

CATHOLIC YOUTH MINISTRY

Phone number -- 561-3580

Linda Davis -- lindadavis81004@yahoo.com

Chris Armstrong -- Chris@olm-parish.com
 

For current updates check the
www.pueblocatholicyouth.org calendar

Facebook: Our Lady of the Meadows Catholic Community

Voice Mail: 719-564-2696, ext. 215
(wait for message -- about 30 seconds)

Baptism Preparation

Baptism preparation will continue November 19 (noon -2:00 p.m.) in the Parish Center. Parents are reminded that in order to have your child baptized, you must attend this preparation  session. The next one will take place after the first of the year.

First Communion

Please pray for our children
 Contact Chris for more information at 561-3580
 

Sacrament of Confirmation

The sacrament of Confirmation was celebrated Thursday, May 4, at St.

Paul the Apostle in Pueblo West. Please pray for our confirmandi.

Call us if you have any questions. New sessions start in the fall for 2018

Newman Club
for East, Central, Centennial and South High Schools

Catholic Newman Clubs wiill resume in the fall Tuesdays at Central and Centennial and Wednesdays at South. Just one more way to be with teens in their own space! We have applied for a grant to expand the clubs to County high schools. Prayers would be greatly appreciated that we are granted the monies to fund the Newman Clubs.

Great news! Check Facebook: Pueblo Newman Club for daily updates.

Middle & High School

Middle and High School Youth Ministry News

Youth Ministry meets every Sunday 7-8:30 PM

Click here for an explanation of our Youth Ministry Process

Theology on Tap

Theology on Tap is for young adults in their 20’s and 30’s. The event includes coming together in local pub to listen to a short presentation and then discussion about the topic. Drinking alcohol is optional. It is a great way for young adults to join together to talk about issues that affect them. The next session and Presentation topic is TBA. Call the parish for more info. 719-561-3580

Evangelization with a youthful perspective:

Fellowship of Catholic University Students

Interested in Lectoring?

Youth interested in becoming lectors should talk to Chris or Father Jim.

Interested in Serving?
 

We are needing youngsters fourth grade and older who would like to be trained to serve the Mass on weekends and holy days. Talk to Chris or Father Jim if you are interested. Training sessions days and time to be determined

Father John Power Basketball League

League is open to 2nd — 8th grade boys and girls.
You can register on-line at www.fatherpowers.org.,
e-mail at fatherjohnpowerbasketball@yahoo.com, or call Jamie at 250-6630. The League is also looking for volunteers for more information or to volunteer call Jamie

Interested in joining Serra Club

The Pueblo Serra Club is part of a worldwide organization formally recognized by the Holy See as the global lay apostolate for vocations in the Catholic Church. The Mission of Serra Club is to support spiritually, physically and financially the increase of vocation efforts within the Diocese of Pueblo and to be a positive reinforcement for our priests and religious. The Club become supporters of those contemplating a religious vocation and mentor those in the discernment process and those in seminaries. The club meets the first and third Saturday of each month (9:00-11:00 a.m.) at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Parish Hall. It is open to anyone interested. For more information contact Rose Marie Stimpfl at 720-363-6057.

2017 campaign under way.
Thank you for your support last year in meeting our goal.
Click image above for more info and to pledge online.
 

Click here For Registration info

Plants need fertilizer to grow healthy and strong and so too does

your marriage. Without some nurturing and care it will remain weak

and unfulfilling. Spread a little fertilizer on your relationship. Make

a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend and watch your love for

each other grow.

Weekends are at historic Glen Eyrie in Colorado

Springs, October 13-15. Contact Glen and Toni Gallegos

719-591-9045 or socowwmereg@gmail.com for more information.

Or to sign up online, visit our website at wwme.org.

Already Encountered?
Join the Southern Colorado Community every third Saturday of the month for fellowship, presentations, dialogue and other events.Sign up as a prayer couple, application couple or community support for upcoming weekends.Join a local Sharing Group

Call Glen & Toni Gallegos (719) 650-2463 for details and upcoming

Thinking about Separation or Divorce?

RETROUVAILLE_™
... A LIFELINE FOR MARRIAGES™

click here for more info

or

For confidential information about or to register for upcoming programs, call (303) 317-5111 or email:dialov1282@gmail.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com

Next Colorado Workshop:   Denver   11/03/2017

Divorced? Click here for a survival guide

Natural Family Planning:

THE NFPI WEB-BASED HOME STUDY COURSE

What is it? The NFPI home-study course is a convenient way for couples to complete an NFP course for self-instruction and as a normal part of preparation for marriage.

What will you do and learn?

In the NFPI Home Study Course, you will-

* Study the NFPI manual, Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach.

* Learn how to observe, record, and interpret the signs of female fertility.

* Learn Catholic teaching about love, marriage, sexuality and responsible parenthood.

* Understand that teaching in terms of the Christian marriage covenant.

What's the process?

You will complete a series of three tests based upon the NFPI manual, Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach. You will be sent one test at a time. You will answer the questions or apply rules based on the readings. After you have successfully completed the first test, you will be sent the second test. When you successfully complete the second, you will be sent the third test. After the three tests are completed, you will be asked to interpret two charts.

More information can be obtained at the NFPI website: www.NFPandmore.org

Follow the Home Study Course Link.

A donation is requested.

The Universal Church

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News from around the Catholic World

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The Holy See

 

Pope Francis

 

Visit the Vatican
 

Vatican News Service

Pope Francis' Daily Spiritual Reflections

 

Our Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for August: Artists: That artists of our time, through their ingenuity, may help everyone discover the beauty of creation.

Pope's tweets


 

Pope's tweets

 

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Diocese of Pueblo

The Most Reverend Stephen J. Berg
Bishop of Pueblo

Diocesan Calendar can be found here: www.dioceseofpueblo.org/calendar

 

Diocese of Pueblo Prayer for Vocations

Almighty God, ever faithful to Your word,
You have promised to send us shepherds and leaders
after Your own heart to gather and guide us.
We thank You for those priests and religious
who are persevering in their vocations,
and ask You to send them an increase in fellow laborers with Christ
for the salvation of souls.

Mary, Queen of Vocations, Pray for us.

St. Therese of the Child Jesus, patroness of our diocese, Pray for us.

 

A message from the Bishop
concerning the future of the Diocese

 

 

 

 

2017 campaign is underway.
Thank you for your support in meeting our 2016 goal.
Click image above for more info and to pledge online.

 

We Pray:
St Therese, beloved friend, we come before you in our need.
We know that you listen to us and approach God for and with us.
Please accept these petitions, hopes, needs and dreams.
Please present them to our loving Father so that God may do
what is best for us, for our loved ones, and for the fulfillment
of God's Kingdom. We ask you, dear friend, with bold
confidence and loving surrender you taught us.
We make this prayerful petition in the name of Jesus
and through thepower of His Spirit. Amen

 

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mystical Rose,
make intercession for the Holy Church, protect our Holy Father,
help all those who invoke you in their needs,
teach us your way of gentleness and strength,
hope in the midst of the bitterness of life, burning charity,
and the precious gift of final perseverance. Amen

 

Catholic Issues

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August is the Month of The Immaculate Heart of Mary

Information taken fromwww.catholicculture.org

 

Click here for more on all of the Feasts in the Month of August 1. Alphonsus Liguori, Memorial 2. Eusebius of Vercelli; Peter Julian Eymard, Opt. Mem. 4. John Vianney, Memorial 5. Dedication of St. Mary Major, Opt. Mem. 6. Transfiguration, Feast 7. Sixtus II and companions; Cajetan, Opt. Mem. 8. Dominic, Memorial 9. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Opt. Mem. 10. Lawrence, Feast 11. Clare, Memorial 13. Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday 14. Maximilian Kolbe, Memorial 15. Assumption, Solemnity 16. Stephen of Hungary, Opt. Mem. 19. John Eudes; St. Bernard Tolomei, Opt. Mem. 20. Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday 21. Pius X, Sunday 22. Queenship of Mary, Memorial 23. Rose of Lima, Opt. Mem. 24. Bartholomew, Feast 25. Louis of France; Joseph Calasanz, Opt. Mem. 27. Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday 28. Augustine, Memorial 29. Passion of Saint John the Baptist , Memorial

Information taken fromwww.catholicculture.org

 

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The Culture of Life

RESPECT LIFE
 

"I am Pro-Life because I am Pro-You.  Go You!"

 

In less than a month college students will be headed out to campuses across the country.  We may be sending kids out from our parishes for their first experience away from home - kids we've raised and taught in our Religious Education classrooms, kids we've seen confirmed, kids who've enlivened our worship communities in Youth Ministry programs.  Will they continue to go to Mass?  Will they hold onto their faith in the overwhelming secularism of a modern university?  Where will they find the positive friendships that will give them strength?  

Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) is campus ministry found across the country.  Check out their webpage at https://focusoncampus.org/home  And share it with your student.

 

 

The Monthly Word of Life is here! The English and Spanish versions of the
Word of Life are posted on the Word of Life webpage.I am Pro-Life because I am Pro-You.  Go You!

 

Next Campaign September 27 through November 5 Last campaign: Mar 1 – Apr 9, 2017; more than 485 Lives saved. 40daysforlife.com 13153 Lives saved since 2007

How can we protect our children when we don't respect life?

 I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts.--Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the LORD, your God, obeying his voice, and holding fast to him. For that will mean life for you, a long life for you to live on the land which the LORD swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them. Dt 30:19-20

Let us Pray: Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.

LOVE is to will the good of the other.

 

Whom you would change, you must first love
and they must know that you love them. Martin Luther King

 

AND WE DO!
 

www.abortionforgiveness.com
 

Rachael's Vineyard Healing

Pregnant? Need Help? Click here  Priests for Life Post Abortive Care

Silent No More Awareness

Abortion Healing

 

For further information and confidential reservations please email hopeandhealing@dioceseofpueblo.org. Come and experience the mercy of God!

 

Hope After Abortion Prayer Resource

Intercession: May all who suffer after abortion receive peace through Christ's Sacred Heart. 
Prayers: Our Father, 3 Hail Mary's, Glory Be
Reflection: Recalling our sins, we may feel discouraged and fearful of approaching God. However, we can cling to the truth that Christ's Passion on the Cross did not end in death, but in the joy of the Resurrection. The power of the Resurrection gives us the courage to face our sins, confess our mistakes, and then humbly receive God's forgiveness and accept the joy that comes with new life in Christ.
As we celebrate the Sunday of Divine Mercy this weekend and continue our journey through this Easter season, let us reflect upon the profound and transformative gift of God's mercy in our lives. May the infinite depth and breadth of Christ's Divine Mercy remind us that no wound is too great for God to heal.  Acts of Reparation (choose one)

• Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for all who suffer after abortion-that they may experience peace through Christ's Sacred Heart. (See additional information on Divine Mercy above.)
• Reflect on the Mass readings for the Sunday of Divine Mercy. How is God speaking to you
• Encounter Christ's ready forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and then continue to place your trust in God's mercy with this short prayer.

 

One Step Further 

If a friend confided that she had an abortion, would you be able to respond in a way that brings her closer to healing? "How to Talk to a Friend Who's Had an Abortion" gives suggestions for how you can be a channel of God's mercy.

 

Click here for other Culture of Life Resources

 

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Matthew 25

Let's Develop The Spiritual Virtue of Charity & Perform Corporal Works of Mercy Click Here to see other charities that have solicited our support Amruthavani Communication Centre of India Food For The Poor   Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE Missions) VINCENTIAN PARISH MISSIONS VINCENTIAN PARISH MISSION CENTER 2100 North Noland Road Independence, Missouri 64050-1647 (816) 254-3000 • mc@vpmc.org   Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo Give and Pray for the victims of oppression and violence in Syria, Sudan and all over the world

 

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ONLINE EDUCATION

To get a list of course offerings during any cycle check Dayton's website at vlc.udayton.edu. Go to course schedule and then click on next Cycle. If you plan on taking any courses during this Cycle, it would be good to register now becuase sometimes classes get filled and they close the sessions.

Deacon Steve Escalera will be taking over the Dayton program in 2017. Any questions can be referred to him at
sescalera@dioceseofpueblo.org.

 

The Chaplet of St. Michael

O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, etc.

[Say one Our Father and three Hail Mary's after each of the following nine salutations in honor of the nine Choirs of Angels]  

1. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Seraphim may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the fire of perfect charity.
Amen.

2. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Cherubim may the Lord grant us the grace to leave the ways of sin and run in the paths of Christian perfection.
Amen.

3. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Thrones may the Lord infuse into our hearts a true and sincere spirit of humility.
Amen.

4. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Dominations may the Lord give us grace to govern our senses and overcome any unruly passions.
Amen.

5. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Virtues may the Lord preserve us from evil and falling into temptation. Amen.

6. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Powers may the Lord protect our souls against the snares and temptations of the devil.
Amen.

7. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Principalities may God fill our souls with a true spirit of obedience. Amen.

8. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Archangels may the Lord give us perseverance in faith and in all good works in order that we may attain the glory of Heaven.
Amen.

9. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Angels may the Lord grant us to be protected by them in this mortal life and conducted in the life to come to Heaven.
Amen.

Say one Our Father in honor of each of the following leading Angels: St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael and our Guardian Angel.

Concluding prayers:

O glorious prince St. Michael, chief and commander of the heavenly hosts, guardian of souls, vanquisher of rebel spirits, servant in the house of the Divine King and our admirable conductor, you who shine with excellence and superhuman virtue deliver us from all evil, who turn to you with confidence and enable us by your gracious protection to serve God more and more faithfully every day.

Pray for us, O glorious St. Michael, Prince of the Church of Jesus Christ, that we may be made worthy of His promises.

Almighty and Everlasting God, Who, by a prodigy of goodness and a merciful desire for the salvation of all men, has appointed the most glorious Archangel St. Michael Prince of Your Church, make us worthy, we ask You, to be delivered from all our enemies, that none of them may harass us at the hour of death, but that we may be conducted by him into Your Presence.This we ask through the merits of Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Amen.