Our Lady of Lourdes of Wiggins, Morgan County, Colorado in the SACRED HEART TRI-Parish

+ There are several daily Masses available if you would like to have a Mass offered for a loved one either living or deceased. +

Our Lady of Lourdes will be collecting used greeting cards for St. Jude’s Ranch. Please cut off the card front being sure there is no writing on either side. St. Jude prefers cards 5 by 7 or smaller and they cannot accept Hallmark, Disney or American Greeting cards. Recycle and help the children at St. Jude’s Ranch!! Start saving now and the box will be put out in February.

Our Lady of Lourdes Knights of Columbus #12426 has a fund drive to buy new altar server cassocks and surplices for Our Lady of Lourdes. A matching grant could be provided by the State Knights of Columbus Council. Please give your donation to any Knight or contact Jerry Sauter for more information at 970-483-5588.

Our Lady of Lourdes Altar and Rosary is requesting donations of kitchen towels, either flour sack or terry cloth and also dish clothes to replace the ones that have disappeared from the kitchen. Please bring your donation to the church soon as the kitchen is in need.

The 7th and 8th Grade CCD will meet on each 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. Class meets from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at the house.

Bible Study...Bible study has MOVED to Friday nights at 6:30. We are studying the book of Revelation with the DVD series of the Great Adventure with Jeff Cavins. Please come join us. It is not too late.

Our Lady of Lourdes 100th Anniversary Committee is looking for any copies of minutes, council proceedings, pictures or memorabilia to help with the planning for this BIG celebration. We will scan your pictures and give them back to you.

Our Lady of Lourdes will be collecting specific items every two weeks to fill the needs of Caring Ministries in Ft. Morgan. Please check the poster on the bulletin board to see the current request. The week of November 20th and 27th Caring Ministries is asking for toothbrushes and toothpaste. Please bring your items to church and the Altar and Rosary will take your items to Caring Ministries

A Prayer for Catechists

O God, our Heavenly Father, you have given us the gift of these catechists to be heralds of the Gospel to our parish family.

We lift them up to you in thanksgiving and intercede for them concerning their hopes and needs. May we be attentive to the presence of your Word in them, a Word that lifts up and affirms, calls forth and challenges, is compassionate and consoles. We pray that our parish family will always be blessed with those who have responded to the call to share in Christ’s prophetic mission as catechists. May we too be open to the universal call to service that Christ addresses to all of his disciples, contributing our gifts to the communion of faith, the Church. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen

Our Lady of Lourdes Altar and Rosary is requesting donations of kitchen towels, either flour sack or terry cloth and also dish clothes to replace the ones that have disappeared from the kitchen. We are very short on these items. Please bring your donation to the church soon as the kitchen is in need.

Bible Study - Revelation - Friday Evening

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 also learn what all the mysterious figures and images of Revelation and what is happening now in salvation history. Come join us!!!

Come spend some quiet time with the Lord this Winter.

Holy Family invites you to join them for First Saturday Mass at 8:00 AM on the first Saturday of each month. All day Adoration will continue until 4:00 PM. You are invited to come and spend some quiet time with the Lord in prayer and adoration.

Healing Service & Praise Mass with Fr Joseph Nguyen on the SECOND Saturday of every month, at 6:30 p.m., at Presentation of Our Lady Church, 695 Julian, Denver. Call (303) 432-2694 with prayer requests if you are unable to attend.

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS: Gentle God, You call us by name and lead us to life. Through baptism you commission us to proclaim the Good News. Bless and strengthen all men and women, lay and ordained, who serve in the Church. Guide and give wisdom to those discerning their vocation. Enrich our Church with dedicated married and single people, with priests, religious and deacons. Filled with joy and your Holy Spirit may we follow Jesus, our Good Shepherd, now and always. Amen.

ORACIÓN POR LAS VOCACIONES: Oh Dios de bondad, nos llamas por nuestro nombre y nos das vida. Por el bautismo nos envías a proclamar la Buena Nueva. Bendice y fortalece a todos los hombres y mujeres, laicos y ordenados, quienes sirven en la Iglesia. Guía y da sabiduría a los que tratan de discernir su vocación. Enriquece nuestra Iglesia con personas dedicadas al matrimonio y a la vida célibe, con sacerdotes, religiosos y diáconos. Que llenos de alegría y de tu Espíritu Santo podamos seguir a Jesús, nuestro Buen Pastor, ahora y siempre. Amén.

Each 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes will receive Free Panera Bread that has been donated by the Westminster Panera Bakery. (Please patronize this Westminster Bakery if you are in the area) You will need to bring your own bags for the bread.

The Statue of the Sacred Heart and the Stations of the Cross Memorial benches were delivered and setup this week at Heart of the Plains Cemetery. more info here.

For Our Lady of Lourdes table and chair rental please contact Yolanda Morales-Leon at (970) 483-7459.

Would you like to give Mary or St. Joseph or add to the beauty of the altar with a bouquet of flowers on a Sunday of your choice. As a parish, we welcome families to join in this gift of love. Please pick a Sunday on put your name on the calendar at the back of the church. You may bring the flowers on the prior Friday or Saturday or just come a little early on Sunday. Please contact Jeanne Buchholz (303-849-5339) if you have any questions.

The Sacred Heart Altar & Rosary will be selling the Pro Life "Precious Feet" lapel pins for $1.00 each. If you would like to purchase pins anytime before that, you can contact Deb Klausner.

We believe, Jesus will give us all the food we need for our marriage. "Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth." The Spirit comes into our marriage like the tongues of fire came to the apostles. Bring the Spirit into your marriage. The Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends all held at St. Malo in the Estes Park area. For more information: call Walt & Nettie Kailey at 303-469-2415, or visit http://www.northerncoloradome.org or http://wwmedenver.org/, http://www.saintmalo.org/ Email - wwmenocolo@yahoo.com

The Legion of Mary has a prison ministry outreach. They are in need of volunteers to remove the staples from booklets and magazines and then sew the binding with needle and upholstery thread so that they may be used at the prisons. Please contact Karla Huston at 970-483-7229 if you can help in this outreach ministry.

Eastern Plains Catholic Parish Outreach (EPCPO), organized in 2002 to assist stranded travelers has, over the years, helped many stranded families with car repairs, fuel, food lodging and bus tickets home. Due to the generosity of parishioners from Holy Family, Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes, EPCPO was able to expand its outreach efforts to include assisting people in need in other areas within our own communities. For example, EPCPO has helped local families with propane, electric bills, rent, and on a limited basis, prescription medications through Keene Clinic and Dales Pharmacy in Ft. Lupton.

Our Lady of Lourdes Knights of Columbus will be meeting each 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM.

Did you know that you and your family can give to the Lord a very special gift each Sunday at Mass? If you and your family would like to bring up the offertory gifts of bread and wine at Sunday Mass, please sign up at the back of the church on the form provided or contact Karla Huston for more information. What you bring to the Lord each Sunday as bread and wine, the work of human hands, is transformed by God's Spirit into the sacred Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Imagine just what you will be giving the Lord each week! What a blessing! Fr. Frank

Respect Life Words of Life …...Divorce and abortion are, of course, different choices, at times made in difficult and dramatic circumstances. They often give rise to traumas and are a source of profound suffering for the people who make them. ... They leave wounds that mark life indelibly. The Church has the primary duty to approach [such] people with love and delicacy, with kindness and maternal concern, in order to announce the merciful closeness of God and Jesus Christ. ... Yes, the gospel of love and of life is also always the gospel of mercy.

Catholic Biblical School - Look for the yellow and brown brochure in the back of the church that lists places and dates that the classes will be held this year along with information on the cost and requirements.

Priests of the Archdiocese of Denver make a radical choice to follow Jesus' call to be His servant-leaders. Their lives of joyful sacrifice bring to the people of northern Colorado the message of Jesus Christ that: I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live! (John 11:25). A priest is empowered by Christ to overcome death, sin, and despair with the message of life, forgiveness, and hope that is the core of the Gospel

Can you Answer the Call? Become a Foster Parent! - “Receive a little child, and you receive me,” Jesus said. There are approximately 9,000 children in out-of-home placement in Colorado. Learn how you can answer the call and receive one or more of these children by becoming foster or adoptive parents. Join the Archdiocese of Denver & Catholic charities for an informational meeting on how to become Foster Parents at the John Paul II Center on Wednesday, May 14th from 7-8 pm. Contact Cheryl Garcia for more information at 303-742-0828 or cgarcia@ccdenver.org.