Fr. Mark Bentz

Jesus, I trust in you! God alone suffices! Totus Tuus Maria! Our Parish YouTube channel is St. Alice Web, please subscribe to be alerted to new content!

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Incredible message from the White House on consecrating the USA to the Sacred Heart...also I somehow missed 2 others on the feast of St. Joseph and the anniversary of JPII's death this year. https://t.co/H8s6yB0r6L

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Only a couple seats left for the bus pilgrimage tomorrow for Corpus Christi--sign up tomorrow at mass--we leave at 12:30pm sharp from St. Alice. Lunch included, we'll be back by 8:30pm with a dinner stop on the way.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
https://t.co/6i9MWs6LJl

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

As evidenced by the unbridled promotion and implementation of technology at the expense of human dignity, we are truly experiencing an eclipse of the sense of what it means to be human. It is imperative to recover an understanding of the true meaning and grandeur of humanity as intended by God. It is in this sense that the challenge we currently face is not technological, but anthropological, and it is my hope that the Encyclical Letter to be published within a few days will contribute to answering this challenge.

[Emotion & Music @Emotion78687]

Slapstick comedy is still hilarious, but only when done right. This was a masterclass.

[Diane Montagna @dianemontagna]

JUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father.

Speakers at the presentation will include:

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;

Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development;

Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom;

Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence;

Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California.

Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV.

Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Healing night tonight from 6-8pm--Start the Pentecost Novena by asking for more of the Lord and desire to spread the kingdom!

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Silent Auction at St. Alice tonight--starting at 5pm, closes at 6:45, drop by for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and great prizes! Plus-- you can even dress up in western theme to get in the spirit! Thank you to all the donors!

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Good Friday veneration of the Cross (we have a relic of the True Cross) at 3pm in English and 6:30pm en Español.

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

@lukei4655 Nicely done!

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Jonathan Haidt dropped a pretty blunt warning about giving young kids iPads or phones.

He says we’ve all discovered how incredibly effective they are as pacifiers — they work almost instantly. But that’s exactly the problem.

40% of American two-year-olds already have their own iPad. Once a child gets used to constant stimulation, they basically never learn how to be bored. The moment they have even 30 seconds of downtime, they start screaming for the device.

Haidt’s advice is straightforward: If you haven’t started, don’t. If you already have, take it away. It might take 3–4 weeks for the brain to readjust, but it’s worth it.

He’s even hearing stories of preschoolers crying at drop-off — not because mom is leaving, but because the iPad is staying in the car.

It’s a sobering reminder of how quickly these devices rewire young brains and create real addiction patterns.

Have you noticed this with kids in your life, or are you trying to hold the line on screens with little ones?

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Live Stations of the cross at 6pm tonight--then fish fry afterward--get ready for Holy Week!

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Last Lenten Penance service tonight at St. Helen in Junction City at 6:30pm

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Please pray for the almost 80 people who are going on OCIA retreat to prepare for sacraments! Come Holy Spirit! Tambien tenemos un retiro en espanol el Sabado aqui en Sta. Alicia predicado por el misionero 'Junior' de Boston-todos estan invitados!

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

@FrMikeCSC Sweet! I was just in Molokai in January! Have a Kwak or Corsendank for me!

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Healing Night tonight--Relics and Rosary at 6pm, Praise and Teaching at 6:30, Healing Eucharistic Procession and prayer teams afterward. https://t.co/hYQzUNUXE0

[Love Music @khnh80044]

Mr. Bean - Playing the Invisible Drums (1991)🥁🥁🥁🤩🤩 Very clever and funny! It's just something a genius can do

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Jubilee Pilgrimage parish sites end tomorrow in archdiocese of Portland--drop by adoration today or Mass this weekend!

[Archdiocese Portland @archdpdx]

Archbishop Sample: “70–85% of recently confirmed Catholics stop practicing.”

A majority of Catholic teens drift away from the faith after Confirmation. Archbishop Sample urged urgent renewal, shared that the Archdiocese is piloting a new Confirmation approach, and challenged all Catholics to move beyond an idle faith.

Quoting Christ, “I have come to cast fire on the earth,” he said Advent is the time to reignite faith—and if it has grown lukewarm, go to Confession without delay.

[Fr. Mark Bentz @frmarkbentz]

Miracles from the Jubilee year at St. Alice, personal testimonies starting at around 12 minutes in.
Vigil Mass Homily 12-13-2025 https://t.co/NFVRqh9Xm7 via @YouTube