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180 Elrod Road—P.O. Box 653—Jefferson, GA 30549 706-367-7220
www.stcatherinelabourega.org August 9th 2015 , 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
PARISH OFFICE 706‐367‐7220. Office Hours: Mon. & Thurs.‐ 9am to 3pm Secretary: Karen Derochers, [email protected]
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil‐ 4:00PM . Sunday ‐ 11:00AM. Thursday‐ 12:10PM. Friday ‐ 9:00AM. CLERGY Pastor: Rev. Vincent Sullivan 678‐617‐4130 [email protected] Deacon: Rev. Mr. John Burke 706‐335‐3988 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Curt Marsh 706‐693‐2551
EVANS FUNERAL HOME
EVANS MEMORY GARDENS
LOCALLY OWNED AND
OPERATED
Mitch Blinn Funeral Director
706-367-5467 www.evansfuneralhomeinc.com
Little Ward Funeral Home 115 State St.
Commerce, GA 30529 706-335-3175
Hill Medical Group Your health is our business
J. Clark Hill III, MD FAC
Renee Breedlove, APRN, BC Allison Outz, APRN, BC Ashley Brueshaber, APRN, BC Commerce Homer 706-335-9060 706-677-2250
Accepting New Patients 15 and Over
Woodtec Millwork, Inc. Architectural Millwork & Moulding
465 MLK Ave. Jefferson, GA
AWI Certified
PH: 706-367-0617 David Boring, President Fax:706-367-0618 [email protected]
Located on the square in Jefferson, GA
706-367-CAKE
World Mix Coffees
We have been roasting the finest coffees in the world for the folks in
the neighborhood since 2007. [email protected] to be added to our monthly schedule.
Haynes Business Services
Your Small Business Specialist
Accounting & Tax Work
706.677.2700
706.677.2462
647 GA Hwy 51 N.
COMMUNION FOR THE SICK—Please advise the parish of anyone admi ed to the hospital or who is homebound and in need of a priestly visit.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION—First Friday following the 9:00 AM Mass through 6:00 PM (Benedic on 5:50 PM) Pam Lister—706‐654‐0716
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM—Parents are required to a end a bap smal prepara on class. Please contact Fr. Sullivan to make arrangements.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY—Couples must contact Fr. Sullivan at least six months before they wish to marry. Contact Fr. Sullivan to make arrangements.
SACRAMENT OF ANNOINTING OF THE SICK, LAST RITES, OR VIATICUM—Contact Fr. Sullivan A er hours and in case of a sacramental emergency (danger of death) please call 678‐617‐4130
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE—Saturday 2:00‐3:00 PM or by appointment.
1stReading: 1 Kgs 19:4‐8. 2nd Reading: Eph 4:30—5:2. Gospel: Jn 6:41‐51.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Contact: Chuck Floyd 770‐598‐2639. First Monday—7:30PM in the Narthex. LADIES GUILD Sherry Aquino. [email protected] 770‐656‐6028 . Next mee ng is Thursday, Au‐gust 20th at 6:30pm, in the Narthex.
PARISH COUNCIL President: Jairo Cas llo [email protected] Next mee ng is Thursday, Aug 27. 7PM
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL HOTLINE : 706‐367‐5570 President: Cheryl Pe y Next mee ng is Monday, Aug. 10, 7PM. All Pa‐rishioners are invited. We have several back‐to‐school filled backpacks. Please let Steve Ma hews know if you need one!
STEWARDSHIP Mike Kaiser Mark Your Calendars: (More details soon) September 12‐13 Time/Talent Fair November 7 Stewardship Seminar “Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.” ‐St. Therese of Lisieux
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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK Saturday, 8 Aug: People of the Parish Sunday, 9 Aug: JoAnne Waldrop (D) Requested by: Denise Coté Thursday, 13 Aug: Joseph Romanelli (D) Requested by: Bill & Mary Berkowski Friday, 14 Aug: None Scheduled
Holy Father’s Prayer Inten ons for August 2015
Universal: That volunteers may give them‐selves generously to the service of the needy. Evangeliza on: That se ng aside our very selves we may learn to be neighbors to those who find themselves on the margins of hu‐man life and society. Please pray for our church community that as we con nue to grow in numbers that we will also grow in faith, love and humility. Prayer for Life: For the conversion of those who support abor on, we pray.
OFFERING OF THANKSGIVING 1/2 August, 2015 Offertory: $3,327 Building/Budget: $955 Misc: $327 SVDP: $320 Total: $4,609 Annual Appeal Refund: $252.90. Thank you for your con nued support. Our Parish con‐nues to benefit from your generosity in giv‐
ing to the Annual Appeal.
10 August ‐ Feast Day of St. Lawrence The esteem in which the Church holds Lawrence is seen in the fact that today’s celebration ranks as a feast. We know very little about his life. He is one of those whose martyrdom made a deep and lasting impression on the early Church. Celebration of his feast day spread rapidly. He was a Roman deacon under Pope St. Sixtus II. Four days after this pope was put to death, Lawrence and four clerics suffered martyrdom, probably during the perse‐cution of the Emperor Valerian. Legendary details of his death were known to Damasus (Dec 11), Prudentius, Ambrose (December 7) and Augustine (August 28). The church built over his tomb became one of the seven principal churches in Rome and a favorite place for Roman pilgrimages. A well‐known leg‐end has persisted from earliest times. As deacon in Rome, Law‐rence was charged with the responsibility for the material goods of the Church, and the distribution of alms to the poor. When Lawrence knew he would be arrested like the pope, he sought out the poor, widows and orphans of Rome and gave them all the money he had on hand, selling even the sacred vessels to increase the sum. When the prefect of Rome heard of this, he imagined that the Christians must have considerable treasure. He sent for Lawrence and said, “You Christians say we are cruel to you, but that is not what I have in mind. I am told that your priests offer in gold, that the sacred blood is received in silver cups, that you have golden candlesticks at your evening services. Now, your doctrine says you must render to Caesar what is his. Bring these treas‐ures—the emperor needs them to maintain his forces. God does not cause money to be counted: He brought none of it into the world with him—only words. Give me the money, therefore, and be rich in words.” Lawrence replied that the Church was indeed rich. “I will show you a valuable part. But give me time to set
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Julie Ballman
Faith in the Holy Eucharist is what we need most in the present life to sustain us. As the angel of Lord in our first reading stated, "Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!" that is rise up from your unbelief and receive faithfully and worthily the Bread of Life, Jesus Himself, or else the journey of your life will be too hard for you…when the cross comes for you, whether in the struggles of ordinary life or in the pain of suffering of the illness or death of someone you love or in your own ill‐ness and impending death, you will not have the strength to bear it all; when the current world is punished by God because of its madness in turning away from Him and His laws you will lose hope, thus failing to see these earth shaking events as an all loving Father intervening in His Divine mercy and Jus ce to save us from destroying our‐selves. And if we fail to faithfully and worthily receive the Holy Eucharist we will become the murmurers and grum‐blers as were the people of today’s gospel and we will lose the gi of eternal life promised only to those who believe that Jesus Christ is s ll bodily on earth for us to adore and to receive as our heavenly food in order to fulfill the deepest desires of our heart and soul and gives us the fullness of life, here on earth in the eternity to come. And so, Let us truly open our hearts to the gi of Jesus in the Eucharist. We don’t have to be perfect in order to do this, we just need to become like li le Children trus ng in God for what we lack. We can come to the Mass in our brokenness and sinfulness in order to receive what we need to change, to be able grow in love. Jesus will make us worthy and He will increase our love, by taking our human hearts and uni ng them with His Sacred Heart, so we can love with His love, a divine love and so be truly fulfilled and happy, blessed. But we must repent of our sinfulness and our stubbornness and we must freely and with great trust give him our whole heart and all of our wills. Impossible? No, with God all things are possible…. Fr. Steven Lange
YOUTH GROUP St Catherine Youth Group registra on will be held on Sunday, August 23, a er mass. This group is open to high school students, 9th to 12th grade. We meet twice a month a er Sunday mass star ng September 13th. Please call John and Estella Pekarske if you have any ques ons at 706‐387‐7596.
everything in order and make an inventory.” After three days he gathered a great number of blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned and widowed persons and put them in rows. When the prefect arrived, Lawrence simply said, “These are the treasure of the Church.” The prefect was so angry he told Lawrence that he would indeed have his wish to die—but it would be by inches. He had a great gridiron prepared, with coals beneath it, and had Lawrence’s body placed on it. After the martyr had suffered the pain for a long time, the legend concludes, he made his famous cheerful remark, “It is well done. Turn me over!” americancatholic.org
Deacon John Burke’s last weekend at St. Catherine Labouré will be August 15th & 16th. There will be a recep on in his honor a er the Saturday and the Sunday mass. Please bring an appe zer to share. St. Catherine’s will provide a cake and drinks. We hope that you will be able to join us in saying thanks to Deacon John for many years of service here and wish him farewell!