St. William Catholic Church 4932 Easley Street Millington, TN (901) August 2017

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1 St. William Catholic Church 4932 Easley Street Millington, TN (901) August 2017 Great News About Formed! Fr. Mike has graciously agreed to renew our annual subscription to Formed! This means that we can continue our ongoing personal faith formation and continue to evangelize to our brothers and sisters in Christ. I want to say thank you to the 127 individuals that have signed up this last year! Help me share the good news with everyone else so we can double our participation! The more the merrier as they say! Over the last year, Formed has more than doubled the content they provide. There is an increase of Spanish and children s content with more coming. After you listen, watch, study or read items on Formed, please feel free to comment on them. Each month in the William Tell there is a Liturgical calendar with items pertaining to the days of the month. Movies, audios, books, etc. For those who have not signed up for this great opportunity, it is very easy. There are two (2) ways you can do this: 1. Go to and click on the register link and enter the parish code FBXBH2 (case sensitive) and your address then fill in the registration form. This is all private to you alone. 2. Go to our parish website and lower on the page is a link to Formed with the parish code already embedded in it. Fill in the registration as usual. After you have registered, you will receive a verification to let Formed know that you are not a spammer. If you have any question or problems signing up, please contact Debi Yetman at Transfiguration of Our Lord August 6, 2017 And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him. Matthew 17:2-3 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary August 15, 2017 A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars Revelation 12:1 With many blessings and prayers from our staff! Rev. Michael Werkhoven (Fr. Mike) Deacon Jimmy Schmall Debi Yetman Lisa Schmidt Debbie Breckenridge St. William Website: St. William Facebook Page: -TN / QR Code

2 ! YOUTH NEWS! PRE registration will take place on Sunday, August 20 th and 27 th in the Family Life Center between 8:30 and 11:00 Mass. The forms are on the website, in the church office and in the Narthex if you want to fill them out ahead of time. You can come to registration, drop or mail them to the church office or them to There is a family registration form as well as one for each child. Please be sure to fill them out as completely as possible with a good address if you have one. PRE will start September the 10 th. Call Debbie Breckenridge with any questions or concerns at BUNCO WAS A HIT AND WE WILL BE PLAYING THE THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH! PLEASE PUT IT ON YOUR CALANDERS TO JOIN US ON AUGUST 18TH. IF YOU HAVE NEVER PLAYED IT DOESN T MATTER! IT IS SUPER EASY AND WE WANT YOU THERE! WE DECIDED THAT WE LIKE TO EAT SO COME AT 7:00pm WITH A FINGER FOOD IF YOU WANT TO EAT IF NOT SHOW UP AT 7:30pm TO PLAY TAKE A CHANCE ON SOMETHING NEW GET OUT OF THE HOUSE! COME HAVE SOME FUN WITH US! MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CALL DEBBIE BRECKENRIDGE IF YOU HAVE A CARD TABLE AND DON T MIND BRINGING IT PLEASE DO. IT IS EASIER TO PLAY ON A CARD TABLE THAN THE BIG TABLES WE HAVE.

3 from the Deacon s corner The next Men s Cursillo will take place September 7-10, Below is a brief description from the Cursillo website of what it is and what to expect during the retreat. I made my Cursillo a year and a half ago and if you haven t done so I encourage every man to make a promise to himself and to his family to do so as soon as possible. Space is limited at OLQP so if you are interested please contact me ASAP! What is Cursillo? Cursillo is a Spanish word, which translates best as Short Course. The full title is Cursillo De Cristiandad, which means Short Course in Christianity or Christian Living. In Spanish the double LL is pronounced as a Y, so it is pronounced KUR-SEE-YO. Cursillo is not an organization, but rather a worldwide lay movement within the Catholic Church, and its mission is exactly the same as the Church's - Evangelization. To help Christianize the world by living out what is fundamental to being a Christian in our everyday lives. Cursillo begins with three days [weekend] of joyful living and sharing - a short but intense course in Christianity. Because each person's circumstances in life are different and each has a very unique relationship with God, the Cursillo weekend is truly a personal experience and as such can t be fully described. It must be lived and experienced firsthand to appreciate its richness and fullness. The Cursillo weekend is an encounter with oneself, Christ, and others. Maybe you've heard of Cursillo or know someone that has attended a Cursillo Weekend and you're wondering if you should attend. Do you feel something is missing in your life? Do you feel that God may be calling you to something different? Well... CURSILLO IS NOT an organization; it is a powerful, worldwide lay movement of the Catholic Church. CURSILLO IS NOT just a retreat. Although the first step is a 3-day weekend encounter, the real value begins after attending a weekend. CURSILLO IS an encounter with oneself, Christ, and others. CURSILLO IS a proven method for finding solutions to the issues faced in our daily lives. CURSILLO IS a proven method for growing and staying in a closer relationship with Christ for the rest of our lives. CURSILLO IS a proven method to help bring a relationship with Christ to others around us. CURSILLO IS a proven method of sharing with others about our daily struggles and triumphs in living out God's plan for our life. CURSILLO IS authentically Catholic; everything is directly based on the teaching of the Catholic Church and Scripture. CURSILLO IS open to all stable, post-adolescent Catholics who can validly receive the Sacraments. It is suggested that recent converts to Catholicism should generally wait two years to attend a weekend. Cursillo weekends begin Thursday evening at 6:30 pm and conclude Sunday evening by 3:00 pm. The weekend takes place at Our Lady Queen of Peace Retreat Center in Dancyville. (About a 45 minute drive from St. William.) A free will donation is taken up on Sunday to cover the costs of the weekend. Scholarships are available for those needing financial assistance. Cost is never to be a reason for not attending a Cursillo weekend. If you need more information then contact Deacon Jimmy ASAP! Peace, Deacon Jimmy

4 Feast days within the Church Our Liturgical year, which begins the first Sunday of Advent and ends on the Feast of Christ the King, includes many Feast Days. Just as the name suggest, we celebrate these days at the Eucharistic Feast. There are three categories: Feasts permanently assigned to Sunday, Moveable Feasts and Immovable Feasts. The feast listed below are all based on the United States Liturgical Calendar as approved by the USCCB and the Vatican. Permanently assigned to Sunday (United States) Holy Family the Sunday after Christmas Epiphany the Sunday after January 1 Baptism of our Lord the Sunday after January 6 Holy Trinity the Sunday after Pentecost Body & Blood of Christ the Sunday after Holy Trinity Christ the King the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year The Movable Feasts all depending on when Easter falls. Easter Sunday always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday Good Friday Ascension Forty Days before Easter the Sunday before Easter the Friday before Easter Forty days after Easter Moved to the sixth Sunday after Easter Pentecost Holy Trinity the seventh Sunday after Easter the eighth Sunday after Easter The Immovable Feasts Mary, Mother of God January 1 Holy Day of Obligation The Annunciation of Mary March 25 Nativity of John the Baptist June 24 The Assumption of Mary All Saints Day The Immaculate Conception Christmas August 15 Holy Day of Obligation November 1 Holy Day of Obligation December 8 Holy Day of Obligation December 25 Holy Day of Obligation

5 The Our Father a Meditation (Part 7) We continue our meditation and heart-felt understanding of the Lord s Prayer. The focus for August is perseverance. We must always strive to avoid sin. With so many temptations around us we need this grace to aid us in this daily battle. And Lead Us Not Into Temptation. When we say Lead us not into temptation we are asking God not to allow us to take the path that leads to sin. This petition implores the Spirit of discernment and strength; it requests the grace of vigilance and final perseverance. (CCC, no. 2863) With this petition, we entrust ourselves to the Holy Spirit to keep us alert to dangers of sin and give us the grace to resist temptation. We have an example of this in the Gospels of Matthew 4: 1-11 and Luke 4: Both tell us how Christ resisted temptation in the desert, which inspires us as to how we need to conduct ourselves in the temptations we are faced with daily. Preventing the possibility of sin is preferable to sinning and the negative impacts that results from sin. We have been taught to avoid these occasions of sin, that is, persons or situations that may lead us to sin. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us the following regarding this petition of the Lord s Prayer. Please refer to your Catechism for the actual footnotes that are utilized: 2846 This petition goes to the root of the preceding one, for our sins result from our consenting to temptation; we therefore ask our Father not to "lead" us into temptation. It is difficult to translate the Greek verb used by a single English word: the Greek means both "do not allow us to enter into temptation" and "do not let us yield to temptation." 150 "God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one"; 151 on the contrary, he wants to set us free from evil. We ask him not to allow us to take the way that leads to sin. We are engaged in the battle "between flesh and spirit"; this petition implores the Spirit of discernment and strength The Holy Spirit makes us discern between trials, which are necessary for the growth of the inner man, 152 and temptation, which leads to sin and death. 153 We must also discern between being tempted and consenting to temptation. Finally, discernment unmasks the lie of temptation, whose object appears to be good, a "delight to the eyes" and desirable, 154 when in reality its fruit is death. God does not want to impose the good, but wants free beings.... There is a certain usefulness to temptation. No one but God knows what our soul has received from him, not even we ourselves. But temptation reveals it in order to teach us to know ourselves, and in this way we discover our evil inclinations and are obliged to give thanks for the goods that temptation has revealed to us "Lead us not into temptation" implies a decision of the heart: "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.... No one can serve two masters." 156 "If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit." 157 In this assent to the Holy Spirit the Father gives us strength. "No testing has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, so that you may be able to endure it." Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public mission and in the ultimate struggle of his agony. 159 In this petition to our heavenly Father, Christ unites us to his battle and his agony. He urges us to vigilance of the heart in communion with his own. Vigilance is "custody of the heart," and Jesus prayed for us to the Father: "Keep them in your name." 160 The Holy Spirit constantly seeks to awaken us to keep watch. 161 Finally, this petition takes on all its dramatic meaning in relation to the last temptation of our earthly battle; it asks for final perseverance. "Lo, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who is awake."

6 Read the Bible in One Year August OT Prv NT 1 Joshua :4-6 Mt 15: Jos :7-9 Mt 15: Jos :10-12 Mt 16: Jos :13-15 Mt 16: Jos :16-18 Mt 17 6 Jos :19-21 Mt 18: Jos :22-24 Mt 18: Jos :25-27 Mt 19: Jos :28-30 Mt 19: Jos :31-33 Mt 20: Jos 22 16:1-3 Mt 20: Jos :4-6 Mt 21: Judges 1:1-3:6 16:7-11 Mt 21: Jgs 3:7-4:24 16:12-15 Mt 21: Jgs 5 16:16-17 Mt 22: Jgs :18-21 Mt 22: Jgs :22-24 Mt 22: Jgs :25-27 Mt 23: Jgs :28-30 Mt 24: Jgs :31-33 Mt 24: Jgs :1-3 Mt 25: Jgs :4-7 Mt 25: Ruth 17:8-10 Mt 26: Samuel :11-13 Mt 26: Sm :14-16 Mt 26: Sm :17-19 Mt 27: Sm :20-23 Mt 27: Sm :24-28 Mt Sm 13:1-14:48 18:1-2 Mk 1: Sm 14:49-16:23 18:3-5 Mk 1: Sm 17 18:6-8 Mk 1:32-45 St. Maximilian Kolbe Feast day: August 14 Patron of drug addicts, prisoners, families, and the pro-life movement St. Maximilian Kolbe was born as Raymund Kolbe on January 8, 1894, in the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II. St. Maximilian Kolbe was very active in promoting the Immaculate Virgin Mary and is known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary. Much of his life was strongly influenced by a vision he had of the Virgin Mary when he was 12. "That night I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both." One year after his vision, Kolbe and his elder brother, Francis joined the Conventual Franciscans. In 1918, he was ordained a priest and continued his work of promoting Mary throughout Poland. Over the next several years, Kolbe took on publishing. He founded a monthly periodical titled, "Rycerz Niepokalanej" (Knight of the Immaculate). He also operated a religious publishing press and founded a new Conventual Franciscan monastery at Niepokalanow, founding monasteries in both Japan and India. On February 17, 1941, the monastery was shut down; Kolbe was arrested by the German Gestapo and taken to the Pawiak prison. Three months later, he was transferred to Auschwitz. Never abandoning his priesthood, Kolbe was the victim to severe violence and harassment. Toward the end of his second month in Auschwitz, men were chosen to face death by starvation to warn against escapes. Kolbe was not chosen but volunteered to take the place of a man with a family. It is said during the last days of his life Kolbe led prayers to Our Lady with the prisoners and remained calm. He was the last of the group to remain alive, after two weeks of dehydration and starvation. The guards gave him a lethal injection of carbolic acid. The stories tell that he raised his left arm and calmly awaited death.

7 Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Are you or someone you know interested learning about the Catholic Faith or becoming Catholic? Were you baptized Catholic, but have not completed the Sacraments of Initiation (Confirmation & First Eucharist)? If you answered YES to either of these questions, please consider registering for the R.C.I.A. Process. Sessions begin 7pm In the Family Life Center August 22, 2017 For further information or to register, please contact: Lisa & Jerry Schmidt at or by at lisaschmidt319@yahoo.com The Footprints of God with Stephen Ray When: Tuesday, September 1:00pm Where: In the Family Life Center classrooms Price: Absolutely Free! Bring: Bible, Catechism and note paper. Come and enjoy good fellowship with loads of faith enrichment mixed in! This is a 10 week course that covers: Footprints of God: The Story of Salvation from Abraham to Augustine is a documentary film series hosted by popular Catholic author, speaker, and apologist Steve Ray. Meet the people and see the places that shaped the salvation story through Scripture and Church history. It s a fast-paced, entertaining biography, travel documentary, Bible study, apologetics course, and Church history study rolled into one remarkable adventure! For more information or questions, contact: Debi Yetman

8 Liturgical Year W O R D S E A R C H

9 ST. ALPHONSUS LIGOURI - Patron of Voca ons Study: YDisciple: Called Study: Divine Mercy, Episode 2: Behold, This Heart Read: The Young People s Book of Saints Formed.org August Liturgical Calendar ST. JOHN VIANNEY Study: Symbolon: Living the Faith, Session 4: Penance and Anoin ng of the Sick Estudiar: Symbolon: Vivendo la Fe, Sesión 4: Reconciliación y Unción de los Enfermos Study: YDisciple: Called, Session 3: Called to Holy Orders Read: The Curé d Ars Today FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD Study: Catholicism, Session 1: Amazed and Afraid Estudiar: Catolicismo, Sesión 1: Sorprendidos y Asustados Study: Lec o: Peter, Session 6: In the Shadow of the Galilean Study: Symbolon: Knowing the Faith, Session 2: Divine Revela on Estudiar: Symbolon: Conociendo la Fe, Sesión 2: Revelación Divina Study: Symbolon: Knowing the Faith, Session 5: Who is Jesus? Study: Symbolon: Conociendo la Fe, Sesión 5: Quién es Jesús? Study: YDisciple: Prayer Study: YDisciple: Who is God?, Session 3: Is Jesus Really Divine? Listen: Who Do You Say That I Am? Listen: Jesus is ST. DOMINIC - Patron of Astrologers Study: From Nothing to Cosmos Watch: Cosmic Origins Read: The Young People s Book of Saints ST. CLARE, VIRGIN Watch: Clare and Francis Ver: Clara y Francisco ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE Study: Divine Mercy, Episode 9: Mary s Knight Study: 33 Days to Morning Glory, Week 2: St. Maximilian Kolbe Watch: Life for Life Ver: Una Vida por Otra Watch: Ocean of Mercy SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Study: The Bible and the Virgin Mary, Lesson 11: The Assump on Estudiar: La Biblia y la Virgen María, Lección 11: La Asunción Study: Footprints of God: Mary Study: YDisciple: Ac vi es, Total Consecra on Watch: Mary of Nazareth Read: Mary: God s Yes to Man Read: The World s First Love Read: Mary: The Church at the Source Read: Mary in the Redemp on Read: Mary in the Middle Ages Read: Faith Basics: Understanding Catholic Teaching on the Blessed Virgin Mary Listen: Answering Common Objec ons: Mary Listen: Mary: Handmaid of the Lord Listen: Mary: The Indispensable Mother of God Listen: The World s First Love Escuchar: El Ave María y la Oración

10 Formed.org August Liturgical Calendar QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Study: Symbolon: Knowing the Faith, Session 9: Mary and the Saints Study: Symbolon: Conociendo la Fe, Sesión 9: María y Los Santos Study: Footprints of God: Mary Study: The Bible and the Virgin Mary, Lesson 8: Mother Crowned in Glory Estudiar: La Biblia y la Virgen María, Lección 8: Madre Coronada en la Gloria Study: The Bible and the Virgin Mary, Lesson 7: The Promised Mother Estudiar: La Biblia y la Virgen María, Lección 7: La Madre Prome da Study: 33 Days to Morning Glory Study: YDisciple: Ac vi es, Total Consecra on Watch: Mary of Nazareth Read: Mary: God s Yes to Man Read: The World s First Love Read: Faith Basics: Understanding Catholic Teaching on the Blessed Virgin Mary Read: Mary in the Redemp on Listen: Answering Common Objec ons: Mary Listen: Mary: Handmaid of the Lord Listen: Mary: The Indispensable Mother of God Listen: The World s First Love Escuchar: El Ave María y la Oración ST. MONICA Study: Beloved: Mystery and Meaning of Marriage Estudiar: Amado: El Misterio y el Significado del Matrimonio Study: Beloved: Living Marriage Estudiar: Amado: Viviendo el Matrimonio Study: Lec o: Prayer, Session 5: Contempla o Study: YDisciple: Ac vi es, War on the Floor Study: YDisciple: Just for Parents Watch: Restless Heart Watch: Marriage: God s Plan for Life and Love ST. AUGUSTINE Study: Lec o: Prayer, Session 1: Prayer Study: Lec o: Prayer, Session 4: Ora o Study: Lec o: Prayer, Session 5: Contempla o Study: Symbolon: Living the Faith, Session 6: A Catholic Moral Vision Estudiar: Symbolon: Viviendo la Fe, Sesión 6: Una Visión Moral Católica Study: YDisciple: Hot Topics, Session 3: Living Sobriety in a Party Culture Study: YDisciple: True Strength: Becoming the Man You Were Created to Be Study: YDisciple: True Strength: Chas ty for Guys Watch: Restless Heart Watch: Augus ne: A Voice for All Genera ons Ver: Agus n: Una Voz para Todas las Generaciones Watch: Catholic Heroes of the Faith: The Story of Saint Augus ne Ver: Héroes Católicos: La Historia de San Agus n Read: The Restless Flame Read: Finding True Happiness Listen: Saints for Sinners Listen: Detox PASSION OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Study: The Wild Goose, Segment 3: Bap sm in the Holy Spirit and Fire Estudiar: The Wild Goose, Segmento 3: Bau smo en Espíritu Santo y en el Fuego