St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Archdiocese of Atlanta Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP)

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1 Liturgical Calendar & Mass Intentions Confessions heard before all Masses. Sundays 6:45, 8:15 & 10:30am Sun, Feb 3 4th Sunday after Epiphany 9:00am Low Donald J. Palaschak by Sims Family 11:30am Low Pontifical Mass Celebrant s Intention Mon, Feb 4 St. Andrew Corsini 12:00pm Mary Yedinak Tue, Feb 5 St. Agatha 6:30am Scott & Cathy Calta s 25th Anniv. by Rev. Mr.&Mrs. Doug Anderson 9:00am Holy Souls in Purgatory by Rosa Camarena Jaimes Wed, Feb 6 St. Titus 12:00pm Hunter & Alexandria Special Intentions by Owen & Caroline Elliott Thu, Feb 7 St. Romuald 6:30am Re-conversion of Jeannie & Judson Watson by Tara Baker 9:00am Holy Souls in Purgatory by Maureen Cunningham Fri, Feb 8 St. John of Matha 12:00pm Healing of Mary Katherine Walker by Javier & Valeria Solanet 7:00pm Suzie Bird Belladonna by Lloyd & Elizabeth Bird Exposition follows Mass Sat, Feb 9 St. Cyril of Alexandria 7:00am Rosa Camarena Gonzalez by Rosa Camarena 9:00am Ron Dees by Lloyd & Elizabeth Bird Sun, Feb 10 5th Sunday after Epiphany 9:00am Low Conversion of Hankins Family by Elliott Family 11:30am High Narmen Youkhana by Landy Youkhana Last Sunday's Collection: $5, God reward you. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Archdiocese of Atlanta Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) Dedicated to the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the 1962 Roman Missal of St. John XXIII 587 Landers Drive, Mableton, GA Website: Office: Emergencies: Select option 7 Bookstore: Pastor: Rev. Joseph DeGuzman, FSSP Assistant: Rev. James Smith, FSSP Rev. Mr. Doug Anderson (AoA) Secretary: Amy Thomas pastorsfds@gmail.com assistantsfds@gmail.com 4th Sunday after Epiphany, February 3, 2019 Today: St. Francis de Sales Parish 20 th Anniversary Celebration Pontifical Mass at 11:30am with Bishop Shlesinger, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The party will be in the gym at 1:30pm. The parish will be providing the BBQ meal and beverages. Please make every effort to attend! Today: There will be no confessions before the 11:30am Mass due to preparations for the Pontifical Mass. Today: FSSP Seminary Burse-Please make checks payable to FSSP. Congratulations to Michael Paul, son of Rex and Viola Stephens, who was baptized and received into the Church on January 26, Robert Hoff, a fellow parishioner passed away on January 20 th. His Requiem Mass was said at our parish on January 25 th. In your charity, please pray for the repose of his soul and for his family. Requiescat in pace. Blessing of the Throats: There will be a blessing of the throats in honor of St. Blaise after each Mass at the communion rail, Sunday, February 10 th. Ushers Needed: Ushers are needed for the 9am Mass. Please contact the parish office if you are able to assist in this important ministry.

2 NEW ALTAR BOY SOCIETY: Any boy age 12 or under who has received his First Communion is invited to join a new parish society of altar boys. The boys will meet with the priests monthly on first Saturdays after the 9 a.m. Mass. Meetings will include: a spiritual talk by one of the priests, extensive practice serving at both low and high Mass, recreation, and pizza for lunch. Boys older than 12 who are qualified altar servers already are invited to help the priests with the activities. The first meeting will be on SATURDAY, MARCH 2. (We would be grateful for a couple of parents to volunteer to help the priests to organize the pickup of the food). NEW YOUNG ADULTS GROUP FORMING: Stay tuned for details about a young adult s group that is being formed. It will be for any adults from age 18 to 35 (both married and single). The group will not be limited to parishioners of St. Francis de Sales. All are welcome. Please the parish office to be added to the mailing list: NEW PARISH WEBSITE AND ADDRESSES COMING SOON: Please note that the parish will soon have a new website (without advertisements), and the priests and parish secretary will have new addresses. This is due in part to recent fraudulent messages that were sent purportedly from the pastor seeking money. These were fraudulent, and the addresses were very similar but slightly different from Fr. DeGuzman's address. Please check the bulletin in the coming weeks for more details. St Francis de Sales is in need of a technical committee to help explore future possibilities regarding the long-term growth of the parish. Architects, engineers, surveyors, contractors, and construction managers are encouraged to volunteer for the committee, which is expected to meet periodically during the initial phases of the inquiry. Responsibilities of volunteers would include: attending meetings, listening to ideas presented by bidders and offering feedback, and networking to provide contacts within the industry. If you are interested in helping, please contact the parochial vicar at assistantsfds@gmail.com or call the church office. CCD: The regular meeting time for CCD classes is 10:15 to 11:10. Pre-K through 1st Grade classes may end earlier. Altar servers may leave earlier. Save The Dates: Confirmation 2019 by Bishop Shlesinger: March 30, Lenten Mission with Fr. Buckley, FSSP: March 17th-22nd, More information to follow. Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: Lead by Catholics of the Holy Land. Daily traditional Latin Mass. Chaplain: Fr. Robert Novokowsky, FSSP. October 7-19, For more details: or office@stjosephrichmond.org Mass Request Admission Procedure: Please use the form available on our website for requesting Mass intentions and fill in all the information. If you submit a Mass request and stipend without this form it will not be accepted, it will be placed in the vestibule for you to pick up and re-submit with the correct form. If you have problems accessing this form please contact the parish office. Inquirers Class: The priests of the parish are teaching a class every Tuesday at 6pm, pausing periodically for seasonal breaks, for non- Catholics who have questions about the Catholic religion. All non-catholics are welcome to attend. St. Francis de Sales-Information & Contacts Confessions:15 mins before weekday Masses; Sundays 6:45am,8:15am,10:30am Baptism: Contact the parish at least six weeks before birth Marriage: Contact the parish at least six months before the wedding Eucharistic Exposition: Friday after evening Mass Rosary: Before 9:00am and 11:30am Sunday Masses Religious Education (CCD): Sundays at 10:15am (Aug.-May) Legion of Mary: Meet Tuesdays at 5:00pm Knights of Columbus: Meets 2 nd Monday of month: Rosary 6:30pm, dinner, meeting starts at 7:30pm. Columbian Squires: Circle meets on 2 nd Sunday of the month at 1:15pm FNE: Female scouting group meets Saturday mornings: info@atlantafne.org St. Gerard: For desirous, new, and expectant moms: stgerardministry@gmail.com Bookstore Hours: Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and 1:00pm-1:30pm

3 Liturgical Calendar & Mass Intentions Confessions heard before all Masses. Sundays 6:45, 8:15 & 10:30am Sun, Feb 10 7:15am Low 9:00am Low 11:30am High 5th Sunday after Epiphany Pro Populo Conversion of Hankins Family by Elliott Family Narmen Youkhana by Landy Youkhana Mon, Feb 11 Our Lady of Lourdes No 12:00pm Mass Tue, Feb 12 Seven Holy Servite Founders 6:30am Purisimo Francisco, Jr. by Rechuel Francisco 9:00am Claire Reichard by Randal Mandock Wed, Feb 13 Feria 12:00pm St. Gerard Ministry Thu, Feb 14 Feria 6:30am Aida Acevedo by Isabel Mejia 9:00am In Gratitude for the Grace to See Our Nothingness Fri, Feb 15 Feria 12:00pm Mary Catherine LaPlante 7:00pm Mary Yedinak Exposition follows Mass Sat, Feb 16 Saturday of Our Lady 7:00am Yvette Marie Francisco by Rechuel Francisco 9:00am Suzie Bird Belladonna by Lloyd & Elizabeth Bird Sun, Feb 17 Septuagesima Sunday 9:00am Low Fred & Karen Carver by The Carvers 11:30am High Robert Hoff by Mrs. Richard Cain Last Sunday's Collection: $5, God reward you. FSSP Seminary Burse: $1, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Archdiocese of Atlanta Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) Dedicated to the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the 1962 Roman Missal of St. John XXIII 587 Landers Drive, Mableton, GA Website: Office: Emergencies: Select option 7 Bookstore: Pastor: Rev. Joseph DeGuzman, FSSP Assistant: Rev. James Smith, FSSP Rev. Mr. Doug Anderson (AoA) Secretary: Amy Thomas pastorsfds@gmail.com assistantsfds@gmail.com 5th Sunday after Epiphany, February 10, 2019 Today: Blessing of the Throats: There will be a blessing of the throats in honor of St. Blaise after each Mass today at the communion rail. Father DeGuzman will be on vacation from Feb 11 th -Feb 17 th. While away he will the following Mass intentions: Holy Souls in Purgatory by Maureen Cunningham; John Rasnick; Pat Wills Special Intention by Elliott Family; Sierra Bird and baby by Lloyd & Elizabeth Bird; Bonnie Malone; Kelly Thomas. Wednesday, Feb 13th-St. Gerard Ministry: The next mom s and children s Mass is this Wednesday at noon. Please bring your small children as we help them practice being in Mass. Confessions will begin at 11:30am (we can watch your little ones). Bring your own snack/lunch for a small social afterwards. Thank you to all the volunteers involved in making our parish 20 th Anniversary party a success! Ushers Needed: Ushers are needed for the 9am Mass. Please contact the parish office if you are able to assist in this important ministry. Save The Dates: Confirmation 2019 by Bishop Shlesinger: March 30, Lenten Mission with Fr. Buckley, FSSP: March 17th-22nd, More information to follow.

4 NEW ALTAR BOY SOCIETY: Any boy age 12 or under who has received his First Communion is invited to join a new parish society of altar boys. The boys will meet with the priests monthly on first Saturdays after the 9 a.m. Mass. Meetings will include: a spiritual talk by one of the priests, extensive practice serving at both low and high Mass, recreation, and pizza for lunch. Boys older than 12 who are qualified altar servers already are invited to help the priests with the activities. The first meeting will be on SATURDAY, MARCH 2. (We would be grateful for a couple of parents to volunteer to help the priests to organize the pickup of the food). NEW YOUNG ADULTS GROUP FORMING: Stay tuned for details about a young adult s group that is being formed. It will be for any adults from age 18 to 35 (both married and single). The group will not be limited to parishioners of St. Francis de Sales. Please the parish office to be added to the mailing list:. In honor of the Chair of St. Peter a sung Mass will be offered on Friday, February 22 nd with a convivial get together afterwards. All are welcome. NEW PARISH WEBSITE AND ADDRESSES COMING SOON: Please note that the parish will soon have a new website (without advertisements), and the priests and parish secretary will have new addresses. This is due in part to recent fraudulent messages that were sent purportedly from the pastor seeking money. These were fraudulent, and the addresses were very similar but slightly different from Fr. DeGuzman's address. Please check the bulletin in the coming weeks for more details. St Francis de Sales is in need of a technical committee to help explore future possibilities regarding the long-term growth of the parish. Architects, engineers, surveyors, contractors, and construction managers are encouraged to volunteer for the committee, which is expected to meet periodically during the initial phases of the inquiry. Responsibilities of volunteers would include: attending meetings, listening to ideas presented by bidders and offering feedback, and networking to provide contacts within the industry. If you are interested in helping, please contact the parochial vicar at assistantsfds@gmail.com or call the church office Contribution Statements were mailed 2 weeks ago, please notify the parish office if you have not received yours Offertory Envelopes please contact the parish office to pick up any unclaimed offertory envelopes no later than February 18th. Anyone who would like offertory envelopes can request them at any time, please contact the parish office to do so. CCD: The regular meeting time for CCD classes is 10:15 to 11:10. Pre-K through 1st Grade classes may end earlier. Altar servers may leave earlier. Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: Lead by Catholics of the Holy Land. Daily traditional Latin Mass. Chaplain: Fr. Robert Novokowsky, FSSP. October 7-19, For more details: or office@stjosephrichmond.org Mass Request Admission Procedure: Please use the form available on our website for requesting Mass intentions and fill in all the information. If you submit a Mass request and stipend without this form it will not be accepted, it will be placed in the vestibule for you to pick up and re-submit with the correct form. If you have problems accessing this form please contact the parish office. Inquirers Class: The priests of the parish are teaching a class every Tuesday at 6pm, pausing periodically for seasonal breaks, for non-catholics who have questions about the Catholic religion. All non-catholics are welcome to attend. St. Francis de Sales-Information & Contacts Confessions:15 mins before weekday Masses; Sundays 6:45am,8:15am,10:30am Baptism: Contact the parish at least six weeks before birth Marriage: Contact the parish at least six months before the wedding Eucharistic Exposition: Friday after evening Mass Rosary: Before 9:00am and 11:30am Sunday Masses Religious Education (CCD): Sundays at 10:15am (Aug.-May) Legion of Mary: Meet Tuesdays at 5:00pm Knights of Columbus: Meets 2 nd Monday of month: Rosary 6:30pm, dinner, meeting starts at 7:30pm. Columbian Squires: Circle meets on 2 nd Sunday of the month at 1:15pm FNE: Catholic explorers group: info@atlantafne.org St. Gerard: For desirous, new, and expectant moms: stgerardministry@gmail.com Bookstore Hours: Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and 1:00pm-1:30pm

5 Liturgical Calendar & Mass Intentions Confessions heard before all Masses. Sundays 6:45, 8:15 & 10:30am Sun, Feb 17 Septuagesima Sunday 9:00am Low Fred & Karen Carver by Fred & Karen Carver 11:30am High Robert Hoff by Mrs. Richard Cain Mon, Feb 18 Feria 12:00pm Mary Yedinak Tue, Feb 19 Feria 6:30am Claire Reichard by Carmen Santiago 9:00am Mrs. Sebene Mikael by Tsegereda Haile-Selassie Wed, Feb 20 Feria 12:00pm Msgr. Stephen Churchwell by Mary Hagerty Thu, Feb 21 Feria 6:30am Joseph R. Brock by Tom & Christine Brock 9:00am Aida Acevedo by Isabel Mejia Fri, Feb 22 Chair of St. Peter 12:00pm Low Greg Lerum by LaPlante Family 7:00pm High Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano by David Gilbert Sat, Feb 23 St. Peter Damian 7:00am Cristi Kent & Family by Joseph Fernandes 9:00am Fr. Hugh Byron by Brian & Lisa Hagerty Sun, Feb 24 Sexagesima Sunday 7:15am Low Cedric Fernandes & Family by Joseph & Rebecca Fernandes 9:00am Low Pro Populo 11:30am High Andrew Hagerty by Brian & Lisa Hagerty Last Sunday's Collection: $5, God reward you. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Archdiocese of Atlanta Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) Dedicated to the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the 1962 Roman Missal of St. John XXIII 587 Landers Drive, Mableton, GA Website: Office: Emergencies: Select option 7 Bookstore: Pastor: Rev. Joseph DeGuzman, FSSP Assistant: Rev. James Smith, FSSP Rev. Mr. Doug Anderson (AoA) Secretary: Amy Thomas pastorsfds@gmail.com assistantsfds@gmail.com Septuagesima Sunday, February 17, 2019 Father DeGuzman returns tomorrow. Friday, Feb 22 nd, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter: In celebration of this feast there will be a High Mass at 7:00pm. All member of the FSSP Confraternity may gain a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions (Confession, Holy Communion on the day, prayers for the Holy Father) plus the recitation of the Confraternity prayer. Juventutem Young Adults Group: A young adult s group is being formed. Any adults from age 18 to 35 (both married and single) are welcome to join, and the group will not be limited to parishioners of St. Francis de Sales. Please the parish office to be added to the mailing list:. The group will have a convivial get together after the 7pm High Mass on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Feb 22 nd. More details on this event will be communicated via to those who have joined the mailing list. New Altar Boy Society: Boys age 12 or under who have received First Communion are invited to join a new society of altar boys. The boys will meet with the priests monthly on 1st Saturdays after the 9am Mass. Meetings will include: a spiritual talk by one of the priests, extensive practice serving at both low and high Mass, recreation, and pizza for lunch. Boys older than 12 who are qualified altar servers already are invited to help the priests with the activities. The first meeting will be on Saturday, March 2 nd. (We would be grateful for a few parents to volunteer to help the priests to organize the pickup of the food). Save The Dates: Confirmation 2019 by Bishop Shlesinger: March 30, Lenten Mission with Fr. Buckley, FSSP: March 17th-22nd, More information to follow.

6 "The Mystery of Septuagesima" from "The Liturgical Year" by Dom Prosper Gueranger The season upon which we are now entering is expressive of several profound mysteries. But these mysteries belong not only to the three weeks which are preparatory to Lent: they continue throughout the whole period of time which separates us from the great feast of Easter. The number seven is the basis of all these mysteries. We have already seen how the holy Church came to introduce the season of Septuagesima into her calendar. Let us now meditate on the doctrine hidden under the symbols of her liturgy. And first, let us listen to St. Augustine, who thus gives us the clue to the whole of our season's mysteries. 'There are two times,' says the holy Doctor: 'one which is now, and is spent in the temptations and tribulations of this life; the other which shall by then, and shall be spent in eternal security and joy. In figure of these, we celebrate two periods: the time before Easter, and the time after Easter. That which is before Easter signifies the sorrow of this present life; that which is after Easter, the blessedness of our future state... Hence it is that we spend the first in fasting and prayer; and in the second we give up our fasting, and give ourselves to praise.' The Church, the interpreter of the sacred Scriptures, often speaks to us of two places, which correspond with these two times of St. Augustine. These two places are Babylon and Jerusalem. Babylon is the image of this world of sin, in the midst whereof the Christian has to spend his years of probation; Jerusalem is the heavenly country, where he is to repose after all his trials. The people of Israel, whose whole history is but one great type of the human race, was banished from Jerusalem and kept in bondage in Babylon. Now, this captivity, which kept the Israelites exiles from Sion, lasted seventy years; and it is to express this mystery, as Alcuin, Amalarius, Ivo of Chartres, and all the great liturgists tell us, that the Church fixed the number of seventy for the days of expiation. It is true, there are but sixty-three days between Septuagesima and Easter; but the Church, according to the style so continually used in the sacred Scriptures, uses the round number instead of the literal and precise one. The duration of the world itself, according to the ancient Christian tradition, is divided into seven ages. The human race must pass through the seven ages before the dawning of the day of eternal life. The first age included the time from the creation of Adam to Noah; the second begins with Noah and the renovation of the earth by the deluge, and ends with this the vocation of Abraham; the third opens with this first formation of God's chosen people, and continues as far as Moses, through whom God gave the Law; the fourth consists of the period between Moses and David, in whom the house of Juda received the kingly power; the fifth is formed of the years which passed between David's reign and the captivity of Babylon, inclusively; the sixth dates from the return of the Jews to Jerusalem, and takes us on as far as the birth of our Saviour. Then, finally, comes the seventh age; it starts with the rising of this merciful Redeemer, the Sun of justice, and is to continue till the dread coming of the Judge of the living and the dead. These are the seven great divisions of time; after which, eternity. In order to console us in the midst of the combats, which so thickly beset our path, the Church, like a beacon shining amidst the darkness of this our earthly abode, shows us another seven, which is to succeed the one we are now preparing to pass through. After the Septuagesima of mourning, we shall have the bright Easter with its seven weeks of gladness, foreshadowing the happiness and bliss of heaven. After having fasted with our Jesus, and suffered with Him, the day will come when we shall rise together with Him, and our hearts shall follow Him to the highest heaven; and then after a brief interval, we shall feel the Holy Ghost descending upon us, with His seven Gifts. The celebration of all these wondrous joys will take us seven weeks, as the great liturgists observe in their interpretation of the rites of the Church. The seven joyous weeks from Easter to Pentecost will not be too long for the future glad mysteries, which, after all, will be but figures of a still gladder future, the future of eternity. Having heard these sweet whisperings of hope, let us now bravely face the realities brought before us by our dear mother the Church. We are sojourners upon this earth; we are exiles and captives in Babylon, that city which plots our ruin. If we love our country, if we long to return to it, we must be proof against the lying allurements of this strange land, and refuse the cup she proffers us, and with which she maddens so many of our fellow captives. She invites us to join in her feasts and her songs; but we must unstring our harps, and hang them on the willows that grow on her river's bank, till the signal be given for our return to Jerusalem. She will ask us to sing to her the melodies of our dear Sion: but how shall we, who are so far from home, have heart to 'sing the song of the Lord in a strange land'? No, there must be no sign that we are content to be in bondage, or we shall deserve to be slaves forever. These are the sentiments wherewith the Church would inspire us during the penitential season which we are now beginning. She wishes us to reflect on the dangers that beset us; dangers which arise from ourselves and from creatures. During the rest of the year she loves to hear us chant the song of heaven, the sweet Alleluia; but now, she bids us close our lips to this word of joy, because we are in Babylon. We are pilgrims absent from our Lord, let us keep our glad hymn for the day of His return. We are sinners, and have but too often held fellowship with the world of God's enemies; let us become purified by repentance, for it is written that 'praise is unseemly in the mouth of a sinner.' The leading feature, then, of Septuagesima, is the total suspension of the Alleluia, which is not to again be heard upon the earth until the arrival of that happy day, when having suffered death with our Jesus, and having been buried together with Him, we shall rise again with Him to a new life. The sweet hymn of the angels, Gloria in excelsis Deo, which we have sung every Sunday since the birth of our Saviour in Bethlehem, is also taken from us; it is only on the feasts of the saints which may by kept during the week that we shall be allowed to repeat it. The night Office of the Sunday is to lose also, from now till Easter, its magnificent Ambrosian hymn, the Te Deum; and at the end of the holy Sacrifice, the deacon will no longer dismiss the faithful with his solemn Ite, Missa est, but will simply invite them to continue their prayers in silence, and bless the Lord, the God of mercy, who bears with us, notwithstanding all our sins. After the Gradual of the Mass, instead of the thrice repeated Alleluia, which prepared our hearts to listen to the voice of God in the holy Gospel, we shall hear but a mournful and protracted chant, called, on that account, the Tract. That the eye, too, may teach us that the season we are entering on is one of mourning, the Church will vest her ministers (both on Sundays and on the days during the week which are not feasts of Saints) in the somber purple. Until Ash Wednesday, however, she permits the deacon to wear his dalmatic, and the subdeacon his tunic; but from that day forward, they must lay aside these vestments of joy, for Lent will then have begun and our holy mother will inspire us with the deep spirit of penance, but suppressing everything of that glad pomp, which she loves at other seasons, to bring into the sanctuary of her God. St. Francis de Sales-Information & Contacts Confessions:15 mins before weekday Masses; Sundays 6:45am,8:15am,10:30am Baptism: Contact the parish at least six weeks before birth Marriage: Contact the parish at least six months before the wedding Eucharistic Exposition: Friday after evening Mass Rosary: Before 9:00am and 11:30am Sunday Masses Religious Education (CCD): Sundays at 10:15am (Aug.-May) Legion of Mary: Meet Tuesdays at 5:00pm Knights of Columbus: Meets 2 nd Monday of month: Rosary 6:30pm, dinner, meeting starts at 7:30pm. Columbian Squires: Circle meets on 2 nd Sunday of the month at 1:15pm FNE: Catholic explorers group: info@atlantafne.org St. Gerard: For desirous, new, and expectant moms: stgerardministry@gmail.com Bookstore Hours: Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and 1:00pm-1:30pm