Goo^ Sh_ph_r^ C[tholi] Chur]h Pastor Emeritus/Administrator Reverend Thomas J. Gaul gdshprd81@good-shepherd-church.org Deacon Deacon Pat Snyder patrickdsnyder@gmail.com PARISH STAFF Office Manager Janice Scott gsccad1@gmail.com Patricia Martin-Kamionka Good Shepherd Catholic Church 5050 Oak Street Hope Mills, NC 28348 (910) 425-1590 Fax (844) 270-6440 E-mail: gdshprd81@gmail.com OR gdshprd81@good-shepherd-church.org www.good-shepherd-church.org www.facebook.com/gscatholicchurchhopemills Office Hours: Monday Thursday 9:30am-5:30pm; Friday 9:30am-2:30pm MASSES Saturday Vigil........5:30 pm Sunday.....8:30 and 11:30 am Holy Days.. 12:00 and 6:30 pm Daily Mass: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.......9:00 am First Friday/Friday....12:00 pm Wednesday Evening Services 5:00-5:45pm Confessions 5:50pm Exposition 6:00pm Rosary 6:20pm Evening Prayer 6:40pm Benediction 6:45pm Mass Reconciliation: Wednesday 5:00-5:45 pm; Saturday 4:00-5:00 pm Or by appointment. 425-1590 818-0801 425-1590 ext. 203 gsccdre@gmail.com 425-5617 ext.200 Office Assistant Maria Rosario gsbulletinedit@gmail.com 425-1590 ext. 202 Plant Manager Rick Underwood ardenunderwood55@gmail.com 425-1590 ext. 201 RCIA Coordinator Camille Grupy alcam116@embarqmail.com 424-6802 Liturgy Coordinator Sheila Franklin sfranklin0131@yahoo.com 260-672-3687 High School Youth Ministers Jeanette Hubbard jeanettehubbard@embarqmail.com 867-5006 Justin Shobe 584-8865 Middle School Youth Ministers Barbara Connor barbaraconnor461@gmail.com 337-378-2237 Ubaldo Herrera ubduhone@yahoo.com 884-5568 Choir Director Phil Provencher ppprovencher@gmail.com 728-8990 Nursery Coordinator Heather Augustine heatheraugustine@yahoo.com 240-418-9033 Council Chairpersons Parish Pastoral Council Ron Macaluso randpmac@yahoo.com 970-443-2883 Finance Council Steve Graybill sgraybill@nc.rr.com 429-9024 Our Mission The People of Good Shepherd are dedicated to Preaching the Word of the Kingdom of God by Service to the Community and Sanctifying the One Family of Faith. St. Isidore Mission of Good Shepherd Deacon Nay Henriquez nayhenri@yahoo.com email: Sanisdro@sccnc.org www.siccnc.org 4733 Macedonia Church Road Fayetteville, NC 28312 (910) 424-2698 English Mass: 9:00 AM Misa en Espanol: 11:45 AM
The Holy Family December 30, 2018 Saturday, December 29: 4:00pm Confessions 5:30pm Mass Sunday, December 30: 8:30am Mass 9:45am No RCIA 10:45am Knights of Columbus Rosary, Church 11:30am Mass No Pre-K-12th Grade Classes Monday, December 31: OFFICE CLOSED 9:00am Mass Tuesday, January 1: The Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary OFFICE Closed 12:00pm Mass Wednesday, January 2: Wednesday Evening Services 5:00 5:40pm Confessions 5:45pm Exposition 5:50pm Rosary 6:15pm Evening Prayer 6:40pm Benediction 6:45pm Mass Thursday, January 3: 9:00am Mass 9:30am Holy Stitchers, Room 12 7:00pm Knights of Columbus Meeting, CAP Room Friday, January 4: 10:00pm Widow s Watch, Room 2 12:00pm Mass Saturday, January 5: 4:00pm Confessions 5:30pm Mass 7:00pm Catechist Christmas Party, Social Hall Sunday, January 6: 8:30am Mass RCIA Dismissal 9:45am RCIA Tour of Church, Fr. Gaul, Church Pre-K-5th Grade Classes, Classroom 11:30am Mass 12:45pm 6th-12th Grade Classes, Classrooms 1:00pm HS Youth Mass Rehearsal, Church To allow the staff to celebrate the Christmas Season, the office will be closed until 9:30am, Wednesday, January 2nd. Fr. Gaul, Deacon Pat, Parish Council, Finance Council and Staff wish all of you a Happy and Safe Holiday Season. SANCTUARY LIGHT The Sanctuary Light will illuminate the Blessed Sacrament this week in Loving Memory of Steven Wright, given by Terrie Leafstedt. For the week of December 29-January 5, 2019 Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday: 5:30pm 8:30am 11:30am 9:00am 12:00pm 6:45pm 9:00am 12:00pm 5:30pm Patrick Colletti Helene Mörscher People of Good Shepherd Parish Ileane & Leonard Okrie Robert Clark Mark Porter James Brady Patricia Lacy John Mercado READINGS FOR THE WEEK 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28; Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24; Lk 2:41-52 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 1 Jn 2:29-3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Jn 1:43-51 Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 Offertory Needed Each Week $5300.00 Offertory Received December 15/16 %106 1/2 Can Needed Each Month $3240.00 1/2 Can Rec. thru December 16 %38 Saint Isidro Needed Each Month $1600.00 Saint Isidro Rec. thru December 16 %76 Share Sunday $1770.00 For more detailed information on the collections, please contact Steve Graybill, Finance Chair. - Thank you for your continued support of our Parish and its mission to serve the people of God - Prayer Request List In order to keep our Pray for the Sick list as current as possible, we will clear the sick list of all names on January 6, 2019. If you would like to remain on the list, please contact Janice Scott in the Office, 425-1590. Thank you.
Catechist Christmas Party Reminder: Our annual Catechist Christmas party will be held in the Social Hall on Saturday, January 5, following Mass. A Look at January 2019! Sunday, January 6: WELCOME BACK! 9:45am: Regular Sessions-Prayer Service by PSP 12:45pm: Regular Sessions-Prayer Service by Gr.8 Sunday, January 13: 9:45am: Regular Sessions/PSP Guest Speaker: Fr. Gaul, Eucharist-Prayer Service Gr. 1 11:30am: High School Youth Mass 12:45pm: Regular Sessions - Prayer Service by Gr.9 *Confirmation First Year-Sponsor Sheet returned. Sunday, January 20: Martin Luther King Weekend-No Sessions-MSYSM Large Group-Hope House, 4:50pm. Sunday, January 27: 9:45am:Regular Sessions Pk-5-Prayer Service Gr. 5 12:45pm: Regular Sessions-Prayer Service by Gr.10 Liturgy of the Word for Children We invite children ages 4-6 to attend the Liturgy of the Word for Children during the 11:30 Mass each Sunday. Please Note: No Dismissal this Sunday, December 30. New Year new Bible Study! This January and February we will study and discuss the Books of St. James, St. Jude and St. Peter (1 & 2). Evening Bible Study will begin on Thursday, January 10, and meet weekly from 6:30 7:30pm. Facilitator will be Trish Kamionka. Please use the sign-up sheet on the Welcome Table to register. A New Year Resolution Reflection for 2019 Each year many of us come up with a New Year Resolution or we may be very ambitious and make several resolutions! Anything goes: saving money, a vacation, giving more to charity, increasing time with children and family, dieting, getting better grades, working hard for a promotion, and the list goes on and on we are pretty much veterans at this. SO how about trying something in a different venue this year? Like trying to increase your love of Jesus Christ and share that love with others. St. Alphonsus Liguori and many of our saints share ideas that can change our lives and the lives of those around us. Here are seven ways we can start. These little actions can enhance our relationship with Christ and change our life in ways we can t imagine. Week 1: 1-Begin every day with a prayer to Jesus (before your feet hit the floor). 2-Take joy in knowing that you are a child of God. 3-Pray often during the day, if you cannot make daily Mass-make an Act of Spiritual Communion. 4-Seek to please Jesus in all of your actions. 5-Often speak of your love of Jesus to others. 6-Accept from the hands of Jesus your own cross to carry. 7-Conclude your day quietly reflecting on how you included Jesus into your life and a prayer to Him. A Spiritual Act of Communion My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You have already come, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. Jesus loves you so much that he gives you opportunities to be with Him every day. You can have your own private time with Christ at Mass in Holy Communion or in Spiritual Communion every day. It s really up to you. Thank you to everyone who came and helped decorate the Church for the Christmas holiday. It looks beautiful and is greatly appreciated! Christmas Pageant Thank you to our volunteers, parents, Children, and staff members who rehearsed and worked so diligently to make our annual Christmas Pageant so special this year! Thank you to the choir s performance during the Advent and Christmas services. Thank you to our Choir Director Phil Provencher for choosing such a great program!
Welcome to PARISH INFORMATION NEW PARISHIONERS Welcome to our Community! We invite you to register at the Church Office during office hours, pick up a Welcome Packet on the Welcome Table in the Gathering Area or online at: www.good-shepherd-church.org. Though a rather simple act, registration is a sign of one s commitment and responsibility to the parish and allows the parish to know how many families live in the parish. It also provides an official record of your Active membership and is essential for participation in parish programs and sacraments. What is an Active Membership: three points determine active membership: Registration in the parish for a sufficient period of time and use of the envelope system in support of the parish; Faithful attendance at Mass on Sundays and Holy Days; Volunteer and participate in Parish activities with time, talent, and treasure as means permit. Please note the Facilities and Services of Good Shepherd Church are available to active members. Emergencies: In cases of emergency, please contact the Parish Office during regular business hours. After hours, please call Deacon Pat at (910) 818-0801. SACRAMENTS Anointing of the Sick: Call the Church Office (910) 425-1590. Marriage: Couples are asked not to set a date for their wedding until an initial meeting with the Pastor or Deacon. Diocesan requirements mandate a minimum six-month period of preparation. Baptism: Parental participation in a program to prepare parents is required. Contact Trisha Martin-Kamionka, 910-425-5617, in the Faith Formation Office at least 3 months in advance of your desired baptismal date to make the proper arrangements. Sick and Homebound/Hospitalized: Please notify the Parish Office when someone is ill and unable to attend Mass for any significant length of time and would like to receive Holy Communion. Bulletin Deadline: Requests are due by 12 noon on the Monday prior to the weekend the announcement is to be published. E-mail your request to: gsbulletinedit@gmail.com. Special Needs: Handicapped accessible doors are located on the left side of the Gathering Area. Wheelchair seating is available in the front row of chairs in the Church. Cars must display a valid handicap sticker or placard to park in the reserved handicap spaces in the Church parking lot. Moving or PCS ing? Please come by the Parish Office to receive a free gift for safe travels. 2019 Calendars are available on a Table in the Gathering Area. Please be sure to take one. Vocations Chalice This weekend, Theresa Renzi will take the Vocations Chalice home. She will place the Chalice on her table and pray the Vocations Prayer with the Chalice every day and return it next weekend. Please help pray the Vocations Prayer that is prayed with the Chalice below. The Prayer for Vocations: Heavenly Father, Bless your Church with an abundance of holy and zealous priests, deacons, brothers and sisters. Give those you have called to the married state and those you have chosen to live as single persons in the world, the special graces that their lives require. Help those who have embraced the consecrated life to live up to their promises. Form us all in the likeness of your Son so that in Him, with Him and through Him we may love you more deeply and serve you more faithfully, always and everywhere. With Mary we ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Would your family like a chance to take the Vocations Chalice home for a week? A sign-up sheet is available on the Welcome Table. Anointing of the Sick Are you baptized and getting ready to have surgery? Just diagnosed with a short term, long term or serious illness? Ask to be anointed. If you would like to be anointed, call Janice Scott in the Office, 425-1590. If you have been anointed by Fr. Gaul either before, during or after Mass in the past, please notify Janice in the Office with name and date of anointing as she will need to record your information in the Sick Call Register. Thank you. Parish Fasting- For the Life and Healing of the Parish, Father Gaul has asked us to Fast each Wednesday of the week. Please remember that you can do a full fast, a partial fast or other type of self-denial. Parish Healing- Would you like to help build the parish and allow us to heal? Help the parish grow by inviting someone you know who has fallen away from the church to come to Mass with you one weekend. Or invite someone new who is not Catholic. God is always calling new people to him and asking us to live out our baptismal call. What better time since we hear so much negative publicity about God and church? We might not be able to bring God and prayer back into school and our government, but we can bring people into the church. Prayer for Our Parish- Heavenly Father, you have chosen the parish as the place where you encounter us in our daily lives. The parish is the assembly in which your Word is proclaimed, your Eucharist is celebrated, your people are united in a local community, and gathered into various ministries, so that they may become the agent of change for the renewal of the whole Church. Make our parishioners aware of the many opportunities and responsibilities that are theirs to grow as disciples of Jesus and as witnesses of you to our friends and neighbors. Keep us open to our need of your love and fellowship. Let both clergy and laity work together in harmony to serve you in others. We fervently ask this in Jesus name. Amen. January 1, 2019
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday, January 1, 2019 we will celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God. The Mass will be celebrated at 12:00pm. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament First Friday in January, January 4, we will offer Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament beginning at 6:00pm and end with the Benediction on Saturday, January 5, 8:00am. This is a peaceful and prayerful time and is open to everyone. Sign ups are available on the board beside the Welcome Table in one hour increments. For safety, we ask one Male be present for each hour. Mass Intentions for 2019 Dedication of Masses are limited to two weekend and two Wednesday evening Masses per member. Daily Masses are also available. If you would like to dedicate a Mass in Memory or in Honor of a loved one, please call the Church Office, 910-425-1590. Whatever moves you to become part of this Mass is what you can donate. The Weekly Flower Sheet for 2019 Flowers is available on the Flower Sign-up Board located in the Kitchen airlock. Cost of flowers: $50.00 Sanctuary Light If you wish to have the Sanctuary Lamp burning for two weeks in Memory or Honor of a loved one, to honor a special occasion, or a special intention, make arrangements with the Parish Office, Janice Scott or Maria Rosario, 425-1590. The cost of the candle is $20.00. Happy New Year! A very generous donor has given the Library several new books, including Saint Paul Called to Conversion, Praying with Saint Paul, Relics from the Crucifixion and more! There are also several new children s books. Please stop in and browse our shelves. Maybe one of your New Year resolutions could be to learn more about our Catholic religion. Our Library would be a In this day and age, it seems difficult to forgive someone for a perceived wrongdoing. When you are stubborn and do not give into forgiveness, you are not letting God into your heart. When you forgive, you get grace in return. The book this month is Everybody Needs to Forgive Somebody, written by Dr. Allen Hunt of the Dynamic Catholic team. It includes 12 stories of people who discovered the life-changing power of grace through forgiveness. Again, several copies of this book will be available in the Gathering Area. Please take one to read, study, and then pass on to other parishioners. Praying the Rosary The Knights of Columbus will pray the Rosary on Sunday, December 30th, 10:45am in the Church. We will honor our Parish Families on the Feast of the Holy Family. Please join us in praying for our Parish families as we begin our new year! The Good Shepherd Knights of Columbus Council are selling State Raffle Tickets for $5 each and can be purchased from members of the K of C. They are easily identified by their BLUE NAMETAG. Thank you in advance for always supporting our Programs. Knights of Columbus Kiosk The Knights of Columbus promotes the family as a domestic church where husbands and wives, parents and children, grow in their knowledge and practice of the Catholic Faith. In order to perform its important mission of evangelization, each family needs to find support in the sacramental life of the parish. The Good Shepherd Council of the Knights of Columbus has pledged to support the initiative to Build the Domestic Church. Informational brochures and pamphlets and booklets books may be found in the KIOSK in the Gathering Area of the Church. We hope they will continue to support the Parish Family, deepen our Catholic Faith and continue the mission of Evangelization in our Community. Please feel free to use the resources for yourselves, families and friends. The Knights of Columbus Council, #8857, wish Good Shepherd Parish Parishioners and Staff a joyous Holiday Season and a Happy New Year 2019. Widow's Watch, a support group for widows, meets Friday, January 4th at 10:30am in Room 2. Please join us for fellowship, liturgy and lunch. Contact: Camille, alcam116@embarqmail.com or 424-6802, for more information. Bereavement Support Ministry We are in need of a Disciple to head the Bereavement Support Ministry. If is interested, please contact Traci Bracey, 910-391-3354, for more info. A disabled parishioner is in need of a dependable, drivable vehicle. If you have a vehicle that you would like to donate, please contact Janice Scott, 910-425-1590.