Roman Catholic Parish 300 East 16th Avenue, Apache Junction, AZ 85119-6403 480-982-2929 Fax: 480-982-0036 E-mail: office@stgeorgeaj.com Website: www.stgeorgeaj.com Office Hours: M-F 8am-12 noon & 1-5pm MAY 21, 2017 LITURGY SCHEDULE Masses Saturday: 4:00pm Sunday: Weekdays: 6:30, 8:15, 10:00am, and 6:00pm (Life Teen Mass) Confessions: Sat. 3:00pm Holy Days: 8:00 & 10:00am and 7:00pm PASTORAL STAFF Father Domenico Pinti, Pastor Father Stanley Nadolny, Parochial Vicar Ext. 16 Caroline Hodges, Bookkeeper Ext. 11 Grace Vozel, Parish Secretary Ext. 10 Christine Ollive, Coordinator of Religious Ed Ext. 17 Denis McDonald, Maintenance COMMUNION TO THE SICK If you or someone you know is sick or homebound, please call for the assistance of a Minister of Care. Ministers of Care bring communion to those who cannot come to Mass. Please call Mary Ellen Akin at 480-983-7026 or the parish office to arrange a scheduled Minister of Care visit. INSTRUCTIONS FOR EMERGENCY If you or someone you know is in critical condition or near death call 480-982-2929 weekdays from to 5:00pm. After hours and on weekends call 480-303-1253. Please do not use this service for any other reason. INFANT BAPTISM Parents requesting baptism for their children under 7 years old must attend a mandatory preparation class offered every other month. Please call the Parish Office in advance for scheduling or other information. Infant baptisms are the last Sunday of each month. MARRIAGES/MARRIAGE PREPARATION Couples seeking the sacrament of marriage must be registered parishioners who are actively participating in the life of St. George Roman Catholic Parish. Notification of intent to marry must be provided six months in advance. For more information on the marriage preparation process, please call the Parish Office. Fr. Howie McGraw Deacon Bill Jones WINTER PRIESTS PARISH DEACONS Fr. Vince Lieser Ministries Youth Altar Server Training, Fr. Stan Eucharistic Ministers, Fr. Pinti Lectors, Cindy Nuttall 602-312-6667 RCIA, Fr. Pinti Ushers, Fr. Pinti Divine Mercy, Joetta Carlos 735-8471 Grief Support Group, Susan Insalaco 250-3522 Spirit Prayer Group, Todd & Teresa Sanders Natural Family Planning, Darrin & Pems Tebon 671-9040 Organizations Knights of Columbus, Doug Hughes 984-6997 Our Lady of the Desert Guild, Cindy Nuttall 602-312-6667 Respect Life Ministry, Fr. Pinti Finance Council Susan Insalaco Caroline Hodges Will Bublitz Arlene Showers Ray Kimble
6th Sun^[y of _[st_r THIS WEEK IN OUR P@RISH MONDAY, May 22 5:00pm Legion of Mary (rm 2) TUESDAY, May 23 1:00pm Bridge Players 3:00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet (Chapel) WEDNESDAY, May 24 9:00am Rosary Makers 5:30pm Adult Choir Practice (Atrium) THURSDAY, May 25 8:30am Quilters 9:30am Grief Support Group (rm 6) 6:30pm Adult Bible Study FRIDAY, May 26 9:45am Franciscons (rm 3) 3:00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet (Chapel) SATURDAY, May 27 SUNDAY, May 28 DEVOTIONS Daily Rosary: 7:30am Monday through Friday Adoration daily: until 9:30am First Friday: Mass, Anointing of the Sick, Adoration until 9:30am First Saturday: 8am Mass/Adoration until 9:30am Divine Mercy Chaplet: Daily 8:30am in Cry Room Tues. & Fri. 3:00pm in the Chapel 2017 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL Our goal this year is $173,000. We are at 96% of our goal. Once a year, we are asked to make a commitment to support the work of our diocesan programs and ministries that provide services that no one parish could provide on its own. Thank you for your support and participation! http://www.cathfnd.org/annualcatholicappeal PEOPLE OF HOPE Throughout this Easter season the readings have drawn us into the experience of the early church. We have tasted the excitement and zeal of the first Christians. Now, with them, we listen to the words of Saint Peter, who reminds us that when people notice that we are people of hope, we should be ready to explain why. This challenges us. Do others even notice that we are people of hope? In a world often marked by cynicism and hopelessness, do we stand out as people who offer hope and reassurance to others? In today s Gospel Jesus promises that when he leaves the earth he will not leave us orphaned. Today he promises to send his Advocate, the Spirit of truth who will be with us always. Let us acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit and ask the Spirit to make us people of hope. UPCOMING EVENTS Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, O Lord M[ry Gi[nnon_ P_t_r Sz[tkowski May 29 Memorial Day Office Closed Morning Mass at 7:00am June 5-9 Vacation Bible School June 11 Knights of Columbus breakfasts For the full monthly calendar of Parish Events please visit our website at: www.stgeorgeaj.com. Page 2
M@SS INTENTIONS 2017 Mon. May 22 Mother s Day Novena Tues. May 23 Pems Tebon +Jack Hall +Donnie Ryan Wed. May 24 Thurs. May 25 Fri. May 26 Sat. May 27 4:00pm Sun. May 28 6:30am 8:15am 10:00am 6:00pm Janice Holloway MaryAnn & Jim Bove +Charles Pistulka Thanksgiving to Angels +James Fuka Sr. +Carl Martin Fr. Philip McNamara Patrick Thielen +Jeannie Komisarwatler 50th Wedding Anniversary Al & Terri Bonagofski Members of Wegrzyn Family +Emory Patterson +Michael Lesieutre +Pappy McCarthy +Lou Zerrudo People of the parish +Angela Blazek +Ray Stetz +Michael Whitlock +Carmella Lentini +Genevieve, Fred & Carl Scacchetti +Mary Weinerth GIFT SHOP Saturday 3:00-4:00 pm Sunday 7:30am-11:30am The Gift Shop will be closing for the summer starting June 1 and will reopen September 9/10. MINISTRIES Altar Flowers Tillie Kula 480-983-9197 or Betty Bublitz 480-671-1028 Prayer Shawl Makers Off May through July Carol 480-380-2634 Legion of Mary Mon. at 5:00pm room 2 Josie 480-202-6783/Martha 480-544-1683 Knights of Columbus 7:00pm room 3 Grand Knight: Doug Hughes 480-984-6997 Council: 1st Mon. of month Assembly: 2nd Mon. of month Divine Mercy Chaplet Tues. & Fri. at 3pm in the Chapel Daily after 8am Mass in the Cry Room Bridge Players Tues. 1:00pm Margie 602-316-4174 Rosary Makers Wed. 9:00am social hall O. L. of the Desert Guild Resumes in September Cindy Nuttall 602-312-6667 Quilters Thurs. 8:30am social hall Jacque Florez-Ball 480-310-0126 Grief Support Thurs. at 9:30am room 6 Susan 480-250-3522 OFS 2nd & 4th Friday at 9:45am room 3 Email: franciscanjoyinaj@gmail.com Catholic Discussion Group (Patricians) 3rd Sat. 9am room 2 Josie 480-202-6783 Topic: Who is Mary to us? READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Jn 15:26 16:4a Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Jn 16:5-11 Wednesday:Acts 17:15, 22 18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Jn 16:12-15 Thursday: Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 (for Ascension); other wise Acts 18:1-8; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 16:16-20 Friday: Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-7; Jn 16:20-23 Saturday: Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-10; Jn 16:23b-28 Sunday: Acts 1:12-14; Ps 27:1, 4, 7-8; 1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 17:1-11a; or (for Ascension) Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 Page 3
HAPPY 49TH ANNIVERSARY Father Stanley Nadolny May 23 You are a Blessing to us all THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD The Ascension of the Lord has been transferred to Sunday, May 28, 2017. Thursday, May 25 will not be a Holy Day of Obligation. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The custom of genuflection is not found everywhere in the Catholic Church. In fact, it is a bit of breach of etiquette to genuflect in most Eastern Catholic Churches. If you re visiting an Eastern Catholic or an Orthodox church, the when in Rome rule should be adopted. Watch what the home team is doing! Usually, Eastern Catholics and Orthodox reserve a small portion of the eucharistic bread for the dying in a cupboard or eucharistic dove, but it is not a center of attention or devotion. The rule is to make a profound bow, called a metasis, toward the altar bowing deeply while making the sign of the cross. East and West split years before we Westerners began to reserve the Blessed Sacrament prominently in our churches. Thus, the East never changed the original custom of bowing toward the altar. Increasingly, as tabernacles became more widespread in the West and moved into prominent placement within churches, we replaced the bow toward the altar with a genuflection toward the Blessed Sacrament when its place of reservation is visible. In a church where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in a special chapel or off the main axis of the building, normally you should bow toward the altar when you enter your pew, because the eucharistic table is the principal sign of Christ s presence in the church building. If you have ever participated in the liturgy of Dedication of a Church and Altar, there is no mistaking the altar s significance: it is first slathered with chrism and then adorned with a brazier billowing clouds of incense that fill the whole church as a sign of prayer and presence! HELP FOR THE NEEDY Tues., Wed., & Thurs. 9:00-11:00am Items that we are in need of are: Jelly, canned vegetables, soup, ravioli and canned fruit. Thank you for your continued support. M@SS TIMES CH@NGE Mass times have changed for the summer. Saturday Masses will be 4:00pm only Sunday Masses will be 6:30, 8:15, 10:00am and 6:00pm HOSPITAL STAYS For those of you who may be going into the hospital for a scheduled procedure, please call the parish office or see a priest after Mass and ask for Anointing of the Sick BEFORE you go in to the hospital. If you are admitted for an emergency please call for a priest as soon as you are admitted. You do not have to be dying to be anointed. If you are calling to have someone anointed in the hospital please have the hospitals correct name & phone number, the persons full name, and the room number. Page 4
LITURGY SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday Mass year round December April: Saturday Masses 11:30am, 1:15, 3:00, 4:30pm Confessions 10:30am Sunday Masses 6:30, 8:15, 10:00, 11:30am & 6:00pm May August: Saturday Mass 4:00pm Confessions 3:00pm Sunday Masses 6:30, 8:15, 10:00am & 6:00pm September October: Saturday Mass 4:00pm Confessions 3:00pm Sunday Masses 6:30, 8:15, 10:00, 11:30am & 6:00pm November: Saturday Masses 1:15, 3:00, 4:30pm Confessions 12:00pm Sunday Masses 6:30, 8:15, 10:00, 11:30am & 6:00pm Holy Days of Obligation: 8:00, 10:00am and 7:00pm DON T VACATION FROM MASS Before you take that trip this summer remember to check for mass times at the local Catholic church. Simply go to www.masstimes.org and search the city and state you plan to be in on Sunday and you can get the times and a map to the church. Be safe and have fun. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Sixth Sunday of Easter Monday: St. Rita of Cascia; Victoria Day (Canada) Thursday: The Ascension of the Lord ( Transferred to Sunday, May 28) Julian Calendar Ascension Friday: St. Philip Neri Saturday: St. Augustine of Canterbury PR@Y FOR THE UNBORN Planned Parenthood Every Saturday at 9:15am 1250 E. Apache Blvd., Tempe, AZ More info call Ray at 480-820-2553 or Dick at 480-253-7118. ADORATION CHAPEL Located across from the office. Open -12:00pm 1:00pm-5:00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet Tuesday & Friday 3:00pm COME @ND SEE Or^_r Fr[n]is][n S_]ul[r 2n^ [n^ 4th Fri^[y of _v_ry month In room 3 [t 9:45[m Cont[]t: M_l[ni_ Sp[ul^ing 480-392-3985. F@MILY RECORD UPD@TES If you have a change of address, phone, email, addition of children or if you are moving out of the parish, please call the parish office to have your records updated: 480-982-2929. TH@NK YOU Spirit West Estate for advertising in our bulletin. Page 5
ST. GEORGE 2017 VBS REGISTRATION Limited space! Register Early! Grades K-5 No Pre-School June 5-9, 2017 8:45 a.m. 12:30 noon Cost: $15.00 per child Child Name: Grade Fall 2017 Parent Name: Home Phone: _ Emergency Contact: Cell Phone: Contact Phone: Any special needs we need to be aware of? i.e. allergies, etc? K-3 Religious Education Many thanks to our catechists who so devotedly served the students of our parish for the 2016/2017 RE year. You truly are a blessing! Mark Adams, Marissa Anzaldua, Ruth Balz, America Bourbon, Betty Bublitz, Jon Burghart, Mary Burghart, Cathy Casillas, Alejandra Escanuela, Begina Ferrara, Evelyn Gastelo, Kathy Geobelt, Sol Hurlbert, Robin Klatt, Kathy Kristof, Tim Kristof, Patty Laborde, Juliet Massey, Anita Moreno, Aly Morse, Brad Morse, Elaine Morse, Jennifer Ochoa, Gina Rankin, Catherine Ringering, Melanie Rogers, Greg Romero, Sara Sanchez, Nick Swaba, Dillon Tambagon-Swaba, Chris Young. Page 6
St. George Roman Catholic Parish # 248100 300 E. 16th Avenue Apache Junction, AZ 85119 480-982-2929 Contact Person: Grace Vozel Email: gvozel@stgeorgeaj.com Software: MS Publisher 2013 Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Printer: Canon ir-adv C5235 Transmission Time: 3:30pm Tues., May 16 Bulletin for Sunday: May 21, 2017 Number of Pages Sent: 1-7 Special Instructions 1800 bulletins until notified in the fall Starting next week, May 28 bulletin, we will be cutting back to only 5 pages. Page 7