November 18, 2018 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) Page 1 ST. JOAN OF ARC CATHOLIC CHURCH 13485 Spring Hill Drive Spring Hill Florida 34609 ~ Telephone: (352) 688-0663 Fax: (352) 686-7937 November 18, 2018 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Mark 13:31 Eucharistic Liturgies Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 pm (Spanish) Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. & by appointment Baptism for Children: Parent preparation. Matrimony: If you are contemplating marriage at St. Joan of Arc Church, please be mindful that there is a six month prior notice request required. RCIA/RCIC: Rite of Initiation into the Catholic faith. Pastoral Team Rev. Patrick Rebel, Pastor Assisting: Rev. Jerry Murphy, Rev. Edward Reiter, Rev. Michael Kouts, Rev. Paul Coughlin, Rev. Dennis Kaelin, Msgr. Joe Sobiesiak Deacons: Deacon Fred LaPiana and Deacon José Cruz Business Manager/Secretary Anne Cofone Faith Formation and Youth Ministry (352) 686-7864 Faith Formation Director:Mary Jo Waggoner StJoanRelEd@gmail.com Youth Ministry: Nancy Lovelock, Youth Minister SJOA-Youth@Tampabay.rr.com Director of Music: Joyce Thorpe sjoaorganist@gmail.com OFFICE E-mail: jchrchca@tampabay.rr.com Website: www.stjoanofarcfl.com Emergencies Only: (352) 666-3156 or (352) 683-0755 Website: www.ndcsfl.org In His Footsteps Soup & Sandwich Lunch Served on the second Thursday of each month from Noon - 2:00 p.m. in our Parish Hall and on the fourth Thursday of each month for the homebound only. Mary & Martha s Gift Shop: Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Saturday: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Closed during all Masses St. Vincent de Paul Society (352) 556-3670 Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. - Noon Closed daily 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Phone: (352) 688-0663 Ministers of the Eucharist: Please notify the Parish Office if you, or someone you know is sick, in the hospital, homebound or shut-in. Notre Dame Catholic School Phone: 352-683-0755 Website: www.ndcsfl.org
Page 2 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) Notes from the Pastor A note from your Parish Council The St. Joan of Arc Parish Council would like to extend a grateful thank you to the following parish members: Fred Holman and Tony Infurchia, for their beautiful woodworking, making the entrance desks for both the East and West Narthex as well as the Tree of Life table in the Deacon Lee Hinderscheid Library. Their talents and time are a true gift from God. We are so blessed to have these two men who are giving of their time and talents to beautify our parish. The Parish Council members cannot thank them enough for all they have contributed. We also want to extend a special thank you to Richard Deso, for the three beautiful paintings created for display in our parish vestibule at the main entrance to our sanctuary. Richard has worked for many hours creating these and his work will be appreciated by all who enter our parish for many years to come. Richard took an idea and put his love and dedication to St. Joan of Arc into these paintings to make this idea a reality. I hope you will all take time to admire these three works of art. We are a dedicated parish of family members who not only devote their time and talents but have a true love for St. Joan of Arc and for God. And so we strive to live up to our mission statement: JESUS FIRST WE ARE FAMILY WHAT WE CAN DO DEPENDS ON YOU May God continue to bless all of us and keep the family of St. Joan of Arc working together for the glory of God! We welcome into our Holy Roman Catholic Church Bodie Carsillo Mateo Alexander Morera Ryker Carsillo Baptized on October 27th, 2018. November 18, 2018 Notes from Deacon Fred Oh Yeah There are times in our lives when we witness tragedy and may have experienced it ourselves, when we believe the sun is darkened and the stars in the sky somehow are missing. The tragedy which just happened in a synagogue at Pittsburgh would be the most recent. As God s children we know He will reveal Himself to us in some way to remind us that we are His and we are not abandoned. There was a young man born in New Orleans in extreme poverty, abandoned by his parents, and raised by his grandmother until he was 5 years old, then returned to his mother. His neighborhood was so dangerous they nicknamed it the Battlefield. God blessed him with a Jewish family that treated him as one of their own, so much so he wore a Star of David proudly around his neck for the rest of his life, even though he was raised Baptist. That family encouraged and supported his musical talent which allowed him to sing on street corners to help support his mother and grandmother. He had a very difficult time in life but found solace in his music. Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of New Orleans, giving me something to live for. Despite his difficult life he knew joy. He knew hope. He was eventually baptized Catholic and met two popes in his lifetime. He was a strong witness to God s saving grace and His promise of salvation. Was it a coincidence his last musical hit vocal contained these lyrics: I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you and I think to myself what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds of white the bright blessed day, the dark sacred night and I think to myself what a wonderful world. The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky are also on the faces of people going by. I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do They're really saying I love you. I hear babies crying, I watch them grow; they'll learn much more than I'll never know, and I think to myself what a wonderful world. Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world. Louis Armstrong Oh Yeah!
November 18, 2018 T M, S.J (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) A P, This Sunday s Gospel is our final selection from Mark for this liturgical year. It is taken from the end of Jesus teaching in Jerusalem immediately preceding the account of his arrest and passion. In it Jesus gives his disciples hope to sustain them through his passion and death and any persecution or suffering that they would encounter after his resurrection. The words from the book of Daniel also provided hope and encouragement to the people of Daniel s time. The encouragement in these scriptures is meant for us as well, for none of us will escape tribulation in our lives. Followers of Jesus will be able to endure suffering with joyful hope, knowing that Christ s love will lead us along the way of discipleship and give us eternal life with God. TODAY S READINGS First Reading Those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever (Daniel 12:1-3). Psalm You are my inheritance, O Lord! (Psalm 16). Second Reading Where there is forgiveness, there is no longer offering for sin (Hebrews 10:1114, 18). Gospel Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away (Mark 13:24-32). READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 18:35-43 Tuesday: Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 19:1-10 Wednesday: Rv 4:1-11; Ps 150:1b-6; Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: Rv 5:1-10; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 19:41-44 Thanksgiving Day Suggested: Sir 50:22-24; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 Friday: Rv 10:8-11; s 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: Rv 11:4-12; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Lk 20:27-40 Sunday: Dn 7:13-14; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Rv 1:5-8; Jn 18:33b-37 Youth Group Meetings are in the Library Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 8:30 Wednesday, December 5, 7:30 8:30 Wednesday, December 12, 7:30 8:30 J. Page 3, SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Wednesday: The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday: St. Cecilia; Thanksgiving Day Friday: St. Clement I; St. Columban; Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro Saturday: St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION November is a month of remembrance for the dead, and cemeteries have long been a focus for prayer. Our tradition holds great respect for bodily remains, since the body was created and redeemed by God, was once the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, and has a destiny of life with God in glory. The funeral practices of the early church contrasted greatly with those of the pagans, who had a great dread of the dead body. The ancient Christian funeral liturgy ended with the relatives and friends giving a final kiss to the body. It expressed affection and showed their faith that the grave would not be the last word. This kiss horrified pagans, who thought that any contact with the dead was degrading. Every year on their loved one s birthday to life, the Christians would return to the place of their burial to mark their profound communion with those whose lives were hidden in Christ. Typically, they buried the dead with their faces turned toward the east, symbolizing the rising of the Sun of Justice, Christ, at the end of days. They were attracted to the catacombs or burial grounds just as we are today. They would often celebrate the Eucharist at the tomb. Before long, as soon as Christians were allowed to build places for worship, they relocated cemeteries from beyond the city walls to surround the church. This was not so much because the church made the ground holy, but because the bodies of the saints hallowed the ground on which the church was built, a subtle but beautiful difference. Rev. James Field THE GLORIOUS BIBLE It is one of the glories of the Bible that it can embrace many meanings in a single passage. St. Thomas Aquinas THANKS One act of thanksgiving when things go wrong with us is worth one thousand thank-yous when things are agreeable to our inclination. St. John of Ávila
Page 4 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) November 18, 2018 Notitas del Diácono José SATURDAY November 17 9:00 a.m. Mildred Baylis (D) req by Loving Husband, Gene 4:00 p.m. Alfred Stewart (D) req by His Loving Wife, Vickie ---- SUNDAY November 18 7:30 a.m. Diane Lennon (L) req by Lenny Orlando 9:00 a.m. Dorothea Graca (D) req by Loving Husband 11:00 a.m. For the Souls in Purgatory (D) req by Barbara Brush 1:00 p.m. For our Parish Community - - MONDAY November 19 9:00 a.m. For Parents Who Have Lost a Child req by Marshal Family - - TUESDAY November 20 9:00 a.m. Linda Butterfield (D) req by Chuck and Jackie Butterfield - - WEDNESDAY November 21 9:00 a.m. Linda Butterfield (D) req by Chuck and Jackie Butterfield - - THURSDAY November 22 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 10:00 a.m. Dr. Michael McKenzie (D) req by Loving Family - - FRIDAY November 23 9:00 a.m. Dorothea Graca (D) req by Loving Husband - - SATURDAY November 24 9:00 a.m. Eva Husarz (D) req by Husarz Family 4:00 p.m. Leo LeBlanc (D) req by Wife, Rachel ---- SUNDAY November 25 7:30 a.m. For our Parish Community 9:00 a.m. Robert Skipper, III (D) req by Mom and Dad 11:00 a.m. Timothy McKenna (D) req by Loving Family 1:00 p.m. Hector William Robles (D) req by Rosita and Rafael Robles You cannot out-do the generosity of God. Stewardship Report for October 14, 2018 Attendance: 815 Envelopes Used: 278 Envelopes : $5282.00 Offertory Cash $1581.00 Total: $6863.00 Hurricane Michael- $3515.00 Cuándo y cómo podemos encontrar la justicia? Se logra la justicia solamente después de la muerte en el juicio de Dios? O acaso podríamos encontrar la justicia aquí y ahora, en nuestras decisiones y en nuestras victorias morales? Daniel termina la descripción de su visión apocalíptica con estas palabras: los que enseñan a muchos la justicia, resplandecerán como estrellas por toda la eternidad (Daniel 12, 3). Aquellas personas que trabajan por la justicia no siempre lograrán su cometido, pero serán por siempre como un faro para aquellos otros que vendrán después. Puede que no se encuentre la justicia aquí y ahora, pero cuando trabajamos en pos de ella y llevamos a otras personas en esa dirección son cosas que, según la revelación de Daniel, tendrán su recompensa. En medio de la oscuridad y la angustia de los últimos tiempos, tanto Jesús como Daniel prometen una recompensa para los que Dios ha elegido. Daniel dice que aquellos que están escritos en el libro se salvarán. Jesús le dice a los discípulos que los elegidos serán congregados por los ángeles. A pesar de lo destructivo que parezca el final de los tiempos Dios permanece más fuerte que ninguna otra potencia que acometa a la tierra. Dios puede rescatar a todos los que han sido tenidos por dignos. No podemos saber cuándo terminará el mundo, así como tampoco sabemos cuándo llegará el final de nuestra propia vida terrenal. Por lo tanto, siempre debemos estar preparados, pero nos debe consolar el sacrificio redentor que Jesús hizo en la cruz. Tal como escuchamos en la carta a los hebreos, aquellos a los que Dios ha santificado, los ha hecho perfectos para siempre. Jesús nos ha hecho dignos de que Dios nos congregue al final de los tiempos. Pregunta de la Semana De qué manera cambia mi estilo de vida por no saber cuándo será el final de los tiempos? You cannot out-do the generosity of God. Stewardship Report for October 21, 2018 Attendance: 798 Envelopes Used: 250 Envelopes : $4568.00 Offertory Cash $1216.34 Total: $5784.34 Debt Reduction $1178.00 World Mission Sunday $ 625.00 Hurricane Michael: $2002.50
November 18, 2018 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) Page 5 COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN Come join us for the CCW Annual Christmas Luncheon, Thursday December 6th, doors open at 11, Lunch will be at noon. $15 per person. Good Food (Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes and Veggies, Homemade cookies for dessert) Good Fun and Great Fellowship Tickets will be available after all of the Masses. For questions, contact Awilda Berrios 352-442-5797 Please be generous in this week s second collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. In the United States, one in seven people lives in poverty. With this collection you support programs that address the causes of poverty and provide a sustainable future for those who are struggling across the country. In addition, 25 percent of funds collected remains in our diocese to fund local anti-poverty projects. Please prayerfully consider how you can support this collection and work on the margins. More information about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development can be found at www.usccb.org/cchd/collection. Please make checks to St. Joan of Arc, later one check will be mailed. Dear St. Joan of Arc parishioners, 5 Thank you to all of the volunteers who made our Ethnic Festival successful. We could not have this success without your generous hearts and your donation of TIME, TALENT and TREASURE! St Vincent de Paul THRIFT STORE & FOOD PANTRY, 1291 Kass Circle Spring Hill 352-688-3331 (Food list 5) Our SVdP Food Pantry collects these suggested Items each month. Please donate based on the first letter of your last name to help those in our area. A,B...toilet paper, personal products, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes. C,D...canned vegetables, canned fruit, baked beans. instant potatoes. E,F,G boxed cereals, powdered milk. H,I,J..peanut butter, jelly, All Fruit, canned fruit drinks. K,L,M spaghetti meat sauce, dry spaghetti. N,O,P beef stew, canned tuna, canned ham, Spam. Q,R,S,T chunky soup, clear broth, Ramen noodles. U,V,W,X...Rice-a-Roni, macaroni & cheese, Hamburger Helper. Y,Z. rice, Spaghetti O s, Beef-a-Roni, ravioli. The Giving Tree is in the Library and ready for sharing our blessings with others. Please take home an 'ornament' and purchase the item named on it for a needy person. Return your holiday wrapped gift with the ornament tag firmly attached to the outside of the package. Questions? Please call 727 856 1963. Why not show your THANKS to God by GIVING to those less fortunate? Those in need will come from these organizations: St. Vincent de Paul -pink tags Kids Central-green tags Parish Needs - yellow tags Catholic Charities -red tags Place it under the tree no later than December 2nd as these will be sorted and distributed to the various agencies and families. Thank you to our Knights of Columbus for their generous $250 donation to the St. Joan of Arc Annual Pastoral Appeal and for their wonderful gift of Three Large Ice Tea and Lemonade Dispensers. We'll all enjoy using these at our St. Joan of Arc social events. St. Joan of Arc Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Please help us. The flu season is now upon us and most will be getting a flu shot. Both Publix and Winn Dixie are offering a $10.00 gift card if you get your flu shot from them. Please consider doing this and donating your gift card to St. Vincent de Paul. You can drop them in the poor boxes by the exits on both sides of the church, or drop them in the collection basket at Mass or even drop them off at the church office. Your help will be greatly appreciated especially as the holiday season approaches. We thank you for your past support both prayer and financial. We couldn t do it without you and ask that you continue to support us. We also ask that you consider joining us as we put our Catholic faith into action.
Page 6 (View this bulletin on-line at www.stjoanofarcfl.com) November 18, 2018 NEXT SUNDAY IS OUR DEADLINE TO SIGN UP!