SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH Iglesia Católica del Sagrado Corazón ST. ANDREW S MISSION Misión Católica de San Andrés 3119 North Street East Vidalia, Georgia 30474 Office: (912)-537-7709, Fax: (912)-537-4691 www.sacredheartvidalia.org Pastor Fr. Benjamin Dallas frbendallas@gmail.com Permanent Deacon Joseph Claroni bokci@aol.com Pastoral Assistant Julie Hopkins juliehopkins1981@gmail.com Director of Religious Educa on Corina Florez corinaflorez3@gmail.com Youth Ministry Pat & Jennifer Mitchell teajoeh2o@gmail.com Bookkeeper Hilda Self sacredheartvidalia@gmail.com Communica ons Director Deirdre Collins deirdrejimmy@hotmail.com Office Hours /Horas de Oficina Mon.-Tue.: 9:00AM-4:00PM Wed.-Thur. 9:00AM-12:00PM English Schedule Saturday: 5:00 PM Vigil Sunday: 11:15AM Monday-Thursday: 8:30am Horario de Misas en Espan ol Domingo: 9:00AM, Reidsville Domingo: 6:00PM, Vidalia / Confesiones Saturday: 4:00PM Wednesday: 6:00PM Eucharis c Adora on/ Adoración Eucaris ca Wednesday: 5:00PM Find us at facebook.com/ Sacred Heart Catholic Church Vidalia, Georgia
Ministers/Ministerios de Misa Church Finances/Financial De la Iglesia Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 11:15am Domingo 6:00pm July 30 & 31 Altar Servers : A. Betsill, J. Johnson Ushers : Zack Betsill, Joe Betsill Lectors : Debbie Betsill EM of HC : Lucy Claroni Rosary Leader : Debbie Betsill Altar Servers : J. & M. Mitchell Ushers : Burt Berridge, Dorre Burns Lectors : Jeanne Elder, YaVonne Quigley EM of HC : Kathy Berridge, Fely Rimando Rosary Leader: Jeanne Elder Altar Servers : S. & K. Rosales Ushers : Jesus Rosales, Josefa Perez Lectors : Edilberto Perez, Manuel Baza EM of HC : Daine & Marcos Hernandez Rosary Leader: Hilda Rosales Weekly Offertory Offertory/Ofrendas Online Giving (included in total above) MINIMUM Amount required to meet budget ST. ANDREW S / REIDSVILLE 7/17 $3,922.64 $1,075.00 $3,493.00 Weekly Offertory $169.00 This Week: St. Andrew s Weekly Tithe/Diezmo Semanal Next Week: Carmelite Monastery Bap sms/bau zos Baptism Classes in English are held on the 1st Thursday of the month at 7:00pm. Classes in Spanish are held the 3rd Sunday of the month at 2:00pm. Baptisms will take place on the 3rd Sunday of the month at the 11:15am and the 6:00pm in Spanish. Contact the parish office to register for classes. Clases de Bau zo en Ingles se llevan acabo el primer Jueves del mes a las 7:00 pm. clases en Español son cada tercer Domingo del mes a las 2:00 pm. Los Bau zos son el tercer Domingo del Mes en la misa de las 11:15 y en la misa de las 6:00 pm en Español. Weekly Prayers/Oraciónes Semanal Inten ons / Intenciónes de Misa 7/23 5:00pm 7/24 11:15am 7/24 6:00pm 7/25 8:30am 7/26 8:30am 7/27 8:30am 7/28 8:30am Paul Jackson Salomon Lopez Vidalia Abigail Rosales Nell McLendon Mary Self Louretta Self Santes Morales Perez Readings/ Lecturas Monday: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-6; Mt 20:20-28 Tuesday: Jer 14:17-22; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Jer 15:10-21; Ps 59:2-11, 17-18; Mt 13:44-46 Thursday: Jer 18:1-6; Ps 146:1b-6ab; Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; Jn 11:19-27 Saturday: Jer 26:11-24; Ps 69:15-34; Mt 14:1-12 Sunday: Eccl 1:2-23;Ps 90:3-17; Col 3:1-11; Lk 12:13-21 We pray for / Oramos por : HOMEBOUND/ Ancianos en casa: Flo Trautz, Teodora Marin, Bernice Stein, Atha DeJohn FOR HEALING/ Por Sanacion: Charlie Mercer, Jimmy Mamonluk, Bobby Windham, Fr. Juan Lopez, Rex Johnson, Charlo e Mathis, Michael Oaks, Laddy Mitchel, Lucy Reese, Gabe Palma, Ann McWilliams, Aurelio Orozco, Israel Tinoco, Rex Johnson, Mariela Villa, George Homan, Jr., Bobby Dixon, Dan Mitchell, Bill Jurison, Lynne Poschke, Daniel Grognale Sr. & Jr., Sharon Vane en, Rogelio Villanueva, Windy Story, Raymond Florez, Ed Box, Robert Hicks, Bobby Browning, Johnita Weeks, Paul Carroll, Rachel Frederick, Melissa Cuarte, Pam Edwards, Michael Misinco, Shirley Blonde, Michael Shook, Claire Wise, Belinda Derriso, Luis Maramara MILITARY PERSONNEL /Personal de Militar: Steven Johnson, Nelson Alba, Faus no Cabrera, Thomas Gardner, Eva Alamo, Raymond Alamo, Sergio Torres, Antonio Ramirez. Please prayerfully consider your gi to the 2016 Bishop s Annual Appeal. Pledge cards and envelopes are in the narthex. Por la oración, su regalo a la Campaña Anual de 2016 del Obispo. Tarjetas y sobres se encuentran en el atrio. Parish Goal: $22,210 To date: $13,776
Knights of Columbus There will be a Knights of Columbus Mee ng this Monday, July 25th at 7:00pm in the Parish Hall. All men of the parish are invited. Women s Guild News The next Women s Guild Mee ng will be held Tuesday, August 9th at 7:00pm. All women of the parish are invited to a end. CUB SCOUT TROOP Cub Scout Pack 173 officially formed June 1, 2016 and is being sponsored by the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. This Pack has fresh and mo vated leadership whose main goals are the kids development to be be er ci zens in the community. Pack 173 will teach the Youth, ranging from 1st through 5th grade, their du es to God, how to be responsible and earn your own way through life rather than having it given to you, Community Service, and respect. Pack 173 has fun going camping, fishing, kayaking, water parks among other things. The leadership of Pack 173 firmly believe in the 12 Core Values of Cub Scou ng: Ci zenship, Compassion, Coopera on, Courage, Faith, Health and Fitness, Honesty, Perseverance, Posi ve A tude, Resourcefulness, Respect, and Responsibility. If you would like to join this revolu on, the Youth of Pack 173 welcome you to help make scou ng great again by contac ng Cubmaster Mar n at pack173cubmaster@yahoo.com or 254-289-6340. God Bless! RETROUVAILLE ( RE-TRO-VI ) A LIFE LINE FOR MARRIED COUPLES Is your previously loving marriage tearing the two of you apart? Rediscover a loving rela onship in your marriage. Our next Retrouvaille Weekend will be September 16-18, 2016 in Augusta, Ga. Please call (706) 869-8434 or visit h p://www.helpourmarriage.com.
The Power of Novenas For many, a novena is thought of as something magical that people do when they want something from God. Many pray novenas when they are in need, but they don t always get what they want at least, they don t always get it in the manner in which they wanted it. Novenas aren t for controlling God, but for opening ourselves to God in order to increase our faith and grow in love of God and neighbor, said Redemptorist Father Jim White. Novenas are about inner healing, obtaining special graces, transformation and growing in virtue and holiness. Father White pointed out that novenas are not a magical formula, but rather a means for developing perseverance, good prayer habits and a deeper faith. When prayed in the right frame of mind (and heart), novenas bring us peace and joy regardless of the answer we ve received to our petition. History, purpose The word novena comes from the Latin novem, which means nine. Thus, novenas always include nine of something: months, weeks, days, hours or even the same prayer repeated nine times. In ancient Rome, it was customary to pray for the dead over a nine-day period as a way to mourn and commit the soul to God s mercy. Mary, the Apostles and other followers of Jesus gathered to pray in the Upper Room during the nine days between Ascension and Pentecost. In the early Middle Ages, novenas were prayed in preparation for major liturgical events such as Christmas and Pentecost and later used as acts of reparation. Gradually, parishes took on the novena tradition, and it became customary for each parish to have an ongoing novena of some kind. Many parishes carry on that tradition to this day. Although novenas have been part of Catholic tradition since its earliest days, the Church didn t officially bless the practice until the 19th century, according to Father White. But if a novena holds no magical powers, what s the use of praying them? When we pray a novena, we focus our spiritual attention intently on one set of prayers, said Mary DeTurris Poust, a New York-based writer and blogger and author of The Essential Guide to Catholic Prayer and the (ALPHA, $16.95). It s typically for a special intention in order to receive special graces and either the answer to our prayer or the whisper of the Spirit telling us what we need to do, where we need to go. It s our version of the Upper Room. Having the right attitude is key to the use of novenas. Because they re a powerful means of prayer, we can be tempted to abuse their power. When we pray a novena, we must take on Jesus attitude in Gethsemane the night before he died. Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done (Lk 22:42). How and why EWTN host Jesuit Father Mitch Pacwa recommends three essential elements for the use of novenas. First, the prayers are specific, which helps us make our needs before God specific without telling God how to answer our prayer. Second, the prayers include an expression of trust and confidence in God s ability to answer them. Often we have some doubts, so we pray like the man with the epileptic son, he said. Lord, I believe; help my unbelief. Prayers that rouse our trust in God are aids to the graces of faith and hope. Third, repeating prayers and repeating them over time is helpful because we often need that length of time to move beyond merely making a request to learning to listen to God as he speaks to us in prayer. Getting the answer we seek is only part of the issue, Father Pacwa said. It is also essential to see that the length of time to pray the novena induces us to consider more aspects of the importance of receiving the answer. We develop our relationship with God, and that is often more lasting than the actual result we see from praying with faith. The relationship with God himself is essential, and a novena reminds us that the relationship takes time. Testimony Father Richard Heilman, pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Pine Bluff, Wis., directly experienced the fruitfulness of the Divine Mercy novena. A long-time fan of St. John Paul II and the Divine Mercy devotion, Father Heilman founded the Knights of Divine Mercy, a lay organization of men devoted to Divine Mercy. Since its 2006 inception, the mailing list has grown to more than 500. This March, Father Heilman s 31-year-old nephew was dying of complications from pneumonia. The case seemed hopeless; doctors already had informed the family that the life support equipment needed to be turned off and that he would die shortly thereafter. Father Heilman refused to lose hope, and so he sat by the bedside of his dying nephew praying first the Rosary and then the Divine Mercy Chaplet. It was 3 p.m. Suddenly, his nephew began to recover. Father Heilman continued the Divine Mercy novena. Within 48 hours, his nephew had been weaned from life support. By the ninth day, he was showing obvious signs of recovery. My nephew absolutely should not be with us now, said Father Heilman. The doctors told us this is 100 percent a miraculous recovery. Sometimes, answers to novenas can come in unexpected ways. That s what happened to Father Patrick Stoffer, a Franciscan friar stationed at Marytown in Libertyville, Ill. He acquired a devotion to Our Lady of Confidence from his mother, so when a friend and her husband were having difficulty conceiving, it was natural for him to pass on the prayer, My Mother, My Confidence, to them. Within a month, his friend was pregnant. It s happened several times since then, to other couples, Father Stoffer said. Each time, it was within a month. I ve also found that devotion to be especially helpful for people discerning their vocation to the seminary. In honor of his mother, who is declining from Alzheimer s, Father Stoffer has begun to actively promote devotion to Our Lady of Confidence. He promotes it in the parish and even hands a copy of the prayer to those who come to him for confession. As a result, he s seen petitions answered time and again. I really believe Mary is doing something with this prayer, he said. Confidence implies trust and hope, and sadly, confidence is lacking all around us. This is a prayer for our times.
24 JULY & AUGUST 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 10am Choir Practice 11:15pm English 6pm Spanish 25 7:00pm Knights of Columbus Meeting 26 27 5:00pm 5:30pm Rosary 6pm Holy Hour 6:15pm Youth Group 28 8:05am Fr. Ben guest on Straight Talk radio 8:30am NO Daily 29 30 4pm 5pm English 31 August 1 2 3 4 5 6 10am Choir Practice 11:15pm English 6pm Spanish 5:00pm 5:30pm Rosary 6pm Holy Hour 7:00pm Baptism Classes in English 6:00pm 7:00pm First Friday Healing 4pm 5pm English 6:15pm Youth Group 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10am Choir Practice 4pm 11:15pm English 6pm Spanish 7:00pm Women s Guild Meeting 5:00pm 5:30pm Rosary 6pm Holy Hour 5pm English 6:15pm Youth Group June July Soap Drive/Colección Jabón Junio-Julio Local inmates are in need of deodorant and bars of soap. Please help these inmates get a fresh start by placing your dona ons in the basket in the narthex. Dona ons will be delivered to inmates by our local chaplain. Thank you! JUNE & JULY 2016 Internos locales están en necesidad de desodorante y barras de jabón. Por favor, ayudar a estos reclusos empezar de nuevo @dd83g mediante la colocación de sus donaciones en la canasta en el atrio. Las donaciones serán entregadas a los internos por nuestro capellán local. Gracias! 81010
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