PARISH STAFF FR. MARTINO BÁ THÔNG NGUYEN, PASTOR RICK RAFTER, DEACON PATTIE LIEBL, PARISH SECRETARY CELESTE GISH, DRE KATHY O SAKO, OUTREACH ASSISTANCE DON SMITH, CUSTODIAN PARISH STAFF EMAIL pastor@sbcatholic.com secretary@sbcatholic.com DRE@sbcatholic.com. outreach@sbcatholic.com WEB ADDRESS www.sbcatholic.com BAPTISMS Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment. WEDDINGS Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment a minimum of four months before wedding date. St. Boniface Catholic Church 1952 GA Hwy. 21 South Springfield, GA 31329 September 16, 2018 The Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Office: (912) 754-7473 Fax: (912) 754-1201 WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. CONFESSIONS Saturday, 4:00 4:30 p.m. Or Upon request WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Friday 7:00 p.m. Religious Education Sunday Mornings 9:45-10:45 a.m. When school is in session ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please contact Fr. Martino at 706-825-3032 Bulletin Deadline We welcome your contributions to the bulletin. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, by 12:00 noon
We Need You Week of October 15 to 20, 2018 St. Boniface Chicken Dinner We will once again need The help of the parish We need people to: Wash, Wrap & Bake Potatoes Make pound cakes & Help cut them up Cook the Chickens To pack Containers on that Day If you are willing to help Even if you never done it before Please sign up the weekend of September 15-16 All profit goes to the New Sanctuary Fund Rick Rafter (912) 661-2410 Chris Weber (912) 661-4607 Joe Bahm (912) 856-0372
September 16, 2018 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. - (MARK 8:34) When we truly believe that all we have is a gift from God, then we must be willing to give up some things so that we can share our blessings as God intended. Living a stewardship lifestyle means not only being responsible for our own life, but the lives of others as well. 16 de septiembre de 2018 24º domingo del tiempo ordinario "El que me quiera seguir, que se niegue a sí mismo, que tome su cruz y me siga" - (MARCOS 8:34) Cuando realmente creemos que todo lo que tenemos es un regalo de Dios, entonces debemos estar dispuestos a renunciar a algunas cosas para que podamos compartir nuestras bendiciones como Dios pretende. Vivir un estilo de vida de corresponsabiidad significa no sólo ser responsable de nuestra propia vida, sino también de la de los demás. TODAY S READINGS First Reading The Lord God is my help; who will prove me wrong? (Isaiah 50:5-9a). Psalm I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living (Psalm 116). Second Reading Faith, if it does not have works, is dead (James 2:14-18). Gospel Jesus asked his disciples, Who do you say that I am? (Mark 8:27-35). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Lk 7:1-10 Tuesday: 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a; Ps 100:1-5; Lk 7:11-17 Wednesday:1 Cor 12:31 13:13; Ps 33:2-5, 12, 22; Lk 7:31-35 Thursday: 1 Cor 15:1-11; Ps 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28; Lk 7:36-50 Friday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49; Ps 56:10c-14; Lk 8:4-15 Sunday: Wis 2:12, 17-20; Ps 54:3-8; Jas 3:16 4:3; Mk 9:30-37 LISTENING AND RESPONDING There are three interwoven themes in today s readings: listening to God, faith vs. good works, and losing our life in order to find it. How are they related? The Suffering Servant of Isaiah undergoes much distress and ridicule, but is able to bear it because he has listened to the promptings of God day after day. The psalm tells us that God listens, too. God hears our prayers for help and is always ready to save us. As our faith deepens, so does our desire to do the works of justice and charity that build up the reign of God. God directs our actions in ways we often cannot see, and we don t always see the results. We are called upon in faith to trust that what we do is enough, and that willingness to listen to God s promptings will lead us in the right way. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catechetical Sunday St. Robert Bellarmine; Yom Kippur (Jewish day of atonement) begins at sunset Wednesday: St. Januarius Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Ss. Andrew Kim Taegŏn and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang and Companions St. Matthew Blessed Virgin Mary
Liturgical Ministry Schedule Sept. 22 5:00 p.m. AS M & R Mondziel, & C Reynolds EM J Smock, B Milne, Lynn Duncan, & A & G Bazemore L N McEvoy U P Galasco, J Branham, & Volunteer Sept. 23 8:30a.m. AS Jayce, & Payton Whatley, & M McCumber EM D & L Ganser, T Richtman, & L Dahlweiner L P Miranda U D Matzdorf, H Matzdorf, & Volunteer 11:00 a.m. AS J Skokna, T Oxford, & D Gallahue EM J Colanero, C Miller, B Rafferty, & M Barajas L M Imbertson U A &V Castillo, R Monteleone,& Volunteer Children s Liturgy Volunteer 1-C Felipe Volunteer 2- C Marciniak Youth Volunteer- M Powell St. Robert Bellarmine Feast Day: September 17 Patron Saint of Catechists, Catechumens, & Downs Syndrome Born in 1542 at the height of the Protestant Reformation. Like many saints, he was from a noble family and suffered form an assortment of health issues. He became a Jesuit and soon became a professor of theology writing in defense of the Catholic Church against the Protestant reformers. Like his fellow patron of catechists, St. Charles Borromeo, Bellarmine wrote his own catechism for catechists to use to teach the faith. Bellarmine gave much of his riches to the poor. He was an Italian Cardinal who died in 1621 and was made the patron saint of people with down syndrome because he dedicated his life to defending the truth and protecting the dignity of each individual person, including those who were the most vulnerable. Robert Bellarmine Words of Wisdom: For if I seek my maker, I find God alone. If I seek the material from which He made me, I find absolutely nothing. From this you can conclude that whatever is in me was made by God and wholly belongs to God. If I ask about my nature, I find that I am the image of God. If I ask about my end, I find God himself, who is my supreme and total good. Therefore, I will recognize that I have a great bond with and need for God, as He alone is my creator, my maker, my Father, my exemplar, my happiness, my all. And If I understand this, what can happen except that I seek Him ardently, that I think of Him, that I yearn for Him, desire to see and embrace Him? Should I not be horrified at the dense darkness of my heart which for so long has considered, desired, and sought anything other than God, who alone is my all? This week at St. Boniface - Sept. 16-Sept. 22 Sunday: Mass: 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Faith Formation-9:45 a.m. Catholic Focus- 9:45 am Bake Sale Fundraiser after each Mass Monday: Tuesday: Counting Team 2-10:00 am RCIA-7:00 p.m. Pastoral Council Mtg.-7:00p.m. Mass: 8:30 a.m. 5pm Choir Practice-6:00-7:00 p.m. Quilt Grp.-10:00 a.m. Wednesday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. Followed by Adoration Rosary Group- 9:30 a.m. Outreach 11:00 a.m. Sunday Choir-5:30 p.m. Youth Group-7:00 p.m. Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. Yoga-9:30 a.m. Catholicism-7:00 p.m. K of C Officer s Mtg.-7:00 p.m. Mass-7:00 p.m. Followed by Adoration Reconciliation: 4:00 p.m. Rosary:4:30-p.m. Mass: 5:00 p.m. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION In this country, we don t name our churches The Fourth Avenue Catholic Church, but rather seek a patron saint or mystery of faith. We inherit this tradition from an old Roman custom via medieval England. Interestingly, that has not been the practice elsewhere, and parishes abroad often do carry just the name of the neighborhood. In Ireland, the Roman (English) practices didn t take hold, and so churches are known simply by the street they are on, or by a nickname. Saint Francis of Assisi in Dublin is often called Adam and Eve after a pub in the same street. The pub sign is an interesting carving of our first parents, so they become patrons by default. Increasingly in the United States, we are seeing a familiar European pattern emerge when a few churches, each bearing the name of a patron saint or mystery, are gathered into one parish that bears a different name. Thus, we might hear of a parish of Midvalley City comprised of Saint Mary, Saint Francis, and Saint Ursula churches. Once a church has been consecrated, its name may not normally be changed. Therefore, when parishes are merged, a new name is given to the parish, which may or may not be that of a heavenly patron, but the church buildings retain their names. In the process, we have lost sight of some worthy patrons of old but have also seen new parishes open dedicated to twentieth-century saints like Edith Stein, Katharine Drexel, and Mother Teresa. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
Come join us for breakfast September 23 rd between the 8:30 and 11:00 masses. The Knights will be serving up eggs, biscuits and gravy, bacon, and sausage. Cost is $5 per person with children under 10 free with a paying adult. We will move any kids who need to get to their Sunday school classes to the front of the line and parents can hang out while they wait for their kids to finish class. Tickets are on sale after each of the weekend masses. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door. Save the date! October 06, 2018 7am-1pm Clean out your closets, garage & tool sheds, St. Boniface is having a Yard sale! Watch next week s bulletin for more information! Housekeeper Needed Fr. Lamb is in need of someone to clean house, once a month, starting in Oct. The stipend is $60.00. It normally takes 1 1/2 hours to clean. If you are interested please contact Fr. Lamb at 912-856-3542. Your contributions for the weekend of Sept. 09, 2018 Adult $7,363.00 Children $57.75 Building Fund $2,269.00 Bills paid this week $8,956.69 Thank you for your continued generosity Sunday 09/16 Tuesday 09/18 Wednesday 09/19 Thursday 09/20 Friday 09/21 Saturday 09/22 Mass Intentions Sept. 16-Sept. -Sept 22 Parks Elrick Linda Liebl Debra Lafferty Olivia Sotello For those effected by Hurricane Florence Janice Kosek CALLING ALL BAKERS! If you like to bake and can contribute one or more homemade pound cakes to our annual chicken dinner fundraiser scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 20, please contact Marguerite Gilstrap via email at mjoh960475@aol.com or call her 912-826-4949. Pound cakes freeze well so you can bake some in advance of that weekend. We would like all cakes delivered to the church before Friday morning, Oct. 19 so that our volunteers can slice them in advance. A sign-up sheet will be available in the narthex. Two recipes will be provided in the narthex for you to use or if you have a favorite recipe, you can use that. Thank you! St. Frances Cabrini in Savannah, GA is celebrating its 50th Golden Jubilee. Part of the celebration is a "Coming Home" as the parish honor parishioners who shared in Cabrini's "roots of faith" and helped grow the parish. The parish is looking for original members and their families to join in a Homecoming Mass on November 11, 2018, at 2:00 PM where the families will be honored - a reception will follow. If you remember St. Frances Cabrini, 11500 Middleground Road in Savannah, GA as part of your family's spiritual roots, please call at 912-925-4725 or send an email to sfcc.office@cabrinisav.org so an invitation can be sent to you. We re back and excited to start Year 4 of That Man Is You! The Vision of Man Fully Alive That Man is You! is an interactive men s program focused on the development of men in the modern world. It combines the best research from science with the teachings of the Catholic faith and the wisdom of the saints to develop the vision of authentic men capable of transforming themselves, their families and greater society. St. James Parish will be participating in this program starting Wednesday, September 19 th. For more information see Prayer for Catechists O God, our Heavenly Father, you have given us the gift of these catechists to be heralds of the Gospel to our parish family. We lift them up to you in thanksgiving and intercede for them concerning their hopes and needs. May we be attentive to the presence of your Word in them, a Word that lifts up and affirms, calls forth and challenges, is compassionate and consoles. We pray that our parish family will always be blessed with those who have responded to the call to share in Christ s prophetic mission as catechists. May we too be open to the universal call to service that Christ addresses to all of his disciples, contributing our gifts to the communion of faith, the Church. We ask this in Jesus name. Amen. Copyright 2018, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Image: The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene [middle panel], Pietro Perugino, National Gallery of Art. To order publication no. 7-589, visit store.usccb.org or call 800-235-8722.
Please pray for our sick Hug your catechist this Sunday! This weekend we will take a moment at each Mass to recognize and bless the dedicated women and men! who donate their time and talent to nurturing our children s faith. Whether catechists, assistant catechists, office assistants or prayer checkers, they are each essential to the ministry and future of St. Boniface parish. Confirmation commitment There will be a brief ceremony to recognize and bless Confirmation candidates during the Sunday, September 23, 11:00 Mass. Please make every effort to attend if you have a child in the ninth-grade Confirmation class. Excused absences Absence from Faith Formation is considered excused in the case of illness, family emergency, funeral or previously-scheduled family occasion (such as a wedding). Students in sacramental classes (grades 2, 8 and 9) are permitted only two excused absences. Please notify the DRE by phone or email, including the child s grade, with any excused absence. With 165 kids in the program, it s impossible to keep up with verbal notifications. Thanks for understanding. Ninth-grade prayer check Ninth-graders will be prayerchecked this Sunday, September 16. Our traditional prayers are a timehonored part of our Catholic heritage and an essential component to being ready for Confirmation in December. For more information about Faith Formation, contact Celeste Gish at 912.754.1432 or celestegish@windstream.net. VIRTUS Training - VIRTUS Protecting God s Children for Adults Training St. Boniface Parish Sunday, September 30 12:30PM 3:30PM This training is required for all volunteer and paid adults 18 and over who in the course of their ministry come into contact with minors: Choir, Ushers, EM s, Altar Servers, Faith Formation, Youth Group, etc.. We welcome all adults to attend as we are called to be Good Stewards to All God s Children! Registration is required prior to attending via online at VIRTUS.org to receive credit for the session. No one under the age of 18 is allowed due to the sensitive subject matter. Please arrive early there will be no admittance once the session begins and latecomers will be asked to reschedule. SEARCHING FOR PEACE? JOIN US IN RCIA, A JOUR- NEY OF FAITH TO HELP YOU FIND THAT PEACE. Ever since Jesus invited His first followers to, Come, follow me, the image of journey has been used to describe Christian discipleship. Faith is a journey marked with moments of conversion along the way. Faith, conversion, repentance, celebration and community five basic elements that are present in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Join us on the journey this Monday, Sept. 17, 7-8:30PM in the Hope Meeting Room. (Childcare provided if pre -arranged). There is still time to register for RCIA by contacting the parish office at 754-7473. For more information contact Carolynn Leonard at 754-6841. For all those homebound, in the hospital or nursing homes and especially those who care for them. We also ask prayers for those not listed and those we are not aware of that are ill. Fr. Isador Baky, Marlee Brantley, Chuck Brown, Diana Cato, Nadine Chapman, Andy & Kathy Chester, Nancy Corley, Loretta Dahlweiner, Peter DI Lella, Susan Dehyle, Isabell Duffy, Tracey Edenfield, Parks Elrick, Wendy Fears, Dan Gonzales, Eric Guge, Felipe & Manuela Garza, Greg Hlavac, Muriel Healy, Collen Higgs, Brantyne Knight, Nicholas Knight, Sandy Kowalski, Linda Liebl, Rosa Lewis, Debra Lafferty, Vince & Sandra Mackey, Frances Maher, John & Michael Maher, Tom and Bridget Maher, David Matzdorf, Mary McGrath, Justin McGregor, Nancy Miller, Halario Miranda, Tracey Hickox Mulligan, Benjamin Papal, Phil Pastrano, Steve and Mary Pizzino, Olga Ramirez, John Ray, Lynn Richardson, Joel Rivera, Richard & Ida Rohrer, Kathy Singley, Alan Swartz, Benji Sharrow, Tim & Jill Shumacher, Elijah Sims, Angel Smith, Nick Stevens, Ed & Delores Talick, Boris Tang, Burr & Helen Tolles, Rosemary Usher, Kaye Wolfe Vavot, Rita Visconti, Darwin Webb, Bernie Weber, Julie & Larry Weddle, Theresa Wichert, Gary Wilkes A time of war, and a time of peace: We pray for those that serve in our military COL Brian Healy, TSGT Brian A. Lafond, SGT. Shawn Brown, SSGT. Steven Liebl, A1C Cameron Rahn, E3 Steven Talick Jr., CW4 Scott Durrer Protect and guide our men and women in uniform, strengthen them in their trials. Give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Senior Dine-Out Luncheon Who? Anyone who considers themselves a senior What? A once-a-month Dutch luncheon (Fr. Martino will join us when available) Where? Tin Fin Restaurant Rincon 60141 Ga Hwy 21 South When? Wednesday, September 26 th, 2018 @12:30 pm Why? An activity for this age group, an opportunity to socialize, and because we all have to eat! If this interests you, RSVP to: Emma: 912-657-4888 or nanniems@comcast.net At least two days prior so the restaurant can know how many to expect. This will be a monthly happening and will have rotating hosts.
CLELAND SITE PREP, INC. P.O Box 3822, Bluffton, SC 29910 Office-(843) 987-0500 * Fax (843) 987-0600 See us at www.mdadental.com Harland Howard Interior/Exterior Painting Services No Job too Big or too Small! Phone: 912-429-9383 References provided Register your Kroger Rewards card to help benefit the Outreach Assistance program. Saturday Evenings 5:00 pm Mass and Sunday Mornings 8:15 am -12:30 p.m. Please contact Denise Burdick for nursery needs during meetings at 912-604-4178. Ave Maria Shop St. Boniface Catholic Gift Shop Open after Saturday and Sunday Masses. Bibles, Catholic Children Books, Gifts, Rosaries, Medals, and much more!