Liturgical Calendar & Mass Intentions Confessions heard before all Masses. Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Sun, Sep 27 XVIII Sunday after Pentecost 7:15am : sec Ines de Torres by Ines Lavelle 9:00am Maria Therese Fredette by Henry & Rosilene Fredette Mon, Sep 28 St Wenceslaus 6:30am Conversion and Healing of Family by Margarita Santiago 12:00pm Emery Funkhouse by Scott & Loretta Carter Tue, Sep 29 St Michael 6:30am Celebrant s Intention 7:30pm Ralph Regan by Dorothy Runge Wed, Sep 30 St Jerome 6:30am Prater Family by Floyd Family 12:00pm David Pluhar & Rebecca Feil by Otto & Clyde Feil Thu, Oct 1 Feria 6:30am Peter McCarthy 9:00am Christopher Cunningham by Maureen Cunningham Fri, Oct 2 Holy Guardian Angels (First Friday) 12:00pm Karina Mandock by Randal Mandock 7:00pm William Nichols by Fred & Karen Carver Exposition follows Mass Sat, Oct 3 St Therese of Lisieux (First Saturday) 7:00am Fr. Joel Kiefer by Henry & Rosilene Fredette 9:00am Dr Albury Gardner by Lynda Hoheisel First Saturday Devotions follow the 9:00am Mass Sun, Oct 4 7:15am 9:00am 11:30am XIX Sunday after Pentecost Aranda Family by Jesse Aranda Mary von Niederhausen by Stuart & Chris Bond Pro Populo Last Sunday s Collection: $4,379.00 God reward you. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Archdiocese of Atlanta Dedicated to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, offering the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the 1962 Roman Missal of St John XXIII 587 Landers Drive, Mableton, GA 30126 Tel: 770-948-6888 Emergency Cell: 404-291-1595 Bookstore: 770-745-3613 Website: www.stfrancisdesalesatl.com Email: pastorsfds@gmail.com assistantsfds@gmail.com officesfds@gmail.com Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) Father Matthew J. McCarthy, FSSP, Pastor Father Joseph DeGuzman, FSSP, Assistant Deacon Douglas J. Anderson, Archdiocese of Atlanta xviii sunday after pentecost Sep 27, 2015 Today - Adult Education. This Week: 10:15am - Catholic Faith Explained 2: Divine Revelation 1:30pm - Epistle of St. James: Wisdom for Tough Times Next Week: 10:15am - Catholic Faith Explained 3: The Bible 1:30pm - Epistle of St. James: Wisdom and Pure Religion Today - CCD: Elementary grades (K-6) start in the classrooms downstairs. Classes continue for all other grades. Feast of St Michael: there will be a sung Mass in the evening followed by a light reception in the social hall. Please bring something to share. Confirmation 2016: for those aged 15 years by March 1. Instruction will begin Saturday October 10 th after the 9:00am Mass. Register by email to pastorsfds@gmail.com. Please note that any teenager wishing to receive Confirmation at St Francis in March of 2016 should attend these classes. 40 Days for Life Campaign: September 23 November 1. Please join a peaceful prayer vigil for one hour a week to end abortion in Atlanta, either at the Alpha Gynecology and Consulting Clinic, 410 Villa Rica Way, Marietta or at the Feminist Women's Health Center, 1924 Cliff Valley Way, Atlanta.
Miserentissimus Redemptor On Reparation to the Sacred Heart Encyclical of Pope Pius XI (May 8, 1928) But no created power was sufficient to expiate the sins of men, if the Son of God had not assumed man's nature in order to redeem it. This, indeed, the Savior of men Himself declared by the mouth of the sacred Psalmist: Sacrifice and oblation thou wouldest not: but a body thou hast fitted to me: Holocausts for sin did not please thee: then said I: Behold I come. And in very deed, Surely He hath borne our infirmities, and carried our sorrows... He was wounded for our iniquities, and He His own self bore our sins in His body upon the tree, Blotting out the handwriting of the decree that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken the same out of the way, fastening it to the cross that we being dead to sins, should live to justice. Yet, though the copious redemption of Christ has abundantly forgiven us all offenses, nevertheless, because of that wondrous divine dispensation whereby those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ are to be filled up in our flesh for His body which is the Church, to the praises and satisfactions which Christ in the name of sinners rendered unto God, we can also add our praises and satisfactions, and indeed it behooves us so to do. But we must ever remember that the whole virtue of the expiation depends on the one bloody sacrifice of Christ, which without intermission of time is renewed on our altars in an un-bloody manner, For the victim is one and the same, the same now offering by the ministry of priests, who then offered Himself on the cross, the manner alone of offering being different. Wherefore with this most august Eucharistic Sacrifice there ought to be joined an oblation both of the ministers and of all the faithful, so that they also may present themselves living sacrifices, holy, pleasing unto God. Nay more, St. Cyprian does not hesitate to affirm that the Lord's sacrifice is not celebrated with legitimate sanctification, unless our oblation and sacrifice correspond to His passion. For this reason, the Apostle admonishes us that bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, and buried together with Christ, and planted together in the likeness of His death, we must not only crucify our flesh with the vices and concupiscences, flying the corruption of that concupiscence which is in the world, but that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies and being made partakers of His eternal priesthood we are to offer up gifts and sacrifices for sins. Nor do those only enjoy a participation in this mystic priesthood and in the office of satisfying and sacrificing, whom our Pontiff Christ Jesus uses as His ministers to offer up the clean oblation to God's Name in every place from the rising of the sun to the going down, but the whole Christian people rightly called by the Prince of the Apostles a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, ought to offer for sins both for itself and for all mankind, in much the same manner as every priest and pontiff taken from among men, is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God. But the more perfectly that our oblation and sacrifice corresponds to the sacrifice of Our Lord, that is to say, the more perfectly we have immolated our love and our desires and have crucified our flesh by that mystic crucifixion of which the Apostle speaks, the more abundant fruits of that propitiation and expiation shall we receive for ourselves and for others. For there is a wondrous and close union of all the faithful with Christ, such as that which prevails between the head and the other members; moreover by that mystic Communion of Saints which we profess in the Catholic creed, both individual men and peoples are joined together not only with one another but also with him, who is the head, Christ; from whom the whole body, being compacted and fitly joined together, by what every joint supplieth, according to the operation in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in charity. It was this indeed that the Mediator of God and men, Christ Jesus, when He was near to death, asked of His Father: I in them, and thou in me: that they may be made perfect in one". Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen. (St Thomas Aquinas) St. Francis de Sales Parish Confessions 15 mins before weekday Masses: Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Baptism Contact the parish at least six weeks before birth. Marriage Contact the parish at least six months before the wedding. Legion of Mary meets Thursdays at 7:00 pm. Rosary after 9:00am & Noon daily Masses & before Sunday Masses Parish Activity Council meets 4 th Saturday at 10am (as scheduled) Knights of Columbus 2 nd Mondays at 7:30 pm: http://kofc14625.org/ Eucharistic Exposition Friday after evening Mass. Religious Education (CCD) Sundays at 10:15am (Sept-May). Squires: Circle meets on 2 nd Sunday of the month at 1:15pm.
Liturgical Calendar & Mass Intentions Confessions heard before all Masses. Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Sun, Sep 20 XVII Sunday after Pentecost 7:15am : sec Elizabeth Bird by Lloyd Bird 9:00am John Nichols by Fred & Karen Carver Mon, Sep 21 St Matthew 6:30am Abigail Carver by Fred & Karen Carver 12:00pm Fr. Matthew McCarthy by Hagerty Family Tue, Sep 22 St Thomas of Villanova 6:30am Conversion and Healing of Family by Margarita Santiago No 9:00am Mass Wed, Sep 23 Ember Wednesday No 6:30am Mass 12:00pm Christopher Wright by Wright Family Thu, Sep 24 Feria 6:30am Carlota Bonner by Ines Lavelle 9:00am Matthew Nolan by Otto & Clyde Feil Fri, Sep 25 Ember Friday 12:00pm Bryan Cunningham by Maureen Cunningham 7:00pm Brian & Paula Bush Family Exposition follows Mass Sat, Sep 26 Ember Saturday 7:00am John Cordova by Ines Lavelle 9:00am Don & Joanne Palaschak by Sims Family Sun, Sep 27 XVIII Sunday after Pentecost 7:15am Ines de Torres by Ines Lavelle 9:00am Maria Therese Fredette by Henry & Rosilene Fredette Last Sunday s Collection: $4,673.01 FSSP Seminary Burse: $1,419.00 God reward you. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Archdiocese of Atlanta Dedicated to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, offering the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the 1962 Roman Missal of St John XXIII 587 Landers Drive, Mableton, GA 30126 Tel: 770-948-6888 Emergency Cell: 404-291-1595 Bookstore: 770-745-3613 Website: www.stfrancisdesalesatl.com Email: pastorsfds@gmail.com assistantsfds@gmail.com officesfds@gmail.com Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) Father Matthew J. McCarthy, FSSP, Pastor Father Joseph DeGuzman, FSSP, Assistant Deacon Douglas J. Anderson, Archdiocese of Atlanta xvii sunday after pentecost Sep 20, 2015 Today - Adult Education resumes. This Week: 10:15am - Catholic Faith Explained 1: The Journey of Faith 1:30pm - Epistle of St. James: Introduction Next Week: 10:15am - Catholic Faith Explained 2: Divine Revelation 1:30pm - Epistle of St. James: Wisdom for Tough Times Today - Knights of Columbus Officers meeting after the 9:00am Mass. The monthly Knights meeting is tomorrow: Rosary begins at 6:30pm followed by dinner; meeting begins 7:30pm. CCD: Elementary grades (K-6) will start next Sunday, 27 September in the classrooms downstairs. Classes continue for all other grades. Tue 22 nd & Wed 23 rd : private Masses will be offered for the intentions Christopher & Michael Wills by Patrick & Lynda Wills; Peters Family by Jesse Aranda. Confirmation 2016: for those aged 15 years by March 1. Instruction beginning early Oct 2015 until Feb 2016 will be after the Saturday 9:00am Mass. Register by email to pastorsfds@gmail.com. Please note that any teenager wishing to receive Confirmation at St Francis in March of 2016 should attend these classes.
Miserentissimus Redemptor On Reparation to the Sacred Heart Encyclical of Pope Pius XI (May 8, 1928) Now though in both these matters we are impelled by quite the same motives, none the less we are beholden to the duty of reparation and expiation by a certain more valid title of justice and of love, of justice indeed, in order that the offense offered to God by our sins may be expiated and that the violated order may be repaired by penance: and of love too so that we may suffer together with Christ suffering and "filled with reproaches", and for all our poverty may offer Him some little solace. For since we are all sinners and laden with many faults, our God must be honored by us not only by that worship wherewith we adore His infinite Majesty with due homage, or acknowledge His supreme dominion by praying, or praise His boundless bounty by thanksgiving; but besides this we must need make satisfaction to God the just avenger, "for our numberless sins and offenses and negligences." To consecration, therefore, whereby we are devoted to God and are called holy to God, by that holiness and stability which, as the Angelic Doctor teaches, is proper to consecration, there must be added expiation, whereby sins are wholly blotted out, lest the holiness of the supreme justice may punish our shameless unworthiness, and reject our offering as hateful rather than accept it as pleasing. Moreover this duty of expiation is laid upon the whole race of men since, as we are taught by the Christian faith, after Adam's miserable fall, infected by hereditary stain, subject to concupiscences and most wretchedly depraved, it would have been thrust down into eternal destruction. This indeed is denied by the wise men of this age of ours, who following the ancient error of Pelagius, ascribe to human nature a certain native virtue by which of its own force it can go onward to higher things; but the Apostle rejects these false opinions of human pride, admonishing us that we "were by nature children of wrath". And indeed, even from the beginning, men in a manner acknowledged this common debt of expiation and, led by a certain natural instinct, they endeavored to appease God by public sacrifices. But no created power was sufficient to expiate the sins of men, if the Son of God had not assumed man's nature in order to redeem it. This, indeed, the Savior of men Himself declared by the mouth of the sacred Psalmist: "Sacrifice and oblation thou wouldest not: but a body thou hast fitted to me: Holocausts for sin did not please thee: then said 1: Behold I come". And in very deed, "Surely He hath borne our infirmities, and carried our sorrows... He was wounded for our iniquities, and He His own self bore our sins in His body upon the tree, " Blotting out the handwriting of the decree that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken the same out of the way, fastening it to the cross..." "that we being dead to sins, should live to justice". Yet, though the copious redemption of Christ has abundantly forgiven us all offenses, nevertheless, because of that wondrous divine dispensation whereby those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ are to be filled up in our flesh for His body which is the Church, to the praises and satisfactions, "which Christ in the name of sinners rendered unto God" we can also add our praises and satisfactions, and indeed it behooves us so to do. But we must ever remember that the whole virtue of the expiation depends on the one bloody sacrifice of Christ, which without intermission of time is renewed on our altars in an unbloody manner, "For the victim is one and the same, the same now offering by the ministry of priests, who then offered Himself on the cross, the manner alone of offering being different". Wherefore with this most august Eucharistic Sacrifice there ought to be joined an oblation both of the ministers and of all the faithful, so that they also may "present themselves living sacrifices, holy, pleasing unto God". Congratulations to Brigid Claire, daughter of Malcolm and Ashley Garstin, who was baptized and received into the Church last Sunday. St. Francis de Sales Parish Confessions 15 mins before weekday Masses: Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Baptism Contact the parish at least six weeks before birth. Marriage Contact the parish at least six months before the wedding. Legion of Mary meets Thursdays at 7:00 pm. Rosary after 9:00am & Noon daily Masses & before Sunday Masses Parish Activity Council meets 4 th Saturday at 10am (as scheduled) Knights of Columbus 2 nd Mondays at 7:30 pm: http://kofc14625.org/ Eucharistic Exposition Friday after evening Mass. Religious Education (CCD) Sundays at 10:15am (Sept-May). Squires: Circle meets at the church on 2 nd Sunday of the month at 1:15pm.
Liturgical Calendar & Mass Intentions Confessions heard before all Masses. Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Sun, Sep 13 XVI Sunday after Pentecost 7:15am : sec Jerome McCarthy 9:00am Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic Mon, Sep 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross No 6:30am Mass 12:00pm Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic 7:30pm Chris & Laura Sims Wedding Anniv. Tue, Sep 15 Seven Sorrows of BVM 6:30am Conversion and Healing of Family by Margarita Santiago 9:00am Marcos Huizel by David & Rocio Huizel Wed, Sep 16 Sts Cornelius & Cyprian 6:30am Fr. Matthew McCarthy 12:00pm Fred Carver by Karen Carver Thu, Sep 17 Feria 6:30am Robert & Kathleen Hall by Connie McCool 9:00am Conversion of Souls/Repentance by Owen & Caroline Elliot Fri, Sep 18 St Joseph of Cupertino 12:00pm Thanksgiving Paul B Cunningham by Maureen Cunningham 7:00pm Special Intention by Jo-Anne Kidd Exposition follows Mass Sat, Sep 19 St Januarius & Companions 7:00am John C. Donlon by Richard Perry 9:00am Ella Josephine Dillon by Christopher & Yuni Carver Sun, Sep 20 XVII Sunday after Pentecost 7:15am Elizabeth Bird by Lloyd Bird 9:00am John Nichols by Fred & Karen Carver Last Sunday s Collection: $5,178.47 Catholic University of America: $200.50 God reward you. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Archdiocese of Atlanta Dedicated to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, offering the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the 1962 Roman Missal of St John XXIII 587 Landers Drive, Mableton, GA 30126 Tel: 770-948-6888 Emergency Cell: 404-291-1595 Bookstore: 770-745-3613 Website: www.stfrancisdesalesatl.com Email: pastorsfds@gmail.com assistantsfds@gmail.com officesfds@gmail.com Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) Father Matthew J. McCarthy, FSSP, Pastor Father Joseph DeGuzman, FSSP, Assistant Deacon Douglas J. Anderson, Archdiocese of Atlanta xvi sunday after pentecost Sep 13, 2015 Today - Beginning Greek Class continues at 1:45pm. This class is for any adults or teens interested in learning to read some New Testament Greek. No prior knowledge of Greek is necessary. Adult Education: resumes next Sunday, September 20 th. Sep 20 th 10:15am - Catholic Faith Explained 1: The Journey of Faith 1:30pm - Epistle of St. James: Introduction Sep 27 th 10:15am - Catholic Faith Explained 2: Devine Revelation 1:30pm - Epistle of St. James: Wisdom for Tough Times Mon Sep 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross: there will be a sung Mass in the evening followed by a light reception in the social hall. Please bring something to share. Confirmation 2016: for those aged 15 years by March 1. Instruction beginning early Oct 2015 until Feb 2016 will be after the Saturday 9:00am Mass. Register by email to pastorsfds@gmail.com. Please note that any teenager wishing to receive Confirmation at St Francis in March of 2016 should attend these classes. Knights of Columbus: on account of the feast of The Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the evening Mass on Monday September 14 th, the Officers meeting for September has been moved to Sunday 20 th, and the Knights meeting to Monday 21 st.
Miserentissimus Redemptor On Reparation to the Sacred Heart Encyclical of Pope Pius XI (May 8, 1928) But assuredly among those things which properly pertain to the worship of the Most Sacred Heart, a special place must be given to that Consecration, whereby we devote ourselves and all things that are ours to the Divine Heart of Jesus, acknowledging that we have received all things from the everlasting love of God. When Our Savior had taught Margaret Mary, the most innocent disciple of His Heart, how much He desired that this duty of devotion should be rendered to him by men, moved in this not so much by His own right as by His immense charity for us; she herself, with her spiritual father, Claude de la Colombiere, rendered it the first of all. Thereafter followed, in the course of time, individual men, then private families and associations, and lastly civil magistrates, cities and kingdoms. But since in the last century, and in this present century, things have come to such a pass, that by the machinations of wicked men the sovereignty of Christ Our Lord has been denied and war is publicly waged against the Church, by passing laws and promoting plebiscites repugnant to Divine and natural law, nay more by holding assemblies of them that cry out, "We will not have this man to reign over us": from the aforesaid Consecration there burst forth over against them in keenest opposition the voice of all the clients of the Most Sacred Heart, as it were one voice, to vindicate His glory and to assert His rights: "Christ must reign"; "Thy kingdom come". From this at length it happily came to pass that at the beginning of this century the whole human race which Christ, in whom all things are re-established, possesses by native right as His own, was dedicated to the same Most Sacred Heart, with the applause of the whole Christian world, by Our Predecessor of happy memory, Leo XIII. Now these things so auspiciously and happily begun as we taught in Our Encyclical Letter Quas Primas, we Ourselves, consenting to very many long-continued desires and prayers of bishops and people, brought to completion and perfected, by God's grace, when at the close of the Jubilee Year, We instituted the Feast of Christ the King of All, to be solemnly celebrated throughout the whole Christian world. Now when we did this, not only did we set in a clear light that supreme sovereignty which Christ holds over the whole universe, over civil and domestic society, and over individual men, but at the same time we anticipated the joys of that most auspicious day, whereon the whole world will gladly and willingly render obedience to the most sweet lordship of Christ the King. For this reason, We decreed at the same time that this same Consecration should be renewed every year on the occasion of that appointed festal day, so that the fruit of this same Consecration might be obtained more certainly and more abundantly, and all peoples might be joined together in Christian charity and in the reconciliation of peace, in the Heart of the King of kings and Lord of lords. But to all these duties, more especially to that fruitful Consecration which was in a manner confirmed by the sacred solemnity of Christ the King, something else must needs be added, and it is concerning this that it is our pleasure to speak with you more at length, Venerable Brethren, on the present occasion: we mean that duty of honorable satisfaction or reparation which must be rendered to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. For if the first and foremost thing in Consecration is this, that the creature's love should be given in return for the love of the Creator, another thing follows from this at once, namely that to the same uncreated Love, if so be it has been neglected by forgetfulness or violated by offense, some sort of compensation must be rendered for the injury, and this debt is commonly called by the name of reparation. Disabled Access/Seating: The removed section of the rear pew on the Epistle/St Joseph/Cry Room side of the church is reserved for those in wheel chairs. That pew is reserved for those with disabilities and their families. If necessary, the removed section of the pew on the other side of the church is also for those in wheelchairs. If you are able-bodied and not caring for someone who is disabled, please do not sit there. Many thanks for your cooperation. St. Francis de Sales Parish Confessions 15 mins before weekday Masses: Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Baptism Contact the parish at least six weeks before birth. Marriage Contact the parish at least six months before the wedding. Legion of Mary Thursdays at 7:00 pm. Rosary after 9:00am & Noon daily Masses & before Sunday Masses Parish Activity Council meets 4 th Saturday at 10am (as scheduled) Knights of Columbus 2 nd Mondays at 7:30 pm: http://kofc14625.org/ Eucharistic Exposition Friday after evening Mass. Religious Education Sundays at 10:15am (Sept-May).
Liturgical Calendar & Mass Intentions Confessions heard before all Masses. Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Sun, Sep 6 7:15am : sec 9:00am 11:30am XV Sunday after Pentecost Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic Doris Schneider by Karen Carver Pro Populo Mon, Sep 7 Feria 6:30am Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic 12:00pm Albert Panscik by Kathy Young Tue, Sep 8 Nativity of BVM 6:30am Mary Rau by Jillian Prater 9:00am Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic Wed, Sep 9 Feria 6:30am Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic 12:00pm Brian Rachiele by Doris Rachiele Thu, Sep 10 St Nicholas of Tolentino 6:30am Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic 9:00am Tom Mills Fri, Sep 11 Feria 12:00pm Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic 7:00pm Ralph W. Pennington by Richard Perry Exposition follows Mass Sat, Sep 12 Most Holy Name of Mary 7:00am Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic 9:00am Ron & Kim Welch Wedd. Anniv. Sun, Sep 13 XVI Sunday after Pentecost 7:15am Jerome McCarthy 9:00am Closure of Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Archdiocese of Atlanta Dedicated to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, offering the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the 1962 Roman Missal of St John XXIII 587 Landers Drive, Mableton, GA 30126 Tel: 770-948-6888 Emergency Cell: 404-291-1595 Bookstore: 770-745-3613 Website: www.stfrancisdesalesatl.com Email: pastorsfds@gmail.com assistantsfds@gmail.com officesfds@gmail.com Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) Father Matthew J. McCarthy, FSSP, Pastor Father Joseph DeGuzman, FSSP, Assistant Deacon Douglas J. Anderson, Archdiocese of Atlanta xv sunday after pentecost Sep 6, 2015 Today - Beginning Greek Class: introductory meeting at 1:45pm in the Library. This class is for any adults or teens interested in learning to read some New Testament Greek. The class will meet each Sunday at 1:45pm for an hour. No prior knowledge of Greek is necessary. See Otto Feil or Father McCarthy. Today CCD: Parents who would like the parish to provide Safe Environment Training for their children should meet with Randal Mandock in the gym between 11:15-11:45am. Any remaining Parent Notification Forms should be returned no later than next Sunday, September 13 th, to Fr. McCarthy or Randal Mandock. Adult Education: open to all adults 18 years and older. Classes resume next Sunday, September 13. Please take a flyer from the vestibule or social hall for more information. 10:15am - Symbolon: The Catholic Faith Explained 1:30pm - The Epistle of St. James: Pearls for Wise Living Confirmation 2016: for those aged 15 years by March 1. Instruction beginning early Oct 2015 until Feb 2016 will be after the Saturday 9:00am Mass. Register by email to pastorsfds@gmail.com. Last Sunday s Collection: $4,688.50 God reward you. Columbian Squires will meet next Saturday September 12 th at 10:30am in the gym.
Miserentissimus Redemptor On Reparation to the Sacred Heart Encyclical of Pope Pius XI (May 8, 1928) Among the many proofs of the boundless benignity of our Redeemer, there is one that stands out conspicuously, to wit the fact that when the charity of Christian people was growing cold, the Divine Charity itself was set forth to be honored by a special worship, and the riches of its bounty was made widely manifest by that form of devotion wherein worship is given to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, "In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge". For as in olden time when mankind came forth from Noe's ark, God set His "bow in the clouds", shining as the sign of a friendly covenant; so in the most turbulent times of a more recent age, when the Jansenist heresy, the most crafty of them all, hostile to love and piety towards God, was creeping in and preaching that God was not to be loved as a father but rather to be feared as an implacable judge; then the most benign Jesus showed his own most Sacred Heart to the nations lifted up as a standard of peace and charity portending no doubtful victory in the combat. And indeed Our Predecessor of happy memory, Leo XIII, admiring the timely opportuneness of the devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, said very aptly in his Encyclical Letter Annum Sacrum, "When in the days near her origin the Church was oppressed under the yoke of the Caesars, the Cross shown on high to the youthful Emperor was at once an omen and a cause of the victory that speedily followed. And here today another most auspicious and most divine sign is offered to our sight, to wit the most Sacred Heart of Jesus, with a Cross set above it shining with most resplendent brightness in the midst of flames. Herein must all hopes be set, from hence must the salvation of men be sought and expected." And rightly indeed is that said, Venerable Brethren. For is not the sum of all religion and therefore the pattern of more perfect life, contained in that most auspicious sign and in the form of piety that follows from it inasmuch as it more readily leads the minds of men to an intimate knowledge of Christ Our Lord, and more efficaciously moves their hearts to love Him more vehemently and to imitate Him more closely? It is no wonder, therefore, that Our Predecessors have constantly defended this most approved form of devotion from the censures of calumniators, and have extolled it with high praise and promoted it very zealously, as the needs of time and circumstance demanded. Moreover, by the inspiration of God's grace, it has come to pass that the pious devotion of the faithful towards the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus has made great increase in the course of time; hence pious confraternities to promote the worship of the Divine Heart are everywhere erected, hence too the custom of receiving Holy Communion on the first Friday of every month at the desire of Christ Jesus, a custom which now prevails everywhere. Disabled Access/Seating: The removed section of the rear pew on the Epistle/St Joseph/Cry Room side of the church is reserved for those in wheel chairs. That pew is reserved for those with disabilities and their families. If necessary, the removed section of the pew on the other side of the church is also for those in wheelchairs. If you are able-bodied and not caring for someone who is disabled, please do not sit there. Many thanks for your cooperation. Classrooms should be available for use next Sunday September 13 th, but please be aware that there may be additional delays. Archbishop s Annual Appeal: Any further contributions will be returned to the parish free of any assessment. This is a very efficient way to contribute to the financial welfare of our parish. Abortion Clinic: following a novena of Masses during Lent, the Alpha-Gyn abortion clinic on Powers Ferry Road closed its doors. Unfortunately, it has re-opened under a slightly different name at 410 Villa Rica Way, Marietta, GA 30064. Starting today, a novena of Masses is being offered for the permanent closure of this clinic and the conversion of the staff. Please add this intention to your prayers. St. Francis de Sales Parish Confessions 15 mins before weekday Masses: Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Baptism Contact the parish at least six weeks before birth. Marriage Contact the parish at least six months before the wedding. Legion of Mary Thursdays at 7:00 pm. Rosary after 9:00am & Noon daily Masses & before Sunday Masses Parish Activity Council meets 4 th Saturday at 10am (as scheduled) Knights of Columbus 2 nd Mondays at 7:30 pm: http://kofc14625.org/ Eucharistic Exposition Friday after evening Mass. Religious Education Sundays at 10:15am (Sept-May).
Liturgical Calendar & Mass Intentions Confessions heard before all Masses. Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Sun, Aug 30 XIV Sunday after Pentecost 7:15am : sec Matthew Markich by Kathy Markich 9:00am For Good and Holy Priests by Owen & Caroline Elliot Mon, Aug 31 St Raymond Nonatus 6:30am Fr. Matthew McCarthy 12:00pm William DeBruin by Hagerty Family Tue, Sep 1 Feria 6:30am Conversion and Healing of Family by Margarita Santiago 9:00am Confraternity FSSP by Nicholas Arango Wed, Sep 2 St Stephen of Hungary 6:30am Joey & Christy Kopp Anniv. by Karen Carver 12:00pm Flore Fredette by Henry & Rosilene Fredette Thu, Sep 3 St Pius X 6:30am Janet M. Donlon by Richard Perry 9:00am Anthony Edward Plowman by Michael Incata Fri, Sep 4 Feria (First Friday) 12:00pm Confraternity FSSP by Constance Jackson 7:00pm Thomas & Constance Hall by Connie McCool Exposition follows Mass Sat, Sep 5 St Lawrence Justinian (First Saturday) 7:00am Confraternity FSSP by Deena Arango 9:00am SFdS Volunteers First Saturday Devotions follow the 9:00am Mass Sun, Sep 6 7:15am 9:00am 11:30am XV Sunday after Pentecost Closure Alpha Gynecology & Consulting Clinic Fred Carver by Karen Carver Pro Populo Last Sunday s Collection: $5,839.12 God reward you. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Archdiocese of Atlanta Dedicated to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, offering the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the 1962 Roman Missal of St John XXIII 587 Landers Drive, Mableton, GA 30126 Tel: 770-948-6888 Emergency Cell: 404-291-1595 Bookstore: 770-745-3613 Website: www.stfrancisdesalesatl.com Email: pastorsfds@gmail.com assistantsfds@gmail.com officesfds@gmail.com Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) Father Matthew J. McCarthy, FSSP, Pastor Father Joseph DeGuzman, FSSP, Assistant Deacon Douglas J. Anderson, Archdiocese of Atlanta xiv sunday after pentecost Aug 30, 2015 Today - CCD: classes for grades 7-12 start in the gym after the 9:00am Mass. Beginning Greek Class: For any adults or teens who may be interested, there will be a beginning New Testament Greek class which will meet each Sunday at 1:45pm for an hour, commencing with an introductory meeting on September 6 th. No prior knowledge of Greek is necessary. See Otto Feil or Father McCarthy. Adult Education: open to all adults 18 years and older. Classes resume on Sunday, September 13. Please take a flyer from the vestibule or social hall for more information. 10:15am - Symbolon: The Catholic Faith Explained 1:30pm - The Epistle of St. James: Pearls for Wise Living Thursday September 3, the feast of St Pius X, is second class in the diocese of Atlanta as he is the secondary patron. Let us invoke the intercession of this great defender of the Faith against Modernism. Disabled Access/Seating: The removed section of the rear pew on the Epistle/St Joseph/Cry Room side of the church is reserved for those in wheel chairs. That pew is reserved for those with disabilities and their families. If necessary, the removed section of the pew on the other side of the church is also for those in wheelchairs. If you are able-bodied and not caring for someone who is disabled, please do not sit there. Many thanks for your cooperation.
Miserentissimus Redemptor On Reparation to the Sacred Heart Encyclical of Pope Pius XI (May 8, 1928) To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, and other Local Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Blessing. Our Most Merciful Redeemer, after He had wrought salvation for mankind on the tree of the Cross and before He ascended from out this world to the Father, said to his Apostles and Disciples, to console them in their anxiety, "Behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world. These words, which are indeed most pleasing, are a cause of all hope and security, and they bring us, Venerable Brethren, ready succor, whenever we look round from this watch-tower raised on high and see all human society laboring amid so many evils and miseries, and the Church herself beset without ceasing by attacks and machinations. For as in the beginning this Divine promise lifted up the despondent spirit of the Apostles and enkindled and inflamed them so that they might cast the seeds of the Gospel teaching throughout the whole world; so ever since it has strengthened the Church unto her victory over the gates of hell. In sooth, Our Lord Jesus Christ has been with his Church in every age, but He has been with her with more present aid and protection whenever she has been assailed by graver perils and difficulties. For the remedies adapted to the condition of time and circumstances, are always supplied by Divine Wisdom, who reaches from end to end mightily, and orders all things sweetly. But in this latter age also, "the hand of the Lord is not shortened", more especially since error has crept in and has spread far and wide, so that it might well be feared that the fountains of Christian life might be in a manner dried up, where men are cut off from the love and knowledge of God. Now, since it may be that some of the people do not know, and others do not heed, those complaints which the most loving Jesus made when He manifested Himself to Margaret Mary Alacoque, and those things likewise which at the same time He asked and expected of men, for their own ultimate profit, it is our pleasure, Venerable Brethren, to speak to you for a little while concerning the duty of honorable satisfaction which we all owe to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, with the intent that you may, each of you, carefully teach your own flocks those things which we set before you, and stir them up to put the same in practice. Classrooms Downstairs: much renovation work was performed over the summer and is continuing. Hopefully the work will be completed such that the classrooms are available for use on Sunday September 13 th, but please be aware that there may be additional delays. Confirmation 2016: for those aged 15 years by March 1. Instruction beginning early Oct 2015 until Feb 2016 will be after the Saturday 9:00am Mass. Register by email to pastorsfds@gmail.com. Archbishop s Annual Appeal: We have received two rebate checks so far this year, meaning that any further contributions will be returned to the parish free of any assessment. This is a very efficient way to contribute to the financial welfare of our parish. You can now do so electronically, even from our own website. End of Year Financial Statement: the archdiocese recently completed the end-of-year accounts. A condensed version of the parish finances for the year 2014-15 will be available in the near future. Columbian Squires will meet Saturday September 12 th at 10:30am in the gym. Abortion Clinic: following a novena of Masses during Lent, the Alpha-Gyn abortion clinic on Powers Ferry Road closed its doors. Unfortunately, it has re-opened under a slightly different name at 410 Villa Rica Way, Marietta, GA 30064. Starting next Sunday, a novena of Masses will be offered for the permanent closure of this clinic and the conversion of the staff. St. Francis de Sales Parish Confessions 15 mins before weekday Masses: Sundays 6:45, 8:15 &10:30am Baptism Contact the parish at least six weeks before birth. Marriage Contact the parish at least six months before the wedding. Legion of Mary Thursdays at 7:00 pm. Rosary after 9:00am & Noon daily Masses & before Sunday Masses Parish Activity Council meets 4 th Saturday at 10am (as scheduled) Knights of Columbus 2 nd Mondays at 7:30 pm: http://kofc14625.org/ Eucharistic Exposition Friday after evening Mass. Religious Education Sundays at 10:15am (Sept-May).