Sacred Heart Catholic Church
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
November 16, 2014 Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sacred Heart Catholic Church To know, love and serve as Jesus did 110 N. Jefferson Street Milledgeville, GA 31061 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: sacredheartmilledgeville.org Phone: 478-452-2421 FAX: 478-454-1110 Cell/Emergency: 770-289-3466 Staff Rev. Young Nguyen, Pastor Rev. Mr. John Shoemaker, Deacon Emeritus Rev. Mr. Cesar Basilio, Deacon Cindy Sencindiver Susan Craig Secretary & DRE Organist Sacraments Sacrament of Penance Saturday 4:30—5:00 or by appointment Sacrament of Baptism For information concerning baptism, call the Parish priest. Sacrament of Matrimony Arrangements with the church should be made at least six months in advance by calling the Parish priest. Sunday Bulletin Deadline for items for the bulletin is 12:00 Noon on Wednesday. Parish Membership We welcome new families to our parish. Parish Registration Parish registration forms can be picked up at the back of the church or at the church office. Annulment Case Sponsor Jean Atwood Schedule of Masses Monday—Thursday Friday Saturday Vigil Sunday 12:10 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Holy Rosary and Adoration Monday—Thursday Holy Rosary Saturday Holy Rosary Monday—Thursday Adoration Friday Eucharistic Adoration 11:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Mass of Healing 1st Saturday of the Month 9:30 a.m. Masses for the Week of November 16, 2014 Saturday 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 12:10 p.m. 12:10 p.m. 12:10 p.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs Fri. Sat. Rosary All Souls Deceased Members of the Shoemaker Family Carlton Sencindiver, R.I.P. Pro Populo Kane Family Mass Panfila Ibabao, R.I.P. Mass Mass Mass Rosary Mass R.J. Lowery, R.I.P. November 23, 2014 9:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Why Corner Ability Jesus, am I utilizing the ability you gave to me? First, "to each according to his ability," fair enough Lord. Whatever task, you mean I can do and take care of them? ;~), yes! Whatever the challenges maybe you know that I can overcome them? ;~), yes! Difficulty in life maybe at times, you mean you give me the strength, wisdom and courage to do them well? ;~), yes! How about the curve or odd balls that might come my way? ;~), yes, you are well equipped to handle them. How about, depression, anxiety, stress, loss of hope, etc... you mean you provide me the ability to deal with that too? ;~), yes! Do you know that with me you can do all things? Jimmy Brannon, S.I. Antoinette Mascioli, R.I.P. Pro Populo Second, did you notice that I trusted the servants in the parable and let them make choices and decisions on their Please call the church office to schedule mass intentions. own? Yes, I do. Do you trust me in the same way? ;~), absolutely, without any reservation! What happens if I fail, do Diocese policy suggests an offering of $10 or more per mass intention. not finish the task, or do not succeed? "As long as you try and give your best, even if you did not succeed, to me that is READINGS FOR THE WEEK an A+," said God. So, did you try? Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 18:35-43 Fr. Young Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 19:1-10, or, (for the memorial of the Dedication) Acts 28:11-16, 30-31; Ps 98:1-6; GOD’S WORD TODAY Mt 14:22-33 Rv 4:1-11; Ps 150:1b-6; Lk 19:11-28 During the time of Jesus, a talent was an extremely large Rv 5:1-10; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; sum of money. Sixty minas made up one talent and a mina Lk 19:41-44 equaled one hundred dinarii. Two thousand years ago, an Rv 10:8-11; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, average worker in Palestine earned one dinarius a day. 131; Lk 19:45-48 When Jesus told the parable we hear in today’s Gospel, he Rv 11:4-12; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Lk 20:27-40 knew his listeners would realize that each of the servants Ez 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 23:1-3, 5-6; had been entrusted with a huge sum of money. This money, 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Mt 25:31-46 well invested, had the potential for earning a tremendous Weekly Offertory Regular Helping Hands Seminarians 11/02/14 11/09/14 $8,739.50 $6,127.00 $ 964.00 $ 369.00 Welcome to Our Parish We are glad that you have come to visit. We invite you to register and become part of our parish family. Please fill out the registration form at the back of the church or stop by the parish office during the week. amount more. The spiritual talents entrusted to us during our pilgrimage on earth also have the potential for yielding extraordinary results. These spiritual gifts must be invested. In other words, they must be used. When used, they help build up the kingdom of God. They bring peace and comfort to the despairing. They bring the good news to the disenfranchised. They bring food and shelter to the hungry and homeless. As the liturgical year winds down, this parable asks us to assess the extent to which we have invested our spiritual talents. Their potential is extraordinary. How extraordinary are the results of our investment of them in the last year? Happy Birthday Sung Choi Megan Eisenberger J.J. Arias Kathryn Brady Ethan Singco Jerome Bondal Ivannia Interiano Matthew Beer Catherine Nelson Ava Bergeron Jordan Kirby Derek Musser Ken Foshee Shawn Johnson Happy Belated Anniversary Bob & Blaine Duesing Happy Anniversary Timmy & Renee Brooks Bill and Barbara Edwards Joe and Patricia Sansotta Can you cut, fold, glue and tape? Of course you can! Then why not join us on Saturday, November 22nd at 10:00 a.m. in Flannery O’Connor Hall to make angels for placement on our “Angel Tree”. These angels will have the name, age and gift ideas for children whom DFCS is asking us to help provide Christmas for. Hope to see you there. Well have good fun, conversation, coffee and even possibly donuts. Who can resist that? Please Help If You Can The Raider team from GMC Prep School will be conducting a sponsored ruck march to purchase wreaths for the Georgia War Veterans Memorial Cemetery (GWVMC) on November 11th. The aim is to raise enough money so that every grave at our Milledgeville cemetery (1,900 total) will have a wreath on National Wreaths Across America Day on December 13, 2014. All money raised by the Raider team will be used to purchase wreaths from Wreaths Across America (WAA). WAA is a national nonprofit organization. For more information, please contact Becky Vaughn at [email protected] Toys for Chard Wray Food Pantry Fun Room Do you have toys at home that your children no longer play with and are in good condition. What about children’s books? If you have any of these good, used items or would like to donate new items, please bring them to the Chard Wray Food Pantry or drop them off in Flannery O’Connor Hall marked “Fun Room”. A volunteer at the Food Pantry would like to have a room for the client’s children to play in while the parents are completing paperwork and obtaining food. The only thing they ask not to donate are crayons or markers as they don’t want original artwork on the walls. Thank you for your continued support of the Chard Wray Food Pantry. Girls Night Out Calling all ladies of the parish!!! Come and join us for Girls Night Out on Tuesday, November 18th at 6:30 p.m. at El Tequila Restaurant on Garrett Way. There’s always plenty of food, fun and good conversation. The Council of Catholic Women will be having a bake sale after all Masses the weekend of November 22/23. Why not think about buying your Thanksgiving desserts from us and save some time. If you would like to bake something for the sale, that would also be very welcome. Community Thanksgiving Service You are invited to the Community Thanksgiving Service at First Baptist Church at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 23rd. Child care for children through Grade 1 will be available. Please advise First Baptist (452-0502) of the number of children you will be bringing so they will have adequate supervision. THANK YOU to all who contributed to the Helping Hands auction. The support we receive from the parish is always overwhelming and we are very grateful for your continuing to help us obtain funds to minister to our neighbors in need. Below is a list of businesses/professionals who made contributions to the auction. When possible, it would show our gratitude to patronize these generous people. 13WMAZ Chambers Cleaners Data Protection Services Bedrock Mulch and More Data Protection Services Dr. John Harrington, DDS Lee and Turner Mike Wood Builders Morgan Co. Hist. Soc. Old Governor's Mansion Quinn Pest Control Sinclair Power Sports Spires Auto Sales Twin Lakes Physical Therapy Chick-Fil-A Oconee Custom Signs Battery Warehouse Roberts & Sons Propane Sinclair Custom Award Buddy's Recycling Moore's Funeral Home Old Capitol Pet Care Ray Wells Restoration Century Bank & Trust Designing Lines Bayne's Army Store Private Parties Only Plantation Olive Oil Old Capitol Museum Ga. College Theater Jackson's on Sinclair Harbor Club Trophy's Bar/Grill Reynolds Plantation Goodie Gallery Ameriprise Air Conditioning Specialist Complete Auto Care Dr. Wesley King Carolina Shows Hargrove Accounting Joy Collection Lake Oconee Oral Surgery Merritt Prof. Carpet Cleaning Old Clinton BBQ Pounders Market Sinclair Marina Southside Tire & Brake Milledgeville Med. Ctr. Phar. Edward Jones Co. Childre Nissan Howard Pounds (hog hunt) Asian Bistro & Grill Antebellum Duckworth Farm Supply Dr. Chad Collins Central Ga. Lawn & Design Milledgeville Country Club Milledgeville Exchange Club Williams Funeral Home Light Force Family Chiro. Sheer Design Salon/Spa Convention & Visitor's Bur. T-Bones Nursery Video Bazaar F-Stop Photography/Framing Ga. Mower & Equipment Mattress Ctr. of Lake Oconee Little Fishing Creek Twin Bridges Landing Bug House Coscowilla CALLING ALL ANGELS. CALLING ALL ANGELS. Amici de Corrado Rest. Exchange Bank G & S Gas Ivey Tire Kroger Longhorns Need A Nerd Pickle Barrell Roc's Starbucks The 42nd Floor Dr G. Martinez Bass & Antler Oconee Outfitters The Lemon Tree Charmed Blindworks Thiele Kaolin Co. Henry Craig Tidal Wave The Fun Factory Quirky, Inc. Jen's Bakery Mary Kay Cosmetic J. C. Grant Co. Harris & Co. The Market Basket Lowe's Gil's Civic Women's Club Blu Culina Atlanta Symphony Z-97.7 El Tequila CALLING ALL ANGELS. The ANGEL TREE will be in the church hall beginning November 29th and remain up through December 14th. This is an annual project sponsored by Sacred Heart Helping Hands Society. During this time we are asking parishioners to please stop by and pick out an angel ornament. Each angel ornament represents a boy or girl whose Christmas could be made brighter by your Christmas gift donation. (These names have been provided to us by the Baldwin County Department of Family and Children Service and are children in need.) Gift suggestions will be listed on the ornament, as well as the age of the child. Once a gift is purchased, all you have to do is return it to the church hall, unwrapped, along with the angel ornament. We will then take all of the gifts to DFCS in time for them to get to the children by Christmas. We appreciate your support and God bless you for your generosity. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION All Christians in both East and West embraced the care of the sick as essential to church life. In the West, the importance of the visit of the priest is stressed, while in the East, the sick person is brought to the church for a full Liturgy of the Word. Some, such as the Armenians, even call it the “Ritual of the Lamp,” since the oil is poured out of the lamp by which the Word is read. This may be why Eastern Christians sometimes anoint the sick with this oil, since the trip to church might kill them. Our tradition in the West also unfolded in monasteries, where it was possible for infirm monks to be attended with a full and beautifully consoling liturgy. In 950 the monks of St. Alban’s Abbey in Mainz produced a ceremonial book that was instantly a pastoral hit everywhere. There were two lengthy rituals for the sick, one an extended vigil, and the other a liturgy of anointing that included Communion under both species. While this ritual was a house formula for monks, it is easy to see how monks who had the care of parishes desired to serve their parishioners in a similar way. The first form included the chanting of penitential psalms, and the second form required a confession beforehand. Both forms included a laying on of hands, which everyone understood as being an essential part of penance. Raising Thankful Children Gratitude is a feeling of appreciation or thanks. God is good and all gifts come from him. “All good giving and every perfect gift is from above…” (James 1:17) Therefore, satisfaction, happiness, and spiritual growth are direct results of recognizing the many blessings God has bestowed upon us. Gratitude is like a muscle. It takes practice to make this quality strong in our children. GET READY The Letters of Paul to the Thessalonians are among his earliest writings, and are driven by his belief and the belief of the entire early Christian community that the return of Christ was imminent. Therefore, to devote time or attention to anything else was foolish. As time progressed, this fervor receded a bit. Today we may wonder, when we hear these readings about the coming end-times, if we should take them to heart. What should we do when we hear that the day of the Lord will come upon us “like a thief at night”? (1 Thessalonians 5:2) Does this mean we are to stop our long-range goalsetting, get rid of our yearly calendars and planners, or stop putting money in the college education fund? Of course not. What it does mean is that we need to change our lives, living like children of the light and illuminating the world around us with the light of the gospel. Then, on that day, when the details of our daily living become unimportant, we will be ready to find our peace and security in Christ Jesus. Thank God. The best way we can teach gratitude is to be grateful ourselves. Make recognizing blessings a constant conversation with God throughout the day that includes your children. Together, thank God in the morning for another day, before opening a gift, prior to eating a meal, for a warm bath. Best of all, thank God for the gift of family. Thank the family. Studies show that we are more likely to thank strangers than o9ur families. Thank your child for chores well done, for completing homework, for being pleasant. Thank your spouse for making dinner, for yard work, for thoughtful gestures. Thank the community. Children learn by doing. In return for blessings your family has received, come up with a plan to bless others. Perhaps your child could do extra chores to earn money to put in the poor box, volunteer at a charity, do yard work for a neighbor, or donate a toy. "The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love." — St. Teresa of Avila These names will be removed at the beginning of each month unless otherwise specified Bruce Blaszinski 678-230-8428 New Construction Home Repair Remodeling Call for Estimates References Available Prayer requests: the homebound; nursing home and veteran home residents; the chronically ill; the mentally ill; all prisoners; all military personnel. Addie Johnson, Elba Bejarano, Carol Sturgeon, Elaine Crow, Renate Martinez, John Farmer, Jeanne Schoenholz, Theresa Egejuru, Michael Keefe, Laura McClure, Mary Barbara Tate, Richard Firth, Billy Boone, Carol Parsons, Wayne Parsons, Carmen Sans Graciaa, Earl Elm, Rita Elm, Josh Thompson, Lourdes Suggs, Betty Bertoli, Donald Baden, Anastaeio Martinez, Donna Haskins, Mary H. Thomas, Eugena Enero, Bill Sessions, Zenobia Sessions, Helen Collins, David Foster, Bruce Hettel, Jane Hettel, Shana Soto, Marina Williams, Judy Powell and Letha Hawkins Please pray for the deceased: All deceased members of Sacred Heart Church, Catherine Ford, Naomi Blake Tronzo, Tiffany Pfohl Davidson, Elizabeth Cline. Chard Wray Food Pantry John & Lou Ann Luckey, The food pantry is in need of the following items: Baby Formula □ Canned beef stew □ Canned Chicken & Dumplings □ Canned Chili □ Canned fruit □ Canned milk □ Canned Salmon □ Canned Spam □ Canned Tuna □ Canned vegetables □ Cereal □ Cooking Oil □ Evaporated milk □ Flour □ Granola bars □ Grits □ Instant Potatoes □ Jelly □ Jiffy Cornbread Mix □ Juice □ Macaroni & Cheese □ Oatmeal □ Paper towels □ Pasta - different varieties □ Pasta sauce □ Peanut Butter □ Powdered Milk □ Rice □ Saltine Crackers □ Soup—all varieties, □ Sugar □ Toiletry items □ Pop Tarts If you can help with any of these items, it will be greatly appreciated. The Pantry now has freezers. They are able to accept bologna and hot dogs if they are frozen.