bulletin-06-02-13 - St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church

THE MOST HOLY BODY
AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
JUNE 2, 2013
St. Elizabeth Circle Brunch
2560 Tilson Road
Decatur, GA 30032
Main: 404-241-5862
Fax: 404-241-5839
Price Hall : 404-241-1795
Website: www.stspandp.com
Come have a spot of tea. St. Elizabeth Circle’s brunch with a twist.
Join us as we celebrate our “Faith, Freedom, & God’s Graces” on
Saturday, June 8th at 10:00AM till noon in Price Hall. Guest
Speaker: Fr. Roy Lee. Donation: $10. See any member of St. Elizabeth Circle for tickets.
Baccalaureate Mass
To honor our high school and college graduates, we
will hold a Baccalaureate Mass on Sunday, June 16th
at 11:30AM. Wear your caps and gowns (optional).
Please sign-up on the graduate recognition board in
the narthex.
Today is the Deadline for Man of the Year Nominations.
Turn in your nomination forms at the Religious Shop.
2013 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal
Thank you to those who have made a pledge to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. The latest figures, as of May 17th:
Parish Goal: $48,130
Total Committed: $56,909
Amount Pledged: $35,097
Amount Paid: $21,812
Dates to Remember
June 16-Man of the Year Announcement
June 16-Baccalaureate Mass
June 22-Welcome Ministers’ Cookout
June 29-Eucharistic Ministers’ Training
June 30-Parish Picnic
July 13-Baptism Class
Aug. 24/25-Sunday School Registration
Sept. 8-Sunday School Begins
Sept. 21-Women’s Council General Mtg.
Sept. 21/22-Meet & Greet
Sept. 27-29-Women’s Retreat
Oct. 5-Lectors’ Workshop
Eucharistic Ministers’ Training
There will be a training session for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy
Communion on Saturday, June 29th, 9:15AM-12:00 noon in the
church. This training is required for all those ministers whose certificates have expired or will expire this year. You may find out what
your status is by contacting Deacon Mitchell or Linda Giles at
[email protected].
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Parish Office
(404) 241-5862
Fax (404) 241-5839
June 2, 2013
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Monday, 3rd
8:30AM Communion Service
Wednesday, 5th
6:30PM
Friday, 7th
8:30AM
Saturday, 8th
8:30AM
4:30PM Confessions
5:00PM Myeshia Moore
Sunday, 9th
8:30AM Michelle Giles, r’cvy.
11:30AM For the people of Sts. Peter and Paul
1:30PM Medgine & Ernest Fabre, t’giving.
Sacramental Emergencies only (678) 561-3676
Clergy
Rev. Bryan D. Small, Pastor, ext. 102
[email protected]
Rev. Mr. Alfred Mitchell, Deacon
[email protected]
Rev. Mr. Jerry M. Lett, Deacon
[email protected]
Rev. Mr. Augustin Pierre-Louis, Deacon
[email protected]
Rev. Mr. James Anderson Jr., Deacon
Parish Staff
Gloria George-Patrick, ext. 103
Religious Ed. Director
[email protected]
Ron Whalen, ext. 105
Business Manager
[email protected]
Marie Fujioka, ext. 100
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
William Hutson
Maintenance
Haitian Community, ext. 305
Monday, 3rd
Novena 7:00PM-Chapel
Women of Faith 7:00PM-Classroom
Tuesday, 4th
Haitian Liturgy Committee 6:00PM-Parish Office (C)
Evangelization Committee 7:30PM-Parish Office (C)
Wednesday, 5th
Bible Study 10:30AM-Parish Office (C)
Choir Rehearsal 6:00PM-Church
Welcome Ministers 7:00PM-Parish Office (C)
Grief Support Group 7:15PM-Religious Ed. Room
Thursday, 6th
Parish Council 7:00PM-Classroom
Haitian Rehearsal 7:00PM-Church
Friday, 7th
Adoration 9:00AM-Chapel
Saturday, 8th
St. Elizabeth Circle Brunch 9:00AM-12:00-Price Hall
Outreach 9:45-11:00AM
Peace & Justice 10:00AM-Parish Office (M)
Storytelling Class 10:00AM-Classroom
Sunday, 9th
St. Elizabeth Circle Coffee & Donuts 10:00AM-Price Hall
KPCLA 1:00PM-Classroom
KPC 1:30PM-Parish Office (C)
Stewardship-A Disciple’s Response
May 26th $9,491.92
Children’s Offertory $28.60
Building Fund $6,689.15
Pennies from Heaven $43.95
Summer is here! That means many of you are going away on
weekends or on vacation with the family. We understand that
it’s easy to forget about giving during the summer months but
remember, God’s work continues.
Readings for the Week
Monday, 3rd St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
Tb 1:1,3;2:1a-8
Ps 112:1-6
Mk 12:1-12
Tuesday, 4th
Tb 2:9-14
Ps 112:1-2,7-9
Mk 12:13-17
Wednesday, 5th St. Boniface
Tb 3:1-11a,16-17a
Ps 25:2-9
Mk 12:18-27
Thursday, 6th St. Norbert
Tb 6:10-11;7:1bcde,9-17;8:4-9a
Ps 128:1-5
Mk 12:28-34
Friday, 7th The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Ez 34:11-16
Ps 23:1-6
Rom 5:5b-11
Lk 15:3-7
Saturday, 8th The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Tb 12:1,5-15,20
(Ps) Tb 13:2,6-8
Lk 2:41-51
Sunday, 9th Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kgs 17:17-24 Ps 30:2,4-6,11-13 Gal 1:11-19 Lk 7:11-17
Notes from The Catholic Foundation
of North Georgia
Planned Gifts can help the building fund. You can
leave the remainder of your estate, a specific dollar
amount or a percentage of your estate in your will to go
to our current campaign. You may ask what if that
money has already been raised when I die. You can put
in your will that if the above is no longer needed then whatever you
are leaving can go to the parish endowment fund to help the parish
for years to come. If you have questions about how to word this or
how to simply do a codicil (an amendment) to your will, please contact Dianne Duquette, Director of Gift Planning at The Catholic
Foundation of North Georgia: [email protected] or (404) 4979440. Visit the Foundation website to learn about the many ways you
can make a gift to the parish: www.cfngalegacy.org. The important
thing is DON’T PROCRASTINATE ABOUT MAKING YOUR
Evangelization Workshop
Saturday, June 22nd, St. Pius X Catholic Church in Conyers is
hosting an Evangelization Workshop on helping parish leaders to
reach out and invite their parishioners to become active in the practice of their faith. Fr. Frank DeSiano, CSP Paulist, President of the
Paulist Evangelization Ministries, will personally lead the workshop. Time: 9:30AM-3:00PM. Registration: $12 per person & includes lunch. RSVP required: [email protected] or
contact St. Pius X Church at (770) 438-3660. The church is located
at 2621 Highway 20 SE, Conyers 30013.
Career Planning Workshop
for High School Students
June 5-7, June 25-27, July 8-10, 10:00AM-2:00PM at Marist
School, 3790 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta. Primarily through
the use of the MBTI & Strong assessments, this 3-day workshop
for rising 10th-12th graders seeks to help students begin the process of career discernment. It will include resume-building & internship exploration. Robert Von Hagen, Marist School college counselor, internship coordinator, MBTI & Strong certified practitioner,
will facilitate. Cost: $225. Contact: [email protected] or
(770) 936-2259.
PRAYER FOR
THE SICK
Please pray for the sick of our parish
and those who have asked
for our prayers, especially:
Bill Allen, Gazela Ann Bell, Porscha
Bryant, Jerome & Lula Bullard,
Ephraim Burrell, Jacob Cautter, Marie
Charles, Marie Colbert, Stephanie Cooper, Ida Cruse, Phyllis Daniel, Patricia
Davis, Christine Edwards, Terresa &
Joseph Ford, Elaine
Galbreath, Michelle Giles, Sharon
Giles, Yohannes Hamido, Henry Hans
Sr., Laura Hassell, Willie Hugley,
Brittany Ivory-Brown, Joseph Mario
Jean-Louis, Jean-Mardy, Yvonne Kage,
Dot Lewis, Andrea Lys, Rita Maag,
Beverly Maxwell, Elsa McBean,
Barbara McElrath, Myeshia Moore,
William O’Neal, Leon & Barbara
Redden, Lynette Reid, Charles &
Emma Reynolds, Lamercie Sanon,
Audrey Shirley, John Sylvester,
Tiffany Tidies, Roland Woods,
Sharon Wyatt
Please help us to keep our prayer list
updated-by adding and removing
names. Thank you.
Sacramental Schedule
Musical Drama Camp
Altar Servers’
Schedule
For 6/8-9/13
5:00PM Mass
Nnamdi Baker
Julian Ogbonna
8:30AM Mass
Trace Dorsey
John Ekpoudom
Utibeno Ekpoudom
11:30AM Mass
Kazin Glenn
Garrett Grayson
1:30PM Mass
Johnathan Benbow
Fanergela Jean-Francois
July 8-19, 9:00AM-5:00PM at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 3773
Chamblee Tucker Rd., Atlanta. Holy Cross will offer an intensive
2-week (Monday-Friday) drama camp, which will end with performances July 19-21 of “Disney’s High School Musical, Jr.” This
camp is for rising 7th graders through graduating 12th graders.
Cost : $150 per student. No experience necessary. Visit
www.holycrossatlanta.org/dramacamp or contact Mary Busbee at
[email protected].
Perpetual Adoration Retreat at Monastery
June 17th-21st. “Eucharist: The Source and Summit of Christian
Life” will be led by Fr. Gerard Gross with time spent loving and
adoring Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, day and night,
throughout this retreat. Fr. Gerard will talk about bringing the
power of that Adoration into every corner of our lives, especially
our families, recreation, places of study, and work. Jesus longs for
us to treat all persons as created in His image and likeness. St.
Benedict says that we should be, “treating the tools of the monastery like the vessels of the altar!” Fr. Gerard will seek to make this
real and not just pious talk! [email protected]
Haitian Corner
Fête du Saint Sacrement
Pour comprendre le sens de cette fête, il faut se rappeler que le mot
Eucharistie signifie Action de grâce. Quand nous venons à la messe
le dimanche, c'est d'abord pour rendre grâce que Seigneur. Nous lui
disons merci pour toutes les merveilles qu'il réalise tout au long de
notre vie. La fête de ce jour met à l'honneur la présence réelle de
Jésus Christ sous les espèces du pain et du vin consacrés. C'est une
occasion pour nous de méditer sur ce cadeau miraculeux qu'est le
Corps du Christ offert pour notre salut dans l'Eucharistie. Quand
nous entrons dans une église, c'est lui qui nous accueille et c'est
d'abord vers lui que nous devons nous tourner et non vers le voisin
de droite ou de gauche. En Jésus, c'est Dieu qui est présent pour
nous combler de son amour.
Quand nous lisons l'Evangile, nous découvrons que toute la vie de
Jésus est une action de grâce. En ce jour, notre regard se porte principalement vers le soir du Jeudi Saint ; "Il prit du pain, puis ayant
rendu grâce, il dit : Ceci est mon Corps livré pour vous" (2ème lecture). Ce geste manifeste la générosité du cœur de Jésus. Il a su saisir
les circonstances les plus douloureuses pour aller jusqu'au bout de
l'amour. C'est ce que nous indique le chant : "Le Seigneur nous a
aimés comme on n'a jamais aimé." Quand nous allons communier,
nous recevons en nous le dynamisme de l'amour qu'il a manifesté
lors de la dernière Cène. L'Eucharistie nous introduit dans le Royaume de l'Amour. Elle nous rend capables de vaincre toutes les circonstances les plus injustes, les plus douloureuses et les plus humiliantes. La joie de Jésus sera dans notre cœur si nous sommes unis à
lui.
Chaque dimanche, nous nous sommes rassemblés pour nous nourrir
de la Parole et du corps du Christ. Le Curé d'Ars disait que nous n'en
sommes pas dignes mais nous en avons besoin. Il s'agit d'une nourriture absolument essentielle. Comme les juifs au temps de Jésus, nous
avons peut-être du mal à comprendre. Mais comme Pierre, nous pouvons dire : "A qui irions-nous, Seigneur, tu as les paroles de la vie
éternelle." Soyons dans la joie chaque fois que débute une Eucharistie. Et surtout, ne nous y habituons pas.
En célébrant cette Eucharistie, nous nous tournons vers toi Seigneur.
Aide-nous à entrer plus pleinement dans ce mouvement de don total
de nous-mêmes avec toi et par toi. Que notre don soit de plus en plus
à la mesure du tien, toi qui as tout donné de lui-même pour notre vie
et pour la gloire du Père.