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MASS INTENTIONS
Offertory Stewardship
Liturgy of the Hours Week I
November 9 - $12,132.30 (November 10 - $11,374.00)
PARISHIONER ENVELOPES/CHECKS - 314
CHILDREN’S GIFT - $33.00
SAT., NOV. 15
8:15AM
5:30PM
SUN., NOV. 16
8:00AM
10:30AM
5:30PM
+BOB MCCOOEY
+PHYLLIS MCINTYRE
YOUTH
MON., NOV. 17
TUES., NOV. 18
8:15AM
8:15AM
6:00PM
+HELENE WIMBERLY
+DICK MITCHELL
+JACK YOUNG
WED., NOV. 19
THUR., NOV. 20
FRI., NOV. 21
SAT., NOV. 22
8:15AM
8:15AM
8:15AM
8:15AM
5:30PM
+CHALMERS HURLBERT
+THEA KIELT
+WILLIAM E. KELLY
+THEA & JIM KIELT
+HENRY MALLON
SUN., NOV. 23
8:00AM
10:30AM
5:30PM
+RUTH HOLMES
PARISHIONERS
PARISHIONERS
+THEA KIELT
YOUTH
Mario Artesiano, Tony Blanda, Barbara Boucek, Peg Broker, Gordie
Carmichael, Steve Carney, Edmund
Cassidy, Cartan Clarke, Larry
Clarke, Nita Clifton, Don Daleen,
Mark Davis, Jerry Fonseca, John
Gilmore, Jacqueline Grady, John Grimsley, Jessica
Hannigan, Margo Harper, Donnie Harris, Fred Hegeman, Amy Hendrick, Kiki Jennings, Edmund
Longley, Gilbert Longley, Joan Kellam, Mark Kelso,
Bobbi Kilchenstein, Claudia McKenna, Catherine
Mooney, Debbie North, Jane O’Hagan, Larry Pafford, Carroll Palmatary, Frank Paul, Nell Pidgeon,
Earl Primo, Charlotte Quinn, Mary Rath, Howard
Reidinger, SS, Douglas Seaman, Katie Cooper
Smith, Monty Smith, Emma Sosa, Jack Steinhilber,
Pat Strickland, Roger Thompson, Mari Totin, Ellison
Turner, Maureen McCarthy-Wagner, Barbara Wentworth, Maggie West, Charlie Yoder, and our service men and women.
Help us keep our above prayer list current.
You may add a name to the list by calling
the church office at 638-2647 or e-mailing us
at [email protected].
You may leave a message for the Prayer Line
638-4287 or [email protected].
Thanksgiving
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 4PM
ST. SIMONS UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
"The way to get started is to
quit talking and begin doing."
- Walt Disney
SUN., NOV. 16
8:00am/10:30am &
5:30pm Masses
Thank you, Parish Family!
Good stewards are like the industrious and reliable servants
in today’s Gospel, prudently using and multiplying
the gifts entrusted to them by God.
C
ReeD PARENT RECEPTION - There will be a reception from 9:00 to
10:15am in the Parish Hall on Sunday, November 16, for parents of students in the CREED classes to discuss Catholic Education. All parents
CREED parents are urged to attend.
Next week’s collection for the Catholic
Campaign for Human Development
(CCHD) needs your help to end the
cycle of poverty in the United States by
funding organizations that help people
help themselves. With the tradition of
improving education, housing, and
economic development, CCHD continues to make a positive impact in communities nationwide. Your contribution will defend human dignity and help those
living on the margins of our society. Please give to the CCHD Collection.
ST WILLIAM TWIN PARISH NEWS - Thank you, St. William Parish Family, for
all of your support to St. Joseph Parish during the fall: medical supplies and
shoes; money for the education of 128 children; prayers for the success of the
medical mission (Oct. 27-Nov.3); and, support of the overwhelming successful
Helping Hugs for Haiti Dinner/Auction Fundraiser. Through your prayers, financial
support and donations, you have shown your concern for the people of Côtes-deFer. Thank you! Remember to keep up with the latest news from Côtes-de-Fer
at www.helpinghugsinc.org
LITURGY
"CALLING ALL ANGELS" for the Children’s Christmas Liturgy.
Practices will be on Sundays after 10:30am Mass and Wednesdays at 5:45pm beginning on November 30. You do not have to
attend every practice to participate. Contact Terri Mikowski at
223-0293 or [email protected].
CCW ADVENT LUNCHEON will take place on Tuesday, December 9, at the
King and Prince Resort. Our guest speaker is Father Tim McKeown. Tickets
will be available at the November CCW meeting and after Masses the following
Sundays, as well as in the church office during the week. The cost is $30 for
parishioners and $40 for non-parishioners. Entrée choices include chicken piccata, pecan crusted pork loin, and a vegetarian option. Seating is limited. For
further information, contact Colette Jackson 634-2750.
Our youth would like to assist any parishioners who do not have any
family or are unable to do things themselves. Whether it is with groceries, a ride or just a visit, our youth are available. Please contact
COMMUNITY SERVICE
PARISH ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK
It is nearly ANGEL TREE time again! Any parishioner knowing of a family
that could use some angel help during the upcoming Christmas season is
asked to contact Laurie Jones, 638-7040 or [email protected]. All
information and names are kept confidential. For the past two years the Angel Tree has been able to help some parishioners who were struggling to
make ends meet. Angels cannot help if we do not know your need.
We will continue to help Mary House, Magnolia Manor and Safe Harbor.
LIFE TEEN BOSTON BUTT FUNDRAISER!
Don’t miss out! Last chance to buy your Boston butt for Thanksgiving!
This is the last weekend they will be sold after Masses.
MON., NOV. 17
8:15am Mass
TUES., NOV. 18
8:15am & 6pm Masses
WED., NOV. 19
8:15am Mass
THUR., NOV. 20
8:15am Mass
FRI., NOV. 21
8:15am Mass
SAT., NOV. 22
8:15am & 5:30pm Masses
SUN., NOV. 23
8:00am/10:30am &
5:30pm Masses
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Vincent de Paul Collection
Coffee & Doughnuts
9am - CReeD
9am - CReeD Parent Reception
9:10am - Adult Ed Bible study
4pm - Edge
7pm - Life Teen
8:35am - MMP
7pm - Karate
9am - Adoration
10am - Women’s Discussion
1pm - Rosary for Peace
2:30pm - Edge meeting
6:30pm - Bella Italia
6:30pm - RCIA
8pm - AA
8:30am - Networks
9am - Sew & So
5pm - Pirates of the Spanish Main
7pm - Choir
9am - Helping Hugs
6:30pm– Life Teen Council
7pm - Bell Choir
7pm - Karate
7:30pm– Life Teen Bible Study
3pm - Prayer Group
2pm - Coastal GA Home School Assoc.
10am - Karate
11:30am - Women’s AA
4:30pm - Confessions
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe
Campaign for Human Development
Coffee & Doughnuts
9:10am - Adult Ed Bible study
4pm - Community Thanksgiving Service
St. Simons United Methodist
Congratulations to
Cynthia Young and Ryan Wagner
upon their marriage on
November 8, 2014!
Discernment Retreat for Young Men (18-40) Fr. Pablo Migone, Diocesan Chancellor and Vocation Director, will lead
the retreat at Little Ocmulgee State Park near McRae on December 27-28. Flyers are in the vestibule. Register at
www.diosav.org/vocations-discernment-retreat-registration.
We need USHERS for 5:30pm Saturday Vigil and
8:00am Sunday Masses. If you would like to join
this ministry, please contact George Nies at 6381991 or call the church office.
NURSERY HELP IS NEEDED at any of the
Masses. Call the office if you can help, particularly
5:30pm and 8am. You must be 16 to work. This is a paid
position.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY is looking for volunteers to
answer the phone, greet patients, enter data, file and perform
other clerical tasks. If you can help, call Lori at 265-0613.
STEWARDSHIP MOMENT
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - November 16, 2014
“Well done my good and faithful servant.” With
those words the master in Jesus’ Parable of the
Talents smiles and rewards his servant. We
often cite the Parable of the Talents in relation to
stewardship. Because of our understanding of
“talent,” we may assume that this is a parable
about skills and those kinds of gifts.
Of course, in this case, a “talent” is a unit of money. Scholars
assume that the master is wealthy; therefore, whether one
received five talents, two talents, or one talent, they most likely
received a huge amount of money according to our standards.
That is not the stewardship perspective of this parable. Each of us,
just as the three servants in the parable, has received multiple gifts
from God (the Master). The question posed by Jesus, and the
question we must be prepared to answer at our own judgment, is
“What have you done with the gifts you have received?”
Everything we have and everything we become are gifts from
God. Like the stewards in the parable, we have been given gifts.
Do we develop those gifts and do we share them, or do we “bury”
them and really do nothing with them? Those who do the former,
return them with increase to the Lord, are not only complimented,
but embraced and invited: “Come share your master’s joy.”
Copyright © 2014 Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Inc.
Save the date for the 14th Regional Stewardship Conference
which will be held at the Hilton Savannah DeSoto on May 1-2, 2015.
Anyone interested in “embracing stewardship as a way of life” should
attend to hear keynote speaker Tom Corcoran. Registration will be
available in January on the diocesan website www.diosav.org.
THE CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD is seeking volunteers
for the Sunday 10:30am Masses. If you would like to volunteer for
this ministry, please contact Laurie Jones at 638-7040 or email her at
[email protected].
COUPLES CELEBRATING SILVER & GOLD (25th for 1990 &
50th for 1965) Wedding Anniversaries in 2015 are invited to a special Mass and light reception in their honor at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist in Savannah on Sunday, February 8, 2014 at
11:30 with Bishop Gregory Hartmayer. Those wishing to attend
should contact the office by December 19.
Happy Anniversary
Mary Katherine & Ray Arens - November 20, 2009 - 5 years
Leslie & Mario Forcina - November 18, 1995 - 19 years
Norma & James Hartnett - November 16, 1953 - 61 years
Elizabeth & Monty McDermott - November 22, 1975 - 39 years
Laura & George Nies - November 18, 1995 - 19 years
Elizabeth & Matthew Sundstrom - November 16, 1974 - 40 years
Sandra & Martin Turbidy - November 20, 1971 - 43 years
Sympathy & Prayers are extended …
to Marie Merriman, Holly & Jim Jordan and Holly & Micheal
Diestel, upon the death of their son, brother and uncle, MARK
MERRIMAN.
May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.
Flowers are placed on the altar
in memory of Bob & Ann Turner
by the Mikowski Family.