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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 15, 2015
Green
Mass Intentions for the Week
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Saturday
02/14
02/15
02/15
02/17
02/18
02/18
02/19
02/20
02/21
02/21
4:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
7:00 p.m.
12:00 noon
7:00 p.m.
12:00 noon
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
For the People of St. Alphonsus
For the People of Ave Maria
For Teresa Molloy by the Stephens family
+Chuck Cicci
For the past, present, & future of Godwin Ugbene
For the People of Ave Maria & St. Alphonsus
For +Joseph and Deloris Molloy by the Stephens family
Mass of thanksgiving
+Pat and Ray Stephens by the Stephens family
For the Confirmandi of Ave Maria and St. Alphonsus
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday
Liturgical Ministers
Date:
Mass Time:
Lector:
Eucharist:
Loft:
Servers:
Ushers:
Collections:
Gifts:
February 14
4:30 p.m.
A. Hartz
M. Griffis
M. Griffis
February 15
8:30 a.m.
T. Fritz
S. Matras
C. Jacobs
K. Sass
J. Daily
J. Fritz
M. Fritz
J. Fritz
G. Hallock
Volunteers
G. & L. Hallock
February 15
10:30 a.m.
Josephine K.
M. Folden
J. Powell
L. Lind
S. Terry
C. Daley / S. Gray
J. Pesnell
Stephens/King
Knight/Pesnell
Volunteers
Volunteers for February 21, 2015
February 21
4:30 p.m.
B.Teer
D. Allen
P. Haynes
February 22
8:30 a.m.
S. Matras
J. Pavletic
A. Hartz
C. Jacobs
K. Sass
J. Daily
J. Fritz
M. Fritz
J. Fritz
P. Fritz
Volunteers
P. & L. Fritz
February 22
10:30 a.m.
G. Buda
K. Kahl
B. Wellbrock
L. Lind
T. Daley/M. Griffis
J. Haywood
J. Schaefer
Cross/Pesnell
Knight/Ferguson
Stephens/Smith/Buda
Volunteers for February 28, 2015
Church: Hessling
Altar Linens: Wenning
Church: Tankersley
Altar Linens: Wenning
Parish Hall: Antis
Lawn: Teer
Parish Hall: Volunteer
Lawn: Teer
Please Pray for Our Parishioners: Denise Barrett, Madonna Bliss,
Mike Brower, Peter Burkhardt, Patti Butner, Rose Catalani, Elizabeth, John Folden, Joe Francis, Arlene Gerth, Natasha Gray, Patsy
Hoffman, Morris Jones, Joe King, W. D. & Fay Knight, Colby Kozlowski, Maria McConnell, Jerry Mills, Mary Ellen Poynter, Joseph
Roman, Frank Salvaggio, Maria Vasquez, Dottie Wellbrock
Our Loved Ones: James Barnett, Robin Barnett, Phil Begole, Gloria Bliss, Rosemary Blum, Palma Borgognoni, Ashley Brownlie,
Elizabeth Brownlie, Joe Bynum, Christina Cahaly, Darlene Cross,
Dell Daves, Earl Daves, Cass Douglas, Joan Ellege, Elizabeth
Findlay, Karri Flannigan, Steve Folden, Dot & Elizabeth Griffin,
Jennifer Gross, Shelton Hendricks, Ehrhardet Hoffman, Lisa Hogan,
Carrie & Craig Horwath, Peter Hubicki, Bob Hutchins, Mildred
Jackson, Kathleen & Mary Jergens, Christie Johnson, Kaitlyn King,
Carrie & Billy King, Jacob LeFils, Gary & Diane Maness, Mary
Jane McCulley, Joyce Miller, Deloris Molloy, Gail Myers, Chris
Nunn, Clara Parr, Sandra Pellegren, Jenifer & Glenn Pleasants, Taylor Prestage, Lisa Clough-Radler, Joan Robertson, John Sass, Mary
Schaefer, Ida Scott, Kenneth & Tammy Shipley, Josephine Smith,
Sam Stitt, Betsy Sullivan, C.H. Sullivan IV, Bruce Tustin, Lorene &
Bobby Walker, Scharrol Wansley, Evie White, Phyllis Whittington,
Janet Williams, Earl Yeomans, Marsha Zimmermann
And Our Priests Who are Ill:
Fr. John Hourican
Fr. James Murphy
Fr. Jolly Sebastian
Fr. Bryan Timby
Fr. Joe Paolozzi
Please notify the church office to add or remove someone from
the lists. Also, call 476-8140 to let us know if you, or a family
member, are admitted to the hospital.
Readings for February 16 – February 22
Monday, February 16
Gn 4:1-15, 25; Ps 50:1, 8, 16b-17, 20-21; Mk 8:11-13
Tuesday, February 17
The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1-4, 9c-10; Mk 8:14-21
Wednesday, February 18
Ash Wednesday
Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6b,12-14,17; 2Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Thursday, February 19
Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25
Friday, February 20
Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6b, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15
Saturday, February 21 (Memorial)
Saint Peter Damian, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32
Sunday, February 22
First Sunday of Lent
Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15
THIS WEEK AT ST. ALPHONSUS & AVE MARIA
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15
8:30 a.m. – Mass at Ave Maria Mission followed by
coffee & donuts in the parish hall
8:50 a.m. – PRE classes
10:05 a.m. – Rosary at St. Alphonsus
10:30 a.m. – Mass at St. Alphonsus followed by
coffee & donuts in the parish hall
12:00 noon – Family & Youth and Historian & Archiver
2:00 p.m. – Legion of Mary Curia meeting at St. Alphonsus
6:00 p.m. – L.I.G.H.T. Youth Group at St. Alphonsus
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
10:00 a.m. – St. Alphonsus Friends of the Poor
5:30 p.m. – TOPS Club at St. Alphonsus
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 - Ash Wednesday
10:15 a.m. – The Legion of Mary
Ash Wednesday Masses & Distribution of Ashes:
12:00 noon – St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
5:45 p.m. – St. Therese Altar Society at St. Alphonsus
7:00 p.m. – St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
7:45 p.m. – Choir Rehearsal at St. Alphonsus
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
7:00 p.m. – RCIA at St. Alphonsus
No Choir Rehearsal at St. Alphonsus
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21
9:30 a.m. – Lector Training II at St. Alphonsus
4:30 p.m. – Vigil Mass at St. Alphonsus
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22
8:30 a.m. – Mass at Ave Maria Mission
8:50 a.m. – PRE classes
10:05 a.m. – Rosary at St. Alphonsus
10:30 a.m. – Mass at St. Alphonsus followed by
coffee & donuts in the parish hall
Last Week’s Attendance
Mass Hymns for February 15, 2015
Entrance: 698 – We Gather Together
Offertory: 615 – Amazing Grace
Communion: 479 – Lay Your Hands
Recessional: 543 – Take the Word of God With You
Ave Maria Coffee & Donuts
Coffee and donuts will be served after today’s 8:30 Mass at
Ave Maria Mission. All are welcome!
Ash Wednesday Masses & Distribution of Ashes
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
St. Alphonsus – 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m.
While attending Mass on Ash Wednesday is encouraged,
it is not a holy day of obligation. However, Ash Wednesday is
a day of abstinence for all Catholics who are 14 years of
age or older and a day of fasting for all Catholics between
the ages of 18 and 59 years.
Altar Society Meeting
The St. Therese Altar Society will meet on Wednesday,
February 18, at 5:45 p.m. at St. Alphonsus.
Youth Group Meeting
L.I.G.H.T., the St. Alphonsus – Ave Maria Youth Group,
will resume meeting on Sunday evenings. All teens in 9th –
12th grade are invited to join us in the St. Alphonsus parish hall at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 15. Light refreshments will be served.
Ministry Meetings
Meetings have been scheduled for several of the newly
formed parish ministries. All ministry meetings will be
held in the parish hall or parish hall extension.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Communication & Technology from 10:30–11:00 a.m.
Evangelization & Education from 11:00–11:30 a.m.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Family & Youth from 12:00–12:30 p.m.
Historian & Archiver from 12:00–12:30 p.m.
St. Alphonsus
4:30 p.m. Vigil Mass: 57 adults & 5 children
10:30 a.m. Mass: 90 adults & 36 children
Ave Maria
8:30 a.m. Mass: 30 adults & 7 children
February 8, 2015
Budget
Regular
St. Alphonsus
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,094.00
Ave Maria
$ 365.00
$ 267.00
Second Collection
Improvement funds at Ave Maria and St. Alphonsus
Lector Training II
Lector Training II will be held at St. Alphonsus on Saturday, February 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Breakfast
will be served. This training is for those who attended the
first session that was offered at St. Alphonsus in December. Please call the office to register. (901) 476-8140.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Liturgy from 12:15–12:45 p.m.
Please watch the bulletin for meeting dates and times for
the Pastoral Care Ministry and the Building & Grounds
Ministry.
Annual Divine Mercy Healing Mass
The Divine Mercy Healing Mass will be celebrated by Most
Rev. J. Terry Steib, S.V.D., at 10:30 a.m. on Sat., Feb. 21, at
St. Ann in Bartlett. Confessions will be from 9:00 until 10:15
a.m. with the Rosary at 10:00.
The
held
4th
4th Degree Knights of Columbus
Degree Knights of Columbus social meeting will be
on Monday, February 23, at 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Morning of Spirituality
Men’s Morning of Spirituality X
Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Doors open at 7:15 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
Catholic Church of the Incarnation
Register at www.womensmorning.com
Contact Person – Linda Bennet 630-284-6149
Keynote speaker: Teresa Tomeo,
Best Selling Author and EWTN Talk Show Host
Saturday, March 21, 2015 8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Doors open at 7:00 a.m. – Coffee & Donuts
Catholic Church of the Incarnation
Register at www.mensmorning.com
Keynote speaker: Archbishop J. Peter Sartain
Witness speaker: Peter Herbeck, co-host of
The Choices We Make and Crossing the Goal
Guidelines for Fast and Abstinence during Lent
Abstinence is a penitential practice consisting of refraining from the consumption of meat and is
to be observed by all Catholics who are 14 years of age or older. Ash Wednesday, Good Friday,
and the Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence. In addition to abstinence, fasting is to be
observed by all Catholics between the ages of 18-59 years, on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
One full meal is allowed on these days. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may
be taken according to one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating
between meals is not permitted, but liquids and medication are allowed. If a person is unable to
observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons, they are urged to practice other forms of self-denial that are suitable to their condition.
Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross provides us with an opportunity to meditate on the passion
and death of our Lord Jesus Christ. This devotion will be held at St. Alphonsus every
Friday at 7:00 p.m. during Lent beginning on February 20. On Good Friday, April 3,
Stations will be held at 3:00 p.m.
Lenten Meals at St. Alphonsus
Lenten Meals will be served on Friday evenings in the St. Alphonsus parish hall from February
20 through March 27. Serving starts at 5:15 p.m. with clean up at 6:30 p.m. All meals will meet
the Church guidelines for abstaining from meat on the Fridays during Lent. On February 20,
March 6, and March 20 the Knights of Columbus will serve fish, slaw, fries, and hush puppies.
On February 27, March 13 and March 27, the St. Therese Altar Society will serve soup, salad,
and bread. While there will be no charge, donations will be accepted to off-set the cost of the
meals. Carry out meals will be available. All are welcome!
40 Days for Life Spring Vigil
40 Days for Life is a community-based campaign that draws attention to the evil of
abortion through the use of a three-component program: prayer and fasting, constant
vigil, and community outreach. The spring constant vigil will conclude on March 29,
Palm Sunday. For more information, go to www.40daysforlife.com/memphis.
Adoration Literature
The parish has provided materials to help enhance your time in adoration before the Blessed
Sacrament. Adorers are welcome to keep the small pamphlets, but we ask that anything marked
St. Alphonsus be returned to the narthex at the end of your time in adoration. If you are interested in having your own copies, please contact Maureen Stephens. Thank you!