Epiphany Catholic Church
May 9, 2021

Mass Schedule
Weekly Devotions
Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament:
Sunday (All Public): 8:00am & 10:30am, In the church every Tues: 9:30am
1:00pm. Please  12:30pm (Spanish) follow established health and safety protocols. Daily Mass: 
8:00am Monday, Tuesday, & Friday (Public) Vespers with Eucharistic Benediction:  8:00am Thursday (School ) Wednesday 6:00pm 7:00pm Wednesday (Public)  Holy Days: 8:00am & 7:00pm Religious Education for Children:
Confessions:  Sunday 9:15am
10:15am Saturday 4:15pm
4:45pm  Sunday 9:45am
10:15am, 11:45am
12:15pm Other times by appointment

Father Bob Hoffman, Administrator
([email protected])
Office Phone….…………….… (386)752
4470 Office Fax: …....…….…… (386)752
4652 Rita Klenk, School Principal (K
8), School Office: ………….………………………. (386)752
2320 Susi Pittman, Director of Religious Education and RCIA: ………..…………………. (386)697
7312 Emily & Adam Kersch, Youth Directors: ……..……………...………………………. (904)465
5168 1905 SW Epiphany Court, Lake City, FL 32025
Email: [email protected] Website: www.epiphanycatholiclc.com Office Hours: The Office is now open to visitors! Please call (386)752
4470  Monday: Closed, Tuesday : 9:00am
5:00pm, Wednesday M Friday: 1:00pm M5:00pm  If you have an emergency and need a priest, please call 386
288
5143. Readings for the week of May 9, 2021
Mission Statement
We are a community of disciples of Jesus, who are called to
Sun:
Acts 10:2526, 3435, 4448
manifest the presence and love of Christ to one another, to the
Ps 98:1, 23, 34 [cf. 2b]
community, and to the world around us.

1 Jn 4:710

Jn 15:917

CONFESSIONS
Mon:
Acts 16:1115
Confessions are being held in the
Ps 149:1b2, 34, 56a and 9b [cf. 4a]
church Conference Room.

Jn 15:26N16:4a

Tues:
Acts 16:2234
Schedule

Ps 138:12ab, 2cde3, 7c8 [7c]
Saturday 4:15pm4:45pm

Jn 16:511
Sunday , 9:45am10:15am,
Wed:
Acts 17:15, 22N18:1
11:45am 12:15pm

Ps 148:12, 1112, 13, 14
Other times by appointment

Jn 16:1215
Thurs:
Acts 18:18
Offertory Giving:

Ps 98:1, 23ab, 3cd4 [cf. 2b]
General Collection: 5/3: $ 6,627



Jn 16:1620
Catholic Home Missions: $ 579
Fri:
Acts 1:1517, 2026
Online Giving  March: $15,162


Ps 113:12, 34, 56, 78 [8]


Jn 15:917





Upcoming Second Collection
Sat:
Acts 18:2328




May 9NDiocesan Sharing

Ps 47:23, 810, 10 [8a]




May 16NCapital Repairs

Jn 16:23b28



May 23NEpiphany School

Mass Intentions ~ Memorials
Observances for the week of May 9, 2021

Saturday,  May 8, 2021
Sunday:

6th Sunday of Easter; Mother’s Day
5:00pm Mikala Edenfield
Monday:
St. Damien de Veuster, Priest



Wednesday:
Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs; St. Pancras, Martyr
Sunday,
May 9, 2021 Thursday:
Ascension of the Lord [holy day in some U.S. dioceses]; 8:00am Pro Populo

Our Lady of Fatima
Friday:

St. Matthias, Apostle
10:30am
Carroll Kraus Saturday:
St. Isidore; Armed Forces Day
12:30pm 
Zenaida Rodriguez Next Sunday:
The Ascension of the Lord; 7th Sunday of Easter; 
Readings for Next Sunday
Lecturas para el próximo
Monday,

May 10, 2021
Ascension: Acts 1:111
Domingo
8:00am 
Ace Feraro &
Godofredo Caces Ps 47:23, 67, 89 [6]
Ascensión: Hch 1, 111
Tuesday,

May 11, 2021
Eph 1:1723
Sal 46, 23. 67. 89 [6]
Mk 16:1520
Ef 1, 1723
8:00am Roxy Sigua (birthday)
Mc 16, 1520
Wednesday,
May 12, 2021
7:00pm  William
Thursday,

May 13, 2021

8:00am
Pacita Malabanan  Respect Life: The Epiphany
Friday,

May 14, 2021
Sacristans
8:00am 
Ken Hohmann Respect Life Ministry works to Sacristans assist the priest and oth- develop an active respect for life er ministers in the immediate prep- and a consistent ethic of life within Epiphany Parish. We aration for Mass. Sacristans arrive host a prolife movie night twice about 30 minutes before Mass to Sanctuary Light
a year & participate in fund rais- prepare the altar and sanctuary. ing for the Pregnancy Care Cen- Before Mass, the Sacristan sets out burns in honor of
ter in Lake City and participate vestments for the presiding priest, in many other proLife activities. prepares the bread and wine to be Roxy & Chris Sigua Family
We invite you to join us in giv- consecrated during Mass and sets ing a loving and respectful wit- out the proper books and vessels. ness to the sanctity of human life After Mass, the Sacristan returns Please submit all bulletin additions
and to the redemptive love of the sacred vessels and articles for and updates to the office by
Christ.
worship to their proper places.
Contact: Catherine Messink, Contact: Estela Rosa
Garcia  5:00 PM on Mondays. (904)463
1951 or cat- 352
275
4315  Mark your calendars now to attend the 2021 Florida Eu-
charistic Congress, June 4‐5! This year’s Eucharistic Congress will begin in Gainesville on June 4 at Queen of
Peace Catholic Church, beginning at 5 p.m. On June 5, the
Eucharistic Congress begins at 8 a.m. with a procession of banners at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jacksonville. Both days include Mass with Bishop Robert Baker as the main celebrant and Bishop Felipe Estévez as the homilist. There are also break‐out sessions for adults, Spanish‐ speaking adults, teens and children. To learn more, vis- it
www.floridaeucharist.org.

¡Marque sus calendarios ahora para asistir al Congreso Eucarístico de la Florida 2021, el 4 y 5 de junio! El Con- greso Eucarístico de este año comenzará en Gainesville el 4 de junio en la parroquia de Queen of Peace, a partir de las 5 p.m. El 5 de junio, el Congreso Eucarístico comienza a las 8 a.m. con una procesión de pancartas en la parroquia de St. Joseph en Jacksonville. Ambos días incluyen la misa con el obispo Robert Baker como celebrante principal y el obispo Felipe Estévez como homilista. También hay se- siones de trabajo para adultos, adultos que solamente hablan Español, adolescentes y niños. Para obtener más información, visite
https://flec.dosafl.com.

May
May 5
Sean & Rayven Crisafulli
8 Larry Kohnson
11 John Piersol

8 Karen Perry
11 Sol Rodriguez
May 8
8 Aija Alleman
11 Jeff Simmons
9 Florence Zuccola
13 Roberto Ruiz
James & Judith Markl

9 Livia Zelaya
13 Elaine Knight


9 Maureen Hudgins
13 Tricia Hollingsworth

9 Janet O’Connell
13 Maggie O’Sullivan
10 Whitney Morris
14 Mary Feraudo
10 Kyle Magee
14 Mark Humphrey

 Epiphany Catholic School



Third Quarter Honor Roll















All S’s Grades K2
A/B Honor Roll Brayden Vanzandt
Grades 38
SaintsNPathways of Prayer
Justin Caballero
Caleb Dhanarajan
Part 2 of 3
Anthony Davis
Luke Lambert
Gabrielle Davis
Claire McLaughlin




SAINT TERESA OF AVILA
Hassan Davis
Taytum Gaskins
Karson Deaton
Kynlei Ishler
(Continuation  The Dwelling Places of the Interior Castle)

Katelynn Deland
Justin Licona Perez Part 2: The Second Dwelling Place of the Interior Castle
Veda Dhanarajan
Wylder Rogers

We continue to examine St. Theresa of Avila’s analogy (and im- Felicity Doyle
Jhonen Slay
Savannah Thomas
agery) of prayer life being like a journey to the center of a castle Simon Lamber
through seven dwelling places. As she explains, these seven dwell- Landon Vanzandt
Malia Voltaire
Olivia Whitcomb
ing places resemble the seven stages in each soul’s relationship Fintan White
with God.
Isabella Davis
Zoe Bauman

Hunter Randall
Lila Beaty
This week, we move on to St. Teresa’s thoughts on the second Chanelle Cavadas
Emily Reyes Garcia
dwelling place, or stage, in this prayer life journey to the center of Kayden Deland
Victor Toledano Mejia
the castle. She describes this second dwelling place for the one who Issac McCray
Ben Bullard
prays as being like the beginning sense of a personal call from Ethan Thomson
Adrianna Dukes
God. She explains our need to respond to God’s communication. Jayden Weingart
Owen McLaughlin
At this stage of the prayer journey, she continues, God communi-
Monte Schara
cates with the individual through the ordinary experiences of read- All A’s Honor Roll Meredyth Crews
ing books, hearing sermons, interacting with good people, experi- Grades 38
Jordan Hunt
encing illnesses, undergoing trials, and praying.

Hunter Hill
Josue Reyes Garcia
However, St. Teresa warns, “hearing His voice is a greater trial Brantley McCray
Daniel Jourdain
than not hearing it”. She tells us that she had assumed that while Jeancarlo Chirinos Cerrato
Carlos Cavadas Ruiz Vanessa Toledano Mejia
she had many problems with which to deal, she thought that going Merrick Moody
“within” in prayer would be like going home. In truth, she found Itzel Romulo
Josh Foreman
Liam Green
the problems inside herself much more difficult than the problems Riley Bayers
outside. She said she went within herself, but, instead of peace, she Christopher Romero Collin Bullard
found she was “at war” with herself. This inner journey forces us to Alejandro Granados Torres Jacob Kuzyk
face the unacknowledged parts of our life we have been living. Ezekiel Howard
Prayer throws light on the false selves and on the false God in our Tison McCray
life
Aakash Patel

CONGRATULATIONS CONFIRMANDI
We congratulate our Epiphany Confirmandi upon receiving the Rite of Confirmation
from Bishop Felipe Estevez, Sunday, April 18th, at the 10:30 AM Mass.

Elaina Bowles (St. Madeleine’s), Casey Fair Ava Carnley, Joshua Foreman, Leah Gianos,  Zoie Ishler, Lindsay Kasak, Nicholas Natale, Christopher Romero and Annabelle Towne Come Holy Spirit!
 
CONGRATULATIONS
To Isabelle Eugenia Perez  on her Baptism, April 17th.  Heaven rejoices and Epiphany welcomes you into the family of God!













Year of Saint Joseph
12/8/20N12/8/21
Patris corde highlights “the creative courage of St. Joseph, which “emerges in the way we deal with difficulties.” “The carpenter of Nazareth,” explains the Pope, was able to turn a problem into a possibility by trusting in di- vine providence.” He had to deal with “the concrete problems” his Family faced, prob- lems faced by other families in the world, and especially those of migrants.

In this sense, St. Joseph is “the patron of all those forced to leave their native lands be- cause of war, hatred, persecution and pov- erty.” As the guardian of Jesus and Mary, Joseph cannot “be other than the guardian of the Church,” of her motherhood, and of the Body of Christ. “Consequently, every poor, needy, suffering or dying person, every stranger, prisoner, every infirm person is ‘the child’ whom Joseph continues to protect.” From St. Joseph, “we must learn... to love the Church and the poor”, writes Pope Francis.  Vatican News


This May, during National Foster Care Month, please consider providing a loving home for a child who has been separated from his or her parents. More than 20,000 children in Florida have been removed from their parents or guardians; however, only 5,000 families are certified to meet their needs.

If you are interested in learning more about foster parenting children in Florida who do not have relatives who are able to care for them, please call 183FOSTERFL or vis- it
MyFloridaMyFamily.com. If you are interested in immigrant and refugee foster care, please reach out to one of the two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ foster care program partners in Florida:
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc.
Contact: [email protected] or (305) 8833383

Be Alive! features interviews with youth and WHY DO WE DO THAT?
young adults on various aspects of the Catholic CATHOLIC LIFE EXPLAINED
faith. The voices of the young church will inspire Q: What is the difference between a “Saint” & a “Blessed”?
and encourage you along your own faith journey!
A: The process of proclaiming someone as a saint in the Cath-
Check it out on your favorite
olic Church has evolved over the course of many centuries. In Streaming Service!
the beginning, those honored as saints were almost exclusively
biblical figures or martyrs. However, after the legalization of
Christianity in the fourth century, new holy women and men
came to be honored as saints, and this was often done by popu-
lar acclaim or by the local bishop or abbot.

It was Pope Gregory IX (who was pope from 1227 to 1241) who officially proclaimed that only the pope had the authority


to add someone to the official list (the “canon”) of saints. This is the meaning of the word “canonization.”
Today, the saintmaking process includes several steps, includ- ing detailed studies of the person’s life and a recognition that they died as a martyr or lived a life of “heroic virtue.” Once someone is recognized as a martyr or if a miracle is attributed to their intercession, they will be beatified and honored as “Blessed.” This means that they can be celebrated by Catholics in a particular country or region or by the members of certain religious community. If another miracle occurs and is ap- proved, then the “Blessed” is canonized and honored with the title “Saint,” meaning that they are now officially recognized as a universal model of holiness and an intercessor. ©LPi
Please include the following sick and homebound from our
parish in your daily prayers. Please email the office to renew a listing.

Ana Abreus
Cade Danko
Rob Konarski
John & Marie Simkanich
George Begin
Freddie Davis
Ann Lynch
Jolane Toth
Lucille Benz
Marie Demauex
Louis Mandy
Mary Watson
Vernon Black
Mike Fain
Joanne McKee
Dennis Rockovitz
Lorraine Burns
Mary Faraudo
Sarah Morrison
Anne Guyot

Ana Cabalit
Aleyda Ferrer
LaLa Oteiza

Beverly Ann Bellucio David Hall
Kasey Pawelkiewicz

Cartagena
Geraldine Hawkins
Margarite Ricks
Sergio Cartagena, Jr.
Bob & Joyce Heeke
Jo Schreiber
Walter Clay
Joseph Huard
Mary Schultz
Jose A. Cruz
Jackie Konarski
Charlie Shaw

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