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February 16, 2020 Rev. Msgr. James L. Leblanc Deacon John Tempesco February 16, 2020 Rev. Msgr. James L. LeBlanc The Sanctuary is located at the corner of Wilson Blvd. and N Pines Rd. Pastor Our Parish Office is open weekdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located in the white farmhouse at 9720 Wilson Blvd. Deacon John Tempesco Blythewood, SC 29016 Phone (80) 735-0512 www.TransfigurationSC.org + facebook.com/Transfig Sunday Mass: Saturday at 4:00 p.m. Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Daily Mass: Tues. & Thurs. at 6:00 p.m. Saturday at 9:00 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration: Thursday 5:00—6:00 p.m. Saturday 9:30—10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Tuesday 5:00—5:45 p.m. Saturday 3:00—3:45 p.m. and by appointment + Mary Beth Vernau Youth Minister Dr. Denise Rudell Director of Music Patricia Evans Director of Religious Education Valerie Shealy Parish Secretary Ministry Directory Adult Education ............. Karen Hanson 318-6452 Altar Society .................. Connie Turgeon 397-1026 Altar Servers ................... Robert Leonard 606-0267 or ask a Master Server after Mass Building Committee.Paul Jeanmougin (859) 630-9659 Tuesday, February 18, 6:00 p.m. Sacristan: Volunteer Needed Bulletin Editor................. Valerie Shealy 735-0512 or [email protected] Altar Server: Danni Sherman Lector: Valerie Shealy Collection Counters…….Shirley Sipowicz 736-4005 Eucharistic Minister: Judyka Botia Columbiettes ............. Barbara D’Aurora 261-9229 Thursday, February 20, 6:00 p.m. DP&R Team Leader .......... Greg Scheuer 210-7272 Sacristan: Volunteer Needed Cursillo…………………….. ... Kathy Paxton 333-0997 Altar Server: Danni Sherman or [email protected] Lector: Debbie Keegan Disaster Prep Coordinator...Paul Richter 609-5924 Eucharistic Minister: Ed Hogue Environment & Art ......... Rosie Leonard 238-4951 or Suzanne Fulmer 240-4062 Saturday, February 22, 9:00 a.m. Sacristan: Volunteer Needed Eucharistic Ministers (Mass).David Shinn 446-4196 Lector: Volunteer Needed or Vince Williams 603-0105 Eucharistic Minister: Elaine Slan Eucharistic Ministers (Home) ... Ed Hogue 348-1260 Altar Server: Elaine Slan Finance Council ....... ……..Valerie Shealy 735-0512 Saturday, February 22, 4:00 p.m. Greeting Ministry….Gary Matthews (843) 861-7879 Master Server: Volunteer Needed or Mary Matthews (614) 506-4182 Altar Servers: Elli Payne, Christian Agustin Heavenly Helpers.Mark & Pat Greenwood Noah Schreiber [email protected] 960-8320 Sacristan: Vince Williams Hospitality ................. Volunteers Needed Lector Traci Williams, David Shinn Eucharistic Ministers: Vince Williams, Cheri Shinn Infant Baptism ................... call the office 735-0512 Gladys Trujillo Knights of Columbus ............. Bill Smith 549-3035 Ushers: John Kelley, Volunteer Needed or [email protected] The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Kitchen Committee ....... Danni Sherman 315-1344 Sunday, February 23 Lectors…………………….. Sharon McNatt 338-0419 Ministry Scheduler…..Patty Evans (803) 729-4625 8:00 a.m. Master Server: Jordan Rowland Music Ministry……………. Denise Rudell 735-0512 Altar Servers: Declan Rowland or [email protected] Volunteers Needed Sacristan: Bo Bowman Prayer Line ...... ……… Jessica Sisco Moore 477-6255 Lector: Bo Bowman, Sharon McNatt or [email protected] Eucharistic Ministers: Sharon McNatt, Bo Bowman RCIA ................... Deacon John Tempesco 735-0512 Judyka Botia or [email protected] Ushers: Walter & Julie Rowland Religious Education ............ Patty Evans 729-4625 Greeters: Volunteers Needed or [email protected] 10:30 a.m. Respect for Life………….. Karen Hanson 318-6452 Master Server: Pierce Mulero Sacristans ............................ Bob Wagner 629-2978 Altar Servers: Elyse Mulero, Elizabeth Coble or Russ Foss (404) 518-0323 Will Coble, Thomas Anderson Volunteer Needed Service Committee……...Russ Foss (404) 518-0323 Sacristan: John Paxton Stewardship Committee ......Lois Thomas 315-2743 Lectors: Gaye Guerre, Frieda Campbell Ushers…………Kevin Cunningham (847) 691-5897 Eucharistic Ministers: Bob Wagner, Elaine Slan or Kathy Cunningham (847) 691-5899 Mike Mozdzierz, Kelly Scott Vince Presutti Vocations Chalice…………...Bob Wagner 629-2978 Ushers: Gary Matthews, Joe Mulero Welcome Ministry ........... Rosie Leonard 238-4951 Greeters: Patty Evans, Mary Matthews Youth Ministry……….. Mary Beth Vernau 814-6214 Collection Counters: Marshall & Lynda Wilke or [email protected] Debbie Winner Healing Our Church: Lenten Program for SJN Parish On behalf of our Core Team, we invite you to participate in a very significant program here at SJN, Healing Our Church. This program was developed by RENEW International as a way for“ people in the pews” to face the difficult truth concerning the clergy abuse and find a way to rebuild the Church as a family of faith. It is a small-group process with prayer, reflections on Scripture, victim-survivors’ stories and faith sharing which will lead us as laity to action. Healing Our Church will address such questions as: “How can we help ourselves and others deal with this crisis?” “How can we be sure this never happens again?” “How can we support those who have experienced abuse?” “How can we respond when we are asked why we stay in the Church?” “How can we find a way forward as a Church?” The six-weeks of faith sharing will begin the week of February 23rd, led by fellow parishioners, meeting once a week for 90 minutes. Register with the sign-up cards in the bulletin or in the pew, or contact me at the email address below, or call the parish office at 788-3252, ext. 326. We will offer different times and days of the week, hoping to meet the needs of all of our parishioners, both in English and in Spanish. We invite you to join us on this spiritual journey as we pray for victims of abuse and begin a process of healing. May the Holy Spirit guide us through this journey. Lisa Thibodeaux, SJN Parish Coordinator for Healing Our Church [email protected] Dear Parishioners, Over the next few weeks, you will be hearing a lot about a special way to journey through Lent this year. We all have felt heartbroken and, at times, outraged by the ongoing revelations of abuse by clergy in the Catholic Church over the years. The report from Pennsylvania that was released in 2018 was an especially strong notice that there is still much to come to terms within the Church. Bishop Guglielmone has asked the parishes of the Diocese of Charleston to participate in a process called Healing Our Church during Lent 2020. It is a six-week process designed to help us not only come to grips with the realities of the past but to truly make further changes to ensure healing for those who have been harmed and to ensure a safe environment for all within the Church. This is important. There have been moments when I have hesitated on whether to bring in another effort to respond to the legacy of abuse by clergy in the Church. Why stir up more difficult emotions and memories? What can we do to address the problems in the face of which I feel so powerless? After those brief moments of panic, I realize again that the grace of God is given room to operate when we become vulnerable and open to one another. God’s grace is powerfully present as we meet Christ the Wounded Healer in one another. God’s movement in the Church is discerned as we discover Christ’s story within our stories—indeed, the suffering of those who have been abused and the suffering of those who love them tell the story of our crucified savior in a powerful way. I know I am not alone when I also long for some good news of resurrection out of this story. Out of the experience of this process, I hope that we will rediscover in and through our faith-sharing that there is no darkness, no pit in which He is not deeper still, to borrow a famous phrase from a concentration camp survivor of World War II. I hope that we will find the Gospel alive and fully capable of guiding us to find healing as a Church and to bring healing to those who have suffered. I hope we will reclaim hope itself in the face of something that seems overwhelmingly difficult and tragic. Very little happens in an extraordinary way without some risk, investment, and faith. Because I long for some new life to be found out of the tragedy of abuse in the Church, we will participate in Healing Our Church at St. John Neumann. We will be telling you more about HOC throughout February, and groups will begin to meet the week of 23 February. In Christ, Fr. Sandy McDonald Vocations Chalice Sign Up is Easy! Just place your name in the binder found in the Gathering Space. Please commit to pray for vocations. Questions? Contact Bob Wagner at (803) 629-2978 or [email protected]. Weekend 4:00 p.m. Mass 8:00 a.m. Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass Feb Ben & Beth Bair Judyka Botia Rich & Audrey LaVecchia 8/9 Feb Volunteer Needed Larissa Cuffie & Brennen Volunteer Needed 15/16 Feb Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed 22/23 Special Easter Schedule: There will not be a Chalice transfer on Easter Sunday. Please sign up to receive the chalice on April 4/5 and return it on April 18/19. Save the Date June 22—26, 2020 The VBS Adventure Columbiettes had the First Under the Sea Degree Ceremony February 3rd Diving Into Our where 3 ladies joined: Faith Laura Okhungu, Georgia Tempesco, Jenell Torbit. Our Deepest Sympathy to Wanda Heron and family on the loss of her husband, Jack. Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats bring spiritual healing The Mass of Christian Burial for Jack W. and strengthening of faith to women and men who Heron will be celebrated Tuesday, February 18, have had or participated in an abortion. Join us 2020, at 12:00 Noon at Transfiguration.
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