St Mary’s Catholic Church @ @ @ @ @ Greenville, South Carolina

17 February 2019

Dear Friends in Christ,

The government of the United States has no religion so that the citizens of the United States can have whatever religion they each want, including the liberty to renounce religion. In broad strokes, that is the settlement selected by the Founders and Framers of our Republic as the New World’s solution to old Europe’s wars of religion, and their choice set the stage for a new relationship between the ancient institutions of State and Church. In Article VI, Clause 3 the Constitution of the United States declares that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” And then the First Amendment to the Constitution provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

So, freedom of religion for all citizens is the first natural human right enumerated in the Bill of Rights, and that recognition reinforces the constitutional provision that there shall be no tests of religion for any office or public trust in our nation. But please note that these arrangements for creating a clear space between the institutions of the Church and the State have nothing whatever to do with attempting to separate religion from public life. The State is the whole of public life only in totalitarian dictatorships, and one of the hallmarks of our democratic Republic is that the State is severely limited by constitutional constraints and constitutes only one part of the much larger reality of public life. In fact, the Founders and Framers left ample evidence that they knew our Republic could not long endure if religion ever ceased to be a vital force in public life, and so the very reason why the State would have no religion is so that citizens could have whatever religion desired by each, thus providing the space for a vibrant role of religion in public life.

Sadly, that vision of religion and public life has too often not found purchase in the hearts and minds of some Americans. The Know-Nothing Party in the mid-nineteenth century was organized in large part to prevent Catholics from taking our place in the public life of the United States, and anti-Catholic riots were a tool used to terrorize Catholic citizens. So, too, the Ku Klux Klan was dedicated to the persecution of Catholics alongside the persecution of African Americans. But we need not look to dark periods of our past to find such contempt for Catholics in public life and government service. Followers of the militant secular Left now openly deride Catholics in whom “the dogma lives loudly” or who belong to groups such as the Knights of Columbus, and some of those seeking to exclude Catholics from public life are now running for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. So what should we do? Stay informed. Be active in the political process. Bear witness to the Gospel. And demand that all citizens of this Republic keep our constitutional order of religious freedom.

Father Newman

Calendar of Events Mass Schedule & Intentions Meetings & Events * Financial Report Sunday, 17 February 2019 Sunday, 17 February 2019

Weekend of 9/10 February 7.30 am @ Frances Davison K of C Breakfast: After all morning Masses (P) 9.00 am @ Sr M Edwardine Machnica, No 3 & 4 year olds class this week Needed 34,500 CSSF Nursery: During 9.00 am Mass Received 33,094 11.00 am Pro populo 9.00 am Scripture Study Shortage 1,406 1.00 pm Spanish Mass 6.00 pm Women of Grace 6.00 pm High School Youth Group (M) Our Solemn Mass at 11 am each Sunday is streamed live on our parish Facebook page and Poor Box 251 is available later as a recording on both our Facebook page and the parish YouTube channel. Offertory Year to Date Monday, 18 February 2019 Monday, 18 February 2019 Needed 1,138,500 7.00 am @ Robert Dziedzic Parish office closed Received 1,162,111 7.00 pm Boy Scouts (M) Surplus 23,611

Tuesday, 19 February 2019 Tuesday, 19 February 2019 Electronic Giving: If you want 7.00 am @ James & Florence Mooney to have direct management of 12.00 noon @ Mary Gore your Electronic Fund Transfer online, you can now do so Wednesday, 20 February 2019 Wednesday, 20 February 2019 through the “Manage Your EFT” link on the homepage of our 7.00 am @ Albert J Archband 5.00-6.00 pm Holy Hour & website. For more information or @ 12.00 noon Emily Rose Gomes Confessions (church) if you have any questions please 6.30-7.30 pm Religious Education 6.30-7.30 pm Introduction to Catholicism contact Jennifer Anderson at 6.30 pm Program of Catholic Studies [email protected].

Thursday, 21 February 2019 Thursday, 21 February 2019

7.00 am @ Patti Waters 12.00 noon @ Edward Rauch Forward in Faith Friday, 22 February 2019 Friday, 22 February 2019 Capital Campaign 7.00 am Patricia Tornatore 5.30-6.30 am Into the Breach $7 Million to Raise 6.15 am Morning Prayer (church) 6.30-8.00 am Pillars of Christ 2019 to 2023 10.00 am Scripture Study Class 12.00 noon Program of Catholic Studies Donations 427,938 3.30-5.00 pm Youth Choir Practice Received

Saturday, 23 February 2019 Saturday, 23 February 2019 Pledges 1,307,310 5.00 pm @ Marvin Hambleton 8.00-9.00 am Rosary - Grove Rd Made abortion clinic 3.30-4.30 pm Confessions (church) Still to Go 5,264,752

G - Gallivan Hall M - McGrady Hall * All events in Sacred Heart Hall P - Pazdan Hall Dining Room unless a location is listed. Step You were not made Into the Breach for comfort. You were made and join us for greatness. in the battle. - Pope Benedict

St Mary’s Catholic Church is excited to offer a 9- week Make a commitment to join us through Lent. Make a course for men called Into the Breach, which is an commitment to get up early and meet new brothers-in- Exhortation developed by the Diocese of Phoenix. This arms. Make a commitment to become a true disciple of course will offer you encouragement and a challenge. Jesus Christ. It’s a calling forth to every willing man: priests and deacons, husbands, fathers and sons, grandfathers and widowers, and young men in preparation for your Fridays vocation. Each and every man has a purpose as defined by Jesus Christ. 15 February - 12 April 5.30 - 6.30 am We will address three primary questions: - What does it mean to be a Christian man? St Mary’s Church - How does a Catholic man love? - Why is fatherhood, fully understood, To register for this program, so crucial for every man? email [email protected]

You will be challenged to be the man that God has called you to be. To be a man that is counter to certain To learn more about Into the Breach, parts of today’s culture. To offer sacrificial love and to watch this short film go to battle for the souls of your family. https://youtu.be/9mDzNm7cylw

“And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land...” Ezekiel 22.30 Requiescat in pace Please pray for the repose of the soul of Arthur Morehead IV (cousin of Nelle Palms) and Zona McGuirt, who died recently. Parish News We extend our prayers and sympathy to their family and friends.

Prayer For The Faithful Departed Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls, and all the souls of the faithful Collection for 16/17 February departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. Support of the Parish & Bishop’s Appeal (Diocesan Bi-Centennial Campaign) Prayer Requests St Mary’s is sustained by Please pray for all those who are hospitalized and for all the generosity of our parishioners. those who are shut-ins, ill or recuperating at home, especially Thank you for your generosity and support. Paulina Cruz, Brett Gervais, Michael Pinto, Joseph & Sandy Srp, Marie-Therese Isidore, Carlton Carpenter, Jim Barber, Alfred Smith, Mauren Lukovic, Christine Tancrell, Irene Karandisevsky, Lenore Cole, Celsea Patry, John Tyler, Hunter Conant, Carly Burkhardt, Anne Alexander, Ruth O’Rourke, 2018 Tax Statements Rafael Marquez, Lori Wylie, Kenneth & Nancy Tessier, Please contact Jennifer Anderson, Director of Patricia O’Leary, Robert Brown, John Hever, Juliet Roy, Chris Finance, at [email protected] or Papademitriou, Jeannine Harvey, David Gibbons, Richard & 864.679.4102 if you would like a copy of your Susan Peck and Jim & Adair Andreasson. contribution statement for 2018. Please allow several days to process and mail your statement. Knit/Crochet/Sewing Ministry Tax statements are only mailed upon request. The St Mary’s Knit/Crochet/Sewing Ministry provides handmade hats, shawls, scarves, and other items needed for cancer patient comfort during treatments in upstate cancer centers. Parish Office Closure We meet about once a month to share our crafting skills, hints and tips – and to share our joy in this The parish office will be closed on wonderful ministry. Experienced and inexperienced members 18 February for the Presidents Day holiday. are welcome. Instructions available during meetings. If you are interested in joining our newly formed ministry, please contact Judy at 864.884.9853 or [email protected]. Welcome Newcomers

Congratulations to We welcome the following new members to our parish family: Ms Pam Macpherson, Mr John Michael Caroline Taylor Tiscareno who was baptized last week. Connelly, Ms Gerri Hillis, Ms Nicole Guettler and Mr & Mrs Joseph Magdalenski. St Mary’s Wedding Committee The Wedding Committee is a team of volunteer women who Knights of Columbus Breakfast help coordinate the weddings that take place at St Mary’s during the year. They are asking for new volunteers to join The KofC Monthly Breakfast is scheduled their team. You would be asked to help at the Friday evening for Sunday 17 February in the Pazdan Hall rehearsal and Saturday wedding for a few hours several Dining Room after all the morning Masses. times a year. If interested please contact Mary Anne Wylie at All are welcome to share breakfast with the [email protected] or 864.915.3107. parish family. from our tradition Pre-Lent

n the liturgical calendar for the Ordinary Form, the three Sundays immediately preceding Ash Wednesday are Sundays in Ordinary Time (this year the 6th, 7th and 8th). However, in the calendars of the Extraordinary Form I and of the Personal Ordinariates as well as Eastern Catholics and some Protestant communities, these Sundays are called Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, meaning respectively, the seventieth, sixtieth, and fiftieth days before Pascha. These names are in reference to Quadragesima, the name given in most languages to the season of Lent that starts on Ash Wednesday. For a few examples, in Spanish the name is cuaresma, in in French carême, and in Italian quaresima. In English, in contrast, the word for spring, lent, was used, which derives from the German word for long, because at this time of year the days get longer.

Liturgical Characteristics From Dom Guéranger’s The Liturgical Year:

“The leading feature, then, of Septuagesima is the total suspension of the Alleluia, which is not to be again heard upon the earth, until the arrival of that happy day, when, having suffered death with our Jesus, and having been buried together with him, we shall rise again with him to a new life (Colossians 2.12).

“The sweet Hymn of the Angels, Gloria in excelsis Deo, which we have sung every Sunday since the Birth of our Saviour in Bethlehem, is also taken from us; it is only on the Feasts of the Saints, which may be kept during the week, that we shall be allowed to repeat it. The night Office of the Sunday is to lose, also, from now till Easter, its magnificent Ambrosian Hymn, the Te Deum ... Image from Enid Chadwick’s My Book of the Church Year.

“After the Gradual of the Mass, instead of the thrice repeated Alleluia, which prepared our hearts to listen to the voice of God in the Holy Gospel, we shall hear but a mournful and protracted chant, called, on that account, the Tract.

“That the eye, too, may teach us, that the Season we are entering on, is one of mourning, the Church will vest her Ministers, (both on Sundays and the days during the week, which are not Feasts of Saints,) in the sombre Purple.”

What is the purpose of this Pre-Lenten season? This season of pre-Lent was historically used to prepare oneself for the Lenten fast and to develop a plan for Lent. It recognizes the goodness, or even the necessity, of preparing oneself mentally, physically, and spiritually for the ascetical practices of Lent. The same recognition expresses itself in the Eastern practice of observing the Sundays of Meatfare and Cheesefare on the second and first Sundays, respectively, that precede the last Sunday before Lent. From Meatfare Sunday the faithful lay aside all flesh foods until the Pasch. From Cheesefare Sunday the faithful abstain from animal products such as eggs, milk, yogurt, butter, and cheese.

Although not celebrated liturgically in the Ordinary Form, you can still take opportunity to think about what you want to accomplish for Lent, in terms of prayer and spiritual growth. What do you think you should do to accomplish the metanoia or turning back on one’s self and re-focusing your spiritual life to be ready for Easter.

Take advantage of this time for prayerfully planning how a good Lent is to be kept. Daily Mass Readings St Mary’s is online: For the daily Mass readings, visit http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/ Website https://stmarysgvl.org Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stmarysgvl/ YouTube Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Greenville, SC Religious Education St Mary’s Council of Catholic Women Sunday Mornings for 3 & 4 Year Olds Sewing Ministry No class this weekend The group will meet 19 & 26 February from 10.00 am - 12.00 pm at the Sew Creative Sewing Studio, 1901-B Laurens Rd., Greenville. They will be working on making pillowcase Religious Education Grades 1-8 dresses to send to a Catholic orphanage in Haiti along with the original pillowcases for the Greenville Children’s Hospital. Wednesday 6.30–7.30 pm Seventy-five dresses have already been made for the orphanage. Bring a pair of sharp scissors or a rotary cutter. There are many ways to help including cutting and ironing. Contact Rita Brown Confirmation Information for questions at 864.420.5286 or [email protected]. Meeting for Parents On Wednesday 20 February at 2.15 pm in Pazdan Pillars of Christ Hall or at 6.45 pm in Gallivan Hall for parents with Pillars of Christ is a men’s ministry led by a group of St Mary’s students in the 7th grade preparing for Confirmation men who are on fire with the love of Christ and His Church. The for Fall 2020. One parent must attend. group meets on Friday mornings from 6.15-8.00 am for prayer in the church and then in Sacred Heart Hall for study. For more First Communion Retreat information, contact Deacon John Heuser at 864.679.4113 or [email protected]. First Communion Retreat Sunday 24 February from 10.15 am - 12.45 pm in Pazdan Hall. Students must Caritas Counseling Services, LLC be pre-registered. It’s not too late. Counseling services are available at St Mary’s. Contact Dorothy Whalen by phone at 864.679.4122 or by email at [email protected].

Sign up for AmazonSmile, and Amazon will automatically donate money to St Mary’s School. Sign into your Amazon account, and select St Mary’s Catholic School as your organization of choice. Amazon will donate Save the Date 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products. you use the Vacation Bible School same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. When: 10-14 June 2019 https://smile.amazon.com/ch/57-0426237 Where: St Mary’s Catholic Church Who: Children ages 4-11 (K4 - 5th Grade) Encourage your friends and family to help SMS by signing up for AmazonSmile! St Mary’s Parish Contact: Victoria Burnos [email protected] 770.366.3246

~Early Bird before February 10: $35.00 Regular rate: $40.00 Group rate: $30.00 (see website for details) Byzantine Rite Divine Liturgy On Sunday, 3 March at 5.00 pm, a Pontifical Divine reenville eanery Liturgy (Mass) in the Byzantine Rite will be celebrated by G D & his Excellency Bishop Bohdan Danylo at Transfiguration Catholic Church, (306 N Pines Road, Blythewood, SC Other News 29016). Veneration and blessing with a Relic of the Holy Cross and a (vegetarian) potluck dinner will follow. We cordially invite you, along with your family and friends, to celebrate with us. P ERPETUAL UCHARISTIC DORATION E A New Family Honor Seminar St Mary Magdalene Be Not Afraid A key card is required to enter the chapel. If you would Family Honor, Inc and the Diocese of Charleston Family like to sign up as an adorer or regular visitor, or just visit Life Office are hosting a new seminar, Be Not Afraid: for the day, please come to the St Mary Magdalene parish Responding to Sexual Chaos with Truth and Love. The office Monday - Friday, between9.00 am and 3.30 pm. half-day seminar will be held Saturday, 16 March at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Greenville. Topics Prince of Peace include: Exposed – The Father and Mother of Sexual Chaos; Unraveled: Gender, Science, Faith & Sexual “Blessed are those who dwell in your house!” (Psalm 84.5) Ethics; and more. Registration and more information are Contact Lisa Buss at [email protected] available at FamilyHonor.org/seminars/. Pre-registration or 864.508.7123. required. Registration deadline is 12 March. This seminar Urgent needs: is for adults only. Questions? Call the Family Honor Tuesday 11 am Friday 2 am office: 803.929.0858. Wednesday 8 am & 11 am Saturday 1 pm & 9 pm Thursday 9 am & 1 pm Drink Like a Saint Saturday, 16 March at 7.00 pm in Parish House at Prince of Peace (1209 Brushy Creek Rd, Taylors 29687). While sipping an Irish cocktail or beer, settle in for a special evening on “How to drink like a saint” with author, Dr Michael Foley. Dr Foley is the author of several books, including Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour and Drinking with Saint Nick: Christmas Cocktails for Sinners and Saints. Questions? Call Angela Calabro 864.331.3903.

St Patrick’s Celtic Concert Saturday, 16 March at 7.00 pm, the Upstate SC Chapter of the American Harp Society will be hosting a St Patrick’s Open to all young adults ages 18-35, Hope & Joy Celtic Concert at Our Lady of the Rosary. Come for a will be a weekend of faith, fun, and fellowship family-friendly evening of lively and ethereal music at the beautiful Camp St Christopher. Register featuring excellent Celtic instrumentalists and singers the online here. Upstate. St Patrick’s Day themed reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public. March 2, 2019 Cardinal Newman High School / 2945 Alpine Road / Columbia, SC Do you want to: • Grow in your Catholic Faith? • Deepen your relationship with Christ? • Be a better father, son, husband and man? • Be a spiritual leader in your family, church, work place, and community?

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Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Father Jay Scott Newman, VF Father Francisco Cruz Pastor of St Mary’s Church Parochial Vicar [email protected] [email protected] 864.679.4100 864.679.4116

Assisting Priests

Father Jonathan Duncan Father Bartholomew Leon Chaplain to St Joseph’s Catholic School Administrator of St Rafka Church [email protected] [email protected] 817.475.6909 864.469.9119

Permanent Deacons

Deacon Nestor Acosta Deacon John Heuser [email protected] [email protected] 864.679.4118 864.679.4113

Deacon Clark Brittain Deacon Joe Sanfilippo [email protected] [email protected] 864.679.4120 864.679.4119

Deacon Diego Ferro Deacon George Tierney [email protected] [email protected] 864.679.4112 864.679.4115

Deacon Alex Garvey Deacon Tom Whalen [email protected] [email protected] 864.255.1096 864.679.4108

Staff Vickie Acosta Timothy Nielsen Executive Assistant to the Pastor Director of Christian Formation [email protected] [email protected] 864.679.4100 864.679.4114

Jennifer Anderson Chris Ortiz Director of Finance and Human Resources Director of Youth Ministry [email protected] [email protected] 864.679.4102 864.679.4111

Arlen Clarke Pat Perkins Choirmaster Director of Administration [email protected] [email protected] 864.901.1250 864.679.4109

Jaime Escobar David Rhyne Director of Facilities Organist [email protected] [email protected] 864.679.4107 864.270.4689

Joann Miller Lisa Watkins Director of Religious Education Director of Communications [email protected] [email protected] 864.679.4110 864.679.4105