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The Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time July 30, 2017 St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church The Seventeenth4th Sunday Sunday of of Easter Ordinary TimeMay 7, 2017July 30, 2017 Mass Schedule Eucharistic Adoration Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:00 a.m. to Noon Wednesday: 12:15 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (Extraordinary Form) Wednesday: 12:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. First Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.—August 4 First Saturday: 10:00 a.m. (Extraordinary Form) - August 5 Sunday: 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Confession Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00 p.m.; Saturdays, 4:00-5:00 p.m.; or by appointment Parish Information Office Hours Parish Staff Monday through Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tim Flynn .................................................................. Office Manager Phone: (704) 549-1607 Fax: (704) 549-1614 Valerie Gebhardt ...................................................... Parish Secretary Website: http://www.stacharlotte.com Gina Schafer ................................................... Finance Administrator Thomas F. Savoy ............... Dir. Of Sacred Music & Liturgical Events Religious Education Office Hours José Melgar ......................................................................... Facilities Monday through Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Marie Aymar Watkinson ..................... Administrative Assistant Phone: (704) 549-0199 Monica Bailey ...... Coordinator of Volunteers & Special Events Baptism Baptisms are held on Saturday mornings & Sunday afternoons. The Preparation Class is held one Sunday each month. Class time and dates vary each month, so be sure to sign up in advance for more details. To make further arrangements, contact the Parish Office at least three months in advance of your desired Baptismal date. Marriage Registered parishioners are required by Diocesan Policy to contact one of the priests or deacons six months prior to the date of marriage. Couples married at our parish should contact Fr. Bean at [email protected] or (704) 549-1607 to begin the marriage preparation process. Anointing of the Sick/Visiting the Sick If anyone needs a visit from a Priest, please call the Office. Please do not wait until an emergency to call for a Priest. 1400 Suther Road, Charlotte, NC 28213 St. Thomas Aquinas Charlotte, NC Welcome to St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church From our pastor…Priests Deacons Rev. Patrick Winslow Rev. Matthew Bean Rev. Mr. James Witulski (704) 960-3704 Pastor Parochial Vicar (704) 549-1607 ext. 201 (704) 549-1607 ext. 208 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dear Parish Family, I want to take this opportunity to update you on our sanctuary project. OurRev. effort Mr. Joseph to Diaz reach our financial goal of a total of $102,000 has been successful. Thank you. I(704) have 804-2415 been [email protected] truly moved by the overwhelming support and excitement for this project. Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena The exact dollar amount of this project has yet to be determined. So far we have been operating from Sr. Zeny Mofada, O. P. Sr. Edeva Jover, O. P estimates. For this reason I still want to continue with our fundraising efforts. Any offerings can be sent to Religious Education Youth Ministry Rev. Mr. Martin Ricart the office or deposited in(704) the 549-0199 offertory in a clearly marked(704) 549-1607envelope. ext. 305 (704) 453-1125 [email protected] [email protected] This past week I have met with the diocesan Facilities Director and several architects to discuss [email protected] details. The next step is to choose an architect to draw the plans and then to secure bids from general contractors. There have been many great questions about various details. Such matters are still being sorted out. Once I have drawings I will make them available for all to see in the Narthex. Blessings,St. Basil the Great Eastern Catholic mission Parish Campus Ministry Rev. Joseph Matlak Fr. Deacon Matthew Hanes Rev. Innocent Amasiorah Administrator [email protected] [email protected] (704)549-1607 ext. 203 (980) 785-2763 [email protected] Fr. Winslow Today’s Readings Readings for the Week First Reading -- Solomon prays for an understanding heart Monday: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34; Ps 106:19-23; Mt 13:31-35 (1 Kings 3:5, 7-12). Tuesday: Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Ps 103:6-13; Mt 13:36-43 Psalm -- Lord, I love your commands (Psalm 119). Wednesday: Ex 34:29-35; Ps 99:5-7, 9; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Second Reading -- All things work for good for those who love Thursday: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Ps 84:3-6a, 8a, 11; Mt 13:47-53 God (Romans 8:28-30). Gospel -- The one who knows of the kingdom of heaven brings Friday: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Ps 81:3-6, 10-11ab; Mt 13:54-58 new and old from the storeroom (Matthew 13:44-52 [44-46]). Saturday: Lv 25:1, 8-17; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8; Mt 14:1-12 The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass (c) Sunday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Mt 17:1-9 [44-46] Corporation. All rights reserved. Saints & Special Observances Sunday: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Friday Monday: St. Ignatius of Loyola Tuesday: St. Alphonsus Liguori Adoration is Wednesday: St. Eusebius of Vercelli; St. Peter Julian Eymard August 4 Friday: St. John Vianney; First Friday www.stacharlotte.com/ Saturday: The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major; adoremore First Saturday; Blessed Virgin Mary www.stacharlotte.com The Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time July 30, 2017 It’s a Boy! UNDERSTANDING THE MASS Please join us to celebrate and support Javera All are invited to participate in an Adult and her baby boy, Aug. 6 at 1p.m. in Aquinas Religious Education class on the insightful Hall. For registry and more information go book Understanding the Mystery of the to marygardenshowers.org or Mass by Fr. Matthew Buettner. The class will email [email protected] be facilitated by parishioner Michael Coyle, who holds a theology degree from Franciscan St. Thomas Aquinas is now the home of this thriving national University of Steubenville and has been ministry. We are grateful that we are growing to many other teaching religious education for 36 years. churches, and we are in need of two volunteers. We are Come and discover a greater appreciation for looking for someone to help coordinate showers at our parish, the words and actions of the Sacred Liturgy and for another person to handle shipping of our items to other for an active participation in and effective witness to the mystery of chapters of our ministry. If you can help coordinate showers Christ’s redemptive work! Join the weekly discussion on six or make a weekly run to the post office for us, we will cover all Thursday evenings in meeting room C of the parish center, from shipping costs, and would be very grateful! Please email September 7 through October 12, from 7p.m. to 8:30p.m. Registration Serena & Kaitlyn at [email protected] if you are is required for this class by August 15, with a payment of $13 for the interested. Thank you! purchase of the book. Registration can be handled at the parish 6th Annual Polish Diocesan Mass office; checks should be made payable to St. Thomas Aquinas Church. On Sunday, August 27th at 2:00 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Church will host our 6th Adult Bible Study: Queen of Heaven Annual Polish Diocesan Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Pope St. John Paul II Come join us for an exciting new parish and St. Maria Faustina Kowalska. program, Queen of Heaven: Mary’s Battle for You, which paints the epic narrative of Mary’s Polish priest, Rev. Matt Nycz, will be celebrant life. Just as Christ lives on through His Church, and Rev. Mr. James Witulski will assist as deacon. The Mass Mary lives on as the Mother of the Church. In a will be in the Polish language with the homily given in both battle between the Angel who said No, and the English and Polish. This Mass will fulfill your Sunday woman who said Yes, you will see your mother obligation. Confessions in Polish and English will be heard intervening at pivotal periods in history to draw beginning at 1:00 p.m. A Polish Choir will provide music. us back to her Son, including at her most well-known apparitions. Anyone owning traditional native Polish attire is encouraged to This part of the program is hosted by acclaimed Catholic actor wear it to the Mass. Leonardo Defilippis, with over a dozen great minds of the After the Mass, the faithful will have the Church. Part II is hosted by Fr. Patrick Winslow, who gives a short opportunity to venerate a 1st Class Relic of pastoral talk on what it means to have Mary as your mother and the Pope St. John Paul II; a drop of his blood on a many ways you can nurture your relationship with her in your fragment of his cassock from the day he was everyday life. If you cannot attend the sessions, you can join us shot in 1981AND…a 1st Class Relic of St.