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Parish Handbook PARISH HANDBOOK COLUMBIA COUNTY, GA | ST-TERESA.COM 1 IT IS LOVE ALONE THAT GIVES WORTH TO ALL THINGS. - St. Teresa of Avila SCHEDULE OF LITURGIES SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE English: Saturday Vigil 4:30pm; Sunday 9:00am, 12:15pm, 5:00pm Spanish: Sunday 2:00pm Vietnamese: Sunday 10:45am DAILY MASS SCHEDULE Monday—Saturday 8:30am Monday—Friday 6:00pm (Wednesday in Spanish) HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION 7:00pm Vigil, 8:30am, 12:00pm, 7:00pm Bilingual, 9:00pm Vietnamese SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday 3:00pm - 4:00pm Sunday 10:00am - 10:30am (Vietnamese) 1:00pm - 1:45pm (Spanish) Monday—Friday 8:00am - 8:25am Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 5:30pm - 5:55pm Wednesday 6:30pm - 7:30pm (Spanish) ADORATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST Monday—Friday 6:00 am—7:30 am (except Thursdays), 9:00 am - 12:00pm Monday 6:30pm - 10:00pm | Wednesday 6:45pm - 7:45pm (Spanish) DEVOTIONS Sacred Heart of Jesus—First Friday 8:30am Mass Immaculate Heart of Mary—First Saturday 8:30am Mass Divine Mercy Chaplet—Every Friday following 6:00pm Mass 2 From the Pastor’s Desk Dear Parishioners, Since Bishop Gerald Frey established St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church on September 3, 1968 we have been blessed with phenomenal spiritual and physical growth. What began as a handful of faithful founders meeting in a home has grown to a forty-three acre complex with incredible facilities for over 1,900 families. We are a dedicated and faithful Catholic Stewardship parish gifted by God with Time, Talent, and Treasure. Our Parish Handbook is a very valuable tool in helping you decide how to return to God the gifts of Time, Talent, and Treasure He has so generously and freely given you. Catholic Stewardship is truly a spirituality, a way of living our lives in accord with Gospel values and teachings. It should touch every area of our lives and does if we are properly living it. This Parish Handbook, encompassing almost 100 ministries, events, and opportunities is intended to give you a brief overview of what is going on in our very large and wonderfully diverse parish. It is my prayer and hope that it will guide you in how to get involved in our parish life. The opportunities are almost endless. There is something for everyone and everyone should be involved in something! We want and need your involvement! And I truly believe that God expects it from you. He constantly gives to us and looks to see what we do with it! I want to thank all of you who have served this parish so well with your past gifts of Time, Talent, and Treasure and I welcome all of our newcomers who might be looking at what our wonderful parish has to offer for the first time. I challenge you to do more, to stretch yourself, to make a sacrifice! God, the Father, sacrificed His only Son for us. Shouldn’t we be willing to make a sacrifice for Him in the areas of our Time, Talent, and Treasure? It is such an exciting and challenging time here at St. Teresa’s as we strive to fulfill our mission of “Called to Serve.” Please talk to God and prayerfully consider what God is calling you to do. He has a specific plan for each one of us and the parish family of St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church will be blessed by your participation! God Bless You, Fr. Mike Ingram, Pastor TABLE OF CONTENTS Clergy 4 Facility Ministry 20 Staff & Parish Council 5 Finance 21 General Parish Information 6 Parish Life 22 Church Etiquette 8 Stewardship 25 Sacraments 10 Worship 26 Christian Service 12 Catholic Funeral Guidelines 30 Communications/Get Connected 16 Deanery Resources 30 Education & Evangelization 17 Growing Together in Faith 31 3 CLERGY Rev. Mike Ingram, Pastor (706) 863-4956 Ext. 129 [email protected] Rev. Michael Roverse, Parochial Vicar (706) 863-4956 Ext. 110 [email protected] Rev. Gonzalo Meza, Parochial Vicar (706) 863-4956 Ext. 108 [email protected] Rev. Theodore Agba, Parochial Vicar (706) 863-4956 Ext. 105 [email protected] Rev. Mr. Raymond Adriano, Deacon (706) 339-3917 [email protected] Rev. Mr. Daniel Craig, Deacon (706) 738-7457 [email protected] Rev. Dr. Kerry Diver, Deacon (706) 840-8429 [email protected] Rev. Mr. William Johnson, Deacon (706) 855-8087 [email protected] Rev. Mr. Robert Kepshire, Deacon (706) 726-3177 [email protected] Rev. Mr. Joseph Soparas, Deacon (706) 364-9289 [email protected] PRAYER FOR V OCATIONS O God, hear my prayer And let my cry come unto You. Bless our Diocese of Savannah with many vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and religious life. Give the men and women You call the light to understand Your gift and the love to follow always in the footsteps of Your priestly Son. Amen 4 PARISH OFFICE Parish Office: (706) 863-4956 Faith Formation: (706) 863-0252 Preschool/MDO: (706) 447-4522 Fax: 706-863-5001 Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:00am-4:00pm; Fri 8:00am-3:00pm After Hours Emergency Number: 706-288-6114 (Please use only in the case of a life or death situation) Terri Vigna, Pastoral Assistant [email protected] Patti Little, [email protected] Executive Administrative Assistant Kathy Ecks, Receptionist [email protected] Sharon Baine, Office Assistant [email protected] Susan Hoeppel, Office Assistant [email protected] Lauren Francisco, Communications [email protected] Kimberly Lies, Music Director [email protected] Miriam Martin, Director of Faith Formation [email protected] Ana Couto, Assistant Faith Formation [email protected] Bill Fox, Assistant Faith Formation [email protected] Nicole Durrwachter, [email protected] Preschool/MDO Director Mike Harbuck, Facilities [email protected] Ashley Brown, Youth Minister [email protected] Mary Farias, Spanish Office Assistant [email protected] Celina LaChance, [email protected] Special Event Coordinator PARISH COUNCIL The Parish Council is the representative body charged with the responsibility of speaking for all parishioners in good standing by advising the Pastor on all parish activities, plans and programs designed to teach, nourish and propagate our Roman Catholic Contact information for Parish Council members is available on the directory insert and on our website at www.st-teresa.com/parish-council. 5 GENERAL PARISH INFORMATION Contact information for each ministry is located on the Ministry Contact List inserted into the handbook. Contact information is also available on our website at www.st-teresa.com. PARISH REGISTRATION Newcomers are asked to register with the Parish Office. Registration forms are available in the office or register online at www.st-teresa.com. Please let the Parish Office know when you have any changes to your con- tact information and please let us know if you leave the parish. BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS Send bulletin announcements to [email protected] or complete the form on our website at www.st-teresa.com/bulletin. Guidelines: Submit information via e-mail as a Word document, Arial font; 10 pitch; standard letter format (do not use all caps or bold). Information should be grammatically correct and in complete sentences (no slang). Graphics may be included and will be used as space permits. Deadlines: Announcements are due by 4:00pm Mondays two weeks before the bulletin date. Bulletin deadlines may be revised during holidays. A schedule of bulletin deadlines is published in the weekly bulletin. ELECTRONIC MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS To submit an announcement for our website, electronic signs, Facebook or our parish app, please send to [email protected] at least two weeks in advance of the requested announcement date. OFFICE VOLUNTEERS Office volunteers assist in the Parish Office with answering telephones, mailings, filing, data entry, correspondence, compiling Welcome packets, writing gift acknowledgements, mailing bulletins to shut-ins, general office duties and projects. Please contact the office if you are interested in volunteering. MASS INTENTIONS, MEMORIAL CARDS AND FLOWERS A Mass intention can be requested as prayerful support to a family whose loved one is deceased or a way of prayerfully celebrating birthdays, anni- versaries, etc. Available upon request at the Parish Office with a suggested donation of $10.00. Please call well in advance if a specific date is needed. Memorials may be made to the general church fund or the building fund. Call a few weeks in advance to donate flowers for the altar in memory or in honor of a loved one. Suggested donation is $75.00 per arrangement. 6 GENERAL PARISH INFORMATION FACILITY REQUESTS To request the use of a facility, please complete the Facility Request Form on our website at www.st-teresa.com/facility-request. COLUMBARIUM We have created a spiritual home, in a garden setting, where our deceased loved ones will be prayed and cared for by our community, families, and friends in faith and hope of the Resurrection for generations to come. For more information on purchasing a reservation, please contact the parish office for an appointment. FAITH FORMATION PROGRAM Encourages life-long faith development for all ages within the parish family. Refer to weekly updates in the Weekly Bulletin and detailed information on pages 17-18 of this handbook. THE SOUTHERN CROSS - DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER The Southern Cross is the official newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Savannah. Each household in the Diocese is asked to donate $10.00 per year. Envelopes are available at the Parish Office. Please make checks payable to St. Teresa of Avila (with annotation on the memo line) and deposit in the collection basket or mail to the Parish Office.
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