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Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church 1003 North Tyler Street - Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 Fr. Erik Pohlmeier, Pastor Fr. Dhanraj Narla, Associate Pastor Deacon Lawrence H. Jegley Deacon Tim Massanelli Anne Thomisee, Director of Religious Education Fred Graham, Organist & Music Director Denise F. Morbit, Director of Youth Ministry Laura G. Humphries, Parish Life Coordinator Mary Carman, Facilities & Events Coordinator Shelley Tienken, Business Manager Nan Connell, Accountant Cindy Stabnick, Church Secretary Edna de Noble, Pastoral Secretary Ileana Dobbins, Principal Monique Raines, Wedding Director Church Office .......................... (501) 663-8632 School .....................................(501) 663-4513 Cafeteria .................................. (501) 663-6125 Extended Care .........................(501) 663-7438 MISSION STATEMENT Website: www.holysouls.org Our Lady of the Holy Souls Parish is a family of believers seeking to E-mail: [email protected] know, love, and serve God as a faith community. To celebrate the presence of Christ among us, we will enhance the community Parish Office Hours atmosphere of our parish and develop stewardship of time, talent, Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 12 Noon and 1 to 4 p.m. and treasure. TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - September 2, 2012 An Evening of Reflection Jesus Gave His Blood ABOUT RENOVATION OF CHAPEL to Save the World, Tuesday, September 4th Will You Give Yours As was announced last month, plans are underway to To Save A Life? move the tabernacle of our church from the chapel into the sanctuary. The initial work to move the tabernacle should start fairly soon. The work to follow in the chapel will take more time. On Tuesday, September 4 at 6:00pm our parish will have an evening of reflection and discus- sion for the renovation of the chapel on the north side of the church. The chapel will become a shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Souls. Since this is unique image we are going to commission a statue of Mary to use. Local art- ist George Hoelzeman will lead our discussion to design a statue that captures our understanding of our parish identity. We will discuss our understanding of the Holy SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH Souls in purgatory and the role of Mary and of our prayers 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in assisting them. From the discussion Mr. Hoelzeman Parish Hall will suggest a design to be made and stand at the center of our renovations. If you cannot donate blood, All are invited as we consider how best to develop the chapel for God’s honor and our prayer for our deceased please bring cookies & orange juice! loved ones. Are You Thinking About Becoming Catholic? Would you like to become Catholic or would you like to learn more about the Catholic faith? RCIA (Rite of Chris- tian Initiation of Adults) is the process by which men and women at all stages of the faith jour- ney come together in a non-threat- ening and non-pressured atmo- sphere to learn more about the Catholic Church. A new year of RCIA has begun, but it’s not too late to join the group. If you are interested in joining this group, please call Anne Thomisee in the church office. UPCOMING TOPICS AT RCIA This Week at Holy Souls . Which You Might Be Interested In . CALENDAR Thursday, Sept. 6 Prayer Church (CH); Parish Hall (PH); Allen Center (AC); Gathering Room (GR); Eucharistic Chapel (EC); Thursday, Sept. 13 Explanation of The Mass Benedict House (BH); School (S) Both topics will be presented by Fr. Erik Pohlmeier. Monday, September 3, Meetings start at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Any LABOR DAY: one interested may attend. 8am Mass, CH; School & Church Office Closed Tuesday, September 4: 7am Mass, CH; Liturgical Notes . 3:05pm Advanced Children’s Choir, S; 5:30pm Evening of Reflection Next Weekend, Sept. 8 & 9 . about Renovation of Chapel, PH Wednesday, September 5: READINGS 9am Adoration, CH; First Reading — Be strong, fear not! Here is your God 4:30pm Confessions, CH; (Isaiah 35:4-7a). 5:15pm Benediction, CH; Psalm — Praise the Lord, my soul! (Psalm 146). Second Reading — Show no partiality as you adhere to 5:30pm Mass, CH; the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ (James 2:1-5). 7pm Parish Choir Rehearsal, CH Gospel — Jesus makes the deaf hear and the mute speak Thursday, September 6: (Mark 7:31-37). 7am Mass, CH The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights 6:30pm RCIA, PH reserved. Friday, September 7: 7am Mass, CH; LITURGICAL MINISTERS 8:15am School Mass, CH; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 4PM MASS 1:30pm Early Out for School Servers: R. & M. Saad, V. & E. R. Boe; EMC: C. Drilling; Lectors: H. Wortsmith, B. Saad; Saturday, September 8: Ushers: M. & C. Donovan 8am Mass, CH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 8AM MASS 2:45pm Confessions, CH Servers: K. Walsingham, S. Hickman, K. Taylor; 4pm Mass, CH EMC: T. Kirchner; Lector: J. Goodhart, R. Keogh; Sunday, September 9: Ushers: R. Grafe, P. Pilkington 10AM MASS 8am Mass, CH; Servers: K. & R. Schaffhauser, Z. Robbins, M. Kane; 8:30am Red Cross Blood Drive, PH: EMC: G. O’Connor; Lectors: H. Taillac, R. Cheek; 10am Mass, CH; Ushers: C. Schaffhauser, O. C. & M. Flynn 1:30pm Holy Sews, PH; 5:30PM MASS 5:30pm Mass, CH Servers: R. Brown, A. Gentry, M. Tracy; EMC: P. Thompson; Lector: Sr. CYM; Ushers: Sr. CYM, W. Morris s - 2 - s it n REMEMBERING OUR SAINTS Understanding My Value To My Church Community Laura Humphries, Parish Life Coordinator ‘He who wants to win the world for Christ must have the courage to come in conflict with it.’ Titus Brandsma ‘The Dangerous Little Friar’ His appearance was somewhat misleading – frail, bookish. But despite that unassuming demeanor, Titus Brandsma FEAST DAY: September 5 would become one of the best known martyrs of the Second World War. Born February 23, 1881, in the Netherlands, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the tiny woman recognized three of Brandsma’s sisters and one of his brothers had throughout the world for her work among the poorest of already entered religious life by the time he entered the the poor, was beatified October 19, 2003. Among those Franciscan seminary at age 11. Poor health would prevent present were hundreds of Missionaries of Charity, the him from becoming a Franciscan, but Titus was later Order she founded in 1950 as a diocesan religious accepted into the Carmelites and he was ordained in 1905. community. He eventually became a university president, and later a Born to Albanian parents in what is now Skopje, Macedonia, spiritual advisor to more than 30 Catholic newspapers. Gonxha (Agnes) Bojaxhiu was the youngest of the three children who survived. For a time, the family lived In 1935, Fr. Titus wrote in opposition to anti-Jewish marriage comfortably, and her father’s construction business thrived. laws. He believed that no Catholic publication could publish But life changed overnight following his unexpected death. Nazi propaganda and still call itself Catholic. These strong beliefs soon led to the arrest of the priest (whom Nazis During her years in public school Agnes participated in a called “the dangerous little friar”) in 1942. Fr. Titus was Catholic sodality and showed a strong interest in the sent to the Dachau concentration camp where he worked foreign missions. At age 18 she entered the Loreto Sisters as a laborer and later used for medical experiments. He of Dublin. It was 1928 when she said goodbye to her mother was killed July 26, 1942, by lethal injection. Titus Brandsma for the final time and made her way to a new land and a new life. The following year she was sent to the Loreto was beatified on November 3, 1985. An excerpt from The novitiate in Darjeeling, India. There she chose the name Little Burgundy Book Teresa and prepared for a life of service. She was assigned to a high school for girls in Calcutta, where she taught Titus Brandsma stood up for his beliefs and paid a very history and geography to the daughters of the wealthy. high price for them. What would we do? It is easier to go But she could not escape the realities around her—the with the flow. We don’t want to rock the boat, stand out, be poverty, the suffering, the overwhelming numbers of criticized, different. We want to be like everyone else. We destitute people. all are called to stand up for our beliefs as Catholics as In 1946, while riding a train to Darjeeling to make a retreat, Christians, we are all called to use our gifts to bring about Sister Teresa heard what she later explained as “a call the Kingdom of God. Are we trying? What have we done within a call. The message was clear. I was to leave the this week to help someone, to make a difference, to make convent and help the poor while living among them.” life easier for someone? Have we used our gifts? Have we After receiving permission to leave Loreto, establish a new shared our talents with others? Let’s pray that we are never religious community and undertake her new work, she took called to pay the price that Titus paid but let’s also pray a nursing course for several months. She returned to that we could, if we had to, answer the call. Calcutta, where she lived in the slums and opened a school for poor children. Dressed in a white sari and sandals (the ordinary dress of an Indian woman) she soon began getting to know her neighbors—especially the poor and sick—and getting to know their needs through visits.