Did the Lord Jesus Found the Catholic Church?
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church @ @ @ @ @ Greenville, South Carolina 4 September 2016 Dear Friends in Christ, 1. As part of our safe environment for the protection of children, it is required by the diocese that everyone on our campus, volunteer and employee alike, who has regular contact with children under the age of 18 must receive a background investigation and training through the Virtus program. This applies without exception to any and every activity on church property, and if you have contact with children in any setting at St. Mary’s but have not yet received the background check and Virtus training, please be in touch with me immediately to arrange for both. Until these steps are taken, no one is authorized to have contact with children at any event on our campus. 2. Because we do not have rest rooms in our church, those who need to use a rest room must cross Miller Square and enter Sacred Heart Hall. It is understandable that parents with several children might be inclined to allow older children to make this trip unaccompanied during Mass, but no child should ever be left unaccompanied on our campus, even for a quick bathroom trip. Older siblings or friends making that rest room run together might work, but the best solution of all is for a parent to accompany the child to Sacred Heart Hall. 3. Information about the protection of children can be found on our parish website and on the diocesan website at www.catholic-doc.org. All adults in the parish are invited to be mindful of our common responsibility to protect our children, and if you observe anything that causes you concern, you are always welcome to speak to me, to the school principal, or to anyone on our staff about your concerns. Likewise feel free to speak up if you have suggestions for how we can help create a safe and nurturing environment for our children. 4. When school is in session, no one is permitted on our campus during the school day without permission. You are always welcome, of course, to visit the church by parking in the Washington Street parking lot on the west side of the church, but anyone approaching a school building or crossing the athletic field without a visitor’s pass will be challenged by a staff member. For the same reason, even parishioners may not use our athletic facilities while school children are on campus, including during Late Stay which ends at 6 pm. Please understand that these measures are all designed to help us create the safest possible environment for the children entrusted to our care. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. Father Newman INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLICISM What is Catholicism? Is the Catholic Faith in the Bible? Did the Lord Jesus found the Catholic Church? Our course called Introduction to Catholicism is designed to answer these and many other questions about the origins of Catholic Christianity and the shape of Christian faith and life within the Catholic Church. The classes meet on Wednesday evenings from 6.30 to 8.00 pm from Labor Day through Easter, and all are invited to come and discover what it means to be a disciple of the Lord Jesus in His holy Catholic Church. You may register by contacting Dana Williamson at [email protected], or see the parish website at stmarysgvl.org/catechesis/becoming-catholic PROGRAM OF CATHOLIC STUDIES Tuesday 8.30 am CATHOLICS IN AMERICA A CULTURAL OVERVIEW (Instructors: T.J. Nielsen and Tony Owens) Wednesday 6.30 pm ST. PAUL’S LETTER TO THE ROMANS (Instructor: Joe Beauchemin) CLASSES BEGIN THE WEEK OF 5 SEPTEMBER MORE INFO OR TO REGISTER ONLINE AT www.stmarysgvl.org/catechesis/program-of-catholic-studies or contact T.J. Nielsen at 864.679.4114 or [email protected] Calendar of Events Mass Schedule & Intentions Meetings & Events * Financial Report Sunday, 4 September 2016 Sunday, 4 September 2016 7.30 am @ Elizabeth Ann Farina No coffee & doughnuts this week Weekend of 27/28 August @ Needed 33,150 9.00 am Anna Rita Arroyave Nursery: During 9.00 am Mass 11.00 am Pro populo 9.00 am Scripture Study Received 28,083 1.00 pm Spanish Mass 6.00 pm High School Youth Group (P) Shortage 5,067 Monday, 5 September 2016 Monday, 5 September 2016 Poor Box 477 Labor Day No Mass Offertory Year to Date Needed 298,350 Tuesday, 6 September 2016 Tuesday, 6 September 2016 Received 286,100 7.00 am Grayson Walworth 8.30 am Program of Catholic Studies Shortage 12,250 @ 12.00 noon Mildred Tully 1.00 pm Senior Men’s Club Electronic Giving: If you want Wednesday, 7 September 2016 Wednesday, 7 September 2016 to have direct management of your Electronic Fund Transfer 7.00 am @ Jennifer Dion 5.00-6.00 pm Holy Hour & 12.00 noon @ Edwin & Mildred Tully Confessions (church) online, you can now do so 6.30 pm Anglican Use Mass 6.30-7.30 pm Religious Education through the “Manage Your EFT” 6.30-7.30 pm Introduction to Catholicism link on the homepage of our 6.30 pm Program of Catholic Studies website. For more information or if you have any questions please contact Jennifer Anderson at Thursday, 8 September 2016 Thursday, 8 September 2016 [email protected]. 7.00 am @ Joseph Conrad 2.00-4.00 pm St. Mary’s Prayer Group 12.00 noon @ Annette Santy Friday, 9 September 2016 Friday, 9 September 2016 7.00 am @ Rosalba Puerta 6.00 am Morning Prayer (church) 6.15-8.00 am Pillars of Christ Facebook 10.00 am Scripture Study Class 3.30-5.00 pm Youth Choir Practice ‘Like’ us on Facebook at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Greenville SC. Saturday, 10 September 2016 Saturday, 10 September 2016 5.00 pm @ Emily Rose Gomes 8.00-9.00 am Rosary - Grove Rd abortion clinic 11.00 am Maronite Ordination 3.30-4.30 pm Confessions (church) Visit us on the web at G - Gallivan Hall * All events in Sacred Heart Hall P - Pazdan Hall Dining Room unless a location is listed. www.stmarysgvl.org Office & Church Closure The parish office will be closed on PARISH NEWS Monday 5 September for Labor Day. The church will be closed all day. Collection for 3/4 September Support of the Parish St. Mary’s is sustained by the generosity of our parishioners. Thank you for your generosity and support. Maronite Ordination On Saturday 10 September, St Mary’s has the privilege of Disaster Relief Collection hosting the priestly ordination of Deacon Aaron Sandbothe The recent historic flooding in Louisiana has destroyed who will serve the Maronite Eparchy of which St Rafka in thousands of homes and businesses and driven tens Greer is a mission congregation. Congratulations to Father of thousands of people into shelters and temporary Bart and the people of St Rafka on the ordination of one housing. Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services, their sons to the priesthood. and the dioceses in Louisiana are overwhelmed with requests for assistance, and every diocese in the country will be sending help. On the weekend of 17 and 18 September, we will take a special second collection at Prayer Requests all Masses, and all of the proceeds will be sent by the Diocese of Charleston to assist those whose lives have Please pray for all those who are hospitalized and for all those who been severely disrupted by flooding. Thank you for are shut-ins, ill or recuperating at home, especially Alan Howard, your generosity to those in need. Alice Howard, Ronald Labbe, Andrew Brett, Paulina Cruz, Brett Gervais, Judy Byrum, Michael Pinto, Joseph & Sandy Srp, Marie- Therese Isidore, Thomas Thomason, Carlton Carpenter, Jim Notice of Scam Barber, Jordan A. Upham, Irene Karandisevsky, John Hever, Bob Stewart and Alfred Smith. Someone using the name “St Mary’s Prayer Center Ministry” has been making robocalls to our parishioners and encouraging them to reply Evensong in the Anglican Tradition to the call if intercessory prayer is requested. This Sunday 11 September at 5 pm activity is not part of St Mary’s Church, and it is not authorized by our parish in any way. We do After the Holy Eucharist, the most important form of Christian not know who is responsible for this fraudulent prayer is the Liturgy of the Hours, also called the Divine Office. activity, but we encourage you not to respond in In the Roman form of the Divine Office there are two liturgical any way to these calls. Hours for the evening: Vespers and Compline. In the 16th century Book of Common Prayer, these two Hours were combined into one celebration called Evensong, and this beautiful way of praying is part of the Anglican patrimony preserved in the Catholic Mass Intentions Church by the Personal Ordinariates for Catholics from the Open dates are still available for Mass intentions in Anglican tradition. The Community of St. Anselm’s is offering 2016. If you would like to schedule a Mass intention, this splendid opportunity of liturgical prayer to everyone at St. contact Vickie Acosta in the church office at Mary’s and in the wider community. Please join us at 5 pm and 864.271.8422 or [email protected]. bring a friend for Evensong. Bulletin Submissions Caritas Counseling Services, LLC The deadline for items is 12 days prior to the bulletin Counseling services available at St. Mary’s. Contact Dorothy date. Contact Lisa at [email protected] to Whalen at [email protected] or 864.679.4122.