To what

shall we compare the kingdom of ST. ALPHONSUS God? It is PARISH
like a mus- 151 ST. ALPHONSUS WAY • CROSSVILLE, TN 38555
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ST. ALPHONSUS WAY • once it is Phone: 9314842358CROSSVILLE, • Fax: 9314847407 TN
38555
sown, it Email: [email protected]
springs up Website: www.stalonline.orgPhone: 9314842358
• Fax: 931484 and
Parish Office Hours: MondayMWednesday: 9:007407 a.m.
M3:00 p.m.
becomes ThursdayEmail: [email protected] 9:00 a.m.M2:00 p.m.

the largest The office closes at 2pm for Staff Meetings
of plants.”

As disciples of Jesus Christ, the Catholic community of St. Alphonsus is
Mark 4:30a, committed to knowing, loving, and serving God, and His creation.
31a, 32
• JUNE 13, 2021 •

St. Alphonsus Happenings


Mass Intentions

SATURDAY, JUNE 12 SATURDAY, June 12
Mass at 5pm
5:00pm
Veronica Solares1

SUNDAY, June 13
SUNDAY, JUNE 13 8:30am
Michael Smith
Mass at 8:30am & 11am
11:00am For Our Parish Family
No Spanish Mass


TUESDAY, June 15

TUESDAY, JUNE 15 8:30am
Sybil Reynolds



Morning Mass, 8:30am
THURSDAY, June 17
Office closed at 12pm


8:30am
Rita Marvin


THURSDAY, JUNE 17 FRIDAY, June 18
Morning Mass, 8:30am
8:30am
John Marvin







SATURDAY, June 19
FRIDAY, JUNE 18 5:00pm
Laura Ann Wenzel

Morning Mass, 8:30am



SUNDAY, June 20
SATURDAY, JUNE 19 8:30am
Eddie Daly
Mass at 5pm
11:00am Int. of Jerry Lorenc & Jerry Dabbs


4:00pm Our Parish Family


SUNDAY, JUNE 20 TUESDAY, June 22
Mass at 8:30am & 11am
8:30am For all in our world who need prayer



Spanish Mass, 4:00pm

THURSDAY, June 24
Prayer for the Year of St. Joseph, by Pope Francis
8:30am
Francine Kimball &
For the Hartman Family Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, spouse of the Virgin Mary.
(June, Stu & Lynn)
To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her
trust; with you Christ became man.
FRIDAY, June 25
Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself as father, and 8:30am
Richard Shoobridge
guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy, and
courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen
Pastor
………………...Rev. James P Harvey II
Mass Times
Deacon
Sunday: 8:30am, 11:00am
…………………..Deacon Peter Minneci
Mass in Spanish: 4:00pm on 1st & 3rd Sunday
Director of Business & Finance
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30am
………………...…….….Karen Otuonye
Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm
Director of Music

Sacrament of Reconciliation
………..……………….Marian Sullivan
Director of Faith Formation & Youth Ministry
Saturdays: 4:15  4:45pm

…………………….....Pauline O’Keeffe

First Friday Mass & Adoration: 8:30am

First Saturday Rosary: 8:30am
Assistant Director of Faith Formation
.……….………………...…..Sara Carey

ST. ALPHONSUS CATHOLIC CHURCH
CROSSVILLE, TN
PLEASE remember the doors will be
locked at the start of People often attend Mass at a parish for months or even years without officially registering. Parish registration mass for is an expression of your commitment to being an active member of our community. Parish registration also simplifies the process for the planning and preparation of baptisms, weddings, and funerals, and for serving as security. sponsor or godparent for a sacramental candidate. Parish registration can be easily accomplished by contact- ing the parish office.
(We
also need your help in keeping our records current. Whenever there is a move, birth, death, or marriage in your family, please notify the parish office.)
Readings for the week of 6/13
Act of Spiritual
Sunday: Ez 17:22
24/Ps 92:2
3, 13
14, 15
16 [cf. 2a]/2 Cor 5:6
10/Mk 4:26
34
Communion

Monday: 2 Cor 6:1
10/Ps 98:1, 2b, 3ab, 3cd
4 [2a]/Mt 5:38
42  My Jesus,
I believe that Tuesday: 2 Cor 8:1
9/Ps 146:2, 5
6ab, 6c
7, 8
9a [1b]/Mt 5:43
48  You are present in the
Wednesday: 2 Cor 9:6
11/Ps 112:1bc
2, 3
4, 9 [1b]/Mt 6:1
6, 16
18  Most Holy Sacrament.

Thursday: 2 Cor 11:1
11/Ps 111:1b
2, 3
4, 7
8 [7a]/Mt 6:7
15 
I love You above all Friday: 2 Cor 11:18, 21
30/Ps 34:2
3, 4
5, 6
7 [cf. 18b]/Mt 6:19
23  things,

Saturday: 2 Cor 12:1
10/Ps 34:8
9, 10
11, 12
13 [9a]/Mt 6:24
34  and I desire to receive
Next Sunday: Jb 38:1, 8
11/ Ps 107:23
24, 25
26, 28
29, 30
31 [1b]/2 Cor 5:14
17/Mk 4:35
41
You into my soul.


A favorite motto of St. Teresa of Calcutta was, “do small Observances for the week:
Since I cannot at this


moment receive You
things with great love.” This is how it works in the kingdom of Sunday:
God. God can do tremendous things with the smallest gesture, sacramentally,
come at St. Anthony of Padua
least spiritually into especially when it is done in love. We can clearly see that our Monday:
world is suffering greatly. People are struggling to find peace, my heart.

Bl. Francisca de Paula de
navigate through conflicts, earn a sustainable living, find secu- Jesus Isabel
I embrace You as if rity and enough food to eat, and work through political ten- Tuesday:
You were already sions and conflicts. In light of the magnitude of the difficulties Bls. Thomas Green*, there
and unite myself that exist around us and even within us, we can find ourselves wholly to You.

Thomas Scryven*, and
floundering to discover practical, effective solutions. How can Thomas Reding*
Never permit me to be
something so large be helped by someone as small and seem- Wednesday:
separated from You.
ingly insignificant as me? While whole systems and structures
Bl. Guy Vignotelli
Amen.
may be out of the league of our personal influence, are we real- Thursday:
ly that helpless in the midst of all of the turmoil, sadness, and Bl. Emmanuel d’Abreu
suffering?
Friday:
We are never helpless or without hope. Armed with a strong St. Alena, Martyr
2021 National &
life of prayer, we can always flee to God and ask for inspira- Saturday:
Diocesan Collections
tion, wisdom, and especially love. We are all blessed with Bl. Thomas Woodhouse June 27 
unique gifts and talents and it often seems that considering all Sunday:
Peter’s Pence
that the world lacks, love and charity remain at the top of the Bl. Thomas Whitbread
(the pope’s personal charity)
list. Life can easily become a battleground of hostility. Because
Envelopes for each
life is challenging and difficult, anger is not far away. We see it *indicates Saint or Blessed collection will be on the on people’s faces and hear it in their voices. There is a measure highlighted in this bulletin
table in the
of frustration that permeates all avenues of life. It is even felt entryway. To make a gift in the air.
In the last month SACS served online, visit dioknox.org
As people of faith, we know that what we see here is not the 356 people in need,
end but only a part of something far greater to come. We know providing approximately 1050 that God’s kingdom is where we are ultimately meant to be, meals. This could only be Please pray for the and the Gospel is the way to get there. If love and charity can accomplished through the souls of our recently prevail in us, then God will be able to do what God does best. generous support of
deceased:
God will use us to scatter the seeds of his kingdom. Through St. Alphonsus and St Francis May the souls of the faithful parishioners. Thank you!

our small gestures, those seeds can receive the nurturing atten-
departed, through the mercy tion that is necessary for them to bear great fruit. We cannot of God, rest in peace. Amen.
fall victim to the strife that is around us. We have to keep our- Critical needs this month: selves refreshed and focused so that even in small ways, we canned diced

July 3rd & 4th
 can become part of the solution, not the problem. Love and tomato products Fr. Gus Gordon with  charity, which come from God, can help to heal the ills of the and vegetables in Food for the Poor will be world. May we bring these simple gifts to the everyday simple standard 15 oz. celebrating Mass.  tasks of our lives! Watch how big the plant grows! ©LPi
cans
Please support his good work!  (Flyers available in entryway)

PLEASE
THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JUNE 13, 2021
remember the doors On May 18, 1537, twenty choir monks and eighteen reli- Diocesan Youth Leadership Camp will be gious brothers that remained in the London Charterhouse of the Get ready for The Calling locked at Carthusian Order were required to take the Oath of Supremacy When God calls you, He will equip you. - Exodus 4:10-15 to King Henry VIII (1509
1547). Thomas Green (sometimes the start of known as Thomas Greenwood) and his fellow prisoners were Activities include low ropes, zip line, climbing wall, adventure mud race, mass for campfire, adoration, speakers, music, and sports. 1. n 2. i, 3. L, 4. m, 5. h, 6. j arrested for opposing King Henry VIII's claim of spiritual su- security.
premacy over the English Church. Of these, choir monks Who: 9th – 12th grade youth Thomas Johnson, Richard Bere, Thomas Green (priests), and Dates: September 17, 2021 - September 19, 2021 John Davy (deacon) refused; and of the religious brothers Rob- Location: Ocoee Retreat Center ert Salt, William Greenwood, Thomas Redyng, Thommas Cost: $110, transportation available for an additional $10 Scryven, Walter Pierson, and William Horne also refused.  Registration: Visit dioknox.org, click on EVENTS tab at the top, On May 29 all were sent to Newgate prison, where they were chained to posts, standing, with their hands tied behind under “All Upcoming Events” on the left click on Youth Ministry them. They were left to die of starvation. However, Margaret All of the upcoming events in that category will pop up. Deadline: Friday, September 3, 2021

Clement, (also known as Margaret Giggs) who had been
brought up in the household of St. Thomas More, bribed the Contact: Karen Byrne [email protected] or (865) 584-3307 jailer to let her have access to the prisoners. She then disguised Bishop’s Appeal 2020  St. Alphonsus donated $44,709 herself as a milkmaid and carried in a milkcan full of meat, (above our goal of $36,800)
from which she fed them. After the king's inquiry as to why
they were not already dead, the jailer was afraid to let her enter Bishop’s Appeal 2021
again; but she was allowed to go on the roof and look in on Goal: $36,800

them by uncovering the tiles. Through this method, she let Pledged: $38,147
down meat in a basket as near as she could to their mouths. Received as of 4/30/21:
$24,242
However, they could get very little to nothing from the basket, as they feared discovery by the jail keepers. They finally dis- Trivia Time

continued the practice as they could not get enough sustenance. 1. What do the eight points of the Maltese Cross represent?
William Greenwood died first (June 6), then Davy (June 8), Salt

2. In the Catholic tradition, what does an anchor symbolize?
(June 9), Pierson and Green (June 10), Scryven (June 15), and
Redyng (June 16).  3. Prior to the Second Vatican Council, what was the Holy It is probable that Cromwell interfered and ordered those
Spirit called?
still living to be given food in order that they might be pre- 4.
Fill in the blanks: pride, lust, envy, and anger are four of served for execution. Richard Bere did not die until August 9,
the ______Sins.
nor Thomas Johnson until September 20. William Horne sur-
vived, and though he could never be induced to quit his reli- 5. For a person to be beatified, how many miracles must be gious habit, he was not disgraced with a public death until Au-
proven to have taken place through the intercession of gust 4, 1540 when he was hanged, disemboweled, and quartered
the person being considered for sainthood?
at Tyburn with Robert Bird (layman), Lawrence Cook 6.
In Christian artwork, Christ and the saints are commonly (Carmelite Prior of Doncaster), Thomas Epson (Benedictine),
depicted with circles of light above their heads known as Giles Heron (layman), and probably William Bird (Rector of
what?
Fittleton and Vicar of Bradford, Wiltshire).  All ten Carthusians were beatified by Leo XIII in December A. The 8 members of Christ’s family; B. Holiness Circles; of 1886. Blessed Richard Bere (Abbot of Glastonbury 1493
C. Holy Spirit; D. Five Deathly; E. Peacemakers; F. Fishers 1525) became a Carthusian in February of 1523. Blessed of Men; G. Two; H. One; I. Hope; J. Halos; K. Beatitudes; Thomas Green has been identified by Dom Bede Camm as Thomas Greenwood who became a Fellow of St. John's College L. Holy Ghost; M. Seven Capital (or Deadly); N. 8 aspira- in Cambridge in 1515.  tions the Knights were supposed to live by Thomas Green, Thomas Reding, and Thomas Scryven are remembered together on June 15.
St. Alphonsus Resources and Organizations


Faith Formation/Youth Ministry: Pauline O’Keeffe
Question: Where does all the money go that is collected each
week at church? Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation: Sara Carey

Answer: Every parish has financial obligations, including the RCIA
(joining or returning to Catholicism): Sara Carey basic operation of the buildings, salaries, maintenance, and im-


provements. In addition, there are schools to support, programs to Marriage: contact office (Our diocese mandates a minimum run, charities to be funded, and operational expenses like hosts six
month period for marriage preparation, and attendance at an and wine for Mass, music books, vestments, and so on. In some Engaged Encounter is required. Visit dioknox.org for more infor- mation.) cases, cemeteries and other buildings need attention. Finally, there
is a diocesan assessment that each parish pays to help run the dio- Anointing of the Sick/Communion to homebound: cese and the support services provided to each parish.
Contact the Office
Most parishes manage to get by with the collection, a few fund-  raisers and endowments. But contrary to popular opinion, cash Knights of
Columbus (K of C) flow is also a problem, and many parishes operate in the red. Council of Catholic Women (CCW) The finance committee is responsible for assisting the pastor in Hispanic Ministry fiscal management, and good stewardship is the basis for success- SACS Community Services: 931
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