PASTORAL CARE ANNOUNCEMENTS of Confession: Every Saturday from 6.00pm to 7.00pm 1. There is Bible sharing this and every Sacrament of Baptism of Infants: First Saturday of every month. Please call at the Church’s office for a baptismal form. Instructions: Thursday preceding the date for baptism. Wednesday at STM at 7:00pm. Visitation of the Sick and Aged: Thursdays at 7.00 am. P.O. BOX AH 283, ACHIMOTA-ACCRA Contact the office if you have a sick or aged Person(s) to be 2. Rama School at Akweteman – Accra is Website: www.thomasmoreachimota.com E-mail:[email protected] Office Tel: 0201-775453 visited. Rev. Fr. George Obeng-Appah (Priest-in-charge) Tel: 0208-592020 Sacrament of : Arrangements must be made at presently admitting pupils into Creche, Rev. Fr. Blaise Bobi-Attachie least six months to a year with the priests. The couple or WEEKLY NEWSLETTER one of them must be a registered member of the Church for Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary and at least 6 months. Consultation of Priests: Monday, Tuesday Wednesdays 8TH SEPT, 2013: TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME- C (In the Evenings) Time: 6.30 - 8.00 pm. In case of any JHS one. For further information, emergency call on the Priest. THEME FOR THE WEEK: DISCIPLESHIP Church office hours: Mon. to Thur.:10am -2pm & 5 pm - contact: 0208183591 or 0302406814. 8pm: Sat. 6 pm to 8p: Sun: 9 am -1.30: Friday: Off Duty 3. Catholic Charismatic Renewal members TODAY’S READINGS SUNDAY MASS: FIRST MASS - 7:00AM AT STM, READINGS FOR THE WEEK th SECOND MASS - 9:30AM AT SJF will meet at 3pm. ”  Mon 9 Sept, 2013 1st Reading: Wis 9:13-18 Col 1:24-2:3; Ps 62:6-7,9; NEXT SUNDAY: Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Only with the wisdom” that God gives can one Lk 6:6-11 Time 4. New Achimota, Kopevi Akweteman have true understanding about life. Singing: First Mass: Main Choir th Second Mass: Chari SM communities will meet next Sunday ”  Tues 10 Sept, 2013 Responsorial Psalm: 90: 3-6, 12-14, 17 Col 2:6-15; Ps 145:1-2,8-11; Offertory: First Mass: New Achimota after the 2nd Mass at SJF. O lord, you have been our refuge from Lk 6:12-19 Second Mass: Alogboshie generation to generation th 5. Church Pastoral Council will meet after  Wed 11 Sept, 2013 Col 3:1-11; Ps 145:2-3, 10-13; Lk 6:20-26 WEEKDAY MASS 2nd Reading: Philemon 9-10, 12-17 2nd Mass at SJF Tuesday 6:15am Paul appeals to Philemon to take back his  Thur 12th Sept, 2013 Wednesday 6:15am 6. The Northern Union will have an offending slave Onesimus, not according to Col 3:12-17; Ps 150:1-6; Lk 6:27-38 Thursday 6:15am legal proceedings but based on Christian th emergency meeting after 1st Mass. charity  Fri 13 Sept, 2013 1 Tim1:1-2, 12-14; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11;

Gospel: Lk 14:25-33 Lk 6:39-42 UPCOMING EVENT th  Sat 14 Sept, 2013 Crusade 4th to 20th September QUIZ To be a true disciple of Jesus, one must (Exaltation of the cross) Answer to last week’s: place Jesus first in one’s life. This calls for SLOGAN: St. Thomas More: Besohwe! St. Thomas The Bishop or the Archbishop. Num 21:4-9; Ps 78:1-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11 divine wisdom Jn 3:13-17 More: Justice and Truth!! Theme for the week: “All nations shall adore the Lord”

St Thomas More: Pray for us!!! This week’s: Who is the minister Reflection SLOGAN: St John Fisher: Besohwe! responsible for Anointing the Sick? 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 St John Fisher: Justice and Truth!! Jesus does not want to deceive anybody TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY St John Fisher: Pray For Us!!! QUOTE about the difficulty of being His disciple. In TIME

the gospel, He sets down three conditions. If st one wants to be His disciple, one must break 1 Reading: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14 THANKS FOR WORSHIPPING WITH US. HAVE A BLESSED WEEK. The only way of finding the limits away from one’s family, goods and even Resp. Ps : 51 :3-4, 12-13,17,19 of the possible is by going one’s own self. These demands are beyond them into the impossible. unacceptable to those who think in human 2nd Reading: 1Tim 1:12-17 Arthur C. Clarke terms. They can only be understood and accepted by those who have been granted Gospel : Lk 15:1-32 . wisdom from above.

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CATHOLIC MARRIAGE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMME THEME: JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME What is marriage? Let’s find out the two A marriage between two Christians, therefore, institutions of marriage. The Natural and the YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER (HEB. has a supernatural element as well as a 13:6) Supernatural. natural one. While few Christians outside of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches regard A Natural Institution: marriage as a sacrament, the DATE TIME EVENT ACTION Marriage is a practice common to all cultures insists that marriage between any two Sept. 4 6:30pm 3 Days Fasting Various in all ages. It is, therefore, a natural baptized Christians, as long as it is entered – 6, to 8pm & Prayer Parishes institution, something common to all mankind. into with the intention to contract a true 2013 At its most basic level, marriage is a union marriage, is a sacrament. Sept. 8 Exchange of Deanery between a man and a woman for the purpose In order to get married in the Catholic – 16, Pulpits Priests of procreation and mutual support, or love. Church, you must be; 2013 Each spouse in a marriage gives up some New Individual rights over his or her life in exchange for Evangelization Parishes and rights over the life of the other spouse. A Baptized Christian: Both partners do not Visits to Parishioners have to be a Catholic in order to be lapsed While divorce has existed throughout history, sacramentally married in the Catholic Church, members of it has been rare until recent centuries, which but both must be baptized Christians (and at the Church indicates that, even in its natural form, least one must be a Catholic). Non-Christians cannot receive the sacraments. For a Catholic marriage is meant to be a lifelong, union. Sept. 5pm to 3 days All Parishes to marry a non-Catholic Christian, express 18-20, 9pm Crusade and permission is required from his or her bishop. The Elements of a Natural Marriage: 2013 Churches A Catholic can marry an unbaptized person, Venue: but such are natural marriages Amasaman As Fr. John Hardon explains in his Pocket only; they are not sacramental marriages. The Park near St. Catholic Dictionary, there are four elements Church, therefore, discourages them and Bakita common to natural marriage throughout requires a Catholic who wishes to marry an Catholic history: unbaptized person to receive a special Church. dispensation from his or her bishop. Still, if 1. It is a union of opposite sexes. the dispensation is granted, a non- sacramental marriage is valid and can take 2. It is a lifelong union, ending only with the place inside of a Catholic church. FINANCE CORNER death of one spouse. Thank you all for your generosity. May God bless you. 3. It excludes a union with any other person Not Too Closely Related: Legal prohibitions so long as the marriage exists. on marriage between cousins (and other 4. Its lifelong nature and exclusiveness are close blood relationships, such as uncle and guaranteed by contract. niece) stem from the Church's ban on such marriages. Before 1983, marriages between

So, even at a natural level, divorce, adultery, second cousins were prohibited—indeed, and "homosexual marriage" are not former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani DETAILS OF LAST SUNDAY’S COLLECTION compatible with marriage, and a lack of received an of his first marriage commitment means that no marriage has after determining that his wife was his second taken place. cousin. Today, second-cousin marriages are

allowed, and, under some circumstances, a A Supernatural Institution: dispensation can be obtained to allow a first- In the Catholic Church, however, marriage is . The Church still discourages more than a natural institution; it was such marriages, however. elevated by Christ Himself, in His participation in the at Cana, To be continued…………………….

To be continued………….