The Most Holy Trinity May 27, 2018   Our lady of Perpetual Help Roman  and School    Fr. Tim Meares, Pastor    1118QC].`I8HQI :IIQJR `VV [QH@7Q%J 5 [ HV7^ _ R [%:67^ _ R  M D B V M STAFF DIRECTORY AY EVOTION TO TH E LESSED IRGIN A RY CHURCH OFFICE From a homily of St. Bernard of (252) 972-0452 Clairvaux in praise of Our Lady. Do not be surprised, brothers, that Mary is said to be OFFICE HOURS His Mother Stood By The a martyr in spirit. Let him be Monday—Friday Cross surprised who does not 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM The martyrdom of the remember the words of Paul, FR. TIM MEARES Virgin is set forth both in the that one of the greatest crimes Pastor … Ext 1 prophecy of Simeon and in of the Gentiles was that they Rectory … (252) 972-1949 the actual story of our Lord’s were without love. That was far DEACON JOSEPH KIBBE passion. The holy old man from the heart of Mary; let it be Ext 1 said of the infant Jesus: He far from her servants.

MRS. ANNE BACH has been established as a sign Perhaps someone will say: Executive Assistant … Ext 1 which will be contradicted. “Had she not known before He went on to say to Mary: that he would die?” MRS. ANNA ZIEGLER And your own heart will be Undoubtedly. “Did she not Bookkeeper... Ext 1 pierced by a sword. expect him to rise again at Director of Faith Development Truly, O blessed Mother, a once?” Surely. “And still she Ext. 2 sword has pierced your heart. physical suffering. grieved over her crucified For only by passing through Or were those words: Son?” Intensely. Who are you MRS. PENNY SILVERS Music Director & RCIA … Ext 3 your heart could the sword Woman, behold your Son, not and what is the source of your enter the flesh of your Son. more than a sword to you, truly wisdom that you are more CARITAS . . . Ext 4 Indeed, after your Jesus—who piercing your heart, cutting surprised at the compassion of belongs to everyone, but is through to the division Mary than at the passion of SCHOOL OFFICE (252) 972-1971 especially yours —gave up his between soul and spirit? What Mary’s Son? For if he could die life, the cruel spear, which was an exchange! John is given to in body, could she not die with SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS not withheld from his lifeless you in place of Jesus, the him in spirit? He died in body Monday - Friday body, tore open his side. servant in place of the Lord, through a love greater than 7:30AM to 3:30 PM Clearly it did not touch his soul the disciple in place of the anyone had known. She died in MRS. DEBBIE HAGGERTY and could not harm him, but it master; the son of Zebedee spirit through a love unlike any Principal did pierce your heart. For replaces the Son of God, a other since his. CONFESSIONS surely his soul was no longer mere man replaces God Tuesday: after 8:00 AM Mass there, but yours could not be himself. How could these Wednesday: 5:30 - 6:00 PM torn away. Thus the violence of words not pierce your most Saturday: 4:00 - 5:00 PM sorrow has cut through your loving heart, when the mere or by Appointment heart, and we rightly call you remembrance of them breaks more than martyr, since the ours, hearts of stone and iron LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST effect of compassion in you has though they are! Saturday Vigil: 5:30 PM gone beyond the endurance of Sunday: 9:00 AM 12:30 PM (Español), 6:00 PM (Traditional Latin Mass) Sacraments Monday-Thursday: 8:00 AM Holy Matrimony Anointing Friday 9:00AM Arrangements must be made Baptism of the Sick ST. JOSEPH ADORATION CHAPEL with the parish clergy at least Arrangements must be made Available upon request prior Monday—Friday 6:00AM-Midnight six months in advance. with the church office. to surgery or at the time of Participation in the Diocesan illness. Pre-Cana program is required. Page 2 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rocky Mount

Saturday May 26, 2018 5:30 PM For the People Sunday May 27, 2018 May the Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 AM Maria Pinto + 12:30 PM Spanish Mass On May 31st the month of Mary will conclude with a Missa Cantata at 7:00PM 6:00 PM Anthony Alessi + celebrating the Queenship of Mary. A dessert reception will follow. Monday May 28, 2018 Devotion to Mary—Blessed Bartolo Longo-Feast Day October 5th 8:00 AM Intention of the Celebrant 2-10-1841 — 10-5-1926 Tuesday May 29, 2018 Bartolo Longo was born into a wealthy family on February 10, 1841 in Latiano, 8:00 AM Curtis Norfleet + . His parents were devout Catholics who prayed the daily. Wednesday May 30, 2018 As a law student in , he drifted away from his Catholic faith and became 8:00 AM Charles O’Connell involved in a New Age pagan group which eventually ordained him a satanist priest. The heavy involvement in the rituals of this cult left Bartolo Longo struggling with Thursday May 31, 2018 mental illness, paranoia, depression, and anxiety. 8:00 AM Lora Zinda + He returned to the Christian faith and became a Dominican, dedicating 7:00 PM Missa Cantata his life to the Rosary and the Virgin Mary. Friday June 1, 2018 Blessed Bartolo Longo eventually went to Pompeii, Italy and began work for a 9:00 AM Graduating 8th Graders of young widow, Countess De Fusco. With a desire to bring about a greater devotion OLPH School to the Rosary, the two began a project which established a to in an old, deteriorating church in Pompeii using a discarded painting of Mary Saturday June 2, 2018 under that title There they established a confraternity of the Rosary. 8:00 AM Patrick Lawrence, Joyce In 1939 the church was enlarged and reconsecrated as a basilica. It was named Guanga, Kyle Lawrence Basilica of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Pompeii. Many miracles have been 5:30 PM Joe & Lucille Engrassia reported to have occurred at the shrine and today it receives about 10,000 pilgrims a Sunday June 3, 2018 day. - See the bulletin board in the vestibule for more information on Our Lady of Pompeii. 9:00 AM Latin Mass-For the People 12:30 PM Spanish Mass 6:00 PM Catherine Corrado + SUNDAY, JUNE 3RD THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Immaculate Conception (CORPUS CHRISTI) RADITIONAL ATIN ASS AND ROCESSION Sunday May 27, 2018 9:00AM T L M P 11:00 AM Intention of the Celebrant

The church office will be closed on Monday, May 28th in observance of Memorial Day.

Are you interested in becoming Catholic? Are you Catholic but did not complete your First Sacraments? Are you Catholic but would like to learn S AVE THE D ATE! more about the Catholic Faith? Inquiry classes will begin on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 10:30 AM in the Parish Hall. Bring a notebook and a FIESTA CELEBRATION ONORING THE EAST OF Bible, if you have one. We will be reading the book The Light of Christ by H F UR ADY OF ERPETUAL ELP Fr. Thomas White, O.P. which invites one to examine the beauty of the Catholic Faith O L P H SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH

MEALS ON WHEELS Offering Given ...... $4,102.00 Our Parish volunteers to man the delivery of Meals on Wheels for each 3rd Friday Fiesta! ...... $ 1,300.00 of the month. Due to the "retirement" of two of our long term Today’s second collection is for dedicated volunteer teams, we are in need of replacements. Vacation Bible School.

Please consider offering your help to this most important The second collection on June 3rd will be mission to Rocky Mount residents. Please call the church office for Catholic School Support. for more information. Thank you to Doris/Billy Dunn and Joyce/David Griffin for your years of service to Thank you for your generosity. Meals on Wheels of Rocky Mount. Donate online: http://olphrm.org Page 3 Announcements Students, teachers, and parents will need tomorrow’s Memorial Day holiday to rest up for the week ahead. THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IS RESERVED IN THIS CHURCH It is our last week of school and the busiest one yet! Please maintain reverence, silence and a prayerful attitude at all Our Knights of Columbus will cook a hamburger/hotdog times, especially before and after Mass. In this parish, individual lunch for us at school on Tuesday in appreciation for the communicants are welcomed to stand or to kneel side by side at school support of the church Thanksgiving and Christmas the altar rail for the Novus Ordo Masses. However, you are baskets. Thank you, Ed Cole, for this great idea. required to kneel (unless disabled) at the Traditional Latin Mass. PreK graduation is set for Wednesday, along with a Kindergarten swim party at NEW PARISHIONERS OUR LADY'S RELIGIOUS the principal’s home. Our Kindergarten Please see an usher for a GOODS STORE will be open will graduate on Thursday….they are registration card or come after the 9:00 AM Mass Sunday SO ready for 1st grade! Friday is out last to the Parish Office for and closed on holidays. For more day of school and 8th Grade graduation. assistance. information contact Shirley Hux  It is bittersweet to say good-bye to these BULLETIN at 252-469-4686. great kids…..most have been here since Send announcements to Pre School. They are well-prepared both [email protected] FOLLOW US! spiritually and academically for what lies by 9:00AM Monday. Facebook: facebook/olphrm ahead thanks to our parish school Thanks be to God for his Inserts are due by Twitter: OLPHRockyMount love for them and for all our school families! 9:00AM Wednesday. Website: www.olphrm.com Grow Your Prayer Life CAREER OPPORTUNITY RECITATION OF THE ROSARY Have you ever considered a career that allows you to do 5:00PM every Saturday before Mass; 8:30AM every Sunday good for others while doing well for yourself? Here’s an before Mass; and International Rosary at 6:00PM on Wednesdays opportunity to work for a Fortune 1000 company that holds the same religious, moral, and ethical beliefs as you. The Knights of Columbus has an opening for a career NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP opportunity representing their insurance program. Every Wednesday morning following the 8:00 AM Mass and every They offer a complete benefits package with this full-time Wednesday evening following the 6:15 PM International Rosary. position. In order to qualify, one must be eligible for If you have any intentions, please send them to membership in the Knights of Columbus. [email protected] or select the Prayer Request option on our For more information, go to our website kofc.org/careers. parish website. You may also use the blue boxes in the vestibule. Please contact Christopher Mahoney, General Agent, at All intentions are prayed for each Wednesday. We ask that when (919)845-5595 or via email at your intention has been granted to please send us notice so that [email protected]. we may also give thanks.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA STATUE THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF RALEIGH The message of Fatima includes a call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin and a dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Connect with the Diocese! Follow us on Facebook, especially through praying the rosary. This is a blessing for our You Tube, Instagram and Twitter for inspirational, parish to increase family prayer and devotions to Our Blessed educational and entertaining content! Mother. Please consider inviting Our Lady of Fatima into your home for a seven day pilgrimage. Join the many other families Through the honor and memorial opportunities of religious who have already requested this honor. Fill out an invitation and art or liturgical items, your family and loved ones will have a deposit in the Fatima box located in the vestibule or email special place in our new cathedral for generations. [email protected]. Gift levels vary. To learn more, go to holynamecathedralnc.org or contact Greg Leitner at 919-821-9721 or via e-mail at [email protected]. HOLY LEAGUE HOUR OF PRAYER FOR MEN Meets on the first Thursday of each month at Pitch in for Charity and support Catholic Charities of the 6:30PM Diocese of Raleigh by coming to an evening of baseball with the Please come and spend an hour finding out what Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium on Friday, July 13th at men are called to do, in the church, families and in 7:00 pm. A portion of every ticket purchased through the our daily lives. We all have an opportunity to go to “Catholic Charities – Pitch in for Charity” group will support our confession and spend time with our Lord in adoration. Those work! Stay for fireworks after the game! For more information that wish go and spend time together at a local restaurant with about the game, please visit www.CatholicCharitiesRaleigh.org/ Father. Questions: contact Wayne Kleven at 910-916-3101 or MudcatsPitch4Charity or contact Daniel Altenau at [email protected] (919) 821-9767 or [email protected]. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 27TH

Sunday Dt 4:32-34, 39-40/Ps 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22 [12b]/ Rom 8:14-17/Mt 28:16-20 Monday 1 Pt 1:3-9/Ps 111:1-2, 5-6, 9 and 10c [5]/Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday 1 Pt 1:10-16/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [2a]/Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday 1 Pt 1:18-25/Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 [12a]/Mk 10:32-45 Thursday Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 [6]/Lk 1:39-56 Friday 1 Pt 4:7-13/Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13 [13b]/Mk 11:11-26 Saturday Jude 17, 20b-25/Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6 [2b]/Mk 11:27-33 Sunday Ex 24:3-8/Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 [13]/Heb 9:11- 15/Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

THIS WEEK AT OLPH

Sunday Faith Formation 10:15AM Monday Bible Study w/ Deacon Kibbe 7:00PM Parish Hall Tuesday Legion of Mary 6:30-8PM Parish Hall Thursday Queen of Heaven Series 7:00PM Parish Hall

SAINTS

Thursday THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY With hospitality and affection, Elizabeth greets her cousin Mary, the bearer of the Mighty Savior.

Friday Saint Justin, Martyr, died 165 under Marcus Aurelius; authored Apology and Dialogue with Trypho; layman and apologist who gives one of the earliest descriptions of the Mass; patron of philosophers and apologists.

Saturday Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs. Marcellinus, presbyter, and Peter, exorcist, died c. 303; beheaded under Diocletian; both mentioned in the Roman Can- on.