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St. Joan of Arc Catholic Parish 3801 E St. Joan of Arc Catholic Parish 3801 E. Greenway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85032 SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 FR. DAN CONNEALY, PAROCHIAL ADMINISTRATOR FR. DANIEL CRUZ, PAROCHIAL VICAR Office: 602.867.9171 Fax: 602.482.7930 www.stjoanofarc.com email: [email protected] [email protected] SJA PRESCHOOL 602.867.9179 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 602.867.2288 OFFICE HOURS Monday/Thursday: 9:00am/5:00pm Closed Noon til 1:00pm Friday: 9:00am/Noon MASS SCHEDULE DAILY/DIARIO: (Chapel/Capilla) 8:30 am (English) Monday/Saturday 6:00 pm (English) Monday 6:00 pm (Español) Wednesday WEEKEND MASSES SATURDAY/SÁBADO 4:30 pm (English) SUNDAY/DOMINGO 8:30 am (English) 10:30 am (English) 12:30 pm (Español) HOLY DAYS See bulletin week prior to Holy Day CONFESSION/CONFESIÓN Monday/Saturday 8:00/8:25am(Eng/Esp) Monday: 5:30pm-5:55 pm (Eng/Esp) Wednesday 5:30pm -5:55 pm (Eng/Esp) Saturday: 3:00pm-4:00 pm (Eng/Esp) or by appointment on above listed days. ANOINTING OF THE SICK & LAST RITES-24 HOURS/ Uncion a los Enfermos y Ultimos Ritos, 24-horas (602) 867-9171. THE 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Communion for the Hospitalized and Homebound We seek to glorify Jesus Christ by: Comunión para los que estan en KNOWING OUR FAITH, Hospital o Imposibilitados LIVING OUR FAITH, para salir de Casa SHARING OUR FAITH. 602.867.9171. MISSION STATEMENT @stjoanofarcphoenix Courageously following Christ by serving the community through Catholic liturgy, gospel values, charity, and education. Staff at St. Joan of Arc—We are here to serve... PARISH OFFICE: 602.867.9171 Rev. Dan Connealy, Parochial Adm. [email protected] Ext. 304 Rev. Daniel Cruz, Parochial Vicar [email protected] Ext. 302 Dcn. Peter Auriemma, MD [email protected] Ext. 310 Coordinator of Liturgy/Formation Dcn. Mark Salvato [email protected] Sandra Moses [email protected] Ext. 304 Administration Assistant Andy Lambros [email protected] Ext. 307 Coordinator of Stewardship Julie Flanigan [email protected] Ext. 314 Finance Manager Christine Johnson [email protected] Ext. 314 Finance Assistant Lakin Fuentes [email protected] Ext. 300 Receptionist Jeffrey Morse [email protected] Ext. 326 Director of Sacred Music Betsy Donovan [email protected] Coordinator of Music Brian Hanson [email protected] Ext. 311 Coordinator/Evangelization/Catechists Eric Maschue [email protected] Ext. 309 Coordinator of RE & Evangelization Nadine Jensen [email protected] Ext. 115 RE Administrative Asst. Angie Tanner [email protected] Ext. 316 Facilitator/Youth Evangelization Jean Green [email protected] Ext. 308 Coordinator/Liturgy Marriage Coordinator Nullity Minister (English) Funeral Coordinator Luz Mendoza [email protected] Ext. 340 Marriage Coordinator Quinceaneras Debbie Hilliard [email protected] Preschool Director 602.867.9179 Jessica Espinoza [email protected] Administrative Asst. 602.867.9179 Ron Hartmann [email protected] Ext. 333 FINANCE COMMITTEE INFANT BAPTISM ST. VINCENT DE PAUL PANTRY Please Contact Brian Hanson to Grant Getman, Chair schedule a meeting. Information is Monday & Wednesday: Leanne Krush also available on the website and 9:00am—11:00am/6:00m—7:30m Mark McGaffin front office. 602-867-9171X311. Saturday: 9:00m—11:00m Carter Smitherman Rob Stofflet Email: [email protected]. 602.867.2288 PERPETUAL ADORATION CANDLES HOLY CATHOLIC Our Adoration Chapel Candle program allows MARRIAGE MENTORING parishioners to honor/memorialize family/friends By Alberta & Gary Pizzitola, PhD with lighted candles on the altar in the Adoration 602-743-4303 Chapel. Names of the sponsors and those being Please sign up for our podcasts based on remembered will be in the weekly bulletin. Please come to the parish office to set up your sponsorship Sunday scripture at of a $10/candle. Each sponsorship is for one week. www.holycatholicmarriage.com 2 THE 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 The Pastor’s Corner FROM FR. CONNEALY Happy Sunday! The Gospel today beautifully invites us to reflect on honesty and true wealth. Jesus says, “No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon.” Once again, we are invited to pledge ourselves completely to the living God. It makes a bit more sense now when we read in the Old Testament lines such as, “I am a jealous God” (Exodus 34:14). God is not jealous for the sake of being jealous, rather He is jealous for us! To think that the Eternal God desires us exactly as we are. And so, when He says we cannot serve God and mammon, He is offering us what He offered the Israelites in the desert and even more. He offers us eternal bliss with Him. And all of this begins now, wherever we may find ourselves. Jesus asks for a complete and clear “yes” to Him every day. Service to Him is not sad or denigrating, rather it is true freedom because serving Him is serving true life. This Sunday we are once more inviting everyone to commit to a weekly hour of adoration in our St. John Paul II Adoration Chapel. We are so grateful to the many people who have already committed and spend this set time with the Lord every week. If you have never signed up for an hour or maybe fell out of the habit, I invite you to consider once again a weekly holy hour. St. John Paul II famously said, “Men are made saints in front of the Eucharist.” It can be a large commitment, especially amidst the busyness of daily life, but I invite you in the midst of this, to ask the Lord if now is the time that He is inviting you to spend an hour with Him in adoration. If you have concerns, please talk to our representatives who can share their own experiences of committing to a weekly holy hour. Whether or not now is the time that you are able to spend a weekly hour in front of the Eucharist, I invite you to join me in your daily prayer for some specific intentions. Firstly, that the Lord would continue to guide all parishioners at St. Joan of Arc into a deeper relationship with Himself. Secondly, that he would give each of us an evangelical heart that desires to share the Gospel daily. And thirdly, I would ask that you pray for the young people of St. Joan of Arc whom the Lord is inviting to follow Him in the priesthood or religious life. Thank you and have a great week! As always, know of my prayers for each of you. In Christ, Fr. Connealy WELCOME VISITORS We are happy to have you join us today and every Sunday. You enrich our Masses by your presence and your participation. We hope that you find our liturgies here to be an inspiring celebration of our faith. Please come back again…and often. THE 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 DID YOU KNOW … By Fr. Cruz The Greek recitation of the Kyrie eleison is a fervent petition for mercy to the triune God. Since the eighth and eleventh century, invoking the Divine Mercy nine consecutive times developed in the liturgy. This is modeled after a Trinitarian pattern. Invoked first, the Father by the Kyrie eleison. Then the Son is invoked by the Christe eleison. Finally, the Holy Spirit by the third Kyrie eleison. The sixfold Kyrie we hear today has a preference in Roman Missal, but the ninefold is still permissible. (Now you do!!!) As a pro life parish, SJA proudly displays a Union with Christ: PRO LIFE SHRINE to the UNBORN on our campus. You are invited to The Confraternity of Christ’s Peaceful Sacred Heart. We meet Due to the generous support of our parish the 4th Saturday of each month - our next community, all the 2019 Mass intentions meeting is SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 (after have been filled. 8:30am Mass). Come grow in union with Christ. Meetings include prayer, ancient Lectio Divina, Opportunities to honor/ magisterial church teaching, wisdom of the saints, memorialize loved ones are refreshment, formation and friendship with others as we available through our grow into the image of Christ – in the hope of bringing His PERPETUAL ADORATION light to the world. "He belongs to you, but more than that, CHAPEL ALTAR CANDLE or He longs to be in you, living and ruling in you . ." PRO-LIFE SHRINE CANDLE programs. St. John Eudes. For more information, please call 602.312.3246. Each candle sponsorship is $10.00 and are available EUCHARISTIC ADORATION… in the Parish Office. Names of all who are being 2. Creed honored/memorialized will be in the church bulletin. ADORERS NEEDED: SATURDAY 7PM 602.502.2024 or [email protected] MASS 101…. "From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others" Saint Pope John Paul II SAVE THE DATE ESTO VIR For information on ESTO VIR St. Joan of Arc Mens’ Fellowship, please go to the website www.stjoanofarc.com. Join ABBY JOHNSON VOCATIONS… of the movie UNPLANNED For all those especially dedicated to making supplications, at the prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving on behalf of God’s ARIZONA FOR LIFE people, that they will be strengthened in their vocations as MARCH & RALLY! priests, deacons and in the consecrated life, we pray to the Saturday, Lord. January 18, 2020 If you think God is calling those who have been given Gather at 10 AM DOWNTOWN PHOENIX so much in their vocations as priests, deacons and www.azllferally.org consecrated men and women will imitate the Lord’s VOLUNTEERS NEEDED generosity as they live that gift, we pray to the Lord.
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