Sixth Sunday of Easter May 26, 2019   Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Church and School    Fr. Tim Meares, Pastor    www.olphrm.com  331 Hammond Street • Rocky Mount, NC 27804 • Office: (252) 972R0452 • Fax: (252) 972R4780

STAFF DIRECTORY M AY IS THE M ONTH OF M ARY CHURCH OFFICE Excerpts from The Glories of Mary public calamities she invariably prayer be only a simple Hail (252) 972-0452 by St. calls upon the faithful to enlist Mary. OFFICE HOURS How Promptly Mary Helps All her protection through novenas, How quickly this good Monday—Friday Who Invoke Her through prayers and Mother helps all who pray to 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM WE are the poor children of processions, through visits to her! She not only runs, but flies,

FR. TIM MEARES Eve. Inheriting her guilt and her churches and shrines. to our assistance. Pastor … Ext 1 condemned to the same penalty, Our Lady herself desires this. So great is this good Mother's Rectory … (252) 972-1949 we have to wander about in this She wants us to seek her always compassion, and her love so valley of tears, exiles from our and invoke her aid. It is not as if urgent, that she does not even JOSEPH KIBBE Ext 1 country, weeping over our many she were begging us for these wait for our prayers --- she afflictions of body and soul. marks of veneration, for they anticipates them. She hastens to MRS. ANNA ZIEGLER But happy are they who, in cannot come up to her make herself known in Secretary . . . Ext 1 spite of their sorrows, turn often deserving. She desires them so anticipation of people's desire MRS. JENNY JALETTE to the comfortress of the world, that our confidence and (Wis. 6:14). Director of Religious Education ...Ext 2 to the refuge of the miserable, devotion may be increased by Her heart is full of pity for to the great Mother of God, and them and move her to answer poor sinners, and scarcely has MRS. PENNY SILVERS devoutly invoke her. us with greater help and she noticed our miseries when Music Director & RCIA … Ext 3 The Church is careful to teach comfort. she lavishes her tender mercies her children with what attention St. observes that on us. CARITAS . . . Ext 4 and trust they should pray to Ruth, whose name means

SCHOOL OFFICE this loving protectress. For this "seeing and hastening," was a (252) 972-1971 purpose she commands them to figure of Mary; "for Mary, have special devotion to her. seeing our miseries, mercifully SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday She has instituted many feasts hastens to help us." 7:30AM to 3:30 PM of Our Lady, and she sets aside Novarinus adds that "Mary, in

MRS. JULIE LOVE one day in the week for her her intense desire to help us, can Principal special honor. She recommends brook no delay, for she is not at that all priests and religious in all an avaricious hoarder of the CONFESSIONS their daily Office invoke her in graces at her disposal, but a Tuesday: after 8:00 AM Mass Wednesday: 5:30 - 6:00 PM the name of the whole Christian Mother of Mercy, and instantly Saturday: 4:00 - 5:00 PM body, and she recommends that showers down the treasures of or by Appointment all the faithful pray to her three her liberality on her servants." times a day at the sound of the Richard of St. Lawrence LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST . assures us that Mary pours out Saturday Vigil: 5:30 PM See the confidence which the her compassion on everyone Sunday: 9:00 AM Church places in Mary: in all who prays for it, even if the 12:30 PM (Español), 6:00 PM (Traditional Latin Mass) Monday-Thursday: 8:00 AM Sacraments Friday 9:00AM Holy Matrimony Anointing Arrangements must be made of the Sick ST. JOSEPH ADORATION CHAPEL with the clergy at least Arrangements must be made Available upon request 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 Friday, May 31, 2019—The Queenship of Mary 7:00PM Missa Cantata, followed by Re-consecration of parish to the Immaculate Heart of Mary A dessert will follow Mass in the parish hall. Saturday May 25, 2019 5:30 PM For the People First Saturday Devotion Sunday May 26, 2019 During her third apparition on July 13, 1917, the Blessed 9:00AM For All Who Died in announced that she would come again to ask for “… Service to Our Country the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays.” Thus, on 12:30PM Spanish Mass December 10, 1925, the Blessed Virgin, with the Child at her side, 6:00PM Myra & Tristan Miller appeared to Lucia saying: “My daughter, look at my Heart surrounded with the thorns with which ungrateful men pierce me constantly through Monday May 27, 2019 blasphemies and ingratitude. You, at least, try to console me, and tell 8:00AM No Mass people that I promise to assist at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months: Tuesday May 28, 2019 • Confession, (the confession can be made eight days and even more, before or after the 8:00AM Kim DiGiacomo first Saturday). • Receive Holy Communion Wednesday May 29, 2019 • Pray five decades of the 8:00AM Bishop James Checchio, Jr. + • And keep me company for 15 minutes meditating on one or more of the mysteries with the intention of offering me reparation. Thursday May 30, 2019 - from Our Lady of Fatima, Our Mother Comes to Us, International Pilgrim Virgin Statue Foundation, Inc. 8:00AM Bishop James Checchio, Jr. + Friday May 31, 2019 Devoted to Mary—this week, St. Bonaventure 9:00AM Graduating 8th Graders of Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (b. 1221; d. 1274 A. D.), is one of the most famous OLPH School theologians and mystics in the Roman . The have repeatedly set St. Bonaventure and St. Thomas Aquinas before the universal Church as outstanding Saturday June 1, 2019 proponents and expositors of the dogma and doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. 8:00AM In Thanksgiving to Like his spiritual father St. , St. Bonaventure had the most ardent Our Lady devotion to the Immaculate Mother of God. 5:30PM Shirley Crowell —see full text at www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/IC-BAGNO.HTM "Blessed is the man who loves thy name, O Mary. Yes, truly blessed is he who loves thy Sunday June 2, 2019 9:00AM For the People sweet name, O Mother of God! For thy name is so glorious and admirable, that no one 12:30PM Spanish Mass who remembers it has any fears at the hour of death." 6:00PM Gray Baines + St. Bonaventure shares his devotion to Mary is in his great Marian work, Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary and in the collection of Psalms praising Mary, titled The Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sunday May 26, 2019 11:00AM Intention of the Celebrant NO MASS ON MONDAY, MAY 27TH There will not be a Mass on Monday, May 27th. The church office will also be closed on this day. Please make a note of these changes.

Prayer for the Fallen Offertory God our creator and sustainer, Offering Given ...... $ 5,405.00 today our country brings to our memory Fiesta! ...... $1,131.00 those who have defended this nation in times of trouble. They have sacrificed their lives to protect our shores Today’s second collection is for

from those who would limit our freedoms Peter’s Pence. or enslave us to ways that are against your will. The second collection on June 2nd will Bring all those who have died in service to our country be for Catholic Communication into your heavenly presence. Campaign. We humbly call down your blessing on those still serving; grant your heavenly protection to these men and women, Donate online: http://olphrm.org and open your Sacred Heart to give them peace and comfort. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. So many good things happening as we conclude this school year! On Friday, 5/24, we DURING THIS BEAUTIFUL MONTH OF MARY, prayed a living rosary in the YOU ARE INVITED TO SHOW DEVOTION TO church led by Father Meares. What a gift to come together in THE BLESSED MOTHER BY BRINGING FLOWERS such a powerful prayer! TO YOUR FAVORITE MARIAN STATUE. Our 8th grade Algebra students completed their EOC on Thursday! Thursday was Outdoor Classroom Day and our staff Announcements took advantage and moved learning outside! NEW PARISHIONERS FOLLOW US! Tuesday we will celebrate the success of our Angels & Saints Please see an usher for a Facebook: facebook/olphrm Fund with donuts after morning prayer! With the help of our registration card or come Twitter: OLPHRockyMount parish, we met and surpassed our goal! Thanks be to God! to the Parish Office for Prospective students continue to visit and enrollment for 2019- Website: www.olphrm.com 20 continues for grades PreK-8. FYI, our preK program is less K of C Facebook: expensive than many daycare centers. We prepare our youngest OUR LADY'S RELIGIOUS RockyMountNCCouncil4600 learners for school and form them in the Catholic faith! Call for a GOODS STORE will be BULLETIN visit or more information! open after the 9:00 AM Mass Sunday and closed Send announcements to In Christ, [email protected] Julie Love, Principal on holidays. For more information contact by 9:00AM Monday. Shirley Hux at 469-4686. Inserts are due by 9:00AM Wednesday. NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR FOOD PANTRY-SUMMER HOURS PRE-K—8TH GRADE The food pantry is open on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each VISIT OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE month from 9:30 until 11:00AM. Non-perishable food may be WWW.OLPHRM.COM placed in the donation box located in the vestibule. Thank you FOR ADMISSIONS INFORMATION for helping those most in need in our community. AND TO SCHEDULE A CAMPUS TOUR THE CATHOLIC OF RALEIGH Grow Your Prayer Life RECITATION OF THE ROSARY Save the Date! 17th Ignited By Truth Catholic Conference - 5:00PM every Saturday before Mass; 8:30AM every Sunday April 25, 2020, Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh: “Bringing to light the before Mass; and 6:00PM on Wednesdays truth of the teachings of the Catholic Church and igniting in all hearts a love for the Faith.” Join our mailing list to receive the NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP latest updates: IgnitedByTruth.org. Every Wednesday morning following the 8:00 AM Mass and every Wednesday evening following the 6:00 PM Rosary. If you have Are there times you wonder why relationships are so difficult? any intentions, please send them to [email protected] or select The Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend helps married the Prayer Request option on our parish website. You may also couples to communicate in all areas of their relationship. use the blue boxes in the vestibule. All intentions are prayed for Get your marriage on the right path by attending a each Wednesday. We ask that when your intention has been Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on June 21-23, 2019, at granted to please send us notice so that we may also give thanks. St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Cary, NC. This June weekend is a non-residential weekend, meaning that cou- OUR LADY OF FATIMA STATUE ples will return to their homes at night. The message of Fatima includes a call to conversion of heart, Early sign up is recommended. For more information and to apply, repentance from sin and a dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary, visit our website at: https://NCMarriageDiscovery.org or contact especially through praying the rosary. This is a blessing for our us at [email protected] or 704-315-2144. parish to increase family prayer and devotions to Our Blessed Like and follow our “North Carolina WWME” Facebook page for Mother. Please consider inviting Our Lady of Fatima into your additional information and community updates. home for a seven day pilgrimage. Join the many other families who have already requested this honor. Fill out an invitation and A Program for Couples in Struggling Marriages deposit in the Fatima box located in the vestibule or email Retrouvaille is for couples with marriages that are struggling, not [email protected]. communicating well, and those who are considering marriage separation or divorce. Some couples come to Retrouvaille during HOLY LEAGUE HOUR OF PRAYER FOR MEN the initial signs of a marriage problem. Others are in a of Meets the first Thursday of each month at 6:30PM in the despair and hopelessness when they attend the program. Some church. Please come and spend an hour finding out what men couples have been married for many years, while others have been are called to do, in the church, families and in our daily lives. married only a short time. For confidential information or to We all have an opportunity to go to confession and spend time apply to attend the program beginning with the weekend of with our Lord in adoration. Those that wish go and spend time October 11, 2019 call 800-470-2230 or email: together at a local restaurant with Father. Questions: contact [email protected] or visit the web site at Wayne Kleven at 910-916-3101 or [email protected] www.retrouvaille.org. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 26TH Sunday Acts 15:1-2, 22-29/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [4]/Rv 21:10-14, 22-23/Jn 14:23-29 Monday Acts 16:11-15/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b [cf. 4a]/ Jn 15:26--16:4a Tuesday Acts 16:22-34/Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 [7c]/Jn 16:5 -11 Wednesday Acts 17:15, 22--18:1/Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14/Jn 16:12-15 Thursday Acts 18:1-8/Ps 98:1, 2-3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Jn 16:16-20 Friday Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 [6]/Lk 1:39-56 Saturday Acts 18:23-28/Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10 [8a]/Jn 16:23b-28 Sunday Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23/Lk 24:46-53

THIS WEEK AT OLPH

Monday Marriage Prep Class 7-8:00PM Parish Hall Tuesday 6:30-8PM Parish Hall Wednesday Bible Study w/ Deacon Kibbe 7:00PM Parish Hall

Thursday Hispanic Baptism Class 7-9:00PM Parish Hall

Friday Hispanic Dance Practice 7-9:00PM Parish Hall

SAINTS Monday Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop, died 26 May 604(5?); of Mt. Cœlius in Rome; sent with forty other by Gregory I to England; baptized Ethelbert, king of Kent; ordained a bishop in 597; es- tablished the Sees of Canterbury, London, and Roches- ter; in 601, received the pallium as of England. Friday THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY With hospitality and affection, Elizabeth greets her cousin Mary, the bearer of the Mighty Savior.

Saturday 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.

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