June 20, 2021

JUNE 20, 2021 2 ABOUT OUR PARISH Mass Schedule WEEKDAY MASS Monday - Friday | 8:15am, 12:00pm WEEKEND MASS Saturday | 8:15am, Vigil 5:00pm Sunday | 7:15am, 8:45am, 10:30am, 12:15pm, 2:30pm (Spanish) CONFESSION Saturday | 3:30-4:30pm or by appt.

Cordova, TN 38016 SECOND collection (901) 756-1213 The Second Collection next weekend stfrancismemphis.org is for Peter's Pence. These funds are ofﬁ[email protected] used by the Pope for philanthropic OFFICE HOURS Monday-Thursday | 9am - 5pm works throughout the world and for Closed 1:00-1:30pm for lunch administrative costs of the Vatican state. Donate at Mass or online using the link Clergy on our website. Thank you! PASTOR Rev. Carl Jude Hood ASSOCIATE PASTOR For Your Information Rev. Joseph Hastings DEACONS SACRAMENTS YOUTH MINISTRY Norman Alexander, Bill Davis, Detailed information about Calendar available online. Mick Hovanec & Tony Rudolph Sacramental preparation Regular meeting times:

found under Sacraments on EDGE (6th - 8th Grade) Parish Staff our website or call the office.. Sundays | 4:30pm-5:45pm Barbara King, Ofﬁce Manager LifeTeen (9th - 12th Grade) NURSERY Barb Cobb, Bookkeeper Sundays | 6:30pm-7:45pm Available for children 8 mos. Tracy McClure, Bulletin/Website [email protected] Laura Wolterding, Receptionist to 4 years during 8:45am & Betty Siano, Director of Religious Ed. 10:30am Sunday Masses in BULLETIN Maria Gonzalez, Religious Ed . Assist. the PLC Nursery. New items are requested by Judy Brewer, Music Coordinator Chelsea Negray, Director of Choirs RELIGIOUS EDUCATION noon on Mondays. Email Julia & Phillip Norton September through May, new submissions to Co-Directors of Youth Ministry Sundays | 10:15 - 11:45am [email protected] Chris Bernardini, Facilities Mgr. 1st - 12th grades. Visit the Mark Morra, Maintenance To place an ad, see inside

parish website or call the back cover of this bulletin. office for more information.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH | WWW.STFRANCISMEMPHIS.ORG ABOUT OUR PARISH 3 This Week at St. Francis As part of our Diocesan 50th Anniversary SUNDAY, JUNE 20 celebrations, please 3:30pm • Rm 104 • Troop 457 AAD save the date for our First-Ever 4:45pm • Rm 104 • Troop 457 PPXll Eucharistic Congress, Oct. 8-9 at the Renasant Center in downtown MONDAY, JUNE 21 Happy Birthday, Fr. Hood! Memphis. A Eucharistic Congress is a beautiful gathering of thousands of 6:00 pm • Rm 111 • St. Vincent de Paul Meeting clergy, religious, laity, youth, and

others to celebrate our Lord’s real TUESDAY, JUNE 22 presence in the Eucharist through 6:00pm • Church • Rosario en Español Masses, speakers, music, confessions, 7:00pm • Rm 112 • Evangelización adoration, and much more. It is a time of joy, fellowship, prayer and WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 unity - a spiritual renewal that visibly 12:00pm • Rm 111 • Good Friends expresses one church, one family. 6:00pm • PLC Fields • Youth Groups Wacky Wednesday All are invited! 7:00pm • Rm 111 • Rosary Makers 7:00pm • Rm 112 • Evangelización 7:00pm • Rm 110 • Spanish Choir Practice

THURSDAY, JUNE 24 10:00am • Rm 110 • TOPS Flowers on the altar 10:00am • Rm 111 • Prayer Shawl Ministry are in offered in thanksgiving to God by 6:00pm • Rm 113 • K of C Officers Service Program MILA PADUA & FAMILY 6:30pm • Church • Rosary 7:00pm • Rm 111 • K of C Open House/Admissions Stewardship Update FRIDAY, JUNE 25 Church Office closed - No scheduled events

SATURDAY, JUNE 26 7:00am • Rm 111 • St. Joseph Men’s Group

4:25pm • Church • Rosary JUNE 6, 2021 $41,305.99

OFFERTORY $36,744.99 During June and July, the ofﬁce is closed on Fridays, EOF $4,561.00 and new bulletin submissions are due Monday at noon.

JUNE 20, 2021 | 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4 PRAYER & WORSHIP

MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, JUNE 19 5:00PM † STAN MIEKICKI by Emelia Miekicki Dennis Alcover Lyn Lightcap

Jane Archer Catherine Lowie SUNDAY, JUNE 20 Deborah Barksdale Josiah McCarty 7:15AM † EUGENE ZIOMEK by Donna Terrace Joe Barrow Elijah McCarty 8:45AM PARISH Ryan Barrow Jeff McCulley 10:30AM † BOB HUFFMAN by Ann Huffman John Blount Brandon McDonald 12:15PM † BILL RUOFF by the Ruoff family Alex Bouchard John McLoskey 2:30PM INT/AALIYAH & LILIANA HICKS by Maria Alvarez Glenna Bradshaw Anne McWaters Olga Calvert Matthew Mitchell MONDAY, JUNE 21 Angela Capocaccia Larry Mix 8:15AM † HARRY FENTRESS by the Trinque family Parker Card Patrick O'Roark 12:00PM INT/MADELYN FIREHAMMER Jessa Carter Martha Patterson by Elizabeth Firehammer Pat Carter Mila Padua Cecilia Chiodo Carlo Pirani TUESDAY, JUNE 22 Mary Claeys Charles Puyrus 8:15AM † MARGIE HOSP by the Trinque family Joan Couture Sherry Reber 12:00PM INT/JOAN COUTURE by Mike & Denise Yatsula Bobby Crowe, Jr. Nathan Reinoeh Laverne Daley Jose Alberto Reyes WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 Rita Dattilo Denise Rivers 8:15AM † DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE MASSA/STOVALL FAMILIES by family Holly Dunehew Oscar Rivera 12:00PM † GARLAND BEST by Joan Best Pam East Donald Rodgers

Lou Ellmo Anita Rounsefell THURSDAY, JUNE 24 Nora Fernandez Karen Rufﬁn 8:15AM † PAT BRAMUCHI by family Eliza Foley Joe Sandlin 12:00PM † CAROLYN DAWSON HEDGEPETH Francis Baker Jean Schober by George & Helen Voehringer Debbie C. Ford Margaret Scott Gary Ford Gail Simmons FRIDAY, JUNE 25 Earl Gillespie Gerald Smith 8:15AM † EDWARD FOGERTY by Mike & Denise Yatsula Greg Gillen Julie Stackpole 12:00PM INT/CARLO PIRANI by Joe & Rosemarie Micheletti Barbara Glidewell Donna Stokes Diana Goodrum Nancy Thielemier SATURDAY, JUNE 26 Barbara Graves John Trouy 8:15AM † MARY GARLAND HARGRAVE by Joan Best Patsy Grifﬁn Jordan Vandewinckel 5:00PM † MARY ZIZZO & MARY OSSANNA Chris Hall Virginia Vierkandt by the Musolf family Jim Hall Patricia Wade Pat Hoppe Sandra Warlick SUNDAY, JUNE 27 Danny Huddleston John Warner 7:15AM PARISH John King Helen Webb 8:45AM † DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE John Kirkland Matt Wielgosz MASSA/STOVALL FAMILIES by family Kathy Kolby Reed Williams 10:30AM † MARGIE FLOYD by family 12:15PM † MATTHEW JUNE by Lisa & Bryan Ruoff Claire Krebaum Marc Wilson 2:30PM † ALMAS DEL PURGATORIO by Patricia Morales Jo Anne LeBlanc Mark Wright Celeste Lepp George Yohanek Jose Lopez

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH | WWW.STFRANCISMEMPHIS.ORG ANUNCIOS EN ESPAÑOL 5 12º DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO

Cuantas veces, en medio de que se iba llenando de agua. las tormentas de la vida, nos Mientras tanto Jesús dormía hemos preguntado: ¿Dónde en la popa sobre un cojín. está Dios? ¿Acaso está Lo despertaron diciendo: dormido? ¿Por qué no Maestro, ¿no te importa que acude a nuestro auxilio? Sin nos hundamos? Él entonces embargo, Dios está ahí entre se despertó. Se encaró con el nosotros, en medio de la viento y dijo al mar: ‘Cállate, tormenta, en medio de la cálmate’. El viento se apacig- pandemia. ¿Dónde estás uo y siguió una gran calma. Jesús que no te veo, que no Después dijo: ‘¿Por qué son te siento? Le preguntamos, tan miedosos? ¿Todavía no muchas veces desesperados tienen fe?’” (Marcos 4:35-40). y ya sin aliento. ¡Escúchanos El miedo paraliza, el miedo Señor, no nos abandones! hunde y destruye muchos Para comprender cómo planes y buenas acciones. actúa Dios, debemos En el caso de los discípulos, meditar y reflexionar en su el miedo pudo haberse Palabra. Escuchemos lo que superado con confianza narra el Evangelio de hoy. en la presencia de Jesús, “Al atardecer de aquel aunque estuviera dur- mismo día, Jesús dijo a sus miendo. Ahora bien, en los discípulos: ‘Crucemos a la casos actuales cabe la otra orilla del lago’. Despidi- pregunta. ¿Cómo supero eron a la gente y lo llevaron las dificultades? ¿Vence el en la barca en que estaba… miedo o la confianza y fe en de pronto, se levantó un Dios? La respuesta debe gran temporal y las olas se salir del fondo del corazón estrellaban contra la barca, y es muy personal. ©LPi

JUNE 20, 2021 | 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6 READ & REFLECT

As we look at our lives and world events, do that really be? We would miss opportunities we ever find ourselves wondering if God is to learn how to drink more deeply of life, sleeping? Is he paying attention to us at all? treasure its complexity, irony, and beauty and Maybe God’s patient, unconditional love has fully engage ourselves in surrendering to the run its course and He is finally fed up with love of our Creator. It is easy to walk on the humanity’s reluctance to accept the truth surface of life without immersing ourselves about who we are. Who could really be that in its messiness. Life has to burn its way patient? All throughout human history, many through us in order to bring us to a place of have prayed to God for intervention or for secure trust. It’s unfortunate that some prefer particular needs. Because their prayers were a shallower journey. not answered in That’s the the way they balancing act wanted or antici- that comes pated, many have with faith. It is been tempted to not God’s job to feel abandoned by prevent us from God. Who could encountering blame him for the torrential giving up on us? rains and winds It seems that we of life. Many are continuing, believe that if at a rapid rate, faith is done the down a path of right way, that destruction. Do you not care, God, that we God will provide for smooth sailing. That’s not may be perishing? When the boats of our how it works. God permits us to ride out the lives are rocking and the seas tumultuous, we difficult stuff knowing that the storm will want to know that we have God’s attention. eventually be calmed. Do we not have faith Even more so, we want God’s intervention. that God will do this? True faith trusts in the steadfastness of God’s love when the seas What if the storms and violent waves we are are calm and when they are choppy. facing are necessary? Maybe if we listen , God’s unconditional loving presence shines they can teach us valuable lessons. Without through all of it and endures forever. Know- them, we would never learn that we have ing this allows us to put our boats out into the strength to endure, understand the unchartered waters without hesitation. uselessness of fear and worry, or develop the Knowing that we prefer the comfort and ability to really trust. If God immediately safety of what we know to be still waters, rushed in and simply calmed things down how do we feel when Jesus says, “Let us before they got difficult, what good would cross to the other side”?! ©LPi

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH | WWW.STFRANCISMEMPHIS.ORG MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT 7 CUB SCOUTS/BOY SCOUTS Pack 457 Annual Water Bottle Rocket Launch!

All children entering K through 5th grades are invited to join us SUNDAY, JUNE 27TH AT 4PM at the Church soccer ﬁelds to participate in our Annual Water Rocket Launch. For information on building a water rocket for the launch, or for information on SFA Scouting in general, please contact Cubmaster Robert Stewart at (901)210-0311 or [email protected].

Cub Scouts - Welcoming both boys and girls in grades 1-5, the Cub Scout program emphasizes God, family, and country. Den Meetings are every 2 weeks on Sunday afternoons, and outings to experience nature are planned on a regular basis. Pack Meetings are on fourth Thursdays during the school year. For more information, please contact Joe Opferman at [email protected].

Boy Scouts - Troop 457 gets boys in grades 6 and up outdoors at least once a month for camping, canoeing, and hiking. Boys learn to take care of themselves indoors and out. Weekly meetings are Monday evenings in the St. Francis School cafeteria. For more information, please contact Jose Ortiz at (901) 493-1412. or visit sites.google.com/site/boyscoutstroop457/.

Procedure for Reporting Sexual Abuse Anyone who has knowledge of or who has cause to suspect an incident of sexual abuse should report the information to the appropriate civil authorities ﬁrst at(877)237-0004, then to Diocesan Child & Youth Protection at (901)359-2027 or Diocesan Victim Assistance (901)652-4066.

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The brief rain didn't dampen our spirits at our Family Movie Night! Thanks to our Religious Education Department, families made crafts, enjoyed snacks from the Youth Group, watched Toy Story 4, and learned WACKY WEDNESDAY - PLC RM 105 about the love of our creator! JUNE 23, 6 - 7:45PM EDGE and LifeTeen Groups!

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