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St. Vincent de Paul 13 October, 2019 Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time

6625 Three Notch Road Mobile, AL 36619 Phone: (251) 661-3908 Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.svdpmobile.com

Pastor: Deacon: Rev. Stephen Vrazel Dcn. Gary Vrazel

Liturgy and Sacraments: Saturday : 8:30 a.m., 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Weekday: Monday Communion Service 8:30 a.m. Tuesday – Friday Mass 8:30 a.m. Reconciliation: Tuesday – Sunday 8:00 – 8:20 a.m. Tuesday 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Saturday 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. and by request. : There is a preparation program for parents and sponsors. Contact office for an appointment. Marriage: Arrangements must be made with the Pastor at least 6 months prior to the wedding. Please avoid planning a wedding during the seasons of Advent and Lent. : Adoration is every Saturday after 8:30 a.m. Mass until 4:00 p.m. Contact Nita Marston for more information (251) 222-6239. First Friday Mass: 8:30 a.m. on the first Friday of the month in a Devotion to the Sacred Heart. Confession beginning at 8:00 a.m. First Five Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. on the first Saturday of the month as an Act of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Mary. Confession beginning at 8:00 a.m.

WELCOME: We are happy and excited to have you with us. If you are interested in becoming a parishioner, please stop by the hospitality desk before or after Mass.

IN MEMORIUM: Please continue to pray for the souls of the departed

BIBLE STUDY: Please contact Sylvia Sullivan for more information (251) 633-3557.

RCIA: If you or someone you know is interested in the Catholic Faith, please come join us. Our RCIA program meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the parish office. If you have any questions, please contact Deacon Gary at (251) 458-3723.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM: Sunday after 8:30 a.m. Mass. Students from Pre-K through 12th are encouraged to attend. Please call Deborah Stapleton at (251) 653-0562 with any questions.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: KoC council 7270 meet the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. The Council will be selling Catholic themed Christmas Cards again this year in support of the Knights of Columbus Keep Christ in Christmas initiative. Trivia Knight and sandwiches will be held October 25th at 6pm. Feel free to come costumed for Halloween. Sandwiches and chips will be available for purchase.

MEN OF ST. : Meets every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at the de Paul center.

LEGION OF MARY: Meets every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the parish office conference room.

LADIES ALTAR SOCIETY: Thank you to everyone that baked for the bake sale and to everyone that purchased an item. The society meets first Wednesday of the month at 9:15 a.m. in the de Paul Center.

St. VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: Meets first Tuesday of the month at 5:00 p.m. in the de Paul center. Society Help Line (251) 223-7947.

SVDPS FOOD PANTRY: Open on the second Thursday of the month from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

PARSH ADVISORY COUNCIL: Meets every third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall.

MASS SCHEDULE AND INTENTIONS: Sun, October 13: 8:30 a.m. Pro Populo (St. Gerald of Aurillac) 11:00 a.m. George Lundy Sr. Mon, October 14: 8:30 a.m. St. Callistus I Tues, October 15: 8:30 a.m. Julian Miller (St. Teresa of ) Wed, October 16: 8:30 a.m. YAC Group (St. Hedwig) Thur, October 17: 8:30 a.m. St. Fri, October 18: 8:30 a.m. Luke Morgan (St. ) Sat, October 19: 8:30 a.m. Ss. Jean de Brebeud and Jogues 5:00 p.m. Pro Populo

SVDP Parish Library: The Parish is starting a new religious library. Please consider donating a religious book for others to check out. Reminder: All books must be approved by the pastor.

Daughters of Mary: Meet every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the DePaul center. Contact Marie Henken at (985) 640-0899 for more information.

Apostolatus Maris: The Catholic Maritime Ministry of Mobile is preparing Christmas Ditty bags to be given out to Seafarers of the ships in the Port of Mobile during the Christmas Season. Please help us say thank you to the officers and crews of these ships. Donations can be placed in the vestibule of the church.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND: Jack Boyle; Belle Crenshaw; Richard Smith III; Rose Murphy; Bob Hamilton; Alba Driscoll; Mary Galle; Carol Hovell; Tony Laster; Lanie Andress; Sherry Langham Hicks; Carolyn Barton; Lela Kern; Jennifer McIntyre; Penny Townsend; Bill Floyd; Gene Logan; Nelson & Brenda Nelson; Ginny Steel; Gavin Carter; Hartley Grace Georges; Jeb Shell; William Manning; Lester Comeaux; Catherine Shields; Margaret Davis; Larry Alston; Elizabeth McCormack; Sam Lott; Margo Nabors; Jim Thomas; Linda McCarthy; Tommy Blaual; Wayne & Louise Clark; Tish Mitchell; Marilyn Gattie; NICU Babies; Blair Bullock; Charlie Reed; Elaine Parker; Carol Clackler; Jerry McCullum; Mark, Mark Jr., & Emma Dean; Cindy Deese; Betty Norton; Lisa Simison; Lisa Murphy; Felix Cirlot; Ray & Sylvia Robidoux; Jackie Ramirez; Ashley McCarthy; Roberts; Carol Davis; Margaret Cannon; Alyssa Thornton; Willie & Peggy McDonald; Kathy Bekurs Mullins; Patricia McGowan; Dominic Anglin; Elison ; Braeden DeLong; Owen Erion; James England; Charlie Elliott; Lauren Sibley; Madeline Watt; Austin Reed; Edwin Booth; Joyce Ducote; Margaret Wilcox; Chad Costes; Susan Waki; Paisleigh Faith Mack; Paige Jordon; Jim Carol; Connor Weed; Joyce Zirlott; Jay Weish; Tom Murphy; Eileen Talbott; Julie Cannon; Ronnie Murf; Robyn Nelson; Pablo Cedano; Winnie Klaus; Steve Satterlee; Heather Satterlee; Patricia Narog; Edward Heigle; Margie Hannon; Msgr. Maurice Shields; Cheryl Williams; Fr. Frank Sofie; Dorriety; Rosemary Bozek; Tommy Impastato; Eugene Loeffler; Anthony Stiell; David Mabry; Matthew Baker; Dianne Scott; Charlie Alexander; Dan Morton; Donna Welch; Lambert; Carol Conner; Kathy & Steve Rush; Madison Rush; Logan Rush; Patty Teofilo.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY: William Langley; James Sudduth Alexander; Ethan McCune Alexander; Michael Salter; Daniel Lowe; William Manning; Nathan Norton; Daniel Gray; Nathen Sweeny; Ian Nichols; Tom Perez; Charles Desselle; Greg Goleman.

MINISTRY SCHEDULES: 12 Oct 13 Oct 8:30 13 Oct 11:00 Lectors: S. Sullivan/J. McMullen D. Puhr/J/ Dukes M. Wilcox/A. Alford

EM’s: J.D. Dyess Ce. Wilson G. Lundy R. Dyess T. Wilson L. McNicoll *B. Morris *S. Rockhold *Deacon

Gift Bearers: Ushers M/M Stapleton Vance Family

Altar Servers: H. Cunill C. Travis Susie O’Connor B. Cunill E. Hurm Kamryn Mulkey J. Sommer Luca Fresolone Kailani Mulkey

PARISH SUPPORT: Last week collections $10,104.00.

St. VINCENT de PAUL SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS: STAR: Congratulations to Malcolm Howard, our October STAR Student of the Month. Facebook - @svsschoolmobile Twitter - @vincent_school

Young Adults for Christ: YAC teens are currently selling “Sock Religious Catholic Socks” to help offset the cost of Life Teen Camp. These socks make a great gift and help a great group. See a YAC member for more information on how to order.

SAINT OF THE DAY: Pope Callistus I

Today’s saint, according to ancient sources, served as a slave in a Roman home for many years, and thus was part of that massive social reality of slavery that not even Saint Paul explicitly condemned in his letter to Philemon. Since he was an intelligent and resourceful servant, Callistus’ master put him in charge of his personal bank. But when Callistus lost its deposits, he was blamed and was eventually exiled to the mines of Sardinia. At some point he was released from this hard labor and earned freedom from his slave status. Pope Zephyrinus, elected in 199, placed the capable Callistus in charge of the most important underground Christian cemetery in . Under Callistus it eventually grew into a sprawling, thirteen-mile warren of dark, narrow tunnels lined with tombs chiseled out of the soft tufa stone. 500,000 bodies were encased in its walls! Callistus was so successful in managing the cemetery that it came to bear his name and bears it still—the Catacombs of Saint Callistus. Besides numerous martyrs, it also houses a famous chapel for nine third-century . The Catacombs were ground zero for early Christian devotion in Rome. They were not hiding places from persecution but sacred ground on which to kneel beside a martyr’s lifeless body. Saint himself writes about his regular visits to pray at the martyrs’ tombs in the catacombs a century and a half after Callistus expanded them. There were no Viking funerals, Hindu pyres, or urns on the mantle for these early Christians. They believed in the resurrection of the body, as the Church still does. They knew, instinctively, that it was more fitting to bury a body, to keep watch with the dead, than to casually dispose of a body or to bake it like a pie. The same Pope Zephyrinus ordained Callistus a deacon. Deacons have a tighter bond, theologically, with bishops than with priests. Since the Acts of the Apostles, they were ordained specifically to assist the first bishops, the Apostles. The first three centuries of the Church resound with the names of deacons, such as Lawrence and Vincent, who were martyred alongside the popes and bishops they served. Pope Saint Sixtus II was killed, in fact, along with his coterie of deacons after they were all arrested in the Catacombs of Callistus in 258. In approximately 217, the deacon Callistus was elected the Bishop of Rome, crowning his long and arduous path from slavery to a more exalted form of service to the Divine Master. Pope Callistus encountered resistance over the perennial third century theological-pastoral issue of how to reintegrate Catholics who had been forced to engage in emperor worship. Callistus held that if God could forgive murder and adultery, he could forgive idolatry too. No sin was unforgivable. His bitter enemies, including the first , Hippolytus, considered Callistus too lax, and committed their calumnies to writing. This damaged Callistus’ reputation into modern times, when scholarship finally called into question the veracity of his enemies’ accounts. Saint Callistus’ life is not richly detailed, but he died in 222, most likely by martyrdom and, ironically, was not buried in his eponymous Catacomb. His tomb was rediscovered in 1960. His remains were transferred in the ninth century to Rome’s church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, which tradition holds was built over, or next to, an earlier church of which Callistus was the patron.