ST. ALPHONSUS PARISH
151 ST. ALPHONSUS WAY • CROSSVILLE, TN 38555
151
ST. ALPHONSUS WAY • Phone: 9314842358CROSSVILLE, • Fax: 9314847407 TN
38555
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stalonline.orgPhone: 9314842358
• Fax: 931484 Parish Office Hours: MondayMWednesday: 9:007407 a.m.
M3:00 p.m.
ThursdayEmail: [email protected] 9:00 a.m.M2:00 p.m.

The office closes at 2pm for Staff Meetings
As disciples of Jesus Christ, the Catholic community of St. Alphonsus is
committed to knowing, loving, and serving God, and His creation.
I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE VINE GROWER. JOHN 15:1
• MAY 2, 2021 •






Mass Intentions SATURDAY, MAY 1

Mass at 5pm

SUNDAY, MAY 2 SATURDAY, May 1
Mass at 8:30am & 11am
5:00pm
Walt Jones,
Lorraine Matthews

First Communion at 11am
SUNDAY, May 2
Spanish Mass, 4pm
8:30am
Ron Alt


TUESDAY, MAY 4 11:00am For our First Communicants

Morning Mass, 8:30am
4:00pm For Our Parish Family


TUESDAY, May 4
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 8:30am
Bill Lundstrom

YM Connect at 6pmNall 7th/8th onsite





THURSDAY, May 6
THURSDAY, MAY 6 8:30am
George Holiday
Morning Mass, 8:30am




FRIDAY, May 7
FRIDAY, MAY 7 8:30am For those in nursing homes
Morning Mass, 8:30am





SATURDAY, May 8
SATURDAY, MAY 8 5:00pm
Mildred Faupel
Mass at 5pm




SUNDAY, May 9
SUNDAY, MAY 9 8:30am
Mary June Matz
Mass at 8:30am & 11am
11:00am For Our Parish Family
No Spanish Mass
TUESDAY, May 11
8:30am
Howard Wurtenburger

THURSDAY, May 13
Prayer for the Year of St. Joseph, by Pope Francis
8:30am
Robin Roy

Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, spouse of the Virgin Mary.

To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her FRIDAY, May 14
trust; with you Christ became man.
8:30am For the intentions of Jerry Dabbs
Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself as father, and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy, and cour- age, and defend us from every evil. Amen.

Pastor
………………...Rev. James P Harvey II
Mass Times
Deacon
Sunday: 8:30am, 11:00am
…………………..Deacon Peter Minneci
Mass in Spanish: 4:00pm on 1st & 3rd Sunday
Director of Business & Finance
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30am
………………...…….….Karen Otuonye
Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm

Director of Music
Sacrament of Reconciliation
………..……………….Marian Sullivan
Saturdays: 4:15  4:45pm
Director of Faith Formation & Youth Ministry


…………………….....Pauline O’Keeffe
First Friday Mass & Adoration: 8:30am
Assistant Director of Faith Formation
First Saturday Rosary: 8:30am
.……….………………...…..Sara Carey


ST. ALPHONSUS CATHOLIC CHURCH
CROSSVILLE, TN

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We
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Readings for the week of 5/2
Act of Spiritual
Sunday: Acts 9:26
31/Ps 22:26
27, 28, 30, 31
32 [26a]/1 Jn 3:18
24/Jn 15:1
8 Communion

Monday: 1 Cor 15:1
8/Ps 19:2
3, 4
5 [5]/Jn 14:6
14  My Jesus,
I believe that Tuesday: Acts 14:19
28/Ps 145:10
11, 12
13ab, 21 [cf. 12]/Jn 14:27
31a
You are present in the
Wednesday: Acts 15:1
6/Ps 122:1
2, 3
4ab, 4cd
5 [cf. 1]/Jn 15:1
8  Most Holy Sacrament.


Thursday: Acts 15:7
21/Ps 96:1
2a, 2b
3, 10 [3]/Jn 15:9
11  I love You above all Friday: Acts 15:22
31/Ps 57:8
9, 10 and 12 [10a]/Jn 15:12
17  things,

Saturday: Acts 16:1
10/Ps 100:1b
2, 3, 5/Jn 15:18
21  and I desire to receive
Next Sunday: Acts 10:25
26, 34
35, 44
48/Ps 98:1, 2
3, 3
4 [cf. 2b]/1 Jn 4:7
10/Jn 15:9
17  You into my soul.


MORE TESTING OF YOUR POPE KNOWLEDGE! Observances for the week:
Since I cannot at this


moment receive You
1. How many popes have chosen the name Francis?

Sunday:
sacramentally,
come at 2. As time went by, Pope ? opted for brown loafers (instead St. Athanasius, Bishop
least spiritually into of the traditional red shoes).
Monday:
my heart.



3. How many popes took the name Urban?
Sts. Phillip & James,*
I embrace You as if
4. True/False: You must be at least 21 to qualify for election Apostles
You were already as pope.
Tuesday:
there
and unite myself
Bl. Ceferino Malla
wholly to You.

5. Who was the oldest person to be elected pope?
Wednesday:


Never permit me to be
6. True/False: Popes must be fluent in Latin and Italian.
St. Florian,
separated from You.

Roman Officer

7. How many popes are known as “the Great”?
Amen.

Thursday:
8. Who was pope when Martin Luther wrote his Ninety St. John Before the Latin Five Theses?

Gate
9. True/False: A pope cannot be elected while a former Friday:
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
pope is still alive.
St. Rose Venerini,
Help needed (by one indi-
10. In 1957, what did Pope John XXIII add to his red shoes?
Religious
vidual or a team of people)
Saturday:
to monthly clean and main- 11. Why are the pope’s shoes traditionally red?
tain the courtyard fountain.
St. Peter of Tarantaise, 12. In 1969, Pope ? did away with papal foot kissing.
French Catholic
The centerpiece and pipe
13. This pope suffered from poor blood circulation and was Cistercian
have just been reconstruct- in a constant state of shaky health, so his sisters made him a Sunday:
ed. (Thank you, F. B.!)
pair of nofuss, white slippers to wear.
St. Gregory Nazianzen,
Archbishop of
Let’s keep this momentum Quiz Answer Possibilities: A. Benedict; B. Leo X; C. Constantinople
going…we need to get it Paul VII; D. John Paul II; E. Pope Paul VI; F. the Blood
operational for the summer *indicates Saint or Blessed (which is just around the of Christ; G. gold buckles; H. gold crosses; I. 1; J. 2; K. highlighted in this bulletin
4; L. Pope John Paul II; M. John Paul; N. Pope Paul VI; corner).

O. Clement X; P. Pius X; Q. 8; R. 10; S. gold ribbon Pray for someone new
So, if you can help with:
work; T. martyrs who followed Christ; U. submission of everyday!
 monthly cleaning
the pope to the authority of Jesus Christ
 ensuring proper func- Please pray for the souls
tioning
2021 National & Diocesan Collections for May
of the deceased:
 repairs & maintenance


Catholic Communication Campaign
May the souls of the faithful Contact Bobbi or Father

May 16
 departed, through the mercy Jim
Envelopes for each collection will be on the table in the of God, rest in peace.
9314842358
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AMEN

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER MAY 2, 2021

Saints Philip and James: We celebrate two faithful servants of God this 1. I; 2. L; 3. Q; 4. FalseNat the week, two disciples from a band of twelve that walked beside Jesus time of their elections, Pope John during His earthly journey.
They are linked because the relics of each XII was 18, Pope John XI was 20, were brought to Rome on the same day in May.
and Pope Benedict IX is thought When Jesus said simply to Philip, “Follow me,” he went immediately. to have been between 11 & 20 Philip was an outgoing and enthusiastic man who did not hesitate to when he became pope; 5. ONhe call others. It was Philip that brought Nathanael to Jesus.
“We have was nearly 80 when he became found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law and also the proph- pontiff in 1679; 6. TrueNLatin is ets, Jesus son of Joseph from Galilee,” he announced, to which Na- the official language of the thanael famously replied, “Can anything good come from Naza- Church, and the pope is the Bish- reth?” (John 1:45, 46) Undeterred, Philip invites his friend to come op of Rome, Italy; 7. KNSt. Leo and see for himself. However, like all of us, Philip had his times of I, St. Gregory I, St. Nicholas I, doubt. When asked by Jesus to buy bread for the great multitude of and St. John Paul II are all tradi- those gathered to listen, Philip answered that not two hundred days’ tionally known as “the Great”; 8. wages would feed so many, not even a little.
He was also the one who B; 9. False; 10. G & H; 11. T, U & said to the Lord Jesus, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be FNthroughout Church history, the enough for us.” (John 14:8)
Philip suffered martyrdom in Greece dur- color
red
has been chosen to rep- ing the reign of Emperor Domitian. Crucified upside down, he re- resent the blood of martyrs spilled mained Christ’s loyal friend and disciple to the end.
following in the footsteps of
Christ. The
red shoes
also symbol- James, the Son of Alphaeus, was chosen by Jesus to be one of the ize the submission of the
pope
to twelve pillars of His church, the New Israel.
This James was known as the ultimate authority of Jesus; 12. James the Lesser, an indication that James, the son of Zebedee, who NNbefore 1969, the pope, like all was known as James the Greater, was the older of the two.

bishops
and
prelates, wore episco- James the Lesser is identified as the author of the Epistle of James pal sandals during Mass. Pope and assumed to be the first Bishop of Jerusalem.
He, like Philip, died
Paul VI
eliminated gold crosses a martyr’s death. During the time of Nero, James was arrested during on the sandals and discontinued Passover, about the year A.D. 62.
He was ordered to stand on top of the custom of kissing the papal the Jerusalem wall and preach against Jesus.
Instead, he climbed to foot. Paul VI can be seen wearing the top and told all who would listen about the death and resurrection red buckled shoes in photographs of Christ. Soldiers threw him from the wall, and when the fall did not from his 1964 trip to Jerusalem. In kill him, stoned him to death. He died on that day, at that place, a 1969, he abolished buckles from faithful follower of the Lord he loved.
all ecclesiastical shoes, which had
PhilipNAttributes: red for martyr’s blood; elderly bearded man holding a basket of been customarily required at loaves and aTau cross. PatronageNhatters, pastry chefs, Cape Verde, San Felipe the
Papal Court. He also discon- Pueblo, Uruguay. tinued the use of velvet
papal slip-
JamesNAttributes: carpenter's saw, fuller's club. PatronageNapothecaries, drug- pers
for indoors, and the Paschal gists, and pharmacists; dying people; fullers;milliners; Uruguay; Frascati & Montero- mozzetta and shoes. Paul VI wore tondo in Italy. plain red leather shoes throughout the rest of his pontificate; 13. P.
Stewardship Thought: The Bible tells us that when we bear St. Alphonsus Resources and Organizations

fruit as good everyday stewards, it is for the Father’s glory. Faith Formation/Youth Ministry: Pauline O’Keeffe
We are the branch on His magnificent tree. What we have is Baptism,
Eucharist, Confirmation: Sara Carey

from Him, and what we do likewise points back to Him. We
also tend to reflect how well the other branches around us RCIA (joining or returning to Catholicism): Sara Carey


are incorporating the nutrients coming their way. That’s all Marriage: contact office (Our diocese mandates a minimum six fine and good in theory. In practice, it can be an arduous
month period for marriage preparation, and attendance at an En- exercise in humility.
gaged Encounter is required. Visit dioknox.org for more infor- When we do something virtuous or charitable or kind, mation.)

there is a part of us that wants to stand out for it. I think Anointing of the Sick/Communion to homebound: that’s true for all of us, in some measure. We’ve given of our-
Contact the Office
selves in some way or overcome some human temptation to

accomplish a little bit of good in this world, and even though Knights of Columbus (K of C) we know God sees us, we’d really love for everyone else to Council of Catholic Women (CCW) see it, too.
Hispanic Ministry It’s a struggle, for sure. But we need to remember that SACS Community Services: 9314848074
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Jennifer Flores, Alberto Flores,
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Lucas, & Katia Sanchez
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