St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church Love is our Mission: The Family Fully Alive Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord -- January 4, 2015 ORDAINED MINISTERS PARISH MISSION CHURCH STAFF St. Mary on the Hill Parish, a Catholic Fr. Jerry Ragan, V.F., Pastor community, is committed to caring for God’s Administrative Assistant Fr. Lou Lindsey, Senior Parochial Vicar people through stewardship. We are bound Martha Kearns Fr. Michael Hull together by the Eucharist, directed by the [email protected] Fr. David Arnoldt Gospel teachings and the teachings of the Fr. Richard Sutter, In Residence Church, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, and Music & Worship Deacon Ken Maleck are committed to sharing in the ministry of Alvin Blount Deacon Donald McArdle Jesus Christ. As stewards, we will proclaim the [email protected] Deacon Al Sullivan Gospel, promote peace and justice, and use our time, talents, and treasure Stewardship Deacon Tony Wagner to advance God’s Kingdom. Deacon Al Sullivan [email protected] Masses Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm CCD Sunday 7:45 am, 10:30 am, 12:15 pm, 5:30 pm Barbara Kareis & Joan Purucker Weekdays Monday through Friday 7:00 am (706) 733-9908 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:15 am [email protected] Wednesday Miraculous Medal Novena & Evening Mass 5:15 pm Mothers’ Day Out & Nursery Saturday Morning Mass & Gina Craw Anointing of the Sick 9:15 am (706) 262-2659 [email protected] Reconciliation Saturdays 3:45 – 4:45 pm Senior Center Patty Lezotte (706) 262- 0340 Rosary [email protected] Monday 5:00 pm and Saturday 4:30 pm Youth Ministry Sacred Heart Perpetual Michael & Missy Lammers Adoration Chapel Joanna Watwood 1210 Monte Sano Avenue [email protected] Available to all parishioners to spend time in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament and is open Secretaries 24 hours per day 7 days per week. Mary Bowles Karen Brooks Baptisms Baptisms are celebrated once a month (except during Finance Lent). Preparation classes are held prior to the Dori Thorstad Baptism weekends. Please call the office to register [email protected]
Weddings Facilities Arrangements should be made at least Jimmy Carrick four months in advance. [email protected]
Nursery SCHOOLS Available at the 10:30 am and 12:15 pm Sunday St. Mary on the Hill Catholic School Masses for ages 6 months to Pre-K4. A pre-school www.stmaryssaints.org religious program is offered during the 10:30 am Joseph McBride, Principal Mass for 3 and 4 year olds. PARISH MEMBERSHIP (706) 733-6193 Welcome new members! [email protected] Emergencies Please stop by the church office Aquinas High School Call the Office (706) 733-6627 or call to register. After Hours (706) 833-4355 www.aquinashigh.org Active parishioner status is determined by (706) 736-5516 the following: You are registered with the [email protected] Trinity Hospital Chapel Mass parish; You attend Sunday Mass and Holy Thursday 12:00 noon Days regularly, You use parish envelopes weekly to indicate your mass attendance, Deadline for bulletin is Ministerio Catolico Hispano You have a Stewardship Commitment Monday at noon. Send information by email Misa en Español: Domingo 6:00 pm, Iglesia de Saint Card on file every year; and You honor [email protected], fax or phone Joseph, 2607 Lumpkin Road your pledges of time, talent, and treasure. 1420 Monte Sano Avenue, Augusta, GA 30904 • Email: [email protected] • Web: www.stmaryonthehill.org Parish Office: (706) 733-6627 • Fax (706) 733-4887 • Hours: Monday – Thursday 8:45 AM – 5:30 PM, Friday 8:45 AM – 2:00 PM Weekly Schedule: January 4, 2015 Sunday, January 4 Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 7:45 am (Fr. Lou Lindsey) †Thomas E. Bailey, Sr. NO CCD Men’s Basketball 5:30 - 7:00 pm G Church Basketball Youth League Deanery Spanish Mass 6:00 pm 10:30 am (Fr. David Arnoldt) †Vola & Harry Jacobs 12:30 - 5:30 pm G at St. Joseph Church Baptism Prep Class 1:30 pm PH NO HS Youth Night 12:15 pm (Jerry Ragan) Mass for the People Saints Overseas 3:00 pm SC Wedding Workshop 6:45pm C 5:30 pm (Fr. Richard Sutter) †Thomas Wheeler Youth Choir Practice 4:00 pm C Most Rev. Bishop Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv / Tony Visintainer, Theology II, Pastoral Year* Monday, January 5 Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop 1 Jn 3:22--4:6; Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 or (Memorial: Is 6:1-8; Mt 28:16-20) rd 7:00 am †Kathy Cundey SMCS 3 Quarter Begins Bridge 10:00 am SC MDO 9:00 am - 2:30 pm SA SMCS Basketball Practice 3:00 pm G 9:15 am †Evelyn Edwards Senior Center Open 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Rosary & Miraculous Medal Novena 5:00 pm SJDC Walking Aerobics 9:00 am PH RCIA 7:00 pm PH Rev. Msgr. John Kenneally & Rev. John Lyons / Chris Hassel, Theology II* Tuesday, January 6 Memorial of Saint André Bessette, Religious 1 Jn 4:7-10; Mk 6:34-44 or (Memorial: 1 Kgs 19:4-9a, 11-15a; Lk 9:57-62 7:00 am †Souls in Purgatory MDO 9:00 am - 2:30 pm SA SMCS Basketball Games 4:00 pm G 9:15 am Tuesday’s Music Live 12:00 noon Legion of Mary 6:30 pm SA †Walter & Adelaide Hastings St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Rev. Frances Gillespie, SJ & Donatus Mgbeajuo, MSP / Drew Larkin, Theology II* Wednesday, January 7 Memorial of Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest 1 Jn 4:11-18; Mk 6:45-52 or (Memorial: 2 Cor 5:14-20; Lk 12:35-40) 7:00 am †Jennifer Testa MDO 9:00 am - 2:30 pm SA Bridge 10:00 am SC Senior Center Open 9:00 am - 2:30 pm SMCS Basketball Practice 3:00 pm G 5:15 pm †Jennie Sienski Walking Aerobics 9:00 am PH Parish Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm PH Rev. Rudy Roxas & Rev. Martino Bá Thông Nguyễn / Theodore Agba, Theology I* Thursday, January 8 1 Jn 4:19--5:4; Lk 4:14-22 MDO 9:00 am - 2:30 pm SA American Heritage Girls 6:00 pm 7:00 am †Margaret Duley Senior Center Open 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Light Weigh One King 7:00 - 9:00 pm PH Bridge 10:00 am SC Prayer Group 7:30 pm SA 9:15 am †Bobby H. Dixon Ladies Out to Lunch Bunch 11:30 am PH Spirit & Truth 7:30 pm AH SMCS Basketball Games 4:00 pm G Youth Holy Hour 9:00 - 10:00 pm AC Rev. Louis Lussier, OS Cam & Rev. Msgr. Francis Nelson, JCL / Peter Lanshima, Theology I* Friday, January 9 1 Jn 5:5-13; Lk 5:12-16 7:00 am ♥Fr. Jerry Ragan Walking Aerobics 9:00 am PH 9:15 am †Hilde Fercher SMCS Basketball Practice 3:00 pm G Rev. John Tran & Rev. John Madden, SJ / Patrick May, Theology I* Saturday, January 10 1 Jn 5:14-21; Jn 3:22-30 Secular Franciscan Order Reconciliation 3:45 - 4:45 pm C 9:15 am 8:00 am - 2:30 pm SC Retrouvaille 6:00 - 10:00 pm SC †Bill Sutter Church Basketball Youth League 5:00 pm (Fr. Lou Lindsey) ♥Barbara & Virgil Thompson 8:00 am - 4:30 pm G Rev. Michael Hull & Rev. Victor Hugo Marquez / Caleb Harkleroad, Pre-Theology II* Sunday, January 11 Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Is 42:1-4, 6-7; Ps 29; Acts 10:34-38; Mk 1:7-11 or Is 55:1-11; Ps 12; 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mk 1:7-11 Shepeard Blood Drive 8:30 am - 2:00 pm Youth Choir Practice 4:00 pm C 7:45 am (Fr. Richard Sutter) †Ronnie Lee Washington in front of the Church Men’s Basketball 5:30 - 7:00 pm G 10:30 am (Fr. John Markham) Mass for the People K of C Pancake Breakfast Deanery Spanish Mass 6:00 pm 8:00 am - 12:00 noon PH at St. Joseph Church 12:15 pm (Jerry Ragan) †Mr. & Mrs. Piper CCD 9:00 am CAF/SM HS Youth Night 6:30 pm AH Youth Master’s Table 10:30 am Middle School Youth Night 3:00 pm (Fr. Lou Lindsey) Anglican Mass Church Basketball Youth League 6:40 - 9:00 pm G/CAF 12:30 - 5:30 pm G Women’s Faith Formation Group 5:30 pm (Fr. David Arnoldt) †Loretta Kerstiens Baptisms 1:30 pm C 6:45 - 8:00 pm SC Most Rev. Bishop Raymond W. Lessard, DD / Bobby Phillips, Pre-Theology II*
A = SJC Atrium BR= Bride Room N = Nursery SC= Senior Center *= Please pray daily for our AC= Adoration Chapel C = Church NX= Narthex SH = Scout Hut Priests & Seminarians. AH=Annunciation House CAF=SMCS Cafeteria O = Office SJC = St. Joseph Center †=Deceased MR1=Meeting Room 1 CL= SMCS Computer Lab PH= Parish Hall SJDC = St. Joseph Day Chapel ♥=Living MR2=Meeting Room 2 G = School Gym R = Rectory SMCS = St. Marys Catholic School YC=Youth Center (1st Floor) MC = SMCS Media Center SA = St. Anne’s Hall UR= SJC Upper Room St. Mary on the Hill January 4, 2015
I begin this New Year with a deep sense of gratitude. I am grateful for the care and kindness that so many parishioners have shown me during the Christmas Season. I am blessed to be able to experience in so many different ways that God is Emmanuel. God is with us. The Love that was first revealed at Bethlehem more than 2000 years ago is present today in our faith community. I rejoice especially in your generosity this Christmas to the orphan children of Goala, Ethiopia. The donations to the angel tree will provide a much needed well for them. Water borne illnesses, such as cholera or diarrhea, are the leading cause of death in children under five years old in Ethiopia. And children in a rural area such as Goala are losing out on education and instead are spending their days walking long distances simply to collect water. Your generosity will make a huge difference in their lives.
Fr. Michael Hull is making a huge difference in my life as he is helping Father Lou and I with a busy Mass schedule and assisting us in our pastoral ministries. Fr. Michael Hull is Pastor of St. Ignatios of Antioch Melkite Church. He and his wife, Debbie, and their family hail from Tyler, Texas. Fr. Hull as a former psychiatric nurse has great experience as a counselor, especially with those who are struggling with grief or mental health issues. He is busy with his own Eastern Catholic parishioners but has been so very willing to help as a pastoral minister to our parishioners. I am happy to welcome him as a part-time member of our parish staff.
A few days ago we celebrated the beginning of a New Year and traditionally this is a good time to reassess where we are in our spiritual development and to reflect on how things might be different in the coming year. Today we hear the story of the Magi and the gifts they bring to Jesus. It is a good day to look at our own response to God. Stewardship is about making a response to God. And by now, I hope you know that I am not just talking about what goes into the offertory. That is a part of it and I am grateful for the generous response of so many at Christmas that allows us to move towards a balanced budget.
But Stewardship is about so much more. So, I am asking how well have we given ourselves to God in response to His wonderful gift to us? How readily and regularly have we spent time with God in prayer, in reading his Word, in spending an hour in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament? How readily and regularly have we given of ourselves and our time to someone who needs love and compassion? How readily have we shown that this King rules in our lives by letting Him make a difference when we are confused or lonely or devastated by what life throws at us? How readily have we given God, not our second best, not what’s simply ‘good enough’, but the best of what we have to offer?
The Magi went home by another road, we too can walk a different road this year, a road where we can make the King of kings the living, active center of everything we are and do. God gave Himself to us because He loves us. May His love be reflected in our lives as we worship Him with all that we have. That’s our gold, frankincense and myrrh.
On the Way Home: Three Epiphany Questions to ponder:
1. How did you first come to see Jesus? 2. How do you see Jesus now? 3. How do you show Jesus? Love is our Mission. If I answer those questions for myself the love of others manifests itself again and again. I first came to see Jesus through the concern and care of others: the devotion of a good teacher who spent time with me; the encouragement of my parents who first taught me about God’s love; a coach who saw more in me than my meager athletic abilities; a parish priest who trusted and respected my efforts; and friends who were ready to talk of deep things. Where do I see Jesus now? Of course in the worship of our faith community and in the words of Scripture – but I have to admit that too often I miss Him in both places. So I’m deeply grateful for the dedication of individuals who demonstrate in what they say and do the Jesus way of living in this world. Those who are not overwhelmed by this world’s sorrows, hurts and disappointments, but who live faithfully and hopefully, doing and being what they can do and be in His likeness. Strangely, they are often not even aware of their good witness as His disciples – they would not claim to be Christ-like. It is we who look on who see it. And then there’s my part, your part, in showing Jesus to others. This is the scary one; the $64 million question. It’s all too easy to be daunted by this. Our conviction must be that as Jesus has been manifested to us, he will be manifested to others. If our own stories of seeing him involves people one way or another showing us, then we must acknowledge that we ourselves can manifest Him also. Broken vessels we might be, but Christ still uses us; depends on us. Love is our Mission. Your part, my part is – to speak, to care, to pray, to love as one who has seen Christ and recognized him. As good stewards of His grace in this New Year that is our offering and our mission. PRAYER REQUESTS January 4, 2015 Rest In Peace Please remember in your prayers those who have died recently: Martha Letizia, grandmother of Allison Greene. Our prayers are with this family during this difficult time. Pray for the Sick of Our Parish Lauren Adcock Ellie D’Souza Laurie Landrum Benny Price Catherine Ray Tucker Kacey Axon Margaret Dunstan Audrey Lavin Sallie Rankin Joe Ward Amy Fegan Blank Diane Dymeck Vance Logan Kenneth Redd John Ward Frances Brown Wayne Enroughty Betty Logan Aileen Robinson Vickie Walters Retta Burke Sarah Faughnan Connie Lundy Wanda Roper Sheryl Werrick Robert Carstarphen Hugh Greene Dave Maney, Jr. Meagan Ryan Lindsey Williams Cameron Clark Pia Hagler Tony Maniquis Frank Salmons Mary Williams Joyce Coleman Turner Hennig Sean McCabe Tiffany Salmons Chris Wisner Julie Collins Jennifer Jackson Eva Marie Mobley Shirley Schwanenberger Marilyn Wolf Elizabeth Cook Jackie Jackson Kathy Mosner Paul H. Seigler, III Kathy Wyatt Marianna Daskal Cambri Jewell Barbara Mulherin Julia K. Smith Ida Damiano Lisa Johnson Lou Pogue Brandy Stephens Greg Dross Ed Kulik Doris Portka Joyce Stigall Please remember to call the church office if you or a family member can be removed from this prayer list. Pray for the Military CPT (SEL) Nicolais Chighizola - Iraq Austin Gouveia - Kuwait MAJ I. Michael McLaughlin - Kuwait CPT Andrew Rupp - Tikrit CPT (SEL) Laura Lammert Chighizola DCFN Kristen Jacobson SSGT Jared McMahon CPT Jennifer L. Rupp - Baghdad SPC Sean Domzalski - Afghanistan E6 Jason Jones - Afghanistan SGT William Morgan - Afghanistan Jacob Watson - Afghanistan LT Col Michael Gill - Iraq LT Kelly Lammert - Ramstein CPL Philip Andrew Rast - Iraq Please remember in your prayers our parish family and friends, and those involved in the war on terrorism. If you have a loved one in need of prayers, please call the Parish Office (706-733-6627). Names of the sick will be listed for two weeks unless we are informed otherwise. Pray for Expectant Mothers Rachel Cagle Megan Snead Goldberg Connie Osorio Kimber Brooks Popducev Harmony Schexnayder Maura Dial Morgan Krulisky Dr. Susan Owensby Kristen Prestifilippo Megan Scureman Ashley Johannsen Fisher Sarah O’Neill Alicia Brooks Phillips Michaelann Rountree Cecilia Shoffner Please pray for our expectant mothers and their babies. If you are a member of St. Mary’s and expecting a baby, please call the Parish Office to add your name to the Elizabeth Ministry list. Intercessory Prayer Team at St. Mary on the Hill is ready and willing to pray for the needs of our fellow parishioners. If you or someone you love has a prayer request, please call or send an email. This powerful team of more than 65 members can lift you and your needs in prayer. Contact Mary-Garner Merz 706-736-0998 or e-mail [email protected]. STEWARDSHIP Stewardship Reflection Giving Electronically Epiphany of the Lord Notice the order of events in the Magi’s Please be aware that you may make your offertory visit. First, they knelt before Jesus and “..they fell down and worshipped prayed to Him. Then they presented donation, pay for mass stipends, send memorials him. Then they opened their Him with their gifts. We, too, must take and make any other contributions or payments treasures and offered him gifts of time to pray before we present our gifts to the church through our website www. gold, frankincense, and myrrh...” – to the Lord. We never know what God Matthew 2:11 stmaryonthehill.org. All we ask when you do is may be asking us to share! that your description of the gift be detailed enough for us to post this correctly. We accept American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa debit or Black and Native American Mission credit transactions. Another way to make gifts The Black and Indian Mission Collection (BIMC) exists to help diocesan to the church is through your bill pay option with communities to build the Church and preach the Gospel of Jesus among the African your bank. Simply enter the church as the payee, American, Native American, and Alaska Native people of God. Every year, it is using your tithe number for the account number. the amazing generosity of Catholic faithful just like you who enable the Black and For non tithe monies please make sure you clearly Indian Mission Office to support the following important priorities: Enlivening note what the check is for on the memo section of Parish Life & Catechesis, Empowering Evangelizers, Helping Educators Reach the payment. We feel these options are preferable Kids, and Encouraging Vocations. For more information on this Mission, please to automatic debits as you, the parishioner, have visit http://blackandindianmission.org control over when your gifts are made. Part of our tithe next week will be for the Black and Native American Mission. WORSHIP January 4, 2015 • Christmas Flowers Perpetual Adoration - Adorers Needed! Hugh M. McCutcheon 11:55 pm - 1:00 am Sunday, Monday, Saturday In Loving The Lanham & Dickinson Families 1:00 - 2:00 am Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday by Jason & Irene Lanham 2:00 - 3:00 am SUNDAY*, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Memory of: Jack & Joan Rucker by Mike Rucker 3:00 - 4:00 am Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Einar Jacobson, Edward Hendrickson, Mamie, Jim 4:00 - 5:00 am Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday -- once month on rotation basis (need 2) Jr by Dorothy Mae & Roger Harshfield by Gregory & 5:00 - 6:00 am Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Jacobson Judith Harshfield 6:00 - 7:00 am Sunday, Saturday Virginia Wilkins, Monica Lightell by Marvin & Dot Kelly, Tim & Emily 8:00 - 9:00 am Wednesday Suzanne & Gary Harris Kearns by Tony & Martha Kearns 9:00 - 10:00 am Monday, Saturday William & Anne Findlay, John Deceased Members of the Bultman & 10:00 - 11:00 am Monday Douglas Findlay, William (Bill) Baney Families by Mollie Baney 11:00 - 12:00 noon Sunday, Thursday, Friday Findlay by James & Brenda Peter & Rosemary Menk by Mike 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm Thursday Findlay Rucker 1:00 - 2:00 pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday J.O Bennett by Kathleen Bennett Charles Cheek, Mary & Chester 2:00 - 3:00 pm Friday, Saturday Terry Melton, Sara & Eddie McPhearson, C.W. Cheek, Jr. by 3:00 - 4:00 pm Sunday, Friday, Saturday McMahon, John McCarthy by Lou Cheek 4:00 - 5:00 pm Thursday, Saturday Sally Melton Joyce Scavullo, Hal & Alice Jesse, 7:00 - 8:00 pm Wednesday, Saturday Mary Ann Whaley Williams, Whaley- Marie & Gerry Saegert by Philip & 8:00 - 9:00 pm Sunday, Monday Hickman Family, Burroughs- Kay Jesse 9:00 - 10:00 pm Friday, Guest Family by Milton & Ellen Wade Owens, Ed & Agnes Rhodes, 10:00 - 11:00 pm Friday, Saturday Burroughs Nan J. Owens by Kay & John 11:00 pm - midnight Sunday, Saturday Evelyn Edwards by Cindy Dendinger Owens BIG NEED FOR A PARTNER: Joseph L. Sheehan, Sr, Louise T. * WE HAVE NO ONE TO COVER: George & Dorothy Bauser, Edward 2:00 - 3:00 am Sunday 4:00 – 5:00 am Wednesday - once Sheehan, John W. Sheehan, Sr by Aldetson by Edward Bauser a month, need two Beth Sheehan Members of Bartley & Brooks Al & Elise Stevens, Ernest & Jean Families by Lois Brooks Perpetual Adoration needs a strong boost in adorers. Please Philpot, Frank & Lulu Stevens, Preston Eubanks prayerfully consider adding an hour of adoration to your week. N.T. & Eunice Jameson, Howard Tom & Mary Maxwell, Nan Call Paul or Mary Ellen Zielinski 706-228-5115 to sign on and & Anna Dudley, Ernest & Anne Armstrong, Dorothy Armstrong, begin enjoying a life filled with more blessings and peace. God Philpot, Sr. Roberta Joseph Sutton Louise Armstrong by Susan, Scott, truly does give back abundantly to those who spend time with Him. & All Members of the Stevens, Chris & Mary Graham Littlefield Jameson, Philpot & Dudley Mary & Tom Maxwell, Melissa Mims Adams by Adam & Marie Families by Jerry & Emma Philpot Eustice, Aaron Booher by Rusty, In Honor of: & Family Gilstrap Trisha & Meredith Campbell Mary Selzler by James Selzler Kathy & Tim Prestifilippo, William & Isabel R. Harleston, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Mulherin, Dr. & Danielle & Judson McLanders, Douglas W. Curtis by Philip C. & John L. Buckley by Diane T. Buckley Mrs. Francis X. Mulherin, Mr. & Anonymous Donation Biagio & Kristen Prestifilippo, Rita H. Curtis Mrs. Cecil Key, Mary Alice King by Anthony Prestifilippo, Mary Fastiggi, Moore, Kubic & Lankenau Rosemary C. Roper, Charles C. Estelle Mulherin Duncan Chesser by J. Roper Prestifilippo by Mary Williams Families, All Military & their Seminarians – Patrick May & Bobby Lillian Bennett by Kathleen Families by Walter & Marilyn Joseph E. Kelly, III, Albert & Agnes Phillips Counihan Lamb, Charles Albert Bennett Moore Tommy Werrick, Kathleen & W.B. Maureen Floyd Beckum by Keith John O. Ellis, M.D., Roy B. Lamb, William Robert Lamb by Duncan by Sheryl Werrick Carroll L. Kelly Beckum McCutcheon, Jr by Mr. & Mrs. Elisabeth Adams Gilstrap, Evelyn FAITH FORMATION Baptisms Baptism Preparation Classes typically are Wedding Banns scheduled for the first Sunday of the month. The next Jane Markwalter Nicholson, Baptism Preparation Class is Sunday, February 1 at 1:30 pm in the Parish Hall. Please call the office to St. Mary on the Hill, Augusta, GA register for classes, 706-733-6627. and Adam Steven Kuhlenbeck, Gate Baptisms normally will be held the third weekend of the of Heaven Catholic Church, Boston, MA month at the 5:00 pm and 12:15 pm Masses. Please call the office to register. Wedding Day Workshop Engaged Couples - Mandatory for Brides, Grooms and their parents is to be held this Marriage Preparation Retreat Sunday, January 4, 2015 following the 5:30 pm mass (~ 6:45 pm) in the Church. The next Engaged Couples weekend will be at St. Mary on the Hill on January 16 and 17, 2015 in the Parish Hall. This We discuss all the do’s and don’ts and options to make your certification is required to get married in the Catholic Church. ceremony beautiful and individual. If you are getting married Advance registration is required to attend. Please remember or just thinking about it, this is for you. It is mandatory for that this certification is mandatory. For more information or the bride, groom or representative to attend one workshop registration, call St. Parish Office at (706) 733-6627. prior to the wedding. No need to register. Just come. St. Mary on the Hill January 4, 2015 Women’s Faith Formation Retrouvaille (“re-tro-vi”) Do you want to deepen your understanding A Life Line for Married Couples of the Catholic Faith in the New Year? Then join other women in the parish for a 10 week series Without attention and care, marriages wither and on the Catholic Faith using the Symbolon program. eventually die. Is your marriage tearing the two of you Meetings will be Sundays from 6:45 - 8:00 pm apart? Have thoughts or words of separation or divorce at the Senior Center, starting January 11. entered your life? Has it been too long since you have Contact Michelle Migone, [email protected] or known the joy of a loving relationship? 706.737.8946 to sign up. You can preview the Symbolon program at: www.symboloncatholic.org. Retrouvaille has been helping couples rebuild a loving relationship since 1977. Men’s Discernment Group Our next Retrouvaille Weekend will be Are you a single young Catholic man in high school or older? Have you ever thought about joining the Priesthood or are February 6 - 8, 2015 in an Augusta Hotel. interested in learning more? Then this group is for you! Join For additional information or to register the Melchizedek Project discernment group that is currenlty call (800) 470-2230. If calling from outside meeting in the Augusta deanery for lively discussion and great the Savannah Diocese, call (706) 863-1465. fellowship with other Catholic men. Dinner is provided. Contact More info at www.retouvaille.org. Fr. Dawid for more info and to register: [email protected] Space limited. Register early. And please continue to pray for the young men that are attending! COMMUNITY Ladies Out to Lunch Senior Center The Annual Pot Luck Lunch AEROBICS in the Parish Hall Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 am Thursday, January 8 at 11:30 am Join us in the Parish Hall & get into shape ALL of the ladies in the parish are welcome. We have a speaker, short, sweet, great food and fellowship. for the new year. Please call, Jane Cashin, 706-733-4254 or Ellen Burroughs, 706-736-2429 DON’T FORGET: Tuesday Music Live January 6 12:00 Noon Pancake Breakfast Pancake Breakfast to benefit our Parish Vocations will SIGN UP FOR: be held next Sunday, January 11 in the Parish Hall after Ken Maleck’s Tax Tips & lunch the 7:45 & 10:30 am masses. Come and have a delicious and filling Pancake and Sausage Breakfast with the January 12 11:30 am proceeds going to our Seminarians. Our Patrick Walsh After Ken fills us in on all the changes for this year, K of C Council will host the event. Cost is $5.00 for an we’ll enjoy lunch & fellowship. adult, $15.00 per family or $3.00 for a child.
Senior Center Calendar for January Widow - Widowers is available in the Narthex. Widow- Widowers dinner is at Carrabbas on Washington Road. Save the Date Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 6:00 pm th RSVP: Jackie Kennedy (706) 738-5094 The 11 Annual Ray Meneghello Ciao, Bella! Dance by Sunday, January 11, 2015. is coming up on January 31, 2015.
Make your plans now to enjoy an evening of dinner and Parking Reminders dancing in the St. Mary’s Parish Hall for only $50 per Please be mindful of our neighbors when parking near the couple ($45 for advance tickets). More information will Church. Be sure you are parked in a legal space, and do not block driveways. Please DO NOT park in the Trinity on be coming soon, but if you want to make reservations early, the Hill Methodist Church parking lot or in Comcast’s call Rich Dimenna at 706-855-5610 or send an email to: reserved parking spaces (they use these spaces on the [email protected] weekend also). Violators may be towed. St. Mary on the Hill January 4, 2015
Notes from the Parish Office St. Mary on the Hill - If you are new to the parish, please call, 706-733-6627, or School News stop by the church office. It only takes a minute to register and we would love to hear from you. Registration forms are also The Ancient Order of Hibernians sponsored an essay contest, online at stmaryonthehill.org/registration.htm in which several of our students participated. The topic for the contest is, “The Role of the Irish in the American - If you are going to move, have a change of address or change Civil War.” Two of our students were winners for our local your phone number, please contact the parish office. You can chapter! Congratulations to Annamarie Bowles (First Place, help save us return postage. $100 prize) and Beppy Nechtman (Second Place, $50 Prize). Their essays will be submitted to the State Competition and, - If you have an emergency and need a priest after hours, please remember that the emergency phone number is on the if they win, will go on to the National Competition in March. front cover of the bulletin. The winners have been invited to the “Evening in Ireland” at our parish on February 21st at 7:00 pm to receive recognition - When you reach the age of 18 and/or are no longer a for their wonderful submissions. Congratulations! dependent of your parents, you should register with the parish. If you are asked to be a sponsor or godparent, then the This week at school: parish will be able to issue a certificate that you are an active, registered member of the parish. • Classes resume on Monday. We hope everyone had a restful, blessing filled break. - If you have a loved one on the prayer list, please call the • Registration for returning families for the 2015-2016 office when their name can be removed. school year will begin on Monday, January 5th. Re- Registration may be done completely online this year. You have the option of paying the registration in full (on Elijah Cup at the 5:30 pm Sunday Mass or before January 16, 2015) OR in two payments (the The Elijah Cup program is a ministry to foster and support first half due on January 16, 2015 and the second half priestly and religious vocations. The Elijah Cup is a chalice due by April 30, 2015). that is presented to a family, couple, or individual each • We will host home basketball games versus Alleluia on Sunday at the offering of the gifts. The chalice is taken home Tuesday afternoon beginning at 4:00 pm. and used as a focal point while praying for our current and • On Thursday our basketball teams play Westminster at future priests, deacons, and sisters. The chalice is returned home beginning at 4:00 pm. the following Sunday. Sign up in the Narthex or contact • Report cards will be distributed on Friday. Miriam Cortez-Cooper at (706) 414-8007 or by email: • We begin accepting registrations for new families for [email protected]. the 2015-2016 school year on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Registration forms and information can be found Nursery on our website at www.stmarysSaints.org, under the The nursery is available on the weekends during the “Admissions” tab. 10:30 am and the 12:15 pm Sunday Masses. • Our next OPEN HOUSE is scheduled for Wednesday, It is open to children from 6 months to 4 years of age. We January 28, 2015 from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. Come visit ask that if you use the nursery that you volunteer once every us and see our students in action during the school day! 6 weeks. Call for more information at 706-262-2659 and ask All are welcome and we certainly hope to see many new for Gina Craw or email [email protected]. faces. SERVICE Blood Drive Next Sunday, CSS Thrift Store Abuse Hotline Number: To report sexual abuse of a minor by a Diocese of January 11, CSS Thrift store on Broad Street is Savannah employee or volunteer, call 8:30 am in constant need of volunteers. the abuse hotline number at 888-357- 5330 or the Office for the Protection of to 2:00 pm Even a couple hours would help! Children and Young people, 912-201- Bloodmobile parked in front It would be the best job you 4073/4. To read the diocesan policy never got paid for!! on sexual abuse of minors, go to www. of the Church diosav.org/childyouthprotection. St. Mary on the Hill January 4, 2015
outh vents EVOLVE Y E High School Youth Night Middle School Youth Night: Sundays after 5:30 pm Mass at the SMY House Sunday, January 11 after 5:30 pm Mass (~6:40 pm) All high school youth are welcome! SMS Cafeteria and Gym Food, Fun, Jesus! National March for Life Walk January 21-22, 2015 – Washington, DC Master’s Table Soup Kitchen - Usually every Location: Washington, DC; we will be staying at St. Catherine Second Sunday (January 11) Come Serve at the Master’s Laboure Parish, 11801 Claridge Rd, Wheaton, MD 20902 Table Soup Kitchen (behind the Civic Center). To serve, Activities Include: Visit the Basilica of the National Shrine, please email Belinda at [email protected] Call Michael Catholic Underground Event/Concert; Youth Rally @ Verizon for more info. 706-394-6447. Center Individual in charge: Michael Lammers w- 706 736-5516, Pray for Life with SMYouth c- 706-394-6447 Where: A Preferred Women’s Health Center (Abortion Mill) Estimated date & time of departure: Meet at the back When: Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month St. Mary on the Hill School Church parking lot at 6 am, Time: 10:30 am Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 “Abortion is the greatest destroyer of peace, the greatest Estimated date & time of return: The back St. Mary on the destroyer of love.” Mother Teresa Hill Church parking lot @ 11:30 pm, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 Mode of transportation to and from event: Lewis Bus Line Youth Holy Hour - Every Thursday, Cost: $150.00; $25 nonrefundable deposit due to hold spot. 9:00 -10:00 pm Come and spend some time with Jesus Interested in going - contact Michael Lammers to see if space in the Eucharist. Pop in and spend 10 minutes or the is available. 706-394-6447 whole hour with THE MAN - JESUS! The Form is on St. Mary on the Hill Website! Words for the Week We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. ~ Winston Churchill Young Adult Ministry
Spirit & Truth - Weekly Young Adult Meetings Annunciation House - 2561 Central Ave This Catholic Ministry seeks to bring Christians @ 7:30 pm every Thursday 18-35 into contact with Christ and His Church Complimentary Dinner! through Faith, Fellowship, & Spiritual Growth. Our group covers adoration in the Chapel • 1st/3rd Saturday we meet to pray the Rosary for Life every Sunday from 1:00 - 2:00 pm. outside abortion clinic on Professional Pkwy @ 10:30, Y.A.M. is affiliated with the Diocese of Savannah and is typically followed by group lunch afterwards. supported by the parishes of the Augusta Deanery. Search for “Augusta YAM Spirit & Truth” on Facebook Website: www.AugustaYAM.org Email us at [email protected]
MOVIE RATINGS The following movies have been evaluated by the Catholic News Service according to artistic merit and moral suitability. The reviews include the CNS rating and the Motion Picture Association of America rating. (see website www.catholicnews.com/movies.htm). Annie — A-II— adults and adolescents (PG) Interstellar — A-III — adults. (PG-13) Before I Go to Sleep — A-III — adults. (R) Nightcrawler — L — limited adult audiences, films whose problematic Beyond the Lights — A-III — adults. (PG-13) content many adults would find troubling (R) Big Hero 6 — A-II— adults and adolescents (PG) Penguins of Madagascar — A-I— General (PG) Dumb and Dumber To — O — morally offensive (PG-13) The Pyramid — A-III — adults. (R) Exodus: Gods and Kings — A-III — adults. (PG-13) St. Vincent — L — limited adult audiences, films whose problematic The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — A-II— adults and content many adults would find troubling (PG-13) adolescents (PG-13) The Theory of Everything — A-III — adults. (PG-13) Horrible Bosses 2 — O — morally offensive (R) Top Five — O — morally offensive (R) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 — A-II— adults and adolescents (PG-13) AROUND THE DEANERY, DIOCESE, & THE AREA THE GRU LITERACY CENTER Miracle & Healing Service The Italian-American presents THE GOLDEN GOOSE Bi-Lingual (Spanish/English) Miracle and Club of CSRA on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Healing Service led by the Alleluia Community at 9:30 am or 10:30 am and assisted by Fr. Victor Marquez, Friday, 31st Annual Pasta Festival Live & on stage January 23, 7:00 - 10:00 pm, at St. Joseph Friday, February 6, 2015 in the GRU Maxwell Theater. Catholic Church on Lumpkin Road. Call 706- Lunch 11:00 - 2:00 * Dinner 4:30 - 8:00 The cost is $3/child; adults are free. 798-1882 for more information. At the HELLENIC CENTER OF THE To make reservation, call 706-737-8113 GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH and tell how many will be coming and at Corner of 10th St. and Telfair St. which performance. Aquinas Auction Aquinas High School presents MENU “A Night at the Art Mill” Spaghetti w/ Meatballs or Sausage Carmelite Community Annual Auction Tossed Salad Rolls Tea Are you interested in Carmelite spirituality January 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm Adult - $9.00 or contemplative prayer? Do you have Tickets for sale at the school office Take Out is available a devotion to the Brown Scapular or to for $50 per person Italian Pastries for sale also Carmelite Saints like Teresa of Avila, John of Cost is $60 per person after January 21st IAC supports local charities the Cross or Therese of Lisieux? Do you just For more information, visit aquinashigh.org want to deepen your spirituality? Are you a secular Carmelite looking for a community? I am a member of the Community of Our Evening in Ireland Pro-Life Lady of Mt. Carmel, which meets the fourth Save the date for Evening in Ireland, Sunday of every month at Good Shepherd Saturday, February 21, 2015 WEEKLY: Every Saturday Morning, Catholic Church in Columbia, SC. I have starting at 6:30 pm. 9:00 AM through 12:00 noon- At a Preferred lived in the CSRA since 2010, and because You won’t want to miss this festive Health Center, 2903 Professional Parkway, of health and financial issues, the commute celebration at the Augusta Elks Club with the West Augusta abortion clinic, for prayer has been difficult. I am looking for other Lissakeole, a very talented Irish Band, and silent witness. Please contact George Catholics to carpool with me, and new great food and much more. Tickets are Vozniak at 726-1269. classes always start in January. Please email $25.00 each and can be purchased at St. Every Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00 am, Prayer at me, John Hathaway, at GodsGadfly@gmail. Mary’s Church Office. Contact Karen Planned Parenthood. com for more information. Brooks at [email protected] MONTHLY: First Tuesday of each month or Estelle Duncan at eduncan081954@ - Pro-Life Rosary and Prayer - 11:30 am in yahoo.com for more information front of Planned Parenthood. Save the Date! First Saturday of each month - Mass at 14th Regional Stewardship Save the Date! Saint Mary on the Hill, 9:15 am, followed by Conference Aquinas Booster Club Shamrock Shuffle a Pro-Life Rosary at Preferred Health Center Friday, May 1, 2015 5:00 pm Saturday, March 14, 2015 (approximately 10:15 am) Saturday, May 2, 2015 5k run/ walk and 10k run First and Third Fridays of each month - Visit www.aquinashigh.org to register 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Crosswalk, a family pro-life gathering, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, at Planned Parenthood. Hilton Savannah DeSoto 9-1-1 For Your Soul Please contact Gary Garner, at 706-793-8090. 15 East Liberty Street, Tune in for life saving news Savannah, GA 31401 Saint Paul Radio WKER 91.1 FM 912-232-9000 Free Pregnancy Care Services Registration materials will be available Alliance Hospice http://diosav.org/socialservices- in January 2015. Volunteers Are Needed to: respectlife Interact with and learn from •• Provide comfort, companionship, and individuals and parishes from across emotional support to hospice patients and Abortion Alternatives: the southeast... families Birthright of Augusta: •• Relieve caregiver(s) for short periods of 706-733-LOVE Featuring: Tom Corcoran - time Keynote Speaker •• Help with small chores Birthright National: 800-550-4900 Associate to the Pastor •• Provide clerical assistance in our office Augusta Care Pregnancy Center: 706-724-3733 Church of the Nativity, churchnativity.tv While we can not add days to life, we Co-Author of Rebuilt: Awakening the can add life to days. Being a Hospice Care Net/Heartbeat Hotline: Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Volunteer is one of the most rewarding 800-395-HELP Church Matter experiences you will ever have. Post Abortion Alternatives: Training provided. Call 706-447-2461 Rachel’s Vineyard: Hosted by the Dioceses of Charlotte, or 803-441-0174 to be a part of the 877-HOPE-4-ME. Charleston, Raleigh and Savannah Volunteer Team. For more information go and the Archdiocese of Atlanta to www.alliancehospice.com