5800 15th Ave. S. Gulfport, FL 33707 Phone 727-347-9989 Parish office hours: Mon-Thurs 9:00am-2:00pm, Fri 9:00am-noon Sunday Masses: (Church) Saturday Vigil 4:30pm Sunday 8:00am & 10:0am Sunday 12:00pm Spanish Daily Masses: (Church) Monday - Friday 8:00am Saturday 9:00am Gift Shop (Social Hall): Closed until further notice MHNJ CONTACTS Pastor: Rev. Frank Lubowa [email protected] DRE: Kim Paczynski [email protected] Parish Manager: Pat Sullivan [email protected] Office Coordinator: Patricia Tovar [email protected] Receptionist: Oksana Zagorodniuk [email protected] St. Vincent de Paul Society Helpline: 727-343-3949 THE SACRAMENTS Reconciliation: Wednesday & Friday by appt. only Marriage: Call six months prior to nuptials Baptism, RCIA: By appointment. Contact the DRE Going to the Hospital or Need the Sacraments? Most Holy Name of Jesus parish, nourished by Word and To have a pastoral visit, the Eucharist, or Anointing of the Sick, notify the Sacrament, is a Catholic family growing in faith, hope and Parish Office at 347-9989 love, and called to proclaim the Gospel of Christ in both word For an emergency where a priest is needed, and deed. Our vision is that every member be renewed in call 727-347-9989 x 306 Christ. DAY MASS INTENTIONS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Saturday, August 15, 2020 9:00am Joan McKenna The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab;Ps 45:10, 11, 12,16; 4:30pm Angelica & Joseph Ottomanelli 1 Cor 15:20-27;Lk 1:39-56 Sunday, August 16, 2020 8:00am Kevin Mullon 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:00am Barbara Giovo Is 56:1, 6-7;Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [4]; 12:00pm Rom 11:13-15, 29-32;Mt 15:21-28 Monday, August 17, 2020 8:00am David Howell 9:00am-2:00pm Chapel open Ez 24:15-24;Dt 32:18-19, 20, 21 [cf. 18a]; Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:00am Anthony Emanuele Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-27ab, 27cd-28, 30, 35cd- 9:00am-2:00pm Chapel open 36ab [39c]; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday, August 19, 2020 8:00am Meiavilla St. John Eudes, Priest 9:00am-2:00pm Chapel open Ez 34:1-11;Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [1]; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday, August 20, 2020 8:00am Renee Brosan St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church 9:00am-2:00pm Chapel open Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19 [Ez 36:25]; Mt 22:1-14 Friday, August 21, 2020 St. Pius X, Pope 8:00am Adam Nowakowski Ez 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [1]; 9;00am-2:00pm Adoration Mt 22:34-40 Saturday, August 22, 2020 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00am Dorothy “Dottie” Apa 10:00am– 2:00pmFirst Communion Retreat Ez 43:1-7ab;Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [cf. and First Reconcilaition 10b]; Mt 23:1-12 4:30pm Rose Severi Sunday, August 23, 2020 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Larry Severance Is 22:19-23;Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8 [8bc]; 10:00am Laura Jane Mieldazis Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 12:00pm Prayer for those with Coronavirus Almighty ever-living God, eternal health of believers, hear our prayers for your servants who are sick with Offering: Week of August 9th : $5294.00 coronavirus: grant them, we implore you, your merciful help, so that, with their health restored, APA 2020 they may give you thanks in the midst of your We have $39,580.00 pledged towards our of goal of Church. $63,904.00 which is 61.94% Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, of total amount owed this who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy year. Spirit, Thank you for your continued support. one God, for ever and ever. Amen Missionary Cooperation Plan(MCP) “As is our traditions each year our diocese fosters and strengthens awareness of our call to mission through the Missionary Cooperation Plan. In these unprecedented time, these messengers of Christ deserve all the support that we can provide, so that they may continue their ministry to the poor and marginalized in their communities.” Bishop Parkes. This year Most Holy Name of Jesus will host Reverend Joseph P. Chacko the weekend of September 12-13. Reverend Chacko has been appointed by Bishop Most Rev Joseph Arumachadath of Bhadravathi in Karnataka, India. We will have more information about Rev. Chacko, and the needs of the people he is representing in future bulletins. We want to thank all of our parishioners for your support during these uncertain times. Your continued generosity for our local Church, as well as the greater Church allows us to serve all the people in need. Important Faith Formation Dates August 22nd: 10:00am– 2:00 pm First Communion Retreat and First Reconciliation August 30th: 10:00am Mass First Communion September 9th: WAY Fall kick-off September 13th & 20th: Religious Education Registration September 27th: Religious Education First Day **October 10th: 10:00am– 1:00pm Confirmation Retreat October 14th: Confirmation practice (Sponsors and Candidates need to be present) October 18th: Fr. Frank Installation Mass **October 18th: 10:00am Mass Confirmation ** Dates have been changed Please pray PRAYER LIST/ NECESITAN ORACIONES for the repose of Jon Konrad, Virginia Letterman, Mary Crnkovich, Phyllis Emanuele, Donna Hoffman, the soul of Camille Novak, John Ferrucci, Jeremiah Meredith, Robert Parent, Clarita Reilly, Mary Marois, Charles Lyn Rosenberg, Fred Wheeler, Janice Eldridge, Jean Torrealba, Charlotte Puckett, Gierman Noel Rodrigues, Mary Mazzulli, Jo Ann Murphy, Hobi Mork, Jim Highland, Karen Young, who went Anthony McCorkle, Ashton Meyer, Theodore Hebert, Peter Reilly, Raymond Patenaude, home to the Edward Conrad, Joseph Lembke Jr., Betty Zukowski, Ray Brosan, Loriann Hebert, Michelle Lowen, Father this past week. His wife, Mary J. Smith, Debra Merritt, Helen Parham, Eddie Lobo, Terry(Anna) Whitlock, Joe Scruci, Carol Ann has expressed that she Beverly Diaz, Asa Jerima Hollingsworth, Elisa Severance, Teresa Coté, Cherie Loubert, will plan a Memorial Mass at a Lauren Landry, Beverly McDermott, Connie Pizza, later date for his Most Holy Theresa Wagner, Anita Knapp, Maria Nicholson, Mia Rose Lopes, Gloria Impagliazzo, Joanne Name of Jesus parish family. Urspruch, Thom Smith, Wayne Gullick, May Eternal Light shine upon Julie Kaplan, Mark Blaauboer, Lee Hoyland, David Lellig, Renee Brosan, Shermila Lemos, Mary Lee him. Rector, Susie Kemnitz, Chuck German, Patricia De Los Santos, Norma Miami. Lord hear our prayers We have removed names on the prayer list which have been on for over a year. Please contact the office to be added to the prayer list. You may also add your prayer intentions to the prayer books located at the church doors. Pastor Installation And Confirmation Sunday, October 18, 2020 @ 10:00am Mass Bishop Gregory Parkes will celebrate Mass to install Fr. Frank Lubowa as Pastor at Most Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, and celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation for our youth. Reception to follow( we will have more details as we get closer to the event). RSVP for the Mass: Starting next Sunday, we will have a sign up sheet at the Gift Shop Counter after all Masses, or you can call the office. community. Saint John Eudes’ That same year John founded a new community, ultimately Story called the Eudists—the Congregation of Jesus and Mary– How little we know where devoted to the formation of the clergy by conducting God’s grace will lead. Born diocesan seminaries. The new venture, while approved by on a farm in northern individual bishops, met with immediate opposition, France, John died at 79 in especially from Jansenists and some of his former associates. the next “county” or John founded several seminaries in Normandy, but was department. In that time, he unable to get approval from Rome—partly, it was said, was a religious, a parish missionary, founder of two religious because he did not use the most tactful approach. communities, and a great promoter of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In his parish mission work, John was disturbed by the sad condition of prostitutes who sought to escape their John joined the religious community of the Oratorians and miserable life. Temporary shelters were found, but was ordained a priest at 24. During severe plagues in 1627 arrangements were not satisfactory. A certain Madeleine and 1631, he volunteered to care for the stricken in his own Lamy, who had cared for several of the women, one day said diocese. Lest he infect his fellow religious, during the plague to him, “Where are you off to now? To some church, I he lived in a huge cask in the middle of a field. suppose, where you’ll gaze at the images and think yourself pious. And all the time what is really wanted of you is a At age 32, John became a parish missionary. His gifts as a decent house for these poor creatures.” The words, and the preacher and confessor won him great popularity. He laughter of those present, struck deeply within him. The preached over 100 parish missions, some lasting from several result was another new religious community, called the weeks to several months. Sisters of Charity of the Refuge. In his concern with the spiritual improvement of the clergy, John Eudes is probably best known for the central theme of John realized that the greatest need was for seminaries.