The Fourth Sunday of Lent - March 11, 2018 Rev. Msgr. James L. LeBlanc The Sanctuary is located at the corner of Wilson Blvd. and N Pines Rd. Pastor Our Parish Office is open weekdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Deacon John Tempesco and is located in the white farmhouse at 9720 Wilson Blvd. Blythewood, SC 29016 + Phone 735-0512 • Fax 735-1742 [email protected] Sunday Mass: Saturday at 4:00 p.m. Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Daily Mass: Tues. & Thurs. at 6:00 p.m. Saturday at 9:00 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration: Thursday 5:00—6:00 p.m. Saturday 9:30—10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Tuesday 5:00—5:45 p.m. Saturday 3:00—3:45 p.m. and by appointment + Mary Beth Vernau Youth Minister Dr. Denise Rudell Director of Music Valerie Shealy Parish Secretary + Find Us Online: www.TransfigurationSC.org facebook.com/Transfig Ministry Directory Adult Education ............ Karen Hanson 318-6452 Altar Society ....................Mary Causey 788-7570 Altar Servers .................... call the office 735-0512 Building Committee ........ Paul Moscati 786-7746 Bulletin Editor ............... Valerie Shealy 735-0512 Tuesday, March 13, 6:00 p.m. Collection Counters .... Shirley Sipowicz 736-4005 Lector: Rosie Leonard Eucharistic Minister: Nadine McDonald Columbiettes ...............Cheryl Corcoran 556-7755 Altar Server: Volunteer Needed CERT Team Leader ......... Greg Scheuer 210-7272 Disaster Prep Coordinator...Paul Richter 609-5924 Thursday, March 15, 6:00 p.m. Environment & Art ........ Rosie Leonard 238-4951 Lector: Susan Wallick Eucharistic Ministers ........... Ed Hogue 348-1260 Eucharistic Minister: Marge Butler Finance Council……..Chris Murray (863) 209-7265 Altar Server: Volunteer Needed Greeting Ministry ............ call the office 735-0512 Saturday, March 17, 9:00 a.m. Heavenly Helpers ..........Susan Robillard 730-6108 Lector: Volunteer Needed Hospitality ................... Suzanne Fulmer 240-4062 Eucharistic Minister: Volunteer Needed ............... Sharon Cammisa 834-4010 Altar Server: Volunteer Needed Infant Baptism ................ call the office 735-0512 Knights of Columbus ........... Ed Hogue 348-1260 Saturday, March 17, 4:00 p.m. Kitchen Committee ..... Danni Sherman 315-1344 Sacristan: Robert Leonard Lectors………………………..call the office 735-0512 Lectors: Jane Richter, Ena Hagon Eucharistic Ministers: Frank Lofurno, Rosie Leonard Music Ministry ............... Denise Rudell 735-0512 Paul Richter or [email protected] Master Server: Pierce Mulero Prayer Line ...................... Marge Butler 633-2656 Altar Servers: Dominick Laibly, Brayton Laibly or [email protected] C.J. Laibly RCIA ................. Deacon John Tempesco 735-0512 Ushers: Volunteers Needed or [email protected] The Fifth Sunday of Lent Religious Education .......... Jim Shubnell 646-9266 March 18 Service Committee .......... Kathy Snider 629-0177 Stewardship Committee .... Lois Thomas 315-2743 8:00 a.m. Ushers ................................ Joe Mulero 479-7097 Sacristan: Russ Foss Lector: Russ Foss, Sharon McNatt Vocations Chalice…………...Bob Wagner 629-2978 Eucharistic Ministers: Paul & Teresa Jeanmougin Welcome Ministry .......... Rosie Leonard 238-4951 Russ Foss Youth Ministry………..Mary Beth Vernau 814-6214 Master Server: Volunteer Needed or [email protected] Altar Servers: Madison Hobin, Rebecca Fugate Volunteer Needed Ushers: Nardo Andres, Harold Washington 10:30 a.m. Sacristan: Bob Wagner Lectors: Joe Gawronski, Stacie Boyer Eucharistic Ministers: Freida Campbell, Elaine Slan Gaye Guerre, Susan Arling Karen Hanson Master Server: J.W. Heron Altar Servers: Nicholas Abraham, Ella Adams Gavin Shelley, Erin Boyer Ushers: Gary Matthews, Joe Mulero Collection Counters: Nicole McLeod, Joan Brown Gaye Guerre Next weekend’s second collection will benefit the Bishop’s Annual Appeal. Lenten Reconciliation Service March 19th at 7:00 p.m. We will have several priests available at Transfiguration for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. If you are unable to attend our service, please plan to join another service at an area parish. All services are at 7:00 p.m. Monday, March 12 St. John Neumann Tuesday, March 13 St. Martin de Porres Thursday, March 15 Corpus Christi Monday, March 19 Transfiguration 40 Cans for Lent Ladies Luncheon! Tickets for the Columbiettes’ 3rd Annual The Knights of Columbus are Ladies Luncheon and Fashion Show collecting canned food for a local food are on sale now! The event will be held at Laura’s Tea Room in Ridgeway on pantry. They’re challenging each family to Sunday, April 15, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. bring a can of food per day for each day of You will enjoy lunch, gift basket raffles, Lent—40 Cans in all. The canned food can fashions from shops in Ridgeway, and our guest speaker, Lori Hatcher. Lori is be dropped off in the Gathering Space until the editor of South Carolina’s Reach Out, April 1st (Easter). Columbia magazine and the author of the award-winning devotional book, Hungry for God… Starving for Time. That’s right partner…The VBS Sheriff is looking to All women over the age of 18 are welcome to attend. You do not need to be Catholic round up a Posse of some or a Columbiette to enjoy this great mighty fine Volunteers— fundraising event! All net proceeds are both Adults & Teens willing donated back to local charities. to “Giddy up with God” the week of June 25 – 29. Tickets are $46.00 per person and must be purchased in advance. Seating is limited. As of Thursday afternoon, about Please email Patty Evans by March 20 50% of the tickets had been purchased, [email protected] to let her know so don’t delay—call Kathy Cunningham, that you want to volunteer to be part of 847-691-5899, to order your tickets! the best VBS ever. You can also volunteer The gift baskets that we sell raffle tickets for “behind the scenes” (we need help with for during the luncheon are comprised of making scenery,décor,etc.). All volunteers donations from area businesses and/or working with children must comply with individuals. If you own a business or the Child Protection Policy of the Diocese, would like to donate a gift item, please contact Kathy. which includes a background screen. Vocations Chalice Fish Fry Fridays Pray for vocations — all of them! 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Everyone has a vocation. Our prayers can help others see their path more March 16 and 23 clearly. Look for the clipboard in the Gathering Space. We will not serve on Good Friday. Mar. 11 10:30 a.m. Jack & Wanda Heron Dine-In dinners include all-you-can-eat-fish, Mar. 17 4:00 p.m. Russ Foss macaroni and cheese, green beans, coleslaw, Mar. 25 10:30 a.m. Judyka Botia French fries, hush puppies and your choice of coffee, iced tea, lemonade or water. Carry-out We ask that following your week of prayer, your dinners do not include a beverage. family would be present at Mass to hand the chalice off to the next family on the schedule. Eat In: Adults $9.00 Kids 6-12 $4.00 Kids under 5 Eat Free Middle School Resurrection Retreat Carry Out: Adults $9.00 Open to all 6—8th grade students! Come have a Child’s Plate $4.00 great time with your friends and enjoy a day of faith & fun. Games, Easter activities, & Preparing Cash, check or credit cards are welcome. for the Resurrection! For more information: March 24—10:30 am thru 4:00 pm Mass Paul Moscati (803) 917-6257 Invite your friends! Kathy Cunningham (847) 691-5899 or email [email protected] Lunch provided. Like Us on Facebook! Registration forms in the Gathering Space or email @TransfigurationFishFry Mary Beth at [email protected] Thank You to the Evangelization Eastern Rite Mission Committee, especially chair, Karen On Sunday, March 18 at 5:00 Hanson, and all those who worked p.m., a Pontifical Divine Liturgy behind the scenes to make Saturday’s (Mass) in the Byzantine Rite will be celebrated at Transfiguration. This is an exciting next step for Lenten Retreat such a success. the mission that has been meeting monthly at Transfiguration. Bishop Bohdan will formally We want to say a special Thank You to establish a new Byzantine Rite Mission for Columbia. Fellowship will follow. We cordially P a n e r a invite you, along with your family and friends, to Bread, which celebrate this historic occasion with us. provided our Questions? delicious lunch! [email protected] What’s in a Rite? As Transfiguration will be hosting a Ukrainian Catholic Mission for the foreseeable future, we wanted to give you a little information on these, our sister churches. The following was kindly provided by Kevin Toole, a member of the mission. Catholics are generally unaware that they have millions of coreligionists who are not themselves part of the Roman Catholic Church. Indeed, even the term "Roman Catholic" isn't quite right, it was actually a derogatory label assigned to us by Anglican Protestants, trying to legitimize their own use of the term Papal Coat of Arms "Catholic" over and against that foreign Church loyal to the pope of Rome. In point of fact, the Catholic Church directly under the jurisdiction of Rome is properly and canonically termed the Latin Church. All official Church documents simply use the term, "Catholic Church." And contrary to popular belief, most of the day-to-day work performed by the Holy Father is not in his role as pope and pastor of the Universal Church but in his position in the Latin Church as the bishop of Rome and the patriarch of the West. It remains a deep and abiding tragedy that Orthodox and Catholic sister Churches in the Apostolic Faith remain at odds. Any semblance of official reunion will take time; many Orthodox Churches still struggle to discover their own identity after generations of control by tsars, kings, sultans, nationalism, communism, and the new emergence of evangelicalism and renewed Islamic militancy.