July 30, 2017 MISSION STATEMENT Nourishing the Body of Christ by nurturing one another through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE DAILY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Monday: 6:45 am | 8:30 am 4:30 pm Vigil Mass* Tuesday: 6:45 am | 8:30 am Wednesday: 6:45 am | 8:30 am Sunday Thursday: 6:45 am | 8:30 am 7:30 am | 9:00 am* | 10:45 am* Friday: 6:45 am | 8:30 am | 12 Noon 12:15 pm* | 5:00 pm Saturday: 8:30 am *Nursery available ROSARY Weekdays at 8:00 am (chapel) HOURS OF OUR CLERGY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Pastor: Reverend Monsignor Peter J. Rau Saturday, 5:30 pm to Sunday, 7:00 am 678-832-1223 [email protected] and Parochial Vicar: Sunday, 6:00 pm to Saturday, 8:30 am Reverend Brian Bufford 678-832-1225 [email protected] SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Deacons: Rev. Mr. Mike Bickerstaff 678-832-1228 Wednesday 7:15 am Rev. Mr. Joe Crowley and Rev. Mr. Bill Keen Saturday: 9:00 - 10:00 am Rev. Mr. Keith Kolodziej 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Rev. Mr. Martin Lampe, retired or by appointment Rev. Mr. Jesús (Tony) Nerio Rev. Mr. Dave Thomasberger COUNSELORS Rev. Mr. Scott Sparks 678-832-1215 Kaitlyn Byrne Rev. Mr. John Wojcik Patrick Metts Bill Powers 678-993-8494 11330 Woodstock Road, | Roswell, Georgia 30075 Parish Office: 678-277-9424 | Fax: 678-277-9423 Religious Education: 678-832-1230 | www. stpeterchanel.org St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church Page 2 July 30, 2017 From the Pastor: Well, here we go….it’s still July, but summer vacation from school is almost over. Between this week and next week, the surrounding school districts, as well as Blessed Trinity and Queen of Angels, begin classes. We will share a Back to School Blessing for our students and teachers at all Masses next weekend. We will pray for both a successful academic year as well as a year filled with many opportunities to experience and share God’s blessings. As you read the rest of the bulletin, you will see that many parish programs and activities are resuming. Check out the variety of things starting in August, including our Ministry Fair. In September, we have our annual Fall Festival – a fun evening of games, rides, entertainment – all planned for family enjoyment (meaning most things are FREE!) It is my way of saying Thank You to my parish family for all the many ways you support St. Peter Chanel. Hope you will be at the Festival. See you at Mass, OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CANCER HOME OLPH Silent Auction Donations Founded in 1939 the Cancer Home is staffed by the Donations are needed for the OLPH Cancer Home Hawthorne Dominican Sisters and is dedicated to the Silent Auction held during the luncheon. Please care of terminal cancer patients. The facility is open to contact Sheila Thacker at 404-488-6643 to donate. those who cannot afford to pay for care, and most of the patients are not Catholic. Our Lady of Perpetual Raffle Tickets Help Home is one of seven free cancer homes Help OLPH buy medical supplies. operated by the Hawthorne Dominican Sisters. The Raffle tickets are available in advance by calling Sheila home is supported by the generosity of a sympathetic Thacker at 404-488-6643 and will also be sold on public. September 16 - 17th before and after all Masses. Donation is $1.00 per ticket or $5.00 for a book of 6 How can you support the Sisters? tickets. Drawing to be held at the luncheon on st The 61 Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Home Auxiliary October 7th, 2017. Annual Luncheon will take place at St. Peter Chanel on October 7th at 10:30 am. Please call Roseanne Perniciaro at 770-889-4625 to make your reservation. If you are new to St. Peter Chanel, we would like to take the opportunity to welcome you to our parish. If you would like more information about our Church or if you wish to register, please contact our New Parishioner Coordinator, Sue Kranyecz at: [email protected]. 11330 Woodstock Road Roswell, GA 30075 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 MINISTRY FOCUS: WORSHIP CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD This ministry presents the liturgy of the word to our children using age- appropriate language. Children ages 4½ years through the 4th grade are invited to worship and pray together at the 9:00 am and 10:45 am Mass most Sundays of the year. Children begin in Mass and are dismissed following the opening prayer. Children return during the presentation of Our faith calls for us to uphold the value of human the gifts. Volunteers participate in teams life and the dignity of the human person. Christ calls that escort children to and from Mass, upon us to care for the most vulnerable, especially proclaim the Word and reflect on the children. Therefore, the protection of children is the readings in a creative way. Each team is responsibility of the entire Church. scheduled one Sunday per month. Training and materials are provided. The Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People is a comprehensive set of procedures Altar Linens established by the United States Conference of Altar Server Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in June 2002 for Chapel Ministry addressing allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Children’s Liturgy of the Word Catholic clergy. The Charter also includes guidelines Church Environment for reconciliation, healing, accountability, and Elijah Cup Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion prevention of future acts of abuse. One of the Greeters mandates of this charter is to create a safe Lectors/Commentator environment for children and young people. Ministry to the Sick Regis Guild Maximizing a church's role as a child-safe Sacristy Ministry environment begins with making adults more aware Usher of the ways children and adults interact with each other. The program we use in the Archdiocese of Please prayerfully consider joining CLOW. Atlanta is The Protecting God's Children program by Contact: [email protected]. VIRTUS, which educates and trains adults (clergy, religious, teachers, staff, volunteers and parents) about the dangers of abuse, the warning signs of abuse, the ways to prevent abuse, the methods of properly reporting suspicions of abuse and 5th Sunday Rosary responding to allegations of abuse. Today, July 30th, after the By using best demonstrated practices for training, the 12:15 pm Mass, join your Protecting God's Children program helps make churches safer for all people—especially the vulnerable. fellow parishioners in the main church at a Rosary Parish volunteers, depending on the nature of their prayer service hosted by the volunteer service, may be required to participate in VIRTUS. Knights of Columbus. St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church Page 4 July 30, 2017 Offertory July 23rd This Week’s Budget: ............................. $45,000.00 Offertory Collection: .............................. $26,383.13 E-Giving Offertory: ................................ $26,519.50 Total .......................................... $52,902.63 # of Envelopes Used: ......................................... .898* Our fiscal year began on July 1st Fiscal YTD Budget: ............................. $190,000.00 Fiscal YTD Collected: ......................... $204,732.13 “We know that all things work for good for those We appreciate your support and generosity who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” - ROMANS 8:28 *includes e-Giving Do you really trust God? Do you believe that all things work for good? Faith is a challenge for everyone at When we need help, let us turn to the Father who times. Putting our trust in God, in everything we do, always looks on us with love and never abandons means that God’s plan for our lives may be different us. (Pope Francis, 2017) than our plan. When one door closes, another one opens. Trust in God, His plan is always better. PRAYER LIST Please pray for our loved ones; may they feel the healing touch of the Lord. We pray for all those men and women serving in the military. Please email your request to [email protected]. We ask that you pause a moment to offer a prayer for the sick of our community: Anne Alexander Joel Edwards Jon Kuntze Nadine Rodden Jim Amatulli Janice Elrod Stewart LaMotte Dennis Rowe Ben Bedsole Rick Faller Edna Lavery Kristen Rust Jim Bender Lisa Farrington Julia Lawrence Suzanne Salvatore DeLeslyn Bickerstaff Cameron Fearon Jeff Le Sieur Marcus Saucer Emily Booker Maria Ferrer Mike Lettieri Jerry Smith Carol Braun David Gann Clement Lisi Judi Smith Philip Breakwell Florence Gionfriddo Hilda Lopez Scott Sparks Christina Bresnan Ed Girod Ron Mahinske Kathleen Stevens Michael Bresnan Audrey Gohr Mary Mangus Beau Stubbs Lane Brown Eleanor Gustafson Sean Moynahan Mike Swihart Gail Corn Kim Hammond Gregory Neff Judy Thom Cheryl Curtis Paul Hector Angela Nelson Richard Toland Dave Cutter Mason Hershfield AnnMarie Pino Chris Wall Bernadette De Bryan Holzbach Julie Rose Pitt Ty Williams Frank DeMarcus Amy Hung Irene Pizzo Suzanne Zimmer Bill Dingwall Hagan Hussey Eileen Renteria Dennis Dolan Dr. Jeff Jarrett Carole Richardson Margit Dvorak Babs Keen Don Richardson David Edwards Mary Lou Konsin Chuck Rickey The prayer list is cleared at the end of each month. If prayers are still needed for you or your family member, please contact the bulletin editor at 678-405-9462 or [email protected] to add to next month's list. 11330 Woodstock Road Roswell, GA 30075 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 5 HUMAN TRAFFICKING SYMPATHY World Day against Trafficking in Persons is July 30th. There Monsignor Peter and the community of St. Peter are global maps that show the Chanel wish to extend their deepest sympathy to: epidemic of human trafficking and report the existence of Barbara Graham on the death of her husband, Dick slavery in countries.