CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD 3740 HOLTZCLAW RD. CUMMING, GA. 30041 | 770-887-9861 | WWW.GSRCC.NET SACRAMENTAL EMERGENCY LINE 678-294-0212 SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2021 | XV SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK OF July 10– July 16 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saturday July 10th Mem. of Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 am † Bong & Leony Natad 5:00 pm † Anna Mae Williams Denise Robertson Sunday July 11th 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Eternal rest grant unto her, O 7:00 am † Thomas Lupo Lord. And let the perpetual 7:00 am † Denise Robertson 9:00 am † Deceased members of Petreikis Fam light shine upon her. And † Dennis Byczynski may the souls of all the 11:00 am † Jeff Wood faithful departed, through the † Hugh Huxen mercy of God, rest in peace. 1:00 pm † Por las del Purgatorio Amen. † Cruz & Aurora Aguilera Arroyo 1:00 pm † Juan Manuel Vazquez Valadez † Bernardino Santillan Vazquez 5:30 pm ♥ Mary Lou Bailey Stewardship Monday July 12th 9:00 am ♥ Gabriela Alberto ♥ Benjamin Cantrell June 14– June 20 During this time of National Tuesday July 13th St. Henry Offertory $ 25,210.31 9:00 am ♥ Jim and Joanne Willis Crisis, the Anointing of the † JoAn Welsh Sick can only be administered Online Giving $ 7,590.90 under certain strict Wednesday July 14th St. Camillus de Lellis Miscellaneous $ 290.00 9:00 am ♥ Samantha Montang (birthday) circumstances. Please call the † Paulette Pafford Parish Office at 770-887-9861 7:00 pm † All Souls in Purgatory GRAND TOTAL for specific instructions. Thursday July 15th St. Bonaventure $ 33,091.21 9:00 am ♥ Natalia Alberto † JoAn Welsh In this Issue Friday July 16th Our Lady of Mount Carmel 9:00 am ♥ Benjamin Cantrell Welcome to Good Shepherd | 3 Our Lady of KofC BBQ | 4 Lourdes Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament | 4 Help of the sick Credible Witnesses | 5 Meditation of the Day | 5 Saint Who? | 5 Pray for us Music Minutes| 6 Bart Inmings, Audry Rohm, Quinn Vaughan, Also on this Issue Cameron Sayer, John Heuser, Mathew Ross, Diane Hanson, Theresa Fajardo, Walter Spencer Meditacion | 7 Santos de Ayer y de Hoy | 7 Caballeros de Colon BBQ | 8 SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2021 | XV SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2 July 11, 2021 Established as a Mission in 1975 and a parish in 1977, Good Shepherd has been an important influence in the CLERGY lives of those who live in Forsyth Rev. Diosmar A. Natad County for over 40 years. (Pastor) Rev. Bradley Starr (Parochial Vicar) Deacon Donald Nadeau Deacon Jack Campbell MASS AND RECONCILIATION SCHEDULES WEEKEND MASS SATURDAY VIGIL 5:00 p.m. SUNDAY 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. (Español en el gimnasio) 9:00 a.m. (Livestreamed as well as in Church) 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. (Español en la Iglesia) 1:00 pm (Español en el gimnasio) SUNDAY EVENING 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAY MASS MONDAY - SATURDAY 9:00 a.m. Our Good Shepherd Flock Is Growing WEDNESDAY (Español) Father Diosmar and Father Bradley are pleased to welcome 7:00 p.m. our newest members to our parish family, as well as those RECONCILIATION: visiting us for the first time. Please welcome those around you SATURDAY when you are here at Good Shepherd. We look forward to 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. seeing more new faces as our parish shares the Good News of WEDNESDAY (Español) 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Our Lord Jesus Christ. SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2021 | XV SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 3 Page 4 The Shepherd Times Liturgical Ministries 4th Annual Knights of Columbus BBQ MINISTRY TO THE SICK AND Menu: HOMEBOUND Pork ● Chicken ● Brisket The faithful who are ill are Slaw ● Mac & Cheese deprived of their rightful and Baked Beans ● Cornbread Muffin accustomed place in the Eucharistic community. In bringing Communion to them the DRIVE THRU TO GO! Extraordinary Minister of Communion [EMHC] represents LOCATION: Good Shepherd Church Christ and manifests faith and charity on behalf of the whole community toward those who cannot be present at the Eucharist. For the sick, the Our children will develop spiritually, reception of Communion is not only a privilege but also a sign of emotionally, physically, socially, and support and concern shown by cognitively in a trusting, secure and warm the Christian community for its environment. We celebrate the uniqueness of members who are ill. Please contact each child and encourage each to develop a sense of self-worth, a love of learning, love for ➢ CARLENE UDAS God and a respect for others. Tuition is set at 678-513-3248 very competitive prices. Hours are 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Days of enrollment vary depending on age. Children also enjoy Spanish classes and Music classes! For more information, please contact Anna Loyd, Director, [email protected] or Alison Toledano, Office Manager, [email protected] or by phone at Please consider volunteering 470-695-7761. for this special ministry or the following ministries: ➢ ALTAR SERVERS Emily and John Vaughan 770-375-1233 [email protected] ➢ EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Adoration of the Judy Guilfoil 678-771-5467 [email protected] Blessed Sacrament ➢ LECTORS Janet Day 678-696-5614 We are truly blessed to have the [email protected]. ➢ MUSIC MINISTRY opportunity to be in the true presence of Michael Abreu 470-695-7715 Our Lord within our Church. If you are interested in [email protected] ➢ USHERS committing to one hour of Adoration, please contact Don Mouledoux 504-455-8323 [email protected] Bill McDowell at 404-906-1598 or ➢ SACRISTANS Scott Day 678-858-1347 [email protected]. [email protected] SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2021 | XV SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4 CREDIBLE WITNESSES Archbishop John Francis Noll consecrated to God, we look upon the mistreatment of such persons, places, and Heather King things as the sin of sacrilege,” he bracingly observed. “From the Nazis down to our time, Archbishop John Francis Noll (1875–1956) we have heard the excuse, ‘But I only did founded Our Sunday Visitor, the most popular Please support the what I thought was right.’ Saint Thomas Catholic newspaper of the 20th century. does not accept this argument, saying, ‘Your 2021 Archbishop's Among other accomplishments, he cofounded wickedness is greater that you would not Annual Appeal. We the radio and TV show The Catholic Hour and recognize the evil of your acts.’” appreciate your helped establish a religious order, the “Victory This emphasis on the obligation of the Noll Sisters.” follower of Christ to form a correct conscience support. More One of nineteen children, Noll was born and undergirded all of Archbishop Noll’s work. information is available bred in Fort Wayne, Indiana, attended Mount He built schools, a seminary, and an on the archdiocese's Saint Mary’s Seminary in Cincinnati, and was orphanage. He fund raised to support ordained in 1898. construction of Washington, D.C.’s National website at archatl.com. He became pastor at Saint Mary’s Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during Church in Huntington, Indiana, and in 1912 the Depression. founded the weekly newspaper Our Sunday Though he had never presided over an Visitor as a local publication. archdiocese, he was appointed archbishop ad Within two years, its circulation had grown personam by Pope Pius XII in 1953. from 35,000 to 400,000, and it soon became Archbishop Noll died in 1956 at the age of the nation’s most popular Catholic eighty-one. “Every Catholic should be an newsweekly. apostle,” he observed, “representing his Noll’s aim was to help Catholics preserve Church creditably before his neighbors and and promote their faith in a secular culture. He “we discover God’s the people among whom he works.” was vehemently anti Communist and spoke out power which triumphs against birth control, divorce, and indecent over our weakness films and TV shows. Heather King (heather-king.com) is an and suffering.” He did not suffer fools gladly. He was award-winning author of several books. known to trip up anti-Catholic provocateurs She speaks nationwide, leads writing claiming to be former priests or religious by workshops, and writes a weekly column posing questions to them in Latin: their on arts and culture for Angelus News, inability to answer would expose them as the archdiocesan newspaper of Los frauds. ( Angeles. His paper also supported workers’ rights, inveighed against the Ku Klux Klan, and lobbied for a campaign to provide African Americans with a Christian education. His popular catechetical column, Father Smith Instructs Jackson, was collected into a book of the same name that eventually sold millions of copies. “Since Catholics are taught to revere people, places, and things that are SAINT WHO? supervised the construction of a hospice for A nobleman by birth, Bernard became a travelers at 8,100 feet above sea level, at priest under Peter, the Archdeacon of Aosta what today is called the Great Saint Bernard in northern Italy. His own appointment as Pass, and then a second hospice on another diocesan archdeacon was the beginning of a nearby pass, the Little Saint Bernard Pass. four-decade-long apostolate to the people Bernard drew together priests to staff the two who lived in the high mountain valleys, many houses, who eventually formed a community of whom were yet unevangelized. Bernard of Augustinian Canons. To aid them in their constructed churches and schools to serve work of rescuing stranded pilgrims, the them. canons developed a new breed of mountain In his work, Bernard traveled frequently rescue dog, the celebrated Saint Bernards.