WWW.STANDREWCATHOLICCHURCH.ORG | (843) 448-5930 | 3501 N KINGS HWY, SUITE 102, MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29577 August 15, 2021 Dear Friends in Christ, This Sunday August 15th the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in which we recall that the Blessed Virgin Mary did not suffer death, as we know it, meaning the separation of the soul from the body and the corruption, or decay, of the body. Rather, at the end of her earthly life, Mary was assumed, with body and soul intact, into heaven. This same feast is known in the Christian east as the Dormition of the Theotokos, or the “Falling Asleep of the Mother of God.” The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin has been part of Christian faith from the earliest days of the Church, as attested by the writings of the Church Fathers as well as the liturgical traditions of both east and west. But it was not defined formally as dogma until the first of November, 1950, when Pope Pius XII wrote in Munificentissimus Deus, or The Most Bountiful God: “By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." That the Blessed Virgin Mary should not suffer the corruption of the body after death is a sign of the infinite bounty and generosity of God, and is truly fitting for her, who came into the world as the Immaculate Conception. In fact, today’s solemnity is inextricably linked with that solemnity. In the Immaculate Conception, we remember that Mary was conceived with soul untouched by the stain of original sin. God granted her this singular honor and grace in view of the redemptive work of the Divine Son she was to bear, who would enter into death in order to emerge victorious over the corruption of death. And so, just as her Immaculate Conception is the fruit of her Divine Son’s redemptive death, so too her Assumption is a reflection of His Resurrection. Just as the Risen Christ rises bodily to heaven, Mary is assumed bodily into heaven and abides forever in the presence of the Trinity, interceding for us that we might follow where she has gone after her Divine Son. It is a sad fact for us who have been redeemed, but yet are still fallen and suffer from the effects of sin, that when our earthly course is run, we will experience death, the separation of body and soul and then the corruption of the body. But despite this, through faith in Christ Jesus, we know that the grave is not the end. We, too, can join the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints in light. This is the very purpose of our life in the Church: being a Christian is for the purpose of coming to know and serve God in this world so that, when we experience death, we might live with him eternally in the glory of Heaven. So on this day when we celebrate the mercy and love of our bountiful God, who welcomed the Blessed Virgin Mary body and soul into heaven, let us pray also through her powerful intercession, that we might join her and all the saints when our life on earth comes to its end. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Fr. Morgan ST ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY THIS WEEK IN ST ANDREW MASS SCHEDULE Weekend Saturday LITURGIES 10am (First Saturday) | 4:30pm | 6:15pm SAT 08/14 4:30PM Leanore Triolo † Sunday 6:15PM Rogelio Dacanay † 7:30am | 9:15am | 11am | 5pm | 7pm (Spanish) SUN 08/15 ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED Daily Mass VIRGIN MARY Monday - Friday | 9am 7:30AM Kevin P. Grealish † 9:15AM Rosemarie Frondi † RECONCILIATION 11:00AM Pro Populo Tuesday & Thursday | 8:15am* 5:00PM Helen Guyet † Wednesday | 5:30pm* 7:00PM Santa Misa Saturday | 2:30pm First Saturday | 9am MON 08/16 9:00AM Mary Ellen Sugrue † *with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament TUE 08/17 9:00AM Winifred C. Grealish † PARISH STAFF Rev Roger Morgan WED 08/18 9:00AM Joseph Galant † Pastor 5:30PM Holy Hour Rev Jacinto Vera Mejia THU 08/19 9:00AM Richard Gilchrist - Special Intention Priest in Residence FRI 08/20 9:00AM Toni Marie Piccolo † Deacon Robert Barlow Deacon George Ferland 7:30PM Massa Deacon Scott Ross Deacon Anthony Russo SAT 08/21 4:30PM Theresa Zaccaginini † Gregory S. Allen, MA 6:15PM George Kost † Pastoral Associate 8:00PM Vietnamese Mass Madeleine Elswick SUN 08/22 7:30AM Anthony Parrotta † Parish Business Manager 9:15AM John Cannela † 11:00AM Pro Populo Ceferina Meli 5:00PM Joseph Galant † Parish Administrative Assistant 7:00PM Santa Misa Laura Allison, Barbara Bowers Jennifer Diaz Christian Formation MINISTRIES SUNDAY 08/15 Scott Bowen 5PM Clase de Monaguillos (CLC) Youth Ministry 5PM Clase de preparación matrimonial (REC) 5PM Práctica Musica (Foyer) Francesca Schaeffer MONDAY 08/16 7PM Cursillo (Gym) Music Director TUESDAY 08/17 11AM Women’s Club Board Mtg (CLC) Clark Slawecki 1:30PM Faith Sharing (REC) Facilities Manager 6PM Assembly Meeting (CLC) 7PM Brazilian Community (Gym) THURSDAY 08/19 10AM Summer Bible Study (CLC) OFFICE HOURS 6:30PM Young Adult Ministry (REC) Mon to Thu from 9am to 4pm | Fri from 9am to 12n SATURDAY 08/21 10AM KofC & Columbiettes Officer Installation (CLC) AUGUST 15, 2021 PAGE 2 ST ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISH NEWS AND DIOCESAN NEWS... KNIT / CROCHET MINISTRY BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! The Knit / Crochet Ministry will resume meeting on Wednesday, September 8th at the Community Life Center from 1 to 3pm. Come and join them every second and fourth Wednesday of the month. Questions? Please call Pat Vera at the church office. WOMEN’S CLUB BOOKS & BAKE SALE The St Andrew Women's Club is planning their annual Book and Bake Sale in Fri, Sep 10th | 6:30 to 9:30pm | $10 per person October. Presently, the Club is collecting Community Life Center gently used books. They may be dropped off at the Gift Shop which is open before Tickets available at the church office (exact change a and after all Masses. Thank you. must) and after all Masses. No tickets sold at the door/must have ticket to enter. For more information, please visit the Knights of Columbus webpage in the church website. For table reservations or, if you have any questions, please call Frank Ferrero "They gave as much as they were able, and even at (843) 236 1367. beyond their ability.” (II Corinthians 8:3) Refreshments available for purchase! FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 Description August 8, 2021 Sunday Collection ........................................... $121,0981 Weekly Budget Needs ..................................... $121,5001 Year-to-Date Total ........................................... $126,7891 Year-to-Date Budget Needs ........................... $129,0001 2nd ANNUAL GOLF Surplus/Shortfall-to-Date ............................. ($112,211) TOURNAMENT ARROWHEAD COUNTRY CLUB This Week’s Collection MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL MORE DETAILS TO COME Next Week’s DIOCESAN OFFICE OF FAMILY LIFE CATHOLIC SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP PRAYING FOR LIFE Please join at or all of these powerful prayer vigils to end I am a student of St Andrew Catholic abortion. Below is a new schedule providing new (check one): opportunities for prayer at Planned Parenthood of _____Grade School Columbia (2712 Middleburg Dr #107 in Columbia): • Rosary for Life every Tue at 8:15am and every third Sat at ____Religious Ed in grade _____. st 8am (next one is Aug 21 ) _________________________________ • Prolife Stations of the Cross & Divine Mercy every Fri* at Student’s Signature 9:30am (next one is August 27th) For information, please contact: Being a Good Steward of God’s Gift of Time. I am • Diocesan Office of Family Life at (803) 547 5063 or attending Church on the Lord’s Day on _________________ [email protected] at _________________(time) Mass. Please drop in collection • Deacon Greg or Maureen at [email protected] basket or mail slip to: • For the Tuesday Rosary, contact at Madeleine Elswick [email protected] St Andrew Catholic Church * Not on Friday preceding the third Saturday 3501 N Kings Hwy #102 Note: Park across the street from Planned Parenthood; Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 do NOT park in their parking lot. AUGUST 15, 2021 PAGE 3 ST ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISH NEWS AND DIOCESAN NEWS... AUGUST 15, 2021 PAGE 4 ST ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY LITURGICAL & PRAYER LIFE... CATHOLICS FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGION Where in the World is Christianity Growing and Why? Pope Francis, in 2014, spoke in his homily about Christianity experiencing the largest numbers of martyrs today than ever before in its 2,000 year history.(1) In 2021, the number of martyrs is even greater. Yet - despite this persecution on a massive scale, Christianity is growing faster than any time in history. Where is this happening and why? In the last 100 years, the number of Christians has quadrupled from about 600 million in 1910 to well past 2 billion in 2020. Christianity remains the world's largest religious group.(2) Africa and Asia, with believers in the most persecuted countries, are seeing incredible expansion of Churches while the Church in Europe and America is declining.(3) (lifesitenews.com, 7/3/14(1); Christianpost.com, 12/27/16(2); learn religions.com, 4/6/20 (3); christianpost,com, 3/15/20; get religion.org, 5/15/21) Word of Life “In times of suffering, the human person should be able to experience a solidarity and a love that takes on the suffering, offering a sense of life that extends beyond death… In the family a person can count on strong relationships, valued in themselves apart from their helpfulness or the joy they bring.