Bulletin - Josephites

The Josephites
Most Pure Heart of Mary Church & School is a gospel faith community baptized into the life, death and
resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We invite all people into a personal relationship with Christ
through prayer, worship, stewardship and service to God and neighbor.
Eucharist is the center of our faith and we celebrate our Catholic African American Heritage.
We empower our youth to be gospel witnesses through faith-building programs.
304 Sengstak Street, Mobile, AL 36603
Website: www.josephite.com/parish/al/mphm/
E-mail: mphm@josephite.com
Rectory: (251) 432-3344 Fax: 432-1192 School: 432-5270
By this all men will know that you are My disciples if
you have love for one another.
Pastor
Father Kenneth C. Ugwu,
S.S.J.
Deacon:
Rev. Mr. James D. Bryant
Principal:
Mrs. Jamie Crain
Parish Secretary:
Mrs. Gatha Warnsley
Weekend Masses:
Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm
Sunday Morning:
8:00am and 11:00am
Daily Masses: Tuesday (Novena
Mass) 4:30pm; Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday at 8:30am.
Confessions: 30 minutes before
weekend Masses and before the
Tuesday Novena Mass - CCD :
After 8:00am Sunday Mass
Any member who wishes to arrange a Wedding must contact the priest at
least 6 months prior to the desired wedding date.
Parents desiring Baptism for their children are encouraged to contact the
Rectory to arrange for the required preparation class
for parents and Godparents.
When a Funeral is to be celebrated, please contact the priest before
contacting the Funeral Home. Funerals are not permitted on Sundays
or Holy Days of Obligation.
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday-
1 Pt.5:5b-14 and Mt.16:15-20
Acts.14:19-28 and Jn.14:27-31a
Acts.15:1-6and Jn.15:1-8
Acts.15:7-21 and Jn.15:9-11
Acts.15:22-31 and Jn.15:12-17
Saturday, 5:00 pm
Lectors: Betty Bracy, Raymond Heningburg
Eucharistic Ministers: Anna Watson, Jovita Scott
Ushers: TBA
Sunday, 8:00 am
Lectors: Maxine Wilson, Emma Robinson
Eucharistic Ministers: Joe Keith, Ronald Horner
Ushers: TBA
Sunday, 11:00am
Lectors: Elizabeth Levins, Demaris Brown
Eucharistic Ministers: Lillian Cade, Marcelene Dennis
Usher: TBA
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday,
Saturday,
Sunday,
Sunday,
26th at 4:30pm- Special Intentions
27th at 8:30am- Special Intentions
28th at 8:30am- Special Intentions
29th at 8:30am- Special Intentions
30th at 5:00pm- RIP Deacon Cretero req. by Winifred Cretaro
30th at 5:00pm- For Agnes Evans & Agnes Smith req. by C. Brown & A. Conway
31st at 8:00am- For the Parish
31st at 11:00am- For James & Marion Juzang req. by James, Zelda & Family
SISTERS
Sr. Joanne Cozzi, DC
Sr. Monica Okon, HHCJ
PASTORAL COUNCIL
Joseph Keith
FINANCE COUNCIL
Eugene Lewis
SCHOOL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Maxine Wilson
SACRISTAN
Leland Busby
CCD
LaTanya Brown
CHILDRENS LITURGY
Chandra Sank/Judy Sullivan
RCIA
Deaco n James B ryant/ Eric
Crenshaw
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
Fannie Burden
LECTORS
Juanita Robinson
ALTAR SERVERS
Darnisha Perkins/ Michael Griggs
USHERS
Leland Busby
MUSIC MINISTRY
Carolyn Smoke
SENIORS CLUB
Myrtle Martin/Wynell Sullivan
YOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM
Latanya Brown/Andrew Smoke
YOUTH MINISTRY
Maya Freed/Thomas Bradley
YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
Andrew Smoke/ Suzette McKee
TRIBUNAL CASE SPONSORS
Patricia Lofton
B.V.M. SODALITY
Patricia Lofton
LEGION OF MARY
David McCord
ST. MARTHA’S GUILD
Barbara Curtis
HEALTH MINISTRY
Fannie Burden
PRISON MINISTRY
Eric Crenshaw
BEREAVEMENT MIN.
Fannie Burden
ST. VINCENT de PAUL
Joe Keith
DREXEL SOCIETY
Barbara Smith
KPC
Eugene Lewis
KPC LADIES AUX.
La Tanya Brown
GROUNDS & MAINTENANCE
Deacon James Bryant/Montiel Fluker
Photographer
Anna Watson
Thank You For Your Stewardship
A well-known 1960s song answers an implied
question: How will others know we’re Jesus’
disciples? Not by how we understand family values.
Not by our politics or theology. Not by how many
Bible verses we’ve memorized, how often we attend
church or how much offering we give.
Rather, the song’s title and refrain say it all: “They’ll
know we are Christians by our love.” Jesus put it this
way: “Everyone will know that you are my disciples,
if you love one another” (John 13:35).
Sometimes love involves words, teaching,
proclaiming, and bearing witness to God’s presence.
But if words aren’t backed by actions, they soon fall
flat. We can, as the song says, “spread the news that
God is in our land.” But if we don’t live like that, no
one will believe it.
When we declare God’s reality but withhold kindness
from neighbors, observers rightly question whether we
follow the God whose presence we announce. But “if
we love one another, God lives in us and his love is
made complete in us” (1 John 4:12).
Today we welcome Archbishop Rodi to our Parish
for Confirmation.
Our Candidates are as follows:
Kristine Buck
Thomas Bradley
John—Henry Caponis
Michael Griggs
Robert Hollins
Bryce Jackson
Darnisha Perkins
Artis Reynolds
Amari Wilson
Amelia Wilson
Most Pure Heart of Mary Church will celebrate our
Feast Day and Unity Mass on June 5th at 10:00am.
This year’s theme will be West African Loveliness.
We are looking for the oldest member of the Church
and the longest married couple.
Please contact Pat Lofton at 599-7561
to make submissions.
The power of the first
bishops? To whom did
Christ give the power
to teach, to sanctify,
and to rule the
members of His Church? Christ gave the
power to teach, to sanctify, and to rule the
members of His Church to the apostles, the first
bishops of the Church.
He who hears you, hears me; and he who
rejects you rejects me; and he who rejects me,
rejects him who sent me. (Luke 10:16)
Did Christ intend that this power should be
exercised by the apostles alone? No, Christ
intended that this power should be exercised
also by their successors, the bishops of the
Church.
And they prayed and said, "Thou, Lord, who
knowest the hearts of all, show which of these
two thou has chosen to take the place in this
ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell
away to go to his own place." (Acts 1:24-25)
Further reading: CCC 874-879
Leontyne Anderson,
Celestine Brown,
Cora Brown,
Yvonne Thomas,
Birdia Knights,
Ruth Washington,
Mary Cassino,
Lionel Alexander,
Mary Gable,
Chester Rudolph,
Cleo Allen,
Ethelstine Bates,
Madine Buck,
Esther Patterson,
Arilyn Leland,
Norman Powe,
Ruby Scott,
Georgia Suggs,
Pauline Brown,
Robert Langham,
Ann Heningburg,
Mary Chestang
Delores Langham
Kierra Freed
Christina Hubbard
Lillian Sawyer
Linda Thomas
Della Lewis,
Emma Jean Robinson
Debbie Aldridge
Harry Russell
Early Registration will insure a seat for
your child for the 2016-2017 School Year.
Contributing parishioners receive a tuition
subsidy from the Parish, making HOM the
most affordable private Catholic School in
South Alabama.
Stop by the School Office and see what we can do for you, and for
your child. Then make the all-important decision to give your child the
very best.
Most Pure Heart of Mary Budgetary Parish Goal
The Parish Goal chart displays the 274 current families that are active
members at HOM. If each person with envelop tithes at least $25.00
dollars a week, that is a total of $6,850 weekly income for the parish.
With each family giving at least $100.00 monthly the income will be
$27,400 and our yearly income will be $328,800. This goal can be
easily attained if each family or household tithes the minimal amount.
The profound generosity of very few parishioners is the reason the
parish is meeting up with its basic operational expense. However, with
the current trend of our tithing as evident in the weekly bulletin
stewardship report, the parish is unable to maintain any form of
Savings.
ACTUAL PARISH MONTHLY COST OF OPERATION
(OCTOBER 2015)
INCOME:
$14, 967.87
EXPENSE:
Administrative:
250.97
Archdiocesan tax/Ins.:
4,163.97
Church/Hall – Utilities & Supplies: 3,363.36
Offices/Rectory – Utilities & Supplies:
1,720.81
Personnel Payroll: 5,718.90
School Subsidy:
6,652.94
Total Income: $14,967.87
Total Expense: $21,870.95
Bal: - $6,903
Date
Activity
Location
Time
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10 - Jr. Daughters Selling after
11am Mass
21 - "Little Sisters of the Poor
Service Project"- Report to 1655
McGill Ave for 2:00pm. (Youth
6-12 grades)
21 - 1st Reconciliation /
Confession / Practice for 1st
Communion in Church at
10:00am
22 - 1st Holy Communion at
11:00am Mass Report to
classroom for 10:15am
28 - Youth Church Clean Up and
Youth Mass Practice - 9:00am
29 - Rosary / Youth Mass /
Youth meeting following 11am
Mass.
The 14th Annual Francis B. Andry
Memorial Scholarship "Golf
Tournament"
benefitting Most Pure Heart of Mary
School
will be held on Saturday,
June 18, 2016
at Spring Hill College Golf Course
4000 Dauphin Street. Registration
begins at 7:00am Tournament has a
8:00am Shot-Gun start.
. For more information contact Mr.
Milton Andry (251) 751.9887; Mr.
James Ledbetter) 604.8088.
Contact
1st
1st
Sodality
Ushers
PH
PH
10:00am
1:00pm
Pat Lofton
Leland Busby
2nd
Health Ministry
PH
6:00pm
Fannie Burden
4th
KPCLA
Knights Hall
6:00pm
LaTanya Brown
5th
Free Fish
12:00pm
PH
Meryl Foster
15th
16th
17th
Bereavement
Alumni Meeting
Drexel
9:00am
6:00pm
5:30pm
PH
PH
PH
Fannie Burden
Lorenzo McKee
Barbara Smith
22nd
22nd
Alumni Bkfast
1st Holy Communion
7am - 2pm
11:00am
PH
MPHM
Church
Lorenzo McKee
Fr. Kenneth Ugwu
We’d like to thank Parishioner
Tynia Hollins and her Co-workers
for their support with our Friday
Lenten Dinners .
Mass Intention - It is a wonderful
gift of prayer to have a Mass offered
for a deceased loved-one or for a
special intention. Make your Mass
requests at the parish office.
Gospel for All Ages
5th Sunday of Easter, April 24, 2016
Sunday Readings: Acts 14.21-27; Revelation 21.1-5; John 13.31-35
Question from Life: In what ways can people tell you are a Christian?
Question from Life: In what ways can people tell you are a Christian?
Question from the Gospel: How does the community of faith to which you belong
live out Jesus' example and commandment?
Questions by Age Level
Adults:
Life Question: Among people you know, whose wholehearted self-giving inspires you?
Gospel Question: What are the ways Jesus shows love that you try to imitate?
Teens:
Life Question: Who influence you in a positive way?
Gospel Question: How able are others to see that you are Jesus' disciple?
Younger Teens:
Life Question: What are qualities you look for in a friend?
Gospel Question: What community or group do you know that tries to live Jesus'
commandment to love one another?
Grades 4-6:
Life Question: What makes a quality friend?
Gospel Question: What will the world be like if we follow Jesus' one commandment - to love
one another?
Grades 2-3:
Life Question: What are ways you show love to your family and classmates?
Gospel Question: How can people tell who follows Jesus?
Grades K-1:
Life Question: What actions show you love those in your family, in your class?
Gospel Question: What does Jesus teach us about love?
Preschool:
Life Question: How do you show love for those in your family and for creation?
Gospel Question: How does Jesus shoe love for others?
CALLING ALL MEN OF ALL CHURCHES
‘Whoever you are; whatever you are;
and where ever you have been,’
You are respectfully invited to this
Spiritual Fellowship
MEN OF ST. JOSEPH
“PUT THE FAMILY IN THE HANDS OF THE FATHER”
@
MOST PURE HEART OF MARY PARISH HALL
(304 Sengstak Street, Mobile, AL 36603)
Every Tuesday - 7AM
Your Children and family need you;
Our Community needs your Leadership.
PLEASE COME !
MEN OF ST. JOSEPH PRAYER
"St. Joseph, help me to be like you. Help me to be obedient to the teachings of
the Church and faithful to God's commands. Help me to patiently endure my
cross each day. Let me be a model of holiness and a pillar of virtue. I solemnly
promise to embrace God's will and I accept the challenge to work tirelessly for
my family's salvation. Be my guide and companion on this journey. St. Joseph,
Terror of demons, pray for us."