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412 Main Street, Greenville, MS 38701 Phone: 662-335-5251 — Fax: 662-332-1178 Rev. Richard Somers, Pastor Rev. Frank Corcoran, Retired in Residence Sister Marie Alspaugh, SSJ, Director of Pastoral Care Mary Ann Barker, Director of Religious Education Maria Sherman, Director of Music Peggy Story, Secretary Dick Clark, Bequests and Memorials |
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| SUNDAY MASSES: Vigil on Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.; 5:30 p.m. NURSERY: during 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sundays DAILY MASS: 6:30 a.m. Monday - Friday; 5:30 p.m. Wednesday; 8:00 a.m. Saturday CONFESSION: Saturday 4:45–5:30 p.m. (or by appointment) ADORATION & EXPOSITION OF BLESSED SACRAMENT: Tuesday and Friday: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel HEALING MASS: Friday at 12:00 Noon STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Friday at 5:30 p.m. |
| Third Sunday of Lent |
March
7, 2010 |
AWAKEN
YOUR SPIRIT DURING LENT
Rite of Scrutiny
Janice
was shocked by her reflection in a shop window as she walked
past. “Oh my gosh, I’m fat!” she cried. Her diet started
that day. When a broken elevator forced Pete to climb the stairs,
he was stunned to find himself at the top completely out of
breath. He knew an exercise program was in order. The
experience of Lent can be like that for us. It helps us wake up
to the real condition of our spiritual life and take steps to improve
it. Lent helps us to get back on track.
Pick one. Identify one bad habit that keeps you from growing and resolve to eliminate or reduce it. For example, try giving up junk food and eat only healthy foods instead. Or, resolve to avoid gossip and say only kind words.
Energize your prayer life. Consider increasing your Mass attendance from once in a while to every Sunday, or from every Sunday to several days a week. Trade an hour of television each day for an hour of prayer.
Perform at least one act of love. Chat with a lonely person. Repair a broken friendship. Choose another way to show someone your love. This Lenten awakening can be disturbing and the necessary repairs painful, but the reward is so sweet that we willingly take it on.
Pick one. Identify one bad habit that keeps you from growing and resolve to eliminate or reduce it. For example, try giving up junk food and eat only healthy foods instead. Or, resolve to avoid gossip and say only kind words.
Energize your prayer life. Consider increasing your Mass attendance from once in a while to every Sunday, or from every Sunday to several days a week. Trade an hour of television each day for an hour of prayer.
Perform at least one act of love. Chat with a lonely person. Repair a broken friendship. Choose another way to show someone your love. This Lenten awakening can be disturbing and the necessary repairs painful, but the reward is so sweet that we willingly take it on.
Rite of Scrutiny
This
week and the next two weeks the Church celebrates the Rite of Scrutiny
with those preparing to receive the Sacraments of Initiation at
Easter. With these Elect we scrutinize–“Examine carefully”–our
willingness to accept the challenge to be witnesses of the Word.
We examine how we model our living the Word of God for others, our
co-workers, our families, our community members and especially our
Elect (catechumens), who look to us for example. With and for the
Elect, we pray that we will be able to counter the forces of evil that
keep us from witnessing and sharing God’s Word in our society. We
pray that we may be willing to be examined–“scrutinized”–by God’s Word,
and come to acknowledge the sinful areas of our lives, so that we may
experience conversion and salvation. The Scrutinies remind us of
the seriousness of our Christian life and inspire us to turn from evil
and do good. They help us prepare for re-commitment of our lives
to Jesus Christ this Easter.
Our Congratulations to…
• Dusty and Judy Rosella on their 37th Wedding Anniversary – March 10
• S.J. and Imogene Borganelli on their 55th Wedding Anniversary – March 13
| Pray
for those in hospital,
especially… DRMC — Tommy Hill, Herman Scott, Zane Jacobs St. Dominic’s, Jackson — George Tonos Our Lady of the Lake, Baton Rouge — Wadel Abide (kidney stone surgery) Pray for all who are ill at home… Tommy Walker, Bettye Walker, Denise White, Charlie Roth-Roffy, Pat Knotts, Rose Glines, Chris Virden, Patsy Lamberson, William Roth-Roffy, Julia Farr, Sarah Little, W.D. McGraw, Ray Haley, Gale Jones, Carrie Maniscalco, Wilna Myers, Grace Warren, Connie Williams, Theresa McGrath, Bill Hunt, Joe Piraino, Joann Mascagni, Josephine Cannon, Mary Lauren Starr, John Gable, Nora Fayad, C.L. Dotson, Sr., Bruno Tubertini, Heloise Johnson, Baylan McDonald, Sarah Porter Smith, Barbara Porter, George Virden, Terry Baioni, Candy McMahan, Jo Ellen Cross, Greer Smith, Tommy McHann, Charles Cortesi, Mary Hall, Chief Oltremari, Salvador Sarullo, Mary Jane Caruso, Debbie Hamlin, Betsy Ray, Peggy Potts, Doris Sharpe, Don Alexander, Josie Grossi, Dan Robertshaw, Elaine Murphy, Ruth Ann Darby, Mollie Brunson, Clayton Styles Kilgore, Margaret Evans Pittman, Greg Phillips, Frances Williamson, June Moore, Ray Ugolini, Jack Hayes, Barbara Morlino, Rachel Whitehead, Jim Crawford, Lisa Robinson, Mary Frances Warren (daughter-in-law of Grace Warren in UMC, Jackson), Tamie Grassi, Nornie Lipscomb (Hattiesburg), Leo De Rosier (in Huntsville, Alabama, nephew of Evelyn Rossie), Madeleine Hamilton Hallum, Rosalea Sherman, Joe Bordelon, Gail Phillips Pray also for those in residence at: Legacy Manor — Cliff Bennett Magnolia Gardens — Charlotte Crawford, James Countiss, Julia Farr, Gale Jones, Nora Fayad Mississippi Care Center — Rose Glines, Tommy McGovern, Mary Helen Procell, Beatrice Smith, Maxine Oakes, Jewel Taylor, Joe Maranto, June Moore Washington Care — Goldie Christen, Lavinia Roell, Ellen Shumate, Jerre Lane, Chief Oltremari, Nellie Mandolini, Joan Kaye, Josie Grossi, Hiram Little, Sara Little, Rosalea Sherman Wellington Place — Mississippi State Veterans Home, Kosciusko — Ray Haley, Win McGraw Ruleville Rehabilitation Center, Ruleville — C. L. Dotson, Sr., Annie Robinson Knights of Columbus News • Fourth Degree Meeting on Tuesday, March 9th, at 7:00 pm at the KC Hall. • Friday night Fish Fry will be held at the KC Hall starting on Friday, March 12th, at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $8, free grill cheese for children. • Priest Education Spaghetti Dinner is scheduled for Sunday, March 21st at Lourdes School. Please contact any KC member for tickets. • First Degree Exemplification is scheduled for Tuesday, March 23rd. Anyone interested in joining the Knights of Columbus please contact Bernie Brown. • The Fourth Degree is raffling off a Deluxe Barbeque Grill for the benefit of Priest Education in the Diocese. Please contact Dick Clark or any Fourth Degree Member for tickets. • Mark your calendars and join the Ladies Auxiliary on March 26th at 6:00 pm for a Shrimp Fettuccine dinner in the Parish Hall. Tickets available at the door or from any Ladies Auxiliary member for $8. Free grill cheese sandwiches will be available for the kids. Dine In or Take Out. • Thank you for all your support for our Shrimp Fettuccine Dinner in February. It was great and well supported. Thank you. Thank you....For Masses that will be offered for mother, and all your prayers and support. Mother attended Mass daily and believed that prayer was very powerful. My family is blessed by your thoughtfulness and all your prayers. Thank you so much! Elaine Cascio and family Thanks to Margaret Touchstone at Mississippi Life and Health for sponsoring Coffee and Donuts after 8:00 am Sunday Mass. Attention 2010 St. Joseph Seniors: The Greenville KC Ladies Auxiliary and the State Ladies Auxiliary have scholarship applications available for graduating seniors. Please see Barbara Artman at St. Joseph High School. Return applications to Mrs. Artman or the Ladies Auxiliary President, JoAnne Brown, by MARCH 31. American Cancer Society American “Cancer Society’s Relay for Life” is coming up in April and I need all your help. We want at least 12 TEAM MEMBERS to WALK and MANY MORE PEOPLE TO GIVE, so come on and join in the fun. The Walk is Friday, April 16th at the YMCA, 5 pm. Regina Rushing is the chair for St. Joseph’s team. Sacred Heart Church Mission Sacred Heart Church invites everyone to their Parish Mission which will be held on March 8, 9 and 10, at 7 pm each night. Guest speaker is Father Manuel Williams, CR, of Montgomery, Alabama. SOUP & SALAD for everyone every Wednesday of Lent from 6:00 - 6:45 pm in the Parish Hall. It’s great! Thanks to Rayetta Serio and Missy Lee for this week’s Cheesy Chicken Noodle. Next Wednesday the soup is “Creamy Tomato,” with salad, etc. |
This
Week…
| SUN |
7:15 am 8:00 Mass Choir Practice in the Choir Room 9:15 am Refreshments and fellowship for all in Parish Hall 9:15 am 10:30 Mass Choir Practice in the Choir Room 9:15 am Why Catholic? on “The Sacraments” in the Parish Hall Meeting Room 11:30 am Annual Spaghetti Lunch till 1:30 pm at St. Mary’s Church in Lake Village 4:00 pm Confirmation Preparation Session for Candidates and Parents in the Parish Hall 5:00 pm Men’s Cursillo Closing Service at Duncan Gray Retreat Center in Canton 6:45 pm Sr. CYO meet in the Parish Hall after Mass |
| MON |
Testing Week at Lourdes School. Our prayers are with
all of you |
| TUES |
7:00
am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the
Adoration Chapel until 8:00 p.m. 7:00 am Mission Mississippi Prayer Breakfast at Revels U.M.C. (S. Broadway) 8:00 am 8th Grade Retreat in the Parish Hall 11:45 am Parish Finance Council meets in the Parish Library 5:30 pm Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary meet at the K.C. Hall 7:00 pm Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus meet at the K.C. Hall |
| WED |
9:15
am Prayer Service at St. Joseph High School 11:30 am Lenten Luncheon at First United Methodist Church, Washington Ave 5:30 pm Evening Mass in Church 6:00 pm Lenten Soup and Salad for all in the Parish Hall 6:00 pm 10:30 Mass Choir Practice in the Choir Room 7:00 pm RCIA continues in the Parish Hall |
| THU |
2:15
pm Prayer Service at Our Lady of Lourdes School 7:00 pm Ultreya for all Cursillistas in the Office Meeting Room |
| FRI |
7:00
am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the
Adoration Chapel until 8:00 p.m. 7:30 am Mass at St. Joseph School Chapel – Open to all. 12:00 pm Healing Mass in church — for everybody 5:30 pm Stations of the Cross in church 6:00 pm Fish Fry at the KC Hall on E. Reed Road. Everyone is welcome. |
| SAT |
8:00
am Morning Mass 10:00 am AA Support Group meets in the Parish Hall Meeting Room |
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Say the Rosary daily
for peace in the world; for the safety and protection of service men
and women and their families; for the victims of natural
disasters. Say a special prayer for peace in the middle East and Iraq this week. |
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| MON |
6:30 a.m. |
Special Healing |
| TUE |
6:30 a.m. |
Rosa & Paul Serio |
| WED |
6:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. |
Mitchell & Patricia Abide Helen Tuminello |
| THU |
6:30 a.m. |
Vivian Marchetti |
| FRI |
6:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. |
Henry Reginelli Joe Strazi (High School Chapel) Carrie LaBouve |
| SAT |
8:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. |
Kyle Haley Al Gondecki |
| SUN | 8:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. |
Joe Sherman People of the Parish Frank & Rosa Maggio |
| MONDAY | 2 Kings 5:1-15 • Lk 4:24-30 |
| TUESDAY | Dn 3:25, 34-43 • Mt 18:21-35 |
| WEDNESDAY | Deu 4:1, 5-9 • Mt 5:17-19 |
| THURSDAY | Jer 7:23-28 • Lk 11:14-23 |
| FRIDAY | Hosea 14:2-10 • Mark 12:28-34 |
| SATURDAY | Hosea 6:1-6 • Lk 18:9-14 |
| SUNDAY | Joshua 5:9-12 • 2 Cor 5:17-21 • Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 |
| . | Thank you for reading my word. |
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7:00 am – 8:00 pm Tuesdays and Fridays |
“The purpose of the
Holy Hour is to encourage a deep personal encounter with Christ. The
holy and glorious God is constantly inviting us to come to Him, to hold
converse with Him, to ask for such things as we need, and to experience
what a blessing there is in fellowship with Him.” (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen) |
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