Church of St. Philip the Apostle est. 1898 Diocese of Charlotte P.O. Box 882 525 Camden Drive Statesville, North Carolina 28677 Office/Fax Phone (704) 872-2579 Rectory Phone (704) 681-4860 E-mail: [email protected]Website: http://stphilipapostle.com Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Kessler, Pastor Rev. Mr. Charles Brantley, Deacon Mrs. Regina McCollum, Secretary Mr. & Mrs. Jim Kermes, Food Closet Mrs. Mary Brown, Faith Formation Director Mrs. Norma Echevarria, Faith Formation Mrs. Raquel Swierczewski, R.C.I.A Marriage - Baptism Call the church office. Marriages, call at least 6 months in advance. Reconciliation Pastoral Council Meetings are 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. September thru June except National Holidays. Religious Education Children, grades 1-Confirmation, are required to attend religious education classes. Call the office to register your children. Adult classes also available. Parish Registration We welcome new parishioners to the parish and we ask them to register as soon as possible. Parish registration is important and necessary. Also, if you move away from the Parish please notify the office. Thank you. “Come and See”
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Church of St. Philip the Apostle est. 1898 Diocese of Charlotte
Rev. Mr. Charles Brantley, Deacon Mrs. Regina McCollum, Secretary
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Kermes, Food Closet
Mrs. Mary Brown, Faith Formation Director Mrs. Norma Echevarria, Faith Formation
Mrs. Raquel Swierczewski, R.C.I.A
Marriage - Baptism Call the church office. Marriages, call at least 6 months in advance. Reconciliation
Pastoral Council Meetings are 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. September thru June except National Holidays.
Religious Education Children, grades 1-Confirmation, are required to attend religious education classes. Call the office to register your children. Adult classes also available. Parish Registration We welcome new parishioners to the parish and we ask them to register as soon as possible. Parish registration is important and necessary. Also, if you move away from the Parish please notify the office. Thank you.
“Come and See”
from the pastor Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time – In today’s Gospel the zoom lens of our Lord focuses on one man. We learn a lot about this guy in just a few sentences. His name was Zacchaeus and he was a tax collector; normally an incredibly corrupt occupation. He was wealthy and curious. Zacchaeus was seeking to see who Jesus was. He was short in stature and energetic too. The word says that he ran ahead of the rest, climbed up a tree and came down in a hurry too. When Jesus called to him, Zacchaeus “came down quickly and received him with joy.” Jesus says “Today salvation has come to this home.” Zacchaeus repented in contrast to the rich man in the previous chapter of Luke. That unnamed man went away sad because his possessions were great and he was unable to bring about a change in his life. But Zacchaeuss’ experience leaves him with joy. Is the end result of God’s call to us joy or sadness? How do we respond? Next weekend is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings at Mass are from 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14; 2 Thessalo-nians 2: 16 - 3:5; Luke 20: 27-38 (short form 20: 27, 34-38). All Saints Day is this Tuesday, November 1st and is a Holy Day of Obligation. There will not be a vigil Mass on Hallow-een. Masses will be at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday. All Souls Day is Wednesday, November 2nd. Mass will be celebrated at 6 p.m. During the Masses next Sunday we will have a special bless-ing for Veterans. The Liturgy Committee – will meet this Thursday, November 3rd, at 7 p.m. As we approach Thanksgiving, a new Liturgical Year, Advent and Christmas, this is an important meeting and all members are asked to be present. November 4th is the Feast of St. Char les Borromeo and the first Friday of the month. Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament will take place at the end of the 9 a.m. Mass with reposition at 5 p.m. November 5th is the first Saturday of the month. The rosary will be prayed at 8:40 a.m. for the deceased members of our families and friends. Mass will follow at 9 a.m. and you are cordially invited. Our Forward With Christ initiative is a resolve to do something with our aging and inadequate classrooms, social hall, offices, etc. Last week registered parishioners received letters and infor-mation about this initiative in the mail. This included a self ad-dressed and a stamped post card to RSVP for meetings which will begin next week. Parishioners are asked to fill out and mail those cards. DO IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! Faithful Service, Grateful Hearts - The 2016 Priest’s Retire-ment Collection – We are short $1,953.25. The 2nd collection this weekend has the hope of putting this collection/assessment to rest. Thank you for your generosity. All Souls Remembrance – Our beloved deceased’ names will be on the altar and remembered at all the Masses offered during the Month of November. Envelopes can be found on the tables as you leave church. Donations are purely voluntary. The names should be received by this Sunday, October 30th.
Saturday, Oct 29th 5:00 pm Lee O’Donnell † by Maryann Rhodes Sunday, Oct 30th 8:00 am Pro Populo 10:30 am Joseph Albanese † by M/M Mike Petote 12:30 pm Daniel Dario Torres † by Torres Family
Monday, Oct 31st 9:00 am Pro Populo Tuesday, Nov 1st 9:00 am Pro Populo 6:00 pm Cathy Pell Kosma by Regina McCollum Wednesday, Nov 2nd 6:00 pm Jim Wilson † by M/M Nelson LaClair
Thursday, Nov 3rd 9:00 am Grace D’Amico † by M/M Andrew Grassi Friday, Nov 4th 9:00 am Pamela Schroeder McCann † M/M Verdell Schroeder
Saturday, Nov 5th 9:00 am Pro Populo 5:00 pm Torie Costa † by Woldman Family Sunday, Nov 6th 8:00 am Torie Costa † by Woldman Family 10:30 am Donald Fitzgerald † & Family by Linda Fitzgerald 12:30 pm Genaro Suclupe † by Echevarria Family READERS Nov 1 9:00 am Linda Fitzgerald 6:00 pm Linda Ortiz Nov 5 5:00 p.m. Mike Hoffman Nov 6 8:00 a.m. Michele Woldman 10:30 a.m. Jim Eisele EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
Nov 1 9:00 a.m. C. Ries (H), A. Simons, J. Danckert 6:00 p.m. R. Echevarria (H), B. Papandrea, B. Myers Nov 5 5:00 p.m. A. Eisele (H), I. Poston, R. Reed, T. Reed, B. Scales Nov 6 8:00 a.m. P. Klvana (H), R. Swierczewski, S. Staples 10:30 a.m. B. Stickle (HM), C. Bennett (HA), J. Ben nett (HC), L. Ortiz, T. Douglas, M. Freese, J. Phillips ALTAR SERVER Nov 5 5:00 p.m. Patrick Ferguson, Kailey Lund Nov 6 8:00 a.m. Evie Staples, Jasmine Dessert 10:30 a.m. Jacob Freese, Brianna Freese Happy Birthday 10/30/2016-11/5/2016 10/30 Brittney Benitez Garcia, John Frendenberg, Colin Lewis 10/31 Richard Dietrich, Alejandro Malpica-Zaragoza, Dylan Ramirez 11/1 Victoria Pena Lorenzo, Yamile Rebollar, Jonathan Santibanez 11/2 Juan Car-los Corrales, Amy Eisele, Charlotte Enochs, Michelle Myers, Phuoc Hau Tran Pettit, Arleene Shinkaruk, Jeremey Smith, Evelyn Vargas 11/3 Rakesh Bhagirat, Mary Cannady, Nieve Escalante Hernandez, Karla Garcia, Richard Homola, Andrew Mehall, Martin Pena Cristobal 11/4 Daniel LaClair 11/5 Mayra Chicas, Brandon Deberardinis, Raul Echevarria, Tami Harris, Geovane Martinez
Happy Anniversary 10/30/2016—11/5/2016 10/30 Jason & Denise Manger 11/3 Richard & Mary Ann Dietrich, Skip & Michelle McMurry 11/5 Darren & Jennifer Hodges, Jesse & Joanna Taub
Mrs. Mary Brown: If you need to contact Mrs. Brown, Faith Formation Director, please call or text 704-929-0152 or email her at [email protected] or if you need to contact Mrs. Norma Echevarria please call the office at 704-872-2579 or email her at [email protected]. Faith Formation students in 1st, 2nd, 8th & 9th grades will need to get mass cards signed. The Mass cards will be kept in the Faith Formation office. After each Mass there will be a representative in the lobby to sign cards. The student must be present to have the card signed. First Communion & Confir-mation candidates who do not have 25 signatures by the end of the FF year will be unable to participate in First Communion or Confirmation. The Christmas Pageant is off to an excellent star t thanks to the hard work of a dedicated volunteer team! We will have a traditional reenactment of the birth of Jesus with carols in Eng-lish and Spanish. We need lots of children of all ages to make this production a success. Rehearsals will start Thursday, No-vember 3rd at 6:30 p.m. The other rehearsals will be on Thurs-days through November ( Not including Thanksgiving) and the first three Thursdays in December. All rehearsals will start at 6:30 p.m. and will be about an hour. The pageant will be pre-formed on Sunday, December 18th @ 3:00 p.m. followed by a holiday reception with sweets, treats and hot chocolate. In ad-dition to the children, we will also need volunteers to help with costumes, staging and the reception. This is a great opportunity for Confirmation candidates to earn service hours. We hope to make this family event a yearly tradition for all our families at St. Philips’!
Collections last week Regular 5:00 p.m….…………………………….…………...…$2,361.00 8:00 a.m…..…...……………………………….……….1,230.00 10:30 a.m…………………...……………………………2,361.00 12:30 p.m…...…………………………………….………..717.81 Total……..…………...……………………………….$6,669.81 Parish Improvement Total….....…...…………...…..……………………..…….$35.00 Food Closet Total..……...……......……...….....……………...…….…$60.00 Priest Retirement Total……………………………………………….…….$919.00 Total to date………………………………………….$14,006.75 Military Total...…………………………………………………$1,390.00 .
Collections Year to Date Last year This Year Regular $127,112.84.....….….….........$122,032.04 Parish Improvements 19,278.61...……….....……….8,167.00 Food Closet 5,969.50..….…..…......….…..5,989.05
Thank you for returning some of God’s gift to you to His Church.
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time October 30, 2016
PARISH SUPPORT CHURCH YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2017
THE WEEK AHEAD
The Angel Tree Program is once again upon us. We look forward to helping those in our parish who need our help during the Christmas season. The sponsor forms will be available in the vestibule
beginning this weekend. All sponsor forms must be returned by November 13th, no late forms can be accepted. We look forward to making this anoth er great year for those in need.
At home.. Lillian Alvey, Paul and Ber tha Summerville, Bill Parker, Betty Brostowski, Anna Eisele Shingleton, Re-becca Eisele, David Eisele, Jessica Allison, Jessica Crosso, Andrew Gulley, Jackie Mejia, Angela Moreno, Loretta Sav-age, Howard Stewart, Rick Stoup, Robinette Tilley, Alan Eisele, Gail Byrd, Joe Stallings, Arthur & Marion Weber, Martha Wall, Frank Bollero...Statesville Manor - Brenda Kel-ley. The Gardens- Anna Pettit. Please pray for the intentions on Our Prayer Tree. To place a name on the Prayer Tree, please sign the Prayer Book in the Lobby or e-mail; Jean Danckert - [email protected].
The next 50 Plus Club luncheon will be Thursday, No-vember 10th at 11 a.m. A program will follow lunch to honor our Veterans of St. Philip’s. Please RSVP Judy Reber at 704-871-0272 by Nov 7th. Lunch will be $5each and will include turkey, dressing, cranberries and pumpkin pie.
Sunday, Oct 30th 9:00 a.m. Faith Formation /All Saints Breakfast 11:00 a.m. Spanish Faith Formation 1:30 p.m. Guadalupe practice Monday, Oct 31st 9:30 a.m. Rosary Wednesday, Nov 2nd 11:15 a.m. Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Faith Formation 6:45 p.m. RCIA Thursday, Nov 3rd 6:30 p.m. Youth Group 6:30 p.m. Guadalupe practice 6:30 p.m. Christmas Pageant rehearsal 7:00 p.m. Liturgy Meeting Saturday, Nov 5th 8:40 a.m. Rosary 10:30 a.m. Spanish Baptisms 6:00 p.m. Family Life Social Sunday , Nov 6th 9:00 a.m. Family Life Social 9:00 a.m. Faith Formation 11:00 a.m. Spanish Faith Formation 11:30 a.m. Family Life Social 1:30 p.m. Guadalupe practice
