Church of St. Philip the Apostle est. 1898 Diocese of Charlotte P.O. Box 882 525 Camden Drive Statesville, North Carolina 28677 Office Phone (704) 872-2579 Rectory Phone (704) 380-3476 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 Mr. Ken Parker, Y outh Director 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 Mr. Ken Parker, Y outh Director
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…
Corpus Christi Sunday – In the Gospel of John (17:16-17,20-21) Jesus is praying to his Father and ours and he is praying for us. “They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. I pray…that they may all be one, as you Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us.” Clearly the will of God is that we all be one; that we be united in the Holy Spirit. Yet, today there are so many different Christian denominations. We acutely feel this division at the time of Holy Communion during the Mass. At this time we must recognize that all Christians are not in communion or united with one another. Guidelines for the reception of Communion can be found on the last page -368 of your missalette. To admit non-Catholic Christians to Holy Com-munion is simply wrong. Many of them don’t believe in the real presence. They don’t believe that the bread and wine actually become the Body and Blood of Christ. Many of them believe that it is only a symbol. They also don’t believe in the Sacrament of Confession (John 20:21-23). As written above, Jesus prayed Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth.”
Read the 2 pages of Chapter 6 of the Gospel of John. There you will find The Bread of Life Discourse. In verses 64 and 66 we read the words of Jesus But there are some of you who do not believe. As a result, many of his disciples returned to their for-mer way of life and no longer accompanied him.” Verse 34 reads “So they said to him, Lord give us this bread always.” The Body of Christ; The Blood of Christ. Amen.
Next weekend is the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings at Mass will be taken from Ezekiel 17:22-24; 2 Corinthi-ans 5:6-10, Mark 4:26-34. Come prepared.
Congratulations to all our Graduates – May you continue to use your God given gifts in the service of God and to serve oth-ers, just as Jesus came to serve. Use your education to confirm your faith, which leads to eternal life. Don’t allow the devil to dupe you into using poor reasoning to undermine your faith. Lose your faith and in time you’ll discover how lost you really are. Keep the faith! Congratulations also to your parents and loved ones who sacrificed and supported you along the way. May God continue to bless you.
Please come and help – for the sake of the children of the parish – please plan on attending the Vacation Bible School planning meeting – this Sunday, June 7th at 3 p.m. in the Social Hall. We can’t do this program without help. The Vacation Bible School will take place from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, June 22nd through Thursday, June 25th. Are you willing to assist us in facilitating a support group for those who have lost a loved one? If you have had exper ience in such a group or perhaps your personal experience can serve to assist others to cope with their loss - please plan to meet with Carol Micalizzi in the K of C room in the Parish Center this Mon-day, June 8th at 11:30 a.m. Carol can be contacted at 704-873-3190. - The 50+ Club will have their Spring Picnic this Thursday, June 11th at Lakewood Park in Statesville Park from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. The cost is $5 per person and anyone over 50 years of age are welcome. Please RSVP by this Monday, June 8th by calling Pat or Herman Pekarek at 704-873-2783 or the parish office at 704-872-2579.
Saturday, June 6th 9:00 am Larry Collopy † by Charles & Connie Ries 5:00 pm Beatrice Corkey † Mildred Savage Sunday, June 7th 8:00 am Patrick Robinson † by Knights of Columbus 10:30 am Donald Fitzgerald † & Family by Linda Fitzgerald 12:30 pm Concepcion Ozaeta † by Echevarria Family Monday, June 8th 9:00 am Paul Kurtz † by Carol Micalizzi Wednesday, June 10th 6:00 pm John Fitzpatrick † by Carol Micalizzi Thursday, June 11th 9:00 am Barbara Ciccarelli † by the Parish of St. Philips Friday, June 12th 9:00 am Shirley Davenport by Barbara Hall Saturday, June 13th 5:00 pm William Schillinger † by Mildred Savage Sunday, June 14th 8:00 am Ellenore Hoffman † by M/M Robert Gassett 10:30 am Pamela Schroeder McCann † by M/M Verdell Schroeder 12:30 pm Pro Populo READERS June 13 5:00 p.m. Jim Kermes June 14 8:00 a.m. Mary Brown 10:30 a.m. Linda Ortiz EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
June 13 5:00 p.m. H. Bauer (H), S. Bauer, P. Daly, B. Myers, B. McGinn June 14 8:00 a.m. P. Klvana (H), L. Klvana, C.DiFulvio 10:30 a.m. C. Bennett (HM), J. Eisele (HA), A. Freese (HC), J. Bennett, J. Danckert, T. Douglas, M. Freese ALTAR SERVER June 13 5:00 p.m. P. Ferguson, P. Calderone June 14 8:00 a.m. C. Kelley, D. Papandrea, K. Lund 10:30 a.m. L. Moore, D. Gonzalez, S. Warren Happy Birthday week of 6/7/15-6/13/15: 6/7 Robert Fox, Michal Gibon 6/8 John Griswold, Kristina Perez Hernandez, Walberto Rivas Amayi, Erick Sanchez Rosas 6/9 Paul Cotton, Alyse LaRue, Jose Lopez Hernandez, Diana Rebollar, Verdell Schroeder, Refugio Serrano, Alicia Velazquez 6/10 Michael Grant, Ernesto Morales Estrada, Jr., Thomas Rupp, Richard Vanderstine 6/11 Rebeca Camacho Vargas, Brantley Cha,bers, Mia Rae DiGangi, Adria-na Garzon, Milagro Marcia, Iris Poston, Judith Reber, Claire Reyes, Aaron Salinas, Gerry Yannarella 6/12 Antonio Gonzalez, Erich hartz, Jr., David Papandrea, Marlen Serrano 6/13 James Flerra, Antonio Vargas
Happy Anniversary week of 6/7/15– 6/13/15: 6/7 Thilo & Cordula Mayer 6/8 Michael & Joan Rash, Stephen & Kathleen Gay, William & Debbie Booker 6/9 John & Patricia Lyle 6/10 Terry & Denise Levan, Louis & Susan Garbato, Raul & Alicia Velazquez 6/11 Christopher & Sarah Johnson
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] The next Vacation Bible School planning meeting will be this Sunday, June 7th @ 3pm in the social hall. At this meeting we will work on crafts, posters and other projects in order to be ready for VBS. The saints we have selected are St. Blasé from Armenia, St. Bernadette of Lourdes, St. Helen from Rome and St. Joseph. We will serve dinner based on the cui-sine where these saints originate, or at least as close as we can get. All volunteers are welcome to help with crafts and posters. Vacation Bible School will be Monday, June 22nd-Thursday June 25th from 6-8:00 pm.
The 2015/2016 yellow Faith Formation registration forms have been sent home with all current students during class. There is now a $10 late fee per child for registering after July 1, 2015. There is another $10 late fee per child for not paying Faith Formation fees in full by October 1, 2015. The July 1st registration deadline and the October 1st deadline will help provide a better organized Faith Formation program for our children.
Capital Improvement Total………………………………….……………...........$60.00 Food Closet Total……………………………..……………………...…$7.00 International/Nation Combined Total……………………………………………………....$50.00
Collections Year to Date Last year This Year Regular $374,599.37……...………......$398,932.61 Capital Improvements 15,980.50…...…...….….…….17,951.52 Food Closet 18,393.72…………...…....…..20,297.33
Thank you for returning some of God’s gift to you to His Church
Corpus Cristi Sunday June 7, 2015
PARISH SUPPORT CHURCH YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2015
Sunday, June 7th 9:00 am Family Life Social donuts/ coffee 11:30 am Family Life Social donuts / coffee 3:00 pm Vacation Bible School planning meeting Monday, June 8th 11:30 am Support Group Meeting Wednesday, June 10th 7:00 pm Spanish RCIA Thursday, June 11th 11:00 am 50 Plus Club Picnic at Lakewood Park 6:30 pm Youth Group 7:00 pm Choir practice 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus / Catholic Daughters mtg Friday June 12th 7:00 pm Platica Saturday, June 13th 8:00 am Food Closet Distribution 8:40 am Rosary 10:30 am Spanish Baptisms 2:30 pm Wedding
The Knights of Columbus will be having a bake sale Fa-thers Day weekend June 20th & 21st after all the Masses.
THE WEEK AHEAD
A sincere thank you to all who supported the KOC Annual Spaghetti Dinner including: Amalfi’s, Pellegrino’s, and Sorrento’s who were so generous with their donations, and to the Catholic Daughters for their contributions of baked goods. The KOC members who worked for this fundraiser made it a huge success and everyone enjoyed a great even-ing of good food and fellowship. Thank you!
At home..Leo and Lillian Alvey, Bill Parker , Betty Brostowski, Anna Eisele Shingleton, Rebecca Eisele, Jes-sica Allison, Jessica Crosso, Jim Ferron, Andrew Gulley, Jackie Mejia, Angela Moreno, Loretta Savage, Howard Stewart, Rick Stoup, Robinette Tilley, Brookdale Peachtree...Ar thur & Mar ion Weber , Statesville Man-or...Brenda Kelley, Gordons Hospice House...Rosario Riera..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].
