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: stphilipapostle@bellsouth.net

Website: http://stphilipapostle.com

Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Kessler, Pastor

Rev. Mr. Charles Brantley, Deacon Ms. 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 Mrs. Anita Lund, Youth 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 May 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

Saturday, Aug 11th 5:00 p.m. Carmine Calderone † by M/M John Massey

Sunday, Aug 12th 8:00 a.m. Joseph Dul † from his granchildren

10:30 a.m. John & Josephine Ortiz † by Linda Ortiz

12:30 p.m. Luis Humberto Cabra Merchant † by Humberto Cabra

Monday, Aug 13th 9:00 a.m. Jim Ries † by Don & Vicky Story Wednesday, Aug 15th 9:00 a.m. Clare Kane † by The Girls 6:00 p.m. Beatrice Trent † by Brantley Family

Thursday, Aug 16th 9:00 a.m. Martha Wall † by Swierczewski Friday, Aug 17th 9:00 a.m. Teresa Ries † by Ann Simons

Saturday, Aug 18th 5:00 p.m. All Teachers & Students of our parish by CDA Sunday, Aug 19th 8:00 a.m. Keegan Kimball † by Pat & Tony Petrozza

10:30 a.m. Kenny Brahler † by Amanda & Jesse Brooks

12:30 p.m. Andrea Landeo † by Echevarria Family

READERS Aug 15 9:00 a.m. Pat Petrozza 6:00 p.m. Ann McGuire Aug 18 5:00 p.m. Ellen Upton Aug 19 8:00 a.m. Joe Chulick 10:30 a.m. Kathy Little EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Aug 15 9:00 a.m. M. Rhodes (HM), C. Ries (HA), B. Scales (HC), A. Simons, P. Klvana, L. Klvana, J. Watkins 6:00 p.m. R. Echevarria (HM), N. Echevarria (HA), R. Reed (HC), B. McGinn, J. Rafols, T. Douglas, I. Poston

Aug 18 5:00 p.m. C. Ries (H), B. Scales, A. Simons, K. Sparks, B. Bailey Aug 19 8:00 a.m. N. Echevarria (H), R. Echevarria, B. Papandrea 10:30 a.m. B. Stickle (HM), C. Bennett (HA), J. Ben nett (HC), L. Ortiz, J. Danckert, T. Brad ford, A. Sadowski ALTAR SERVER Aug 18 5:00 p.m. Kailey L., Beni J. Aug 19 8:00 a.m. Emily S., Jasmine D. 10:30 a.m. Isaac W., Eli W. Happy Birthday 8/12/2018– 8/18/2018 8/12 Brenda Bahr, Jesse Brooks, Margaret Haas, Alvin Malpica-Zaragoza, Elvia Maltos, Matthew Soltysiak 8/13 Anthony Ferguson, Daniel Krause, Mary McElwee, Kenia Mejia, Bobby Overcash, Conlin Rinehimer, Mateo Sanchez Castillo, Erik Smith, Tony Trifaro 8/14 Vincent Federle, Alice Harwell, Austin McCoy, Rosa Orellana, Kevin Santibanez, Krystyna Swierczewski 8/15 Fredy Benitez, Mario Beni-tez, Gary Cook, Darren Hodges, Catherina Huffman. Dwain Rhyne, Edwin Trevino, David Woldman 8/16 Darryl Brown, Maureen Fredo, Bernadine Stickle 8/17 Alejandro Andrade, Eusebia Avellaneda, Ed Eldridge, Cesar Garcia, Cierra Gutsch 8/18 Katelyn Howell, Chloe Kenyon, Librado Nunez, Ashley Wodecki

Happy Anniversary 8/12/2018-8/18/2018 8/14 Dan & Sue Dubose, Aron & Joleen Sadowski 8/15 Jorge & Martha Mendoza 8/16 David & Annette Parker, William & Dawn McGinn 8/17 Robert & Debra Wodecki

From the pastor… Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – In today’s first read-ing (1 Kings 19:4-8) Elijah said “This is enough oh Lord and he prayed for death.” Following the instructions of the Lord, Elijah got up and ate. The food of the Lord gave him the strength to finish his journey. In today’s Gospel (John 6:41-51) Jesus declares “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” What a gift the Eucharist really is! “This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one my eat it and not die.” In addition to the Lord’s Day Mass; if possible, consider attending daily Mass – at 9 a.m. on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and the First Saturday of each month. There is also a 6 p.m. Mass on Wednesday eve-nings, which you may find more convenient. Daily Mass is shorter, with a lot less distractions, and yet you receive that same heavenly food to strengthen you for your journey. You’ll find this, the finest daily prayer, a big help. Next weekend is the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings at Mass will be taken from Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephe-sians 5: 15-20; John 6:51-58. Come prepared. EAST COAST WINGS is the location of our next “Forward With Christ” restaurant fundraiser. This restaurant is located on Broad Street and in the Bi-Lo Supermarket shopping center. This Tuesday, August 14th, from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., East Coast Wings will generously donate 10% of your purchase to our building campaign. Please tell them that you are from St. Philip The Apostle Catholic Church. Hope to see you there!

In the Home Stretch for the fir st Phase of our Forward With Christ Building campaign. Our Goal is $2,500,000. With last weekends’ collection, which includes a $10,000 contribution, we now have $2,406,295.00 in the bank. That really is quite good, considering, we began about a year and a half ago and during that time we were unable to have an official Capital Campaign. We are working with the Architect and General Contractor to come up with the final plans and then present them to the Diocese for their final approval. We will be present-ing a more detailed update on our building progress in the near future. Please be generous and help us reach our goal. Wednesday is August 15th and the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. There will not be a Vigil Mass on Tuesday, since we always have a 6 p.m. Mass on Wednesdays. Therefore, there will be a 9 a.m. & 6 p.m. Mass this Wednesday. Hope to see you in Church. The Planning and Building Committee will meet this Wednesday, August 15th at 6:45 p.m., following the 6 p.m. Mass. The Finance Council will meet this Thursday, August 16th at 6:30 p.m.. RCIA – This program is for adults who are 18 years or older. It is for people who are possibly interested in becoming Catholic or for those who have been baptized Catholic but never received your first Holy Communion or Confirmation. on September 5th we will begin meeting on most Wednesday evenings from 6:45 – 8:15 p.m.. The participants who make this commitment and then if they decide that they would like to be members of the Catholic Church, they will be received into the Church at the Easter Vigil on Saturday evening, March 26th. If you or someone you know may be interested in the Catholic Church, please call me (Fr. Kessler) at the rectory- 704-681-4860 or the office - 704-872-2579. You may also call Raquel Swier-czewski at 704-880-7940.

Mrs. Mary Brown: If you need to contact Mrs. Brown, Faith For -mation Director, please call or text 704-929-0152 or email her at faithformationdir@att.net or if you need to contact Mrs. Norma Echevarria please call the office at 704-872-2579 or email her at echevarria_norma@yahoo.com. 2018-2019 Faith Formation registration : All Faith Formation students must be registered by August 1st, 2018. A late registration fee of $10 applies after August 1, 2018. All students in First Communion must have two years of Faith For-mation before making their First Communion. All students in Confir-mation must have 2 years of Faith Formation before making their Confirmation. Faith Formation starts: Wednesday September 5th @ 6:30 for Wednesday students and Sun-day, Sept. 9 for Sunday students. Students must be registered by Sept. 23, 2018. Faith Formation Teacher Meetings English and Spanish are Monday, August 27 @ 6:30 pm or Wednesday, August 29 @ 6:30 pm. All FF volunteers should plan to attend one meeting. We are still looking for Faith Formation volunteers. Please text Mary Brown if you can help at 704-929-0152. All Faith Formation students, families and volunteers are invited to our Back to School Water Slide and Ice Cream Social on Sunday, August 26th from 3:00-5:00 pm. Please come out and cool off and enjoy the fun and fellowship! This is a great opportunity for Confir-mation students to get service hours. Please contact Mary Brown if you can help.

Collections last week Regular 5:00 p.m…..….…………....…...…………………..$3,337.00 8:00 a.m.......…..………………….……………..…..1,792.00 10:30 a.m…….….....…………………………….…...1,665.00 12:30 p.m…..………...….......….....................................787.36 Total…….……..………………….............................$7,581.36 Food Closet Total.………….........................................................$120.00 Forward With Christ Total……..….….……...………………..………$17,778.74 Spanish Food Fundraiser FWC Total…………………………………..….….…………$.00 Total to date…….……………...….……………$17,612.60

Collections Year to Date Last year This Year Regular $42,376.05…...….................$40,783.85 Forward With Christ ………................……..1,406,295.32 Food Closet 1,550.00.........…………........1,696.00 Thank you for returning some of God’s gift to you to His Church.

August 12, 2018

PARISH SUPPORT CHURCH YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019

THE WEEK AHEAD The Catholic Daughters will have their fir st Festival of Tables Luncheon on Saturday, September 8th from 11:30 a.m. till 1 p.m. in the social hall. You do not need to be a CDA member to attend. Any lady in our parish is welcomed. The tickets are $10 each for a buffet meal. There will also be a dessert table. Each table will be decorated to a theme the hostess wishes. Come enjoy the decorated tables, delicious food, and all proceeds will go to the For-ward With Christ building fund. If you are interested in volunteer-ing to decorate a table, please contact Pam Klaene at 704-873-0690 H, 704-402-6011 C, or by email psklaene@gmail.com. For tickets please contact Dawn McGinn at 980-223-9400. Looking forward to see you ladies at the luncheon!

At home.. Lillian Alvey, Anna Eisele Shingleton, David Eisele, Jessica Allison, Jessica Crosso, Andrew Gulley, Jackie Mejia, An-gela Moreno, Howard Stewart, Rick Stoup, Robinette Tilley, Alan Eisele, Joe Stallings, Arthur & Marion Weber, Frank Bollero, Joan Chiodo, Nelson LaClair..Statesville Manor - Brenda Kelley. Bryan Center ...Mar ion Kelly Culler .. Autumn Care-Bettye Byers..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;grammad1229@gmail.com St Philips Book Group will meet Monday, August 20th at 7 p.m. for book discussion & snacks. The August book will be “Snow Child” by Eowyn Ivey. ALL PARISHIONERS WELCOMES! Call Joyce Marquez at 704-657-3440 or Norma Gassett @ 843-339-1956 for location & book availability. Wednesday Bible Study will resume Aug 29th at 11:15 a.m. God’s creation & invitation to a sacred journey. All are welcomed. Read the Introduction to Genesis before class. Call Linda with any questions at 704-880-9906. Come & See!

Monday, Aug 13th 9:00 a.m. Holy Rosary Tuesday, Aug 14th 9:00 a.m. Catholic Daughters sewing project 11:00 a.m. East Coast Wings Restaurant FWC Fundraiser Wednesday, Aug 15 6:45 p.m. Planning & Building Committee mtg Thursday, Aug 16th 6:30 p.m. Finance Council Meeting Sunday, Aug 19th 1:30 p.m. Spanish Food for Forward With Christ The 2018 Gala & Auction to benefit the Forward with Christ Building Project has been scheduled for Saturday, October 13 at 6:30. The ticket price is $85.00/person. It will include a sit-down dinner, music and open bar. There will be both Silent & Live Auction items. The Gala & Auction committee has been hard at work planning a great evening. We will again auction several vacation destinations from the beach to the mountains, lots of sporting event tickets including Panther tickets and many other items along with a wine pull. Call Dawn McGinn to place your reservations 980-223-9400. Credit /Debit cards accepted. Call Dawn if you have a new item or a service to donate. 2018 Gala & Auction benefiting the Forward with Christ Building Project is looking for individuals or business sponsors. Recognition will be given in the program to the sponsors: $5,000.00 – Platinum (includes tickets for a table of 8) $1,000.00 - Gold $500.00 – Silver $250.00 – Bronze Under $250.00 – Friends of St. Philip the Apostle If you or your business would like to be a sponsor please call Dawn McGinn 980-223-9400.