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 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 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 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 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
Saturday, Feb 3rd 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Skippi Posey † by Maryann Rhodes
Sunday, Feb 4th 8:00 a.m. Joseph Dul † by Liz Ellis & Family
10:30 a.m. All volunteers by the Catholic Daughters 12:30 p.m. Elsa Romero † by Romero Family Monday, Feb 5th 9:00 a.m. Jacinta Trinidad † by Arrington Family Wednesday, Feb 7th 6:00 p.m. Marlene & Dick Wyder † by Russell & Marge Haas
Thursday, Feb 8th 9:00 a.m. Chang Yeo Suk † by M/M Gale Vestal Friday, Feb 9th 9:00 a.m. Daniel Thurston † by Carol Micalizzi Saturday, Feb 10th 5:00 p.m. Russ & Marge Haas by McMullin Family
Sunday, Feb 11th 8:00 a.m. Catherine Spice † 10:30 a.m. Chang Yeo Suk † by M/M Gale Vestal 12:30 p.m. Jose Rivas † Antonia Salas † & Orfelinda Rivas † by Zulema Rivas READERS Feb 10 5:00 p.m. Mike Hoffman Feb 11 8:00 a.m. Joseph Chulick 10:30 a.m. Jason Wodecki EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
Feb 10 5:00 p.m. B. Scales (HM), P. Daly (HA), B. Bailey (HC) Feb 11 8:00 a.m. B. Papandrea (HM), J. Archibald (HA), S. Staples (HC) 10:30 a.m. L. Ortiz (HM), J. Phillips (HA), J. Rafols (HC) ALTAR SERVER Feb 3 5:00 p.m. Kailey L., Reagan L. Feb 4 8:00 a.m. Evie S., Jasmin D. 10:30 a.m. Daniel G., Mary K Happy Birthday 2/4/2018—2/10/2018 2/4 Mary Ann Dietrich 2/5 Caleb Carpenter, Gerson Garzon, Cynthia Madson, Jesus Rivera, William Veazey, Richard Wood 2/6 Jennifer Feijoo, Anthony Ferguson Sr., Fracisca Garcia, Victor Reyes, Francis-ca Vargas 2/7 Sue Grajewski, Benjamin Waugh, Vanessa Wells 2/8 Erundino Echeverria, Joseph Kotarski, John Marquez, Anais Reyes Rojas, Kathleen Scott, Dan Trifaro, Ellen Upton 2/9 Rose Brown, Denise Levan, Angelica Lopez, Dolores Springer 2/10 Brian Jones, Mark McCollum III, Julianne Moore, Kathleen Savage
Happy Anniversary 2/4/2018-2/10/2018 2/8 Erundino & Rosa Echeverria
From the pastor… The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Today’s 1st reading (Job 7:1-4,6-7) treats the problem of suffering of the innocent, and of r etr ibution. Job, pious and upr ight, r ichly endowed in his own person and in domestic prosperity, suffers a sud-den and complete reversal of fortune. He loses his property and his children; a loathsome disease afflicts his body; and sorrow oppresses his soul. Nevertheless, Job does not complain against God. Job does not understand why he is afflicted. He curses the day of his birth and longs for death to bring an end to his suffering. Job proclaims his innocence and rejects his friend’s suggestion that his suffering must be a punish-ment for personal wrong doing and an invitation from God to repent-ance. Job maintains an attitude of humility and trust in God, which is deepened and strengthened by his experience of suffering. Job pro-claims “Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I go back again. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken way; blessed be the name of the Lord!”
In today’s Gospel – Mark 1: 29-39 Jesus leaves the house of prayer – and goes to the house of Simon Peter and Andrew to cure Simon Peter’s mother-in-law. Pope Saint Paul II described this as an example for us, disciples of our Lord, “moving from Mass to mission. The word Mass comes for the words spoken at the end of the liturgy when it was yet celebrated in Latin – “Ite Misa est”! = Go, you are sent! Next weekend we will observe the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings at Mass will be taken from Leviticus 13: 1-2, 44-46; 1 Corinthians 10:31- 11: 1; Mark 1:40-45.
The regular daily Mass schedule will resume this week. Dinner at Wendy’s – this Monday, Feb. 5th, from 5–8 p.m.. Our parish will receive 25% of your check in support of our Forward With Christ building campaign. Wendy’s is located at 1807 E. Broad Street in Statesville. Hope to see you there. The Planning & Building Committee will meet this Wednesday, Feb. 7th at 6:30 p.m. in the old rectory. Enter by the back door in the screened in porch. The 50 Plus Club – will meet in our Social Hall immediately follow-ing the 9 a.m. Mass this Thursday, Feb. 8th. If you are 50 years old – come join us. Next weekend we’ll kick off the annual Diocesan Support Appeal. This year’s theme is “We Are Called ”. As we earnestly work to raise funds to improve our own parish facilities, lets not forget the needs of others. This diocesan-wide appeal provides funding for the Housing Ministry, Education Ministries, Multicultural Ministries, the Eucharistic Congress and Vocations. Our assessment for 2018 is $45,951 Registered parishioners should have recently received a letter from Bishop Peter J. Jugis with pledge information about this appeal and another letter from myself. You may complete this pledge card and return it to the diocesan office or drop it in any collection at Mass. You can make pledges or gifts using the cards in the rear of the church. You can also make a contribution on line at www.charlottediocese.org/dsa. Please be sure to indicate the name of our parish in the comments section of the online form. There will be a second collection next weekend (Feb. 10 & 11) and at other times, to present an opportunity for those who attend Mass at St. Philips and who are not registered. PLEASE be extra generous in your response to this appeal, so that we don’t have to continue begging at Mass throughout all of Lent. Any shortfall, must be taken from our general savings.
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]. All students in 1st & 2nd First Communion classes and in 8th & 9th grade Confirmation classes must see Mrs. Brown after attending Saturday or Sunday mass to get their names checked off for mass attendance. Students without the neces-sary number of masses attended will not be able to make their First Communion or Confirmation. There will be no Wednesday Faith Formation classes on Ash Wednesday, February 14th. First Reconciliation for First Communion students will be Saturday, March 10th at 10 a.m. This is mandatory for all children making their First Communion on Sunday, May 6th. The Confirmation Retreat is Fr iday, February 16 from 5—9:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 17 from 8:30—6:00 p.m. The retreat is not overnight this year. The date for Confirmation at St. Philip’s has not been set. The date is set by The Diocese of Charlotte. We will communicate the date for Confirmation as soon as we know when it is.
Collections last week Regular 5:00 p.m…..….………….……...………………….$2,865.00 8:00 a.m….....…..………………….…………..…….1,219.50 10:30 a.m…….….....……………………………..…...2,136.65 12:30 p.m…..………...…..…………..............................858.50 Total…….……...………..………….................…….$7,772.65 Food Closet Total.…...…....…….…….........................................$271.00 Forward With Christ Total...……..…..….….…...………...……………...$615.00 Spanish Food Fundraiser Total…………………………………………………....$.00 Total to date…….……………...….……………$15,283.75
Collections Year to Date Last year This Year Regular $238,257.54…...….............$243,302.03 Forward With Christ ………................……..1,292,156.11 Food Closet 12,693.12……......…….….12,503.00
Thank you for returning some of God’s gift to you to His Church.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 4, 2018
PARISH SUPPORT CHURCH YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018
THE WEEK AHEAD Next weekend the Catholic Daughters will be having a bake sale after all the Masses. Stewardship thought of the week: As Catholics, we are not to focus only on ourselves but are called by our Baptism to reach out and share our time, talent and treasure with our brothers and sisters. At home.. Lillian Alvey, Paul and Ber tha Summerville, Anna Eisele Shingleton, David Eisele, Jessica Allison, Jessi-ca Crosso, Andrew Gulley, Jackie Mejia, Angela Moreno, Howard Stewart, Rick Stoup, Robinette Tilley, Alan Eisele, Joe Stallings, Arthur & Marion Weber, Martha Wall, Frank Bollero, Joan Chiodo, Nelson LaClair..Statesville Manor - Brenda Kelley. 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 [email protected].
Sunday, Feb 4th, 9:00 a.m. Faith Formation Donut & Coffee Social 10:30 a.m. Donut & Coffee Social 11:00 a.m. Spanish Faith Formation Monday, Feb 5th 9:30 a.m. Holy Rosary 5:00 p.m. Wendy’s Forward With Christ Fundraiser Wednesday, Feb 7th 11:15 a.m. Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Faith Formation 6:45 p.m. RCIA Thursday, Feb 8th 9:30 a.m. 50 Plus Club gathering 7:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus & Catholic Daughters meetings
Saturday, Feb 10th 6:00 p.m. Bake Sale / CDA Sunday, Feb 11th CDA Bake Sale Weekend 9:00 a.m. Faith Formation 11:00 a.m. Spanish Faith Formation The 50 Plus Club will meet on Thursday, February 8th af-ter the 9 a.m. Mass for coffee, donuts and socializing. Fee will be $2.00 per person. Please call 704-873-5123 to reserve a spot.
