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
From the pastor..
The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Presence of God – in today’s first reading (1 Kings 19: 9,11-13) is not found in the traditional manifestations such as strong winds, earthquakes or fire, but rather in the tiny, whisper-ing sound of fine silence. Then in the Gospel, there is the boat of the disciples, being tossed about by the large waves and the strong winds. Sometimes we may feel like the disciples, when life tosses us around. We can’t see Jesus or the shore we’ve left or the port we seek. Out of the night and darkness, Jesus, walk-ing on the water, appears to the men. Like us, Peter cries out, “Lord save me.” Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught Peter. Jesus said “Oh you of little faith, why did you doubt?” When Jesus got into the boat, the winds died down and the disciples said “truly, you are the Son of God.” Jesus said, I am with you always, even to the end of time. So whether in the tiny, whispering sound of fine silence or out on the rough seas, Jesus is there. Make sure that He is in your boat or that you are in His boat. Tuesday, August 15th is the Feast of the Assumption of the Vir-gin Mary, and a holy day of obligation. There will be a vigil Mass this Monday at 6 p.m. and a 9 a.m. Mass on Tuesday. There will not be an evening Mass on Tuesday. The readings at both Masses will be taken from Revelation 11:19, 12:1-6, 10; 1 Corinthians 15:20-27, Luke 1:39-56. After the Vigil Mass this Monday (8/14), how about dining with us at Sorrento Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant located at 1004 Crossroads Drive (in the shopping center across from McDon-ald’s). From 4 p.m. till closing and in support of our Forward with Christ building initiative, Sorrentos’ will donate 10% of our receipts to our cause. Next weekend we will observe the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Readings at Mass will be taken from: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7, Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 Matthew 15:21-28. Thank you Austin McCoy – for years, Austin has been the Head Usher at our 8 a.m. Mass. Austin has decided to return to school and will begin his studies at Western Carolina this month. We are most grateful for your dedicated service Austin and wish you the very best at the University. Please know that when you come home, you are always most welcome here. Because of the Friday After Five in downtown Statesville, Bingo has been changed from Fr iday, August 25th to Saturday, Au-gust 26th. The Bingo will start at 7 p.m. and there will be hot dogs, etc. available at 6 p.m. Please mark your calendar, and plan on joining us. This is a fund raiser for the Forward With Christ endeavor. The 13th Eucharistic Congress – will be held on September 8th & 9th at the Charlotte Convention Center. Go to www.GOEUCHARIST.COM for further information. Forward With Christ – Goal = $2.500,00.00, $2,093,674.07 in the bank, short of goal -$406,325.93 Thanks for your generous support.
Saturday, Aug 12th 5:00 p.m. Carl & Sue Ralston † Rita Tondo & Roberta Sunday, Aug 13th 8:00 a.m. Robert Grassi † by M/M Andrew Grassi 10:30 a.m. Donald Fitzgerald † & family by Linda Fitzgerald
12:30 p.m. Monday, Aug 14th 9:00 a.m. Pro Populo 6:00 p.m. Rebecca Eisele † by Maryann Rhodes Tuesday, August 15 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Aug 16th 6:00 p.m. Catherine Downey † by Dan & Lori Czupryna
Thursday, Aug 17th 9:00 a.m. Christopher Novelli † by M/M Thomas Wright Friday, Aug 18th 9:00 a.m. Rebecca Eisele † by John & Carol Massey Saturday, Aug 19th 5:00 p.m. Betty Brostowski † by Jean Danckert Sunday, Aug 20th 8:00 a.m. Josefina Curiel † by Swierczewski 10:30 a.m. John & Josephine Ortiz † by Linda Ortiz
12:30 p.m. Andrea Landeo † by Echevarria Family READERS Aug 14 6:00 p.m. Ellen Upton Aug 15 9:00 a.m. Annie McGuire Aug 19 5:00 p.m. Jim Kermes Aug 20 8:00 a.m Michele Woldman 10:30 a.m. Linda Ortiz EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
Aug 14 6:00 p.m. R. Echevarria (H), T. Reed, B. McGinn, Heriberto T., Cristina G. Aug 15 9:00 a.m. M. Rhodes (H), A. Simons, B. Scales, P. Klvana, J. Watkins Aug 19 5:00 p.m. T. Reed (H), C. Ries, B. Scales, A. Simons, A. Eisele Aug 20 8:00 a.m. R. Swierczewski (H), J. Archibald, C. DiFulvio 10:30 a.m. M. Freese (H), L. Hardig (HA), S. McMur ry (HC), K. Parker, J. Phillips, J. Rafols, J. Sadowski ALTAR SERVER Aug 19 5:00 p.m. Beni J., Josh M. Aug 20 8:00 a.m. Jasmine D., Paul C. 10:30 a.m. Jacob F., Brianna F. Happy Birthday 8/13/2017-8/19/2017 8/13 Anthony Ferguson, Mary McElwee, Kenia Mejia, Bobby Over-cash, Conlin Rinehimer, Mateo Sanchez Castillo, Erik Smith, Tony Trifaro 8/14 Michael Cleaves, Vincent Federle, Ruben Galeano, Al-ice Harwell, Austin McCoy, Rosa Orellana, Kevin Santibanez, Krystyna Swierczewski 8/15 Fredy Benitez, Mario Benitez, Gary Cook, Darren Hodges, Catherine Huffman, Dwain Rhyne, Edwin Tre-vino, David Woldman 8/16 Maureen Fredo, Bernadine Stickle 8/17 Eusebia Avellaneda, Ed Eldridge, Cesar Garcia, Cierra Gutsch 8/18 Katelyn Harwell, Librado Nunez, Ashley Wodecki 8/19 Patti Camp-bell, Roberto Gonzalez, Gary Robinson, Jose Torres Ferretiz
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]. Registration forms for 2017-2018 have been handed out to all current Faith Formation students. If you did not get one, please stop by the Faith Formation office. They are located next to the Faith For-mation Office door on orange paper. All forms need to be returned to the faith Formation office by Aug 1st, 2017 to avoid a $10 late fee. Students who plan on making their Confirmation and First Commun-ion need 2 years of Faith Formation classes prior to those sacrament and must attend at least 25 Masses during each of the school years.. There will be 2 Faith Formation volunteer meetings, Wednesday, Aug 30th @ 6:30 p.m. and Thursday, August, 31st @ 6:30 p.m. Faith Formation volunteers should make plans to attend one of these meetings. If you cannot attend a meeting, please contact Mary Brown at the information above. Christmas Pageant Planning Meeting: It’s that time again. We will have the first planning meeting on Thursday, Sept 7 @ 6:30 p.m. in the social hall. Everyone is welcomed to attend. The Christmas Pag-eant will be Sunday, Dec 17th at 3:00 p.m. followed by a holiday treat reception. Children and adults are invited to participate. This is a great way for Confirmation students to get service hours. Please text or email Mary Brown if you have any ideas or questions. Wednesday night Faith Formation classes are in desperate need of teachers. Please contact Mary Brown if you can volunteer in the important ministry. Wednesday night classes may need to be canceled if we do not get enough volunteers. Faith Formation classes start Wednesday, Sept 6th at 6:30 p.m. for Wednesday students and Sunday, Sept 10th at 9:00 a.m. in Eng-lish and 11:00 p.m. in Spanish for Sunday students.
Collections last week Regular 5:00 p.m…..….………….……...…………….……$3,947.00 8:00 a.m…......…..………………….…….…...……..1,265.00 10:30 a.m…….….....…………………………...……..1,342.00 12:30 p.m…..………...……..…………..............………843.65 Total…..….……...…………………….....…..……$7,397.65 Food Closet Total.…...…....…….……….......................................$20.00 Forward With Christ Total...………..…..…..….…...…...……………...$9,843.69 Spanish Food Fundraiser Total.…..………………...….…….…………….………..$0 Total to date…….………………….…………….$9,231.95
Collections Year to Date Last year This Year Regular $42,067.80...….……...........$42,701.05 Forward With Christ ………................……..1,093,674.07 Food Closet 1,658.00…….......…….…..1,550.00 Thank you for returning some of God’s gift to you to His Church.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 13, 2017
PARISH SUPPORT CHURCH YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018
THE WEEK AHEAD
Our next Forward With Christ restaurant fundraiser will be this Monday, August 14th from 4 p.m. to close at Sorrento’s Restau-rant in Statesville at 1004 Crossroads Drive, next to Big Lots. Sor-rento’s will give us 10% of all receipts so please put them in the basket! The Catholic Daughters are having a fundraiser with Autobell Car Wash– they are selling $20.00 gift cards. For each card they sell Autobell will give us 50% of the proceeds. All the proceeds from this fundraiser will be donated to the Forward With Christ Building fund. Please see any Catholic Daughter, call Tami Harris at 704-902-0315 or the parish office to purchase.
At home.. Lillian Alvey, Paul and Ber tha Summerville, Bill Par-ker, Anna Eisele Shingleton, David Eisele, Jessica Allison, Jessica Crosso, Andrew Gulley, Jackie Mejia, Angela Moreno, Howard Stewart, Rick Stoup, Robinette Tilley, Alan Eisele, Joe Stallings, Arthur & Marion Weber, Martha Wall, Frank Bollero...Statesville Manor - Brenda Kelley. Please pray for the intentions on Our Pray-er Tree. To place a name on the Prayer Tree, please sign the Prayer Book in the Lobby or e-mail; Jean Danckert - [email protected]. Bingo: Saturday, August 26th at 7 p.m. in the social hall. $20 per person for 10 games with CASH prizes after each game. We will be serving food at 6 p.m. before the game. Call Asheton McGinn at 704-902-2945 with any questions. Auction: Mark your calendar! Saturday, October 7th at 6:30 p.m. will be the “Forward with Christ” Auction. Reservations include a sit down dinner and full bar. Silent and live auction items will be available. Call Dawn McGinn at 980-23-9400 to reserve your spot. $75 per person / $600 per table of 8. Let’s fill the room!
Monday, Aug 14th 9:30 a.m. Rosary 4:00 p.m.—close Sorrento’s Restaurant fundraiser Tuesday, Aug 15th 9:00 a.m. Catholic Daughter’s Quilt sewing project Wednesday, Aug 16th 6:30 p.m. Spanish RCIA Saturday, Aug 12th 9:00 a.m. Diocesan Advocate Meeting St. Philip’s Book Group will meet on August 22nd at 5:30 p.m. for a movie with book discussion to follow. We will be ordering pizza for dinner. Our August book will be Sarah’s Secret” by Tatiana de Ros-nay. ALL PARISHIONERS WELCOMED!! Call Norma Gassett at 704-380-4125 or 843-339-1956 for location and book availability. St. Philip’s Adult Dinner Group will be meeting Sunday, Aug 27th at 5 p.m. Join together for socializing and fellowship with a Mexican theme. This will be Pot Luck so entrée’s, appetizers, salads, or whatev-er you want to share will be welcomed. Bring your own special bever-age. ALL ADULT PARISHIONERS WELCOMED! RSVP: 704-873-5688 or 704-380-4125 for location and if you will be attending.
