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…
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Are you the suf-fering servant descr ibed by the great prophet Isaiah in to-day’s first reading (Is. 53:10-11)? Do we have a tendency to fre-quently whine and complain? Do we come across to our friends and loved ones, as if we think that we are the suffering servant of Isaiah? Or is the suffering servant really Jesus – or Lord and Savior? In today’s Gospel James and John ask Jesus “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” Jesus responds by asking them “Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” Can you suffer as I suffer? Note that this episode follows Jesus’ third prediction of his pas-sion. How remarkable that James and John still fail to grasp the nature of Jesus’ mission and ministry. Nor do the other ten, giv-en their jealously indignant reaction. So Jesus summons them again to teach them what discipleship is all about. “To be great, be a servant; to be first, be slave to all; not to be served but to serve.” Today we observe World Mission Sunday. May we con-form our lives to the mission of the suffering servant of Isaiah - Christ our Lord. Welcome to Father Edward J. Sheridan who is cover ing our confessions and Masses this weekend. Father Ed is a very active retired priest of the Diocese of Charlotte. Father was ordained on May 23, 1963 and therefore has been a priest for 52 years. Father originally hails from New York City and is the son of Irish Immi-grants who made great sacrifices to give him a good Catholic education. Prior to retirement, Father Ed held many assignments including serving as pastor at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Charlotte, St. Eugene Catholic Church in Ashville at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Hickory. Thank you Father for help and min-isterial service to our parish. Next weekend is the Thir tieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings at Mass will be taken from Jeremiah 31: 7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52. Come prepared. There will be no 9 a.m. Mass this Monday (October 19th). Daily Mass will resume with the regular schedule this Wednes-day, October 21st. October is the Month of the Holy Rosary. Thanks to those who participated in the Living Rosary last Sunday. When pray-ing the rosary, be sure to meditate on the Mysteries of the Rosary. Pray the rosary! All Souls Remembrance – The names of our beloved deceased will be on the altar during the month of November. All Souls is Monday, November 2nd. There is an envelope in your packet of envelopes whereby you can note your deceased loved ones on the back. Extra envelopes can be found on the tables as you leave church. Donations are purely voluntary. The envelopes can be dropped in any collection basket during the month of October, but should be received by Sunday, October 25th or mailed or dropped off at the parish office by Friday, October 30th. The Priests’ Retirement Benefits Collection - Our assessment/goal this year is $15,182.23. So far we have collected $8,627.91. Any shortfall must come out of our general savings, which we have put aside as we plan to improve our classrooms, social hall, kitchen, offices, storage and parking facilities. Please be extra generous with this collection. As always, thanks so much.
Saturday, Oct 17th 5:00 pm Robert & Mary Enders † by M/M Edward Johnson Sunday, Oct 18th 8:00 am Charles Webb † by Dianne Robinson 10:30 am John & Josephine Ortiz † by Linda Ortiz 12:30 pm For children’s safety at Halloween by The Catholic Daughters Monday, Oct 19th 9:00 am No Mass Wednesday, Oct 21st 6:00 pm Rosario Riero † by Marie Newschwander Thursday, Oct 22nd 9:00 am Ray LaClair † M/M Russell Haas Friday, Oct 23rd 9:00 am Mary Ellen McGrath † by Arleen Shinkaruk Saturday, Oct 24th 5:00 pm Dorothy Savage † Mildred Savage Sunday, Oct 25th 8:00 am Patrick Robinson † by Robinson Family 10:30 am Wanda Douglas † by M/M Stanley Rapiey 12:30 pm Daniel Dario Torres † by Nersy Torres & Family READERS Oct 24 5:00 p.m. Linda Fitzgerald Oct 25 8:00 a.m. Mary Brown 10:30 a.m. Ann McGuire EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
Oct 24 5:00 p.m. M. Rhodes (H), P. Daly, A. Eisele, P. Kimel, B. McGinn Oct 25 8:00 a.m. J. Archibald (H), R & N. Echevarria 10:30 a.m. J. Eisele (HM), A. Freese (HA), M. Freese (HC), L. Hardig, S. McMurry, L. Ortiz, K. Parker ALTAR SERVER Oct 24 5:00 p.m. K. Lund, P. Ferguson Oct 25 8:00 a.m. D. Papandrea, E. Staples 10:30 a.m. L. Moore, S. Warren Happy Birthday week of 10/18/15-10/24/15: 10/18 Araceli Rangel, Jenny Hutchins, Jim Kermes, Edward Lipski, Isaias Lopez Aguilar, William McGinn, Isaias Pena Lorenzo, Evangelina Suclupe 10/19 Christopher Gonzaga, Ter-ry Gutsh, Jennifer Hodges, Luciana Zaragoza, Shevaun Trifaro 10/20 Matt Adams, Robert Baker, Crisyian Giron, Ashtin Gill 10/21 David Kruk, Nancy Mason, David Pina, Cynthia Solis, Marcos Varela 10/22 Cynthia Blamd, Joan Bumgarner, Alexis Trejo Rafael, Cassandra Wodecki 10/23 Kaleigh Arreola, Michaela O’Shell, Nohemy Tobon Hurtado, Katya Torres 10/24 James Carbone Kenneth Matta, Makenzi Maus, Emilie Solis
Happy Anniversary week of 10/18/15-10/24/15: 10/18 Allen & Patricia Ford 10/19 Spencer & Ann-Marie Rob-bins 10/22 James & Joan Bumgarner, James & Frances Robi-nette, Charles & Marion Culler, Jose & Cayetana Garcia 10/24 Alfredo & Andrea Maulini
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 need to be picked up promptly at 10:15 am on Sundays and 7:45 pm on Wednesdays. We had multiple kids that were not picked up on time. Parents also need to be with their children at 10:15 am on Sunday mornings – whether they will attend the 10:30 am Mass or not. Children may not be left to wander around on their own. We will be celebrating All Saints’ Day in the Faith Formation classes with saint studies and projects. Parents, please ask your children what they are learning about saints. All confirmation students will need to choose saints’ name. The more saints they learn about, the better choice they can make. Saints are our models for how to live our Catholic faith.
Parents, please check with the FF office to make sure you have paid your children’s FF fees. We will be sending out letters soon. All students in sacramental years, first grade, second grade, eighth grade and ninth grades must get their mass cards signed. There will be someone, usually Mr. Parker, Mrs. Brown or Mrs. Echevarria in the lobby after Mass to sign the cards. Do not ask Father Kessler to sign the cards. Cards need to be com-pletely filled by the end of the year.
Collections Year to Date Last year This Year Regular $117,081.90…...….…….......$113,163.13 Parish Improvements 6,337.00………...…...……...21,218.61 Food Closet 4,983.00…….…..……...…….4,596.50
Thank you for returning some of God’s gift to you to His Church
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18, 2015
PARISH SUPPORT CHURCH YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2016
Sunday, Oct 18th 8:00 am Food Closet/Family Life food drive before Mass 9:00 am Faith Formation 10:30 am Food Closet/Family Life food drive before Mass 11:00 am Faith Formation / Spanish 12:30 pm Food Closet/Family Life food drive before Mass Monday, Oct 19th 9:30 am Rosary 7:00 pm Building & Planning meeting Wednesday, Oct 21st 11:15 am Bible Study 6:30 pm Faith Formation 6:45 pm RCIA Thursday, Oct 22nd 6:30 pm Youth Group 7:00 pm Choir practice 7:00 pm Family Life Meeting Saturday, Oct 24th Food Closet Distribution Sunday, Oct 25th 9:00 am Faith Formation 11:00 am Faith Formation / Spanish
THE WEEK AHEAD
The Family Life Committee and our Parish Food Closet are hook-ing up to give us and our children another opportunity to feed the poor during this time of need. This Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, Octo-ber 18 all are invited to br ing to Mass some of the following: canned tuna, canned vegetables, canned fruit, breakfast cereal, rice, macaroni or some kind of pasta and dried beans. Come a minute or two before Mass and place your donation in front of the altar.
Butter Braids are back for a short time. The Catholic Daughters will be taking orders for Butter Braids the next 3 weekends. Delivery will be on November 21st just in time for Thanksgiving. Any questions please contact Regina McCollum 704-872-2579. At home.. Lillian Alvey, Paul and Ber tha Summerville, Bill Parker, Betty Brostowski, Anna Eisele Shingleton, Rebecca Eisele, Jessica Allison, Jessica Crosso, Jim Ferron, Andrew Gul-ley, Jackie Mejia, Angela Moreno, Loretta Savage, Howard Stewart, Rick Stoup, Robinette Tilley, Brookdale Peachtree...Ar thur & Mar ion Weber , Statesville Man-or...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 Danckert - [email protected].
Once again St. Philip will have an Angel Tree to help a fami-ly that truly needs Christmas gifts. Angel Tree sponsor forms will be available for pickup beginning October 31st. Stop by the church office or vestibule to pick one up.
