SUNDAY MASSES Saturday 4:00 PM

Sunday 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM

THE HOLY ROSARY Saturday 3:30 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM & 10:30 AM

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE No Mass - Monday

Wednesday & Friday ~ 8AM Tuesday, Thursday ~ 12 Noon (St. Vincent’s Chapel)

SPECIAL DEVOTIONS: THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY First Friday of the Month

Devotion: 7 - 8 AM ~ Mass: 8:00 AM First Saturday of the Month

Devotion: 7:30 AM ~ Mass: 8:00 AM

CONFESSIONS First Friday ~ 7:00 - 8:00 AM

First Saturday ~ 7:30 - 7:50 AM Saturday ~ 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Sunday - 8:00AM Before 8:30AM Mass Or By Appointment

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Office Phone: 501-623-3233 Fax: 501-609-9524

Email: stmcc@hotsprings.net Fr. George Sanders: frgeo.stmcc@hotsprings.net

Sacramental Emergencies Only: 501-763-0704 WEBSITE: www.stmaryofthesprings.org

OFFICE PERSONNEL Diane Pollock, Office Manager

Amy Berg, Bookkeeper

YOUTH MINISTER Natalie Evans 501-545-3064

Email: stmarys.cym@gmail.com

MARRIAGE Contact the parish priest at least 6 months in advance to begin marriage preparation.

No Date can be scheduled before this preparation begins.

BAPTISM Contact the parish priest to schedule a baptism

Pastor: Fr. George Sanders Deacons: Lee Leckner & Joe Harrison

St. Mary of the Springs Catholic Church 100 Central Ave., Hot Springs, AR 71901

Established in 1869

October 1-2, 2016 *27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today is October 2, 2016 Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Saturday, 4PM October 8, 2016 Lector: **Ursula Rhodes, Dodie Mahoney EMHC: * Barbara Gilleran, Ruth Rhodes, Chris Bosch Altar Servers: Martin Nguyen, Anthony Reiter Altar Servers: Nate Webber Sunday, 8:30AM October 9, 2016 Lector: ** Wally Marroy, Doris Kalahiki EMHC: * Mike Adamkiewicz, Stephanie Nehus EMHC Diane Pollock Altar Servers: Kayla Kalahiki , Matthew Kalahiki Altar Servers: Alyssa Nobles, Mai Nobles, Khai Nobles Sunday, 11AM October 9, 2016 Lector: ** Pat Papacek, Amy Guresky EMHC: * Ron Sliger, Ruth Sliger, Vicki Rima EMHC: Cynda Piper, Peter Guresky Altar Servers: John Guresky, Christian Sliger Alter Servers: Matheu Sliger, Hunter Speas, Peyton Speas

10/1/2016 Sat 4PM Tom Gilleran + 10/2/2016 Sun 8:30AM Our Parishioners 10/2/2016 Sun 11AM George Reindl+ 10/3/2016 Mon Private NO MASS 10/4/2016 Tues 12Noon NO MASS 10/5/2016 Wed 8AM NO MASS 10/6/2016 Thur 12Noon NO MASS 10/7/2016 Fri 8AM NO MASS 10/8/2016 Sat 4PM Emil & Mary Roehm + 10/9/2016 Sun 8:30AM Richard & Dorothy Rowley+ 10/9/2016 Sun 11AM Zelma Guenther+

MASS INTENTIONS

HOLY FAMILY PRAYER GROUP Meetings are on Tuesdays in the Church

October 4th ~ 6:30 PM Contact for prayer requests - Ruth Sliger: 282-5292

SEPTEMBER STEWARDSHIP

ALTAR FLOWERS To the glory of God and in thanksgiving

If you would like to donate an arrangement for the front altar please call the office 623-3233

ALTAR WINE Bring 2 bottles in honor of a special occasion. One will be consecrated & used at Mass and the other bottle will go in the St. Mary’s Wine Cellar for use at our St. Joseph’s Altar in March, 2017.

General Guidelines The wine must be from the fruit of the vine, natural and unadulterated, that is without admixture of extraneous substances (no blended wines). The wine should be of good quality, St. Mary’s custom is that it be red. It must be wine, not fruit juice. Please deliver wine to the office on Friday.

September Collections as of Sept 25th: $30,314.00 Budget September 2016 $35,000.00 Amount September (Short): ($4,686.00)

CHILDREN’S LITURGY at 11AM MASS Volunteers are still needed for 1 week a month

Contact: Gina Cate 501-538-4095 cell or ginacate@rocketmail.com

ALTAR CARE TEAM 1st Week, Friday, October 7, 2016

Sherry Asbell+Karen Kirchner+Lynn Tryba

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES October 2nd-8th

Monday, October 3rd Food Pantry 10:30 - 12 Noon in CR 33 Days to Merciful Love 6PM in Parish Hall

Tuesday, October 4th Choir Rehearsal 5:30PM in Parish Hall Holy Family Prayer Group 6:30PM in Church

Wednesday, October 5th 33 Days to Merciful Love 2PM in Parish Hall Celebrate Recovery 4:30PM in Carroll Room Handbell Practice 4:30PM in Back of Church It’s Time 5:30PM in Parish Hall

Thursday, October 6th RCIA 6:30PM in Parish Hall

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION $470.00

Fr. George’s Coffee Cat

Every Sunday Parish Hall

9:45 - 10:45AM

COFFEE CAT October 2nd

Rosary

2nd Collection * September 25, 2016 Haiti Mission Building Project

$1,931.00 2nd Collection Oct. 2nd Seminarians

PRAY FOR THE SICK Dub Allen

Christine Andreski Kristen Bailey

Mary Ann Banzer Jackie & Sylvia Bevill

Joe Burba Roger Bye

Darrell Butler Sheilah & Daryl Clark

William Confer Frankie DeGeorge

Quentin Dooley Dave Elmore Donna Folson Haley Gloria Jim Greene

Steven Hadlock Lou Ann Hall

Tina Harbert & Family Dylan Harrison

Loren Howe Sharon & P.J. Hunter

Marie Krenzelok Dc Lee Leckner

Dorothy Longinotti Penny Martin

Dorothy McCarthy Brad McClintock

Leah Murray Gus & Nina Pellegrino Robbie & Judy Ponds

Lindsay Powell Diane Rima Ruth Rhodes Anna Roberts

Fr. Alan Rosenau Raymond Sanchez

Peggy Smith Matt Steinhaus Donna Stevens Deb Stricker

Louis Valencia Catherine Van Dalsem

Stuart Vaughn Richard Woodfin

Joan Wright Dr. Michael & Mary Ann Young

PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE MILITARY and FOR THOSE WHO SERVED

CHI ST. VINCENT’S PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPEL

Open Hours: Sun: 7AM, 7PM Mon: 8AM & 11AM, Wed: 8AM & 7PM Fri: 6AM & 6PM - Sat: 6PM & 8PM There are also overnight hours where an Adorer is needed. Please call Shelly at 623-6201 to volunteer.

Donald MLT Allen Emmanuel Alvarez Doug Fires John Long Evadne Anderson Jyryln Greene Nick Madson James F. Anderson, II Tony Guanella Ryan McCabe Darren Bemis Nicholas Hanna Nicholas Mueller Katherine Brock Andrea Hanna Morgan Patterson Colt Davis Blake Heller Sean Patrick A.J. Dierks Edmund Jaskiewicz Gustave Pellegrino, Jr. Stephen Drakes Ryan Jordan Bee Stamps Michael Elmore Tristan Jordan Patrick Steinhaus Jackie Young Sandy Vongsrir-Jordan Walker Vaughn Mickey Jordan

FOOD PANTRY TEAM Monday October 3rd 10:30- 12:00

In August, St. Mary's Food Pantry provided over 70 men, women, and children with basic food items in the 7.5 hours that we were open. Thank you for your food donations as well as monetary donations. Currently we are in need of peanut butter, jelly, and cereal.

+OCTOBER + RESPECT LIFE MONTH

NATIONAL PRO-LIFE CHAIN Sunday, October 2nd from 2pm-3pm Front of the Visitor’s Center on Central Ave.

This is the largest peaceful, Pro Life, public witness in the world. Signs will be provided and you will stand on the sidewalk holding your sign in silent prayer. Please join us and give witness to the 55 million preborn American citizens who have been the victims of abortion. This is almost 1/3 of our current generation.

2016 PUBLIC SQUARE ROSARY CRUSADE

Saturday, October 15th at Noon St. Mary’s Grotto

Through the most Holy Rosary, we ask Our Lord

and Our Lady for the conversion of America so that it may fulfill its historic mission.

To stop the waves of sacrilege, blasphemy and anti-religious hatred within our society.

That our national leaders would seek to honor God’s Law and pray for the wisdom and knowledge necessary to solve America’s complex problems.

Check EWTN for Fatima specials in October.

Mary, Undoer of Knots Novena First Week

Praying for Struggling Marriages Mark 10:6-9 “But in the beginning, at the time of creation, ‘God made them male and female,’ as the scripture say. ‘And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one.’ So they are no longer two, but one. No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together.” (GNT)

Daily Intention Most Blessed Virgin, who in your marriage to St. Joseph became our perfect example of spousal fidelity, chastity, and love, take into your hands the knotted wedding ribbon of struggling marriages. Together with Saint Rita, loose the knots that bind married couples from loving each other as professed in their wedding vows. Protect troubles marriages from divorce and temptation, free spouses from knotted hearts and attitudes, and renew the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony in marriages all across the world. Lastly, Mother, help me to pray for Marriage, As it is holy, loved by you, and loved by God. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Sunday, October 2, 2016 Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION In the mid-1960s, many religious congregations that had maintained a custom of assigning new names to their members allowed a return to baptismal names. The practice stems from the origins of monastic life, when a desire to flee the world and its enchantments caused a severe break with family life and commitments. A new name signified that the old person had died and a new one was coming to life. Some orders even spread funeral palls over their entrants and tolled the funeral bell. On a practical level, in a crowded monastery of a few hundred monks or nuns, it made sense not to have six Brother Alfrics or nine Sister Clares. The one name, one person rule worked well. In more recent times, a young woman entering the convent might be given her parents’ names as a way of honoring their generosity, so Hilda might become Sister Philip Margaret after her father and mother. A cherished name in the order might be bestowed on a newcomer so that there would always be a Brother Owen around, or a young person might adopt the name of a beloved saint. A handful of religious congregations, like Mother Barat’s Religious of the Sacred Heart, always used family names. Many monasteries still bestow a new name at the end of probation. Other religious institutes have revived the custom of changing their candidates’ names at the end of novitiate, although for the most part religious who were around at the time of the Council were happy to get their baptismal names back. A few, of course, cherished their acquired names and have held on to them, so convents still hold the creativity badge for naming. Where else today can you find great names today like Madeleva, Siena, and Celestina? —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LET GO AND LET GOD Many twelve-step programs use the phrase “Let go and let God.” In all their simplicity, these five words are the heart of today’s readings. For people who struggle with addictive behavior, these words plainly remind us that we can’t manage, control, or manipulate certain areas of our lives. How many times can we look back in our lives and find evidence of some plan at work other than our own? These are the moments when, for whatever reasons, we let someone greater than ourselves work the plan. We probably didn’t even recognize at the time that we were letting go of anything, but in retrospect, we see God’s hand and loving presence. It is our awareness of these moments that gives us the courage and initiative to let go again later on. It is this courage and initiative that are highlighted in today’s readings. We come to call it “faith.” Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — In spite of violence, destruction, and ruin, the just person, because of faith, will live (Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4). Psalm — If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading — Bear hardship with the strength that comes from God (2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14). Gospel — Lord, increase our faith! (Luke 17:5-10). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Galatians 1:6-12; Psalm 111:1b-2, 7-9, 10c Luke 10:25-37 Tuesday: Galatians 1:13-24; Psalm 139:1b-3, 13-15 Luke 10:38-42 Wednesday: Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14; Psalm 117:1bc, 2 Luke 11:1-4 Thursday: Galatians 3:1-5; Luke 1:69-75; Luke 11:5-13 Friday: Galatians 3:7-14; Psalm 111:1b-6 Luke 11:15-26 Saturday: Galatians3:22-29; Psalm 105:2-7 Luke 11:27-28 Sunday: 2 Kings 5:14-17; Psalm 98:1-4 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Lk 17:11-19

ST. MARY’S FAITH FORMATION

ST. MARY’S YOUTH MINISTRY

Contact Natalie Evans: 501-545-3064 Email: stmarys.cym@gmail.com

Facebook: St. Mary’s CYM

Youth Meeting Wednesday October 5th 6-8PM

Faith in Illness

HANDS OF MARY SOCIAL & CRAFT Tuesday October 4th

Social at noon, craft day activities 1-3pm in the Parish Hall

Please bring a soup, salad, main dish, dessert, whatever. We are really hoping to make this a huge

success and maybe we can do it again sometime. Great opportunity to get to know your fellow parishioners. If you only want to stay for the social that is fine too.

We just want to see all your smiling faces, even if just for a little while. See you there!! ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Pre K 2 1/2 years old through 8th Grade

501-624-3171 - www.sjshs.org Mrs. Angela Isaacs, Principal

Pray for the students & teachers for this school year

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES At St. Mary of the Springs Church

:

Sunday Mornings 9:50AM-10:50AM

We are looking for team teachers We are also looking for substitute teachers. All of the teaching and activity materials will be provided and ready in the classroom when you arrive. Please contact Brenda Sanders: 501-282-2066 or by email: gratiaplena0224@gmail.com

It’s Not Too Late come for just one class or all

6:30PM Thursday ~ Parish Hall

Knights of Columbus Fall Charity Rummage Sale

Friday and Saturday, October 14-15 and 21-22 NEEDED ITEMS

small appliances, pots and pans, flatware special need of bed and bath items as well as all linens

As for Christmas items, we have been bountifully blessed. We will be happy to sell you the items you just donated!

Contacts for donations call Jim (282-7027), Bob (545-6118) or Stan (520-5974). Currently monthly disbursements are $3900 each month.

DVD LENDING LIBRARY Grand Opening Date: October 2nd

St. Mary’s will be introducing our DVD library to open during Coffee Cat on Sunday mornings. Come check out the new movies we will have available. No fee for check out with a 2 week limit.

MOVIE NIGHT Saturday, October 22nd

Mark your calendar for our first family movie night in the Parish Hall after the 4PM Mass. Dinner will be available for $5 a plate or you can just enjoy popcorn.

MOVIE: “Heaven is for Real”

Feed My Starving Children (FSMC) provided 35 pallets containing 1,260 boxes of MannaPack™-Rice (42,322 lbs.) to our Haiti Mission. This is a gift-in-kind valued at $59,875.20. The shipment left the US for Haiti on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2016. Let us remember FSMC in our prayers!

This week’s subject is The Creed. Our profession of faith begins with God, for God is the First and the Last, the beginning and the end of everything. You know the words, but it is much more than just something we recite at Mass. Come explore what we really believe!

MEN OF MARY October 4th 6:30-8:30PM Parish Hall

Dinner by Chef Jake Presentation on the Haiti Mission

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