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

Jan Gray, Secretary

DIRECTOR of FAITH FORMATION & 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

March 6, 2016 - Fourth Sunday of Lent

Today is March 6, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Lent

MINISTRY SCHEDULE Saturday, 4PM March 12, 2016 Lector: ** Evelyn Worsham, Tom Baroni EMHC: * Barbara Gilleran, Jan Gray, Ursula Rhode Altar Servers: Joseph Gallaher, David Peters Altar Servers: Christian Smith, Nate Webber Sunday, 8:30AM March 13, 2016 Lector: ** Judy Vance, Wally Marroy EMHC: * Karen Kirchner, Rita Madson EHMC: Mike Adamkiewicz Altar Servers: Collin Gallimore, Brianna Gallimore Altar Servers: Alberto Mejia, Oliver Owings Altar Servers: Haley Strozyk, Sean Strozyk Sunday, 11AM March 13, 2016 Lector: ** Catherine Wade, Ruth Sliger EMHC: * Vicki Rima, Pietro Tomassi, Jackie Tomassi EMHC: June Thompson, Cynda Piper EMHC: Rosemary Hadlock, Ron Sliger Altar Servers: Jackson Cate, Landry Cate Altar Servers: Elena French, John P. Guresky Altar Servers: Hunter Speas

3/5/2016 Sat 4PM Our Parishioners 3/6/2016 Sun 8:30AM Zel Guenther + 3/6/2016 Sun 11AM Mathias Kuhn + 3/7/2016 Mon Private Norma Biancalana + 3/8/2016 Tues 12 Noon Frank Benda Family 3/9/2016 Wed 8AM Emil & Mary Roehm + 3/10/2016 Thurs 12 Noon Mike Post + 3/11/2016 Fri 8AM Richard & Dorothy Rowley + 3/11/2016 Fri 5:30PM HEALING MASS 3/12/2016 Sat 4PM Barbara Elmore + 3/13/2016 Sun 8:30AM Our Parishioners 3/13/2016 Sun 11AM Pat Fleming +

MASS INTENTIONS

HOLY FAMILY PRAYER GROUP Meetings are on Tuesdays in the Church

March 8th, 2016 6:30 PM Contact for prayer requests - Ruth Sliger: 282-5292

FEBRUARY STEWARDSHIP

12 NOON MASSES @ CHI ST. VINCENT CHAPEL

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

Feb. 28, 2016 $118.00

CHILDREN’S NURSERY 11 AM Mass

Sit-up age to 3 Years * Church Building Classroom

CHILDREN’S LITURGY 11 AM Mass—Ages 4 thru Pre-1st Communion

Will process out during Mass to hear their own gospel reading and child friendly reflection Follow us on Facebook for updates

Please contact Jennifer Marvin, 501-762-3191

CHILDREN OF GOD PRAYER GROUP Every Thursday, 10:30AM - Daffodil Room

@ Cancer Center - CHI St. Vincent’s

February Collections as of Feb 28th $31,466.00 Budget March 2016 $32,292.00 Amount March (Short) ($ 826.00)

ALTAR CARE TEAM 2nd Week, Friday, Mar. 11th

* Martha Dooley * Cynda Piper * Bonnie Newman

GRIEF SUPPORT CARE Tuesday, March 8th * 6PM-7:30PM

St. Mary’s Carroll Room Nationally Certified Grief Counselor Melissa Saylor, M.S., GC-C Angel’s Wings Grief Care, (501)454-7045

SPECIAL COLLECTION MAR. 5th-6TH

CATHOLIC RELIEF FUNDS

Fr. George’s Coffee Cat

Every Sunday Parish Hall

9:45 - 10:45AM

Fr. George Blog www.stmaryofthesprings.wordpress.com

“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me” (Mt 25:40). Today, we are reminded that Jesus identified himself with our poorest brothers and sisters. The Catholic Relief Services Collection serves Jesus in the victims of human trafficking, those who suffer from unjust laws, and those who need pastoral care and humanitarian assistance across the globe. Through supporting today’s collection, you help Jesus in disguise. Please be generous.

CLOSER THAN YOU THINK Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

—Thomas Edison

PENITENTIAL SERVICE TUESDAY, MARCH 8th ~ 6PM

ST. JOHN’S

PRAY FOR THE SICK Christine Andreski Mary Ann Banzer

Edward Beaky Sylvia Bevill Lisa Caldwell

Sheilah & Daryl Clark William Confer

Frankie DeGeorge Quentin Dooley

Dave & Barbara 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 Agnes Mohr

Teagan & Lois Murphy Leah Murray Rusty Pollock

Lindsay Powell Mike Radimer

Lellie-Beth Rhodes Ruth Rhodes Anna Roberts

Fr. Alan Rosenau Raymond Sanchez

Charles Smith Peggy Smith

Frances Elizabeth Stacy Matt Steinhaus Donna Stevens

Rick & Deb Stricker Louis Valencia Alfred Watson Joan Wright

Dr. Michael & Mary Ann Young

PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE MILITARY and FOR THOSE WHO SERVED

Doug Fires Jyrlyn Greene Tony Guanella Nicholas Hanna Andrew Hanna Blake Heller Edmund Jaskiewicz Ryan Jordan Tristan Jordan Michael Elmore

John Long Nick Madson Ryan McCabe Nicholas Mueller Morgan Patterson Sean Patrick Bee Stamps Patrick Steinhaus Walker Vaughn

Emmanuel Alvarez Evadne Anderson James F. Anderson II Darren Bemis Katherine Brock Colt Davis A. J. Dierks Stephen Drakes Sandy Vongsiri-Jordan

SOCIETY of ST. VINCENT de PAUL Members of the Society are men and women who strive to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to individuals in need. Call 501-538-1062, if you or anyone you know needs assistance The society meets every Wednesday in the Carroll Room from 10:30AM to 11:30 AM.

In today’s Gospel Jesus is quite clear in his message: “bear fruit or be cut down.” This Lent we are called to cultivate and fertilize our spiritual lives through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Is there a family you know who needs assistance? Please call the Society of St.Vincent de Paul so that together we can help the suffering and poor.

Weekly Activities March 6th ~ March 12th

Sunday Faith Formation (9:50-10:50AM) Coffee Cat (9:45-10:45AM) Vietnamese Confession (2:30PM) Vietnamese Mass (3PM) Youth Meeting (6-8PM)

Monday Bible Study (5:30-7PM)

Tuesday Food Pantry (12:30-2PM) Choir Practice (5:30PM) Penitential Service ~ (6PM~St. John’s) Grief Support Care (6-7:30PM) Holy Family Prayer Group (6:30PM)

Wednesday St. Vincent de Paul (10:30-11:30AM) Celebrate Recovery (4:30-6:30PM)

Thursday Bible Study (8:30-10:30AM) Seder Meal (6:30-8:30PM)

Friday Bible Study (8:30-10:30AM) Stations of the Cross (5PM) Healing Mass (5:30PM) Soup Supper (7PM)

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.

HEALING MASS WITH FR. UBALD Friday, March 11 @ 5:30PM

Lenten Supper following The Stations of the Cross will be at 5PM

A special Lenten opportunity for spiritual growth will be available to the community at St. Mary of the Springs Catholic Church in Hot Springs. Father Ubald Rugirangoga, a Catholic priest ordained in 1984 for the Diocese of Rwanda experienced the horrors of the 1994 genocide. He lost 80 family members and 45,000 parishioners. Miraculously, he survived by escaping through the Congo to Europe. After the danger had passed, he returned to Rwanda and began to preach healing, forgiveness and reconciliation throughout the country with the assistance of the Catholic Church and the Rwandan government. Through the grace of God, Father Ubald has been given a unique gift of healing. He has devoted his life and ministry to sharing his message of forgiveness as a pathway to reconciliation and peace. Father Ubald has brought the healing power of forgiveness and the love of the living Christ into the lives of countless people who have been healed, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. For more information on this program please contact St. Mary of the Springs Catholic Church at 501 623-3233

A SUNDAY FOR REJOICING Today’s Gospel story of the prodigal son is a favorite of many. We can identify with all the major figures and their crisscross of emotions. The father’s initial grief over his young son’s avarice is turned to relief at his return. The son’s grief over his loss of fortune, family, and friends is turned to delirious joy at the sight of his father. We understand the eldest son’s bewilderment over his father’s generosity. For the older son, virtue seems not to be its own reward. For all his honorable toil and loyalty, there seems to be no celebration. The father, however, is prodigal in his forgiveness and mercy. He expects the same generosity from his older son. He wants all to rejoice when the lost one is found. This is a Sunday for rejoicing. It’s time to pause, consider, and encourage one another. We are the prodigal children heading home. We are the elder siblings waiting with the eager Father, who scans the horizon. In Christ Jesus we are reconciled to the Father and one another. In his death and resurrection we have passed over. We are a new creation. In this we rejoice. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Sunday, March 6, 2016 Fourth Sunday of Lent

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION One of the first steps to a Catholic wedding takes place in the parish rectory, as the newly engaged come forward to “set a date.” We owe this scenario to reforms made by the emperor Charlemagne late in the eighth century. He required that nobles and commoners alike have public weddings, and also required that marrying couples be examined for factors that would block a marriage, such as previous marriages or close kinship. The pope was more conservative, however, and resisted the emperor’s creativity. It was enough for the pope that the couples exchange consent. That tradition is passed on to this day, to some couples’ surprise. In 866, Pope Nicholas ruled that a marriage was legal and binding even without a liturgy or public celebration. After that, it was the consent of the couple, not the blessing of parents or priest, that made a marriage “count.” If consent was lacking, such as through abduction or fear, then the marriage could not “take.” Charlemagne got a great deal done, but he was a political flash in the pan, and the empire had virtually collapsed by the year 1000. Europe broke into a checkerboard of princedoms and languages, and at last all marriages came under the church, the glue holding the known world together. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Isaiah 65:17-21; Psalms 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; John 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12; Psalms 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; John 5:1-16 Wednesday: Isaiah 49:8-15; Psalms 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; John 5:17-30 Thursday: Exodus 32:7-14; Psalms 106:19-23; John 5:31-47 Friday: Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22; Psalms 34:17-21, 23; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jeremiah 11:18-20; Psalms 7:2-3, 9bc-12; John 7:40-53 Sunday: Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalms 126:1-6; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11; Alternate readings (Year A): Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalms 130:1-8; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]

PICK UP THE BIBLE AND PRAY Have you resolved to read the Bible daily during Lent, but don’t know where to start? How much time should you spend? What are you trying to accomplish? Rather than starting at the beginning with Genesis and ending with Revelation, consider one of these simple approaches:

• Prayerfully read the Bible passages that are assigned for daily Mass. You can find them in your bulletin, IBreviary app or usccb.org

• Select a book of the Bible that is already familiar to you and re-enter it to discover what you may have been missing. Because the Gospel of Luke is proclaimed most during Sundays in 2016, read a bit each day as you work your way through it.

• If you are attracted to the Old Testament roots of our faith, start with Exodus, the story that set the stage for all that would follow in salvation history.

“It has seen my joy and has been bathed by my tears: it is my priceless treasure and nothing in the world would make me give it up.”

- Pope Francis on his BIble

Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: The old things have passed away;

Behold, new things have come. - 2 Corinthians 5:17

ST. MARY’S FAITH FORMATION

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

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

ST. MARY’S YOUTH

Faith Formation classes are in session. 9:50-10:50AM Please contact Natalie Evans for more information or if you would like to volunteer as a chaperone.

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

Facebook: St. Mary’s CYM

Abbey Youth Festival trip March 11-13th

Teen & Young Adult Year of Mercy Mini Retreat ‘Swimming Against the Tide’

Featuring Bishop Anthony Taylor Saturday, March 12th 4:30PM

St. John the Baptist Parish Hall www.facebook.com/courageiouschoices/

If you would like to attend, please contact Natalie Evans.

HAITI MISSION Feed My Starving Children® provides manna paks for Mission Haiti. A single bag of food—which provides highly nutritious meals for six children—costs around $1.32 to produce, and 92 percent of all donations to FMSC goes directly toward the food program. This product name was chosen to capture both the nourishing qualities of the supplement and FMSC’s spiritual mission by using the word manna, the food miraculously provided for the Israelites in the wilderness during their flight from Egypt.

https://www.fmsc.org

Check out our Lighthouse Catholic Media on-line store.

www.stmaryofthesprings.org/ Look for the Lighthouse icon

Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis have made it clear that Divine Mercy is at the very center of the Christian faith. Enter into the Year of Mercy with best-selling author, Vinny Flynn, as he shares his 7 Secrets of Divine Mercy, and Christ’s message of love for each of us, and for the whole world. In this talk, Vinny Flynn draws from Scripture, the teachings of the Church, and the Diary of St. Faustina to reveal the heart of Divine Mercy. Through his 7 secrets, Vinny offers an invitation to experience the transforming power of Divine Mercy. Understand this powerful devotion like never before and discover how to respond to Pope Francis's call “to live lives shaped by mercy."

HANDS OF MARY DUES & MEMBERSHIP DRIVE It's time to renew your current membership or to become a valuable, new member of the Hands of Mary. By becoming a member, you will be added to our email data base and be kept in the loop about our many activities and opportunities for fellowship and service within our Parish. Dues are $10.00 per year. You may mail your dues to Vicki Rima, P. O. Box 20012, Hot Springs, AR 72103. Please call Mary Jo Selig at 591/622-0004 for any questions.

DOOR OF MERCY PILGRIMAGE Saturday, May 7, 2016

The Hands of Mary is sponsoring a charter bus to the Door of Mercy on May 7, 2016. The cost is $18.00 per person. We are limited to 55 persons, and will be opening the invitation to others next week. Please call and make your reservation to Janet Borchert 501-416-7952. We plan to leave St. Mary’s around 10:00 AM and should be back around 4:30 PM. Deadline for reservation is April 1st .

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016 DIOCESE OF LITTLE ROCK

DOOR OF MERCY PILGRIMAGE

Our Lady of Good Counsel Church 1321 S. Van Buren St., Little Rock

Saturday, April 2, 9AM - 5:30PM Door of Mercy & Adoration Chapel - 9AM - 3:30PM

Sacrament of Reconciliation - 10AM - 11:45AM Mass for the Pilgrims - 12 Noon

Sacrament of Reconciliation - 1PM - 2:35PM Divine Mercy Chaplet - 3PM

Vigil Mass - 4:30PM

This event will be repeated on May 7, June 4, July 2, Aug. 6, Sept. 3, Oct. 1 and Nov. 5.

Visitors are invited to make a pilgrimage throughout the Holy Year of Mercy to the official Door of Mercy in the Diocese of Little Rock. In addition to days listed here, pilgrims may also make a reservation to visit any time during the Year of Mercy by calling the church office at (501) 666-5073. More details on this can be found at “Divine Mercy Frequently Asked Questions||The Catholic Company.

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