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The Epiphany of the Lord INTENTIONS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST January 6, 2019 Saturday, January 5, 2019 SJ — 5:30 pm — +For the Repose of the Soul of Robert Wallace Sunday, January 6, 2019 SJ — 8:30 am — For the Parishioners of St. Richard & St. James Jan 6 — Sunday — Epiphany of the Lord Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 7:30 am—Confession 8:05 am—Chaplet of Divine Mercy—SJ 8:30 am Mass—English—SJ NO CRE - NO BREAKFAST Jan 7 — Monday 1 John 3:22 — 4:6; Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25 No Daily Mass Jan 8 — Tuesday— 1 John 4:7-10; Mark 6:34-44 **No Daily Mass — Schedule Change** 5:30 pm — Sizzlin’ Seniors Jan 9 — Wednesday 1 John 4:11-18; Mark 6:45-52 5:00 pm—Confession– SJ 6:00 pm Mass—English-SJ 6:45 pm—Vincentians & K of C monthly mtg Jan 10 —Thursday 1 John 4:19 — 5:4; Luke 4:14-22a Noon Mass — English—SJ Jan 11 — Friday 1 John 5:5-13; Luke 5:12-16 Noon Mass-English—SJ 7:00 pm—Spanish Charismatic Group — SJ Jan 12 — Saturday 1 John 5:14-21; John 3:22-30 3:30 pm—Chaplet of Divine Mercy—SR 4:00 pm— Vigil Mass—English—SR 5:00 pm—Chaplet of Divine Mercy—SJ 5:30 pm—Vigil Mass—English—SJ 7:00 pm—Vigil Mass—Spanish—SJ Jan 13 — Sunday — The Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 7:30 am—Confession 8:05 am—Chaplet of Divine Mercy—SJ 8:30 am Mass—English—SJ CRE CLASSES RESUME Knights Breakfast Liturgical Ministers Saturday January 5 Sunday January 6 Eucharistic Ministers Jim Palmer Gerald Medlin Pam Medlin Amy Elam Millie Johnson Flo Fitch Lector Lynden McLaughlin Landry Kamdem Kamdem Rosary Leader Chaplet Divine Mercy Chaplet Divine Mercy Liturgical Ministers Saturday January 12 Sunday January 13 Eucharistic Ministers Laverne Hess Angie Simmons Emily Rogers Amy Elam Nikki Spriggs Jan Spriggs Lector Mary Kay Sizemore Susanna Allen Rosary Leader Chaplet Divine Mercy Giovannini Family Youth Group & K4J Meet FY 2018-19 ST. JAMES COLLECTIONS thru 12.30.18 In order to meet all of our parish financial obligations we will need to receive $3,727 in offertory collections each week. Goal/Weekly 1st Collection/last week Over/(Under) Weekly $ 3,727.00 4,962.25 1,235.25 Goal YTD Collections YTD Over/(Under) YTD $100,629.00 89,623.37 (11,005.63) Building Fund Last Week FY Total to Date 607.00 22,786.71 FY 2018-19 ST. RICHARD COLLECTIONS—FYTD 12.30.18 Last Week FY Total to Date OFFERTORY 471.00 15,529.90 BUILDING FUND 59.00 3,239.76 Rosary Leaders Alter Servers CRE Teachers Asst. - 8:30 Sunday - All Masses Eucharist Ministers 1st Sundays Finance Assistants - 5:30 Saturdays Lectors -- Counters VOLUNTEERS NEEDED — PLEASE HELP OUT MASS INTENTIONS *Thursday-Jan 10— SJ—Noon +For the Repose of the Souls of Marjorie Feltrop, Deceased Feltrop Family Members & Franciscan Brothers Buried at Morris School Cemetery by James Feltrop *Saturday—Jan 12— SR—4:00 +For the Repose of the Soul of Joseph Unger by St. Rchard Parishioners *Saturday—Jan 12— SJ — 5:30 +For the Repose of the Soul of Robert Wallace by Diane deChillo *Sunday — January 13—SJ — 8:30 For the Parishioners of St. Richard & St. James Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. — Isaiah 60:1 THE WAY TO HEAVEN — Love of heaven is the only way to heaven. —John Henry Newman Prayer List Mary Cook Liz Irvine Chris Hall Mike Pace Grayson Goff Tom George Greg Fiscus Stan Reed Mary Kay Sneed Bea & Mike Thompson Santiago and Anita Vera Boyd & June Tripp Pat & Megan Johnson Stephenson Family Flynn Family Thelma Wright Dorothy Hepp Linda Vanderhoff Country of Vietnam Cliff Wesson Tim Harrison Harold / Martha Davidson Garrette Lovelady Erika Christy Marsha Pond Joanne Soyring Kassi Lawrence Kristen Zomant Philip Van Alsdorf Marie Morris John Griffin Zac Taylor Peggy McCord Dwayne Travis Mark Parker Marcia McGillvray Doug Collins Shae Lee Martin Rebekah Laue Judy Shannon Nola Lindsay Joyce Wallace Charlotte Marshall Todd Englerth India Whitlock Ladonna Adams Debbie Cypert Herschel & Shirley Hooks Shirley Treadway Amy Homard & Family Nathan & Jamie Laughlin Ruthann Threlkeld Margarite Caballero Charlene Jackson Sharon Hughes Joyce Hayes Tita James Berta Spencer Marshall Bell Fr. Polycarp Family - Uganda Father Polycarp Ssebbowa All those serving our country Seminarians of LR Diocese Religious Women of Arkansas *Please call Office to add or remove names. The Good Samaritan Center continues to need our parish support with food, personal hygiene items, and financial assistance. Collection box is located in the vestibule. Sizzlin' Seniors Sizzlin’ Seniors will meet on Tuesday, Jan 8th at 5:30 pm for food, fun & games! All members of St. James and St. Richard age 50 + are invited. Please bring a dish to share and join us for a great time! Congratulations to: Dorothy Koffler, our December Farkel champ and to our Canasta champs: Debbie Bond & Mary Kay Sizemore and Liz Irvine & Susan Bolton. January Birthdays include: Joanne Soyring, Richard Soyring, Sandi Gumm, Larry Stumpenhaus, Carol Elam, Staci Stumpenhaus, Lori Horan, Dennis Horan, & Liz Irvine. Don & Flo Fitch will be celebrating their anniversary this month. COMING UP… FINDING GOD The splendid magi, all sparkle and dash and solemnity, march right up off the pages of Matthew’s Gospel and into our churches today. Matthew alone tells us this grand and seductive story so that we might see the light and know that the child these magi visited is the fulfillment of prophecy, the king of the world that stretches to the magi’s home country and beyond, right down the ages to us. We too see and understand anew. Like the magi, our patron saints for this day, we see in the newborn child the king of the universe and light of the world. Like the magi, we find in ourselves a new faith and a new life. Like them, we return to our home by a new route. We are asked to come away from this festive season ourselves renewed and awake to the presence of God among us. We are asked to find God where God is to be found, to be attentive and surprised and ready to bow down in adoration and to offer our gifts. —Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. January 8—Sizzlin Seniors—5:30 Parish Hall January 9—Knights of Columbus— 6:45—Monthly Meeting January 12 & February 2 Project Rachel — A confidential, non- judgemental post abortion healing retreat for women or men. Bilingual. Call 501-663-0996 or text 479-206-3199 for additional information. February 2 — International Food Festival — Tickets $10 in advance; $20 at the door. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Monday of this week is Christmas Day in Russia and in much of the Orthodox world. This curious difference in schedule has a lot to do with how calendars have been developed and changed over the years. In the year 45 b.c. Julius Ceasar gave the empire his Julian Calendar, with the winter solstice on January 6. This put an end to a system in which officials called “pontiffs” were able to tweak the calendar by adding extra days in as needed. He invented two new months at that time, December and January; and in order to correct the mess the pontiffs had made, forced a year of 445 days on the empire in what he named “The Last Year of Confusion.” The new months varied in number of days according to a complex schedule, but the calendar was still off by nearly twelve minutes a year, and lost a full day every 130 years. Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar in 1583, but not everyone appreciated his efforts. England held out for two hundred years. The year 1700 was a leap year in England, but not in France; they were eleven days apart! George Washington was really born on February 11; when the Gregorian calendar was finally adopted in the English colonies shortly before the Revolution, he had to move his birthday to February 22. Now the calendars are thirteen days apart, which accounts for Russia’s Julian calendar Christmas. And Caesar thought he had brought confusion to an end! —Copyright © J. S. Paluch C International Food Festival Tickets $10 in advance; $20 at the door. See Mike or Cathy Willems for additional information and tickets. Tickets are also available in the parish office or from committee members. Every parish- ioner will be asked to help with this annual project. IFF is the largest fund raiser for our parish! NOW is your opportunity to become involved. We would love to have all eth- nic groups within our church represented with food from your country of origin! Sign-up sheets will be in the vestibule - Joyce Hayes–At home Joyce Wallace–Searcy Rehab Beverly Shipkto–Crossings Lois Harold—Oakdale
