St Catherine Laboureacute Catholic Church 180 Elrod RoadmdashPO Box 653mdashJefferson GA 30549
Saturday Vigil 400 pm Sunday 1100 am Thursday 1210 pm Friday 900 am LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE MARCH 23 at7 PM
COMMUNION FOR THE SICK - Please advise the parish of anyone admitted to the hospital or who is home-
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM - Parents are required to attend a baptismal preparation class Please contact Fr
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY - Couples must contact Fr Sullivan at least six months before they wish to
Contact Fr Sullivan 678-8239391 After Hours and in case of a sacramental emergency (
MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK
Saturday People of the Parish
Sunday (11 am) Deni and Pat OrsquoMara (L)
Requested by Steve and Lorie Peck
Thursday Bob Hart (D)
Requested by Marilyn James
Friday Joe Corradi
Requested by Joe and Betty Martin
OFFERINGndash Our thanksgiving sacrifice
Saturday Vigil $2567
Sunday 11 am $2053
Building Fund $2296
St Vincent De Paul $ 520
Black and Indian Mission $ 411
Mass Intentions $ 30
Rent $ 925
Online Offertory $1488
Online Building Fund $ 113
Online SvDP $ 260
Online Religious Ed $ 5
TOTAL $10668
Stations of the Cross will be held Friday evenings
during lent at 7 pm for the following intentions
March 10 - End of Abortion - Fr Vincent Sullivan
March 17 ndash St Vincent de Paul - Steve Mathews
March 24 - Addiction - Deacon Curt Marsh
March 31 - Bilingual - Deacon Pablo Perez
April 7 - To Be Determined
ALTAR FLOWERS Cynthia Newbury
EDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUP Sherry Aquino
770-6566028
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Charles McAdam
charlesmcadam79gmailcom 678-5701639
COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN Sherry Aquino
slaquino hotmailcom
PARISH COUNCIL President Jerry Hohman
dawgfan12 windstreamnet
PARISH ROSARY PROGRAM - Mary Ruetten
maryleerugmailcom We now have 8 daily rosary
participants and one new person may be joining us 88
rosaries were prayed last week for 40 Days for Life
Come on Parish we can do better Email or text the
number of Rosaries said to 706-206-0558
PRAYER SHAWL GROUP Connie Tirico 706-3877077
conniet804yahoocom 1st amp 3rd Tuesday 930 am at
Jefferson Library
RELIGIOUS ED Julie Ballman REwindstreamnet
Wednesday Evening Religious Ed classes resume this
Wednesday March 8th
SENIOR GROUP Barb Fox 706-7573058
STEWARDSHIP Mike Kaiser
cdrmikekaisergmailcom
ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOTLINE 706-3675570
President Cheryl Petty Please prayerfully consider
joining us as a caseworker This is Faith in Action
SVdP STORE svdpgeorgiaorgvolunteers SVDP Store is desperate for volunteers please consider giving
even two hours of your time per week to help the poor and
needy in Jackson County
YOUTH GROUP John amp Estella Pekarske 706-
3877596
HOLY FATHERrsquoS INTENTIONS FOR MARCH Support for Persecuted Christians That persecuted
Christians may be supported by the prayers and material
help of the whole Church
Second Collection Sunday March 19 -Building Fund
LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE Thursday March 23 2017 at 7 pm
Please support the Youth Group in filling up your
Lenten Boxes during the Lenten Season All money
collected with be sent to the Amigos for Christ Nica-
ragua Water Project We will collect the boxes on
Palm Sunday Weekend Check out their web site at
amigosforchristorgprojectswater-and-sanitation
water-system
Enjoy Lent Fish Fry dinner
Fridays March 10 - April 7
Crows Lake 430 - 700 PM
A Vacation Bible School Planning meeting will be held
Monday March 13 at 630 pm If you have any
questions please contact Sherry Aquino
CCW Join us for dinner and a night out at the theatre
on March 10th We will begin with the Knights of Co-
lumbus Fish Fry at 600pm and head to the Civic Center
for the Jefferson Community Theatres 700pm
production of The Magic of the Moviesrdquo Tickets are
$1000 and must be pre-paid If you have received an
e-mail announcement please register through the website
so we can track the number of tickets Please see our
CCW treasurer Georgia Zumwalt to purchase and
receive the tickets If you do not have e-mail please sign
up at the CCW bulletin board in the hallway (across from
the kitchen) Cost for the K of C Fish Fry dinner is
separate
Archdiocese of Atlanta Council of Catholic Women Northeast District Meeting
All women are welcome
Saturday March 18 2017 Place Good Shepherd Catholic Church 3740 Holtzclaw Road Cumming GA 30041 Time 9 am Mass lite breakfast followed by business meeting elections and guest speaker
Guest Speaker Heather Kolich Heather is the Ag Agent for Forsyth County Extension She will speak to us on the Archdiocese Action Plan Refresh your heart your soul your world
Topic Creating Sustainable Landscapes for Parishes and Parish members
Things are not always as they seem Under the church here I work in
are a series of underground passages for about a mile People the
same ndash talking to someone and they tell you they are very ill or re-
covered from addictionhellipyou see more to them Or you find out that
someone you thought little of visits an elderly person every week
People are not always as they seem The mountain visit was the
same the apostles saw Jesus ndash son of God radiant in prayer and in
the middle of it all the Passion was announced They saw the person
behind the face
True Notion
The big truth of Jesus is that he is intimately united to God the Fa-
ther So following him is not just action but prayer that leads to ac-
tion We say someone is a great Christian ndash he or she helps the poor
Christianity is more ndash it is also prayer and the Eucharist While we
are thankful for the good lives of many people we also can say that
the full Christian life includes prayer
It also involves community ndash the three were called to witness and
help each other remember the Lord Jesus Community brings the
word of God alive in a real way The gospel in the community of the
church brings us to fuller faith
Prayer and Action
Prayer leads to action for others and action leads back to prayer We
can be so close to heavenly things that we are no earthly good Lent
brings us into this mystery of the death and resurrection of the Lord ndash
we are part of this and we try to make life a resurrection-grace for
others We can transfigure the lives of others or disfigure Letrsquos be
people of the transfiguration mdashDonal Neary SJ
