We welcome you to St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. If you are new to the parish, please introduce yourself before or after Mass. Please pick up a census form located in the back of the church, in the display cases, or call the parish office. ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH 720 East Beach Boulevard P. O. Box 1529 Long Beach, MS 39560 Phone: 228-863-1610; Fax: 228-868-6068 E-mail: [email protected]Website: www.SaintThomasLB.org Office Hours: M-F, 9:00am-4:30pm MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00pm Sunday Masses: 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:30am & 5:30pm Tuesday-Thursday, 8:30am Friday: 6:30am JUNE 18, 2017——THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST Pastor: Fr. Cuthbert “Cuddy” O’Connell (cell: 228-493-9303) Parochial Vicar: Fr. James Smith (cell: 228-235-2886) or email: [email protected]Retired: Fr. Pat O’Shaughnessy Deacon: Ernest “Buddy” Vancourt Director of Religious Education: Sr . Cecilia Nguyen, CCSS, 868-3774, [email protected]Secretary: Becky Mullins, 863-1610, [email protected]Bookkeeper: Bever ly Leslie, 863-1610, [email protected]Maintenance: Ben Dilor enzo, 596-3379, [email protected]Music Director: Laur en Hymel, 865-3972, [email protected]Youth Ministry: Ashlie Moran, 863-1610, [email protected]Bulletin: Michele Ponte, editor, [email protected], Deadline ten days before publication. Community Center Rental: Robert Phillips, 281-773-8328, [email protected]Pastoral Council: Dr . Sandr a Bishop, 424-3345, [email protected]Religious Education (SRE): Pr e-School-5th Grades, Sundays 10:10-11:20am 6th-12th Grades, Sunday evenings, following the 5:30pm Lifeteen Mass, (September-May) Baptism: Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Preparation workshop is required. Eucharistic Adoration: Every Friday from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm in the Chapel (upstairs in the Office Complex) Marriage: Call the office at least six months in advance of scheduled wedding date. Attendance at pre-marriage course is required. Wedding policy guidelines may be obtained from office or on website. Reconciliation: Saturday, 4:15 – 4:45 pm (or call 863-1610 for an appointment.)
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We welcome you to St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. If you are new to the parish, please introduce yourself before or after Mass.
Please pick up a census form located in the back of the church, in the display cases, or call the parish office.
Bulletin: Michele Ponte, editor , [email protected], Deadline ten days before publication. Community Center Rental: Rober t Phillips, 281-773-8328, [email protected]
Pastoral Council: Dr. Sandra Bishop, 424-3345, [email protected] Religious Education (SRE): Pre-School-5th Grades, Sundays 10:10-11:20am
6th-12th Grades, Sunday evenings, following the 5:30pm Lifeteen Mass, (September-May)
Baptism: Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Preparation workshop is required. Eucharistic Adoration: Every Fr iday from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm in the Chapel (upstair s in the Office Complex)
Marriage: Call the office at least six months in advance of scheduled wedding date. Attendance at pre-marriage course is required. Wedding policy guidelines may be obtained from office or on website.
Reconciliation: Saturday, 4:15 – 4:45 pm (or call 863-1610 for an appointment.)
JUNE 18, 2017——THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST
FR CUDDY’S VACATION TIME Fr. Cuddy will be on vacation from June 18th thru July 21st. In case of emergency, please contact Fr. James at (228) 235-2886
HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOSPITAL We have a great group of men and women who bring Holy Communion to patients at Memorial Hospital. They visit every day except Saturday. There is a list kept in the Hospital Chaplain’s office that should contain the names of all patients who are from St. Thomas the Apostle Parish. However, we have come across times when there is someone from St. Thomas Parish whose name is not listed.
When you or a family member is in Memorial Hospital, it is very important that you make sure on the admission forms that you let them know that you are Cath-olic and that you are from St. Thomas the Apostle Parish. Sometimes when admissions go through the Emergency Room, the patient’s religious affiliation is not listed. If you want to receive visits and/or the Eucharist while you are at Memorial Hospital, be sure the Admissions Office has your religious affiliation and you are listed under St. Thomas the Apostle Parish.
We certainly do not want to overlook anyone. Please help us make sure everyone who wants to be visited is listed under St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church.
JUNE 18, 2017——THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST
SUMMER TRAVELS AND MASS By making an online visit to www.masstimes.org summer travelers can locate churches, addresses, phone numbers and Mass schedules. One must enter the city or zip code of the area to obtain the information. Those without internet access can get that same information by call-ing 858-207-6277.
PRAYER LINE There are more than 100 members in the St Thomas prayer line group. Anyone needing to add someone to the prayer line, can call the office or send the information electroni-cally to: [email protected] For more information, contact Kathy Elias at the same e-mail address.
NEW PARISH OFFICE HOURS FRIDAYS
Memorial Day-Labor Day, The parish office will close at 12 noon every Friday.
TENNIS FOR CAITLIN Attention all tennis players, guys and gals of all ages - there will be a fund-raising tennis tournament for Caitlin Johnson Irwin at USM Gulf Park Campus the fourth weekend in June 2017. Please call Dale at 601-914-0309 or Diane at 228-324-0670 to register or for more in-formation. Please tell all your tennis player friends about this event and let's continue to help Caitlin with our pray-ers and actions.
CURSILLO MOVEMENT OF SOUTH MS The next Women’s Cursillo will be held June 22-25 start-ing at 7pm in the Kelley Retreat Center in Bay St Louis. The Cursillo weekend is for Catholics who are looking to deepen their faith and love for Christ. Consider giving yourself a gift this year! For more information contact Gayle Vancourt (228) 596-4409 or Sam Raborn (228) 424-8962
BLUES AND BBQ St Rosa de Lima presents Blues and BBQ on Sunday, June 25th from noon until 7pm at the Bay St Louis Train Depot. Performing will be “Rhythm & Blues All Stars” and “DJ Dennis”. There will be Face Painting, Vendors , Snowballs and more. For more information call (228) 467-7347
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL 4898
OFFICERS FOR 2017—2018 Positions Officer Grand Knight Ben J DiLorenzo 228-596-3379 (C) Financial Secretary Norman M Mc Donald Jr Deputy Grand Knight Thomas M Ponte Chancellor Andrew Kovacs Recorder Todd P Landry Treasurer Ennis L Johnson Advocate Dominic D Avery Warden Colen J Schilz Inside Guard Jarrod W Gilmore Outside Guard John M Ruth One Year Trustee David W Dilorenzo Sr Two Year Trustee James W Holliday Three Year Trustee James W Delinski Chaplain Rev Cuthbert O'Connell Lecturer Edgar J Patterson Jr
CELEBRATE SUMMER!
We’re here to help with the family and friends summer pool and beach parties! For the water sports enthu-siast, we offer Academy, Bass Pro Shop, Cabela’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods. For fun snacks including food to prepare or take-out, we offer Subway, Buffalo Wild Wings, Winn Dixie, WalMart and Target.
Stop by and purchase a gift card from the Support Our Youth Scrip Gift Card sales table in the east foyer after mass or at the Parish Office during the week. Remember, when you buy the gift cards from St Thomas, our proceeds go to youth programs that not only benefit our church but the whole communi-ty. Thank you for your continued support!
PLEASE SAVE THE DATE
Sixth Annual Bill Seal Memorial Golf Tournament
Saturday, August 26th at Windance Country Club.
This year's tournament will be dedicated to all Knights of
Columbus. Please check it out on FB @
Bill Seal Charity Golf Tournament
JUNE 18, 2017——THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST
COUNCIL #4898 Upcoming events:
Sun, June 18….8-11am, Parish Breakfast
All Fathers will eat for free Mothers are doing the cooking
For more information on membership or any
questions, contact Ben Dilorenzo, Grand Knight, at 596-3379.
2017-2018 Academic year registration being accepted.
SUMMER SCRIPTURE STUDY CALLED BY GOD Jesus says, "Look at me. I stand at the door. I knock." (Rev 3:20) How do you respond when God is knocking on your door? This study will look at how that question has been answered by key characters in scrip-ture: Moses, Jonah, Ruth, Isiah, the First Disciples, Saul, and Lazarus. How did they respond to God's call? And what lessons can we apply to our lives today? When: Wednesdays, Star ted May 10th and continuing through June 28th. Time and Place: 7:00pm, 2nd floor in the parish office complex. For information, call or text Dave Gauthier, 228-596-8835. No registration is necessary. Plan on attending any or all of the sessions.
LITURGICAL DANCERS FUNDRAISER The Our Lady of Lavang Marian Liturgical Danc-ers (Vietnamese teens in the Diocese of Biloxi), have per-formed the liturgical dances at our annual Diocesan Ro-sary Rally and have also performed the traditional Viet-namese dances at other charitable events in the dio-cese. They have entertained us several times with their beautiful dances at our St. Thomas' Annual Senior Citi-zens' Dinner. They have never been to Disney World and would like very much to go there this June. They and Sis-ter Cecilia and Sister Mary are making the Sisters' famous Vietnamese egg-rolls to raise funds to help them pay for part of their Disney's trip. They are selling 1 frozen bag of 20 egg-rolls for $20. If you would like to order some egg-rolls to sup-port these young ladies and help them get to Disney World, please contact Sister Cecilia at (228) 243-0947 or email: [email protected]. Thank you in advance for you support and generosity.
For tickets, please contact: Michelle Eleuterius (228) 697-8943 or
Lisa Starita (228) 669-3205
CLAIBORNE HILL GROCERY …. in Waveland is offering 1% cash back to organizations; so if you shop there, save your receipts and put them in the manila envelope in the east foyer so that the church can take them to Claiborne Hill and get a re-bate on your grocery shopping.
PRAYER They pray best who do not know that they are praying. —St. Anthony of Padua
JUNE 18, 2017——THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST
Both Middle (Edge 6th-8th grades) and High School (Lifeteen 9th-12th grades)
are welcome! Summer Events 2017 Edge June: 21st: Big Play Family Fun Center @ 5:30pm meet at St. Thomas. July: 5th: Bowling meet at St. Thomas @ 5:30pm 12th: Skating meet at St. Thomas @ 5:30pm 26th: Margaritaville meet at St. Thomas @ 5:30pm August: 2nd: Beach Volleyball/Ultimate Frisbee Long Beach Har-bor @5pm Summer Events 2017 Lifeteen June: 21st: Big Play Family Fun Center @ 5:30pm meet at St. Thomas. July: 5th: Bowling meet at St. Thomas @ 5:30pm 7th: Steubenville Atlanta leaving at 7:30am from St. Thomas parking lot and returning on the 9th. 12th: Skating meet at St. Thomas @ 5:30pm 26th: Margaritaville meet at St. Thomas @ 5:30pm August: 2nd: Beach Volleyball/Ultimate Frisbee Long Beach Har-bor @5pm —Ashlie Moran, [email protected], 863-1610
STEUBENVILLE ATLANTA CONFERENCE We are signing up high school students for the Steubenville Atlanta Conference held July 7th-9th. We’d love for your high school student to join us as we experi-ence one of the largest Catholic youth gatherings around. This is a powerful weekend filled with amazing speakers, powerful Christian musicians and unforgettable Eucharis-tic Adoration. Contact Ashlie for registration forms. The forms were due back June 7th. This is a great conference for your teen to experience! Stay up to date during the summer months by fol-lowing our Facebook page, church website and emails for all of the exciting things we have planned this summer! —Ashlie Moran, [email protected], 863-1610
Free nutritious lunch
for all children 18 years and younger
Quarles Elementary Cafeteria
June 1 - July 28 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
A QUESTION OF FAITH It is never a question with any of us of faith or no faith; the question always is, “In what or in whom do I put my faith?” —Anonymous
HURRICANE PRAYER
O Heavenly Father, all the elements of nature obey your command.
Calm the storms that threaten us and turn our fear into praise of Your goodness.
Protect us from hurricanes and disasters of nature. We Pray through Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and
reigns with you through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen
BACKGROUND ON THE BISHOP’S FORMAL ATTIRE During the installation of our new Bishop, several of the insignias of his office were discussed. Here are more:
RING The Pope and the Bishop wear a ring on the fourth finger of the right hand. They are a symbol of their authority and also of faith and fidelity. The ring first appeared in the 3rd century and by the 5th century, was part of the bishop’s badge of authority. As time went on, the ring became a symbol of the bishop’s marriage to the church and his spiritual fatherhood over the faithful of his dio-cese.
WELCOME NEWLY WED COUPLE
Justin Thomas (JT) Toney and Erin Michelle Crain
JUNE 18, 2017——THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST
NEXT WEEKEND’S LAY MINISTERS
MASS INTENTIONS
Tues, 6/20 8:30am +Roy Schutzmann Jeff & Alice Lawson (25th Wed Anniv) Wed, 6/21 8:30am +Bill Irwin (Birthday) Thurs, 6/22 8:30am +Oscar Harris +James O’Connell Fri, 6/23 6:30am +LA & +Mae Koenenn Sat, 6/24 5:00pm +AD & +Marge Taylor +Denise Gaddy Sun, 6/25 7:30am +F E Cooper 9:00am St. Thomas Parish Family 11:30am +Euva Ladner 5:30pm +Charles Mink
PETITIONS OF PRAYER Caitlin Johnson Irwin, Christie Ladner, Chuck Loftis, Deborah LaRosa, Greg Morgan, Leonard Bentz, Tommy LeTard, Thomas Kenneth Necaise, Thomas Merlin Necaise and all others in our parish and community in need of healing, physi-cal or spiritual.
RECURRING AROUND THE PARISH… Lighthouse Catholic Media Stand…East foyer St Vincent de Paul Society….9:30am-12:30pm,
Mon & Thurs, open to help Adoration in the Chapel….8:00am-7:00pm, Fridays Youth Gift Cards (Scrip) sales…after all Masses &
during office hours, 9am-4:30pm weekdays Knights of Columbus, Council #4898….7:00pm,
every first & third Thursday of the month St. Joseph’s Helping Hands….Work day is every first Saturday of the month; meeting is every fourth
