Pastor: Fr. Cuthbert “Cuddy” O’Connell (cell: 228-493-9303) Parochial Vicar: Fr. Dominic Vu Xuan Pham ([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: Beverly Leslie, 863-1610 [email protected]Maintenance: Ben Dilorenzo, 596-3379 [email protected]Music Director: Lauren Hymel, 865-3972 [email protected]Youth Ministry: Ashlie Moran, 863-1610 [email protected]Pastoral Council: Dr. Sandra Bishop, 424-3345 [email protected]Reconciliation: Saturday, 4:15 – 4:45 pm (or call 863-1610 for an appointment.) Eucharistic Adoration: Every Friday from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm in the Chapel (upstairs in the Office Complex) Baptism: Usually held on the second Sunday of each month. Preparation workshop is required. 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. Community Center Rental: Robert Phillips, 281-773-8328, [email protected]Bulletin: Michele Ponte, editor, [email protected], Deadline ten days before publication. 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) AUGUST 21, 2016——TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 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 Tues, Wed, & Thurs: 8:30am Fri: 6:30am
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AUGUST 21, 2016——TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Pastor: Fr . Cuthber t “Cuddy” O’Connell (cell: 228-493-9303)
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FAMILY OF THE MONTH JULY 2016 RIBAR FAMILY
AUGUST 21, 2016——TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SUMMER PARISH OFFICE HOURS FRIDAYS
Memorial Day-Labor Day, The parish office will close at 12 noon every Friday.
Vocation View:
Whom the Lord loves, He disciplines. The best way to lead others through the narrow gate is to be formed and
disciplined as a leader. Then you can go through the narrow gate yourself.
CARNIVAL
ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH
Fun & Fundraising for Catholic Education and numerous local charities!
2016-2017 Season to start shortly; look for upcoming events and get involved!
Memberships still being accepted; come join the fun!
Forms are online and in the back of the church. Follow us on FB at:
Carnival Association of Long Beach Or on the web at:
www.longbeachcarnival.com
CALB is celebrating 57 years!! Laissez le bon temps roulez!
WOMEN'S GROWING IN FAITH TOGETHER: All Women of St. Thomas Faithful Community are cordially invited to attend our next event on Saturday September 17, 2016. Contact Ann Marie McIntyre with any questions at Women’[email protected]
CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME: Any parishioner who is willing to put a sign in their yard may go by the church office and check one out with the secretary. The signs will need to be returned to the office when the session begins, October 3rd
FALL SCRIPTURE STUDY - UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY OF THE BIBLE You are invited to join us as we begin Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible on Wednesday, Sept 14th, at 7:00, meeting upstairs in the office complex, and continu-ing each Wednesday evening until Nov 2nd. Register online at www.saintthomaslb.org/adult-education . There is a $10 fee to help cover the study materials. For more information, contact Dave Gauthier, 864-5350, or email [email protected]. Or check it out yourself at: BibleStudyForCatholics.com.
CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME St. Thomas the Apostle Parish will offer a six-week series entitled "Catholics Returning Home" begin-ning on Monday, October 3rd, at 6:30pm, in room 203B (upstairs in the office administrative complex-enter through the back parking lot). The sessions are for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking answers to questions about returning to the church. If you know someone who has left the church, please invite them or bring them to these informative ses-sions. There is no obligation. For more information, con-tact Cindy Vogt, 860-5250, [email protected].
Men's Cursillo #264 Weekend September 22nd-25th, 2016
The Cursillo weekend is for Catholics who are looking to enrich their faith and prayer life, as well as learn how to
live a life of fullness in grace. For more information
SUPPORT OUR YOUTH SCRIP It’s that time again! For all the school supplies, computer ware, cloth-ing, foot wear and back packs –please consider purchasing a gift card for your preferred retailer from St. Thomas! For apparel, back packs and footwear we offer Aeropostle, American Eagle, Belk’s, Dillard's, Footlocker, JC Penney, Kmart/Sears, Kohl’s, LL Bean, Marshall’s and Tar-get. Come check our supply – we offer many more choic-es! For school supplies and computer ware some of the cards we offer include Best Buy, Kmart/Sears, Office De-pot, Target, WalMart, Sam's and Walgreens. Find a gift card that perfectly matches your student’s style! 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 community. Thank you for your continued support!
AUGUST 21, 2016——TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
For more information on membership or any questions, contact Ben Dilorenzo,
Grand Knight, at 596-3379. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!
SALUTE & LOOKOUT STEAKHOUSE CARDS AVAILABLE
After all Masses & in Parish Office
The Salute & Lookout cards cost $20 and entitles the hold-er to discounts (buy one dinner, get one free). They expire Dec 1st, 2016, so if you already have one, use it.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Wed, Aug 31….School pictures
Mon, Sept 5….Labor Day, no school Wed, Sept 7….Class & make-up
school pictures Mon, Sept 12….progress repor ts
Wed, Sept 14….8am, Coffee Talk w/ Ms Church, Event Planning Meeting (EPM); fall fest
Visit the website:
svdpcatholicschool.org 228-222-6000
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
FRIENDS OF THE POOR WALK
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST SVdP Society will hold it’s annual Friends of the Poor Walk on Saturday, October 1st at the Long
Beach Harbor. Registration begins at 7am and the walk begins at 7:45am. For more details, go to: friendsofthepoorwalk.weebly.com At that site you can register for the walk, evite friends to walk and donate! All donations help support our local community. Now is the time to sign-up! Please help us to make this walk a success. Contact person is Darlene Barry, at 822-0609.
ADORE NIGHT DANGEROUS CHURCH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST 6:30PM, ST. THOMAS Come join Ennie Hickman, Ray Lacy, and crew for our new Adore series this Fall 2016 titled "Dangerous Church" based on the Book of Acts of the Apostles. This will be a night of Worship, Teaching, and Adoration on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 6:30PM at St. Thomas in Long Beach. Our music ministry will include Kyle J Li-zana, Cody Roth, Shea Michaels, Myles Ladner, Josh Foulon, and Matt Ladner. Living out the Gospel in the world today is seen as counter-cultural, radical, or even a bit dangerous. But hasn’t this always been the case? Has anything changed from the way the early Church struggled and celebrated? From the experience of conversion in the face of persecu-tion to the missionary journeys that call us beyond our comfort zones we have more in common with the first century followers of Jesus than we may realize. Join us this semester as we experience the “dangerous Church” from the book of Acts to our present day story of faith. Visit http://adoreministries.com/ for more information and locations around
the country.
JULY BAPTISMS
Jackson Alexander Maurice Hunter James Schultz
Charles Rhett VonderBruegge James Lagarde Spooner
HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL GOLF TOURNAMENT On Friday, September 30 at 1pm, Holy Trinity Catholic School is hosting a golf tournament to benefit the children that we serve. The tour-nament will be held at the Diamond-head Country Club, and lunch is pro-vided. All are welcome to partici-pate. To register, go to: http://www.holytrinitycatholic.net/ or call Mike Reso at 228-263-0687 ([email protected]).
AUGUST 21, 2016——TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
We are very excited to announce that the Life Teen Program will become the Catechetical model of religious education for our students in grades six through twelve effective September 2016! Over the past month, we have sent several mail-ings with information about the upcoming transition to parents of children in middle and high school whose chil-dren are registered in the religious education program. —Ashlie Moran, [email protected], 863-1610
HOW TO LOWER YOUR CATHOLIC SCHOOL TUITION? A lower rate of tuition is available for families with students in Grades K-12 at St. Vincent de Paul School, St. Patrick High School and Our Lady Academy. How do you avail of that lower rate of tuition? By apply-ing for parish subsidy—a form is available at the school office. To be eligible for the parish supplemented (or sub-sidized) rate of tuition, a registered family must be attend-ing Mass at St. Thomas on a regular basis and using the church support envelopes or the electronic method of con-tributing regularly to the church. We appreciate the sup-port of our school families. The request for subsidy form should be turned in to the parish office for completion.
SCHOOL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION LOWER GRADES, PREK-5TH GRADES
SUNDAY MORNINGS
Wednesday, September 7th at 7:00pm in SRE building MEETING with SRE (PreK to 5th grade/RCIC) PAR-ENTS ONLY. Parents will meet with teachers in SRE
building after the meeting.
Sunday, September 11th from 10:10am to 11:20am SUNDAY SRE CLASSES BEGIN for Pre-K to 5th Grade
& RCIC (lower grades)
Sunday, September 18th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm (after 5:30 pm Mass)
SUNDAY SRE CLASSES BEGIN for 6th to 12th Grade & RCIT (higher grades)
Sunday, September 18th - Catechetical Sunday
…"Prayer: The Faith Prayed." Those whom the communi-ty has designated to serve as catechists will be called forth to be commissioned for their ministry. Catechetical Sun-day is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role that
each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. All catechists,
youth ministers, and teachers in our parish are invited to join us for a special commissioning/blessing at our 9:00
am and 5:30 pm Mass on September 18. THANK YOU to our parents, grandparents, catechists, and teachers for your dedication to the faith formation of our children and teens here at St. Thomas. Please pray for all of our catechists/teachers who give themselves wholeheartedly to sharing
the Good News of Jesus Christ to our children/teens. Please THANK THEM when you see them!
CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES (11TH GRADE):
If you have children (11th grade) who are attend-ing CATHOLIC SCHOOL (not enrolled in SRE) and will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation this coming year (Spring of 2017), please email Sister Cecilia and provide
the following information: full name of candidate, name of school, address, phone number and parent’s email address
MATION CONFERENCE “Get Ready to Go Forth in Faith”:
January 13-14, 1017 – Pontchartain Center,
New Orleans.
WHAT IS RCIC AND RCIT? “Rite of Christian Initiation for Children and Teens” is open to all children/teens between the ages of 8-17 (3rd thru 11th grade), unbaptized or baptized. These classes are designed to educate children/teens in the Catho-lic faith and prepare them for the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist at the Easter Vigil. Whether your family is just entering the Church, returning to the practice of the Catholic faith, or delayed your child’s sacra-mental preparation, all are welcome. Our RCIC classes are for children in 3rd thru 5th grade and are held on Sundays from 10:10 to 11:20 am (same time as Sunday morning SRE starting on September 11). Our RCIT classes are for teens in 6th thru 11th grade and are held on Sundays from 4:45 to 5:25 pm (prior to 5:30 pm Teen Mass) in the RCIA Room upstairs. Please make sure to fill out the BLUE SRE Registration Form ASAP and contact Sr. Cecilia for addi-tional information. ([email protected]).
AUGUST 21, 2016——TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
NEXT WEEKEND’S LAY MINISTERS
MASS INTENTIONS
Tues, 8/23 8:30am +Gene Mignor Wed, 8/24 8:30am +Earlene Selensky Thurs, 8/25 8:30am +Bob Cuccaro +Thomas Nelson +Barbara Brennan +Debbie Lipe Daws Fri, 8/26 6:30am +Bernard Nahlen Sat, 8/27 5:00pm +Michael Glenn Jones +Betty Rowe Sun, 8/28 7:30am +Dr. Edgar Dapremont, Sr. 9:00am St. Thomas Parish Family 11:30am Sue Hoffman 6:00pm LA flood victims
PETITIONS OF PRAYER Alice Carrubba, Ann Ramsay, Bette Johnson, Carolyn Mink, Deborah Muesall, Dusty Rhodes, Ethel Violonti, Fionnuala Wilson, Garrett Caldarelli, Jacque Crawford, John Linder, Jordan Samson, Justin Gehr-mann, Kristen Schmit, Mary Kay Gaspand, Melany Ha-mel, Melvin Goldsmith, Rose Arbour, Sue Mitchell Hatcher, Thomas Delinski, Tommy Necaise, Tyler Whisenhut, Vinh Nguyen, and all others in our parish and community in need of healing, physical 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
Thursday
FEATURED
AD OF THE WEEK
PRAYER FOR PROTECTION AGAINST STORMS
Our Father in Heaven through the intercession of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, spare us during this Hurricane
season from all harm.
Protect us and our homes from all disasters of nature.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen
LAST WEEKEND’S OFFERINGS Thank you for your generosity!!
