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The Catholic Church of the Nativity 5955 St. Elmo Road Bartlett, TN 38135

Parish Office Hours: Mon—Fri 8:30a.m. to 5:00p.m. Phone 901-382-2504 Emergency Phone 901-603-3364

Parochial Administrator: Father Robert Szczechura, STL robert.szczechura@cc.cdom.org Deacons: Frank Larker frank.larker@nativity.cdom.org Chris Frame cframe@paxdomini.org David Rosenthal, PhD david.rosenthal@nativity.cdom.org Seminarian Joseph Hastings Administrative Assistant: Angie 0’Neill angie.oneill@nativity.cdom.org Bookkeeper: Jim Moseley nativity.accounting@nativity.cdom.org Director of Music: Kyung-Won On kw.on@nativity.cdom.org Director of Religious Education: Theresa Krier theresah.krier@nativity.cdom.org Director – Youth Ministry: Stephen Peyton stephen.peyton@nativity.cdom.org Co-Directors Hispanic Ministry: Lyz Candia clyzcan@yahoo.com, 901-607-5982 and Lillian Luciano

Mass Schedules Daily Monday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. Weekend Saturday Vigil 5:00 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Spanish 5:00 p.m. Filipino First Sunday of Each Month (Tagalog/English) 12:30 p.m. Holy Days As Announced

Sacraments Reconciliation — Saturday 3:30p.m. to 4:30p.m. Sunday 9:30a.m. to 10:00a.m. or by appointment Spanish - Sunday 4:20p.m. to 4:50p.m. Baptism — by appointment; please contact the parish office Marriage — Contact the parish office at least six months before the wedding

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 12, 2018

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August 11 & 12, 2018

Please Pray for Our Sick

Claire Fitzgerald Albino Annmarie Lee Allen Erlinda Amaba Vinnie Ariemma Mike Bulderbach Bill Brigrance Tina Burton Bill Coburn Joan Cunningham Don Edwards Michael Ellis Sally Gyout Emilie Harris Leeghann Harrison Terry Head Rosa Holmes Barry Houston Catherine Johnson Donna Lampen Louis J. Lenti Ed List Annie Longoria Mary Mahoney Paul Baker Miller Cheyenne Montgomery Fr. Mike Morgera Shirley Odom John & June Patton A.J. Perk Kevin Perk Lillian Perk Fr. Robert Ponticello Karen Raney Maria Robertson Sam Sudduth Josie & Joe Tighe-Mary Underwood Melissa Frame Vannucci Peter Voss Joyce R. West Barbara Williams Jack Lee Windley III Ann Wingate

† From Death to New Life May Those We have Loved & Lost Rest in Peace

David Ferrell

Brother of Carolyn Winkler

Elmer Francis “Frank” Hutton Father of Mary Strickland

Dale Preston Patterson

Son of Ronnie & Linda Patterson

Jim Shaw

Mass Intentions

8:00am Weekdays Requested By Mon 13th Eleanor Cummings + Bob & MaryAnnTrainor Tue 14th Betty Campos + The Morning Group Wed 15th Marshall George + Lottie George Thur 16th Joachim Machado+ Father Robert Fri 17th Andrew Trainor + Bob & Mary Ann Trainor 7:00pm Wednesday (Holy Day) 15th Tom Head + George & Eileen Kuehl 8:00am Saturday Aug 11th Healing of MaryAnn Trainor Pat Fitzgerald 18th Betty Campos + The Morning Group 5:00pm Saturday Aug 11th Betty Campos + The Morning Group 18th Martha & Willis The Schwill Family Chambliss + 8:00am Sunday Aug 12th William Hardy + The Knights of Columbus 19th Doris Ferguson + Jerry & Donna Lampen 10:30am Sunday Aug 12th Joe & Harriet Gralak+ Lorry & Ron Kopacz 19th Alice Ryan + Bob & MaryAnn Trainor 5:00pm Sunday - Spanish Aug 12th Parishioners 19th Immigrants & Refugees

Lance Corporal Mark Earnest; Senior Airman Christopher Dill; Pvt. John David Dill; A1C Ryan C. Marlin; AO1 Andrew E. Hopson; Commander Derek A. Vestal, Pvt. Maria Witges, Captain Luke Sauber (USMC), Lieutenant Colonel Christopher J. Martindale U.S. Army, Richard A. Martin, Jr., BM1, (USCG) Captain Tami Kerns (US Army-Afghanistan) Captain Kevin Kerns (US Army-Hawaii) Captain Nicholas Burton. SSG. Carol Hopson, Gabriel Graven EF Specialist

Pray for Our Troops

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Mt 17:22-27 Tuesday: Ez 2:8 — 3:4; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Wednesday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 Thursday: Ez 12:1-12; Ps 78:56-59, 61-62: Mt 18:21 — 19:1 Friday: Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Mt 19:3-12 Saturday: Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 19:13-15 Sunday: Prv 9:1-6; Ps 34:2-7; Eph 5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: Ss. Pontian and Hippolytus Tuesday: St. Maximilian Kolbe Wednesday: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday: St. Stephen of Hungary Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Careful readers of the “Treasures” will have noticed that the two columns about the oldest monastic communities in the United States refer to the colonial states. The Louisiana Purchase gained a great treasure for our nation, the Ursuline monastery of New Or-leans. Among the greatest pioneers of that city were nuns who came from France on a perilous voyage in 1727, pestered by pirates and tossed by fearsome storms. These were genteel, well-educated Ursulines, yet their first task was to roll up their sleeves and open a hospital to care for the pestilence-ridden colony. Next, they opened a school for girls and launched a plan to educate the women being shipped over from France to marry settlers. In this way, they had enormous influence in molding patterns of family and domestic life. At Christmastime in 1814, the threat of a British assault on the city was growing. On the terrifying night of January 7, 1815, the women of New Orleans gathered in the monastery chapel to pray that the city be spared from destruction in battle. The mother supe-rior made a vow to have a Mass of Thanksgiving on that date every year should the Americans win. That night, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, to whom the nuns had great devotion, became the protector and patron of this great city. The convent in the French Quarter is the oldest standing building in the Mississippi valley, and the only surviving building of the French colonial period. The nuns relo-cated in 1824, but their old monastery is preserved as a museum and archives for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The school the nuns began, Ursuline Academy, is the oldest continuously operating Catholic school, and school for women, in the United States. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

~~~Pray for World Peace~~~

Nativity Information

Altar Flower Dedication Worship in our church is an experience of beauty. The flowers in the sanctuary are an important and beautiful symbol of what we offer to God in our worship. Every member of the parish is invited to contribute to the beauty of our worship by giving the altar flowers on a particular Sunday in memory, thanksgiving or celebration for people or

events that are important to that donor. There will be one dedication per Weekend. The cost for the flowers is $65 or $100. If you would like to make such a gift, please contact Angie O'Neill at 382-2504. Thank you in advance for your generosity and for contribution to the beauty of our worship.

Third Thursday - August 16th From 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Altar Flowers Donated By - Aug 11/12 Mr. & Mrs. Ben Amaba in honor of Erlinda Amaba’s recovery. Aug 18/19 Anonymous Aug 25/26 George & Eileen Kuehl - Special Intentions for the Kuehl & Martens Families

From the Desk of Father Robert Dear Nativity Parishioners, With great joy, I would like to inform you that we have chosen a new director to lead the music ministry at Nativity. Kyung-Won On comes to Nativity with excitement and anticipation. With a BA and MM in Organ Performance, “KW” has spent most of her professional life as a church organist and choir director, serving churches in Indiana, the D.C. area, and NW Arkansas. She lives in Cordova with her husband, Art Fogartie – an ordained Presbyterian minister who is the Stewardship Pastor at Hope Church – and their three dogs. I'm looking forward to working with her, and I hope you will join me in welcoming her when she begins her ministry with us on August 13. Thank you and God bless you, Fr. Robert

Altar Servers All children in 3rd grade or higher and all adults are encouraged to participate in the liturgy. Please call the Church office 901-382-2504, leave your name, and phone number.

Called to Serve: Adults are encouraged to become approved Liturgical Ministers by attending classes held periodically at Nativity. Please call the office, leave your name, and phone number if you are interested in becoming a Lay Minister.

STRENGTHENED BY THE BREAD OF LIFE Today we resume the “Bread of Life” discourse from John’s Gospel that began two weeks ago. He makes reference to the Jews’ ancestors who ate manna in the desert. These days we would think primarily of Israel wandering in the desert, but faithful Jews would also have known the story of Elijah that we hear today. Strengthened by food and drink in the desert, the angel of the Lord sends him on his forty-day and forty-night journey (the biblical number for a preparation time). Like the food given to Elijah in the desert, Jesus tells his listeners that he is bread for the life of the world. It is very important that we not stop listening to Jesus after his promise of eternal life—a marvelous promise, but this “reward” is not the only reason we feast on the Bread of Life. We also come to the table to be made strong for the journey of mission, that the whole world might have life in the fullness of Christ. We are compelled, if we have eaten of the bread of life, to go forth in service to all. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Wednesdays 6:00 p.m.

at Nativity

August 11 & 12, 2018

Help Someone See Place unused eye glasses (including Sun glasses) in the recycle box provided. To Date: 76 pairs of eye glasses have been donated to the Knights of Columbus Ophthalmology Project and 1 hearing aid.

Soup Kitchen Information!

On July 17th, 6 volunteers from Nativity fed 140. Volunteers meet at 7:45 am at Nativity on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month. If you would like to volunteer, there is a sign up sheet on the table in the Narthex. You will need to bring a hat or other type of hair cover. If you want more information, please call John Walton 901-568-0910.

Check your calendar! Here are some dates that volun-teers are needed - Tuesday, August 21st and Sept. 4th.

ST. VINCENT de PAUL - Nativity

Council 14041 - there is a change in your meeting time

starting in AUGUST. We will be meeting the 3rd Thursday of

every month

The 11th Annual St. Vincent DePaul Friends of the Poor® Walk for the Benefit of the Ozanam Center will be held Saturday, September 15th at Christian Brothers High School, 5900 Walnut Grove Rd., Memphis. Each day of the year the Ozanam Center provides 150 to 225 meals

to the poor. Register to walk at www.tiny.cc/walk2018 or, if you can’t attend, walk with us in spirit at www.tiny.cc/spiritwalk

Nativity Information

PRE Registration and Mandatory Parent meeting Aug. 19th at 11:45am in Stelling Hall. Come see what our program is all about, Meet the catechists, come visit the classrooms. Father Robert and Theresa Krier, our DRE, will have very valuable information, you won't want to miss. Light refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing YOU all at the meeting. Theresa Krier, Director of Religious Education - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

Everyone please mark your calendar! Nativity’s Annual Auction is September 8, 2018. We are in need of new items for the auction. Please contact the office regarding your donation. Thank you for your help.

ATTENTION!!! Starting August 12th at 12:30pm a Polish Mass will said and every

second Sunday thereafter. (next mass September 9th)

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Diocese Information

Our Ministries

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Sundays: ages 3 yrs to 12 yrs, Confirmation 1 and 2 ; Contact Theresa Krier, PRE Director theresah.krier@nativity.cdom.org. Class times are posted on the Web site: nativitybartlett.org/calendar/ Cub Scouts Pack 258: Cub Scouts meet on most Tuesdays from 6:30 to 7:30pm either at the church or on adventures. Contact Mark Owens to register at markfowens@att.net or 901-827-1262. CYO 9-12 Grade Sundays from 6-8 pm Stephen Peyton, youth director stephen.peyton@nativity.cdom.org Fishers of Men: call the office Hands for God Puppet Productions: Most Sundays, 12-1 pm: For 5th-8th grade Puppeteers in Training; Contact John Walton 901-568-0910 or email nativitycats@aol.com. For updates go to: www.facebook.com/groups/830749576971608/ Helping Hands Ministry Knitting Group: meet the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 9 am in Holy Family Hall (Narthex). They help the homeless and Birthright babies Holy Family Ministry: for information contact David Rosenthal, PhD at david.rosenthal@nativity.cdom.org Knights of Columbus Council 14041: 3rd Thursdays at 6:30pm in Stelling Hall; contact Hank Winkler at 901-488-9053 or grandknight14041@gmail.com Liturgical Ministries: for information or questions regarding training or scheduling contact Jim Lippy 388-6515 or 371-6269 or the Church Office 901-382-2504 Men’s Club: Breakfast Meeting 9am1st Sat. of each Month Prison Ministry: for information contact Shellie Teems, 901-230-0074 Parish Outreach Food for the Sick: Contact Susan Hanna at 385-8277 or savhan@aol.com for information. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) preparation to receive Sacraments. Call the Church office for information. Society of St. Vincent de Paul: meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7pm. Contact Dawn Campbell 901-654-5773 for more information. Society of St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month: Meet at church at 7:45 am for carpooling: Contact John Walton, 901-568-0910 for info. TOPS - Take off the Pounds Sensibly: meet Mondays at 4:15-5:00pm for weigh-in; 5-6pm meetings in Stelling Hall. Women’s Guild: meets the 4th Tuesday at 7 pm the months of January, March, May, September and November.

ATTENTION COLLEGE STUDENTS!!! Did you know that the Diocese of Memphis has campus ministries that serve you? If you attend University of Tennessee at Martin, University of Memphis, Rhodes College or Christian Brothers University, there is a “Catholic Home” for you! Check out our website for more information and get involved! www.memphisccm.org

Nativity Information

WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER

It takes much effort just to make ends meet in our world today. Do you wish you could talk about something besides all the stresses in your life? A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend gives you the time and tools to revitalize romance, deepen communication, and nourish the spirituality in your marriage. Sign up today to attend a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on October 26th-28th 2018 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Retreat Center in Stanton, TN. For more information or to apply, visit our website at http://www.memphiswwme.org or contact us at 901-409-4570.

New Minister Training for Ministry to the Sick

SATURDAY, August 25, 2018 from 8:30 am—1:00 pm at the Catholic Center - 5825 Shelby Oaks Drive - Memphis, TN. This training is designed to provide new ministers with the basic tools that will be helpful in their ministry. As a trained minister you bring compassion, communion and become sacramental presence of Christ for those who are sick and homebound. Candidates are required to send completed registration form signed by the pastor or representative by August 20, 2018. Registration forms are available at your parish office or on line www.cdom.org/commhealth/sick.htm. For more information call the Office of Pastoral Life Ministries at 373-1237.

For all married and engaged couples the schedule for the NFP classes is as follows: Billings Ovulation Method (www.billingslife.org) First Session: September 13, 2018 Location: The Catholic Center (5825 Shelby Oaks Dr. - Memphis, TN 38134) Time: 6:30 pm For more information and registration please go to www.cdom.org/NFP

Are you concerned about the future of your high school student? Finding the solutions through goodness, beauty and truth only comes with an authentic Catholic education. Let St. Benedict at Auburndale High School (SBA) be the answer to your prayers. SBA – Grounded in Faith • Elevated by Excellence! sbaeagles.org/admissions or 260-2840.

August 11 & 12, 2018

A Majestic Scandinavian Experience with Father Louis Lohan

10 Days: September 14 - 23, 2018, There are still a few spaces available on our Majestic Scandinavian Experience visiting Nor-way and Sweden. Enjoy a train ride on the Flam Railway and Fjord Cruise on the Naeroyfjord & the Aurlandsfjord. Take a Funicular Trip to Mount Floyen. Visit the Resistance Museum and Viking Ship Museum, Drottingham Palace and much more! Hosted by Father Louis Lohan. The cost is $4,963 per person based on two in a room. This experience includes, round trip flight from Gulfport, MS, Land, Hotels, all Breakfasts and most Dinners. Space is limited, so act quickly. Contact Paula at experiencescandinavia@gmail.com or 228 697 7814.

Pilgrimage to Guadalupe, with Fr Dennis Schenkel, Sep-tember 24-29, 2018. $1535 includes air & taxes, hotel, 2 meals daily and sightseeing. Many extras. Join us as we pay homage to Our Lady as the patroness of the unborn. Contact Jeannie Presley for reservations/ 901-335-4563 or view the bro-chure at traveltime.org/scheduled pilgrimages

Pilgrimages

The Catholic Diocese of Memphis in Tennessee encourages all victims, or parents of minors who are victims, of sexual abuse by a priest, deacon or diocesan employee or agent, to report such abuse by phoning any of the following numbers: Tennessee Child Abuse Hotline (1-877-237-0004) or Victim Assistance Coordinator (901-652-4066); or Director of Child and Youth Protection (901-359-2027). All reports will be treated in a confidential manner. The Diocese of Memphis offers a program of psychological and spiritual assistance to abused victims in need.

Did you or a loved one recently graduate high school?

Did you know that there are Catholic campus ministries located on university campuses nationwide wanting to meet you next fall? Why make them wait? Get Connected with them to-day! Join the Newman Community and be a part of something big! Visit newmanconnection.com to register with your new Catholic community on campus before you even arrive!

Bible Teachings for Amazing Health! Join Sister Cathy Galaskiewicz, OP for a 4-week Bible study and discover ways to greater health in the month of August ! 4 Mondays at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Marian Hall Conference Room at 10-11:30 a.m. or 6:30-8 p.m. 4 Tuesdays at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Conference Room at 10-11:30 a.m. Bring Bible. Cost $10 for 4-week series. RSVP cathy.galaskiewicz@gmail.com

2019 Diocesan Celebration of Wedding Anniversaries

Saturday, February 9, 2019 10:00 am at

St. Louis Catholic Church

For more information, contact Pam Ray at 901-373-1237

Diocese Information

After Divorce: A Day of Hope & Healing

A day retreat for the separated and divorced with Catholic author Rose Sweet on October 27, 2018 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm at St. Louis Catholic Church (Clunan Center) 203 S White Station Memphis, TN 38117 $20.00 per person/ Lunch Included To register: Call Alma Abuelouf (901)373-1224

Catholic Charities of West Tennessee: New Volunteer Opportunity!!

Beginning in August, we are seeking volunteers to help sort clothing donations. Shifts available Monday-Thursday 12 noon-2pm Interested Volunteers contact: Mandy Lamey, Volunteer Coordinator (901)722.4758 mandy.lamey@acc.cdom.org We are also seeking donations of men’s shoes and belts. THANK YOU for keeping us in God’s business.

ONLINE GIVING To set up a recurring giving schedule, visit us online at www.nativitybartlett.org, Locate the Online Giving button and set up your recurring giving schedule. The first time you give, you will select a password that will enable you to log in at any time and make changes to your giving or view your complete online giving history for Online Giving .

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

12th 1:00pm Virtus Class 6:30pm Knights of Columbus Meeting 13th 4:30pm TOPS 14th 5:30pm Cub Scout Meeting 15th OFFICE CLOSED 6:00pm Novena to Our Lady 7:00pm Holy Day Mass 16th 9:00am Helping Hands 5:00pm Third Thursday Adoration 6:30pm Knights of Columbus Meeting 7:00pm Spanish Apologetics Class 17th 6:00pm Hispanic Folklore Dance Group 18th No Events on Calendar 19th 11:45am PRE Mandatory Registration 20th 4:30pm TOPS 21st 6:30pm Cub Scout Meeting 7:00pm SVdP Meeting 22nd 6:00pm Novena to Our Lady 23rd 7:00pm Spanish Apologetics Class 24th 6:00pm Hispanic Folklore Dance Group 25th Noon Baptism Class - English 26th Noon Installation of KC officers 27th 4:30pm TOPS 7:00pm Baptism Class - Spanish 28th 5:30pm Cub Scout Meeting 29th 6:00pm Novena to Our Lady 30th 7:00pm Spanish Apologetics Class 31st 6:00pm Hispanic Folklore Dance Group 1st 9:00am Men’s Club Meeting 2nd 1:30pm Filipino Gathering 3rd OFFICE CLOSED 4:30pm TOPS 4th 5:30pm Cub Scout Meeting 5th 6:00pm Novena to Our Lady 6th 9:00am Helping Hands 6:00pm Hispanic Folklore Dance Group 7:00pm Spanish Apologetics Class 7th 5:00pm First Friday Adoration 8th 6:00pm Annual Auction 9th 6:30pm Knights of Columbus Meeting 10th 4:30pm TOPS 11th 5:30pm Cub Scout Meeting

Offerings for July, 2018

5th Week - Regular collections: $6,555 Cor Unum: Maint. Fund $ 788 Month to Date Collection Totals: Regular Collection $41,248 (Budget $39,633) Cor Unum $12,250 (Budget $15,000)

ANNOUCEMENTS TO BE MADE BY FATHER AT MASS NEED TO BE SENT TO ANGIE O’NEILL BY NOON Thursday!

2nd Collection Next Week August 19th - Cor Unum/Maint.

Scheduling Events at the Church

Our parish is very busy and we receive many requests to use meeting spaces and the church grounds. Please contact Deacon Frank Larker at 382-2504 to schedule your event. All requests should be scheduled as far in advance as possible. Those who use our facility are responsible for setup and clean-up. You must notify the office if your event is cancelled or if you need to reschedule. You cannot reschedule an event WITHOUT contacting the office. Rescheduling your event without contact-ing the office leads to conflicts with others who went through the proper channel to schedule their event. So, please be consider-ate. Thank You!

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