Welcome To our communities of faith

Our Divine SaviourCatholic Church

12th Street and Love AvenueTifton, GA

and

St. AnnCatholic ChurchU.S. Highway 82 East

Alapaha, GA

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary TimeFebruary 14, 2021

PastorRev. Peter Oyenugba, MSP

DeaconJ. Brian Bergeron

DeaconEric Windmoller

I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation. Psalm 32

The Gospel story shows that Jesusnot only has the power to cure

disease, he also has the power toheal the separation from the

community and the separation fromGod, which leprosy signified.

Jesus’ approach to the leper wouldhave scandalized the people of his

time.

By touching the leper, Jesusdemonstrated the arrival of the

Kingdom of God.

Our Divine Savior

Office phone: 229-382-4600Fax: 229- 382-7611

Email: ods@friendlycity.netWebsite: odsparishtifton.org

Office Address: 211 E. 12th StreetChurch Address: 1205 Love Avenue, Tifton, GA

31794Mailing Address: P.O. Box 212, Tifton, GA 31793

Office Hours

Monday – Thursday……10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Friday………………........................Closed

Any new parishioners who would like to register,Please call the parish office

Please see back of bulletin for Mass Times

Pastor: Fr. Peter Oyenugba, MSP 382-4600 X109 father_peter@odstifton.com Parish Secretary: Francisco Agostini 382-4600 X107 frank@odstifton.com Parish Secretary: Joann Prostko 382-4600 X101 joann@odstifton.com Finance Committee: Lee Denham Bookkeeper: Kevin Frizzell Knights of Columbus: Gary Burtle 386-4330Council of Catholic Women : Carolyn Slade 238-2510 Liturgical (liturgy) : Margo Martin 382-2442Grupo Guadalupano: Margarita Zermeño CCD Coordinator: Mary Scarbrough 382-4600 & Mary McKinnon EDGE Youth Ministry: Barry Miburo 382-4600 & Chip Daughtry Hispanic CCD Coordinator: Francisco Agostini 382-4600Parish Activity Center rental: Office 382-4600Choir Contact : Becky Jarboe 386-4434

Parish Council 2021- 2022

Laura Frizzell laura.frizzell.ga@gmail.com Claudia Mejia Claudiaaguilar77@hotmail.com Martha Solis marlettfol@gmail.comTania Bautista Tbautista122898@gmail.com Debbie Blakey deborahblakey@hotmail.comPaola Woodford paolaw137@gmail.comJuan Carlos DiazGary Burtle gburtle@uga.eduBob Kemerait pkemerait@gmail.comAmalia Ramirez Silos Amaliaramirez83@yahoo.comJoseph McKinnon mckinnon.313@gmail.com

Requests for Prayers

Please pray for the sick andthose who have requested

our prayers:

Russ Aschoff, AllisonBrannan, Rachel Brantley,

Larissa Barosso, JamesBrown, Brady, Carol

Budnick, Erica Carroll, MaryCarroll, Tommy Carroll,Sean Winn Carampatan,Margarie D’Souva, Tina

DeWees, Anne MarieEmanueli, Carlos & Carrie

Fletcher, Lauren MarieFletcher, Judy Fraelich, Mary

Ann Gregoire, RodolfoHerandez-Labastida, Wayne

Harrell, Chloe Kendrick,David LaForest, IsaacLindsey, Randy Long,

Shirley Martin, RaeleighJane McCartha, Andrew

Meredith, Susana Melgar, ,Pantea Pahlavan, Butch

Parker, Charles Phenicie,Miller Blake Prostko, Nancy

Quynn, Marian Robinson,Arlene Ruse, Josephine

Sehramski, Marlena Smith,Sterling Saunders, Robbi

Scarbrough, WayneScarbrough, John B.

Sherlock, Kaylon Spurlock,Jennifer Unis, Dowson

Bedore , Debra Vazquez,Rena Ward, Sonia Webb

Please Pray for our

Military:

Anthony Caucci, JonathanElder, Clayton F. Gibbs,

Terry Jones, James Olands,Angel Olivos, Bong Tanesco,

Aurelio Tovar, GregoryCamargo, Michael Gibbons,Jackson Bergeron, Marquis

Smith

February 14, 2021

Sixth Sunday inOrdinary Time

Readings:

Levitt. 13:1-21 Corinth 10:31

Mark 1:40-45

Theme:

Jesus wants to make uswhole.

Question of the week:

Name a time when youexperienced Jesus’

healing touch._______________

February 21, 2021

First Sunday of LENT

Readings:

Genesis 9:8-151 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:12-15

Theme:

Reform your lives!

Question of the Week:

What is the one area ofyour life which you

most want to “reform”as you get ready to

embrace the Gospel,what is it?

Dear PadreFebruary 14, 2021

At Mass on holy days of obligation, there’s a fair crowd. But on Ash Wednesday, not a holy day, the place is packed. Your explanation?

Indeed, pastoral experience corroborates your observation. Holy days of obligation draw well, but it’s “standing room only” on Ash Wednesday. Al-though not a day of obligation, perhaps it’s considered a “holy” day by most Catholics.

There’s something elemental about the smudge of ashes on the forehead. People wear it without embarrassment or shame. No matter our walk of lifeor social status, we want that sooty cross. It’s a badge of identification, graphically reminding Catholics that it’s “spiritual gut-check” time. It jogs us from our routines, spurring us to the important reality of being who we are supposed to be—fully and totally Christian. It’s as if we are saying, “I’m Catholic and proud of it. I may not be the best or greatest. I have faults and sins, but I’m not a bad person. I know deep down that being Christian is the way to live, and I’m going to try again.”

Ash Wednesday signals the beginning of Lent, the Church’s special time of confession and renewal in preparation for Easter. It is what Christians are all about—a people who have died with Christ in the waters of baptism in order to rise with him to a new life. We renew our baptismal commitment to be his people. As we celebrate Christ’s passage through death to life, we renew our own death to old sinful ways to rise and live with recaptured vigor.

From Dear Padre: Questions Catholics Ask © 2003Liguori Publications

© 2021 Liguori Publications, Liguori, MO 63057-9999. Printed in USA. Imprimatur: “In accordance with CIC 827, permission to publish was granted on June 19, 2020, by the Most Reverend Mark S. Rivituso, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of St. Louis. Permission to publish is an indication that nothing contrary to Church teaching is contained in this work. It does not imply any endorsement of the opinions expressed in the publication; nor is any liability assumed by this permission.” No par t of this work may be used in any form without the prior writ ten permission of Liguori Publications. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All Rights Reserved. To order Liguori Sunday Bulletins, call 800-325-9521, or visit Liguori.org.

Announcements February 13 & 14, 2021

Calendars for 2021:

Calendars for 2021 are at the entrance of the church.Please take one per family.

Volunteers Needed:

Volunteers needed to help keep everyone safe. A few volunteers are needed after each mass to help with the wiping of the pews. The more hands we have, the quicker we will finish. Thank you for helping.

Lent Mass Schedule:

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17th. Mass schedule for that day at ODS is 6:00 pm English and 8:00 pm Spanish, 12:00 noon at St. Ann. There are faith-sharing materials available for all who wish to use them, and however you might want to use them: as a personal reflection, with your family members, or with your “bubble’ of “safe’ friends. You can obtain a copy from Margo Martin or from the office or from a basket in the vestibule of the church beginning on Feb. 6th.

Faith-sharing Materials:

Lenten faith- sharing materials are available in a basket in the vestibule. They can be used as a personal reflection as well as with a small faith-sharing group.

Free KofC Membership:

Free Knights of Columbus membership. See attached flyer.

Good News!February 14, 2021

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Lv 13:1–2, 44–46; 1 Cor 10:31—11:1; Mk 1:40–45

Today’s readings are about forced quarantine. On one level they areabout diseases that might be contagious. On another level they are about ritual impurity that was contagious. The Israelites believed that to stand before God in worship, one’s body had to be physically intact—no fractures or missing body parts, no open wounds, no oozing body fluids. Skin lesions like those associated with leprosy made one ritually unclean or impure. Furthermore, to touch one with such a disease was to become unclean one-self. The ritual impurity was considered contagious, not necessarily the disease. Unclean people were socially and religiously ostracized.

In the Gospel story, Jesus completely neutralized this practice. Touching the leprous and thus unclean man, Jesus not only didn’t become unclean himself, but he actually made the man clean again. The issue here is not merely one of healing. It is a matter of reincorporating the marginalized man into society.

Unfortunately, out of fear or a sense of superiority, some people ostracize or marginalize entire groups of people. This bias might be based on gender, race, culture, sexual preference—almost any-thing. In this way the benefits of society are denied to those who aremarginalized. One characteristic of Jesus, obvious throughout the Gospel stories, is his all-inclusiveness. Jesus rejected no one. He was open to those who society ostracized. He interacted graciously with people with diseases, non-Jews, recognized public sinners, andthose working with the Roman occupiers—all people considered ritually unclean. As his disciples, can we do less?

Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA

© 2021 Liguori Publications, Liguori, MO 63057-9999. Printed in U.S.A. Imprimatur: “In accordance with c. 827, permission to publish has been granted on June 19, 2020, by the Most Reverend Edward M. Rice, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of St. Louis. Permission to publish is an indication that nothing contrary to Church teaching is contained in this work. It does not imply anyendorsement of the opinions expressed in the publication; nor is any liability assumed by this permission.” No par t of this work may be used in any form without the prior writ ten permission of Liguori Publications. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doc trine, Inc., Washington, DC. All Rights Reserved. To order Liguori Sunday Bulletins, call 800-325-9521.

Protecting Our Youth: Diocesan policy requires all diocesan Adult employees andvolunteers who minister to the youth of the diocese attend VIRTUS(safe environment) awareness training undergo a backgroundcheck, and read and sign the Diocesan “Code of conduct forworking with minors” prior to commencing their ministry. TheOffice for the Protection of Children and Young People, toll freereporting hotline: (888) 357-5530.

EVENTS of the WEEK:

Saturday, February 13Mass at ODS [+Fr. James O’Kielty: 5:00 pm

(Elosie Stone)Spanish Mass at ODS (ODS Parishioners): 7:00 pm

Sunday, February 14Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Mass at ODS [+Erick Byrd: 9:00 am(Inge Thornley)]

Mass at St. Ann (For St. Ann Parishioners): 11:15 amSpanish Mass at ODS (For ODS Parishioners): 1:30

pm

Monday, February 15NO Mass at ODS:

Tuesday, February 16Mass at ODS: 5:30 pm

Wednesday, February 17Ash Wednesday

Mass at St. Ann: 12:00 pmMass at ODS (English): 6:00 pm Mass at ODS (Spanish): 8:00 pm

Thursday, February 18 Mass at ODS: 8:00 am

Friday, February 19Mass at ODS.: 5:30 pm

Saturday, February 20Mass at ODS [+Dudley: 5:00 pm

Babcock](Ken & Margo Martin)]

Spanish Mass at ODS (ODS Parishioners): 7:00 pm

Sunday, February 21Mass at ODS [+Sr. Veronica Emmich: 9:00 am

(Ken & Margo Martin)]Mass at St. Ann [+Nell Rose Nugent: 11:15 am

Rachel Pritchett)]Spanish Mass at ODS (For ODS Parishioners): 1:30

pm