Sunday August 20, 2006              Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church

                                                         320 College Blvd., Grenada, MS 38901
                                                                         (662) 226-2490
                                                            Father Martin Ruane, Pastor

          www.olesouth.net/stpeter  email: stpeter@cableone.net
Emergency Numbers:  Father Dan Gallagher (601)352-7256 – Father Sam Messina (662)563-2273

 

SUNDAY SCHOOL (CCD)

Once Father Ruane returns, we will begin registration for Sunday School.  In the meantime, we are trying to get our classrooms prepared and ready for the start of the school year.  If you were a teacher and have any Teachers Editions, Videos, Activity Books, etc., please return them to the Education Building.  This includes teachers that have books they will still be using this year.  We need to inventory what we have, and see what we need to order.  Please turn them in ASAP so we can get this taken care of before the year begins.  If you have any questions, contact Frankie Fortier.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

AID TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AFRICA - The second collection this week is for the Catholic Church in Africa. 

 

REBUILD CHURCH, REBUILD HOPE - There will be a second collection next week to aid in the recovery efforts of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and the Diocese of Biloxi.  These two dioceses, so devastated by the ravages of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, are still in a state of unimaginable need.  In the Diocese of Biloxi, 428 of 433 church-owned properties were destroyed or seriously damaged.  This new collection is needed simply because last year’s collection focused on immediate humanitarian relief.  This collection focuses on rebuilding churches, schools, and other essential parts of the parishes’ infrastructure which are needed to rebuild people’s hope.

OLE MISS CATHOLIC STUDENTS

From Father Joe in Oxford – “If your parish has young men or women coming to Ole Miss this fall, we welcome them and look forward to their arrival.  At the current time, we do not have a Catholic Church in Oxford.  We are making strides toward building and, with the approval of the Bishop, will soon begin.  However, our Campus Ministry is vibrant and we boast more than 400 families on the roster.  We meet every Sunday for Mass on the campus of Ole Miss at the Paris-Yates Chapel at 8:30 am, 11:00 am, and again at 5:00 pm.  It is terribly inconvenient and disappointing for new students and guests to see we have no facility.  However, we are certainly pushing ahead to see our Church built.  If anyone would like more information, please call 662-234-6073.”

 

BISHOP’S CUP

Friendly competition, flight prizes, social, dinner, auctions, Latino Lira, and door prizes.  Join in the fun and fellowship at the Bishop’s Cup Golf Tournament at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, September 13^th at the Colonial Country Club in Jackson.  The low net score of any 4 golfers of a parish will bring home the traveling Bishop’s Cup.  Come just for the social, dinner/auction at 5:00 pm.  Registration forms are in the back of the church.  Support the charitable works of the Catholic Foundation.  For more information, call (601)960-8479.

 

CHOOSE LIFE

In the miniscule body of an embryo in the first stages of life, we “may see and almost touch the hand of God…The love of God does not make distinctions between the newly conceived infant still is his or her mother’s womb, the baby, the youth, the grown adult or the elderly, because in each of them He sees the sign of His own image and likeness.”  Pope Benedict XVI, speech on 2/27/06 to the international congress on “The Human Embryo Before Implantation.” National Catholic Register, 3/12 – 3/18/06.

WEEKLY MASS CALENDAR

                  Mass Times                                                                      Intentions

Saturday, August 19                           6:00 pm – St. Peter’s                           

Sunday, August 20                              9:00 am - St. Peter’s                              People of St. Peter’s Parish

Sunday, August 20                              11:15 am – St. John’s                           People of St. John’s Parish

Monday, August 21                            8:00 am - St. Peter’s                              **Communion Service**

Wednesday, August 23                      8:00 am - St. Peter’s                              **Communion Service**

Friday, August 25                                8:00 am - St. Peter’s                              **Communion Service**

 

Prayer List

Bob Bruce	Cled Gregory	Robbie Marascalco	Jamie Pritchard	Elmarie Williams
James Bruno	Bonita Henson	Louise Matthews	Tom Sherman	Marguarite Womble
Ron Bush	Leonard Janiszewski	Jody McAnnally	David Shriver III	Betty Yonak
Sarah Criss	Dixie Lyons	Betty McCormick	Larry Stokes	Johnny Michelle
Elizabeth Daly	Adelfia Marascalco	Amanda McGee	Suzette Stuebben
Frank Dichiara	Charlie Marascalco	Dr. Bill Monohan	Henry Theis
Maria Evangelista	Dona Marascalco	Angelila Morris	Mary Theis
Valinten Gagaboan	Joseph Marascalco	Lorayne Onder	Carl Walker
Mary Geesler	Mary V. Marascalco	Sarah Powell	Jan Walker

 

LITURGICAL APPOINTMENTS

August 26                                                August 27

Lector                                                                                                                                     Knights of Columbus

Extraordinary Ministers                                                                                                      Knights of Columbus

Altar Servers                                                                                                                         Knights of Columbus

Cross Bearer                                                                                                                         Knights of Columbus

Gift Bearers                                                                                                                           Knights of Columbus

Greeters                                                                 Knights of Columbus                          Knights of Columbus

Church cleaners for August:  Kathy Barranco and Beth Elliott

 

COLLECTIONS                                                     BIRTHDAYS

                                                                     August 13                            August 23 – Dorothy Howell                                     

Regular Offering                                                   $1258.00                 August 25 – Jim Laycock

Building Fund                                                         2057.50                 August 25 – Patrick Mardis

Central & Eastern Europe Special                          15.00

Building Fund to Date                                  $202,427.00                  

Family Life Center expenses to date         $270,143.74                   

 

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

The deadline for announcements for the bulletin will be on Thursday at noon.  Please contact the rectory at

226-2490, or send an email to stpeter@cableone.net.

 

MEETINGS SUSPENDED

Due to the heat in the CAB, the Knights of Columbus meetings have been temporarily suspended.  Meetings will resume sometime in September.  Watch for more information in the bulletin, or from Lee M.

 

Also, due to the heat, coffee and doughnuts has been suspended.

 

 

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

If you would like to contribute to the Chris Harris Scholarship Fund, please send memorials to Knight of Columbus, PO Box 1822, Grenada, MS 38901.

 

Please contribute generously to the Priest Education Fund cross in the vestibule

 

LADIES AUXILIARY

The Ladies Auxiliary has religious articles for sale.   If you are interested in purchasing some, you may contact Connie Fariss for more information.

 

RCIA

The RCIA is the usual way that people come into full communion with the Catholic Church.  If you or anyone you know is interested in the Catholic faith, would like a refresher course in the Catholic faith, or have lapsed from the Catholic faith, we will begin a very special class around the end of September or beginning of October.   More information will be available on this when Father Ruane returns.

 

HOSPITAL…….. Due to the privacy act, hospitals no longer provide a list of patients for our use as clergy.  Accordingly, I need your assistance.  Please call the parish office when you have a family member, a friend, or relative hospitalized so that I may visit with them and pray with them.   –Fr. Ruane