June 28, 2015

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

110 N. Jefferson Street Milledgeville, GA 31061

E-mail: sacredheartmga@windstream.net Web site: sacredheartmilledgeville.org

Phone: 478-452-2421 FAX: 478-454-1110

Cell/Emergency: 770-289-3466

Staff

Rev. Young Nguyen, Pastor

Rev. Mr. John Shoemaker, Deacon Emeritus Rev. Mr. Cesar Basilio, Deacon

Cindy Sencindiver Secretary & DRE Susan Craig Organist

Sacraments

Sacrament of Penance

Saturday 4:30—5:00 or by appointment

Sacrament of Baptism For information concerning baptism, call the Parish priest.

Sacrament of Matrimony

Arrangements with the church should be made at least six months in advance by calling the Parish priest.

Sunday Bulletin

Deadline for items for the bulletin is 12:00 Noon on Wednesday.

Parish Membership

We welcome new families to our parish.

Parish Registration

Parish registration forms can be picked up at the back of the church or at the church office.

Annulment Case Sponsor

Jean Atwood

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

To know, love and serve as Jesus did

Schedule of Masses

Monday—Thursday 12:10 p.m. Friday 5:30 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m. Vigil 5:30 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

Holy Rosary and Adoration

Monday—Thursday Holy Rosary 11:45 a.m. Saturday Holy Rosary 9:00 a.m. Monday—Thursday Adoration 11:00 a.m. Friday Eucharistic Adoration 6:00 p.m.

Mass of Healing

1st Saturday of the Month 9:30 a.m.

Masses for the Week of June 28, 2015

Saturday 9:00 a.m. Rosary 9:30 a.m. Fathers Day Novena 5:30 p.m. Fathers Day Novena Sunday 9:00 a.m. Jay Dushney, R.I.P. 11:15 a.m. Micah Mae Spandau, S.I. 5:00 p.m. Pro Populo Mon. 12:10 p.m. Nickolas Shakes, R.I.P. Tues. 12:10 p.m. Randy Bolt, R.I.P. Wed. 12:10 p.m. Ralph McCormick, R.I.P. Thurs 12:10 p.m. Susan Marie Bridges, R.I.P. Fri. 5:30 p.m. Glenn Ray, R.I.P. Sat. 9:00 a.m. Rosary 9:30 a.m. Michael Tolsma, R.I.P. 5:30 p.m. All Military Personnel

July 5, 2015

9:00 a.m. Votino Family 11:15 a.m. Rich Bertoli, R.I.P. 5:00 p.m. Pro Populo Please call the church office to schedule mass intentions. Diocese policy suggests an offering of $10 or more per mass intention.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-5; Gal 1:11-20; Jn 21:15-19 Day: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 Tuesday: Gn 19:15-29; Ps 26:2-3, 9-12; Mt 8:23-27 Wednesday: Gn 21:5, 8-20a; Ps 34:7-8, 10-13; Mt 8:28-34 Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19; Ps 115:1-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-8 Friday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc-2; Jn 20:24-29 Saturday: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29; Ps 135:1b-6; Mt 9:14-17; or, for Independence Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Country or a City,” nos. 882-886, or “For Peace and Justice,” nos. 887-891 Sunday: Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a

Welcome to Our Parish

We are glad that you have come to visit. We invite you to register and become part of our parish family. Please fill out the registration form at the back of the church or stop by the parish office during the week.

Weekly Offertory

Regular 6/14/15 $7,046.00 6/21/15 $5,502.00

Why Corner

Last Resort

Jesus, do I come to you as a last resort? First, this Gospel reminds us that we need to intercede to Jesus for others. Jairus' daughter laid at home dying and she did nothing, not even asking Jesus for anything, but yet through the loving effort of her father's request, Jesus cured her and gave life back to her. The daughter probably had never heard of Jesus or even knew what He could do, and yet Jesus did her a favor because of her father's inter-cession with Jesus. Don't give up on others, who you know that need your prayers and intercessions with Jesus. Bring them with you to Jesus in your daily prayers and requests... for you never know how Jesus will take care of them. Have you interceded to Jesus for oth-ers? Second, this Gospel also reminds us that even if we come to Jesus as a last resort or in desperation, Jesus will still give assistance. I doubted that Jairus had not paid handsomely and used all his re-sources to get the best help and professional, well known or famous doctors, to care for his daughter. Jesus was probably the last person on his mind to request help from, and yet Jesus responded, for Jesus saw how much he loved his daughter and was willing to do anything or go to great length to bring her back to life. At Jairus' request Jesus went with him immediately, without any hesitation or any condi-tions. Have you gone to Jesus yet? Or have you given up hope on Him? Third, this Gospel also reminds us that we might need to pay a big price and risk everything when we come to Jesus for help. By now, Jesus was loved by the people but hated by the religious leaders. Jairus, who is in charge of the temple administration, associated him-self with Jesus and asked Him for help, placing his job in jeopardy, his reputation as stake, etc.... Jairus was willing to give up all of these and God and Jesus gave him his daughter back. Is that not a better trade off? Have you risked everything to be associated with Jesus? Fr. Young

GOD’S WORD TODAY Today we meet two familiar people in the Gospel: Jairus the syna-gogue official and the woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. When we hear their stories we usually marvel at Jesus’ miracles of curing her and raising Jairus’ daughter from the dead. This week, listen for something else. These two people were people of tremen-dous faith. They approached Jesus, almost fully expecting that he would help them. This kind of trust in the Lord Jesus is a wonderful example for us. Let us pray that we will be unafraid to approach the Lord in our need, trusting that he will come to our assistance. From Saint Margaret Sunday Missal, copyright © J. S. Paluch Company

Happy Birthday

Adam Vu Pablo Taluyo Terry Bouley

Erich Hok Bonnie Kirschling Divina Lazo Betty Bertoli Edwin Bolmgren Cynthia Cruey Lily McGrath Nicholas McGrath

Happy Anniversary

Erin & Al Weston

Peter & Kathy Boylan Cliff & Leona Schilling

Knights of Columbus

YARD SALE INFO The Knights have received several inquiries about the annual Yard Sale and wanted everyone to know that we will host the event again this year. The actual date will be Sat, Sep 5th but we can’t get access to the school building until Aug 23rd. We’ll have road crews ready from Aug 24th through Sep 4th to pick up all the treasures. Clothing can be dropped off at the school building earlier since we can store it in the back hall. Sorry if it’s an inconvenience to wait but hope patience will prevail. Thanks, as always, for your support of our activity.

Point of Contact is Dick McCoy (478) 318-3328.

Save the Date

The Council of Catholic Women are planning a retreat for the women of the parish the weekend of November 6-8th at Camp Christian in Gordon, Georgia. More information regarding price and speaker will be forthcoming.

1 Wednesday Honor St. Thomas, patron saint of archi-tects, by making a house out of marsh-mallows and tooth-picks.

2 Thursday

Take a walk through a park or neighbor-hood. Notice the creatures God cre-ated to share the earth with us.

3 Friday

MOVIE NIGHT Check out a movie, pop popcorn, and watch it together.

4 Saturday

Read a story about a Saint today. (Tip: go to www.americancatholic.org

50th Anniversary of the Cursillo Movement in the Atlanta Archdiocese

Cursillo 50th Anniversary Mass and Celebra-tion: Saturday, July 18, 2015; 7:00pm at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 801 Tom Smith Road, Lil-burn, GA. 30047. Bishop Luis Zarama will celebrate Mass in the church followed by a POTLUCK dinner and program in the parish hall. Just bring a dish to share, soft drinks will be provided. The Catholic Cur-sillo Movement was introduced to the Atlanta Archdio-cese in August 1965 and has continued since then, not only in English but also Spanish and Vietnamese.

Centering Prayer Retreat

at Ignatius House, 6700 Riverside Drive NW, At-lanta, GA 30328 will be held from 6:00 PM Friday, July 24 to 1:00 PM Sun-day, July 26, 2015. Pre-

sented by Mark Dannenfelser and Roberta White: The Introductory track will learn centering prayer, and the Experienced track will explore Welcom-ing Prayer. Register on the Ignatius House web-site: ignatiushouse.org or contact Gloria Herle by phone at 404-255-0503, X 223 or by email: gherle@ignatiushouse.org

These names will be removed at the beginning of each month unless otherwise specified Prayer requests: the homebound; nursing home and veteran home resi-dents; the chronically ill; the mentally ill; all prisoners; all military person-nel. Addie Johnson, Elba Bejarano, Carol Sturgeon, Elaine Crow, Renate Martinez, Jeanne Schoenholz, Theresa Egejuru, Michael Keefe, Mary Barbara Tate, Billy Boone, Carol Parsons, Wayne Parsons, Carmen Sans Graciaa, Earl Elm, Rita Elm, Josh Thompson, Betty Bertoli, Donald Baden, Donna Haskins, Eugena Enero, Bill Sessions, Zenobia Sessions, David Foster, Shana Soto, Marina Williams, Judy Powell, Barbara Levin-sky, Bethany Keyes, Kenneth Wood, Lance Nearman, John Ruk, Beverly Haskins, Wigberto Vivas, Andrew Gordon, Suzanne James, Joel Rivera, John Vinson, Andalusia, Mary and Al Serna, Jose’ Bejarano, Allen Pabler, Carl Comier, Connie Thomas, Jackson (Grace & Jack Souto’s great grand-child), Terie Albright, Dean Moody, James Thomas, Mary Beth Smith, Wynnette Samper, James McFadden, Mary M. Thomas, David Foster, Janna DeFayette, Tom Niner, Bonnie Wheeler, Paul Leitgeb, Tom Waller, Emily Sewani, Sally Pratt, Curtis Wayne Spires Sr., Patsy Williams, Gause Family, Gayle Quattrone and family, Roger Miller and family, Courtney Hill, Rosemarie Tilden, Micah Spandau. Please pray for the deceased: All deceased members of Sacred Heart Church, Robert Trombley, Karen Jarrell, Nhan Nguyen (Fr. Young’s mother), Richard Firth, Frank Quattrone, Machell Miller, Patty Henn.

MEALS ON WHEELS

June 30………….Kathy Boylan (5th Tues) July 7……………Pam McCabe (1st Tues.) July 14…………..Kathy Boylan (2nd Tues.) July 21…………. (Kathy Boylan) Jun & Este4r Ibanez (3rd Tues) July 28………….Sandra Worsham & Celia Craig (4th Tues.)

HELPING HANDS

June 30…………...Jean Atwood & JoAnn McClure

MONEY COUNTERS

June 29………….Kathy Boylan & Fiona Geist

LECTORS & EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF

HOLY COMMUNION

July 4, 2015—5:30 p.m.

Lectors………...Ginny Frankenberger & Judy Malachowski EMOHC……….Mary Hargaden & Paul Gallager

July 5, 2015

9:00 a.m.

Lectors………...Ann Bertoli & Emily Fairbrass EMOHC……….Lou Ann Luckey & Dan Smith

11:15 a.m.

Lectors………...Louise Florencourt & Jan Foshee EMOHC……….Mary Thomas & Jan Foshee

5:00 p.m.

Lector…………..Cindy Sencindiver & Mario DeLaosa EMOHC………..Cindy Sencindiver & Kirk Sencindiver

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The premier poet of the English language, Geoffrey Chau-cer, introduced one of his most beloved characters, the “Wife of Bath,” by this telling remark: “Husbands at church door she had five.” Four times widowed, she was setting off on a pilgrimage, notably without number five. The church door is a curious de-tail, pointing to the fourteenth-century wedding custom of mar-rying on the porch of the parish church. The goal was to give maximum publicity to the consent of the groom and bride, and so consent was moved from the bride’s home to a public venue. The priest would stand in the doorway and begin by sprinkling the couple with holy water. He needed to make sure they were-n’t too closely related and give them some instruction. He would direct the groom to pay the bride’s family a dowry, and then announce the monetary amounts to the interested passersby. Only then would the guests enter the church for the wedding Mass, during which the bride and groom would hold lighted candles. The gradual move from home to church and the shift from the bride’s father to the priest’s authority helped to protect the freedom of brides who weren’t quite as confident as the Wife of Bath.

THE LORD OF LIFE

At this bountiful time of year, our Sunday readings teem with life and abundance. Both the first reading, from the book of Wisdom, and the Gospel passage from Mark assure us that God did not make death or even will us to be ill. Illness and death entered the world through the presence of evil, the Wisdom author tells us. Mark’s sto-ries of Jesus healing a hemorrhaging woman and resusci-tating a dead little girl make it clear that Jesus is from God. As the Son of God he does not will that anyone suf-fer illness or death. In the face of such power, the second reading, from Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians, provides a stark contrast. Jesus, who could raise the dead to new life, “though he was rich, for your sake he be-came poor” (2 Corinthians 8:9). Our gift of new life from Christ demands our response in charity.

◊ Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you ought. ◊ When patriotism becomes a dirty word, a nation is ready to be taken to the cleaners. ◊ If you want to be alive on the 6th, don’t spend the 4th with a 5th.

The food pantry is in need of the following items: □ Canned Beans (like kidney beans) □ Canned Chili □ Canned fruit □ Canned milk □ Canned Spam □ Canned Tuna and Chicken □ Canned tomatoes □ Cereal □ Cornmeal □ Dried Beans □ Grits □ Instant Potatoes □ Jelly □ Jiffy Cornbread Mix □ Juice

□ Macaroni & Cheese □ Oatmeal □ Pasta - different varieties □ Pasta sauce □ Peanut Butter □ Powdered Milk □ Rice □ Saltine Crackers □ Soup—all varieties, If you can help with any of these items, it will be greatly appreciated. The Pantry now has freez-ers. They are able to ac-cept bologna and hot dogs if they are frozen.

Chard Wray Food Pantry

You changed my mourning into dancing

O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks. — Psalm 30:13