Welcome to Sacred Heart

We extend a warm welcome to those who attend our Church. We hope that you will find ourparish community a place where your life of faith will be nourished. We also hope that you will share your special

gifts within the community. Your prayers, your presence and your talents are most welcome. Parish registrationforms are in the back of the church or may be obtained at the Parish Office.

Sacred Heart CATHOLIC CHURCH

Main Church7190 Highway 17 South

Fleming Island FL 32003

Green Cove Springs Church207 Palmetto Avenue

Green Cove Springs FL 32043

PARISH OFFICE7190 Highway 17 SouthTel 284-3811 Fax 529-8845Office Hours: Monday – Friday8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Pastor: Father Michael Pendergraft Business Manager: Tish AguilarReceptionists: Mary Bullington, Silvia AlexanderRCIA Coordinator: Mike Curtis Hall Director: Arlene ManaloYouth Director: Janice Schubert

RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONTel 284-9983Kristin Michler-Belleza (K-5)Sandra Curtis (6-12)

MUSIC MINISTRYKaren Otto, Mike Curtis and Ann Marie Barta

ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL1610 Blanding Blvd., Middleburg 32068Tel. 282-0504Principal: Victoria Farrington

MASS SCHEDULESaturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m.; Spanish 7:30 p.m. (Green Cove Springs Church)Sunday: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.Holy Days: 8 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Weekdays: Monday through Friday 8 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sat. 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. or by appointment

To arrange for Baptism or Marriages please call the Parish Office.Homebound Parishioners: Please call the office if you know of anyonewho needs Eucharist brought to the home or would like a visit.

Web site: www.sacredheartcatholicchurch.org

MISSION STATEMENT

Compelled by the Gospel, we the parish family of Sacred Heart, promote and support Christian Life by serving our parishand community through the celebration of the sacraments, educational programs and other parish ministries.

STEWARDSHIP In today’s Gospel, Jesus feeds the five thousand with five loaves and two fish. The message of stew-ardship is that God’s gi s, shared, will always be more than enough. Your Gi s to God and Parish - July 19th Sacrificial Giving: $ 6,028.00 Building Fund: $ 5,248.00 Not in envelopes: $ 4,271.00 Children’s Sharing Treasure: $ 5.00 Your con nued contribu ons by mail or in person are very much appreciated. Thank you!!

FISH MINISTRIES - Children’s Sharing

Children’s offerings support feeding children in Hai-. Direct dona on to feed Hai an children via FISH

ministries by check mailed to: Chris anville Foun-da on 973 N. Shadeland Avenue #158, Indianapo-lis, IN 46219 memo line should say Sue’s Children’s Home.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 2, 2020

All you who are thirsty, come to the water!

— Isaiah 55:1a

Interested in Becoming Catholic? OR

Just Want to Learn More About Our Faith? Come Join Us!

When: Every Tuesday Evening Time: Star ng at 7 pm. Where: The Narthex (Ves bule) of the Church Star ng: July 28th and ongoing Topic this week: “The Church” Social Distancing is being observed More Informa on needed: Email: shflemingislandrcia@gmail.com

WE NEED HELP! Please consider... In order to make class sizes smaller & keep social dis-tancing in place, we are going back to Religious Ed classes on alternate weeks. Due to this, we will have some Catechists, who are also parents of students, unable to teach every week. We are in need of many more Catechists for Sundays and Wednesdays. Please prayerfully consider teaching our children, one day a week and only 13 mes during the school year! Call Sandra or Kris n at 904-284-9983.

CONFIRMATION SERVICE PROJECT As many of you will remember, earlier this year the Con-firma on Class began a project of collec ng items for the Quigley House. Quigley House is a shelter in Clay County for women and children in abusive households. When they leave their homes they o en leave all belongings behind. The items our Confirma on candidates gathered will help. Thank you to you, our generous parishioners, for being a part of this project. Sandra Cur s, our Confirma on Coordinator, received the following note: Dear Sandra, I want to thank you and your group of teens for holding the drive to support Quigley House. The toiletries, clothes and personal items are important for our survi-vors and truly appreciated. Best, Susan Atwell CEO

Education News...

Your Parish School

Since 1993

ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL

1610 Blanding Boulevard, Middleburg, FL 32068 904-282-0504 www.annunciationcatholic.org

CALL TO ARRANGE A TOUR OF THE

SCHOOL

Pre-K to Grade 8 Curriculum Includes

Art Computers

Media Music

PE Spanish

And Religion

Every Day

*25+ Clubs and Sports

*Safe, Secure Campus

*State Certified Teachers

Florida VPK, NcKay, AAA, FES, Hope, and Gardiners Students

Also Accepted

*$100 Discount for current Prep Families or

NEW Families from Sacred Heart

We are a University of Notre Dame STEM Program School, Clay County’s

only school with this distinction. Science ~ Technology ~ Engineering ~ Math

Tour our new Gymnasium!

Please explore the

Step Up for Students Scholarship Program which makes a Catholic elementary

education affordable for our families, up to $6,815 in scholarship money, per child

www.stepupforstudents.org At Annunciation Catholic School, your parish

school, it is our goal to make a Catholic education available to every parishioner.

Dear Parents, In order to have your children return to a safe environ-ment this school year, we have implemented some changes. The biggest change is that classes will meet on alter-na ng weeks, allowing for smaller class size. All family members will be scheduled on the same weeks. Lessons will be assigned for the weeks your children don't a end to ensure that all students receive the requirements set by the Diocese of St. Augus ne. Please be pa ent, as we are s ll in the beginning stages of the new plan, and more informa on will be an-nounced here in the weekly church bulle n, on Face-book, and at the orienta on in August. For now, if you have registered your child in the Religious Ed. program, you will receive your family's week assigned and a calen-dar of dates in the mail in the next few weeks. Register Now for 2020-2021 School Year!

In Our Parish...

OUR DEEPEST NEEDS The word of God serves up a tremendous feast for us today. Isaiah beckons all who hunger and thirst to come to the Lord for sa sfac on. The psalmist cries out, “The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs” (Psalm 145:16). Saint Paul tells us that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Finally, in the Gos-pel, we hear the story of the miraculous feeding of over five thousand people from a mere five loaves and two fish. Most of us have our material needs met on a day-to-day basis. These scriptures, nevertheless, have much to say to the contemporary believer. We must ask our-selves, “Where are my deepest hungers? Where are my thirsts?” A er material needs are sa sfied and, in some cases, over-sa sfied, many people s ll experience a deep longing for spiritual balance and well-being. As the loaves and fish are mul plied in today’s Gospel, perhaps our prayer can be a longing for the sa sfac on of the deep-est needs that only God can fill. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

FORMED Have you run out of movies to watch on Ne lix? There are movies you can watch on Formed. You can watch:

Restless Heart Freedom Coming Home The Adventures of Ociee Nash The Bible Collec on (Genesis, Esther, Solomon,

Jeremiah, Paul).

To get a FREE subscrip on, all you need to do is enter Sacred Heart, Fleming Island, Florida or the 32003 zip code on the www.FORMED.com website. You will be prompted to enter your email address and you are signed up. FORMED is FREE!

RETROUVAILLE Has social distancing created a distance in your mar-riage? Has the stress of quaran ne been crea ng breakdown in your family? Some mes our focus moves away from our marriage and family and needs a li le redirec on. Some mes a fair or average marriage is just not enough. Have you ever thought to yourself, "How can I make my marriage be er?" If so, Retrouvaille can help. Retrouvaille is a marriage program for couples whose marriage has be-come off course. It begins with a weekend program that can help get your rela onship back on track. It is an effec ve program that has worked for thousands of cou-ples and it can work for your marriage. For more informa on, contact registra on team: Mag-gie and Ernie @ 904-662-8604 or visit our website: HelpOurMarriage.com

Marriage Prepara on Marriage Prepara on: To schedule a wedding, an engaged couple must meet with their parish priest or dea-con at least eight months before their proposed wedding date. Prep-ara on for the sacrament includes a ending a dioc-esan program such as Engaged Encounter or Pre Cana. Pre-registra on for each of these programs is mandatory. For more informa on about the diocesan requirements or to register for any of the diocesan programs, please visit www.dcfl.org or call (904) 551-2619.

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “Come to me heedfully, that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlas ng covenant.” Trust God’s promise. God nourishes us abundantly. (Isaiah 55:103 & Ma hew 14:13:21)

If you have a ques on about a voca on to the priesthood or religious life, contact the Voca on office, at (904) 262-3200 ext. 101, or email vocations@dosafl.com

Pray For

Vocations

PARISH WEBSITE Be in the know… check out our website at www.sacredheartcatholicchurch.org Contact Parish Office at 284-3811 or email bulle n@sacredheartcatholicchurch.org

if you have something for the website.

Around the Diocese...

BULLETIN DEADLINE The deadline for the bulle n ar cle is noon on Mondays. Holiday weeks may have earlier deadlines. Ar cles for the bulle n may be emailed to bulletin@sacredheartcatholicchurch.org

You are not alone… There is no need to feel alone when real help is available for an unplanned pregnancy. Caring Choices offers help through counseling, support, educa on, resources, and referrals. This is one decision not to face alone! Call (866) 901-9641 If you are struggling with emo onal or spiritual pain fol-lowing an abor on, there are two post-abor on healing ministries available that will lovingly help transform your pain to hope, and through reconcilia on provide peace. Project Rachel – (904) 923-9203 with professional coun-selors and individual priests Rachel’s Vineyard – (904) 221-3232 a group weekend retreat

ATTENTION: The Diocese of St. Augus ne treats all alle-

ga ons of sexual misconduct seriously and deals with all

allega ons in a prompt, confiden al, and thorough

manner. To Report Abuse, call the police or the Depart-

ment of Children and Families at (800)962-2873. Or call

the Diocesan Vic m Assistance Coordinator at (904)208-

6979 or email inquiries @dosafl.com. To report abuse by

a bishop, call (800)276-1562 or visit www.reportbishopabuse.org.

PRAYER LIST

Please pray for… John Anderson, Bob Carder, Jody Diller, Kitty Estes, Pablo Flores, Cheryl Gomes, Mark Hathaway, Art Hernandez, Ansley Luther, Cindy Mackert, Karen McCallan, Patty No-len, Donna Ramos, Levi Shepherd, Lucinda Sumner, So-brina Sumner, Rita Williams, Bonnie Willis, Keith Willis, Martha Wilson, John Devi o, Heather Coleman Dvorak, Jeff Fox, Daniel Laidler, Linda Ledbe er, Robert Ramirez, Rosa Ramirez, Barbara Graf, John Graf, Daniel Hubert, Doug Kirk, John Knight, Katy Hoffman, John Steinberg, our homebound parish-ioners and our prayer blanket recipients.

Thank you to all who have been recycling alumi-num cans. This is now a project of Boy Scout Troop 309, who will be using the profit to fund Scout pro-jects and ac vi es. Please no n cans, boxes or plas c bo les!

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Jer 28:1-17; Ps 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102; Mt 14:22-36 Tuesday: Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 22-23; Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10- 14 Wednesday: Jer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10-12ab, 13; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 Friday: Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; Dt 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41; Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: Hb 1:12 — 2:4; Ps 9:8-13; Mt 17:14-20 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85:9-14; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33

Monday, August 3rd, 8:00 am – In memory of Barbara Silvrestris requested by Cris e Johnson. Tuesday, August 4th, 8:00 am - In memory of Aimee Cherie Fairbrother requested by Sacred Heart Parish. Wednesday, August 5th, 8:00 am - The Disciples Thursday, August 6th, 8:00 am - In memory of Donna Fisher requested by Joanne Bell. Friday, August 7th, 8:00 am - In memory of Jack Eller requested by Joanne Bell.

Saturday, August 8th, 5:30 pm - In memory of Gioconda Demarco requested by the Comia Family. Sunday, August 9th, 8:00 am - For the Parishioners of Sacred Heart Parish. Sunday, August 9th, 10:30 am - In memory of Millie Aybar requested by Bob and Ro Haber.

SULLIVAN HALL All events held at Sullivan Hall are scheduled through Sullivan Hall director, Arlene Manalo. For prices, availability and more informa on, call Arlene at 284-3811 or email sullivanhall@sacredheartcatholicchurch.org www.facebook.com/shsullivanhall

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — All you who thirst, come to the water! You without money, come to the feast! (Isaiah 55:1-3). Psalm — The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs (Psalm 145). Second Reading — Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ (Romans 8:35, 37-39). Gospel — All ate un l sa sfied; they collected twelve baskets of what was le over (Ma hew 14:13-21). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Please call the Parish Office to have names included on our list. Names will be print-ed in the bulletin for four weeks before being removed or unless re-added by request. Thank you for helping us keep our list current.