Saint Stephen the Martyr Chapel & College Ministries

1515 Twelfth Avenue South • Birmingham, Alabama 35205 (205) 933-2500 • http://www.stsbhm.org • Office Hours 9:00am to 2:00pm

March 18, 2018 • The Fifth Sunday of Lent

The Cathedral of Saint Paul Mother Church of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama

Most Reverend Robert J. Baker, S.T.D., Bishop

2120 Third Avenue North • Birmingham, Alabama 35203 (205) 251-1279 • http://www.stpaulsbhm.org

Holy Mass Saturday 5:00pm (Anticipated) Sunday 8:30am and 11:00am (Solemn Mass) Weekdays 6:30am and 12:10pm

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (concludes with Benediction)

Friday 7:00am to 12:00pm & 12:45pm to 5:00pm, in chapel

Confession/Reconciliation Monday—Friday 11:30am to 12:00pm Saturday 3:00 to 4:00pm • Other times by appointment

Anointing of the Sick For those who have reached the use of reason and are in danger of death from sickness or old age. Anointing is ordinarily preced-ed by Confession. Contact a priest. In emergencies, call anytime.

Baptism The Church instructs parents to seek baptism for their child within the first few weeks after birth. Contact the office, pref-erably during the pregnancy, to make the arrangements.

Holy Matrimony Contact the Wedding Coordinator at least 6 months in ad-vance. Subject to the Cathedral’s wedding guidelines.

Funerals and Columbarium Contact the office prior to making arrangements with the fu-neral home. To learn about the columbarium, call the office.

Parish Mailing Address P.O. Box 10044 • Birmingham, Alabama 35202

Parish Office Hours Monday—Friday 8:00am to 3:00pm • (205) 251-1279 Staff List with Phone Extensions (when applicable)

Pastor & Rector: Very Rev. Bryan W. Jerabek, J.C.L., x103

Priests in Residence: Rev. Patrick P. Cullen Rev. Douglas M. Vu Rev. Joy Nellissery

Permanent Deacons: Rev. Dr. G. Neal Kay Rev. Mr. Wally Zieverink

Parish Secretary: Mrs. Krista Rataj, x100

Pastoral Care: Mrs. Priscilla Davis, x117

Director of Music: Mr. Bruce Ludwick, x107

Assistant Organist: Mr. Mark Hayes

Wedding Coordinator: Mrs. Megan Wyatt, x116

Director Religious Ed.: Mrs. Barbara Doran, x108

Bookkeeper: Mrs. Katie Baker, x102

Membership Coord.: Mrs. Linda Kay

Rev. Douglas M. Vu, Administrator • Rev. Mr. Danny Rodgers, Deacon Mrs. Jane Lombardo, Administrative Assistant Mrs. Carrisa Pluta, Campus Minister

Mass Schedule: Sunday 10:00am and 5:00pm Tuesday—Thursday 5:30pm, Adoration 6:15-7:15pm Friday 12:30pm Third Saturday of the Month 8:30am Pro-Life Mass Confession: Tue—Thur 6:15-7:15pm; Sun: 30 minutes before Mass Student Lounge: Mon 9:00am-2:00pm; Tue-Thur 9:00am—9:00pm Chapel Hours: Mon 9:00am-2:00pm; Tue-Thur 9:00am—7:00pm

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HELPING THOSE IN NEED

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to the many parishioners and groups who have provided Snack Bags for our neighbors in need! Because of your spirit of charity and generosity, we have been able to give up to 50 Snack Bags a week. The people who receive these are MOST grateful for the extra food to help them through their day! If you, your parish group, school or family would like to pro-vide snack bags, please call the Parish Office. Monetary contribu-tions are also appreciated, allowing us to purchase bus passes and offer other assistance when appropriate to those who come to us for help. Please use the Poor Pipe in the back of the Church or bring your donation to the Office. Thank you! 

First Light Shelter for Homeless Women and Children

Many thanks to our Cathedral volunteers who provide the evening meal or stay overnight at First Light every other month throughout the year! Your dedication and commitment to serving the home-less is not only deeply appreciated by the guests and staff at First Light, but also a beacon of hope for our community. Our upcoming dates to serve are April 8-14 and June 10-16. If you would like to learn more about this parish ministry, please call or email Nancy Heck (205-870-1349/ npheck@bellsouth.net).

Cathedral Adult Educa on All are welcome a er the 8:30am Sunday Mass in the Cathe-dral Life Center for Adult Educa on. March 18: John Mar gnoni will con nue the Apologe cs Se-ries  in  the Great Hall. Please make plans  to a end! Nursery care available. 

With Praise and Thanksgiving to Almighty God The Diocese of Birmingham

Joyfully Announces and Invites You to Attend The Ordination Of

JUSTIN L. WARD To The Sacred Order of Deacon

Through The Imposition of Hands And The Invocation of The Holy Spirit By The Most Reverent Robert J. Baker, S.T.D.

Bishop of Birmingham Sunday, April 15, 2018

10:15 AM Saint Turibius Chapel

Pontifical College Josephinum 7625 North High Street Columbus, Ohio 43235

Habitat for Humanity‐ Pope Francis Build

Spring Break Community Service Opportunity Feeling  moved  to  perform  a  Lenten  day  of  service  on  March  24, 2018?  Sign up online! You can fill out a release waiver, pick morning and/or  a ernoon  shi s,  and/or  donate  if  you  so  choose.    Please contact  Rosa  Parrino  for  sign  up  details at  parrino@charter.net.    Waiver  forms  are  always  available  on site.  Please come join in providing Bri any and Ava Whitlow the gi  of your  me. Lunch will be provided and volunteers must be a mini-mum of 14 years old to be on the construc on site. 

Holy Week 2018

March 25, Palm Sunday 8:30 a.m. Mass 10:30 a.m. Procession 11:00 a.m. Mass March 27, Tuesday 11:00 a.m. Mass of Chrism (No 12:10 p.m. daily Mass) March 29, Holy Thursday 7:00 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8-12 midnight Adoration in Chapel (No 6:30 a.m. or 12:10 p.m. daily Mass) March 30, Good Friday 12:00 noon Stations of the Cross 1:00 p.m. Seven Last Words of Jesus 3:00 p.m. Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion and Death (No 6:30 a.m. or 12:10 p.m. daily Mass) March 31, Holy Saturday 9:00a.m. Basket Blessing 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil April 1, Easter Sunday 8:30 a.m. Mass 10:00 a.m. Egg Hunt 11:00 a.m. Mass

Theology on Tap Catholic? Love pizza? Digesting theology? We do! Join fellow Birmingham young adults each month on 2nd Mondays at 6:30pm at Bird's Bar & Pizza. We'd love to see you! Upcoming Speakers: April 9 - Daniel Rabourdin, Producer for "The Hidden Rebellion" May 14 - Dan Burke, NCR Executive Director June 11 - 2nd Annual Seminarian Night

The Padre Pio Prayer Group of Birmingham will meet at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church on Saturday, March 24th from 10-11:15am. Please join us for Adoration, the Rosary and Holy Mass. It's a perfect opportunity for PRAYER during Lent! Fr. Bryan Jerabek from St. Paul's Cathedral will be saying the Mass and lead-ing us in prayer! Come join us! For more information call Angela Kolar at 991-9554.

 

 

This week please remember in your prayers the sick, the shut-ins and hospitalized, especially: Bishop David Foley, Cheryl Plaisance, Peter Pogor-zelski, Sam Salerno, Terri Dorman, Maria Aliano, Bobbie Sherk, Katy Lin-coln, Leila Driver, Bob Flowers, Jonathan Gathings, Maureen Angelini, Don-na Speegle, Katey Benton, Neil Stalnaker, Thomas Perna, Jr., Suzanne Dillon, Kayla Garraway, Gabriel Humphries, Jay Bammerlin, Walter Jackson, Doris Robertson, John Fay, Curlene Henderson, Jon Serio, Bonnie Godhigh, Beth Anne Maier, Larry Dye, Susannah Blackstone, Brian Naro, Donna Dogil, Dee Bissett, Dolly Carroll, Kwang Kyu Pak, Barbara Delhomme, Kirsten & Ed Burdick, June Little, Nina Youngblood, Robbie Roy, Henry Hardin, III, Leah Jane Rovey, Candice Boyland, Harris M. Caraballo, Sr., Brandon Fisher, Michael Vanderslice, Mary Ann Johnson, Hans Lang, Grace Detling, Anna DeLeon, Christi Ingram, Nancy Hudson, Fr. Henry Thorsen, Patrick Coyle, Rose Antonio, Laura Cornell, Kayla Perry, Lenora DeMarco, Jeanne Wright, Martha Slatsky, Peter Scheetz, Pat and Joe Puccio, Addison Cox, as well as all those who have died. 

Let us pray for all of our Parish family members who have been deployed.

The Knightly News... Fr. James E. Coyle Council #9862

Baptismal Preparation

The Baptismal Preparation Class schedule has been made for 2018. Sessions are scheduled for April 8, June 10, August 12, October 14, and December 9, 2018 at 9:45am. Please call the office to sign up be-fore your baby is born!

Interested in learning more about the benefits of joining the Knights of Columbus?

Please visit www.KOC9862.org or contact Jack Boggan at 706-1209.

We are a group of dedicated men who are joined together by faith and community support. 

A special thanks to Michael Sperando for folding

the Bulletins and Orders of Worship!

Cathedral Parish Dance Saturday, April 7, 2018 6:00pm in the Great Hall

All ages welcome! Potluck-please bring a dish to share! Live Music by The Chekmates!

Stations of the Cross

at 5:30pm in the Cathedral March 23rd.

Cathedral of St. Paul Altar Sodality Presents Tablescapes

April 14, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. Cathedral Life Center

Admission $50 per person To purchase a ticket, please call the church office.

Speaker: Sr. Tonette Sperando, O.S.B. Prioress of the Sacred HeartBenedictine Monastery Topic: Women on the Journey - A Living Legacy

Cathedral Easter Egg Hunt

All children are invited to an Easter Egg Hunt after the 8:30 a.m. Mass on Easter Sunday, April 1. Please consider donating plastic eggs and/or individually wrapped candy to stuff the eggs. Stickers and non-candy items that would fit into an egg are also appreciat-ed! These items need to be dropped off at the church by Palm Sun-day, March 25. Thank you in advance!

4 year‐old Kindergarten Teacher Opening Saint Rose Academy seeks to hire a full- me lead teacher (preferably with Montessori teaching experience) for our 4 year-old children. The teacher should have experience  in the preschool classroom and pos-sess an Early Childhood degree. Please send your cover le er and re-sume to Saint Rose Academy.  

Spanish Teacher Opening Saint  Rose  Academy  is  seeking  a  part- me  Middle  School  Spanish teacher.  The  posi on  prepares  students  to  complete  a  Spanish  I course on order to take Spanish II as a high school freshman. A teach-ing  license  is preferable and a minimum of a Bachelor's degree  is re-quired. Please send your cover le er and resume to Saint Rose Acade-my.  

VEILED IMAGES AND UNBLEACHED CANDLES FOR PASSIONTIDE 

The  Sunday  before  Palm  Sunday was  tradi onally  known  as  Passion  Sunday.  It was  on  that  day  that  the  church’s  principal  images (statues/crucifixes) were veiled for the remainder of Lent. This was, at least in part, because the gospel for that day said that Jesus “hid himself, and went out of the temple” (John 8:59). The veiling of images of our Lord and his saints adds to the peniten al “feel” of the Lenten season as we approach his death on Good Friday and mourn his  me in the tomb. Thus also the use of unbleached beeswax candles: they contrast with the more fes ve white of the bleached candles that we tradi onally see throughout the year. Unbleached candles may actually be used not only during Passion de but whenever purple is worn – so almost all of Lent and Advent. Historically, they were most o en used on Good Friday and for the Office of Tenebrae. Apart from peniten al seasons, they may also be used as a sign of mourning at funeral Masses. Details such as these add wonderful variety to our celebra ons and enhance their spiritual mean-ing. The conclusion of Lent is a more reserved and somber  me; may we all strive to be recollected and unite ourselves to the liturgical movement, so to prepare ourselves for a wonderful celebra on of Easter! 

Swieconka * Polish Easter Basket Blessing Cathedral of St. Paul‐Holy Saturday, March 31 at 9:00am

All are welcome! Swieconka (sh-vee-en-soon-kah) is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish tradi ons. Baskets containing a sampling of East-er foods are brought to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday. The basket is tradi onally lined with a white linen or lace napkin and  decorated  with  sprigs  of  boxwood  (bukszpan),  the  typical Easter evergreen. This food is shared on Easter morning in a ritu-al breaking of the fast.  

 

 

Cathedral at a Glance, March 18-25 Sunday, March 18

Monday, March 19

Tuesday, March 20

Wednesday, March 21

Thursday, March 22

Friday, March 23

Saturday, March 24

Palm Sunday, March 25

8:30am Mass- 6:30am 6:30am 6:30am 6:30am 6:30am 3:00pm Confessions- 8:30am Mass-

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Adoration-Chapel

9:45am PSR & Ad Ed- 11:30am 11:30am 11:30am 11:30am 5:00pm Mass- 9:45am PSR & Ad Ed-

Conf. Class-Office Confessions-Cathedral Confessions-Cathedral Confessions-Cathedral Confessions-Cathedral 11:30am Cathedral CLC

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11:00am Mass- 12:10pm 12:10pm 12:10pm Mass-Cathedral 12:10pm 10:30am Procession-

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3:45pm Children’s Schola- Mass-Cathedral

Happy Birthday, Office 11:00am Mass-

Fr. Vu! 5:15pm Adult Schola- 5:00pm Benediction Cathedral

Office -Chapel

6:00pm RCIA & Fraternus

-CLC 5:30pm Stations-

6:30pm Choir-Choir Room Cathedral

Confirmation Class-Office

Parishioner Update

Please check: __Cathedral Parish __St. Stephen University Chapel

If you are 18yrs or older, attend the Cathedral on a regular basis, and have not registered or if you have had an address or telephone number change, we ask you to complete the following and drop it in the offertory basket. If you are a new parishioner, a census form will be mailed to you. If you are not Catholic, but are interested in learning more about the Catholic faith, please check R.C.I.A.

Name___________________________________________ ___New Parishioner

Address_________________________________________ ___R.C.I.A. _____________________________________________ ___Leaving Parish

E-Mail__________________________________________ ___Address Change

Home#_______________Work#_____________________

Mass Intentions

Cathedral Liturgical Ministers 

Monday, March 19 6:30 am John Paul Anderson + 12:10pm Catanzano Legacy Intention Tuesday, March 20 6:30 am John Paul Anderson + 12:10pm Angelina Marino +

Wed, March 21 6:30 am Bubba Allen + 12:10pm Patrick Gadilhe + Thur, March 22 6:30 am Anne Betbeze 12:10pm Mary Casmus + Friday, March 23 6:30 am Bishop David Foley 12:10pm Bishop David Foley Saturday, March 24 5:00 pm Phillip Gadilhe + Sunday, March 25 8:30am Celebrant’s Intention 11:00am for the people

  Sacristan Lectors EOMHC Altar Servers Sanctuary Cleaning

Saturday, March 24 5:00pm

C Bailey  N Le  J Pinto  

A Maiola J Roberts 

L Davis  

Week of March 18  C Moore P DiPiazza 

Sunday, March 25 8:30am

J Oddo  M Beasley K Simon 

N Keller J Rich  

N Njuki Collins Family P Fay M McKinstry  

   Linens

Sunday, March 25 11:00am

L Kidd  M McCoy K Eckert 

P Fiorella T Slaughter  

N Slatsky C Blackwood Ayers Family Mathews Family 

Week of March 18 C Rumore  

Cathedral Staff Email Addresses

Father Jerabek, Pastor & Rector fatherjerabek@stpaulsbhm.org Father Joy Nellissery frjoynelli@gmail.com Krista Rataj, Parish Secretary krista@stpaulsbhm.org Priscilla Davis, Seniors and Shut Ins runnun412@bham.rr.com Barbara Doran, DRE dre@stpaulsbhm.org Mark Hayes, Assistant Organist mhayes@stpaulsbhm.org Linda Kay, Membership Coordinator lwkay@hotmail.com Neal Kay, Permanent Deacon nealkay@hotmail.com Bruce Ludwick, Jr. Director of Music ludwick@stpaulsbhm.org Megan Wyatt, Wedding Coordinator weddings@stpaulsbhm.org Katie Baker, Bookkeeper bookkeeper@stpaulsbhm.org

…...For other staff members, please call!

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Father Joy Nellissery

We are very excited to welcome Fr. Joy Nellissery to the Cathedral Parish!

Fr. Joy will be assisting here in our Parish until July. Fr. Joy was born on March 17, 1964 in Ashtamichira, Kerala, India.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Father!!!!

Father Joy’s parents are the late Mr. N.V. Thomas and Mrs. Mary Thomas. He is the eldest of five children: three boys and two girls. Fr. Joy was Or-dained on December 29, 1988 after attending Seminary at the St. Jo-seph Pontifical College in Aluva for the Diocese of Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India. Fr. Joy has a Master’s in Social Work from Loyola College, Madras, as well as a PhD from the University of Georgia. Fr. Joy has served here in the Diocese of Birmingham since 2011 at St Peter’s in Hoover; St John’s in Madison; and Our Lady Queen of Universe in Huntsville. We are truly grateful for Father’s presence and help here in our Parish. Fr. Joy can be contacted directly at frjoynelli@gmail.com

Thank you for welcoming Fr. Joy!