Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday (St. Patrick): 5:00 p.m. Sunday (St. Joseph): 8:30 a.m. (St. Patrick): 11:00 a.m. Spanish (St. Joseph): 3:00 p.m.

Weekday Mass Schedule Monday (St. Patrick): 12:05 p.m. Tuesday (St. Joseph): 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (St. Patrick): 12:05 p.m. Thursday (St. Patrick): 8:10 a.m. Friday (St. Patrick): 12:05 p.m.

Sacrament of Reconcilia on Saturdays 4:00-4:30 p.m.

St. Patrick Church or by appointment

Parish Staff Fr. Augus ne Palima am

fatherpalima am@gmail.com Pastor

Sister Marilyn Winkel, C.S.A. sister@catholicmeridian.org

Pastoral Associate

Mr. John Harwell john@catholicmeridian.org

Youth Director

Mrs. Kathy St. Clair kathy@catholicmeridian.org

Accountant

Mrs. Mary Billups mary@catholicmeridian.org

Adult Faith Forma on

Mr. Wallace Coleman Custodian

Mrs. Gloria McCarty Recep onist

St. Patrick School Mrs. Montse Frias

Principal

Mrs. Celeste Saucier Development Director

601-482-6044 stpatrickcatholicschool.org

St. Joseph Catholic Church 1914 18th Avenue

www.catholicmeridian.org Office: 601-693-1321 Fax: 601-484-8953

The Catholic Community

of

St. Joseph and St. Patrick

St. Patrick Catholic Church 2601 Davis Street

Monday

12:05 p.m. Communion Service 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2,3; 43:3,4;

Lk 4:24-30

Tuesday

5:30 p.m.

Communion Service Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-51b,6, 7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35

Wednesday

12:05 p.m. Joyce Busby Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19

Thursday

8:10 a.m. Kathy Polizzi 2 Sm 7:4-5a,12-14a,16; Ps 89:2-5,27, 29; Rom 4:13,16-18,22; Mt 1:16, 18-21,24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Friday

12:05 p.m.

Souls in Purgatory Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Aurora C. Abiao Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14

Sunday

Spanish

8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

John & Rosa Do Eddie Thomas People of the Parish

1 Sm 16:1b,6-7,10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17,34-38]

Mass Schedule, Inten ons, and Readings for March 16—March 22

Mark your Calendar!!! St. Patrick School Irish Fest is

Sunday, April 19, from 12:00—4:00 p.m. Come join us for our BIGGEST event filled with fun, food and music. There will be Mexican and Filipino food, hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken, desserts and lots more!!!!

Please consider sponsoring the Irish Fest this year. Your family, your business or your employer can give a tax deductible donation and help defray the cost of this GREAT event. Forms are in the back of the church and are available at the school office.

Please send any bulletin announcements to John Harwell. Email address is John@catholicmeridian.org

Registra on con nues for the 2020-2021 school year. Enrollment for the general public begins Tuesday. Register before March 31 and receive a $100 discount on registra on fees. Call the school for more informa on at 601-482-6044.

A big thank you to the following St. Patrick School Students and other Youth who provided the music for the 5:00 PM Mass on February 29th: Star, Greg, Laney, Denise, Alana, Helena, Bryson, Scarle , Ava, Bella, Molly and Cassy Special thanks to Kay McKenna, Sarah and Mary Catherine Pogue and Wayne McInnis for being the adult leaders for this special evening.

Downtown Lenten Services Thursday’s at Noon

A light lunch will follow. Donations to a local ministry will be collected:

March 19: Central UMC March 26: First Baptist April 2: First Christian

Deb Parker Minh Duong Ryan Meachum Haley Booker Mary Catherine Brown My Nguyen Cooper Berry Sylvester Alexander Will Vollor

Jade Saylor Sandy Klutz Eli Finnegan Cindy Brown Lynn May Kim McCaffrey Russell Huntley James Hollomon Jackson Spitzkeit Lucas Purdy

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursdays, 12:00—6:00 p.m.

St. Aloysius Chapel Parish Center

The Lenten Penance Service will be held on March 23rd at 6:00 PM at St. Patrick

Church. Deacon Charles Thomas will share a message starting at 6:00 PM and confessions will start at 7:00 PM. Please make plans to attend.

PSR resumes Wednesday (March 18th) Evening—6:15—7:30 PM.

Wednesday Night Dinner Menu for March 18th: Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes w/gravy, Green Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar and Dessert. Dinner begins each week at 5:30 PM in the Family Life Center. The cost is $5.00/Adult, $3.00/Child or $20/family.

In the words of Pope Benedict XVI: “It is impossible to give a brief explana on of the wealth of this Gospel passage. One must read and meditate on it personally, iden fy-ing oneself with that women who, one day like so many other days, went to draw water from the well and found Jesus si ng next to it ‘ red from the journey’ in the midday heat”. (Angelus 2/24/2008).

Through medita ng on this passage you can open your heart so that the Holy Spirit can refill it with God’s love “like the Samaritan woman, let us also open our hearts to listen trus ngly to God’s Words in order to encounter Jesus who reveals his love to us and tells us: ‘I who speak to you am he’ (Jn 4:26) the Messiah, your Savior.

Wells are not meant to be used just once. Like the kitchen faucet, we go to them over and over, because our thirst for God is con nuous in this life. If we neglect that thirst, our spiritual life with shrivel up.

Stations of the Cross St. Patrick School will lead the Stations of the Cross at St. Patrick Church, Fri-

day, March 20th at 6:00 PM.

Following Stations there will be a fish fry prepared by the Knights of Peter Claver in the FLC. Plates will include fish, fries and

salad for $10 each. Everyone is invited. Thank you for your support.

Holiday Bulle n Submission Deadlines:

April 5th Bulle n—March 26th

April 12th Bulle n—April 2nd

Bulle n Blooper: The Fas ng & Prayer Conference includes meals.

RCIA session March 22nd—9:00 AM Notice beginning at 9:00 AM due to length of DVD Topic: True Presence Leader: Ken Woodward Thank you to RCIA team for hospitality.

Full time Director of Youth Ministry and High School Religious Education

The Catholic Community of Meridian, MS (St. Patrick and St. Joseph) is seeking a full-time youth minister. Responsibilities includes planning and overseeing all facets of the youth ministry program/events/activities (5th -12th grade) as well as the high school religious education program for 9-12th grade youth including preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation (11th grade). Candidate should be able to work some weeknights and weekends. Candidate should also be able to work well in shared, collaborative ministry.

Candidate should be active in the Catholic Church and in good standing with the church’s moral teachings; youth ministry experience desired and Bachelor’s degree required. Please send resume to the address below by March 15:

St. Patrick Catholic Church Attn: Youth Ministry Position P.O. Box 529 Meridian, MS 39302 Phone (601) 693-1321 FatherPalimattam@gmail.com

St. Joseph Parish Needed Income: $2,981.00 March 1st: Regular Collection: $2,924.00 Special Collection: $488.00 St. Patrick Parish Needed Income: $15,231.00 March 1st: Regular Collection $10,070.00 Special Collection: $1,402.00 Spanish Mass March 1st: Regular Collection: $337.00 Special Collection: $25.00

Spring is coming and let us help with upcoming celebrations such as Birthdays, Baptisms, Weddings or Anniversaries. Perhaps you are looking forward to Easter, First Communion, Confirmation, Mother’s Day, Graduations or Recitals!! We have many lovely gifts for everyone from babies to the person who has everything. All at reasonable prices. We also have hundreds of beautif Our hours this week are Wednesday, 4:00—6:30 PM, Saturday after the 5:00 Mass; Sunday 9:30 AM until after the 11:00 Mass.

Please pray for the ill and hospitalized members of our parishes, their families and caregivers. Parishioners: Richard and Katie Gough. Family and Friends: Jeannell Tatum, friend of Carol Brumfield; Thomas & Sue Ann Harwell, Brother & Sister-in-Law of John Harwell. Do you know someone who is homebound or in the hospital who may like to receive Communion? If so, please notify the Parish Office or Dave Viger (601) 480-3364 and we will schedule an Extraordinary Minister to visit them.

We are going to return to Knoxville for an Alive in You Trip, June 23-28. This trip is open to youth ages 13-18. There are a very limited number of slots for this trip. Registration packets are available in each church and in the parish center office. This trip will be a great experience for our youth as it covers a broad spectrum of service, faith sharing, spirit filled activities/programs along with great fun and fellowship. The youth will be leading the Stations of the Cross on April 3rd at 6:00 PM at St. Patrick Church. Volunteers are needed and welcomed . Please contact John in the Parish Office for more information.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

NEWS

Knight of the Month—February 2020—Father Augustine Palimattam

Family of the Month—February 2020—David & Rose Stephens Family

Knight of the Year—2019—Bob Connor

Family of the Year—2019—Danny and Rory Santiago Family

Congratulations to all!!!!!!!

Anoin ng of the Sick.

Please contact the Parish Office if you are having surgery or in

need of the Sacrament of Anoin ng. If you or a loved one is in the hospital, please no fy the Parish Office.

The St. Joseph Feast Day will be ob-served on Sunday, March 22 a er the 8:30 AM Mass with a brunch in Kehrer

Hall. Everyone is welcomed.

Church: St. Patrick Bulletin number: 525340 Contact: John Harwell 601-693-1321 johnharwell@bellsouth.net Software: Publisher 2010, Adobe Standard 10 Windows 10 Transmission: Monday 5:00 p.m. Special Instructions: