Church of St. Philip the Apostle est. 1898 Diocese of Charlotte

P.O. Box 882 525 Camden Drive

Statesville, North Carolina 28677

Office/Fax Phone (704) 872-2579 Rectory Phone (704) 681-4860

E-mail: stphilipapostle@bellsouth.net

Website: http://stphilipapostle.com

Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Kessler, Pastor

Rev. Mr. Charles Brantley, Deacon Ms. Regina McCollum, Secretary

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Kermes, Food Closet

Mrs. Mary Brown, Faith Formation Director Mrs. Norma Echevarria, Faith Formation

Mrs. Raquel Swierczewski, R.C.I.A Mrs. Anita Lund, Youth Director

Marriage - Baptism Call the church office. Marriages, call at least 6 months in advance. Reconciliation

Pastoral Council Meetings are 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. September thru June except National Holidays.

Religious Education Children, grades 1-Confirmation, are required to attend religious education classes. Call the office to register your children. Adult classes also available. Parish Registration We welcome new parishioners to the parish and we ask them to register as soon as possible. Parish registration is important and necessary. Also, if you move away from the Parish please notify the office. Thank you.

COME AND SEE

From the pastor.. Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Are we spiritually retarded? The dictionary defines the word “retard” as a holding back or slowing down. Retarded (sometimes offen-sive) is defined as slow or limited in intellectual or emotional develop-ment or academic progress. Are we spiritually retarded or challenged? Is our prayer life limited to the Our Father, the Hail Mary or the Glory Be…? Do we only turn to God in our needs? Trivia questions often times hold our interest and curiosity. In today’s Gospel Jesus asks the Disciples – “But who do you say that I am? “ Unless we are spiritually retarded, for Christians this question is more than trivia, but deals with the topic of our eternal peace and happiness. Jesus is pleased with Peter’s response – “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”. The Lord Jesus responses – “Blessed are you Simon…for no mere man has revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.” If in good times and bad you genuinely raise your mind and heart to God in prayer - listening as well as sharing; if you study the Bible and live your faith – then you won’t be spiritually retarded. You too, will be able to please the Lord Jesus with your response to His question – “Who do you say that I am?” Next Sunday is the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings at Mass will be taken from Jeremiah 20:7-9, Romans 12:1-2, and Matthew 16:21-27. Thanks to all who organized, worked or played BINGO – this Satur-day evening. We will let you know how much we raised for the Forward With Christ Building Campaign once we receive the final count. RCIA will begin on Wednesday evening, September 6th at 6:45 p.m. There will be a meeting for the RCIA Team this Wednesday, August 30th at 6:45 p.m. There will be a meeting for the October 7th Auction this Thursday, August 31st at 6:30 p.m. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for the Auction on Octo-ber 7th. See this bulletin for further information. First Friday Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will resume this Friday, September 1st following the 9 a.m. Mass with repo-sition at 5 p.m. We always need volunteers to spend time with Jesus in prayer. The Lord cannot be left alone on the altar. If you are able and willing, please fill out a form on the table near the baptistery at the en-trance to the church or call Amanda Freeze at 704-500-7539. There will be Bibles and booklets available to you for your time with the Lord. New this year are the following Catholic Answers booklets (to be re-turned at the end of your visit): Abortion, Angels & Demons, Appari-tions & Revelations, Atheism, Death & Judgment, Divorce & Remar-riage, End of the Life Issues, Faith & Science, God, Mary, Miracles, Salvation, Scripture & Tradition, The Bible, The Church, The Eucharist, The Papacy, The Real Jesus, The Sacraments, Witchcraft & The Occult. The New Traffic Pattern – for the safety of all, especially on Sundays, please cooperate and follow the new parking signs when leaving the parking lots. Once Faith Formation Classes start, the flow of traffic is complicated with children being dropped off and picked up for classes in English and then in Spanish. Trees will be planted in the new parking lot during the 2nd week of October. The Annual Eucharistic Congress will be held at the Convention Center in Charlotte in two weeks – Friday & Saturday, September 8th & 9th. This year’s theme is “My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of the Lord.” For more information go on line to www.GOEUCHARIST.COM.

Saturday, Aug 26th 5:00 p.m. For teachers & students by Catholic Daughters Sunday, Aug 27th 8:00 a.m. Rebecca Eisele † by Chip & Fran Baker 10:30 a.m. Donald Tilley †

12:30 p.m. Monday, Aug 28th 9:00 a.m. Newt & Clare Kane † by Maryann Rhodes Wednesday, Aug 30th 6:00 p.m. Rebecca Eisele † by M/M Charles Brantley

Thursday, Aug 31st 9:00 a.m. Carmine Calderone † by M/M Herman Pekarek

Friday, Sept 1st 9:00 a.m. Martha Wall by Marge & Russ Haas Saturday, Sept 2nd 9:00 a.m. Maureen Woodward Snoody by Rita Tondo 5:00 p.m. Russell & Marge Hass 60 years of marriage Sunday, Sept 3rd 8:00 a.m. Stefanie Rogalny † by M/M Ludwik Kopec & Family

10:30 a.m. Stanley & Caroline Wienckowski † by Sadowski Family

12:30 p.m. Concepcion Ozaeta † by Ozeata Family READERS Sept 2 5:00 p.m. Ellen Upton Sept 3 8:00 a.m Rockne Burns 10:30 a.m. Pam Klaene EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sept 2 5:00 p.m. B. Myers (H), K. Sparks, C. Ries, B. Scales, P. Daly Sept 3 8:00 a.m. B. Papandrea (H), S. Staples, R. Swierczewski 10:30 a.m. J. Danckert (HM), T. Douglas (HA), J. Eisele (HC), T. Bradford, M. Freese, L. Hardig, S. McMurry ALTAR SERVER Sept 2 5:00 p.m. Beni J., Patrick F. Sept 3 8:00 a.m. Evie S., Paul C. 10:30 a.m. Mary K., Lizzie M. Happy Birthday 8/27/2017-9/2/2017 8/27 Milton Bland, Karina Gonzales, Dennis Mehall, Connie Ries 8/28 Maria Alva, Jack Archibald, Doris Bronikowski, William Brown, Yesenia Gonzlez, Maryann Rhodes, Mary Rhyne, Mattox Rhyne, An-thony Stanley 8/29 Ada Serna 8/30 Rosa Aguilar Rivera, Cecil Brown, Yeimy Cruz Granados, Nayibe Garcia, Terry Levan, Nicole Magnus, Lucero Trejo Rafael, Margarita Trejo Rafael 8/31 Wlizabeth Harris, Nataly Sanchez Velazquez 9/1Osrael Aguilera Alvarado, Fal-lon Grant, Giancarlo Lopez, Linda Oliver, Jocelyn Osorio 9/2 Ro-gelio Calvo, Jacob Cook, Barbara French, Natalia Kelly Portillo, Dan-iel Savage, Rubicelia Solis, Ruth Tymon

Happy Anniversary 8/27/2017-9/2/2017 8/27 Orrin & Patricia Hanke 8/28 Gary & Rose Robinson, Charles & Diane Rohda, Peter & Ann Powers 9/2 George & Nancy Keckeisen, Russell & Marge Haas, Robert & Norma Gassett

Mrs. Mary Brown: If you need to contact Mrs. Brown, Faith Formation Director, please call or text 704-929-0152 or email her at faithformationdir@att.net or if you need to contact Mrs. Norma Echevarria please call the office at 704-872-2579 or email her at echevarria_norma@yahoo.com. Registration forms for 2017-2018 have been handed out to all current Faith Formation students. If you did not get one, please stop by the Faith Formation office. They are located next to the Faith For-mation Office door on orange paper. All forms need to be returned to the faith Formation office by Aug 1st, 2017 to avoid a $10 late fee. Students who plan on making their Confirmation and First Commun-ion need 2 years of Faith Formation classes prior to those sacrament and must attend at least 25 Masses during each of the school years.. There will be 2 Faith Formation volunteer meetings, Wednesday, Aug 30th @ 6:30 p.m. and Thursday, August, 31st @ 6:30 p.m. Faith Formation volunteers should make plans to attend one of these meetings. If you cannot attend a meeting, please contact Mary Brown at the information above. Christmas Pageant Planning Meeting: It’s that time again. We will have the first planning meeting on Thursday, Sept 7 @ 6:30 p.m. in the social hall. Everyone is welcomed to attend. The Christmas Pag-eant will be Sunday, Dec 17th at 3:00 p.m. followed by a holiday treat reception. Children and adults are invited to participate. This is a great way for Confirmation students to get service hours. Please text or email Mary Brown if you have any ideas or questions. Wednesday night Faith Formation classes are in desperate need of teachers. Please contact Mary Brown if you can volunteer in the important ministry. Wednesday night classes may need to be canceled if we do not get enough volunteers. Faith Formation classes start Wednesday, Sept 6th at 6:30 p.m. for Wednesday students and Sunday, Sept 10th at 9:00 a.m. in Eng-lish and 11:00 p.m. in Spanish for Sunday students.

Collections last week Regular 5:00 p.m…..….………….……...…………….……$1,800.00 8:00 a.m…......…..………………….…….…...……..1,277.00 10:30 a.m…….….....…………………………...……..1,766.88 12:30 p.m…..………...……..…………..............………735.62 Total…..….……...…………………….....…..……$5,579.50 Assumption Total……………………………………….……….$2,174.00 Food Closet Total.…...…....…….……….....................................$928.00 Forward With Christ Total...………..……...….…...…...………………...$468.00 Sorrentos…...………………………………………$200.00 Spanish Food Fundraiser Total.…..………………...….…….…………….………..$0 Total to date…….………………….…………….$9,231.95

Collections Year to Date Last year This Year Regular $55,852.71.00………..........$50,109.55 Forward With Christ ………................……..1,105,549.07 Food Closet 2,936.00…….......…….…..2,503.00

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary August 27, 2017

PARISH SUPPORT CHURCH YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018

THE WEEK AHEAD

Auction News: The St. Philip “Forward with Christ” Auc-tion set for October 7th @ 6:30 PM has tickets available now. Ticket includes a sit down dinner, music & open bar for $75 per person or buy a table of 8 for $600. Sneak pre-view - one auction item is a special dinner for four prepared by Father Kessler. What a special night that will be! A few other items include lodging for 3 nights in Myrtle Beach, one week in a mountain cabin in Blowing Rock & a beautiful piano. Call Dawn McGinn to place your reservations @ 980-223-9400. Credit cards accepted. Call Dawn if you have an item or service to donate. There will be both Silent & Live Auction items.

At home.. Lillian Alvey, Paul and Ber tha Summerville, Anna Eisele Shingleton, David Eisele, Jessica Allison, Jessica Crosso, Andrew Gulley, Jackie Mejia, Angela Moreno, Howard Stewart, Rick Stoup, Robinette Tilley, Alan Eisele, Joe Stallings, Arthur & Marion Weber, Martha Wall, Frank Bollero...Statesville Manor - Brenda Kelley. Please pray for the intentions on Our Prayer Tree. To place a name on the Prayer Tree, please sign the Prayer Book in the Lobby or e-mail; Jean Danckert - danckert5851@roadrunner.com. The Catholic Daughters are having a fundraiser with Autobell Car Wash– they are selling $20.00 gift cards. For each card they sell Autobell will give us 50% of the proceeds. All the proceeds from this fundraiser will be donated to the Forward With Christ Building fund. Please see any Catholic Daughter , call Tami Har-ris at 704-902-0315 or the parish office to purchase.

Monday, Aug 28th 9:30 a.m. Rosary Wednesday, Aug 30th 6:30 p.m. Faith Formation Volunteer Meeting Thursday, Aug 31st 6:30 p.m. Faith Formation Volunteer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Auction Meeting Saturday, Sept 2nd 8:40 a.m. Rosary 10:30 a.m. Spanish Baptism 6:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Social Sunday, Sept 3rd 9:00 a.m. Donut & coffee social 11:30 a.m. Donut & coffee social Wednesday Bible Study class will resume on September 6th at 11:15 a.m.—12 : 45 p.m. Study “Romans”, come and see. Please contact the office with any questions. All are welcomed!