BULLETIN DEADLINE: 4:00 PM THURSDAYS Parish Office or nativitybulletin@hotmail.com; Guidelines on page 4.

Parish Office Hours: Mon—Fri 8:30am to 4:30pm Phone 901-382-2504 Fax 901-382-3644 Emergency Phone 901-290-2092 https://www.facebook.com/thechurchofthenativity Pastor: Father Keith Stewart Deacon: Rev. Mr. Frank Larker Office Manager/Bookkeeper Gay C. Brigance gay.brigance@nativity.cdom.org Parish Receptionist Angie 0’Neill angie.oneill@nativity.cdom.org Director Religious Education Theresa Krier theresah.krier@nativity.cdom.org Director Youth Ministry: Pam Walton nativitycats@aol.com Director of Music Lynn Bauman Lynn.bauman@nativity.cdom.org Building Maint. Committee: Gino Bernardini

Mass Schedules Daily Mon, Wed —Sat 8:00 a.m. Weekend Saturday Vigil 5:00 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m. Sunday 10:30 a.m Filipino First Sunday of Each Month (Tagalog/English) 12:30 p.m. Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. Holy Days As Announced

Palm Sunday March 23 & 24, 2013

Sacraments Reconciliation — Saturday 4:15p.m. to 4:45pm or by appointment Baptism — by appointment; please contact the parish office Marriage — Contact the parish office at least six months before the wedding

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina was elected Pope March 13, 2013.

March 23 & 24, 2013

Keep your Information Current If your phone number, work number, cell number, address, e-mail address, or name changes, please notify the office.382-2504 Thank-you!

Please Pray for Our Sick

Ida Frances Besmer Don Boudoin Max Burdette Ann Cissell Billy & Doris Dalton Mary E. DiGiacomo Mary Ann Dote Julia Griffin Emilie Harris Joe Hennessey John Paul Lenti Peter Manuel Lim John Mayfield Vicki Mayfield Jimmy La Hue Angelina La Hue Beverly Peyton Betsy Larker

Shirley Mayo Raymond Mooi Roy Moore Larry O'Neill John Patton Helen Pierce Anthony Lawrence Reano Daniel Robinson Joe Samu Brittany & Dakota Schaf Eva Steele Ron Van John Walton, Sr. Angelina Bernadini Rose Styers Wayne Carrozza Ernie Lubiani

If you or a family member are hospitalized, please notify the Parish office. Names of family members, friends and loved ones who are not parishioners but need prayers are listed on the bulletin board in Baker Hall.. Notify the office to add or remove someone’s name from the list.

Mass Intentions

SRA Joseph Bockhold; Lance Corporal Mark Earnest; AWF2 Tyler Hanna; Senior Airman Christopher Dill; Pvt. John David Dill; A1C Ryan C. Marlin; AO2 Andrew E. Hopson; Commander Derek A. Vestal, Pvt. Maria Witges, Captain Luke Sauber (USMC)

Pray for our Armed Forces

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3, 13-14; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9; Ps 89:21-22, 25, 27; Rv 1:5-8; Lk 4:16-21 Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13 — 53:12; Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 17, 25; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1 — 19:42 Saturday: a) Gn 1:1 — 2:2 [1:1, 26-31a]; Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35; or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22; b) Gn 22:1-18 [1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18]; Ps 16: 5, 8-11; c) Ex 14:15 — 15:1; Ex 15:1-6, 17-18; d) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; e) Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6; f) Bar 3:9-15, 32 — 4:4; Ps 19:8-11; g) Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; h) Rom 6:3-11; i) Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Lk 24:1-12 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 or (at an afternoon or evening Mass) Lk 24:13-35 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Monday: Monday of Holy Week; Passover begins Tuesday: Tuesday of Holy Week Wednesday: Wednesday of Holy Week Thursday: Holy Thursday; The Sacred Paschal Triduum Friday: Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday); Fast and Abstinence Saturday: Holy Saturday; The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night

FOOD FOR THE SICK If you are interested in preparing food for parishioners in need, please call Susan Hanna at 385-8277.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Later this week, the Chrism Mass is celebrated in every cathedral in the world in preparation for the Easter Triduum. Only a bishop can consecrate chrism, pure olive oil infused with rich fragrance, so this liturgy is a sign of the unity of the local Church and the bishop’s ministry to all who will be baptized and confirmed in our parishes in the coming year. Chrism is also used in the ordination of priests and bishops and the consecration of new altars. Two other sacramental oils, the unscented olive oil for catechumens and for the sick, will be blessed in the same liturgy and transported carefully to every parish by the beginning of the Triduum. Remember when Noah’s dove returned with the sign of the world’s rebirth? The dove carried an olive branch, a pledge that God was breathing the world to life again. Yet olives require human nurture. Olives are inedible unless they are cured by human labor. Olive trees grow on sunny slopes, away from the shade of city walls, so they can only be properly tended, cured, and laboriously pressed in peace time. The Chrism Mass with its olive oils expresses God’s deepest desires for us, and our resolve to place our lives in service to God’s saving, healing, loving plan. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

 From Death to New Life May Those We have Loved & Lost Rest in Peace

23rd Sat 8:00 am Charles Holloway (Joe & Nancy Hennessey) 5:00 pm Lillian Lee (Pat Fitzgerald) 24th Sun 8:00 am Parishioners 10:30 pm Edward Jendrzejewski (Mary Ann Peischl) 25th Mon 8:00 am Pat Burton (Angie O’Neill) 27th Wed 8:00 am Art Kuntzman (Gil & Peggy Morris) 28th HOLY THURSDAY 29th GOOD FRIDAY 30th Sat 8:00 pm Kathy Trainor (Bob Trainor) 31st Sun 8:00 am Mike Hall (Father Keith & Staff) 10:30 pm Parishioners

Palm Sunday

If you are unable to fulfill your role, it is your responsibility to find a replacement.

Please contact Joanne Lippy at nativityscheduler@gmail.com for questions or problems with the Liturgical schedule

Coffee & Donuts — Men’s Club: 3/24 Chris Syriac & John Walton 3/31 John Walton & John Mayfield Food to St. Mary’s– Contact Richard Peyton 833-9930 Collection Counters—March 25 Lidia & Jo Anne

Offering for the Fourth Sunday of Lent March 2 & 3, 2013 Budget Actual Difference $8,000.00 $ 7, 303.25 - $ 696.75

Mass Time & Date Altar Server Deacon Euch Min Greeter Lector MC Sacristan Usher

7:00 PM Mass 03/28/2013 Emmert,Daniel Larker,Frank Deacon Larker Fitzgerald,Eileen Bearcroft,Julie Lippy,Jim Strickland,Mary Fitzgerald,Gerry

Holy Thursday Kavoian,Nick Bearcroft,Bear Lippy,Joanne Hanna,Walt Tuck,Bill Raney,Jackie

Kavoian,Lexie Bernardini,Gino Krier,Taryn Bernardini,Joyce O'Kane,Brenden Emmert,Toni O'Kane,Matthew Smith,Alma Strickland,Cindy Smith,Jim Stuppy,Andrew Stuppy,George Wallace,Patrick Wallace,Matthew Winkler,Meredith Winkler,Nicholas

7:00 PM Mass 03/29/2013 Winkler,Meredith Larker,Frank none needed Lippy,Joanne Sutton,Robert Camp-bell,Dawn none needed Casad,Carey

Good Friday Winkler,Nicholas Bernardini,Gino Lippy,Jim Smith,Jim

Emmert,Toni-VF Banet,Steve-VM Hanna,Walt-N 8:00 PM Mass 03/30/2013 Krier,Taryn Larker,Frank Deacon Larker Lippy,Joanne Trainor,Bob Hanna,Walt Hanna,Walt Bernardini,Gino

Easter Vigil Dunaway,Bill Halteman,Anne Lippy,Jim Lippy,Jim need volunteer

O'Neill,Angie Campbell,Dawn O'Kane,Tim Steele,Eva need volunteeer

8:00 AM Mass 03/31/2013 McFadden,Rob Bernardini,Joyce McFad-den,Patrick Block,Mike Smith,Alma Bearcroft,Bear

Easter Sunday McFadden,Maggie Bockhold,Dennis Frame,Chris Smith,Jim Bearcroft,Julie

Stuppy,Andrew Coleman,Estelle Stuppy,George Frame,Carol Raney,Jackie

10:30 AM Mass 03/31/2013 Emmert,Daniel Deacon Larker Fitzgerald,Eileen Sutton,Robert Strick-land,Mary Emmert,Toni Casad,Carey

Easter Sunday Reano,Anthony Banet,Cindy need volunteer Walton,Louie Reano,Alex

Sutton,Ben Dunaway,Bill Sutton,Simon Fitzgerald,Gerry Sutton,Janet Whiteacre,Catherine Laurent,Lisa No Nursery for March 31-Easter Sunday

March 23 & 24, 2013

Our parish is very busy and we receive many requests to use meeting spaces and the church grounds. Please contact Angie O’Neill at 382-2504 to schedule your event. All requests should be scheduled as far in advance as possible. Those who use our facility are responsible for setup and clean-up. You must notify the office if your event is cancelled. To have your event announced from the pulpit at the weekend masses, submit your information by 10:00am Friday morning.

Scheduling Events at the Church

Classes are held Monday evenings at 6:30 pm in Stelling Hall.

ADULT FAITH FORMATION

SEARCH For 11th & 12th Grade youth: Open dates are April 26th-28th, The SEARCH for Christian Maturity is a weekend experience in Christian Living. QUEST a weekend for high school freshman and sophomores. April 19th-21st.

YOUTH MINISTRY & CATECHESIS

Junior High Puppet Ministry is for all 6-8th graders and high school youth who started in this ministry in junior high. Meetings are Wed. evenings as Scheduled after P.R.E, 7:30 to 8:30 pm. Contact John Walton 568-0910 for more info. Puppet Practice will resume in April

Music News

The Children’s Choir is at 11:45 am, Sundays in Feb & March. The 10:30 Mass Choir Practice is Wednesdays at 7 PM except Ash Wednesday.

The Hand Bell Choir Practice is Thursdays at 5:30 PM The 5 pm Mass Contemporary Choir Practice is Thursdays at 7 PM.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS ! Will be Friday, March 29 at 3:00 pm outside, weather permitting.

Bulletin Guidelines

To insure your information makes it into the bulletin date of your choice please be advised:

1. Your information needs to be written or typed and to the parish office no later than 4 pm Thursdays or emailed to nativitybulletin@hotmail.com no later than 5 pm Fridays. Calling your information into the office or emailing it to one of the office staff will not guarantee that it will get to me in a timely manner and into the bulletin. 2. Monday, the bulletin is complete and is being proofed. Adding things at that time, while not impossible, are not encouraging so avoid this if at all possible. The bulletin is sent to the publisher by the end of the day on Monday. 3. Space in the bulletin is always a challenge. Even though you have until Sunday through the email address, the sooner you get your announcement in the better. If space is at a premium, any given week, editing may happen to fit things in. Thank you for your cooperation. Pam Walton

8th Annual Men’s Morning of Spirituality, “God Spot-

Where is Yours” Saturday, March 23, 2013, Church of

the Incarnation at 360 Bray Station Rd in Collierville, TN.

Doors open at 7 am with a continental breakfast.; the event begins at 8 am.

The closing Mass will be celebrated by Bishop J. Terry Steib. Admission is

FREE. Attendees can pre-register by visiting www.mensmorning.com.

Donations will be accepted

Diocesan Youth Co-ed Softball will be starting soon. A sign up sheet will be on the Youth Bulletin board beginning in March & will be up for 6 weeks. We have to have at least 20 youth participating to form a team. This is open to graduating 8th graders to graduating 12th graders. Cost is $25.00 which

includes a t-shirt and team fees.

Youth & Youth Involved Parish Events: March 27 Holy Week no CYO March 31 Parish wide Easter Egg Hunt directly following 10:30 Mass April 7 Parish & Diocesan Wide Social for Persons with Special Needs.

Friar Fest 2013 High School Retreat: Franciscan Friars of the Renewal are coming to give another dynamic retreat for high School Students at Holy Rosary Parish, April 5-7, on Park, in Memphis. The retreat is free! Please sign up by Tuesday, March 19 for a free t-shirt. For More information, contact Jessica Cozart at Jessica.Cozart@hr.dom.org or phone 901-767-6949. The link to sign up is http://friarfest2013.evenbrite.com

Our Lady Queen of Peace Retreat Center Holy Week Retreat: March 28-29:

Suggested Offering: $85 per person or $25 for Good Friday only

Holy Thursday: 6:00 Dinner 7:30 Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper All night adoration Good Friday: 8:00 Breakfast 8:45 Morning Prayer

11:00 Midday Prayer 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Stations of the Cross, Silence in honor of the Lord’s Passion 3:00 Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion

St. Benedict Presents All Shook Up, a new musical comedy, filled with Elvis Songs, for the whole Family, April 4-7, at SBA Performing Arts Theater, Cordova. Reserved seat tickets $10.00 in advance, $15.00 at the door. For ticket info, call 260-2840 or visit sbaeagles.org

28th Annual Easter Sunrise Mass at Historic Calvary Catho-lic Cemetery. You are invited to celebrate Mass with us on Easter Sunday at 6:45 am. March 31, 2013 (Rain or Shine).

The Reverend Monsignor Valentine N. Hand-werker, Celebrant. John B. McArthur, Homilist. Sponsored by Catholic Diocese of Memphis and Friends of Calvary.

Palm Sunday

St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen On your next trip to the grocery store, don’t forget to pick up a tub of peanut butter, a large can of Veg-All, or a big bag of rice and put it in our shopping cart for St. Mary’s. "St. Mary's Church downtown wishes to thank all of you that have donated and delivered food to their soup kitchen for the past 20 years! If you think you would like to volunteer to deliver food to St. Mary's on a regular basis or have questions, please call Richard Peyton at 901-833-9930 for more information."

22 Fri 8:00 am Mass 6:30 pm Stations of the Cross & Soup Supper 23 Sat 8:00 am Mass 12:00 pm Baptism 2:00 pm 1ST Reconciliation 4:15 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Mass 5:00 pm Confirmation Retreat Lock-in 24 Sun 8:00 am Mass 8:45 am P.R.E. 10:30 am Mass 11:45 am Children’s Choir 25 Mon Begin Holy Week 8:00 am Mass 26 Tue 8:00 am St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen 5:30 pm Scouts Den Meeting 7:00 pm Chrism Mass at the Cathedral 7:00 pm Women’s Guild Meeting 27 Wednesday 8:00 am Mass 6:00 pm Novena 6:00 pm 4th-8th P.R.E & NO CYO-No Puppets 7:00 pm Choir Practice 28 Thurs. 7:00 pm Holy Thursday 29 Fri 8:00 am Office Closed 3:00 pm Stations of the Cross 7:00 pm Good Friday 30 Sat 8:00 pm Easter Vigil Mass 31 Sun 8:00 am Mass 8:45 am NO P.R.E. 10:30 am Mass 11:30 am Easter Egg Hunt 01 Mon 8:00 am Mass 4:30 pm TOPS 6:30 pm RCIA 02 Tue 8:00 am St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen 5:30 pm Scouts Den Meeting 7:00 pm SVDP Meeting-Stelling 03 Wednesday 8:00 am Mass 6:00 pm Novena 6:00 pm 4th-8th P.R.E & CYO- Puppet Pract. Resumes 04 Thur 8:00 am Mass 5:00 pm Legion of Mary 5:30 pm Handbells 05 Fri 8:00 am Mass 06 Sat 8:00 am Mass 4:15 pm Confessions 5:00 pm Mass

2nd Collection March 29-Good Friday Holy Land

Men’s Club The Men’s Club of Nativity meets at 9am in Stelling Hall on the first Saturday of every month. All men of the parish are members. Please join for breakfast and fellowship.

Nativity’s Book Club meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:00pm. Call

Angie O’Neill at 382-2504 if you want to participate.

WOMEN’S GUILD Meets the 4th Tues. of Each Month in Stelling Hall. All women in the Parish are invited to attend. The NWG Board. The Women’s Guild is selling Easter Lilies for $10.00 Ea. This weekend, 2/23-24, & the weekends of March through the 17th. They will be available for pick-up 3/23-24. There will be guild members in the narthex to assist you.

GET INVOLVED! FYI

St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen Next Soup Kitchen is the 26th of March. On 3/5, 6 volunteers fed 104 people. Volunteers meet at 8 am at Nativity on the 1st, 3rd & 4th Tuesday of each month. If you would like to volunteer, there is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board in Baker Hall. If you want more information John Walton 901-568-0910.Tuesdays of April are the 2, 16, & 23.

March

Nursery News: We need volunteers to help with the 10:30 Nurse-ry, Both teens & adults. Adults 18 & older must be Virtus Trained. This is a 3 hr, course on protecting our children & classes can be arranged at Nativity. We are having a 5:00 Mass Nursery & still need volunteers . If we get enough volunteers, then we would have a volunteer rotation of no more than serving once a month to once in several months. Contact Carolyn Winkler at 291-6053

Summer Camp at SBA-Includes Art, Band-school of Rock/Jazz, Basketball, Cheer, Computer/Digital Film, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Theater, Volleyball. Call 260-2840 or visit sbaeagles.org/summercamps

Nativity Social for Persons with Special Needs April 7: 4-7:30 PM

This is a Parish Wide Service Project, meaning we need volunteers from the parish to help set up, grill hamburgers, serve food, help our guests with Bingo Cards, provide bingo prizes, (our guests range from teens to 60), dance with our guests, come up with simple crafts & help with them, etc. It is a social & Nativity is very social! Leave a Message for Joyce Bernardini at 382-2504 if you would like to help..

Rachel’s Vineyard: If you are suffering with emotional or spiritual pain after an abortion, you can experience the healing love of Jesus Christ at a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat. The Catholic Diocese of Memphis will sponsor the Retreat 7/12-14/2013 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Retreat Center. The weekend will include talks with others who have had abortions & who understand how you feel as well as spiritual exercises to help you on your journey of healing. The Sacrament of Reconciliation, a Memorial service & a Mass of Entrustment are also part of the weekend. Participation is strictly confidential. Come experience God’s love, compassion & Forgiveness. For more information, please contact Mary at rachelsvineyard@att.net or 277-5114.

Natural Family Planning class series begins Wednesday, April 3 at 6:30 pm at the Catholic Center, 5825 Shelby Oaks Drive, $75.00 per couple. Pre-registration required-www.cdom.org or call Diocese of Memphis NFP Center 901-373-1285 for more information.

There will be no 5th Sunday Pot Luck

since this is Easter Day