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

Mission 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 AlexanderYouth Director/RCIA Coordinator: Mike Curtis Hall Director: Arlene Manalo

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

MUSIC MINISTRYKaren Otto, Lisa Moser, Mike Curtisand 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. (Mission 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.sacredheartgcs.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 the first reading, Isaiah urges us in the name of the Lord to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, and clothe the naked. If we do so, he assures us, the Lord will hear and answer our cries for help in time of need. Your Gifts to God and Parish ~ January 22nd Sacrificial Giving: $ 10,484.35 Building Fund: $ 6,308.91 Not in envelopes: $ 3,410.10 Children’s Sharing Children’s offerings support feeding children in Haiti. See Kristin Michler-Belleza (284-9983) or Bob Raspa for additional envelopes. Direct donation to feed Haitian children via FISH ministries by check mailed to: Chris-tianville Foundation PO Box 1056 Palatka, FL 32178 Treasure: $ 28.61

CAST (Catholic Adults Seeking Truth) will meet on Tuesday, February 7th, from 6-8:00 pm in the Activity Center . Join us as we study Galatians: Set Free to Live. If you have any questions, please con-tact Janet Wilson at -7994 or via email: jlw1025@msn.com.

Light shines through the darkness for the upright. — Psalm 112:4

The Parish extends its congratulations to the family of Shaonty Céant, who was recently

baptized.

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 5, 2017

Download Our New Parish App! Our new Sacred Heart Catholic Church app is now available to download for iPhone and Android smart phones. Stay connected with our parish throughout the week with instant notifica-tions, an easy-to-access event calendar, and the ability to quickly reply to or share messages via Facebook or Twitter. Also enjoy a bunch of addi-tional features like prayers, daily readings, helpful reminders to silence your phone before Mass or Confession, and much more. Help foster a stronger parish life at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and better engage the New Evan-gelization. Download our app today at myparishapp.com or search your phone's app store for myparish.

Youth Corner YOUTH GROUP

Wednesday, February 8th 6-8 pm

No Religious Education Classes on Sunday, February 19th

First Communion Parent Meeting:

Monday, February 27th 7:00 pm in the Church.

No classes will be held on Thursday, February 28th, or Wednesday, March 1st. Instead, stu-

dents are encouraged to attend an Ash Wednesday service at 5:30 pm or Mass at 7:00 pm.

ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL NEWS

SHEEP (Sacred Heart Early Education Program)

will meet tomorrow, February, 6th, at 9:15 am in the Activity Center.

Bible Study will be held on Wednesday, February 8th, at 10:00 am in Bldg. C. It will be held every other Wednesday. All are welcome!

Education News...

Think a Catholic Education is too expensive for your children?

How about a $5,677.00 scholarship?

Please explore the Step Up for Students Scholarship Program

which makes a Catholic elementary education affordable for our families.

www.stepupforstudents.org

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * At Annunciation Catholic School, your parish school, it is our goal to make a Catholic education available to every parishioner.

VBS? THIS EARLY? YES! This year our Vacation Bible School-Maker Fun Factory- will be held in the afternoons during the week of June 19th through June 23rd. I am starting early on recruiting volunteers to make this a successful event. I will need several adults to start NOW to help plan stations such as GAMES, SNACKS, BI-BLE STORIES and more. Please call Kris-tin at 284-998 so we can put on an enjoya-ble week!

BULLETIN DEADLINE The deadline for the bulletin article is noon on Mondays. Holiday weeks have ear lier deadlines. Articles for the bulletin may be emailed to shbulletin3811@bellsouth.net.

In Our Parish...

Please remember to drop your donations in the Out-reach box hanging in the Nar thex. Your dona-tions add up. In 2016, $97,793.96 was used to give assistance to the less fortunate folks in our area for utility bills, rent, medical expenses, gas, and other needs. That was only possible because of your do-nations. Another way to help Outreach is to sup-

port our gift shop as all the profit goes to Outreach. May God Bless Each of YOU!

SENIOR LUNCHEON Our Senior Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, February 15th, at 11:30 am in Sullivan Hall. Enjoy our Mediterranean Lunch and the fellowship of other parishioners! RSVP to the Parish Office, 284-3811, by Friday, February 10th.

All are welcome, but please no walk-ins!

OUTREACH DOLLAR SUNDAY

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RAFFLE The Knights of Columbus will be holding a raffle to benefit Annunciation Catholic School. Tickets are $20.00 each for a chance to win $2500, $500, or

$250. Drawing will be held on Saturday, March 18th, after the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner in Sullivan Hall. (Need not be present to win.)

CRHP Day of Renewal St. Catherine Catholic Church, Orange Park, is host-ing a CRHP Day of Renewal on Saturday, February 18th, from 9 am to 3 pm, with speakers from Dynam-ic Catholic who will reignite the spiritual fire of any-one who has attended Christ Renews His Parish or a similar parish renewal experience. The theme of the day is “Believe the Incredible and You Can Do the Impossible” and is free and open to all. There will also be a session on how Dynamic Catholic has im-proved the CRHP process and what changes in CRHP to expect in the near future. A free-will offer-ing will be collected to help offset the cost of lunch and materials. To properly prepare for lunch, please register at www.stcatherineop.com/crhp.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS! The following students in our parish have achieved academic honors at Bishop John Snyder High School in the second quarter of the year: Michael Baugh, Elijah Bishop, Marcos Bonilla, Grace Hejmanowski, and Gina Marangi (F irst Honors); Baylee Bernard, Courtney Cowman, Ainsley Elgin, Jordan Jenkins, Andrew Logan, Claire Ryan and Sara Ryan (Second Honors). We are proud of you! JOB WELL DONE!!!

Marriage Preparation Marriage Preparation: To sched-ule a wedding, an engaged couple must meet with their parish priest or deacon at least eight months before their proposed wedding date. Prepa-ration for the sacrament includes attending a diocesan program such as Engaged En-counter or Pre Cana. Also, couples of child-bearing age will need to take a full course of Natural Family Planning. Pre-registration for each of these programs is mandatory. The next Engaged Encounter program will be February 17th-19th at Marywood Retreat Center. The next Pre Cana program will be May 20th in Jacksonville. For more information about the dioce-san requirements or to register for any of the dioce-san programs, please visit www.dcfl.org or call (904) 551-2619.

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Let your light shine and give God praise! Hiding your light doesn’t serve anyone. Where will you choose to “glow?” (Matthew 5:13-16).

If you think God is calling you to be a priest, call Father David Ruchinski at (904) 262-3200 ext. 101, or email voca-tions@dosafl.com.

Pray For

Vocations

Around the Diocese...

You are invited to an anointing Mass for the Diocese of St. Augustine, hosted by the Order of Malta, led by Fr. Glenn Parker and accompanied by the Jack-sonville University choir. Saturday, February 11th, at San Jose Catholic Church in Jacksonville. The Choir will begin at 10:30 am and Anointing Mass will begin at 11:00 am (arrive early to hear the choir).

Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Rhodes and of Malta—

Federal Association

2017 Eucharistic Congress Prime Osborn Convention Center

March 24th-25th

Catholic Charities Jacksonville will host its 25th Annual Black & White Ball on Saturday, February 25th, at the Jessie Ball DuPont Center. Guests will enjoy dinner, cocktails, a live auction and dancing to KTG in celebra-tion of the event’s silver anniversary. Over the past 25 years, the Black & White Ball has raised more than $2.9 million to help keep families on the verge of homeless-ness safe and secure in their homes. For more infor-mation, or to purchase your tickets today, please visit www.ccbjaxevents.org. We look forward to seeing you there!

SOME of the 2017 PRESENTERS: Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio (Ambassador of the Holy See) to the U.S. Previously he was Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Uganda and Mexi-co Fr. Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R., Founding member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. One of the fore-most experts on the apparitions at Fatima. Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC, Fathers of the Immacu-late Conception. Author/Speaker and Director of the Association of Marian Helpers, over one million members strong.

Check out the website at: floridaeucharist.com

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — If you share your food with the hungry, provide housing for the homeless, then light shall break forth upon you (Isaiah 58:7-10). Psalm — The just man is a light in the darkness to the upright (Psalm 112). Second Reading — My message to you, says Paul, was not clever words of wisdom but the proclama-tion of Christ crucified (1 Corinthians 2:1-5). Gospel — You are the salt of the earth, the light of the world. In your good deeds your light shines be-fore others, leading them to glorify God (Matthew 5:13-16). 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.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 1:1-19; Ps 104:1-2a, 5-6, 10, 12, 24, 35c; Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday: Gn 1:20 — 2:4a; Ps 8:4-9; Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday: Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17; Ps 104:1-2a, 27-28, 29bc-30; Mk 7:14-23 Thursday: Gn 2:18-25; Ps 128:1-5; Mk 7:24-30 Friday: Gn 3:1-8; Ps 32:1-2, 5-7; Mk 7:31-37 Saturday: Gn 3:9-24; Ps 90:2-6, 12-13; Mk 8:1-10 Sunday: Sir 15:15-20; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33- 34; 1 Cor 2:6-10; Mt 5:17-37 [20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37]

Monday, February 6th, 8:00 am – In memory of Lynnette Oswald requested by Maureen Gatins. Tuesday, February 7th, 8:00 am - In memory of Regina Roginski requested by the French Family. Wednesday, February 8th, 8:00 am - In memory of Anthony McDonough requested by Ed and Kay McDonough. Thursday, February 9th, 8:00 am - In memory of Margaret Gutleber requested by Sacred Heart Parish. Friday, February 10th, 8:00 am - In memory of Regina DiGiovanni requested by her husband, Wil-liam. Saturday, February 11th, 5:30 pm - In memory of Daniel Mullady requested by Sharon Mullady. Sunday, February 12th, 8:00 am - For the Special Intentions of the Parishioners of Sacred Heart Parish. Sunday, February 12th, 10:30 am - For the Spe-cail Intentions of Lillian Custodia Abueg requested by Martin Abueg. Sunday, February 12th, 5:30 pm - In memory of Elizabeth Matthew requested by the Kinmonth Family

THANK YOU to all who are using the container in the park-ing lot to recycle aluminum cans. The profit is used by our Outreach Ministry to help others. Please no tin cans, boxes or plastic bottles!

PRAYER LIST Names will be printed in the bulletin for four weeks, then removed. Please call with names you would like to have includ-ed on our list. Thank you for helping us keep our list current. Please pray for… John Francis, Pearl Johns, John Lanham, Paul Anthertz, Donna Guzinski, Brandon Kellogg, Levi Shepherd, Margaret Siguaw, Dick Trache, Randy Wiley, Len Winkeler, Bishop Victor Galeone, Charley Strayer, Lois Battisti, Amanda Castelli, Jeanne Gallina, Guy Gallina, Judy Henderson, Alexis Lato and Family, Karen McCallan, Marcy Mickler, Tabitha Perry, Donna Ramos, Susan Arline Williams, our prayer blanket recipients and our homebound parishioners.

SULLIVAN HALL All events held at Sullivan Hall will be scheduled through Sullivan Hall director, Arlene Manalo. For pric-es, availability and more infor-mation, call Arlene at 284-3811 or email arlenemanalo34@gmail.com www.facebook.com/shsullivanhall

PARISH WEBSITE Be in the know… check out our website at www.sacredheartcatholicchurch.org Contact Parish Office at 284-3811 or email shbulletin3811@ bellsouth.net if you have something for the website.