St. Boniface Catholic Church

1952 GA Hwy 21 South

Springfield, GA 31329

February 5, 2017

The Fifth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

PARISH STAFF FR. MARTINO BÁ THÔNG NGUYEN, PASTOR

RICK RAFTER, DEACON PATTIE LIEBL, PARISH SECRETARY

CELESTE GISH, DRE KATHY O’SAKO, OUTREACH ASSISTANCE

DON SMITH, CUSTODIAN PARISH STAFF EMAIL pastor@sbcatholic.com

secretary@sbcatholic.com celestegish@windstream.net

outreach@sbcatholic.com WEB ADDRESS

www.sbcatholic.com BAPTISMS

Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment. WEDDINGS

Please contact Fr. Martino for an appointment a minimum of four months before wedding date.

PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Office: (912) 754-7473 Fax: (912) 754-1201

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

CONFESSIONS Saturday, 4:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Or Upon request WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m.

Friday 7:00 p.m. Religious Education

Sunday Mornings 9:45-10:45 a.m. When school is in session

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please contact Fr. Martino day or night if a priest is

needed in an emergency.1-706-825-3032 Bulletin Deadline

We welcome your contributions to the bulletin. Deadline for submission is Thursday at 12:00 pm

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]

Adult Question of the Week

What is a “holy” place?

February 5, 2017

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” - MATTHEW 5:16 The generosity of being a good steward of your gifts has a positive effect on people and it is contagious! Good works encourage more good works. Let your light shine! Be careful to recognize that God is working through you and don’t put yourself above the people you have been called to help. I SEE MYSELF! One day I looked at myself, At the self that Christ can see; I saw the person I am today And the one I ought to be. I saw how little I really pray, How little I really do; I saw the influence of my life-- How little of it was true. I saw the bundle of faults and fears I ought to lay on the shelf; I had given a little bit to God, BUT I HADN'T GIVEN MYSELF. I came from seeing myself, With the mind made up to be The sort of a person that Christ can use with a heart He may always see. REMEMBER: He gave His all for you. All He asks in return is for us to lean on Him and to live our lives un-der His guidance. Is this so difficult? THINK ABOUT IT! (adapted from Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations)

5 de febrero de 2017 5º domingo del Tiempo Ordinario "Dejen que su luz brille ante de los hombres, para que vean vuestras buenas obras y glorifiquen a vuestro Padre que está en los cielos." - MATEO 5:16 ¡La generosidad de ser un buen mayordomo de sus dones tiene un efecto positivo en las personas y escontagioso! Las buenas obras animan más buenas obras. ¡Deja que tu luz brille! Ten cuidado de reconocer que Di-os está obrando a través tuyo y no te pongas por encima de las personas a las que has sido llamado para ayudar ¡ME VEO A MÍ MISMO! Un día me miré, En el ser que Cristo puede ver; Vi a la persona que soy hoy Y a la que debería ser. Vi lo poco que realmente rezo, Lo poco que realmente hago; Vi lo que influencia mi vida - Cuán poco de eso era cierto. Vi el montón de faltas y miedos Debería ponerme en una repisa; Había dado sólo un poco a Dios, PERO NO ME HABIA DADO YO MISMO. Vine de verme a mí mismo Con la mente preparada para ser El tipo de persona que Cristo puede usar Con un corazón que Él siempre pueda ver. RECUERDA: Él dio todo por ti. Todo lo que Él pide a cambio es que nos apoyemos en Él y vivamos nuestras vidas bajo Su guía. ¿Es esto realmente tan difícil? ¡PIÉNSALO! (adaptado de Enciclopedia de las 7700 Illustraciones)

Answer: A place set apart for God because of special religious significance. Jerusalem is a holy place because Jesus lived, taught, died, and rose from The dead there. Our parish church is a holy place because it is the center of worship for our community.

Your contributions for the weekend of January 29, 2017

Adult $4,433.21 Children $56.65 Debt Reduction $1,963.00 Mortgage Balance $107,726.87 Bills paid this week $6,636.06 Thank you for your continuing generosity!

Mass Intentions for the Week of Feb.05- Feb. 11

Sunday 2/05 + Delgia Auiles Tuesday 2/07 +Paula Disterhaupt Wednesday 2/08 + Thomas Olbrysh Thursday 2/09 ♥Gloria O’Connor Friday 2/10 ♥John Davis Family Saturday 2/11 +Sean Smith

Feb. 11 5:00 p.m. AS Lucy, Leslie, & Lynn Duncan EM P & T Liebl, J Smock, K O’Sako, & J Sheahan L N McEvoy U C Gish, D Avard, & Donna Smith Feb. 12 8:30 a.m. AS D Matzdorf, H Matzdorf, & B Fogarty EM A & G Snyder, C Weber, & C Newberry L L Santos U P Kavanaugh, R Lafond, & J Richtman 11:00 a.m. AS J Briones, A McIntosh, & B Gallahue EM C Miller, R Visconti, B Rafferty & D Gadomski L K Klock-Powell U D Robider, C Gonzales, J Davis, & R Monteleone Children’s Liturgy Volunteer 1-- B Ellis Volunteer 2- G Bazemore Youth Volunteers -L Stark & J Whatley

This week at St. Boniface -Feb. 5-Feb.11

Sunday: Mass: 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Faith Formation-9:45 a.m. Family Promise Arrives Tuesday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. Discipleship Mtg.-7:00 p.m. Wednesday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. Followed by Adoration Rosary Grp.-9:30 a.m. Quilt Group- 10:00 a.m. Thursday: Mass: 8:30 a.m. RCIA-7:00 p.m. Friday: Mass: 7:00 p.m. Followed by Adoration Saturday: Altar Server Training-10:00 a.m. Reconciliation-4:00 p.m. Rosary-4:30 p.m. Mass-5:00 p.m.

Please Remember in Prayer Carolyn Ansel, Charles Armfield, Caroline & Bran-don Arrieta, Michael Barajas, Jamie Bassett , John Ashley Beam, Richard Bender, Tony Branham, Bri-ones Family, Randy & Marsha Brown, Ava Buck, Diana Cato, Kathy & Andy Chester, Penny Christol, Mike & Nancy Corley, Loretta Dahlweiner, Cody Danielewicz, Phyllis Davy, Ellie Dennis, Nancy Dotson, Celina Eaddy, Kisako Felipe, Connie Fra-zier, Mildred Galentine, Creed Gardner, Dan Gonza-les, Eric Guge, Michelle Garcia, Felipe & Manuela Garza, Janie Haar, Collen Higgs, Tyler Hood, Kath-eryn Hutchinson, David Hunt, Myllar Jones, Vickie Joyner, Vonnie & Niamh Kavanagh, Jere Landis, Rosa Lewis, John Liebl, Linda Liebl, Vince & San-dra Mackey, Frances Maher, John & Michael Ma-her, Tom and Bridget Maher, Justin McGregor, Elise McKinley, Delores Miller, Krystal Miller, Nancy Miller, Angie Moore, Randy Nease, Larry Neel, Pat Neklia, Donald & Gloria O’Connor, Mildred O'Con-ner, Phil Pastrano, Ann Preston, Emma Quin, Rich-ard Rafferty, Connie Sawdy, Bill Saxon, Allen Schwartz, Tim & Jill Shumacher, JoAnn Skorich-Smith, Beverly Smith, , Ben Sharrow, Jack Stein, Trudy Stein, John Ray, Gabriella Reddick, Delores Talick, Burr Tolles, Kaine Vincent, Garry Wilkes, Bernie Weber

CW2 Ross Bogard, COL Brian Healy, USAF, TSGT Brian A. Lafond, SPC Winston Hencely, SGT Clayton Emanuel Holloway, SFC Shawn Brown, SSG. Ryan Peters,LS2 Jonathon Benson King, CPT Thomas Naldrett, SSG Steven Liebl,CW4 Scott Durrer, SGT Jeremy Hynes, SGT Andrew Hamilton, SPC Ronnie Hamilton, AZ2 Annmarie Chessari

We would like to welcome any new Parishioner and en-courage you to register with the Parish. Registration Forms are located in the church on the stand in front of the Confessional, or you may stop by the Parish Office and register Monday-Friday8:30 am - 4:00 pm.

Lost& Found A Nintendo DS3 was found in the parking lot of the church last Tuesday evening, January 30th. If you have lost this item and can describe it, please contact Pattie in the Parish Office at 912.754.7473.

Pictures for the 30th Anniversary Celebration. During the Anniversary party, we will have an ongoing slide show of parishioner's pictures all night long. If you have any pictures you have taken over the years that you would like to share with the parish, now is the time. Please contact Gerry Klock at 912.826.3566 and she will scan the pictures and return them to you as good as new, or if you have any questions. We are also looking for photos of our deceased parish-ioners. If you would like to share these with us please contact Lisa Ganser at 912.660.1418 and she will be happy to pick them up and return back to you.

The Diocese of Savannah is currently seeking a Fami-ly Life Director with experience and training in Catho-lic teaching on marriage and family issues and who is bilingual. The job notice is posted in the Southern Cross and on Catholicjobs.com.

Altar Server Training Training for new altar servers will be con-ducted at 10:00 on Saturday, February 11. The class will last about two hours. Both youth and adults are welcome. Youth need to be in at least the third grade and have re-

ceived the appropriate sacraments. We are in particular need of servers for the 8:30 mass on Sunday and the 5:00 mass on Saturday. For more information contact Bill Fogarty at 754-9796.

Substance Abuse Awareness Poster Contest The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring the Substance Abuse Awareness Poster Contest again this year. Each poster must be the work of a single child. Entries must include a slogan

and an original visual image reflecting either of two themes. Students choose as their theme either alcohol abuse awareness or drug abuse awareness. The national contest is open to youth ages 8 through 14. For our par-ish contest we will also accept posters for students younger than 8 and will award a single prize there. En-trants will compete in age group 8 through 11 or 12 through 14. A $25 prize will be awarded to the winning poster in each age and theme category. Posters must be submitted by Sunday, March 12, with the winners being announced the following week. Entry forms and 11 x 17 inch paper are available on the literature rack at the rear of the parish hall, and in the Education Building.

Help wanted: eagle-eyed proofreaders If you are willing to help proofread contact information for the parish directory, please email celestegish@windstream.net.

SAVANNAH IRISH FESTIVAL February 18 & 19 at the Civic Center

Children 14 & Under FREE Military & Students FREE on Sunday

Visit www.savannahirish.org/ for more information.

YOUNG @ HEART February event will be Wednesday, Feb-ruary 22, 2017 at 11 am, the faith for-mation building.

Dear Seniors, IT IS HERE AGAIN! Luscious soup and yummy breads are back. If you are willing to be a 'soup-bringer' or 'a bread do-nor', you pay no charge. For everyone else, cost is $4. To volunteer call Emma @ 657-4888. Our program is a 20 minute presentation by Nancy Davis, representative of a government sponsored Free Equipment & Training for those who are Hard of Hearing and need this kind of help. Home phones, clocks, etc., will be demonstrated and prac-ticed on. Therefore, ANYONE in our parish who finds this topic relevant , is welcome to attend. JUST COME.

Offering Basic Bible Lessons Are you someone who has a Bible, but doesn't know how to use it? I am offering in-my-home sessions on Sat. mornings (9:30-11 a.m.) and will instruct all the basics for getting comfortable with finding your way around the Bible. Attend a few times and it will make a world of difference in your competence. Call for more info: Emma 657-4888.

A VIRTUS "Protecting God's Children for Adults" will be held at St. Michael Church (Tybee Island) 8th and Butler on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. This training is required for Safe Environment Compli-ance for any adult who will come into contact with youth as part of their ministry (a listing of those ministries can be found at http://bit.ly/1yU4Yk6), and must be complet-ed before they begin ministry. We also invite adults who are not currently volunteers to attend this training to learn tools they can use to help keep children safe. Seating is limited at this session and you must pre-registration online to save your seat. To register, go to www.diosav.org, and find the training listed on the Up-coming Events Calendar “Office for the Protection of Children and Young People, Toll free reporting hotline: (888) 357-5530.”

Catholic Focus There is a class for Adults of all ages that is held at 9:30 am in the Catholic Focus room in the Faith Formation Building. So please consider joining us. The scriptures from the Sunday’s Mass are dis-cussed as to how they apply to our lives. We en-courage you to come, listen, learn, and to share what the word of God is saying to you. We gra-ciously welcome you.

Faith Formation News

Mandatory second-grade retreats

All second graders and their parents must attend a First Reconciliation Retreat on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9 am to 11:30 am in the Faith Formation building to prepare for First Penance on Feb. 26. If you must bring other children in the family to the retreat, please let Linda Santos know as soon as possible so we can make arrangements for nursery care.

There will also be a First Communion Retreat for sec-ond graders on Saturday, April 22, from 9 am to 11:30 am. Please plan to attend both these activities (or schedule makeup work) so your child may receive First Communion on April 30.

No class on Feb. 12

Faith Formation classes will not meet on Sunday, Feb. 12, since Effingham County schools will be on winter break Feb. 13. Classes will be held Sunday, Feb. 19, since schools are in session on Presidents Day, Feb. 20.

Safe Touch makeup

If your child was absent for Safe Touch instruction, please contact Celeste Gish at 912.754.1432 or ce-lestegish@windstream.net to schedule a makeup class.

INAUGURAL CATHOLIC SCOUTING CONVO-CATION CAMPOREE! Friday - Sunday, March 10 - 12, 2017 Black Creek Scout Reservation 850 Poor Robin Road, Sylvania, GA 30467 Bishop Gregory Hartmayer, Celebrant This event is open to all Scouts (Boy Scouts, Girl

Scouts, Cub Scouts, American Heritage Girls, Trail Life

and Campfire Boys and Girls) regardless of faith. You

are welcome to attend for the entire weekend or come for

the day on Saturday. Do not miss the awards recognition

Mass on Saturday, March 11 at 5:00 p.m. where Scouts

who have earned their religious emblems in the current

2016-17 year will be recognized and honored by

name. Those who have earned the junior awards (Light

of Christ, Parvuli Dei, Family of God and I Live My

Faith) will be recognized by name. Those who have

earned their senior awards (Ad Altare Dei, Pope Pius

XII, Mary the First Disciple and The Sprit Alive) will

receive their award from Bishop Hartmayer. Dinner will

be served after Mass at 6:30 p.m. Bishop will also pose

with recipients for pictures after Mass. We'll close the

day out with a Bonfire! All Scouts in attendance will

receive a special commemorative event item (e.g.,

patch).

TO PARTICIPATE YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR

GROUP BY MARCH 3, 2017.

FOR QUESTIONS ON HOW TO REGISTER OR TO

VOLUNTEER TO HELP, PLEASE CONTACT: John

Petrillo, Event Chairman: 912-341-3811; email:

john.petrillo@siemens.com

Youth Question of the Week

WHO IS THE ‘MESSIAH’?

Answer: Throughout the old Testament references are made to the “Messiah”, the holy one of God, who would come and save God’s people. As Christians, we believe that Jesus is the Messiah.

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Saturday Evenings 5:00 pm Mass and Sunday Mornings 8:15 am -12:30 p.m. Please contact Denise Burdick for nursery needs during meetings at 912-604-4178.

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