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ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 1665 Highway 45 By-Pass • Jackson, Tennessee 38305
(731) 668-2596 • Website: www.stmarys.tn.org
Fr. David Graham, Pastor Fr. Richard Cortese, Associate Pastor Fr. Tojan Abraham, Associate Pastor Rev. Mr. Dale Brown, Deacon Rev. Mr. Jim Moss, Deacon Rev. Dr. Eddy Koonce, Deacon Rev. Mr. Bob Russell, Deacon Rev. Mr. Bill Winston, Deacon
Sunday Masses: Saturday (Vigil) 5:30 pm
Sunday 8:00am & 10:30am Sunday Mass in Spanish 1:00pm
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:50-5:20pm
Sunday: 7:30-7:50am, 10:00-10:20am, & 12:30-12:50pm (Spanish)
Sacraments Baptisms By appointment. Pre-baptismal class required for 1st time parents. Offered 2nd Mon. of every month.
Weddings Contact us 6 months prior to the wedding date. Anointing of the Sick By appointment. In the case of a serious illness or death, please call the parish office. Our after hours answering service will get a message to a priest.
Parish Office Hours: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday
Calli Carpenter, Finance Administrator Derek Rotty, Director of Evangelization and Discipleship Deedee Doumitt,, Coordinator of Youth Ministries
——————————— JoAnn Wormer, Principal of St. Mary’s School (731) 668-2525 Ann Keyl, Principal of Sacred Heart of Jesus High School (731) 660-4774
ST. JOHN CHURCH 910 N. Washington Ave. • P. O. Box 872 • Brownsville, Tennessee 38012
(731) 668-2596
Rev. David Graham, Pastor Rev. Richard Cortese, Associate Pastor Rev. Tojan Abraham, Associate Pastor
Sunday Mass: 9:00 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: 8:45 a.m. (Prior to Sunday Mass)
Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org
LITURGICAL MINISTERS Weekend of March 21st & 22nd
Altar Servers 5:30pm Miriam Schott, Gabriel Schott, Jeremiah Jones,
Alyvia Ballard 8:00am Johnny Le, Max Doumitt, D.J. Doumitt, Blayne Koonce 10:30am Vincent Salter, Sam Keyl, Will Keyl, Santi Aguirre
Extraordinary Ministers 5:30pm Linda Brown, Janice Jones, Becky DeArmitt,
Chuck Doumitt, Margaret Doumitt, Allie Blakemore, Dawn Moore, Mary Todd
8:00am Jared Davis, Audrey Davis, Jenny Morgan, Jack Baudo, Marcia Sortet, Susan Durfee, Sandra Rogers, Barbara Williams 10:30am Misty Gayton, Janice Faulkner, James Faulkner,
Louis Saia, Peggy Moss Greeters
5:30pm Jon & Carrie Jones, David & Shelly Burngasser 8:00am Margaret Rodgers, Maggie Vucina, Andrew Rogers 10:30am Diane Johnson, Virginia Haayer, Myrtiss Morris
Sacristan 5:30pm Jan G. Wilms 8:00am Becky Crockarell 10:30am Michelle Petitt
Lector 5:30pm Movita Ferri, Roxanne Niedbalski 8:00am Bernadette Faulkner, Joseph Londino 10:30am Dave Woods, Dawn Knight-Wilson
Ushers 5:30pm Kemp Reed, JC Coughlin, Chris Coughlin,
Thomas Niedbalski, Bill Brewer 8:00am Lynn Williams, Kevin Dillon, Bobby Morgan,
Ron Thomson, Bill LaFont 10:30am Allen Miller, Lane Lemons, Jeremy Blankenship,
Kevin Brown, Linda Brown
Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Bells, TN
Saturday, March 14 6:00 p.m. Francisca Fabian Macias by Maria Rios
Saturday, March 21 6:00 p.m. Francisca Fabian Macias by Maria Rios
Mass Intentions
Mass Intentions For The Week
Saturday March 14 8:00am Personal Intentions by Okolo Family 5:30pm Sandy Jones by Moore Family Sunday March 15 8:00am Rita Siroky by Bill Siroky 10:30am Jose Arjonilla by George Graham Family 1:00pm Holy Souls of Purgatory by Francisca Castro Monday March 16 7:00am Edward James Poole, Jr., by Maggie Vucina 11:45am ~No Mass~ SHJHS Spring Break 5:30pm Br. Dan O’Brien by Libby Carmichael Tuesday March 17 7:00am Jim Butler by St. Mary’s Deacons 6:15pm All Souls in Purgatory by Okolo Family Wed. March 18 8:10am ~No Mass~ SMS Spring Break 12:00pm Thanks to David Wilson by Bereavement Committee Thurs. March 19 7:00am Rita Sabella by Sabella Family 11:45am ~No Mass~ SHJHS Spring Break Friday March 20 8:10am Anita Styers by Bill Styers Saturday March 21 8:00am Jose Arjonilla by George Graham Family 5:30pm Ronnie E. Kirk, Sr. by Deedee Doumitt Sunday March 22 8:00am Jim Williams by Lynn Williams 10:30am Souls in Purgatory 1:00pm Mass for the People
March 15, 2020 - 3rd Sunday of Lent
Weekend of March 22nd
St. John’s Brownsville
Contact the Parish Office for information about Mass Intentions and Liturgical Minister schedules.
Call: 731.668.2596 Email: [email protected]
Extr. Ministers Ron Michael Sulema Leon
Lectors Andrea Reyes
Alejandra Calderon
Altar Servers Sanjuanita Reyna
Sinai Leon Alexa Leon
Sunday, March 15 9:00 a.m. Mass for the People
Sunday, March 22 9:00 a.m. Sujey y Rogelio by Francisca Castro
*Masses at 11:45am on Mondays & Thursdays
are held at Sacred Heart of Jesus High School.
Mass Intentions
Parish Mission Statement Celebrating, Proclaiming, & Living the Joy of the Gospel
Comments from Deacon Dale Brown We have to use our imaginations to picture this scene. Jesus was tired after His journey. He sat down by the well, thirsty, hungry, worn out. He was so thirsty that He skirted all social protocol and asked a Samaritan woman to give Him a drink - Jewish men at that time just didn't do that kind of thing. But Jesus' thirst went much deeper. He was really thirsting to save her soul. But His tiredness doesn't hold back His love for a lost sheep that crosses his path. The Samaritan woman came to the well at noon, the hottest hour of the hot, middle-eastern day. The other women of the village would have come in the cooler hours of early morning and evening. This one was a social outcast, avoiding contact with her peers. Jesus notices this, seeing in her eyes the anxiety that comes from an unstable life, but He also sees a spark of sincerity - her rocky path through life had worn down any façade of self-righteousness or self-delusion. Her wounded and suffering heart provides an opportunity for grace, and our Lord, forgetting about His own suffering, seizes it, changing her life forever. Jesus became one of us on purpose. He knew that because of original sin, we could no longer raise ourselves up to friendship with God, so He lowered Himself down to our level instead. And this is exactly what He continues to do, every day, through the Church, the extension in time of His Incarnation. The Samaritan woman was so overcome with joy at encountering Jesus, so eager to spread the news, that she left behind her empty water jar, the very reason she came to the well in the first place! Jesus Christ wants to make a real difference in our lives, to redeem us, to give us a fresh start.
March 15, 2020 - 3rd Sunday of Lent
Rest in Peace Our sympathy and prayers to the family
of Helen Jane Thomas Tapler, wife of Vince Tapler.
May the glory of Christ’s Resurrection bring strength & hope during this time.
Upcoming Events Sun. March 15 6:00pm No MS Youth Group ~Spring Break~ Mon. March 16 6:00pm No Cub Scouts ~Spring Break~ 7:00pm No Boy Scouts ~Spring Break~ Tues. March 17 ~St. Patrick’s Day~ 9:00am Heartwarmers, Modular Bldg 7:00pm RCIA, OL Lourdes Wed. March 18 6:00am St. Sebastian Men’s Grp, OL Africa 10:00am Scripture Study, OL Lourdes 6:45pm Adult Choir Practice, Choir Room 7:00pm Hearts Afire Group, OL Lourdes 7:00pm Adult Faith Formation Series, OL Africa 7:00pm No HS Youth Group ~Spring Break~ Fri. March 20 10:00am Hearts Afire Group, OL Lourdes 7:00pm Stations of the Cross, Church Sun. March 22 9:15am Children’s Faith Formation 6:00pm MS Youth Group, Church
Please submit information to [email protected]
Attention! Children’s Faith Formation
will NOT meet on March 15th. ~ Resumes March 22nd. ~
Parish Penance Service
March 31, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
5 additional, visiting priests will also be here to hear confessions.
SMS & SHJHS Spring Break: March 16-20, 2020
YOUR GIFTS TO GOD & PARISH
Sympathy, Encouragement, Get Well
If you need to contact us in March, please contact:
Dennah Hilario at [email protected]
St. Mary’s St. John’s Weekly Offertory $ 14,342 $ 789 March Offertory Goal $ 21,000 $ 560 Total Offertory to Date $ 708,622 $ 22,566 Offertory Goal to Date $ 770,000 $ 20,160
March 15, 2020 - 3rd Sunday of Lent
Any man wanting to join or learn more about the Knights of Columbus, contact Grand Knight,
Greg Hickerson [email protected]
Catholic Annual Appeal 2020Catholic Annual Appeal 2020
Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org
Contact Lynn Williams to sign up! 731-668-3706
Altar Society
Our Task:
To care for the altar linens & to clean the sanctuary where the
Eucharist is celebrated.
2020 Annual
Catholic Appeal
Our parish goal is $79,500
If you do not have a card, please fill out a commitment card located in the Narthex.
Every parishioner has a duty and responsibility to support the mission of
our Diocesan Church.
Card Ministry
Attention ALL students from 5th grade thru High School
Need Service Hours?
St. Mary’s School is creating sets for the Spring Program and could use help with
building & painting!
We will meet Sunday, March 22 & March 29
10:30am-12:45pm in the school.
Interested? Contact Anne Long at anne.long@stmary’s.tn.org
or call the school at 731-668-2525.
FYI: Derek Rotty has approved receiving service hours
for anyone who comes to help.
Currently, there is a food shortage in Haiti Please help our sister parish &
orphanage in Moron, Haiti. The mission team is going at the end of April and we need to take as much food as we can.
Canned Goods Can Fruit Can Meat
Sugar Flour Rice
Monetary donations are welcome.
ANY NON-PERISHABLE FOOD NO GLASS
Drop off box located in the Narthex.
for Haiti
Needed Items
Need Service Hours?
Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org
Homebound & Senior Citizens’
Corner For help in locating a HANDY MAN,
(i.e. plumbers, electricians, small construction, etc.) contact Maggie Vucina – 664-8328.
For info on HOME TOUCH, Contact Phyllis Marshall – 668-5555.
MyRide West TN needs more volunteer Licensed TN drivers. If you are willing to
volunteer to drive Senior & Homebound citizens (who no longer can drive) to various locations, contact MyRide TN: 668-6420 or 1-844-803-0169.
March 15, 2020 - 3rd Sunday of Lent
If you would like to add/remove a name from the prayer list, please contact the parish office at 731.668.2596
Sick, Homebound or in the Hospital and would like to receive Holy Communion?
Please call the Parish Office at 668-2596.
Special Days this Week
Adams, Grant
Baggett, Betty Bargiachi, Charlie Beare Family Bell, Carmen Benjamin, Rick Blanton, Dottie Bonds, Karolyn Bono, Kaye Browning,Geneva
Ceccotti, Dante Childress, Dale Clift, Dorothy Colgrove, Debbie Crosnoe, Jimmy
Davis, Heather Day, Barbara DeArmitt, Amy Dellinger, Mabry Diaz, Luz Elena Doumitt, Chuck Sr. Durning, Maureen
Edwards, Carter Elam, Teresa Englert, Harriette Englert, Joshua
Faulkner, Janice Flores, Melissa Franks, Grayson Garrard, Anne Goff, Callan Goff, Lilly
Graning, Dee Gutierrez, Dolores Gyrenge, Lorraine Harmon, Sherri Hercules, Jennifer Holmes, Wayne Hulderman, Bobbie Hughes, Roger
Jones, Brian Jones, Christine Jones, Dick Joyner, Betty
King, Helen Klees, LaVerne
Lavitola, Rose Lay, Tyler Lipe, Fitts Londino, Joe Lycette, Missi McLeary, Patti Mercado, Pacita Miller, Kevin Miracle, Jordan Mitchelson, Joe Mitchelson, Lela Moody, Lois
Newman, Mike Nunn, Marvin Okolo, Joseph Okolo, Stacey
Preston, Anderson
Ragan, Phillip Regenhold, Lynn Rogers, Steven
Sabella, Marsha Sanders, James Schlosser, Dottie Sewell, Kathy Siroky, Bill Siroky, James Smith, Mike Smith, Pat Smith, Patricia Solberg, Charles Sortet, Ruth Sortet, Mary Soto Corpuz,Victor Sparks, Don Speechly, Jean Speechly, Mark
Thompson, Alta Tims, Linda Turner, Raymond Tyson, Claudia
Walker, Michelle Walker, Robert Wallace, Permela Wilcox, Malcolm White, Peggy Wood, Debra Wyatt, Sherri
3/17 – ST. PATRICK’S FEAST DAY “Apostle of Ireland” and Patron Saint,
& since 1961, the PATRON SAINT OF NIGERIA
3/19 – ST. JOSEPH’S FEAST DAY Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
& Foster Father of Jesus
NOTABLE QUOTABLE
Legend says that St. Patrick used the 3-stem SHAMROCK as a symbol of the
Holy Trinity – Father, Son & Holy Spirit. “Christ with me; Christ before me; Christ behind
me….” (Prayer of St. Patrick)
Bethlehem Woodcarving will be at St. Mary's March 21 & 22
Managing Director/Founder Louie Helal
Tel: 810-344-7055 Mob: 810-471-8686
Prayer Requests
HEALTHY HABITS TO HELP PREVENT THE FLU
(From the CDC – Center for Disease Control & Prevention) • Avoid close contact with people who are sick – don’t
shake hands. • Stay home when you are sick. • Cover your mouth & nose with a tissue when coughing or
sneezing. • Wash your hands frequently - for 15 seconds - with soap
and water. • Carry a small container of hand sanitizer to clean your
hands when away from home. • Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. • Stay hydrated – drink plenty of water throughout the day. • Get enough sleep & eat a healthy diet.
You may give prayerful consideration to your
level of support to help our ministries to the Catholic Christian.
CELEBRATE LIFE Please pray for the women in our parish who are with child.
Prayers are a wonderful way to support a mother & her family. Contact Carrie Jones to be added to this list, receive meals, or if
you would like to provide meals & support to these moms. Email Carrie at [email protected].
Please Pray For: Abby Bautista Alexander, Teresa Fuentez Rocha,
Marisol Aguirre, Adrian Johnson, Kristen Whitaker-Younger, Leah Moore, Ann Marie Graham Williamson,
Ashley Marie Turner Todd, Constance Dettman, Julie Newman Kinsland, Abigail Hernandez, Diana Holt,
Diana Castraneda
PRAYER FOR PREGNANT MOTHERS:
Dear Father, we ask you to protect the little babies who are being knit together in their mothers’ wombs.
Comfort their mothers and fathers during the time that they are growing and developing. Lord Jesus, give these smallest of persons the strength to come into this world,
to fully participate in your creation. Send your Holy Spirit to infuse their souls with love for you. After long, healthy, and loving lives, bring them
safely home to your heavenly kingdom. Amen.
PARISH EDUCATION
St. Mary’s School For the Scholar For the Spirit
Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org
March 15, 2020 - 3rd Sunday of Lent
Catholic Classical Education for the Mind, Body & Spirit
Boys Soccer Games 3-24 @JCS, 5pm
3-30 vs McNairy, 5:30pm 4-2 @ Augustine, 5pm
4-7 @ USJ, 6pm 4-16 @ Fayette West, 5:30pm
4-23 vs Lexington, 5:30pm
The Jackson Jr. Women’s Guild Poetry Contest Winners Caroline Hayes, Gracie Reynolds, Nina McFarland, Grace
Whetstone, Gabbie Dillon, Maria Saia, Emmett Rooks.
You Spoke...We Listened! Top 10 Reasons to send your child to
St. Mary’s School!
Applications are being accepted for the 2020-21 school year. Financial aid is available.
For more information, visit our website:
www.stmarysschool.tn.org or call 731-668-2525
SMS will be closed for Spring Break March 16th-20th
Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org
March 15, 2020 - 3rd Sunday of Lent
Now accepting credit cards!
League play is scheduled to start on Friday, March 20th
Watch the bulletin & FlockNotes for more info!
Questions? Contact Susan McCowan Durfee