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The Twenty Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time

Sunday, September 11 2016

Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32

The Twenty Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time

Catechetical Sunday

Sunday, September 18 2016

Amos 8:4-7; 1 Timothy 2: 1-8; Luke 16: 1-13

Saturday 9/10 5pm Joyce Anderson D Joan Merk Fr. Gerald

Sunday 9/11 9am * Bert & Betty Richards D Robert & Sue Allen Fr. Gerald

Sunday 9/11 11am Anka Salopek D The Slopek Family Fr. Gerald

Wednesday 9/14 9am Deceased of the Castelli & Amante Family D Catherine Amante Fr. Gerald

Thursday 9/15 9am* Louise Robers D Robert & Sue Allen Fr. Gerald

Thursday 9/15 9am* Nubs Dytianquin I Robert & Sue Allen Fr. Gerald

Friday 9/16 9am Mildred Monahan D Bill & Veronica Lyttle Fr. Gerald

Saturday 9/17 5pm Deceased of the Castelli & Amante Family D Bob & Muriel Toepfert Fr. Gerald

Sunday 9/18 9am * Larry Robers D Robert & Sue Allen Fr. Gerald

Sunday 9/18 9am* David & Irene Nadig I Robert & Sue Allen Fr. Gerald

Sunday 9/18 11am James Frawley D George and Kay McKemie Fr. Gerald

* Celebrated at St. Joseph's/Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel

Office Hours: Thursday after 9:30am - 12pm

Phone: (434) 842-3970

Weekend: Sunday 9:00AM

Holy Day: 9:00AM

Weekday: Thurs 9:00AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sunday: before Mass 8:30AM Adoration: Last Sunday of the Month 7:30 – 8:30AM

Weekend: First Saturday 9:00AM

Saturday Vigil 5:00PM

Sunday 11:00AM

Weekday: Wed & Fri 9:00AM

Rosary after weekday Masses 9:45AM

Mass with SNLC Families 4TH Sunday 11:00AM

Mass with Children Sun 09/24 11:00AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

First Friday after 9AM Mass or by appointment

Saturday 4:00PM

Adoration: Monday-Friday 6AM to 10:00PM

Legion of Mary Wednesday 10AM Room 123

Parish Center CLOSED MONDAY 09/05

Office Hours:

10:00am – 3:00pm Mass Cards available during Office

Hours

Saint Nicholas

Learning Center

7:15am – 6:30pm [email protected]

[email protected] Phone: (434) 589-5201 Fax: (434) 589-4463

Visit our Website: http://saintspeterpaul.org/

Rectory 15 Dogleg Rd

Palmyra, VA 22963 (434) 589-5200

[email protected]

Twinning with Saint Peter's Parish

Fond-Pierre, Haiti

Pastor: Rev. Gerald Francis Musuubire

Permanent Deacon: Rev. Mr. Robert Allen

Office Manager: Pamela Dempsey

Pastoral Council Chair: Lisa Salopek

Finance Council Chair: Carol Fernandes

ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA

This past Sunday, September 4, 2016 Pope Francis celebrated Holy Mass and Rite of Canonization of Blessed

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a modern day saint, in Saint Peter’s Square. Here are excerpts from his homily.

“Who can learn the counsel of God?” (Wis 9:13). This question from the Book of Wisdom that we have just

heard in the first reading suggests that our life is a mystery and that we do not possess the key to

understanding it. There are always two protagonists in history: God and man. Our task is to perceive the call

of God and then to do his will. But in order to do his will, we must ask ourselves, “What is God’s will in my

life?”

“We are thus called to translate into concrete acts that which we invoke in prayer and profess in faith. There

is no alternative to charity: those who put themselves at the service of others, even when they don’t know it,

are those who love God (cf. 1 Jn 3:16-18; Jas 2:14-18). The Christian life, however, is not merely extending a

hand in times of need. If it is just this, it can be, certainly, a lovely expression of human solidarity which offers

immediate benefits, but it is sterile because it lacks roots. The task which the Lord gives us, on the contrary, is

the vocation to charity in which each of Christ’s disciples puts his or her entire life at his service, so to grow

each day in love.”

“Following Jesus is a serious task, and, at the same time, one filled with joy; it takes a certain daring and

courage to recognize the divine Master in the poorest of the poor and to give oneself in their service. In order

to do so, volunteers, who out of love of Jesus serve the poor and the needy, do not expect any thanks or

recompense; rather they renounce all this because they have discovered true love….. Wherever someone is

reaching out, asking for a helping hand in order to get up, this is where our presence – and the presence of the

Church which sustains and offers hope – must be.”

“Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making herself available

for everyone through her welcome and defense of human life, those unborn and those abandoned and

discarded. She was committed to defending life, ceaselessly proclaiming that “the unborn are the weakest, the

smallest, the most vulnerable”. She bowed down before those who were spent, left to die on the side of the

road, seeing in them their God-given dignity; she made her voice heard before the powers of this world, so

that they might recognize their guilt for the crime of poverty they created.”

“Her mission to the urban and existential peripheries remains for us today an eloquent witness to God’s

closeness to the poorest of the poor. Today, I pass on this emblematic figure of womanhood and of

consecrated life to the whole world of volunteers: may she be your model of holiness! May this tireless

worker of mercy help us to increasingly understand that our only criterion for action is gratuitous love, free

from every ideology and all obligations, offered freely to everyone without distinction of language, culture,

race or religion. Mother Teresa loved to say, “Perhaps I don’t speak their language, but I can smile”. Let us

carry her smile in our hearts and give it to those whom we meet along our journey, especially those who

suffer. In this way, we will open up opportunities of joy and hope for our many brothers and sisters who are

discouraged and who stand in need of understanding and tenderness.”

ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA, PRAY FOR US!!!!

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH SEPTEMBER 10 - 11, 2016

If you wish to have a name added to the list, please notify the office (434) 589-5201

Barbara Acosta * Fran Allan * Michael Amato * Kyle Anderson * Betty Arleth * Jennifer Aspell * Derek Assink * Larry Atkin

Barbara Aulebach-Ross * Nancy Avers * Richard Ayusuo * Sal Barcia * Otto Berg * Pat Bergor * Peggy Boggess

Debra Borowicz * Robert Bossong * Anne Branigan * Pamela Bronson * Bill Brown * Lenore Bryant * Bob Burger

Mary Callahan * Mae Carey * Marge Casella * Maryann Cascio * Sister Mary Charles * Roberta Condon

Nancy Connors * Daly Family * Joe Del Monte * Marty Dempf * Kevin Dolan * Jack Donnelly * Carol Donohue

Lyman Drake * Nancy Dudley * Bruce Duncan * Monty Dunckan * Ellen Dunn * Andrew Durant * Helga Fallis

Leoncio Feliciano * Ellen Ferris * Donna Firth * Dan Futie * Susan Geiger * Helen Gomes * Madeline Graffagnino

Tom Griffin * John Groholski * Pat Hagger * Troxie Harding * Rick Hayden * Fred Hansen * Suzanne Hilbert

Mike and Terry Hocevar * Caisey Rose Hoffman * Eleanor Holodak * Jim Holodak * Roger Jenkins * Danielle Jones

John & Rosemary Kaiser * Valdas Kasparaitlis * Carolyn Kerrigan * Tom Kinter * Nathan Kittredge * Raymond Lantz

Roger Lawson * Marcia Aulebach-Lagomarsino * Mike Lee * Shaun Lonie * Stacey Maas * Diana Mariutto * Lynn Martin

Steven McCall * Eileen McCoy * Don McLaughlin * Kathy & Bradley McNally * Joe Meier * Debbie Menard * Bob Merhoff

Joan Merk * Jean Miller * Rose Millington * Brenda Morgan * Rachel Morris * Jim Mullin *Joanne Murphy * Julie Murphy

David Nadig * The Nelson Family * Jack Nolfo * Joe Novak * Mary-Ellen O'Rourke * Jane O’Brian * Tom O’Brien

Natalie Palmer * Ryan Palmer Family * The Parson Family * George and Isabelle Perry * Frank Persico * Sandi Petras

Matthew Picone * Alicia Phillips * Marilyn Pignoni * Richard & Denise Pillar * Agnes Pomeroy * Nick Pugliese

Robert Quackenbush * Diane Raab * Chris Ramirez * Solidad Ramirez * Margaret Reilly Donald Rebarchak * Sandra Reynard

* Nancy Richards Barbara Ridgeway * Patricia Robinson * Emma Rose * Andy Rutkowski * Kathy Saurman

Bob and Mary Sedlak * The Shapiola Family * Suki Simpson * Robert Smith Moe Sneedy * Anne Sorenson * Cheryl Spangler

Susan Strong * The Starowicz Family * Jamie Steiner * Janet Supple * Cheryl Surrett * Lisa Thackston * Thomas Family

Sister Sue Tracy * Jimmie Utterback * Mary Vrennan * Stephanie Vinson-Campbell * Mary Walsh * Lenore Weir

Joyce White * Sister Regina Wilson * Ernie Wittich * Diane Wolfe Linda Wolfe * Doris Woodward * Megan Wyndam

Morgan Yancey * Nick Zumar

ALTAR FLOWERS September

Donor:

Memorial:

SANCTUARY CANDLE September

Donor: Jack and Kathleen Best

Memorial: Deceased Members of

the Landy, Best, & O’Brien Families

BREAD AND WINE MEMORIAL September

Donor: Jack and Kathleen Best

Memorial: Deceased Members of

the Landy, Best, & O’Brien Families

If you are celebrating your

Marriage Anniversary in

September

and would like to be part of the

Marriage Blessing Mass

Saturday, October 1st

Please notify the office before

Monday, September 26th


Sun 9/11

RCIA Resumes 9:30 - 10:45am M

Game Day 1:00 - 5:00pm C

Ultreya Picnic 1:00 - 5:00pm F

Mon 9/12

Bridge 9:00 - 1:00pm E

Yoga 11:00 - 12:30pm C

Mah Jongg Group 1:00 - 4:00pm F

Disability Workshop 5:30 - 8:30pm F

Saved by the Book Bible Study 7:00-8:00pm 122

Cub Scouts 6:30 - 7:30pm 123

Knights of Columbus Meeting 6:00 - 9:00pm C

Tues 9/13


Zumba 6:00 - 7:30pm F

Al-Anon 7:00 - 8:00pm M

Wed 9/14


Legion of Mary 10:00 - 12:00pm 123

Lions Den 6:30 - 7:30pm 115

Den 9 6:30 - 7:30pm 122

Troop 138 6:30 - 8:00PM E

Good Shepherd's Meeting 7:00 - 9:00pm M

Worship Committee 7:00 - 9:00pm 123

SNLC School Board Meeting 7:00 - 9:00pm 122

Thurs 9/15

Crafters 9:30 - 2:00pm M

Bridge 10:00 - 2:30pm E

Piecemakers Quilters 1:00 - 3:00pm E

Rejoice Bible Study 1:00 - 2:00pm 122

Joy of the Gospel Prayer Group 2:15 - 3:15pm 122

Finance Committee 7:00 - 8:30pm 123

Fri 9/16

May I 9:00 - 12 noon E

Community Garden 9:15 - 11:00am 122

Hand & Foot 12:30 - 4:30pm F

Sat 9/17 Family Retreat 12:30 - 7:00pm ALL Campus

Sun 9/18

CCD Classes Resume 9:45 - 10:45am Parish Center

SNLC Open House for Parishioners 12:30 - 1:30pm Parish Center

Catechist Commissioning 11am Mass Church


Annual Worldwide

Public Square Rosary Saturday

October 15 12 Noon

Saints Peter and Paul Church

Please mark your calendar and plan to join us

Especially during this most critical time.

Bring a beach chair.

For more information contact: Carol Scampoli - (434) 589-5339

The Year of Mercy is coming to a close and we are reflecting on what we have done to make a difference. The Legion of Mary would like to invite all to join us Fridays at 3PM at the Chapel to pray the Divine Mercy

Chaplet together for Peace in the World.

While our Lord has the desire to give His Mercy in overabundance, we have to have the desire to receive it otherwise it will be wasted. We also should have the desire to share it with the rest of the world around us.

The Legion of Mary Ministry is a Ministry of Mercy.

We follow our Heavenly Mother and our Saints (such as St. Teresa of Calcutta) who gave up everything and then totally gave themselves to serve the most needy and forgotten and we also look to our current Holy Father who is giving us such a wonderful example of how to do it. It is time to get off the couch and take action. Hope you had a chance to watch the canonization Mass and the many other programs about Mother Teresa on EWTN last week.

We also invite everyone to pray the rosary with us on Wednesdays and Fridays, following the 9AM Mass. While we always pray for you, we would also like to pray with you. Hope, to see many of our Parish families at the September 17th Retreat!

Legion work requires commitment and the willingness to make sacrifices. Not many people feel called to this kind of work. However, we are in need of more active members and would like to hear from anyone, male or female, 18 years and up, who feels called to serve and would like to attend one of our meetings. We meet Wednesdays at 10:20AM in room 123.

If you are interested in any of our services (visiting the homebound, bringing holy communion, praying the family rosary and leaving the pilgrim virgin statue in your home for a week, helping you consecrate your home to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, etc.) or if you would like to attend a meeting, please contact: Eileen Tyler – 434-589-3255

Thank you and God bless you all.

How Does One Become a Saint?

For almost the first millennium of the Church’s life, there was no centralized canonization process with investigation into the person’s life and miracles attributed to his or her intercession. The local Church recognized as saint’s holy women and men whose life and death demonstrated great virtue.

The term “Servant of God” now describes someone at the start of the entire process, which begins in the local diocese and eventually moves to the Holy See’s Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.

A person whose life and writings have been formally investigated can be declared Venerable. Martyrs do not need a miracle for beatification.

For others, after a miracle has been investigated and accepted by separate committees of doctors, theologians, and cardinals, the person is approved for beatification.

The final step for canonization is the verification of two miracles attributed to that holy person’s intercession, both of which undergo intense scrutiny.

— Pat McCloskey, OFM


HAPPY FACE

Collecting new toys / games for the December event.

Gently used or new bikes are needed.

If you have a bike now, the repair/refurbishing crew is ready to begin work.

Please call Mary Kidd: (434) 589-0910 [email protected]

Donations are needed for new tires, seats etc.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION

September 03-04

First Offering

$ 4,016.00

First Offering - Faith Direct $ 1,332.75

Total: $ 5,348.75

Living Our Mission - Diocese - 62 Gifts $100,545

Second Collection this weekend: Building Fund

Second Collection next weekend: Catholic Virginian

We WANT YOU

We would love for you to join us for the

Saturday/Sunday choir and the

Contemporary choir.

If anyone is interested in participating in one

of the most rewarding ministries in our

church, please join us. Nothing to lose and

much to gain and the bonus of learning new

hymns and remembering the old. Much to

offer with a choice of singing in the Saturday

and Sunday choir with the more traditional

hymns, or with the contemporary choir every

4th Sunday with some very uplifting

contemporary ones.

It would be great to see more new faces in

our choirs singing the praises of Glory and

Honor to our God the Father, the Son and the

Holy Spirit.

Please contact Sid D'Amico or Dan White

before or after any mass or leave word with

the office.


Is hosting a

Past Grand Knight Awards Dinner

Open to All

Date: Sunday, October 2nd

Place: St. Frances Hall

Time 5:00 Social Hour

6:00 Dinner

Dinner catered by Sal’s

Cost $25 a person all inclusive

This dinner celebrates and honors our:

Young Man

Young Lady

Family of the Year

Knight of the Year

our Past Grand Knight

Frank Feliciano

for his leadership of the Council

for the last two years.

All are invited and the signup deadline is

Sunday, September 25th

For more information please contact:

George Kuhlow (434) 589-6158

[email protected]

Joy of the Gospel Prayer Group

Join us Thursdays 2:15pm

Parish Center Room 123

Thursdays

1pm

Room 123

Study focus:

Amos, Hosea, and Micah

For more information, please contact:

June Wimer (434) 589-2863

[email protected]

Monday

September 12th

7pm

Room 123

All are welcome!

For more information, please contact:

William Buono, (434) 984-5630,

[email protected] (Sts Peter

and Paul)

Celeste Shapiola, (434) 842-1869,

[email protected] (St. Joseph’s)


If you are interested in joining or learning more

about the Catholic Church, Inquiry sessions will be

held in the Saint Michaels Room on the following

Sundays:

September 11, 18, and 25

9:30AM

Please contact Peter Coleman [email protected]

(540) 250-6716

Classes meet in the Parish Center

Sundays

9:45-10:45am

Starting

September 18th

Register Now for the 2016-17 School Year

K – 8 Classes 1st Communion

Confirmation Classes Forms are available in the commons

or Contact Pam:

(434) 589-5201 [email protected]

Good Shepherds Ministry Mission & Philosophy

MISSION - In partnership with families and the Holy Spirit, the Good Shepherds Ministry of Saints Peter

and Paul Catholic Church in Palmyra Virginia, exists to work with fellow parishioners in need of help (with

their family members) to educate and provide short term help with:

• Transportation (limited to ambulatory clients) to medical appointments, pharmacy, banking, post office &/or

church services.

• Health Education/Promotion Services.

• Connection to Healthcare providers and community services/agencies.

• Meals for those in need of short term assistance.

PHILOSOPHY – “To be able to assist & help the needy & the elderly where they are unable to help

themselves.”

*All services dependent on the availability of volunteers*

“We are a temporary solution.”

For more information about the “Good Shepherds Ministry” will be available after 5PM Mass on Saturday

September 24th and after 11AM Mass on Sunday September 25th. In the near future you will find this at

Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church website. For those who do not have a computer, printed copies will be

available. Thank you & God bless!

Good Shepherds Ministry of Sts. Peter & Paul’s Catholic Church

September 28-November 6 A peaceful, prayerful, and powerful response to abortion

you are invited to join other Christians for 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion.

Prayer & Fasting With God all things are possible:

Join us today in praying for the unborn and those affected by abortion.

Peaceful Prayer Vigil Pray outside Planned Parenthood on Hydraulic Road

To sanctify the land harmed by abortion Community Outreach You can bring the pro-life message to your community

Tell family and friends about the campaign to save lives. Spread the pro-life message to Christian groups such as bible studies, prayer groups, and local Christian churches and schools.

SEPTEMBER 28 – NOVEMBER 6

TAKE A STAND FOR LIFE

From September 28 to November 6, our

community will take part in 40 Days for Life

… a groundbreaking, coordinated

international mobilization. We pray that,

with God’s help, this will mark the beginning

of the end of abortion in our city – and

beyond.

KICKOFF RALLY

Tuesday

September 27th 5:30 – 6:30p.m.

Praise & Worship Music, Prayer, and Speakers

In front of Planned Parenthood

Hydraulic Rd

Parking: Albemarle Baptist Church

Drillers Service, Inc.

For more information, contact us: [email protected]

32nd Annual Candlelight Banquet October 07-08

Double Tree – Hilton

Charlottesville

Friday, October 07

features Clair Culwell, twin abortion

survivor and Pro-Life Advocate

Saturday, October 08

features Ryan Bomberger,

Co-founder of Radiance Foundation

Attendance s Free

Donations to support the life-saving work

of the Pregnancy Centers will be

collected at the event.

Please join us at the

Saints Peter and Paul table

Friday, October 7th!

To reserve your seats please contact:

John Condon:

[email protected]

(434) 409-1246

For more information or to reserve your

seat, visit: VirginiaPregnancy.org/Events

or contact Keri-Ann Byrne

(434) 979-4516

[email protected]

The Pregnancy Centers have served over

25,500 families in the past 32 years, and

is making a generational impact on our

community thanks to your support and

partnership.

Thank you for supporting

this wonderful ministry!

Sexual Integrity Program

Leaders Needed!

The Pregnancy Centers are looking for

approachable, out-going men and women

(preferably between the ages of 20-32) who

have experience working with youth and are

passionate about teaching God’s design for

sex and marriage to teens through a fun 1-

hour program.

Commitment for this volunteer position

would be 1-2 presentations per month to

local church groups.

Contact: [email protected].

Please pray for:

Glenn Barberio * the Blackwell Family * Rosemarie Campbell * David Carbocci Lorraine Cottrell * Charlie Couture * Noah Cross * Alma Davis * Tony DeMayo

Mary and Jim Desborough * Angelica Galvez-Sobral * Rodolfo Galvez-Sobral Mike Genovese * Mauricio Granados * Jerod Hickey * George Lewis

Gregory MacDonald * Leonard Joseph Mark * Bob Merhoff * Bill Miller Albert Mitchell * William Monola * Tom Nelson * Alice Noel * Richard Sharff

Gilbert Sherman * Jeff Slaydon * Kathleen Miller Warn * Jordan Watkins

Christopher White * Kathie Williamson

SAVE the DATE

October 8th

6pm

Octoberfest Tickets will be on sale

after Mass in the Parish Hall.

Please see Carroll Morse.

We are pleased to announce that this year WE WILL HAVE, again,

OUR PIE BAKING CONTEST Get your baking utensils ready, grab inspiration from

the last hot days or summer and submerge in the chill of fall.

Let the COOK within you come out with your most creative recipe, and let the whole community

indulge in all those yummy creations! The Pie Baking Contest will be on October 8th too.

GREAT NEWS!!!

You now have 3 ways to support the

PRECIOUS BABY GIFT FUND:

1) Add a new item to the baby basket

2) Donate money or a gift card

3) Buy an item from our great selection of gifts.

New items are added each week!!

COLUMBIA INTERFAITH COUNCIL

Annual Picnic

St Joseph’s

Saturday September 17th 1 – 4pm

All parishioners are welcome to participate.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION

Weekly Offering for

September 04, 2016 $977.99

Georgia Wells $ 79.00

Enrolling now for summer!

PALMER’S AUTOMOTIVE

(434) 293-9750

We are here for

You’re Service Needs

Call Ryan

Lake Monticello

Auto Service

Reasonable Rates

[email protected]

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