March 24, 2013/24 de Marzo 2013

Parish Information MASSES

Sunday: 7:00 a.m. (Español)

10:00 a.m. (English) 1:00 p.m. (Español)

Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. Wednesday: 7:30 a.m. Communion Service

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. Communion Service 4:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass (English)

Eucharistic Adoration First Friday Mass: 12:00 noon. (followed by Exposition) Divine Mercy Chaplet: 3:00 p.m. Benediction: 8:00 p.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 4:00 p.m. (or contact the office for an appt.)

Sacrament of Baptism First and Third Sundays (except during Lent) Preparation Class: 2nd Saturdays of each month. Contact the office for information.

Sacrament of Matrimony Contact the Pastor at least six months before setting a date.

Anointing and Visitation of the Sick Contact the Pastor or the Parochial Vicar

Adult Faith Enrichment Bible Study: Thursdays, 3:00 p.m. Prayer Group: Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m.

“… Welcome the stranger, serve the poor, free the oppressed, speak out for justice, and love one another.”

Pastoral Staff Rev. Fr. Jerome McKenna, C.P., Pastor Rev. Fr. Alberto Cabrera, C.P., Parochial Vicar Rev. Mr. Hilliard M. Lee, Jr., Deacon Rev. Mr. Joseph Goolsby, Deacon Rev. Mr. George Smith, Deacon Served by the Passionist Community

Founded in 1954

Opening Our Hearts to Christ and to the World Abriendo Nuestros Corazones a Cristo y al Mundo

Phone: 404-696-6704 Fax: 404-696-4735

Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

After Hours/Emergency Line: 304-280-3588

Email: stpaulofthecrossatl@gmail.com

Website: saintpaulofthecross.org

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The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth

14th Sunday

In Ordinary

Time July 5th , 20 15

“ A Prophet is

not without

Honor except

in his native

place and

among his

own kin and

in his own

house”.

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14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 5, 2015

Stewardship

Mass Intentions

June 28, 2015: $7,020.00 Needed: $12,000.00 Includes Offertory and mail-in contributions) Offertory: $6,050.00 Peter’s Pence $452.00 Georgia Bulletin $23.00 Capital Campaign Goal: $900,000.00 Pledges Received to Date: $626,699.00 Payments—May 2015 $400.00 Payments Received to Date: $516,622.80

Capital Campaign Contributions may be made up to the end of June 2016.

Week of July 5—11, 2015

SUNDAY, 10:00 am: People of the Parish MONDAY, TUESDAY , THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, 7:30 am: Living and Deceased Passionist Benefactors WEDNESDAY, 7:30 am: Communion Service 7:30 pm: (Sp. Ctr.) Isabella Marie Jeanne, her birthday (req. Donald P. Jeanne) SATURDAY, 4:30 pm: Vigil Mass: Maria Teresa Briz †

(req. Marilyn Dos Santos)

T he Pastor’s Corner

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE

Sunday, July 5, 2015 14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME No Breakfast in Spiritual Center

11:30a Altar Rosary Society

Monday, July 6 Legion of Mary will meet next Monday, July 13th at 2pm

Tuesday, July 7 6:00p English Prayer Group

7:00p Hispanic Bible Study

Wednesday, July 8 7:30p Spanish Mass

Thursday, July 9 3:00p-4:00p English Bible Study

6:00p KPC/KPCLA Meeting

7:00p Young Adult Ministry

Friday, July 10 6:30p Hispanic Prayer

Saturday, July 11 9:00a KPC 301 Monthly Meeting

10:30a Worship Commission

Healing Mass

Anointing Mass with the Sick will be held next Sunday,

July 12th, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. at Saint Paul of the Cross. We cordially invite those afflicted with illnesses or need

special healing who wish to receive the

Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick to attend this healing

Mass.

For more information call the Parish Office at

404-696-6704. Light refreshments after Mass.

May your body be blessed with strength, your mind with rest, and your spirit with peace .

Pope Francis’ July Prayer Intentions .

Politics. That political responsibility

may be lived at all levels as a high form

of charity.

The poor in Latin America. That, amid

social inequalities, Latin American

Christians may bear witness to love for

the poor and contribute to a more

fraternal society.

My dear Parishioners,

This weekend we begin a new traffic pattern in our drive-

ways and parking areas even though we have not yet begun

Phase One of our long-awaited development program. As

announced last weekend, we want to get ahead of the game,

so to speak, so that when construction does begin, the new

traffic and parking pattern will be familiar to everyone.

Switching traffic patterns is like everything else in life; it

means change, something we just don’t like to do. Yet,

change is not only possible, it is inevitable. We are con-

stantly confronted with the need to change in small matter as

well as the large. Change does take time because it requires

a bit of adjusting on our part, moving away from the famil-

iar and the comfortable to a new way whatever it may be.

I have just begun to get into the Pope’s encyclical Laudato-

Si’ - On Care for Our Common Home, and already I see that

the Holy Father is challenging us to make some necessary

changes in our lifestyles because, as he reasons, everyone of

us is responsible for keeping our common home in good

order. That’s why the encyclical is addressed to “every per-

son living on this planet” and not just to bishops or even just

to Catholics, but to everyone—the high and the mighty as

well as the little and the lowly.

The Holy Father makes quite a case for a healthy world. At

times he is blunt but on target when he states that we are

caught up in a culture of pollution and waste—”a throwa-

way culture,” as he calls it. But he says encouragingly that,

if we all work together, we can effect a change for the bet-

ter.

We must study, reflect and take action on what Pope Francis

lays out before us because is is really a matter of life and

death for the planet and for all of us who call it our home.

I hope you will find time to read the Holy Father’s encycli-

cal. It is available on the Internet, and I hope to provide at

least some copies for the parish. Meanwhile, let us adapt to

these comparatively small changes that affect our driving

and parking patterns. — Fr. Jerome, C.P.

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14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 5, 2015

Ms. Patricia Elguera, Administrative Assistant

Ms. Alison Mason, Adult Faith Formation

Ms. Veronica Hodges-Johnson, Religious Education

Ms. Kristi Crawford, Youth Ministry

Dr. Lawrence Weaver, Music Director

Dr. Gregory Nash, Music Associate

Mr. Elmer Cortez, Bookkeeper

Mr. Eric Mannings, Facilities Manager

Mr. Edgardo Rubio, Custodian

Our Parish Staff

Our Sick, Homebound and hospitalized

UPCOMING EVENTS July 12th: Anointing Mass with the Sick—3:30 p.m.

July 17th: Fr. Alberto Cabrera , C.P. 50th Anniversary August 15th: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Mass at 9:00 a.m. (Not a Holy Day this year)

August 16th:*Beginning Novena of the 9 Sundays in preparation

for Feast of St. Paul of the Cross

*Celebration of Significant Wedding Anniversaries

(moved from August 2nd)

September 7th: Labor day Parish Offices Closed

September 8th: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

September 14th to 18th: Archdiocesan Priests’ Retreat

September 20th: Catechetical Sunday Commissioning of

Catechists at 10:00am Mass.

September 27th: St. Vicent de Paul Commemoration

Mary Williams

Philip Wiltz

Leslie Collins

James Porcher

Grace Hinds

Daisy Barhams

Mary Wiggins

Jeanie Sadler

Marynell Brooks

Myrna Yancey

William Leggett

Martha Barnes

Robert Barnes

William Crowder

Bernadette Scott

Matthew Catel

Jean Ashe

Alfreda Yancey

Janelle Todd

Bryan Medina

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Thank you for your generous

support of our Holy Father’s charitable works in the Peter’s

Pence Collection. Your generosity is an act of solidarity

with the universal Church, answering the call to be a

witness of charity.

May God bless you .

Thank you for attending this year’s Eucharistic Congress! We’re happy that you joined us for this blessed event, and we look forward to your

attendance next year, June 3-4, 2016. Please

visit our website to complete a five minute survey of your Eucharistic Congress experience. Thank you

for your participation!

¡Gracias por asistir al Congreso Eucarístico de este año! Estamos contentos de que nos haya acompañado en este evento lleno de bendi-

ciones, y esperamos su asistencia el 3-4 de Junio del próximo año. Por

favor visite nuestro

website para completar esta encuesta de 5 minutos sobre su

experiencia en el Congreso Eucarístico. ¡Gracias por su participación!

EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS 2015 SURVEY

ENCUESTA CONGRESO EUCARISTICO 2015

2015 Significant Wedding

Anniversaries

On August 16th we will honor all couples celebrating significant wedding anniversaries during the year 2015. A significant wedding anniversary is 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, and so up the line in five-year increments.

If you are celebrating such an anniversary this year, please contact the Parish Office as soon as possible

—404-696-6704.—

14º DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO 5 DE JULIO, 2015

¡Bienvenidos a San pablo de la

cruz!

MINISTROS el 12 de Julio 2015

Lectores: Verónica Vazquez - Yulma Moctezuma Ministros de la Eucaristía: Zenón y Martha Barragán - Bartolo e Ignacia Escalante Guías: Roberto González; Araceli Hernández; Juan Pacheco; Antonia Pacheco; Verónica Cruz

Monaguillos: Nelida Ozuna - Lucero Ramirez

ACTIVIDADES PASTORAL HISPANA Bautismo: Todos los meses en el Segundo Domingo, previa preparación. Matrimonio: Septiembre los días Lunes a las 7:00 p.m. Catequesis de Adultos: Septiembre y Octubre los días Martes a las 7:30 p.m.

Julio 5, 2015 14º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario Mis Hermanos, el Domingo pasado el tema era “La vida”. Tema que nos llena de alegría y esperanza el saber que es-tamos llamados a la VIDA. La Vida Eterna. El gozo de ver a Dios cara a cara por toda la eternidad.

Hoy. Todo lo contrario, un tema que recorre las lecturas es el ‘fracaso’. Y el fracaso es, de alguna manera, una forma de muerte. En una sociedad como la nuestra, que valora de manera muy privilegiada el ‘éxito’, saber afrontar el fracaso es, para todo ser humano, un reto. El fracaso, experiencia vital

Seguramente, que a menudo, en nuestras vidas, habremos experimentado el fracaso. Y ciertamente, es una experi-

encia que no nos gusta, ya que no estamos acostumbrados; mas bien quisiéramos experimentar siempre que triunfa-mos, que tenemos éxito. Pero muy a menudo no es así. Y

es en el fracaso cuando somos realmente probados.

La liturgia de este Domingo pone delante nuestro, este rela-to del evangelio en el cual Jesús va a su pueblo de Nazaret a predicar. Y nos encontramos que allí no es bien recibido

su mensaje, ya que la gente se sorprende de su sabiduría y elocuencia, porque todos lo conocen desde siempre y cono-cen a su familia. La gente queda extrañada que del carpintero de Nazaret surja esta sabiduría que se desprende de sus palabras y de sus hechos y milagros. Jesús se extra-ña de la poca fe de la gente de su pueblo y entonces marcha hacia otros pueblos para predicar la Buena Nueva del

Reino. Ante la dificultad, seguir trabajando En definitiva, vemos como en el episodio de hoy en Nazaret se

cumplen las palabras de Juan en su prólogo: “Vino a su casa,

pero los suyos no lo recibieron”. De una manera semejante, en

la primera lectura, el profeta Ezequiel experimenta como el pueb-

lo no le hace caso pero Dios le dice que continúe profetizando en

su nombre. Jesús mismo sigue su camino y continua yendo a

otros pueblos a anunciar el Reino de Dios. Eso nos pasa a

menudo en nuestra sociedad: el mensaje de los profetas - y

también el de Cristo - muchas veces nos incomoda porque nos

deja en evidencia y preferimos rechazar el mensaje, como si no

exist era y nos justificamos, matizamos, etc. O bien nos pasa a la

inversa que el mensaje de Dios que anunciamos no es escuchado.

En ningún caso hemos de tirar la ‘toalla’, sino que hemos de con-

tinuar trabajando para construir el Reino de Dios, con nuestra

palabra pero sobre todo con nuestro testimonio. P. Alberto, C.P.

Informes:

Bautizos: Para toda información y preparación,

comuniquese con: Alma Robles 678-717-9619 o

Antonia Pacheco 770-891-6765.

Santo Rosario: Todos los Domingos a partir de las

12:30 p.m. nos prepararemos para la celebración de la

Santa Misa con el rezo del Santo Rosario

Presentación de los niños : Llamar por favor a

Ofelia González 706-659-6043

Confesiones: Durante la semana a cualquier hora en

la Rectoría. Los Domingos antes de la Misa de 1:00

p.m.

Matrimonios : Juan O. y Luz Pacheco: 770-823-1938

Quinceañe ras : Por favor comunicarse con Araceli

Hernández: 404-964-8121 o Mirna García: 678-791-6110

Santa Misa en Español: Domingos, 7 a.m. y 1 p.m. Todos los Miércoles a las 7:30 p.m. en la capilla. Horas de Oficina: Lunes - Jueves, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. P. Alberto Cabrera, cp.: 347.819.5968 Numero de Teléfono (Oficina): 404-696-6704 Numero de Teléfono (Emergencia): 304-280-3588 Educación Religiosa: Se ofrece a niños desde los 4 a los 18 años. Las clases son antes de la Misa de 11:45am - 12:30pm, de Agosto 24 a Mayo.

*Oremos por la

recuperación del niño

Bryan Medina-Sanchez

quien fuera atropellado este fin de semana pasado y ahora esta en el hospital Northside. *Colecta Peter Pence

Muchas gracias por su

generoso apoyo a las obras

de caridad de nuestro Santo

Padre a través de la Colecta

Peter’s Pence. Que Dios les

bendiga.

*Pope Francis’ July Prayer

Intentions La política. Para que la

responsabilidad política sea

vivida a todos los niveles

como una forma elevada de

caridad.

Por la evangelización los

pobres en América Latina. Para que ante las desigualdades

sociales, los cristianos de América Latina den testimonio

de amor a los pobres y

contribuyan a una sociedad

más fraternal.