Healing Service

On Thursday, February 11th, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, we celebrate the “World Day of the Sick”. Here at St. Mary’s, we will come together to pray for all the sick: our friends & relatives; members of our parish; the home bound as well as all in our hospitals & care facilities. In a special way, we’ll pray for all caregivers. In the midst of our prayer, we will celebrate the Sacrament of the Sick. (Please let Fr. Kane know by Wednesday if you wish to celebrate this sacrament). Here are words of Pope Benedict:

“At the Last Supper, before returning to the Father, the Lord Jesus knelt to wash the Apostles’ feet, anticipating the supreme act of love on the Cross. With this act he invited his disciples to enter into the same logic of love that is given especially to the lowliest and to the needy (cf. Jn 13: 12-17). Following his example, every Christian is called to relive, in different and ever new contexts, the Parable of the Good Samaritan who, passing by a man whom robbers had left half-dead by the roadside, “saw him and had compassion, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, “Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back’” (cf. Lk 10: 33-35).

At the end of the parable, Jesus said: “Go and do likewise” (Lk 10: 37). With these words he is also addressing us. Jesus exhorts us to bend over the physical and mental wounds of so many of our brothers and sisters whom we meet on the highways of the world.”

If a member of your family or a friend is sick, please come and join us as we pray for all the sick and caregivers.

RCIA

Friends:

Within a few weeks, we will be starting the Parish RCIA Program. This year, Brandon & Jennifer Kaetzeol will be in charge of it. Newly married (June 20th!), they will be back soon and ready to get started. In the meantime, all of us have work to do.

Experience has taught us clearly that people become members of the Catholic Church because someone invited them or spoke to them about it. All of us have friends or relatives who have indicated in some small way their interest in the Church. Maybe they have accompanied us to Church on occasion or maybe they have asked us a sincere question about the Church. It might even be a spouse who has no affiliation with any other church and St. Mary’s is the only church he/she knows. I encourage you to take the initiative and asked her/him about it. This person just might be waiting for someone to ask! Imagine — if every parishioner were to speak to just one person!

There’s another group that might be interested in the RCIA. They are the baptized catholics who haven’t been to church for a while for many various reasons. Maybe they would like to return to church but don’t know how to go about it! Again, no Church Bulletin announcement will accomplish this! Only a church goer can do this! I recommend that you check out the following web site:

http://www.catholicscomehome.org/.

Go to it yourself, first, and then share it with as many people as you want. Click on the “movie”. It is very well done.

Finally, when you find out that someone is interested in the Catholic Church or returning to participation in the Church, please call the Parish Office (334-749-8359) and leave your name & phone number as well as that of the interested person with Glenda.

Many thanks!

Jack Kane, C.M.
Pastor

Baptism of Andrew Tim Tran

At the 10:00 a.m. Mass on June 7, ANDREW TIM TRAN, son of PHUOC T. TRAN and TIENT BUI was be baptized into the Catholic Church. Although the Mass was celebrated in English, the Baptism ceremony was in Vietnamese. Deacon Joseph H. Phung, from St. Bede’s in Montgomery, performed the baptism.

After the Mass, the Parish congratulated this young couple in the Hall with a Reception.

Many voices: a baptism in Vietnamese

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter at St. Mary’s

The regular schedule gets shuffled a bit during Holy Week and Easter. Daily mass moves to 7pm. The community gathers to celebrate Holy Thursday (bilingual of course) and Good Friday (bilingual, and this year in the middle of a wave of tornado sirens.) The Vigil welcomes new Catholic Christians ( this year Steven and Avion were baptized and Steven was confirmed as well). Finally Easter morning! The 9:00 am mass in English, the 11:15 mass in spanish – and an Easter Egg Hunt in between (no language skills needed.)

Easter Photos (click to visit our Picasaweb site)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lent Events at St. Mary’s

We’ve been busy lately around the parish – with Friday Fish Fries, Lazarus Food Boxes and more…

On Friday evening, April 3, 2009 the parish gathered for a Fish Fry, Stations of the Cross and then service in the form of packing the food boxes for Lazarus Ministries.

Lent Photos from Picasaweb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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