The Josephites

304 Sengstak Street, Mobile, AL 36603 Website: mostpureheartofmarymobile.org.

E-mail: mphm@josephite.com Rectory: (251) 432-3344 Fax: 432-1192 School: 432-5270

The Josephites The Josephites

304 Sengstak Street, Mobile, AL 36603 Website: mostpureheartofmarymobile.org.

E-mail: mphm@josephite.com Rectory: (251) 432-3344 Fax: 432-1192 School: 432-5270

The Josephites

Most Pure Heart of Mary Church & School is a gospel faith community baptized into the life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We invite all people into a personal relationship

with Christ through prayer, worship, stewardship and service to God and neighbor. Eucharist is the center of our faith and we celebrate our Catholic African American Heritage.

We empower our youth to be gospel witnesses through faith-building programs.

Pastor Father Bura Koroba, S.S.J.

Deacon:

Mr. James D. Bryant Principal:

Mrs. Jamie Crain Parish Secretary:

Mrs. Gatha Warnsley

Any member who wishes to arrange a Wedding must contact the priest at least 6 months prior to the desired wedding date.

Parents desiring Baptism for their children are encouraged to contact the Rectory to arrange for the required preparation class

for parents and Godparents. When a Funeral is to be celebrated, please contact the priest before contacting the Funeral Home. Funerals are not permitted on Sundays

or Holy Days of Obligation.

Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm

Sunday Morning: 8:00am and 11:00am

Daily Masses: Tuesday (Novena

Mass) 4:30pm; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8:30am. Confessions: 30 minutes before weekend Masses and before the Tuesday Novena Mass - CCD :

After 8:00am Sunday Mass

Monday- Tuesday- Wednesday- Thursday- Friday-

SISTERS Sr. Joanne Cozzi, DC PASTORAL COUNCIL Joseph Keith FINANCE COUNCIL Patricia Lofton SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Maxine Wilson SACRISTAN Leland Busby/Montiel Fluker CCD LaTanya Brown CHILDREN’S LITURGY Yasmine Burney, Judy Sullivan RCIA Dcn. James Bryant/ Eric Crenshaw EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Anna Watson LECTORS Wilborn Jones ALTAR SERVERS Leland Busby/Montiel Fluker USHERS Alfred Jones MUSIC MINISTRY Carolyn Smoke SENIORS CLUB Viletta Perkins/Patricia Ransom YOUTH LEADERSHIP Brooke Jackson/Tyler Reynolds YOUTH MINISTRIES Stephanye Singleton YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Amanda Wilson/ Isaiah Bess TRIBUNAL CASE SPONSORS Patricia Lofton B.V.M. SODALITY Tynia Hollins LEGION OF MARY David McCord ST. MARTHA’S GUILD Monica Simpkins HEALTH MINISTRY Fannie Burden PRISON MINISTRY Eric Crenshaw BEREAVEMENT MIN. Fannie Burden ST. VINCENT de PAUL Joe Keith DREXEL SOCIETY Fannie Burden KPC - Lionell Smith KPC LADIES AUX. Marcelene Dennis GROUNDS & MAINTENANCE David McCord/ Ernest Lynch Photographer Anna Watson MEN OF ST. JOSEPH David McCord/Ernest Lynch AYAS FELLOWSHIP Melanie Knight

Lectors: Eucharistic Ministers:

Lectors: Eucharistic Ministers:

Lectors: Eucharistic Ministers:

Saturday, 4:00 pm Viletta Perkins, Wilborn Jones Tynia Hollins, Lamar Lott

Sunday, 8:00 am Tynia Hollins, Maxine Wilson Joe Keith, Wilborn Jones

Sunday, 11:00 am Youth David McCord, Anna Watson

Tuesday,

Wednesday, Thursday,

Friday, Saturday,

Sunday, Sunday,

8:30am-

8:30am- 8:30am- 8:30am- 4:00pm-

8:00am- 11:00am-

21st at

22nd at 23rd at 24th at

25th at 26th at 26th at

Special Intentions Special Intentions Special Intentions Special Intentions For Ann Heningburg req. by Raymond Heningburg Deacon John Cretero For the good of the people of the parish

1 Sm.15:16-23 and Mk.2:18-22 1 Sm.16:1-13 and Mk.2:23-28 US Day of Prayer 1 Sm.18:6-9 and Mk.3:7-12 1 Sm.24:3-21 and Mk.3:13-19

Ruby Scott, Georgia Suggs, Pauline Brown, Kierra Freed Lillian Sawyer Pamela Robinson Valarie Foster Melanie McKay Marjorie Bell Hannibal Smith

Leontyne Anderson, Celestine Brown, Cora Brown, Birdia Knights, Mary Cassino, Arilyn Lelande,

We are now offering Online Giving! Visit our website to sign up and to begin contributing automatically to our parish. Go towww.mostpureheartofmarymobile.org to get started click “Donate”. Follow the instruction– You can make monthly contributions with you checking or credit card account. You can pay tithes, school or any special collection. You may call the parish office at 251-432-3344 or

1-800348-2886 ext. 1 for assistance.

For those interested in becoming Catholic or learning more about the Catholic Church. Come and join us on Sundays at 1:00pm after the 11am Mass. Contact persons are Deacon James Bryant and Mr. Eric Crenshaw.

We are in the process of preparing the 2019 Stewardship statements for all envelope users. Your personalized statement and Church financial report will be available upon request around the end of January 2020. Please contact the Rectory and a copy will be prepared for you. Your statement may be used for IRS income tax purposes.

Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Keeping The Dream Alive Through Education” — Sun-

day, January 19, 2020 - 3:00pm - St. Joseph Parish, Maysville -

Keynote Speaker: Attorney Milton C. Davis,

Tuskegee, AL Sponsored by The Mobile Area

Inter-Parish Council Archdiocese of Mobile

Most Pure Heart of Mary Alumni MLK Pancake Breakfast Sunday, January 19, 2020

8:30am - 1:30pm Cost: $10.00

Catholic Charities Appeal 2020 Spend some time thinking and praying about what you can do to make the 2020 campaign a success as it reaches out to the most deserving in our Archdiocese.

Thank You For Your Stewardship

Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women The Mobile Deanery ACCW Winter Quarterly

Meeting will be on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Place: St. Thomas Catholic Church

251 N. Craft Hwy - Chickasaw, AL 36611 9:15am Registration - 9:45am Meeting

Mass: 11:15am - Lunch following Mass - Cost $13.00

Please make reservations by January 17, 2019 with Carlee Russell (251) 533-4771 or Betty Robertson,

(251) 423-5138. thank you for your continued Support.

On February 8, 2020 St. Thomas by-the-Sea Cath-olic Church, Orange Beach, AL will host a Facili-tator Training-Retreat for the “Lord Teach Me to Pray” (LTMTP) prayer series. There is no charge. It will be conducted in a retreat setting and discernment atmosphere Come & discern about Ignatian Prayer and the “Lord Teach Me To Pray” prayer series, you are invited! For info and registration contact

Mrs. Carol Weiler at (504) 439-5933 or carol-weiler@cox.net. Or to download a registration

form, go to www.lordteachmetopray.com.

John calls Jesus the Lamb of God and thus signifies Jesus' mission as the One who redeems us from our sins. The blood of the Passover Lamb (Exodus 12) deliv-ered the Israelites in Egypt from slavery and death. The Lord Jesus freely offered up his life

for us on the cross as the atoning sacrifice for our sins (1 Corinthians 5:7). The blood which he poured out for us on the cross cleanses, heals, and frees us from our slavery to sin, and from the "wages of sin which is death" (Romans 6:23) and the "destruction of both body and soul in hell" (Matthew 10:28).

Do you want to grow in the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ? Ask the Lord to pour his Holy Spirit

MOST PURE HEART of MARY SCHOOL...invites you to consider having your child(ren) attend our newly renovated school for the 2019-2020 school year. We desire to serve children from preschool to 8th grade. Our small, family-oriented

school is seeking children who are interested in blended learning expe-riences and S.T.EA.M. activities to boost academic perfor-mance. Please call 251-432-5270 or e-mail jcrain@mphom.org to set up an appointment to tour the school, meet the principal, and discuss the rewards your child will receive from attending our Catholic school. We have a history of over 117 years. We invite you to become part of our rich heritage. Tuition assistance is available. May God bless you as you consider this blessing for your child(ren). Mrs. Jamie Crain, princi-pal

ALL children in grades 1st through 12th not attending Catholic Schools are required to attend CCD/Religious Education classes. Confirmation Prep Classes Youth not attending Catholic high schools and those attending Catholic high schools are required to attend Con-firmation Prep classes. Note there is a two year consecutive instruc-tion period for the sacraments of Holy Eucharist (First Communion) and Confirmation.

The praise dance ministry will have practice every Tuesday in the par-ish hall from 5:30-6:30pm. All school age children from the parish and the school are welcome to join!

“Heart of Mary and Friends Float” – Rider Spaces for

The MLK Civic and Business Organization’s “School Day

Parade” on the Avenue on Mardi Gras Monday, Febru-

ary 24, 2020 are being filled NOW! This year’s theme is

MLK School Day Parade “Celebrating Our Youth, Our Cul-

ture and Our Community”. Give your child an experience he/she

will remember forever and an opportunity to participate in Mobile’s

Mardi Gras History. To secure a rider space or spaces Contact:

LaTanya Brown at (251) 487-8891; Akareem Spears (251) 510-

4720 or Marcelene Dennis (251) 610-6163. Float Fee is $150.00.

Float Fee Deadline is January 5, 2020. Don’t wait! Call today!

Spaces are limited!

Date Activity Location Time Contact

5th 8th

Holy Day Mass LAKPC

MPHM Church Knights Hall

9:00am 6:00pm

Fr. Bura Koroba Marcelene Dennis

12th

Ushers

MPHM Church

10:00am

Alfred Jones

12th

Sodality

PH

10:00am

Tynia Hollins

13th Alumni Meeting PH 4:00pm Lamar Lott

14th Drexel PH 5:00pm Tynia Hollins

19th 19th 20th

Bereavement Alumni Breakfast MLK Day

PH PH

10:00am 8:30am—1:30pm

Fannie Burden Lamar Lott

Jan 2020 Youth News

19 NO CLASS (MLK Birthday) 26 CCD/Confirmation Prep Class - Rosary/Youth Mass

March For Life January 24, 2020

January 24, 2020. Pro-Life Rally begins at 9:45am in Cathedral Square in downtown Mobile, Ala-bama. March begins at 11am through the streets of downtown ...

Jan. 26th - Feb 1, 2020

Nativity Pilgrimage 18444009559 or info@nativitypilgrimage.com.

You can also contact Fr. Bura korobaa@yahoo.com

Or visit the websites frbura-italy

10D Italy – SEP 2020

https://nativitypilgrimage.com/revbura-holyland202

10 Day Holy Land/ 10 Day Italy/Rome pilgrimage

Fr. Bura is organizing a 10 day pilgrimage to the Holy Land and another one to Italy/Rome in September and October of this year, 2020. For more infor-