Parish Staff

Reverend William J. Upah……………….….……………..Pastor Deacon Wally Calabrese ...............……..……...…….Deacon Deacon Jim Strange…………………………………………..Deacon Bethany Strange……………...Faith Forma on Coordinator Kim Strange……….………..….Faith Forma on Coordinator Teresa Rodney ….…………………………Office Administrator

secretary@annuncia onparish.org www.annuncia onparish.org

Liturgy Schedule Weekday Masses Tues. 7:00 PM, Wed.-Fri. 8:30 AM Saturday 5:30 PM Sunday 8:30 AM & 11:30 AM Holy Days (see inside bulle n) First Saturday 8:30 am (see inside bulle n)

Sacrament of Reconcilia on Saturday 4:00-5:00 PM or by an appointment

Faith Forma on Classes Sunday 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Sept. - May Bap sm: Class required for parents and godparents. Call the parish office to register for class. Marriage: Requires six months prepara on before wedding. Call the parish office for details. Anoin ng of the Sick: Please call the office or priest if you are in need of the anoin ng.

.Annuncia on Catholic School Phone: (252) 447-3137

Anna Bragg……..………………..……………………………Principal Bob Benedict…………………………………………...Maintenance Jeanne Benedict ……………………...……………….Finance Joy Sarisun………………………………School Office Manager

Parish Ministries Adult Faith Forma on….Dave & Anne e Williams Altar & Rosary Society………..Jennifer Passarelli Altar Servers…….…………Jason Gordon Catholic Daughters……………..Denise Miller Extraordinary Ministers………JoAnn Radicella Finance Council Chair……. …...Roy Evans Head Ushers: Sat……..5:30 p.m. ~ Chuck Roeckell Sun….8:30 am ~ Jimmy O’Connor 11:30 am ~ Ben Cruz Hispanic Ministry……………Eduardo & Patricia Macias Knights of Columbus/Grand Knight………Jim Morrison Faithful Navigator………………....Ed Mullis Music………………..…………..Ronald Thomas, Nathan Pope ………………………………….Helen Emerson Parish Council Chair……... Shawn Waldrep Prison Ministry……………….Deacon Jim Strange RCIA Coordinators………….Dcn. Wally & Amy Calabrese Readers………………………… Frank Radicella Stewardship……………...…..Mary Ellmann

February 13th ~ February 21st Saturday, February 13th 5:30 PM ~ Michael Schwarz Schwarz Family Sunday, February 14th ~ 8:30 Live on Facebook 8:30 AM ~ Mary Prezgay Stewardship 11:30 AM ~ People of the Parish Tuesday, February 16th 7:00 PM ~ Jane, Andrew & Lynn Wasko Frank & Gwen Wednesday, February 17th 8:30 AM ~ Holy Souls in Purgatory Thursday, February 18th 8:30 AM ~ Holy Souls in Purgatory Friday, February 19th 8:30 AM ~ Maria Turner Williams Family Saturday, February 20th 5:30 PM ~ Everett Krantz Barbara Krantz Sunday, February 21st ~ 8:30 Live on Facebook 8:30 AM ~ Bob Silveira Ann Silveira 11:30 AM ~ People of the Parish

If you are ill please do not attend Mass. We do not want to spread COVID-19.

There is still a dispensation in place if you are unable to attend.

George Bille Acacia Bragg

Kevin Hynes Christopher Jones Shirley Kelly

Melba Krumm

Father Philip Johnson Ronald Keesee Kathleen LaMonica Miriam Leroux Nicole McGuiness Mhe-ann Montoy John Moore Jo Morin John Nebraski Judy Nebraski Ken Nebraski Bob Nelson Kay Nelson Doris Nunez Nancy Nutter Norah Oehnke Jimmy O’Connor Pat O'Neale Margaret Pardini

Morgan Roeder Therese Schwarz James Settle Monsignor Jerry Sherba Margarita Stallings

February 14, 2021 The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time ****************************************************************************************

Please remember in your prayers all those who are sick especially:

Please call the Parish office if you want to add someone to the prayer list. If your name was

removed & you still in need prayers please call the Parish Office.

Where all are Welcome… In His Place ...

Flowers & Sanctuary Candle We depend upon your gi for flowers and the Sanctuary Candle each week to beau fy our Altar & Mary.

There are Mass Inten ons available for the new year.

Please call the Parish Office. (252)447-2112

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 14, 2021 Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,

do everything for the glory of God. — 1 Corinthians 10:31

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Marriage Day; Valentine’s Day Monday: Presidents’ Day Tuesday: Mardi Gras; Shrove Tuesday Wednesday: Ash Wednesday; Fast and Abstinence; Almsgiving Friday: Abstinence

If you need to schedule a baptism, please enroll in the next class that is being held at the Parish office. The next class is February 28th in the Parish Office at 9:45 am. Please call the Parish office to register. (252)447-2112

Flowers in Loving Memory of Pat Quisenberry Requested by: The Schwarz Family

Your support is greatly appreciated Please remember your Parish during

these trying times!

Where all are Welcome…

"In compliance to the State of North Carolina and CDC requirements, everyone participating during school masses will have to wear masks and their temperatures taken prior to entering the church.

Thank you for your cooperation."

If you are attending Annunciation and are not registered with the Parish as a member, we have no idea if you are a participating Catholic or not, so please register and if you can not afford to give monetarily please put a blank visitors envelope in the

offertory so that we know you are attending. Also for all of you who pay by cash we really appreciate it but if you would put it in an envelope we could track that you are attending as well. It is important when it comes to all the Sacraments. We can not say you are active if we do not know. Thank you…

Saturday 2/13 Reconciliation 4-5 pm Mass 5:30 pm Sunday 2/14 Mass 8:30 am No Faith Formation No Adult Faith Formation No Youth Group Mass 11:30 am No Supplemental Class 12:30 pm Monday 2/15 Parish Office Closed for Presidents Day Tuesday 2/16 Count Team 2 9:00am Ash Wednesday 2/17 Mass 8:30 am & 7 pm Knights Rosary 7:30 pm

Candle lit in Loving Memory of Michael Schwarz Requested by: Floyd Quisenberry

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: The leper will dwell apart, making an abode outside the camp (Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46). Psalm: I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation (Psalm 32). Second Reading: Do everything for the glory of God; be imitators of Christ (1 Corinthians 10:31 — 11:1). Gospel: The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean (Mark 1:40-45). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 4:1-15, 25; Ps 50:1, 8, 16bc-17, 20-21; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1a, 2, 3ac-4, 3b, 9c-10; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 — 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15

Now is the perfect time to call the parish office at (252)447-2112 to update your

records. If you did not get info on Mass cancellation please call the parish office. If you are not receiving envelopes or the NCC Catholic Magazine and would

like to, call and we will have them sent to you. Update your email today...Thank you...

HOLY UNION The union of man and wife is from God.—St. Augustine

Count Team 2 2/16/2021 (Due to Holiday) Count Team 3 2/22/2021 Count Team 1 3/1/2021 Count Team 2 3/8/2021

The Knights Corner

LIGHTHOUSE CATHOLIC MEDIA:

Check out the Lighthouse Catholic Media stand in the vestibule of the church. Books & CD’s are available.

Missals are now on sale for $5.00 each. Please get them while we have them.

Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court #2588,

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, meets the second

Tuesday of each Month after 7pm Mass in the

St Benedict building. Founded in 1903 by the Knights of

Columbus as a female auxiliary, Catholic Daughters of

the Americas is one of the oldest and largest organizations of Catholic women in the world.

Court 2588, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, invites all Catholic women over 18 to join us! We are still

meeting as scheduled and we are practicing all required social distancing measures. Please visit the Catholic

Daughters website in the meantime at www.catholicdaughters.org for more

information about Catholic Daughters of the Americas! Contact our Court Regent via email for more

information: cdacourt2588@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you and welcoming you to

Court 2588!

Catholic Daughters Socks –n- Undies Program Court 2588 is collecting new socks and undies for

school-age children in our local community who are in need of these basic necessities. At this time, we are

only collecting new socks and undies, boys and girls, ages 4 to 14. Your donations are greatly appreciated

and can be dropped in the box in the Narthex. For more information, contact JoAnn Radicella.

God bless you for your generosity.

Thank you for your generous donations of food that we all make to the food pantry. We collected 160 items this week. Times are hard for a lot of families. Thank you for your continued support of this ministry. The item of need for

February is 48 Boxes of potatoes.

Congratulations to our newest Baptized members of Annunciation

June Hoffman

Hear ye, hear ye!

Several of our Knights have been so dedicated to the work we do that we couldn’t decide which Knight deserved

recognition for their efforts; so we have decided to honor these three as Co-Knights of the month!

Sir Knight Tony Cataloni Sir Knight Ed Mullis

Sir Knight Floyd Quisenberry

Congratulations brothers for your outstanding work and dedication.

We also want to recognize the Joe Ford family as our

Council Family of the Month!

We couldn’t do the things we do without the support of our wives and loved ones.

Happy Valentine’s Day to those who make us better men and better Catholic

Christians.

Our monthly schedule 1st Wednesday of every month, Regular Council Meeting, 7:30PM St. Benedict Bldg.

2nd Wednesday of every month, Assembly Meet-ing, 7:30PM St. Benedict Bldg.

3rd Wednesday of every month, Monthly Rosary, 7:30PM St. Benedict Bldg. Everyone is invited!!

The Knights of Columbus Council 6648 invites all

Catholic men over 17 to join us in serving our fam-ilies, our parish, our Church, our God. The process can now be completed on line and within less than

an hour you can attain the rank of 3rd degree. For more information go to KofC.org/joinus or contact

us by email to kofc@annunciationparish.org.

Thank you for the wonderful support you have given to your Parish during these trying times!

Offertory & Special Collections Report (6th month of our fiscal year) December 2020

Angel’s Attic Corner (252) 447-2113

Tuesday ~ Friday 9am~4pm

Saturday 10-2 New items arrive daily Come check them out!

We are in need of furniture and appliances in gently used shape.

Did you know that we raised $12,920.00 for the Parish,

July 2020 thru December 2020 ! Thank you all for your support and especially our dedicated volunteers.

New volunteers are needed and always

welcome. (252) 447-2113.

With all the food allergies that are in our environment today there are sometimes people who are allergic to gluten. We now provide a low gluten host to those individuals. It contains less than .001% gluten and is ap-proved for use by the Vatican. You

must speak to Father Bill to let him know that you need low gluten host and it will be made available to you.

Collections: Month Actual

Month Budget

Over/(Under)

YTD Actual

YTD Budget

Over/(Under)

OFFERTORY $45,937 $39,769 $6,168 $220,253 $212,200 $8,053

Donations $1,583 $2,220 ($637) $13,126 $9,070 $4,056

Priest Welfare/Retirement $2,749 $2,029 $720 $10,122 $12,174 ($2,052)

Capital Improvements $2,669 $1,800 $869 $16,296 $10,800 $5,496

School $1,903 $2,000 ($97) $11,181 $12,000 ($819)

40 Days for Life Spring Campaign February 17 to March 28

Please join together as a parish to fast and pray for an end to abortion and for a culture of life in our country and the world.

We ask you to look online at www.40daysforlife.com to read about this international group based in Texas who are making such a difference. The Spring and Fall campaigns lead us in 40 days of prayer, fasting and witness at abortion clinics across the country. We at Annunciation have adopted Planned Parenthood in Wilmington to focus on. Everyone is called to pray daily and make some fast commitment during Lent for the end to abortion and to help the mothers and babies in need. Fasting is the real key. If we can do something extra as well as pray, we can move mountains! Please sign up for the prayers and pro life news online. Join us as we do what we can on a local level to close this abortion clinic and stand up for Life. We will have one or two trips to pray near Planned Parenthood as a group for anyone interested. Questions? Leave a message for Jennifer at 252-571-4177

COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your

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group program, please drop off your donations at the parish office. Every donation is appreciated! Thank you!

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February 17

“In laying upon us the light cross of ashes, the Church desires to take off our shoulders all other heavy burdens—the crushing load of worry and guilt, the dead weight of our own self-love. We should not take upon ourselves a “burden” of penance and stag-ger into Lent as if we were Atlas, carrying the whole world on his shoulders. . . Pen-ance is conceived by the Church less as a burden than as a liberation. It is only a burden to those who take it up unwillingly. Love makes it light and happy. And that is another reason why Ash Wednesday is filled with the lightness of love.”

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February and March Events Mon Feb 15 Presidents’ Day—NO SCHOOL Wed Feb 17 Ash Wednesday Fri Feb 26 11:30 Dismissal—STACK is avail-able Tue March 2 Faculty Meeting Wed March 5 All re-enrollment due for current families Thur March 6 New Families Admitted Tue March 9 End Q3 Wed March 10 Begin Q4, Begin Summer Uniform/ 4pm Advisory Board Thur March 11 4pm ASPA Meeting Tue March 16 NJHS Induction

Saints Day Out: Annunciation Catholic Preschool is hosting a “Saints’ Day Out” for toddlers (ages 1-3) and their parents every Friday morning from 9:30am to 10:30am. Join our Pre K 3 students for some awesome activities and introduce yourselves to our amazing preschool teachers. North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program appli-cations opened Feb. 1 for the 2021-2022 School Year. It pro-vides private school vouchers to children of households meeting income requirements. Families can use these school vouchers to pay for tuition, transportation, equipment and other necessary private school expenses. Learn more about this program’s eligibility requirements, rules and regulations at https://myportal.ncseaa.edu/NC