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SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC PARISH JUNE 4, 2017
Liturgical Schedule Saturday Vigil/Sábado de Vigilia 5:30 PM
7:30 PM (Español)
Sunday/Misas Dominicales 8:15 AM 10:00 AM (Nursery provided) 11:45 AM (Nursery provided)
1:30 PM (Español)
6:00 PM Daily Masses/ Misa Diaria Monday –Saturday/ Lunes - Sábado 8:30 AM Liturgy of the Hours Monday-Saturday/ Lunes - Sábado 8:10 AM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament/Adoración al Santísimo Thursdays: 7:45PM (Hora Santa) Fridays: 9:00 AM -6:00 PM Reconciliation/Confesiones Saturday: 9:00 AM or by appointment
Contact Us Clergy Rev. David McGuinness, Pastor Rev. Paul Moreau, Parochial Vicar Rev. Mr. Jim Gaudin, Deacon Rev. Mr. Scott Medine, Deacon Parish Office Hours: 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM Monday-Friday 958 Epps Bridge Parkway Athens GA 30606 Phone: 706-548-6332 Fax: 706-354-1783 Email: [email protected] Sacramental Emergencies 706-461-6331 St. Joseph Catholic Parish School/ La Escuela Parroquial Católica de San José Phone: 706-543-1621
State of the School Meeting
A Parishwide meeting was held on Tuesday, May 23 to discuss the status of St. Joseph School. Leading the meeting were Fr. David. Other speakers included Fr. Paul; Kelly Laurine, St. Joseph School Advisory Council; Tim Janke, St. Joseph Parish Finance Council; and from the Archdiocese, Diane Starkovich, Superintendent of Schools; Bradley Wilson, Chief Financial Officer. It was announced that an audit was completed by the Archdiocese which revealed that the school is in a dire budgetary shortfall with increasing overages each year. The most recent estimated overage is $220,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30. Causes include declining enrollment, exceeding line item budgets and expenses not in the budget. Representatives from the Archdiocese assured everyone that the Archbishop is fully committed to the school and stated that they were working with Fr. David to ensure its continued operation. This sup-port for the school was reiterated by Fr. David, Fr. Paul and many oth-er parishioners, who spoke of its high academics, social responsibility and Catholicism as its key advantages. Tim Janke presented an overview of the Parish financials, showing a strong balance sheet of the church’s operations and offertory. He ex-plained that this budget does not include any monies collected for the Capital Campaign, which is reserved for the building of the new church. The Parish announced they will cover this year’s budget overages. In addition, the Archdiocese requested that $1.5 million be placed in escrow as a "contingency fund" to cover any deficits over the next five years. To ensure that this situation is not repeated, strict over-sight and adherence to best fiscal practices will be followed, in ac-cordance with Archdiocesan Financial policies. Capital Campaign funds, received or pledged, will not be used to cover the school debt. The escrow account will be funded by the proceeds of the Prince Ave-nue sale. If the school is financially stable after five years, any unused escrow funds will be released to the building project. Moving forward, ideas were discussed on ways to increase enroll-ment. Possible solutions included reinstating a multi-child discount, seeking alumni funding and encouraging more to participate in the Grace Scholarship program to increase enrollment. There was also an announcement from the Archdiocese that there would be a 3% in-crease in tuition. As the search for a new principal continues, Fr. Paul will work ...continued pg. 3
Parish News
Altar Flowers This week’s altar flowers from Pretty Flowers on West Broad were given by Steve and Theresa Matt in loving memory of Paul Miller, who died June 3, 2002.
We have several dates still available if you would like to donate flowers. August 6 August 13 August 27 Contact Bev Fricks @ 404-408-0894 or [email protected]
St. Joseph Parish School Interested in Catholic Education for your child? Want a whole child ap-proach of learning by developing aca-demically, spiritually and socially re-sponsible? Contact St. Joseph Catholic Parish School For more information and to explore scholarship opportunities. Our Mission: To achieve excellence through implementing the highest aca-demic standards rooted in the values and teachings of our Catholic Faith St. Joseph Parish School 958 Epps Bridge Parkway Athens, GA 30606 706-543-1621
Welcome! Fr. David McGuinness, Fr. Paul Moreau, along with our staff and our whole com-munity, welcome you to St. Joseph Cath-olic Church. To our visitors, it is a blessing to have you here and thank you for worshipping with us. We hope that you will come again. For those interested in finding out more about the Catholic faith, or are new to our parish and need to register, please contact our Parish Office for more infor-mation at 706-548-6332.
Don’t forget to send your Bulletin Announcements to
Reflection on Last Week’s Readings This feast shows us the goal of our earthly journey. It is a goal that defies our imagination, and that gives an eter-nal dimension to our lives. However, we know nothing of the mystery of the be-yond. All that we have are the words of Jesus: “Where I am, you too will be.” Lord, grant that the glitter of this world may not dim our hopes of eternal glory. And by your unceasing care, guide our steps towards the life of glory. Amen
Parish Directory Sign ups for photo directory appoint-ments will continue this weekend. Sign up after Mass in the rear of the Parish Center. Directory photos will be made by Lifetouch Portraits on June 12-17 and June 26-July 1. Each appointment will receive a free 8x10 portrait of their fam-ily and for the first time, a digital direc-tory! Additional pictures may be pur-chased at your appointment time.
Summer Seminarian We will be hosting a seminarian in June and July and are in need of acco-modations. If you can provide hous-ing, please contact the Parish Office.
DATE CHANGE: Adult Education Apolo-getics’ Series Starting August 16th, Fr. Paul will lead an apologetics series, “Common Ground,” Bishop Robert Barron and “Intelligent Design.” Classes are offered on Wednesday mornings at 9:00 AM in the Youth Room (#232 ) OR on Thursday evenings at 6:00 PM. Classes will begin with a coffee and snack, followed by presentation, review and discussion. Classes are free. Attendees will be asked to volunteer to bring snacks on a rotating basis.
Summer Schedule The Parish will close from July 1—August 12, for all activities. The liturgi-cal schedule will continue to be fol-lowed. Office hours remain Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM –4:00 PM Religious Education Office hours during the summer will be Tuesday, Wednes-day and Thursday, 9:00-1:00 PM.
Stewardship Update In thanksgiving for all God has given us, we offer our time, talent and treasure .
Weekly Offertory May 28, 2017
Total Offertory $10,918.00 Weekly Budget $16,100.00 Difference $-5,182.00
Improvement Fund: $3,329.92
For those who prefer online giving, go to our website at www.stjosephathens.com and follow the links to “Donate Online.” You may securely pay to our weekly offering or to our Capital Campaign us-ing a credit card or a Pay Pal account.
Capital Campaign III May 30 2017
Goal III $3,000,000.00
Pledges to Date $2,863,042.90
Pledges Paid $2,486,393.21
Balance Due $ 376,649.69
Spanish Campaign
$819.93
Parish News
2017 Eucharistic Congress This year’s conference will be June 16-17 at the Georgia International Convention Center with the theme of, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Register https://congress.archatl.com. FRIDAY, JUNE 16 9:00 AM-12 Noon-Meal Packing Event All ages are invited to be among the volunteers to pack 100,000 meals to go to the impoverished country of Burkina Faso in Africa.
From 9:00-10:30 am there will be Spanish, French, Vietnamese and American Sign Language interpreters available.
From 11:00 am-12:30 pm will ac-commodate those living with disa-bilities.
4:30 PM- Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Healing Service and Revive or Francophone Tracks.
SATURDAY, JUNE 17 8:30 AM-Church banner procession, Follow by benediction, English/Spanish tracks and reconciliation. Well known speakers in all tracks are exceptionally recommended. 5:00 PM- Holy Sacrifice of the Mass See https://congress.archatl.com/saturday-schedule/ TRANSPORTATION On Saturday, June 17, the Columbiettes have provided a bus to take us to the Eucharistic Congress. Board at our Epps Bridge Parkway campus at 6:15 a.m. Seating is limited so please fill out a Bus Seating Reservation Form located in the bulletin insert. Return it and $25 per person to the Parish Office.
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closely with the school, bringing over ten years of experience working in Catholic schools: Three years as a recruiter for Thomas Aquinas College, two years as an ad-ministrator at a seminary in Connecticut, and most recently 8 years at Holy Spirit Prep. He proposed some strategies to help increase enrollment, cultivate the Catholic identity and improve the financial stability of the school including marketing and out-reach beyond the Parish community. Questions were also asked about the status of the Prince Avenue sale. Fr. David,
stated that when the sale of the Prince Avenue is concluded, the church budget will
be reduced by roughly $5000 each month, currently being paid to support the Prince
campus through security lighting and insurance and basic water, lighting and gas. The
estimated closing of the property is the end of June. He explained that the continued
delays are due to the county putting more conditions on the developer, Russ Davis,
who in turn needed extensions to address those issues prior to final sale. In the
meantime, the developer has placed a large sum in escrow and continues to make
payments each month that the closing is delayed.
Once the sale is closed, then the Archdiocese will let us move forward in our building
plans. These include selecting an architect, making final decisions in the building pro-
cess based on our budget and applying for necessary permits to break ground and
begin.
The meeting concluded with a renewed enthusiasm for the school and a commit-
ment to promote it and pray for its success.
2017 Vacation Bible School Chug, Chug, Toot, Toot…Now Board-ing! Get your ticket to travel with Mary all over the World. First stop France, then full steam ahead to Portugal, Mexico, Ireland and England. The Queen of Heaven Express is leav-ing the station in a few weeks! Discov-er how Mary brings us closer to Jesus through the Power of the Rosary. Mys-teries and Messages are revealed at each stop.
Religious Education News
Please remember these parishioners in
prayer for the following:
For Healing from Illness or Surgery
Juliet Lopez
Jack Moreau
Jackie Shoemaker
Laura Griffith
Deacon Scott Medine
Pamela Landeche
Gustafson family
Dorothy Gorman
For Special Intentions
Safety for those traveling this summer
VBS teachers and students
Eucharistic Congress attendees
Our Summer Seminarian
St. Joseph Parish and School
For the Bereaved
Lozano-Calderón family
Lopes family
Hopkins family
Martinez-Vasquez family
For the Repose of Souls
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
And let the perpetual light
shine upon them.
Gail Lopes
Evelyn Hopkins
Jorge Martinez-Vasquez
Experience the wonder of Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Knock and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This exciting adventure for rising Pre-K through 6th grade students offers amazing music, sensational skits, awesome Bible activities , creative arts, fun and games! Camp dates are Monday June 19th-Friday June 24th. Children will enjoy a variety of activities from 9 AM-3 PM each day, the campers must pack a lunch each day. Cost is $8 per child, which includes a t-shirt.
This Week at St. Joseph’s Daily Feast Days, Mass Readings and Intentions
Monday, June 5 10:00 AM St Joseph Charities-Hawthorne Office 5:00 PM Practice for VBS Mass-Parish Center 6:00 PM-8:15 & 11:45 AM Choir re-hearsal-Chapel 6:00 PM VBS Meeting-#255 7:45 PM Grupo Mariano 7:45 PM Misioneros-#254 Tuesday, June 6 6:00 PM-RCIA-#253 7:45 PM Servidores de Renovacion-#254 7:45 PM Capital Campaign (ESP) -#253 Wednesday, June 7 10:00 AM St Joseph Charities-Hawthorne Office Thursday, June 8 9:00 AM Altar Society-Chapel 6:00 PM– 10:00 Choir rehearsal–Chapel 6:00 PM Columbiettes Business Mtg-#255 7:00 PM KOC Business Mtg-Fellowship Hall
Friday, June 9 9:30 AM– Scripture Reflections-#232 12 Noon– Bulletin Deadline Saturday, June 10 9:30 AM Altar Society (ESP)-Chapel 4:00 PM-5:30 Choir rehearsal-Parish Cen-ter Sunday, June 11 4:00 PM– 6:00 Choir rehearsal– Parish Center
Calendar lists meetings and events only; Liturgical Events and times on page 2
Monday, June 5 Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
Tb 1:3; 2:1b-8/Mk 12:1-12 (353) Pss I
8:30 AM Mass-Golden Jubilee of Sr. M. Gabrielle Thomas; and family (I) Tuesday, June 6 Saint Norbert, Bishop
Tb 2:9-14/Mk 12:13-17 (354)
8:30 AM Mass-Hank Kuehler (D) Wednesday, June 7 Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a/Mk 12:18-27 (355)
8:30 AM Mass-Joe Steen (D) Thursday, June 8 Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a/Mk
12:28-34 (356)
8:30 AM Mass- Caroline Boroski (I) Friday, June 9 Saint Ephrem, Deacon
Tb 11:5-17/Mk 12:35-37 (357)
8:30 AM Mass-In Thanksgiving for
Blessings Received (I)
Saturday, June 10 Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20/Mk 12:38-44 (358)
8:30 AM Mass-Patricia Sibel (I) 5:30 PM Mass-Hennie Coetzee (D) 7:30 PM Mass-Alejandro Rubio Bicerra (D) Sunday, June 11 Most Holy Trinity
Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/2 Cor 13:11-13/Jn 3:16-
18 (164) Pss Prop
8:15 AM Mass-Whitney & John Boroski (I) 10:00 AM Mass-Barbara Gazda (D) 11:45 AM Mass-St. Joseph Parish 1:30 PM Mass-Alejandro Rubio Bicerra (D) 6:00 PM-Saudedo-Martinez Families (I)
The Archdiocese of Atlanta is pleased to announce the Episcopal Ordination of Bish-op-Elect Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger III as an Auxiliary Bishop of The Archdiocese of Atlanta. The Mass of Ordination will take place on Wednesday, July 19th, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. at The Cathedral of Christ the King, 2699 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta GA 30305. Solemn Vespers will take place the prior evening on Tuesday, July 18th, at 7:00 p.m. at The Cathedral of Christ the King. You may also join us in this joyful celebration by watching live at www.livestream.com/ctk. Ticket information and other details will be communicated at a later time.
Archdiocesan News
Ministerio Hispano Parroquial de San José
Caridades de San José Necesita ayuda económica para pagar servicios de utilidad o con la renta? Las Caridad de San José puede ayudarle. Para pedir una cita: Llamar solamente los días Lunes y Miér-coles de 10:00 am-12:00 pm Al Te-léfono: 706-549-4208
El Padre David McGuinness el Padre Paul Moreau, el personal de la oficina par-roquial y toda nuestra comunidad, les damos la bienvenida a la Iglesia Católica de San José. A todos nuestros visitantes, es una ben-dición que compartan con nosotros y esperamos verlos nuevamente. Para aquellos interesados en saber más sobre la fe católica, o son nuevos en nuestra parroquia y necesitan regis-trarse, por favor comuníquese con nues-tra Oficina Parroquial para más infor-mación al 706-548-6332.
Escuela de la Parroquia Católica de la San José
¿Interesado en la Educación Católica para su hijo? ¿Desearía un enfoque de aprendizaje de su niño en el desarrollo académico, social y espiritual? Contacte a la Escuela de la Parroquia Católica de San José para más información / oportunidades de becas. Nuestra Misión es: Alcanzar la excelencia mediante la implementación de los más altos estándares académicos, valores y enseñanzas de nuestra Fe Católica
Notifique a la Oficina de la Iglesia Por favor notifique a la Oficina Parroqui-al si tiene las siguiente necesidad:
· Nombre a quien desea poner en la
lista de oración (enfermedad, hospitalización o defunción)
· Información de (bautismo, bo-
da, quinceañera)
· Si desea hacer una cita con el P.
Pablo
Congreso Eucaristico 2017 16 Y 17 DE JUNIO en el Centro de Con-venciones de Georgia con el tema de “Por mí y por mi casa, serviremos al Se-ñor.” Registrarse en la página web https://congress.archatl.com . VIERNES, 16 DE JUNIO: 9:00 AM-12 PM—Comida y paquete de eventos al país de Burkina Faso en Afri-ca. Revise la página web https://congress.archatl.com/saturday-schedule/ 4:30 PM: Misa del Santo Sacrificio, Sac-ramento de la Reconciliación, Servicio de Sanación
SABADO, 17 DE JUNIO: 8:30 AM: Procesión a la Iglesia con banderines. Seguido con la bendición y la reconcili-ación, con los más recomendados comentadores. 5:00 PM: Misa del Santo Sacrificio TRANSPORTACION: El sábado 17 de junio, las Columbiettes nos han pro-porcionado un autobús para llevarnos al Congreso Eucarístico. Reunirse en nuestro campo de Epps Bridge a las 6:15 am. El número de asientos en lim-itado; por favor llene un Formulario de Reservación ubicado en el pasillo de la entrada a la parroquia, $25 por perso-na. Entregar el formulario y su dinero a la Oficina Parroquial.
Reflexión de la Semana Pasada Esta fiesta nos muestra el objetivo de nuestro viaje terrenal. Es un objetivo que desafía nuestra imaginación , y eso nos da una dimensión eterna a nuestras vidas. Sin embargo, no sabemos nada del misterio del más allá. Todo lo que tenemos son las palabras de Jesús: “Donde estoy, ustedes estarán también.” Señor, concédenos que el brillo de este mundo no nos apague la esperanza de la gloria eterna. Y por tu cuidado in-cesante, guía nuestros pasos hacia la vida de la gloria eterna. Amen.
Bienvenido!
Sesiones Fotograficas Se tomarán fotos para nuestro directo-rio parroquial en junio; favor de pasar por la mesa que está al ladode de la puerta del gimnasio para hacer su cita. Las fotos para para el directorio son gratis pero habrá oportunidad para comprar más. 12-17 de junio 26 de junio al primero de julio
Godparent Guidelines
The role of a Godparent in the Catholic church is an important one. They are not merely ceremonial gift-givers, nor are they required to physically adopt a child in the event of a parent’s death. Choosing godparents should be done based on their spiritual maturity and eligibility in meeting the Church’s guide-lines: they must be a practicing Catholic, and have received all the initiation sac-raments of Baptism, Eucharist and Con-firmation. They must live a life of faith in agreement with the Church’s teachings, and be familiar with the faith in order to catechize the baptized person and en-sue their spiritual well-being, which befits the role to be undertaken by God-parents. Godparents are to be one man and one woman and if married, married in the Catholic faith.
A non-Catholic person can be chosen as a "witness", but there must be at least one “active” Catholic Godparent as well. A person who wishes to be a God-parent must provide written verification of eligibility from their home parish that they are an “active parishioner.” This is determined by the Pastor of the church, based on documentation of your tithe envelope that you are registered and attend Mass regularly. If you are selecting Godparents for the Baptism of a child, or if you have been asked to be a Godparent, it is im-portant to contact the Parish office sev-eral months in advance of the baptismal date to obtain an official Sacramental sponsor letter from the Pastor.
