Pastor: Fr. George Sanders Deacons: Lee Leckner & Joe Harrison

August 6, 2017 * The Transfiguration of the Lord

TOTALITY

Totally love him, who gave himself totally for your love. --St. Clare

SUNDAY MASSES Saturday 4:00 PM

Sunday 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Spanish Mass Sunday 5:30PM

THE HOLY ROSARY Saturday 3:30 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM & 10:30 AM

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE No Mass - Monday

Wednesday & Friday ~ 8AM Tuesday, Thursday ~ 12 Noon (St. Vincent’s Chapel)

SPECIAL DEVOTIONS: THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY First Friday of the Month

Devotion: 7 - 8 AM ~ Mass: 8:00 AM First Saturday of the Month

Devotion: 7:30 AM ~ Mass: 8:00 AM

CONFESSIONS First Friday ~ 7:00 - 8:00 AM

First Saturday ~ 7:30 - 7:50 AM Saturday ~ 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Sunday - 8:00AM Before 8:30AM Mass Or By Appointment

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Spanish Secretary, Wednesday 1:00-4:00PM Office Phone: 501-623-3233

Fax: 501-609-9524

Email: stmcc@hotsprings.net Fr. George Sanders: frgeo.stmcc@hotsprings.net Sacramental Emergencies Only: 501-763-0704

WEBSITE: www.stmaryofthespr ings.org OFFICE PERSONNEL Diane Pollock, Office Manager

Amy Berg, Bookkeeper Anne Sluppick, Receptionist/Secretary

FAITH FORMATION COORDINATOR

Brenda Sanders, gratiaplena0224@gmail.com 501-282-2066

YOUTH MINISTRY

Sally Pierce stmarys.cym@gmail.com

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Sheree O’Rorke Call office for information

St. Mary of the Springs Catholic Church 100 Central Ave., Hot Springs, AR 71901

Today is August 6, 2017 The Transfiguration of the Lord

8/05/2017 1st Sat 8AM Msgr. Bernie Malone+ 8/05/2017 Sat 4PM Michael Coil + 8/06/2017 Sun 8:30AM Joyce West+ 8/06/2017 Sun 11AM Our Parishioners 8/06/2017 Sun 5:30PM Zelma Guenther + 8/07/2017 Mon Private Craig Hardy + 8/08/2017 Tue 12Noon Richard & Dorothy Rowley++ 8/09/2017 Wed 8AM Larry Martin+ 8/10/2017 Thur 12Noon Barb Elmore+ 8/11/2017 Fri 8AM Zelma Guenther + 8/12/2017 Sat 4PM Our Parishioners 8/13/2017 Sun 8:30AM Lou Ann Hall+ 8/13/2017 Sun 11AM John Button+ 8/13/2017 Sun 5:30PM Emil & Mary Roehm++

MASS INTENTIONS

JULY STEWARDSHIP

Collections thru July 30 $44,711.00 Budget July 2017 $35,000.00 Amount July Budget Over $ 9,711.00

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES August 7-August 12

Monday, August 7th Food Pantry 10:30 - 12 Noon in CR

Tuesday, August 8th

Holy Family Prayer Grp 6:30-8:00PM in Church

Wednesday, August 9th Youth Meeting 6:00 -7:30PM in Carroll Rm

Thursday, August 10th Child of God Prayer Group 10:30AM CHI Cancer Ctr

J 30 C ’ C $142

A 5-6 2 C : H M

Coffee Cat Sunday

9:45 - 10:45AM

CHILD OF GOD PRAYER GROUP Meetings are every Thursday 10:30AM

CHI Cancer Center in the Daffodil Room Contact for prayer requests—Christy Miller: 318-9242

HOLY FAMILY PRAYER GROUP Meetings are on Tuesday in the Church

August 8th ~ 6:30 PM Contact for prayer requests - Ruth Sliger: 282-5292

ALTAR CARE TEAM 2nd Week, Friday, August 11th

Martha Dooley, Cynda Piper, Bonnie Newman

FOOD PANTRY TEAM Monday, August 7th, 10:30AM-12:00

Bonnie Newman, Suzy Thomann, N & S deLaroache

MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Saturday, 4PM August 12, 2017 Lector: **Don Borchert, Jonne Rosenau Lector/Intercessions: Christy Miller EMHC: *Chris Frazier, Ursula Rhode, Marguerite Rhodes Altar Servers: Dick Antoine, JP Guresky Altar Servers: Martin Nguyen, Nate Webber Sunday, 8:30AM August 13, 2017 Lector: **Bonnie Newman, Bart Newman Lector/Intercessions: Judy Vance EMHC: *Lynn Pellegrino, Diane Pollock, Mary Vaughn Altar Servers: Marisol Garcia, Tobias Garcia Altar Servers: Kayla Kalahiki, Josh Villano, Ryan Villano Sunday, 11AM August 13, 2017 Lector: **Ashley Hemleben, Catherine Wade Lector/Intercessions: Ruth Sliger EMHC: Ron Sliger, Tina Sliger, Carole Cook Altar Servers: Elena French, Hunter & Peyton Speas Altar Servers: Annabeth Hrdlicka, Joseph Gallaher Sunday, 5:30PM (Spanish) August 13, 2017 Lector: Stephanie Rodriguez, Virgilio Pacheco Lector/Intercessions: Maria Ochoa EMHC: Gladys Gonzalez, Vicente Gonzalez EMHC: Ale Barajas Altar Servers: Christian Oseguera, Francisco Oseguera Altar Servers: Dariana Robledo, Lizbeth Robledo Greeter/Usher: Carolyn Oseguera, Martha Ruiz Greeter/Usher: Sergio Barajas, Javier Oseguera

COFFEE CAT Sunday, August 13th

Coordinators: Vicente Gonzalez, Gladys Gonzalez

Father George Discussion: the book;Moving in the Spirit

By Richard J. Hauser, S.J.

Criteria for Recognizing the Holy Spirit

“If our heart is moving toward the desire to love and serve God and others, the Spirit is present. If our

heart is not moving toward that desire, the Spirit is not present-by “heart” let us understand the deepest part of our being, our center, the place from which

we make our most free choices.”

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PRAY FOR THE SICK Dub Allen

Christine Andreski Mary Ann Banzer Amanda Bennett

Jackie Bevill Marilyn Borgognoni

Bernadine Buresh Darrell Butler

Roger Bye Sheilah & Daryl Clark

Carl Craig Frankie DeGeorge

Gloria DeSalvo Hanh Van Do

Quentin Dooley Dave Elmore Donna Folson Haley Gloria Pat Greene

Steven Hadlock Tina Harbert & Family

Dylan Harrison Marge Hubbard

Sharon & P.J. Hunter Steve King

Marie Krenzelok

Dc Lee Leckner Dorothy Longinotti

Penny Martin Brad McClintock

Patrick Martin Allan Montella

Alexandria Murray Gus & Nina Pellegrino Robbie & Judy Ponds

Lindsay Powell Ruth Rhodes Anna Roberts

Jane Robertson Fr. Alan Rosenau Raymond Sanchez

Peggy Smith Lisa Stearns

Matt Steinhaus Donna Stevens Deb Stricker

Hugh Truesdale Louis Valencia

Catherine Van Dalsem Mackenzie Whybark

Richard Woodfin Amy Wright

PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE MILITARY and FOR THOSE WHO SERVED

Donald MLT Allen Kevin Belt John Long Emmanuel Alvarez Doug Fires Evadne Anderson Jyryln Greene Rory Murphy Sean Patrick Murphy James F. Anderson, II Tony Guanella Ryan McCabe Darren Bemis Nicholas Hanna Nicholas Mueller Katherine Brock Andrea Hanna Morgan Patterson Colt Davis Blake Heller Sean Patrick A.J. Dierks Edmund Jaskiewicz Gustave Pellegrino, Jr. Stephen Drakes Ryan Jordan Bee Stamps Michael Elmore Tristan Jordan Patrick Steinhaus Mickey Jordan Sandy Vongsrir-Jordan Walker Vaughn

Hands of Mary

New Ministry

Do you know someone missing Mass because they don’t drive? Would you be interested in serving your fellow parishioners by providing transportation to Church?

We are trying to coordinate a transportation ministry. If you are interested please call the office, 501-623-3233 email stmccadmin@hotsprings.net

CHI ST. VINCENT’S PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPEL

Located inside the main entrance of St. Vincent CHI Hospital. Overnight, enter via the Emergency entrance. Call the church office for more information. 501-623-3233

We will be meeting Sunday, August 6, 2:00 PM

in Parish Hall

**email questions/concerns before meeting So we can provide group with answers**

Janet Borchert 501-416-7952 Janet.borchert@yahoo.com.

Or Alice Naples Wallace 501-538-8411

amnaples@yahoo.com

ROME TRAVELERS

Park in our lot. Ride the Golf Cart to Mass

Lock your car!

There will not be a Craft Day in August. With vacations and other things going on we are unable to meet then. We apologize for this, but promise you we will have Craft Day again beginning in September on the 5th, which is the day after Labor Day. For those of you who are learning to make rosaries we will pick up right where we left off. Have a blessed rest of the summer.

THE TRAVELER’S PRAYER

Our Lady of the Highways,

I call on you in my journeys To make my path a holy one,

A safe one- One both righteous and beautiful.

May I meet on my journey fellow pilgrims To share my psalms,

As well as the broken and disconsolate, That I may bless them in body and soul.

Holy Mary, With thee I pray for all who travel

Under burning sun or through driving rain, Through a teeming city or a barren wilderness, Over treacherous waters to unknown shores.

May they find shelter along the way, Food for the journey,

Compassion in the hearts of those they meet, And safe harbor at the cooked road’s end.

Reflect the Creator’s shining grace onto all our paths, Blessed Mother.

May all our journeys lead us closer to God. Amen

Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Transfiguration of the Lord

EYEWITNESSES .Today, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, is a day of eyewitness accounts. The first, a vision reported by the prophet Daniel, was well known to Jesus and his apostles. The vision account was written in quite mystical and figurative language. It is a vision of heaven, powerful and memorable. There are flames of fire, burning wheels, the Ancient One, and a Son of Man. Clearly, Daniel saw something. But was it a dream? Was it real? Was it merely a clever myth? Peter wants no such confusion about his vision! We are told in Matthew's Gospel what he and his friends James and John saw when they went up on the mountain with Jesus one day. Jesus warned the three witnesses to tell no one until "the Son of Man has been raised from the dead" (Matthew 17:9). Lest readers of one of the Gospels discount the story or simply write it off as a pious myth, Peter gives his own account of the Transfiguration of Jesus in his second letter to the church. He writes with authority, as an eyewitness. He reports this message from God concerning Jesus: "This is my Son, my beloved, with whom I am well pleased," and he assures us that the message is "altogether reliable" (2 Peter 1:17, 19). Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Numbers 11:4b-15; Psalms 81:12-17 Matthew 14:13-21

Tuesday: Numbers 12:1-13; Psalms 51:3-7, 12-13; Matthew 14:22-36 or Matthew 15:1-2, 10-14

Wednesday: Numbers 13:1-2, 25 -- 14:1, 26-29a, 34-35 Psalms 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23; Matthew 15:21-28

Thursday: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10; Psalms 112:1-2, 5-9 John 12:24-26

Friday: Deuteronomy 4:32-40; Psalms 77:12-16, 21 Matthew 16:24-28

Saturday: Deuteronomy 6:4-13; Psalms 18:2-4, 47, 51 Matthew 17:14-20

Sunday: 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a; Psalms 85:9-14 Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

As the Latin Mass evolved in the first six centuries, the central prayer, what the Greeks called the anaphora and what we call today the Eucharistic Prayer, became fairly standard almost everywhere in the West. What we now know as Eucharistic Prayer I, or the Roman Canon, took a complex shape, not at all like the fluid and spontaneous prayers of early Rome, but a real architectural construction. The city of Rome was in a terrible condition by that time, and a series of political upheavals, plagues, and invasions swept through. Not much of Rome's former glory was left standing, except for the pope, who became a symbol of protection and hope for the troubled people. The structures of law and administration were swept away in the chaos, and the pope gradually assumed authority to restore and maintain order. Soon, the public liturgy of Rome became the city's only glory. The Romans wanted "good order" not only in their civic life, but in their liturgy. One prayer, increasingly enriched by music (although when the music tried to overtake the prayer the pope banned musical instruments entirely) was the new rule of the day. That one prayer, the Roman Canon, was solidly in place when the first liturgical book we have, the Leonine Sacramentary of 540, was compiled. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co

ENTHRONEMENT OF THE SACRED HEART

"I will bless every house in which the picture of My Heart shall be exposed and honored." This was one of the promises Jesus revealed when He appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in Paray le Monial, France (1673). The enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in our homes signifies a family's commitment to Christ. It is more than a mere blessing and placement of a Sacred Heart image...it is a way of life.

For information on a home enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, please contact parishioner, Mary Gallimore at: 501-282-1383 or email; marygallimore4@gmail.com

Mary Undoer of Knots Praying for your local Bishop Hebrews 13:17-18 “Obey your leaders and follow their orders. They watch over your souls without resting, since they must give to God an account of their service. If your obey them, they will do their work gladly: if not, they will do it with sadness, and that would be of no help to you. Keep on praying for us. We are sure we have a clear conscience, because we want to do the right thing at all times.” (GNT)

Daily Intention Holy Mary, you who are Queen of the Apostles, I ask you to pray now for their successors, the bishops. Take into your hands whatever knots for lie in the soul and circumstances of my local bishop, and together with Saint Ambrose, loose those knots for the golory of God. My bishop carries a most heavy burden, Holy Queen; lend him your wisdom, grace, and holiness as he seeks to shepherd his diocese and lead his flock to build the kingdom of God. Lastly, Mother, untie whatever knots of pride or disagreement I have with my bishop, and lead me top submit to his authority. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

ST. MARY’S FAITH FORMATION

ST. MARY’S YOUTH MINISTRY

Email: stmarys.cym@gmail.com Facebook: St. Mary’s CYM

Next Meeting Wednesday, August 9th

6:00-7:30PM

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Pre K 2 1/2 years old through 8th Grade 501-624-3171 - www.sjshs.org

Classes Starting Sept 17th Please contact Brenda Sanders: 501-282-2066 or by

email: gratiaplena0224@gmail.com Registration August 20th after the Masses

August 20th @ 5-8PM

Baggo For Haiti

Baggo is a bean-bag toss game - fun for the entire family! $10 per person to play, bring a team or join a pick-up team that evening This event is not only fun fellowship, it is a fundraiser for our brothers & sisters in Haiti. These funds will purchase textbooks for Catholic schoolchildren. Fr. Asmith, pastor of St. Andrew’s in Colladare, Haiti will be on hand to answer your questions about the work in Haiti. The “Men of Mary” will have hotdogs, burgers and drinks for sale. Mark your calendar now to be part of this fun evening! See you there! St Mary of the Springs Catholic Church in Parish Hall

Contact Don Borchert 501-416-7951 or Wally Marroy 501-318-9480 for more info

MEN OF MARY

HANDS OF MARY

Get Ready for the HOM Regatta!!! Sunday, August 13th

5PM– 8PM

The HOM Social for August will be a boating event!

We need boat hosts! Your boat will be a muster station.

HOM members will meet at their closest “muster” station. Each boat will be responsible for their own drinks.

After all members have boarded their boat, the host will navigate to a designated cove to meet up with everyone.

Please call the office to “Register” your boat. There is a map in the office and we will “pin” your location on the

map.

Gather your “group” and brain storm how you will decorate your boat.

Watch this space for more updates.

Attention St. Mary’s Gardeners Do you have too much produce? Donate it to St. Mary’s Food Pantry, please! Call Bonnie Newman 501-627-6059 for drop off/pick up arrangements. Thank you!

An Open Letter to the Ladies of St. Mary of the Springs Catholic Church

Ladies, After 5 years of wonderful leadership as Chairlady of the Bereavement Committee, Chris Frazier, has passed the torch. When you see Chris, give her a pat on the back for the great job she has done. I know her job will be a hard act to follow but I will give it my best shot.

St. Mary has super ladies who will pitch in with lttle notice. These ladies are also fantastic cooks and love to share. However, we are always on the lookout for fresh helpers and ideas. So, if you would like to be involved in any capacity, please give me a call, text, email or shout-out. I go to the 4:00 PM Saturday or the 8:30 AM Sunday Mass.

Thanks Chris, for being such a wonderful person and doing a great job. My Mom always said if you want something done ask a busy person. Just goes to show Mom is always right. Carol Andrews 501-525-4920 Home 214-738-0848 Cell Jakester1111@sbcglobal.net Email

Boat Captain: Diane Pollock

1st Mate: Anne Sluppick

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Mary of the Springs Church #994826 100 Central Avenue Hot Springs, AR 71901 TELEPHONE 501 623-3233 CONTACT PERSON Anne Sluppick EMAIL: stmccadmin@hotsprings.net SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2016 Adobe Acrobat DC Windows 10 TRANSMISSION TIME Wednesday 12:00 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION January 8, 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS