ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 1665 Highway 45 By-Pass • Jackson, Tennessee 38305

(731) 668-2596 • Website: www.stmarys.tn.org

Fr. David Graham, Pastor Fr. Richard Cortese, Associate Pastor Fr. Tojan Abraham, Associate Pastor Rev. Mr. Dale Brown, Deacon Rev. Mr. Jim Moss, Deacon Rev. Mr. Eddy Koonce, Deacon Rev. Mr. Bob Russell, Deacon Rev. Mr. Bill Winston, Deacon

Sunday Masses: Saturday (Vigil) 5:30 pm

Sunday 8:00am & 10:30am Sunday Mass in Spanish 1:00pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:50-5:20pm

Sunday: 7:30-7:50am, 10:00-10:20am, & 12:30-12:50pm (Spanish)

Sacraments Baptisms By appointment. Pre-baptismal class required for 1st time parents, offered the 2nd Monday of every month.

Weddings Contact us 6 months prior to the wedding date. Anointing of the Sick By appointment. In the case of a serious illness or death, please call the parish office. Our after hours answering service will get a message to a priest.

Parish Office Hours: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday

Calli Carpenter, Finance Administrator Derek Rotty, Director of Evangelization and Discipleship Deedee Doumitt,, Coordinator of Youth Ministries

——————————— JoAnn Wormer, Principal of St. Mary’s School (731)668-2525 Ann Keyl, Principal of Sacred Heart of Jesus High School (731) 660-4774

ST. JOHN CHURCH 910 N. Washington Ave. • P. O. Box 872 • Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

(731) 668-2596

Rev. David Graham, Pastor Rev. Richard Cortese, Associate Pastor Rev. Tojan Abraham, Associate Pastor

Sunday Mass: 9:00 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: 8:45 a.m. (Prior to Sunday Mass)

Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org

Weekend of November 2nd & 3rd Altar Servers

5:30 p.m. Miriam Schott, Gabriel Schott, Kayden Ouellette 8:00 a.m. Johnny Le, Ryan Bayliss, Nduka Okolo, Nebechi Okolo 10:30 a.m. Andrew Curtin, Cooper Vailes, Campbell Vailes,

Madison Anne Arnold, Mia Grace Hill Extraordinary Ministers

5:30 p.m. Allie Warmath, Becky DeArmitt, Dawn Moore, Linda Brown, Janice Jones

8:00 a.m. Barbara Williams, Denise Jarvis, Ted Hazlehurst, Jacqueline Hazlehurst, Judy Koonce,

Geni Holmes, Stacey Okolo 10:30 a.m. David Wilson, Misty Gayton, Janice Faulkner,

James Faulkner, Louis Saia Greeters

5:30 p.m. Phillip Grant, Bill Brewer, Sandra Brewer, Susan Grant 8:00 a.m. Sharon Loucks, Maggie Vucina, Margaret Rodgers 10:30 a.m. Diane Johnson, Myrtiss Morris, Virginia Haayer

Sacristan 5:30 p.m. Dennah Hilario 8:00 a.m. Sherry Thomson 10:30 a.m. Michelle Petit

Lector 5:30 p.m. Lisa Warmath, Pamela Bouchard 8:00 a.m. Dan Breen, Bernadette Faulkner 10:30 a.m. Robert Flynn, Tara Doyle

Ushers 5:30 p.m. Kemp Reed, Bill Brewer, Thomas Niedbalski,

Phillip Grant, Dorothy Davis 8:00 a.m. Lynn Williams, Kevin Dillon, Bobby Morgan,

Ron Thomson, Bill LaFont 10:30 a.m. Ed Martindale, Kent Schott, Kevin Brown, Linda Brown, Michael Solberg

LITURGICAL MINISTERS

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission , Bells

Saturday, October 26 6:00 p.m. Intention of Suzanne Wilson Friday, November 1, All Saints’ Day

6:00pm Juan Carrasco by the Jose Aguirre Family Saturday, November 2

6:00 p.m. Jesus Adrian & Maria Dayana

Mass Intentions

Mass Intentions For The Week

*Mass at 11:45 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays are held at Sacred Heart of Jesus High School.

Saturday October 26 8:00am Birthday Intention for Maggie Vucina by Lynn

Williams 5:30pm Jack Mitchelson by Mike & Linda Newman Sunday October 27 8:00am Rita Siroky by Bill Siroky 10:30am Cynthia Dawn Wilson by James & Valerie

Phillips 1:00pm Intention of Father Granados by Francisca Castro Monday October 28 7:00am Carmelita Morales by the Hilario Family 11:45am Jeraldine Knight by Bill Siroky 5:30pm Jose & Yolanda Rajonilla Tuesday October 29 7:00am Edmund Milkint by Maria Henley 6:15pm Alejandro Rajonilla Wed. October 30 8:10am Merle Poole by Maggie Vucina 12:00pm Ronnie E. Kirk, Sr. by Deedee Doumitt Thurs. October 31 7:00am Birthday Intention of Mary Todd by Lynn Williams 11:45am Holy Souls in Purgatory by the Sabella Family 7:00pm Francis & Phyllis Zaher by the Heartwarmers Friday November 1, All Saints’ Day 7:00am Kelly Gaffney by Libby Carmichael 12:00pm Int. of Dana Schoenbachler by Marty Schoenbachler 7:00pm Int. of Chris Strazzella by the Strazzella Family Saturday November 2, All Souls’ Day 8:00am In Memory of the Uhlich Family by Jim & Marsha Sabella 5:30pm Joseph Johanssen Dee by Sandra Dee

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St. John’s Brownsville Friday, November 1, All Saints’ Day, 6pm

Weekend of November 3rd

Sunday, October 27 9:00 a.m. Mass for the People

Friday, Nov. 1, All Saints’ Day 6:00pm ~Vigil~ Mass for the People

Sunday, November 3 9:00 a.m. Julio Alberto Almaraz

Mass Intentions

Extr. Ministers Fabiola Escobar

Ron Michael

Lectors Sanjuanita Reyna Gabriela Sagahon

Altar Servers Alexis Ocegueda Jocelyn Martinez Eduardo DeJesus

Extr. Ministers Ron Michael Sara Medina

Lectors Fabiola Escobar

Baldemar Calderon

Altar Servers Sanjuanita Reyna

Jennifer Ocegueda Ashley Marquez

Prayer Requests:

Adams, Grant Baggett, Betty Bargiachi, Charlie Beare Family Bell, Carmen Benjamin, Rick Blanton, Dottie Bonds, Karolyn Bono, Kaye Boosey, Harry Browning,Geneva Burrow, Susan Burton, Bobbie Castaneda, Gloria Childress, Dale Clift, Dorothy Colgrove, Debbie Crosnoe, Jimmy Davis, Heather Day, Barbara DeArmitt, Amy Dellinger, Mabry Doumitt, Chuck Sr. Durning, Maureen Edwards, Carter Elam, Teresa Englert, Harriette Englert, Joshua Faulkner, Janice Flores, Melissa Follis, Ron Franks, Grayson Garrard, Anne Graning, Dee Gutierrez, Dolores Gyrenge, Lorraine Harmon, Sherri Hercules, Jennifer Holmes, Wayne Hulderman, Bobbie Hughes, Roger Isiguzo, Fidelia Jones, Brian Jones, Christine Jones, Dick Joyner, Betty King, Helen Klees, LaVerne Lavitola, Rose Lipe, Fitts Lisak, Mary Londino, Joe Lycette, Missi Marshall, Phyllis McLeary, Patti Mercado, Dennis Meriwether, John Mitchelson, Joe Moody, Lois Mooney, Mike Nunn, Marvin Okolo, Stacey Okolo, Joseph Ragan, Hutson Ragan, Phillip Regenhold, Lynn Rogers, Steven Sabella, Marsha Sanders, James Schlosser, Dottie Smith, Mike Smith, Pat Smith, Patricia Solberg, Charles Sortet, Ruth Sortet, Mary Soto Corpuz, Victor Sparks, Don Speechly, Jean Speechly, Mark Thompson, Alta Tims, Linda Turner, Raymond Walker, Robert Wallace, Permela Wilcox, Malcolm Williams-Hudson, Natalie Wood, Debra White, Peggy Wyatt, Sherri

Parish Mission Statement Celebrating, Proclaiming, & Living the Joy of the Gospel

Comments from Deacon Dale Brown

Due to Priest Study Days, Communion Services will be held as follows:

 

Monday, November 4th @ 5:30pm

Tuesday, November 5th @ 7am -&- 6:15pm

Wednesday, November 6th @ 8am -&- 12pm

Regular Mass schedule resumes at 7am on Thursday, November 7th

Why was the tax collector's prayer better than the Pharisee's prayer? Because the tax collector actually made a connection with God, but the Pharisee only made a connection with himself. Tax collectors were despised by the Jewish community in Palestine. They were Jews who collaborated with the occupying Roman forces by collecting taxes from fellow Jews. They often collected more than the law required, pocketing the extra. The Pharisees were just the opposite. They were the most respected members of the Jewish community, the elite, the undisputed religious leaders of the nation. And yet, Jesus praises the tax collector's prayer and criticizes the Pharisee's prayer. Through the centuries, in fact, the tax collector's simple prayer, "O God, be merciful to me, a sinner," has been taken up as a complete summary of Christian spirituality. There are even cases of monks who made this prayer the only words that they spoke, and reached heights of sanctity by means of it. This prayer makes a connection with God because it recognizes two things. First, it acknowledges God's greatest quality in relation to fallen mankind, His mercy. The word "mercy" comes from the Latin "misericors [mih-SAIR-rih-cores]: miser (wretched, miserable) + cor (heart)". Literally, it means to take someone else's wretchedness into one's heart. That's what God does with us. Second, the tax collector's prayer recognizes his need for that mercy. He accuses himself of being a sinner, someone who has selfishly abused God's gifts and used instead of loved his neighbor. The Pharisee's prayer shows no knowledge either of God's mercy or of his need for God; rather, it is an exercise in narcissism, in self-admiration. God wants to connect with us, but He can only do so if we let Him, and we can't let Him if we don't think we need Him.

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Upcoming Events Sat. October 26 6:30am MS Youth Ministry: Holy Fire Retreat Sun. October 27 9:15am Children’s Faith Formation 5:00pm MS Youth Ministry: Sidewalk Prophets Concert Tues. October 29 9:00am Heartwarmers, Modular Bldg 7:00pm RCIA, OL Lourdes Wed. October 30 6:00am St. Sebastian Men’s Grp, OL Africa 10:00am Scripture Study, OL Lourdes 6:45pm Adult Choir Practice, Choir Room 7:00pm Hearts Afire Group Retreat, OL Africa 6:30pm HS Youth Group, Offsite Thurs. October 31 7:00pm Cenacle Rosary, Church Fri. November 1, All Saints’ Day 10:00am Hearts Afire Group Retreat, OL Africa Sat. November 2, All Souls’ Day Sun. November 3 9:15am Children’s Faith Formation

St. Mary’s, Jackson -------------------------------------------------------

Thurs., October 31 -Vigil Mass-

7.00 p.m. Bilingual ------------------------------------------------------- Fri., November 1

7:00am 12:00pm 7:00pm

Our Lady of Guadalupe Fri., November 1

6:00pm -------------------------------------------------------

St. John’s, Brownsville Fri., November 1

6:00pm

All Saints Day Mass Schedules 

Our Sympathy and prayers to the family &

friends of St. Mary’s Parishioner, Susan Duck Wilson.

May the glory of Christ’s Resurrection bring strength & hope in this time of loss.

Rest in Peace

The Bulletin Deadline is…

12:00 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28th to be in Nov. 3rd bulletin.

Please submit all information by email to amy.evans@stmarys.tn.org

Our Sympathy and prayers also go to the family & friends of Rudy Carrico, brother of Mary Willett.

May the glory of Christ’s Resurrection bring strength & hope in this time of loss.

The Parish office will be closed ~ Friday, November 1st ~

in observance of All Saints’ Day

YOUR GIFTS TO GOD & PARISH

Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org

Card Ministry Sympathy - Encouragement - Get Well

If you need to contact us in October, please contact: Diane Johnson at dianemj.1053@gmail.com

Any man wanting to join or learn more about the

Knights of Columbus, please contact the Grand Knight -

Greg Hickerson

St. Mary’s St. John’s Weekly Offertory $ 15,678 $ 1,142 October Offertory Goal $ 19,000 $ 560

Total Offertory to Date $ 275,523 $ 9,539 Offertory Goal to Date $ 308,000 $ 8,960

2019 Annual Catholic Appeal 2019 Annual Catholic Appeal

Pray for success of the Appeal. Thanks to all our parishioners who have made their gift to

the 2019 Bishop’s Annual Appeal

St. Mary’s is at 96% of our goal of $79,500. So far we have 28% participation.

St. John’s is at 106% of our goal of $2,000,

with 35% participation.

Fr. David wants 100% participation. If you have not yet made a gift, pledge or

promise of prayer, please fill out a commitment envelope. Everyone has a duty to participate in the

support of our diocesan church.

St. Mary’s Goal is $79,500

$ 75,767

St. John’s Goal is $2,000

$2,120

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October is the month

For Life

We have a basket of Rosaries for Life to give away in

the Narthex

Come see us after Mass!

Would you like to care for the altar linens and clean the sanctuary where the Eucharist is celebrated?

Can you spend a few hours for JESUS?

We need parishioners for these sacred tasks.

Altar Society NET Ministries Confirmation Retreat

Saturday, November 9th, at St. Mary’s 1:00pm-9:30pm

For year 1 & year 2 candidates $10 covers food, snacks, etc.

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Contact Lynn Williams to sign-up! 731-668-3706 ~or~ lynnwilliams77@gmail.com Join our next book study &

discover your strengths!

Join us for open discussions on:

Wednesdays, Nov. 13 & 20 or

Thursdays, Nov. 14 & 21

All sessions: 7-9 p.m. in Our Lady of America

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Offered @ 10:30am Mass Children ages 3yrs thru 2nd grade are welcome!

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath Find it on Amazon!

Join us... on Fridays after Mass in the hospitality room for fellowship and to pray for uni-

ty and for the grace our church and school families need to be the light of faith, love and goodness to each other

and the world.

Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org

Homebound & Senior Citizen’s

For help in locating a HANDY MAN, contact Maggie Vucina – 664-8328.

For info on HOME TOUCH, Contact Phyllis Marshall – 668-5555.

MyRide West TN needs more volunteer Licensed TN drivers. If you are willing to

volunteer to drive Senior & Homebound citizens (who no longer can drive) to various locations, contact

MyRide TN: 668-6420 or 1-844-803-0169.

NOTABLE QUOTABLE

“I plead with you, never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become

discouraged. BE NOT AFRAID.” (St. Pope John Paul II – 1920-2015)

Corner Christmas Partners

We need adult volunteers

to help conduct family interviews.

October 30th

contact Joyce LaFont 731-668-5974

October is the...

Month of the Rosary. Continue praying a Rosary everyday for peace in the world.

Respect Life Month. Pray for all the unborn children of God.

Halloween originated with the Celtic festival of SAMHAIN, when people would light bonfires & wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the 8th century, Pope Gregory III designated

Nov. 1 as a day to honor All Saints. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, later Halloween -

a day of Trick-or-Treating, carving Jack-O-Lanterns, donning costumes & eating treats.

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Special Days This Week (October 27-November 2): Mon., Oct. 28 – FEAST DAY OF ST. JUDE

(known as patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes.) Thurs., Oct., 31 – Halloween Fri., Nov. 1 – All Saints Day Sat., Nov. 2 – All Souls Day

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If it is difficult for you to get up and open the front door for trick or treaters, keep the porch light off & all other outside lights, and keep

the blinds closed. - OR -

You might ask a friend or family member to visit with you Halloween night.

Halloween is coming up this Friday!

Please join St. Mary’s student body in our an-nual salute to Veterans!

Friday, November 8

After 8:10 Mass in Holy Family Hall.

Veterans are also invited for coffee after our pro-

gram to thank you for your generous service to our

country!

Our Cenacle Rosary Every Thursday at 7pm in the Church

Rosary and Cenacle Prayer led by the Knights of Columbus

All are welcome! • lasts approx. 30 minutes

CELEBRATE LIFE Please pray for the women in our parish who are with child. This is a wonderful way to support mothers and their families with our love and prayers. If any expectant mothers would like to be add-

ed to this list and if any new mom would like to receive meals after your baby is born or if there is anyone out there that would like to provide meals for these Moms, please call Carrie Jones at

731-571-5191.

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Marisol Aguirre, Kimberly Bryant, Nora Dixon

Thompson, Cathy Gurrola, Adrian Johnson

PRAYER FOR PREGNANT MOTHERS:

Dear Father, we ask you to protect the little babies who

are being knit together in their mothers’ wombs. Comfort their mothers and fathers during the time that

they are growing and developing. Lord Jesus, give these smallest of persons the strength to come into this world,

to fully participate in your creation. Send your Holy Spirit to infuse their souls with love for

you. After long, healthy, and loving lives, bring them safely home to your heavenly kingdom.

Amen.

PARISH EDUCATION

St. Mary’s School For the Scholar For the Spirit

To be the light of Christ in our prayer, work, and play ...That’s the St. Mary’s Way!

We have openings in Pre-K 2, 3, & 4 year classes! Call the school to inquire. 731-668-2525

It’s as easy as 1.2.3!!! Link your Kroger card to St. Mary’s School & SMS

will receive proceeds! Please help support your Parish School!

Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org

October 27, 2019 - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

School Closed

November 1st

in observance of All Saints Day.

Join Us

for Preschool Discovery Days!

Learn more about how St. Mary’s Preschool

sets the foundation for a life-long love for learning!

Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org

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