SAINT ANNE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH BRISTOL, VIRGINIA September 10, 2017 Remember St. Anne’s in your Will and Trusts

Take to heart the words of today’s Gospel. As Christians,

we are called to be reconciled with Christ and with one

another. There is no room in the faithful heart for grudges.

Christ is in our midst today as we gather! Look around and

see His presence in your sisters and brothers. May we

continue to recognize Christ’s presence in others as we go

out into the world!

Readings for this Week (Sept. 11-16)

Monday: Colossians 1:24—2:3; Luke 6:6-11

Tuesday: Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 6:12-19

Wednesday: Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 6:20-26

Thursday: Numbers 21:4b-9;

Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17

Friday: Hebrews 5:7-9; Luke 2:33-35

Saturday: 1 Timothy 1:15-17; Luke 6:43-49

Scripture for next Sunday (24th/Ordinary)

Sirach 27:30—28:7

We cannot nourish anger and expect our own sins

to be forgiven.

Romans 14:7-9

Whether we live or die, we do so in Christ.

Matthew 18:21-35

Jesus says we must forgive not seven times,

but seventy-seven times.

The word from next Sunday’s scriptures is

“reconciliation”. Sirach tells us that wrath and anger are

hateful things. Jesus says we must forgive seventy-seven

times. Let us reflect on grudges we have held and

resentments we carry still. May these readings be the spark

that lights our way to reconciliation with all our sisters and

brothers.

PRAYERS REQUESTED

Your prayers are asked for Margaret De Angelis, the

aunt of John Flanagan, who died recently. Notes may

be sent to John & Pat at 14804 Wyndale Rd.,

Abingdon, VA 24210.

11:30 Mass time resumes

This Weekend—Sept. 10!

ALTAR FLOWERS

The flowers at our altar this weekend are placed

in celebration of the 60th Wedding Anniversaries

on September 7th of

Lucy & Herb Jensen and John & Joyce Paloian.

Given by John & Laura (Jensen) Counts.

Senior High Youth Ministry (Grades 9-12)

Upcoming Schedule:

Sept. 10—Youth Group (BYC 6-8p)

“Who Am I”

Sept. 17—Youth Group (BYC 6-8p)

“Who is the Holy Spirit?”

Sept. 24—Fun Night!

Bike the Creeper Trail

WOMEN of the Parish are invited to get acquainted

with...“A MAN, HIS MISSION, AND HIS MUSIC”

—Chris Neal, Director of Music & Liturgy, will be the

guest speaker at the Council of Catholic Women’s

September meeting. We are looking forward to having

an opportunity to get acquainted with this new member

of our Church Family. Please join us for refreshments

of heavy hors d’oeuvres and fellowship at 6:30 p.m.

Sign up in the commons.

DATE: Monday, Sept. 11 TIME: 6:30 p.m.

PLACE: Knights of Columbus Hall

(125 18th St., Bristol, TN 37620)

Please come and help us welcome Chris!

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Tuesday,

September 12, 9:15am-4:30pm. Please join us for

prayer. Benediction will be at 4:30 p.m.

A special note…

My fellow parishioners,

I want to thank you for electing me to the Pastoral

Council for the next 3-year term. I will do my very

best to serve you and St. Anne’s Church.

Also, thank you for all the prayers, sent to our

merciful Heavenly Father, for a miraculous recovery

from a serious illness. My prayers are for all of you

who truly do pray for others.

In Christ, Blessings —

Lin Ramsey

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prayer Shawl members are reminded of our regularly

scheduled gathering this Wednesday, September 13,

at 10 a.m. in the St. Vincent de Paul Center. New

members are always welcome to join us.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Catechumens & Candidates will meet this Wed.,

Sept. 13 in the Greatroom 6:30pm-8:00pm.

Inquirers will meet in the office conference room

after opening prayer in the Greatroom at 6:30pm.

Children’s RCIA will gather in the hallway by the

Greatroom at 6:30pm before going to class.

For information about our RCIA, please contact Sydney at

276-669-8200 ext 32 or sydneyfarnum@stannes-bristol.org.

St. Anne’s School CRAFT FAIR

Saturday, Sept. 23

St. Anne’s School will host its Second Annual Craft

Fair on Saturday, Sept. 23. If you are a crafter and

would like to participate, contact Marie McConnell at

276-676-2087 or marie_mcsinski@yahoo.com or

Wendy Cheers at wcheers@stanne school.bristol.org

for an application to sell your crafts. If you are not a

crafter, mark your calendar and plan to join us in

supporting these local artists and their beautiful work

by shopping at our craft fair!

Parish Nurse needed—St. Mary/Johnson City, TN

St. Mary’s Catholic Church is seeking a Parish Nurse

to serve their parish for a flexible 20-hours/week paid

position. The ideal candidate must be an RN with an

active license in the State of Tennessee and 3-5 years

nursing experience. He/she must have excellent

organizational, communication and pastoral skills and

must be able to participate in the full sacramental life

of the Church. The Parish Nurse will be called to

minister to the people of the parish as advocate,

resource person, liaison and an integrator of faith and

healing. Training and supervision will be through the

Parish Nurse Program.

Those nurses interested in applying, please send your

resume to patwroe@embarqmail.com or attention Pat

Wroe RN, Interim Parish Nurse, St. Mary’s Catholic

Church, 2211 E. Lakeview Dr., Johnson City, TN

37604.

ALTAR SERVER

Training/Refresher Sessions

Tuesday, Sept. 12—6 p.m.

Sat., October 7 — 6:45 p.m.

ALL current Servers and anyone who would like to

serve at the altar are asked to attend one of these

sessions. We do have some procedural changes this

year!! Catholic children/teens age 10+ who have made

their First Communion may serve. Catholic ADULTS

are also welcome to serve in this liturgical ministry.

Questions? Contact the parish office.

Training/Refresher Sessions for LECTORS will be

held for current and new Lectors on Sept. 19 at 6 p.m.

and Sept. 28 at 6:45 p.m. Lectors need to be practicing Catholics, in good standing

with the Church, at least age 16 and Confirmed.

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Sessions are: Sept. 21 at 6:45 p.m. & Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. EMHC’s need to be practicing Catholics, in good standing

with the Church, at least age 16 and Confirmed.

We need 24 volunteers every weekend to serve as

EMHC’s — would you be willing to serve in this most

beautiful and rewarding ministry? Sign up at the

ministry table in the commons or just plan to come to

one of the trainings.

MASS COORDINATORS NEEDED!!

If you would be willing to serve our parish as Mass

Coordinator (set up vessels for Mass, etc.), please

contact Rosie M. in the parish office.

ART & ENVIRONMENT….. If you’d like to help us

when we decorate the worship space for the different

liturgical seasons (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter) —

please sign up at the Ministry Table in the commons.

SPECIAL COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND

Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

Thank you for your generosity this weekend to our 2nd

collection to aid those impacted by the recent

Hurricane in Texas and along the Gulf Coast. Make

checks payable to St. Anne’s—we will forward one

check to Catholic Charities USA.

SAINT ANNE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH BRISTOL, VIRGINIA September 10, 2017 Remember St. Anne’s in your Will and Trusts

Saturday, Sept. 9 (Vigil: 23rd Sunday/Ordinary Time)

5:30 p.m. †Tonette Davidson

Sunday, September 10 (23rd Sunday/Ordinary Time)

8:30 a.m. †John Viggiano and †Joseph Viggiano

(NYC policeman & fireman, killed in the

World Trade Center Attack, Sept. 11, 2001)

11:30 a.m. †Susan Johnson

2:00 p.m. Parishioners

Tuesday, September 12

8:30 a.m. †Vito Cericola

Wednesday, September 13

8:30 am. No intention yet scheduled

Thursday, September 14

6:00 p.m. No intention yet scheduled

Friday, September 15

7:30 a.m. †Barry Brady

Saturday, Sept. 16 (Vigil: 24th Sunday/Ordinary Time)

5:30 p.m. †Francis J. Finan, Jr.

Sunday, September 17 (24th Sunday/Ordinary Time)

8:30 a.m. †Bob Landry

11:30 a.m. †Dave Rodham

2:00 p.m. Parishioners

COLLECTION: Due to the Labor Day Holiday, the

collection results from last weekend were not available for

this bulletin but will be included next weekend.

E-Giving (August 8-31, 2017)

Regular/Operating $7,645.

Holy Day/Assumption $ 81.

School 2nd Collection $ 270.

Retired Religious $ 25.

Second Collections: This weekend our 2nd collection is

taken up for relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey. No second

collection next weekend (Sept. 17). The 2nd collection on

Sept. 23/24 will be taken up for the Retired Religious Fund.

What is the Dominican Laity? The four charisms of Dominican life are prayer,

community, study, and sharing what we learn with others.

The Dominican Laity is a group of men & women, married

& single, living the charism of the order. If interested in

learning more, meetings are on the 3rd Saturday (Sept. 16

is the next meeting) of each month, at 8:30 a.m., at Our

Lady of Perpetual Help in Salem, VA. Visitors are welcome

at all meetings! For more info, contact Dominicans515@

gmail.com or 540-797-1695.

This Week in Adult Faith Formation:

Sunday, September 10:

Sunday Morning Adult Religious Education,

9:45-11:15am. We will meet in the school library

this week. Coffee and doughnuts at 9:45am,

presentation begins promptly at 10 a.m.

Queen of Heaven—Mary’s Battle for You.

“The Battle Begins: The Woman & the

Serpent”

No need to sign-up, join us any Sunday.

Monday, September 11:

Monday Adult Faith Formation:

Queen of Heaven—Mary’s Battle for You.

“The Battle Begins: The Woman & the

Serpent”

1:00-2:30pm in the St. Vincent de Paul Center.

Tuesday, September 12:

Book Club at 10:30am in the St. Vincent de Paul

Center. Prayer by Pope Benedict XVI.

Tuesday Evening Scripture Study: True

Reformers—Saints of the Catholic Reformation.

6:30pm-8:00pm in the St. Vincent de Paul Center.

Wednesday, September 13:

Scripture Study—Women in the New

Testament, 1:00pm-2:30pm, at the St. Vincent de

Paul Center.

RCIA at 6:30pm in the Greatroom.

For more information about any of the above

programs, email sydneyfarnum@stannes-bristol.org or

call 276-669-8200 ext. 32.

Prayer Groups Meeting this Week:

Monday evening, Sept. 11, 6pm-7pm in the Saint

Vincent de Paul Center.

A second prayer group will be starting soon in the

afternoon. Please sign-up at the Religious

Education table in the commons to join the group.

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Anne’s Choir will resume

rehearsals on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at

6:30 p.m. Adults and High School

Teens are welcome to join our Choir!

St. Anne’s Friendship Club will meet on Thursday,

Sept. 21, 11:30 a.m. at 620 State (Restaurant) in

Downtown Bristol. Call Gina Rossetti at 423-878-7827

by Tues., Sept. 19 to reserve your spot for lunch.

THANK YOU to our BLOOD DONORS!

We collected 25 units at our recent Blood Drive.

Thank you for Giving the Gift of Life! Mark your

calendars for the next visit of the Bloodmobile to Saint

Anne’s on Wednesday, October 25th.

Looking Ahead just a bit…

Mark your calendars for Sunday evening, October 1

and plan to come pray with and for our local law

enforcement, fire department, and EMS personnel. A Special Evening Prayer Service will begin at 6 p.m.,

followed by a reception.

“40 Hours” of Adoration” For the Evangelization of St. Anne Parish

Sunday 9/24, 3:30pm—Exposition (at the end of

the Spanish Mass)

— Tuesday 9/26—Benediction at 8:00am

It is the heart of who we are as Catholics: the Real

Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. The Holy

Father, in his recent encyclical “The Church and the

Eucharist”, is calling for heightened appreciation of

this beautiful gift from God through adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament. A Holy Hour gives us the

opportunity to honor Our Lord’s request and place

ourselves before Him. We are asking all parishioners

to sign-up for one hour of adoration during the 40

hour period. Please join in prayer for the

evangelization of St. Anne Parish. Please sign-up in

the commons so that we know all 40 hours will be

covered and that we have at least two people for each

hour. Thank you!

Volunteers needed— 4 hrs/week at Bristol Regional

Medical Center. Many types of help is needed—please

contact Becky Blevins at 423-844-2831.