SAINT BARTHOLOMEW

CATHOLIC CHURCH

www.StBartsElberta.com

Email: StBartsElberta@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbartselberta

12795 Illinois Street Msgr. Stephen E. Martin, Pastor Deacon. Kenneth Kaiser

Elberta, AL 36530 Cell: 251– 402-3578 Home Phone: 251-987-1503

251-986-8142 email: smartin@mobilearchdiocese.org

Secretary: Paulette Corban Parish Catechetical Leader (PCL):

Office: 251-986-8142 Cell: 251-923-9787 Kim Frank (251-424-0103, kfrank@bcbe.org)

e-mail: StBartsElberta@gmail.com or pcorban1734@hotmail.com

Office Hours: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Monday thru Friday

Third Sunday of Lent, February 27, 2016

Weekend Masses Saturday 6:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM & 10:30 AM

Weekday Masses

Tues at 6:00 PM Wed - Sat at 7:30 AM

Confession Tuesday 5:00 - 5:45 PM Thursday –6:30—7:20 AM

Saturday 5:00 - 5:45 PM

And on request

Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in kindness - Psalm 103:8

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The Lord God appears to Moses and directs him to go and deliver the Israelites from Egypt (Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15) or Exodus 17:3-7.

Psalm — The Lord is kind and merciful (Psalm 103) or Psalm 95.

Second Reading — We are not to grumble like the people with Moses in the desert (1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12) or

Romans 5:1-2, 5-8.

Gospel — If you do not repent, you will all perish (Luke 13:1-9) or John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42].

Kaechele Motors, Inc. 25203 State St. Elberta, AL

251-986-5219

Remember to support The

Prince of Peace Cemetery

Contact Jim Horak

for information

THE MYSTERIOUS ONE

Last Sunday we gathered with Peter, John, and James at the mountain of Transfiguration and were summoned to listen to God’s chosen Son. This week the scriptures draw us into the mystery of just who that God is. The first reading, perhaps one of the best known in the Bible, recounts the story of Moses and the burning bush, when the mysterious divine name is revealed. The responsorial psalm is a hymn extolling the attributes of God. Saint Paul and the Lord Jesus describe a God who judges and metes out punishment. No matter the lengths to which the scriptures go, we know that no amount of words will ever come close to capturing who God is. Our lives and our Lents are really journeys toward that mysterious One who will one day welcome us into the heavenly home that awaits those who put their trust in God alone. Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

Come in after Mass and receive a dollar off of your meal!

W o l f e - B a y v i e w

Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc.

Gary Wolfe

Owner

Gary Simms

Manager

2551 S. McKenzie St. Foley, AL 36535

(251) 943-2391

Fax (251) 943-2392

19698 Greeno Rd.

Fairhope, AL 36532

(251) 990-7775

27409 U. S. Hwy. 98

Daphne, AL 36526

(251) 625-2900

Fax (251)625-2888

25102 State Street

Elberta, AL 36530

(251) 986-3071

Fax (251) 983-3073

John P. Werner Thomas J. Werner

Ben Werner

The Boss: Janice K. Werner Boss in training: Jacy Werner

TOM’S

AUTO REPAIR, LLC

251-986-5135

11551 County Road 87 South, Elberta, AL 36530

Local Seafood Tradition since 1973 Locations in Foley and Orange Beach

Foley, Al 36535

Pride

What better proof of your pride

Could you have than to claim

You were not proud?

- St. John Climacus

Ted Hughes Realtor thughesbender@yahoo.com C 251-979-5663

956 West Beach Blvd. F 251-281-2089 Gulf Shores, AL 36542 T 866-948-2651

*If you are new to our church, please fill out one of our registration sheets available in the rear of the church.

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Collection February 21st Attendance: 272

Sunday Collection: $3,154.00

Thank you for your generosity

Ministry Contacts: Altar Server Vincent Kaiser 962-2119

Bereavement Committee Nita Kaiser 986-5222

Bulletin Ads Paulette Corban 986-8142

Burse Club Margaret Peterson 987-5251

Catholic Charities Glen Kaiser 943-4644

Catholic Social Services Nita Kaiser 986-5222

Engaged Encounter Deacon Kenny 987-1503

EMHC Bill Byerley 986-3993

Finance Council Andy Schaff 986-5341

Hospitality Alma Doege 986-5201

Knights Of Columbus Pierre Vilain 895-7404

Ladies Society Olivia Marquez 943-8521

Liturgy Committee Msgr. Stephen E. Martin 986-8142

Marriage Encounter Deacon Kenny 987-1503

Music Ministry Erin Faulk 978-2383

Parish Council Marshall Holman 986-8751

Parish Hall Paulette Corban 923-9787

Prayer Line Pat Krauss 979-8871

Prince of Peace Jim Horak 986-5248

RCIA Msgr. Stephen E. Martin 986-8142

Sanctuary Care Bill & Jill Byerley 986-3993

Ann Hansen 962-4914

St. Benedict School Leslie Mapp 986-8143

Youth Group/Confirmation Erik Goldschmidt 504-1623

Tiffany Goldschmidt

Prayers for the sick:

Andrew Anderson, Veston Bailey, Steve Blankenship, Gene Boros,

Tom Boggs, Alice Burkhardt, Kathy Byerley, Jordan Darling, Baxter

Duddy, Jim Earp, Willa Frankenberger, Flora Gilbert, Kaye Griffin,

Robert Goldschmidt, Diane Howard, Dennis Kaiser, John Kichler,

Eugene Klein, Lorainne Kowalski, Kevin Laird, Ron Lewis, Cindy

Alms Moore, Fr. Howard Moussier, Libby O’Pry, Amanda Reno,

Margaret Schaff, Melanie Schaff, Joey Schaff,, Lois Schneider, Dan

Sheehy, Rhonda Smith, Tony Sporl, Beverly Ulrich, Charlie Ward,

Tammy Wright and Zachery Wood.

Prayers for recently deceased (during the last year):

Ernest Bacher, David Bitto, Pat Bloch, Viola Bridges, Thomas

Byerley, John Frank Sr., Ronnie Kichler, Audrey & Walter

Cummings, Jackie Cummings, Terry Davis, Dottie Dean, Johnny

Gottler, Holly Kinsey, Margaret Klein, Marty McDonald, Mary

Morgan, Marilyn Moussier, Beverly & Edward Paszkowski, Charles

Peterson, “Donne” O'Donnell, Jonathan Riebe, Rosie Schoen,

Rhonda Willis.

Welcome to our visitors. For further information go to our website: www.StBartsElberta.com

or to our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/stbartselberta or contact our Secretary at 251-986-8142

Sick or Shut-in If you are ill or know of someone who is ill, due to

have surgery or in the hospital and would like a visit from the pastor,

please call Msgr. Stephen E. Martin at 251-986-8142.

SUNDAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE Date/Time Altar Servers Lector Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Ushers

________________________ ____________ __________________________________ _______

2/27 6:00 PM J & M Akins B Wood A Bacher, A Doege D & M Krehling 2/28 8:00 AM C & C Bailey M Kaiser V Danley E & T Frank 2/28 10:30 AM Z Taylor, volunteer G Kaiser A Schaff L & R Krauss

3/5 6:00 PM J. Werner, volunteer E Brewer A Bacher D & J Burkhardt 3/6 8:00 AM J & J Kaiser P Corban M Kaiser D & T Worsley 3/6 10:30 AM M & E Kaiser A Schaff O Marquez S & E Carter

3/12 6:00 PM J & M Akins B Wood M Klingelberger, C Klingelberger T Feely, volunteer 3/13 8:00 AM L & C Frank T Krehling D Wallace D Fischlein, J Danley 3/13 10:30 AM I & M McCormick J Krauss T Clark L & R Krauss

3/19 6:00 PM J Werner, volunteer C Klingelberger B Wood, A Doege D & M Krehling 3/20 8:00 AM E, E & N Weeks P Corban P Lenoir E & T Frank 3/20 10:30 AM Z Taylor, volunteer O Marquez Glen Kaiser S & E Carter

This week’s collection counters: 2/29 A Mullek, P Corban 3/6: J & B Byerley 3/13 R & K Krauss 3/20 :Y Gruber, A Bailey 3/27 J Krauss & T Morris

Mass Intentions

2/27 6:00 PM † John Frank Sr. 2/28 8:00 AM † Charles Peterson 2/28 10:30 AM St. Bartholomew Parishioners 3/1 6:00 PM 3/2 7:30 AM † Katherine Keppler 3/3 7:30 AM 3/4 7:30 AM 3/5 7:30 AM 3/5 6:00 PM †Albert BV Keppler 3/6 8:00 AM †Mark Riley 3/6 10:30 AM St. Bartholomew Parishioners

The dates without a name are available for your intention. Call the office to schedule your intention.

Upcoming Special Collections (To be taken up immediately after the first collection)

March 6 - Building & Maintenance

March 13 - Catholic Relief

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Every Thursday beginning at 8:00 AM until Friday at 7:00 AM.

We need more substitutes.

Next Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite is

on Sunday, March 6th at 12:30 PM,

The Latin Mass will be offered by Msgr. Martin.

Coming in April, 2nd Annual Crawfish Boil benefiting

Catholic Social Services. More information in the near

future

Adult Bible Study The book of James – Pearls for Wise Living Continues each Monday from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. It’s not too late to join in the study, Jim Brewer has the DVD that will catch you up on what they went over on so far.

Ladies Society News….

The Sausage Festival is approaching and we need help with

the baking and selling and also with the baking supplies.

The items we need for this Sausage Festival are:

5lb bags of Pillsbury All Purpose flour

bags of coconut

chocolate chips

Bakers German chocolate

5 lb. bags of sugar

1 lb. box or bag of brown sugar

and pecans, pecans, pecans.

Call Paulette if you want to donate any of these things.

We also need help with the baking either here at the parish

hall or you can bake at home. We also need help selling on

Saturday at the Sausage Festival.

More dates and times in the near future.

St. Benedict News….

Academics at Saint Benedict Catholic School are in the forefront of our activities, but there are other wonderful events that are enriching the Lenten experience. In academics, eighth graders have been studying the holocaust. They read The Diary of Anne Frank then watched a documentary, The Paper Clip, which was about a small town in Tennessee whose citizens collected 20 million paper clips from around the world and made a memorial to the holocaust victims with them. Students then worked with partners to create their own memorials. Fourth graders had a creative cross-curricular science project that involved the concept of mining and mathematics. Students mined chocolate chips from cookies, then used the chips as currency to purchase tools, supplies and personal items. Kindergarteners are reading, reading, reading. They have begun reading books and taking AR (Accelerated Reader) tests. They are memorizing basic math facts and learning to add and subtract too. Our other wonderful events included a visit from Archbishop Rodi, a "Hoops for Heart" fundraiser and Lenten confessions for grades 3 through 8. Last Monday, Archbishop Rodi honored the school with a Mass and visit. Students enjoyed his presence and Mass celebration. Ms. Linda Hynde led the PE classes in a Hoops for Heart event to benefit the American Heart Association with a goal of raising $1300. Students collected money then shot baskets as their promise for funds raised. Finally, on Thursday, Fr. Zoghby and Msgr. Martin assisted the children by holding confessions for students in grades 3-8. We are so blessed to have such an enriching academic and spiritual environment.

Substitutes for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

If you need a substitute for Adoration and cannot

fine one call Mary Klingelberger at 251-504-0281 or

251-955-6456

Youth Group News:

The Cross Catholic Outreach Immerse Service Project jar for our youth/ACYC is in the back of church. Please add your quarters this weekend to the jar to help provide clean water to those in need.

News From St. Michaels High School

The "Cardinal Club" (St. Michael Catholic High Boosters)

invites you to join us for good fun, dinner, spirits, live music

and dancing to help raise money to start the St. Michael

athletic program. Purchase your ticket through the

Eventbrite link below.

http://www.eventbrite.com/o/st-michael-catholic-high-school-booster-club9466807000

Life Line Screening - March 17th in the Benedictine Hall As many of you may not know, stroke is a leading cause of death today, affecting over 750,000 people each year. Every 45 seconds in America, someone suffers a stroke and every 3 minutes, someone dies from one. This means that during the next 45 minutes, approximately 15 people in the United States will have died due to a stroke. Stroke can be a life threatening and life changing event, and yet according to the National Stroke Association, 80% of strokes are preventable. By signing up for this health event, not only will you be able to take your health into your own hands, but you will also receive $10 off any package of $129 or more. The Stroke, Vascular & Heart Rhythm Package includes four screenings: carotid artery, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease and atrial fibrillation. To schedule your appointment and to receive this special offer, please sign up only by either calling our members-only phone number, which is 1-888-653-6441 or by visiting www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners. Join in the fight against vascular disease!

Lenten Luncheon

Msgr. Martin will be giving a Lenten talk at St. Paul Episcopal

church at 508 N. Pine Street in Foley on Thursday, March 3rd

starting with lunch at 11:00 AM. All are invited to attend.