SAINT BARTHOLOMEW

CATHOLIC CHURCH

www.StBartsElberta.com

Email: StBartsElberta@gmail.com

12795 Illinois Street Father James Dean, Pastor Reverend Mr. Kenneth Kaiser, Deacon

Elberta, AL 36530 Cell: 251-504-9062 Home Phone: 251-987-1503

251-986-8142 email: Father.JDD@gmail.com

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

Office Hours: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Monday thru Friday Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12, 2015

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 Saturday 5:00 - 5:45 PM

Tuesday 5:00 - 5:45 PM

Thursday 6:30 - 7:20 M On Request

Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?. - 1 John 5:5

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus (Acts 4:32-35).

Psalm — Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting (Psalm 118).

Second Reading — The victory that conquers the world is our faith (1 John 5:1-6).

Gospel — Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed (John 20:19-31).

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

251-986-5219

Remember to support The

Prince of Peace Cemetery

Contact Jim Horak

for information

Dear Parish Family,

What a glorious Holy Week we experienced here at St. Bartholomew! Jesus left us the holy Sacrifice of the Mass to allow us to participate in the graces and fruits of His life, death and resurrection. It is the embodiment of God’s love that is given for us and to us, so that our souls may be permeated with the life of God, giving eternal meaning to our temporal lives.

One of the things that made our celebrations so wonderful was that we welcomed into our family of faith our newest members! At the Easter vigil Mass we had nine people join the Catholic Church: Abby & Scott Durrance and their 3 children, Maxwell, Pearce and Macy; Trissa Durastanti and her 2 sons, Dayton and Jacob; and Beverly Howard. Two of which were previously baptized, made their profession of faith and were received into the Church (Scott and Beverly) and the others were all baptized into the Church. Six of them were confirmed and received their first Holy Communion (Abby, Scott, Max, Trissa, Dayton and Beverly). The grace of God was flowing that night!

Thank you to the many people who enhanced our celebrations during Holy Week! Bill & Jill Byerley with their care of the altar, Yvonne Gruber and Ashleigh Bailey with the floral arrangements, those who served the altar and Deacon Kenny (always at my side). Our choir did a great job, with a special thanks to Jim Krauss (who sung the Exsultet) and our director (Erin Faulk). All of their hard work and many hours of preparation were beautifully reflected in their praise of God during our celebrations.

May our daily lives be an unequivocal gift to God, suitably reflecting the eternal gift of Himself to us that we just celebrated!

In Christ, our Risen Lord,

Father James Dean

“Do not be afraid.

Do not be satisfied with mediocrity.

Put pout into the deep and let down

your nets for a catch.”

- Pope St. John Paul ll

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

Fax (251)990-7776

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

You can’t run into trouble

When on your knees praying.

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.

Prayer gives you

a calm-plex.

Collection April 5th Attendance: 381

Sunday Collection : $4,986.50

Building & Maintenance:: $1,483.00

Holy Land: $ 595.00

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 Donald Rhodes 928-7310

Ladies Society Alma Doege 986-5201

Liturgy Committee Father Dean 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 Father Dean 986-8142

Sanctuary Care Bill & Jill Byerley 986-3993

Ann Hansen 962-4914

St. Benedict School Jaivi Howell 986-8143

Welcome Committee Karen Krauss 986-8270

Prayers for the sick:

Veston Bailey, Gene Boros, Alice Burkhardt, Kyleigh Marie

Cain, Jordan Darling, Baxter Duddy, Johnny Gottler, Jim

Horak, Dennis Kaiser, George Kaiser, Kenny Kaiser Jr., Eugene

Klein, Lorraine Kowalski, Kevin Laird, Carol Legere, Ron Lewis,

Katherine Merritt, Doris Milan, Mary Morgan, Fr. Howard

Moussier, Amy Paszkowski, Charles Peterson, Ann Ritchie,

Babe Rowan, Chuck Valdos, Christina Villa, Debbie Wallace,

Rhonda Willis, Tammy Wright and Zachery Wood.

Prayers for recently deceased (during the last year):

David Bitto,Thomas Byerley, Charles Chrenco, Audrey & Walter

Cummings, Alice Cruz, Dottie Dean, Gregory & David Florian,

Joe Gottler Jr., Kayla Green, Elizabeth Hunter Guercio,

Margaret Klein, Frederick Konecek, Fred Leiterman, Marty

McDonald, Marilyn Moussier, Rita Neumann, Frank Parker,

Laura Platt, Beverly Paszkowski, “Donne” O'Donnell, JoAnn

Rhodes, Carol Underwood, Bobby Warhop, John Vargo.

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

or contact our Church Secretary at 251-986-8142 or by email (StBartsElberta@gmail.com).

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 Father Dean at 251-986-8142.

SUNDAY MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Date/Time Altar Servers Lector Extraordinary Ministers Ushers

____________ of Holy Communion__________________________________

4/11 6:00 PM J Werner, M Akins Betty Wood A Doege, * A Bacher T Feely, volunteer

4/12 8:00 AM N & E Weeks M Kaiser J Danley D & T Worsley

4/12 10:30 AM M Kaiser, J Madison O Marquez A Schaff R & L Krauss

4/18 6:00 PM J & M Akins E Brewer B Byerley, * B Wood M & D Krehling

4/19 8:00 AM C Bailey, J Kaiser T Krehling D Wallace J Danley, D Fischlein

4/19 10:30 AM I McCormick, T Chandler K Klingelberger G Kaiser S & E Carter

This week’s collection counters: 4/12: J & B Byerley 4/20:A Mullek, P Corban 4/26: R & K Krauss 5/3:Y Gruber, A Bailey 5/11 L Kaiser, P Corban 5/17 J Krauss, T Morris

Mass Intentions

4/11 6:00 PM St. Joseph Seminary College 4/12 8:00 Am † Dottie Dean 4/12 10:30 AM St. Bartholomew Parishioners 4/14 6:00 PM Fr. David Nix 4/15 7:30 AM Vocations to the Priesthood 4/16 7:30 AM Camille Pickhinke 4/17 7:30 AM Phyllis Lieb 4/18 7:30 AM End of Abortion 4/18 6:00 PM St. Benedict’s Abbey 4/19 8:00 AM Joe Akers family 4/19 10:30 AM St. Bartholomew Parishioners

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

May 3 - Building & Maintenance

May 24 - Communications

St. Benedict School News….

We enjoyed Spring Break last week!

St. Benedict Catholic School

Germanfest

April 25, 2015 - Raffle Tickets $100 each

Your choice: 2015 Dodge Dart or $20,000 cash

For tickets contact a School Parent or

Francine Carstensen at 251-213-3522 or

Lindsay Schumacher at 251-583-6352

Magnificat Devotionals

Magnificat supplied our Holy Week books again this

year (at no charge!)… and they have also given us 100

copies of their April devotional (10 of the copies of

which are large print). If you would like to use one of

them, please take it as you leave church today.

Pictures of Parish Functions The Parish Council has been requested to post pictures of parish functions on the bulletin board in the parish hall. Examples of the type of functions are as follows: First Communion, Confirmation, Bible School, church dinners and summer fun days. In order to facilitate this effort, it is requested that anyone in the parish who takes pictures of one of these events and would like to share the picture with the parish; please send an email with the picture attached to either Carl Klingelberger (carlklingelberger.ck@gmail.com) or Erin Faulk (erinfaulk@yahoo.com). We will then print out the pictures and post them periodically on the bulletin board for everyone in the parish to see.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

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

Employment Information

Catholic Social Services in Robertsdale needs

a Case Manager—full time. Applicant will

conduct initial intake and assessment of clients,

develop case plan with clients, make detailed

note of interview, and make home visits and

contact with resources on client’s behalf.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree, must

successfully complete Archdiocese of Mobile

Children and Adolescent Protection training and

background check, must have valid Alabama

Driver’s license and personal vehicle with

required insurance. No phone calls please. Send

resume to cmcnorton@mobilearchdiocese.org.

Saturday Night Easter Supper Social

April 18th after 6:00 PM Mass

Please come and bring a dish, dessert, or just yourself!

Day of Recollection

The Little Flock Franciscan Fraternity warmly

invites you to a Day of Recollection with Fr. Victor

Ingalls speaking on “Mary; Model of Friendship

with the Holy Spirit,” Saturday. May 9th, St.

Lawrence Parish, Fairhope, 8:30 AM—1:30 PM.

Drinks and refreshments provided. Please bring

a bag lunch. For more information contact Brian

Doyle, OFS (479-1958, Mobile); Evelyn O’Brien,

OFS (928-5236, Fairhope) Divine Mercy Celebration

at the Visitation Monastery (2300 Springhill Avenue, Mobile)

Sunday, April 12, 2015 1:30-3:00 PM - Confessions 2:00 PM - Recitation of the Rosary 3:00 PM - Divine Mercy Chaplet 3:15 PM - Divine Mercy Mass and Eucharistic Procession, followed by Benediction