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March 2, 2014 Website: www.olmcc.com Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
March 4, 2018
Pastor
Fr. Thomas B. Shuler
706-820-0680, ext. 204
423-637-4850 (cell)
Mass Times
Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Mon., Tues. & Thurs. 8:30 a.m.
Thursday Novena 9:00 a.m.
Saturday 5:30 p.m.
Confessions
Saturday 4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
Religious Ed
Sunday 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Staff
Amy Perry,
Business Manager
Mary Voges,
Pastoral Associate
Keely & Stephen Hungate,
Youth Ministry
Ashley & Zach Hurst,
Young Families Ministry
John Thomas Cecil,
Director of Music
Experience the Joy of God' ‘s Mercy
this Lent!
Our Lady of the Mount
Lenten Penance Service
Thursday, March 8th
7:00 p.m.
Guest priests will be available to hear confessions.
Please see the Examination of Conscience on the back to aid in preparation.
March 4, 2018 - Third Sunday of Lent
Mass Intentions for the Week
March 3 - Mary Vorder Bruegge (D)
March 4 - Jane Short (D)
March 6 - Priests
March 8 - Reliance on Divine Providence
Readings for Next Sunday, March 11th
First Reading 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23
Second Reading Ephesians 2:4-10
Gospel John 3:14-21
God pardons and raises up those who have been un-
faithful, those who have loved the darkness rather
than the light. For God so loved the world that he
sent his only Son to deliver the world from exile.
Dedication to Jesus
Lord Jesus Christ, take all my freedom,
my memory, my understanding, and my will.
All that I have and cherish you have given me.
I surrender it all to be guided by Your will.
Your grace and Your love are wealth enough for me.
Give me these, Lord Jesus, and I ask for nothing more.
Amen. - St. Ignatius of Loyola
Happy Anniversary
30 years on Mar 5 - Jane & Jim Ferguson
In the Hospital
If you or someone you know will be going in the hos-
pital please call the office, or have a family member
or hospital chaplain call for you. Federal privacy
laws prevent hospitals from notifying us.
In an emergency
Please call Fr. Tom’s cell phone directly
at (423) 637-4850.
Pope Francis’
March Prayer Intention
Formation in Spiritual Discernment.
That the Church may appreciate the
urgency of formation in spiritual dis-
cernment, both on the personal and
communitarian levels.
Stations of the Cross
Everyone is invited to Adoration and Benediction and
Stations of the Cross each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
during Lent. Please join us this Wed. , March 7th.
March 10 - Ruthie Towns
Weekday Mass Schedule
Please join us for Mass Monday, Tuesday and Thurs-
day at 8:30 a.m. in the Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel.
Thursdays following Mass there is a Novena to Our
Lady of Perpetual Help.
Mass is held on Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m. at our mis-
sion parish, Saint Katharine Drexel, 140 New England
Rd., Trenton, GA.
Second Collection Next Weekend
Next week, our parish will take up The Catholic Relief
Services Collection (CRSC). Funds from this collection
help provide food to the hungry, support to displaced
refugees, and bring Christ’s love and mercy to all peo-
ple here at home and abroad. Next week, please give
generously to the CRSC, and help Jesus in disguise.
Learn more about the collection at www.usccb.org/
catholic-relief.
St. Patrick’s Party
Please join us for our annual
St. Patrick’s Party on Sunday,
March 18th at 5:00 p.m. in
the parish hall. A bounce
house will entertain our
young parishioners. Please
visit www.olmcc.com for full
event details, to RSVP, and to learn how you can win
4 tickets to see Celtic Woman at the Tivoli on May
2nd. Signup sheets are also in the narthex.
Welcome to Our Lady of the Mount Catholic Church
Liturgical Minister Schedules
Saturday, March 10th
Lector: Julie Jackson
Eucharistic Rhonda Brown
Ministers: Lanny Haynes
Suzanne Haynes
Altar Servers: Evelyn Towns
Ruthie Towns
Spencer Towns
Sunday, March 11th
Lector: Kendrick Mills
Eucharistic Diane Brown
Ministers: Heather Corley
Maggie Estes
Paul Glascock
Amy Perry
Dan Shanahan
Beverly Short
Altar Servers: Patrick Elliott
Ryan Elliott
Sara Willingham
Greeters: Andy Stockett
Kate Thompson
Brother Anselm
Greg Brown
Marie Crimmins
Jay Jay Davenport
Mamie Everette
Janice Fortune
Jeff Gouveia
Nancy Haeg
Janie House
Nancy Maclellan
Barbara McLellan
John McLellan
Peter Mullady
Luke Morin
Paul Palmer
Wayne Pickett
Pam Scott
Alice Smith
Carolyn Wescoff
Camilla Pollock-Flynn
Prayer List
Please contact the office with needed changes,
including updates and additions.
Youth Chili Sale
Please support our youth group as they prepare chili
to sale in support of our To Gather & Grow capital
campaign. Chili will be available for purchase this
weekend, March 3rd & March 4th following Mass.
To Gather & Grow Building Our Future
This week a letter was mailed to the parish announc-
ing where our capital campaign stands and the road
forward. If your family did not receive a letter please
contact the office for a copy.
We are excited to announce that, through your vision
and generosity, our capital campaign has raised
pledges totaling more than $2,600,000. An outstand-
ing 83% of active parishioners donated to the cam-
paign and we have achieved 87% of our $3 million
goal.
This is a tremendous accomplishment for a parish
our size and demonstrates our strong commitment to
preserving a Catholic presence on Lookout Mountain
for generations to come. On behalf of the parish, I
extend my sincere thanks to our campaign co-chairs,
Joan Frierson and Jim Sabourin, and their entire com-
mittee for this great success.
We still hope to reach our $3 million goal so we can
build the spaces that will fully meet our parish’s
needs. It’s not too late to join in this effort. If you have not yet made a gift to the campaign, or you are able to
give even more to help us reach our goal, please con-tact Amy Perry at (706) 820-0680. She will gladly assist you with the many giving options available. Thank you again for your continued support.
Abstinence and Fasting During Lent
The following Abstinence/Fasting regulations are
observed during Lent. They are grave obligations,
binding under pain of sin. So they may not be casually
ignored, and doing so is a serious sin. Abstinence
from meat on Ash Wednesday, all the Fridays of Lent
and Good Friday (March 30) by all Catholics 15 years
of age and older. Fasting on Ash Wednesday and
Good Friday (March 30) by all Catholics who are 18
to 59 years of age. When fasting, a person is permit-
ted to eat one full meal and two smaller meals which,
together, would not to equal a full meal. Fasting is not
an obligation for those with a medical condition
which would be made worse by fasting.
I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me. Have I treated people, events, or things as more important than God?
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. Have my words, actively or passively, put down God, the Church, or people?
Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day. Do I go to Mass every Sunday (or Saturday Vigil) and on Holy Days of Obligation (Jan. 1; the Ascension; Aug. 15; Nov. 1; Dec. 8; Dec. 25)? Do I avoid, when possible, work that impedes worship to God, joy for the Lord’s Day, and proper relaxation of mind and body? Do I look for ways to spend time with family or in service on Sun-day?
Honor your father and your mother. Do I show my parents due respect? Do I seek to maintain good communication with my parents where possible? Do I criticize them for lacking skills I think they should have?
You shall not kill. Have I harmed another through physical, verbal, or emotional means, including gossip or manipulation of any kind?
You shall not commit adultery. Have I respected the physical and sexual dignity of others and of my-self?
You shall not steal. Have I taken or wasted time or resources that belonged to another?
Christ’s Two Commandments
How well do we love God and others? Do we love as
Christ calls us to? In the Gospel of Matthew, Christ
gives us Two Commandments: “He said to him, ‘You
shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with
all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great-
est and the first commandment. The second is like it:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole
law and the prophets depend on these two command-
ments’” (Mt 22:37-40).
Not sure what love is? St. Paul describes it for us in his
Letter to the Corinthians. Is this how you love God and
others? “Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous,
[love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it
does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-
tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not
rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things. Love never fails” (1 Cor 13:4-8).
A Brief Examination of Conscience Based on the Ten Commandments
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Have I gossiped, told lies, or embellished stories at the expense of another?
You shall not covet your neighbor’s spouse. Have I honored my spouse with my full affection and exclusive love?
You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods. Am I content with my own means and needs, or do I com-pare myself to others unnecessarily?
Copyright © 2013, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Scripture excerpts used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, rev. ed. © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All rights reserved.