August 4, 2019

Eighteenth Sunday

In Ordinary Time

Contact Information:

188 Thompson Lane

Nashville, Tennessee 37211

www.StEdward.org

Church Office: 615-833-5520

Church and Business Fax: 615-833-3738

Business Office: 615-833-5520

Development Office: 615-833-3447

Religious Ed. & Youth Ministry:

615-333-9769

School Office: 615-833-5770

School Fax: 615-833-973

*Emergency Phone: 615-440-2379

(*After Hours if Death is Imminent

for Last Rites Only)

Staff

Pastor……………… …..Rev. Daniel J. Reehil

Parochial Vicar…… …...Rev. Delly Mutajuka

Deacon………………… ……...Brian Edwards

Deacon……………… …....Jerry Ziemkiewicz

Parish Coordinator…….…..... Sarah House

Business Manager……….. .…...Andy Royer

Accounting Clerk…… ...Janet Wilgenbusch

Data Base Coordinator…… .Linda Hardesty

Youth Director…….....… ....Joshua Bertram

Dev. Director…….....Frances Kolb-Turnbell

Dir. of Religious Ed………….Jennie Guinn

Principal……………....Dr. Marsha Wharton

Marketing Manager……....…..Jason Farris

Director of Sacred Music...Rasaan Bourke

Parish Office Information: Monday-Thursday 8:30am to 4:00pm;

Friday 8:30am to 12:00pm in the summer. Office is closed weekends.

Mass Intentions: Schedule a Mass for a specific person, occasion or situation.

Call or stop by the office to have a Mass celebrated.

Mass Announcements: Requests for Mass announcements should be made

in the church office by Fridays @ 10:00am and not prior to Mass times.

Bulletin Announcements Requests: Bulletin announcements must be

submitted by Friday @ 1:00pm to be considered for the following weeks edition.

Call Sarah in the church office or email bulletin@stedward.org. Subject to change

due to holidays. Requests for prayer may be made by phone or on-line at

StEdward.org/prayer-request

ST. EDWARD ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH� NASHVILLE, TN�

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Welcome to St. Edward �

Roman Catholic Church�

The St. Edward community has been serving Nashville and its

surrounding area for over 64 years. We are a parish of believers,

rich in tradition and diversity including over 1,200 registered

families and a school with approximately 280 students attending

Pre-K 3 and 4 year olds to 8th grade.

We provide an atmosphere in which parishioners of all ages

and cultures share faith through Sacramental and Liturgical

celebrations, on-going faith-formation, and other social and spiritual

events which enable us to connect our faith

with the world in which we live.

Whether it is your first time here at St. Edward or a return visit,

we are very happy to have you with us.

Please come back and worship often.

If you would like to join the parish, please call the parish office

at 615-833-5520, or register on-line at www.StEdward.org

You can also stop by our office during the week.

Welcome to our newest members:�

Gary and Anita Gerald

Saturday Vigil: 5pm

Sunday: 8am,10:30am &

12:15pm

Mon. Tue. & Sat: 8am

Wed. 12:15pm & 5:30pm

Thurs. 8am & 12:15pm

Fri. 8am & 12:15pm

Reconciliation

Mon. Tue. Thurs. Fri. & Sat:

7:30-7:50am

Wednesday: 5:00pm

Saturday: 3:30−4:30pm

Sunday: 7:15-7:45am &

9:45-10:15am

Or call for appointment

615-833-5520

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Eucharistic Adoration

Mon. Tue. Thurs. Fri.& Sat.:

6:30-7:45am

Wednesday: 4:30-5:30pm

Friday: 3:00−4:00pm

First Friday of the Month

8:30am –2:30pm

Baptism and Marriage

Call for appointment

615-833-5520

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Mass Schedule�

Please keep the following people

in your prayers:

Tommy Natcher, Shirley Schwartze,

Mary Helen Bailey, Luke Conger

and Dolores Bradford

Mass Intentions�

8/5 Mon. 8:00 AM St. Edward Faculty & Staff

8/6 Tue. 8:00 AM Lucyna Okarma

8/7 Wed. 12:15 PM Priests Intentions

8/8 Thurs. 8:00 AM Kevin McNierney +

8/9 Fri. 8:00 AM Dorothy Nichols Family

8/10 Sat. 8:00 AM Lynn Horton

8/10 Sat. 5:00 PM Margie Carrington

8/11 Sun. 8:00 AM St. Edward Parish

8/11 Sun. 10:30 AM

St. Edward Myanmar

Catholic Community

8/11 Sun. 12:15 PM Sam & Mary Jo Winter +

8/7 Wed. 5:30 PM Caroline Morrison

8/8 Thurs. 12:15 PM Priests Intentions

8/9 Fri. 12:15 PM Priests Intentions

RCIA is open to anyone who wants to learn

more about joining the Catholic Church.

Contact Jennie Guinn at 615-833-5520 to

learn more about the RCIA process.

Registration is open for this year!

Visit the church website for information.

You can register after Masses on August

18th. Contact Jennie Guinn for more

information 615-833-5520.

St. Edward Roman Catholic Church 3 Nashville, TN

How preoccupied and anxious are you over preserving and

maintaining a particular standard of wealth? It is easy to

develop an unhealthy relationship with our possessions and

invest ourselves more in their protection and growth than in our

relationship with God. Greed can overtake us, often without our

immediate notice. Anxiety of heart can find us living more with

sorrow and grief than with freedom and joy. We can never

allow things to replace God, and we always have to keep our

possessions and wealth in proper perspective. Once they

begin to control us, we have a problem. Anxiety and worry can

become our greatest sins. There is a joyful life to be discovered

when we discover true faith!

Live The Liturgy�

Inspiration For The Week�

4�18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4 � AUGUST 4, 2019�

Notes from the Church Office:

�� Have you registered as a parishioner at St. Edward? If you call St. Edward your

home, attend regularly, and tithe, please register as a parishioner. This will allow the

parish to assist you when you or a family member seek a sacrament, need a letter of

good standing, or want to serve as a godparent. It will also help us communicate with

you so that you can be up to date on what is going on and how you'd like to be involved

at St. Edward. Thank you.

To register: please visit www.stedward.org or call the Church office at 615-833-5520

Parish News �

St. Vincent dePaul Plea: Our pantry is dangerously low.

Please bring in any of the items listed below to help us restock

our shelves.

St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry is currently in need of instant

oatmeal, pancake mix, pancake syrup, jelly, peanut butter,

soups, pasta, pasta sauce, snack cups of applesauce/Jell-O/fruit

cocktail, crackers, toilet paper, laundry detergent. Many thanks

to our parishioners for your generosity and continued support.

Join us to see what we are all about. Please call Carolyn at

210-870-8500 or Sarah in the church Office at 615-833-5520.

St. Vincent de Paul Update: Thanks to your generous

donations we were able to help a homeless man with his medical

needs, temporary housing, food and clothing.

Catholic Business League welcomes Mr. Lou Graham to the

August 8th meeting. A Nashville native, lifelong Catholic, and

winner of the 1975 U.S Open in golf, Lou will share his

fascinating life story. Mass at 7am with breakfast meeting to

follow at 7:30am.

Father Ryan Season Tickets: Another year of Irish athletic

begins soon, and tickets and parking passes are now

available. Visit fatherryan.org/seasontickets. There are a

limited number of parking passes, so order yours today.

Calling all Pitmasters! The 7th Annual Pride in the Pit BBQ

competition is set for Homecoming Night, September 27th, and

Father Ryan has some slots available for the area's top

Pitmasters to participate. If you have the sauces, rubs and

attitude that can challenge for the crown this year, contact Kathy

Moseley '83 at moseleyk@fatherryan.org or sign up at

www.fatherryan.org/pitmasters

Community News�

School News�

Registration is now open for Fall Sports

Open to all St. Edward & PREP students. Visit the

athletics page under the Extra Curricular tab on

our website if you are interested in ...

�� 4-8 Football

�� K-8 Cross Country (Assistant coach needed)

�� 7-8 Volleyball

�� 7-8 Cheerleading

Contact Julie Hanrahan at jhanrahan@stedward.org

if you have questions or are able to assist with

coaching cross country .

Go Saints!

Cub Scout Pack 210 will be holding its recruitment and sign-up

night for new members (called Round-Up) Thursday, August

22nd in the cafeteria at 6:30 p.m. All Pack 210 Cub Scouts

(those currently enrolled and new members) will meet on

Monday, August 26th at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria to be assigned

into their respective dens and to be introduced to their den

leaders.

All boys ages 5-10 (grades K-5) whose families are

members of St. Edward Church and/or attend St. Edward School

are welcomed and invited to join (or re-join) Cub Scout Pack 210.

For additional information, please contact Cubmaster John

DeHarde by either phone, voice mail, or text at

615-429-0642 or by e-mail at johndeharde@comcast.net.

Cub Scouts�

ST. EDWARD ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH� NASHVILLE, TN�

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DATE

ENDING:

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DATE

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7/27/19 Year End

WEEK: 4

$15,964

$70,865

$79,004 ($8,138)

$38 $874

Everyday Stewardship�

The cake is frosted, the guests have arrived, and the gifts are

piled high. One by one, the packages are opened, and one by

one, the child reaches for another. Who among us hasn't seen a

child who appears crestfallen when the gifts run out? Even the

abundance isn't quite enough. Today's Gospel tackles a key

question in the spiritual life - grateful or greedy?

"There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful

harvest." We all recognize the need to be practical. Raising a

family, there's need to save for all sorts of things beyond normal

day-to-day costs - medical bills, family vacations, private school,

rainy day funds, retirement. Jesus doesn't critique the rich man

for simply having an abundant harvest. It's his mentality. Does

the rich man sell off the extra to make the needed repairs to the

back fence or to invest in some additional livestock to grow the

business? Perhaps donate some of the excess to the poor? No.

"You have so many good things stored up for many years, rest,

eat, drink, be merry!" The man wants to hoard and indulge with

no concern for others.

Jesus doesn't condemn prudent saving or owning necessary

items. He calls us to purify our attitudes. "Guard against all

greed... one's life does not consist of possessions." We are

called to be good stewards. This means being practical. It also

means remaining open to God's invitation with our resources.

Are we tithing to our parish? Do we give alms to the poor? Does

our weekly entertainment far outstrip what we offer to others?

Life is not about "stor[ing] up treasure for [our]selves." The more

we grow in gratitude and generosity, the more we become "rich

in what matters to God."

Gospel Meditation�

A few months back, my wife and I helped move my oldest son

into his first real apartment. He was moving to start his first real

job and was excited and cautious at the same time. Moving him

in reminded me of when his mother and I were first starting out.

We received an old couch from her aunt, some kitchen supplies

from my mom, and many other things from friends and relatives

so we could begin this new journey in our lives. We didn't have

much. But we had one another, and we had love. Looking back,

those were great times.

Sometimes, we think material possessions give evidence of a life

lived well. Artifacts from our travels, collections that take time to

amass and provide clues to our interests, and various pictures

and prints that adorn our walls. However, those who have lived

lives of hardship and pain have many of the same items. Not

only doesn't all our stuff amount to real evidence of what our life

has really been like, but it doesn't make our lives better either.

What makes a life well lived will be the love and compassion that

we have experienced, primarily with God who loves us so

deeply. Due to that love, God gives to us what we need, not

always what we want. More stuff will never amount to anything

in comparison to what God provides to us. If we reflected on that

truth more, perhaps we would spend less time accumulating

things and more time simply loving.

On that moving day, I wanted to give my son more material

things than was possible. However, what he really needs then,

now, and always is my love. -Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

Greedy or Grateful?

Vocation Chalice

Thank you to The Oldham Family for hosting the

Vocation Chalice this past week.

The upcoming schedule includes:

August 3/4 10:30 a.m. Vicki & John Harrington

August 10/11 10:30 a.m. The John DeHarde Family

August 17/18 10:30 a.m. The Tim Chudy Family

If you would like to host the Vocation Chalice in

your home to pray for our priests, deacons,

seminarians and other religious vocations, please

send an email to Joan Garr Hamrick at

jghamrick@comcast.net

6�18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6 � AUGUST 4, 2019�

Weekend Retreat Dates:

Men’s September 12th-15th

Women’s September 26th—29th

We need your help making Christmas stockings!

These stockings will be distributed to county jails, prisons and juvenile correction facilities.

Last year, Joseph was being released in a few months and struggled with depression and doubt. He

said: “I was beginning to believe that my praying and talking to God was in vein. And just like that there

was a knock at my cell door and one of the guards stood there broadcasting a red stocking and a pair of

dimples that made me smile and sit up in my bed. She said Merry Christmas and just like that the clouds

disappeared and I heard God say, I KNOW YOUR NAME.”

Join us Saturday, September 21 from 9:00-12:00 to cut and sew Christmas stockings. All volunteers are

being asked to bring 2 continuous yards of cotton Christmas fabric. All tools will be supplied as well as

light refreshments. To sign up or get more information contact Carrie Drumheller

at carrie.drumheller@gmail.com or via phone at 402-910-2315.

St. Vincent dePaul has teamed up with Thriftsmart to bring

donation convenience to the St. Edward Community. Visit the

drop-off bin located behind our garage.

For every 10 pounds collected Thriftsmart will donate $1 to

St. Vincent dePaul.

Acceptable items are: clothing, bedding, pots/pans, toys, books,

and plastic ware. Please No Glass. For more information visit

www.thriftsmart.com

Bishop's Appeal �

Summer Challenge�

Most Rev. J. Mark Spalding is grateful for your support of

the 2019 Bishop's Annual Appeal for Ministries! Please help

us make our parish goal by SEPTEMBER 30th as part of

his Summer Sizzle Challenge! We are currently 51% to

goal.

Your gift to the Bishop's Appeal helps fund all ministries of

our Diocese and growth of our greater church and parish.

To learn more, visit www.dioceseofnashville.com and pick

up a giving envelope in the back of the church.

Dr. Michael Buczynski Dr. Callie Gant

Parishioners

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