This Week’s Schedule Sunday 9:00 AM “Coffee with the Padre” 10:30 AM First Holy Communion and Crowning of BVM Statue 2:00 PM Benedictine Holy Hour for Vocations and fellowship Tuesday 9 - 11 AM SVdP food pantry – IM Hall Wednesday 9:00 AM Bible Study – IM Hall Wednesday 10:30 AM Choir Practice – Church Wednesday 4:30 P M CCD Classes – IM Hall Friday 9:00 AM Rosary Cenacle – IM Hall

ST. JOSEPH GIFT SHOP NEWS ~ Check out our new items.

Shop for First Holy Communion, Confirmation or a

special gift for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. We

also receive many donated or gently used religious

items that are marked “Make Donation” — you

choose the price!

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

Just as the origins of Lent have to do with

accompanying people in the final stages of

preparation for baptism at Eastertime, so does the

structure of the Easter season help newly received

Catholics take root in the community. This is the

season of “mystagogy,” which means “reflection

on the mysteries.” This means that new Catholics

are remembering the sacraments by which they

become one with us and are sorting out the

implications for their everyday lives. They can

understand the excitement of Cornelius and his

family in the first reading, filled with the Holy Spirit

and so eager to begin their new lives that they

overwhelm St. Peter. The second reading and the

Gospel today likewise help our new brothers and

sisters explore their new lives as an experience of

God’s love.

Long ago, our tradition named these newly

baptized adults and children the “neophytes”

from Greek words meaning “newly planted.”

Newly planted in the garden of faith, they look to

us to provide the fertile soil in which their new life

can take root and grow. You can help. If you have

neophytes in your parish, a card or note of

welcome or warm words of congratulation are still

timely. It’s Easter!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK

Kindly pray for our parish family and all those who are journeying in a special way with Our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Juanita Baena, Bill Brennan, Berkleigh Cirilli, Pat & Sheila Clemens, Ginny Cook, Allen & Gwen Dretzka, Genny Dubin, Barbara Edwards, Jim Edward, Nicole Fehn, Jo Flynn, Diane Geiselman, June Henderson, Susan Henderson, Judy Jordan, Mercedes Carol Knutson, Mary Link, Curtis Malone, Bob & Margaret Nail, Vera Patterson, Claire & Bill Patton, Paul Peschel, Sr. Miriam Peterson, Jerome Radtke, Bill Roman, George Schaff, Ann Scott, Larry Spears, Joseph Starkweather, Charles & Jeanie Strempel, Dave Woodford

~ Prayer Requests ~ Terry Danson – 251-961-2165 or tsdanson@gmail.com

ATTENDANCE LAST WEEKEND

7:00 PM = 73 8:00 AM = 51 10:30 AM = 59 Total = 183

STEWARDSHIP for April 29, 2018

Offertory = $1,777.00

Maintenance = $428.00 Visiting Priests = $421.00

Second Collection next week - Catholic

Communications (envelopes are in the pews)

SVdP Collection = $377.00 ~ Many thanks!

SVdP Special Collection - TODAY ~ Many thanks!

If you or someone you know is homebound, ill, due to have surgery or is in the hospital and would like

a visit from the pastor or to receive the sacraments, please call the rectory or the office.

James D. & Mary Lou Chunn Partridge & Family Living & Deceased Lacoy & Clancy Families Living & Deceased Kearns & Patterson Families Living & Deceased Kilday Families Living & Deceased Altar Society Members Living & Deceased Lang & Pope Families The Baptized Who Do Not Practice Their Faith Holy Souls in Purgatory

First Friday Memorial Mass Association Our Loved Ones – Bob & Margaret Nail Living & Deceased Kaiser, Klein & Murphy Families Living & Deceased Scott & Weiss Families Living & Deceased Bush, Alvarez & McAleer Families Living & Deceased Mullek & McCandless Families Living & Deceased Patton & Norton Families Living & Deceased Shields, Self & Chambers Families Living & Deceased Cretaro Families

James E. Link Deacon J. Cretaro Doris Mullek Frank Mullek, Jr. Joe Lacoy Mignon Kilday

Church Cleaning – May 2018 Harriet Shields

More help is needed. Please check the new

schedule posted for weekly cleaning. Contact the

office if you would like to be on the schedule or if

you are unable to clean as scheduled. Instructions

are on the cabinet door in the West Wing.

May 12 & 13 Lectors Ext. Ministers Gift Bearers Ushers Sat: 5:00 PM C. Puglisi M. Donovan / S. Williams Ushers’ Choice F. Mullek / E. Hasselback

Sun: 8:00 AM J. Zieman B. & M. McCandless Ushers’ Choice R. Geiger / S. Pinzone

10:30 AM B. Johnston T. Danson / K. Service Ushers’ Choice J. Hilderbrandt / B. Jarveis

IMMACULATE MARY HALL ROOF UPDATE

A BIG THANK-YOU to all who participated in our

Capital Campaign Drive to repair the roof and water

damage in our Parish Hall. Estimates have been

submitted for the roof replacement and needed

interior repairs, including the repair of the east wall.

This work is critical—not only to stop water intrusion,

but to eliminate mold and mildew. We have raised

$60,000, but the total expenses will be close to

$110,000. The current plan is to start the three-week

project in June. We ask each parishioner to prayerfully

consider pledging (or re-pledging) to this needed

cause. Donations may be made by using the

maintenance envelopes in your offertory packets and

in the pews. Thank you for your continued support!

To request a Mass in memory of or for the welfare of a loved one, please call the office.

Please welcome our visiting priest – Fr. Angel Paris

Mass Intentions Saturday 5:00 PM Joann Gunderman / Marcella Albee Sunday 8:00 AM Richard Peterson 10:30 AM Deacon John Cretaro / Fr. Maria Rodie Tuesday 8:00 AM Sally Chapman / R. & B. Fortunati Wednesday 8:00 AM Jim Lundy / R. & B. Fortunati Thursday 8:00 AM Jim Lawson, Jr. / R. & B. Fortunati Friday 8:00 AM Michele Cameron / R. & B. Fortunati Saturday 5:00 PM Joan Fitch / Marcella Albee

10 GREAT WAYS TO SHARE YOUR FAITH

Each Sunday we are told “Go Forth, the Mass is

ended.” What are we to go forth and do? We are to

share the Good News with others. This is evangelization.

How often do we follow this call from Jesus to spread

the Good news? We usually don’t, because we are not

sure how to do it. Now you can learn the basis of

evangelization and use these tips in your daily life.

Come and learn 10 practical ways that you can

begin to live out your part of God’s amazing plan for

your life and His people. The workshop is sponsored by

Our Lady of the Gulf Parish in their Parish Hall, 308 East

22nd Avenue, Gulf Shores, on Tuesday, May 14, 6:00 PM.

It will be led by St. Paul Street Evangelization, a

grassroots, nonprofit Catholic evangelization

organization that has shown thousands of ordinary

Catholics how to share their faith.

If you have any questions, contact Fr. John Holleman

at 251-802-5168 or e-mail staylorolg@gmail.com.

Gospel Reflections THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ~ We have a

unique episode in the Acts of the Apostles today.

A whole roomful of people are baptized with the

Holy Spirit before they are baptized with water!

The verb used—“the Holy Spirit ‘fell’ on them”

(Acts 10:44)—is characteristic of the way the Spirit

works throughout the book of Acts: powerful and

surprising. Though this “baptism” is not the

normative way the New Testament describes

baptism, it is still a good reminder today that the

Holy Spirit is not controlled by whether or not we

pour water, but rather that our sacramental signs

reveal the presence of the Spirit at work among us.

And we have a double reinforcement of how this

work is accomplished from a Letter and a Gospel

bearing John’s name. It is love, self-sacrificing and

self-giving love, that manifests the Spirit of Jesus in

our midst. It is love that is the greatest of commandments. The Spirit is manifested equally

through those who live in that love.

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 5 & 6, 2018

GIFT BEARERS – If any of our previous

faithful gift bearers or anyone else would

like to present the gifts at a particular weekend

Mass, please call the office or let the ushers know

before Mass begins. We appreciate your ministry.

ROGUE OF THE RAILWAY ~ an 1890s musical melodrama in the style of the Old West presented by the middle school at Saint Benedict Catholic School in Elberta on Tuesday, May 15 at 7:00 PM at the SBCS Playhouse (AKA the gym). There is a door fee of $5.00/person to support the SBCS music program. Children under 10 are FREE. Please attend and bring the whole family! See the flyer in the narthex.

P lease pray for the following who will receive their First Holy Communion this week at the 10:30 AM Mass: Mark Edwards, Meredith Kelly, Christopher and Paul Medolla, Mary Clare Owens and Nolan Smith.

BE PREPARED “What’s the matter with Sacraments?”

The tenth and last session of the St. John XXIII

Apologetics Series at St. Margaret of Scotland in

Foley is Thursday, May 10, at 7 PM. Child care is also

provided. To sign up for the class, please visit

http://stmargaretofscotlandfoley.weebly.com/ldqu

obe-prepared---apologetics-series.html.