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ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 1665 Highway 45 By-Pass • Jackson, Tennessee 38305

(731) 668-2596 • Website: www.stmarys.tn.org

Fr. David Graham, Pastor Fr. Richard Cortese, Associate Pastor Fr. Tojan Abraham, Associate Pastor Rev. Mr. Dale Brown, Deacon Rev. Mr. Jim Moss, Deacon Rev. Dr. Eddy Koonce, Deacon Rev. Mr. Bob Russell, Deacon Rev. Mr. Bill Winston, Deacon

Sunday Masses: Saturday (Vigil) 5:30 pm

Sunday 8:00am & 10:30am Sunday Mass in Spanish 1:00pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:50-5:20pm

Sunday: 7:30-7:50am, 10:00-10:20am, & 12:30-12:50pm (Spanish)

Sacraments Baptisms By appointment. Pre-baptismal class required for 1st time parents. Offered 2nd Mon. of every month.

Weddings Contact us 6 months prior to the wedding date. Anointing of the Sick By appointment. In the case of a serious illness or death, please call the parish office. Our after hours answering service will get a message to a priest.

Parish Office Hours: Closed to the public.

Calli Carpenter, Finance Administrator Derek Rotty, Director of Evangelization and Discipleship Deedee Doumitt,, Coordinator of Youth Ministries

——————————— JoAnn Wormer, Principal of St. Mary’s School (731) 668-2525 Ann Keyl, Principal of Sacred Heart of Jesus High School (731) 660-4774

ST. JOHN CHURCH 910 N. Washington Ave. • P. O. Box 872 • Brownsville, Tennessee 38012 • (731) 668-2596

Rev. David Graham, Pastor Rev. Richard Cortese, Associate Pastor Rev. Tojan Abraham, Associate Pastor

Sunday Mass: 9:00 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation: 8:45 a.m. (Prior to Sunday Mass)

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Bells, TN

Saturday, May 2 Cleta Marquez by Virginia Perez

Saturday, May 9 Cleta Marquez by Virginia Perez

Mass Intentions

May 3, 2020 - 4th Sunday of Easter

St. John’s Brownsville Brownsville, TN

Contact the Parish Office for more info about Mass Intentions . Call: 731.668.2596

Email: [email protected]

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Jackson, TN

Saturday May 2 8:00am Int. Samuel Bada by Bada Family 5:30pm Tom Aud by Tom & Susan Durfee Sunday May 3 8:00am Rita Ann Mooney Caldwell by Margaret Poole Vucina 10:30am Chief FMC Nwoye by Bada Family 1:00pm Hector Rosales by Gloria Rosales Monday May 4 7:00am Sam Bomar by Moore Family 11:40am Birthday Int. Chuck Doumitt, Sr. by

Deedee Doumitt 5:30pm Conrado Sioson, Sr. by Sioson Family Tuesday May 5 7:00am Phyllis & Sparky Bell by Bell Sisters 6:15pm Personal Intentions by Okolo Family Wed. May 6 8:10am John Buchanan by Buchanan Family 12:00pm Int. Chris & Wendy Claude by Sabella Family Thurs. May 7 7:00am Betty Hanafee by Delana Hoffman & Family 11:40am Int. Louis Saia by Saia Family Friday May 8 8:10am Holy Souls in Purgatory by Okolo Family Saturday May 9 8:00am Betty Hanafee by Tracy Phillips 5:30pm Rona Flores Nosaki by Hilario Family Sunday May 10 8:00am Patricia & Margaret Russell by Dcn. Bob 10:30am Mass for the People 1:00pm Martha Hernandez by Villegas Family

Mass Intentions for the Week

Visit our Parish website at www.stmarys.tn.org

Sunday, May 3 9:00am Mass for the People

Sunday, May 10 9:00am Mass for the People

Mass Intentions

Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, No public Masses are offered in the Church.

Fr. David & our priests are Live-streaming Masses. See schedule below.

How to Make a Spiritual Act of Communion

Comments from Deacon Dale Brown Three thousand people became followers of Christ in one day, as the result of one sermon given by St Peter. That is what the Book of Acts records in the First Reading. After the Apostles received the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room, they went to the Temple to give thanks, and the presence of the Holy Spirit attracted crowds of awestruck pilgrims. Peter stands up and addresses them. He tells them about Christ. And "they were cut to the heart." These were the same crowds who had rejected Jesus just a few weeks earlier. But now the mere mention of his name "cuts them to the heart." Hearing the truth about Christ made them want to follow Christ. But they did not know how. And so, they asked, "What are we to do?" Peter explains that they need to repent and be baptized. They need to decide to give up their self-centered ways, follow Christ's teachings, and receive the sacraments worthily. We are all so familiar with this scene that we can easily overlook the most important thing. The grace of God did not reach those three thousand people directly. It reached them, inspired them, changed them, and renewed their very lives, through the mediation of the Apostles, through the preaching, witnessing, and ministry of Christ's chosen messengers. Christianity is not just about "me and Jesus." Christianity is about the whole family of Jesus. It is about his Church, through which Jesus has chosen to make himself known and loved by sinners who need his grace. The Fourth Sunday of Easter is traditionally called the Sunday of the Good Shepherd, and it is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Our Lord, the shepherd who wants to lead us to green pastures if we respond to his call. In today’s Gospel Our Lord teaches us that the only way to satisfy the call to holiness in our souls is through him. The call to holiness is a call to recognize Our Lord as the path and source of holiness. Our Lord uses the image of sheep who are accustomed to the voice of its shepherd and frightened by the voice of anyone else. The call to holiness strikes a chord in us, and that chord will clash with anything not in tune with Our Lord. Temptation also makes an appeal to our hearts, and Our Lord teaches us today that it will rob us of something if we let it. It is the voice of a stranger and, as our parents always taught us, we do not talk to strangers. However, in his teaching today Our Lord does not identify with the shepherd or the gatekeeper of the sheepfold. He describes himself as the “gate” to the sheepfold. Our Lord is not the only one who wants his sheep; he is just the one who has their best interests in mind. The flock in today’s Gospel is already gathered. It is only through Christ that they can be safe in the sheepfold!


Parish Mission Statement Celebrating, Proclaiming, & Living the Joy of the Gospel

Father David has asked us to pray this Prayer for Seminarians

For the latest news & info...

www. stmarys.

tn. org

Father, thank You for the generosity of

our seminarians. Safeguard them as they prepare for the priesthood.

Keep all evil far from them, so they may become strong Christian men

who are faithful to prayer, diligent in their studies,

open to spiritual direction, and docile to all aspects of

seminary formation. Above all,

enflame their hearts with love so they will be ardent and gentle shepherds for Your Church. We make this prayer through the great High

Priest, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

YOUR GIFTS TO GOD & PARISH

Sympathy, Encouragement, Get Well

If you need to contact us in April, please contact:

Dennah Hilario at [email protected]

Pray for success of the Appeal.

Thank you to all our parishioners who have made their gift to the 2020

Annual Catholic Appeal.

St. Mary’s Goal: $79,500

St. John’s Goal: $2,000

St. Mary’s St. John’s Weekly Offertory $ 12,059 $ 20 April Offertory Goal $ 21,000 $ 560 Total Offertory to Date $ 795,124 $ 24,234 Offertory Goal to Date $ 917,000 $ 24,080


Any man wanting to join or learn more about the Knights of Columbus, contact Grand Knight,

Greg Hickerson [email protected]

Contact Lynn Williams to sign up! 731-668-3706

Altar Society

Our Task:

To care for the altar linens & to clean the sanctuary where the

Eucharist is celebrated.

Card Ministry

At 88% of goal. 21% participation.

Knights of Columbus activities, events, & meetings have been cancelled for May.

All church events, activities, & meetings are suspended.

Please contact ministry leaders for more info about plans during this time.

Pledged to date: $1,925


OL Guadalupe Goal: $900


At 94% of goal. 44% participation.

At 158% of goal 30% participation.

158%


God’s Work, Our Hands

Annual Catholic Appeal Annual Catholic Appeal 20202020

Please submit ALL bulletin information to [email protected]

Our Parish Office will be open again starting May 4

Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

Phone: 731.668.2596 Email: [email protected]

Ministry to the Sick & Homebound Plans to resume ASAP.

During this time, our Priests are visiting in cases of emergency ONLY.


Homebound & Senior Citizens’

Corner For help in locating a HANDY MAN,

(i.e. plumbers, electricians, small construction, etc.) contact Maggie Vucina – 664-8328.

For info on HOME TOUCH, Contact Phyllis Marshall – 668-5555.

MyRide West TN ~Please Note~

During the Coronavirus Pandemic, MyRide will suspend this program.


Special Days the Week: 4th Week of Easter

Adams, Grant

Baggett, Betty Bargiachi, Charlie Beare Family Bell, Carmen Benjamin, Rick Blanton, Dottie Bonds, Karolyn Bono, Kaye Browning,Geneva

Ceccotti, Dante Childress, Dale Clift, Dorothy Colgrove, Debbie Crosnoe, Jimmy

Davis, Heather Day, Barbara DeArmitt, Amy Dellinger, Mabry Diaz, Luz Elena Doumitt, Chuck Sr. Durning, Maureen

Edwards, Carter Elam, Teresa Englert, Harriette Englert, Joshua Evans, Amy

Faulkner, Janice Flores, Melissa Franks, Grayson

Garrard, Anne Goff, Callan Goff, Lilly Grant, Phillip Grant, Susan

Graning, Dee Gutierrez, Dolores Gyrenge, Lorraine Harmon, Sherri Hercules, Jennifer Hilario, Edmon Holmes, Wayne Hulderman, Bobbie Hughes, Roger

Jones, Brian Jones, Christine Jones, Dick Joyner, Betty

Kain, Otto King, Helen Knight-Wilson, Dawn

Lavitola, Rose Lay, Tyler Lipe, Fitts Londino, Joe Lycette, Missi Marshall, Phyllis McLeary, Patti Mercado, Pacita Miller, Kevin Miller, Michael Miracle, Jordan Mitchelson, Joe Moody, Lois

Newman, Mike Nunn, Marvin Okolo, Joseph Okolo, Stacey

Preston, Anderson Ragan, Phillip Regenhold, Lynn Rogers, Steven Sabella, Marsha Sanders, James Schlosser, Dottie Sewell, Kathy Siroky, Bill Siroky, James Smith, Mike Smith, Pat Smith, Patricia Solberg, Charles Sortet, Ruth Sortet, Mary Soto Corpuz,Victor Sparks, Don Speechly, Jean Speechly, Mark

Thompson, Alta Timby, Wayne Tims, Linda Turner, Raymond Tyson, Claudia Walker, Michelle Walker, Robert Wallace, Permela Wilcox, Malcolm White, Peggy Wood, Debra Wyatt, Sherri

May 3-9, 2020 May 3 – WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS – Established in 1963 by St. Pope Paul VI at the beginning of the 2nd Va can Council as a call to ac on to Catho-lics to pray for more priests and consecrated religious. May 5 – CINCO de MAYO (5th day of May) – A very pop-ular Mexican holiday commemora ng a military victory at Puebla, Mexico in 1862. It is meant to celebrate Mexican-American history, culture & heritage.* May 7 – NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER – Established on 4/17/1952 by President Truman, who signed a bill pro-claiming a NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER into law in the USA. In 1988, President Reagan amended the law des-igna ng the first Thursday in May each year as that special day.

Notable Quotable “The history of every country begins in the

heart of a man or a woman.” (Willa Cather – An American writer, who achieved

recogni on for her novels about fron er life on the Great Plains, 1873-1947)

Prayer Requests

The month of May is dedicated to Mary.

A daily Rosary is recommended.

Con nue to follow the CDC recommenda ons to keep you safe during the current Pandemic.

CELEBRATE LIFE Please pray for the women in our parish who are with child.

Prayers are a wonderful way to support a mother & her family. Contact Carrie Jones to be added to this list, receive meals, or if

you would like to provide meals & support to these moms. Email Carrie at [email protected].

Please Pray For: Abby Bautista Alexander, Teresa Fuentez Rocha,

Marisol Aguirre, Adrian Johnson, Kristen Whitaker-Younger, Leah Moore, Ann Marie Graham Williamson,

Ashley Marie Turner Todd, Constance Dettman, Julie Newman Kinsland, Abigail Hernandez, Diana Holt,

Diana Castaneda

PRAYER FOR PREGNANT MOTHERS:

Dear Father, we ask you to protect the little babies who are being knit together in their mothers’ wombs.

Comfort their mothers and fathers during the time that they are growing and developing. Lord Jesus, give these smallest of persons the strength to come into this world,

to fully participate in your creation. Send your Holy Spirit to infuse their souls with love for you. After long, healthy, and loving lives, bring them

safely home to your heavenly kingdom. Amen.

PARISH EDUCATION

St. Mary’s School For the Scholar For the Spirit



Catholic Classical Education for the Mind, Body & Spirit

SMS will be closed until further notice.

Now using...

All SMS Athletics are cancelled until school resumes.

Please pray for our students, faculty, & staff during this time away from school & each

other; & as we continue to adjust to ever-changing routines.

Join SMS for daily Mass!

Wednesdays at 12pm

Available on: St. Mary’s Catholic Church

Jackson, TN

Or visit: www.stmarys.tn.org



During this unprecedented time & situation we all want to see the celebration of Mass, hear the spiritual wisdom of our pastor, &

stay connected as a parish.

Here is some info below to help make that happen.

All of Fr. David’s homilies that are available in mp3

format (audio file) will be available at: https://stmarys.tn.org/homilies/

The link below provides a collated list of EVERY available option for online streaming of Holy Mass:

https://mass-online.org/daily-holy-mass-live-online/

Also, don’t forget to Subscribe to Flocknote!

Go to our website, www.stmarys.tn.org

look for the Flocknote logo (see below), then click on the image to join!

Visit FORMED.org! An innovative, online faith formation platform that

has movies, e-books, & study series for all.

Visit formed.org & enter our parish code: M6J2VY

Join the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet

on FORMED

Bishop Talley’s Prayer & Devotion Plan

During this season of precaution & social distancing (due to the Covid-19 virus), family engagement in faith formation is more vital than ever. For that purpose, Bishop David Talley has asked all of us, whether we are families of one or eleven, to pray together daily. A weekly packet with his direction for prayer devo-tions throughout the week can be found at the link be-low:

https://stmarys.tn.org/ faithformation/faithfamily/

“So, do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isiah 41:10.

The Angelus Bishop David has asked us to pray it while we are go-

ing through this time without the Holy Mass.

Traditionally, The Angelus is prayed at 6am, 12pm, & 6pm, but there is no rule it cannot be prayed at other times.

You can find The Angelus at this website:

https://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/the-angelus.html

Don’t forget about

Word on Fire Engage! Engage gives us access to all

of Bishop Barron's great content & it will be emailed (or texted) right to you!

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