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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, April 18 Joel Cuevas Ponce Saturday, April 25 Mass for the People

Mass Intentions

April 19, 2020 - 2nd Sunday of Easter

St. John’s Brownsville Brownsville, TN

Contact the Parish Office for information about Mass Intentions & Liturgical Minister schedules.

Call: 731.668.2596 Email: [email protected]

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Jackson, TN

Saturday April 18 8:00am Kelly Ann Nelson Gaffney by Tim Gaffney 5:30pm Mass for the People Sunday April 19 8:00am Kelly Gaffney by Bell Family 10:30am Int. Knight/Wilson Families by Bill Siroky 1:00pm Renata Meza by Rodriguez Family Monday April 20 7:00am Betty Hanafee by Lynn Williams 11:40am Kelly Nelson Gaffney by Nelson Family 5:30pm Viola S. Rossetti by Maggie Vucina Tuesday April 21 7:00am Int. Christopher Claude, Jr. by Sabella

Family 6:15pm Joseph Mathew Quigley by Elizabeth

Castleman Wed. April 22 8:10am Int. Judy LaFont by Lynn Williams 12:00pm Personal Intentions by Okolo Family Thurs. April 23 7:00am Tim Howard by Susan Durfee 11:40am Int. Joseph Saia by Saia Family Friday April 24 8:10am Int. DeArmitt Family by Becky DeArmitt Saturday April 25 8:00am Marty Schoenbachler by Dawn Moore 5:30pm Sandy Jones by Patti & Marshall Yellen Sunday April 26 8:00am Marty Schoenbachler by Maggie Vucina 10:30am Int. Elizabeth Castlemen by St. Mary’s Bridge Club 1:00pm Holy Souls in Purgatory by Sabella

Family

Mass Intentions for the Week

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

Sunday, April 19 9:00am Cecilia Martinez by

Margarita Santiago Sunday, April 26

9:00am Almas del Purgatorio

Mass Intentions

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

Fr. David & our priests are Live-streaming Wednesday & Weekend Masses.

There are also many options to participate in Mass & make a Spiritual Holy Communion

on TV or the Internet.

Comments from Deacon Dale Brown Eight days ago, we and all the rest of the 1.3 billion Catholics throughout the world gazed with wonder and gratitude on the Resurrection of our Lord, even though it was thru social media. Today, we turn our eyes back to the little group of Apostles who, eight days after Easter Sunday, were gathered once again in the upper room. And Jesus appears to them, once again, in the glory of his resurrected body, effort-lessly passing through their locked doors and their hidden fears. The first thing he does is go after the one lost sheep whose heart is astray: he lets doubting St Thomas touch his glorious wounds, mercifully removing all doubts that had separated him from the rest of the tiny Church. And then he looks into the eyes of his Apostles, breathes on them, and gives them the power and task to forgive sins in His name. This was the institution of the sacrament of confession, which since then has been bringing other stray sheep back into the Good Shepherd's merciful care. Almost 20 centuries after that encounter between Christ and his Apostles, in the year 2000, Pope John Paul II established this first Sunday after Easter as a universal Feast of the Church in honor of that Divine Mercy. In so doing, he was fulfilling a request our Lord himself made in his appearances to the Polish nun, St Faustina Kowalska. Just the thought of Christ's mercy fills us with confidence and hope. But it should also fill us with humility. If Christ is so eager to spread the news about his boundless mercy, it's because we need that mercy. It's because sin is a reality in our lives and in our world, and sin causes real damage that only Christ can repair. This is the tough side of God's mercy - the reality of sin.


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

Father David has asked everyone to pray the Prayer for Protection daily during this time (see below).

For the latest news & info...

www. stmarys.

tn. org

Our sympathy and prayers...

to the friends & family of Sue Garner, Sister of Permelia Wallace & Aunt to Linda Lodes

& to the friends & family of LaVerne Klees

Rest in Peace

May the glory of Christ’s Resurrection

bring you strength & hope during this time.

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 $ 17,636 $ 90 April Offertory Goal $ 21,000 $ 560 Total Offertory to Date $ 775,423 $ 24,167 Offertory Goal to Date $ 875,000 $ 22,960


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 April.

All church events, activities, & meetings are suspended.

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

Pledged to date: $1,875


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 is closed to the public.

Our staff will be available by

phone & email ONLY.

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.


If you would like to add/remove a name from the prayer list, please contact the parish office at 731.668.2596

Special Days the Week: 2nd 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

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 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 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

April 19 – EASTER SUNDAY – 2nd Sunday of Easter & DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY –

Designated by St. Pope John Paul II on 4/3/2000 as who actively promoted devotion to the DIVINE MERCY

APRIL 21 – HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY – Commemoration of 6 million Jews who per-ished during WW II by Nazi Germany APRIL 22 – EARTH DAY – Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues APRIL 24 – NATIONAL ARBOR DAY – Special day to raise awareness of the important role that TREES play in our environment APRIL 25 – FEAST DAY OF ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST - One of 4 men who wrote the GOS-PELS of the NEW TESTAMENT

Notable Quotable “Be joyful in hope, pa ent in afflic on,

faithful in prayer.” (Romans 12:12)

Prayer Requests

Because of the PANDEMIC, the Holy Father granted an emergency PLENARY INDULGENCE for

the DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET to the faithful suffer-ing from the Coronavirus as well as to health-care work-

ers, family members & all those who in any capaci-ty, including through prayer, care for them.

(From the Holy See press office, dated 3/20/20.)

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

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

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