SUNDAY MASSES Saturday 4:00 PM

Sunday 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM

THE HOLY ROSARY Saturday 3:30 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM & 10:30 AM

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE No Mass - Monday ~ Wednesday & Friday ~ 8AM Tuesday, Thursday ~ 12 Noon (St. Vincent’s Chapel)

SPECIAL DEVOTIONS: THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY First Friday of the Month

Devotion: 7 - 8 AM ~ Mass: 8:00 AM First Saturday of the Month

Devotion: 7:30 AM ~ Mass: 8:00 AM

CONFESSIONS First Friday ~ 7:00 - 8:00 AM

First Saturday ~ 7:30 - 7:50 AM Saturday ~ 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Sunday - 8:00AM Before 8:30AM Mass Or By Appointment

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Office Phone: 501-623-3233 Fax: 501-609-9524

Email: stmcc@hotsprings.net Fr. George Sanders: frgeo.stmcc@hotsprings.net

Sacramental Emergencies Only: 501-763-0704 WEBSITE: www.stmaryofthesprings.org

OFFICE PERSONNEL Diane Pollock, Office Manager

Amy Berg, Bookkeeper DIRECTOR of FAITH FORMATION

& YOUTH MINISTER Natalie Evans 501-545-3064

Email: stmarys.cym@gmail.com

MARRIAGE Contact the parish priest at least 6 months in advance to begin marriage preparation.

No Date can be scheduled before this preparation begins.

BAPTISM Contact the parish priest to schedule a baptism

Pastor: Fr. George Sanders Deacons: Lee Leckner & Joe Harrison

St. Mary of the Springs Catholic Church 100 Central Ave., Hot Springs, AR 71901

Established in 1869

July 24, 2016 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today is July 24, 2016 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

MINISTRY SCHEDULE Saturday, 4PM July 30, 2016 Lector: ** Tom Baroni, Jonne Rosenau EMHC: * Chris Frazier, Jan Gray, Ruth Rhodes Altar Servers: Martin Nguyen, Anthony Reiter Altar Servers: Christian Smith, Alyssa, Mai, Khai Sunday, 8:30AM July 31, 2016 Lector: ** Stephanie Nehus, Mary Gallimore EMHC: * Mary Vaughn, Steve Gallimore EMHC: Diane Baker Altar Servers: Marisol Garcia, Kayla Kalahiki Altar Servers: Matthew Kalahiki, Haley Strozyk Altar Servers: Sean Strozyk, Josh Villano Sunday, 11AM July 31, 2016 Lector: ** Jared Hanig, Karen Hanig EMHC: * Ed King, Cheryl King, June Thompson EMHC: Vicki Rima, Jackie Tomassi, Catherine Wade Altar Servers: Elena French, Jackson Cate Altar Servers: Landry Cate, Krystyna Valdivia Altar Servers: Teresa Valdiviz

7/23/2016 Sat 4PM Karl Werginz + 7/24/2016 Sun 8:30AM Our Parishioners 7/24/2016 Sun 11AM Orrville Harrison #101 Bday 7/25/2016 Mon Private Richard & Dorothy Rowley+ 7/26/2016 Tues 12Noon Ronald Bailey + 7/27/2016 Wed 8AM Emil & Mary Roehm + 7/28/2016 Thurs 12Noon Ronald Bailey + 7/29/2016 Fri 8AM Ruth Ramirez 7/30/2016 Sat 4PM Our Parishioners 7/31/2016 Sun 8:30AM Frank Benda Family 7/31/2016 Sun 11AM Halina Cieslak +

MASS INTENTIONS

12 NOON MASSES @ CHI ST. VINCENT CHAPEL

JULY STEWARDSHIP

July Collections as of July 17thh: $23,669.00 Budget July 2016 $32,292.00 Amount July (Short) ($8,623.00)

CHILDREN’S NURSERY No nursery for the summer.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY Children’s Liturgy is not in session for the summer.

ALTAR CARE TEAM 5th Week, Friday, July 29th

Catherine Wade*Barbara Gilleran*Evelyn Worsham

Fr. George’s Coffee Cat

Every Sunday Parish Hall

9:45 - 10:45AM

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES July 24-30

Sunday, July 24th Coffee Cat 9:45AM-10:45AM in PH Youth Meeting 6PM

Monday, July 25th Food Pantry 10:30 - 12 Noon in CR

Tuesday, July 26th Education Com. Mttg 10:30AM-12Noon in CR Faith in Practice Program 5:30PM in CR Prayer Group 6:30PM in Church

Wednesday, July 27th Celebrate Recovery 4:30PM in Carroll Room Handbell Practice 5:00PM in Back of Church

Thursday, July 28th Parish Council Mttg 5:30PM

Friday, July 29th CDA Trivia Nite 6PM in PH

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION 97.00

FOOD BANK TEAM Monday July 25th 10:30- 12:00

Laurie Flanagin*Carol Andrews*Jeanette Ables

Coffee Cat Topic for July 24th I Corinthians

2nd COLLECTION July 23-24th Seminarians

UPCOMING COFFEE CAT AUGUST 14TH

New St. Mary's Ministry: Building a St. Joseph's Altar during Lent - Speakers Jack Siciliano and friends from St. Frances Xavier Parish, Louisiana For those wanting to be part of the Core Team, a special meeting with be held Saturday, August 13th at 2 pm in the Parish Hall with food tastings. Please RSVP if you plan to attend. lynn.pellegrino@gmail.com

PRAY FOR THE SICK

Christine Andreski Kristen Bailey

Mary Ann Banzer Sylvia Bevill Roger Bye

Darrell Butler Sheilah & Daryl Clark

William Confer Frankie DeGeorge

Quentin Dooley Dave Elmore Donna Folson Haley Gloria Jim Greene

Steven Hadlock Tina Harbert & Family

Dylan Harrison Jennifer Hinojosa

Loren Howe Sharon & P.J. Hunter

Marie Krenzelok Dc Lee Leckner

Dorothy Longinotti Penny Martin

Dorothy McCarthy Brad McClintock

Leah Murray Gus & Nina Pellegrino

Lindsay Powell Lellie-Beth Rhodes

Ruth Rhodes Anna Roberts

Fr. Alan Rosenau Raymond Sanchez

Peggy Smith Matt Steinhaus Donna Stevens Deb Stricker

Louis Valencia Catherine Van Dalsem

Stuart Vaughn Richard Woodfin

Joan Wright Dr. Michael & Mary Ann Young

PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE MILITARY and FOR THOSE WHO SERVED

CHI ST. VINCENT’S PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPEL

Open Hours: Sun: 7AM, 7PM Mon: 8AM & 11AM, Wed: 8AM & 7PM Fri: 6AM & 6PM - Sat: 6PM & 8PM There are also overnight hours where an Adorer is needed. Please call Shelly at 623-6201 to volunteer.

Emmanuel Alvarez Doug Fires John Long Evadne Anderson Jyryln Greene Nick Madson James F. Anderson, II Tony Guanella Ryan McCabe Darren Bemis Nicholas Hanna Nicholas Mueller Katherine Brock Andrea Hanna Morgan Patterson Colt Davis Blake Heller Sean Patrick A.J. Dierks Edmund Jaskiewicz Gustave Pellegrino, Jr. Stephen Drakes Ryan Jordan Bee Stamps Michael Elmore Tristan Jordan Patrick Steinhaus Jackie Young Sandy Vongsrir-Jordan Walter Vaughn

St. Mary's Food Pantry NEEDS *boxes of cereal * cans of beans or vegetables

*cans of fruit * cans of soup or chili *dried beans * bags of rice *cans of Vienna sausages

Donations for the food bank to help purchase food are gladly accepted and needed. Place your donation in an envelope labeled St. Mary's Food Pantry. Thank you.

HANDS OF MARY ACTIVITIES BOOK STUDY

“33 Days to Merciful Love” Wednesdays, August 31st to October 5th

The Feast of St. Faustina, will be the ending of our study. If interested in particpating, the book cost is $12. Please contact a facilitator: Anne Sluppick, asluppic@yahoo.com or Janet Borchert Janet.borchert@yahoo.com.

BINGO SOCIAL August 18th at 6PM in the Parish Hall

HofM COOKBOOK There is a form for recipes for the HOM Cookbook. Please print out copies from the Hands of Mary email or pick up in the back of church. Try to bring 5 recipes to the social. We would love to have this book completed for printing by October & available for sale in December. What a great Christmas present and keepsake they will make.

HAITI MISSION FUNDRAISER Weekends July 24-August 21

FROZEN EGGROLLS BY THE DOZEN 12 FOR $10

Volunteers for July 30-31, 2016 Saturday 4PM: Kay Leonard, Becky Allen Don Sluyter, Carolyn & Danny Henry Sunday 8:30AM: Ken Spielvogle Sunday 11:00AM: Anne Sluppick Amy-Lynn Weidman, Floyd & Eleanor Shefield

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES At St. Mary of the Springs Church

TRIVIA NIGHT Friday, July 29th 6PM in the Parish Hall

Sponsored by Catholic Daughters of America

WOK and ROLL HAITI FUNDRAISING DINNER

With Stir Fry, Fried Rice, Egg Rolls, Soup, Tea and Fortune Cookie

Cost $12 Eat in or take out

Served after Masses on August 20th and 21st Sponsored by our Vietnamese Community

KEEP PRAYING St. Monica, whose feast we celebrate in August, is often known as “the persistent mother.” She watched her oldest son, Augustine, turn his back on his Christian faith. Monica was exasperated. For years she gave up talking directly to her son on the advice of a local bishop, who told her that it was better to talk to God about Augustine then to Augustine about God. The mother never gave up praying for her son. Eventually Augustine gave up his wild ways, was baptized, and later ordained and named bishop of Hippo. St. Augustine went on to become one of the Church’s greatest scholars. Today’s readings address the importance of persistent prayer. Abraham, in spite of trepidation that he is bothering the Lord, continues to ask about the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. Jesus, in Luke’s Gospel, tells his disciples to “ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” (Luke 11:9). This is our charge: keep praying. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Sunday, July 24, 2016 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

.TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Sometimes when bishops are consecrated, they are not given the care of a diocese as an “ordinary.” A very old tradition, however, assures that they are invested with a “see,” a link with a local church. Many hundreds of places around the world were dioceses at one time, but are no longer. In England, for example, some of the historic dioceses such as London, Salisbury, and Manchester ceased to be Catholic at the Reformation and their cathedrals passed to the Church of England. The reestablishment of the Catholic Church in the nineteenth century meant that new dioceses had to be created, such as at Liverpool and Westminster. Similarly, in Scandinavia the ancient Catholic dioceses vanished under Lutheranism. In North Africa, tiny dioceses disappeared under the sands or were swept away by Islam. In the United States, some original dioceses never really developed as population centers, such as the old dioceses of Bardstown, Vincennes, Sault Ste. Marie, or Walla Walla. The tradition of “titular sees” assures that the ancient churches are always held in prayer, as the bishop celebrates Mass in its memory a few times a year. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15; Psalm 126:1bc-6 Matthew 20:20-28 Tuesday: Jeremiah 14:17-22; Psalm 79:8, 9, 11, 13 Matthew 13:36-43 Wednesday: Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21; Psalm 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18; Matthew 13:44-46 Thursday: Jeremiah 18:1-6; Psalm 146:1b-6ab; Mathew 13:47-53 Friday: Jeremiah 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; John 11:19-27 or Luke 10:38-42 Saturday: Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24; Psalm 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Matt 14:1-12 Sunday: Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23; Psalm 90:3-6, 12-14, 17 Col 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Abraham bargains with God to spare the city (Genesis 18:20-32). Psalm — Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me (Psalm 138). Second Reading — Buried with Christ in baptism, we were also raised with him; all our transgressions are forgiven (Colossians 2:12-14). Gospel — Jesus speaks of God’s sure response to those who pray (Luke 11:1-13). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

THE MARK OF THE MAKER If things created are so full of loveliness, how resplendent must be the One who made them! The wisdom of the Worker is apparent in such handiwork. —St. Anthony of Padua

LOOK AROUND YOU To see the world in a grain of sand

and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand

and eternity in an hour. —William Blake

ST. MARY’S YOUTH

Contact Natalie Evans: 501-545-3064 Email: stmarys.cym@gmail.com

Facebook: St. Mary’s CYM

Youth Section:

Youth Meeting July 24th 6PM

ALTAR FLOWERS To the glory of God and in thanksgiving

If you would like to donate an arrangement for the front altar in thanksgiving or in memory of: please call the office 623-3233

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

St. John’s Catholic School Pre K 2 1/2 years old through 8th Grade

501-624-3171 - www.sjshs.org Mrs. Angela Isaacs, Principal

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2016 DIOCESE OF LITTLE ROCK

DOOR OF MERCY PILGRIMAGE

Our Lady of Good Counsel Church 1321 S. Van Buren St., Little Rock

Saturday, August 6th, 9AM - 5:30PM Door of Mercy & Adoration Chapel - 9AM - 3:30PM

Sacrament of Reconciliation - 10AM - 11:45AM Mass for the Pilgrims - 12 Noon

Sacrament of Reconciliation - 1PM - 2:35PM Divine Mercy Chaplet - 3PM

Vigil Mass - 4:30PM

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ARKANSAS CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL SERVICES

The 2016 Conference, entitled “The Tender Mercy of our God Guides our Feet into the Path of Peace”, will be held at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel, N. Little Rock, beginning on Friday, July 29th. Go to the conference web www.arkcc.org for all the conference information, including the schedule, this year's speakers and an online registration form. Or you may contact Lynn Pellegrino at 1-501-353-6984

This year’s conference also will feature a special youth “Life in the Spirit Seminar” on Saturday, July 30th for ages 13-18. This exciting event is limited to the first 100 youth who register at www.arkcc.org. There is a $20.00 fee for the seminar, which includes lunch. The Diocese of Little Rock

Job Openings

SAFE ENVIRONMENT COORDINATOR Minimum requirements include: Roman Catholic, a bachelor’s degree, strong computer and communication skills, and ability to manage sensitive data. This is a 40 hour per week position with a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL OFFICE ASSISTANT

Position scheduled for 30 hours per week with benefits and performs office administrative duties. Qualifications include Catholic in full communion with Church, Spanish and English oral and written fluency, excellent computer skills, associate degree or equivalent administrative experience and ability to manage confidential material. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to: Paula Lattanzi, Personnel Office, Diocese of Little Rock, 2500 N. Tyler Street, Little Rock, AR 72207 or email: plattanzi@dolr.org. Telephone: (501) 664-0340.

WORDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND

How do you rate your marriage? If you’ve checked any of the above, you’re a great candidate for a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend! It’s a beautiful weekend experience designed for couples of all ages and backgrounds. It will take you from where you are to another level! Make this autumn special by devoting one weekend to the most important relationship in your life. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekends are at Subiaco, Arkansas, September 23-25, 2016 and at Memphis – Our Lady Queen of Peace Retreat Center, October 21-23, 2016. Space is limited. For more information or to apply call Stephen and Elaine Lienhart at 501-312-1119 or email register@arkansaswwme.org or apply at www.arkansaswwme.org/apply.

Discerning God's Will Presented by Lighthouse Catholic Youth: “How do I know what God wants?” Knowing the will of God can be an intimidating topic for people of all ages. In this talk, Fr. Larry Richards, the founder of The Reason for Our Hope foundation, delves into the process of discernment. With personal stories, practical steps, and sound advice, Fr. Larry encourages all of us to dedicate ourselves to living the life that God has planned for us. It is in living this life that we will be truly happy.

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