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 Monday, 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

Jan Gray, Secretary

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

Administrator: 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 26, 2015 - Seventeeth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today is July 26, 2015 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

MINISTRY SCHEDULE Saturday, 4PM August 1, 2015 Lector: ** Tom Baroni, Barbara Gilleran EMHC: * David Peters, Pat Greene, Chris Bosch Altar Servers: Joseph Gallaher, Martin Nguyen Altar Servers: Nate Webber Sunday, 8:30AM August 2, 2015 Lector: ** Wally Marroy, Don Borchert EMHC: * Rita Madson, Stephanie Nehus EMHC: Diane Pollock Altar Servers: Kayla Kalahiki, Matthew Kalahiki Altar Servers: Alberto Mejia, Oliver Owings, Altar Servers: Austyn Van Wagner Sunday, 11AM August 2, 2015 Lector: ** David Meeks, Shirin Asgari EMHC: * Charley Cook, Carole Cook, Vicki Rima Altar Servers: Jackson Cate, Christian Sliger Altar Servers: Matthew Sliger, Hunter Speas Altar Servers: Teresa Valdivia

7/25/2015 Sat 4PM Mary Brown 7/26/2015 Sun 8:30AM Our Parishioners 7/26/2015 Sun 11AM Orville Harrison 100th B-Day 7/27/2015 Mon Private Souls in Purgatory 7/28/2015 Tues 12 Noon St. Anonmous/Haiti Mission 7/29/2015 Wed 8AM Charles Marciano + 7/30/2015 Thurs 12 Noon Julian Walter Post + 7/31/2015 1st Fri 8AM Ronnie Adams-Special 8/1/2015 1st Sat 8AM Richard/Dorothy Rowley + 8/1/2015 Sat 4PM Eric Parker Birthday 8/2/2015 Sun 8:30AM Our Parishioners 8/2/2015 Sun 11AM George Reindl +

MASS INTENTIONS

HOLY FAMILY PRAYER GROUP Meetings are on Tuesdays in the Church

July 28th 6:30 PM Contact for prayer requests - Ruth Sliger: 282-5292

STEWARDSHIP

ALTAR CARE TEAM 5th Week, Friday, July 31st

* Catherine Wade * Barbara Gilleran * Evelyn Worsham * Jackie Tomassi

CHILDREN OF GOD PRAYER GROUP

Every Thursday, 10:30AM - Roland Room @ Women’s Center CHI St. Vincent’s

All 12 Noon Masses are at CHI St. Vincent Chapel

Fr. George’s Coffee-Cat

Every Sunday Parish Hall

9:45 - 10:45 AM

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

July 19, 2015 $129.00

JULY COLLECTION July Collection as of July 19th $22,921.00 Budget Expenses July 2015 $26,500.00 Amount for July Expenses: $ 3,579.00

SECOND COLLETION AUGUST 1st & 2nd

ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL

Liturgy Chair: Catherine Wade 870-648-9881 Chief Usher: Charles Smith 501-318-8189 Lector Coordinator: Christine Frazier 501-627-4639 EHMC Coordinator: Betty Harrison 501-655-0718 Altar Server Coordinator: David Peters 501-617-2614 Sacristan: Tim Phillips 479-256-0504

LITURGY COMMISSION

Fr. George Blog www.chat-cat.org

Join family & friends for an open house

Sunday, July 26, 2015 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church

Parish Hall 12:30 - 2:30

Orville G. ‘Brew’

Harrison is

celebrating his

100 Years

PRAY FOR THE SICK

Christine Andreski Dean Ballard Sylvia Bevill

Marilyn Borgognoni Lisa Caldwell Paul Caudle

Sheilah & Daryl Clark William Confer

Frankie DeGeorge Dave & Barbara Elmore

Donna Folson Tom Gilleran Haley Gloria

Dorothy Gossage Jim Greene

Steven Hadlock Lou Ann Hall

Deb & Tina Harbert Dylan Harrison

Jimmy Kolasch Marie Krenzelok Dc Lee Leckner

Dorothy Longinotti Penny Martin

George Meggers Teagan & Lois Murphy

Karla Pollock Stella Porter

Lindsay Powell Fr. Alan Rosenau Raymond Sanchez

Peggy Smith Donna Stevens Rick Stewart

Thyra Lynn Sullivan Alfred Watson Joan Wright

Dr. Michael Young

SOCIETY of ST. VINCENT de PAUL Members of the Society are men and women who strive to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to individuals in need. Call 501-538-1062, if you or anyone you know need assistance. The society meets every Wednesday in the Carroll Room

from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM.

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 in needed. Please call Shelly at 623-6201 to volunteer.

PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE MILITARY and FOR THOSE WHO SERVED

Doug Fires Jyrlyn Greene Tony Guanella Blake Heller Edmund Jaskiewicz Ryan Jordan Tristan Jordan Michael Elmore

John Long Nick Madson Ryan McCabe Nicholas Mueller Morgan Patterson Bee Stamps Matt Steinhaus Patrick Steinhaus

Emmanuel Alvarez Evadne Anderson James F. Anderson II Darren Bemis Katherine Brock Colt Davis A. J. Dierks Stephen Drakes

Sandy Vongsiri-Jordan

In the Gospel, Jesus supersedes both the apostles’ and the crowds’ expectations: with little he feeds many…Jesus is the sign of God’s lavish presence and love. Your donation to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is indeed a sign of God’s extravagant love to the lonely and the poor. This month, through your gifts, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to assist families, providing food, monetary support for utility, rent and other bills. God Bless You!

Terrence Dunlavy July 29 Angela Mitchell July 29 Jennifer Haus July 30 Amy Luman July 30 Loyde Beam July 31

J U L Y B I R T H DA Y S Deirdre Dudley July 25 Kristen Arendt July 27 Charlie Wunderlin July 27 O. G. Harrison July 28 Catie Canu July 29

POST-ABORTION SUPPORT GROUP Do you feel alone, hurting or unforgiven from a past abortion? The Respect Life Office, through Project Rachel, is starting a support group, beginning the third week in September. The spiritual journey lasts 11 weeks, with small groups of 6-8. Groups will be formed in Little Rock, Rogers/Springdale and Hot Springs areas. All names and meeting places are strictly confidential. For details call 501- 664-0340, ext. 357. All inquiries must be made by September 14, 2015.

ST. MARY’S ADULT EDUCATION

HANDS OF MARY UPCOMING EVENTS

CRAFT DAY August 4, 2015

1:00PM to 3:00PM Parish Hall

We will be making rosaries and will have fleece to make blankets. Come and enjoy the time together.

WOMEN'S SOCIAL

August 5, 2015 6:00pm

Home of Joan O'Dwyer 112 Eagle View Court

David Peters will present an overview of the upcoming "Its Time" program that will presented to the Parish. It is a program for current parishioners to reach out to family, friends, neighbors, and associates that have fallen away from the Catholic Church and inviting them to come back and be part of our community

We will be carpooling to Joan's. Please email Mary Jo Selig at spaul1111@aol.com, if you need a ride or would like to carpool.

CATHOLIC COLLEGE STUDY OPEN TO AGES 18 - 24

Wednesday nights July 29th to August 5th * 6 - 8PM

CATHOLIC ADULT STUDY

Thursday nights July 30th to August 13th * 5 - 7PM

FEEDING THE WORLD With today’s two accounts of feeding miracles and the psalm response about the Lord’s hand feeding us, it is easy to gloss over the marvelous hymn in Ephesians. It is built around the most potent biblical numbers: one, three, and seven. The core of it is the word “one” expressed seven times. Three of these describe the church: one body, one Spirit, one hope; the next three are the foundations of the church: one Lord [Jesus], one faith, one baptism. All of these are bound up together in the one Father of all. While we might feel daunted by the prospect of duplicating the wonders worked by Elisha and Jesus in the feeding of multitudes, Ephesians gives us a more realistic way to live and “feed” others as the church: by living in humility and gentleness, by acting with patience, bearing with each other in love, and always seeking and striving to preserve unity through peace. Who among us cannot increase the way we “feed” the church and the world by living this way? We are always called upon to “feed” the world in the literal sense; but our mission as church tells us that others are also fed by the way we live and act each moment of each day. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Sunday, July 26, 2015 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Sooner of later, as they plan their wedding liturgy, a couple will receive some advice about a “unity candle.” They need one, they are told (at great expense); it is a tradition; it is what Catholics have always done. Not so. In the last thirty years or so, the custom has enjoyed wide popularity in the United States. It has never been officially part of our liturgy, and it exists in tension with some of our core symbols. Usually there are two smaller candles and one larger one to be lit from the smaller. Large candles in our tradition always mean Christ, and smaller ones are always tokens of our baptismal candle. If the candles are meant for a kind of renewal of baptismal vows, then the meaning is clearer, yet this is seldom the understanding. Why, then, are those smaller candles extinguished? It’s hard to tell where these pesky candles came from. Some suggest that the Presbyterian Church, which has a very lean wedding liturgy, introduced them as an option for extending a short service. Generally, it’s been experienced as a “photo opportunity” rather than a genuine liturgical ritual. The “unity candle,” a recent invention rather than an authentic tradition, has not been approved as an adaptation to our rite, and it is to be hoped that it will gradually disappear from view. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

REFLECTING ON GOD’S WORD In many homes, meals begin with grace and end with putting away the leftover food. Those leftovers are either eaten later by someone who missed dinner or added to tomorrow’s meals. The meal in today’s Gospel is somewhat similar. Before the meal Jesus “gave thanks.” After all had eaten he asked that the leftovers be gathered “so that nothing will be wasted” (John 6:11, 12). It’s not a stretch to see the similarity to our Liturgy of the Eucharist, which begins with a prayer of thanksgiving. It ends with the remaining Eucharist being reserved for those who couldn’t be present and the “crowd” being sent to share Christ’s sacrificial love. It’s miraculous enough that all who are present can eat and have their fill. That is something to be truly grateful for. Yet, the miracle extends beyond the table. “The hand of the Lord feeds us” (cf. Psalm 145:16) with leftover love to spare. The abundant “leftovers” are meant not to be wasted, but to be shared with all those in need of Christ’s love.

—Virginia Stillwell Copyright © 2014, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

LIVING GOD’S WORD Each of the miracles in today’s scriptures begins with someone contributing what little they have to others. It’s easy to belittle our paltry gifts and let them go to waste. Today’s scriptures encourage us to offer what we have and watch in gratitude as the Lord turns it into something miraculous.

Copyright © 2014, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

Monday: Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34; Psalms 106:19-23; Matthew 13:31-35 Tuesday: Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Psalms 103:6-

13; Matthew 13:36-43 Wednesday: Exodus 34:29-35; Psalms 99:5-7, 9; John

11:19-27 or Luke 10:38-42 Thursday: Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38; Psalms 84:3-6a, 8a, 11; Matthew 13:47-53 Friday: Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Psalms 81:3-6, 10-11ab; Matthew 13:54-58 Saturday: Leviticus 25:1, 8-17; Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 7-8;

Matthew 14:1-12 Sunday: Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15; Psalms 78:3-4, 23-25, 54; Ephesians 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35

WORKING AND SAVING Work hard and save your money so when you’re old you will be able to buy the things only the young can enjoy. —Anonymous

ST. MARY’S YOUTH MINISTRY

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

Facebook: St. Mary’s CYM

Junior High & Senior High Youth Sunday, July 26th from 6-8PM, in the Carroll Room

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR IS NOW OPEN

Our enrollment continues to increase and your registration guarantees a spot in our school. Funds collected for St. John’s tuition go to assist St. Mary’s students.

St. John’s Catholic School Pre K 2 1/2 through 8th Grade 501-624-3171 - www.sjshs.org Mrs. Angela Isaacs, Principal

ST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Looking for adults and teens interested in volunteering in the Nursery and Children's Liturgy at the 11AM Mass this school year. Volunteers will help on a rotational basis. Please contact Jennifer Marvin at 762-3191 for more information.

The Warm Gentle Ember

Fr. George Sanders, July, 2015 They say a stitch in time saves nine The tattered thread of marriage raveled laid bare in the beam of the mournful moon what now can we do the fabric freshly strewn on the supreme field defeated and tangled gone now nobler ideals that once were mine.

to gather her threads, to mend her tear what can be done too late the hour her ancient, God-breathed flower withered from want of the shower of fidelity's bond, now bleached in the sun of a newer form which she must now bear.

what of her fate? like a Phoenix she will awake her beauty we will anon view, her colors again be true in time our hearts will remember the warm gentle ember and kindle the goodness of the ancient bond tender the honored place of father and mother renew now made one, once two both parents bound in love's true and lasting embrace.

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Presented by Lighthouse Catholic Youth: Fr. Michael Schmitz, a renown and beloved speaker and spiritual guide to the Young Church, discusses the all-important topic of God's existence. Armed with his usual repertoire of lively humor and sound philosophy, Fr. Mike reveals the incredible implications of the question which Christ asks all of us: "Who do YOU say that I Am?

Thank You Chaperones

We would like to thank all of the chaperones who went to Magic Springs and spent the entire day with us at the Altar Server Appreciation Day - Jennifer Marvin, Greg Speas, Sherry Asbell, Ken Kalahiki, Tim Phillips, Amy Guresky & Brenda Sanders. We appreciate the snacks and lemonade provided before and after our trip by - Cynda Piper, Chris Fraizer, Ursula Rhode & Judy Peters. Also, a very special Thank You to Catherine Wade and Father George, we appreciate everything you did to make this happen. St. Mary's Altar Servers

Thank you, Joseph We ask God's richest blessings on Joseph Nguyen. Joseph has served faithfully at St. Mary's altar for over 13 years; ever since Monsignor Leo was our pastor. Joseph is moving to Arkadelphia to attend Henderson State University where he will major in Computer Science. Joseph, the people of St. Mary's will be always grateful that you chose us for your church family. Please visit us as often as you are in Hot Springs.

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