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

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

October 18, 2015 - Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today is October 18, 2015 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

MINISTRY SCHEDULE Saturday, 4PM October 24, 2015 Lector: ** Chris Frazier, Evelyn Worsham EMHC: * Tom Baroni, Pat Greene, Ruth Rhodes Altar Servers: Joseph Gallaher, David Peters Sunday, 8:30AM October 25, 2015 Lector: ** Mary Gallimore, John Steinhaus EMHC: * Mike Adamkiewicz, Rita Madson EMHC: Steve Gallimore Altar Servers: Collin Gallimore, Brianna Gallimore Altar Servers: Alberto Mejia, Dylan Nguyen Altar Servers: Oliver Owings, Austyn Van Wagner Sunday, 11AM October 25, 2015 Lector: ** Betty Harrison, June Thompson EMHC: * Jacki Tomassi, Peitre Tomassi EMHC: Catherine Wade Altar Servers: Elena French, Christian Sliger Altar Servers: Matthew Sliger, Huner Speas Altar Servers: Krystyna Valdivia

10/17/2015 Sat 4PM Zel Guenther + 10/18/2015 Sun 8:30AM Our Parishioners 10/18/2015 Sun 11AM Mallory Grace Milton + 10/19/2015 Mon Private Chuck Thompson + 10/20/2015 Tues 12 Noon Jack Calhoun + 10/21/2015 Wed 8AM St Anonymous/Haiti Mission 10/22/2015 Thurs 12 Noon Thelma Forden + 10/23/2015 Fri 8AM Frank Benda Family 10/24/2015 Sat 4PM Moni Lacy + 10/25/2015 Sun 8:30AM Zel Guenther + 10/25/2015 Sun 11AM Our Parishioners

MASS INTENTIONS

HOLY FAMILY PRAYER GROUP Meetings are on Tuesdays in the Church

October 27th & November 10th 6:30 PM Contact for prayer requests - Ruth Sliger: 282-5292

STEWARDSHIP

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

CHILDREN’S COLLECTION

Oct. 11, 2015 $103.00

SEPTEMBER COLLECTION Nov Collection as of Oct. 11th $16,833.00 Budget Sept 2015 $32,292.00 Amount Nov (Short) $15,459.00

Fr. George Blog www.chat-cat.org

Fr. George’s Coffee-Cat

Every Sunday Parish Hall

9:45 - 10:45 AM

GRIEF SUPPORT CARE Are you experiencing difficulty in grieving the death of a loved one? A safe, supportive group meeting on a weekly basis is starting at St. Mary of the Springs

Tuesday, October 20th * 6PM-7:30PM St. Mary’s Carroll Room

Nationally Certified Grief Counselor Melissa Saylor, M.S., GC-C Angel’s Wings Grief Care, (501)454-7045

ALTAR CARE TEAM 4th Week, Friday, Oct. 23rd

* Pat Papacek * Amy Guresky * Judy Peters * Penny Martin * Gloria Picou

ATTENTION EUCHARIST MINISTERS Annual recertification time is here again for all Extra-Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist. This will be held Saturday October 24, at 9:00AM in Church.

NEW EUCHARIST MINISTERS ARE NEEDED!

Training for Extra-ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist will be held Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at 10:00-11:00AM. This is required for certification by the Bishop. Eucharist ministers for the sick must also complete the Virtus (Protecting God's Children) Program. If cannot attend either program, please contact Betty Harrison @ 501-767-5479

SECOND COLLECTION NOV. 7th & 8th

ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL

ST. MARY’S CHOIR DIRECTOR St. Mary’s now has a music director, Sheree O’Rorke. Sheree will be leading our choir in a few weeks and is excited about her new position. She is looking forward to working with us and sharing the fruits of our labor in song. If you are interested in joining our choir, please take a form from the back of church and send it in to the office or drop it in the collection. If you prefer, you can contact Sheree at 501.655.3674 or 2kidos@gmail.com

The first rehearsal is Tuesday, Oct. 20th at 5:30PM

PRAY FOR THE SICK

Christine Andreski Dean Ballard Sylvia Bevill Lisa Caldwell Paul Caudle

Sheilah & Daryl Clark William Confer

Frankie DeGeorge Quentin Dooley

Dave & Barbara Elmore Donna Folson Haley Gloria

Dorothy Gossage Jim Greene

Steven Hadlock Lou Ann Hall

Tina Harbert & Family Dylan Harrison Jimmy Kolasch

Marie Krenzelok Dc Lee Leckner

Dorothy Longinotti Penny Martin

George Meggers Agnes Mohr

Teagan & Lois Murphy Tony Pollock Stella Porter

Lindsay Powell Lellie-Beth Rhodes

Ruth Rhodes Anna Roberts

Fr. Alan Rosenau Raymond Sanchez

Peggy Smith Donna Stevens Rick Stewart

Rick & Deb Stricker Thyra Lynn Sullivan

Alfred Watson Joan Wright

Dr. Michael & Mary Ann Young

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 Nicholas Hanna Andrew Hanna Blake Heller Edmund Jaskiewicz Ryan Jordan Tristan Jordan Michael Elmore

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

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

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.

In the Gospel today Jesus tells his disciples: “Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest; whoever wants to rank first among you must serve the needs of all.” When you give the furniture, household items and clothing you no longer use to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, you give hope to your neighbors who have nothing.

Karen Henley Oct 22 Nathan Marvin Oct 22 Diane Pollock Oct 22 Dillon Self Oct 24 Shawn Marvin Oct 27 Roberto Mejia Oct 27 Will Newman Oct 27 Nicolas Reiter Oct 27 Mary Mabry Oct 29 Andrew Nehus Oct 29 Beverly Gorman Oct 30

Shirin Asgari Oct 18 Tom Baroni Oct 18 Bruce Burton Oct 18 Cathy Heck Oct 18 James Holland Oct 18 Oliver Owings Oct 18 Sophia Stidman Oct 18 Grant Webber Oct 19 Jacqueline Laper Oct 20 Rick Clark Oct 22 Marty Coco Oct 22

K OF C RUMMAGE SALE OCTOBER 30-31 AND NOVEMBER 7-8

Members of Council 6419 are grateful for your support. Please remember us again when you are ready to discard sellable items. Call Jim (282-7027 or 525-7022), Tom (767-1631) Stan ( 520-5974), or Bob (545-6118) We still need religious articles, flower arrangements, décor, toys & games, tools, children’s clothing, bedding,

CELEBRATE RECOVERY "Celebrate recovery is a biblical and balanced program that helps us overcome our hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Based on the actual words of Jesus rather than psychological theory, this recovery program is extremely effective in helping people change their lives thru the power of the Holy Spirit. The principles of recovery were given by Christ in the sermon on the mountain. These principles, as found in the beatitudes, support the 12 steps of recovery. To provide information and also the opportunity to ask questions there will be meetings held in the Carroll room on: Saturday, Oct. 24 following the 4PM Mass and Sunday, Oct. 25 following the 8:30 and 11AM Masses. The goal is to bring CR to Saint Mary's as soon as possible. For more information contact either Jackie Tomassi at 501-282-3427 or Pietro Tomassi at 501-282-4427"

ACCOUNTING STAFF POSITION St. Mary of the Springs in Hot Springs is looking for a staff accountant. Must be experienced in Excel & Word for preparation of monthly budget reports for Parish Council & Finance Council, as well as all areas of payroll preparation & QuickBooks Software; three years experience preferred. Individual should be well organized & enjoy working in a team environment, helping in other areas as needed besides accounting. Job hours possibly 14-28 hours per week. Actual hours & salary will depend upon skills & expertise. Please send resume with references to 101 Whittington Place, Hot Springs, AR 71901, Attn: Fr. George Sanders or email to stmcc@hotsprings.net, Subject line: Accounting Position

GOD’S WORK OF SALVATION God’s work of salvation is the focus of this weekend’s readings. From the prophetic event of Isaiah to Jesus’ understanding of the human condition in Hebrews, concluding with Jesus paying our ransom in Mark, God is in control. There may be failings and misunderstandings along the way. We may move away from God, but at our conversion, God leads us back. Like James and John, we may let greed and power blur our vision of what Jesus wants us to know about the Kingdom; but tirelessly we are taught and re-taught what life in the Kingdom will be. Jesus has paid our ransom to ensure that we will share in the Kingdom. It is not unusual to think of Jesus’ ransom as a punishment that he endured. However, it is more accurate, and more like Jesus, for us to recognize ransom as God’s gift to us. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Sunday, October 18, 2015 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The Irish are rightly tired of being the subject of jokes about guilt. In fact, it is from the Celtic church that the whole experience of reconciliation in our tradition was creatively rescued and revived. The Irish church was unique in its origins, not so much organized around dioceses, but around monasteries. Aspects of religious community life readily spilled over into ordinary gatherings of the faithful, including the way people looked at sin and applied remedies. Unlike the public nature of canonical penance, the Irish method was linked to a kind of mentoring process they called “soul friending.” Just as young novice monks might find a mentor in the wisdom of a senior guide, so did a way of penance open up to ordinary folks. Monks were accustomed to frequent confession of faults to the abbot or mentor, who would suggest penances. In time, abbots with a certain flair for this began to share lists of sins and corresponding “tariffs” with others. Some of these books survive, and provide a hair‑raising view of long‑ago sins like cattle rustling, and a great deal of self‑correction involving dips in icy streams and rolling about in thickets of thorns. After the penance was performed, the penitent returned to the confessor, and in a private act marked by the laying on of hands, or perhaps a kiss of the altar, the sinner was restored. Irish monks were committed travelers, and their methods were widely copied. We might say that they saved a sacrament, but at the expense of shifting attention to the sins of the individual and away from the actions of the reconciling community. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

REFLECTING ON GOD’S WORD The text of this weekend’s Isaiah reading speaks of a servant whose suffering and afflictions are borne for the many. Father Daniel Berrigan once said that the call of the disciple of Jesus is to absorb evil. Not very glorious, indeed, for servants absorb the leftovers of the household’s extravagance. Those at the bottom of life’s pyramid absorb the muck; swamps and lowlands absorb the runoff of life’s fields. Just so parents absorb our tears. And those who forgive absorb the blow. As the warrior absorbs the enemy’s hate, so the conscientious objector absorbs the need for revenge. So also the embrace absorbs our fears, justice absorbs mistrust, love absorbs the distance of hearts, and the sharing of bread absorbs the memory of pain. In such ways God makes the world new. The fear, and perhaps the sadness as well, is that in absorbing the evil of life we do become at least to some extent that which we absorb. Then those who gaze upon us do so as if we ourselves were afflicted and diseased. Then those who minister to dying AIDS patients are themselves eyed with suspicion and fear. Then the conscientious objector is expelled by the patriot, and the selfless warrior is cast off into indifference by the righteous purist. Then the Alzheimer caregiver is forgotten; the one who forgives the abuse is revenged; and the one who combats poverty with generosity grows poorer while the hoarder is glorified. And, contradiction of contradictions, the crucified Christ becomes the Christ who reigns. And so we become like him. —Rev. Joseph J. Juknialis Copyright © 2014, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

LIVING GOD’S WORD Isaiah's servant sounds like the wise and wrinkled old one whose selfless devotion helped make his marriage work, one who knowingly and willingly bore the guilt of others. This is also our image of Jesus. Is our image of ourselves like it?

Copyright (c) 2014, World Library Publications. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Romans 4:20-25; Luke 1:69-75; Luke 12:13-21 Tuesday: Romans 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Psalms 40:7-10, 17; Luke 12:35-38 Wednesday: Romans 6:12-18; Psalms 124:1b-8; Luke 12:39-48 Thursday: Romans 6:19-23; Psalms 1:1-4, 6; Luke 12:49-53 Friday: Romans 7:18-25a; Psalms 119:66, 68, 76-77, 93-94; Luke 12:54-59 Saturday: Romans 8:1-11; Psalms 24:1b-4ab, 5-6; Luke 13:1-9 Sunday: Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalms 126:1-6; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52

ST. MARY’S FAITH FORMATION

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

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Junior High & Senior High Youth Sunday, Oct. 18th NO CLASSES St. Mary's CYM will be attending

Senior High Rally October 18th

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

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CHILDREN’S NURSERY 11 AM Mass

Sit-up age to 3 Years * Church Building Classroom

CHILDREN’S LITURGY 11 AM Mass

Ages 4 thru Pre-1st Communion Will process out during Mass to hear their own gospel

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Please contact Jennifer Marvin, 501-762-3191

With so much technology at our fingertips, it's tough not to get swept away in all the noise and clutter. In our society there's often a tendency to live passively by simply "going with the flow." In this talk given at a FOCUS national conference, Fr. Mike Schmitz explains how we need to live an intentionally Christian life within a technological age.

OCTOBER - THE MONTH OF MARY In celebration of the Month of the Rosary (October), St. Mary's will begin the Pilgrim Virgin Family Rosary program. We are asking parishioners to sign up to take the Pilgrim Virgin in to your home for a week with a commitment to say the Rosary daily or at least one decade a day. We have two complete sets of materials, so we are asking one family a week to sign-up. On your assigned weekend, you will bring up the Gifts and Father will hand you the case and give you a blessing. Return the case to the front of the alter on the next weekend. The case will contain all the materials you need to have a successful week with Mary and the Rosary. Sign-ups will be in the back of the church or you can contact Stephaine Nehus at nehuss@hssd.net for more information.

SAVE THE DATE Advent Parish Mission: Life in the Spirit

Sunday, Nov. 8th through Wednesday, Nov. 11th in St. Mary's Parish Hall facilitated by Deacon Larry Oney of Louisiana. For more information contact Christy Miller 501 318-9242 or Mary Gallimore 501 282-1383.

Join us this Thursday

He waits for us in the Blessed Sacrament, and longs to be united to us in Holy Communion. In this session you will learn about the real presence of Christ, in what sense the Mass is a sacrifice and how we should prepare for it.

It’s Not Too Late, come for just one class or all– 6:30PM in the Parish Hall

Welcome non-Catholics and Catholics all are encouraged to attend!

EUCHARISTIC MISSION @ St. John the Baptist

October 17th - 22nd

St. John’s will host a Parish Mission with Fr. Louis Guardiola from the Father of Mercy. Fr. Guardiola will celebrate all of the Weekend Masses on Oct. 17 & 18 and will give Mission Talks Sunday—Thursday at 6PM Father was at St. John’s for a brief Mission a few years ago and fondly remembers Hot Springs. You may be familiar with the Fathers of Mercy from EWTN. The Mission will focus on the Eucharist & Adoration. www.fathersofmercy.com/fr-lou-guardiola/

Parish Mission

ST. MARY’S YOUTH

Faith Formation classes have started. If your student is in a Sacramental prep year, it is very important that you send them to class to get the necessary information.

Faith Formation classes are in session. 9:50-10:50AM Please contact Natalie Evans for more information or if you would like to volunteer as a chaperone.

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