St. Mary’s Catholic Church Parroquia Santa Maria

1665 Highway 45 Bypass Jackson, TN 38305

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Misión Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Bells, TN 38006

St. John’s Catholic Church Parroquia San Juan

910 N. Washington Ave. Brownsville, TN 38012

Weekend Mass Schedule

English Mass

- Saturday Vigil -

4pm

- Sunday -

8:00am, 10:30am*

Spanish Mass

Sundays at 1:00pm

November 14, 2021 - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

* Live-streamed Mass

For the Latest News & Info

with our Diocese, check out:

www.cdom.org

SMS: 731-668-2525

SHJHS: 731-660-4774

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Jackson, Tennessee

Mission Our Lady of Guadalupe

Bells, TN

Fr. David Graham, Pastor

Fr. Richard Cortese, Associate Pastor

Fr. Jonathan Perez, 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

Parish Office

Open Monday thru Friday

9:00am-5:00pm

Phone: 731-668-2596

Email: parishinfo@stmarys.tn.org

Reconciliation

Tuesdays: 5:45pm-6:15pm

Wednesdays: 11:30am-12pm

Saturdays: 3:20 pm-3:50 pm

Sundays: 7:30am-7:50am, 10am-10:20am,

& 12:30pm-12:50pm

*Confessions heard in Hospitality Rm.

Baptisms

By appointment.

Class required for 1st time parents.

Offered 2nd Mon. of every month.

Weddings

Contact us at least 6 mos.

prior to wedding date.

Anointing of the Sick

By appointment.

In case of a serious illness or death,

call the parish office.

Our after hours answering service will

get a message to a priest.

Contact Our Catholic Schools

St. John Church Brownsville, Tennessee

Sunday Mass at 9am

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Jackson, Tennessee

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Bells, TN

Our Parish Mission: Celebrating, Proclaiming, & Living the Joy of the Gospel

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Daily Mass Schedule

M 7:00am

T 7:00am & 6:15pm

W 7:00am, 8:10am, & 12pm

TH 7:00am

F 7:00am & 8:10am

SA 8:00am

Please submit ALL bulletin information

to

parishinfo@stmarys.tn.org

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Comments from Deacon Dale Brown

T hese words of our Lord were spoken at the very end of his earthly life, just a few days before his crucifixion. His main point

is that with his death and resurrection the Old Covenant will end, and the New Covenant, the age of the Church, will begin. This will be the last period of salvation history. In this period, God’s saving grace will gradually spread throughout the world, and the powers of evil will desperately, and unsuccessfully, battle against it. And at the end of the age of the Church, Christ will return to bring all human history to its culmination. Exactly when that will happen is shrouded in mystery, no one but the Father knows. What Jesus wants to make sure his Apostles understand is that it will occur, and he wants them to be ready for it at all times. He actually finishes the discourse by saying: “Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come.” We do not know, because we do not need to know. God has seen fit to assure us that history has a purpose, and that it will come to an end, and that we should always keep this in mind. Through the ages, many Christians have become obsessed with the details of how and when this will occur, often neglecting the whole point of this datum of revelation. It is enough for us to know that we are part of a story that has meaning and that it will come to a definitive end, such that the sun and moon and stars will be darkened – the whole order of creation will be transformed. At that time, we will receive just recompense for how we carried out our role in the story. It’s that simple, and it’s that momentous.

Visit our parish website: www.stmarys.tn.org

November 14, 2021 - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Intentions for the Week

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Jackson, TN

Sunday November 14 9:00am Tomasa y Everardo Flores Sunday November 21 9:00am In memory of Gilberto Preciado by Luis &

Laura Pulido

Saturday November 13 6:00pm Lino Santiago Garcia by Meli Santiago Saturday November 20

Jose Cuevas

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Bells, TN

St. John’s Brownsville Brownsville, TN

Saturday November 13 8:00am Stacey Okolo by the Okolo Family 4:00pm Joseph Elbert Dee by Sandra Dee, Jimmy

Crosnoe Sunday November 14 8:00am Mass for the People of SMC, OLG, & SJC

10:30am B’day Int. of Donald Bada by Bada Family 1:00pm Int. Melisa Leon by Berta Leon Monday November 15 7:00am B’day Int. of Jan Van Drew by Lynn Williams 11:45am Juan Rocha Lopez Tuesday November 16

7:00am Holy Souls in Purgatory

6:15pm Int. of Legion de Maria Wed. November 17 7:00am James Lott by Dorothy Danis 8:10am Bob Young by Jackson Country Club Bridge

Club 12pm Holy Souls in Purgatory by Liz Meriwether Thurs. November 18 7:00am Holy Souls in Purgatory by Catherine Boatright 11:45am Int. of Kim Schoenbachler by the

Schoenbachler Family Friday November 19 7:00am Int. of Okoye Family by Vivian Okoye 8:10am 25th Anniversary of Heartwarmers Ministry by

the Heartwarmers Saturday November 20 8:00am Bob Dickenshetts by Michelle Petitt 4:00pm Mass for the People of SMC, OLG & SJC Sunday November 21 8:00 am Mary Claire LaGrange by St. Mary’s Bridge

Club 10:30am Int. of Berlanga Family 1:00pm Int. of Padre Francisco Franquiz by Francisca

Castro

For more info about Mass Intentions,

call 731.668.2596.

Sympathy, Encouragement,

Get Well, & More

Our November Contact:

Elaine Northern willelainenort@gmail.com

Card Ministry

November 14, 2021 - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

YOUR GIFTS TO GOD & PARISH

St. Mary’s St. John’s

Weekly Offertory $ 21,031 $ 653

November Weekly Offertory Goal $ 19,000 $ 560

Total Offertory to Date $ 332,058 $ 12,405

Offertory Goal to Date $ 348,000 $ 10,640

Our Parish Mission: Celebrating, Proclaiming, & Living the Joy of the Gospel

MOUNT CALVARY

CEMETERY FALL SALE SALE RUNS

NOVEMBER 8TH—DECEMBER 10TH.

PURCHASE ONE PLOT GET THE SECOND FOR

HALF PRICE!

Contact Calli Carpenter at 668-2596 for more info.

OPEN TO EVERYONE!

Join us on Nov. 17th from 6-7:30pm in the Holy

Family Hall. An evening of fellowship, family fun &

fajitas! We’ll be making Advent wreaths for our

homes & adding to our family prayer books! Forget

about cooking and cleaning that night! Bring family

and friends and come enjoy! ALL are welcome!!

You can't beat $6 per person or $25 per family!

14 NOV Catechesis

of the Good

Shepherd

9:10am-

10:20am

Atrium

14 NOV Catechesis

of the Good

Shepherd

En español

11:40am

12:50pm

Atrium

HOMEBOUND & SENIOR CITIZENS’

CORNER

For help in locating a HANDY MAN,

(carpenter, plumbers, electricians, small construction, etc.)

& For help in locating medical & domestic help,

(i.e. sitters, house cleaners, etc.)

Contact: Maggie Vucina – 664-8328

- HOME TOUCH PHONE MINISTRY -

Contact: Phyllis Marshall at angelmuka@aol.com

- MyRide West TN -

If you are willing to volunteer to drive Senior & Homebound citizens contact MyRide West TN

Prayer Requests

November 14, 2021 - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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.

Dear Heavenly Father,

we ask you to protect the little babies who are being knit together in their mothers’

wombs. Comfort their mothers & fathers during the time they are growing &

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, & loving lives, bring them safely home to

your heavenly kingdom. Amen.

Congratulations to: Expectant

Diana Holt Sarah Dallas Mlinarcik Melissa Davignon

Contact To add to this list, receive meals, or to support these moms: Email Gretchen Longeway at glongeway0704@gmail.com

Caitlin Pearson

Prayer for Expectant Mothers

Adams, Grant Adams, William Allison, James Allison, Judy Arendt, Brenda Bargiachi, Charlie Beach, Jayden Beare Family Bell, Carmen Benjamin, Rick Blanton, Dottie Bonds, Karolyn Boosey, Harry Browning,Geneva Browning, Shirley Catitay, Editha Chandler, Roy Childress, Dale Clark, Juanita Clift, Dorothy Coffer, Betty Colgrove, Debbie Crosnoe, Jimmy Davis, Heather Day, Barbara DeArmitt, Amy Diaz, Aurelio Diaz, Luz Elena Doumitt, Chuck Sr. Doumitt, Deedee. Durning, Maureen Dwyer, Charles Dwyer, Pollyanne Edwards, Carter Elam, Teresa Englert, Harriette Faulkner, Janice Filomeno, Jose Juan

Garrard, Anne Goff, Callan Grant, Susan Grant, Phillip Graning, Dee Gurrola, Martha C. Gyrenge, Lorraine Harmon, Sherri Hercules, Jennifer Hilario, Edmon Holmes, Wayne Holt, Carol Kay Hulderman, Bobbie Hughes, Roger Johnson, Mabel Jones, Brian Jones, Glen

Kain, Otto Keyes, Ken Kirk, Msgr. Tom Knight-Wilson, Dawn LaFont, Dr. Don Lavitola, Rose Lay, Tyler Leon, Diego Lipe, Fitts Londino, Joe Lycette, Missi

Marshall, Phyllis McClure, Maeve McLeary, Patti McLeary, Ralph Mercado, Pacita Miller, Kevin Miller, Laurene Rose Miller, Michael Miracle, Jordan Mitchelson, Joe

Okolo, Joseph Osses, Jose Maria Overbey, Michael Powers, Cindy

Preston, Anderson

Ragan, Phillip Reed, Elvia Regenhold, Lynn Rogers, Steven

Sabella, Marsha Sanders, James Sandlin, Janice Schlosser, Dottie Schoenbachler, Martha Smith, Elias, Jr. Smith, Mike Smith, Patricia Soto Corpuz,Victor Sparks, Don Speechley, Jean Strazzella, Chris Sturgis, Larry Thomas, Nicole

Thompson, Alta Tims, Linda Townsend, Richard Turner, Raymond Tyson, Claudia Ubelhor, Wayne Vucina, Maggie

Walker, Michelle Walker, Robert Wallace, Permela White, John Wiesner, Elaine Wilson, Jack Wood, Debra Wyatt, Sherri Younger, Kristen

Column Prepared by Maggie Vucina

If any Senior Citizen does not have the PRAY FOR THE USA

Prayer Card, call Maggie Vucina at 731-664-8328

to have one mailed to you.

IT’S FLU SEASON; IT’S MEDICARE OPEN

ENROLLMENT SEASON; & IT’S THE MONTH TO

PRAY FOR OUR FAITHFUL DEPARTED FAMILY &

FRIENDS.

UPDATE FROM MEDICARE

ON COVID-19 VACCINE BOOSTER SHOTS

If you are 65 or older, & if you previously received 2 dos-

es of PFIZER-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, you are eli-

gible to get a booster vaccine, paid by Medicare. If you

want the “booster” shot, discuss it with your Primary Care

Doctor. If you decide to get the vaccine, be sure to take

your vaccination card with you.

Visit our parish website: www.stmarys.tn.org

November 15 Feast Day of St. Albert the Great ~ 12th Century

German Bishop and Doctor of the Church - Patron Saint of all who

cultivate the natural sciences.

November 16 Feast Day of St. Margaret of Scotland ~ 10th Century

Hungarian/Scottish mother of 8 – Patron saint for service to the poor

Feast Day of St. Gertrude the Great ~ 12th/13th Century German nun –

One of the first advocates of devotion to the Sacred Heart – – Patron

saint of the deceased.

November 17 Feast Day of St. Elizabeth of Hungary ~ 12th Century

Countess, married to Ludwig IV, a Bavarian King, Italian King, &

Holy Roman Emperor ~ , She is patron saint of widows & brides.

November 18 Memorial of THE DEDICATION OF THE

BASILICAS OF SAINTS PETER & PAUL

November 21 SOLEMNITY of OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST,

KING OF THE UNIVERSE ~ Feast instituted in 1925 by Pope Pius

XI to respond to growing secularism & atheism.

St. Mary’s Heartwarmers Congratulations on 25 years of quilt-making for the needy of

Jackson. Thank you Ladies! Over 4000 quilts. May God

continue to bless us. Jeri Jones

UPCOMING HOLY DAYS & FEAST DAYS

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget

that the highest appreciation is not utter words, but to

live by them.”...(President John F. Kennedy)

Catholic Classical Education for the Mind, Body & Spirit

November 14, 2021 - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Mary’s School For the Scholar

For the Spirit

PARISH EDUCATION

It’s as easy as 1.2.3!!!

Link your Kroger card to

St. Mary’s School account and

each time you shop at Kroger,

St. Mary’s School will receive proceeds from your

total bill. Please help support your Parish School.

Shopping at Amazon can earn St. Mary’s

School & Church money!

Shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/62-0515364 and

Amazon donates to St. Mary's Catholic Church

and School.

Congratulations to Maria & EmmaBeth for their winning en-tries into the Jackson-Madison County Bicentennial Art Contest, named Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

St. Mary’s School is holding a

Scholastic Book Fair. On-line shopping is from Nov. 3-16. Anyone can purchase books and you’ll be helping St. Mary’s Library at the same time! Type the link below, on your browser to place your order!

www.scholastic.com/bf/stmaryelementaryschool8

“We just knew that St.

Mary’s was the best school for our child. The students greeted us with such enthusi-asm & respect. We had never experi-enced that at other schools”

Now accepting applications for 2022-23 school year! Call the school for a

tour, or visit our website and apply on-line.

www.stmarysschool.tn.org * 668-2525

Began:

1st Sunday in Advent 2020

Ends: Solemnity of Christ the King:

November 21, 2021

Life in Spirit Prayer Group

Join us on the 2nd & 4th

Wednesday

November 14, 2021 - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

CHRISTMAS IS COMING –

TIME TO BEGIN CHOIR REHERSALS

We will celebrate Solemn Midnight Mass

of the Nativity on Christmas Eve,

with a choral prelude beginning at 10:30pm.

of the Midnight Mass choir. Rehearsals have begun, but

you can still join in the fun & beauty!

NOW is time to join the Christmas choir and make joyful

music for Our Lord to hear! Please lend your voice!!

If you have any questions, call the parish office or you may

email Nancy McMahon at kpnjmc@eplus.net.

Visit our parish website: www.stmarys.tn.org

For more info about the Knights, contact Grand Knight:

Scott Hartsfield at shrtsfld@eplus.net

Looking to Deepen

your Spirituality in

a Prayer Group?

Blood Drive Week This week,

Monday thru Saturday, November 15-20, from 9am to 6pm,

St. Mary’s is hosting a blood drive week at Lifeline Blood Services on Sterling Farm Drive here in Jackson. Today

after Mass, representatives from Lifeline Blood Services will be in the narthex to answer questions and sign people up

to give blood Nov 15-20. 183 Sterling Farms Drive

Jackson, TN 38305