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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

Parish Office

Open Monday thru Friday

9:00am-5:00pm Phone: 731.668.2596

Email: [email protected]

English Weekend Mass Schedule

Saturday

4pm & 6pm

Sunday

7:30am, 9:30am, & 11:30am

Spanish Weekend Mass Schedule

Sunday

1:30pm

Sacraments

Reconciliation Saturdays: 3:00-3:50 pm

Tuesdays: 5:45-6:00pm

Wednesdays: 11:30am-12:00pm

* Confessions are heard in our Hospitality Rm.

Baptisms By appointment.

Class required for 1st time parents.

Offered 2nd Mon. of every month.

Weddings Contact us 6 months prior to wedding date.

Anointing of the Sick By appointment.

In the case of a serious

illness or death, call the parish office. Our

after hours answering service will get a

message to a priest.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH

1665 Highway 45 By-Pass • Jackson, Tennessee 38305

(731) 668-2596 • www.stmarys.tn.org

ST. JOHN CHURCH 910 N. Washington Ave. • P. O. Box 872 • Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

Mass on Sunday: 8am & 10am Rev. David Graham, Pastor,

Rev. Richard Cortese, Associate Pastor, Rev. Tojan Abraham, Associate Pastor

St. Mary’s School: 731-668-2525

Sacred Heart of Jesus HS: 731-660-4774

Saturday August 29 8:00am Dorothy J. Logan by Maggie Vucina 4:00pm Johnnie Coughlin Lowery by Maggie Vucina 6:00pm Vanessa Wiechers by Jim & Val Phillips Sunday August 30 7:30am Mass for the People 9:30am Int. Humphrey Family by Dallas Family 11:30am Alejandro Arjonilla 1:30pm Int. Familia Ortiz Monday August 31 7:00am Jim & Anne Cortese 11:45am All Souls in Purgatory by Alicia Leon Tuesday September 1 7:00am Marty Schoenbachler by Deacon Bob 6:15pm Pablo Ramirz Wed. September 2 7:00am Daisy Ann Nunnally by Darlene Butler 8:10am Int. Joshua Doumitt by Chuck & Deedee Doumitt 12:00pm Patrick Randolph by Liz Meriwether Thurs. September 3 7:00am Dave Szczypenski by Margaret Doumitt 8:10am Dorothy Zeip 11:45am Int. Emily Rust Friday September 4 7:00am Mary Ruth Sortet by Margaret Doumitt 8:10am Paul Stickney Poole by Maggie Vucina Saturday September 5 8:00am Int. Priests of St. Mary’s by Bada Family 4:00pm Celebration of the 25th Wedding Anniversary of John & Susan Durfee 6:00pm William Gunner by Tom & Roxanne Niedbalski Sunday September 6 7:30am Souls in Purgatory by Okolo Family 9:30am Int. Charles Cravens by Dallas Family 11:30am Birthday Int. Dalia Aguirre by Aguirre Family 1:30pm Birthday Int. Francisca Castro

Please Note: 11:45am Mass on Mon. and Thurs. is celebrated at Sacred Heart of Jesus High School

Saturday, August 29 Familia Dias Larios Saturday, September 5 Jesus Rodriguez

Mass Intentions for the Week St. Mary’s Catholic Church Jackson, TN

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

Weekend Mass Schedule (as of July 2020)

English Mass

- Saturday Vigil -

4pm & 6pm

- Sunday -

7:30am, 9:30am, & 11:30am

For those at home,

Mass will be available on:

St. Mary’s YouTube Channel

Spanish Mass

Sundays at 1:30pm

August 30, 2020 - 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday, August 30 Susana Trejo by Maria Ponce

Sunday, September 6

Mass for the People

St. John’s Brownsville Brownsville, TN

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Bells, TN

For more info about Mass Intentions, contact us:

731.668.2596 OR [email protected]

Please continue to follow the safety guidelines

when attending Mass.

These guidelines can be found on our website.

www.stmarys.tn.org

Thank you all for continuing to clean & keep our church clean & safe for all.

With this pandemic going on longer than we expected,

we are still needing help with cleaning.

Please let Fr. David or Mona know if you can continue & if you know anyone

willing to sign up.

We are in need of more volunteers.

Thanks again for all you've done. God bless you.

Comments from Deacon Dale Brown

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

Bishop Talley’s

Latest News

Can be found at:

cdom.org


Visit us at:

www.stmarys.tn.org

Connect

with us!

Please submit ALL bulletin information to

[email protected]

St Paul lived in the first century AD, when the

dominant religions were all pagan. Pagan religions

were based on a belief in the power of external

rituals. These sometimes consisted of sacrifices in

which animals were slaughtered, grain was burned,

or wine was poured out. They also sometimes

consisted of ritual dances, prayers, songs, or similar

actions. In every case, however, the power of the

worship, its supposed ability to convince the false

god to send blessings on the worshipper, depended

on the exact performance of the ritual. It was like a

gymnastics routine in the Olympics: if the ritual

wasn't performed with perfect precision, the

worshipper would get a bad score, and the gods

would either ignore the prayer or get angry. This

pagan focus on external rituals had also seeped into

Jewish practices at the time. Throughout his

writings, therefore, St Paul is constantly warning the

early Christians against falling into ritualism. He is

training the early Church to have a close personal

relationship with God, not a cold, distant

relationship clogged with empty formalities. This is

why he writes to the Romans, as we just heard,

"offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and

pleasing to God, your spiritual worship." In other

words, the Christian's relationship with God isn't

reduced to a few rituals and prayers - everything we

do is meant to be worship. Our actions, our words,

our decisions, the way we live our daily lives - all

these things are ways for us to show that we love

Christ and want to follow him. This is a radical new

concept of religion - a religion built on a personal

friendship with the one true God who became man

in Jesus Christ. And it required as St Paul wrote,

that the Christians "be transformed by the renewal

of their mind."

Latest Decree

from Bishop David Talley

Dispensation from the obligation to

attend holy Mass on Sundays & Holy Days

of Obligation, continues through

October 4, 2020

In particular,

those who are experiencing any sickness & their

caregivers, those with any health vulnerability,

& those fearful of the possible infection of COVID

19 should stay at home.

YOUR GIFTS TO GOD & PARISH

Sympathy, Encouragement,

Get Well, & More

Our August Contact:

Roxanne Niedbalski

- [email protected] -

St. Mary’s Goal: $79,500

St. John’s Goal: $2,000

St. Mary’s St. John’s

Weekly Offertory $ 9,999 $ 306

August Offertory Goal $ 19,000 $ 560

Total Offertory to Date $ 116,837 $ 4,368

Offertory Goal to Date $ 148,000 $ 4,480


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.

25%

participation

Pledged to date: $3,065


OL Guadalupe Goal: $900


50%

participation

39%

participation

at 169%

of goal


God’s Work, Our Hands

Annual Catholic Appeal 2020

Pray for success of the Appeal.

Thank you to all our parishioners who have made their gift to the 2020

Annual Catholic Appeal.

at 99.5% of goal

at 153%

of goal

All activities, events, & meetings have been cancelled

until further notice. For more KOC info, contact Grand Knight:

Greg Hickerson at [email protected]

Card Ministry

Knights of Columbus

News & Updates

The Adoration Chapel

Only 8 people allowed in

the chapel at one time.

No children under 10 yrs.

old at this time.

This must be strictly

followed.

If you’d like to sign-up for an hour to spend with Our Lord,

contact Tara Doyle

[email protected]

Family Faith Formation

begins Wednesday, September 9th

@ 6pm

Visit our website for the latest info & online forms!

www.stmarys.tn.org/faithfamily

Forms to pick-up:

available in Parish Office & Narthex.

All Children Pre-K thru Confirmation

must register!

Registration Deadline: Monday, August 31st!

Contact Derek Rotty for more info!

[email protected]

Congratulations & Prayers !

Parish Leadership Convocation

Saturday, September 12th

9:00am - 3:00pm $5 for lunch

**RSVP to [email protected]

Catholics presenting witness in public life.

TOPIC:

to Andrew Gitchell, who received the

Sacrament of Initiation on August 15th.

September 3 Feast Day of St. Gregory the Great (540-604)

In his down-to-earth preaching, he was skilled at ap-

plying the daily Gospel to the needs of his listen-

ers. In his book, THE BOOK OF PASTORAL

CARE, he described Bishops as physicians whose

main duties were preaching & the enforcement of

discipline. He was called St. Gregory the Great, re-

flecting his status as a writer & ruler.

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 is back to regular operation &

NEEDS MORE VOLUNTEER DRIVERS. If you are willing to volunteer to drive Senior

& Homebound citizens (who no longer can drive)

to various locations, contact MyRide West TN at

668-6420 or 1-844-803-0169.

Special Days this Week: 22nd Week in Ordinary Time

Adams, Grant Adams, Gary

Baggett, Betty Bargiachi, Charlie Beare Family Bell, Carmen Benjamin, Rick Blanton, Dottie Bonds, Karolyn Bono, Kaye Browning,Geneva

Chandler, Roy Childress, Dale Clift, Dorothy Coffer, Betty Colgrove, Debbie Crosnoe, Jimmy

Davis, Heather Day, Barbara DeArmitt, Amy Diaz, Luz Elena Doumitt, Chuck Sr. Durning, Maureen

Edwards, Carter Elam, Teresa Englert, Harriette

Faulkner, Janice Flores, Melissa Franks, Grayson

Garrard, Anne Goff, Callan Goff, Lilly Grant, Phillip Grant, Susan

Graning, Dee Graning, Rob Gutierrez, Dolores Gyrenge, Lorraine

Harmon, Sherri Hercules, Jennifer Hilario, Edmon Holmes, Wayne Hulderman, Bobbie Hughes, Roger

Johnson, Mabel Jones, Brian Jones, Christine Jones, Dick

Kain, Otto Keyes, Ken King, Helen Knight-Wilson, Dawn

Lavitola, Rose Lay, Tyler Lipe, Fitts Londino, Joe Lycette, Missi

Marshall, Phyllis McLeary, Patti McLeary, Ralph Mercado, Pacita Miller, Kevin Miller, Michael Miracle, Jordan Moody, Lois

Newman, Mike Nunn, Marvin

Okolo, Stacey

Preston, Anderson

Ragan, Phillip Regenhold, Lynn Rogers, Steven

Sabella, Marsha Sanders, James Schlosser, Dottie Siroky, Bill Siroky, James Smith, Mike Smith, Pat Smith, Patricia Solberg, Charles Sortet, Ruth Soto Corpuz,Victor Sparks, Don Speechly, Jean Speechly, Mark Strazzella, Chris

Thompson, Alta Timby, Wayne Tims, Linda Townsend, Richard Turner, Raymond Tyson, Claudia

Walker, Michelle Walker, Robert Wallace, Permela Wiesner, Elaine Wilcox, Malcolm White, Peggy Wood, Debra Wyatt, Sherri

Notable Quotable “We do not have government by the majority.

We have government by the majority who participate.”

~ Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of USA



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.

Congratulations to: Expectant Mothers:

Diana Holt Diana Castaneda Sue Ellen Doudrick

Abigail Hernandez Teresa Fuentez Rocha

Contact To add to this list, receive meals, or to support these moms: Email Gretchen Longeway at [email protected]

Prayer for Expectant Mothers

Dear 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 & develop-ing. Lord Jesus, give these smallest of per-sons 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.

IMPORTANT INFO:

1. This year, high dose, FLU vaccines, recommended

for Senior Citizens, will be available in early September in

doctors’ clinics, pharmacies & supermarkets. Check with

your doctor or pharmacy. According to the CDC (Center

for Disease Control & Prevention) the FLU season in the

USA doesn’t really begin until October, peaking between

December & February, but because of changes brought

about by COVID-19, NOW is the time to think

about WHEN, HOW, & WHERE you’ll get a FLU shot.

2. ABSENTEE BALLOTS for the 11/2/20 General

Election, are available for registered voters, age 60+. The

first day to request a ballot was 8/3/20. The last day will

be 10/27/20. Call the Board of Election Commission, 311

N. Parkway, 660-1796.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION

St. Mary’s School - 731-668-2525

Catholic Classical Education for the Mind, Body & Spirit



Tuition Angels

On behalf of all the St. Mary’s students that have benefited from the Tuition Relief Angel Program, St. Mary’s School & Church would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the

individuals that have given so generously to this program. You have helped make a Catholic education possible to some

beautiful souls that have been entrusted in our care.

Due to the Pandemic, there are families

struggling to keep their children enrolled

in St. Mary’s School.

In order to help these families,

we have initiated the

Tuition Relief Angels

If you are able and would like to help these families, please drop off your donation at

the Parish office or donate on-line at: www.stmarys.tn.org

click “Donate Now”

No donation is too small.

St. Mary’s students and teachers would like to

thank those parishioners who have linked their

Kroger card to St. Mary’s School.

This quarter, May 1 through July 31st

you have generated $472.43.

This is free money for the school & it costs

nothing to link your card.

If you haven’t done so yet, please consider it!

Go to https://www.kroger.com/i/community/

community-rewards

and follow the instructions.

Thank you for participating and continuing to

support your parish school.

https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards

https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards



Here are some resources to help us stay connected during this time.

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 left), 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

Home Touch

Phone Ministry

During this pandemic, many of us have found

ourselves isolated from family & friends.

I want to introduce myself.

My name is Phyllis Marshall

and my phone number is 731-668-5555. I have a phone ministry called Home Touch.

I call parishioners that might enjoy a phone call just

for touching base with the “outside” world.

If you are recovering from surgery, illness, or have

no one in your home to talk with, please call me.

I will call you once a week just to chat and share the

love God has for us.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

A Prayer for Protection in time of Pandemic

O Mary,

you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation & of hope.

We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the

Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain while

remaining steadfast in faith.

O loving Mother,

you know what we need, & we are confident you will provide

for us as at Cana in Galilee.

Intercede for us with your Son Jesus, the Divine Physician,

for those who have fallen ill,

for those who are vulnerable,

and for those who have died.

Intercede also for those charged with protecting the

health and safety of others and

for those who are tending to the sick and seeking a cure.

Help us, O Mother of Divine Love,

to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by

Jesus, who took upon himself our sufferings and carried our

sorrows, so as to lead us, through the Cross, to

the glory of the Resurrection.

Amen.

Under thy protection we seek refuge, O Holy Mother of God.

In our needs, despise not our petitions, but deliver us always

from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.

Amen.

Home Touch Phone Ministry 731.668.5555

Our Lady Queen of Peace

Retreat Center

announces

2 additional Retreats on the theme of

"“Pray always, Pray all ways," replacing weekends cancelled this past spring.

The Retreat on Sept. 11-13

will be for women only.

The Retreat on Sept. 18-20

will be for both men and women.

Come away, be refreshed for the fall, grow

in your desire for and ability to pray.

To register or for more information,

contact Debbie Voyles,

731-548-2500 or [email protected]

INFORMATION PAGE

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

1665 Highway 45 By-Pass

Jackson, TN 38305

PHONE

731-668-2596

CONTACT PERSON

Amy Evans, Bulletin Editor

EMAIL ADDRESS:

[email protected]

TRANSMISSION TIME

Tuesday by 3pm

SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION

Sunday, August 30, 2020

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