Nativity of our lady

catholic church

1000 North Way (Hwy 17), P.O. Box 1079, Darien, ga. 31305

Fr. Timothy McKeown, Pastor Fr. Christopher Ortega, parochial vicar

“A Catholic Community With A Welcoming Heart”

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 9, 2017

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Evening: 4:00-4:30 p.m. Reconciliation

5:00 p.m. Mass

Sunday Morning: 10:00 a.m. Mass

Holy Days

7:00 p.m. Mass

CHURCH OFFICE (912) 437-4750

E-Mail: nativity@darientel.net Website: www.nativitydarien.us

OFFICE HOURS

Monday—12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tuesday—Friday

9:00 a.m.—2:30 p.m. Closed Holidays

Secretary: Nadine Crosby

Priests’ Office Hours Fr. Tim and Fr. Chris have offices at St. Francis Xavier Church located at 405 Howe St., Brunswick, GA 31520.

The office is open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm.

You may call them directly. The SFX Church Office number is (912) 265-3249

(Fr. Tim Ext. 11 and Fr. Chris Ext. 12)

CATHOLIC TRIVIA

1. How many popes have there been? A. 942 B. 97 C. 266 D. 538 2. Including Luminous, how many mysteries of the Rosary are there? A. 20 B. 15 C. 10 D. 4 3. What are you reminding yourself of when you cross yourself with holy water when you enter the church? A. God’s promise after the flood. B. Jesus is the water of life. C. Your baptism. D. The tears shed during the Passion of Christ. 4. What’s the most important day and celebration in the church’s year? A. Pentecost. B. All Saints’. C. Christmas. D. Easter. Answers: 1-C, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D.

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

JULY 2017

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please pray for the sick of our parish

Jimmy Thompson, Dody Sheppard, Lou Casebonne, Brandon O’Brien, Michelle Skolnitsky, Jim Seavey,

James Karwacki, Lorraine Karwacki, Jack Salay, Mi-chael Pistritto, Linda Moore, Clare Moore, Cori Kusik,

Meg Wallace, Caryn Pinto, Patricia Kusik, Star Purcell, Dionne Pierce, M.J. Hogan, Courtney Cobb, Arnold Meacham, Michele Meyers, Wayne Doke, Ronald Asselta, Carol Whitson, Sammy

Gale, Carla Mucha, Bonnie Sowa, Joanne Miller, Cory Adamson, Jackie Maasen, Madison Woolett, Leo Kennedy, John Tompkins,

Michael Higgins, and Charles Ward & family.

Also, for all of our loved ones serving our Military and for the Christians in the Middle East

MASS READINGS FOR THE

WEEK OF JULY 9, 2017

SUNDAY Zechariah 9:9-10; Psalms 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30

MONDAY Genesis 28:10-22; Psalms 91:1-2, 3-4, 14-15; Matthew 9:18-26

TUESDAY Genesis 32:23-33; Psalms 17:1, 2-3, 6-7, 8, 15; Matthew 9:32-38

WEDNESDAY Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7, 17-24; Psalms 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Matthew 10:1-7

THURSDAY Genesis 44:18-21, 23-29; 45:1-5; Psalms 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Matthew 10:7-15

FRIDAY Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30; Psalms 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Matthew 10:16-23

SATURDAY Genesis 49:29-33; 50:15-24; Psalms 105: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7; Matthew 10:24-33

~ WELCOME TO NATIVITY OF OUR LADY PARISH ~ July 9, 2017 ~ ~ fourteenth Sunday in ordinary time ~

If you are not taking your bulletin with you, please return them to the back table. Thank you.

JULY 1 & 2

Offertory $1,376.40 Candles $9.25 Flowers $5 Food Pantry $21

Peter’s Pence $417.61 There is a second collection July 16 for Church

in Africa

If you are not taking your bulletin with you, please return them to the back table. Thank you.

Father Tim’s Reflection

St. Francis Xavier School is looking for a volleyball coach and a robotic club moderator. Please contact the school at 912-265-9470 if you are interested in

assisting with these activities.

Sunday, July 9

† Eleanor Young

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 11 is one of my favorite Gospels; “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and hum-ble of heart.” My yoke is easy and my burden is light.

I remember working on the tobacco farm as a boy. We always had tractors by the time I was born; I never had to plow a mule, the old fashioned way. But one year, we had a hurricane that dropped lots of rain; the fields were flooded; the crops were drowning and there was no way a tractor could stand up in the field. It was too heavy. So my dad hired a mule and a one row pull plow, to try to plow up between the rows to help the water evaporate. For the first time in my life, I plowed behind a mule. He had a leather yoke on the harness which fit over his head and on his shoulders perfectly and that mule pulled that plow through that wet dirt with me walking behind, trying to hold that plow straight. It was some of the hardest work I have ever done! That yoke was heavy and the mule was doing most of the work!

In Palestine in the time of Jesus, yokes were still made of wood; not leather, and they had to fit very exactly, or they would chafe the shoulders of the oxen. When Jesus says to-day, “My yoke is easy and my burden light,” the Greek word which is translated easy could also be translated “well fitting.” So in the time of Jesus, the ox was brought to the carpenter and measured very precisely. Then the yoke was roughed out of wood and the ox was brought again and measured again. It was carefully adjusted so that it would not gall the neck of the patient beast. It was tailor made to fit. His work was hard enough. At least the yoke should be well fitting and not chafe.

There is a lovely legend, that Jesus, who we know was a car-penter, made the best ox yokes in all of Galilee. People came to him from everywhere because his yokes fit so well and they would never chafe the ox. In those days, as now, shops would have a sign above their door, identifying the business. Accord-ing to the legend, the sign about the carpentry shop of Jesus said, “My Yokes Fit Well.” (Is that legend true? We don’t know, but as my Church history professor always said, “If it ain’t true, it oughta be.”)

Our yokes, the trials and crosses we have, are tailor made for us. God orchestrates this; he knows what is best for us. Pope Benedict once said at World Youth Day: “The world offers you comfort. You were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness!”

So when Jesus says, My yoke is easy; my yoke fits well, what He means is that the life he gives us is not a burden to gall us; our task is tailor made to fit us. He is trying to get us ready for Heaven; to love the way they love in heaven.

-Fr. Brett Brannen (Fr. Brett is pastor of Blessed Sacrament in Savannah)

July 28 ~ Fun Fellowship Friday

Join us for a night of Fun and Fellowship with “Dinner and a Movie” starting at 7 pm in the church Hall. We will be watching “The Shack” and pizza, popcorn, and drinks are provided. Ad-mission is free. You may give a small donation towards pizza if you wish.

SATURDAY 8 @ 5 PM GREET/USHER: Jean Hawkins READER: Carol O’Connor COLLECTORS: Bill Wikoff & John Spisak EUCH. MINS.: Catherine Caauwe & Rick Caauwe ALTAR SERV: Abby Sipe

SUNDAY 9 @ 10 AM GREET/USHER: Paula Collado READER: Jedon Lilliston COLLECTORS: Valerie Tenney & Lillian Collado EUCH. MINS.: Brenda Banach & Sheri Carter & Paula Collado (stairs) ALTAR SERV: Madison Daniel

SATURDAY 15 @ 5 PM GREET/USHER: Jane Meyer READER: Bill Wikoff COLLECTORS: Jerry Meyer & Bill Wikoff EUCH. MINS.: Dottie Wikoff & Yvette Powell ALTAR SERV: Amanda Wood

SUNDAY 16 @ 10 AM GREET/USHER: Netty Evans READER: Ray Smith COLLECTORS: Lillian Collado & Nuris Copeland EUCH. MINS.: Jedon Lilliston, Olivia Daniel & Laura Daniel (stairs) ALTAR SERV: Madison Daniel

Our own LENDING LIBRARY A small library has been set up in the hall. Parishioners are welcome to borrow books and are reminded to return them when you have finished reading them. Also available are some DVDs and audio books which could be great if you are travelling and have children in the car.

There is a ‘sign out’ sheet in a folder on top of the book case. The library is available after Mass on Sundays and if someone will volunteer to open the hall can also be available after the Saturday Mass. There will be a basket in the vestibule of the church so that books etc. can be returned if the hall is not open. Enjoy.

A Note from Fr. Tim:

On July 5th, I celebrated my 20th anniversary of ordination as a priest of Jesus Christ. I was ordained at the Cathedral in Sa-vannah on July 5, 1997. For my anniversary I am traveling back to my seminary in Rome, Italy to gather with 18 of my class-mates. While I am gone Fr. John Tran has been gracious enough to come and assist us this weekend. Be assured of my prayers from the holy places of Rome!

-Fr. Tim McKeown

Mid July The Covington Diocese World Aposto-late of Fatima (in formation) is spon-soring a 1400 mile row from Miami to New York will

likely row to our community promoting the Message of Fatima as God’s Peace Plan for the world. Praying the Rosary everyday as Our Lady requested will be the focus of this year’s Intra-coastal expedition. You are invited to meet the team on the In-tracoastal to spread the Message of Fatima, pray the Rosary and enjoy Christian fellowship. If you would like to support the min-istry, you can go to covdiobluearmy.com. For further details, please see the back bulletin.

July 28 The Catholic Medical Association is holding a new member drive, reception, and presentation July 28 at St. James Catholic Church, Savannah, Ga. at 6:30 PM. Our guest speaker will be William Toffler, MD, Profes-sor of Family Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. Toffler will be speaking on Physician Assisted Suicide. Dr. Toffler, the national director of Physicians for Compassionate Care, is an outspoken opponent of physician assisted suicide and has testified before the US Congress on the degradation of medi-cal care after two decades of Oregon laws permitting this prac-tice. The reception will begin in the narthex at St. James Church July 28 at 6:30 with light refreshments. Dr. Toffler’s talk will follow at 7:00. All are welcome.

August 7

We will accommodate 15 cyclists from The Fuller Center Bike Adventure raising money for housing. We would like to have a nice potluck dinner for the cyclists after their long journey from Savannah. If you would be interested in making a dish or con-tributing in some way, please contact Nadine in the church office. Thank you.