St. Augustine Catholic Church

211 N. Pinetree Blvd

Thomasville GA 31792

229.226.3624

staugustinethomasville@gmail.com

Parochial Administrator:

Father Godfred Boachie-Yiadom

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

1500 11th Ave NW

Cairo GA 39828

229.243.9146 Deacons :

Rev. Mr. John Blaha

Rev. Mr. David Wendel

THOMASVILLE

WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE

CONFESSION & ROSARY 30 MIN BEFORE EACH MASS

SATURDAY

Confession 3:45 | Vigil Mass 4:30

SUNDAY

English Mass 9 AM | Spanish Mass 5 PM

MONDAY - NO MASS

TUESDAY - Mass 6 pm

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY

Mass 9 AM

FRIDAY - Mass Noon

CAIRO WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE

SUNDAY

Confession 11 AM & 2 PM

English Mass 11:30 AM | Spanish Mass 2:30 PM

THURSDAY

English Mass 6 PM | Spanish Mass 7 PM

The Hour of Grace at St. Augustine

The Hour of Grace program

will resume on Wednesday,

October 2, 2019.

July 14, 2019

Next week, our parish will take up a

collection for the Solidarity Fund for the

Church in Africa. While the Church in

Africa is growing, many still lack access

to basic resources as well as pastoral

care. Many suffer due to high rates of

poverty and unemployment, illiteracy,

and poor education. The fund supports

pastoral projects that strengthen commu-

nities in their faith and foster lasting

peace and reconciliation in a continent

often marked by division and tension.

To learn more, visit www.usccb.org/

africa.

BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL PROGRESS REPORT

PARISH TARGETS PLEDGED PAID ON

PLEDGE

PLEDGE

BALANCE ONE-TIME

TOTAL

GIVEN

% OF

TARGET

# OF

FAMILIES

# OF

DONORS

% PARTICI-

PATION

ST. EAS $3719 $305 $300 $5 $1960 $2260 60.77 63 25 39.68

ST. A $27078 $13095 $7841 $5253 $13082 $20923 77.27 192 88 45.83

Dear Parishioners:

The parable of the Good Samaritan is a very familiar parable and one that we

all seem to remember. A man, travelling down a dangerous road, was robbed

and severely beaten. A priest and a Levite just passed by the man without offer-

ing any help. A Samaritan comes upon the man and demonstrates what it

means to be a neighbor. We can only speculate why the Levite and the priest

turned their backs on the injured man. The Samaritan tends to the man's

wounds by applying wine, oil, and bandages. This was quite a compassionate act

on the part of the Samaritan. The Samaritan was willing to suffer, and this was

quite an act of charity. It cost the Samaritan wine, oil, bandages, and two silver coins he was willing to pay the innkeep-

er to care for the man. The Samaritan gave what we all consider quite a precious gift, and that is the cost not only of

his money but also the cost of his time.

We all have the desire to be good neighbors. God's law invites us to love God and to love our neighbor. This is a very

easy law to understand; we are not puzzled by what it really means, but the difficult part comes in carrying it out. We

can gather from the Gospel story that the Samaritan was filled with compassion. Compassion for his fellow man who

he saw injured on the side of the road. He was only concerned with the injured man and totally put aside his own

needs.

We all like to think that we are compassionate. The word compassion means to suffer with those who are suffering.

The Samaritan was willing to suffer with the suffering. This is what it means to be a good neighbor. Also, that is part of

what it means to be a follower of the Lord Jesus. We suffer with the suffering and in union with Christ who suffered

for us. When we are in union with Christ who suffered for us, we suffer with the poor, the injured, the sick, the ne-

glected, and the dying. We suffer for those who have been cast to the side of the road in our society: the unborn, the

immigrant, the elderly, the mentally ill, and the disabled. We were all marked with the sign of Christ suffering in our

baptism. Every vocation is marked with the blessings of Christ’s Holy Cross. Mothers suffer with and for their chil-

dren. Fathers suffer with and for their families. Teachers suffer with and for their students. Husbands suffer for their

wives, and wives suffer for their husbands. Priests suffer with and for their people, and the holy people of God suffer

with and for their priests. We are the neighbors, and we are the people Christ calls us to be when we are willing to

suffer with those who suffer.

We are certainly not the first to suffer. We are in union with Christ suffering on the cross. We are not the Good Sa-

maritan in this parable. We are the injured man on the side of the road. Christ our Savior, traveling along this road to

the city of Jerusalem, was moved with compassion for each of us. Jesus approaches us while we are still sinners. He

bathes us in the wine of his blood and anoints us with the oil of gladness. He carries us on his own body and places us

in the inn which is his Holy Church.

Now we meet him every Sunday at the altar. Our compassionate Savior meets us in our suffering and gives us the eyes

to recognize his presence and eyes to recognize those who are suffering around us. At the altar, we are strengthened to

suffer with Christ and for Christ who willingly and compassionately suffered for us.

The theme or slogan for this year’s Bishop’s annual appeal is “Who is my Neighbor?” Maybe at this point some are

tired of hearing about the Bishop’s annual appeal. Therefore, if we want to be that “good neighbor,” we all need to do

our part in fulfilling this obligation that we have. We all need to be good Samaritans towards the Bishop’s annual ap-

peal. If we all just give a little, we could easily meet our goal and truly show our love for our neighbor.

https://www.hprweb.com/2019/07/homilies-for-july-2019/

Have a blessed week,

Deacon John

WEEKLY OFFERTORY JULY 7, 2019

Mass Total Online Total

$6499 St. Augustine

$1350 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

ONLINE GIVING NOW AVAILABLE AT

STAUGUSTINETHOMASVILLE.WEEBLY.COM

Knights of Columbus Happenings:

• Volunteers are still needed for the Bingo Snack Bar,

only one Thursday evening a month from 5- 8 , excel-

lent ministry for couples. Contact either RJ or Deacon

John.

• Any Catholic male interested in joining the Knights

contact the GK RJ ( 334-451-9685) or the parish of-

fice.

DAY INTENDED

SAT †Jack and Millie Talkwicz

SUN †Fr. Jacek Szuster (Lety)

SUN Hisp

SUN Cairo Parishioners

SUN Cairo Hisp

TUES For my family (Lanh D)

WED †Mary D Murphy (Mary C)

THURS Victims of Abortion (Lanh D)

THURS Cairo †Henry Lauer

THURS Cairo Hisp

FRI †Jack Alexander, James and Mary Kennedy (Pat D)

Liturg ica l Minis ters Schedule

DATE EUCHARIS-

TIC LECTORS

ALTAR

SERVERS USHERS

SAT

07/13

Roslyn M

Trish B

Duane T

Kay K

Avery H

Kalista M

Camille M

Bill H

Richard B

SUN

07/14

Miguel G

Rhonda H

RJ A

Mark H

Abigail H

Lexi F

Audrey M

Rhonda H

Leny H

SAT

07/20

Guy E

Sue J

David S

Allison D

Avery H

Gabby T

Cameron T

Jim T

Julian P

SUN

07/21

Allen H

Andrea G

Leny H

Allison M

Alex K

Sophie T

Garrett M

Judy H

Lory M

ALTAR SERVER TRAINING makeup sess ion

JULY 20 | 10:30 AM

On the third Saturday of July, the

20th, there will be a mandatory

training session for all current

altar servers. Any who may be

interested in becoming a server

are also invited to attend. Train-

ing will begin promptly at 10:30

AM in the main sanctuary and

will last approximately an hour

and a half.

Liturgies & Devot ions at St . August ine’ s Please join our traditional Catholic Prayer services:

Eucharistic Adoration

Available in our Adoration Room

9 am - 10 pm M-F

Every 1 st Fri. of the Month (sanctuary)

9—5

The Divine Mercy Chaplet Tuesday - Friday following Mass

Litany to St. Augustine Each Tuesday after Mass

Litany to the

Sacred Heart of Jesus Every 1st Friday of the month 12:30

You are invited to a Thank You and Farewell Social for Noah Pace, our visiting Seminari-an, on Saturday, July 20th after the vigil Mass in the Parish Social Hall. We thank Noah for his 9 weeks stay with us.

St. Augustine and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton par-

ishes would like to wish a very Happy Birthday

to Fr. Godfred. Wednesday, July 17.

STAFF DIRECTORY

Deacon

Rev. Mr. John Blaha

227.8377

Hispanic Coordinator

Maria Barragan 229.413.2289

CCW

Christine Baker 236.1105

Hispanic email

augustinoficina@gmail.com

Knights

RJ Arceneaux, 334.451.9685

Music Director

Betty Roberds 221.2499

Prayer Line

Barbara Fuks 226.1182

Religious Ed

Miguel & Andrea Gutierrez 267.251.1363

Shut ins:

Beth Crawford 228.4606

VIRTUS email

Augustinevirtus@gmail.com

Bulletin announcements & ads:

mftaylor07@gmail.com

Bulletin information is always due by Monday night

After hours emergency number: 229.200.9092.

Please use only in the case of a

life or death situation.

Thank you for your consideration!

Hospital Notifications - Please call the parish office and let us

know if you or a direct family member is a patient in the hospital and

would like to see a priest or receive the Eucharist. This is the only

consistent way our parish will know there is someone in the hospital.

Due to HIPAA laws, stating you are a Catholic on the admittance

form will not be given out to the parish. The office number is 229-

226-3624. If it is after office hours and it is a true life or death emer-

gency that cannot wait for the next office day, please call 229-200-

9092. Thank you.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please remember in your prayers our parish family & friends. If you have a loved one in need of prayers, please call Barbara Fuks (226.1182).

Mack Barrentine Catherine Chamerlin Dina Halladay Fr. Nick Mansell Amanda Mosley †Fr. Jacek Szuster

Chloe Baso Phyllis Creager †Bob Henderson †Enoch Massey †Chandler Mosley Mia Taylor

Joe Blaha Cayman Diaz Catherine Hewlett Marie McAuley Linda Nuijten Todd Taylor

†Mary Boahemaa Conrad Dudziec Yvonne Hochfelder Fr. Jerry McCanty †Mary Ellen O'Connor Stephanie Valpuesta

Manuel Borja †Lillian Ferrera Jamie Hurst Jen McPadden Joe Rachel †Margrit Voorhies

Judy Bradshaw Lisa Fuks †Dot Keegan Den Mirabzadeh †John Ragan Rick Witalis

Amanda Caldwell †Amado Garcia Bill Klug Tamasita Montez Rita Ragan Jim Watts

Christopher Caldwell Alicia Gorosin Eve Monsalvatge Jimmy Singletary

Gil Carte Karon Hales

Amanda Brearley Brent Hamilton Matthew Lee US MILITARY PRAYER REQUESTS :

July Adoration

candle in memory of

Florence Bailey

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Abuse Hotline Number

To report sexual abuse of a minor by a

Diocese of Savannah employee or

volunteer, call the abuse hotline number

at 888.357.5330 or the Office for the

Protection of Children and Young People

at 912.201.4073/4. To read the diocesan

policy on sexual abuse of minors, go to:

https://diosav.org/childyouthprotection

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Lawn Services/Handyman (pressure washing, etc.)

Call J. Concepción, a St. Augustine parishioner, for more

information at 229-224-3241 (for English)

229-233-1007 (cell) or 229-346-9419 (home) for Spanish

Next Second Collection

07/21/19

Church in Africa

House Cleaning/Sewing Services

Call Maria, a St. Augustine parishioner,

for information at 229-224-3241.

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