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SAINT MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Ponca City, Oklahoma May 31, 2020 PENTECOST SUNDAY
First Holy Communion Mass has been
rescheduled for Sunday, June 14th at 3PM. Reconciliation for First Communicants will be
Saturday, June 13th at 10 am. Rehearsal for Mass will be Wednesday, June 10th @6:00 pm.
Please contact Bridgit with any questions or concerns:
[email protected] or 505-870-4339
.
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Rest in Peace: Please pray for the souls of Mary
Watson, mother of Barbara Fields and Patti E. Hughes,
mother of Kelly Martin. May God grant them eternal
peace.
Dear parishioners,
The joy that came from seeing you all at Mass this last
weekend, and the two weeks of daily Mass, is simply
indescribable! Being able to celebrate Mass with you all
always has been, and will always be, a great source of joy
for me as your pastor. And of course the look of joy and
relief on your faces when you got to receive the Eucharist
does my priestly heart good, and I’m so happy you all can
be fed with the Bread of Life again! This has been a very
weird and trying time for so many people, and the faith
that we have in Our Lord has been, I’m sure, questioned as
we see everything unravel. However Our Lord is constant
in His promises and one of the last things He promised was
that He will be with us always, even until the end of the
age. So until that time comes, we know that Jesus is with us
and constantly watching over us and protecting us from
every moral and physical evil. As life begins to resume
some form of normalcy, it’s important to let our faith life
resume some normalcy as well, and possibly even trying to
deepen it. This Sunday is Pentecost, and it’s by the fire of
the Holy Spirit that our fears, our laziness, our
lukewarmness are burned away with the fire of the Spirit’s
love. We will be celebrating the sacraments of initiation this
Sunday, and I’m so excited to see the Holy Spirit come
down on our candidates and catechumens, the very same
Spirit that came down on the apostles in the upper room so
many years ago. How exciting! So let’s be sure to pray for
them as they receive this great gift, and let’s also renew our
own vows that we made at our baptism and confirmation,
namely, to despise what is evil and to love God and our
neighbor.
Switching gears just a little bit, I thought I’d let you all
know how last weekend went. We had 50 people at the
Saturday Vigil Mass, 60 people at the 8 AM, 80 people at
the 9:30 AM in Newkirk, 30 people at the 11 AM, 50
people at the 1 PM Spanish Mass, and 35 people at the 7
PM Mass. So in all, we had 225 people attend Mass at St.
Mary’s, and 80 attend Mass at St. Francis. Our average
Sunday attendance at St. Mary’s is around 600-620, so we
were operating at about 37% of our normal Sunday Mass
attendance. St. Francis averages around 100-120 on any
given Sunday, so St. Francis was at 72% attendance. We
still need to keep our numbers low, so please continue to
think about coming to a daily Mass rather than a weekend
Mass, for the time being, to help spread the population out
a little bit so we can keep up social distancing.
I wanted to congratulate St. Francis on making their goal
for the ACA! Good job guys! St. Francis had a pledge goal
of $7,000.00 and they ended up donating $8,705.00
which is $1,705.00 over goal, and 124.36% of their pledge
goal. 28 donors made this possible. Great job everyone! St.
Mary’s has a pledge goal of $96,000.00 and as of May
22nd
St. Mary’s has collected $92,375.00, which is just
$3,625.00 away from their goal and 96.22% of their goal.
187 donors have contributed thus far! Good job to St.
Mary’s! We are so close to making our goal!
I also wanted to say thank you to everyone who continued
to donate over the two month hiatus from public Mass.
Your contributions were so appreciated and it allowed
both churches to continue running with no interruptions in
our daily life. I’m so proud of all of my parishioners for
stepping up and continuing your donations. Thank you so
much!
Ok I think that’s about it! Know that you’re in my prayers,
and I hope you all have a great week! God bless!
In Christ,
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020 12:10pm †Lee Box/Mike & Theresa Butt
TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2020 12:10pm †Nora Collins/Michel Gray
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 12:10pm †Louis & Gertrude Rexford/Leanna Rexford
6:00pm People of the Parish
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020 9:30am People of the Parish (Newkirk)
6:00pm †Rev. Peter Kamp, 6th Pastor/Knights of Columbus
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020
7:00am People of the Parish
12:10pm Spec. Int. Norma H./Chris
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2020 9:00am People of the Parish
5:00pm †Fred Spellman/Eileen Spellman
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2020 8:00am †Don Schiltz/Marilyn Seagraves
9:30am †Marcia Engle/Bob & Gwen Scott Family (Newkirk)
11:00am †James Brown/Rich & Pam Cantillon
1:00pm Spanish Mass
7:00pm People of the Parish
Unless specified- ALL Masses will be in the CHURCH
St. Mary’s Catholic School is hiring! They are
looking for Pre-K 3 year old Class (M, W, F)
and 2nd
Grade teachers. Our School offers
competitive pay and benefits, we offer a
Christian environment with smaller class sizes,
and we require Oklahoma Certification. For
more information please call or e-mail Sarah
Hunsaker, Principal at 580-765-4387, [email protected].
Great News!
VBS 2020 is available ONLINE! Join us for A Radical Ride on the Wings of Prayer with Amazing
Angels & Super Saints from home! Go to our FB page for a link to get the songs, prayers, and activities sent to your family. Just enter our VBS "start-date" of 6/8/2020, and you'll have the great music and Catholic lessons sent to you. Take-home activity supply kits will be available for pickup the weekend of June 7th. Cat.Chat VBS is great for all kids ages 3-12! Contact Bridgit with any questions- [email protected] or 505-870-4339 (call or text)
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Election of Officers Meeting!
Monday, June 1, 2020 7:00pm – KofC Room
All Knights participation is very much appreciated.
Sincerely, Ross Neely, Grand Knight
Annual Guild Luncheon has been officially
cancelled. After officers and program chairman
deliberated, it was decided to cancel the St. Patrick’s Day
Luncheon rather than reschedule it due to the pandemic of
Covid-19. We want to thank all our supporters for your
support throughout the years. Since the luncheon is the
only source of revenue for our charities that we serve,
which include NERA, Hospice of North Central
Oklahoma, Child Development Center and many others,
we are asking those who have already purchased a ticket
to consider donating the $10 luncheon fee so we may
continue to help these charities. We are especially
considering NERA at this time in need in our community.
If you wish a refund, please contact Pat Sipe at 589-762-
3223. We thank you for your consideration in this matter.
St. Francis Guild Officers and Chairman.
Monday 7:00pm KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, KofC Room
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday 9:00am STAFF MEETING, McGurk Room
10:30am CONFESSION , Church
Saturday 3:30pm CONFESSION, Church
Sunday Morning VBS Packet Handout
6:00pm CONFESSION, Church
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Please Pray For those who need prayers: Charlotte Meyer, Charlene Vap, Dora Behar, Cindy Wardlow, Colleen Schiltz, Jeanne Glaser, Patsy Hastings, Eileen Spellman, Linda Courtney, George F. Brown, Martha Begwin, Donna Schlitz, Jim Sheets, Asher Dailey, Tyson Rutter, Betty Pino, Kaye Cunningham, Barbara Spore, Alicia Aguilar, James Hess, Gabriel Dietz, Don Raulston, Joe Badley, Sandy Hudack, Pamela Cline, Sherry Burgell, Ben Delapaz, Tom Courtney, Mary Knori, Helen Bloxsom, Jill Kestler, Dean Tate, Bertha Smith, Wendel Hacker, David Courtney, Joyce Johnson, Genevia Kitchen, Dana Stahl, Barbara Carter, Mike Lessert, Mollien Koenig, Keke Johnson, Chasity Turner, Antonio Pasquarelli, John & Cecilia Cobble, Michael Rico, Jerry Vap, Denise Duffle, Sr. Vickie Dianne Bass, Albert Espinosa, Rex Maloney, Scarlett Padgett, Joyce Reutter, Carol Gray, Linda Wooters, Peggy Wilson, Michael Cole, Sr. Mary Clare, Sue Rice, Stan Loughridge, Mike Gray, Patty Hughes
Weekly Income Report
May 24, 2020
Weekly Collection $10,518.00
Faith Direct $ 4,682.57
St. Mary’s Catholic School benefit golf tournament is
Saturday, June 13th at PCCC. We still need players
and hole sponsors! Contact Bill Schutte (763-7705)or
Emily Hodgson (304-2744) to sign up
A WARM WELCOME & THANKS A special welcome to the 2020 Journey of Faith Class. Thanks to all who helped each Tuesday as team facilitators and helpers. Also thanks to our guest speakers. The weekly preparation, planning and coordination takes a special commitment, generosity and love. Thanks also to the sponsors who walked with the neophytes in their spiritual journey. The 2019-2020 RCIA class included: Aleah Bryant and Braden Lepore. Being confirmed this year is Chris Merrifield. Congratulations & Welcome!
