We hope that you will find our parish community a place where your life of faith will be nourished.

We also hope that you will share your special gifts within the community.

Your prayers, your presence, and your talents are most welcome. Please introduce yourself after Mass.

SAINT PAUL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME November 12, 2017

3005 Country Club Road New Bern, NC 28562

www.spccnb.org (252) 638-1984

Office: M-F 8:30-4:00pm

Saint Paul Catholic School (252) 633-0100

Saint Peter the Fisherman Mission Parish in Oriental

(252) 249-3687

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 pm Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 am, 11:00 am 1:00 pm (Misa en Español) Monday, Tuesday, Thursday . . . . . . 8:00 am Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 am 6:00 pm Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 am at Old St Paul First Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 am Holy Days of Obligation per announcements

PASTORAL STAFF

Father Thomas Tully, Pastor

Father Michael Schuetz, Parochial Vicar

Deacon Mike Mahoney, ObISB, Parish Deacon

Deacon Rick Fisher, Parish Deacon

Sister Monique Dissen, IHM, Pastoral Associate

Deacon David Kierski, School Administrator

WELCOME VISITORS

AND GUESTS!

Please pray for those who are sick, shut-in, or recovering from surgery,

and their caregivers.

In today's Gospel, Jesus tells a parable to illustrate wisdom in a prac cal, measurable way. The wise will conserve their resources, use them prudently, and mark the passing of me. The foolish, on the other hand, not planning ahead, will be in the dark. Both of these readings tell us how accessible wisdom is to all who simply and honestly seek it.

Paul's words to the Thessalonians are not about wisdom, but describe one result of true wisdom: To the wise person of faith even death holds no terror. Our faith in Jesus' Resurrec on tells us we will all one day rise to new life in Christ.

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Thirty Second Sunday

in Ordinary Time

November 12, 2017

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — Wisdom is easily discerned by those who love her (Wisdom 6:12-16). Psalm — My soul is thirs ng for you, O Lord my God (Psalm 63). Second Reading — Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 [13-14]). Gospel — Stay awake! You know neither the day nor the hour (Ma hew 25:1-13).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Wis 1:1-7; Ps 139:1b-10; Lk 17:1-6 Tuesday: Wis 2:23 — 3:9; Ps 34:2-19; Lk 17:7-10 Wednesday: Wis 6:1-11; Ps 82:3-7; Lk 17:11-19 Thursday: Wis 7:22b-8:1; Ps 119:89-175; Lk 17:20-25 Friday: Wis 13:1-9; Ps 19:2-5ab; Lk 17:26-37 Saturday: Wis 18:14-16;19:6-9; Ps 105:2-43; Lk 18:1-8

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Wednesday: St. Albert the Great Thursday: St. Margaret of Scotland; St. Gertrude Friday: St. Elizabeth of Hungary Saturday: The Dedica on of the Basilicas of Ss. Paul & Peter; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

GOD’S WORD FOR CHILDREN

THE PARABLE OF THE TEN MAIDENS (Ma hew 23)

Just like the Ten Maidens who had a choice to take extra oil and be prepared for the coming of the

bridegroom, you have a choice which path to take.

“Ok, I got the oil …. Now how do we fill

up our lamp?”

Wednesday, November 22nd 6:00PM

THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITIES

The complete Parish Calendar, as well as past issues of

the bulle n, are always available for viewing at our

website: spccnb.org

Sunday 11/12 BOUNTIFUL TREES AT ALL EXITS 9:00AM Olive Branch Gi Store Open ll 1:00PM 8:00AM Mass +Neil Cooley 9:30AM RCIA – FLC2 9:30AM Chancel Choir Prac ce 10:30AM Chaplet of the Divine Mercy – SJC 11:00AM Mass Saint Paul Parish Family 1:00PM Mass +Harlan Williams 3:00PM Hispanic Prayer Group – FLC3 6:00PM Confirma on Class – FLC Monday 11/13 8:00AM Mass +Edward Geiser 11:00AM Shanghai Card Games – FLC3 12:00PM Fa ma Rosary - SJC Tuesday 11/14 8:00AM Mass +Denise Curran 10:30AM Mass in Oriental 12:00PM One in the Spirit Prayer Group – SJC 12:00PM November 26th Bulle n Items Due 1:00PM Prayer Shawl Ministry – FLC3 7:00PM Twin Rivers Volleyball Prac ce - Gym Wednesday 11/15 9:00AM Olive Branch Gi Store Open ll Noon 9:00AM School Mass +Joan LoCasio 5:00PM Medjugorje Prayer Group – SJC 6:00PM Mass +Richard Doran 6:45PM Post Confirma on Youth Group – Library 7:00PM Hispanic Choir Prac ce 7:00PM SPRAA Men’s Open Gym Basketball Thursday 11/16 8:00AM Mass (L)Francis Blank 8:35AM Adora on – Church 10:45AM Reconcilia on 11:45AM Benedic on – Church 3:00PM Finance Commi ee Mee ng – Conf Room 7:00PM Twin Rivers Volleyball Prac ce - Gym 7:30PM Folk Choir Prac ce - Church Friday 11/17 8:00AM Mass (OSP) +Sco Whi ord Saturday 11/18 3:30PM Reconcilia on – Church 5:00PM Mass +Stanley Andersen

Candle Inten on: +Maria Salva

Boun ful Tree Gi s Due November 26th

On Sunday, October 29th, 90 Saint Paul Catholic School students and family members were treated to the New Bern performance of Peter and the Wolf, presented by the North Carolina Symphony as part of their Youth Concert Series. The ckets were made available to school families through the Patricia Rive Scholarship Founda on. A

special thank you to the Rive Founda on and to Dee Donnelly, who coordinated obtaining the ckets. The a ernoon was magical for the children, many dressed in Halloween costumes, as they gathered in the front row to experience the performance up-close.

On Halloween Day, Megan Johnson, Fine Arts Enhancement Developer and Music Ministry Coordinator, and Mrs. Baxley’s second graders brought Halloween fun to McCarthy Court. A er children performed by singing and dancing, they paraded through the halls in their costumes to the delight of the residents. The residents showed their apprecia on by trea ng the children to a ghoulish lunch. The children enjoyed sharing the Halloween-themed meal with their hosts before returning to school.

On November 16th, the fi h grade class will visit Brookstone Nursing Home in Pollocksville. The class will help kick off the Holiday Season by sharing songs of joy and celebra on with the residents.

Save the Date The Saint Paul Catholic School Christmas Showcase is scheduled for Thursday, December 14th, at 6 p.m. in the Family Life Center. Students in the school’s Fine Arts Enhancement Program will perform. Also, several classes will perform and sing songs of the Season. Please mark your calendars and plan to a end this fes ve event.

Pssst... They say an imposter got past the

Vatican Guard.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OLIVE BRANCH STORE & LENDING LIBRARY Open Sun. 9–1 & Wed. 9–12 in the FLC

Come by and check out our great selec on of Advent items! We now carry Advent candles in vo ve size as well as our tradi onal tapers. And, we have 2 new styles of “wreaths” this year. We also have 2 calendars that can be used year a er year – why not make a new Advent tradi on? Be sure to come by early for the best selec on. Back In Stock: “Keep Christ in Christmas” Na vity Stable auto magnet.

A must for your car this year! WE NEED YOU - PLEASE VOLUNTEER WITH US! All proceeds benefit Saint Paul Catholic Church.

“KEEPING CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS” CHRISTMAS CARD SALE The Knights of Columbus will be selling an assortment of beau ful Christmas cards to support

“Keeping Christ in Christmas”. Cards will be on sale in the Atrium a er all masses on November 18th and 19th, 25th and 26th

and December 2nd and 3rd.

THE 11:00AM CHOIR NEEDS YOU!

No prior experience needed. Just a desire to praise our Lord in song. Please contact Megan Johnson for details: mjohnson@stpaulcs.org

If you a end the Saturday Vigil Mass or are an early riser, consider the choir at those services. There is always room for a Joyful Noise Maker!

CARING OUTREACH Caring Outreach Is Here For You! Have you had surgery and need a few meals brought to you?

Do you have a doctor's appointment and wish someone would drive you? Do you need transporta on to church? Feeling lonely? We would like to visit you.

Do you have a loved one who needs company while you visit the doctor? Call Maggy Costandy for meal request 252-626-3462.

Call Mary Pickhaver for transporta on or visi ng request: 252-672-8550.

As part of our Thanksgiving, our parish will once again be offering the Christmas Boun ful Tree.

We have reached out to local grade school counselors in an effort to care for all families in need. The schools see these children daily and have been a great help with

nomina ng families that could really use a hand. Each ornament will list one gi request, under $35. There will also be “cash” or “gi card”

ornaments for those who prefer to have us do the shopping. Gi s should be wrapped, with the ornament a ached on the outside, for iden fica on purposes, and be returned to

Saint Paul by November 26th.The schools will then assist with distribu ng the gi s to the families which they nominated. We are very excited about the impact of this program, bringing blessings to the families, but also to you who choose to par cipate. Start your holiday season by warming your heart and the heart of others through

giving with the Christmas Boun ful Tree.

A HUGE thank you from the Saint Paul Youth Group to our awesome parishioners who generously supported our service project to purchase music devices for the residents at

Riverpoint Crest Nursing and Rehabilita on Center. We are so grateful for your monetary dona ons, to all the bakers and those who purchased the treats.

Special thanks also to the Knights of Columbus for welcoming us during their recent yard sale. The Knights are always amazing with the way they support our youth!

Thanks to the generosity of our parish and others in the community, we surpassed our goal! Stay tuned for more informa on on the results of this service project!!!!!!

Joining together to help children in need

Happiness is singing in the choir!

Bountiful Tree

November 12, 2017

Dear Friends at Saint Paul:

I want all the parish to be aware of the generous and friendly response that about 200 liturgical ministers made last Sunday when they a ended the Liturgical Ministers Retreat. This represents a goodly majority of all the ministers at Mass that make our Sunday worship possible. I am sure that we will see great fruit from this expression of willing service and prayerful readiness. It was a great success and I received many good compliments and sugges ons. Thank you to all who helped make it possible, especially our Liturgy Commi ee.

As a retreat, there was some me for presenta on and some reflec on and prayer. We also took me to meet in “ministry groups” where the Ushers received their new Manual, the Readers were instructed by Fr Schuetz, and the musicians talked over the new hymnal for 2018 which you will see in a few weeks. The altar servers reviewed their prac ce and the Ministers of Holy Communion discussed reminders and improvements. The Sacristans began their training and everyone came back together for a final prayer and blessing.

There is much to be done and new ministers need formal training to start their ministry but a great step forward was made! As Saint John Paul wrote: “Time given to Christ is never me lost, but is rather me gained.”

The talk I gave was based on an Apostolic Le er of Pope Saint John Paul II from 1998, the “eve of the millenium” as he states it. The Apostolic Le er to the Bishops and all the Faithful of the Church was en tled “DIES DOMINI” the Day of the Lord. Saint John Paul gave a wonderful reflec on of the Church's purpose in defending our Sunday tradi ons. Here is a reprint of some of the Holy Father's “Conclusion”:

“The spiritual and pastoral riches of Sunday, as it has been handed on to us by tradi on, are truly great. When its significance and implica ons are understood in their en rety, Sunday in a way becomes a synthesis of the Chris an life and a condi on for living it well.

It is clear therefore why the observance of the Lord's Day is so close to the Church's heart, and why in the Church's discipline it remains a real obliga on. Yet more than as a precept, the observance should be seen as a need rising from the depths of Chris an life. It is crucially important that all the faithful should be convinced that they cannot live their faith or share fully in the life of the Chris an community unless they take part regularly in the Sunday Eucharis c assembly.

The Eucharist is the full realiza on of the worship which humanity owes to God, and it cannot be compared to any other religious experience. A par cularly efficacious expression of this is the Sunday gathering of the en re community, obedient to the voice of the Risen Lord who calls the faithful together to give them the light of his word and the nourishment of his Body as the perennial sacramental wellspring of redemp on. The grace flowing from this wellspring renews mankind, life and history.

It is with this strong convic on of faith, and with awareness of the heritage of human values which the observance of Sunday entails, that Chris ans today must face the en cements of a culture which has accepted the benefits of rest and free me, but which o en uses them frivolously and is at mes a racted by morally ques onable forms of entertainment.

Certainly, Chris ans are no different from other people in enjoying the weekly day of rest; but at the same me they are keenly aware of the uniqueness and originality of Sunday, the day on which they are called to

celebrate their salva on and the salva on of all humanity. Sunday is the day of joy and the day of rest precisely because it is "the Lord's Day", the day of the Risen Lord”.

Peace,

SACRAMENT SCHEDULE

Reconcilia on: Thursdays 10:45-11:45am; Saturday 3:30-4:30pm or by appointment

Bap sm: First me parents must a end Bap smal Prepara on Classes. Registra on is mandatory. Contact the church office: 638-1984 First Communion/Confirma on: Please call 633-303 Marriages: Contact Parish Office - 6 month advance no ce is required

Anoin ng of the Sick: Contact the Office at 638-1984 Funerals: Call 638-4436 or e-mail funeral@spccnb.org

SAINT PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH INFORMATION

PARISH STAFF DIRECTORY

PARISH OFFICE: 252-638-1984 NIGHT EMERGENCY: 252-638-4436

PASTORAL STAFF Father Thomas S Tully, Pastor: 638-1984 pastor@spccnb.org Father Michael Schuetz, Parochial Vicar: 638-1984 frschuetz@spccnb.org Deacon Rick Fisher: 229-1644 Deacon Mike Mahoney,ObISB: 571-1597 Sister Monique Dissen, IHM, Hospital: 675-0333

Admin Assistant, DeLesa Conway: 638-1984 dconway@spccnb.org Bookkeeper, Donna Simon: 638-1984 dsimon@spccnb.org

Bulle n: bulle n@spccnb.org Cemetery: Danny Gennantonio 637-2322 Director Opera ons: Deacon David Kierski 633-0100 dkierski@spccnb.org Faith Forma on: Joy Harsen 229-2394 Music Ministry: Megan Johnson 633-0100 mjohnson@stpaulcs.org

RCIA Coordinator: Marcelene McLure 633-2539

Catholic Chari es: 638-2188 Catholic Daughters: Belinda Swager 617-0849 Extraordinary Ministers of Eucharist: Mary Spano: 633-4768 Eucharis c Ministers (Home / Sick): Dennis Colbert: 638-1555 Finance Council: Bob Nenni: 635-6716 Knights Third Degree: Phil Nassef 229-9799 Knights Fourth Degree: David Rose 252-672-5226 Pastoral Council: pcouncil@spccnb.org Religious Community Services: 633-2767 Rectory: 638-4436

Saint Paul School Administrator: Deacon Kierski: 633-0100

To submit bulle n ar cles, email bulle n@spccnb.org The deadline is on Thursdays at noon. All requests should be sent in

editable format <no PDFs or Posters> 11 days before the bulle n issue date.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the publisher’s holiday schedule, all no ces for November 26th bulle n are due by November 14th.

The Diocese of Raleigh is seeking qualified individuals to fill the posi ons of full- me staff parish auditor and

part- me contract parish auditor. Both roles require 30-40% travel throughout the Diocese of Raleigh.

For addi onal informa on please go to the Diocese’s website at: www.dioceseofraleigh.org/employment.

EME / LECTOR SCHEDULE

11/18: 5PM - Team #1 11/19: 8AM - Team #2 / 11AM - Team #1

SAINT OF THE WEEK ~ SAINT ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY

In her short life, Elizabeth manifested such great love for the poor and suffering that she has become the patroness of Catholic Chari es and of the Secular Franciscan Order and bakers.

The daughter of the King of Hungary, Elizabeth chose a life of penance and asce cism when a life of leisure and luxury could easily have been hers. This choice endeared her in the hearts of the common people throughout Europe. At the age of 14, Elizabeth was married to Louis of Thuringia, whom she deeply loved. She bore three children. Under the spiritual direc on of a Franciscan friar, she led a life of prayer, sacrifice, and service to the poor and sick. Daily she would take bread to hundreds of the poorest in the land who came to her gate. A er six years of marriage, her husband died in the Crusades, and Elizabeth was grief-stricken. Her husband’s family looked upon her as squandering the royal purse, and mistreated her, finally throwing her out of the palace. Elizabeth joined the Secular Franciscan Order, spending the remaining few years of her life caring for the poor in a hospital which she founded in honor of Saint Francis. Elizabeth’s health declined, and she died before her 24th birthday in 1231.

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