St. Patrick Catholic Church A Jewel in the Diocese

Vol. 23 Number 31 saintpatrickcc.com July 30, 2006

17th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

This Parish exists to carry out the mission of Our Lord Jesus Christ on Earth. By our participation in the Holy Mass, the perfect act of worship, the saving power of Jesus is

realized in our individual lives, families, communities and in the world. Our outreach helps extend the reign of Jesus into all the dark corners of the world. As we gather as a family here in this holy place we experience a foretaste of our own destiny…Heaven! If you are a visitor,

welcome! If you are a returning member, welcome home! We are really glad you’re here. And remember, YOU are passionately loved by Jesus Christ!

Readings for the Weekend, August 5th & 6th Transfiguration of The Lord

FIRST READING – (Daniel 7:9-10,13-14) Second Reading – (2 Peter 1:16-19) Gospel – (Mark 9: 2-10) PRAY FOR THE SICK: Pat Armstrong, Toonie Beckham, Margaret Mary Blake, Michael Blake, Mike Box, Debbie Box, Jonathan Box, Lindsey Box, Carol Briton, Gregory Burks, Julie Bussey, Anna Marie Cameron, Bill Carroll, Pat Carter, Kimberly Cather, Reid Chafin, Rhonda Ciovacco, Ellie B. Clark, Baby Matthew Copeland, Joyce Cornelius, Ilene Cox, Darlene Cruce, Angie Cusimano, Harold Dill, Elizabeth Duchock, Faye Nell Erwin, Mary Fadlevich, Doris Fieselman, Lucille Fontenot, Liddie Fowler, Charles Franklin, Joe Gagliano, Chad Galloway, Annie George, Brenda Hawkins, Willie Haynes, Rachel Helms, Dan Hensley, Guy Hicks, Betty Sue Horton, Sonny Humphrey, Sheri Irvin, Paul Johnson, Robin Johnson-Jeffreys, Jack Jones, Joann Jordan, Barbara LaDay, Jim Lee, Kenny Lee, Margie Lee, Pearl Letanosky, Felicia Linkons, Eleanor Littlefield, B.J. Long, Don Maddox, Laura Maddox, Rose Mangen, Jim Mankoski, Nancy M. Manzella, Julio Martinez, Gail McCarrick, Jo Melton, Mark McPherson, Marie McNutt, Louise Meadows, Frances Messina, Mary Milko, Rose Marie Mitchell, Rose Monte, Diana Morgan, Steve Muir, Pearl Newberry, Rick Nogosky, (Rev.) Msgr. Eugene O’Connor, Sammy Owen, Joshua Parker, Gina Perkins, Jan Plan, Charlene Plunkett, Glenda Powers, Brittney Pugh, Pete Ragusa, Virginia Reeves, Danny Rosetta, Jerry Rucker, Vita Russo, Chris Ruthven, Bill Sanders, Dale Savage, Eric Schafer, Martha Selman, Valerie Shevlin, Kim Sloan, Paula Smith, Baby Jack Smith, Joe Stack, Catherine Sullivan, Rose Taylor, Mildred Tidwell, Linda Towers, Mike Vines, Lena Vizzinia, Donald Vodosia, Katie VonHagel, Jinnie Walsch, Cruz Wathen, Leonard Watson, Lillian White, Shelby Grace Wood, Gatham Wyatt and Nisa Zanaty. Please keep these, all the sick and their caregivers in your prayers. If you know of anyone who should be added to or removed from this list please contact the church office. PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS: especially our families, friends and loved ones who are currently in active military service: Christopher Cates, Becky Hodges and Barbara Salvagio. Please keep all of our brave men and women in your prayers. If you know of anyone who should be added to or removed from this list please contact Pegi in the Church office. CHOOSE LIFE: We are called to build a society in which every life, even the weakest embryonic life is embraced as a gift and treasure of infinite and irreplaceable value. Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. The Southern Cross 2/9/06. Let us pray that believers may reach out in gentleness and love to help women experiencing an untimely pregnancy. 2006-2007 CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND MEETINGS: Notice to all Organizations of St. Patrick Church. Please turn in all 2006-2007 dates for the Parish Calendar to the Church office before August 15th. It is imperative that we have your information by the 15th of August to ensure it will be included on the Parish Calendar. This Calendar is used for Parish events, in part, to help minimize the occurrence of double booking of the Parish Facilities. WE WELCOME Rev. Emmett Coyne this weekend from Cross International Catholic Outreach. Parishes in underdeveloped countries represent more than an important source of spiritual truth for their community. They also stand as a beacon of hope for impoverished families who have nowhere else to turn for help. Come and hear how we can make a difference in the lives of our least brothers and sisters in the Third World. YOUR year to join the Choir? - The Choir will resume rehearsals in August on the 21st, 2006. Every year, someone says they wish they had known when the Choir started back. Well, NOW’s the time !!!!! The Choir rehearses weekly on Monday evenings, leads music at Liturgy once or twice a month and most Holy Days, as well as Christmas Midnight Mass and Easter Vigil. The Choir is one of the most dedicated ministries in the church and the members commit to the weekly rehearsals and scheduled dates from the beginning of the season until the end. If you cannot commit to the entire year, please consider from August through December, 2006 or wait and join from January through May, 2007. The Choir has a wonderful, new, rehearsal room and the only catch is…..you must be able to sing……..in key. We hope you will join us if you have been waiting for the invitation. For any additional information or questions, please contact Janet Rubino through the church office or the website.

PASTOR’S corner

17th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: If you are willing to share what you have, God will multiply your gifts. Imagine how God can use you to nourish a hungry world. Consider being a sister, brother, priest, or deacon.(John 6: 1-13) Let us pray that the Church may respond generously to Jesus’ call to feed and nourish his people. (Vocation View sponsored by the Serra Club)

St. Patrick Parish Day for Pro-Life Saturday, August 19 – As part of the monthly Pro-Life Mass, March and Rosary, Father Gray Bean will celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 8 a.m. on August 19th at St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church, 1515-12th Avenue South. Then, at approximately 8:50 a.m., all will process four blocks to the abortion center and pray four complete Mysteries of the Rosary, concluding at 10:30 a.m. In conjunction with Father Bean saying Mass on this day, Knights of Columbus Council 10567 is inviting ALL St. Patrick parishioners to come and pray for an end to abortion while supporting our pastor. We are calling this St. Patrick’s Day for Pro-Life and it’s an opportunity for us as a parish family to be visible and to pray for an end to abortion. For more information, contact Council 10567 Pro-Life Director Gaeton Conte. PRAYERFUL……PEACEFUL……SAFE Tickets On Sale Now for 5th Annual Jerome C. Bradley Memorial Dinner Dance – The 5th Annual Jerome C. Bradley Memorial Dinner Dance will be held Saturday, October 28 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Bessemer Civic Center. TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE. We urge you to get your ticket as soon as possible so that you will be guaranteed a ticket. Only 299 will be sold on a first come, first served basis. The ticket admits two to the Dinner Dance for an all-you-can-eat buffet dinner, beer, wine and soft drinks, dining and dancing and you will have 17 chances to win the $11,100 in cash door prizes that will be given away, including a $5,000 Grand Prize. If you purchased a ticket last year, we ask that you purchase your ticket this year from the same ticket seller. They will be contacting you soon. For more information, contact, lmuro@charter.net or any of the following ticket captains: Don Meadows, Gaeton Conte, Rob Smith and Charles Blanchard. THE LADIES AUXILLIARY MEETING has been moved from August 3rd to August 10th. All Ladies of the Parish are welcome to attend this very important meeting and join in prayerful support as the New Officers are installed. The meeting will be held in the St. Joseph Hall. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL MEETING will be Thursday, August 3, upstairs in the Knights Room in the Family Life Center. A meal and fellowship will begin at approximately 6:45 p.m. The meeting should start at 7 p.m. and not last more than an hour. All Knights are encouraged to attend. UNITY and FRATERNITY ALWAYS.

Choir Members: Plan to come to the FREE concert at Birmingham Southern Campus, sponsored by the Foundation for Liturgical Music on Friday, August 4th in the Concert Hall. This year, two of our musicians, Doris Moody and Brandon Yow will be attending the workshop, but the concert is open to the public. Make arrangements to meet with some other Choir members at the church that evening and carpool over to BSC for some incredible music by some well-known composers from GIA and OCP. Hope to see you there

JOIN YOUR FELLOW PARISHIONERS for the

Fourth of a 6 part program presented by Michael Cumbie this Wednesday August 2nd from 7:00 – 8:30. This Wednesday’s topic will be “The Seven Most Common Misconceptions About Salvation – How Are We Saved?” BIRMINGHAM CURSILLO Men’s Cursillo Weekend is September 7th-10th. Women’s Cursillo Weekend is October 26th-29th. Both at Sacred Heart Monastery in Cullman. If you are wanting to learn more about Cursillo (“3 Days with Christ”), or are looking for that spiritual renewal in your life, then call the church office. Also, the monthly Cursillo Ultreya Reunion will be held Tuesday night, July 25th at 6:30pm at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Hall. Come join us as we celebrate with music, witness talk, food, and prayer. Spouses and children are welcome. Please bring a pot-luck dish/grocery item, and a willing heart to serve our Lord! See you on the 25th! DeColores! NATIONALLY RENOWNED LITURGICAL MUSICIANS IN CONCERT The Foundation for Liturgical Music (FLM) is sponsoring a concert at Birmingham-Southern College in Hill Auditorium on Friday, August 4, at 7:00 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. A love offering will be taken up to benefit the FLM Scholarship Fund. DID YOU ATTEND MINOR HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1957-1961? If so come join your fellow classmates of Minor High School for a fun filled evening as they gather for their 45 year reunion. For more information please see the flyer on the bulletin board or call the church office.

FATHER JAMES COYLE: Two events Friday Aug. 11th will mark 85th anniversary of Fr. Coyle’s death. The Father Coyle Memorial Project Committee is sponsoring a ceremony at Father Coyle’s grave site at Elmwood Cemetery on the morning of Friday, August 11th to promote unity and reconciliation. It will be held at 10:30 a.m. preceding the Mass at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Ministers and persons of all faiths are invited to participate. The 12:10 pm Mass on Friday, August 11th will be a Memorial Mass honoring the life of Father James Edwin Coyle. Fr. Coyle served as Pastor of St. Paul’s Cathedral from 1904 until his tragic assassination on the front porch of the old parish rectory August 11, 1921. He was a heroic defender of the Catholic faith during a time of public anti-Catholic persecution in Birmingham. He was only 48 when he died. Parishioners and the general public are invited to this Mass to commemorate the memory of this courageous, faithful Irish-born priest.

MAGNIFICAT, a Ministry to Catholic Women will hold their August Breakfast on Saturday August 26th at St. Elias Maronite Rite Catholic Church. The guest speaker will be Rebecca Conaty. Tickets will be available from July 22 – August 24 for $7.00. No tickets will be sold at the door. For more information please see the pamphlet on the bulletin board or call the church office.

SERRA CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM will meet Tuesday, August 8 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Homewood. The celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will begin at 6 p.m. in church. Fellowship, a dinner meal and a program will be held in the hall below the church. Our speaker this month will be Seminarian John McDonald, of the Diocese of Birmingham, who is studying for the priesthood in Rome, Italy. Please contact Jude Tombrello, newly elected V-P for Membership, at 967-9981, if you wish to attend. All are welcome. The SERRA Club is a Catholic Lay Ministry for Vocations, fostering and affirming vocations to the ordained priesthood, and to the vowed religious life, through prayer and support. Through this ministry, our members’ Catholic faith is strengthened. PRAYER AWARENESS AFFIRMATION SUPPORT www.serraus.org

Mass Schedule: July 22nd – July 29th

Saturday 0729 5:00pm Jewel Whitley †

Sunday 07/30 10:00am Mass for the People

Monday 07/31 No Mass

Tuesday 08/01 8:00am Michael Lee

Wednesday 08/02 8:00am Louise Meadows

Thursday 08/03 8:00am Josh & Matthew Triola

Friday 08/04 8:00am Buddy Musulman †

Saturday 08/05 12:00Noon Mary Jo Lankford †

Saturday 08/05 5:00pm Frances Messina

Weekly Events and Meetings Sunday July 30 17th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Mass 10 AM Knights of Columbus First Degree Exemplification INSTALLATION of COUNCIL OFFICERS for 2006-2007 Monday July 31 Tuesday Aug. 01 Wednesday Aug. 02 Legion of Mary 8:45 am Michael Cumbie 7 – 8:30 pm Thursday Aug. 03 Knights meeting Friday Aug. 04 First Friday Mass 8:00am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30am – 3:00pm Benediction 3:30pm Saturday Aug. 05 First Saturday Mass 12 Noon Sunday Aug. 06 Transfiguration of The Lord – Mass 10 AM BULLETIN NOTICES: Please have any bulletin notices in the office by noon Wednesday. LOST AND FOUND: There are several articles in lost and found. Please call the Church Office for assistance. Any items left in lost and found over three weeks will be distributed to the poor through the Catholic Center of Concern or other appropriate outlets. DAILY MASS-ROSARY-NOVENA PRAYER : Daily Mass is at 8am Tuesday thru Friday. A Rosary, the Daily Prayer for Vocations and the Miraculous Medal Novena Prayer will be prayed at 8:30 a.m. following Mass. A Rosary is prayed at 9:30 a.m. in the church every Sunday morning and at 4:30 p.m. each Saturday evening. Volunteers are requested to lead the Rosary at each occasion. The Primary Intention of the Rosary prayed is: ‘An End to Abortion’. DAILY MASS MINISTRY: Volunteers are needed to be Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion during daily Mass. If you are coming to Mass please check the sign-in sheet in the Narthex. If no one is down to serve and you would like to, just sign your name on the appropriate line. We currently have a number of openings for this month that we need to fill. If you are able to help with this ministry please sign the sheet in the Narthex.