Saint Peter ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Parish Founded 1884 Present Church Built 1991 PASTORAL OFFICE 2700 EAST FOURTH STREET GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 278581712 Parish Office: 252.757.3259 Fax: 252.752.1499 Office Hours: MondayFriday 8:30 am 4:30 pm Parish website: www.saintpetercatholicchurch.org Email: parishoffice@spccnc.org Saint Peter Catholic School: 252.752.3529 School website: www.stpeterscatholicschool.com Catholic Charities: 252.355.5111 Bulletin Submissions: bulletineditor@spccnc.org CELEBRATION OF THE MASS S V: 5:00 pm S: 8:00 am 10:30 am, 12:10 pm, and 5:00 pm D M: Monday Thursday 8:00 am Friday and Saturday 9:00 am H D: 9:00 am, 12:10 am, and 7:00 pm M P: 15 minutes before morning Mass H F P A C Adorers are with Our Lord 24 hours a day, 7 days a week O S C 24 hours, 7 days a week PARISH STAFF Pastor ~ Rev. Jim Buchholz, x 205 Parochial Vicar ~ Rev. Ian VanHeusen, x 212 Deacon ~ Art Schneider, x 206 SPCS Principal ~ Doug Jones, 252.752.3529 Parish Bookkeeper ~ Carmen Bradley, x 203 Parish Secretary ~ Jennifer Loesner, x 201 Director of Music ~ Michael Vetrano, x 215 R.C.I.A. Coordinator ~ Carolyn Morris, x 220 Dir. of YFF & Sacramental Prep Anne Vamos, x 231 High School Youth Minister Lisa Shepherd, x 202 Middle School Youth Minister Amy Moore x 201 Dir. of Stewardship/Advancement Susan Jones, x 204 Facility Director ~ Steve Moore, x 210 Pastoral Council Chair ~ Attila Vamos Finance Council Chair ~ John Farley Sacrament of Penance: Saturday 9:30 AM and 4:00 4:30 PM or upon request Sacrament of Matrimony: The couple must speak with a parish priest at least six months before the wedding. Sacrament of Baptism: Masses or privately as requested by the parents. One parent must be a practicing Catholic. Baptismal preparation program may be required. Anointing of the Sick: Please contact the Parish Office Hospital or Home Bound Visits: Please call Parish Office to schedule a visit with a priest. NEW PARISHIONERS WELCOME Please call or stop by the church office to register PETER S WAY Religious Articles Store located beside Parish Hall Hours: Before and after weekend Masses
Sunday, May 6, 2018 MASS SCHEDULES, READINGS, AND INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Monday, May 7: Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 16:1115 Ps 149:1b2, 34, 56a and 9b Jn 15:2616:4a 8 am Alex White, RIP Tuesday, May 8: Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 16:2234 Ps138:12ab,2cde3,7c8 8 amtorellis Family Wednesday, May 9: Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts17:15,2218:1 Ps 148:12,1112,13,14 Jn 16:1215 8 amraquel E. Roman, RIP Thursday, May 10: Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 18:18 Ps 98:1, 23ab, 3cd4 Jn 16:1620 8amCarol Hillis, RIP Friday, May 11: Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn16:511 Acts 18:918 Ps 47:23, 45, 67 Jn 16:2023 9 amcarol Hillis, RIP Saturday, May 12: Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 18:2328 Ps 47:23, 89, 10 Jn 16:23b28 9 ampeter Khoi Nguyen, RIP 5 pmgwen LaHair, RIP Sunday, May 13: THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Acts 1:111 Ps 47:23, 67, 89 Mk 16:1520 8 am Cecelia Pettigrew, RIP 10:30 amfor The People 12:10 pmvivian Branch 5 pmnoura Zind, RIP Eph 1:1723 PRAY FOR OUR SICK AND DECEASED Generra Peck, Marcus Waller, Anthony (Tony) Gribble, Don Silvers, Roger Barefoot, Pam Longnecker, Laurel Walsh, Pauline Amabile, Bruce Baker, Jr., Ildo Rebellate, Robert Munsch, Jamie White, Mary Wagner, Mark Bloom, Richard Bachman, Rosalie Rogers, Patricia Rowe, Isolean Biggs, Dan Blair, Jerome Brinzo, Susan Laurion, Larry Lovas, Tom Martin, Ralph Mazzei, John Mitchell, Daniel O Callaghan, Donald Octigan, Jackie Tucci, Peter & Betty Olliver, JoAnne Pavlic, Pat Pickford, Bob Saieed, Deb Buckhout, Jean Qualliotine, Tom & David Wagner, Gage Hewson, Randy Parker, Lou Baron, Laurie Buczak Names will be removed after one month. Call the church office to add a name. Sixth Sunday of Easter THIS WEEK S PARISH ACTIVITIES Sunday, May 6 Sixth Sunday of Easter 9:10 am YFF ~ in classrooms After 10:30 Mass Coffee & Donuts 6:007:45 pm HSM program SLC 6:00 7:45 pm MSM Merge Night Monday, May 7 7:00pm Handbell Rehearsal Tuesday, May 8 12:00 pm 1:30 pm Saint Vincent de Paul Wednesday, May 9 6:00 pm Confirmation class 6:00 pm Cantor Rehearsal 7:00 pm Cantate Choir rehearsal Thursday, May 10 9:00 am Creative Fellowship Craft meetingslc Friday, May 11 9:00 am All school Mass Saturday, May 12 9:30 am and 44:30 pm Confessions Sunday, May 13 The Ascension of the Lord 9Noon Pancake Breakfast 9:10 am YFF in classrooms No HSM No MSM STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE What shall I render to the L for all his bounty to me? Psalms 116:12 Offertory Collection for May 2018 May 6.....$ May 13... $ May 20.............$ May 27...... $ Month to Date.........$ May Offertory Goal.......$ Offertory for April 29. $11,718.47 Catholic Home Missions (4/29)...$ 982.24 Offertory Collection total for April 2018.$82,358.05 2nd collection (5/6) JPII Catholic HS 2nd collection (5/13) Saint Peter Catholic School Bulletin deadline is: Sunday at 12 Noon We appreciate your cooperation. Please send bulletin submissions to: bulletineditor@spccnc.org
Our Catholic Faith and Beliefs Join us and the Most Rev. Luis R. Zarama, Bishop of Raleigh Friday, May 18, 2018 3:00 p.m. Blessing of the Outdoor Stations of the Cross & Holy Family Water Feature PERPETUAL ADORATION OF OUR LORD, And You!! The only reason you need to become an adorer, GOD LOVES YOU! FILLED WITH LOVE, MY LORD AND MY GOD HE will take you where you are and make you more like Him 100 hours with only one adorer No committed adorer for these hours: Mon.12 am, Thur. 23 am (JuneAug), Sat 34 am, and Sun 12pm Seating for twelve available. Contact Jim/Martha Coyne 3216046 Vernon/Joanne Dunn 3215896/3553628 Saint Damien de Veuster, Priest (Optional Memorial) May 10 Also known as St. Damien of Molokai. He was born January 3,1840, as Jozef De Veuster, and was a Roman Catholic Priest from Belgium.He was a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a Religious Institute.He gained recognition for his ministry in the Kingdom of Hawaii, with the people of Leprosy also known as Hansen s disease, who had been placed under a government sanctioned medical quarantine on the Island of Molokai. After sixteen years of caring for the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of those in the leper colony, he eventually contracted and died of the disease, and is called by the Church, a Martyr of Charity. He was the tenth person recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church to have lived, worked, and/or died in what is now called the United States. Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs (Optional Memorial) May 12 Nereus and Achilleus were Roman soldiers of the Praetorian Guard (the emperor s bodyguards) during the reign of the Emperor Trajan in the first century A.D. They were martyred at the end of the first century and were said to have been baptized by St. Peter himself.when they became Christians, they gave up their posts which they saw as immoral and were exiled and then killed. May is the month dedicated to the Blessed Mother when Catholics all over the world pay homage to Mother Mary both in church and at home. This practice began at the end of the 13th century. The church did this partly to take attention from the olde traditions still practiced by many at that time. By the 1700s many students of the Jesuit Order made this 'devotion to Mary' popular and they brought it to Rome where it spread to the rest of the Church. Mary s Immaculate Conception enabled her to bear her Divine Son in a womb free from any taint of sin and enabled her to devote her life to Jesus in the most loving and devoted manner possible. Mary and Our Spiritual Life ~ Practices that can be offered to honour the Blessed Mother during May The Regina Coeli ~ The ecclesial community addresses this antiphon to Mary for the Resurrection of her Son. It adverts to, and depends on, the invitation to joy addressed by Gabriel to the Lord's humble servant who was called to become the Mother of the saving Messiah. The Rosary ~ Also called the Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Rosary is one of the most excellent prayers to the Mother of God. Thus, "the Roman Pontiffs have repeatedly exhorted the faithful to the frequent recitation of this biblically inspired prayer which is centered on contemplation of the salvific events of Christ's life, and their close association with the Virgin Mother." Litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary ~ These consist of a long series of invocations to Our Lady, which follow in a uniform rhythm, thereby creating a stream of prayer characterized by insistent praise and supplication. Consecration and Entrustment to Mary ~ The Roman Pontiffs have frequently expressed appreciation for the pious practice of "consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary" and the formulas publicly used by them are well known. Louis Grignon de Montfort is one of the great masters of the spirituality underlying the act of "consecration to Mary". He "proposed to the faithful consecration to Jesus through Mary, as an effective way of living out their baptismal commitment." The Brown Scapular and other Scapulars ~ The scapular is an external sign of the filial relationship established between the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother and Queen of Mount Carmel, and the faithful who entrust themselves totally to her protection, who have recourse to her maternal intercession, who are mindful of the primacy of the spiritual life and the need for prayer. Medals ~These are witnesses of faith and a sign of veneration of the Holy Mother of God, as well as of trust in her maternal protection. The Church blesses such objects of Marian devotion in the belief that "they help to remind the faithful of the love of God, and to increase trust in the Blessed Virgin Mary." The "Akathistos" Hymn ~ In the Byzantine tradition, one of the oldest and most revered expressions of Marian devotion is the hymn of the "Akathistos" meaning the hymn sung while standing. It is a literary and theological masterpiece, encapsulating in the form of a prayer, the universally held Marian belief of the primitive Church. Excepted from the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy
Youth Faith Formation & Sacraments YFF 5/6 & 5/13: will meet from 9:1010:10 am in classrooms of the school building! 5/13 is our last Sunday of YFF for the school year. Confirmation class 5/9 and 5/23:Confirmation preparation will meet in the classroom Bring your workbooks! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL REGISTER TODAY! VBS at Saint Peter Church will bejuly 9th13th. We are SHIPWRECKED and rescued by Jesus! Registration is OPEN for participants and volunteers! Register online at: https://vbspro.events/p/events/1e18cc **For more information about Youth Faith Formation and upcoming events, contact Anne Vamos at: (252) 7027660 orsaintpetersdre@gmail.com. Middle School Youth Ministry MSM Thank you to all of the parents who came out to learn more about and support this ministry! If you missed the Parent s Night please stay tuned to your email for more info regarding our upcoming events and fall kick off. Middle School Ministry is for all youth in grades 68. 5/6: Bring A Friend Night at Merge 67:45! Bring a friend, bring three friends, just be there! 5/13: No Merge, enjoy your Mother! 5/20: 68PMEnd of Year Celebration Summer events: check your email and our Facebook page. For more information about this ministry or to be included on our email list, contact Amy Moore at stpetermsm@gmail.com or 2524126586. RCIA If you have family members or friends who would like to learn more about the Catholic faith and/or may be interested in becoming a Catholic, please contact Carolyn Morris at 7573259, ext. 220 orcsabm958@gmail.com. Joyful Noise is over for the season if interested, contact Michael at mjvetrano@gmail.com Please email mjvetrano@gmail.com Our Catholic School Saint Peter Catholic School Is NOW Enrolling PreK3 for 20182019 1/2 and full day programs available Only a few spaces left If you are interested, call the school at: 252.752.3529 Students must be 3 years old on or before Aug. 31, 2018 They must also be verbal and potty trained. LIMITED Spaces available for PreK4. Register NOW! High School Ministry HIGH SCHOOLMINISTRY WRAP UP: 5/6: 67:45PM SLC: Guest Speaker, Mrs. Wendy Murphy. Please join us tonight as she BLOWS YOUR TEENS MIND with this LAST HSM night focusing on GRATITUDE. 5/7: 78:30pm Last EMPOWER HOUR at the barn! Come to 3204 Quail Pointe Dr. Enjoy a dinner fit for a cowboy, scripture and prayer! 5/13: No HSM: ENJOY MOM! 5:16:78:30PM Last Guys Night Out & Girls Night Out (Location TBA) 5/20: 5PM Graduation Mass followed by POTLUCK TEEN SENIOR SENDOFF from 68PM in the SLC! COME SUPPORT Saint Peter High School Ministry Summer MissionTrip "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME" Italian dinner will be held on Thursday evening, June 7th from 58pm in the Saint Peter SLC "Ballpark". Tickets will be available for purchase in the church office beginning Tuesday, May 8th, or if you know of a teen attending this summer mission, ask them for a ticket! Tickets are $10.00 per plate which includes: 3 HOMEMADE stuffed shells, 2 HOMEMADE meatballs, rolls, salad, tea or water and a sweet treat! (Eat in or take out, but you will definitely want to EAT IN for this awesome night planned for the family!) Also included in your evening out will be live entertainment from a few of our teens, DJ Joe Joe, a BASEBALL FIELD PHOTO booth with a photographer and plenty of fun props, and all children will leave with a gift! Videos from past Pittsburgh Missions will be shown and you will be able to see and hear about who we will be serving in the Pittsburgh Community! Come and be a part of this mission! #LOVESAVESLIVES #PITTSBURGH2018 5/22POPE FRANCIS MOVIE NIGHT...Look for details hopefully in the next week! 6/3: Volunteersto make meatballs 2PMUntil SLC 6/6: Volunteersto decorate for dinner4pm 6pm/SLC
SPRING CRAFT FESTIVAL Saturday, May 12th 9:00a.m. 4:00 p.m. Spiritual Life Center Sponsored by the St. Peter Creative Fellowship Craft Group Mother s Day and Father s Day Gifts 24 vendors, wide variety of items Crafters, Jewelry Makers, Potters, Artists and Product Vendors, Bake Sale, Raffle and Plant Sale. Chicken lunch available for purchase $8 11a.m. 2p.m. http://www.facebook.com/stpetercreativefellowship/
WE NEED YOUR HELP! If you have NOT yet registered with the parish, but are attending Mass, please do so. We are unable to validate paperwork requested if you have not filled out a registration form. If you have a new phone number, email address or have moved, please update your records. Electronic Giving! Debited automatically from your checking/ savings account or processed using your credit/ debit card. Convenient, consistency for our parish, no more envelopes/checks, and when you are unable to attend Mass, your offering will still be received. You ve read Matthew Kelly s books NOW Dynamic Catholic s Event Find Your Greatness Coming to Saint Peter Catholic Church October 13, 2018 Tickets on Sale NOW! Don t Wait! Only 600 tickets will be sold Based on Matthew Kelly s book The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic, Find Your Greatness will introduce you to four simple ways to reach your full potential and four habits that will radically transform your life... and reenergize your parish Parish Happenings and Information 9:00 am 1:30 pm Buy your tickets NOW before it is released to the Diocese and parishes in the area TICKETS ON SALE NOW! $25 per person Dominick Albano is an author and one of Dynamic Catholic's content leads. TWO WAYS to buy your tickets: 1) ONLINE AT: dynamiccatholic.com go to: Find Event, click NC, create your account OR 2) Stop by the Parish Office FREE EVENT BAG! Includes Dynamic Catholic resources valued over $30! checks made payable to Dynamic Catholic Contact Susan Jones at the Parish Office 252.757.3259 email: spcc.advancement@gmail.com $10,000 to go! 2018 Bishop s Annual Appeal We are aiming for $150,000 $140,000 pledged/money collected We ve met our goal and more. Now let s go for the Blue/Green/Gold! Every dollar we collect over goal will go to Saint Peter Catholic School, our parish s LARGEST ministry. 517 donors, over 32% Participation You can still donate online at: BAA.DioceseOfRaleigh.org. or visit the parish office. Thank you for your generosity! Gift Card News Gift Card Ministry Orders Please pick up your SCRIP SPECIAL ORDERS this weekend before and after the 5pm Saturday evening, the 10:30 Sunday Masses and before the 12:10 Sunday Mass. Marlene Hughes will distribute your orders. Thank you for participating. The profit from these orders will be used for Saint Peter Catholic School special needs. Orders not picked up this weekend will be available at the church office on Monday, May 7 th. Questions,? Please call Marlene at 355-2460. Gift Cards available Before & After Masses on: Saturday, May 19 5:00 pm Sunday, May 20 8:00 am, 10:30am And BEFORE Mass on Sunday at 12:10 pm Volunteer Schedule Team 13 (5pm) Karen Kus Team 2 (8:00 am) Virginia & Stan Kossel Team 15 (10:30 am) Pat & Lars Larson Team 4 (12:10 pm) Judy Bays Download ourparishapp. Are you using Our Parish App? Don't be left out! It's easy to use. Go to myparishapp.com or textthe word APP to 88202. A link to the App will be sent to you and you can down load it on any ipad, iphone, or Android! Get connected and see how you can grow in your Catholic faith and stay up dated on our Saint Peter Parish events!
Parish Ministry News, Events, & Save the Date! Pancakes, Eggs, Sausage, & more... Knights of Columbus Monthly Breakfast Sunday, May 13 9:00 am 12:00 pm Join us in the Spiritual Life Center Adults $5 Eat with the Knights at Subway A Waist is a terrible thing to Waste! Sunday, May 6: all day eat at Subway on 10th Street near Food Lion. 10% of proceeds to KOC. Thursday, May 17th: 5 p.m. to close eat at Subway on Moye Blvd (between Memorial and Old Stantonsburg Rd) 10% of proceeds go to Saint Peter Catholic School Kids under 8 eat Free A Waist is a terrible thing to Waste! T O N L B C The Turn Over a New Leaf Book Club will meet on May 29 to discuss Romero, A Life by James R. Brockman. We will meetin the home of Mark and Margie Dellasega, 900 Daventry Dr. Greenville, beginning with a Rosary at 7PM followed by the discussion. New members are always welcomed. Our summer read is J.R.R. Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings. For more information, please call the church office or Margie Dellasega at 252.916.4393. Profit goes to St. Vincent de Paul Society May 19th at 10:00 am 306 Oakenshaw in Cherry Oaks Home of Lou Pokorny (volunteer) Learn about Christ s Real Presence in the Eucharist Tuesday, May 29 and Wednesday, May 30 The Tim Francis video, Signs From God will be shown. See living Hosts, Stigmatic's, a bleeding/crying statue, and scientific studies of them. What do the scientists say? Real or fake? 66:20 pm Socialize/eat (bring a sandwich) Drinks provided 6:20 pm Introduction 6:308:30 pm Movie 8:30 pm Leave, stay, and discuss Seating for approximately 150 each night. Childcare available Contact Jim/Martha Coyne 3216046 Vernon/Joanne Dunn 3215896/3553628 or the Parish office GOLDEN EAGLES SENIOR LUNCHEON Thursday, May 10th at 11:30 am The Seahorse Restaurant All Parishioners, 55 and older are welcome to attend. If your last name begins with A thru L, please call Ruth Honeycutt at 252/9441716 If your last name begins with M thru Z, please call Karen Hillman, 5655884 Call for reservation no later than Monday evening, May 7th 7th Annual John Ivey Smith Council 6600 Knights of Columbus Golf Classic Bradford Creek Golf Course June 1 Shotgun start1:00 p.m. Cost: $80.00 Food, Prizes, Raffles Supporting JPII Catholic HS & Parish Scouts Troop 826 Food before/ after, prizes for four flights GOLFERS: Bring a team of four or sign up as a single/two/ three. NONGOLFERS: Donate a teesign or make a donation at the golf table over the next few weeks. Need golfers, hole sign advertisers, and donors Contact Jim Coyne 3216046. This I command you: love one another. Learn how to love your spouse as Christ asks by aending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekends are: Aug 35, 2018 in Chapel Hill, NC and Nov 911, 2018 in ATLANTIC BEACH, NC.Early sign up is recommended. For more informaon visit our website at: hps://ncmarriagediscovery.org or contact us at applicaons@ncmarriagediscovery.org or 7043152144. EVERYONE S INVITED! ITALIAN NIGHT THURSDAYJUNE 7 Eat in or takeout 5:00 8:00pm "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME" PITTSBURGH MISSION TRIP FUNDRAISER Pittsburgh Pirates Themed dinner Stuffed shells and HOMEMADE meatballs $10 per plate This event will help to pay for 23 of our 12 van rentals for the Summer Mission Trip to Pittsburgh. Every child will receive a small gift FULL STADIUM PHOTO BOOTH to make some awesome memories!