S aint Mary Help of Christians Parish 818 McGowan Road • Shelby, North Carolina 28150 • 704-487-7697 Email: stmaryshelby@charlottediocese.org Web: www.saintmaryshelby.org

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER — MAY 26, 2019 May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you! — Psalm 67:6

Parish Office/Oficina de la Parroquia: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9:00 AM-12:00 PM & 2:00-4:30 PM, Friday 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Chapel Open/Horas de Capilla: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Parish Priest/Párroco ............................................... Rev. Fr. Michael Kottar .............. 704-487-7697 x103 ................ mtkottar@charlottediocese.org Permanent Deacon ................................................. Rev. Mr. James Trombley ............. 704-487-7697 x307 ............ jptrombley@charlottediocese.org Administrative Assistant/Secretaria ................................... Jean Judge ......................... 704-487-7697 x103 ................. jmjudge@charlottediocese.org Faith Formation/Coordinador de Catequesis ............... Maureen Westlund .................. 704-487-7697 x308 .......... mpwestlund@charlottediocese.org

For Sacramental emergencies after hours, please call the parish office and follow the prompts.

C hrist the King

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HOLY MASS / SANTA MISA Saturday/Sábado (Christ the King) ................................... 5:00 PM Sunday/Domingo ......................... 10:00 AM; 12:45 PM (Español)

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Lunes, Martes, Jueves, Viernes ........................................ 8:00 AM

Holy Days of Obligation .......................................... As announced Días Santos Obligatorios .................................... A ser anunciados

CONFESSION / CONFESIONES Friday/Viernes ............................ After Mass / Después de la Misa Saturday/Sábado (Christ the King) ........................... 4:30-4:45 PM Sunday/Domingo ........................ 9:15-9:45 AM, 12:15-12:35 PM

Also by appointment / También con cita

ADORATION / ADORACIÓN Sunday/Domingo .............................................. 9:15 AM-9:50 AM

First Friday ............................................ After Mass until 9:00 PM Primer Viernes ...................... Después de la Misa y hasta 9:00 PM

Men’s Holy Hour (Spanish) ................................... Friday 9:00 PM Hora Sagrada de los hombres (Español) .............. Viernes 9:00 PM

Women’s Holy Hour (Spanish) .................. 1st /3rd Friday 8:00 PM Hora Sagrada de las mujeres (Español) ..... 1er/3er Viernes 8:00 PM

HOLY ROSARY / SANTO ROSARIO Before each Sunday obligation Mass. Antes de cada domingo misa de obligación.

NOVENAS Miraculous Medal Novena ............................... Monday after Mass Novena de la Medalla Milagrosa ........... Lunes después de la Misa

St. Rita Novena ...............................................Thursday after Mass Novena de Santa Rita ............................ Jueves después de la Misa

Divine Mercy Chaplet .................................... 1st Friday after Mass Divina Misericordia ....................... 1er Viernes después de la Misa

Congratulations to our

CONFIRMANDI Alexa Adame-Moreno Jacqueline Ancelmo

Gregory Arce-Quiros Daniel Briceno David Briceno

Daisy Diaz-Benitez Crystal Gutierrez-Loza

Luke Hobart Christian Juarez

Jacqueline Lopez-Vasquez Julianna Mora-Moreno

Julian Moreno Maria Niño-Leyva

Sophia Salas-Murillo Matilda Ziegler

Zoe Zuniga

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created and you shall renew the face of the earth.

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, MAY 25 No Reconciliation today

5:10 PM ... Holy Rosary (SM) 5:30 PM ... Mass (SM) (+Trey Bowen)

Sacrament of Confirmation during Mass SUNDAY, MAY 26 7:30 AM ... Reconciliation (CK) 8:00 AM ... Mass (CK) (+Maria Magdalena Rivera)

Rosary following Mass 9:15 AM ... Adoration / Holy Rosary (SM) 10:00 AM ... Mass (SM) (+CJ Jones) 1:00 PM ... Mass (SM - Español) (Pro Populo) MONDAY, MAY 27 10:00 AM ... Mass (Chapel) (Pat Mullen) TUESDAY, MAY 28 8:00 AM ... Mass (Chapel) (Bea Stroupe) THURSDAY, MAY 30 8:00 AM ... Mass (Chapel) (+Rev. Albert Norcavage) FRIDAY, MAY 31 8:00 AM ... Mass (Chapel) (Pat Mullen) 8:30 AM ... Reconciliation (Chapel) 9:00 PM ... Men’s Holy Hour (Chapel-Español) SATURDAY, JUNE 1 4:30 PM ... Reconciliation / Holy Rosary (CK) 5:00 PM ... Mass (CK) (All living Priests) SUNDAY, JUNE 2 9:15 AM ... Adoration/Reconciliation/Holy Rosary (SM) 10:00 AM ... Mass (SM) (+CJ Jones) 12:15 PM ... Reconciliation (SM) 12:45 PM ... Mass (SM - Español) (Pro Populo)

X LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER

Pray for Elise Arant, Mary Baxter, Elizabeth Bowen, Jon Clark, Juan “Yayito” Colon, Maria Eugenia Colon, Margaret Cook, Sally Currie, Adam Gehring, Marilyn Giffin, Norma Grafing, Tena Green, Ann Grigg, Evelyn Hill, Sean Hobart, Richard Andrew Hord, Fred Hunt, Laurie Johnston, Paul Judge, Ann & Bob Kaverman, Jimmy Marks, Pat Mullen, Maxine Nann, Gerardo Rivera, Thomas Rivera, Pamela Roberts, Audrey Russo, Bea Stroupe, and Brody Thornburg.

X ANNOUNCEMENTS

Youth Group meets May 26, 2:30-4:00 PM in the social hall. All rising 8th graders-HS age are invited. The Youth Group meets on 2nd & 4th Sundays.

The parish office will be closed on Monday, May 27.

THE STEWARDSHIP CORNER Have you ever thought about how many of your free hours

you spend doing things for yourself versus how many you spend doing things for others?

MONTHLY OFFERTORY March 2019 Monthly Budget March 2018 SM $16,168 $19,743 $19,260 CK $2,915 $5,097 $2,555

DIOCESAN SUPPORT APPEAL (DSA) If you have already contributed toward our parish DSA

goal of $25,781 at St. Mary and $4,350 at Christ the King, thank you very much. If you have not, you can donate online at www.charlottediocese.org/dsa. Thank you!

UPCOMING SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

5/26 - Debt Reduction (CK Only) 5/26 - Begin collecting for Father’s Day Novena

GREETERS FOR 1:00 PM MASS 5/26 - Heliodoro Ramirez, Maria Hernandez,

Deyanira Garcia, Andres Niño

CHURCH CLEANING TEAMS 5/26 - Norma Uribe | 6/2 - Luis Lara

BOOST & ENSURE FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER We are collecting Boost and Ensure for the Life

Enrichment Center. Please place your donations in the food barrel in the Narthex. Thank you for your generosity.

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK Needed for May: Pasta, rice, beans

Needed for June: Canned fruit & vegetables

ONLINE GIVING Use the “Online Giving” tab of SaintMaryShelby.org if

you wish to use myEoffering.

KEEP US UP TO DATE Please notify the parish office (call, email, or drop the

form at right in the collection basket) if you have a change of address, email address, or phone number.

-Thank you for your generous support of our parish-

X NEW CHILDREN OF GOD

Congratulations to Jonathan Almazan Hernandez, Rosy Aishlyn Figueroa Sánchez, Olivia Grace Vásquez, Jacqueline Salvador Montes, Gerardo Salvador Montes, Yaris Mar Solis Salgado, Jennifer Solis Salgado, Yazmin Olivier Hernández, Cristo Salgado, Daniela Chávez Trejo, Leo Jesús García Vargas, and Josue Andre Cantera-Alvarez who were Baptized at St. Mary this year. A pre-baptismal class for parents and Godparents is required before scheduling a Baptism. For Baptisms in Spanish please call Angeles at 704-476-9481; for Baptisms in English please contact the parish office.

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

Ascension Thursday is not a Holy Day of Obligation in our Diocese. The celebration of the feast is transferred to the 7th Sunday of Easter, which is next Sunday, June 2.

POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER INTENTIONS

The Holy Father asks for our prayers for a specific intention each month. You are invited to answer the Holy Father's request and to join with many people worldwide in praying for this intention each month. Occasionally the Holy Father may add a second prayer intention related to current events or urgent needs, like disaster relief.

The intention for June 2019 is the Mode of Life of Priests: That priests, through the modesty and humility of their lives, commit themselves actively to a solidarity with those who are most poor.

FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION

All registration takes place during regular office hours. Please submit a copy of your child’s Baptismal certificate if he was not Baptized in our parish. Classes will begin on Sunday, September 8.

All other Confirm 2 Grades Now-July 30 $90 $25 July 31-Aug 15 $125 $50

VALLEY OF OUR LADY MONASTERY FOR THE GLORY OF GOD

Valley of Our Lady Monastery, the home of the nuns who make the Altar Bread used at St. Mary and Christ the King, are conducting a capital campaign to build a new monastery.

In 1957, at the request of the bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Madison, six Cistercian sisters from Switzerland founded a new house of contemplative prayer in Wisconsin. The buildings in which the foundresses originally lived were a pioneer’s house onto which the former governor of Wisconsin had built his summer home. As the community grew, they added more wings, but the buildings were never meant to be a permanent monastery, and they are increasingly unsafe and unhealthy. They are subject to cont inuous and accelerat ing deterioration. Further repairs and renovations are unreasonably expensive and not financially prudent for the future, so they determined that the time had come to build a m o n a s t e r y w h o s e b e a u t y complements the beauty of the life.

Look for more information in the Nar thex including campaign information, prayer cards, prayer intention requests, and mailing envelopes if you would like to contribute to their campaign.

PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF ANYCHANGES:

Family Name: _____________________________________________________________

New Family Member: _______________________________________________________

Envelope #: _____________________________ New Envelope user? ________________

New Home Phone: _________________________________________________________

New Cell Phone: ___________________________________________________________

New Work Phone: __________________________________________________________

New Mailing Address: _______________________________________________________

New Email Address: ________________________________________________________

ENTRANCE DOOR CHANGE

In order to increase security during Mass, the door at St. Mary Church marked “Handicapped” is no longer an entrance and will be kept locked. You will still be able to exit through this door.

ST. RITA NOVENA

The St. Rita Novena is now prayed after Mass on Thursdays. Like Elizabeth Ann Seton, Rita of Cascia was a wife, mother, widow, and member of a religious community. Born at Roccaporena in central Italy, Rita wanted to become a nun but was pressured at a young age into marrying a harsh and cruel man. During her 18-year marriage, she bore and raised two sons. After her husband was killed in a brawl and her sons had died, Rita tried to join the Augustinian nuns in Cascia. Unsuccessful at first because she was a widow, Rita eventually succeeded. Over the years, her austerity, prayerfulness, and charity became legendary. When she developed wounds on her forehead, people quickly associated them with the wounds from Christ’s crown of thorns. She meditated frequently on Christ’s passion. Her care for the sick nuns was especially loving. She also counseled lay people who came to her monastery. Beatified in 1626, Rita was not canonized until 1900. She has acquired the reputation, together with Saint Jude, as a saint of impossible cases.

SUNDAY OBLIGATION MASS SCHEDULE

BEGINNING JUNE 1 & 2

SATURDAYS Christ the King Mission

Holy Mass 5:00 PM

SUNDAYS St. Mary

Holy Mass 10:00 AM Holy Mass 12:45 PM (12:45 PM in Spanish)

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