Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 6, 2019
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MASS TIMES:
Sunday............. 9:00am / 4:00pm English
Sunday............. 11:45am Spanish
Monday............. NO MASS
Tuesday............ 9:00am
Wednesday....... 9:00am
Thursday........... 9:00am
Friday................ 9:00am
Saturday Vigil....5:00pm
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Eucharistic Adoration
1st Friday 9 am – 6 pm
SVdP Hotline 706-453-4744
Rosary Before Mass @ 8:40am
FOR SACRAMENTAL EMERGENCIES
Please contact
Fr. Michael at (770) 750-5796 and leave a message.
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United in Christ, All for the Glory of God
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CHRIST OUR KING AND SAVIOR CATHOLIC CHURCH
6341 Lake Oconee Parkway
Greensboro, Georgia 30642
Tel: (706) 453-7292; Fax: (706) 453-7095
WWW.COKAS.ORG
Pastor: Father Michael Silloway
cokas.frmichael@gmail.com
FOR SACRAMENTAL EMERGENCIES
please contact Fr. Michael at (770) 750-5796 and leave a message.
PARISH OFFICE: OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY FROM 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Business Manager
John Steadman
cokas.business@gmail.com
Accountant
Millie Browning
cokas.finance@gmail.com
Director of Religious Education
Anne Bared
cokas.dre@gmail.com
Director of Youth Ministry
Laura Brennan
cokas.dym@gmail.com
Pastoral Administration
Lily Vaughn
cokas.office@gmail.com
Office Reception
Tamara Prendergast
cokas.reception@gmail.com
Maintenance
Clarence Drinkwine
cokas.maintenance@gmail.com
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
5PM CONNIE McCALL (
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CHARLIE McCALL (
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FRIEDA McCALL (
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
9AM ROSE ROBERTSON (
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11:45 PEOPLE OF THE PARISH
4PM NOREEN KEATING CAMPBELL (
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
9AM DAVE BIEDERMANN (
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
9AM CHARLES GRIFFIS (
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THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 10
9AM ANGELA ESPOSITO (
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FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 11
9AM
SEBY CULLUM (
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SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 12
5PM
PEOPLE OF THE PARISH
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13
9AM JOE BARTH (
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11:45
MAXIMINA RUIZ SOTO (
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4PM THOMAS D'AMICO (
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Military Personnel
Tarah Thompson
Barbara Koch
Deborah Stritt
Sean Scott
Patty Johnson
Sonya Stephenson
Christopher Stephenson
James Hause
Jeffery Crane
Isabel Montiagudo
Jacob King
Linda Chelena
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Lillian Chenoweth
Amanda Parker
Harriet Thompson
Vicky Abbott
Nell Petralito
Abby Tucker
Carolyn Cates
Larry Patient
Elaine Hicks
Klinton Rickert
Michelle Francis
Larry Williams
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Father Michael's Homilies (audio) are posted on the COKAS website.
Under the Tab
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"Parish Info & News"
"Father Michael's Homilies"
Click on the desired Homily you wish to listen to or you can click on the link below.
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Stewardship Scripture Reflection
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Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
“For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
Many of us compartmentalize our Faith, we bring it out only when we attend Mass or when we attend a parish event. Being a good steward requires discipline and striving to put God first in everything, all the time. The next time you are at a neighborhood party, at work or out shopping, would your actions signal to others that you are a good and faithful servant of our Lord?
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OCTOBER
6th..........Donuts
6th..........NO FAITH FORMATION CLASSES
6th..........Youth Ministry 5:30pm - 7pm in the PLC
6th..........Guadalupe Food Sales - after 11:45am Mass in the Social Hall
7th.........NO Mondays in the Word (Bible Study)
8th..........Grief Ministry Series 1pm - 2:30pm - in the PLC
8th..........Tuesday Evening Bible Study 6:30pm - 8pm in the PLC
9th..........NO FAITH FO
RMATION CLASSES
10th........Red Cross Blood Drive 11:30 - 5:30 in the Social Hall
10th........Bible Timeline Study - 10am - 12pm in the PLC
10th........Eucharistic Holy Hour - 7pm in the Sanctuary
13th........NO Donuts
13th........Youth Ministry 5:30pm - 7pm in the PLC
13th........Faith Formation K-5 - 5pm - 6:15pm in the PLC
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"The Dead Sea is the dead sea because it continually receives
and never gives."
Offertory – At Masses & Online Giving
(Weekend of 9/29/19) $14,095
.
October Second Collections
St. Vincent de Paul - October 6
World Missions - October 20
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Please click below to see our Parish Calendar for upcoming events.
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Prayer of Petition:
In our journey as a faith-filled community during our Year of Service, may we all heed Jesus’ call to love one another. May we show our love by sacrificial acts of service in our families, parish and our communities.
Let us pray to the Lord.
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First Friday Eucharistic Adoration
, 9am - 6pm
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Life Chain Rosary for the Unborn
, following
..................................Saturday Vigil Mass and the 9:00 and 11:45 Masses.
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Service Fair
, after Saturday Vigil Mass; after Sunday
..................................9am and 11:45am Masses
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, 17
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and 24
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Eucharistic Holy Hours with Benediction, 7pm
..................................Topic on 24
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Work of Mercy
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Trunk or Treat
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COKAS 15
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Anniversary
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Be Prepared - An End of Life Workshop
..................................8:30am - 12:30pm in the Social Hall
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October 5/6
for the Sanctity of Life
Rosary outside and in the front of the Church after 5:00pm Mass on Saturday and the after the 9:00am and 11:45am Masses on Sunday
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HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO BECOMING MORE INVOLVED WITH THE CELEBRATION OF THE MASS?
ON OCT 12-13 AT THE SERVICE FAIR YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MINISTRIES AT COKAS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING WHAT A BLESSING IT WOULD BE TO SERVE AS A LECTOR OR EXTRAORDINARY MINISTER OF HOLY COMMUNION PLEASE MARK SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19 ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR A
MANDATORY TRAINING
FOR ALL NEW AND RETURNING LECTORS AND EMS.
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“BE PREPARED – End of Life Workshop”
Saturday, October 26 – 8:30 – 12:30
Please save the date and join
Fr. Silloway along with guest speakers presenting the following topics:
Catholic Ethics and Advanced Directives
Hospice and Palliative Care
Importance of a Will, Basic Estate Planning, and Leaving a Legacy
Benefits for Veterans
Steps to planning a funeral at COKAS
Burial Options
Mass at 8:30, followed by workshop.
PLEASE REGISTER USING THE LINK BELOW
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How to Build a Culture of Life
R
ead the full version at respectlifeprogram.org/culture-of-life.
Changing the culture is a process
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It begins in our own hearts by deepening our own relationship with Him. When we encounter Christ, experience His love, and deepen our relationship with Him, we become more aware of our own worth and that of others. Then, we simply need to follow where He leads us.
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SUNDAY,OCTOBER 6TH
GUADALUPE COMMITTEE FUNDRAISER
Sale of: Tacos and other delicious food
after 11:45am Mass
in the Social Hall
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This Year of Service, help us celebrate and encourage some mommies-to-be!
October is Respect Life Month, and our COKAS Youth Ministries with the help of COKAS’s Respect Life Committee, will be collecting donations for new families of low-income who have chosen life even when their resources are low.
These items will be placed in care packages that will be delivered to Martha’s Closet in Sparta and First Call Pregnancy Center in Greensboro at the end of The Pro-Life Youth Rally on Saturday, November 9
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For more information, check out our donation list below or pick one up in the Narthex after any of our masses.
Donations are due by October 27, 2019. Contact Laura Brennan (
cokas.dym@gmail.com
) for more information!
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We need you and your decorated vehicle to hand out candy at our Trunk or Treat on October 18, 2019, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.
Please donate baked goods for our bake sale at the event.
Sign-up clipboards will be located at the entrance of the Church.
To sign up or for more information please email cokas.dre@gmail.com or call Anne at 706-453-7292
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SAVE THE DATE:
Weekend of 11/9/19
Your generosity is most appreciated.
A National Collection for the Archdiocese of the Military is conducted every three years. This year the Archdiocese of Atlanta will coordinate our local collection to match the National Collection schedule.
In order to do so, they are moving up this collection from 2020 to
November 9 – 10, 2019
. In keeping with this collection, it will take place every three years moving forward.
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Interested in helping the faithful with annulments?
The Archdiocese is now accepting applications for a new round of Tribunal Advocate training. Information about the Tribunal and the process of seeking a declaration of nullity can be found in the link below:
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The application can be found below
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COKAS is on Facebook!
We post inspirations, recaps of our great events, and other fun and relevant information there regularly.
So give us a "like" and stay connected!
to see our page!
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Father Michael Silloway
11-Day Pilgrimage to Italy
September 22 - October 2, 2020
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ANOTHER EXCITING NEW PILGRIMAGE OPPORTUNITY
6-DAY USA PILGRIMAGE | AMERICAN SAINTS & EAST COAST SHRINES
Deacon Jay Dallas
has asked Peters Way Tours to arrange a very special pilgrimage that will be right
here in the USA.
The dates are
May 14-20,2020
It will begin in
Washington DC
and include sacred sites there,
Emmitsburg, Philadelphia, Dolyestown and New York City
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The trip will be both incredibly interesting and spiritually uplifting - and will be entirely here in the States, so no overseas travel is necessary.
It will include air travel from Atlanta, all quality hotels, breakfast every day and several evening group suppers. We will have Mass every day in some of the most holy sites in America. All for less than $3,000. We hope you will join us.
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WHY PILGRIMAGE?
Deacon Jay Dallas
Amy Giuliano had a nice line in an article featured in a recent issue of Magnificat. She said, "Pilgrimage is physical travel in pursuit of a spiritual goal. It is a microcosm of the soul's lifelong journey to God - the greatest of all adventures." As a person who has made quite a few of these spiritual journeys myself, I think she has it just about right.
The inner desire to travel to the very streets, houses and churches where the saints have stood - and to see where the visible miracles of our Faith first occurred - is not just a product of idle curiosity. It is a desire to pay homage to the certain vessels of grace that God has given to His people - and to be brought into living contact with them. That’s why the centerpiece of a pilgrimage is often a place that is intimately associated with particular holy
men and women... their lives, the toil of their hands, their joys and their sorrows.
“The purpose of a pilgrimage is about setting aside a long period of time in which the only focus is to be the matters of the soul.”
— L.M. Browning
The pilgrim’s desire may also be driven by the need to fulfill a vow, to do penance, to find inner healing, to be rejuvenated spiritually or to be relieved of spiritual lethargy. Modern life can be stressful and spiritually draining. Something important is missing. We feel it.
Therefore, spiritually-oriented people yearn for time to retreat from the world, to refresh and recenter themselves in Christ, who is our spiritual nourishment. This desire calls us to ACT.
In this case, that means leaving the comfort of our homes for a time, making a sacrifice of time and money - and embarking on a mission to renew our faith in hopes of finding new life and joy.
A spiritual pilgrim will travel intentionally to unfamiliar places with new people and customs, perhaps sleeping almost every night in a new locale. It produces the necessity to reduce our baggage and everyday luxuries to a minimum. This dislocation is important. It produces a therapeutic sense of vulnerability and emptiness. Then, the holy act of pilgrimage aims to fill that emptiness with the acutely tangible experience of God found in prayer and the holy places and special people we meet along the way - as well as the unexpected blessings
which ALWAYS pop up along the journey, imparting life-changing lessons in the process.
Finally, a pilgrimage is not only informational. It's not even merely inspirational. At its best, it is also transformational. It is a physical journey to sacred places that brings with it fresh spiritual enlightenment. For those that have embarked on such adventures, the personal experience has been that we come to know God better through our travels, discussions, camaraderie and meditations - and even through the small inconveniences we may need to endure - and bring back with us a brighter flame of love for Him and for our fellow man.
So, whether it is a pilgrimage to another town or to another continent, take the opportunity, if you are able. In the end, a pilgrimage is always a search for Christ, Himself - and a deeper understanding of the meaning of our lives...of what it means to be a pilgrim in this world.
Written by Deacon Jay Dallas of St. Teresa's Parish in Albany, Georgia.
If you wish to learn more about Catholic pilgrimages or share your own pilgrimage experiences, feel free to contact Deacon Jay at deaconjaydallas@gmail.com
Article written by Deacon Dallas for our diocesan newspaper on the spiritual value of pilgrimage
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Encounter God on Retreat This Fall at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center 6700 Riverside Dr NW Atlanta, GA 30328 For more information or to register for a retreat go to
IgnatiusHouse.org
or phone 404-255-0503
October 11-13 “Women’s Retreat — Autumn of Our Lives”
with Cenacle Sisters Susan Arcaro, r. c. & Barbara Young, r. c.
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