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WEEKLY BULLETIN
HOLY FAMILY PARISH
304 Tazewell Avenue, Tazewell, VA 24651
Tel 276-988-4626 Fax 276-988-8028
E-mail: theword1875@verizon.net
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401 Railroad Ave. P.O. Box 1250
Richlands, VA. 24641
276-988-2478
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729 Virginia Avenue
Bluefield, VA 24605
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Located in Food City
Retail Clinic
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Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 843—205 East Main
Street.
Tazewell, Virginia 24651
(276) 988-5523
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DR. PABLO CARPIO
Family Practice
840 E. FINCASTLE ST.
P.O. Box CVPI
P.O. Box 537
Richlands, VA. 24641
Tazewell VA. 24651
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HOLY FAMILY PARISH
304 TAZEWELL AVE. TAZEWELL,VIRGINIA 24651
276-988-4626
Fax: 276-988-8028
E-mail:theword1875@verizon.net
St. Joseph’s ,Grundy; St. Elizabeth’s ,Pocahontas;
St. Mary’s, Richlands; St. Theresa’s ,Tazewell
November,02/
03, 2014
The Lord is my
Shepherd: there
is nothing I
shall want.
Our Mission
We commit ourselves to seeking holiness, justice and peace in and for all people.
Anointing of the sick: Those who are ill, facing surgery or enduring a chronic illness are invited to contact the office to make arrangements to celebrate this sacrament.
Sacrament of Matrimony: Ar r angements made with the Pastor or chur ch office. Please contact the chur ch office at least six months
prior to wedding.
Joining the Parish: We invite all who wor ship with us to become for mal member s of the Holy Family Par ish. Member ship has its benefits! It also helps our ministries and staff plan to meet the needs of the community. To become a member please contact the parish office.
Bulletin Publication info: We welcome all Holy Family member s at lar ge to submit publications and notices to the bulletin via e-mail
theword1875@verizon.net by Thursday 10am. As always, the parish administration retains the right to edit or refuse submissions.
Staff and Ministry Support
Pastor: Fr. Paul Muyimbwa
Parish Secretary: Debi Moore
Parish Bookkeeper: Crystal Dickens
Religious Education Coordinator: Carolina Ferrare
St. Elizabeth:
St. Mary’s :
160 Merrick Lane
1122 Farmer Street
Pocahontas, VA 24635
Richlands, Va.24641
Sunday– 9am.
Saturday— 6pm.
Wednesday’s—5pm.
Thursday’s –11:45am.
Confession: 30 min. before Mass.
Confession– 30min before Mass.
St. Joseph’s :
St. Theresa:
1007 Independence Road
304 Tazewell Ave.
Grundy, VA. 24614
Tazewell, Va. 24651
Saturday’s—4pm.
Sunday– Scripture study 9:30am.-Rosary- 11am.—Mass—11:30 am.
Confession 30min. before Mass
Confession– after Mass.
November2,3,2014
Please remember all the service men and
women and their families. All those addicted to
drugs and alcohol and those who are
incarcerated & the healing of relationships
Please pray for Fr. Paul’s father Peter Ntabaazi, he
is battling with Cancer.
St. Joseph’s: Emily Testerman, Dorothy Vance,
Linda Yates, Earl Justice, James Bruce Mullin,
Dana Harris, Linda Stiltner, Edmond Vance,
Lucille Baxter.,Sr. Margaret Flynn, Joetta Matney,
Ella Lawson, Maria and Diana Hursh, Regina
Horn
St. Elizabeth’s: Repose of the soul of James Wolford by Vincent and Sue Shumate
St. Theresa’s: Repose of the soul of Anne Egan by Saint Theresa's’ Parish
St. Joseph's:Repose of the soul of the husband of Cynthia Patzig by Saint Joseph’s
St. Mary’s: Repose of the soul of Michael Foster by Cathy Bolling
Collections for Last Week
St. Joseph:
October 25-$146.00
St. Mary: (Weekly Goal—$581.28) October 19-$467.00 Missions
St. Elizabeth’s: Dew ey Hodge, Tate K andas,
Helen Shumate, Tom Bella Miller, Louise
Romano, Ray Jones, Jay L. Lambert, Eddie
Nenni, Brad Belcher, Virginia Shumate, Frances
Borbas, Donnie & Lisa Neal, Bess Taylor, Bryan
Hast, Joseph Rowe, Lois Lawless
($59.00)-October 25-$187.00
Building Fund - (.00) (Backpack- $00 )
St. Elizabeth:
(Weekly Goal - $581.28) October 26-$325.00 Poor-
box($.00)
St. Theresa:
St. Mary’s: Clar ence W r ight, Melissa
McGowan, Rolando Guanlao, Cheryl Spencer,
Nancy Price, Sara Beth Wright, Nona Nassif,
Freddie Roberts, Donald Barrett, Earl Griffith,
Lezlie Purdy, Evan Kassay, Dr. Raffy Castro,
Ederlina Motos, Bridget Keen, Tonya Hylton,
Shirley Epperson, Greta Owens
St. Theresa’s: Don Shaw ver , Ther esa
Chafin, Joe Boy Stutso, Reese McCall, Trenton,
Eva & Walter Moore, Crystal Repp,Rod & Cathy
Hamblin, Linda Gillespie, Bob Gentry, Macy
Beard, Jay Blankenship, Jean Blythe, Sandy
Hampton, Donna Crain, Helen Johnson,
Carolina Ferrare, Pat Wickline, Jowana Elswick,
Christopher Honaker, William J & Mrs.
Stockton
Homebound and Nursing Home
Parishioners:
Louise Serreno, - Home
Bobby Gillespie— Maples Nursing Home
Margie Stutso, - Home
Ray Jones-Home
(Weekly Goal - $813.79) October 19 $616.00, Missions
($153.00) October26-$774.00
Building Fund-($110.00)
Thank you and may God bless you for your generosity!!
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Attention Parishioners: When lighting votive candles please put
some money in to replace the candles. Thank you.
Please don’t forget the building fund collection
for St. Mary’s and St. Theresa’s the second Sunday of each month.
2014 Annual Diocesan Appeal-Our Faith Alive in Love:
Please send your envelope into the Diocesan.
Word Along The
Appalachian Trail
GOLD IN THE FURNACE
Melanie B. Coddington, Regional Minister
This year, the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls) falls on Sunday. For me it brings to
mind an array of names and faces, some familiar, some less so, whose passing I have marked in song, at the bedside,
and at funeral liturgies over the many years. Ministry to the dying and the bereaved has long represented the best of my
body of work as a parish cantor.
Today’s first reading from the Book of Wisdom gets nearly as much airtime at wakes and funerals as Isaiah’s
vision of the mountain of the Lord. It seems the metaphor of “gold in the furnace” helps those left behind put in perspective the sufferings of their departed loved ones. I have always liked the image of darting about “as sparks through
stubble.” It strikes me as dynamic and decidedly not dead.
My friend Jan started out as an acquaintance, an old lady who happily attended intergenerational learning
events as an honorary grandma to one of the young sacrament seekers. She was tall and striking, with full head of white
hair set in soft curls. At some point, she had a knee replaced and landed in a nursing home 15 miles up the road, near
where I lived. I dropped in to see her, heard her lament over the flavorless food, and ended up singing an a cappella
“Ave Maria” for her comfort. She never forgot it.
As Jan got older, she developed congestive heart failure and her outings to church diminished and then
stopped all together. She stayed in touch by phone and I dropped in to see her when I could manage it. As her life outside shrank, her inner life expanded. Confined to her apartment and tethered to an oxygen tank, Jan took up a new vocation of intercessory prayer. I put my son (away at college and struggling with depression) on Jan’s list. Thereafter she
greeted me with the words, “How’s our boy?” I never forgot it.
As I prepared to relocate to Virginia, I helped Jan plan her wake and funeral, singing through each of her favorites, again a cappella. A few months after I departed, she did. In my mind and heart, Jan slipped from earthly to heavenly intercessor without a hitch.
Last week, when my son’s second child was a day or two past due and showing no sign of impending arrival, it
seemed natural to give a shout out to my old friend. We prayed together for a safe and timely birth. Twenty-four hours
brought favorable signs, and Rosalyn Dawn followed in due course. Now I can hear my old-gold friend asking, “How’s
our girl?”
PARISH COMMITTEE INFORMATION
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL: Tonya Hylton (Chair) Bob Buchanan (Vice Chair) Frannie Minton (Secretary), Donna
Lambert, Tom Bost, Mary Blankenship, Carolyn Wade
PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL: Kathryn Buchanan (Chair), Anne Danko (Vice Chair), Cathy Bolling, Doug Vance and
Jim Talbert. (Secretary)
Finance committee meeting will be Tuesday, November 4, at St. Theresa’s at 10:00 AM.
LITURGY COMMITTEE: Greg Deskins (Chair) Cindy Deskins, Linda Whited, Rick Hall, Donna Lambert and Sandra
Bost.
Liturgy Planning meeting will be Saturday, November 8,at St. Theresa’s 10:30 AM.
EVANGELIZATION COMMITTEE: John Benish , Carolina Ferrare, Margaret Shawver, Cathy Bolling, Carolyn Wade
Encounter the Joy of the Gospel
Can't attend the Prepare and Share group but want to learn more about the scriptures? Here is a great link to allow you to explore the historical, cultural and spiritual messages of the scriptures online. Go to www.liturgy.slu..edu
It is a website set up from St. Louis University which gives wonderful commentary
on the different aspects of each Sunday's readings by a variety of authors, experts
and fellow Christians who yearn to understand God's word more deeply. Check it
out!
Daily scripture readings and a short video commentary can be accessed at another
website: www.usccb.org This is the website of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Both these website are valuable tools to those who want a better understanding of sacred scripture.
Advocacy Network: Th is netw or k pr ovides an easy w ay for Vir ginia
residents to communicate directly with the Governor and their state and federal
legislators on many issues affecting human life and dignity.
Our Conference staff has repeatedly found that constituent contacts to legislators’ offices play a decisive role in outcomes, especially on close votes. In recent
years, Advocacy Network contacts to elected officials have enabled new protections for the unborn, the defeat of legislation expanding the death penalty, critical conscience protections for faith-based adoption agencies, and new opportunities for lower-income families to choose nonpublic schools.
To meet this essential need, we ask each parish to participate in a sign-up campaign for the Conference’s network the weekend of November 8 &9 . Sign-up
sheets will be located in back of church, please include phone number. Soon,
Conference staff will follow up with resources to make parish sign-up campaigns
easy and effective.
Order of the Mass
St. Joseph’s: Volunteers
St. Joseph’s:
St. Mary’s :November 8,2014
St. Mary’s:
St. Elizabeth’s:11/09:Jaidan
Borish
Sacristan: Elfie For r est
Server: Gr acie Bolling
Lector: Butch Claustr o
St. Theresa’s:11/04:Natalie
Tester, Norman Howell
11/05:Mitchell Miller
11/06;Sandy Hankins
11/07:John Horn, Darrel Elswick
11/09:Greg Deskins
Usher:Roy Gomez
E.M.: Roy Thomson/Ely Per alta
Music: Danielle Elswick
Gift Bearer: Elfie For est
St. Elizabeth-November 9, 2014
Lector: Char les Lavender ,Sandr a Bost
E.M.: Andr ew Satmar y,Pete Danko
Gifts: Tom and Sandr a Bost
St. Theresa’s November 9,2014
Server: Madonna Ezeji
Lector: Jim Talber t
Usher: Tim/Tr avis Cr ouse
Please Contact the Parish office with updates
of Birthdays and addresses.
E.M.:Mar ia Far r is / Br idget Honaker
Bell Ringer: J ude Ezeji
Gift Bearers: The Hankins Family
November02,03,2014
Announcements
Gath: Blest Are They
#631
Gloria: Glory To God— Mass of
Christ the Savior ( Schutte)
#919
Gospel Acclamation:
Halle, Halle, Halle
Liturgy of the Word: pgs. 49/50
Homily
Prayers of the Faithful
Preparation of the Gifts:
On Eagles Wings
#437
Sign Of Peace
Eucharistic Acc:
Holy, Holy:
(Schutte)
Mass of Christ the Savior
Memorial Acc:
We Proclaim Your Death
Great Amen:
#922
#923
#926
Lamb Of God:
Isele (or ) Schutte
# 927
Comm:Shepherd Me, O God #468
Closing Prayer:
Closing: I Am the Bread of Life #343
Server Instructor and Linen Cleaner: Nenita
Belcher
Monday 11/03:(485) Reading 1: Philippians2:1-4;Luke 14:12-14,Psalm 131:1bcde,23
Tuesday 11/04:(486) Reading 1:Philippians;2:5-11 Luke 14:15-24; Psalm 22:26b-27,28-30,31-32
Wednesday 11/05(487) Reading 1: Philippians 2:12-18;Luke 14:25-33:Psalm 27:1-4, 13-14
Thursday 11/06(488) Reading1:Philippians 3:3-8a:Luke15:1-10;Psalm 105:2-3,4-5,6-7
Friday 11/07(489) Reading 1:Philippians 3:17-4:1;Luke 16:1-8;Psalm 122:1-2,3-5
Saturday 11/08(490) Reading 1:Philippians 4:10-19; Luke16,9-15 ;Psalm 112;1b-2,5-6,8a&9J2Corinthians 8:9
Sunday 11:09 Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12Psalm 46:2-3,-35,6,8-9: 2 Corinthians 3:9c-11,16-17: John 2: 13-22
Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour!
Word along the Way”
Anyone that would like to submit a story to be published in the “Word along the Way” for the
weekly bulletin may send it to : theword1875@verizon.net. To be reviewed by Father Paul.
Evangelization Planning Workshop : November 6,2014 at 1:00 pm. At Saint Ther esa’s.
Melanie B. Coddington, Regional Minister ,will present the program “ Encounter The Joy of the
Gospel.” All are welcome.
Wednesday Adult Classes will be viewing and discussing the “Joy of the Gospel” Apostolic Exhortation of
Pope Frances 2013. Please join us at 1:00 at Saint Theresa’s Church. All members of Holy Family Parish are
welcome.
What is RCIA? Do you want to become a Catholic?
RCIA is The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. The process by which adults become members of the
Catholic Church. This includes all adults who have not been or who are baptized but wish to be received into
full communion with The Roman Catholic Church or becoming a member in full communion with the
Catholic Church.
ARE YOU HEARING A STILL QUIET VOICE WITHIN, urging you to learn more about the Catholic
faith? Do you find yourself coming to Holy Family Parish for Mass and wanting to be more involved in the
community? Do you long for a deeper relationship with God? For more information contact the parish office:
276-988-4626.
Coat Drive: The Knights of Columbus are seeking new or gently used coats for their annual
winter coat drive. Please drop your donation of coats off at Holy Family office. The Knights will
have Christmas Cards for sale beginning in early November and have raffle tickets for sale for a
jersey autographed by this year’s Bluefield Blue Jays team. All donations go to charities supported by the Knights. For more information or to make a purchase or donation see Pat
McNulty, Jim Talbert ,or Don Durham
Saint Theresa’s News:
There are still several cookbooks for sale. Price is $10.00 each. Half of sales will be donated
to St. Theresa’s Building Fund.
Children’s Religious Education class at 9:30am,Sunday, November 16, 2014.
.
Book Sale: Carolina Ferrare will hold a used book sale, Friday, November
14,2014.Proceedes will go to Religious Education.
A Child Shall Lead Them Food Pantry will be giving out Christmas bags this year. These items
are needed for the bags to be given out Decenber 1– December 19:3lb. Canned ham, Canned or boxed potatoes,
gravy mix or canned gravy, canned sweet potatoes , boxed bread mix, Jello, boxed desert mixes, canned frosting,
boxed stuffing,
St.Mary’s News:
CCD classes at St. Mary's for students in pre-K through high school will meet every other Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
.
Saint Joseph’s News:
Saint Elizabeth’s News:
.
St. Mary’s Back-Pack: Please remember these children depend on this food. Thank you for your support. Coordinator and Fund Raiser: Cathy Bolling
Workers: Cathy Bolling, Tonya Hylton, Linda Whited, Elfe For r est, J im Talber t
A Child Shall Lead Them Food Pantry: For the month of November the food pantry is asking for
Potato's, and soap. Thank you
Knights of Columbus Members:
- Jim Talbert, Pat McNulty and Don Durham.