Events Happening at Good Shepherd Catholic Church
October is Respect Life Month
The month of October has been named the Month of the Holy Rosary.
Bring your Rosary and join the Knights of Columbus as we pray for Respect for Life from natural conception to natural death each Sunday in October at 10:45 am in the Church.
Need a rosary? Pick one up from the basket on the Welcome Table.
The month of October has been named the Month of the Holy Rosary.
Bring your Rosary and join the Knights of Columbus as we pray for Respect for Life from natural conception to natural death each Sunday in October at 10:45 am in the Church.
Need a rosary? Pick one up from the basket on the Welcome Table.
“Culture of Life” Rosary
The Knights of Columbus invites you every fourth Tuesday of the month to pray the Culture of Life Rosary. This Rosary will be recited for the intentions of the unborn, and in reparation for the sin of abortion.
Please join us for our October Rosary on Tuesday, October 23rd, 4:30pm in the Church.
The Knights of Columbus invites you every fourth Tuesday of the month to pray the Culture of Life Rosary. This Rosary will be recited for the intentions of the unborn, and in reparation for the sin of abortion.
Please join us for our October Rosary on Tuesday, October 23rd, 4:30pm in the Church.
First Saturday Devotions
Offered in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, First Saturday Devotion will be offered from May–October 2018.
During her apparition at Fatima, Our Lady said to Lucia, “I shall come to ask...that on the first Saturday of every month, communions of reparation be made at one moment for the sins of the world. Tell them that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, in order to make reparation to me, on the first Saturday for five successive months - go to confession, receive Holy Communion, say five decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for a quarter of an hour, meditating on the twenty mysteries of the Rosary.”
The Intention: To console the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offer reparation for the blasphemies and ingratitude of unrepentant sinners, and for peace in the world.
The Reason for this Devotion:
On May 29,1930, Our Lord explained to Sister Lucia why five first Saturdays. “My daughter, the reason is simple. Against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, five kinds of offenses and blasphemies are committed.
· Those committed against the Immaculate Conception;
· Those committed against the virginity of Our Lady;
· Those committed against the Divine maternity, refusing the same time, to accept Her as the Mother of
men;
· Those committed by men who publicly attempt to instill indifference, scorn and even hatred for
this Immaculate Mother in the hearts of children;
· Those committed by men who insult Her directly in Her statues.”
Offered in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, First Saturday Devotion will be offered from May–October 2018.
During her apparition at Fatima, Our Lady said to Lucia, “I shall come to ask...that on the first Saturday of every month, communions of reparation be made at one moment for the sins of the world. Tell them that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, in order to make reparation to me, on the first Saturday for five successive months - go to confession, receive Holy Communion, say five decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for a quarter of an hour, meditating on the twenty mysteries of the Rosary.”
The Intention: To console the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offer reparation for the blasphemies and ingratitude of unrepentant sinners, and for peace in the world.
The Reason for this Devotion:
On May 29,1930, Our Lord explained to Sister Lucia why five first Saturdays. “My daughter, the reason is simple. Against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, five kinds of offenses and blasphemies are committed.
· Those committed against the Immaculate Conception;
· Those committed against the virginity of Our Lady;
· Those committed against the Divine maternity, refusing the same time, to accept Her as the Mother of
men;
· Those committed by men who publicly attempt to instill indifference, scorn and even hatred for
this Immaculate Mother in the hearts of children;
· Those committed by men who insult Her directly in Her statues.”
AWAKE! to a new perspective on the Gospel
Join us in the Gathering Area between the 8:30 and 11:30am Masses for discussion, coffee and fellowship.
Come every week or whenever your schedule will allow. Share your knowledge, learn about the Gospel, our Church and grow in your faith.
Join us in the Gathering Area between the 8:30 and 11:30am Masses for discussion, coffee and fellowship.
Come every week or whenever your schedule will allow. Share your knowledge, learn about the Gospel, our Church and grow in your faith.
"TIMELY TOPICS“
The Evangelization Team noted from a past survey that parishioners want to have a wide range of topics
addressed. It has arranged a monthly gathering for adults called "Timely Topics."
On the last Tuesday of each month, a different topic will be addressed by various speakers in the Gathering Area, 7:00-8:00pm.
Due to unexpected obstacles, the Timely Topics for Tuesday, September 25 - Church Annulments - will be rescheduled. Date and Time to be announced.
The Timely Topics scheduled for this quarter are:
October 30- Voting: Following One's Conscience and/or Church Teaching
November 27-Planned Giving: What Is It & Is It Right For You?
Mark your calendar and come to any or all of the Timely Topics that will be addressed this coming year!
Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
If you need childcare for a particular date, please contact Janice Scott, 910-425-1590.
The Evangelization Team noted from a past survey that parishioners want to have a wide range of topics
addressed. It has arranged a monthly gathering for adults called "Timely Topics."
On the last Tuesday of each month, a different topic will be addressed by various speakers in the Gathering Area, 7:00-8:00pm.
Due to unexpected obstacles, the Timely Topics for Tuesday, September 25 - Church Annulments - will be rescheduled. Date and Time to be announced.
The Timely Topics scheduled for this quarter are:
October 30- Voting: Following One's Conscience and/or Church Teaching
November 27-Planned Giving: What Is It & Is It Right For You?
Mark your calendar and come to any or all of the Timely Topics that will be addressed this coming year!
Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
If you need childcare for a particular date, please contact Janice Scott, 910-425-1590.
For more information on our October topic, please click here.
Knights of Columbus Coats for Kids Fundraiser
The Knights of Columbus developed the Coats for Kids program to allow local councils across North America the opportunity to purchase new winter coats for children at a discount and distribute them to children in need within their local communities. The Good Shepherd Council will participate in this worthwhile effort.
Thanks to your generosity, last year we were able to distribute 120 children’s winter coats through Catholic
Charities and the Alms House.
We are again asking for your help with our Coats for Kids fundraiser. The Knights will be in the Gathering Area accepting monetary donations the weekends of October 20/21 and 27/28 from any parishioner who would like to participate.
If you are writing a check, please make it out to Knights of Columbus #8857 and write “Coats for Kids”
on the memo line.
Thanks to your generosity, last year we were able to distribute 120 children’s winter coats through Catholic
Charities and the Alms House.
We are again asking for your help with our Coats for Kids fundraiser. The Knights will be in the Gathering Area accepting monetary donations the weekends of October 20/21 and 27/28 from any parishioner who would like to participate.
If you are writing a check, please make it out to Knights of Columbus #8857 and write “Coats for Kids”
on the memo line.
Fall Festival And Ethnic Potluck with Trick-or-Trunk
Our Fall Festival and Ethnic Pot-luck w/ Trick-or-Trunk is coming on Sunday, October 28th to Good Shepherd!!
Fall Festival and Ethnic Potluck with Trick or Trunk The whole parish is invited to take part as we
continue with a bit of flair – an Ethnic Potluck.
We ask parishioners to bring an ethnic dish to share and dress in their ethnic outfits.
Information packets and bowls, trays, or disposable pans are available for your ethnic dish on the table
in the Gathering Area.
If you are interested in attending, decorating your vehicle and/or bringing a child(ren), please pick up
instruction/registration form located on the Welcome Table.
Drinks will be provided by the Parish.
Help is needed for set-up and clean-up. If you are interested in helping, please sign the sheet located
on the Welcome Table. Any help is appreciated.
Our Fall Festival and Ethnic Pot-luck w/ Trick-or-Trunk is coming on Sunday, October 28th to Good Shepherd!!
Fall Festival and Ethnic Potluck with Trick or Trunk The whole parish is invited to take part as we
continue with a bit of flair – an Ethnic Potluck.
We ask parishioners to bring an ethnic dish to share and dress in their ethnic outfits.
Information packets and bowls, trays, or disposable pans are available for your ethnic dish on the table
in the Gathering Area.
If you are interested in attending, decorating your vehicle and/or bringing a child(ren), please pick up
instruction/registration form located on the Welcome Table.
Drinks will be provided by the Parish.
Help is needed for set-up and clean-up. If you are interested in helping, please sign the sheet located
on the Welcome Table. Any help is appreciated.
Saints Costume
Catholic Kids Club (CKC) for Children Grades 3-5—Come dressed as your Favorite Saint.
Catholic Kids Club (CKC) for Children Grades 3-5—Come dressed as your Favorite Saint.
Games
Join us for games hosted by the Middle School Youth outside on the Church grounds
Join us for games hosted by the Middle School Youth outside on the Church grounds
Haunted House
The high school youth ministry will be holding their annual Haunted House in the lower level of the
Social Hall during our Fall Festival w/Trick-or-Trunk
All the brave are invited to attend.
Sunday, October 28th from 2:00-4:00pm
(Parents are advised to walk with small children)
The high school youth ministry will be holding their annual Haunted House in the lower level of the
Social Hall during our Fall Festival w/Trick-or-Trunk
All the brave are invited to attend.
Sunday, October 28th from 2:00-4:00pm
(Parents are advised to walk with small children)
We look Forward making our Fall Festival w/Trick-or-Trunk a HUGE Success.
Please be sure to fill out a registration form!!
Please be sure to fill out a registration form!!
Help Good Shepherd receive funds by Shopping online at Amazon.
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible
AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice.
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.
Support your charitable organization by starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com
Sign In or create an Amazon account. If you would like to participate, once logged in, on the line “OR Pick your own Charitable Organization” type “Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Hope Mills” choose “Select” click “Yes” and Start Shopping.
If you already have a non-profit for Amazon Smile and you like to change to Good Shepherd Catholic Church, due to several names “Good Shepherd,” please type “Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Hope Mills”.
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible
AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice.
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.
Support your charitable organization by starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com
Sign In or create an Amazon account. If you would like to participate, once logged in, on the line “OR Pick your own Charitable Organization” type “Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Hope Mills” choose “Select” click “Yes” and Start Shopping.
If you already have a non-profit for Amazon Smile and you like to change to Good Shepherd Catholic Church, due to several names “Good Shepherd,” please type “Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Hope Mills”.
CD Stand
Stop by our CD Stand in the Gathering Area and check out our New titles.
Lighthouse Catholic Media also has a CD of the month program. For more information, visit the website and use the Promo code listed on the back of the CD.
We sell bundles of two CD’s for $5.00 and single CD’s for $3.00 each. Come and check them out today.
Stop by our CD Stand in the Gathering Area and check out our New titles.
Lighthouse Catholic Media also has a CD of the month program. For more information, visit the website and use the Promo code listed on the back of the CD.
We sell bundles of two CD’s for $5.00 and single CD’s for $3.00 each. Come and check them out today.
Have you been blessed by God?
The rest of the parish would like to hear about how you’ve been blessed by God in 2017 or 2018.
Please send an email telling your experience to Pete Reilly at PeteTroy5338@yahoo.com.
You can give as much (or little) information as you like.
Or stop by the Coffee Bar after the 8:30 am Mass and tell him in person.
The rest of the parish would like to hear about how you’ve been blessed by God in 2017 or 2018.
Please send an email telling your experience to Pete Reilly at PeteTroy5338@yahoo.com.
You can give as much (or little) information as you like.
Or stop by the Coffee Bar after the 8:30 am Mass and tell him in person.
Please click here for more information on our Respect Life Program
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For more information on the upcoming Respect Life Program, please go to our Respect Life Program under the Respect Life and Social Concerns tab under Ministries.
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Widows Support Group “Widows Watch” ministry meets on the first Friday of the month in Room 2 of the church, followed by celebrating noon Mass and enjoying lunch afterwards. Our time together involves getting to know women of the Bible as well as ourselves. Being united as widows, this bond of fellowship and similar circumstances fosters support for one another. Any widow is welcome.
Questions: Contact Camille Grupy, 910-424-6802.
Questions: Contact Camille Grupy, 910-424-6802.
Men’s Spirituality Group
Men, would you take the chance to get
away from the hectic pace that your life
has taken?
Could you benefit from an opportunity to relax and explore the impact of God on your
everyday life and work?
If the answer is yes – or perhaps you are just curious - there is an opportunity to meet with men in our parish who have profited in many ways by integrating our Faith into their everyday lifestyle.
Our Men’s Spirituality Group meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, 7:00pm, Room 4.
Questions or need more information? Speak with Deacon Pat, 910-818-0801.
Men, would you take the chance to get
away from the hectic pace that your life
has taken?
Could you benefit from an opportunity to relax and explore the impact of God on your
everyday life and work?
If the answer is yes – or perhaps you are just curious - there is an opportunity to meet with men in our parish who have profited in many ways by integrating our Faith into their everyday lifestyle.
Our Men’s Spirituality Group meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, 7:00pm, Room 4.
Questions or need more information? Speak with Deacon Pat, 910-818-0801.
Lost and Found
We have incurred several items in our Lost and Found—reading glasses, sunglasses, books, toys, umbrellas, etc. If you think you may have misplaced an item, please check the Lost and Found area in the kitchen airlock under the wooden mail slots. If you have lost any of the items below — a house key, key fob, rosary, etc. - please contact Janice Scott, 425-1590.
We have incurred several items in our Lost and Found—reading glasses, sunglasses, books, toys, umbrellas, etc. If you think you may have misplaced an item, please check the Lost and Found area in the kitchen airlock under the wooden mail slots. If you have lost any of the items below — a house key, key fob, rosary, etc. - please contact Janice Scott, 425-1590.
Divine Mercy
This photo was taken at Good Shepherd after Mass on Monday, May 16, 2016
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This photo was taken at Good Shepherd after Mass on Monday, May 16, 2016
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Parish Council Suggestion Box-
Have a Suggestion for the Parish? If so, use the Parish Pastoral Council Suggestion Box located on the Welcome Table. If you have a Suggestion, fill out the form located on the side of the box and place in the slot. The Suggestion Form can also be found on our Pastoral Council page.
Anonymous suggestions will not be answered.
Have a Suggestion for the Parish? If so, use the Parish Pastoral Council Suggestion Box located on the Welcome Table. If you have a Suggestion, fill out the form located on the side of the box and place in the slot. The Suggestion Form can also be found on our Pastoral Council page.
Anonymous suggestions will not be answered.
Vocations Chalice
This weekend, the Scott Family will take the Vocations Chalice home. They will place the Chalice on their table and pray the Vocations Prayer with the Chalice every day and return it next weekend.
Would your family like a chance to take the Vocations Chalice home for a week? A sign-up sheet is available on the Welcome Table in the Gathering Area.
Please help pray the Vocations Prayer that is prayed with the Chalice.
The Prayer for Vocations
Heavenly Father, Bless your church with an abundance of holy and zealous priests, deacons, brothers and sisters. Give those you have called to the married state and those you have chosen to live as single persons in the world, the special graces that their lives require. Help those who have embraced the consecrated life to live up to their promises. Form us all in the likeness of your Son so that in Him, with Him and through Him we may love you more deeply and serve you more faithfully, always and everywhere. With Mary we ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
This weekend, the Scott Family will take the Vocations Chalice home. They will place the Chalice on their table and pray the Vocations Prayer with the Chalice every day and return it next weekend.
Would your family like a chance to take the Vocations Chalice home for a week? A sign-up sheet is available on the Welcome Table in the Gathering Area.
Please help pray the Vocations Prayer that is prayed with the Chalice.
The Prayer for Vocations
Heavenly Father, Bless your church with an abundance of holy and zealous priests, deacons, brothers and sisters. Give those you have called to the married state and those you have chosen to live as single persons in the world, the special graces that their lives require. Help those who have embraced the consecrated life to live up to their promises. Form us all in the likeness of your Son so that in Him, with Him and through Him we may love you more deeply and serve you more faithfully, always and everywhere. With Mary we ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Parish Fasting
For the Life and Healing of the Parish, Father Gaul has asked us to
Fast each Wednesday of the week. Please remember that you can do a full fast, a partial fast or other type of self-denial.
Parish Growth
Have you participated in the Parish Fast? Are you planning to participate in the Parish Fast? Help the parish grow by inviting someone you know who has fallen away from the church to come to Mass with you one weekend. Or invite someone new who is not Catholic. God is always calling new people to him and asking us to live out our baptismal call. What better time since we hear so much negative publicity about God and church? We might not be able to bring God and prayer back into school and our government, but we can bring people into the church.
For the Life and Healing of the Parish, Father Gaul has asked us to
Fast each Wednesday of the week. Please remember that you can do a full fast, a partial fast or other type of self-denial.
Parish Growth
Have you participated in the Parish Fast? Are you planning to participate in the Parish Fast? Help the parish grow by inviting someone you know who has fallen away from the church to come to Mass with you one weekend. Or invite someone new who is not Catholic. God is always calling new people to him and asking us to live out our baptismal call. What better time since we hear so much negative publicity about God and church? We might not be able to bring God and prayer back into school and our government, but we can bring people into the church.
Prayer for Our Parish
Heavenly Father,
You have chosen the parish as a place where you encounter us in our daily lives.
The parish is the assembly in which your Word is proclaimed, your Eucharist is celebrated, your people are united in a local community, and gathered into various ministries, so that they may become the agent of change for the renewal of the whole Church.
Make our Parishioners aware of the many opportunities and responsibilities that are theirs to grow as disciples of Jesus and as witnesses of you to our friends and neighbors.
Keep us open to our need of your love and fellowship. Let both clergy and laity work together in harmony to serve you in others. We fervently ask this in Jesus' name.
Amen
Heavenly Father,
You have chosen the parish as a place where you encounter us in our daily lives.
The parish is the assembly in which your Word is proclaimed, your Eucharist is celebrated, your people are united in a local community, and gathered into various ministries, so that they may become the agent of change for the renewal of the whole Church.
Make our Parishioners aware of the many opportunities and responsibilities that are theirs to grow as disciples of Jesus and as witnesses of you to our friends and neighbors.
Keep us open to our need of your love and fellowship. Let both clergy and laity work together in harmony to serve you in others. We fervently ask this in Jesus' name.
Amen
