Saint Matthew Catholic Church
25 Wilkins Road, S.W. Winder, Georgia 30680
Tel: 770-867-4876 Fax: 770-867-6034
www.saintmatthewcc.org
March 19, 2017
Rev. Gilbert Exumé
Pastor
Deacons:
Rev. Mr. Tim Kirksey
Rev. Mr. Larry Welsh
Rev. Mr. Dan Buckley
Parish Office Hours
Monday
9:00am-4:00pm
Tuesday
Office Closed
Wednesday-Friday
9:00am-4:00pm
Sunday
12:00pm-1:00pm
Daily Mass Schedule
Monday:
Tuesday:
9:00AM
6:30PM
Communion Service
Wednesday: 7:00PM
Thursday: 9:00AM
Friday:
9:00AM
Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday: 5:00PM Vigil
Sunday:
Come, Be My Disciples
8:30AM
10:30AM
1:00PM (Spanish)
In case of a sacramental emergency
or death, call 770-862-2007.
March 19, 2017
Mass Intentions
Saturday, March 18th
5:00p.m.– Arthur Onody †
Sunday, March 19th
8:30a.m.–Bella Relloma 
10:30a.m.– Luis & Tania Avalos
Wedding Anniversary
1:00p.m.–Jaime Lopez †
Monday, March 20th
12:00p.m.–Tom Fitzgerald †
Tuesday, March 21st
6:30p.m.– Communion Service
Wednesday, March 22nd
7:00p.m.–Aura Maria Tacha †
Thursday, March 23rd
9:00a.m.– Rolando Mustera 
Parish Information
Treasury Report
We plan financially to go on
vacation, we plan financially for
the education of our children, we
make financial plans for our
retirement; do we plan financially
to support God’s work in our
parish community? In gratitude
for the gifts we receive from God,
33% of our registered families
and those visiting made a joyful
return to the Lord to assist in the
support of God’s work in our
parish community. Let’s increase
this participation to 100%.
March Offertory Goal $43,500.00
03/05/17……………..$ 9,378.50
Ash Wednesday
$ 3,025.00
03/12/17……………..$ 7,189.00
03/19/17……………..$
03/26/17……………..$
Online Giving……….$ 3,225.00
New Members: We are delighted to have you
join our parish family! Registration forms are
available in the narthex and in the parish office.
They can be mailed, turned into the parish
office, or dropped in the collection basket.
Come by the church office for a Welcome
Packet.
Mass Intentions: Please stop by the parish
office to offer a Mass intention for a loved one.
Baptism: Family must be registered and
participate in the life of the Parish. For more
information on specific requirements, baptismal
preparation, class dates and available Baptism
dates, contact the parish office.
Matrimony: Arrangements must be made at
least six months prior to the wedding date.
Couples must schedule an appointment with the
parish priest to secure a date on the parish
calendar and begin preparation.
Hospital/Homebound/Nursing Homes:
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
take communion to the homebound. Family
members should call the parish office to inform
Burn the Mortgage Fund Goal- us about those who are ill.
Offertory Total — $22,817.50
Friday, March 24th
9:00a.m.–Phero Nguyen †
Deceased- † Healing- 
Special Intentions- SI
Birthday- 
Includes Spanish Mass
$14,583.00
03/05/17………………$ 1,484.00
03/12/17………………$ 1,409.00
03/19/17………………$
03/26/17………………$
Online Giving……….. $ 1,117.11
ROSARY
Monday, March 20th
March BTM Total—$ 4,010.11
Includes Spanish Mass
Altar Flower Donations: To honor or
memorialize a loved one with a gift of altar
flowers, call or stop by the parish office.
Arrangements are $75.
Bulletin and Pulpit
Announcements: Items to be published in the
bulletin or announced during Mass are due in
the parish office by 9:00AM on FRIDAY the
week before they are to be published.
11:30a.m.– Rosary
Wednesday, March 22nd
6:30p.m.– Rosary
Burn the Mortgage Debt
Thursday, March 23rd
8:30a.m.– Rosary
Friday, March 24th
$ 474,041.56
8:30a.m.– Rosary
Paid
Balance Due
$ 1,854,123.95
Third Sunday of Lent
Catholic Teaching
Week at a Glance
Bible Quiz – Third Sunday of Lent 2017
Parish Activity Schedule
Readings: Exodus 17:3-7 - Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8 - John 4:5-42.
Monday, March 20th
1. The people grumbled against Moses saying:
a. Why did you ever make us leave Egypt? Was it just to have us die here of hunger?
b. Why did you take us out of Egypt where life was better than here in the desert?
c. Why did you ever make us leave Egypt? Was it just to have us die here of thirst?
d. Will you give us a good reason why we should not stone you to death?
2. The place where Moses struck the rock was called Massah and Meribah
a. because these words mean “rock” and “mountain”
b. because the Israelites quarreled there
c. because the words mean “anger” and “frustration”
d. because the words mean “Praise to God” and “Thanks to Yahweh.”
3. Extract from Romans: “For Christ, while we were still helpless, died at the
appointed time . . .”
a. for the ungodly
b. for the elect
c. for the faithful
d. for all mankind.
4. Jesus said to the Samaritan woman: Go call your husband and come back.
The woman answered and said to him:
a. I am a widow.
b. Which husband? I have five.
c. My husband is one of your disciples
d. I do not have a husband.
5. When the disciples returned from food shopping:
a. they were amazed that Jesus was talking to a woman
b. they were pleased that Jesus had someone to talk to
c. they heard Jesus say: Blessed are the poor in spirit
d. they heard Jesus arguing with the Pharisees.
5:30pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
7:00pm
Coro de Grupo de Oracion
Choir Practice
Danza Azteca
Grupo de Oracion
Tuesday, March 21st
6:00pm
7:00pm
7:00pm
Edge Core Team Meeting
RCIC
RCIA
Wednesday, March 22nd
9:30am
5:00pm
7:00pm
Bible Study
Youth Choir Rehearsal
Life Teen & Edge
Thursday, March 23rd
8:30am
5:00pm
6:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
7:00pm
TOPS
Children’s Choir Rehearsal
Women’s CRHP
Ultreya
Grupo de Oracion
Hispanic Ministry Music
Friday, March 24th
Fish Fry
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:00pm
7:00pm
8:00pm
Escuela de San Andres
CRSP-Mujeres
Cristo Rey-Mujeres
Stations of the Cross-English
Stations of the Cross-Spanish
Saturday, March 25th
6. When the Samaritans came to him, they invited him to stay with them.
a. But Jesus said that he had to return to Judea.
b. He stayed with them for a while.
c. He stayed with them for half a day
d. He stayed there two days.
5:00pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
Escuela de San Andres
Evangelizacion
CRSP-Hombres
Cristo Rey-Hombres
Sunday, March 26th
9:00am
11:00am
11:45am
By: Leo Kouters
1st-5th Grade Classes
1ro & 2ndo Grado(Spanish)
Life Teen Retreat Meeting
& Rehearsal
12:15pm Baptism Class
6:00pm Men’s CRHP
1. c. - 2. b. - 3. a. - 4. d. - 5. a. - 6. d.
March 19, 2017
In Our Prayers...
Mindy Akil
Anita Armand
Emmanuel Assola
Matthew Bacchus & Family
Binna Balinski
Ray & Marie Bare
Dillon Barrett
Ronald Bauer
Rita Baumgartner
Betty Bennett
Kelly Bowie
Chance Browning
Christy Bryant
Catherine Buckner & Family
Fran Bullard
Charles Byron
Jack & Nancy Cannon
Jim Casey
Lucy Catera
Fabian Chai Hong
Landen Christensen
Betty Cohron
Tom Conley
Bob Cornett
Juan and Olga Cruz
Doris Dick
Donald Evans
Mary Jane Farren
Christine (Scooter) Ferris
Connie Flaherty
Helen & David Gagnon
Ed Gerety
Dot Gerety
Ernie Graham
Andrew Grala
Kelly Green
Flora & Gordon Hafer
Heinz Hardt
Karal Ann Hart
Fred & Virginia Hedges
Tanya Hoard
Brooks House
Catherine James
Annie Johnson
Maryann Jones
Shaun Kielty
John Kisters
Cindy Laird
Fran Laird
Miles Lanier
Terrence Long
Theresa Loye
Gloria Martinez
Therese Monga Mboyo
Alicia McCaled
Jack & Gerri McEntee
Connor McMahon
Sherri Nutter McMurray
Kyle Miller
Mariano Montemayor
Carl, Erick, and Kurt Muehlmann
Anna Murphy
James Murphy
Rolando Mustera
Linda Narey
Anne Needham
Vicki Needham
Carol Nutter
Debbie Oldiges
Nora Oliver
Carrie Durnell O’Neill
Russell Pellegrino
Elenaor Pellicci
Becky Peppers
Andrew Phinney
Carl Pope
Charlie Powell
Matt Powner
Hunter Puglise
Manuel Rodriguez
Marge Ronk
Brandi S. Rouse
Diane Ruland
Melissa Russell
Roman Salinas
Vilma Schroeder
Chris Shekey
Jeff Shekey
Carolyn Shekey
Carolyn Shephard
Roger Shimmin
Frances T. Soto
Eva L. Staunton
Kathy Stevens
Cynthia Sturchio
Denis & Karen Sullins
Rosario Talbo
Gerri Tate
Teodoro Torres
Mona-Mae Uini
Kristie Upton
Allison Wages
Sharon Walter
Kelly Walters
Noah Watkins
Shawn Welsh
Andrea White
Patricia Laird Williams
Anita Wylds
Arlene Wilson
Barbara Wyrick
Military
Michael Acevedo
Michael Bailey
Jordan Baker
Justin Baker
Kendall Burdette
Tyler Burdette
Kelly Carter
Brandon Cotter
Louis Dewitt
Jason Duffy
Dan Gagnon
Walter Garlinghouse
Sarah Hanson
Ian Harris
Anette Ilus
Travis Keever
Karl Knowlton
Colonel Jeff Kolb
Augie Marks
Thomas Martin
Fr. David McGuire
Matthew McGuire
Gary Miller Jr.
Kasey Mortillaro
Andy Morrison
Sam Morrison
Maria Patricia Nickerson
Andy Powell
Daniel Primm
Karina Ruiz
Justin Seeley
Michael Shekey
Ryan Shekey
Blaine Stewart
Bruce Tucker
Casey Warren
and all those listed in our prayer book of
intentions.
Parish News and Activities
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
7:00 PM English
8:00 PM Spanish
Fridays during Lent
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
IN SERVICE TO ONE.
IN SERVICE TO ALL.
St. Matthew Council #13229
25 Wilkins Road, Winder,GA
Fish Fry’s to support St. Matthew parish
and Knights of Columbus Charities
Thank you for your generious contributions to
SVDP..In January you assisted 32 families in
the community who were in need of rent,
utilities or prescriptions. You also helped 17
other families with food. It was a very active
month but I know that these families are
extremely grateful to you. We are still in need
for more “disciples” . Our next meeting will be
on March 24 at 7:00PM in Hedges Hall. Our
help line number is 770-868-5100. Thank you
and may God bless the people of St Matthew.
Fridays 5:30pm until 7:30pm
March 3rd thru April 14th, 2017
Beer Battered Cod
Baked Tilapia
Fried Shrimp
$8.00/Adults
$4.00/Children under 12
Take-out available
678-227-3324
Our Lord Jesus
Christ,
King
Of The Universe
Third
Sunday
of Lent
Parish News and Activities