The Good Shepherd Catholic Community

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PARISH STAFF:

REV. RICHARD SHATZEL - Pastor

DEACON DENNIS DONAHUE Parish Deacon 315-406-1538

CATHY KANALLEY - Office Administrator

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR:

Marilyn Paradise Daytime - 315/364-7197

SOCIAL MINISTRY/EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

Debbie Patrick 497-2049

GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD PANTRY at King Ferry

First Saturdays 9:30-12 and by appointment.

VISITATION MINISTRY: Charles Walsh 889-5060

BULLETIN EDITOR/CEMETERY: Lorraine Fitch

PRAYER REQUESTS

Marge Callahan - 364-7449 or mcallahan0124@gmail.com

Cathy or Lorraine - 364-7197

e-mail: gscc@dor.org www.thegoodshepherd.cc

PARISH OFFICE:

299 Main Street, Aurora 315/364-7197

Monday-Thursday

8:00AM-4:00PM and by appointment

BAPTISM - Please call the Parish Office for an appointment

MARRIAGE - Couples must contact the Parish Office six months prior to the celebration.

RECONCILIATION - By appointment or before Mass on the weekend.

COMMUNION FOR THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND/ SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK - If a loved one is seriously ill or would like to receive Holy Communion at home, please call the Parish Office.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) - Non-Catholics interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith are invited to speak to any staff member or call the Parish Office.

NEW PARISHIONERS - Welcome! Please introduce yourselves to the Parish Staff. We want to get to know you.

REGISTRATION - Every family within the Parish should be registered. Please contact the office for a registration form. If you move to another parish, change your address or have additions or deletions to your family, please notify the Parish Office. Forms are available at each worship site.

Operation Rice Bowl

Our celebration of the resurrection brings us new joy and hope! Throughout Lent, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl has helped offer hope to millions of people around the world who benefit from the work of Catholic Relief Services. You have made a difference! Please return your Rice Bowl to church next weekend. Thank you!

Parish Mission Statement

We are the people of God who walk by faith, We are led by Jesus Christ our Good Shepherd.

By His spirit, We are called to live the Gospel values In a welcoming community:

Bringing our news to the poor, Comfort to the sick and suffering, And forgiveness to those who have hurt us.We celebrate and grow in the faith together until, He comes in Glory.

Question Mark

Question For This Week’s Gospel Reading:

Do we doubt the presence of the Risen Lord in our lives when all seems lost and our hopes are dashed? If so, fear not! Christ is there to walk with us on the journey of life to give us the gift of himself and to offer us the abundance of Easter Joy.

GSCC Prayer Chain

For prayer requests, contact Marge at 364-7449 or

mcallahan0124@gmail.com.

Our prayer ministry members will pray one month for your intention. This can be repeated if needed. Requests can be first names only if that is what is preferred.

SAVE THE DATE! - Benefit Dinner For GSCC Food Pantry at King Ferry: Saturday, May 19th, 6:00pm at St. Michael’s Church Hall. Menu: Fruit Cocktail, Ham & Scalloped Potatoes, tossed salad, bread & butter, desserts, & beverages. Courtesy of the Altar/Rosary Society.

Cost: $8/Adult. . .$5/Child . . . .$20/Family

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Stewardship Reflection

My church is composed of people like me. I help make it what it is. It will be friendly, if I am. Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them. It will do great work, if I work. It will make generous gifts to many causes, if I am a generous giver. It will bring other people into its worship and fellowship, if I invite and bring them. It will be a church of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and faith, and a church with a noble spirit, if I, who make it what it is, am filled with these same things. Therefore, with the help of God, I shall dedicate myself to the task of being all the things that I want my church to be.

EASTER FLOWER MEMORIALS . . . .

Memory of
Barger & Zifchock Families
Judy Cisternino
Steven, Scott, Heidi Clark
M/M Gaylord Dann
John Elser
Hartnett & Tyrrell Families
Bob Hunt & Fred Rafferty
Benedict J. Clinger
Adam Maleski
Maroney Family
McGarry & Nolan Families
M/M Fred Murphy
Bette A. Schnieder

Donor
   Dorothy Barger
   Cisternino Family
   Darlene & Tiffany Clark
   Arlene & Dick Murphy
   Mary Elser & Darleen Clark
   Howard Hartnett
   Malvie Hunt
   Sue Klinger
   Barbara Smith
   Jane & Nels Johnson
   Betty McGarry
   Arlene & Dick Murphy
   Sue Klinger

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Confirmation 2012 LAST CALL!!

Any student interested in making the Sacrament of Confirmation, please call the parish office by Monday, April 16, and let us know of your intention. Confirmation is offered to students who regularly attend Faith Formation classes and are enrolled in the 7th grade and above. The program consists of 10 sessions, beginning this summer and continuing throughout the Fall.

Confirmation will be held in November.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2012

GSCC will celebrate First Holy Communion during the 8:30am Mass at St. Patrick’s in Moravia and during the 10:30am Mass at Our Lady of the Lake in King Ferry on Sunday, May 20, 2012

Review Sessions will take place at St. Patrick’s, Aurora, basement:

Sunday, April 22, 2012 . . . 2-3:30pm
Sunday, May 6, 2012 . . . .2-3:30pm

Make-up classes will be scheduled during the week of May 13, 2012.

Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, and more
March 2 - 11, 2013

This is a phenomenal opportunity. Walk where Jesus walked and you will have a whole new understanding for the Gospels as you sit in Church each Sunday. It is time to go to the very roots of our faith... and we hope you will join us.