PRAY WITH US

      St. Thomas has a very active prayer chain coordinated by Martha Johnson.  If you have a prayer intention, you may send an email to prayer@saintthomaslb.org.  Everyone on the email prayer chain will receive your request and join you in prayer for your intention. 
     We would like to welcome you to become a part of the email prayer chain. Please send your name and email address to prayer@saintthomaslb.org and you will receive notices of prayer intentions to include in your daily prayer routine. 

Prayer is powerful.
Please sign up to pray with us.

SCHOOL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

         If you have not already registered your PreK to 5th-grade child/ren for SRE, do so now by accessing the Faith Formation link on the church website or come by or call the church office—863-1610.

Feb 16……….. SRE Class First Reconciliation Class Parent Meeting
Feb 23………..  No SRE Class – Mardi Gras
Feb 26….........  Ash Wednesday
Mar 1………...  SRE Class  First Reconciliation                                                                  Class Parent Meeting 
Mar 7...…….... First Reconciliation, 9 am, church
Mar 8……..…. SRE Class
 
 

ADORATION OF THE
BLESSED SACRAMENT
 

       Here at St. Thomas the Apostle, we have Adoration each Friday from 8 am until 4 pm.  If you can commit to spending an hour in the Chapel (upstairs in the Office Complex) in the quietness and peacefulness of Adoration, please contact Nellie Johnson, 864-6098 or Lydia Trisotto, 863-0127.  If you cannot commit to an hour time slot, please feel free to drop in at any time.

       “Look upon the hour of adoration as an hour in paradise…Jesus has invited you; He is waiting for you; He is longing for you.”

Weekly Calendar

Mon, Feb 17       9:30am-12:15pm, SVdP Soc, SRE Bldg
                           7 pm, RCIA w/sponsor, 222
Tues, Feb 18      9:30 am, Quilters, 222
Wed, Feb 19      9 am-12 pm Office will be closed
Thurs, Feb 20    9 am, Centering Prayer, Cry Room
                          9:30 am-12:15 pm, SVdP Soc, SRE Bldg
                          6:30 pm-New Wine
                          7 pm, KC Meeting, KC Room
                          7 pm, Ladies KC Aux Meet,  Conf. Room
Fri, Feb 21        8 am-4 pm, Adoration

RECURRING AROUND THE PARISH…

Adoration              8 am-4 pm, Fri, 2nd Floor Chapel

Baptism Classes  9:30 am, Last Sat of every month, Rm 222; contact person is Sue Hoffman at 228-864-5868

Choir    All interested singers and skilled instrumentalists are welcome.
  Children          1st & 3rd Sun evenings, 6:45-7:45pm
  Ensemble        10:30 am, Sun, Church/Mass
  Life Teen          4 pm, Sun, Church/Mass
  Liturgical          8 am, Sun, Rehearsal Rm
                            6:30 pm, Wed, Church/Rehearsal Rm
  Testify               4:15 pm, Sun, Rehearsal Rm/Mass

Edge/Life Teen   6:30-8 pm, Sun, 222

Knights of Columbus, Council #4898….7 pm, every 1st & 3rd Thurs of the month (4th Degree mtg follows the 1st mtg of the month)

Ladies Aux of the KofC #4898….7 pm, every 3rd Thurs of the month, Rm 115 (Office conference room)

Lunchkins….Canceled for February

St. Joseph’s Helping Hands….Our first meeting will be on January 23rd at 6 pm.  The first workday of the New Year will be February 1, 2020.

St. Vincent de Paul Society….9:30 am-12:30 pm, Mon & Thurs, open to help

Youth Gift Cards (SCRIP) sales…After all Masses & during office hours, 9 am-4:30 pm weekdays

PETITIONS OF PRAYER

Fr Walt Bracken
Fr Richard Wagner
Kimberly Aquillard
Bay Babbin
David Bass
Danielle Boyd
Isabella Bullock
Dea Burns
Eugene Burrus
Nancy Carroll
Beverly Carver
Catherine Cooper
Edward Charles Croal
Ruby Daniels
Norma Davidge
Dave Duggins
Phillip Nicholas Faraone
Lionel Fayard
Sherry Hood Freeman
John French
Marta “Martha” Fuentes
Leo Hamel
Blakely Quinn Hammons
Jimmy Hillman
Andrew Hogg
Eddie Hornsby
Pat Holliday
William Ishee
Conrad Johnson
Marie Elizabeth Kuechler
Nola Ladner
Roger Ladner
Helen Millini
Cathy McIntyre
Ed McKenna
Elmer Mullins
Baby Henry Northcutt IV
Kathleen O’Connell
Rick Patridge
Lexie  & Jesse Phillips & children
Baby John Porter Phillips
Martita Pierce
Mary Ann Podlin
Ann Ray
Marie Ray
Norma Jean Ravetto
Phillip Rushing    
Baby Austin Schneider
Captain Harvey Franklin Shows
Jewel Shows
Jerri Trowbridge
Ernest Vancourt Sr
Mike Webb
Joe Weems
Sullivan Wilson
Charles Wood
Anthony Christopher Zahn
 
 …..and all others in our parish and community who are in need of healing, physical or spiritual.
 
Names appearing on the Prayer list come from hospital visitation lists; also, from telephone calls made to the Parish Office.  We are aware that there are many others in the parish and community who are suffering and, therefore, we ask those who are praying to include “and all in our parish and community who are in need of healing, physical or spiritual”.  We regret that space does not allow us to list the names of each and everyone in the bulletin each week.
 
All of the requests for prayers remain on our list for four weeks.  If notified, we will extend the time frame.
 
Anyone needing to add someone to the electronic prayer group e-mail, send the information electronically to prayer@saintthomaslb.org  or call the parish office at 863-1610.

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

   When you are admitted to the hospital please be sure that you are listed as a Catholic and a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church.  If possible please have someone call the Parish office 863-1610 to let us know you have been admitted.  

Welcome 
TO OUR PARISH 

Lucille “SheRee” Jones

 
IN MEMORIAM

STLongBeach
Life Teen
Knights of Columbus
Society of St. Vincent de Paul