St. Thomas the Apostle

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1 St. Thomas the Apostle CATHOLIC CHURCH DOMINUS MEUS ET DEUS MEUS February 7, 2016 I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth. - Psalm 138:1 Address: 7377 SW 64th St, Miami, FL Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Phone: Fax:

2 Rev. Alejandro J. Rodríguez Artola - Pastor Rev. Matías A. Hualpa - Parochial Vicar Rev. Anselm Ohanekwu - In Residence Rev. Mr. Carlos M. Pulido - Deacon Rev. Mr. Carlos Charur - Deacon Receptionist: Ms. Melissa Aguilar mmaguilar@stamiami.org Clergy Parish Office Phone: Religious Education Sacraments of Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation Mrs. Tania Gonzalez Phone: tgonzalez@stamiami.org Accounting: Ms. Elizabeth Sanchez esanchez@stamiami.org Ms. Vivian Barrios vbarrios@stamiami.org St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School Principal: Mrs. Lisa Figueredo Assistant Principal: Mrs. Angie Ayan-Novo 7303 SW 64th Street Miami, FL School Office: School Fax: school@stamiami.org Mass Schedule Sunday Masses: English: 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:00am, 5:30pm, 7:00pm Español:1:00pm Saturday Vigil: English: 5:30pm Daily Masses: English: Mon-Fri 8:00am Español: 7:00 pm Daily Rosary: 7:35am Saturday Mass:8:00am School Mass: Wednesday 9:15am Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 4:00pm - 5:00pm or by Appointment Sacraments & Religious Education Baptisms: Call Parish Office for more information on requirements, Baptismal Preparation classes, and dates available. Anointing of the Sick: Call the Parish Office for information Religious Education Schedule: Wednesdays 4:00-5:15pm PreK thru 5th Grade Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm Grades 6th Thru Confirmation RCIA Schedule: Tuesdays at 7:00pm (English) Sundays at 11:00am (Español)

3 Pastoral Care for the Sick & Homebound: Notify Parish Office when a parishioner is hospitalized or homebound and unable to attend Mass. An Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion will assist in bringing the Eucharist to them. Music Ministry Director: Riuben Frometa Please send an to rfrometa@stamiami.org if you are interested in participating in the choir. Liturgical Ministry Coordinator: Mrs. Tania Gonzalez If you are interested in being a Sacristan, Minister of the Eucharist, Lector, Usher, or Altar Server please call the office at: Perpetual Adoration: Chapel is always open! Come and visit Our Lord. If you want to commit to one hour per week please call the office at Intercessory Rosary for the Sick of our Parish: You are invited to pray the Rosary for the sick and suffering of our parish every Thursday after the 8:00am Mass. Dear parishioners, come join us at the Missionaries of Charity Shelter, 724 N.W. 17 Street, every 3rd Sunday of the month to cook for and feed the homeless men of Miami. Don t miss this beautiful opportunity to serve God by serving the poor. The shelter opens for the volunteers at 7:30 am but they don t start serving food to the homeless until 9:30am. There is a second food service at 10:30 am and a third at 11:30am. Those volunteers that get to the shelter in the morning help prepare and serve the food during the first service. You are welcomed to come at any time or day of the week. The shelter is closed on Thursdays. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, Jaime Murati, at: Friends of the Missionaries of Charity BlessedTeresaofCalcutta@stamiami.org MONDAY February 8, :00AM: +Segismundo & Josefina Exposito 7:00PM: Enfermos Familia Alarcon Henao TUESDAY February 9, :00AM: +Gilberto Izquierdo 7:00PM: +Deacon Orlando Aguayo WEDNESDAY February 10, :00AM: +Fr. Philip Fabiano 7:00PM: +++Raymond Perci Pozo, Antonio Lopez Sierra & Elaiel Figueredo THURSDAY February 11, :00AM: ++Julio Cordovez & Maria Eugenia Ramirez 7:00PM: In Thanksgiving: Fernando Sanchez FRIDAY February 12, :00AM: ++Rosa & Americo Larcinese 7:00PM: +Gilberto Izquierdo SATURDAY February 13, :00AM: +Enrique Alberto Noy 5:30PM: Silvia M. Salles deceased family members SUNDAY February 14, :30AM: +Rodolfo Montero 9:00AM: +Jorge Valle-Riestra 11:00AM: +Willie Alexander 1:00PM: +Norman Cruz & Family 5:30PM: +Margarita Abril 7:00PM: +Norman Cruz & Family Please note that we have openings for Mass Intentions. Please come by the Rectory Office to arrange for a Mass for your deceased loved ones. It is a good and holy virtue to remember and pray for those who are no longer with us.

4 February 13 February 14, 2016 Time Eucharistic Minister Lector Altar Server Sat. 5:30 pm Kristine Lukasik Raquel Olcese Aleida Fernandez Boyez Millie Puig Doris Zubillaga Nora Zubillaga Marianna Herrera Sun. 7:30am Marisol Menendez Genevieve Stine Gloria Stephen Marsha Maynard David Blary Volunteer Sun. 9:00am Pedro Alfaro Rosemary Alfaro Michelle Baldor Daniel Baldor Carolina Baldor Stephanie Baldor Sun. 11:00am Sun. 1:00pm Sun. 5:30pm Sun. 7:00PM Gisela Castro Marcia Gordo Patrick Kelly Carol Kelly Cloris Correa Jocelyn Sanchez Gloria Torres Marcia Gordo Gloria Stephen Armando Rivero Cristina Rivero Marisol Padrón Bernie Macías Nena Macías Gabriel Sanchez Hugo Castro Blanca Rodriguez Vicky Voyer Teresa Pierce Natalia Esnard Rafael Hueso, Jr. Jaime Murati Alexis Aguerrebere, Jr. Annabelle Lamazares Gisselle Lamazares Volunteer Volunteer Pray for those who are ill: Manuel Alvarez Jackson Kelly Federico Buendia Natasha Yaciuk Norma Rodriguez Eduardo Fernandez -Pray for those who have died: +Benjamin Harris +Daisy Garcia +Constance Lyon +Wilfredo Otero VENGAN TODOS A MI Misa de sanación celebrada Por el Rev. Padre Alvaro Huertas St. Thomas the Apostle 7303 SW 62 ST. Miami, Fl ULTIMO JUEVES DEL MES A LAS 7:00PM Para más información:

5 Sunday, February 7: Readings for the Week Monday, February 8: Tuesday, February 9: Wednesday,February 10: IS 6:1-2A, 3-8 PS 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, COR 15:1-11 LK 5:1-11 Thursday, February 11: 1 KGS 8:1-7, 9-13 PS 132:6-7, 8-10 MK 6: KGS 8:22-23, PS 84:3, 4, 5 AND 10, 11 MK 7:1-13 JL 2:12-18 PS 51:3-4, 5-6AB, 12-13, 14 AND 17 2 COR 5:20 6:2 Friday, February 12: Saturday, February 13: Sunday, February 14: DT 30:15-20 PS 1:1-2, 3, 4 AND 6 LK 9:22-25 IS 58:1-9A PS 51:3-4, 5-6AB, MT 9:14-15 IS 58:9B-14 PS 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 LK 5:27-32 DT 26:4-10 PS 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, ROM 10:8-13 LK 4:1-13 Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy Jubileo Extraordinario de la Misericordia We are collecting non-perishable food to give to some of the families in need in our Parish. Please bring your donations to the Church during the week and place them in the boxes located in the vestibule of the Church. Thanks for your generosity!!! Estamos recogiendo alimentos no perecederos para las familias más necesitadas de nuestra parroquia. Por favor, traer las donaciones durante esta semana y colocarlas en las cajas que están en el vestíbulo de la Iglesia. Gracias por su generosidad! These are some of the items we also need: Ensure (Shakes or Powder) Enfamil Newborn Baby Formula Gluten free non-perishable food Tithing: Give, and it will be given to you. Diesmo: Dad, y os será dado. January 30 January 31, 2016 Saturday Vigil (5:30pm) $3, Sunday (7:30am) $1, Sunday (9:00am) $1, Sunday (11:00am) $2, Sunday (1:00pm) $1, Sunday (5:30pm) $2, Sunday (7:00pm) $2, Second Collection $1, Guadalupe Fund $ Other $ Total $17, Help support STA the easy way! Box Tops for Education is a nationwide fundraising program sponsored by General Mills that exchanges box tops for cash. This money can then be used to buy equipment, supplies, books, etc. for STA. Just clip the box tops from any specially- marked everyday food products and turn them in to the office. We encourage you to download the App SHOPAROO and help STA earn Cash. We thank the 65 supporters that have joined! Sandwich Gang The Sandwich Gang meets every Thursday at 6:30pm at the Family Center to prepare sandwiches for the poor. Also, if any family is interested in providing the sandwich supplies this Thursday please contact: Barbara Guisasola:

6 ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE PENANCE SERVICE Tuesday, February 9 th, 2016: 7pm Bilingual Mass followed by penance service beginning at 7:45pm The power of the sacrament of Penance consists in restoring us to God s grace and joining us with him in an intimate friendship. Reconciliation with God is thus the purpose and effect of this sacrament. For those who receive the sacrament of Penance with contrite heart and religious disposition, reconciliation is usually followed by peace and serenity of conscience with strong spiritual consolation. Indeed the sacrament of Reconciliation with God brings about a true spiritual resurrection, restoration of the dignity and blessings of the life of the children of God, of which the most precious is friendship with God (CCC # 1468). Toda la fuerza de la Penitencia consiste en que nos restituye la gracia de Dios y nos une con Él en una profunda amistad. El fin y el efecto de este sacramento son, pues, la reconciliación con Dios. Los que reciben el sacramento de la Penitencia con un corazón contrito y con una disposición religiosa, tienen como resultado la paz y la tranquilidad de conciencia, junto con un profundo consuelo espiritual. Es decir que el sacramento produce una verdadera "resurrección espiritual", una restitución de la dignidad y de las bendiciones de la vida de los hijos de Dios, la más preciosa de las cuales es la amistad con Dios (CIC #1468). Ash Wednesday February 10 th, 2016 English Masses: 8am, 10am, 4pm, & 6pm Spanish Mass: 8pm Gold and Silver Wedding Anniversary Mass: All husbands and wives married in the Catholic Church celebrating their Silver, Gold or 50 plus wedding anniversary in 2016 are invited to come to a Mass at St. Mary s Cathedral on Saturday, Feb. 13 to be blessed by Archbishop Thomas Wenski. Couples interested in having their picture taken with Archbishop Wenski should be there at 4 p.m. Mass starts at 5:30 p.m. Couples will sit in a specially designated area in the front pews. All couples should contact their parish to register for the Mass. We are all stewards managers of the many gifts God has bestowed on us. Our challenge as Christians is to make good use of those gifts. Kindly consider St. Thomas the Apostle when planning your estate. For more information, contact the rectory or call the Office of Planned Giving at (305) Todos somos administradores de los muchos dones que Dios nos ha concedido. Nuestro desafío como cristianos es hacer un buen uso de esos dones. Considere generosamente a St. Thomas the Apostle a la hora de planificar su herencia. Para más información, póngase en contacto con la Oficina de Donaciones Planificadas al (305)

7 THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE YOUR CHILDREN IS A HAPPY MARRIAGE! This is a very difficult time for marriages. Everywhere we look in the media: television, magazines, movies and even in the songs we hear, the overriding message is that we are not going to make it. But this is wrong we can make it, and more than that we can have a wonderful, long, happy marriage because we are married in the Lord and He will help us. This is the covenant we made on the day of our marriage. This is the covenant we continue to live all the days of our marriage. Over the past twenty years, a weekend experience has been evolving here at St. Louis. It is called the Covenant Weekend. A team of couples join with Fr. Paul Vuturo to share an eleven-step process to a happier, healthier, more perfect marriage for you and your family. If you need: a time to relax an opportunity to celebrate the gift of your marriage a way to learn new skills to improve your relationship a chance to grow closer to the Lord and each other a way to meet other couples interested in marriage and family Join us on the Covenant Weekend February 12, 13 & 14, 2016 St. Louis Parish (sleep at home) To register fill out and return the form below to Irene Tomonto, SW 74 Court, Palmetto Bay, FL ( ) or sign up after Mass, from January A donation of $120 per couple is requested; however, do not let money be the reason you cannot attend. (Please make check payable to St. Louis Catholic Church for a deposit of $25. The balance will be due at the start of the Covenant Weekend.) NAMES: ADDRESS/ZIP: TELEPHONE: DAY EVENING ADDRESS YEARS MARRIED: NUMBER OF CHILDREN:

8 St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church TALLERES DE ORACION Y VIDA PADRE LARRAÑAGA APRENDE A ORAR, APRENDE A VIVIR En busqueda de una relación mas íntima con el Señor? Inscribete en los Talleres de Oración y Vida que se iniciaran el Miercoles 10 de febrero de 7:00pm a 9:00pm. Durarán 15 semanas. La sesiones son una vez por semana en St. Thomas. Para mas información llamar a Adriana: Trae tu Biblia y un cuaderno de notas. JESUS TE ESTA ESPERANDO! An Emmaus Experience: A Retreat for Women When was the last time you gave yourself a gift that will last forever? The women s Emmaus Retreat is just such a gift. It is a time to renew and deepen your relationship with the Lord. It is a vehicle to meet other women in the parish who are looking for friendship. The retreat is held on our parish grounds at St. Thomas the Apostle. Cost is $125 (includes room, board and program). Register after all Masses through February 21, For more information, please contact Christina Gomez-Pina at or cgomezpina@gmail.com

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