Parish Clergy & Staff Msgr. Tomás M. Marín, V.F. Deacon Jose S. Chirinos. Cristina Báez Freyre. Sofia Acosta. Jorge Pis-Rodriguez.

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1 Parish Clergy & Staff Msgr. Tomás M. Marín, V.F. Pastor Deacon Jose S. Chirinos Cristina Báez Freyre Parish Office Manager Sofia Acosta Director of Religious Education Jorge Pis-Rodriguez Director of Music Myriam Cahen Director of Finances Brahem Patricia Morales Office Assistant Mass Schedule (Non-Holidays): Vigil Masses - Saturdays 5:30 pm 7:00 pm (Spanish) Sundays 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 Noon 5:00 pm, 6:30 pm 8:00 pm (During School Session) Monday - Friday 8:00 am & 12:05 pm Saturday 8:00 a.m. Confessions: 11:30 a.m. Saturdays and by appointment Baptisms: Please call the Parish Office at least one month in advance. Weddings: Please call the Parish Office at least six months in advance. Office Hours: 9:00 am 12:00 pm 12:35 pm to 6:00 pm Monday - Friday

2 Mass Intentions Saturday, April 7th, :30 p.m. + Lodovico Blanc + Millan Escagedo + Esther George + Barbara Lewis de la Fuente + Celso Gonzalez - Health of Baby Francesco Torres Covella 7:00 p.m. + Thomas Benki + Carlos Manosalva - Alejandro & Catalina Garcia - Ofelia Lara - Special Intention Sunday, April 8th, :00 a.m. + Jose & Josefa Calzon + Alexander Puma + Charlene Puma Starr + Janina Lipcius + Florentina Alvarez Puig & Jaime Puig 10:00 a.m. + George F. Kimbal + Aurora & Mario Riera + Jose Alvarez - Special Intention - For All Persons afflicted with Parkinson Disease, their Families & Caregivers 12:00 p.m. - Saint Augustine Parish Family 5:00 p.m. + Rosa & Rosendo Platas + Jimmy Fenton Santeiro + Jorge L. Powell + Deceased members of the Galán & Foote families + Staff Sargent Carl Enes 6:30 p.m. + Daniela Maria Albir + Vicenta & Manuel Quintana + George & Dulce Kremer + Santos Garcia Monday, April 9th, :00 a.m. + Johnny Machado + Margarita Andino + Susana Argamasilla + Eni & Natalie Papadam - 30th Wedding Anniversary of Jeff & Nancy Zavac 12:05 p.m. + George A. Ibarra + Chichi Garcia - Lomas + Alfredo Portales + Miriam Bueno Panceira - Alexander Shaheen - Adriana Estrella Tuesday, April 10th, :00 a.m. + Roberto Giro + Roberto Rodriguez - Lauren Shahin - Special Intention 12:05 p.m. + Vicente & Estela Carvajal + Juan Diaz & Villy Forns + Isabel Vicaria + Alicia Stuart + Lucia Smith Wednesday, April 11th, :00 a.m. + Hilda Bacardi + Luis J. Bacardi + Luis J. Bacardi + Roberto Morales 12:05 p.m. + Antonio G. Mora + Jose Felipe Cos + Aldo J Busot + Leopoldo Soberanes - Health of Frankie Cadahia Thursday, April 12th, :00 a.m. + Carlos Costales + Conchita Cañeros + Julia Fernandez & Eloy del Rio - Special Intention 12:05 p.m. + Alberto Mestre + Federico Garrido de Pol + Cary & Raul Roig + Rene Rodriguez - Jennifer Dorta - Duque Friday, April 13th, :00 a.m. + Ana Gan Nguyen + Charlene Theresa Puma + Manuela Franco - Masvidal 12:05 p.m. + Ana Gan Nguyen + Stan Ciereszko + Andres Angulo + Alma Trujillo - Health of Otón Porres Jr. - John Rodgers Family Saturday, April 14th, :00 a.m. + Herminio Garcia - Victor & Chris Pons - Health of Jimmy Space - Special Intention Sunday, April 8th, 2018 Sunday of Divine Mercy Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love is everlasting. Acts 4:32-35 Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, John 5:1-6 John 20:19-31 Monday, April 9th, 2018 Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will. Isaiah: 7: 10-14, 8: 10 Psalms 40: 7-8A, 8B - 9, 10, 11 Hebrews 10: 4-10 Luke 1: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty. or: R. Alleluia. Acts 4: Psalms 93: 1AB, 1CD - 2, 5 John 3: 7B - 15 Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 Memorial of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr The Lord hears the cry of the poor. Acts 5: Psalms 34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 John 3: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 Thursday of the Second Week of Easter The Lord hears the cry of the poor. Acts 5: Psalms 34: 2 AND 9, 17-18, John 3: Friday, April 13th, 2018 Friday of the Second Week of Easter One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord. or: R. Alleluia. Acts 5: Psalms 27: 1, 4, John 6: 1-15 Saturday, April 14th, 2018 Saturday of the Second Week of Easter Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. or: R. Alleluia. Acts 6: 1-7 Psalm 33: 1-2, 4-5, John 6: Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL Scripture Readings & Responsorial Psalms

3 Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday - April 8, *Join us this Sunday, April 8th at 3:00pm in an Extraordinary Celebration of Thanksgiving! Holy Hour, Recitation of the chaplet of Mercy & veneration of the image.* Since the Jubilee Year 2000, the Second Sunday of Easter is now also known as Divine Mercy Sunday. Pope John Paul II made the surprise announcement of this change in his homily at the canonization of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska on April 30, On that day he declared: "It is important then that we accept the whole message that comes to us from the Word of God on this Second Sunday of Easter, which from now on throughout the Church, will be called 'Divine Mercy Sunday.'" Pope John Paul II s interest in Divine Mercy goes back to the days of his youth in Krakow when Karol Wojtyla was an eyewitness to so much evil and suffering during World War II in occupied Poland. He witnessed the round ups of many people who were sent to concentration camps and slave labor. In his hometown of Wadowice, he had many Jewish friends who would later die in the Holocaust. During that time of terror and fear, Karol Wojtyla decided to enter Cardinal Sapieha s clandestine seminary in Krakow. He experienced the need for God s mercy and humanity s need to be merciful to one another. While in the seminary, he met another seminarian, Andrew Deskur (who would later become Cardinal), who introduced Karol to the message of the Divine Mercy, as revealed to the Polish mystic nun, St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, who died at the age of 33 in The celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday does not compete with, nor endanger the integrity of the Easter Season, nor does it take away from Thomas the Apostle s awesome encounter with the Risen Lord recounted in the Gospel for the Second Sunday of Easter each year. Divine Mercy Sunday is the Octave Day of Easter, celebrating the merciful love of God shining through the whole Easter Triduum and the whole Easter mystery. The connection is more than evident from the scripture readings for this first Sunday after Easter. At St. Faustina's canonization, Pope John Paul II said in his moving homily: "Jesus shows his hands and his side [to the Apostles]. He points, that is, to the wounds of the Passion, especially the wound in his heart, the source from which flows the great wave of mercy poured out on humanity." The Meaning of the Day Divine Mercy Sunday is not a new feast established to celebrate St. Faustina's revelations. In fact, it is not about St. Faustina at all! Rather it recovers an ancient liturgical tradition, reflected in a teaching attributed to St. Augustine about the Easter Octave, which he called "the days of mercy and pardon," and the Octave Day itself "the compendium of the days of mercy." The Vatican did not give the title of "Divine Mercy Sunday" to the Second Sunday of Easter merely as an "option," for those dioceses who happen to like that sort of thing! This means that preaching on God's mercy is not just an option for this Sunday. To fail to preach on God's mercy this day would mean largely to ignore the prayers, readings and psalms appointed for that day, as well as the title "Divine Mercy Sunday" now given to that day in the Roman Missal. The Pope of Divine Mercy At the beginning of his pontificate in 1981, Pope John Paul II wrote an entire encyclical dedicated to Divine Mercy Dives in Misericordia (Rich in Mercy) illustrating that the heart of the mission of Jesus Christ was to reveal the merciful love of the Father. In 1993 when Pope John Paul II beatified Sr. Faustina Kowalska, he stated in the homily for her beatification mass: Her mission continues and is yielding astonishing fruit. It is truly marvelous how her devotion to the merciful Jesus is spreading in our contemporary world, and gaining so many human hearts! Four years later in 1997, the Holy Father visited Blessed Faustina s tomb in Lagiewniki, Poland, and preached powerful words: There is nothing that man needs more than Divine Mercy. From here went out the message of Mercy that Christ Himself chose to pass on to our generation through Blessed Faustina. In the Jubilee year 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Sr. Faustina making her the first canonized saint of the new millennium and established Divine Mercy Sunday as a special title for the Second Sunday of Easter for the universal Church. Pope John Paul II spoke these words in the homily: Jesus shows His hands and His side [to the Apostles]. He points, that is, to the wounds of the Passion, especially the wound in His Heart, the source from which flows the great wave of mercy poured out on humanity. A University Parish: School of Prayer and Center for the New Evangelization 3

4 One year later, in his homily for Divine Mercy Sunday in 2001, the Pope called the message of mercy entrusted to St. Faustina: The appropriate and incisive answer that God wanted to offer to the questions and expectations of human beings in our time, marked by terrible tragedies. Divine Mercy! This is the Easter gift that the Church receives from the risen Christ and offers to humanity at the dawn of the third millennium. Again in Lagiewniki, Poland in 2002, at the dedication of the new Shrine of Divine Mercy, the Holy Father consecrated the whole world to Divine Mercy, saying: I do so with the burning desire that the message of God s merciful love, proclaimed here through St. Faustina, may be made known to all the peoples of the earth, and fill their hearts with hope. In his Regina Caeli address of April 23, 2006, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said: The mystery of God s merciful love was at the centre of the pontificate of my venerated predecessor. Now that same Providence has desired that this year, on Divine Mercy Sunday, three years after he was beatified on this same feast, Pope John Paul II, the great apostle and ambassador of Divine Mercy, will be proclaimed a saint. Mercy is our hallmark We must ask ourselves: what is new about this message of Divine Mercy? Why did Pope John Paul II insist so much on this aspect of God s love in our time? Is this not the same devotion as that of the Sacred Heart of Jesus? Mercy is an important Christian virtue, much different from justice and retribution. While recognizing the real pain of injury and the rationale for the justification of punishment, mercy takes a different approach in redressing the injury. Mercy strives to radically change the condition and the soul of the perpetrator to resist doing evil, often by revealing love and one s true beauty. If any punishment is enforced, it must be for salvation, not for vengeance or retribution. This is very messy business in our day and a very complex message but it is the only way if we wish to go forward and be leaven for the world today; if we truly wish to be salt and light in a culture that has lost the flavor of the Gospel and the light of Christ. Monday, April 9, :00am & 12:05pm: Daily Church Tuesday, April 10, :00am & 12:05pm: Daily Church 5:30pm-6:30pm: College Holy Hour 7:00pm: College Mass and St. Augustine 8:0pm: Young Adult Parish Hall Wednesday, April 11, :00am & 12:05pm: Daily Church 6:30pm: Sandwich Making for the Paris Lounge 7:00pm-9:30pm: Prayer & Life Library 8:00pm-9:00pm: Matrimonios en Parish Hall Thursday, April 12, :00am & 12:05pm: Daily Mass 8:30am: Soup Making for the Homeless 12:35pm: Exposition and Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament until 6:30pm (Open to Church 6:30-7:00pm: Benediction & Church 7:00: College Church 8:00pm: Catholic Campus Ministry Thrive Nights for Parish Hall 8:00pm: Catholic Adult Group Ages Parish Lounge Friday, April 13, :00am & 12:05pm: Daily Mass Saturday, April 14, :00am: Daily Mass and Rosary after Church 11:30am: Church Third Sunday of Easter (names may be subject to change) Saturday, April 14, :30 p.m. : Msgr. Tomás M. Marín 7:00 p.m. : Fr. Norberto Lopez Sunday, April 15, :00 a.m. : Msgr. Tomás M. Marín 10:00 a.m. : Msgr. Tomás M. Marín 12:00 p.m. : Bp. Luis del Castillo 5:00 p.m. : Msgr. Tomás M. Marín 6:30 p.m. : Fr. Phillip Tran 8:00 p.m. : Fr. Phillip Tran Collection Report for the Weekend of 3/24/18-3/25/18 & 3/29/18-4/01/18. Thank you for your generosity! Friday, March 23, 2018 (Homeless Ministry) 12:05 p.m. : $ Saturday, March 24, :30 p.m. : $ 2, :00 p.m. : $ Sunday, March 25, :00 a.m. : $ 3, :00 a.m. : $ 2, :00 p.m. : $ 3, :00 p.m. : $ 4, :30 p.m. : $ 1, :00 p.m. : $ 1, Other: $ Mail: $ 2, Total: $ 23, Holy Thursday, March 29 $ 2, Good Friday, March 30 $ 3, Holy Saturday, March 31 $ 2, Easter Sunday, April 1 6:30 a.m. : $ 2, :00 a.m. : $ 2, :00 a.m. : $ 7, :00 p.m. : $ 8, :30 p.m. : $ :00 p.m. : $ 4, Other: $ 5, Mail: $ 3, Total: $ 43, Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL

5 The Gift of Stewardship With your support, the Archbishop s Charities and Development Drive opens the eyes of many to know God s love and encounter Him by growing in faith, Please support the ABCD by making a gift today An endowed gift can continue your support of our mission in perpetuity. Please remember St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center as you make your estate and financial plans. Contact the rectory or call the Office of Planned Giving at (305) for information. Goal: $408,611 Pledge: $191,573 A University Parish: School of Prayer and Center for the New Evangelization 5

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7 We need your help with our Adopt-a- toddler clothing drive for children throughout the Diocese. Toddler sizes 2T-4T needed. Everything NEW can be used: Shoes, socks, underwear, etc. Please bring NEW clothing to the office or place in the collection box outside on the weekends no later than Friday, April 20th Sponsored by St. Augustine's Council of Catholic Women A University Parish: School of Prayer and Center for the New Evangelization 7

8 You are Invited to the: St. Augustine Women s Emmaus 36 th Retreat April 13 15, 2018 CASH OR CHECK ONLY! Set aside time for God to reflect on your life and to establish or renew a loving relationship with Our Lord Jesus Christ. WERE NOT OUR HEARTS GRADUALLY CATCHING FIRE WITHIN US AS HE SPOKE TO US ON THE ROAD? For more information contact: Olga Fernandez (305) olgamfernandez24@gmail.com CATHOLIC PRAYER BREAKFAST The women and men who seek to bring Gospel values into the workplace will hold the next meeting of the CATHOLIC PRAYER BREAKFAST on Tuesday, April 10, for our Easter meeting to be held at MorningStar Renewal Center, 7275 SW 124 Street ( adjacent to St Louis Parish). Guest Speaker: Pat Tierney, an involved member of St. John Neumann parish, Cursillista, and career flight attendant who has travelled the World. Come and join us to hear this remarkable witness to commitment in the Faith. Full breakfast is served. We are in our 28th year! Business and professional networking beginning at 7:15 a.m. Bring your business associates and plenty of business cards! Breakfast at 7:30, with adjournment by 8:30 a.m. Donation is $7.00. Please call Voic at UM (24 hours) to reserve your space for the Breakfast Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL

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10 WEEKLY EVENTS TUESDAYS The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available on campus, 12-1:30 pm, Stop by our table in the breezeway for more info 5:30pm-6:30pm Holy Hour 7:00pm Mass followed by free dinner for students at St. Augustine. THURSDAYS Thrive Night at 8pm at St. Augustine! Come out for a night of Fellowship & be empowered To live out your faith on campus SUNDAYS College Mass & social at 8pm Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL