SUNDAY, JUNE 25, TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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1 200 N. Orange Avenue, Sarasota, Florida Telephone: (941) Fax: (941) Website: Facebook: St. Martha Roman Catholic Church Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - Noon & 12:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 25, TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME MASS SCHEDULE Church opens 30 minutes before each service and closes afterwards. SATURDAY 7:30 a.m. & 8:30 a.m.; (Vigil) 4:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. SUNDAY CHURCH 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Noon & 5:30 p.m. SUNDAY PARISH HALL 9:00 a.m. (Family), 8 a.m. (Spanish), Noon (Vietnamese) WEEKDAY 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., Noon & 5:30 p.m. HOLY DAY (Vigil) 4 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Noon, & 5:30 p.m. CONFESSIONS Saturday: 9 a.m a.m.; 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. (Reconciliation Room) Sunday - Friday: 11:30 a.m. - Noon (Church Entrance) TV Mass Sunday, 9:30 a.m. on CW Network. Check your local listings or go to dioceseofvenice/tvmass EXPOSITON OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Carosella Chapel: Tuesdays 9 a.m. - Noon; Fridays 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (The Carosella Chapel is open for quiet prayer during office hours.) STATIONS OF THE CROSS Monday through Friday at 11:15 a.m. in the Church. ROSARY & MORNING PRAYER DEVOTIONS Rosary is prayed each day following the 7:30 a.m. Mass, immediately followed by Morning Prayer. Rosary is again prayed before the Noon Mass. BAPTISM Classes are held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Conference Room. Baptism will take place regularly every Sunday at 5 p.m. or by appointment with your choice of clergyman. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Saturdays after the 8:30 a.m. Mass HOUSE BLESSING Contact Sara Brinn at the Parish Office PRAYER LINE

2 JUNE 25, 2017 PSALTER WEEK IV From Our Pastor, Fr. Fausto... My Dear Friends, The theme of this Sunday is one that afflicts us Christians very much due to the violence of atheistic regimes on one side and of the Muslim fundamentalists on the other. But if we look to the history of our Christian Church we know that there is no century without persecution. Instructive is comparing the expansion of the two biggest monotheistic religions: Christians and Muslims. For the first 300 years after Jesus ascension, we Christians expanded under imperial Roman persecutions, the Muslims expanded by the Muslim armies which obliterated the most ancient region of Christianity by shedding blood, forcing conversion or keeping Christians and Jews just a little bit better than slaves. But please, keep in mind, that the overwhelming majority of our Muslim brothers and sisters are peaceful people as we Christians are. And we all believe in the same one God, creator of heaven and earth. Both religions venerate Mary, recognizing her virginal birth of Jesus. In Mother Mary we are all united, so lets ask Mary to unite us, not just in the faith of one God, but in the practice of respect and love of one another s faith. God s love will get us together as brothers and sisters in the family of God. The gospel today, following the prophet Jeremiah, gives us all Jesus prophetic message of remaining faithful to Him under persecution. Fear no one...do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. And even in our free country we face the implacable hatred of our atheists who, denying the very existence of God, try everything and everywhere to eradicate faith from our beloved country. They, through mass media, the entertainment industry, subversive college professors and court challenges ridicule and oppress us. The ACLU finds one atheist opposed to the Christmas nativity in a public space, and a thousand believers in the same village must deny themselves of a beloved symbol of God. By the way, these cowards do not dare touch or oppose Muslim or Jewish religious symbols! Naturally we pray for our persecutors so that they be converted and stop murdering us or suppressing our faith. So let us stick with Jesus without fear because if we deny Him for some little transitory material gain in this life, He will deny us before His Heavenly Father. Glorious eternity awaits all of us! Thursday, June 29 is the Feast of the two great pillars of Christianity: St. Peter and St. Paul. This solemnity brings us the memory of the two rails on which runs the train of the original Church of Christ. The Pope was represented by Peter, and the teaching magisterium of the Church was represented by the great teacher, Paul. So, we the followers of Jesus recall the two great apostles that He left (Peter) or sent (Paul, after his conversion) to his budding church. It does seem ironic that a Jewish fisherman and a rabbi, who once persecuted the Christians, would be honored two thousand years later as the champions of the Church of Christ. June 29th is also the day when we Catholics pray for the Pope, and reaffirm our unshakable belief in the dogma of the inerrancy of the Pope. Papal infallibility, or inerrancy, is a dogma rooted in the Bible. The papacy grew out of the mission of Peter (born Simon bar Jonah), an uneducated common fisherman, from the village of Capernaum, who nonetheless became the leading disciple of Jesus, and changed his name from Simon to Cephas, which more accurately would sound like Rocky in our colloquial English. In Matthews Gospel (16: 18-19), Jesus gives Peter the keys of authority to admit or exclude, and promised that Peter s primacy among the apostles will survive Peter s death. From this awesome power, given inexplicably to Peter, one could infer that this fisherman was an exceedingly smart genius far from it! Many unflattering remembrances about Peter are immortalized in the Gospel! The most famous is the painful and shameful denial of Jesus (Mk 16: 66-72) in the courtyard. Even outside the Bible, one very ancient Roman tradition, immortalized in the Quo Vadis chapel on the Appian Way, makes use of the fumbling fisherman s shoes! The most obvious question that comes to mind is How could Jesus make such a stupid choice? My answer is based on the last chapter of John s Gospel (21: 15-19) when Peter thrice reaffirmed his undying love for Jesus because, as Jesus himself said (Lk 7: 47): So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven because she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little. The great lesson from Peter s choice by Jesus is this: we are judged by God not only on our successes or talents but primarily by our love of God, of neighbors, of ourselves. As the song says: And They ll Know We are Christians by our Love. As Paul remarked (1 Cor 13), everything will pass away - - riches, health, possessions, hope and knowledge - - because in Paradise we will find God alone, and God is Love! (1 Jn 4:8). Let us pray for our beloved Pope Francis that the Lord may grant him an incredible amount of wisdom and mercy for all of us faltering sheep of Jesus family. We miss seeing many smiling faces not present in Church now, and I want again to wish all of you a beautiful, restful vacation, as we priests are likewise doing. Please remember to attend Sunday Mass when on vacation! Next Sunday is Caritas Sunday, when the members of Caritas (all volunteers) seek your donations at the doors of the church to help them continue to assist the needy of our area. Last month, you dear parishioners, gave Caritas $4,167. Please be generous. Help to make up for all our parishioners who are on vacation. God will reward you.

3 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Next week we will take up the Peter s Pence collection, which provides the Holy Father with the funds he needs to carry out his charitable works around the world. The proceeds benefit the most disadvantaged: victims of war, oppression and disasters. Join our Holy Father as a witness of charity to those who are suffering. See the letter from our Bishop in this bulletin. Smile, God loves you and so does Fr. Fausto with your St. Martha clergy: Fathers Patrick, Wojciech, Sebastian, Philip & Jerry Deacons Bill and Patrick; plus Brothers Bill, Tom & Lawrence and Sisters Cathy & Marianne St. Martha Catholic School and St. Mary Academy are now accepting applications for the 2017/2018 school year. Please contact the schools for information T W O P Sun., June 25 11:30 a.m. Confession - Fr. Sebas an Mon., June 26 Tues., June 27 - St. Cyril of Alexandria Wed., June 28 - St. Irenaeus Thurs., June 29 - SS. Peter & Paul Fri., June 30 - The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church 8:00 p.m. AA (Spanish) - Geenen Hall Sat., July 1 - St. Junipero Serra 9:00 a.m. Confession - Fr. Sebas an 9:30 a.m. Legion of Mary - Geenen Hall 3:00 p.m. Confession - Fr. Wojciech SAINT PETER & SAINT PAUL JUNE 21 Martyred in Rome according to tradition, Peter (Greek, rock ) and told him that it was on this rock that he would build his Church. After the ascension, Acts describes Peter as the chief of the apostles and, from the middle of the third century onward, documents show that the bishops of Rome were recognized as the successors of Peter. Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles, was born a Roman citizen in Tarsus and educated as a Pharisee. His experience of the risen Christ resulted in his conversion. He went to Jerusalem and, through the intervention of Barnabas, came to be trusted and accepted in the Christian community. In Acts, Luke describes Paul s missionary journeys, his return to Jerusalem, his arrest, and his appeal to Caesar. Like these two great apostles, may we offer ourselves fully in Christ s service no matter what the cost. Living with Christ ST. MARTHA HAS AN APP! St. Martha Catholic Parish App is designed to provide parishioners and ministries a powerful tool for communication and collaboration. The app can be used to help quickly find Mass times, Parish Staff Directory, Events Calendar as well as facilitate communication between the different groups and ministries in the parish. It also provides valuable resources such as devotionals, news, audio podcasts, and videos. The app can be downloaded on both Android and Apple devices by going to Google Play or the Apple Store and searching for Saint Martha Catholic Church Sarasota. Once downloaded, sign up for the notification groups (ministries) that interest you!

4 BULLETIN If a sparrow does not fall to the ground without the Father s knowledge, what about a tiny unborn child killed, in secret, by chemical abortions (sometimes masquerading as birth control), or a new human embryo destroyed, in secret, in a laboratory in the name of research?? A Message from our Bishop Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Peter's Pence Collection allows all the faithful the opportunity to participate and support the charitable work of Pope Francis as he reaches out to those who are marginalized and suffering around the globe. By supporting this collection, you join the Holy Father in bringing a little more mercy into the world. Pope Francis asked us in his 2016 Urbi et Orbi address, "May efforts be made everywhere to promote the culture of encounter, justice and reciprocal respect, which alone can guarantee the spiritual and material welfare of all people." The Peter's Pence Collection allows us all to be part of the Church's effort to promote a culture of encounter and justice. It is precisely your support that makes it possible for the Holy Father to carry out his charitable works around the world, to enable the Pope in assisting victims of war, natural disasters, human trafficking, hunger, and other challenges. This Collection will take place in the Diocese of Venice on July 1 and 2, Let us join with our brothers and sisters in faith from around the globe to help Pope Francis reach the marginalized in our world. Please prayerfully consider how you can best support the collection this year. I take this opportunity to assure you and your families of my continued consideration as well as my prayers. Thank you for your generosity! Sincerely yours in Christ, + Bishop Frank J. Dewane Bishop of the Diocese of Venice in Florida Gluten Free Hosts If you have an allergy to gluten, St. Martha does have gluten free hosts. Please see the sacristan or a deacon in the sacristy before Mass and request a gluten-free host be consecrated during the Mass. PRO-LIFE HELP WANTED Do you have a heart for pro-life, a few extra hours a month, and a computer? St. Martha Parish is looking for two new Respect Life volunteers to coordinate parish activities to promote a greater respect for all human life. You also will be liaisons with other parish groups and with the diocese. You'll get one-on-one help and support from the current Respect Life reps and the diocese. To learn more, contact Jim Styer at or RespectLife@comcast.net PASTOR pastor@stmartha.org Come Lord! Come with me: see with my eyes, hear with my ears, think with my mind, love with my heart - in all the situations of my life. Work with my hands, my strength. Take, cleanse, possess, inhabit my will, my understanding, my love. Take me where you will, to do what you will, in your way. For where you are, there would your servant be. Amen. Evelyn Underhill TAKE ACTION DURING THE FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM! Prayer Pray that the governing authorities would uphold religious liberty, traditional marriage, the dignity of human life, and other key issues such as immigration reform and the need for more humanitarian services. Study To find out more on the issue of conscience protection go to conscience-protection/index.cfm. Download and read the Fortnight for Freedom Reflections published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops by going to religious-liberty/fortnight-for-freedom/fortnight-forfreedom-reflections.cfm. Public Action Check out the latest action alerts and write or Congress opposing the HHS Mandate and calling for greater conscience protections for religious individuals and institutions. Go to fortnightactionalerts. Join the Diocese of Venice on Facebook at for news, updates, and opportunities to have your voice heard. Text the word FREEDOM to to receive the latest updates from the USCCB regarding the most important issues related to the Fortnight.

5 In this communion communion means common-union we form a great family, where every member is helped and sustained by the others. -Pope Francis WE ARE HUMAN, WE ARE SINNERS We are reminded in today s readings that we are human, and that as a result of that we are sinners, and we inherit that sin from the very beginning, from Adam. St. Paul points that out in our Second Reading from Romans 2. Were you aware that in Hebrew the name Adam means humanity? In today s Gospel Reading from Matthew, Jesus also reminds us of the fact that we are sinners, but He also prompts us to remember that one of the reasons we sin is because we fear other humans and the consequences of living out our faith more than we fear the Lord Himself. Jesus says, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Gehenna is translated in some Bible versions as Hell. What the Lord is trying to communicate to us may be that we probably tend to fear earthly matters and earthly people more than we fear God. If we are killed by someone or something on earth it is the body only which dies. However, shrinking back from God s call can have eternal consequences. Saving grace and being saved are probably not thoughts on which we like to dwell, but they are real, and we need to recognize that. St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote, The saved are few, but we must live with the few if we would be saved with the few. O God, too few indeed they are; yet amongst those few I wish to be. Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Inc. ST. MARTHA CLERGY AND STAFF Very Rev. Fausto Stampiglia, S.A.C. Pastor Rev. R. Patrick Wilson, S.A.C., Parochial Vicar Rev. Wojciech Stachura, S.A.C., Parochial Vicar Rev. Sebastian Szczawinski, S.A.C., Parochial Vicar Rev. Philip M. Lam Ba Trong, C.M.C., Hospital Chaplain Rev. George Jerry Hogan, Circus Chaplain Rev. Deacon William Ladroga Rev. Deacon C. Patrick Macaulay Br. William Hudspeth, S.A.C. Br. Tom Flanagan, S.A.C. Br. Lawrence Skitzki, C.S.C. Sr. Cathy Bonfield, S.S.N.D. Sr. Marianne Baehr, C.S.J. Sara Brinn, Office Manager/Parish Secretary Virginia Bray, Music Director Gina Snode, Business Manager/Bookkeeper Patricia Sileo, Director of Religious Education Teressa McCoy, Administrative Asst./Media Coordinator Sabrina Gibson, Reception/Data Entry Pamela Paulson, Reception/Data Entry Rose Ann Runnells, Sacristan Tom Patt, Sacristan Janet Cocco, Sacristan Miguel Jimenez, Maintenance Supervisor D.A.R.N. The Disaster Amateur Radio Network of Catholic Charities is looking for volunteers to provide emergency and back up communications for disaster response teams in their community in the immediate aftermath of any type of disaster. All volunteers are licensed FCC amateur radio operators or are individuals who agree to take the steps required to obtain a license. There is one general meeting a year and the network meets on air once a month to make sure all channels are loud and clear. Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer can contact Andy Durette at or af_durette@hotmail.com. 5 REASONS TO JOIN THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. 4. The Knights of Columbus are strongly and devoutly Pro-Life. Following the teachings of the Catholic Church, they believe that Life begins at conception and ends in natural death. While the Knights are involved in a plethora of activities locally that foster the Pro-Life movement, they are also major supporters of the March for Life in Washington, D.C., the National Prayer for Life Campaign, the Ultrasound Initiative, and the Culture of Life Fund. To learn how to become a member, contact Grand Knight, Tom Gillis at Watch the bulletin for more reasons! Traveling for the summer? No need to miss Mass! Visit where you can search for the Mass times at 117,337 Catholic churches, in 205 countries around the Decimosegundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 25 de junio de 2017 Canten y alaben al Señor, porque él ha salvado la vida del pobre. Jeremías 20:13 NO TENGAN MIEDO! Cómo es que las personas encuentran paz frente al sufrimiento y la muerte? Ese es el mensaje de las Escrituras de hoy. Escuchamos el sufrimiento de Jeremías y del salmista. Escuchamos de la muerte que reino desde Adán hasta Moisés (Romanos 5:14). Escuchamos de los miedos de los Doce cuando Jesús los envió a las periferias para predicar y sanar. En medio de toda esta tribulación hay un mensaje que suena fuerte y claro: No tengan miedo! El Dios que salvó a Jeremías y al salmista y a Jesús está plenamente presente para salvarnos por medio del extraordinario don de Jesucristo. No tenemos nada y a nadie a quien temer. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

6 Mass Intentions Sun., June 25 Jer 20:10-13; Rom 5:12-15; Mt 10: :30 a.m. [PW] Jack Walters by Louise Walters 8:00 a.m. [PR] (Span/Hall) Bob & Marguerite Romaine 9:00 a.m. [SS] Carol Spalding by Camille Young 10:30 a.m. [PW] For All Parishioners 12:00 p.m. [WS] (L) Jeanne Hickey by Friend 12:00 p.m. [PL] (Viet/Hall) Special Intention by Hien Nguyen 5:30 p.m. [WS] Rose Ann Vroom by Noreen & John Smith Mon., June 26 Gn 12:1-9; Mt 7:1-5 7:30 a.m. [PL] Parent by Rosario & Donna Criscuolo 8:30 a.m. [PW] Rita Ritchie by Fr. Patrick 12:00 p.m. [SS] Jai Shin R. Vinson by Vincanna Godet 5:30 p.m. [WS] Tony Arcaro by Cynthia & Riccardo Arcaro Tues., June 27 Gn 13:2, 5-18; Mt 7:6, :30 a.m. [PL] Catherine O Rourke by Kelly Family 8:30 a.m. [WS] Mary Serwatka by Walter Serwatka & Connie Holcomb 12:00 p.m. [PW] Grace Sheehan by Walter Serwatka & Connie Holcomb 5:30 p.m. [WS] Dora Irene Massaro by The Pallottines Wed., June 28 Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Mt 7: :30 a.m. [WS] R.D. & Cecilia Kelly Family by The Kelly Family 8:30 a.m. [PW] David Bradley by Micki Slattery 12:00 p.m. [WS] Kevin Crowley by Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Morgano 5:30 p.m. [SS] Lvg & Decd Members of John W. & Vera Kelly Family Thurs., June 29 Act 12:1-11; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16: :30 a.m. [SS] Richard Fox by Wife 8:30 a.m. [PW] Vincenzo Pediconi by Christina Visconti 12:00 p.m. [SS] George C. Wagner by James & Monica Cannon 5:30 p.m. [PL] Poor Souls Fri., June 30 Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15-22; Mt 8:1-4 7:30 a.m. [WS] Frank & Kevin by Connaughton Family 8:30 a.m. [SS] Kevin Crowley by St. Martha Parish 12:00 p.m. [WS] Marie Grasso by Daniel Williams, Jr. 5:30 p.m. [SS] Lvg & Decd Members of McGruder Family Sat., July 1 Gn 18:1-15; Mt 8:5-17 7:30 a.m. [PL] Cherry Bell Griffin by The Pallottines 8:30 a.m. [WS] Lvg & Decd Members of Legion of Mary 4:00 p.m. [PW] John F. Mulligan, II by Doug Mulligan 5:30 p.m. [SS] Stahly & Rex (Parents) by Bill & Jill Rex Sun., July 2 2 Kgs 4:5-11, 14-16a; Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10: :30 a.m. [PL] Jack Walters by Louise Walters 8:00 a.m. [PR] (Span/Hall) Joseph Perez by Edna Perez-Koury 9:00 a.m. [WS] Aldo Varisto by The Hands 10:30 a.m. [PW] For All Parishioners 12:00 p.m. [WS] (L) Family Murphy by Lynda Blouin 12:00 p.m. [JC] (Viet/Hall) Maria by Ngoc Truong 5:30 p.m. [PW] James Guerino, Jr. by Family Fr. Fausto (FS), Fr. Patrick (PW), Fr. Wojciech (WS), Fr. Sebastian (SS), Fr. Pablo (PR), Fr. Philip (PL), Fr. John (JC) OUTREACH MINISTRIES Altar Servers Brian Clark Altar Society Susan Schussler Archivist Ted Cover Arimathean Ministry Cindy Rottkamp Bethesda House Colleen McMenamin Catholic Charities Marisa Zorger Caritas (9-11 a.m., M-F) Tony Cocco, Chair Casa Santa Marta Debbie Greising Choir/Cantor Virginia Bray Council of Catholic Women Sara Brinn Eucharist Adoration Parish Office Finance Council John J. DeStefano Family Ministry Gary Kerschner Hospitality Ministry Beth Cannata Jail Ministry Br. Jim Connolly, CFX Knights of Columbus Tom Gillis Lectors Ed Hale 1edhale@gmail.com Legion of Mary Diane Such Ministries John Gearon Peace & Justice/S.U.R.E. John McGruder Parish Council Roland Gibson Prayer Line Diane Domagala R.C.I.A Maggie Gallucci R.C.I.A Sue Thompson suehome2@verizon.net Respect Life Ministry Jim & Peg Styer Rosary Makers Don & Maxine Brand Solve Maternity Homes Peggy Kerwin St. M. Early Learning Center Jamie Van Dyke Ushers Robert Morrissey EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Parish & Homebound Pam Paulson Hospital Calvin Kreider Nursing Home Pam Paulson BISHOP NEVINS ACADEMY 4380 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL St. Martha Catholic School Principal: Mrs. Siobhan Young St. Mary Academy Principal: Ms. Rebecca Reynolds CARDINAL MOONEY HIGH SCHOOL Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND OUR SCHEDULED MASSES, CONTACT OUR NEIGHBORING PARISHES: St. Jude Sarasota Christ the King Chapel Sarasota Incarnation Sarasota Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Sarasota St. Patrick Sarasota St. Mary Star of the Sea Longboat Key St. Thomas More Sarasota St. Joseph Bradenton St. Michael the Archangel Siesta Key Our Lady Queen of Angels Lakewood Ranch Our priests & deacons minister to the following local facilities: The Pines, Brookdale Midtown, Magnolia, Life Care Center, Horizon Bay, Jefferson Center, Alderman Oaks, Plymouth Harbor, Sarasota Health, Springwood, Casa Santa Marta I & II, Sarasota Bay Club, Cross Breeze, Sunshine Meadows, Sarasota Point, Sarasota County Jail.