St. Peter Catholic Church 31300 Overseas Hwy Phone: 305-872-2537 Box 430657 Email: info@stpeterbpk.org Big Pine Key, Fl 33043 Web site: www.stpeterbpk.org MARCH 19, 2017 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Parish Staff: PASTOR Fr. Randy Musselman DEACON Jack Pierce Office Manager Jennifer Kearney Director of Religious Education Nancy McCrosson MASSES: Daily Mass: Mon thru Fri 8:00 am Saturday Vigil Masses: On Sugarloaf, 4:00 pm At St. Peter Church, 5:30 pm Sunday Morning Masses 8:30 am & 11:00 am Holidays: Check the Bulletin CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 4:45 PM 5:15 PM (or by appointment) BAPTISMS and WEDDINGS (by appointment)
This Week In Our Parish No matter what your present status in the Catholic Church, No matter what your current family or marital situation, No matter what your personal history, age, background, race etc., No matter what your own self-image or self esteem, YOU are Invited, Welcomed, Accepted, Loved and Respected at St. Peter Catholic Church. Monday, March 20th Tuesday, March 21st Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30-11:00 CODA Meeting, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22nd ACA Meeting, 7:00 p.m. Stations Of The Cross, 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 23rd Choir Practice, 6:30 p.m. Saturday March 18, 2017 4:00 PM Deceased Members of St. Peter Church 5:30 PM +Betty Lederer by Howard & Diane Sunday March 19, 2017 8:30 AM +James Anthony McCarthy by Linda & Joe McCarthy 11:00 AM +Amanda Whittaker by Mary & Joe Gregoria Monday March 20,2017 8:00 AM +Richard Conrady by Olga Conrady Tuesday March 21,2017 8:00 AM +Oettle Family by Jim Oettle Wednesday March 22, 2017 8:00 AM Deceased Members of St. Peter Church Thursday March 23, 2017 8:00 AM +Tom Weis and +Mariona Swann by Carol Schulz Friday March 24, 2017 8:00 AM +John Cherrybon by Sue Cherrybon Saturday March 25, 2017 4:00 PM Deceased Members of St. Peter Church 5:30 PM +Robert Ciccio by Lori Bleich Sunday March 26, 2017 8:30 AM +Paul Canfield by Cathy Canfield 11:00 AM Deceased Members of St. Peter Church Friday, March 24th Saturday, March 25th Sugarloaf Fire House Vigil Mass, 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 26th Masses at 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. This Week's Readings Monday: SAMUEL 7:4-5A, 12-14A,16; ROMANS 4:13, 16-18,22 MATTHEW 1:16, 18-21, 24A OR LUKE 2:41-51A Tuesday: DANIEL 3:25, 34-43; MATTHEW 18:21-35 Wednesday: DEUTERONOMY 4:1, 5-9; MATTHEW 5:17-19 Thursday: JEREMIAH 7:23-28; LUKE 11:14-23 Friday: HOSEA 14:2-10; MARK 12:28-34 Next Week's Readings MARCH 26, 2017 First Reading: 1 SAMUEL 16:1B, 6-7,10-13A Second Reading: EPHESIANS 5:8-14 Gospel: JOHN 9:1-41 OR 9:1,6-9,13-17,34-38
Pray For Those Who Are Sick We ask your prayers for Parishioners: Dan Lynch, Marci Kiser, Steven Fidler, Hilda Doody, Robert Arias, Ken and Michele MacKenzie, Roger Lederer, Eleanor Garrison, Rachel Miles, Jonathan Snyder, Ruth Fidler, Nancy Cave, Ruth Murray, Robie Wojtkowicek, Steve Sands, Bunny Giamatti, Ed Bowes, James Fenhoff, Bonnie Foster, Guenther Glatt, Carmen Diaz, Dennis Mescal, and Donna Lahey. We will cleanse our sick list from time to time. Please call the office (305-872-2537) on the first of each month if you would like a name included or removed. Food Bank The second Sunday of the month is Loaves and Fishes Sunday There is a basket in the vestibule for your food donations. Your donations are greatly appreciated anytime! THANK YOU!! The Food Bank Hours are: Monday > 10:00am to 12:00 noon Tuesdays thru Thursdays > 9:00 am to 12:00 noon St. Peter Catholic Church Website Visit the St. Peter Church website at http:// www.stpeterbpk.org. It s filled with new and updated features. You can also find a copy of this bulletin as well as past issues. Many photos of our Parish events are there too. Take a look and watch us grow. For questions or additional information, contact Kathy Rhodes at kathy@stpeterbpk.org or the office. Facebook Like us on Facebook for the latest information at St. Peter Church Big Pine Key. Dynamic Catholic Join Dynamic Catholic for Best Lent Ever, a FREE email program designed to help you have a Life-Changing Lent. Please let us know in the office if you or someone else is homebound and would like to receive the Eucharist at home. Call the office at 305-872-2537. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration takes place on Tuesdays from 8:30 am 11:00 am. The first Friday of every month, there will be Adoration at 8:30 am to 8:45 am closing with Benediction. Prayer Group Centering Prayer Group meets every Friday in the Chapel at either 4:00 pm or 5:00 pm. Please call the office at 305-872-2537 for information if you would like to join us. Mission Collection Donna Dye collects cancelled stamps and eyeglasses for the foreign missions. Please put your donations in the collection basket or in the box located in the office near the water cooler labeled Altar Society / Sacristan. Meeting for Adult Children of Alcoholics or Dysfunctional Parents (ACA) This 12-Step Group meets Wednesday evenings 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in Cuarto Gato. Anyone who comes from a dysfunctional home or is still living with old messages from childhood should check us out. For more information. see www.adultchildren.org/lit/ Laundry_List.php
Announcing.It s Time to Sign-Up! LIVING STATIONS OF THE CROSS Good Friday, April 14th, 2017 at 3 p.m. {Dress Rehearsal 1pm} All are welcome for this reenactment of the passion Sign-up sheet in the vestibule or please contact Nancy McCrosson in the Parish Office #305-872-2537 or nancy@stpeterbpk.org No experience necessary, all ages welcome and all costumes with props provided. Please plan to participate in this very personal walk with Jesus. Come, just as you are. "If anyone wishes to come after me he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." Luke 9:23 Looking for anyone interested in being a part of this new ministry. This ministry will consist of: 1. Prayer There will be a prayer intention box in the vestibule and we will have a prayer chain formed to continually pray for your intentions. 2. Study The distribution of free Dynamic Catholic Books and CD s after the Masses on the first Sunday of each month. 3. Generosity Give freely of your time by praying for your parish. 4. Evangelization Sharing Dynamic Catholic programs and by being an example of someone striving to live the four signs in a practical way. Starting the first weekend in April, the Dynamic Catholic Ministry will be distributing free Dynamic Catholic Books and CD s after all Masses. We have enlisted teens in the Confirmation Class to be part of this ministry and are reaching out to anyone else who may be interested in helping. Please contact Barbara Jackowski for more information, 305-304-8191. Signup sheet for prayer chain will be in vestibule.
Those Serving Us: MASS LECTOR Eucharistic Ministers Altar Servers Saturday: 5:30 pm B. Luks Deacon Jack E.Havlicek Collections for the Weekend: March 12th & March 13th K. Jachym Sunday: 8:30 am C. Canfield N. Jude First Collection $4,664.00 Second Collection $693.00 Sunday: 11:00 am E. Kenny Direct Debit: $455.00 Sugarloaf - 1st Collection $460.00 Sugarloaf - 2nd Collection $104.00 The Second collection this week is for St. Peter Building & Maintenance Fund. PARISH SUPPORT GROUPS Grief Support Call 305-744-0139 (Mary) for help or information. Another 50 / 50 Jackpot Winner Number 404 was drawn and played and won $452.50. Next week s jackpot will begin anew. To win you have to play! Part-time Residents: You can still participate if you use Direct Debit. Stations Of The Cross Wednesdays during Lent Starting Wednesday Codependents Anonymous (CODA) Tuesdays, 6:30 pm in Cuarto Gato. Adult Children of Alcoholics or Dysfunctional Families (ACA) Wednesdays, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm in Cuarto Gato. Sing a Joyful Song to the Lord! We urgently need YOU Join the choir Today!! March 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the Church. Reconciliation Weekend During this season of Lent you are encouraged to seek the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Friday, March 31, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 1, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. We rehearse Thursdays at 6:30 pm. Talk to any choir member after Mass Or call the office at 305-872-2537. When You Sing in the Choir, You Pray Twice!!
The St. Peter Youth Ministry WHEN TO MEET...EVENTS...AND ALL THAT IS Please call Barbara Jackowski @ 305-304-8191. Steubenville Florida Orlando June 30 - July 2, 2017 Registration NOW OPEN to all teens going into the 9th through 12th grades Please contact Barbara Jackowski - 305-304-8191 2017 Theme God calls us higher and raises us beyond things of this world. He transforms us and makes us new. This is a gradual process, an ongoing journey, in which we are elevated by God s Steubenville Florida Orlando Have you been thinking how you will prepare for Lent? Why not journey with Xt3. Each day of Lent (starting on Ash Wednesday, March 1st) there will be a new Lenten resource, a Lenten challenge and the Gospel reading for the day. The X3t Lent Calendar is now live and can be accessed from www.xt3.com/lent or check it out in your app store. CCD registration is always open! To register a child in Religious Education {Pre-K through 9th Grade} or for information on our program, please contact Nancy McCrosson at 305-872-2537 or nancy@stpeterbpk.org Forms are available online at www.stpeterbpk.org. in the vestibule or the parish office.
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