St. Anthony the Abbot Catholic Church Father Paul Pecchie, Pastor Mass Schedule SUNDAY : 8:00AM AND 10:00AM SATURDAY VIGIL : 4:00PM DAILY (MONDAY-SATURDAY): 8:00AM HOLY DAYS : 7:00PM (VIGIL), 9:00AM RECONCILIATION See page two for extended hours during Lent and Holy Week SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Anointing after Masses or upon request. Please contact the Parish Office in advance. MARRIAGE PREPARATION: Please call the office at least six months prior to wedding date. BAPTISM: Please call the office three months in advance. PARISH DIRECTORY Parish Office (352)796-2096 Extension: Email: Permanent Deacon: Deacon Manny Carreiro.. contact parish office Ministry of Care - Ministry to the Sick & Homebound: Louise Allen. contact parish office Baptism Sessions: Deacon Manny Carreiro... contact parish office Business Manager: Christine Stafford.. 22. cstafford@stantchurch.org Receptionist:.. 26 Parish Office: Jeanne Poole. 14. parishoffice@stantchurch.org Pastor s Secretary: Karen Zoretic... 10. karenz@stantchurch.org Music Minstry: David Zimmerman.. 11. music@stantchurch.org Adult Enrichment - Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIA: Michele Niemier, Jim Lehmann 20. faithformation@stantchurch.org Faith Formation, Religious Education Secretary: Michele Niemier. 20. faithformation@stantchurch.org Pre K Grade 5: Miriam Melfy, Director.. 23. K5@stantchurch.org Grades 6 12: Susanne Thompson, Director Facebook Holy Hut... 21. youth@stantchurch.org Maintenance: Manuel Pimentel... contact parish office Christian Family Services. (352)797-4898 Daystar Life Center... (352)799-5930 www.daystarlifecenter.org Notre Dame Catholic School, Early Childhood 3/VPK through 8th Grade: Principal: Deacon Scott Conway, M.Ed.... (352)683-0755 www.ndcsfl.org 20428 Cortez Boulevard, Brooksville, Florida 34601 Phone: (352) 796-2096 Fax: (352) 796-7144 Email: parishoffice@stantchurch.org Website: www.stantchurch.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday, to 3:30pm (Closed from 12:00 noon - 1pm daily for lunch)
Open wide the windows of our spirits and fill us full of light; open wide the door of our hearts, that we may receive and entertain Thee with all our powers of adoration. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Sunday: Gn 9:8-15/1 Pt 3:18-22/Mk 1:12-15 Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18/Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11/Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10/Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25/Mt 7:7-12 Friday: Ez 18:21-28/Mt 5:20-26 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19/Mt 5:43-48 Lenten Confession Schedule SUNDAYS, 9:15AM: February 22 / March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 MONDAYS, 8:30AM: February 23 / March 2, 9, 16, 23 WEDNESDAYS, 8:30AM: February 25 / March 4, 11, 18, 25 WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-7:30PM: February 25 / March 4, 11 THURSDAYS, 8:30AM: February 26 / March 5, 12, 19, 26 SATURDAYS, 10-11:00AM & 3-3:45PM: February 21, 28 / March 7, 14, 21, 28 Holy Week Confession Schedule MONDAY, MARCH 30: 7:30am, 10-11:00am, 6:30pm-7:30pm TUESDAY, MARCH 31: 7:30am, 6:30pm-7:30pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1: 7:30am, 10-11:00am, 6:30pm-7:00pm THURSDAY, APRIL 2: 10-11:00am FRIDAY, APRIL 3: 10-11:00am The Light is ON for YOU. March 12, 2015 5:00pm-7:00pm On Thursday, March 12, 2015, every Catholic Church in the Diocese of St. Petersburg will turn on its lights and open its doors for the Sacrament of between 5:00pm and 7:00pm. This evening, there will not be Penance services; priests will simply be available for you to stop and make an individual confession on your way home from work or school or wherever you may be. Visit the Diocese of St. Petersburg website at www.dosp.org for more information about receiving the Sacrament of. Please read the brochure A Short Guide to the Sacrament of which has been prepared for this evening. Copies are also available in the Parish Hall. 2015 ST. ANTHONY THE ABBOT FEBRUARY 21 26 I WILL GIVE THEM A NEW HEART PRESENTED BY FATHER BRIAN MULLADY Fr. Mullady will preach on the progressive change from hardness of heart to a deeper union with God using Teresa of Avila and John. PARISH MISSION SCHEDULE: Father Mullady will preach at all Masses the weekend of February 21 and 22 and the mission talks will be Monday Thursday after the 8:00am Mass and during the 7:00pm mission Mass. A reception will take place in the Parish Hall on Thursday, February 26 following the 7:00pm mission Mass. Fr. Brian Thomas Becket Mullady is the son of an Air Force officer and was raised throughout the United States. He entered the Dominican Order in 1966 and was ordained in Oakland, California in 1972. He has been a parish priest, high school teacher, retreat master, mission preacher and university professor. He received his Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from the Angelicum University in Rome, Italy and was professor there for six years. He has taught at several colleges and seminaries in the United States. He is an academician of the Catholic Academy of Science. He is adjunct professor at Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell CT and preaches parish missions and retreats. He has had ten series on Mother Angelica's EWTN television network. He is the author of three books and numerous articles. He is the author Question and Answer column in Homiletic and Pastoral Review. He is the Theological Consultant to the Institute on Religious Life.
A Message From The Pastor My Dear Friends in Christ, J M J We welcome this Weekend Fr Brian Mallady,op. He will be leading us in our Lenten Parish Mission. The three principle pillars of lent are Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving. A Lenten Mission is designed to cause us to reflect on how we can enter more deeply into our Lenten observance, so we can draw closer to the Lord as we experience His Resurrection on Easter. I hope you have marked your calendars to join us. For your convenience there are 2 opportunities to participate. The Mission takes place this Monday Thursday. There will be a talk in the morning immediately after the 8 am Mass and there will be a Mission talk as part homily at the Mission Mass each night at 7pm. come to one or both. You will not want to miss this excellent Dominican Mission Director. ***** Two images from nature dominate this First Sunday. In these images we find the key for living the next six weeks deeply and fruitfully, as God is hoping we will live them. The first image is that desert. After Jesus was baptized, but before he began his years of public ministry, St Mark tells us in today's Gospel that the Spirit "drove Jesus out into the desert," where he experienced temptation. Throughout the Bible, the desert is often referred to a place of testing, where we experience our weakness and dependence on God. Water and food are hard to come by there, and the temperatures and emptiness are oppressive to both the body and the mind. The desert is a place where our illusions of self-sufficiency and comfort fade away. When we are in the desert, either literally or figuratively, we quickly realize that we need God. In other words, the desert is the opposite Garden of Eden. It is the place of suffering and hardship that sin has led us to. Both original sin and also our own personal sins have interfered with God's plan for our lives and for our world; they have put us in need of salvation. The second image in today's Readings is the flood, the abundance of water that cleansed the world of sin at the time of Noah. That ancient flood of water foreshadowed Christian baptism, the flood of grace that purifies our souls from sin, bringing new spiritual life into the desert of our sin-damaged hearts. Sin and salvation: our sins, and Christ's loving sacrifice that leads to salvation. These are the most fundamental aspects of our Catholic faith, and these are the themes that should fill our hearts and minds throughout the season. It is a good idea to pay more attention than usual to the crucifix during Lent. The crucifix is a summary of this story of sin and salvation. Christ's wounds are vivid images of sin, of what sin does to us, the world, and our relationship with God. But they are also vivid images intensity of his love for us: he suffered freely and willingly, to pay the price of our sins and give us hope for salvation. A story from the American Revolutionary War helps illustrate this. An important military message had to be sent through territory infested with the enemy email wasn't available. A courageous corporal was chosen to accompany the messenger. They had not gone far when they drew fire from the enemy. The messenger was killed and the corporal severely wounded in the side, but he didn't abandon his mission. He grabbed the tightly wrapped dispatch from the dead messenger and rode on till he grew faint from loss of blood. Fearing the message would fall into the hands enemy, he squeezed the dispatch into the wound in his side until it closed around it. The next day, they found him with a smile on his lips, so weak he could not speak, but still able to point to the wound in his side. There they found the message. The surgeon who cared for him said that the wound itself was not fatal, but putting the paper into it caused his death. The wounds of Christ contain a message for us, a message of love and sacrifice, a message of salvation from sin, a message of his unconditional and unfailing devotion to each one of us. We Adore you O Christ and We Bless You, Because by Your Holy you have redeemed the World Fr Pecchie PS The practice following the that Jesus walked to his cross will be available on Tuesday Mornings after the 8am Mass as well as Friday afternoon at 5:30pm followed by a fish fry at 6:00pm. I hope I ll see you there.
Every Tuesday at and every Friday at 5:30pm Begins February 20 (through March 27) Part rich Lent tradition of our Catholic faith is praying the, as we remember the journey of Jesus to the cross. It s a wonderful way for families to focus the season in prayer together. Join us! LENTEN BIBLE STUDY WITH FATHER PECCHIE EVERY THURSDAY FROM MARCH 5 - MARCH 26 7:00PM PARISH HALL Bible Study on the Gospel of Mark presented by Father Pecchie. If you wish to make a donation for the Easter Altar Flowers, please use the Easter Flower Offering envelopes in the church pews. This is also a beautiful way to honor or remember a loved one. Please print their names clearly on the offering envelope so their name can be published in the bulletin. Thank You! KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FISH FRY FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 13, 20, 27 6:00PM PARISH HALL A delicious Fish Fry dinner prepared by the Knight of Columbus. $6.00 per adult, $3.00 for children under 16. New revised menu has additional items. PASTOR S CLASS EVERY MONDAY 7:00PM PARISH HALL Pastor's class is a class helping you find God s direction for your life. No matter what stage you re in or what circumstances you find yourself, ultimately God knows and has a great plan. As our pastor teaches, he works to equip Christians, in understanding and knowing God s will. We hope you will come and join Father Pecchie, every Monday evening at 7:00pm, as he shares the truths of God s Word and enjoy the fellowship of other people just like you. Next : February 23. 2014 TAX STATEMENTS If you should be in need of your Donation Tax Statement, please contact the Parish Office at (352)796-2096 ext. 14, to make your request. ANNIVERSARY BLESSINGS The monthly Wedding Anniversary Special Blessing will be held at all the Masses on March 7 & 8. Couples are asked to stand when their names are announced. Please contact the Parish Office no later than March 3 rd to give your name and number of years married. RAFFLE PRIZES Mass Intentions Saturday February 21, 2015 8:00am Gerald Putlack 4:00pm Marie Zamorski Sunday February 22, 2015 8:00am Living and deceased members of St. Anthony the Abbot Parish John Currens Monday February 23, 2015 8:00am Claudia & Jim Hendry 7:00pm Tuesday For the sick and the lonely February 24, 2015 8:00am For married couples 7:00pm For the poor Wednesday February 25, 2015 8:00am Olga Williams 7:00pm Thursday For peace in the world February 26, 2015 8:00am Randy Raymond 7:00pm For widows and widowers Friday February 27, 2015 8:00am For all priests Saturday February 28, 2015 8:00am For deacons and religious 4:00pm Sunday Roger Mulrooney February 29, 2015 8:00am Living and deceased members of St. Anthony the Abbot Parish John Currens SOCIAL COMMITTEE The Parish Social Activities Committee is need of prizes for upcoming Spring events. If you would like to donate unopened wine and liquor, large wicker baskets, household novelty items, please deliver to the Parish Office. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Knights of Columbus St Anthony the Abbot Council No. 6800 meet on the 2 nd Thursday of every month at 7:00pm in the K of C Meeting Hall, 10459 Eastside Ave., North Brooksville. Candidates for membership are always welcome. For membership information contact K of C Chancellor Mike Kelly at (352)593-4864. 4 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT, FEBRUARY 22, 2015 (352)796-2096 WWW.STANTCHURCH.ORG
Enjoy Entertainment, Sing-a-longs & Karaoke by local DJ! A delicious combination of Irish & Italian ~ Corn Beef & Cabbage or Pasta Saturday, March 14 at 5:30pm Parish Hall $10.00 per person (children 15 & under eat FREE) DEADLINE TO PURCHASE DINNER TICKETS IS MARCH 9. Dinner & Raffle tickets available at Parish Office. Raffle drawing after Dinner!! RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS RCIA EVERY TUESDAY 6:45PM (FELLOWSHIP AT 6:30PM) PARISH HALL IS GOD CALLING YOU TO BECOME CATHOLIC? RCIA invites non-catholics to enter into a period of inquiry - a period of asking questions about the faith of Catholics and of life in our parish community. Come and see. Are you searching for a Church to call your own? Do you struggle with questions about life, death, suffering, hope, forgiveness, love, God? Sessions exploring these and other issues in relation to our Catholic faith are being held. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHURCH, PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE AT 796-2096 EXT. 20. ATTENTION: ALTAR SERVERS, READERS, EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS MAY - JULY SCHEDULE Please update your availability for the May - July Schedule as soon as possible. You may view the schedule by going to the St. Anthony the Abbot website at stantchurch.org and click on Liturgical Ministries Schedule. ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA RELICS VISIT FLORIDA ~ A MESSENGER OF HOPE FROM PADUA, ITALY SUNDAY, MARCH 15 8:00AM MASS WITH VENERATION 10:00AM MASS WITH VENERATION St. Anthony of Padua will be visiting us in the form of two precious relics from his Basilica in Padua, Italy. The relics will be accompanied by Fr Alessandro Ratti OFM Conv. from the Saint Anthony s Basilica, in Padua, Italy. Among other churches in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, a visitation will take place at St. Anthony the Abbot on Sunday, March 15 th. If you are unable to participate in the visitation at St. Anthony the Abbot, contact the Parish Office for other visitation locations. Thank you to everyone who has already responded to the request to participate in the 2015 Annual Pastoral Appeal for our parish. Your gift is received with great humility, thanks and gratitude. APA is an opportunity for our parish leadership to educate many of you who may not be aware ministries, programs and services available throughout our Diocese. If you have any questions about the APA, or how it benefits our parish, please call our parish office or visit our diocesan website at www.dosp.org and discover the awesome discipleship faithful members of our Church. If you have not yet responded, we want and need your participation! No gift is too small. Don t forget, if we go over our assessment goal of $72,997.00, 100% funds over the goal come back to our parish! WWW.STANTCHURCH.ORG (352)796-2096 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT, FEBRUARY 22, 2015 5
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 Youth Mass 11:00am Confirmation Super Sunday (portable) CFS Collection Columbiette Breakfast Second Sunday 2 3 4 6:30pm Faith Formation 6:30pm 5 St. Jude 6:30pm Choir w/ Fr. Pecchie 6 Adoration Blessed Sacrament 5:30pm 7 Mary Mtg (portable) RCIA 1st Scrutiny Wedding Anniversary Blessing 8 Wedding Anniversary Blessing Mass Wedding Anniversary Blessing Blood Pressure Reading Scrip Order Deadline Third Sunday 9 10 11 9:00am Quilters Group 6:30pm Faith Formation 1st Communion Mtg Parent & Child (church) 6:30pm 12 St. Jude 5:00pm The Light is on for You 6:30pm Choir 13 Divine Mercy Chaplet 5:30pm 14 Mary Mtg (portable) Daystar Food Collection 5:30pm St Patrick & St Joseph Dinner 15 St. Anthony of Padua Relic Presentation RCIA 2nd Scrutiny 9:00am Columbiette Mtg Mass St. Anthony of Padua Relic Presentation Daystar Food Collection Fourth Sunday 16 17 3:30pm Bingo Committee Meeting 18 6:30pm Faith Formation Confession Grades 3 rd - 5 th 19 St. Jude 5:30pm Choir 5:45pm 1st Communion Interviews (hall) 7:00pm ROC Band 20 Divine Mercy Chaplet 5:30pm 21 Mary Mtg (portable) 22 Mass RCIA 3rd Scrutiny Scrip Order Deadline Fifth Sunday 29 Mass Palm Sunday 23 Monday of Holy Week 30 7:30am 6:30pm 24 Tuesday of Holy 31 7:30am Week 11:30am Chrism Mass (Cathedral of St. Jude) 6:30pm 25 9:00am Quilters Group 6:30pm Faith Formation Confession Grades 6 th 12 th The Annunciation of the Lord 26 St. Jude 5:45pm 1st Communion Interviews (hall) 6:30pm ROC Band 27 Divine Mercy Chaplet 5:30pm 28 11:00am Easter Egg Hunt (hall) Mary Mtg (portable)