Saint Ignatius of Antioch

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Ignatius of Antioch December 3, 2017 Msgr. Joseph A. Pellegrino, Pastor 715 E Orange Street Tarpon Springs, Florida 34689 Mass Schedule: Saturday.4:00 and 6:30 p.m. (Fulfills Sunday Obligation) Sunday...7:30, 9:00, 11:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Spanish Mass, and 6:00 p.m. Life Teen Weekdays..7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Saturday.9:00 a.m. Schedule of Confessions: Saturday.3:00 3:45 p.m. and after the 6:30 p.m. Mass PARISH OFFICE 937-4050 Main Office ext. 201 Msgr. Joseph A. Pellegrino, Pastor ext. 209 Rev. Brian Fabiszewski, Parochial Vicar ext. 207 Rev. Vijay Polamarasetty, Ocd, Par. Vicar ext. 214 Rev. Kevin Molloy, in Residence ext. 208 Deacon Samuel Moschetto ext. 224 Deacon John Edgerton ext. 222 Seminarian Drew Woodke ext. 210 Ron Appel, Parish Manager ext. 215 Katherine Creamer, Office Manager ext. 201 Lorna Moffitt, Parish Mgr. Assistant ext. 203 Eldean Jenkins, Facilities Manager ext. 201 Anne Harman, Music Director ext. 206 FAITH FORMATION Rev. Brian Fabiszewski, - Director ext. 207 Fran Morin, Pre-K 8th Grade ext. 220 Joshua Strope, Evangelization ext. 224 Laura Margarella, Caritas ext. 221 YOUTH MINISTRY Bart Kovacic, Life Teen ext. 246 High School Ministry Jen McIlveen, Edge ext. 224 Middle School Ministry EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Sharon Stokely, Director ext. 225 GUARDIAN ANGELS SCHOOL Mary Stalzer, Principal 799-6724 UPPER PINELLAS PREGNANCY CENTER Mary Caesar 937-4304 PARISH OFFICE FAX 727-943-0676 OFFICE EMAIL kcreamer@ignatius.net PARISH WEBSITE www.st.ignatius.net SPANISH PHONE LINE 727-934-4163 Miraculous Medal Devotion: Before 9 a.m. Mass each Wednesday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Thursdays after 9 a.m. Mass until 10:15 a.m. First Friday of the Month 9:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. Baptism: Please call the Parish Office Marriage: Please call the Parish Office at least 6 months in advance. Holy Orders: Please call Rev. Carl Melchior at 345-3338

Page 2 December 3 2017 Hope in the CCU Waiting Room An essential part of the ministry of a parish priest is to care for people in hospitals. I want to begin today by speaking about one of the rooms in the hospital, the critical care waiting room. This is the room where family and friends wait while the doctors care for their loved ones who have suffered a devastating stroke, a serious heart attack, a horrible car accident or some other catastrophic event. I hope you have never had occasion to be in that waiting room, but if you have, you know that it is a place very different from any other place in the world. The people who wait there are bound together like no other people in the world. Family members and friends can t do enough for each other. No one is proud. No one stands on ceremony or protocol. Petty disputes and hurts are nowhere to be found. Perhaps there are several patients whose family and friends are waiting in that room. These complete strangers feel bound in their shared hope for their loved ones. Class and race melt away. Each person in that room is a parent or spouse or child or close friend of the suffering one first. He or she is a white, black or Asian, a blue collar or white collar worker second. Everyone in the waiting room pulls for each other. If one family receives good news, there is hope and joy for all. If another family hears sad news, everyone in the room feels their grief. In the critical care waiting room, the world changes. Vanity and pretense vanish. The entire universe is focused on the doctor s next report. All eyes continually glance at the door. The critical care waiting room is a place of hoping. It is a place of anticipating, a place of expecting. It is a place of Advent. We live in this waiting room. We keep an eye out for the doctor, the Divine Healer, to come. We hope to experience His good news. We long for Him to say, the patient, your loved one, is fine. He or she is going to recover, is going to live. Who is this Loved One about whom we are so concerned? The Loved One is not another person. The Loved One is that part of each of us and all of us that is right when all else seems wrong. The Loved One is that which is good when all else seems malicious. The Loved One is that within us that is spiritual in a materialistic world. The Loved One is our sharing in the Life of Jesus Christ Himself. The Loved One is our soul. But the Loved One is in critical care. Evil forces are trying to destroy this presence. We sit in the waiting room of life, longing for the Divine Doctor to come and tell us that the presence of the Lord is well and strong within us and among us. We call out, Come! Rend the heavens and come! We are the clay. You are the potter. Mold us back into your own. Come! And so we watch. We watch for the Divine Healer to come and lead us into His Love. We watch for the times, more than we could imagine, when God extends His Love to us. We watch for the times when we can serve His Love by serving others. We watch for the opportunities to unite ourselves closer to His Love through prayer and sacrifice. We wait. We watch. We watch for opportunities to grow. Advent, the time of watching, reminds us that our entire lives must be watching for ways that we can grow more spiritual, grow closer to Christ.

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time We have to watch. If we don t prepare for Christ s coming, if we don t live our lives in such a way that we are always open to His Presence, then we will be caught napping. Perhaps the end of our personal world will come before the end of the universe. It makes no difference. We have to be prepared for Christ. We have to watch. We sit in the critical care waiting room of life longing to live with the Loved One. We need the Lord. We need Him in our lives to make sense of life. Without Him, our lives are chaos. Without the Lord our lives are a mad dashing about from place to place, person to person, doing for the sake of doing, wandering aimlessly only because everyone else is wandering aimlessly. But with the Lord, sin, chaos, is conquered. With the Lord, everything falls into place. Even the most difficult experiences of our lives, even suffering and death have meaning when they become an expression and renewal of the life and death of Jesus Christ. We long for our Lord s Presence. If we deny this need, this necessity for God to be in our lives, then we chance becoming useless shells, Christians on the outside, but not much on the inside. But if we fight off our inclination to embrace chaos, if we fight off being overwhelmed by the fluff of the world and allow our need for Christ to transform our lives, then we can be what He created us to be, images of His Love on earth. We can be whole. We can be Christians. Advent is the season of hope. The promise of the prophets will be fulfilled. The Messiah will come to return the world to God s original plan. Our thirst for the Messiah will be quenched by the celebration of His birth and life within our own lives. We wait. We watch. We prepare to celebrate. To the extent that we do this well, to the extent that our lives are a celebration of the presence of Christ in the world, to that extent, our entire lives are a celebration of Christmas. Yours in Christ, Starting THIS week, join seminarian Drew Woodke in a three-week series on Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives. Drawing primarily from this text, these classes will take a deeper look at some of the main events surrounding the Birth of Christ. What better way to prepare for Christmas than with Pope Benedict XVI, who presents the stories of Jesus' infancy and childhood as being as relevant today as they were two thousand years ago. A copy of Pope Benedict s book is NOT required to attend this series. All Classes take place at 7 p.m. in rooms 2 & 3. December 4 th - The Annunciation of the Birth of John the Baptist and the Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus December 11 th - The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem December 18 th - The Wise Men from the East and the Flight into Egypt

Page 4 ADVENT EVENTS: St. Ignatius Advent Giving Tree Helping those in need at Christmas time. Each week of Advent, we collect unwrapped gifts for a specific organization. Please place these under the tree decorated by our Childhood Center in the Church s front entrance. First Sunday of Advent: (December 3) - Ronald McDonald House. Cleaning supplies like bleach, wipes, dishwasher soap, laundry baskets, Lysol spray, toilet tissue and X-14; Kitchen supplies like disposable aluminum pans, foil, electric can openers, paper towels, plastic cutlery, paper cups, zip lock bags; and Articles for the parents and teens such as picture frames, night gowns, hair accessories, sundries, socks, boxer shorts, and umbrellas. Second Sunday of Advent: (December 10) - Clothes to Kids. This organization gives to children living at poverty level or below. Girls and Boys Sizes 4 to 16, Junior Sizes 0 to 22, Young Men Sizes 18 to 44. Accessories, back packs, underwear and socks; in unopened packages & shoes suitable for school. Third Sunday of Advent: (December 17) - St. Ignatius Food Pantry. Non Perishable Foods like canned meats, fruit, vegetables, beans, cereal, coffee, tea, rice, macaroni, instant potatoes, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter & jelly. Financial donations welcome. Fourth Sunday of Advent: (Dec. 24) - Our Pregnancy Center. Constant need of new or like new baby clothes, especially sizes 12-24 months, diapers sizes 3 6, wipes, pull ups, new bottles, pacifiers, bibs, socks, washcloths, receiving blankets for layettes, crib sheets, baby wash, and toiletries such as combs, brushes and nail clippers. Breakfast with Santa Saturday December 9th 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Please bring new unwrapped books or puzzles to donate to the Toys for Tots program. We will serve waffles and sausages for breakfast. A small donation would be appreciated. Bring cameras to take pictures with Santa. Sponsored by this year s Confirmation Class Please R.S.V.P. by December 6th Call 727-937-4050 ext. 220 or 223 or e-mail: fmorin@ignatius.net or mday@ignatius.net Altar Flowers You are invited to share in the enhancement of our Church at Christmas time as well as a memorial for your loved ones, both living and deceased, by donating towards our Christmas decorations. Special flower envelopes are available on the Church s Courtesy Desk.

EVENTS THIS WEEK Page 5 Sunday Donuts in hall The Scouts will be offering Donuts and Coffee after the Sunday Masses. Sunday Faith Formation This Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Faith Formation classes 10:00 a.m. Advent Penance Service 4:00 p.m. Confirmation classes This Tuesday & Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. All classes meet in classrooms 6:30 p.m. Advent Penance Services High School Youth Life Night: Sunday November 26th - following the Sunday Life Teen Mass- Come to the hall for food, fun, and exciting presentations and experiences. Bart Kovacic Life Teen Director 727-251-2476 or ignatiuslifeteen@tampabay.rr.com Theology on Tap North Pinellas Theology on Tap is a gathering of young adults where they come together to socialize, collaborate, pray, and grow in their spiritual understanding. Join us, Thursday, December 7 at 6 p.m. at Outback Steakhouse in Palm Harbor. No registering required. Msgr. Michael Carruthers from St. Cecilia Parish will be our speaker. THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY is a Holy Day of Obligation. A Vigil Mass will be celebrated Thursday, December 7th at 4 p.m. Feast Day Masses will be celebrated Friday, December 8th at 6:45 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. Defibrillator/CPR Class December 9th at 9 a.m. in classroom 2. This class is for all who need Certification and Re-Certification. Sponsored by our Knights of Columbus. Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP with the parish office if you plan to attend. Edge Elves December 9th at 5 p.m. & December 16th at 10 a.m. Let the Edge Elves gift wrap your presents and entertain your children while you finish up your NICE LIST! $20 per child/ $35 for a family. Dinner/Lunch & Snack included! Bethany Book Shoppe Gifts and More Sundays 8:30 a.m. 11 a.m. Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Next to Fr. John LaTondress Chapel

Page 6 Adult Classes this Week: RCIA If you're interested in becoming Catholic, in receiving any Sacraments you haven't received, in learning more about the Catholic faith, or if you know somebody who is, you are invited to our Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Come learn more about our beautiful faith. Join us Monday evenings at 7 p.m. in Office of Evangelization in the Life Center. All are welcome! Please contact Joshua Strope with any questions at jstrope@ignatius.net or 937-4050 ext. 224. Lectio Divina Divine Word The Gospel of the Holy Spirit with Deacon John, Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in rooms 2 and 3 of the Life Center. (Coffee and snacks are served 9:45 a.m.) Inactive Catholics We welcome any Catholics who have been inactive in the practice of their Faith, for any reason, to our open-end meetings. Join us on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Deacon John s office in the Life Center. Word in Action Deacon Sam s second semester on the Adventure in ACTS meet Thursday mornings, beginning at 10:20 a.m. in rooms 2 &3 and Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. in room 6. Comparative Religions Fr. Kevin Molloy s class this fall is on Comparative Religions. Join us on Thursdays at 7 p.m. in classrooms 2 & 3. All are invited to join in. DECEMBER EVENTS Divine Mercy Cenacle We meet on the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. in classroom 6. We invite ALL to join us in our faith journey. Women s Christmas Party The Women's Council s 2017 Christmas Party! Thursday, December 14th at 11:30 a.m. at the Tarpon Turtle Restaurant. The fee is $20 for a buffet luncheon which includes: Mini BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Taco Bar, Salad, Fruit & Cheese tray and Peel 'N Eat Shrimp. Reservations can be made with Patti Cuffe at 727-938-8510 or Jean Kwiatkowski at 727-543-5106 and must be made by December 7th. Please bring an unwrapped baby gift for the Pregnancy Center. Save these Dates Wednesday, December 13th 11:30 a.m. Linen Ministry Luncheon Friday, December 15th 6:30 p.m. Boy Scout Dinner Friday, December 15th 7:00 p.m. Guardian Angels School Christmas Program Sunday, December 17th 10:00 a.m. Faith Formation Christmas Celebration Thursday, December 21st 10:00 a.m. Early Childhood Center s Christmas Program

PARISH NEWS Page 7 Next week is our Annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection. This annual appeal benefits 32,000 elderly Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests whose religious congregations lack adequate retirement funding. The U.S. bishops initiated the collection in 1988 to address the significant lack of retirement funding among U.S. religious communities. Proceeds are distributed to eligible communities to help underwrite retirement and health-care expenses. There is a great need for this collection because the number of religious needing care is on the rise and so is the cost of health care. For most of their lives, religious men and women worked for small stipends and did not receive retirement benefits. Annual distributions from the Retirement Fund for Religious provide supplemental assistance to help meet day-to-day needs such as prescription medications and nursing care. The Diocese of St. Petersburg contributed $202,468.32 to last year s collection. Ninety-four cents of every dollar contributed directly aids elderly religious; the remainder is used for administration and promotion of the appeal. I ask that you continue your generosity to this most worthy appeal and give to those who have given a lifetime. To learn more, a website is available with resources and information: retiredreligious.org. May God continue to bless you. Sincerely Yours in Christ, Most Reverend Gregory L. Parkes Bishop of St. Petersburg INSCRIBED PAVERS!!! Once again, we will be taking orders for pavers for outside the Church s main entrance. Our pavers can commemorate a special family event, a Sacrament milestone, someone s military service, children and/or grandchildren s names and birthdates, to honor a loved one living or deceased, or quote a favorite Scripture verse. Order forms are located on the courtesy desk or forms can be downloaded from the link provided on our parish website. Caritas Ministry FLOWERS... to be distributed this week at Florida Hospital North Pinellas by Caritas volunteers were donated celebrating the Immaculate Conception of Mary. PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER, E-MAIL CHANGE, MOVING, OTHER CHANGES? Please keep the Parish Office informed. Send a note to kcreamer@ignatius.net Name Address: Phone Envelope Number Prayer works! Prayers are heard! Join us in our Prayer Program for Vocations. At a Mass of their choosing, Participants receive a Mass Chalice in their home for a week to pray for vocations. Please sign the Elijah Cup Book in the Church.

Page 8 SCHOOL NEWS Mother s Morning Out St. Ignatius of Antioch Early Childhood Center, located here on our campus, offers a half day program - 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. daily, with before care and after care extending the day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. if needed. Our two, three, four, and five year olds are given opportunities to develop spiritually, physically, emotionally, and intellectually. Call the Early Childhood Center to schedule a tour (727) 937-5427. Our Early Childhood Center provides Mother s Morning Out on Wednesdays & Thursdays in room 8 from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. of the Life Center. $10 per visit or 6 for $50 for ages 1 and walking to age 36 months. Questions? Contact the Early Childhood Center at 937-5427. Bingo at the Early Childhood Center Guardian Angels School Join us for an Open House and Take a Tour! Discover why Guardian Angels Catholic School is the best decision for your family. Tuesday, 12/12 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday, 12/17 from 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 3:30 5 p.m. Monday, 12/18 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Thursday, 1/4 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Save your Box Top Labels Please place your box tops on the courtesy desk in the back of the Church. Thank you!

DATE MASS INTENTIONS EVENTS Saturday, December 2 Sunday, December 3 First Sunday of Advent Isaiah: 63:16-64:7 1 Corinthian 1:3-9 Mark 13:33-37 Monday, December 4 St. John Damascene, Isaiah 2:1-5 Matthew 8:5-11 Tuesday, December 5 Isaiah 11:1-10 Luke 10:21-24 Wednesday, December 6 St. Nicholas Isaiah 25:1-6 Matthew 15:29-37 4:00 p.m. Special Intentions for the St. Ignatius Women s Council 6:30 p.m. + Adam Mooney & Joseph Malone 7:30 a.m. + Paul A. Carey 9:00 a.m.. For the People of Our Parish 11:30 a.m. + Henry Lambert 4:00 p.m. For the Spanish Speaking of Our Parish 6:00 p.m. + Rosa Scarola 7:30 a.m. + Janet Steins 9:00 a.m. + Pedro Ortiz 7:30 a.m. Special Intentions of Jeanne Spatafora & family 9:00 a.m. + Donald Stitch 10:30 a.m. + Joel E. Cavalier 7:30 a.m. Vocations to Priesthood & Religious Life 9:00 a.m. + Lyle Mitchel 9:00 a.m. Donuts in the hall 10:00 a.m. Faith Formation in classrooms 10:00 a.m. Faith Formation Advent Penance Services 4:00 p.m. Confirmation Classes in classrooms 6:00 p.m. Life Night after Mass 9:30 a.m. Rosary Makers in the hall 6:30 p.m. Boy Scout Leaders in rooms 7,8 6:30 p.m. Cub Scout Leaders in rooms 9,10 7:00 p.m. Infancy Narratives in rooms 2,3,4 7:00 p.m. RCIA in Evang. office, hall, Chapel 6:30 p.m. Faith Formation Advent Penance Service 6:00 a.m. Brothers in Christ in the hall 9:30 a.m. Mother s Morning Out in room 8 10:00 a.m. Lectio Divina in rooms 2,3 5:00 p.m. Children s Choir in Church 6:30 p.m. Faith Formation Advent Penance Service 7:00 p.m. Inactive Catholics in Dcn John s Office Thursday, December 7 St. Ambrose Isaiah 26:1-6 Matthew 7:21-27 Friday, December 8 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Genesis 3:9-15 Ephesians 1:3-12 Luke 1:26-38 Saturday, December 9 St. Juan Diego Isaiah 30:19-26 Matthew 9:35-10:1-8 Saturday, December 9 Sunday, December 10 Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah: 40:1-11 2 Peter 3:8-14 Mark 1:1-8 7:30 a.m. + Elizabeth Fabiszewski-Kozlik 9:00 a.m. + Fr. Michael Hannon Immaculate Conception Vigil Mass at 4 p.m. 4:00 p.m. + Patrick Hartigan Immaculate Conception Masses at 6:45 a.m., 7:30 a.m. 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. 6:45 a.m. + Evan Griffith 7:30 a.m. + Charles Stan Weaver 9:00 a.m. + Deceased Members of the Moschetto & Bousquet Families 7:00 p.m. For the People of Our Parish 9:00 a.m. + Domenico Mastrandea 4:00 p.m. + Waclaw Sulkowski 6:30 p.m. + Salvatore Demasi 7:30 a.m. For an End to Abortions 9:00 a.m.. For the People of Our Parish 11:30 a.m. + Charlie Marino 4:00 p.m. For the Spanish Speaking of Our Parish 6:00 p.m. Special Intentions of Krystal Navarro 9:30 a.m. Mother s Morning Out in room 8 10:20 a.m. Word in Action in rooms 2,3 6:00 p.m. Theology on Tap at Outback Restaurant Palm Harbor 6:30 p.m. ECC Cookies with Mrs. Claus in hall 7:00 p.m. Adult Choir in the Church 7:00 p.m. Comparative Religions in rooms 2,3 7:00 p.m. Word in Action in room 6 6:00 p.m. Girl Scouts Troop 1142 in room 7 7:00 p.m. Girl Scouts Troop 1124 in room 6 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts in rooms 2,3,4 7:00 p.m. Cub Scouts in rooms 8 1 7:00 p.m. Cub Pack Meeting in the hall 8:00 a.m. Breakfast with Santa in the hall 9:00 a.m. Defib /CPR classes in rooms 2,3,4 9:00 a.m. Polish School in rooms 7-12 10:00 a.m. FF First Penance Service in Church 10:00 a.m. Divine Mercy Cenacle in room 6 5:00 p.m. Edge Giftwrapping & Babysitting in rooms 2,3,4 9:00 a.m. Donuts in the hall 10:00 a.m. Faith Formation in classrooms 10:00 a.m. Faith Formation Advent Service 6:00 p.m. Life Night after Mass