St. Anthony of Padua 6750 State Road Parma, Ohio 44134 Schedule of Liturgies Saturday Evening: 4:30 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. Sundays: 8:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M. and 12 Noon Monday through Friday: 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 A.M. Holy Days : Vigil Mass: 5:30 P.M. 7:00 A.M., 9:00 A.M., 5:30 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M. St. Anthony of Padua 6750 State Road Parma, Ohio 44134 (440) 842-2666 Parish Website: www.stanthonypaduaparma.org School Website: www.stanthonyofpaduaschool.org
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 7:00AM Helen Wasko 8:00AM Sophia Reeder TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 7:00AM Anna Nguyen 8:00AM Michael W. Dempsey WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, St. Ambrose, Bishop & Doctor of the Church. 7:00AM Philip Ruppert 8:00AM Betty Cehlar 5:30PM For People of the Parish (living & deceased) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 7:00AM For People of the Parish (living & deceased) 9:00AM For People of the Parish (living & deceased) 5:30PM For People of the Parish (living & deceased) 7:00PM For People of the Parish (living & deceased) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 7:00AM Judy Mladsi 8:00AM Mary A. Mizak SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 1:00PM Bollinger / Virovec Wedding 4:30PM Mr. & Mrs. William A. Smith 6:00PM Michael Yusko SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, Third Sunday of Advent. 8:00AM John Conforte 10:00AM For People of the Parish (living & deceased) 12:00PM Dennis & Claudia Sykora (50th Wedding Ann.) Please Pray For: Ruth Abbott, Martha Ashton, Ed & Helen Bartkiewicz, Irene Bednar, Maxine Cerny, Joe & Marcia Demko, Ray Dmytriw, Margaret Double, Norbert Erker, Rita Fecek, Greg Findura, Anne Kilbane-Friedl, Sandra Friedl, Frances Funtek, Sam Gappa, Robert Gielski, John Gladden, Rose Marie Hewitt, Ron Hicks, Celeste Hurley, Marian Jarabek, Colleen Jarvis, Janet Johnson, Pat Jones, Ted Kaliszewski, Michael Kaliszewski, Betty Kilbane, Robert Klimo, Donald Kotarsky, Cynthia Kufleitner, Karen Kulju, Andrea Lagzdins, Robert Laheta, Dorothy Laquatra, Isidoro LaRosa, John Lieske, Michael Lieske, Corinne Lipinski, Helene Lucey, Elizabeth Madar, Thomas Madej, John Martin, Edward & Josephine Maskulka, Emmett & Lenore Masterson, Claudia & Russell Mazanec, Peyton McCarthy, Rosemarie Medvin, Helen Marie Mendyka, John Metzger, Theodore & Dorothy Nagy, Jane Najlepszy, Mary Niec, Rose Nosse, Dora Oney, Agnes Padar, Janice Petruska, Carrie Piechowski, Deanna Pisano, John Precario, Mary Jane Precario, Christopher Reeves, Ed & Leigh- Ann Revay, Vinny Ruvo, Frances Rymut, Mary Sabo, Lorraine Schmidt, Robert & Teresa Setele, Margaret Sheridan, Joe Skerl, Helen Smith, Doug Stos, Sylvia Stibley, Phyllis Tomaselli, Shirley Trausch, Alice Tucker, Loretta Vacca, Frank Viccarone, Annie Vorndran, Cathy Yappel, Andrew Yaronczyk, Christopher Yurko, Amanda Hope Zmecek. 1 PARMA, OH Baptized on Sunday, November 20, 2016: Madelynn Rose Halley Baptized on Saturday, November 26, 2016: Lola Kaye Racz Preston Mark Racz Wedding Banns BANNS III Jessica Bollinger & Anthony Virovec Contributions for December 19/20, 2016: SUNDAY THOUGHT Matthew 3:1-12 Total Offering: $13,867.31 Sunday Collection: $9,734.00 Faith Direct Offering: $4,133.31 Poor Box: $101.00 Senior Poor Box: $28.00 Contributions for November 26/27, 2016: Total Offering: $14,368.00 Sunday Collection: $10,235.00 Faith Direct Offering: $4,133.31 Poor Box: $121.00 On the Second Sunday of Advent St. John the Baptist reminds us that if we hope to receive Jesus into our hearts, change will be necessary. Our conversion must always be tempered by hope, the hope that we can and will be different through God s grace. Hope is certainly one of the great themes of Advent and should be one of the great themes of our own lives. We must cherish the hope for the future when the kingdom of God will fully be established on the earth. We must long for the hope of our near future, when with the assistance of God s grace; we will gradually be transformed more and more into His likeness. One hope lives within the other hope like a circle within a circle. Ultimately, one day these two hopes will be joined together into one final and eternal peace.
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 4, 2016 CELEBRATING THE SAINTS Saint Peter of Cava, Abbot and Bishop (+1123) Peter Pappacabone was a native of Salerno in Italy. As a youth he entered the monastery of the Holy Trinity in Cava de Tirreni that had been founded by his uncle St. Alferius. Peter made great progress under Leo, the second abbot of Cava. Desiring to pursue deeper prayer, Peter left for a time to go to Cluny, the motherhouse of the great Benedictine reform. Six years later, Peter returned to Cava and was appointed bishop of Policastro, but he soon found that his longing for the monastery overwhelmed him. He resigned his see, and returned to Cava, where Abbot Leo put Peter forward as his successor. Straightaway, Peter set about reforming the abbey, drawing upon his experiences at Cluny. The monks soon found the strict rule he had brought from Cluny extremely irksome: they began to murmur and rebel and some of them carried their complaints to the aged Leo in his retirement. St. Peter, far from resisting and equally far from relaxing the rule, quietly left and betook himself to another monastery. It wasn t long before the monks of Cava, urged by Abbot Leo, came to entreat St. Peter to return, which he consented to do. Thereafter, it was remarked that those who had most vehemently opposed him were now foremost in welcoming the rule they had previously spurned. Under the government of Abbot Peter the monastery flourished amazingly. A seemingly endless stream of novices came to take vows under him. St. Peter of Cave died in 1123; his feast day is celebrated on Mach 4 th. THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Thursday of this week, December 8 th is the Feast of Mary s Immaculate Conception, a holyday of obligation for all Catholics. Masses for the feast are as follows: Wednesday, December 7 th Vigil Mass at 5:30 p.m. Masses on the day of the feast, December 8 th, are at 7:00 a.m.; 9:00 a.m.; 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. GIFT GIVING IDEAS & BOOK SALE Office gift? Holiday host gift? Teacher or student gift? Something for mom or dad, grandma or grandpa? Stocking stuffer? Come and shop at a gift and book sale hosted by the Women s Faith Ministry next weekend, December 10/11, 2016 in the Hospitality Room after all Masses. Items priced to fit anyone s budget. All sales benefit the service projects offered through the Women s Faith Ministry of St. Anthony of Padua. CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS The season of Advent is a perfect time to receive the Sacrament of Penance. Confessions are heard every Saturday from 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Additional confession times before Christmas are listed below. Christmas Confession Schedule 2016 Communal Penance Service Sunday 18 December 2016 4:00 p.m. Individual Confession Times Saturday 17 December 2016 3:00 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. until all are heard Monday 19 December 2016 5:00 6:00 p.m. There are still a few ornaments requesting gift cards left on our Giving Tree. Please consider taking one so our families can have the food and basic necessities they need for the holiday season. Gifts can be returned to the church or to the rectory. All gifts must be received by December 11 th. Please return the wrapped item with the coded ornament gently attached to it. Thank you and God bless. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE The Joy of Love experienced by families is also the Joy of the Church. Pope Francis, The Joy of Love, 1. Religious Order of the Week Order: The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration (PCPA) Founder: St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare of Assisi. Work: The Nuns consecrate their lives to adoration of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament, solemnly exposed in the monstrance in their monastery chapel. Website: http://www.thepoorclares.com 2
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYE INTENTIONS FOR DECEMBER Universal Intention: End of Child Soldiers That the scandal of child soldiers may be eliminated the world over. Evangelization Intention: Europe That the people of Europe may rediscover the beauty, goodness, and truth of the Gospel which gives joy and hope to life. Since World War II international law has tried to protect children from military exploitation by declaring that having children soldiers constitutes a war crime. One would think that with such laws the world would become more civilized. But the scandalous reality is far different. There are more child soldiers today than at any other time in history. One estimate puts the figure at 300,000 children in at least twenty countries, mostly in Africa. In the last fifteen years 10,000 children were kidnapped by the Lord s Resistance Army in northern Uganda and forced to fight. Compared to adults, children are easier to manipulate, they don t eat much, and do not have a highly developed sense of danger, thus making it easy to send them into the line of fire. Children are prized because they are pure and are sometimes believed to have magic powers that protect them. Last August, Monsignor Simon Kassas, representing the Vatican at the United Nations, told the Security Council, Never in recent memory has so many children been subjected to such violent brutality: children used as soldiers, suicide bombers, sex slaves, and disposable intelligence-gatherers in the most dangerous military operations. These crimes must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. This month we remember in a special way how the Son of God came to earth as a child. May the Prince of Peace inspire all people of good will to pray and work for the elimination of the scandal of child soldiers. SEMINARIAN OF THE WEEK Every week, our parish will promote vocations by encouraging the community to pray for our diocesan seminarians. Please pray for newly ordained Deacon Robert McWilliams. Weekly Work of Mercy Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the dying as requested by Jesus to St. Faustina. PARMA, OHIO ADULT FAITH CLASSES Jesus wants evangelizers who proclaim the good news not only with words, but above all by a life transfigured by God s presence. - Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel All classes take place in the Hospitality Room. Each class will be one hour, with no prior classes necessary. All are welcome. Class Title Advent Third Sunday Readings Advent Fourth Sunday Readings Christmas Christmas Day Readings Date Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 1:15PM Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:00PM Friday, Dec. 16 at 1:15PM Friday, Dec. 16 at 7:00PM Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 7:00PM Friday, Dec. 23 at 1:15PM PSR CATECHIST OPPORTUNITY We are in need of a 3 rd grade catechist. Please consider being part of this important ministry of passing on the Catholic faith to or young people. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity please call Randy Harris at 440-842-2666. PSR Calendar December December 5 PSR December 12 PSR December 19 - PSR EVANGELIZATION TIP Use Facebook or Twitter to promote and share good news. By the way, did you know St. Anthony now has twitter? @parmastanthony MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 6:30PM PSR - School 7:00PM RCIA - Rectory TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 5:00PM Children s Christmas Choir Practice - CH 7:00PM Mixed Choir - CH WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 1:15PM Adult Faith Class - HR 7:00PM Knights of Columbus Business Mg. - HR 7:00PM Parish Council - Rectory THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 6:45PM Secular Franciscan Mtg. - HR 6:45PM Bingo - H FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 7:00PM Adult Faith Class - HR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 8:30-12:00PM PTU Pancake Breakfast - H/G 3
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH December 4, 2016 CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY CORNER From the diary of St. Faustina: Jesus answered, It is not always within your power to control your feelings. You will recognize that you have love if, after having experienced annoyance and contradiction, you do not lose your peace, but pray for those who have made you suffer and wish them well (Diary, 1628). Questions? Call (440) 845-3444 Hey Catholic! Did You Know Did you know that the purple candles of the Advent wreath symbolize the prayer, penance, and sacrifices made during the season. WAGS FOR WARRIORS UPDATE The St. Anthony of Padua Social Concerns Committee would like to thank all of our generous parishioners who contributed to our Wags for Warriors drive to benefit our veterans. A total of $1,491.00 was presented to the organization. Your support of this program is gratefully appreciated. SAVE THE DATE 2017 SAS Athletic Association - Night at the Races Saturday, February 11, 2017 Happy Holidays! St. Anthony Athletic Association. DAUGHTERS OF ST. PAUL CHRISTMAS CONCERT The Daughters of St. Paul will again perform their Christmas Concert, Friday 9 December 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 1007 Superior Ave., Cleveland. The concert is free and secure parking is available at the Cathedral Plaza Garage. For more information email: gheislman@dioceseofcleveland.org. CHRISTMAS MASS CARDS Christmas Mass cards will be sold after most Masses this weekend December 3/4 and the following weekends of December 10/11 and 17/18. Cards for the living are $2.00 and prayer cards for our deceased love ones are $1.00. Cards may also be purchased at the rectory during regular business hours. CHRISTMAS WAFERS Christmas Wafers (Oplatki) are available after masses while supplies last. They also may be purchased at the rectory office during regular business. The cost remains $3.00 for a package of four (4) wafers. LADIES GUILD REMINDER The reservation deadline for the December 13, 2016 Christmas Party is December 6, 2016. The fee is $15.00 with checks to be payable to Ladies Guild. WEEKLY MASS REMINDER When reciting the Creed, all should make a profound bow at the words and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. from the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 137.