Norma Thompson Head Usher - Gunther Glatt, Howard Bleich, Alex Tannucilli Information Technology - Linda Luizza Knights of Columbus - Alex Tannucilli Music Director - Charlotte Rudy, Michael Larsen Cantors - Mary Doris Scheidell, Chris O Brien, Susan arsen, Michelle Simmons, Sue Cherrybon Mary Doris Scheidell, Amy Peper Stewardship Bob Belcaster,Sheila Cantler, Olga Conrady, Jim Smith, Joe McCarthy Youth Ministry - Barbara Jackowski, Diane Koczela, Marty Pfeifer
Second Sunday in Lent March 16, 2014 All Are Welcome No matter what your present status in the Catholic Church No matter what your current family or marital situation, No matter what your past or present 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. Sat. Mar 15 4:00pm Sugarloaf Sat. Mar 15 5:30 pm Sun. Mar 16 8:30 am Sun. Mar 16 11:00 am Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Mass For Deceased members of St. Peter Parish +Joseph Francis Jenkins +Mickey Gilbert +Mangan & McMahon Families +Tom Burns & Tom Farrell +Martha Supp +Kathryn, Norma & Russell Oettle +Ann Scheidell +Rocky Dion +John Stinson +Ernesto & Doris Nolan +Ben Bourdeau Requested by Mary Doris Jenkins Scheidell & William Elaine & Gary Gilbert Harry & Mary Margaret & Jim Burns Fr. Tony Jim Oettle Willilam & Mary Scheidell Richard DiBonaventura Altar & Rosary Richard DiBonaventura Richard DiBonaventura Mass Lector Eucharistic Ministers Sat 5:30 pm Sun 8:30 am Sun 11:00 am M.Quirk M.Quirk Deacon Jack Altar Servers H. Burke B.DiMarino B.DiMarino C.Belcaster R.Hally K.Jachym V.Haskins S.Haskins K.Wicht R.Stormm C.Wicht This Week s Readings Mon.: Daniel 9:4b--10; Luke 6:36-38. Tues.: Isaiah 1:10, 16-20; Matthew 23:1-12. Wed.: 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22; Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a. Thurs.: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 16:19-31. Fri.: Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 Next Week s Readings March 23, 2014 First Reading -.In those days, in their thirst for water, the people grumbled against Moses saying, Why did you ever make us leave Egypt? (Exodus 17:3-7) Second Reading - Since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through Our Lord Jesus Christ.(Romans 5:1-2, 5-8) Gospel - Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar.A woman of Samaria came to draw water..(john 4:5-42) Sunday Collections: First Collection: $4,342.00 Big Pine First Collection Sugarloaf: $419.00 Second Collection Big Pine: $788.00 (Take Stock in Children) Second Collection S. Loaf $93.00 (Take Stock in Children) Direct Debit $305.00 Sat. Mar 22 4pm Sugarloaf Sat. Mar 22 5:30pm Sun. Mar 23 8:30 am Sun. Mar 23 11:00 am Deceased members of St. Peter Parish +Frances Gladys Jenkins-Kantner +Tom Watts +Rex Schulz Mary Doris & William John Scheidell Katie McCarthy Dee & Larry Johnson If you notice that your neighbor in the pew no longer puts an envelope in the collection basket, he or she might be taking advantage of our Direct Debit service. Direct Debit electronically takes whatever amount you designate either weekly or monthly from your checking account. If you would like to take advantage of direct debit for your weekly donations, fill out the form that is in the pew and put it in the collection basket, or call Jennifer in the office at 872-2537.
We Ask Your Prayers For Parishioners: Karin Golder Young, Carole Faircloth, John Simon, Gertrude Higgs, Helena Medeiros, Jim Hall, Betty Selvia, Betty Boerger, Carl, Karl & Penny Perian, Maggie Mendez, Tom Callowill, Bryant Beebe, Debbie Morrow, Jason Beebe, Bernard Kaminski, Javi Lopez, Brenda Wahlers, Pat Sutphen, Robert Johnson, Dawn Carr, Armando Barrows, Rick Vamberg, Joe Stern, Jim Ronchetto, Daniel Bedley, Susie Clark, Lizette Ramos, Nancy Cave, Mary Ann Connor, James Faircloth, Mary Duclo McNamara, Dolores Gibson, Eleanor Garrison, Jim Sowle, James Fenhoff, Anne Ward Conlin, Albert Skettini, Susan Byrne, Mary Capek, Kay Cellilo, Anne Mescal, Kevin Greenwood, Dan Lynch, Veronica Wood-Gibson, Tony Bianco, Angela Skettini, Mario Massacci, Charlie Smith, Marci Kiser, baby Eliott Bates, Addie Farrell, Fred Dean, Victor Jimenez, Eddie Cabasa, Mark Zukaitis, Haley Niclaus, Ann Ronchetto, Nancy Ter Haam, Steven Fidler, Ellen Matthews, Gene Smith, Ron Knowles, Hilda Doody, Lou Marten, Richard Lightner, Tony Conte, Jill Baldridge, Gene Schaffer, Fynnley McFadden, Robert Arias, Susan Patton, Cathy Girgen and Tim Kuhfuss, Melba Wayman, Jack Clark, Betty Lederer and Charlotte Rudy. 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 in the office near the water cooler labeled Altar Society/Sacristan. Centering Prayer Group meets every Friday evening at 6pm in the Chapel. Please enter through the office door. New members are always welcome. Sometimes we make changes in the starting time, so if you are new, please call the office to verify the time. St. Peter Church has launched their new web site: http://www.stpeterbpk.org. It s loaded 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 Linda Luizza at linda@stpeterbpk.org. If you would like to advertise your business card with a link to your web site for $25 a year, call Jennifer in the office at 872-2537. We can now accept credit cards for donations and purchases. Contact Jennifer at 305-872-2537. If you know of anyone on the bulletin sick list, who is now well and wishes to be removed from the list, please call the office at 872-2537. Our list is getting longer and longer!! Please join us for the rosary after the 8:00am Mass in the chapel Monday-Friday. You are welcome to join us and pray the rosary in your native tongue. Please let us know in the office if you or someone else is homebound and would like to receive the Eucharist at home. Please call the office at 872-2537. Can You Help? Things are always busy around here and we are looking for volunteers to help us with many different tasks and ministries. This is a great way to get to know your fellow parishioners and help the church at the same time! For example: We are looking for more ushers either for the winter or year-round. We are also looking for volunteers who would be willing to host Sunday coffee on a rotating basis, who would like to help with funeral luncheon hospitality or hospitality for any of the many events in our parish during the year. Call Jennifer in the office at 872-2537. We have $25 Winn-Dixie gift cards. When you purchase them from us, a percentage is donated to our Education Fund.available in the office. We also have scrip (gift certificates) for Barracuda Grill in Marathon, Square Grouper on Cudjoe Key. Profits benefit our Education Fund. If you visit the Big Pine Restaurant, tell them that you are from St. Peter Church and they will donate a portion of your check to our Education Fund. We just received a check from them for $525.50.00! Thank You!! We still collect Box Tops for Education, Campbells Soup Labels and aluminum pull tabs!
Next Children s Mass: Sunday, April 6, @ 11 AM Important First Communion Dates Saturday, April 5: 11 AM, First Reconciliation Holy Thursday, April 17: 6:30 PM, First Communion Please mark your calendar. The next CCD holiday is Sunday, March 30. It is the second Sunday of Spring Break. Who Am I? My dreams were sources of information and instructions. In one dream an angel told me to marry the woman to whom I was betrothed. And I learned the name of child and the child s mission on Earth. In another dream an angel told me my family and I were not safe in Bethlehem. We should move to Egypt and stay there until the angel told me it was safe to return. Finally, in another dream, an angel told me it was safe to return to Israel but to be beware because the dead king s son was in power. I was the protector of the Holy Family. I am considered the Guardian of the Universal Church. March 9th Who Am I? St. Katharine Drexel St. Peter Education Fund Scholarships St. Peter graduating seniors, make sure you include Apply for a St. Peter Education Fund Scholarship on your list of continuing education preparations. All St. Peter graduating seniors are eligible to apply. Applications can be obtained from Ligia in the parish office. We celebrate her feast day on March 3rd. Vacation Bible School June 2014 For fun and games, crafts and stories, music and snacks, please consider volunteering for this summer s Vacation Bible School. Call or email Ligia to sign up! St. Peter s High School Youth Group invites all teens Grade 9-12 to join us on the 1 st & 3 rd Sundays of the month from 5:00-6:45 p.m. Join us in the Ministry Center for our next gathering on Sunday, March 16th. Please contact Barbara Jackowski at (305) 304-8191 for more information. ** Please contact Ligia to register for CCD or for other CCD information. Registration forms are available in the parish office. Phone: 872-2537; E-mail: Ligia@stpeterbpk.org **
Big Bucks Tickets on sale now Drawing will take place on March 17th Only 300 tickets sold Donation $100 each 1st prize $10,000.00 2nd prize $2,000.00 3rd prize $1,000.00 Prizes 4-13 $200.00 each St. Patrick s Day Dinner tickets are now on sale: $25.00 each Dinner Monday, March 17 Cocktails 5:30pm Dinner 6:30pm We are updating our files and are moving our records into the 21st Century. Due to the cost of postage, we would like to use e- mail to contact you whenever possible. Food Bank Hours: Tues & Wed. 9am-12 noon Thursday 1pm-4pm In the Ministry Center The second Sunday of the month is Loaves and Fishes Sunday there will be a basket near the altar for your food donations. The rest of the time, the basket is in the vestibule, and your donations are greatly appreciated any time! Thank you! Thank you for your generosity! We are an equal opportunity provider. Magda Trott, (305-849-7500) Do you love to sing? We would like to invite you to sing with the choir at any one of our weekend Masses. Do you play keyboard? We would welcome more keyboard or other musicians to join in the rotation! We invite new members to join any time-- adults and teens welcome. Please join us even if you are here just for the winter or for a short visit. Talk to any choir member after Mass or call the office at 872-2537.. We would appreciate it if you could contact us at jennifer@stpeterbpk.com with your e-mail address. Thank you!! Meetings for ACA Adult Children of Alcoholic or Dysfunctional Parents at St. Peter s This 12-Step Group meets Wednesday evenings 7pm-8pm 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 info, see www.adultchildren.org/lit/laundry_list.php. Grief Support Group CODA (Codependents Anonymous) ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholic or Dysfunctional Parents) SUPPORT GROUPS Starting March 7, the group will meet on Fridays at 10am in Cuarto Gato. Call 305-744-0139 (Mary) for help or info. Tues. 6:30 pm in Cuarto Gato 7-8pm Wednesdays in Cuarto Gato
Lenten Prayer Hour 7pm Tuesdays during Lent Stations of the Cross and a reflection Hosted by: 3/18 Lectors 3/25 Knights of Columbus 4/01 Eucharistic Ministers 4/08 Food Bank Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Dinners Will start Friday, March 21 In the Parish Hall 5-7pm Menu: Grilled or fried Mahi French fries, coleslaw Baked beans, corn bread Coffee, tea dessert Join us for a Peterite afternoon at the movies. The Way will be showing on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 2pm in the Parish Hall. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Experience the loving presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament at Eucharistic Adoration, following the 8 AM Mass on Tuesdays. The Divine Mercy chaplet is prayed at 11:30. Benediction is at noon. For more information or to add your name to the schedule, contact Amy at 396-7528. Starring Martin Sheen and filmed entirely on location in France and Spain, it s about a father who arrives in St.Jean Pied de Port, France, to collect the remains of his adult son, killed in a storm on the Pyrenees Mountains while walking the Camino do Santiago (The Way of St. James). Instead of returning home, he decides to embark on the 800 km Pilgrimage with his son s ashes. THE WAY is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face in an ever-changing and complicated world. It asks the question, Do you live a life or do you choose one? Calling All Gardeners! If you are interested in donating even a few minutes of your time weekly to the beautification of our church grounds, with chores such as watering, weed pulling, and light gardening. Please contact Patty Muir at 305-872-0263.
Last chance to get your photo in the parish directory!! We want photos of everyone in our parish family---remember-- this one will feature Fr. Tony s retirement--you will be a part of history! The professional photographers from Lifetouch will start taking photos this Tuesday, March 18th. Tuesday-Friday the hours are 2pm-8pm. Saturday and Sunday the hours are 10am-5pm. You are welcome to include your pet in the photo. There are still some time slots left. If you have your photo taken, you get a free 8x10 photo and a free directory. Sign up on the link on our website at www.stpeterbpk.org or call the office at 872-2537 and we will sign you up. The more parishioners who have their photos taken, the more free activity pages we get. If you will not be here during those dates, submitted photos will be accepted, however these will not count toward our free pages. We still need volunteers to man the check-in desk while photos are being taken in the Ministry Center. Please call Connie 305-395-0346. We are now accepting ads to be included in the Directory. If you would like to include a business card size message of congratulations to Fr. Tony on his retirement, we will have pages in the advertising section of the Directory for these, and the cost will be $20.00 each.
My favorite part of the week end was the speakers. This is the second time I have heard them but they change it up so it is still interesting. The second thing was being able to bond with the people in my class, it is a serious week end but we still have fun. Matthew Age This past week I was Confirmed by the Bishop at St. Peter s Church and went to the Steubenville Rally. It was interesting to hear the speakers. I learned more about my religion and realized that a lot of teenagers are thinking about the same things I am. The experience has made me realize that I am Catholic by choice. Truman Berger My experience this weekend was like no other, after being Confirmed at St. Peter's we went to Steubenville where we praised, prayed, and sang songs of The Lord. The adoration was to me the best part of the day! Once adoration was over they threw beach balls into the crowd and we were singing and it was like a regular party! It was a great experience and I can't wait for next year!!!! -Lindsay Jayne Youth Conference for Grades 9-12 God is Isaiah 12:2 June 11-13, 2014