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February 21, 2016
TODAY’S HOLY MASSES are offered for these intentions:
9:00 AM For Joseph Ziarko +
(req. by loving Wife)
11:15 AM For Joanne Casabella +
(req. by Bob and Mary Ellen Gilkinson)
NEXT SUNDAY’S HOLY MASS INTENTIONS (2/28/16):
9:00 AM For Joseph Perrotta +
(req. by children)
11:15 AM For Janice LaPietra +
(req. by the Vargas Family)
REQUEST AND SCHEDULE MASS INTENTIONS
To request and schedule intentions for both of our Masses, please call 585-484-1810 or email to [email protected] to reserve a date. The stipend check of $10 per Mass should be made payable to SAINT KATERI Parish (not SKT-LMC). Please use the Mass Intention envelopes located on the bulletin table at all entrances to the Church. Drop your envelope in the collection basket or mail it our Parish Center address. (not to St. Kateri Parish) at SKT-LMC @St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 4536 St. Paul Blvd. Rochester, NY 14617
VOTIVE SANCTUARY CANDLES
VOTIVE SANCTUARY CANDLES burn in the Lady Chapel (in the Church), and the Adoration Chapel (in the Parish Center). Would you like to have a dedicated candle burn in memory of a loved one OR for a special intention? To schedule a dedicated candle intention call (585) 388-7734. Donations for 7 day Church Tabernacle and Adoration Chapel lamps are $10.00 Donations for the 3 day hanging lamps in the Lady Chapel are $5.00. Envelopes for candle donations are available at all church entrances. Checks should be made payable to SKT-LMC.
Tabernacle Lamp in Church
Week of 2/21
Violet Wiegand
(req. by Michael Ozminkowski)
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
February 14, 2016
9:00 AM Attendance: 158 Offerings: $1,804.10 11:15 AM Attendance: 139 Offerings: $1,043.25 ------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 297 $2,847.35 WEEKLY TARGET AMOUNT $4,500.00
THANK YOU to those who braved last Sunday’s arctic blast to attend Mass and contribute generously. God bless you!
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
Checks should be made payable to “St. Kateri Tekakwitha-Latin Mass Community” OR for short, “SKT-LMC”. If you receive your envelopes by mail, please use them. If not, contributions can be placed in the blue envelopes OR loose in the collection baskets. You also have the option of ON-LINE GIVING. Access to On-Line giving is available through our website skt-lmc.org or through a smartphone or tablet app. Instructions for giving are located on our website or in pamphlets available at all church entrances.
UPDATE. You may also sign up for automatic withdrawals with or without covering the small fee for transaction processing.
ENVELOPE MAILINGS FOR REGISTERED MEMBERS
If you do not receive your March/April packet of envelopes by February 20, please contact Kathy Beauchamp at 484-1810 or email to [email protected]
VOLUNTEERS
WE DO NEED VOLUNTEERS to help maintain our facilities, especially in the area of church and parish center cleaning. We need YOU! Please email [email protected] or call 467-8747. Enough volunteers will enable us to have rotating teams.
FAITH FORMATION
Due to February Recess, there are no Faith Formation classes this week.
CONFIRMATION RETREAT
Our first Confirmation Retreat was a success! Ten Confirmandi experienced prayer at a deeper level, learned the meaning of commonly recited prayers, and had an opportunity to go to Confession and experience Benediction. A very special thank you to Father Matt Jones for helping our candidates build a closer relationship to God through prayer. A thank you to David Klosterman for teaching our students about Gregorian Chant, and also a special thank you to Jim and Elizabeth Johnston for presenting and helping to plan the event. Please keep our Confirmandi in your prayers as they continue to prepare for Confirmation.
FIRST PENANCE
Our last First Penance class will take place on 2/28. Please drop off your child at the South Vestibule by 10:10. You can pick them up at the Parish Center at 11:05. We ask the community for your continued prayers for our ten young people as their First Penance will take place on Saturday, March 5th at 10AM.
PRAYING FOR THE SICK AND INFIRM
Happily, Judy Burns has come forward and volunteered to coordinate the SKT-LMC bulletin listing of sick and infirm members, relatives, and friends. The list will be there so that we might pray for them. Please note that NO health information will be printed in this bulletin. Judy will coordinate the names: long-term? short-term? when to take off list? etc. To put names on the list, contact Judy Burns at (cell) 585-738-5156 OR (e-mail) burnsie320 @yahoo.com.
PRAYER LIST
Angela DeLuca Rita Cimino Susan Lewis Florian Czerniak Sharon Mooney Steve and Patty Imburgia Jean Lloyd Jean Blier Kathy Murphy Eugene Montagne Thomas Hubbell Bill Schlueter Jim Holden
May the Divine Physician of our souls and bodies help and heal them, through His Divine Mercy.
WEBSITE
Please check out our website at www.skt-lmc.org. Special thanks to Ben Anderson, Jason Herforth, and Jonathan Lane. Email address: [email protected]. If you have any suggestions to add, contact [email protected].
DIOCESAN NOTICES
Diocesan Day of Penance
The Diocesan Day of Penance this year is scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, from 12:30 to 7:30 PM. Many churches will be OPEN with priest-confessors available to hear confessions during those hours. Future notices will give details about how this will be implemented here at St. Thomas. Do you have QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE (CONFESSION)? Go to http://forgiven.dor.org and click on “Commonly Asked Questions” to get the answers!
FIRST FRIDAY ON MARCH 4
You are invited to attend a Year of Mercy First Friday Mass celebrated by The Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano on March 4, 2016 at 6:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park, Rochester. Meditation as the homily:“Wherever the Church is present, the mercy of the Father is present.”This First Friday Mass, which will be followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and individual Confessions until 8:00 p.m., is the third of a series of special Masses to be held every month during the Year of Mercy (Dec. 8, 2015-Nov. 20, 2016). Pope Francis has declared that passing through the Holy Door of Mercy, located in our Diocese at the inside center entrance of the Cathedral, will offer the possibility of obtaining a Plenary Indulgence, a remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, by participating in the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Eucharist, praying for the Holy Father’s personal intentions, and praying the Profession of Faith (the Creed).
For more information and a complete schedule of the special Masses at the Cathedral, visit www.dor.org
ROCHESTER CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
The Rochester Catholic Women’s Conference is coming up! The Conference is returning this year to the Aquinas Institute on March 12, 2016. This year’s theme is “Love One Another”. Registration is now open. Please visit Rochestercwc.org for Conference details and to register online. Register now before we sell out! www.rochestercwc.org Tune into WHEC Channel 10 on Thursday, February 11 at noon for an interview with conference organizers and Rebecca Leclair.
WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH, please turn OFF all cell phones, hand-held electronic devices, pagers, watch alarms, etc. ALSO, remember to dress appropriately (neatly and modestly). Unfortunately, in many churches today, people tend to “dress down” for Mass. How can this be??? RESPECT and REVERENCE toward God and neighbor (i.e. charity) should determine how we present ourselves in the House of God. Thank you, in advance, for your courtesy and cooperation.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be prayed on the Fridays of Lent at 7:30PM in the Church, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. (Note: Stations will NOT be held on Good Friday evening.)
LENTEN OBSERVANCE
- Abstinence from meat: Those who have completed their 14th birthday are obliged to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and on ALL the Fridays of Lent.
- Fasting: Those between the ages of 18 and 59 (inclusive) are also obliged
to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. In fasting, one is permitted to eat a single full meal and two other small meals which, when added together, do not equal a full meal and no eating between meals. - Other acts of penance are encouraged according to one’s health and generosity with God. The classic Lenten penitential formula is PRAYER, FASTING, and ALMSGIVING (i.e. works of charity and mercy).
HELPING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
Each Sunday throughout the year, SKT-LMC collects donations for local food cupboards. During Lent, let’s make an extra effort and use our Lenten sacrifice to alleviate hunger caused by poverty and improve the lives of individuals and families in our community. Donations may be placed in the green baskets at each of the entrances.
COFFEE HOURS
COFFEE HOURS will be hosted NEXT SUNDAY after BOTH MASSES. Thanks to the courtesy and effort of our volunteers!
—SPECIAL NOTICES—
FOURTH SUNDAY SCRIPTURE STUDY
- The “Fourth Sunday Scripture Study” will be held again next Sunday, February 28th in the Parish Center after the Latin Mass. Attendees will choose which of the following February Gospel readings to discuss together:
- 7th: Quinquagesima Sunday: Luke 18: 31-43 (Christ’s Prediction of His death at the hands of the Gentiles in Jerusalem; healing of the blind man near Jericho.)
- 14th: First Sunday of Lent: Matthew 4: 1-11 (Christ’s 40 day fast; temptations in the desert.)
- 21st: Second Sunday of Lent: Matthew 17: 1-9 (Transfiguration)
- 28th: Third Sunday of Lent: Luke 11: 14-28 (Jesus casts out devils)
POT LUCK SUPPER AND MOVIE NIGHT will be happening at the Parish Center on this Saturday, February 27. Bring a dish to pass for supper at 6PM. Following the family meal, a family movie will be shown: the devotional classic “The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima.” Our children should see this inspirational film! Please let us know if you are coming and what you are bringing to share: contact [email protected] OR call 671-1449
SKT-LMC CONTACTS
| Chaplain
Father Dennis Bonsignore 585-244-8692 |
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| Director of Music
John Morabito 724-777-4701 |
Faith Formation
Andrew Follaco 585-750-1553 |
| Finance
Ken Roush 585-727-3430 |
Facilities
Christian Goetting 585-880-0521 |
| Evangelization Committee
Gene Michael 585-266-5842 |
Mass Intentions
Kathy Beauchamp 585-484-1810 |
| Votive Candles
Mary Ellen Gilkinson 585-388-7734 |
Ushers
David Armitage 585-797-4889 |
| Volunteers / Lectors
Denise Flanigen 585-467-8747 |
Church Flowers
Ginny Maurer 585-368-8869
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