Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 14th 2015

Masses - Misas Confession

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Parish Office Hours

Religious Education

Sacraments

Please pray for our sick/Por favor recen por los enfermos

Joseph Maalouf, Susan DeBiase, Elisabeth Schwab, Robert Schwab, Frances Bureau, Ada Rivera, Omar Paz, James Whitter, Micheline Bechard, Carmen & Luis Vargas, Jack & Gloria Woodworth, Andres Canpillo & family, Luis Guzman, Giuly Talledo, Nando Talledo, Rod Maldonado, Cunliffe George, Carl Bolduc, Jacqueline Corriveau, Jean-Paul Bolduc, Flore Cloutier, Jerry Davis, Yohanka Garcia, John & Lynn Feuerstein, Mark Calabrese, Isaias Muro-Montalvo, Tony Carlucci, Roselien Ojudoh, Steven Lagueux, Lorenzo Gaudet, Mary DeBiase, Paul Mention, Electra Forbing, Jo & Tom Pender, Miriam

Slome, Paul & Adam Feuerstein, Vic Grindle, Hazel Herman, Ingrid DeLanders, Teresita Diez, Rose B. Lagueux, Stephanie Lamanna, Angie Maalouf, and all the sick of our parish. (Please let the office know if you would like to add/remove a name).

The Sanctuary Lamp is burning this week June 13th to June 19th 2015 for

Joanie Grindle

Sat., June 13th, Vigil: The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 5pm: Marie & Albert Bourke/Donald Bourke 5pm: Maryann Bostick/Irene Kovalcin Sun., June 14th, The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 8am: Johnny Winters 8am: Ana Yolanda Llanos Gallegos/Haydee Llanos Beck 10am: Amalia Pierre /Josette Desroses 10am: Mary Samulski/Esther Kelly Noon: Americo Wong/Mauricio, Ana & Joseph Noon: Margiana del Carmen Duran/Mauricio, Ana & Joseph Mon., June 15th Weekday

8am: Joanie Grindle/St. Vincent de Paul Society 8am: Cemi Descopain/Marie -Terese Noel Tues., June 16th, Weekday 8am: In honor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel/Marie Frenel 8am: Vincent DeBiase/Mary DeBiase & family Wed., June 17th, Weekday 8am: The people of the parish Thurs., June 18th, Weekday 8am: Joanie Grindle/Joan Berry 8am: Maud Alexis, Special Intention/Carina Alexis Fri., June 19th, Weekday, St. Romauld 8am: Joanie Grindle’s Anniversary/Her daughter, DeAnn 8am: AVAILABLE Sat., June 20th Weekday 8am: Joanie Grindle 8am: All souls in purgatory/Roseline Oleabhiele

The Sanctuary Lamp is burning this week June 20th to June 26th 2015 for

Available

Sat., June 20th, Vigil: The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5pm: In Thanksgiving/Mickaelle Celigny 5pm: All souls/Denyse Barber Sun., June 21st, The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr.’s Day) 8am: Birthday Blessings for Fritz Bredy/Michael Bredy 8am: Chester Samulski/Esther Kelly 10am: Thanksgiving to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel/Suze Diogene 10am: Eugene Chiocca/His wife and son Noon: Julio T. Ponce/Teresa Ponce Noon: Arturo Penagos/Carmen Penagos & family Mon., June 22nd Weekday, St. Paulinus of Nola, Sts. John Fisher & Thomas More (Father’s Day Novena)

8am: Thanksgiving to All Saints, Mary & St. Joseph/Rose Bernard 8am: AVAILABLE Tues., June 23rd Weekday (Father’s Day Novena) 8am: Johnny Winters 8am: AVAILABLE Wed., June 24th, Nativity of John the Baptist(Father’s Day Novena) 8am: Peter Straton/Joan Berry 8am: AVAILABLE Thurs., June 25th, Weekday (Father’s Day Novena) 8am: The people of the parish Fri., June 26th, Weekday, (Father’s Day Novena) 8am: AVAILABLE 8am: AVAILABLE Sat., June 27th Weekday St. Cyril of Alexandria (Father’s Day Novena) 8am: AVAILABLE 8am: AVAILABLE

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Rosary~

Monday ~ Saturday at 7:30am in the Church.

Adoration: ~ Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday mornings @ 8:30am in the Church. Exposition & Benediction~ First Friday of the month from 7pm to 9pm in the Church. Communion & Liberation~Monday’s 7:30pm-8:30pm in classroom 2. This is a movement to bring us closer to Christ. All are welcomed.

Charismatic Prayer Group /Creole ~ Thursday’s 8:00pm - 9:30pm in the Parish Hall. Legion of Mary: ~ Saturday 8:30am -10:30am in the Activities Room for more information please call Marie Therese Noel @ 305-651-8978. If you would be interested in having the Pilgrim Virgin Mary Statue or a portrait of the Sacred Heart of Jesus visit your home for one or two weeks, please call Marie Therese.

St. Vincent de Paul Society ~ Meets every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month in the Food Pantry, Building #3. Distribution of food, every other Wednesday from 9am – 12pm. Please call 786-462-4815 for more information. (Holiday schedule differs) Religious Education ~ Classes will resume on September 13, 2015. Please contact Marcia Waite @ ccddre@bellsouth.net for more information. Respect Life Ministry ~ If you or someone you know is pregnant and needs help or would like to volunteer your time or donate baby items please call 786-452-0266. For more information, please call Jeanette Carter @ 305-652-2264. Women’s Club~ Meets every 4th Saturday of the month @ 6pm in the Activities Room. All women are welcomed. For more information, please contact Nettie Mildor at 305-321-0979 email nettievwc@comcast.net or Debbie Gadson at 954-614-6936 email deborahagadson@bellsouth.net El Grupo de Oración en Español~

Están todos invitados al grupo de oración el primer miércoles y el tercer miércoles del mes todo los meses en el cuarto de actividades a las 7pm a 8:30pm.

Collection

Sunday, June 7, 2015

5pm Mass: $1114.00/42 Envelopes-2 Loose Check 8am Mass: $1704.50/63 Envelopes-3 Loose Checks 10am Mass: $3110.91/97 Envelopes-5 Loose Checks Noon Mass: $1259.00/67 Envelopes-2 Loose Check

Contributions received by the office: $65.00 Church in Central & Eastern Europe: $703.00

Thank you for supporting our Parish!

Today’s Readings

"It is the smallest of the seeds, yet it grows into

the biggest shrub of them all." First Reading: Ezekiel 17:22-24 This selection concludes an allegory told by the prophet about the weak king of Judah. The “tender shoot” is the future King David. The lesser “trees” are the kings of the nations surrounding Judah. Second Reading: II Corinthians 5:6-10 The fact is that our bodies, so prized by the Corinthians, can themselves be obstacles to our “going home to Christ.” Our bodily activities will be the base line for our judgment someday. Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 Here are two parables about the growth of the kingdom of God. One of them stresses that growth is guided by God. The other highlights the kingdom’s small beginnings destined ultimately to be a great tree.

Readings for the Week

Monday: 2 Cor 6:1-10; Ps 98:1, 2b, 3-4; Mt 5:38-42 Tuesday: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Ps 146:2, 5-9a; Mt 5:43-48 Wednesday: 2 Cor 9:6-11; Ps 112:1bc-4, 9; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: 2 Cor 11:1-11; Ps 111:1b-4, 7-8; Mt 6:7-15 Friday: 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30; Ps 34:2-7; Mt 6:19-23 Saturday: 2 Cor 12:1-10; Ps 34:8-13; Mt 6:24-34 Sunday: Jb 38:1, 8-11; Ps 107:23-26, 28-31; 2 Cor 5:14-17; Mk 4:35-41

Lectura De La Semana

Lunes: 2 Cor 6:1-10; Sal 98 (97):1, 2b, 3-4; Mt 5:38-42 Martes: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Sal 146 (145):2, 5-9a; Mt 5:43-48 Miércoles: 2 Cor 9:6-11; Sal 112 (111):1bc-4, 9; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Jueves: 2 Cor 11:1-11; Sal 111 (110):1b-4, 7-8; Mt 6:7-15 Viernes: 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30; Sal 34 (33):2-7; Mt 6:19-23 Sábado: 2 Cor 12:1-10; Sal 34 (33):8-13; Mt 6:24-34 Domingo: Jb 38:1, 8-11; Sal 107 (106):23-26, 28-31; 2 Cor 5:14-17; Mc 4:35-41

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The Word This Week

How does a tree grow? The scientists can give us their answers, but the miracle of life on our earth, in all its dazzling complexity and variety is exactly that - a miracle. God is responsible for the miracle of Nature and growth - how, we don’t know, but we accept God's guiding hand as a fact of

our faith. This mysterious growth in Nature is used as a parable today, for the life of the Church and the Kingdom of God. Just as a seed, planted and watered, turns by miraculous processes into something different and bigger and beautiful, so the seed of the Gospel will grow into something else, by some means we can never fully understand. And that is the grace of God, encouraging, prompting and helping all men and women of good will to swell the coming Kingdom of our God.

Inspiration

Percy Leroy Forbing October 12, 1930 – June 2, 2015

Funeral Mass: June 4, 2015 @ 2pm

St. Vincent de Paul Society

Tickets are now on sale for the

“Big Father’s Day Breakfast” next

Sunday hosted by our St. Vincent de Paul Society. Please

see the volunteers as you exit the church today.

Visitation Women’s Club

Xavier Guillaume, Jakahri J Lyn,

Jeremy K Banks, Taahj Jones, Mai-

Lisa Atis, Dyamond McCloud,

Joshua Neptune, Steven Numa,

Melissa Numa, Tyrone Clarke,

Marianne Feliciano, Sydney A Mortimer, Chidinma

Ogbenna, Jonathan D Lynn, Jean-Philippe Nau,

Lexilia Neptune, Maud Alexis. Congratulations to

them and their families!

Serving in the Sanctuary

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 20th & 21st 2015

06/20 5pm: Alicia 06/21 8am: Anselm

06/21 10am: Marline & Sarady 06/21 Noon: Betty

06/20 5pm: Joe, Rita, Brenda, Ruth 06/21 8am: Paula, Marcia, Lenora, Ronald

06/21 10am: Emma, Sr. Filomena, Lucille, Jeannette, Barbara, Gerta, Nettie, Arlene

06/21 Noon: Walter, Martha, Carmen, Liliana

06/20 5pm: Marcus, Jamal 06/21 8am: Handell, Steven, Robert D, Rodney 06/21 10am: Chidinma, Kelechi, Darcy Obinna 06/21 Noon: Jorge, Robert

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Dear Friends, I would like to Welcome Fr. Jose Abreu to our parish for weekend help. He is a Carmelite priest stationed in Miami. He has been here before on different occasions. From the time I learned that Fr. Carmelo Romanello would be taking a leave, I had been looking around for another priest to help us on the weekends. In my search, I came across Fr. Jose Abreu and he was kind enough to offer his services to our parish. Since he is mainly Spanish speaking, he will be doing the Spanish Masses each Sunday. As I had announced at the Spanish, on the first Sunday of every month, I will be celebrating the Spanish Mass and Fr. Abreu will be celebrating it on other Sundays. I welcome him to our parish and thank him for his kindness to help here. We honor our graduates this weekend. It is great to have all different graduates in our community – the Kindergarten Graduates, Middle School Graduates, High School Graduates and College Graduates. Along with their families, we too rejoice at their accomplishments and pray for their success in the future. Some will move on to further studies while others will be looking for a job. Whatever they have in future, we pray that the Lord will bless them in their upcoming endeavors. We have started using the projectors in the Church. In many ways we are still in the experimental stages because we cannot afford to get professional people to come and setup everything for us. So we have to take simple steps at a time. The computers presently are being handled by volunteers. Initially things are going to be not as smooth, as these are not professionals. Our volunteers are our youngsters, and I like to encourage them to be of service to the community. If you have any comments about how we can improve the service, please let me know. We

certainly cannot be considered a hi-tech church, but that does not mean that we cannot use technology in our service and that is exactly what I am trying to do. In getting everything on to the projector screens, I am trying to eliminate the need for missalettes. This way parishioners do not have to keep turning pages to follow the prayers, hymns and readings. Eventually I plan to eliminate the use of the missalettes and hymnals on Sundays and follow everything on the projector screens. Please do not hesitate to give your feedback about the same. Next month we will have the celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. While it is a Haitian celebration, it is being held at our Church. I had written about this a couple of months ago, and now it is time for us to act. Since the celebration takes place here, we need to take ownership of what happens here. I am inviting volunteers this weekend to sign up for different tasks that need to be accomplished for the feast. There is a committee that organizes the celebration, but since it is in our church, we need to take control of what happens here and that is why I need the help of volunteers to make sure that everything runs smoothly. I am hoping that there will be enough parishioners to help with the coordination of different things for this feast so that everything will run smoothly. As it is our Church we need to do what is required to keep things in our Church in proper order. On my own, I cannot do much, but with your help, we can accomplish a lot. So please come forward to volunteer a few hours to help with the celebrations. If you have not signed up with the volunteer sheets at the end of the mass, you can still call the office to offer your service. I am praying that the celebration this year will be better organized and successful with the help of God and our dedicated parishioners. God bless you all,

Fr. George