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Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Tim October 11, 2015

ANTHONY PARISH 12

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Rev. Ademir Guerini CS Parish Administrator

Pedro Paulo, Deacon Secretary: Priscila Cremon

Religious Education: Lorena Lorenzet

Office Hours Monday – Wednesday – Friday

9:00 am – 3:00 p.m.

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, October 10 4:30 p.m. Ida Rubnstein by Anita 7:00 p.m. (Portuguese) Sunday, October 11 9:00 a.m (Portuguese) 10:30 a.m. Maria Dutra by daughter; 12:00 p.m. Maria do Carmo Fernandes Carvalho (1 year) by Camila Oliveira

Monday, October 12 7:30 a.m. Mare Lucey by son Dan and family Tuesday, October 13 7:30 a.m. Ivanir Guerini Wednesday, October 14 7:30 a.m. All Souls 7:30 p.m. (Portuguese) Thursday, October 15 7:30 a.m. Maria Dutra, Carlos and Eugene Dutra by daughter and husband Friday, October 16 7:30 a.m. All Souls Saturday, October 17 4:30 p.m. Walter Dwyer & Lafchford family by family 7:00 p.m. (Portuguese) Sunday, October 18 9:00 a.m (Portuguese) 10:30 a.m. Maria Dutra by daughter 12:00 p.m. (Portuguese) English Mass

Weekdays: 7:30 a.m. Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Confession - Saturdays 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. St. Anthony Novena -Tuesdays at the Mass For any other Information, please, call at the Rectory

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OUR LADY OF APARECIDA PATRONESS OF BRAZIL

This weekend the Brazilian Community celebrates its patroness saint, Our Lady of Aparecdia. So it happened: in October 1717, Dom Pedro de Almeida, Count of Assumar and Governor of the Province of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, was passing through the area of Guaratinguetá, a small city in the Paraíba river valley,[7] during a trip to Vila Rica, an important gold mining site. As the people of Guaratinguetá decided to hold a

feast in his honour, three fishermen, Domingos Garcia, João Alves, and Filipe Pedroso went down to the Paraíba waters to fish. The fishermen prayed to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception that God would grant a good catch. The fishermen, having a run of bad luck, cast their nets in the River Paraiba and dragged up a headless statue of the Virgin Mary. They also salvaged the head and, according to the legend, then netted plenty of fish.[4] After cleaning the statue, they found that it was a black version of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.[1] Legend has it that when the fishermen recovered the body, then the head, the slender figure of the Aparecida Virgin became so heavy that they couldn't budge it.[2] The fishermen named the statue Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida = Our Lady of the Appeared Conception. Neighbors began to venerate the statue, which came to be known as Our Lady of Aparecida, and devotion grew. The first chapel was built in 1745. Devotion to the statue grew rapidly, particularly among Afro-Brazilians, not only for its black Madonna status, but also because it was reported to have performed a miracle for an enslaved young man. Over the years following its discovery, veneration of the Virgin invoked as Aparecida increased as many miracles were attributed to her. For the following fifteen years, the statue remained within Filipe Pedroso's family, and neighbors came to venerate it. Stories of Our Lady of Aparecida's miracles were spread throughout Brazil, and the Pedroso family built her a chapel, which soon became too small for so many worshippers. In 1737 the priest of Guaratinguetá built her a chapel on the Morro dos Coqueiros (Hill of Coconut Palms), where public visits began in July 1745. The number of worshippers increased dramatically,

and in 1834 work on a larger church was begun; this became known as the “Old Basilica” when work on the even lager “New Basilica” was started in 1955; it received pontifical approbations 1980.

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October 11, 2015 Twenty-Eighth Sunday in ordinary time Missas em Português Quarta-feira: 7:30 p.m. e Novena Nossa Senhora Desatadora de nós. Sábado: 7:00 p.m. Domingo: 9:00 a.m. e 12:00 p.m. Primeira Sexta-feira do mês: Missa e Adoração 7:30 p.m. Terceira Sexta feira do mês: Missa de Cura e Libertação: 7:30 p.m. Segunda-feira: Grupo de Oração – 7:30 p.m. Preparação para o Batismo Terceiro Sábado do Mês: 7:30 p.m. Legião de Maria aos Domingos 10:30 a.m. Qualquer outra informação, por favor, chame na casa paroquial 617-625-4530 NOSSA SENHORA APARECIDA PADROEIRA DO BRASIL

Neste fim de semana celebramos a festa de nossa padroeira, a Virgem de Aparecida. A aparição da imagem ocorreu em 1717, época das Capitanias Hereditárias. O governante das capitanias de São Paulo e Minas de Ouro estava de passagem pelo Vale do Paraíba, mais

precisamente por Guaratinguetá. Animados com a visita, o povo daquela localidade resolveu fazer uma festa de boas-vindas e para isso chamaram três pescadores, Domingos Garcia, João Alves e Filipe Pedroso para lançar as redes no rio e pescar bons peixes.

O fato era que, naquela época, meados de Outubro, não era tempo de peixes. Porém, como não podiam contradizer o pedido, rezaram pela proteção e benção da Virgem Maria e de Deus para que pudessem voltar à terra firme com fartura. Depois de inúmeras tentativas sem sucesso, eis que surpreendentemente eles pescaram o corpo de uma imagem. Curiosos, lançaram novamente as redes e “pescaram” uma cabeça que se encaixou perfeitamente ao corpo. Depois deste encontro, o barco se encheu tanto de peixes que ele quase virou!

A partir daí, a devoção da Santa foi se espalhando. Primeiro nas casas, depois se construiu uma capela, depois uma basílica, até chegar ao quarto maior santuário do mundo, o Santuário Nacional de Aparecida localizado na cidade de Aparecida, interior do Estado de São Paulo.

A libertação do escravo Zacarias

A imagem de nossa Senhora foi encontrada num tempo em que no Brasil havia a escravidão. O povo negro sofria nas mãos dos donos das terras. A “Mãe negra” veio para dar uma lição de vida e amor ao próximo. Foi o que aconteceu com o escravo Zacarias, que havia fugido de uma fazenda do Paraná e era caçado por todos os cantos, até ser encontrado no Vale do Paraíba. Preso, acorrentado nos pulsos e nos pés, quando fazia o seu caminho de volta, Zacarias pediu permissão ao seu caçador para rezar diante da imagem, já que a capela não estava longe. Incrédulo, o caçador deixou. A fé de Zacarias foi tamanha que milagrosamente as correntes se romperam, deixando-o livre. Diante do milagre, o caçador acabou por libertá-lo.

O cavaleiro ateu

Desde que a imagem de Nossa Senhora Aparecida foi encontrada, e ao longo da história, muitos espaços foram construídos para que a devoção à “Mãe negra” pudesse acontecer. Esses locais sempre recebiam grande número de pessoas que colocavam nas mãos da Mãe de Deus a vida. Mas também era destino de muitos incrédulos. Esse milagre aconteceu com um deles. Passando por Aparecida e vendo a fé dos romeiros, zombou e tentou entrar na Igreja a cavalo para destruir o local e alcançar a imagem. Porém, o que esse cavaleiro não esperava era que as patas do animal ficassem presas em uma pedra. A partir daí, o homem passou a acreditar. A pedra pode ser vista na Sala dos Milagres no Santuário Nacional de Aparecida.

A cura da menina cega

O simples fato de olhar a Basílica, a primeira grande igreja erguida em Aparecida em devoção a Nossa Senhora Aparecida, também é motivo de milagre e foi o que aconteceu a uma menina cega que passava em frente à Basílica com sua mãe. Ao se aproximar, a garota disse “Mãe, como aquela Igreja é bonita”, e o milagre havia acontecido

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