ST. ANTHONY’S DIRECTORY PARISH ADMINISTRATOR Father Robert Slaton……….734-854-1143 [email protected]Rectory……...…………………734-854-1143 4605 St. Anthony Road, Temperance, MI 48182 Fax……………………………..734-854-4622 Parish E-mail……...….…....[email protected]Web site: stanthonytemperance.org ************************************** OFFICE STAFF: Michelle Lindsey, Parish Secretary: 734-854-1143 [email protected]Summer Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 1:00pm (Memorial Day - Labor Day) Linda Moeltner, Business Office: 734-854-8445 [email protected]Office Hours: Monday & Tuesday: 9:00am - 3:00pm ************************* DIRECTOR OF LITURGY & MUSIC Eric Hite……419-266-0571…..[email protected]R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION (RE) Ginny Stout, RE Coordinator……...734-854-1160 [email protected]Office Hours: Monday - 10:00am - 6:00pm ************************* Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday (Sunday Vigil): 5:00pm (OF-MC) Sunday: 9:00am & 11:00am (OF-MC); 12:30pm (EF-LM) Holy Days: Check Bulletin & Website Sacrament of Penance Saturday: 3:30-4:30pm; Thursday: 6:00 - 6:30pm Devotions First Friday: 9:00am & 7:00pm Mass (OF-LM) First Saturday: 9:00am Mass (EF-MC) O. L. of Perpetual Help & Prayer - Wednesday @ 6:15pm Prayer Blankets Prayer Chain Sandy Maenle……734-847-7813 Miriam Dressel….…734-888-1192 Our Sacramental Policy Six-month Parish registration and participation are required for Baptism, Confirmation and Marriage. Baptisms : Arrangements must be made in advance and parents must attend a baptism class. The Church requires that at least one of the parents be a practicing Catholic, and the Godparents must be active, practicing, fully initiated Catholics at least 16 years of age. If two Godparents: must be 1 male & 1 female; if one Godparent: may be male or female. Marriage : Arrangements must be made at least nine months in advance. Please call the rectory office. Officiate at the ceremony must be St. Anthony Parish Pastor or a family member. Funerals : Officiate must be St. Anthony Parish Pastor or a family member. Please note: The services of the Parish Organist are used for all sacramental liturgies. For more details regarding our Sacramental policies and procedures, please refer to the Sacrament link on our Parish web-site. Please note... There will be no Masses offered at St. Anthony Monday through Friday this week. Our neighboring Parishes’ schedules are: - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday: 9:00am - St. Joseph Erie - Tuesday: 6:00pm; Wednesday & Thursday: 8:00am; Friday: 8:30am St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Temperance, Michigan 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time “The Antonian” August 5, 2018 Pray without ceasing Traveling Vocation Chalice August 5 Patrick & Linda Cousino August 12 The Eagle Family August 19 Mark Faunt August 5 *Host Family Needed The Holy Father’s Monthly Prayer Intention for August Universal – The Treasure of Families That any far-reaching decisions of economists and politicians may protect the family as one of the treasures of humanity. St. Anthony of Padua, Our Patron and Intercessor, Pray for Us! Visitation Monastery 1745 Parkside Blvd., Toledo Ohio Holy Hour Sunday, August 5 at 4:00pm All are welcome! Evening prayers (Vespers), the Rosary, Homily and Benediction The devotions are held each month on the Sunday following the First Friday.
Our Sacramental Policy Six-month Parish registration and participation are required for Baptism, Confirmation and
Marriage.
Baptisms: Arrangements must be made in advance and parents must attend a baptism class. The
Church requires that at least one of the parents be a practicing Catholic, and the Godparents must
be active, practicing, fully initiated Catholics at least 16 years of age. If two Godparents: must be 1
male & 1 female; if one Godparent: may be male or female.
Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least nine months in advance. Please call the rectory
office. Officiate at the ceremony must be St. Anthony Parish Pastor or a family member.
Funerals: Officiate must be St. Anthony Parish Pastor or a family member.
Please note: The services of the Parish Organist are used for all sacramental liturgies.
For more details regarding our Sacramental policies and procedures, please refer to the
Sacrament link on our Parish web-site.
Please note... There will be no Masses offered at St.
Anthony Monday through Friday this
week.
Our neighboring Parishes’ schedules are:
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday & Saturday: 9:00am
- St. Joseph Erie - Tuesday: 6:00pm;
Wednesday & Thursday: 8:00am;
Friday: 8:30am
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Temperance, Michigan
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“The Antonian” August 5, 2018
Pray without ceasing
Traveling Vocation Chalice August 5 Patrick & Linda Cousino August 12 The Eagle Family August 19 Mark Faunt August 5 *Host Family Needed
The Holy Father’s Monthly Prayer Intention
for August Universal – The Treasure of Families That any far-reaching decisions of economists and politicians may protect the family as one of the treasures of humanity.
Sts. Sixtus II, P., Felicissimus & Agapitus (258), Ms.
(Trad.)
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
No Mass
St. Sixtus II, P., & Companions (258), Ms. (New)
St. Cajetan (1547), Pr., F. of the Theatines (New, Trad.)
St. Donates (362), B., M. (Trad.)
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 No Mass
St. Dominic (1221), Pr., F. of the Dominican Order
(New)
St. John Vianney (the Curé of Ars) (1859), Pr. Pt. of
parish priests (Trad.)
Sts. Cyriacus, Dcn., Largus & Smaragdus (4th C.),
Ms. (Trad.)
The Fourteen Holy Helpers (Hist.)
Thursday, August 9, 2018 No Masses
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), (1942), V., R., M. (New)
St. Romanus (258), M., Roman soldier converted by St.
Lawrence (Trad.)
Sts. Marcellinus, Pr. & Peter, Exorcist (304), Ms.
(Hist.)
Friday, August 10, 2018 No Mass
St. Lawrence (258), Dcn., M., Pt. of the poor (New,
Trad.)
Saturday, August 11, 2018
St. Clare of Assisi (1253), V., F. of the Poor Clares
(New)
Sts. Tiburtius & Susanna (295), Ms. (Trad.)
St. Philomena (304), V., M., “The Wonder
Worker” (Hist.)
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Sunday Vigil Mass 5:00pm Lyle Montri by Kevin & Bea Montri (OF-MC)
Sunday, August 12, 2018 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (New)
12th Sunday after Pentecost (Trad.)
9:00am Colleen Clark (OF-MC) by John & Colleen Clark
11:00am Jack, Pat & Peter Carey (OF-MC) by Dan Carey on Behalf of the Family
12:30pm The People of St. Anthony (EF-LM)
St. Jane Frances de Chantel (1641), W., R., F. (New)
St. Clare of Assisi (1253), V., F. of the Poor Clares
(Trad.)
St. Euplius (4th C.), M. (Hist.)
Readings for the Week
Monday, August 6: Daniel 7:9-10,13-14; 2Peter 1:16-19
Mark 9:2-10
Tuesday, August 7: Jeremiah 30:1-2,12-15,18-22
Matthew 14:22-36
Wednesday, August 8: Jeremiah 31:1-7; Matthew 15:21-28
Thursday, August 9:
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 16:13-23
Friday, August 10:
2Corinthians 9:6-10; John 12:24-26
Saturday, August 11:
Hebrews 1:12-2:4; Matthew 17:14-20
Sunday, August 12:
1Kings 19:4-8
Ephesians 4:30-5:2
John 6:41-51
Our monthly Food
Collection is the second
Sunday of each month. Please
bring non-perishable food, personal care
items, or paper products next weekend
for the less fortunate.
This Week’s Calendar Monday, August 6, 2018 No Mass Tuesday, August 7, 2018 No Mass Wednesday, August 8, 2018 No Mass 6:15 - 7pm- Perpetual Help & Prayers Thursday, August 9, 2018 No Confessions No Masses Friday, August 10, 2018 No Mass Saturday, August 11, 2018 3:30-4:30pm - Confessions 5:00pm - Sunday Vigil Mass Food Collection Sunday, August 12, 2018 9:00am & 11:00am - Mass 12:30pm - Mass Food Collection
$ $ $ $ $ $
The Offertory Story July 29, 2018
# Env. assigned: 289; # Env. used: 104
Envelope total $ 3,604.00 Loose: $ 615.00 Children’s Envelopes: $ 0.00 Total $ 4,219.00 Weekly Budget amount..$ 5,400.00 +Over/-Under Budget $ - 1,181.00 Year To Date +- $ - 1,703.84
Other: Candles 176.51 CSA 50.00 Donation 20.00 Masses 40.00 Rummage Sale 150.00 Total for Other: 436.51
Please keep in your prayers all our service men and
women, especially:
AB Aaron Ford, USAF
Kenneth Lee Ziegler, Jr., Army
St. Anthony Parish
Summer Office Hours (Memorial Day - Labor Day)
Parish Office: Monday - Friday: 9am - 1pm
Parish Business Office Monday & Tuesday: 9am - 3pm
Religious Ed Office Monday: 10am - 3pm
Fridays are Fr. Slaton’s Day off
Religious Ed Registration: 2018-19 Register now for Religious Education
Alexander, Andrew & Tanner Skeldon Randy Stowell Tom Townsend
Carole VanBrandt Virginia VanKirk
Aaron Vyse Tom Wheeler
Rebecca Williams Judy Zimmerman
Dorothy Armistead Maria Baer
Sherry Bailey John Bordine Fred Borowski Toni Breininger
Bob Carey Dcn. George Cousino
Prudy Cousino Elaine Esper
Scott Ferguson Ed Fish
Jim Fuelling Janet Harrell
Gloria Hartman Barbara Hite
JoAnn Huntwork
For the second month in a row, Tom Townsend sold the winning 50/50 ticket.
The July 50/50 winner was Fr. Robert Haener. Fr. Haener’s winnings were $375.00 & Tom earned the $50.00 seller incentive. 2018 annuals are still available for
only $5.00 each; We currently have
235 reserved annual tickets. You can
buy an annual for anyone you wish.
They are a great gift for the hard-to-
buy-for person.
Annuals can be purchased many
different ways: You can stop at the
church office during the week; at the
50/50 table in the Narthex on the 4th
Sunday of any month; or at K of C
Breakfasts on the second Sunday of
the month (September - May).
Brian Bischoff
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Liturgical Assignments for August 11 & 12, 2018
Mass Priest Lector Altar Servers
Saturday, 5:00pm Mass
Fr. Rohen J. Holup B. & M. Ullery
Sunday, 9:00am Mass
Fr. Slaton R. Dressel C. Oswald
Sunday, 11:00am Mass
Fr. Slaton M. Lindsey J. & T. Dollison
Sunday, 12:30pm (EF-LM)
Fr. Slaton -- J. Hajdu T. Peterson
….Let us Pray for…. Bill Hurley
Rosemary Jacobs Audrey Lawrence
Jim Lemble Dick MacAdams
Edward Malik Barbara Mata
Hudson Joseph Mata Chris May
Diane Miscannon Sandy Mitchell
Robert Moeltner Steve Murzynski
Josh Nolan Julia Nusbaum
Tim O’Brien
Cemetery News For your convenience, Eternal light candle holders and replacement candles are
available in the Parish Office. The holders come in red or blue and are $60.00. The
candles are $3.00 each.
$19,267
to go!
47%
$17,365
Upcoming Parish Events:
Meet & Greet for Fr. Slaton - Saturday, Aug. 4
Holy Day - Assumption of Mary - Wednesday, Aug. 15
Rummage Sale - Sept. 26 & 27
Communion Rail Since we began use of the Communion
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Temperance, Michigan
Last Sunday I preached about the monk Pelagius (Novus Ordo Homily) and his theological error. I spoke about how this young, bright and capable religious traveled to Rome for studies and was scandalized by the immorality that he witnessed there. Upon his return to Britannia, Pelagius began to reform his ideas about the faith in order to give a solution to the moral laxity that had so scared his faith. His motivation was admirable, although his conclusions were highly problematic.
History also provides us with a similar tale in 1510 when another young bright monk of the order of St. Augustine was sent to Rome that he might take part in a religious conference. Upon his arrival, Martin Luther was shocked at the immorality that he encountered among the Roman people. While the immodesty and indecency of the general populace living beneath the shadow of St. Peter’s Basilica was troubling, it was the scandal of witnessing the corruption of the local clergy that truly left Br. Martin so troubled. Thoughts must have haunted him: “How could this be allowed? How could such filth be so prevalent in the Sea of Holy Mother Church? If holiness is not found here, where could it be found?” So, in a very familiar fashion, this young religious thinker went forth to solve the great question of ‘what was wrong in the Church’. Such inquiry would lead Luther to a total reinterpretation of the faith in which holiness was actually impossible and therefore the pursuit of sanctity was a waste of time. Once again, admirable motive followed by highly problematic conclusions.
This last week has been a difficult one for the Church across the world and has been especially difficult for the Church in America. Just as Pelagius and Luther both looked to the leaders of the Church and found this leadership to be disappointing, in a similar fashion we now find ourselves in the 21st century looking to our contemporary leaders and finding our own hearts to be scandalized by the immorality and corruption we find amongst some of them. We may feel hurt, betrayed, or even manipulated. Indeed, our hearts may cry out: “How could this happen? Where is the holiness of the Church? Where is the love of Christ? What is wrong in the Church?”
There seems to be a near universal agreement that the Church is suffering from some aliment at this time. In some sense, the bride of Christ is suffering and something needs to be done to modify the situation. The difference of opinion (and the differences are broad) regards where the problem lies and what should be done to remedy this illness. Some would contend that the moral teaching of the Church has always been an unrealistic ideal and must be modified to fit contemporary life. Others would contend that the moral teaching has been neglected and that the flock is suffering from malnutrition in catechesis. Some would argue that we have degraded our worship into a social affirmation event and that the essence of belief has been stripped from our prayer life. And so the cycle goes on.
I will not pretend to be able to give a simple formula for fixing all the issues in the Church. However, I can give you a simple and direct explanation for why such problems occur. The Church is full of sinners because the Church is full of people. This is really the problem in a nutshell. I use to make light of the situation with my foolproof plan to purify the morals and worship of the Church. I called it my “Excommunicate everyone plan”. Once the Church had been purified of all those sinful people, then it would be pure and without stain…of course the whole Church would consist of our Blessed Lord and His Immaculate Mother but, hey it would be without sin and scandal.
Jesus knew that such problems would arise. He spoke of it often: Things that cause sin will Inevitably occur (scandals) but woe to the person through whom they occur. It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea…” (Lk. 17: 1-2). Our blessed Lord did not make light of such scandals, especially among those chosen to be shepherds of His flock, neither should we. We expect our leaders to be our standard bearers in the struggle against the spirit of this Godless world, we hold them to a higher standard of morality, integrity and prayer…and we rightly should!!! We should be upset; we should insist that accountability and justice be rendered. However, we must be cautious lest we be led by the same spirit as Pelagius and Luther. Both of these men, as brilliant as they were, were scandalized to the point that their desire to attack the corruption within the Church became an attack against the Church herself. I call this the Judas effect. “How could one of the 12, one of the hand-selected of Christ do such a thing?” Such a response is understandable. But we must not be deceived into embracing a spirit of rebellion. Such an impulse carries the stench of the 1st rebellion in heaven. The Church is not holy because of her ministers. No priest, bishop or even pope provides the holiness that radiates the bride of Christ. The Church is holy because Christ is her head. The Church is holy because the Holy Spirit is the soul of this mystical body and continues to operate within her. The Church is holy because her mission is holy. Such sanctity may be tarnished in public opinion by the failings of her shepherds, but it is never extinguished. “The gates of hell will not withstand her! (c.f. Mt. 16:18).
Let us not lose heart. Let us be angry, yet without sin as Paul instructs (c.f. Ep. 4:26). The Church may very well stand in need of reform. But all true reform begins in prayer and penance. As a good friend of mine recently stated: “What we need is a return to fidelity. Devotion to the Eucharist, to the Blessed Mother, to penance, prayer and the sacraments. That is where the Church needs to go”. I believe that he is right. We stand in need of purification, yet we must allow our Lord to guide us in such things. Let it be His will, let it be His reform, let it be His Spirit that guides us, lest our scandal allow us to be drawn into a darker spirit of reaction and rebellion. God love you, Fr. Slaton
