407 South 33rd Street, Ft. Pierce, FL 34947 Office: 772-461-2233 Fax: 772-461-2242 www.stanastasiachurch.org English ~ Mass Times Monday-Saturday ……………………...8:15am Saturday (Vigil)…….…………………...4:00pm Sunday….7:45am, 9:30am, 11:30am & 5:00pm Adoration Daily …...7:30am - 8:00am in Church 24 Hour Perpetual Adoration in Chapel Confession Saturday 3pm or anytime by appointment Spanish ~ Sunday Mass Times San Juan Diego Centro...8:00am,10:00am, 12:00pm & 6:00pm Pastor Fr. Richard E. George II Parochial Vicar Fr. Daniel Daza-Jaller Priest Assisting Fr. James Bowman San Juan Diego Centro Fr. Jaime Dorado, Administrator December 22, 2019 Fourth Sunday of Advent He’s Coming….Are you ready?
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407 South 33rd Street, Ft. Pierce, FL 34947 Office: 772-461-2233 Fax: 772-461-2242 www.stanastasiachurch.org
English ~ Mass Times Monday-Saturday ……………………...8:15am Saturday (Vigil)…….…………………...4:00pm Sunday….7:45am, 9:30am, 11:30am & 5:00pm
Adoration Daily …...7:30am - 8:00am in Church 24 Hour Perpetual Adoration in Chapel
Confession Saturday 3pm or anytime by appointment
Spanish ~ Sunday Mass Times San Juan Diego Centro...8:00am,10:00am, 12:00pm & 6:00pm
Pastor Fr. Richard E. George II Parochial Vicar Fr. Daniel Daza-Jaller Priest Assisting Fr. James Bowman San Juan Diego Centro Fr. Jaime Dorado, Administrator
FRIENDS & FAMILY FELLOWSHIP MINISTRY Victoria Weideman [email protected]
Interested in starting a ministry? God has blessed each of us in many ways, and we have an inherent need to give thanks to God. Will you place your trust in God by returning a portion of the gifts He has given you to help your parish and community?
BRIDGE CLUB Lelia Barnes 772-461-3494 Dorothy Scotto 772-461-6894 CATHOLIC GIRL SCOUTING Dawn Borrow 772-465-4693 CATHOLIC BOY SCOUTING Jessica Holberton 772-475-8483 ST. Vincent DE Paul Pam Barclay 772-465-4551 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Jason Remsen [email protected]
ST. ANASTASIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
Kevin Hoeffner, Principal 772-461-2232
Karen Richmond, Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction
Maura Cox, Assistant Principal of Student Affairs
JOHN CARROLL H.S. ADMINISTRATION
Fr. Tom Barrett, President 772-464-5200
Corey Heroux, Principal
Finance Information Week of December 8, 2019
First Collection Diocese Retired Religious Immaculate Conception Online Giving Total
SATURDAY December 21st: 8:15am Sebastian Dimitroff - Happy Birthday by Mom & Dad For the Candle Wall Intentions 4:00pm † Phoenyx Landolfa by G. Grandma Kathy For the Candle Wall Intentions SUNDAY December 22nd: 7:45am † Charles Baji by Alice West For the Candle Wall Intentions 9:30am Parishioners of St. Anastasia For the Candle Wall Intentions 11:30am † Wesley J. Harris by Family For the Candle Wall Intentions 5:00pm † Lucy Gibilisco by Parents For the Candle Wall Intentions MONDAY December 23rd: 8:15am † Hector Arias by Wife For the Candle Wall Intentions TUESDAY December 24th: 4:00pm PC † All Deceased Members of the Donnelly Family by Donnelly Family For the Candle Wall Intentions 4:00pm Church Kristopher Bires - Happy Birthday by Grandparents For the Candle Wall Intentions 10:00pm †† Hazel & Anthony Lanzarone by Family For the Candle Wall Intentions WEDNESDAY December 25th: 7:45am † Charles Dragowitz by Wife & Family For the Candle Wall Intentions 9:30am Parishioners of St. Anastasia For the Candle Wall Intentions 11:30am † Bernard A. Egan by Fr. George For the Candle Wall Intentions 5:00pm No 5:00pm Mass THURSDAY December 26th: 8:15am † Gene M. Davies by Alice West For the Candle Wall Intentions FRIDAY December 27th: 8:15am Bill Wolf by Carole Johnstone For the Candle Wall Intentions SATURDAY December 28th: 8:15am † Overton J. Kent by Ray & Mary Brocato For the Candle Wall Intentions 4:00pm Theresa Rondeau by Rondeau Family For the Candle Wall Intentions SUNDAY December 29th: 7:45am †† Edmond & George Clemenzi by Joe & Mabel Clemenzi For the Candle Wall Intentions 9:30am Parishioners of St. Anastasia For the Candle Wall Intentions 11:30am Ana & Alma Bires - Happy Birthday by Grandparents For the Candle Wall Intentions 5:00pm † Deceased Members of Kroll Family by Darlene For the Candle Wall Intentions
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Mass Intentions
If you would like to add your loved ones to our prayer list, please contact the Parish Office at 772-461-2233.
Names will be left on our prayer list for two weeks, and then they will be removed. After their removal, a family member may call the Parish Office to have their loved
one included on the list for another two weeks.
Hospitalized & Home Bound
Please pray for the following parishioners: Tom Barry
Grace Barca Daniel Bodoh Isabel Castro
Flora (Doris) Grizanti
Please pray for the safety of our Parish members and their families who are serving
our country in The United States Military. GOD BLESS THE USA!
SGT William Chenette LT Col Jonathan Cintron LTJG Mark Dallaire, USN SGT Anthony Frantantoni
PFC Keith Guettler 3rd CLPO Jeffrey Kientzler, USN
SGT Eric N. Rondeau SGT Kevin P. Rondeau
SFC Timothy Smith
If you would like to add your loved one to our active Military list please contact the Parish Office.
The 2020 Mass Intention Book is now open for the
months of January, February and March.
There will be a limit of 5 Mass intentions per quarter per person. This is to ensure that all of our
parishioners are able to purchase Mass Intentions for their loved ones throughout the year. Thank you in
advance for your cooperation!
Bread & Wine In Loving Memory of Michael Colbert
By Kathy
Philip Kornely, Jr. Madison Martignetti
David Murdick Betty Neill Bill Wolf
Hope McGill Young
Adoration Candle In Loving Memory of Robert Gilman
by Wife Anna Gilman
Sanctuary Candle In Celebration of 50 years of Marriage of
Darrel & Sandy Spinosi
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Confession 3pm (church)
Confession 3pm (church)
Confession 3pm (church)
Confession 3pm (church)
Christmas Day Parish Office Closed
Christmas Eve Parish Office Closed
Parish Office Closed
HS Youth Group 6-8PM
First Sunday
of Advent
HS Youth Group 6-8PM
Second Sunday
of Advent
HS Youth Group 6-8PM
Third Sunday
of Advent
HS Youth Group 6-8PM
Fourth Sunday
of Advent
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary
& Joseph
The Immaculate Conception of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
MS Youth Group 3-5pm
New Year’s Eve Parish Office Closed
Solemnity of Mary, The Mother of God
Parish Office Closed
The Epiphany of Lord
HS Youth Group 6-8PM
The Baptism of Lord
HS Youth Group 6-8PM
The Second Sunday
in Ordinary Time
HS Youth Group 6-8PM
The Third Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Martin Luther King Day
Parish Office Closed
Confession 3pm (church)
Confession 3pm (church)
Confession 3pm (church)
Confession 3pm (church)
Miami Day Trip
MS Youth Group 3-5pm
MS Youth Group 3-5pm
MS Youth Group 3-5pm
MS Youth Group 3-5pm
Respect Life Rosary 5:00pm
Respect Life Rosary 5:00pm
Respect Life Rosary 5:00pm
Respect Life Rosary 5:00pm
Respect Life Rosary 5:00pm
Evangelization Ministry
Friday Fest 5:30pm
Respect Life Rosary 5:00pm
Respect Life Rosary 5:00pm
Respect Life Rosary 5:00pm
Respect Life Rosary 5:00pm
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Please Note: As of Monday, November 18th
the Parish Office will close daily for lunch from 12:00pm until 12:40pm.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding.
CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE Christmas Eve Vigil No Daily Mass Tuesday, December 24th at 4:00pm with overflow in the Parish Center 10:00pm in Church
Christmas Day No Daily Mass Wednesday, December 25th 7:45am, 9:30am & 11:30am No 5:00pm Mass
The Parish Office will be closed from Tuesday, December 24th until Thursday, December 26th.
The Parish Office will reopen on Friday, December 27th at 8:00am.
Save the Date
Reserved tickets will be available for purchase after all
Masses on the weekend of January 18th &19th. Tickets are $20 each.
All high school students and adults that feel called to be part of the play please contact
Marie Kerr at 772-205-7309.
Children’s Liturgy
The Children’s Liturgy will be closed from Sunday,
December 22nd - Sunday, January 5th.
Children’s Liturgy will resume on Sunday,
January 12th.
Wednesday, January 1st, the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God is a Holy Day of Obligation
and Mass will be celebrated at 8:15am.
A Vigil Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 31st at 7:00pm.
The Parish Office will be closed on Tuesday, December 31st and Wednesday, January 1st
The Office will reopen on Thursday, January 2nd at 8:00am
We would like to thank all parishioners who brought in Christmas gifts and treats for the Priests and Office Staff. We appreciated your
thoughtfulness!
Christmas Flower Offering envelopes are now available in the pews. If you would like to request
intentions for your loved ones please fill out the envelope and place them
in the collection basket or drop them off in the Parish Office.
Evangelization Ministry
Join the Evangelization Ministry on Friday, January 3rd from 5:30-7:00pm at Friday Fest in Downtown Fort Pierce and we will meet in front of the Public Library. We will be offering free rosaries, medals, pamphlets, CD’s and prayers to people walking past our
wagon. We also need prayer warriors to lift up the Intentions we will be bringing back from these outings.
Who will bring the message of Christ to those who are no longer actively practicing their faith if not you?
Evangelizing is not only for a select few, but something each of us could be doing. So please come join us
We had a wonderful time visiting nursing home residents and singing Christmas carols recently!
Check our Facebook page for all our upcoming events! https://www.facebook.com/saintayoungadults/
Calling all men! - Men's rally January 18, 2020 from 8:00am - 1:00pm at St Ignatius cathedral in Palm Beach Gardens.Two great speakers Chris Stefanick and Jimmy Walhberg. Breakfast, lunch, mass with Bishop Barbarito, and great worship music. No cost but we will have a free
will offering. To register go to Catholic men for Jesus of Florida. For more information or to coordinate rides
please call Jim Meuse 772-882-9652.
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
“The joy of discovery that moment when hope and expectation were gloriously met by the illumination of one bright star. We cannot imagine what words were spoken
by visitors or if first impressions left them somewhat confused. Messiah, Savior, a King born in the barest of
palaces. Yet they saw and fell down on their knees in adoration. Lord, they saw you and knew whom they
had met. Draw us close to our Savior, Messiah and King as we bring not Gold, Myrrh or Frankincense but the gift
of our lives, the only offering we can bring.”
Come spend time in Adoration and see what a huge difference it makes in your life I came so that they
might have life and have it more abundantly. I am the Good Shepherd.” John 10:10
For more information or for the access code please email [email protected]
Time that Jesus especially needs your company are: Sunday 12am, 1am, 5am, 8am,12pm, 2pm Monday 2am, 7am, 1pm, 2pm Tuesday 1am, 2am, 10am Wednesday 12am, 2am, 3am, 5am, 2pm, 3pm,9pm Thursday 12am, 1am, 4am, 11pm Friday 1am, 2am, 8am, 2pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm Saturday 12am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm
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Dominus Vobiscum: The use of Latin in the Mass
This Advent Season, our parish began a new initiative in the liturgy by introducing the Latin chants for the Mass parts (Holy, Holy, Holy; Mystery of Faith; Amen; and Lamb of God). From now on we will be using these for the seasons of Advent and Lent as an aid to help us shift into these different seasons in the life of our Church. In the following weeks, we will offer some articles to help explore how Latin continues to be part of the venerable Tradition of the Church, how it is a sign of Catholicity, and how it helps us enter more deeply into the Beauty and Mystery of the liturgy.
Invitation into Beauty and Mystery: “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood” (1 Corinthians 13:12). God has made Himself fully known to us, in and through His Son Jesus Christ. Due to our sin, we are not able to fully comprehend Him. The liturgy is an opportunity for us to enter into the mystery of God from within our own limitations. Through the arts of Latin and chant, one can truly enter into the liturgy in a stance of surrender to the beauty and grandeur of God, rather than with an analyzing and scientific mind. Both of these are more prone to aid us in this journey into the “unknown.”
“Consideration should also be given to including in the vernacular editions at least some texts in the Latin; language, especially those from the priceless treasury of Gregorian chant, which the Church recognizes as proper to the Roman Liturgy, and which, all other things being equal, is to be given pride of place in liturgical celebrations. Such chant, indeed, has a great power to lift the human spirit to heavenly realities..” (On The Use of Vernacular Languages in the Publication of the Books of the Roman Liturgy, Liturgiam authenticam, 7 May 2001 p.28.)
“In Masses which are celebrated with the people, a suitable place may be allotted to their mother tongue … Nevertheless steps should be taken so that the faithful may also be able to say or to sing together in Latin those parts of the Ordinary of the Mass which pertain to them..” (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum concilium, 4 December 1963 p 54.)
Nursing Home Adoption Project
On December 7th Father Daniel, the Catholic Young Adults and Youth Group visited Abbie Jean Nursing
Home to donate items and celebrate Mass.
On Friday, December 6th our Sacramental Outreach Ministers brought donated items and cookies to the
residents of Fort Pierce Health Care and Fr. George celebrated Mass.
Please pray for the (approximately) 4 babies who were surgically terminated at the Fort Pierce abortion mill
last week. Also pray for the untold numbers of medically aborted lives that go uncounted.
Page 8 Fourth Sunday of Advent December 22, 2019 Advent is a journey (again!) toward the one true God, who is Himself journeying toward us. Throughout this journey,
God will give us signs of encouragement, to remind us why we are on this journey and that our efforts are indeed worthwhile. It is important for us to remain aware and open to these signs, so as to be able to receive them and
appropriate them. These different signs and the coming of Christ Himself (the sign above all signs!) will challenge and change our lives. We must surrender to Him and trust that this change will be for our greater good, our sanctification
and glorification (theosis, deification, divinization; cf. CCC 460).
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St. Anastasia Church Diocesan Services Appeal I am so proud of our parish community for coming together to reach our 2019 DSA Goal. It is exciting to see increased donor participation, from the 40% in 2018 (with 310 families), to a 44% jump in 2019 (with 340 families). That is an increase we can all be proud of. What a magnificent expression of trust and diocesan family support. Our community has many needs, as does our families; thank you for your generosity and ongoing support and participation to the larger Universal Church needs and ministries."...Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me" (Mt 25:40). It truly is exciting and encouraging to see our parishioners, visitors and guests to St. Anastasia working together to meet our 2019 goal of $134,000. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU!! Our support and increased participation in the DSA makes my role as a Pastor and Administrator, much easier in terms of meeting our diocesan goals and responsibilities. As we move forward, one way the parish can add years to my life as Pastor is by completing and sending in your DSA pledge commitments on or before April 30, 2020, rather than waiting until December. Our 2020 DSA goal has been set for $137,000 with the theme of “Our Faith in Action.” We are excited to get things rolling with a kick off on January 11th and 12th. Our parish participation in the DSA is a direct way to proclaim Christ's love not only in word, but also in concrete action and outreach. Thank you for your generosity and continued support and May the Lord bless you and your families in this New Year. Sincerely yours in Christ, Fr. Richard E. George, II, Pastor
Our 2019 DSA assessment of $134,000 has been met. Thank you to the 340 Families (44% of the
Parish) out of 768 parish families, who have contributed or pledged. In order to complete
our goal all outstanding pledges must be fulfilled by the end of this month. Thank you for your generosity
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