St. Thomas More , Sarasota Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, November 15, 2015
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November 15, 2015 ST. THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH | SARASOTA 33 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time We are a welcoming Catholic community devoted to living out and celebrating God’s Word and Sacraments by connecting people to Christ through faith, love and ministry. 2506 Gulf Gate Dr. Sarasota, FL 34231 | 941-923-1691 | stthomasmoresrq.org Home Missions: RURAL AMERICA Missions and ministries in Appalachia and the South Georgia - Blakely & Cuthbert North Carolina - Plymouth & Windsor Tennessee - Celina, Erwin, Lafayette, Maynardville & Rutledge
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November 15, 2015St. thomaS moreCatholiC ChurCh | SaraSota
33nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
We are a welcoming Catholic community devoted to living out and celebrating God’s Word and Sacraments by connecting people to Christ through faith, love and ministry.
Sunday 8:00am Mass 9:45am Mass (Traditional choir) 11:30am Mass (Contemporary choir)
Weekdays 8:00am Mass
Mission Speaker This WeekendWe welcome Father Dan Dorsey of the GLENMARY HOME MISSIONERS, who will speak at all the Masses on behalf of the home mission work of Glenmary priests, brothers and coworkers.
Father Dan, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, was ordained to the priesthood in 1978. In addition to serving as the novitiate director for Glenmary, he has ministered in Glenmary missions in Kentucky and Arkansas. In the past, he served two terms as president of the society and is currently serving as the Director of the Novitiate.
Canned Goods Collection for Thanksgiving This week will be your last opportunity to help fill our cornucopia with canned goods for our Thanksgiving altar display. An overflowing cornucopia will be a symbol of the generous bounty of food we can be thankful for, and the labor of those who make it possible for us to prepare and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal. After the holiday, these donations will be given to Bethesda House and All Faiths Food Bank. Baskets are in the Gathering Area and Parish Office for donations.
Fr. Michal SzySzka Parochial Vicar
CHURCH STAFF
Sr. Judy BaldinoPastoral Associate
rev. Mr. BoB GaitenSDeacon
rev. Mr. kevin MonahanDeacon
alex dilanOrganist & Music Director
chuck lynchSacristan
leiland theriotInterim Director of Youth Ministry
carolann loveJoy-JeSSupExecutive Assistant
david FelicianoParish Accountant
Mary MaxwellParish Secretary
SuSan JacoBSFront Office Coordinator
Joanne tararaChelsea Coordinator
raMon alveroMaintenance/Set up
John driScollMaintenance/Set up
Fr. Joe cliFFordPastor
Remember/Honor Loved OnesOne of the highlights of our Christmas decorations is
the 7 foot poinsettia tree, containing 70 poinsettias and 50 candles, on display in the Gathering Area.
It will be a memorial tree, giving parishioners an opportunity to remember or honor a loved one through sponsoring of a poinsettia. We will publish a list of all who made a $20 contribution, and the names of those to be remembered or honored.
Mail/drop off your donation: St. Thomas More Church, 2506 Gulf Gate Drive, Sarasota, FL 34231.
Checks are to be made payable to St. Thomas More Church. Please include, clearly printed and on a separate sheet, the name(s) of the person(s) you wish to remember or honor.
We need your Help!It is time to decorate the Church, Chelsea Center and Spirit Center for the Christmas Season. We could use EXTRA help on the following dates:
Monday, Nov. 30 - Put up trees at the Chelsea Center - 8:30 - 10:30 am (MEN especially needed) Monday, Dec. 21 - Put up trees, wreaths and roping in church - 8:30-10:30 am(MEN especially needed)Call the Chelsea Center 941-923-1691 to volunteer on either date -- or both!
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Catholic Relief Services: Fall Craft SaleWe know that you have been waiting for this event! Our 6th annual Catholic Relief Service Craft Sale will be after all Masses, Nov. 21 & 22. This opportunity to purchase fair-trade items is sponsored by our Social Justice Committee.
Your purchase will delight anyone on your Christmas list as well as allow you to stand in solidarity with marginalized artisans from around the Third World. We have approximately $3,000 worth of colorful, handmade items from 16 different countries priced from $6-$35. Your purchase at this sale will help improve the life of the artisan or farmer who created it! Don’t forget to bring cash or your checkbook!
Centering Contemplative Prayer Thursdays @ 10:30 am in the Bavaria Room
Spirit of Love Prayer Group 2nd Monday @ 2:00 pm in the chapel
Rosary Weekdays @ 7:30 am in the Church
Women at the Well & Micah’s Men 1st & 3rd Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm in the Chelsea Garden Room
Join us for Prayer
We Remember our Loved Ones During November A special book of remembrance and prayer is located in our chapel during the week and in the church at all weekend Masses.
In it, you may write names of any deceased loved ones you wish to have remembered in daily and weekend prayer. It is displayed on a stand and is lighted by a nearby candle.
Thursday, November 26
10:00 am
Join us for our Thanksgiving
Day Mass
Dear Friends at St. Thomas More,I would like to thank you for your prayers, cards and well wishes. I am happy to let you know that every day gets better and better. I am sure I’ll be my old self again. Fondly and with much gratitude, Angela Cianciulli
Youth Group 6:30-8:00 pm Wednesdays in the Spirit Center
Youth Ministry at St. Thomas More will meet this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the Spirit Center! This is our FAMILY POTLUCK THANKSGIVING DINNER!! Please bring a dish to share with other families, Leiland will provide the drinks. We will be discussing our trip to Sky Zone on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Menu entrée choices: • Penne ala Vodka • Chicken Piccata • Romanian Skirt Steak Make checks ($35 includes tip; checks are non-refundable) payable to St. Thomas More Women's Club. Be sure to include your menu choice. Send your check to: St. Thomas More Women’s Club, 2506 Gulf Gate Drive, Sarasota, FL 34231
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FUN & SONDec. 11 & 12
Christmas Concert Featuring: Maestro Alex Dilan
andThe S.T.M. Choirs & Bell Ensemble Reserved $20 and General $10
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Christmas ConcertFeaturing: Maestro Alex Dilan
andThe S.T.M. Choirs & Bell Ensemble
Reserved $20 and General $10
FUN & SONDEC. 11 & 12
Tickets on sale after all Masses this weekend &
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Sponsored by the
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November 15-22Sunday Fr. Dan 8:00am Fr. Michal - Happy Birthday! For an increase in vocations to the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine
Fr. Michal 9:45am +Margaret Ambrose Gracia Garrido - Happy Birthday!
Fr. Michal 11:30am +Clino Penge +Angelo Anthony Nuzzi
Monday Fr. Michal 8:00am +Jack Baker +Carlos Miranda
Tuesday Fr. Michal 8:00am Thanksgiving to the Holy Family
Wednesday Fr. Joe 8:00am +Kristin M. Piatt
Thursday Fr. Joe 8:00am +Diane Citrone
Friday Fr. Joe 8:00am +Thomas Fenner
Saturday Fr. Dave 8:00am +Tom Rodgers, III
Fr. Dan 4:00pm +James Matthews +Vera Tesla
Sunday Fr. Dan 8:00am +Michal Lundy +Shirley McCormack
Fr. Michal 9:45am +Bill & Bea Miko - (50th Anniversary) and any parishioners celebrating a wedding anniversary in November +Richard Hodges
Fr. Michal 11:30am +George Andrade +Malcolm Scott
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Sanctuary Candle Lighted in memory Marion Strable
- Gerry Strable
Sanctuary Flowers Given in memory of Mary & Charles Sausman
- Rosemary York
this week’s CALENDAR Sunday, November 15Christmas Concert Ticket Sales8:00am, 9:45am, 11:30 am Masses - Church8:00pm N.A. Meeting - Spirit Center8:00pm Nar-Anon Meeting - Spirit Center Monday, November 167:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel10:00am Quilters of St. Thomas More - Spirit Charity Rm. Bonnie Lagner 941-921-12611:00pm St. Vincent de Paul Society - Chelsea Westminster Rm.2:30pm G.O.D.D.Squad Practice - Spirit Center Josi Madigan 941-966-85635:00pm Knights of Columbus - Chelsea Center Dan Bulinski 941-556-9673; [email protected]:30pm AA - Chelsea Bavaria Room6:00pm Cub/Boy Scouts - Spirit Center Michelle Dunn 941-806-8133; Javier Aristimuño 941-232-80736:30pm Pastoral Council - Chelsea Westminster Rm. Ellie Gibeau 941-870-06347:00pm Al-Anon - Chelsea Bavaria Rm.Tuesday, November 177:30am Pray the Rosary - Church 8:00am Mass - Chapel3:00pm Advance Handbell Choir - Church Alex Dilan 941-923-16915:15pm Youth Choir - Church Alex Dilan 941-923-16916:00pm Faith Formation - Chelsea & Spirit Centers Sr. Judy Baldino 941-923-1691; [email protected], November 187:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel9:30am Mothers’ Circle - Spirit Center Natalie Lelyo 215-620-1184 1:30pm Prayer Shawl Ministry - Chelsea Garden Rm. Pat Lucke 941-927-3419; [email protected]; Marie Scott 941-927-53526:00pm AA - Chelsea Bavaria Rm.6:00pm Youth Group - Spirit Center Leiland Theriot [email protected]:00pm Just Faith - Chelsea Westminster Rm. Sue Morusiewicz 941-922-1257; [email protected]:30pm Micah’s Men/Women at the Well - Chelsea Garden Rm. Roger Grenier 993-2908; [email protected]:00pm Traditional Choir Rehearsal - Church Alex Dilan 941-923-1691
Thursday, November 197:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel9:30am Crafty Ladies - Spirit Faith Rm. Mary Hautanen 941-922-889210:00am Quilters of St. Thomas More - Spirit Charity Rm. Bonnie Lagner 941-921-126110:30am Contemplative Prayer - Chelsea Bavaria Rm. Ed Savoy 941-923-5706 4:00pm Guardian Ad Litem - Chelsea Lancaster Rm. Sandy Mullen 941-377-59796:00pm Girl Scouts - Chelsea Lancaster & Garden Rms. Jill Crabill [email protected]:00pm R.C.I.A. - Chelsea Westminster Rm. Sr. Judy Baldino 941-923-1691; [email protected]:00pm Contemporary Choir Rehearsal - Church Alex Dilan 941-923-1691Friday, November 207:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel9:30am Adult Bible Study - Chelsea Westminster Rm. Mary Jo Dranttel 941-343-0522 1:00pm Cards & Mah Jongg - Chelsea Lancaster Rm.6:00pm AA Meeting - Chelsea Bavaria Rm.Saturday, November 21Christmas Concert Ticket SalesSocial Justice Craft Sale7:30am Pray the Rosary - Church 8:00am Mass - Chapel8:30am Secular Franciscans - Chelsea Garden Rm. Gracia Garrido 941-922-365612:00pm Outside Group Event - Chelsea Center4:00pm Mass - Church Sunday, November 228:00am, 9:45am, 11:30 am Masses - Church8:00pm N.A. Meeting - Spirit Center8:00pm Nar-Anon Meeting - Spirit Center
1:30pm Women’s Club Board - Chelsea Lancaster Rm. Rita Toole 631-786-1851
Name Badge MinistryMeet lots of new people when you assist at the name badge table! Volunteers are asked to help at all Masses and you will be needed on an occasional basis.
Get involved! Contact ministry leader Debbie Ferris at 937-974-4922.
OffertoryNov. 7-8, 2015 $28,922.29(includes ParishPay weekly donations)St. Vincent DePaul Society $ 252.00
Catholic Faith AppealGoal $345,000.00
Pledged $291,536.40Received $272,881.57
Checks payable to: Catholic Faith Appeal Online gifts: stthomasmoresrq.org/cfa
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store is in need of additional volunteers to help in the store as we prepare for a busy holiday season.
Jobs include sorting, organizing, working customer service, merchandising, cashiering and research. We have flexible 2, 3 & 4-hour and full-day shifts available. Would you consider becoming part of our
volunteer team and help us one or more days per week? We are open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm and hope to be open on Sunday afternoons very soon.
Proceeds from our store help St. Vincent de Paul help the poor and needy. Your volunteer work is vital to help us make the store successful so we can provide funds for the council's programs and the people its members help. Please stop by the store at 2711 Mall Drive in Gulf Gate and pick up a volunteer packet or call 941-444-9343 for more information.
Our Giving Tree: Assisting the Salvation Army with Gifts for the NeedyThank you for your continued support of this yearly event. We are known in the community for our generosity. Please have UNWRAPPED gifts back by Thursday, December 10th, or you can bring them in earlier. LABEL all packages with the tag you picked from the tree. Instructions will be provided.
Consider a giving a year-end tax-deductible donation to the Catholic Faith Appeal. You may use a designated pledge card and accompanying envelope, found in each pew.
St. Vincent dePaul Society - Donate your changeDuring November, a large glass change jar will be displayed in
church. Throughout the week, collect change and bring it to Mass, depositing it in the jar. Each week we’ll post a total. Last year, $4,217.01 in change (as well as 1,5,10 & 20 dol-lar bills) was given, let’s top it this year!
The change collection is an easy, fun way to give to our St. Vincent de Paul Society Conference at St. Thomas More Church. This past week’s donations: $446.02.
Check out our website: stthomasmoresrq.orgLearn more about the Tanzania trip parishioners Charlie O’Donnell, Stan Muessle, Kathy Howard and Terry Houlihan took as part of Global Outreach, the non-governmental philan-thropic organization founded by Stan. Take the time to read about their mission work and view some great photos.
The Prayer Shawl Ministry will have a shawl distribution on Sunday, Nov. 22. Stop after Mass to select a shawl for someone you know.
Our ministry meets on the first and third Wednesday monthly at 1:30 pm. New members are welcome at any time--even if you can attend only occasionally, we would love to meet you.
Get involved! Pat Lucke: 941-927-3419; [email protected] or Marie Scott: 941-927-5352
St. Thomas More Church
“Christmas Dinner & Dance” Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 6:00 P.M.
Please join us in The Chelsea Center’s Chancellor Room For a fun-filled evening with Family,
Friends and Fellow Parishioners. Enjoy Scrumptious Holiday Fare by
“Mattison’s” Ar t fu ll y dis p la yed Ho rs d’oeu vr es at 6 : 0 0 p .m .
h av in g t wo lo cat io n s t h at wil l in c lu de ev er yon e ’s f avo rit e s. P ass ed H ors d’oe uv res s er ve d t h e way yo u l ik e t h em .
Iceberg Wedge Salad Entrees
Preselected by you, seated and served
Carved Beef Brisket wit h de m i- dri zz l e
Bronzed Atlantic Salmon ap pl e mu sta rd mar i nat e d wit h ci tr u s b eur r e b l an c
Tuscan Chicken r o aste d w it h o ni o ns, to m ato e s, c ele ry , c arr o ts, p i ne nu ts,
s ultan as, de m i-g lac e & s age
Vegetarian Torte lay er s o f b ake d egg pl ant , ro ast ed p e p pe rs, p o rtabe lla m us hr o o ms & m o z z are lla
To ppe d o ff wit h a f a v or ite be v e ra g e a nd a s e lec t io n f r om ou r d es se rt tr ay
Th e kids wil l lo v e o ur C h icke n F ing e r s w it h Mac & Ch e e s e
For your listening and dancing pleasure
Music by Daniel Fugazzotto Questions? Vi Klee - 941-993-8432 or [email protected]
St. Thomas More
Christmas Dinner & Dance Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 6:00 P.M.
Please join us in The Chelsea Center’s Chancellor Room For a fun-filled evening with
Family, Friends and Fellow Parishioners
I will be needing reservations for: My Name My E-Mail
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Entrée Choice Guest #3 Guest #4
Entrée Choice Guest #5 Guest #6
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Guest #7 Guest #8
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Kindly make check payable to St. Thomas More Catholic Church Mail or bring to 2506 Gulf Gate Drive, Sarasota, FL 34231 Questions? Vi Klee 941-993-8432 or [email protected]
St. Thomas More
Christmas Dinner & Dance Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 6:00 P.M.
Please join us in The Chelsea Center’s Chancellor Room For a fun-filled evening with
Family, Friends and Fellow Parishioners
I will be needing reservations for: My Name My E-Mail
My Phone No. in my party @ $50 p/p
No. children under 12 in my party @ $12 each
Adults @ $50 ea & Children @ $12 ea My check is attached for $
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Entrée Choice Guest #3 Guest #3
Entrée Choice Guest #5 Guest #5
Entrée Choice
Guest #7 Guest #7
Entrée Choice
Kindly make check payable to St. Thomas More Catholic Church Mail or bring to 2506 Gulf Gate Drive, Sarasota, FL 34231 Questions? Vi Klee 941-993-8432 or [email protected]
