Living Stewardship - Sharing God’s Gifts February 9, 2014 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Louis Catholic Community 7270 SW 120th Street • Pinecrest, FL 33156 • Church/School: 305-238-7562 • FAX: 305-238-6844 www.stlcatholic.org • [email protected]• [email protected]Festival for the Poor February 28 - March 2 Friday 4 PM - 10 PM Saturday 10 AM - 10 PM Sunday 11 AM - 9 PM In NEED of: Items for the Auction Baked Goods for the Bake Sale Volunteers for the booths Entertainment Volunteers Presale Tickets at DISCOUNT: Ride Tickets Friday Night Big Top Dinner 5 K Walk/Race Saturday Night Dinner Ball T-Shirts SEE US IN THE ROTUNDA
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Living Stewardship - Sharing God’s Gifts
February 9, 2014Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Louis Catholic Community7270 SW 120th Street • Pinecrest, FL 33156 • Church/School: 305-238-7562 • FAX: 305-238-6844
Friday 4 PM - 10 PMSaturday 10 AM - 10 PMSunday 11 AM - 9 PM
In NEED of: Items for the Auction Baked Goods for the Bake Sale Volunteers for the booths Entertainment Volunteers
Presale Tickets at DISCOUNT: Ride Tickets Friday Night Big Top Dinner 5 K Walk/Race Saturday Night Dinner Ball T-Shirts
SEE US IN THE ROTUNDA
PASTORAL HISPANA
Misa en Español Los domingos - 8:15 AM, 7:15 PM Los miercoles - 7:00 PM Bautismos - En Español el último domingo del mes. Favor de llamar a la oficina con DOS meses de anticipación.
Matrimonio - Favor de llamar a la Oficina con SEIS meses de anticipación.
Hora Santa -Tercer jueves de cada mes en la Capilla a las 7:30 PM.
HOLY EUCHARIST (MASS) Sunday: (English) 5:30 PM (Sat. Vigil) 7:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM 12:30, 5:30 PM (Español) 8:15 AM, 7:15 PM 6:30 AM Monday - Friday English8:30 AM Monday - Saturday English7:00 PM Miércoles – Español
Vicar Emeritus (Retired) Rev. Fr. Michael Kish Deacons Rev. Mr. Vincent McInerney Rev. Mr. John Peremenis Rev. Mr. John Green Rev. Mr. Thomas Hanlon Rev. Mr. Alex Lam Rev. Mr. Bob Yglesias Rev. Mr. Jeff Reyes Rev. Mr. George Labelle Rev. Mr. José Villena School Principal Mr. Edward Garcia
Director of Religious Education Mrs. Jeannie Modroño
Aida JacksonIrene Johnson Lázaro Junco Mary KilcoyneGerry Knowlan Robert KoppPat Krupczak Joseph KuetheFabiana KurlowiczHelen LabimeJosh LaneArmando LlanesGenaro LlaveEvelyn LópezManolito LópezIsabel LuperónHarrison Margulies Matthew MartinJane McKeonLuis MagallanesWendy McLendonReinaldo Meléndez Angela Mitchell Fernando Montilla
Pablo Arevalo Isabel Avila Alejandro BaldelomarJorge BendeckNora BendheimVerónica BermudezJeannette BernardRosamaria BestardIda BlountMaria Eugenia BolañosGiana BrendekeMilka BrownJoyce Bryan Jerry Byrne Joanne CalfoAngelita Castillo Sandra ChungJames Clark Rosemary ClarkDominick ColumbroMichael Connor
Isabella MoralesLeonardo MorenoMichael MulsfordPatricia MurphyAna Carolina NacifKathleen O’LearyRodney OziemskiGreg PageJim Petee Javier Piñeda David Pritchard Karen Pegues Shawn Rice Rolando Rodríguez Clara RomeroGraciela RosasRuben RotuloJosephine SánchezJimmy SarandisJohn ShubeckJoseph SchneiderColin Smith PitaToribio TijerinoIsah Marie Tomas
Please remember to contact the Parish Office when it is appropriate to remove a name from this list or they will be removed after two months. To provide the Eucharist at home for ill parish members or family, call Pedro Valentin at 305-251-7335 or the parish office at 305-238-7562.
Si estas enfermo o impedido de asistir a la Misa y deseas recibir la Comunión en tu casa, puedes comunicarte con Adriana Morales, 305-969-0960.
Aurora Van de WatersAndrés UlajePedro VerasteguiChris WarrenElizabeth Woods Nick ZwatneyGiancarlo ZamoraGabriel Zuñiga
Remember the Departed
Dorothy ClarkJose Tejedo III
The P
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h Family of St.Louis, King of France
Pinecrest, Florida
Give A Gift To Your Spouse Of The
Covenant Experience
Valentine's Weekend: Family Adoration
Today is your last opportunity to sign up for the Covenant Weekend to be held next weekend, Fe. 14, 15 and 16, 2014. This is a chance to enrich your marriage while enjoying the company of other couples who love the Lord and each other. For more information you can call Bob and Anne Tomonto at 305-253-7738.
The cost is $120 per couple with a$25 deposit at registration. For more information call Bob and Anne Tomonto at 305-253-7738.
St. Louis Parishinvites
YOUand your family
Sunday, February 23 to the
Community Breakfast Buffet
Parroquia de San Luisle invita
TUy tu familia están invitadosDomingo, 23 de febrero al
Desayuno Buffet Comunitario
Serving 8 AM to 11 AM Servicio de 8 AM a 11 AM
Mondays at 8:00 PM in English.
For more information please call Phyllis at 786-603-5838.
Divine Mercy Cenacle Cenáculo Contemplativo de la Divina Misericordia
Febrero 11 a las 8:00 PM en la Capilla Celebremos el Día del Amor y la Amistad. Contemplando al Amor de los Amores a Jesús Misericordioso. Agradeciendo por todo el Amor y la Misericordia que Dios y la Santísima Virgen María nos regala. Estará con nosotros la cantante Católica Gladys Garcete. Para más información María de los Ángeles Expósito, ocv 786-326-7969
All families are invited to join us for our Family Adoration next Friday, February 14th at 7:30 PM in the Chapel.God Bless you all.
For more information, call: Julio Cardenal 305-796-1918
Whatever you do to the least of my brothers and sisters, you do to me.
Matthew 25
Festival for the Poor 2014
February 28, March 1 and March 2
We will be in the Rotunda after all Masses selling our Mardi Gras theme t-shirts, ride bracelets, dinner tickets, 5K Race registrations, visors and raffle tickets. We are also seeking individual and corporate sponsors to help off-set the costs so that we can make the most profits possible and help our local area brothers and sisters in need. If you are unable to stop by the tables in the Rotunda you may contact us at any time. To VOLUNTEER please contact: Ann McCormick at 305-772-4317.For more information contact our Festival Chairs:Betty or Ken Quinn at 305-281-3014 (305)766-3268 or [email protected].
International Food BoothsSaturday 10 AM - 10 PMSunday 11 AM - 8 PM
Our Big Top dinner begins at 7 PM on Friday. Join us for BBQ Ribs and Chicken with all the fixings. Tickets also include dessert and light drinks. Cash bar will be open. Children $10 and Adults $15 (Presale)Children $15 and Adults $20
Purchase presale in the rotunda
Big Top Dinner
Father Fredy will entertain us on Friday at 8 PM on the Stage with music and magic! We will also have live entertainment throughout Saturday and Sunday by others. If you are interested in being part of our entertainment, call Betty!
Entertainment
Saturday at 8 AM we will have our annual 5k walk/run. Registration begins at 7 AM at St. Louis Field Ticket Booth.Purchase presale tickets in the rotunda after all the Masses.
5k Walk/Race
7 PM is the start of our Mardi Gras Masked Ball in the Family Center hosted by the Knights of Columbus. We will have Traditional Mardi Gras food serving seafood gumbo, shrimp, sausage, dirty rice and crepes for dessert. Cash bar will be open. Bring a mask! DJ through the night. Tickets are $30. We will have a non seafood dish available BUT it must be preordered with Betty! No tickets will be sold at the door.
Mardi Gras Masked Dinner Ball
RidesPurchase Presale tickets at a discount in the rotunda after all the Masses.Friday 4 PM - 10 PMSaturday 10 AM - 10 PMSunday 11 AM - 8 PM
Presale Single day $40Presale Two days $50Presale Three days $65
Friday 4 PM - 10 PMSaturday 10 AM - 10 PMSunday 11 AM - 9 PM
On Sunday afternoon at 2 PM we will have a “live auction” conducted by our own Jim Buzzella, Past State Champion Auctioneer. Rumor has it that Covenant School Principal, Mr. Garcia will be on “the auction block” along with several other exciting items!!
Live Auction
Our Cash Beer and Wine Bar will be open Friday - Sunday.
Beer & Wine
Our St. Louis Jail will be open all day Saturday and Sunday. Anyone can pay a nominal fee to have someone “arrested” by our constables and taken before our “judges” and placed in our “jail” until their bond is collected.
Jail
On Sunday morning the Columbiettes will sponsor breakfast under the Big tent from 7 AM - 11 AM with egg casserole, quiche, pastries, pastelitos, OJ, coffee, bagels and cream cheese.
Big Top Breakfast
The Arts and Crafts Fair will also be open Saturday 8 AM - 9 PM andSunday 8 AM - 7 PM
Arts & Crafts
We need donations of baked goods for the Hospitality Tent!!! Please bring your baked goods either Saturday or Sunday whenever you come to the Festival.
Baked GoodsHospitality Tent
I was born in Caracas, Venezuela on May 12, 1957, being the second child out of four children. I have been married to Betsy for thirty-four years and had three children: Linarbet, Eilyn, and Andrés. It was by the Spring of 1991 that we immigrated to the States because I wanted to pursue further theological studies. I was raised in a devout Roman Catholic home. Moreover, the education I received in a Jesuit school left a lasting imprint in my religious and intellectual life, and was pivotal for my future vocation. However, during my childhood my religious
life took an unexpected turn due to my parents becoming “Pentecostal-Evangelicals” resulting in our deserting of the Roman Catholic Church. Consequently, I continued my spiritual growth in a different Christian tradition than the one where I had received my Sacramental initiation. Then, I started a spiritual journey involving myself in the Christian ministry for a total of twenty-five years with different Protestant churches. I admit with gratefulness the contribution made by each tradition to the maturity of my Christian faith along with the paradoxes, contradictions and challenges I encountered in each of them. However, my desire for deeper understanding to serve the Church better led me to discover the Church Fathers and other ancient writings. Consequently, I moved further along the theological spectrum of Protestantism to inquire into a historical Christian tradition were the episcopacy was held as of the essence of the Church. Therefore, I entered in the Reformed Episcopal Church but I continued immersing myself more deeply into the world of the Church Fathers, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Augustine, the Doctors of the Church, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church among other ancient and modern Catholic writings. Consequently, the new discoveries led me seriously to consider the Roman Catholic Church where the total richness of the Christian faith is found. Simultaneously, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed in 2009 the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus to embrace worldwide Anglican groups seeking to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church. This new ecclesiological development paved the way for me and my parishioners to reconcile with the Roman Church and her Bishop. At present, there has been erected three Personal Ordinariates: England and Wales, U.S. and Canada, and Australia. Pope Benedict XVI established the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter on January 1, 2012 for those groups of Anglicans in the United States and Canada in unity with the Catholic Church (www.usordinariate.org). Pope Benedict's gracious response represents a significant and exciting new initiative along the difficult path toward Christian unity. I am grateful to Fr. Paul Vuturo and the St. Louis family for opening their arms to welcome us and become our host for our small Ordinariate community to grow in faith but above all to become a living testimony of Christian unity in Miami, FL. I along with my family and twenty-one of my parishioners were received into the Catholic Church by Monsignor Jeffrey Steenson, Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate, on September 15, 2012 here at St. Louis Catholic Church. Archbishop Thomas Wenski will ordain me a Catholic priest on Saturday, February 15 at 10 AM here at St. Louis Catholic Church. Join us for this wonderful celebration of Holy Orders.
In Christ, Rev. Pedro Toledo
Congratulations to Rev. Pedro Toledo!Archbishop Thomas Wenski will ordain him as a
Catholic Priest on February 15 at 10:00 AMhere at St. Louis
The Footsteps Of St. Paul In Greece Witha 7 Days Greek Islands And Istanbul Cruise
Guided by Fr. Paul VuturoDeparture Date: September 25th, 2014
Return date: October 11th, 2014The St. Louis community invites you to participate in this beautiful Pilgrimage. We will visit the most important cities and sites that St. Paul visited in his evangelization, like Thessaloniki, Phillipi, Kavala, Veria, Kalambaka, Meteora, Delphi, Corinth, Athens, Ephesus (Turkey) and much more…. We will also enjoy a 7 day Greek Islands and Istanbul Cruise (Santorini, Mykonos, Crete, Rhodes, Chios, and Kusadasi & Istanbul in Turkey). For more information or make your reservation, please call Antonio or Lilliam Morales from QVI Travel Group. Ph: (305) 274-0453 or via email: [email protected].
A Night of Finding Peace and Healing
St. Louis Prayer Group is inviting Maria Vadia to come and lead a night of healing prayers. Maria has traveled the world, calling upon the Holy Spirit to change the lives and hearts of hundreds of people worldwide.
What more does God have in store for you? Come find out!
Thursday, February 20th at 7:45 PM in the Assembly Hall.
Book & Gift Store NEWS
Come and browse. Hugs are FREE! We need volunteers to help out for an hour after
the Saturday and Sunday Masses. Call 305-238-7562 Ext. 7029
We need volunteers to help out for 30 to 45 minutes after the Saturday and Sunday Masses.
We have plenty of Lector’s books in English and Spanish, as well as many new books. Stop and browse. Hugs are FREE.Necesitamos voluntarios para después de las Misas los sábados y domingos por espacio de 30 a 45 minutos. Tenemos bastantes libros de lectores en Ingles y Español además de muchos otros libros nuevos para toda la familia.
Legion of Mary would like to invite you every Monday through Friday in the Chapel to pray with them.
Rosary at 8 AMMass 8:30 AMRosary of the Seven Sorrows of Mary 9 AM
Pamphlets and rosaries provided.
Help others in need to help feed those in need. We ask that families take advantage of the BOGO (buy one get one) offers at the local supermarkets, and donate the second item to the St. Louis Food Pantry. They can be dropped off in the bins located in the vestibule of the church. We will then collect them and store them for others that come to the parish office in need of food. What a great way to help our neighbors and set an example to those around us to do the same!
We can also collect the perishable items that are offered; all we ask for those items is that arrangements be made in advance by contacting Bob Friedlander 786-554-3420. Come join the St. Louis BOGO ministry “Buy one give one.”
Pray with us!
Young Adult Group
Are you a young adult? Do you have questions about the faith? What is the Mass? What are sacraments? What is the Eucharist? Come learn more about your faith with other young adults.
We have restarted the young adult group for ages 18-28. We will discuss topics about how to grow in our faith and have social outings. We meet in Hospitality C at 7:00 PM every Friday. If you have any questions please contact Stacy Lopez:(305) 498-7465 or [email protected]
Do you have a heart for intercessory prayer? St. Louis Prayer Chain Ministry always welcomes new members. If you are in need of prayer or wish to join our ministry, please call Miriam Columbro at 786-430-0302 or e-mail: [email protected]. Our prayer chain list can be found on our website www.stlcatholic.org under Parish Ministries.
NOTE: We will appreciate a call letting us know the progress of those you call for, so we could keep them in prayer or release them from our list. Thank you.
MASS ALTAR SERVERS LECTORS VOCATION CHALICE* 5:30 pm Aliceas Pattinson/Sailsbury Stephen Porter (786-837-4117)7:00 am Barrows Carlton/Jarro Lourdes Manning (305-245-4423)8:15 am Camelo/Stanham Varela/Baca Zoraida Torres (305-562-8961)9:30 am Carrasquillos Ratcliffe/Waddell Bob & Pat Desbiens (305-251-8988) 11:00 am Bauta/Lagos Icaza/Bauta Lauren Chue-Sang (305-233-9494)12:30 pm Doll/Muñiz Díaz/Doll Milagros Marrou (305-234-2729) 5:30 pm deMoya/Huertas Youth Miriam Columbro (786-430-0302) 7:15 pm Gavilan/Cárdenas Venezuelas Oriele Joya-Lobaton (786-488-4298)
*These are the persons in charge of the scheduling of the Vocation Chalice for the respective Mass. Please call them.
Next Week’s Schedule
Sunday/domingo Fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeFeb. 9th Is 58: 7-10; 1 Cor 2: 1-5; Mk 5: 13-167:00 am + Recently Deceased/Beravement Ministry8:15 am + Claudia Manzano/Edith Manzano9:30 am + Michaelina Gomez/K of C11:00 am St. Louis Parish Family/Parish Priests + Carlos Estrada/Loving Family12:30 pm + Richard Paul-Noel/Loving Mother + Giselle Thevenot/Loving Sister5:30 pm Diahann Yap/Dugard Family7:15 pm + Juan Hernández/Antonio Hermández + Antonio Guasto/Alba Maya
Monday/lunes St. Scholastica, virginFeb. 10th 1 Kgs 8: 1-7, 9-13; Mk 6: 53-566:30 am + Vincent Vuturo/McInerney Family + Andrew Woolcot/Maria Stone8:30 am + Elgar Maya/Estrella Maya + Anastacio Cabella/Keclick Family
Tuesday/martes Our Lady of LourdesFeb. 11th 1 Kgs 8: 22-23, 27-30; Mk 7: 1-136:30 am + Vincent Vuturo/Carmen Leschhorn + Marc Stone/Maria Stone8:30 am Beena Vells - Happy Birthday + Iain S. Carson/Loving Family
Wedensday/miércolesFeb. 12th 1 Kgs 10: 1-10; Mk 7: 14-236:30 am + Marc Stone/maria Stone8:30 am Michel Martelli - Happy Birthday + Vincent Vuturo/Pilar Carson7:00 pm + Souls in Purgatory
Thursday/jueves Feb. 13th 1 Kgs 11: 4-13; Mk 7: 24-306:30 am + Souls in PUrgatory8:30 am + Fred Hafner/Frances Tomavage Andres Ulaje/K of C
Friday/viernes Cyril, Monk and Methodius, bishopsFeb. 14th 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12: 19; Mk 7: 31-376:30 am + Richard Paul-Noel/Loving Mother + Michaelina Gómez/ K of C8:30 am + Vincent Vuturo/McInerney Family Daniel Stone - Special Intention
Saturday/sábadoFeb. 15th 1 Kgs 12: 26-32; 13: 33-34; Mk 8: 1-108:30 am + Moises Baltodano/Loving Childrens + Cecilia Pinzon/Loving Family5:30 pm + Julian Fernández/Loving Family + Paul Francoeun/Lillian Closius
Sunday/domingo Sixth Sunday in Oridnary TimeFeb. 16th Sir 15: 15-20; 1 Cor 2: 6-10; Mt 5: 17-377:00 am + Recently Deceased/Bereavement Ministry8:15 am + Emilio Vásquez/Betty Vásquez + Oriana Maco/Betty Vasquez9:30 am + Carol Scolaro/Najla Maghak + Vincent Vuturo/Ira & Betty Blank11:00 am St. Louis Parish Family/Parish Priests Special Intention/Respect Life Ministry12:30 pm + Vincent Vuturo/Columbro-Witkowski Family5:30 pm + Jorge & Lila Martínez/Luly Martínez Loraina Aldama/Marylin Torrente7:15 pm + Flavia Hernández/Antonia Hernández
Mass Intentions, Saints and Readings for the Week Intenciones de la Misa, Santos y Lecturas para la Semana
The other night I came back into the rectory’s screened pool patio from walking my Min Pin Belle. We ran into a toad who was so startled by us that it jumped into the pool. It swam pretty well, but I soon realized that coming to the edge of the pool, the poor creature could not climb out the side. With a pole and a dust pan I tried to navigate it into a corner, but still that did not help. (My dog is now chasing me around the pool and thinking that I am crazy.) The steps and the pool ladder did not help; they were too deep. I kept trying to scoop it out but it kept escaping. I knew it would eventually drown. ( I felt sorry for the toad but also did not want a smelly dead carcass floating around in the morning.) Finally one of my scoops worked; the toad landed on the patio and hopped into the bushes. Success! Three points: the toad did not know it needed saving; the toad did not want to be saved; the savior had to persist. Familiar story? Sounds like us humans. We humans sometimes do not know we need saving. A dimension of our secular culture sees humanity as quite capable of looking after itself. We take responsibilities; we make decisions; we make things better. Human problems we humans can solve. Yet this supposition belies basic human experience; we can find no ultimate human solution to the human situation. The inescapable enigma of death always stumps the most optimistic and confident person; no one gets out of here alive! We can live like we do not need saving, but perhaps it is just because we do not think deep enough or reflect long enough. Without a faith perspective, Shakespeare’s Macbeth laments: “And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” We humans may not want to be saved, because we do not know we need saving help. Aren’t we blessed because our saving God remains so persistent? Throughout the Old Testament and the New Testament, we hear about the relentless mercy of God that continues through the centuries to pursue a people who may act like they do not want or need saving. He continues to chase all of us and each of us. I only saved a little toad from becoming a mess in the pool. Our God saves us for eternal life.
Un Sapo en la Piscina
La otra noche cuando regresé de caminar a mi pequeña Pin Belle, entré por la puerta de la piscina. Nos tropezamos con un sapo que se asustó al vernos y brincó a la piscina. Nadaba muy bien, pero pronto realicé que al llegar a la orilla, la pobre criatura no podía brincar a afuera. Con un palo y un recogedor de basura traté de llevarla a una orilla, pero eso no ayudó. (Mi perro me seguía por toda la piscina pensando que estaba loco.) La escalera de la piscina es muy profunda y no ayudaba. Continué tratando de cazarlo pero se me escapaba. Sabía que eventualmente se ahogaría. (Me daba pena con el sapo pero tan poco quería encontrarme en la mañana con la peste de un sapo muerto flotando en la piscina.) Finalmente lo pude rescatar; el sapo salto y siguió corriendo hacia las matas. ¡Exito! Tres puntos: el sapo no sabía que necesitaba ser rescatado; el sapo no quería ser rescatado; el salvador tenía que ser persistente. ¿La historia suena familiar? Se parece a nosotros los humanos. Algunas veces nosotros los humanos no sabemos que necesitamos ser rescatados. La dimensión de nuestra cultura secular ve a la humanidad autosuficiente para cuidarse a sí misma. Asumimos responsabilidades; tomamos decisiones; mejoramos algunas cosas. Problemas humanos que nosotros los humanos podemos resolver. Aun así esta suposición contradice la básica experiencia humana; podremos encontrar finalmente una solución a esta situación. El inesplicable enigma de la muerte siempre sorprende al mas optimista y confiado ser humano; nadie sale de aquí con vida. Podemos vivir como si no necesitaramos ser salvados, pero quizás es por que no profundizamos o reflexionamos lo suficiente. Sin una perspectiva de fe, el lamento de Macbeth, la obra de Shakespear: “Y todo nuestro ayer anima tontamente el camino polvoriento de la muerte. ¡Fuera, fuera fugaz lumbre! Vivo pero como una sombra caminante, un pobre jugador que se pavonea nerviosamente en su hora en escena y luego no se oye más: es un cuento dicho por un idiota, lleno de sonido y furia, significando nada.” Nosotros los humanos quizás no querrámos ser salvados, porque no sabemos que necesitamos ayuda. ¿Acaso no estamos benditos porque nuestro Señor salvador continúa persistiendo? A través del Antiguo y Nuevo Testamento escuchamos de la incansable misericordia de Dios que continua por los siglos siguiendo a personas que actuan como que no necesitan o quieren ser salvados. El continúa acechándonos a todos, a cada uno de nosotros. Yo sólo salvé un pequeño sapo de convertirse en un desastre
en mi piscina. Nuestro Dios nos salva para la vida eterna. Yours in Christ,
