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2506 Gulf Gate Dr. Sarasota, FL 34231 | 941-923-1691 | stthomasmoresrq.org

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16th Sunday in Ordinary TimeJuly 19, 2015

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T H A N K Y O U !to our amazing VBS student & adult volunteers!

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Parish Office(located in chelsea center)

Hours (mon-fri)8:30am - 3:30pm -NEW TIME(thru Friday, Aug. 28)

address:2506 Gulf Gate dr.sarasota, fl 34231

941-923-1691

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confessions 3:00pm (Saturday, in the chapel)

Saturday 4:00pm

Sunday8:00am9:45am11:30am (Contemporary choir)

Weekdays & Sat 8:00am

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Holy communion

in the Hands

Welcome new Parishioners!Pat Blaskocarey & Al Bogdanovic, chase, EllaDeirdre & Ken D’Silva, Aidan, Brendan, connorMary FlynnJohn & Luanne HayduDiane & Lon Herrick

Nena Hoyle, Lennon, LincolnMarie & Raymond Milescurtis NeuschaeferAimee & Joe Salemi, Alison, SamanthaBetty & Armand SantiniRebecca & Thomas Williams Nancy & Bruce Wilson

communion in the hands, the original way the early church received for several centuries, is the preferred and most hygienic way to receive:

“Make a throne of your hands to receive your King.” (St. cyril of Jerusalem 348 A.D.) Grabbing the host with 2 fingers or placing your hands side by side so the Host could fall through is not appropriate. One hand should be UNDER the other to take the Host and place it in your mouth. The correct response is, “Amen!” (Translation: So be it!) when the minister says, “The Body of Christ.”

Profound bows (from the waist) and genuflecting before communion are not designated in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM). Both can cause accidents. People have tripped over those genuflecting in the Communion line. Intinction (dipping the Sacred Host into the Precious Blood) is permitted ONLY by a priest or deacon.

Fr. Michal Szyszka Parochial Vicar

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Sr. Judy BaldinoPastoral Associate

Rev. Mr. Bob GaitensDeacon

Rev. Mr. Kevin MonahanDeacon

Alex DilanOrganist & Music Director

chuck LynchSacristan

Tom LelyoDir. of Youth Ministry

Mimi FitzgeraldHealth Ministry Coordinator

CarolAnn Lovejoy-JessupExecutive Assistant

David FelicianoParish Accountant

Mary MaxwellParish Secretary

Susan JacobsFront Office Coordinator

Joanne TararaChelsea Coordinator

Paul UrbanGrounds/Maintenance

Supervisor

Ramon AlveroMaintenance/Set up

John DriscollMaintenance/Set up

Fr. Joe cliffordPastor

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Our New Neighbor: St.Vincent DePaul Thrift Store St. Vincent DePaul Manasota District Council is opening a thrift store in Gulf Gate--our own backyard! The store will be located at 2711 Mall Drive (street runs parallel to Gulf Gate Drive) between Superior and Gateway.

• Needed: a driver and a driver assistant to pick up donations in a new box truck. Applications now being accepted. • Also needed: volunteers to work in the store, helping with all sorts of tasks typical to a retail store operation. Donations of gently used clothing and household items including furniture. The store will not accept mattresses, appliances or electronics.

The goal is to open the store in August. Organizers are busy getting the building and the store ready to accept donations. They could use help with painting, construction and handyman-type tasks now.

The money that the store makes from the sale of donated items will enable your local St. Vincent DePaul Society to provide more help for more people.

Please call 941-444-9343 for more information or to apply, volunteer or donate. Store opening date and store hours will be published in the Bulletin when the store is ready to open for business.

Parish & Chelsea Center Offices Summer HoursEffective immediately, the office hours will change during the summer months. From now until Friday, August 28, the offices will open at 8:30 am and close at 3:30 pm.

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Prison Ministry OutreachBradenton Bridge Women’s Prison is in need of book supplies for inmates’ children for the upcoming school year. Noted below are items requested. Please bring donations to the Parish Office marked “Bradenton Bridge.” Checks (made out to Bradenton Bridge) or gift certificates are welcome as well. The women at Bradenton Bridge thank you in advance for your generosity.

For additional information, contact: Nancy Grenier 941-544-2488; Deacon John Antennucci 941-388-8153; David Shay 941-320-1815.

boy and girl book bagspaperspiral notebookscomposition bookscrayonsstick gluesmall packs of tissues

penspencilsthree-ring bindersbinder paperpocket foldersscissorspencils sharpeners

erasersmarkershighlighterspencil boxes or poucheshand santitizersany other appropriate school items

Are you interested in learning more about the Catholic Church? Perhaps you’ve been thinking of becoming a member of St. Thomas More Church or perhaps you are just curious about what Catholics believe. Inquiry sessions begin in September.

If you have questions, want more information, or know someone who is interested, call Sister Judy 941-923-1691 or srjudy@stthomasmoresrq.org. All are welcome!

(p.s.: The initials R.C.I.A. stand for Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)

F l o r i d a W e s t c o a s t Woodworker’s ClubThis monthly meeting of woodworkers, has found a niche: handcrafting urns for ashes. These urns are provided free to any veteran who cannot afford the cost of one provided by a funeral home or crematory.

For information on the club, or availability of an urn, contact STM parishioner Tony D’Alberto at 941-923-2165 or threadz@aol.com.

Our Hospitals & HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act)

If you or a friend are in Sarasota Memorial or Doctors Hospitals and are looking for spiritual care, there is a procedure you must follow because of the new laws that are now in force.

If you are at sarasota Memorial Hospital and wish Holy communion or a visit by the catholic chaplain you must:

1. Dial 0 and ask for the Chaplain’s Office and request Communion.This Chaplain is full-time at the hospital and lives at St. Martha’s Parish. We pay a portion of his salary to ensure our Catholics are seen.

2. If you are going to be there a few days, call the Parish Office and let us know. We will then be able to send Father Michal or Father Joe to visit you. Each priest visits the hospitals once a week. The Chaplain visits every day. It is important to take the above steps, as there no longer is a Catholic parish list available to the priest.

3. The same is required at Doctors Hospital and Hospice.

The laws, though they seem strict, are for the privacy and protection of the hospital patient.

Father Henry’s Retirement Mass DVDLIMITED SUPPLY @ $10 each

Available after Mass or in the Parish Office

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Offertory7/11-12/2015 $13,870.50Last year $13,896.00

St. Vincent de Paul $ 237.00Peter’s Pence $ 200.00

To make an online gift visit: stthomasmoresrq.org/give

CFAGoal $345,000.00Pledged $232,492.40Received $191,692.78

To make an online gift visit: stthomasmoresrq.org/cfa

Checks should be made to “Catholic Faith Appeal”

Sunday Fr. Michal 8:00am STM Youth Ministry Leadership Ruth & Jim Walsh - Happy Anniversary!

Fr. Michal 9:45am +Joseph W. Romanczuk +William Taff

Fr. Joe 11:30am Faith & Jim Griffith - Happy 50th Anniversary! +Sue Martel

Monday Fr. Michal 8:00am +Dorothy Morris +Jean Coppock

Tuesday Fr. Michal 8:00am +John Flynn

Wednesday Fr. Michal 8:00am +William Carugno

Thursday Fr. Michal 8:00am +William Taff

Friday Fr. Joe 8:00am +Eleanor Polan

Saturday Fr. Dave 8:00am Women’s Club Leadership

Fr. Michal 4:00pm +Ed Matthews +Bob Haas

Sunday Fr. Michal 8:00am +Laura Canino +Chester Zakscheski

Fr. Joe 9:45am +Mary Jane Sheahan +Denny Sovich

Fr. Joe 11:30am +Julius Juron +Steve Knoop

prayer INTENTIONS

church Flowers given by Faith & James Griffith

thisWEEK SUPPORT GRoUPsAA & N-A Meetings: Meetings

are Confidential - All are Welcome

Alcoholics Anonymous 5:30 pm Mondays,

Bavaria Room.

Al-Anon (Family groups) 7:00 pm Mondays,

Bavaria Room.

Alcoholics Anonymous 6:00 pm Wednesdays,

Bavaria Room

Alcoholics Anonymous 6:00 pm Fridays, Bavaria Room

Narcotics Anonymous & Nar Anon

8:00 pm Sundays, Spirit Center, Gathering Room.

Sunday, July 198:00am, 9:45am, 11:30 am Masses - Church8:00pm N.A. Meeting - Spirit Center8:00pm Nar-Anon Meeting - Spirit Center

Monday, July 207:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel10:00am Quilters of St. Thomas More - Spirit Center Bonnie Lagner 941-921-12615:30pm AA - Chelsea Bavaria Room6:00pm Social Justice Committee - Chelsea Westminster Room Sue Morusiewicz 941-922-12576:00pm Cub/Boy Scouts - Spirit Center Michelle Dunn 941-806-8133; Javier Aristimuño 941-232-80737:00pm Al-Anon - Chelsea Bavaria Room

Tuesday, July 217:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel9:30am Funeral Mass for Marion Cannelongo - Chapel

Wednesday, July 227:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel6:00pm AA - Chelsea Bavaria Room

Thursday, July 237:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel9:30am Crafty Ladies - Spirit Faith Room Mary Hautanen 941-922-889210:00am Quilters of St. Thomas More - Spirit Charity Room Bonnie Lagner 941-921-126110:30am Contemplative Prayer - Chelsea Bavaria Room Ed Savoy 941-923-5706 6:00pm Social Justice Committee - Chelsea Westminster Room Sue Morusiewicz 941-922-12577:00pm Contemporary Choir - Church Alex Dilan 941-923-1691;stmrtw@gmail.com

Friday, July 247:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel9:30am Funeral Mass for John McNamara - Chapel 1:00pm Cards & Mah Jongg - Chelsea Center6:00pm AA Meeting - Chelsea Bavaria Room

Saturday, July 257:30am Pray the Rosary - Church 8:00am Mass - Chapel4:00pm Mass - Church

Sunday, July 268:00am, 9:45am, 11:30 am Masses - Church7:00pm Newcomer’s Reception - Chelsea Garden Room8:00pm N.A. Meeting - Spirit Center8:00pm Nar-Anon Meeting - Spirit Center To read more news visit:

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Our Softball TeamWeekly games, Thursdays at Fruitville Park, off Richardson Road.

next up: July 23rd @ 9:30pm

For more information: tom Lelyo 941-374-6884; youth@stthomasmoresrq.org

Our next summer luncheon is Tuesday, July 21 at the University Club (a mile west of I-75 off University). We begin at 11:30 am, so there will be plenty of time for afternoon shopping afterwards!

Reservations must be in by Sunday, July 19. contact Kay Thorson at 941-345-4516 or kjt755@gmail.com or Pat Bucci at 908-392-0727 or patbucci@gmail.com

the Women’s club at St. Thomas More

consider being a member of the Men of St. Thomas More.

Registration forms can be found at www.stthomasmoresrq.orgUnder the heading Groups then locate The Men of St. Thomas More, and click. Registration link is on the group’s main page.

For more information, contact men’s president Roger Grenier, 941-993-2908; roger.grenier@sothebysrealty.com.

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Strengthen Your Marriage - Are you looking to make your marriage stronger, more faith-filled, and happy? consider attending the Diocese of Venice Marriage Enrichment Day at St. Cecilia Parish in Fort Myers, Saturday, August 1, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.

Learn what marriage means in the eyes of God, how to work through conflict in marriage, as well as how to heal through the strength of forgiveness and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Cost: $35/couple and includes lunch. To register: www.dioceseofvenice.org/marriage-enrich.

Pro ject Rachel Ret reat for Hope & Healing after Abortion - Registration is now open for a one-day retreat, Saturday, September 19 at a confidential location within the Diocese.

This retreat is designed to help women hurting from previous abortions experience the personal love of Christ and find hope and healing. Held in a loving and confidential environment, participants hear stories of post-abortion healing, share Scriptural stories of Christ’s healing love, spend quiet time in prayer and receive Sacramental Reconciliation and Eucharist. The retreat is limited to 10 participants.

For information, contact Fonda on the confidential helpline at 239-719-7210.

St. Martha Parish Activities Week - St. Martha Parish in Sarasota welcomes all to their 2015 Summer Activities Week, August 3-7, 9:00 am- 12:00 pm.

To register: Patty at sileo@stmartha.org.

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