Pastor Father Ramon Bolatete

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Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil - 4pm (English) Sunday Liturgy - 8am (English) 9:30am (English) 11am (English) 7pm (Spanish)

Daily/Weekday Mass - Tuesday - Friday 8am (English)

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Reconciliation Saturday - 3pm-3:45pm or by appointment

Anointing of the Sick First Tuesday of each month after 8am Mass or by appointment

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Parish Office Hours

Monday - Thursday 10am-4pm Friday 10am - 1pm

Phone: 352-515-9297 Fax: 352-559-3920

Office is located in Suite 23, next to the Church.

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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 18, 2018

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Bless us, O Lord and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord.

Amen

"But the wise shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament, and those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever." (Dan 12:3)

We are now in the second to the last Sunday of the liturgical year's readings! There is a hint at the 'end time' also known as 'eschaton' coupled with an expectant hope rather than of anxiety and worry. On our journey towards God's dwelling place, our 'heavens and earths' will simply pass away. Our focus is to participate in Jesus' promise of angels to gather the 'elect.' Through our own baptisms, we, like the angels, are entrusted with gathering and reconciling those who are searching and lost; healing to those who are broken in body or in spirit. After all, life is a journey of change - changes that may sometimes be traumatic and frightening, always difficult. But the promise of God's life and the gospel values would be our constant inspiration and incentive to stay the course. We are further invited to embrace not the things of the world, but rather the things God - the eternal treasures of love and mercy, joy in serving one another in the gift of ministry and the peace and satisfaction that comes from having lifted up the hopes of someone and others in the faith community. Thus, based on the prophecies of Daniel, we continue to be 'wise' and 'shine brightly'; leading 'many to justice' like 'stars forever...' From the second reading in the letter to the Hebrews, Christ's self-offering is memorialized in the Sunday or weekday Eucharist that we celebrate as a community. In the midst of events and people in our lives passing, Christ's saving work and words will remain forever. This is inspiration enough as we prepare for the coming liturgical year, that is, after we celebrate the feast of Christ the King in our next Sunday's liturgy. Fr. Ramon Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Mk 13:31)

Pastoral Team

Pastor Father Ramon Bolatete

Permanent Deacons Deacon Jose Ramos Deacon Stephen Schaffer

Staff Director of Faith Formation - Marylu Mariniello

Director of Music/Liturgy - Kelly Mucci Parish Secretary - Carol Arroyo Accountant - Elaine Goth Administrative Receptionist - Donna Cuttita Receptionist - Kimmy Garven Spanish Ministry - Odila and Jose Cordeiro

† Parish Prayers and Devotions

Eucharistic Adoration First Friday of each month 8:30am - 5pm Divine Mercy Chaplet every Wednesday - 3pm and 15 minutes prior to each weekend Mass Rosary First Friday of each month - 1pm (during Adoration)

Tuesday-Thursday mornings - after 8am Mass

† Our Mission St. Faustina Catholic Church

A community of Roman Catholics inspired by the Holy Spirit and called to reflect God's Divine Mercy, to foster spiritual growth, and to attend to the temporal and social needs of all.

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As a parish family, this week we join together in prayer for: Debbie Bergeron, Don Bishop, Chad Blake, Normand Campeau, Mary Casey-Campeau, Chuck Cole, Lon Cyr, Frank Demcsak, Patricia Dick, Mary Frese, Mary Catherine Herbert, Renaldo Gallego, Mary Garl, Zack Kaneshige, Pat Knauer, Maureen Mangan, Linda Powell, Rusbe Reyes, Betty Sanchez, Sophia Schatz, Diana Seager, Dimitris Sfaklanakis, Bill Smith, Kasia Temple, Kathy Thomas, Chris Van Dyke, Michael Venditti, Russel Voight, and all those in need in our parish family.

Requests for parish prayers can be made by calling the parish office

Blessing of food baskets will take place during Mass on Thanksgiving Day

Please note - Parish office will be closed on Friday, November 23rd

Week At A Glance

Sunday Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul

RCIA (Adults) — 12:15-1:30pm RelEd (grade 2) — 12:15-1:30pm Confirmation — 12:15-1:30pm

Monday St. Agnes of Assisi

Legion of Mary — 6pm

Tuesday St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

Bible Study — after 8am Mass

Wednesday Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Divine Mercy Chaplet - 3pm RCIA (Children 2) — 4:15-5:30pm RelEd (1, 3, 5, and 6) — 5:45-7pm

Thursday St. Cecilia Thanksgiving Day

Senior Group — 12:30pm Choir Practice — ALL ARE WELCOME Children’s Choir - 5pm-5:45pm Adult Choir - 6pm-7pm Spanish Choir - 7pm-8pm

Friday St. Clement

Prayer Session — after 8am Mass

Saturday St. Andrews Dung-Lac

RCIA (Children 1) — 10:15-11:30am RelEd (K, 4, 7, 8) — 10:15-11:30am

STEWARDSHIP Weekend of November 10-11, 2018

Offertory Collection $9,144

Catholic Charities $3,945 Our Catholic Appeal (as of November 5, 2018)

Goal $104,026 Pledges $ 68,386 Still Needed $ 35,640

Registered households/families: 692 Number of gifts: 261 % of households/families participating: 38.2%

Mass Intentions for the Week

November 17 4pm Bob Vodvarka (Gutowski Family)

November 18 8am John Koling (Children) 9:30am Bertha Modzik (Dave and Oma Bierer) 11am Mary Ellen Doherty (Thomas Doherty) 7pm Parishioners of St. Faustina’s Parish

November 19 NO MASS

November 20 8am Ernest Goth (Elaine Goth)

November 21 8am Patricia Mendoza Delacruz (Lillian Nicoletti

November 22 10am Mass of Thanksgiving

November 23 8am Teresa Keogh (Kathy Johnson)

November 24 4pm Parishioner of St. Faustina

2nd Annual Christmas

Dinner Dance

December 15th Polo Park Clubhouse

Dinner choices 6 oz steak or salmon Tickets on sale now

$20/each

Knights of Columbus Council 14217

Autumn Basket of Cheer

$1.00 per chance Tickets available from any member of

the Knights and after all Masses.

Drawing to be held on December 20th (the last day of Autumn)

Christmas Concert The Choir and Orchestra of the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, will present their annual holiday concert entitled Christmas with the Basilica Choir on Friday, December 7th at 7:30 pm. Admission charge for the concert is $25 for adults, under 12 are free. Tickets are available at the Basilica Gift Shop or online at maryqueenoftheuniverse.org/concerts. The Choir will present a wide variety of sacred and secular Advent and Christmas music. An audience sing-a-long of Christmas Carols will round out the evening. The Basilica Choir was founded to minister to the many tourists and visitors to the central Florida area, and to provide sacred music at weekend Masses. The singers in the choir are all professional musicians in the Orlando area and are under the direction of Dr. William Picher. Before the concert, the Basilica Gift Shop will offer its Annual Holiday Open House. Gift store discounts, light refreshments and door prizes will add to the festive event. There is no charge for attending the Open House which begins at 5:30pm. The Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe is located at 8300 Vineland Avenue in Orlando, near the Lake Buena Vista I-4 (exit 68). Complimentary parking is available.