30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

MASS SCHEDULE Church opens 30 minutes before each service and closes afterwards.

SATURDAY

7:30 a.m. & 8:30 a.m.; (Vigil) 4:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.

SUNDAY CHURCH 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Noon & 5:30 p.m.

SUNDAY PARISH HALL

8 a.m. (Spanish) Noon (Vietnamese)

WEEKDAY

7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., Noon & 5:30 p.m.

HOLY DAY (Vigil) 4 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.

7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Noon, & 5:30 p.m.

CONFESSIONS Saturday: 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.; 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. (Reconciliation Room)

Sunday - Friday: 11:30 a.m. - Noon (Church Entrance)

TV Mass Sunday, 9:30 a.m. on CW Network. Check your local

listings or go to dioceseofvenice/TVMass

EXPOSITON OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Carosella Chapel:

Tuesdays 9 a.m. - Noon; Fridays 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (The Carosella Chapel is open for quiet prayer during office hours.)

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Monday through Friday at 11:15 a.m. in the Church.

ROSARY & MORNING PRAYER DEVOTIONS Rosary is prayed each day following the 7:30 a.m. Mass,

immediately followed by Morning Prayer. Rosary is again prayed before the Noon Mass.

BAPTISM

Classes are held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Conference Room.

Baptism will take place regularly every Sunday at 5 p.m. or by appointment with your choice of clergyman.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

Saturdays after the 8:30 a.m. Mass

HOUSE BLESSING Contact Sara Brinn at the Parish Office

PRAYER LINE 941-306-6503

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2017

200 N. Orange Avenue, Sarasota, Florida 34236 Telephone (941) 366-4210 Website www.stmartha.org

Facebook St. Martha Roman Catholic Church Office Hours Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - Noon & 12:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.

From Our Pastor, Fr. Fausto ...

OCTOBER 29, 2017

My Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel, continuing the teaching of Jesus on love, fraternal correction and forgiveness, goes to the core of all Christian teaching, indeed of all directions to humankind of any race and creed. All our actions, all our lives must be the expression of the tripartite love: God, neighbor and self. The silly disputes among the scribes and rabbis of Jesus’ time, on which commandment was the greatest, betrayed a kind of selective and

legalistic approach to the Mosaic law. In Rabbinical writings, there were 613 commandments (248 precepts, 365 prohibitions) and fierce debates ensued between Rabbis as to the seriousness or importance of these commands; not very different from the disputes of Christians “casuistic” (moral Theologicians using logical “cases” more than Biblical pr inciples) in determining “mortal” or “venial” sins in the Baroque era of the Church. The answer of Jesus follows His preaching of putting forward “ideals” toward which all Christians must strive, even if it seems an impossible goal. For example, Jesus’ command: “Be perfect as my Father in heaven is perfect,” is obviously impossible to follow; nobody can be perfect like God! But what Jesus meant is that we Christians must do our best to fulfill the totality of His commands, “From the Bottom of our Hearts!” It is an Attitude of loving obedience, and not a mathematical and legalistic observance of a few chosen commands! Jesus said: “Not those who say ‘Lord, Lord’ are saved, but those who do the will of my Father!” So then Love is the center of our lives, because God is Love, and only those who love, live in God, and God in them! Let us put God number one in our lives, above all other things (people, money, power and possessions). Then we must love our neighbors, and today’s first readings show that such love must be practical and compassionate. When God created us, He put self-love inside our being, as a measure against which we may compare our love for our neighbors; sometimes either because of cowardice, mental illnesses, fears or misunderstandings, we enter into self-destructive relationships which do not fulfill Jesus’ idea of true love; be good to yourselves!

When we try our best to love one another, then we are truly fulfilling God’s commandments to be just like God who is the Eternal Love! And remember what the Bible says: “Love covers the multitude of sins!”

On Thanksgiving Day, November 23, Our Lady of Victory Council #3358 of the Knights of Columbus in Sarasota, will host their Annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner from 11 am to 3 pm for all the homeless, the lonely and anyone else who would like to enjoy a free, delicious wholesome meal in the company of others. Monetary donations can be sent to: Knights of Columbus, 4880 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota, FL 34232, Attn: Ken Nota. Turkeys can be delivered to the Council Hall on Sunday, November 19.

PSALTER WEEK II

That time of year of catching colds and the danger of the flu is here! Some of us already have suffered! On behalf of all parishioners, please avoid shaking hands and/or kissing at the sign of peace, and as you enter and leave the Church. I always encourage the Fist-Bump!

Wednesday is All Saints Day and this feast is a Holy Day of Obligation. First mentioned in the 4th c. the Eastern feast of All Martyrs (May 13) was attested to by St. Ephrem of Edessa (373), this feast came to be celebrated on other days as well in the west, e.g., Easter Friday, and the Sunday after Pentecost; the day of its observance in some places in the West. In 609 or 610, the Roman Pantheon was dedicated on May 13 under the title S. Maria ad Martyres. Many see in this the origin of All Saints Day. For reasons which are unclear, Pope Gregory IV (827-844) transferred the feast from May to November 1, adopting perhaps the English-Gallican practice dating from the first quarter of the 8th c.

The Liturgy of November 2 triduum of Masses will be celebrated for all the deceased whose names are on the Altar (the envelopes may be found on the tables of the church and in your envelope package). The Catholic Church is recommending that on this second day of November, and actually throughout the whole month, the faithful should pray for all departed relatives, friends and parishioners. The reason that we pray for them is the Dogma of Purgatory, which is the state of those souls who, although they have died in the Grace of God, still need to purify themselves, and are kept temporarily out of Paradise. Only our prayers (primarily Mass and Communions applied to these souls), alms and sacrifices can quicken their entrance into Heaven, as shown in the Bible (2 Macc 12:42-46):

“Turning to supplication, they prayed that the sinful deed might be fully blotted out. The noble Judas warned the soldiers to keep themselves free from sin, for they had seen with their own eyes what had happened because of the sin of those who had fallen. He then took up a collection among all his soldiers amounting to two thousand silver drachmas, which he sent to Jerusalem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice. In doing this, he acted in a very excellent and noble way, in as much as he had the resurrection of the dead in view. For if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death. But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rise in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Thus, he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from this sin.”

The Church reaffirmed this doctrine in three Ecumenical Councils (Lyons in 1274, Florence in 1439 and Trent in 1565) as binding in faith, according to the ancient belief of the first Christians. To understand this purification, we must understand that through the Sacrament of Penance, we become reconciled with God, all our sins are forgiven, and Paradise is open to us. As you well know, the priest also gives some good actions or prayers as a penance, to repair the damage done to others by our sins. If such damage has not been repaired and satisfied by our own prayers, sacrifices and good actions here on earth, then in justice we must pay our debt in this purification period in

T W O P Sun., Oct. 29

8:00 a.m. Sunday Coffee - Geenen Hall 10:15 a.m. Religious Educa on - 2nd Floor Classrooms 11:30 a.m. Confession - Fr. Jan Mon., Oct. 30 6:00 p.m. Bibly Study - Geenen Hall Tues., Oct. 31 9:15 a.m. Bible Study - Conference Room 6:30 p.m. RCIA Classes - Conference Room Wed., Nov. 1 - All Saints Day 7:00 p.m. Caritas Mee ng - Conference Room Thurs., Nov. 2 - All Souls Day Fri., Nov. 3 - St. Mar n de Porres

8:00 p.m. AA (Spanish) - Geenen Hall Sat., Nov. 4 - St. Charles Borromeo

9:00 a.m. Confession - Fr. Wojciech 9:30 a.m. Legion of Mary - Geenen Hall 3:00 p.m. Confession - Fr. Jan

7:00 a.m. Bethlehem Chris an Families - Courtyard

1:00 p.m. Rosary Makers - Geenen Hall

8:30 a.m. Respect Life Sidewalk Advocate - Fr. Fausto Parish Hall

30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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CATHOLIC-LUTHERAN COMMEMORATION Tuesday, October 31 at 12 p.m. Emmanuel Lutheran Church 790 Tamiami Trail, Venice Catholics and Lutherans will join together for a prayer service commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. Bishop Frank J. Dewane, together with Bishop Marcus Lohrmann of the Florida-Bahamas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will lead this service. A discussion and luncheon will follow. All are invited and encouraged to attend this unique event.

SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES NOVEMBER 3

Born in Lima, Peru, to a Spanish knight and a freed black slave from Panama, Martin and his sister were half-castes in a society where his meant loss of privilege.

He entered the Dominican friary and served as a barber, infirmarian, and farm-laborer and became known for his care of the sick and the poor. May we learn from him how to speak out for God in a society that has great difficulty dealing with race, poverty, and care the outcast.

Living with Christ

the afterlife. Let us then pray for the Poor souls in Purgatory, because once they reach Heaven with our help, they will intercede with God on our behalf. This explanation is a kind of over simplification, because Jesus is so crazily in love with us that, in His amazing mercy and love for us, He goes much beyond justice, merits or debts… God is Love, Fear Not!

Next Sunday we will collect for Caritas. There will be volunteers at the doors of the Church after Mass collecting for the poor and the needy in our area. This past month, we collected $4,709.31 at the doors of the church. I very often call this “Waiter/Waitress Sunday!” When someone asks me how much should I give, I often say: “The amount you tipped your waiter or waitress the last time you went to dinner in a restaurant.” Please be generous!

Daylight Savings time will end early morning on Sunday, November 5. If you come next week to Mass and you thought we may have pulled the rug out from under you, it is not our fault - you just forgot to put your clock back an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday!

Smile, God loves you and so does Fr. Fausto

with your St. Martha clergy: Fathers Patrick, Wojciech, Sebastian, Jan, John & Jerry

Deacons Bill and Patrick; plus Brothers Bill, Tom & Lawrence

and Sisters Cathy & Marianne

REMEMBERING THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

November 2 is the Feast of All Souls. Particularly on this day, but also throughout the month of November, the Church remembers the faithful departed. In keeping with the cherished tradition of remembrance of the souls of our faithfully departed family and friends, Mass will be offered for your loved ones throughout the month of November at the Diocese of Venice Catholic Center. Should you wish to participate in these remembrances, please email their names to feastofallsouls@dioceseofvenice.org

As we conclude Respect Life Month, let us recall that to trust in God’s timing for our passing into eternity requires courage, humility, and sometimes great spiritual strength. This final stage of life, when we

focus our attention on the things that really count, can be a time of deep reflection, of forgiveness and reconciliation within the family, and of finding peace in one’s relationship with God.

BULLETIN Email PASTOR EMAIL bulletinsmc@stmartha.org pastor@stmartha.org

ATTENTION ALL MINISTRY LEADERS The Ministry Fair will be held Saturday, November 11 and Sunday, November 12.

Please contact John Gearon III at 320-4745 to reserve a spot for your ministry.

God of peace, we bless you and we thank you because you have sent us your beloved Son, Jesus, making him the paschal mystery, the architect of all salvation, the source of all peace. Open yet more our hearts to the needs of all our brothers and sisters, so that we may be better able to build a true peace. Remember, Father of mercy, all who are in pain, who suffer and die in the cause of a more just world. For the people of every race, of every tongue - may your kingdom come: your kingdom of justice, peace, of love; and may the earth be filled with your glory. Amen. - Pope Paul VI

S .M B S Mondays from 6 to 7 pm - Geenen Hall

Tuesdays from 9:15 to 10:15 - Conf. Rm The study is facilitated by Dr. Elizabeth Johnston. Please bring your bibles. Study materials will also be available. Join us either on Monday evenings or Tuesday mornings. For more information text Dr. Johnston at 941-993-2895 or email at egj213@gmail.com.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER

Our Lady of Victory Council #3358 will host its annual Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless, the homebound, the lonely, and anyone else who would like to enjoy a delicious wholesome meal in the company of others on Thanksgiving Day. Dinner will be served from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. In addition the Knights will donate funds to organizations that feed the hungry on a continuing basis. To make a financial donation, please make checks payable to K of C Council #3358 and send them to the Knights of Columbus, 4880 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34232- Attn: Grand Knight Ken Nota. If you wish to make a turkey donation, please deliver it to the Council Hall on Sunday November 19th between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. If you would like to volunteer or work the Thanksgiving event please call Chris Baer at (248) 299-9805 or email her at baerc3436@gmail.com.

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ALTAR FLOWER DONATIONS

IN MEMORY OF…

Laura Konopaske, Laura Beattie & Rosemary by William Konopaske

Andres Munguia Torres by Guadalupe Munguia-Pena Mike & Carm Giardullo by Their Children Ann Ferraiolo by Mr. & Mrs. Sean White Antonio Hernandez by Norma Johnson

The St. Martha Altar Society thanks you for your

generous donations for altar and church flowers in memory or for the intentions of loved ones.

Let us not flee from the resurrection of Jesus, let us never give up, come what will. -Pope Francis

ST. MARTHA CLERGY AND STAFF

Very Rev. Fausto Stampiglia, S.A.C. Pastor Rev. R. Patrick Wilson, S.A.C., Parochial Vicar

Rev. Wojciech Stachura, S.A.C., Parochial Vicar Rev. Sebastian Szczawinski, S.A.C., Parochial Vicar

Rev. John Cao, C.R.M.., Hospital Chaplain Rev. George “Jerry” Hogan, Circus Chaplain

Rev. Deacon William Ladroga Rev. Deacon C. Patrick Macaulay

Br. William Hudspeth, S.A.C. Br. Tom Flanagan, S.A.C.

Br. Lawrence Skitzki, C.S.C. Sr. Cathy Bonfield, S.S.N.D. Sr. Marianne Baehr, C.S.J.

Sara Brinn, Office Manager/Parish Secretary Virginia Bray, Music Director

Gina Snode, Business Manager/Bookkeeper Patricia Sileo, Director of Religious Education

Teressa McCoy, Administrative Asst./Media Coordinator Sabrina Gibson, Reception/Data Entry Pamela Paulson, Reception/Data Entry

Rose Ann Runnells, Sacristan Tom Patt, Sacristan

Janet Cocco, Sacristan Miguel Jimenez, Maintenance Supervisor

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR In today’s Gospel Reading from St. Matthew, a lawyer among the Pharisees again tries to entrap Jesus by asking Him the question, “Teacher, which commandment in

the law is the greatest.” Jesus’ response appears multiple times in Holy Scripture, as He says, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” The Lord then adds another that He cites as almost equally important, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Much has been written and conjectured about both of these, and often the focus is on who our neighbor is. However, there is another element of the second Great Commandment that is worthy of note, and that is loving the neighbor “as yourself.” Too often people conclude that this means that you have to love yourself first. Most of us grasp what it means to the love the Lord with all we are, although it is nearly unattainable to accomplish. However, that second Great Commandment does not mean that it is necessary for us to love ourselves before we can love anyone else. It means, quite simply, that most of us are concerned with our own interests and our own personal situations. Jesus is telling us that just as we often think of ourselves, we need to take care and have concern for the interests of others as well. In the familiar Prayer of St. Francis known to many Catholics, we sum up what this kind of love to which we are called really is, when we pray, “Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved, as to love.”

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Due to Hurricane Irma the Safe Environment Training session at St. Martha was canceled. It has been rescheduled:

Thursday, November 9 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday, November 11 from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Contact the Parish Office to register.

*All employees and volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable adults must be fingerprinted and

trained in Safe Environment.

Mayors’ Feed the Hungry Program Thanksgiving Food Drive November 6 - 17, 2017

Boxes will be placed in the Parish Office, Parish Hall and Church. Please help us fill the boxes with non-perishable food items. The Mayors’ Feed the Hungry Program is endorsed by the Mayors of Sarasota, Bradenton, Anna Maria, Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach, Longboat Key, North Port, Palmetto, and Venice. All the food we collect is given away free at food pantries in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Visit www.mayorsfeedthehungry.org for more information.

Trigésimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 29 de octubre de 2017 “Amarás al Señor, tu Dios, con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma y con toda tu mente”. — Mateo 22:37

EQUILIBRIO

Las lecturas bíblicas de hoy recalcan el lazo fundamental que existe entre el amor de Dios y el amor al prójimo, especialmente a los más necesitados. El amor de Dios debe impulsarnos a amar a la gente a quien Dios aprecia. A la inversa, el trabajo por la justicia y la caridad en pro de los necesitados debe estar enraizado en nuestro amor a Dios. Sin embargo, esa conexión y equilibrio no son siempre fáciles de mantener en nuestra vida. Aun en las órdenes religiosas hallamos a algunos cristianos más orientados hacia la contemplación y la oración, mientras que otros son más activos en su servicio a los oprimidos. Hoy Jesús nos recuerda la necesidad de ambos aspectos en la vida de fe. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Mass Intentions Sun., Oct. 29 Ex 22:20-26; 1Thes 1:5c-10; Mt 22:34-40 7:30 a.m. [JR] Kevin Crowley by Juditt Melly 8:00 a.m. [PR] (Span/Hall) Poor Souls 9:00 a.m. [WS] Caroline Schippereit by Parent 9:00 a.m [FS] (Hall) Ed Brady by Bruce & Janet Gilleylen 10:30 a.m. [FS] For All Parishioners 12:00 p.m. [WS] Katerina Yaska by Mary Yaska 12:00 p.m. [JC] (Viet/Hall) Louis Tinh by Trung Bich

Mon., Oct. 30 Rom 8:12-17; Lk 13:10-17 7:30 a.m. [JC] Robert Stemley by David & Paula Shigley 8:30 a.m. [JR] Richard Varisto by The H 12:00 p.m. [WS] Kevin Crowley by Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Meyers

Tues., Oct. 31 Rom 8:18-25; Lk 13:18-21 7:30 a.m. [WS] Poor Soul 8:30 a.m. [JR] Legion of Mary Deceased Members 12:00 p.m. [WS] Cherry Bell Griffin by The Pallottines

5:30 p.m. [FS] Randy Gambino by Bob & Rosemary Stanko Wed., Nov. 1 Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a 7:30 a.m. [JR] Helene Welch by David & Paula Shigley 9:00 a.m. [WS] Parents by Rosario & Donna Criscuolo

12:00 p.m. [WS] Kevin Crowley by St. Martha Parish 5:30 p.m. [JR] Dora Irene Massaro by The Pallottines

Thurs., Nov 2 Wis 3:1-9; Rom 5:5-11; Jn 6:37-40 7:30 a.m. [FS] For All Souls 8:30 a.m. [FS] For All Souls 12:00 p.m. [JR] For All Souls 5:30 p.m. [JC] For All Souls Fri., Nov. 3 Rom 9:1-5; Lk 14:1-6 7:30 a.m. [JC] For All Souls 8:30 a.m. [WS] For All Souls 12:00 p.m. [FS] For All Souls 5:30 p.m. [FS] For All Souls

Sat., Nov. 4 Rom 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29; Lk 14:1, 7-11 7:30 a.m. [WS] For All Souls 8:30 a.m. [JR] For All Souls 4:00 p.m. [FS] For All Souls 5:30 p.m. [WS] For All Souls Sun., Nov. 5 Mal 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10; 1 Thes 2:7b-2, 13; Mt 23:1-12 7:30 a.m. [FS] Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Lapin by Tom Bauer 8:00 a.m. [PR] (Span/Hall) Poor Souls 9:00 a.m. [JR] Charles Brimble by Wife, Edda

10:30 a.m. [FS] For All Parishioners 12:00 p.m. [WS] Jerry Hart by Hart Family 12:00 p.m. [JC] (Viet/Hall) Anne Xuyen by Trung Bich 5:30 p.m. [WS] Steve & Theresa Terry by Mary & Carlos Rodriguez

Fr. Fausto (FS), Fr. Patrick (PW), Fr. Wojciech (WS), Fr. Jan (JR), Fr. John (JC), Fr. Pablo (PR)

5:30 p.m. [WS] Daniel Vitiello by Daughters

9:00 a.m [JC] (Hall) Harold Chemeaux by The Berman Family

5:30 p.m. [JR] Margaret Stanko by Bob & Rosemary Stanko

4:00 p.m. [JR] Ferri & Sommers Families

10:30 a.m. [FS] For All Parishioners

7:30 p.m. [JC] (Viet/Hall) Gabriel Mason by Susan & Michael Hunter

OUTREACH MINISTRIES Altar Servers Brian Clark 993-8526

Altar Society Susan Schussler 961-4927

Archivist Ted Cover 379-0758

Arimathean Ministry Cindy Rottkamp 544-8117

Bethesda House Colleen McMenamin 366-1886

Catholic Charities Marisa Zorger 355-4680

Caritas (9-11 a.m., M-F) Tony Cocco, Chair 366-5620

Casa Santa Marta Debbie Greising 366-4448

Choir/Cantor Virginia Bray 366-4210

Council of Catholic Women Sara Brinn 366-4210

Eucharist Adoration Parish Office 366-4210

Finance Council John J. DeStefano 306-5014

Family Ministry Gary Kerschner 961-8713

Hospitality Ministry Beth Cannata 321-2953

Jail Ministry Br. Jim Connolly, CFX 617-872-9714

Knights of Columbus Ken Nota 401-206-9056

Lectors Ed Hale 1edhale@gmail.com

Legion of Mary Diane Such 993-9354

Ministries John Gearon 320-4745

Peace & Justice/S.U.R.E. John McGruder 953-6541

Parish Council Roland Gibson 685-1204

Prayer Line Diane Domagala 306-6503

R.C.I.A Maggie Gallucci 355-5957

R.C.I.A Sue Thompson suehome2@verizon.net

Respect Life Ministry Jim & Peg Styer 377-1929

Rosary Makers Don & Maxine Brand 755-9749

Solve Maternity Homes Peggy Kerwin 748-0094

St. M. Early Learning Center Jamie Van Dyke 366-1395

Ushers Robert Morrissey 726-9107

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Parish Pam Paulson 366-4210

Hospital Calvin Kreider 928-6995

Nursing Home Pam Paulson 366-4210

BISHOP NEVINS ACADEMY 4380 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34232 St. Martha Catholic School 953-4181

Principal: Mrs. Siobhan Young

St. Mary Academy 366-4010 Principal: Ms. Rebecca Reynolds

CARDINAL MOONEY HIGH SCHOOL 371-4917

4171 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34232

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND OUR SCHEDULED MASSES, CONTACT OUR NEIGHBORING PARISHES: St. Jude Sarasota 955-3934

Christ the King Chapel Sarasota 924-2777

Incarnation Sarasota 921-6631

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Sarasota 755-1826

St. Patrick Sarasota 378-1703

St. Mary Star of the Sea Longboat Key 383-1255

St. Thomas More Sarasota 923-1691

St. Joseph Bradenton 756-3732

St. Michael the Archangel Siesta Key 349-4174

Our Lady Queen of Angels Lakewood Ranch 752-6770

Our priests & deacons minister to the following local facilities: The Pines, Brookdale Midtown, Magnolia, Life Care Center, Horizon Bay, Jefferson Center, Alderman Oaks, Plymouth Harbor, Sarasota Health, Springwood, Casa Santa Marta I & II, Sarasota Bay Club, Cross Breeze, Sunshine Meadows, Sarasota Point, Sarasota County Jail.