Sunday, September 6, 2015

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

September 6, 2015St. thomaS moreCatholiC ChurCh | SaraSota

St. thomaS moreCatholiC ChurCh | SaraSota

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Life is fragile, handle with PRAYER

Centering Contemplative Prayer Thursdays @ 10:30 am - Chelsea Center

Spirit of Love Prayer Group - 2nd Monday @ 2:00 pm - Chapel

Rosary - Weekdays @ 7:30 am - Church

Women at the Well - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm - Chelsea Center

Micah’s Men - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm - Chelsea Center

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Parish Office(located in chelsea center)

Hours (Mon.-Fri.)8:30am - 4:30pm

Address2506 Gulf Gate dr.sarasota, fl 34231

941-923-1691

[email protected]

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

Saturday 4:00pm

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

Weekdays & Sat. 8:00am

Mass tiMes Welcome to our

neW PaRisHioneRs!Reina & Philip AlexanderAndrea & Eric Anderson, Kylie, Adelinecris & Jim clark, cameron, MaxSeth claytonPenelope EllisSusan EllisRobin EppersonOgastwon GabrielBobbi GermanLexie Glover, GabrielleDiane Huber, Austin

cynthia LovellJune MarvelAngela Gutierrez & Antonio Rey; GabrielKaren RockefellerDina & cesar Romero; cesar, AdrianaTina & Ken RosemannDanielle & Jeffrey Valery, Jeffrey, ThomasWoomee & Robert Yu, Christian, Sofia

A special thank you to parishioner to Marcia Voorhees, a member of the Liturgical arts & environment committee, who faithfully comes each week to assist and arrange flowers for our altar.

Interested in being part of this liturgical ministry that creates beautiful arrangements in the church and chapel? contact Bonnie Feise at 941-925-4663 or [email protected].

Youth Ministry Disney Night of Joy - Sept. 12This event is for teens in grades 8-12. We will leave the church at 1pm and return at 4 am. There are a limited number of tickets @ $60 each, so you MUST contact Leiland at 941-266-7316 or email [email protected] if you intend to go. Youth Group continues weekday meetings on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 6-8pm in the Spirit center. Please bring an item for potluck dinner, Leiland will supply the beverages. All teens and their families are invited to attend.

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

Leiland TheriotInterim Dir. 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

Holy communion

in the Handscommunion 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.

Liturgical MinistriesIf you are an Altar Server, Lector, or Extraordinary Minister of Holy communion and will be away, contact Joanne Tarara: [email protected]; or if you are a Hospitality Minister, contact charles Ballschmieder: [email protected] and let either person know your away dates. You do not want to be scheduled while you are gone!

Written notice of your changes is required the 1st of each month. If you are scheduled and cannot make it, you are asked to find a replacement from our list.

the Women’s club at St. Thomas More

Let’s have dinner together, join us on Wednesday, Sept.16 at Chianti Ristorante Italiano, 3900 Clark Road for an ear-ly-bird dinner. Join us promply at 4:00 pm for one entrée at regular price and a second entrée at half off. Spouses and guests are invited.

DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS: Tuesday, September 8. RSVP to Pat Bucci: [email protected] or 908-392-0727.

St. Vincent DePaul Sarasota Thrift Store Opens on octoBeR 1st Excitement is building as the St. Vincent DePaul Thrift Store at 2711 Mall Drive gets ready to open its doors for business at 9:00 am on October 1st!

Volunteers from many parishes have stepped up to help and have been working hard to get the store ready to open. The paint is almost dry, the shelves are getting full and many donated articles of clothing have been hung. Thanks to your generosity, the store has tons of treasures waiting for shoppers to come find them!

The store has a women's boutique area, women's and men's clothing departments, shoes, books, media, children's, young adult, crafts, business, travel, sports, housewares, furniture, bed/bath and health, gifts, holiday, artwork and kitchen sections. There is also a jewelry and nicer finds sections. It is a wonderful store that you will love.

SVDP Thrift Store will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 am-4:00 pm with extended hours planned for December and during season. Help us help others by shopping, donating, volunteering and spreading the word about the store to your neighbors and friends.

call the store at 941-444-9343 for more information.

AA & N-A SUPPORT GRoUPsMeetings are confidential and 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.

Mingle More singlesThe St. Thomas More Mingle More Singles group was started by a few single parishioners to create a way for singles to meet and mix in a relaxed environment. We welcome men and women of all ages and interests.

We meet the second Monday monthly in the chelsea center at 6:00 pm with those attending bringing a snack and beverage to share. We meet new people, chat and just enjoy mingling. There is always a program of interest: • Father Joe will speak at our October meeting • We may play a fun group game such as trivia • In season, we have a chili cook-off and a pie-baking contest • Happy Hour at different locations • Sunday brunch

We have lots of other activities too! We like picnics, kayaking, bowling, organized walks and bike rides, sunset wine and cheese, holiday parties, dinners, museums, theater, concerts, and as a group we attend area dances.

Join us for the first meeting of the season on Monday, Sept. 14 @ 6:00 pm in the Chelsea Center. We’d love to meet you!

sunday Fr. Dave 8:00am +William Ross +claude & +evelyn Broze

Fr. Michal 9:45am +George Gonzales +claude & +evelyn Broze

Fr. Michal 11:30am +Robert Lutfy +David seaver Monday Fr. Michal 8:00am +Paul Gruber

tuesday Fr. Michal 8:00am +Lee Maciel Dale eppig - Happy Birthday!

Wednesday Fr. Dave 8:00am +William Kawalec +eugene e. Mcnany, Jr.

thursday Fr. Michal 8:00am +olga symonds +Marjorie schranz

Friday Fr. Michal 8:00am +John W. Farrell +Peter sheahan

saturday Fr. Dave 8:00am +st. Vincent dePaul society members & those they serve

Fr. Michal 4:00pm +Vera tesla +Lillian & Walter Hogancamp sunday Fr. Michal 8:00am +Beatrice & Frank Faga - remembering their wedding anniversary +George Probst

Fr.Joe 9:45am +FrankAmalfitano+SueZava

Fr.Joe 11:30am +sue Martel +Jim Mangold prayer

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sanctuary candle Lighted - Remembering Lillian Hogancamp on the 1st anniversary of her death. Given in love by Patti Hogancamp.

Prayer for Safety In Hurricane SeasonO God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed Your order and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land, and spread chaos and disaster.

During this hurricane season we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son on our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem, where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen. [composed by Most Rev. Maurice Schexnayder (1895-1981),

Second Bishop of Lafayette (1956-1973), following Hurricane Audrey in 1957]

this week’s cALENDAR

OFFERtORYAugust 29/30, 2015 $13,930.89 (includes ParishPay weekly donations)

CAtHOLIC FAItH APPEAL Goal $345,000.00

Pledged $263,381.40Received $229,283.49

to make an online gift visit: stthomasmoresrq.org/cfaWhen donating by check, please make payable to:

Catholic Faith Appeal

Sunday, September 68:00am, 9:45am, 11:30 am Masses - Church8:00pm N.A. Meeting - Spirit Center8:00pm Nar-Anon Meeting - Spirit Center

Monday, September 7 - Parish Offices Closed Labor Day Holiday7:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel5:30pm AA - Chelsea Bavaria Room6:00pm Cub/Boy Scouts - Spirit Center Michelle Dunn 941-806-8133; Javier Aristimuño 941-232-80737:00pm Al-Anon - Chelsea Bavaria Room

Tuesday, September 87:30am Pray the Rosary - Church 8:00am Mass - Chapel

Wednesday, September 97:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel6:00pm AA - Chelsea Bavaria Room7:00pm Traditional Choir Rehearsal - Church Alex Dilan 941-923-1691

Thursday, September 107:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel9:30am Crafty Ladies - Spirit Center Faith Room Mary Hautanen 941-922-889210:00am Quilters of St. Thomas More - Spirit Charity Rm. Bonnie Lagner 941-921-1261

10:30am Contemplative Prayer - Chelsea Bavaria Room Ed Savoy 941-923-5706 6:00pm Girl Scouts - Chelsea Center Jill Crabill 260-341-75456:30pm Scouts Pack Committee - Spirit Center Michelle Dunn 941-806-8133; Javier Aristimuño 941-232-8073 7:00pm R.C.I.A. - Chelsea Center Sr. Judy Baldino 941-923-1691; [email protected]:00pm Knights of Columbus Council - Spirit Center Dan Bulinski 941-556-9673; [email protected]:00pm Contemporary Choir Rehearsal - Church Alex Dilan 941-923-1691

Friday, September 117:30am Pray the Rosary - Church8:00am Mass - Chapel12:00pm Cards & Mah Jongg - Chelsea Center 6:00pm AA Meeting - Chelsea Bavaria Room

Saturday, September 127:30am Pray the Rosary - Church 8:00am Mass - Chapel4:00pm Mass - Church

Sunday, September 138:00am, 9:45am, 11:30 am Masses - Church12:30pm Outside Event - Chelsea Garden Room8:00pm N.A. Meeting - Spirit Center8:00pm Nar-Anon Meeting - Spirit Center

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are you interested in being a part of the Music Ministry at st. thomas More?

simply call 941-923-1691 (ext 316) or hand in this form to the organist/Music Director aLeX DiLan. You may also email him at [email protected]. i am interested in: (check one)

___ contemporary choir rehearsals thursdays, 7-8:30 PM

___ traditional choir rehearsals begin Wednesday sept. 9 (7-8:30 PM)

___ Youth choir rehearsals begin tuesday, sept. 22; before Faith Formation on tuesdays 5:15 -6:00 PM

___ advanced Handbell ensemble Practice for the Dec. 11 & 12, 2015 christmas concert begins tuesday, sept. 29 @ 3:00-4:00 PM (must be able to read music)

name_____________________________________________________________ M____F____ age_____

Guardian/Parent (For Youth choir)______________________________________________________

Phone: home: ____________________________________ cell ___________________________________

e-mail ___________________________________________________________________________________

AROUND THE Diocese

Rosary RequestDo you have a rosary that you no longer use, and are willing to donate? Help someone admitted to the hospital to have comfort in prayer.

The Parish Office has received a request from the chaplain at Doctors Hospital for rosary donations. Often patients are admitted who do not have family nearby to bring them a rosary, or do not have funds to purchase one from the gift shop.

You may bring rosaries to our Parish Office during the week.

10 commandment HikeThe Diocese of Venice Scouting Office is inviting all Scouts, 1st-5th grade to the annual 10 commandment Hike, Saturday, September 19, DeSoto National Monument, 8280 DeSoto Memorial Highway, Bradenton.

The hike begins at 9:00 am and will include 10 stations where Scouts can learn about each commandment. We’ll conclude with a prayer service at the Eucharistic Memorial and cross at 12:30 pm, followed by lunch. Be sure to wear your uniform and have appropriate shoes for the hike. Siblings are also invited to participate.

For more information/register: Diocesan Scout Leader Bob Paquette at 941-966-4956 or [email protected].

scouting at St. thomas MoreCub Scouts Pack 100: Mondays - 6:00 pm in the Spirit Center. Boys ages 7-11 welcome! Pack Leader: Michelle Dunn 941-806-8133 or [email protected]

Boy Scouts Troop 100: Mondays - 6:00 pm in the Spirit Center. Boys ages 11-18 wel-come! Troop Leader: Javier Aristimuño 941-232-8073 or [email protected]

Girl Scouts Toop 780: Thursdays - 6:00 pm in the Chelsea Center.Girls ages 5-18 welcome! Troop Leader: Jill crabtree 260-341-7545

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