Bulletin - Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel, Pensacola, FL

BASILICA OF
S T. M I C H A E L T H E A R C H A N G E L
December 28, 2014
HERE TO SERVE YOU
Very Rev. Joseph P. Callipare,
Rector
rector@stmichael.ptdiocese.org
Deacon Stephen Wulf
deacon@stmichael.ptdiocese.org
Aleli Varias
Administrative Assistant to the Rector
office@stmichael.ptdiocese.org
Tootie Wanek
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Thursday
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Friday
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday Masses
9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Weekday Mass
Monday - Friday: 12:10 p.m.
Parish Marriage Coordinator
marriage@stmichael.ptdiocese.org
Holy Days
12:10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Mike McCracken
SACRAMENT OF
RECONCILIATION
Music Director
emem412@bellsouth.net
John Branigan
Facilities Manager
jrbranigan@att.net
Monday - Thursday
11:30 a.m.— Noon
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Each Friday
11:00 a.m.—Noon
Prayer for Families
Loving God,
During this holy season of Christmas, we ask for your blessing on all families.
Let Mary’s openness to your wondrous ways be an inspiration to place all trust in you.
Let Joseph’s courage provide hope during times of anxiety and uncertainty.
Let Jesus’ life ignite all families with a spirit of light and love.
May the grace that encircled the Holy Family widen to embrace all families.
For this we pray.
Amen
19 North Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida 32502
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 12423
Pensacola, Florida 32591-2423
850-438-4985 (Office)
850-433-9758 (Fax)
Web: http://stmichael.ptdiocese.org
Facebook: PensacolaBasilica
Twitter: @PcolaBasilica
Smartphone App: myParishApp.com
QR Code:
(quick link to
Basilica Website)
Next Week at the Basilica
Mass Intentions and Readings for the Week
Octave of Christmas Continues
Mon., Dec. 29th
11:30 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 30th
11:30 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
Wed., Dec 31st
Fifth Day within the Octave of the
Nativity of the Lord
1 Jn 2:3-11/Lk 2:22-35
Confessions
Debra Manuel (+)
Sixth Day within the Octave of the
Nativity of the Lord
1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40
Confessions
Debra Manuel (+)
Sun., Jan 4
◊ Sung Vespers for The Epiphany,
4:00 p.m.
Tues., Jan 6
◊ Needlework Group, 10:00 a.m.
◊ Finance Committee, 4:00 p.m.
◊ PAC, 6:30 p.m.
Wed., Jan 7
◊ Women’s Study Group, 10:00 a.m.
◊ Religious Education, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
◊ Knights of Columbus, 7:00 p.m.
Seventh Day within the Octave of the
Nativity of the Lord
1 Jn 2: 18-21/Jn 1:1-18
No 12:10 p.m. Mass
The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
4:00 p.m.
Vigil Mass of the Solemnity
Nm 6: 22-27/Gal 4:4-4-7/Lk 2:16-20
Anthony & Mary Callipare (+)
Thurs., Jan 1st
10:00 a.m.
Solemnity of Mary
Nm 6:22-27/Gal 4:4-4-7/Lk 2:16-20
Intentions of the Parish
Weekday of the Christmas Season
Fri., Jan. 2nd
12:10 p.m.
Sun., Jan 4th
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory
Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors
1 Jn 2:22-28,Jn1:19-28
David & Gregory Flores (+)
The Epiphany of the Lord
Is 60: 1-6/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12
Holy Souls (+)
Intentions of the Parish
Home Visits: Will resume January 12, 2015
Parish Office will be closed December 31 - January 2.
Regular hours resume January 5.
Stewardship of Treasure for Sunday, Dec.14, 2014
In-Church Offerings: $ 4,669.64
On-Line Offerings:
$ 291.67
Total Offertory:
$ 4,961.31
Retirement Fund for Religious: $1,707.00
Women’s Study Group will resume on Wednesday,
January 7 at 10:00 a.m. in the Community Center. We are
continuing our study in the “Companions for the Journey” series with the book entitled, “Praying With St.
John of the Cross”. If you have any questions or want to
know more, feel free to drop in and check us out or contact Dee Toups at 206-0074 or deetoups@gmail.com
Celebrate Faith 2015: Hearts on Fire! January 24, 2015 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island. This diocesan
conference is not only an occasion to be
“charged up” or “renewed” in our Catholicism,
but it also gives us the opportunity to come together as a
diocesan family from as far as Perry, FL to Pensacola and
places in between.
The speakers include Dr. Scott Hahn, Father Thomas
Rosica, CSB, and Sara Torres.
The parish will pay half of any registration; $20 per individual or $50 per family.
To register, log onto www.ptdiocese.org, then Event
Registration. Registration closes Jan. 12, 2015.
In our charity we remember in prayer:
Due to early deadlines, report for Dec. 21st will be in the Jan. 4,
2015 bulletin; Christmas & Dec. 28th in the Jan. 11th bulletin.
Jeff Martorell, David and Elijah Sudhoff, Gail Cravey, James
McKenzie, Donna and Joe Wcislo, Bobbie Dannelly, Patricia Burke,
Fred Esposito, Cathy Chrisco, Alice Boudreaux, Irene Hinkle, Joseph
Davis, Sandra Vinson, Kimberly Ann Jordan, Stephen Ruminski,
Dottie Yochem, Bill Kennedy, Dorothy Standley, Rene Hoffman, Rita
Finneran, Ed and Joyce Vignolo, Jenny Caro, Sherrie Baroco, Jonathon Goley, Greg Kerry
Cover Photo is the Adoration of the Shepherd Boy from The Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel stained glass windows.
If you wish to add or remove anyone from our prayer list,
please call Nancy Scholls at 434-2931.
Future Events at the Basilica
Mon., Jan. 12th -
◊ Our Lady’s Sodality, 4:30 p. m.
Social; Business 5:00 p.m.
Sun., Jan 18th -
◊ St. Vincent de Paul, 10:00 a.m.
St. Vincent de Paul - Through your genorosity,
the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to bring
Christmas to the hearts of the poor by assisting 4
families with Christmas toys, providing 100 families with food, hotel stays from one day up to two weeks for
those displaced in the area. Thank you!
As we remember the poor during this New Year may we
also grow in wisdom and have the favor of God upon us.
Bunco Party to Help our Seminarians: The
NW Deanery of the DCCW will be holding a
BUNCO PARTY to help raise money for our
seminarians. Location for this fun filled event
is in the Family Life Center at St Anne - Bellview, 5200 Saufley Field Rd. The event will take place on
Thursday January 15, 2015 @ 1:00pm-4:00pm. Cost is
$10.00 per person at the door. Women, men and children
over 10 years of age are invited to participate. If you do not
know how to play BUNCO no problem, we will show you
how - it’s a very easy game to learn. Any questions, please
contact Kathy Bullard at 850-455-3245 or NW Deanery
President, Martha Seep at 850-587-6007. For reservations
please call the office at St Anne's at 850-456-5966. Refreshments will be available during the event.
Marriage Jubilarian Mass - This annual celebration
will be held in Pensacola on Sunday, February 15th
at 2:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
Bishop Gregory L. Parkes will be the principal celebrant. If
at any time in 2015 couples who are celebrating marriage of
exactly 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 50, 45, and 50 years or
any year over 50 are invited to attend. You may register
online at ptdiocese.org, under “event registration”. For information, contact the Office of Marriage and Family Life, Angela Marks at 435-3532 or email at marksa@ptdiocese.org
Televised Mass for Shut-ins is available every Sunday
morning at 10:30 on WJTC-TV (Mobile). Catholic in
America follows each Sunday on WJTC at 11:00 a.m. The
programs address topics that are very relevant in today’s society and inspire viewers to remain faithful to Scripture and
the teachings of Christ.
The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is committed to
healing hearts of sexual abuse victims and has established
Victims Assistance Coordinators who are experienced &
trained counselors to help people who have been sexually
abused. The Coordinator for the program in this area is Dr.
Louis Makarowski; he may be reached at 850-477-7181.
Dear Parishioners,
The Sunday following Christmas is always dedicated to the Holy Family. The gospel for this feast is from
Luke where the infant Jesus is presented in the Temple
according to Jewish custom. Simeon praises and thanks
God for the Messiah who has come. He predicts the
child’s future as well as the sorrow from his life that will
pierce his mother’s heart. Even the Holy Family had its
ups and downs. As the gospels of Matthew and Luke tell
us there seemed to be more downs than ups at the beginning.
Five of our twenty-five Emil Frei stained glass
windows are of different moments in the life of the Holy
Family. Three windows are of happiness and two of fear
or sorrow. See if you can identify them the next time you
are in Church.
All these windows tell a story of a life that
changed the world. These windows tell a story of a God
who so loved the world, He took on human flesh to dwell
among us. These windows tell a story of a God who suffered like we suffer, who rejoices like we rejoice, but
loves more perfectly than we do.
These windows are a great gift to the family of St.
Michael of every generation. With their pallet of vibrant
colors each window contributes to the story of our salvation. We posthumously thank the families who in 1920
contributed approximately $25,000 to make these windows a reality as well as Fr. Fullerton’s vision.
Today I thank the families who are the Basilica of
St. Michael today. The families who worship here Sunday
after Sunday, the families who support the parish with
their treasure according to their means, the families who
support the parish with their time and the families who
support the parish with their talents. How many of you are
involved in some aspect of the Sunday Mass celebration
whether it is singing, reading, Eucharistic ministry, sacristans, the “holy wash” or Church readiness, how many of
you are responsible for the weekly post-Mass coffees and
menus, how many of you are active Knights of Columbus
or active in Our Lady’s Sodality, how many of you are
involved in our Finance and Pastoral Advisory Councils,
how many of you are involved with our education of children, how many of you have responded to parish work
days? I could go on and on, but the bottom line is, like
Simeon in the gospel, I praise and thank God for all who
are the Holy Family of the Basilica of St. Michael.
May we always be willing to share the love God
has for each of us with and in our Basilica family.
Blessed Christmas season & Happy New Year,
Father Joe Callipare