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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT B February 18, 2018

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

Saturday Vigil Mass 4:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses 7:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m. (free childcare) (choir)

11:30 a.m. (free childcare)

5:30 p.m. (Contemporary Music)

Weekday Masses Monday-Friday: 7:25 a.m.

Sat. 9:00 a.m

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 3:15 - 4:25 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:00 p.m. (or by appointment)

ASCENSION CATHOLIC SCHOOL www.ascensioncatholicsch.org U.S. Department of Education

School of Excellence Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade

FAITH FORMATION Religious Education

Pre-K3 - Gr. 1 Mondays 12:30-2:00 pm & 3:30-5:00pm

Pre-K3-6 Tuesdays, 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. Gr. 1-6 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Gr. 7-8 Wednesdays, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

YOUTH MINISTRY Sundays after 5:30 p.m. Mass

OUTREACH Ascension Thrift Store: 259-7291

Ascension Social Concerns: 259-5685

BINGO Thursdays

6:00 p.m., Parish Hall

As a good steward of the Lord’s blessings, please remember to consider your Parish Family or School Endowment in your Last Will and Testament.

ASCENSION CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

2950 N. Harbor City Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32935 Tel. 321-254-1595 -Fax 321-255-3490

www.ascensioncatholic.net

SERVED BY:

Rev. Eamon Tobin ....................... Ext. 3070 Pastor, email: [email protected]

Rev. Martin Fitzgerald ........ 321-254-1595 Associate Pastor

Deacon Sergio A. Colon ............. Ext. 3082 Bereavement Ministry, Hispanic Community [email protected]

Deacon Tom Stauffacher [email protected]—321-242-4504

Deacon Bill Terneus [email protected]—321-259-6168

Deacon Chris Meehan [email protected] —321-242-8003

Sr. Joseph Barden ........................ Ext. 3003 Development Director [email protected]

Sr. Immaculata ............................. Ext. 3039 Pastoral Care [email protected]

Anita Brady ................................... Ext. 3001 School Principal [email protected]

Mary Cunningham ....................... Ext. 3044 School/Parish Technology Director [email protected]

Betsy Glasenapp ........................... Ext. 3080 Faith Formation Director [email protected]

Mary Birmingham........................ Ext. 3068 Music/Liturgy Director, Catechumenate [email protected]

Cara Giuliano ............................... Ext. 3501 Middle/High School Youth Minister [email protected]

Shelly Wackley ............................. Ext. 3080 Faith Formation Assistant [email protected]

Ashley Breaux ............................... Ext. 3077 Contemporary Music [email protected]

Monica Sutton .............................. Ext. 3076 Volunteer Coordinator [email protected]

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday - 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

PARISH OFFICE STAFF

Teresa Romano ............................ Ext. 3050 Receptionist [email protected]

Mary Russo ................................... Ext. 3078 Business Manager/Bookkeeper [email protected]

Anne Dorros ................................. Ext. 3074 Assistant Bookkeeper [email protected]

Maria Sittig ................................... Ext. 3072 Secretary/Bulletin [email protected]

Brian Carley Facilities Manager [email protected]


Awakening to God’s Abiding Presence

This past summer while back in Ireland, I visited a small bookstore in the Cathedral where I was ordained in 1972. I purchased a book called A Life to Live - Awakening to God’s Abiding Presence by Fr. Jim O’Connell, a priest who spent many years in Africa with the Mill Hill Fathers.

Rushing through life causes us not to notice God’s presence

In his introduction to his book, Fr. Jim tells the following amazing story.

On a cold January morning in 2007, a youngish man entered a metro station in Washington, DC, and stood near the wall inside the station. He was wearing jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a baseball cap. From a small case, he carefully removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet, he threw some change into it and began to play. At a metro station it is not unusual to find a musician performing, but this was a performance with a differ-ence. The musician played six famous pieces of classical music in a performance that lasted around forty-five minutes. During the performance, over one thousand people entered the station, most of them on their way to work. Only seven people stopped and listened for a short while. Among them was one person who recognized the musician and she threw $20 into the case on the ground in front of him. Twenty-six others gave money, bringing the total in the open case to $32. The musician finished playing and there was silence. No one noticed and no one applauded. The violinist was Joshua Bell, “one of the finest classical musicians in the world, playing some of the most elegant music ever written, on one of the most valuable violins ever made.” Two days earlier, he played the same music at a sell-out concert in Boston, where the tickets cost $100. The Washington Post newspaper had arranged Josh-ua Bell’s performance at the metro station. He was play-ing a violin that was handcrafted by Antonio Stradivari in 1713. It had been acquired by Bell at a cost that was reported to be in the region of $3.5 million. What happened in Washington that January morning makes one wonder how much we miss as we rush

through life. We are left to ponder the great need to be more reflective and more in tune with the beauty and mystery around us. In the busy, hectic lives we live, we can miss the pearl of great price, the treasure hidden in the field of our daily living. Of course people have to work and get things done, but it is unfortunate when too much haste and too much activity close out the deeper aspects of life that are revealed in music, poetry, art, crea-tion, friendship and religious faith. Any or all of these can awaken the heart and help one to engage with mys-tery - the mystery of God. But it calls for time and effort on our part. St. Augustine wrote: “What calls for all our efforts in this life is the healing of the eye of the heart, with which God is to be seen.” We may or may not be aware of it as we rush through life, but God is always with us: “Invoked or not invoked, God is present.” We have, each of us, a life to live in God’s abiding presence. If we are lucky enough to grow up in a loving family, our hearts are awakening to an awareness of this from the beginning. But some of us only come to such awareness in adult life when we awak-en to the abiding presence of God in what is there before

our eyes in daily life. It can happen suddenly or it can take a lifetime. However long it takes, the God we meet and see is the same God. It does not really matter whether it hap-pens earlier or later in life. This is the lesson of the parable of the workers in the vineyard (Mt 20:1-16). Those who come late receive the same pay, the same reward, as those who

had begun work much earlier in the day. This may not be strictly just in our eyes, but it is God’s way of doing things; such boundless generosity flows from “the loving kindness at the heart of our God, who visits us like the dawn from on high” (The Benedictus).

Rooted in the ordinary. God is present in the kitchen just as much as in the chapel.

In this beautiful meditation, Fr. Jim writes:

Many writers stress the importance of “finding God in the ordinary,” in the lives we live. For Teresa of Avila, God was present in the kitchen as well as in the chapel. In fact, helping with the washing up had a special place in her scheme of things; she often recommended it for people who claimed to have visions and revelations. Therese of Lisieux developed the theory of ‘the little way’ which involved giving full and loving attention to whatever task is at hand, however humble it may be. Ruth Burrows, a Carmelite sister and one of the great spiritual writers of our time, stresses that “Holiness has to do with the ordinary things.” Jean Vanier returns time and again to the need to be rooted in the ordinary. In his book, The Broken Body, we read:

“What calls for all our

efforts in this life is the

healing of the eye of the

heart, with which God

is to be seen.”

- St. Augustine

Reflection: What spoke to you most in the above meditation?


The basis of true human life is a rooting in the earth, faithful relationships, fidelity to those to whom we are bonded in love, carrying one another’s burdens, sharing with them their joy and their pain. It is compassion and forgiveness. Small is truly beautiful. Jesus spent thirty gently loving years with Joseph and Mary, teaching us about being rooted, about a sense of belonging and form-ing community. Nazareth is our school of life, teaching us to live humbly in the presence of God, to work with our hands, to welcome people as they are, with their gifts and their hurts, to walk in truth, to open our hearts to people and to nature. And in all of this, our model is Joseph, Mary and Jesus in Nazareth. They teach us what it means to be human.

The thirty gentle, loving years that Jesus spent in Nazareth have special significance. For his friends and neighbours, Jesus was simply the son of Joseph and Mary; his true identity as the Son of God was well hid-den; nobody suspected anything. Few could believe he was the Messiah, precisely because he was so ordinary, so unlike what people imagined God to be. They were looking for the Messiah, but he did not live up to their expectations. In many ways, you could say he was too immersed in the ordinary things we take for granted. He was the carpenter’s son from Nazareth and lived like everyone else, in the most ordinary circumstances. His life in Nazareth is often referred to as ‘the Hidden Life’ of Jesus - because it was lived in such a quiet and apparently uneventful manner. We find total surprise and wonder later. People were asking about the wisdom that had been granted to him, and they were amazed at the miracles that he worked: “This is the carpenter’s son, surely? Is not his mother the woman called Mary?” (Mt 13:55). They simply saw the son of the carpenter and the child of Mary living an ordinary, even obscure life in which his true identity was hidden. During his public life, his listeners “were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth” (Lk 4:21). But those lips were silent for thirty years - as far as the public was concerned; there is only one recorded sen-tence from that period: “Did you not know that I must be about my Father’s interests?” (Lk 2:49). Luke pulls back the veil for a few seconds and Jesus then returned to the ordinary daily life at Nazareth, where the stream of love continued to flow between the Father and himself in an outwardly uneventful life. We can learn a lesson from the life in Nazareth: Jesus teaches us to treasure ordinary life as the place to live our lives in God’s abiding presence. Holiness is rooted in the ordinary and is open to every-body.

I weave into my life this day, the presence of God upon my way. I weave into the darkest night, strands of God all shining bright. I weave into each deed that’s done, joy and hope of the Risen Son.

(An Irish prayer)

Restless for God

Fr. Jim writes further:

It is not surprising that Evelyn Underhill (and others) used the image of migration to describe our journey to God. As she saw it, we have an inner instinct or restless-ness that draws us like a magnet deeper and further into the mystery of God. There is a deep desire for God in the human heart – planted there by God. It is like having one’s own ‘inner radar’ - an inner longing, thirst and craving for God that leads to a relentless quest. The psalmist prayer: “As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God” (Ps 42). St. Augustine summed it up in his prayer: “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” St. John of the Cross was “fired with love’s urgent long-ings” as he craved for a union of love with God. He stressed that it is for this we were created and for this we are always hungering: “The heart is dissatisfied with anything less than God; it was for this goal of love that we were created.” Nothing less than a union of love with God will ‘satisfy the heart.’ Old myths and legends express it this way: they that before we were born God kissed and caressed our souls. That left a permanent mark, an imprint of a love so deep and pure that we go through life wanting to return to the original experience of such tender love. The memory of God’s kiss and caress has created a sacred space deep inside our hearts that is personal and precious. It is the place where our inner instincts, our restlessness, our desire for God are all deeply rooted.

Look into the depths of your heart and ask your-self: do you have a heart that desires something great, or a heart that has been lulled to sleep by things? Has your heart preserved the restlessness of seeking? God awaits you; God seeks you.

(Pope Francis)

Have a blessed Lent, [email protected]

Old myths and

legends express

it this way:

Before we were

born, God kissed

and caressed

our souls.




Next Sunday’s Readings February 25, 2018 B

Second Sunday of Lent

Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 Psalm 116:10, 15-19

Romans 8:31-34 — Mark 9:2-10

Relate an experience when a person turned out to be much more than you expected.

Ascension Catholic Teens Action Nights begin after 5:30pm Mass

7:00 - 8:30pm Any high school teen is welcome!

For more information, contact [email protected].

EDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL MINISTRY

For all 7th & 8th graders on Wednesdays, 6-7:30pm, in the Youth Room. Please make sure to fill out a registration form if you haven’t already done so. For more information, contact Cara Giuliano at

254-1595 ext. 3501 or [email protected].

We have secured spots for the Middle School Steubenville Day Rally in West Palm Beach on Saturday, March 3, 2018! This is a youth rally for middle school students (6th-8th grade). The rally is specialized to address the resources and needs of today’s Catholic youth. Where: Palm Beach Lakes High School, 3505 Shiloh Drive, West Palm Beach Florida When: March 3, 2018. Bus will leave Ascension Catholic Church parking lot at 6:30am and return at approx 11:30pm. Cost: $100 per teen How: To register, complete the attached paperwork and drop off with payment to either Edge night or the parish front office. We have limited number of spaces so it will be first come, first serve.

Ascension Catholic Teens have secured spots for Life Teen Summer Camp Hidden Lake in Dahlonega, Georgia, from Monday, July 16, to Saturday, July 21. Each week, hundreds of high school teens gather together at the different Life Teen camps throughout the country. Any teen enrolled in 9th-12th grade for the 2018/2019 school year is welcome to register.

Registration info and paperwork can be found at ascensioncatholic.net. Contact Cara Giuliano at

[email protected] for info.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY

Stations of the Cross Fridays during Lent 5:30pm in Church

FRIDAY FISH DINNERS

FRIDAY, February 23 6-7pm (after Stations) Parish Hall

Menu: Fried or baked fish, French fries, cole slaw, mac n’ cheese, and simple desserts Cost: Adults: $7.00; Kids under 12: $3.00

Sign up in the Parish Hall or call the Church Office. Cutoff is 12 noon Thursday, February 22.

This is necessary so we know how much food is needed to prepare the dinner.

Ascension Catholic School Mission Statement

Ascension Catholic School is committed to maintaining a Catholic Community of

companion on the journey toward academic excellence, global service and lifelong learning. We live this out by showing respect to all people, by being responsible for our actions, by showing reverence, and by making right choices.

Parish Office closed Monday,

February 19, for President’s Day

Our

Edge

Middle

School

teens made

Valentine’s

cards for

those in

the

hospital

and

homebound

parishioners.

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mailto:[email protected]


ROSARY-MAKING MINISTRY

Rosary Ministry meets Sundays, 1:00-3:00 pm

in Buescher Center, Room 410

Next Meeting: March 4, 2018

If interested, call Michi Davis at 242-8092.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Vacations, illness, absent snowbirds and just life take a toll on the availability of adorers. If you can find an hour to commit to Jesus, consider the Adoration Chapel. Jesus wants you there and through the Holy Spirit is calling you! For info, contact Sam Rodríquez at 795-9813 or [email protected].

Sunday 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am, 5pm, 7pm, 8pm,

10pm

Monday 3am, 8am, 4pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm

Tuesday 2am, 3am, 4am, 8am, 6pm, 11pm

Wednesday 12am, 1am, 2am, 11am, 11pm

Thursday 12am, 1am, 3am, 4am, 1pm, 2pm, 6pm,

9pm, 11pm

Friday 12am, 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am, 3pm, 6pm,

10pm, 11pm

Saturday 12am, 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am, 6am, 7pm,

8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm

VOCATIONS CUP

The Vocations Cup for February will go out at

the Sunday 5:30pm Mass.

If you’d like to sign up, please contact Jim Chatman

at 321-223-8963 or [email protected].

NEW BEREAVEMENT RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP

A new Bereavement Recovery Support Group is now availa-ble. We will meet the first and third Friday of the month in the Church library from 1:30 to 3:00pm. For more information, call Carol Gessler, group leader, at 779-7850.

Contemplative Prayer (Prayer of the Heart)

“Be still and know that I am God.” (Ps 46:10)

Tuesdays at 7:00pm—Ministry Bldg, Room 304

For info, contact Pam Lackie at 259-2431.

Sisters of Strength

Survivors of abuse journeying together toward healing and holiness through God’s grace and mercy

Prayer and support group using a 12-step program format. Next meeting is March 5th at 7:00pm

in Ministry Bldg, Rm 302 and every other Monday thereafter. Contact Tracey Mahoney with any questions at 475-298-6121

(call or text) or at [email protected].

Knights of Columbus 40 CANS FOR LENT

CHALLENGE

Looking for a simple Lenten sacrifice? Our goal is to increase the donations given to our food pantry at Ascension Social Concerns during the Lenten Season. Ascension's Knights Council 14573 is challenging all parishion-ers to join them in their 40 CANS FOR LENT food drive. The plan is simple: purchase and donate one can of food per day for the 40 days during the Lenten season starting Ash Wednesday, and ending Good Friday, March 30. Please bring your cans to the Church and place them in the baskets already designated for food collection. You may bring them all at once or a little at a time. To accept this challenge, please contact Doug Blair at 321-412-2191 or [email protected]. You can also sign up at the Friday Night Fish Fries, or in the parish hall after the Sunday morning Masses.

As in previous years, we

will not be using incense at

the Sunday 7:30am Mass,

in consideration of those

with asthma or allergies.

Genetic Counselling for Cancer

Recently, in a conversation with a school dad, I (Fr. Eamon) discovered that he is involved with a line of work that may be of great interest for some of you or for someone you know. I asked Matt to write up something for our bulletin.

My name is Matt Herbst and I am a board certified

Genetic Counselor providing cancer counseling and

organization of genetic testing and results interpretation.

This testing can help identify personalized cancer screen-

ings as well as anyone in your family who may be at

risk. If you or someone in your family under the age of

45 was diagnosed with Breast, Colon, or Ovarian cancer,

there may be a hereditary cancer syndrome in your fami-

ly. If you are interested, please call me at 321-890-4160

or email at [email protected].


Social Concerns & Food Pantry

GREAT NEWS “Loaves and Fishes Challenge” IS BACK!

Loaves & Fishes Challenge starts March 1 and runs through April 30, 2018. All financial donations to Social Concerns will be substantially subsidized by anonymous donors. The more of a donation we receive, the more of a donation they will send to us. This challenge has always had a major impact on our food pantry. Social Concerns gives assistance each year to over 20,000 individuals. This challenge raises funds so we can continue to feed those in our community through the tough summer months when the demands are greater. During the summer, we do not have the same flow of food donations with kids out of school and snowbirds leaving us. Thank you, all, for your support!

Our donors would like to remain anonymous; however, we want to THANK THEM with all our heart. This is truly gracious and we appreciate it. God bless.

Be a part of the Challenge!

Please make checks payable to:

Ascension Catholic Social Concerns

Write in the memo: Loaves & Fishes Challenge

Mail to: 1238 Aurora Rd., Melbourne, FL 32935

or drop in the offertory basket during Mass.

Social Concerns will be closed Monday, Feb. 19, for President’s Day.

Tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce, powdered milk, tuna helper, tuna, peanut butter, jelly, pork & beans, canned

fruits, canned potatoes.

DAILY BREAD VOLUNTEERS

Daily Bread is a local soup kitchen that serves a hot meal eve-ry day to our homeless and people in need. Ascension mem-bers are a huge part of making this happen. Daily Bread is located at 815 Fee Ave. Please consider volunteering with one of our teams from 10:30am to 2:15pm on:

Tues, Feb. 27: Contact Betsy or Bill Hampton at

321-254-0418

Ladies Auxiliary Supporting the Knights of Columbus

Council 14573

We invite all ladies of the parish whose husbands are current or deceased members of the Knights of Columbus to please join us for our monthly meetings on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00pm in the Ministry Building Room 313.

For membership information, please contact Kathy Ameigh at [email protected] or

Sharon Hunton at [email protected].

To all Hispanics at Ascension!

As we all know, Ascension Church is a diversified community. We, Hispanics, as part of this diversity, are having a Spanish Mass every third Sunday of the month at 2:30 pm. This is a way for us to enjoy our “Cultural Values” and at the same time identify the talents we can offer to our Ascension community.

Fr. Martin is very fluent in Spanish and, together with our Deacon Sergio, will celebrate this Mass. Let us all join them once a month.

Monsignor Martin B. Power Council 14573

PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF ASCENSION CATHOLIC CHURCH

Looking for a way to follow our Lord in what He asked all of us to do.

Charity We volunteer in many efforts to “love thy neighbor.” Unity We support our parish and community. Fraternity We work together as brothers. Patriotism We love our country.

Our activities and projects are centered on the above 4 principles

Contacts: Grand Knight Gerry Grillo @ 321-652-2266

Deputy Grand Knight Charlie Hunton @ 502-762-1731 Membership Director John Miller @ 321-794-6620

ANNUAL DAY OF REFLECTION

Space Coast Alliance of

Small Christian Communities

Father Dave Pivonka, TOR

“Be A Disciple”

Saturday, March 10

8:30am to 3:30pm

Church of Our Saviour

5301 N. Atlantic Ave.

Cocoa Beach

$12 pp - includes lunch

and all materials

Info: Becky Richard

at 321-613-5352 or

[email protected]

The Wild Goose Is Loose!



Southern Deanery of the Council of Catholic Women Scholarship

The Southern Deanery of the Council of Catholic Wom-

en is offering a $500 scholarship to an active Catholic

high school student who will be a graduate at the end of

the 2018-2019 school year. For criteria and to apply,

please contact Cara Guiliano at 254-1595 ext. 3501.

Submit your request for an email copy of the application to [email protected].

All applications are due back by March 15, 2018.

Ascension School’s 24th

Annual Gala

“Masquerade Ball”

Saturday, March 3

6:30 - 11:00 pm

Enjoy delicious food, drinks, music and

dancing, live and silent auctions.

Meet old friends and make new ones.

Cost: $60 per person:

$70pp for a reserved table of 8

Proceeds will be used to purchase Science

and Social Studies books and materials for

the school.

Tickets will be on sale after all the week-

end Masses. You can also place the RSVP

cards in the collection basket.

ASCENSION CATHOLIC TEENS

SPRING RETREAT - MARCH 10 & 11

GLORY REVEALED

Sponsors, Ads, and Donations

are welcome.

Contact Sr. Joseph Barden at

321-254-1595 ext. 3003 or

[email protected].

THE BASICS Retreat is overnight at Ascension. Meet at Ascension—

10:00am, Saturday, March 10. Retreat ends on Sunday,

March 11, with 5:30pm Mass. Teens are expected to

come for the entire duration of the Retreat. Cost is $60.

Early bird rate is $50 by February 25. Forms and pay-

ment due by March 1.


Mon. 7:30 am † Nieves Gonzalez

† Norman Benz

Tues. 7:30 am † Paul Staub

† Adolph Serfin

Wed. 7:30 am † Wayne Lynch

† Angela Green

8:30 am † Hank Laneuville

† Anita Barrett

Thur. 7:30 am † Richard A. Doris

† Hank Laneuville

Fri. 7:30 am † Jose J. Francisco

† Joseph Kelly

Sat. 9:00 am † Maryann LaPointe

† Rosamund Marie Packer

4:30 pm † Gina Viotto

† Doris & Harold Heffern

Sun. 7:30 am † Kathie Bedsaul

† Wendy Lucier

9:30 am People of the Parish

11:30 am † Ramon Garcia

† Alfredo & Philomena Pirolo

5:30 pm † Peggy Aubrey

† Bonnie Hartley

SERVERS’ SCHEDULE – February 24/25, 2018

Sat 4:30 pm: Madison & Reagan Henry, Jane Cichock

Sun 7:30 am: Erin & Kellen Fitzgerald

Sun 9:30 am: Caitlin & Coleman Anderson,

Jack Gander

Sun 11:30 am: Kendra & Kensly Jean, Martin Pham

Sun 5:30 pm: Blaine & Leila & C.J. Timmer

Week beginning Monday, February 19, 2018

and ending Sunday, February 25, 2018

Greg Grasso, Harry Wright, Fred Barlow, Betty Elko, Madeline Maiello, CVS, Natalie Carle, Claire Grasso, Mia Moore, Walker Alldredge, Caridad Mederos, Carmelia Navarretta, Peggy McKelvey, Helen Burzese, Cathi Hurd, Bill Sears, Ted Stoner, Betsy Coradine, Joan Barco,

Rose Struzinski, Midge Sauer, Kathleen Troast, Beth Mills, Linda Kohler, Mary Moore, Anthony Tynes, Loretta Allewelt, Billy Kohler, Baby Abigail Carney, Baby Zane, Betty DelBalzo, Betty Berneski, Mary Laird, Eugena Krassel, John Kelly, Jim Eisen-mann, John Ochu, Laurie Chatman, Marge Pearsall, Marilou Grimm, Jean Milmark, Terri Sills, Bob Mortimer, Paul Ripley, Gary Tam, Allison Riley, Richard Furstenburg, Maybelle McGee, Susie Schumacker, Julie Bodicker, Amanda Oudwa, John Thor-stad, Marian Sampieri, Robert Hinnant, Joan Loft, Leslie Selage, Grace Petersen, Mitch Farrell, Margaret Farides, Rosita Alcina, Mary Ellen Ritter, Maureen Kurtz, Betsy Golson, Virginia Radayhag

Please pray for those in the nursing homes.

Pray for our Armed Forces Personnel overseas Dan Murray, Joseph Marci, Bryan Outly, Anthony Torres, Joseph McDuffie, Samuel Luke, Michael Walsh, Robert Crowl, Bryan Calenda, David Barlow, Dylan Traver, Wesley Henry, Marty Martinez, Jonathan Martinez, Bryan Satterwhite, Capt. Kyle McDermott, John Kinsora, Nicholas Owens, Josh Grier, Robert Grover, Rory O’Connor, Shane O’Connor, Alex Ritner, Kyle Mimbs, Kristin Agresta, Andrew Nemethy, Scott Loftin, Lance Freeberg, Theresa Mavity, Matthew Hammond, Daniel Amulong, Dr. Jerry Higman, Thomas Salmon, Margaret-Anne Sytxma, John Egan

John & Elizabeth Mack 58 years Feb 20

Phil & Kristin Webster 18 years Feb 19

Wedding Anniversaries

Mission Trip To Haiti

Would you like to help some of the poorest people in the Western Hemisphere—people who lack the very basics of life, including clean water, adequate nutrition, and health care? These people live in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. A medical mission of 14 personnel, including 6 Ascension parishioners, will be travelling to Haiti in March to provide health care. This team is sponsored by Melbourne Medical Mission, a local non-profit charitable organization. In addition to the medical care our team will offer, we would like to collect the following items for distribution:

Adult, children and infant Tylenol (Acetaminophen); adult, children and infant ibuprofen; adult and children aspirin; adult and children vitamins. Also: travel size soap, reading glasses, saline nose spray, Deet mosquito wipes

Please place your donated items in the box in Our Lady’s Chapel, labeled Haiti Medical Mission. Items will be collected throughout the month of February.

For further information, please contact Dr. Richard Wilson at 321-242-2860 or [email protected], OR

Margaret Nemethy at 321-536-6974 or [email protected].

SUNDAY MORNING DONUT HELP

We are in need of help Sunday mornings at

5:30am in the Parish Hall for setting up Coffee

& Donuts for the morning Masses.

If you can help us out, please contact

Rosanna Harris at 646-441-7837

or John Miller at 321-794-6620.


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ATTENTION: WOMEN OF ASCENSION

Are the daily challenges becoming too great? Come experience a weekend retreat at Our Lady of Florida Spiritual Center to recap-ture your peace of mind and the joys of God’s creation. You will return home relaxed and renewed, better able to cope in a busy world. Our Lady of Florida Spiritual Center offers us time off to celebrate life, love, hope, joy, faith and fellowship. The date for the Retreat is April 13-15, 2018. We carpool. Please join us.

For more information, please call Margaret McDunnough at 321-253-3015, or email [email protected]. For applications, ask at the Parish Office. Give me a call, will pick up and send all together.


Experience a personal spiritual renewal and an abundance of love in Christian Community. Christ Renews His Parish is a retreat weekend open to every adult member of ASCENSION Parish. A retreat given “by” parishioners, “for” parishioners

Christ Renews His Parish is a process designed to bring members of our parish together in Christ. It is a multi-part gift to yourself that keeps on giving as you pass the gift of Christ to other parish-ioners and into your world.

This is an opportunity to spend about 36 hours away from the everyday world, a time for listening, sharing, praying, fun and food. A team of parishioners, along with a Spiritual Director, have formed in prayer and love to offer this gift to you. They will share with you on our parish campus.

THIS IS NOT A SILENT RETREAT. The emphasis is on personal and community renewal–sharing by the team and in small groups in a liturgical, scriptural, prayerful and relaxed atmos-phere. There is no pressure to share or talk. Sensitivity to you and your needs is always respected. Accommodations are simple but adequate. Arrangements can be made to accommodate your special need or diet. All meals are prepared for you. Attire is casual and comfortable clothing.

WOMEN’S RETREAT March 10-11, 2018

MEN’S RETREAT March 24-25, 2018

For more information, contact:

WOMEN’S RETREAT: Cheryl Kisiel at 413.250.0865 or [email protected] —or Becky Gill at 321.961.3196 or [email protected]

MEN’S RETREAT: John Kisiel at 413-250-8403 or [email protected] —or Joseph Zeromski at 760-500-6074 or [email protected]

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Parish Mission with Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR March 11-13, 2018

Date - Time Topic

Sunday, March 11, 7:00pm Freedom to Love

Removing blocks to God’s love. Eight priests will be available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Monday, March 12, 7:00pm Monument to Freedom

Dealing with life’s crosses and suffering. The evening will end with a time of Adoration followed with prayers for healing.

Tuesday, March 13, 7:00pm The Spirit Brings Freedom

This talk will take place within the celebration of the Eucharist. After Holy Communion, prayers for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

Free childcare for those who call the office ahead of time.

A social with refreshments in the Parish Hall after each session.

Presenter: Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR

Fr. Dave, a Franciscan priest, has spent the past twenty years preaching parish missions in America and other parts of the world. He is the author of several books: Spiritual Freedom - God’s Life Changing Gift, Breath of God, Hiking the Camino - 500Miles with Jesus.

In January, Fr. Dave gave a mission at Holy Name. The Church was almost filled each evening. Please begin to think of folks you can invite to the mission. They will not be disappointed.

Fr. Dave is also responsible for The Wild Goose, a 14-part video series which explores our relationship with the Holy Spirit. For more information, go to www.thewildgooseisloose.com.

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