St. Anthony of Padua Church www.sapparish.org December 13, 2015

Special Jubilee Year of Mercy + December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In today’s Gospel we hear the prophet John the Baptist being asked a

profound stewardship question: “What should we do?” Each group wants to

know the appropriate response to John’s call; each reply points to how they

should treat others. John does not simply say, “Be baptized.” Rather, he points

them to their jobs and personal relationships. The message of John the Baptist

is simple: judgment is near, and repentance includes treating others well. We

should be willing to share what we have with those in need. To listen to John

the Baptist is to be called to account. Do I give only of my excess, or am I the

good steward who is willing to sacrifice in order to help others?

Article from: www.catholicstewardship.com

TRY * SHOW * LIVE GOD’S MERCY

UPCOMING EVENTS

Special Music at St. Anthony:

Thursday, December 24; Midnight Mass:

Musical favorites for Epiphany including “The

First Noel” and more with Guest Singers.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: If you are interested in becoming Catholic, it’s not too late to join RCIA. Please call the parish office for information on how to register. 3

Religious Education: Registration for classes are still being accepted. Classes held each Tuesday from 6:15pm to 7:30pm in the school auditorium. Parents are required to pick their child up from the auditorium at dismissal. Contact Joyce at 482-3984 for info.

Rooted in God's Love: Looking for a Day of Prayer? Join Rosaryville on Tuesday, December 15 for a day of prayer and reflection on being rooted in God's love. The day starts at 9:00 AM with coffee and fellowship. The talk begins at 9:30 with discussion and quiet time for reflection. Lunch will be served at noon. The cost of the day is $35 and will include Mass. The day ends around 2:30 PM.

2016 JANUARY RETREAT: The Catholic Charismatic Renewal of New Or-leans (CCRNO) will sponsor its annual Holy Spirit Teen and Young Adult Retreat on January 8-10 at the Landmark Hotel on Severn Avenue in Met-airie. Registration closes December 15. For info visit www.ccrno.org or atyouth@ccrno.org.

Save the Date:

MLK Day of Service Honoring the Legacy and

Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday,

January 18, 2016. For details or to register,

please call 861-6207.

Divine Mercy Conference:

“Open Wide the Doors of My Mercy”, February

26 4 pm to 10pm; February

27 8 am to Noon, at St. An-

thony of Padua. A Love offer-

ing will be taken, The Vatican

grants Plenary Indulgence for

the Extraordinary Year of

Mercy. See the flyer in the rear

of the Church for more details.

Support the Elderly Religious

Aging religious need your help. In the U.S.

today, there are more than 33,000 senior

Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious or-

der priests. These religious worked tirelessly

in Catholic schools, hospitals, and agencies,

usually for little to no pay. As a result, many

religious communities lack adequate savings

for retirement and eldercare. Your gift to the

Retirement Fund for Religious

helps provide medications and more.

Please be generous.

Thanksgiving Donations

The Social Apostolate would like to thank those who

contributed monetary donations to provide needy families with food for Thanksgiving. Your kindness blessed

over 80 families this year.

May God our Father bless you 100-fold for your generosity!

Christmas Church Decorating

We are asking for your assistance to help

us decorate the Church for Christmas.

We will begin decorating at 9:00 am

Thursday, December 24, 2015.

If you are able to help,

Sign-up sheets are on the information

table in the back of the church.

Thanks and God bless!

Third Sunday of Advent ~ III Domingo de Adviento

UN MOMENTO DE CORRESPONSABILIDAD

En el Evangelio de hoy nosotros escuchamos la profunda pregunta de

corresponsabilidad hecha al profeta Juan el Bautista: “¿Qué debemos hacer?”

cada grupo desea conocer la respuesta apropiada al llamado de Juan; cada re-

spuesta señala e instruye cómo deben ellos tratar a otros. Juan no dice simple-

mente, “sean bautizados.” Más bien, él se dirige a sus trabajos y a sus relaciones

personales. El mensaje de Juan es simple: el juicio está cerca, y el

arrepentimiento incluye tratar bien a los otros. Nosotros debemos estar

dispuestos a compartir lo que tenemos con aquellos en necesidad. Escuchar a

Juan el Bautista es ser llamado a rendir cuentas. ¿Doy

solamente de lo que me sobra, o soy el buen correspon-

sable dispuesto al sacrificio para ayudar a otros?

Próximos eventos

RICA:

Adultos que estan interesados en convertirse en

católico o que necesitan cualquiera de los sacra-

mentos, incluyendo los que están casados civil-

mente y quieren casarse en la iglesia, pueden

llamar a la oficina.

El Arbol que Regala:

Estamos a una semana para dar regalos al Ar-

bol Generoso. Porfavor entregue su regalo en-

vuelto con el angel y coloque debajo del arbol

en la iglesia a mas tardar el Domingo 13 a la

1:00 pm en la oficina. Limite su regalo a $25.00.

Sigue rogando por las madres y por sus hijos, por las esposas y sus maridos y por todos los pobres pecadores que necesita-mos convertirnos. Mónica significa dedi-cada a la oración y a la vida espiritual. Santa Mónica es famosa por haber sido la madre de San Agustín y por haber lo-grado la conversión de su hijo. Sus pa-dres encomendaron la formación de sus hijas a una mujer muy religiosa pero de muy fuerte disciplina. Ella deseaba dedicarse a la vida de oración y de sole-dad (como su nombre lo indica) pero sus padres dispusieron que tenía que

esposarse con un hombre llamado Patri-cio. Este era un buen trabajador, pero terriblemente malgeniado, y además mujeriego, jugador y sin religión ni gusto por lo espiritual. La hizo sufrir lo que no está escrito y por treinta años ella tuvo que aguantar los tremendos estallidos de ira de su marido que gritaba por el me-nor disgusto, pero éste jamás se atrevió a levantar la mano contra ella. Tuvieron tres hijos: dos varones y una mujer. Los dos menores fueron su alegría y con-suelo, pero el mayor Agustín, la hizo sufrir por docenas de años. En aquella región del norte de África, donde las personas eran sumamente agresivas, las demás esposas le preguntaban a Mónica porqué su esposo era uno de los hombres de peor genio en toda la ciudad, pero no la golpeaba nunca, y en cambio los espo-sos de ellas las golpeaban sin compasión. Mónica les respondió: "Es que, cuando mi esposo está de mal genio, yo me es-fuerzo por estar de buen genio. Cuando el grita, yo me callo. Y como para pe-lear se necesitan dos y yo no acepto la pelea, pues....no peleamos". Esta fór-mula se ha hecho célebre en el mundo y ha servido a millones de mujeres para mantener la paz en la casa. Agustín, ya convertido, dispuso volver con su madre y su hermano, a su tierra, en el Africa, y se fueron al puerto de Ostia a esperar el barco. Pero Mónica ya había conseguido todo lo que anhelaba es esta vida, que era ver la conversión de su hijo. Ya podía morir tranquila.

Trata * Muestra * Vive La Misericordia de Dios

Santa Mónica

Los religiosas y religiosos ancianos necesitan de

la ayuda de ustedes. En los Estados Unidos hay

hoy día más de 33,000 religiosas, religiosos y

sacerdotes de órdenes religiosas ya ancianos.

Ellos trabajaron sin descanso en escuelas, hos-

pitles y agencias de servicio social católics,

muchas veces con poco o ningún salario. Como

resultado, muchas comunidades religiosas ahora

carecen de fondos para su jubilación y cuidado

geriátrico. Su donativo hoy al Fondo para la

Jubilación de Religiosos ayuda con las recetas

médicas, cuidados de enfermería y más.

Sean generosos.

Estamos pidiendo su ayuda

Para decorar la

Iglesia esta Navidad.

Comenzaremos a decorar a las 9:00am el

Jueves 24 de Diciembre, 2015.

Si nos puede ayudar, por favor registrese;

las hojas de regsitracion estan en la mesa

de inormacion en la entrada de la Iglesia.

Gracias y que Dios les Bendiga!

St. Anthony of Padua Church www.sapparish.org December 13, 2015

Liturgy Intentions: Dec. 12 to 18

Third Week in Advent

SAT Our Lady of Guadalupe Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a, 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47

4:00 The Parishioners of St. Anthony of Padua

SUN Third Sunday of Advent Zep 3:14-18a; Is 12:2-6; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18

7:30 Special Intention

9:00 Intencion Especial

Benito y Carmen Borges, Benny Borges,

Aquiles Borges, Maria Dolores Martin,

Lucy Adams-Kuelyn, Gladys Gutierrez,

Carmen Borges, Hugo Chapin,

Higinio Rodriguez, Noemi de la Grana

11:00 Juju and Cheryln Castanedo, Julie Poitevent,

St. Anthony Society Members

Lillian Davis, Richard Spindell,

Edward & Odi Moises, Joyce Kelly,

Jerry Kelly, Jack Pfeffer, Bettye Hepburn

MON St. John of the Cross, Priest & Doctor of the Church

Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a; Mt 21:23-27

8:15 Ellen Geheeb

12:10 John and Miyako Reilly

TUES Weekday Zep 3:1-2, 9-13; Mt 21:28-32

8:15 Dorothy Figallo

12:10 Barbara Calongne

WED Weekday Is 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25; Lk 7:18b-23

8:15 The Souls in Purgatory

12:10 Robert Harrison, Julie Pointevent,

Marie T. Blaum, Edda Aleman,

Richard Spindell, Bettye Hepburn

THUR Weekday Gn 49:2, 8-10; Mt 1:1-17

8:15 Rebecca M. Dupré

12:10 Peggy M. Jordan, O.P.,

Jeffrey T. Jordan, Dr. Dennis P. Jordan

FRI Weekday Jer 23:5-8; Mt 1:18-25

8:15 Lorraine Santopadre

12:10 Grace Campbell

SAT Blessed Virgin Mary Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Lk 1:5-25

SUN Fourth Sunday of Advent Mi 5:1-4a; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45

Parish Giving for December 6, 2015

No Second Collection for the week of December 20, 2015. Thank you!

First Collection ($6,500 needed weekly) $4,108.14

12:10 p.m. Weekday Mass $606.74

Votives (Candles) $67.00 St. Anthony of Padua Social Apostolate $122.69 Parish Improvement $1,682.87

Dec. 13: 3rd Sun. in Advent; 2nd Collection: Retirement Fund for the Religious

Dec. 20: 4th Sunday in Advent

Dec. 24/25: Christmas Holiday (Parish Office Closed)

Dec. 24: Midnight Mass: Beloved Christmas Music

Dec. 27: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Dec. 28: NO MASS AND HEALING SERVICE

Dec. 31/Jan 1: New Year’s Holiday (Parish Office Closed) Jan. 2/3: Social Apostolate Food Drive Jan. 10: Baptism of the Lord Jan. 18: MLK, Jr. Holiday (Parish Office Closed)/NO 12:10 MASS Jan. 24: 2nd Collection: St. Anthony of Padua School Jan. 25: Monthly Mass and Healing Service 7:00 pm Jan. 31: 2nd Collection: Clarion Herald

Celebrating 100 Years!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

August 13, 2016, 4:00 pm

100th Year Celebration Closing Mass

“Behold our God, to whom we looked to save us! This is the Lord

for whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad…” Is. 30:18d

Calendar

Holiday Mass Schedule

The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

Thursday, December 24 - 4pm Vigil Mass

Friday, December 25 as follows:

Midnight, 7:30 am, 9am (Spanish), 11am, 7pm (Portuguese)

Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God

Thursday, December 31 - 4pm Vigil Mass

Friday, January 1, 2016 as follows:

7:30 am, 9am (Spanish), 11am,

7pm (Portuguese)

A Dominican Friar meditating on the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary

Artwork by Fr. John G. Restrepo, O.P.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A 12-pack of note cards with this image are

now available in the Church office.

$10 for the 12-pack.

Mass cards with this image are also available.

St. Anthony of Padua Church www.sapparish.org December 13, 2015

The Century Club winner for December 7, 2015

was Janice C. Taylor. Congratulations!

John said: “I am baptizing you with

water, but one mightier than I is coming.

I am not worthy to…. What?

(Hint: look in today’s readings)

Last week’s answer:

“Royal thrones”

(See Baruch 5:1-9)

Our Mission Statement

The mission of Saint Anthony of Padua Parish is to develop an atmosphere for the members

of our Faith Community to live out the four-fold goals of the Catholic Church:

Worship, Word, Service, & Community.

Please pray for the Priests of our Archdiocese

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

13 Most Rev.

Dominic

Carmon,

SVD

14 Rev.

Theodore

Dziak,

SJ

15 Rev. Msgr.

Terry

Becnel

16 Rev.

Richard

Maughan

17 POPE

FRANCIS

18 Rev.

Dennis

Bosse,

OFM

19 Rev.

John

Asare-

Dankwah

20 Rev.

Paul

Desrosiers

21 Rev. Msgr.

William

Bilinsky

22 Rev.

David

Whitney

Dufour

23 Most Rev.

Francis

Schulte,

DD

24 Rev.

Anthony

Bozeman,

SSJ

25 Rev.

Viet

Chau,

SSS

26 Rev.

John

Baptist

Han Vu

St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote:

“Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the

greatest after the Sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most

helpful to us”. The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: By not only

celebrating the Eucharist, but also by praying before It outside of Mass,

we are enabled to make contact with the very wellsprings of Grace ..."

You are invited to participate in Eucharistic Adoration each Friday

Adoration begins after 8:15 Mass; ends with Benediction at 11:50 am.

You can spend a few minutes, an hour or as much time as you desire.

Bible Trivia:

ADVENT MISSION:

The beginning of the Jubilee of Mercy

December 15-17, 2015

Facilitated by Fr. Jorge Rátiva, O.P.

Tuesday, December 15; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Session 1: God’s Mercy Yesterday and Today

Wednesday, December 16; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Session 2: The Psalms of Mercy

Thursday, December 17; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Session 3: The Parables of Mercy

Confession will be available during the talks all three nights.

“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”

(Luke 6:36)

This Christmas Give Your Gift to St. Anthony Online.

You can give right from our website,

www.sapparish.org and click the

“Give Online with WeShare” Icon or

scan the QR code to the right. It’s

safe. It’s simple. It’s convenient.

Start giving online today!

Email: friarmarianoveliz@preachmypsalter.org

Preach My Psalter Offers the following on every Saturday morning:

5 am Holy Hour: Adoration, Rosary, & Benediction Confessions available during Holy Hour

6:10 am Eucharistic Celebration

PREACH MY PSALTER: A Dominican Rosary Apostolate

The Prayer and Study Group meets every Wednesday; 6-8pm

Please Note: the Prayer and Study group will not meet December 23 & 30.

Contact Fr. Mariano for details about location at the email below.