St. Anthony of Padua Roman

6th Sunday of Easter May 9, 2021

Weekday Masses:

- 5:30 PM - Doors open at 5 PM and close at 5:25 PM - We will continue to livestream these Masses

Weekend Liturgies:  Saturday: 4PM  Sunday: 8AM, 10AM & 4PM

- Doors open a half hour before each Mass and close 5 minutes before each Mass starts. - A Eucharistic Minister will distribute Eucharist outside for those that watched the Mass on YouTube 5 minutes after the end of each Mass.

You will need to wear a mask at all times and submit to a temperature check. If, for some reason you cannot wear a mask or do not want to submit to a temperature check, by order of the , you cannot enter the church.

Confessions: We will no longer be accepting reservations for Confession. Confession will be on Saturdays from 10:30am to 11:15am.

Office Hours: - Monday thru Friday - 10 AM to 5 PM - Closed for lunch from 1 PM to 2 PM - No access to the nave of the church or Adoration Chapel at this time Please go to https:// saplv.weshareonline.org/ for online giving

Please look for updated information on our website saplv.org, our Facebook page and YouTube channel

SACRAMENTS

Fellow Parishioners and Worthy Brother Knights, BAPTISM Baptisms for infants to six years old are celebrated on This Thursday we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. In two Saturdays by appointment only. Parents and Godparents weeks is Pentecost Sunday, remember to wear your red. must attend a baptism class. Class is held at the Church from The Brother Knights want to thank all that contributed to our 6:00PM-8:00PM. No registration required. Tootsie Roll Drive that helps people with intellectual Upcoming class dates: TBD disabilities and Special Olympics. Donations are split 80% to To schedule a baptism, please call the office for dates and local charities and 20% to Special Olympics foundation. times. (702) 399-6897 ext. 102. Next weekend Sam Franco and I will be attending the Nevada PLEASE NOTE: Baptisms will not be held during Lent, Feast Knights of Columbus State Convention to be held in Days and Holiday weekends. Lake Tahoe. Visit our website for additional information: www.saplv.org The convention will get fellow Brother Knights together as a group, this has not happened in over two years. Last year we MARRIAGE had to meet via teleconference. Couples planning marriage should contact the parish as soon All indications show that the pandemic is winding down and as they become engaged. It takes at least six months to fulfill more restrictions are being reduced. marriage preparation requirements. At least one party must We still must abide by wearing masks and keeping social be a registered, participating member of the parish. distancing until we are sure the virus in under control. We ask that you wear your mask properly, meaning your mouth FUNERALS and nose are covered at all times. We all know the masks can be annoying, but for the protection of fellow parishioners In the event of the death of a loved one, please contact and yourself please follow the proper mask rules. Pat ext. 102 at the Parish Office before making arrangements One day soon the face covering requirements will be a thing of with the mortuary. the past and we can relax that we won't be spreading the virus. Please keep in your prayers all those that have passed on ANOINTING / HOLY recently and their families that mourn them. COMMUNION OF THE SICK The priest will often be able to anoint you after Mass. Please May the Peace of Our Risen Lord be with all of you. call the Parish Office if you need anointing/communion of the Bill Thompson, Grand Knight St Anthony of Padua Council sick at home. In case of hospitalization, let the hospital staff 14544 know that you would like to have a Catholic Priest see you.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is celebrated on Tuesdays after the 5:30PM Mass. Please keep the following people in your prayers this week Davette Shea, Tim Johnson, Yolanda Torres, Milo Serreyn, Frank Franco, Okki and Don Thompson, Jim Smith, R.C.I.A. ANNOUNCEMENT Julian Trujillo, Jonathan Zumwalt, Kevin Delate, Mark Balint, If you are a person who has never been baptized, or was Toponum Vea, Kevin Scott, Maddie Johnson, Brennan Rosenberg, baptized in another religion, and have a desire to become Catholic, Michael Aulbach, Tom Linn, Bill Downdall, Plamondon Family, Mary Lou Campbell, J.E. Sheehan, Laura Cote please consider joining our RCIA classes. Contact the RCIA Team at: [email protected] Names will remain on this list for one month. Call the office to request additions to this prayer list.

ADULT CONFIRMATION CLASS This is an 8 week class for Any baptized Catholic adult (must Eternal Life be over 18 and out of high school) who has not completed your Ciriaca Villahermosa, Betty Morales, Luz Villarca, Mary Oliva, Jason Swonick, Allen Woodfin, Ryan Nagy, Eva Leyva First Holy Communion or has not been Confirmed. Please +May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of contact the Faith Formation Department at God, rest in peace. Amen. [email protected]

A Promise to Protect FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION If you believe you have been abused or victimized by Faith Formation classes are online for Kindergarten to 10th grade anyone representing the Catholic Church, call the Victim (Confirmation). Classes start in August and end in May. Advocate at Registration for classes start in April . First Holy Communion is a (702)235-7723. two year program and start in 1st Grade. Confirmation is a two Una Promesa de Protección year program and starts in 9th grade. Please contact the Faith Si cree que ha sido abusado o si ha sido victima Formation department for more information [email protected] por alguien que representa a la Iglesia Católica, llame al Defensor de Víctimas al (702) 235-7723

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Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, From the Director of

On the weekend of May 15 and 16, 2021, Music our Diocese will take up a collections for We welcome Debbie Berardi to our music staff. A the Catholic Communication Campaign substitute at Saint Anthony’s since 2018. (CCC) and the Catholic University of Since Christmas, Debbie has been giving Bill and Steve a America (CUA). much needed day off on Monday evenings. She will continue to play Monday evenings as well as help out Through websites, social networks, television, radio, and with weekend and special liturgies here at the parish. print, the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) Prior to joining our parish’s music team, Debbie was the helps the Church spread the Gospel message through the Music Minister at Saint Peter the Apostle in Henderson, media locally and nationally. Half of all donations to the staff organist at Guardian Angel Cathedral, and has been CCC collected in our Diocese stay in our Diocese to sup- a substitute organist at different parishes within the port our local communications needs, such as radio and diocese including Saint John Neumann, Saint Joseph, television programming and Diocesan publications. Husband of Mary, and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. This collection also benefits The Catholic University of A Magna cum laude graduate of West Liberty University, America, the national university of the Catholic Church in Debbie brings with her extensive music ministry the United States. At every level, the university is experience in a variety of settings. Before Debbie and her dedicated to the advancement of learning and the husband Nick retired to , she was the Director development of knowledge to discover and impart truth of Music at Our Lady of the Sea Roman Catholic Church through excellence in teaching and research, all in service in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Prior to that, Debbie to the Church, the nation and the world. spent eight years as Director of Music and Organist at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral of the Diocese of Wheeling and For more information on the important work of the was a Campus Minister at Wheeling Jesuit University. Catholic Communication Campaign, please visit Debbie’s cathedral and college ministry experience will www.usccb.org/ccc and for further information on The most certainly prove to be invaluable to our own rapidly Catholic University of America visit www.cua.edu. growing Roman Catholic parish family.

Sincerely yours in Christ, Welcome to Saint Anthony of Padua, Debbie!

+, Ph.D. Bishop of Las Vegas

Stewardship Report April 19, 2021 Offertory Collection $ 10,292.00 Weekly Need $ 23,000.00

Black and Indian Missions $ 1,400.00

Building Fund Collection: $ 570.00

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A Life-Changing Message

People around the world have been fascinated by Our Lady of Fatima since her first appearance on May 13, 1917. The messages, the predictions, the miracles. What are we to make of it? You’ll find the key to Fatima is simply seeking to understand Mary’s message. It is a message of love, healing, and a path to incredible happiness.

Mary’s 3 Invitations Mary appeared in Fatima every month from May to October 1917. She delivered a series of messages during that time to three young children, Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. While Mary discussed many things with the children, the message of Our Lady of Fatima can be summarized with three invitations:

Learn to pray the rosary, the prayer that can change the world. Get spiritually healthy. Let Mary guide you to lasting happiness.

The message is simple and practical, yet it is profound and life changing.

Mary’s Invitation to Pray the Rosary Every time Mary appeared to the children, she asked them to pray the rosary. Why? The rosary is incredibly powerful. It has the power to bring peace. The power to heal. The power to make a difference in your life, the lives of your loved ones, and in the world.

The rosary settles our hearts and minds. We live hectic lives in a chaotic world, a world troubled by war, violence, and brokenness. Amidst the chaos and confusion, our souls yearn for peace and clarity. How does the rosary bring us that serenity?

The rosary puts things in perspective and allows us to see things as they really are.

It reaches deep down into our souls and puts us at ease, creating a peace that is rare and beautiful.

It teaches us to slow down, calm down, let go, offer our struggles to God, and listen.

The rosary teaches us how to just be, and that is not a small or insignificant lesson. In some ways it is the perfect prayer for busy people in a crazy, noisy, confused world.

The rosary has the power to the impact the lives of our loved ones, our communities, and our nation. When we pray the rosary, we can bring our needs and struggles, and the needs of others, to Mary. She cares for us like a loving mother, and she wants to bring our troubles to her son, Jesus. What can we pray for?

We can pray for the needs of our family and friends,

We can pray for our communities, for our cities and neighborhoods, for our schools and churches, and for the hungry, lonely, and sick.

We can pray for our nation, our leaders, and our troops.

Praying the rosary can bring peace to a troubled world, healing to broken hearts, and clarity to those in chaos. The impact the rosary can have is incredible. In fact, Mary even promised that the rosary could bring an end to war!

Next week read about Mary’s 2nd invitation, Get Spiritually Healthy

Dynamic Catholic

4 St. Anthony of Padua Sat. May 8 6th Sunday of Easter Readings for the week of May 9, 2021 4:00pm V Celso DeCastro Sun. May 9 6th Sunday of Easter Sunday: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 [cf. 2b]/1 Jn 4:7-10/Jn 15:9-17 8:00am Mother’s Day Novena 10:00am Mother’s Day Novena Monday: Acts 16:11-15/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b [cf. 4a]/Jn 15:26—16:4a 4:00pm Mother’s Day Novena Acts 16:22-34/Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 [7c]/Jn Mon. May 10 St. Damien de Veuster Tuesday: 16:5-11 5:30pm Mother’s Day Novena Tues. May 11 Easter Weekday Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22—18:1/Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14/Jn 16:12-15 5:30pm Mother’s Day Novena Thursday: Acts 18:1-8/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Jn Wed. May 12 St. Nereus, St. Achilleus, St. Pancras 16:16-20 Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/ 5:30pm Mother’s Day Novena Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20 Thurs. May 13 Our Lady of Fatima Friday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26/Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [8]/Jn St. Anthony Novena 15:9-17 5:30pm Mother’s Day Novena Saturday: Acts 18:23-28/Ps 47:2-3, 8-10, 10 [8a]/Jn Fri. May 14 St. Matthias 16:23b-28 5:30pm Mother’s Day Novena Next Sunday: Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20 Sat.. May 15 St. Isidore Seventh Sunday of Easter: Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26/Ps 8:30am No Mass 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20 [19a]/1 Jn 4:11-16/Jn 17:11b-1

DATE Opening Hymn Offertory 2nd Communion Closing Hymn

May 9, 2016 Love Divine, All No Greater Love Life-Giving Bread, The Master Came to 6th Sunday of Loves Excelling #701 Saving Cup #926 Bring Good News Easter #641 #964

May 16, 2021 A Hymn of Glory Let Go Out to the World Taste and See Go Make of All Solemnity of the As- Us Sing! #762 #930 Disciples cension of the Lord #545 #769

May 23, 2021 Come, Holy Ghost Veni Sancte Spiritus Draw Near O Spirit, Pentecost Sunday #559 #550 #935 All-Embracing #553

May 30, 2021The So- Holy, Holy, Holy! Hail the Day that I Am the Bread of America the lemnity of the Most Lord God Almighty Sees Him Rise Life Beautiful Holy Trinity #567 #543 #945 #984

On The Lighter Side….

The Right Answer During his children’s sermon, our assistant pastor asked the kids, "What is gray, has a bushy tail, and gathers nuts in the fall?" One five-year-old raised his hand, "I know the answer should be Jesus," he began, "but it sounds like a squirrel to me." A Good Sermon The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible. — George Burns

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