Mar 14/15 6:00 pm 11:15 am St. Joseph’s Church Ministers of D. Mendonca K. White 43 Somerset Road – Sandys, MA 03, Bermuda Communion M. Mendonca L. Vizien (Direct Line) 441-238-1784 (Located between Arnold’s Supermarket & Somerset Cricket Field) Proclaimer of A. Boyle D. Thornhill Email: [email protected] God's Word E. Bagabaldo S. White Pastor: Fr. Attilio Morelli Reconciliation: By appointment Mar 21/22 6:00 pm 11:15 am : By Appointment – One month in advance Ministers of M. Bari H. Prevendido Weddings: By Appointment –usually about a year in advance Communion A. Boyle N. Russo Sunday Mass: 9:00 am Proclaimer of P. Rodrigues M. Stone St. Anthony’s Church God's Word J. Tailford J. Stovell 26 Middle Road -Warwick WK03, Bermuda Phone: (Office Direct Line) 441-238-1784 Cantor Schedule Pastor’s Mobile: 441-777-2166 6:00 pm 11:15 Pastor: Fr. Attilio Morelli Mar 14/15 Denis Franz Parish Email: [email protected] Mar 21/22 Ruth Mark Reconciliation: Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. or by appointment Baptisms: By Appointment – One month in advance Collections - (St. Anthony’s) Weddings: By Appointment –A year in advance Regular Budget CCD: Sundays at 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Mar 7/8 $ 1,239.00 $ 2,500.00 Coordinator: Anna Daniel 441-236-2438 To Date $ 15,155.00 $ 30,000.00 Email: [email protected] Online payments can be made directly into the Bank account of St. Anthony’s – Organist: Tony Bari: [email protected] 441-236-1314 Butterfield Bank - BD$ Current A/c – 20006060061567100 and US $ Current St. Vincent de Paul Rep.: Pat Rodrigues A/c - 20006840061567100. Please make sure to indicate what the donation is for Portuguese Charismatic Group (PCG): in the memo field when making the payment i.e. Gen collection; Maintenance; Mission Sunday, etc. Multiple payments can be made for those times that you Fridays @ 8:15pm – TV Room, in the Cottage are away or on vacation. Please note, that we are charged $ 20 for US checks Neocatechumenal Community (NCW): drawn on a US Bank. Wednesdays & Saturdays 8:00 PM in the Hall ______Collection Counters Masses at St. Anthony’s This Weekend Mar 15, Stephen & Claire Next Weekend Mar 22, Jackie & Delia Sat Mar 14 6:00 pm +Edith DeFontes +Emilia Moura & Family PARISH 8:00 pm (In the Hall) Pastors Note Sun Mar 15 11:15 am +Roland White Dear friends, The Gospel of the Samaritan Woman is amazing. Jesus speaks of the , the living water which satisfies the deepest Tue Mar 17 8:00 am +Alan Power thirst of every human being. He approaches this woman without judging her, without putting demands, without arguing, without debating. In the Wed Mar 18 8:00 am +Alan Power conversation they end up dealing with moral topics, (the multiple 8:00 pm Liturgy of the Word (In the Hall) relationships of the woman and her illicit marriages), religious topics, (the (Neocatechumenal Way) differences between “religious denominations”, sanitarians and Judaeans, which are in no way more different from the differences between modern Thu Mar 19 8:00 am +Alan Power Christian denominations). Jesus does not let himself be carried into 8:00 pm --- moralizing, correcting, arguing, debating, apologetic. He mentions something, (the one whom you have now is not your husband, Fri Mar 20 8:00 am +Nancy Gibney comes from the Jews) but he makes sure that the woman does not feel 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross judged. So much so that when the woman gets back to her village with 7:30 pm Portuguese Mass + Stations in enthusiasm she brings the people to Jesus Christ. Why? He is trying to Portuguese conquer this woman to the love of the Father. Moral life, religious beliefs 8:30 pm Praise and Worship (Portuguese in the come from the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, from the living water that Cottage) from the inside of men and women directs our life, makes us understand what is good and what is bad, gives us the strength to follow the will of Sat Mar 21 6:00 pm +Manuel Moura God with joy and fortitude and informs our mind on what to believe. This 8:00 pm Neocatechumenal Way (In the Hall) will come from our heart. Many things about the way I believe and I behave (and honestly are still changing) and I see it took a while to accept Sun Mar 22 11:15 am that something I did or I was doing was wrong. But I could see it only when the Holy Spirit made me see it in the depth of my heart. I was not ready to accept it just because somebody was telling me. I could Prayer to St. Michael recognize instead the inner voice of the One who was loving me deeply and loving me as I was, accepting me even in my rebellions. He did not St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. wait for me to change to love me. He loved me first. When I felt loved, Be our Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust then everything became possible. This I tell to you. When there is into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world something in the Church’s teaching that you do not understand, in its seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. moral low or in the doctrine, do not focus on that. Know one thing: the Church gives you Jesus Christ and his love. In recent we have been trying to focus more in helping the people (YOU) to have this encounter, like the Liturgical Ministries St. Anthony’s Samaritan woman had. Embrace these initiatives. They will help you to receive this living water which can make the difference in your life. It

makes a difference to go through troubles knowing that down deep we are Dear All, loved, even if I messed up my life, even if there is the corona virus, or The Corona Virus Pandemic has forced me to introduce the following whatever. I am loved, and this is the only thing that matters. God Bless regulations for our : Fr. Attilio 1. Attendance at Sunday Mass is not to be treated as a holy day of obligation for the elderly, children, and all those feeling sick; coughing, PS. By the way: I am privileged to announce to you a new initiative of a sneezing, having a temperature or those who are generally experiencing new little journey of through the TEN WORDS. Many times, flu type symptoms. people are put off by the laws of the and of the Church. But what if 2. Holy water has been removed from the receptacles at the doors of each I say that if properly understood they are not laws at all? We call them the church and is not to be used. ten commandments but in truth they are ten words that have the power to 3. Holy Communion will be given under one species, which is the Holy transform our life! Don’t believe it? Come and see on Thursday at 8:00 Body of Christ and which will only be distributed on the hand. PM. Furthermore, you do not need to be a Christian to understand what I 4. No shaking of hands during the sign of peace; please bow your head to am going to say. So, you can invite whomever you want. NO meeting one another instead. this coming Thursday, (Please note the Next meeting will be March Additionally, at the advice of our local health services, the 26th) Fr. Attilio Seniors Lunch and Fun on Thursday afternoons is suspended until further notice. Similarly CCD classes are cancelled until after Easter. Let us not Following is the schedule of the joint ministerial alliance ecumenical panic but be united in faith and prayer. Wes Lent services: THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE OF WARWICK, PAGET & SOUTHAMPTON JOINT LENT SERVICES 2020 St. Theresa’s Cathedral - Please note that during the season of Lent, the 12:10pm Mass at St. Theresa’s Cathedral, will be celebrated from Theme: “Christ in the Hebrew Scriptures”Tuesday evenings in Lent at Monday to Friday. On Fridays, before the Mass, there will be Stations of 7.30 pm. the Cross at 11:40am. DATE VENUE PREACHER

Tues. 17th. March Bright Temple AME Church Pastor Evroyd Weekes Mount Agnes Academy will be having a White Elephant sale on Spring Hill, Warwick Saturday, March 21st, 2020 in the auditorium from 9am-2pm. There

will be lots of treasures to be found! Tables will be provided and are Tues. 24th. March St. Anthony’s, RC Church (Our Church) available for purchase for $25.00 each. No baked goods please! To Fr. Antony Pettit Middle Rd., Warwick reserve a table please contact Karen Camara at [email protected] .

Tues. 31st. March Peace Lutheran Church Pastor Rudolph Ebbin Middle Rd., Paget CCD - Fun Soccer Game. West churches against East Churches. Boys and Girls of all ages! On Sunday March 22nd at 2pm at Somerfield DIOCESE School field. Sign up in the back bulletin or email Anna Daniel THE BISHOP’S CORNER [email protected] Thanks! Dear Fellow-Catholics, When I read this story, I felt that I should share it with you. Diocesan Pre-Marriage Preparation Program 2020 A paralyzed Italian rapper, who with his moving testimony won the This annual Lenten season Wednesday program is MANDATORY for hearts of the audience at a festival in San Remo, met with Francis. "I couples who are planning to get married and receive the Sacrament of was moved to see how my words moved him," wrote Paolo Palumbo to Matrimony in the Church in the next 18 months, here in an audience on social media. Using a digital communicator, he told the Bermuda or overseas. The program will run for 6 weeks; 12 hours in Pope about his faith, which was strengthened even more by his disease total and will cover about 15-20+ topics. The dates of the program and about the strength his loved ones give him. will be March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, and 8, from 7:00pm - 9:00 pm Paolo, 22, was diagnosed four years ago with amyotrophic lateral in St. Theresa’s Parish Hall and will be at a cost of $50 per couple. sclerosis, an incurable, progressive neurodegenerative disease. Today he Couples are required to speak to their Pastor to the first session is completely paralyzed. He breathes with the help of a respirator and is so that they can receive a Registration Form. fed by a PEG tube directly into his stomach. For over a year he has not For more information, please contact Fr. Joe Morley, Program been able to speak and communicates with the world thanks to a special Facilitator at 441-705-0236. computer that he directs with his eyes. Thanks to this computer he sang at the Festival of Italian Music in San Remo, and with the Caritas House of Prayer: Quiet Wednesday Regular schedule on shared his reflection after meeting which was a great dream March 18th with recitation of the at 10:30 AM followed by of his. "This meeting gave me tremendous strength," says Paolo Palumbo. exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and then the Soup/Rolls program, as "As the end of one of my song says, I believe and recite the rosary, and it below. keeps my killer away from me. I would like to tell all who listen to me God’s love is constant. Lent is a time to realize this and respond to the that life is really beautiful and precious. Every day we should use the time call to follow Christ in a deeper way. Soup and Rolls will be available given to us to sow love and hope" said Paolo. from 12 Noon and the DVD presentations will begin at 12:45 PM with The paralyzed man was accompanied into the Vatican by his , prayer and discussion ending at 2 PM. The program will be repeated in who, as Paolo has said in San Remo, became his arms and legs. "Paolo's the evening with soup and rolls available at 5:45 PM and the DVD disease has unified our family and strengthened our faith," says Rosario presentations beginning at 6:30 PM with prayer and discussion ending by Palumbo. "Faith has always been important in our family. Since Paolo has 8 PM. All are invited. been sick, I think he has come closer to God even more. Before his Lectio Divina: Monday, March 16th in St. Theresa’s Hall at 7 PM. All diagnosis, each of us had our own plans for life, which we had to modify. are invited. The change was not for the worse as we experienced something much A message from the Sisters: We have a cot with a very good better because love has united our family and our faith has been mattress but some rust on the its framework. We are offering it free to strengthened. We have seen how Paolo's faith has become his stronghold. anyone who would like it. Please call 236-5877. He shows us all that an illness should not stop life, life is the greatest gift and we must live it out best. " Pope Francis invited Paolo Palumbo to the Vatican after seeing a recording on the internet where the man was controlling a drone using only his eye movements. The Pope confessed that he was moved by Paolo’s strength of character and will to live. Link to Paolo performance Vocations www.vocationculture.ca in San Remo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h-Yl3guoe0 Peter, James, and John saw the Lord transfigured before their eyes and Have a blessed third week of Lent! Bishop Wes heard, “This is my son, my beloved, listen to him.” Are you listening? (Mark 9:2-10)