September 6, 2020

ADDRESS: 5 SE 17th Street Ocala, FL 34471

PHONE: 352.629.8092 FAX: 352.351.8872 EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: PARISH OFFICE - 352.629.8092 www.blessedtrinity.org Pastor Father Patrick J. Sheedy x 3209 SICK CALLS: Associate Pastors Father Zbigniew Stradomski x 3227 352.629.8092 Father Francis Joseph x 3219

352.207.5835 In Residence Father Michael O’Keeffe x3221 (Emergency pager) Father Joseph Maniangat 397-4919

Deacons Heriberto Berrios, James Maubach, Stephen Floyd MISSION: Sisters Immaculate Heart of Mary Reparatrix 867.9860 CHRIST THE KING Misioneras Catequistas 622.4500 14045 N US Hwy 301 Citra, FL 32113 MASS SCHEDULE AT BLESSED TRINITY MASS SCHEDULE AT OUR MISSION CHURCHES 352.595.5605 WEEKEND WEEKEND

Saturday 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm Saturday 7:00pm (Spanish) at CTK LA GUADALUPANA Sunday 7:10 am, 8:45 am, 11:00 am, Sunday 10:15 am at Christ the King 11153 West Hwy 40 1:00 pm Spanish, 5:00 pm Life Teen 7:00 pm at La Guadalupana DAILY Ocala, FL 34482 (Spanish) Mon—Fri 7:10 am and 5:30 pm 352.291.2695 Wednesday 8:15 am (follows school schedule) Thursday 6:30 pm (Spanish) DAILY Saturday 8:00 am Tuesday 7:00 pm at La Guadalupana (Spanish) Reconciliation Thursday 7:00pm (Spanish) Wednesday 5:30 pm at Christ the King Saturday 2:45—3:30pm (English) 7:00pm (Spanish) at CTK 5:00—5:30pm (English) FOLLOW Sunday 12:15—12:45pm(Spanish) US ON

Parish life september 6, 2020 ~ twenty-third Sunday in ordinary time

MISSION STATEMENT: Blessed Trinity Catholic Church Stewardship Community recognizes Jesus is Lord. We believe that our Time, Talent and Treasure are gifts from God to be used for the spiritual, educational and social needs of our community, the Diocese and the world at large, especially the poor. Parish Staff 629.8092 NEW PARISHIONERS ARE WELCOME to stop by the Sr. Juliet Ateenyi Ministry to Sick x3211 Church Office to register Monday through Friday 8:00am [email protected] to 5:00pm or stop by the Parish Hall the first Sunday of Katherine Baker Business Manager x3218 [email protected] each month following the 8:45am and 11:00am Masses. Colleen Halstead Parish Administrator x3212 [email protected] BAPTISM: We are pleased to help your family prepare for Megan Losito Blessed Trinity School 622.5808 the special event of your child’s entrance into our faith [email protected] community. To help parents and godparents prepare, a David Hardison Elder Care 671.2823 class (English) is held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at [email protected] Jason Halstead Brother’s Keeper 622.3846 7:30pm in the Community Center and in Spanish the 2nd [email protected] Saturday of each month, at 9:00am at Guadalupana. Kris Plunkett Parish Bookkeeper x3228 Parents and Godparents must attend this class prior to [email protected] scheduling baptism. Kelly Schwietert Angels in Arms 622.6167 [email protected] MARRIAGES: If you are planning to be married at Blessed Shelby Conner Youth Minister x3222 [email protected] Trinity, your preparation process should begin at least four Sue Lanier Stewardship x3208 (4) months prior to desired date. We look forward to [email protected] helping you during your time of engagement and Paul Miranda Plant Manager 804.2415 preparation for the vocation of Christian marriage. Call [email protected] the Church Office for an appointment with one of our Sr. Concepta Najjemba Soup Kitchen 789.8139 [email protected] priests. Teresa Hyde Religious Education x3207 [email protected] SICK CALLS AND HOSPITAL VISITS: If you or a family Melinda Gunn Parish Secretary x3201 member are in a local hospital or homebound and would [email protected] like to receive Communion or Sacrament of the Sick, please call the Church Office at 629.8092 or Sister Juliet at x3211. When registering at the hospital, put your name on the Catholic List. Trinity Catholic High School 622.9025 Lou Pereira Principal/President PARISH APP: Download at myparishapp.com or search your phone’s app store for myParish

STEWARDSHIP BY THE BOOK Am I my brother’s keeper? All three readings today suggest that for the Christian steward the answer is “Yes!”

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worship september 6, 2020 ~ twenty-third Sunday in ordinary time A STEWARDSHIP MOMENT STEWARD OF THE WEEK CATHOLIC INQUIRY CLASS READINGS FOR NEXT WEEK When: Sept. 2nd, 7pm to 8pm In Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans he suggests that God Loretta Duley Sir 27:30-28:7 lavishes his love upon us through Jesus Christ, who calls Where: The large Church-for social distance us to the kind of loving relationship, if we so choose it, Brother’s Keeper would like to sincerely Rom 14:7-9 that demands accountability. It is like, in Saint Paul’s thank Loretta for sharing her time and For Whom: vocabulary, a kind of “debt” that we can never Mt 18:21-35 “pay-in-full.” But we begin to repay by following the talents in our ministry. A) All adults — Catholic or otherwise who direction of one of the most familiar statements in the Thank you for being desire to take a fresh good look at the WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS Bible: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Good stewards realize that God does not call them just to love those a faithful Steward! totality of the Catholic faith. Monday, Sept 7 7:10am Allan Goodwin † who are easy to love, but to love the unloved and the 5:30pm Josephine Vuillo † hard-to-love people in this world as well. This week, B) Adults who wish to be confirmed. Tuesday, Sept 8 7:10am L/D Andrew & Teresa remind yourself: “I am put here as an ambassador of Price: Free + two free books Semudo Family God’s love.” 5:30pm Peggy Boardman † Not too late to join us! Wednesday, Sept 9 7:10am Hazel Vaverek † NEW PARISHIONERS: BAPTISMS: 8:15am Denise Gowcharan † 2020 Pontificial Good Friday Collection 5:30pm Catherine Fischer † Stephanie & Brionie Romero Thursday, Sept 10 7:10am Mildred Shashy † Matt, Yofania, Ana, Thomas & Margaret At the request of Pope Francis the 2020 5:30pm Jim Butler † Porter Pontificial Good Friday collection is to be taken up Friday, Sept 11 7:10am L/D Sisters of IHMR 5:30pm Samuel & Dolores Hickson † September 13, 2020. Henoc, Guadalupe, Maria & Carolina Saturday, Sept 12 8:00am Jim Muhlbaier † Contreras Why September 13th, you may ask? Because it is 4:00pm Bruce Wilson † 6:00pm Philip H. Sapienza † Terrell, Shaeena & Lincoln Johnson the Sunday closest to the Feast of the Exaltation Sunday, Sept 13 7:10am Harry Kilfoile † of the Holy Cross, which we celebrate here with 8:45am The Brotherhood of Hope Today’s readings are all about relationships. Among the many lessons we 11:00am Joseph DeMartino † have learned from the global pandemic is the deep importance of the particular solemnity in Jerusalem. On this feast relationships and communities in our lives. Our families, neighbors, friends we remember how far the love of the Son of God 1:00pm Spanish Community 5:00pm Mr. Sal † and parish family need us, and we need them to be our best selves. has come for us: giving His life on the Cross for

our salvation and reconciling us to the Father. Your prayers are requested for Deacon Jim Schwartz who has St. Paul gives us simple instructions in our second reading from Romans to recently died. guide us in our dealings with others, reminding us what Christ Himself taught: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love is the overarching principal We need “Foggers” that guides us to be good stewards of our relationships. All our facilities are disinfected daily—or more often. In our Gospel passage from Matthew, Jesus further refines this instruction on good stewardship of our Our maintenance staff have been doing this work. The Please call the Church Office at relationships, even when they involve conflict. He says, “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault Diocese has now given permission for volunteers, who 629.8092 x3201 if you would like between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.” are trained by our staff, to do this work. more information on placing flowers on the altar. Jesus teaches us to confront the offending person directly and discretely — with the goal of restoring the If you would like to volunteer, please call Tim Daly at relationship if possible. This is how we steward our relationships even through rocky waters. Jesus also speaks to Sept 5/6: In memory of Harry Kilfoile Jr. by 813-486-0432 or [email protected]. You will be us of the power and beauty of community life. “If two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to Diane Volko & the Kilfoile Family pray, it shall be granted by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there trained and we have the machines. You could volunteer am I in the midst of them.” for as little as a 1/2 day or a few times a week or just Sept 12/13: In memory of Philip Sapienza by the Sapienza Family weekends. You will have the same area each time once Christian stewards, God has designed us in such a way that we must help each other on the journey towards you agree on a schedule. We accept anyone over 18— heaven. Let us take care to steward our relationships well. male or female. This will free up our maintenance staff — Stewardship Reflections by Catholic Stewardship Consultants for their regular work.

BLESSED TRINITY COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC G.I.F.T. (Religious Education) ADORATION CHAPEL WOMEN Parents who wish to have their children in IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR ADORERS G.I.F.T. (Growing in Faith Together), our INSTALLATION of OFFICERS Religious Education Program for K4 – 8th grade Sundays: 4:00am—5:00am Father Pat installed and blessed the new registration is currently under way! LIFE TEEN NEWS Parents may complete the paperwork at the Tuesdays: 3:00am—4:00am officers of Blessed Trinity CCW after 5:30 mass th th church office Monday through Friday from Fridays: 1:00am—2:00am Sunday, September 6 —Join us for Mass but no August 27 . Vicki Moore will be serving as the 8am-5pm or email Teresa Hyde at Fridays: 11:00am—Noon Life Night due to the holiday weekend! new 2020-21 President. Officers Angie Fischetti, [email protected] for a copy to be Tana Casey and Heather Smith were installed as emailed. The cost of registration is $35 per Our stewardship way of life here at BT Sunday, September 13th—Join us for Mass, Secretary, Vice President and Treasurer. child, which covers the cost of the textbook and encourages each family to commit one hour a week dinner, and our Fall 2020 Annual Messy Games materials. If the student is receiving a to the Adoration chapel; please prayerfully consider Kick-off! It is going to be a great night of COVID sacrament, we will need a copy of the child’s this ministry’s needs and if you are unable to serve, approved Messy Games! Be sure to bring a baptismal certificate. please pray that God will send individuals to sustain Look for notices regarding CCW activities in the this core ministry, here at Blessed Trinity. large garbage bag to wear in your car home! bulletin, and if you are interested in more information about upcoming events, including For your special hour of prayer and praise before the Blessed Sacrament email Carol Blackstock, Zoom Meetings, please contact Vicki at Come join our team! Volunteers are needed! CANCELLED MORNING OF REFLECTION Adoration Coordinator, 352.454.2762, or email her at We would love for additional volunteers to help [email protected] or call 352.622.7348 or Due to Covid-19, Father Beau is unable to [email protected] instruct our beautiful children on Sunday mornings, 352.425.8638. come to the states. Because of this our PLEASE if you are interested call the Church office or annual Morning of Reflection for ministry email [email protected] "People ask me: 'What will convert America and save the world?' My answer is prayer. What we Classes meet on Sunday mornings from 10:00 heads, board members and church staff has need is for every parish to come before Jesus in the been CANCELLED for Saturday, September a.m. – 10:50 a.m. from August through May. If Blessed Sacrament in Holy Hours of prayer." 19th. you have any questions, please contact Teresa ~ Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta Hyde at 629-8092. Wake me up Lord

Wake me up Lord, so that the evil of racism STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE ~ WEEKLY OFFERINGS finds no home within me. Keep watch over my Weekly Offering August 30, 2020 heart Lord, and remove from me any barriers Envelope Total: 369 $ 23,350.81 Year to date collection: $ 803,244.40 to your grace, that may oppress and offend my Electronic Offering Total: 469 $ 40,741.12 Year to date budget: $ 1,026,400.00 brothers and sisters. Fill my spirit Lord, so that Total Children’s Offering: $ 0.00 Year to date deficit: ($ 223,155.60) I may give services of justice and peace. Clear Non Sunday: 129 $ 16,814.50 my mind Lord, and use it for your glory. And Grand Total for Week: $ 80,906.43 finally, remind us Lord that you said,“ blessed Amount needed for Operating Expenses:$ 102,640.00 Difference ($ 21,733.57) are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” Amen “Thank you for your donations.” Reminder: Do your best to put your envelope number on the “memo” line of your check.

HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMATION CLASS Brother’s Keeper Volunteers Needed A STEWARDSHIP PRAYER for September PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Brother’s Keeper serves thousands of men, Heavenly Father, Even during this time of pandemic, The High School Confirmation Class beginsTHIS Covid-19 is still hurting the small family farmers who Wednesday, September 9th and runs until women, and children in need in Ocala/Marion September is a month that offers hope for things to come: our County. We are looking for dedicated are part of the Fair Trade chain as many churches, February 10th. The class meets on Wednesday daily life has a new rhythm, there are new beginnings and a volunteers to help us in the following areas; new energy. In this month of accelerating activities, keep us synagogues, and organizations are not open and nights from 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Middle Donation Processers (*URGENT NEED*): mindful that we live for Christ and not for ourselves, and that don’t need their products. We’re blessed to be able School building. It is not too late to sign up! We receive many donations each week and to be good stewards of his Gospel should be our goal each and to attend Mass again and sell Fair Trade coffee (drip, Please email Shelby Conner at every day. In this month of transition help us find a deeper need assistance unpacking, pricing, and whole bean, and single serve), tea, olive oil and [email protected] with any questions displaying the items in the thrift store. spiritual balance in our lives that takes time for you and listens cocoa after Mass. Please help these farmers keep and to receive a registration form. Registration to the promptings of your Spirit. And in a time when we are Time commitment: Flexible their livelihood by purchasing these products next forms can also be picked up in the Church office. discouraged from physically embracing one another, help us find ways to manifest your loving embrace to our neighbors. week after Mass. Thank you. Please be sure to note you are picking up a High Thrift Store Customer Service *URGENT We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and School Confirmation registration form. NEED*): reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Our thrift store sells donated items such as Amen. Help Wanted furniture, appliances, clothing, household goods, and more. All money raised through We are looking for part time help on a farm in the sale of these items directly supports our outreach to the poor. We are looking for Reddick. Must know how to handle a horse. volunteers to help provide customer service in THE ELDER CARE CENTER IS OPEN AND IS Other details available when you call Maria at our store. TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW CLIENTS Time commitment: The store is open M-Sat. 305-342-8333. 9am-4pm. Most volunteers serve one day or Blessed Trinity Elder 1/2 day per week. Care reopened on During the weekend of September 19/20, baby June 15 after 3 bottles will be available after each Mass. All months of If you’re interested in helping or learning more donations will benefit Alpha Center for Women, about these positions, please call or email an Ocala pregnancy resource center that offers complete closure. We Jason at (352) 622-3846 or are committed to Car Donations Help Those in [email protected]. God bless you! life-affirming alternatives to abortion, material support during and after pregnancy, post-abortion ensuring the health Need recovery and a mentoring program for parents in and safety of our That old clunker sitting in the garage helps Select your own Day of Prayer and Fasting need. From 2006 to present, the generous participants during the pandemic. parishioners of Blessed Trinity have contributed Blessed Trinity Church help others. Friday, August 28th marked the 57th anniversary of over $85,000.00! We ministered to 150 new As part of our safety measures; we come to Donating your vehicle is simple. We provide the 1963 March on Washington where Rev. Dr. Martin clients providing pregnancy tests and meeting the car, complete a brief CDC questioner, Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech. a tax receipt. Please contact us now: material needs through our Bridges program last take their temperature, bring the client in the In this historic address, he proclaimed that when the year. Nearly 1,600 client visits took place last year building and ensure they wash their hands. 352.629.8092 and ask for Katherine Baker. builders of our nation wrote the words of the and we assisted our moms and dads with nearly Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, 17,000 closet items (diapers, wipes, clothing, The majority of our clients do not have a “they were signing a promissory note to which every food, and furniture, in addition to utility problem wearing a mask. The staff is American was to fall heir. This note was a promise assistance, gas and grocery gift cards). It is truly a required to take their temperature and wear that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, ministry serving the poor in our community and a mask. For more information call would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, helping them find a way to say“ YES” to life. Thank you for your partnering with us in this vital 352-671-2823. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” ministry. Stewardship Saint for September

EDGE Middle School Youth Group 25th. ANNUAL LEGIONARY ACIES Saint Teresa of Calcutta gave us an extraordinary example of Christian SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION Registration information can be obtained by emailing [email protected]. discipleship and stewardship by her faith, simplicity and service to LEGION OF MARY EDGE is open to ANY middle school student women and men without considering their race, religion or nationality. OCALA CURIA interested in learning more about walking in She was born Agnes Bojaxhiu in Albania on August 26, 1910, and at age AT faith and building friendships, regardless of which school they attend. 18 went to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto following what she dis- BLESSED TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH The School Year Kick-off is Sunday, cerned to be a call to become a missionary. She was sent to India in 1929, and began her novitiate in 5 SE 17TH STREET September 13th, 2-4:30pm, but you must Darjeeling near the Himalayan mountains. Eight years later she made her solemn vows and took the OCALA, FL 34471 pre - register by Sept 11th. Register early, as name Teresa after Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries. From there she taught at SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 all spaces may fill up. Email [email protected] to register and learn the Loreto convent school in Calcutta for almost twenty years. Though a dedicated educator, she was 2:30PM more. increasingly disturbed by the desperate poverty in Calcutta. On September 10, 1946, Sister Teresa had Presider: Rev. Fr. Patrick Sheedy an extraordinary conversion experience, what she later described as “the call within the call.” While Eagle Mistake traveling by train from Calcutta to the Loreto convent in Darjeeling she experienced interior visions that led her to the conviction that Christ was calling her to serve “the poorest of the poor.” In 1948 after a Last week we ran the article about Miguel Toral few months of medical training, Sister Teresa ventured out into the slums to tend to the needs of the achieving the highest rank of Eagle Scout with Troop destitute and starving. Her first year was very difficult. She had no income and had to resort to begging 172. STEWARDSHIP 101 IS COMING! Stewardship is Our Way of Life here at for food and supplies. She experienced loneliness, doubt and the temptation to return to the comfort of His name was put in the bulletin as Miguel Torres, we Blessed Trinity. It is a way of life that calls all convent life. But at the beginning of 1949 she was joined by a group of young women who wished to be apologize for this error. authentic disciples of Jesus to recognize their a part of her ministry. In 1950 “Mother” Teresa’s community was formally recognized by the Vatican. Its gifts and blessings from God and to respond mission was to care for, in her own words, “the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the by sharing these gifts and blessings with LIGHTHOUSE CATHOLIC MEDIA blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people others for the sake of the Kingdom of God. If Please visit the kiosk for a wide selection of that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone.” In 1952, she opened a you want to learn more about this cd’s and books. hospice for the poor. Then she established several leprosy clinics throughout Calcutta, providing expression of discipleship, the Stewardship PLEASE NOTE: The CD/Book Kiosk has been 101 program will be presented in the medication, bandages and food. In 1955, she created a home for orphans and homeless youth. The relocated to the Stewardship Room. The cost of the Community Center on September 20th at Missionaries of Charity soon began to attract both recruits and charitable donations, and by the 1960s CD’s and Books is $5.00. They are not free. To had opened hospices, orphanages and leper homes all over India. Mother Teresa then went global. Her keep this ministry available please deposit $5.00 per 10:00 am. To maintain social distancing, CD/Book. Your cooperation is appreciated. Thank seating will be limited, so please call the first mission outside of India was in Venezuela in 1965, then in Rome, Tanzania and Austria. During the you. church office (629-8092) to reserve your 1970s the congregation started missions in dozens of countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and the United spot. All new school families (BT or TCHS) States. In 1979, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997, SCRIP OFFICE – HOURS are required to attend one of these departing a religious community with over 4,000 sisters operating 610 missions in 123 countries and The Scrip Office will be open on Thursdays aided by more than one million co-workers. Former U.N. Secretary-General, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, said from 8:30-11:30am. Feel free to drop off an SUNDAY MASS of Saint Teresa: “She is the United Nations. She is peace in the world.” Saint Teresa of Calcutta was order at the Church Office. For more To view the September 5/6 Mass please visit: canonized on September 4, 2016 by Pope Francis. Her feast day is September 5. information contact the Scrip office at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVyw- 352.622.5808 x3260 or email cCS4kBm58PXgsn9hzg [email protected]