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St. Gregory the Great Catholic & School Pastor Rev. Michael W. Davis June 20, 2021

Parochial Vicars Rev. Eliseus Ezeuchenne Rev. José Lopez Rev. Khiet Pham Rev. Nicholas Toledo

Permanent Deacon Deacon Bill Horton

Mass Times Saturday

8:30 a.m. Daily Mass

Saturday Vigil

4:00 p.m. Vigil Church 4:15 p.m. Overflow Vigil Parish Center as needed

Sunday

7:30 a.m . Church 9:00 a.m. Church 10:30 a.m. Church 12:00 p.m. Church 1:30 p.m. Spanish Church 3:00 p.m. Spanish Church 6:00 p.m . Church

Weekdays 7:00 a.m. & 8:30 a.m. Wednesday 7:00 p.m . (Spanish)

Church Office Business Hours

Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed for Lunch 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m .

200 N University Dr. Plantation, FL 33324

www.saintgreg.org

Church 954 473-6261 School 954 473-8169

Mission Statement “Together, sharing the faith, and building a future in Christ.” MASS SCHEDULE & I NTENTIONS presider Schedule

Saturday , June 26 Sunday June 20, 2021 8:30am (Fr. Eliseus) 7:30am † Ellen Headrick …(Donohue Family) 9:00am † Jay Jurgens ……(Wife & Children) 4:00pm (Fr. Nicholas)) 10:30am For the People of Saint Gregory 4:15pm (Fr. Lopez) (Parish Center)

12:00pm † Antonio Job Agostini …….(Agostini Family) 1:30pm † Macario Ruiz …………….(Su Hija) Sunday, June 27

3:00pm † Maria Virjelina & Ramilio Mejia.. (Flor Mejia) 7:30am (Fr. Davis) 6:00pm Lori Orgeck/S.I. …………(Debbie Demchar) 9:00am (Fr. Eliseus) Monday, june 21 10:30am (Fr. Nicholas)

7:00am † For the Souls in Purgatory …(Schmelz Family) 12:00pm (Fr. Davis) 8:30am Ceci Cabieses/S.I… ……… (Self) 1:30pm (Fr. Lopez) (Spanish)

Tuesday, june 22 3:00pm (Fr. Lopez) (Spanish) 6:00pm (Fr. Eliseus) 7:00am † Keith Landry ……….(Bob & Pat Coolbroth) 8:30am † Daniel Rodriguez …(Conchita de la Peña)

Wednesday, june 23 Join Father Davis in a 7:00am † Dawn Valdez Cullinane .(M. Gomes & Smith Family) to 8:30am † Almas del Purgatorio ….(Luz Sanchez) the Holy Land 7:00pm † Rev. Armando Perez ….(Riveron Family)

Thursday, june 24 Embark on the trip of a lifetime to the land made holy by the footsteps of 7:00am † For the Souls in Purgatory …(Schmelz Family) . Visit many of the sites of 8:30am † Juana Grimanesa Acosta ….(Ceci Cabiese) Gospel fame on a pilgrimage

experience directed by Father Davis and organized Friday, june 25 by the Catholic Travel Centre from Burbank, 7:00am † Keith Landry …………...(Bob & Pat Coolbroth) California, the leader in worldwide Catholic group 8:30am † Almas del Purgatorio …(Luz Sanchez) travel, now scheduled for January 28th to February

Saturday, june 26 6th, 2022. Tiberias, , , the Mount of , the Church of the Wedding of , 8:30am † Linda Arnone …(Mom, Pat) Cesaria, , , , , 4:00pm † Gary Fahey …..(Pirez Family) , the Dead Sea and more! For more information, contact Brenda Carson at the parish Readings for the Week of June 20, 2021 office, 954-473-6261. Let’s go to the Holy Land! Sunday Twelh Sunday in Ordinary Time Job 38:1, 8-11; Ps 107:23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31; 2 Cor 5:14-17; Mk 4:35-41 Monday Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious Gn 12:1-9; Ps 33:12-13, 18-19, 20 and 22; Mt 7:1-5 Tuesday Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Saints John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs Gn 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9; Mt 7:15-20 Vigil: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab and 17: 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17 Thursday The Solemnity of the Navity of Saint John the Bapst Day: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Friday Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15-22; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Mt 8:1-4 SACRED CELEBRATIONS AT saint GREGORY

BAPTISM ▪ BAUTIZO HOLY MATRIMONY ▪ MATRIMONIO

▪ ▪ Saturdays at 11:00am. Call the Church Office at 954-473- ▪ Couples are required to attend a marriage preparation 6261, ext. 1001 or ext. 1000 to start the process and to course, and other requirements. Please make an register for the required Baptismal Preparation Class for appointment at least six months in advance of the date with parents and godparents. the Wedding Coordinator, Ana Saponaro, at ext.1010 Email: ▪ El cuarto Sábado del mes a las 11:00am. Llamar a la oficina [email protected]. de la Iglesia al 954-473-6261, ext. 1001 o ext. 1000 para ▪ Con seis meses de anticipación. Para preparación y iniciar el proceso y registrarse para la clase requerida de requisitos, llamar a la Coordinadora de Matrimonios a la ext. preparación para el Bautizo para padres y padrinos. 1010.

.CONFESSIONS ▪ RECONCILIACIÓN BLESSED SACRAMENT ▪ SANTÍSIMO SACRAMENTO Thursdays 7:00pm in the Gazebo Saturdays 12:00pm in the Gazebo ▪ Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday

Sundays 10:00am in the Gazebo evening in the main Church, for five hours beginning at 4:00pm and concluding with simple Benediction at 9:00pm. Sundays 11:30am in the Gazebo ▪ Adoración al Santísimo Sacramento (en inglés): todos los ANOINTING ▪ UNCIÓN Jueves por 5 horas, desde las 4:00pm hasta 9:00pm.

▪ Please call the Church office to notify us if anyone is homebound, critically ill, or wishes to receive the Eucharist or Anointing of the Sick. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

▪ Para algun enfermo o anciano, llamar a la oficina de la Iglesia. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), is a process for adults interested in the Catholic faith, or desiring to receive RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ▪ EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, or First Holy Communion. ▪ For students in public and private schools. Call 954-473-8169. ▪ Para Primera Comunión o Confirmación de jóvenes llamar For more information, on what to do next, please call Father Davis at the Church Office, 954-473-6261. Or Patricia O’Neill a Isabel Agostini en la oficina de Educación Religiosa, 954-473-8169. at 954-895-2238. Grades K-5th preparing for First Communion- 5:00pm-6:30pm. Grades 3rd-6th regular classes (no sacraments) and 7th-8th preparing for Confirmation-6:00pm-7:30pm. Grades 6th-8th preparing for First Communion and High OFFICE STAFF School preparing for Confirmation-7:00pm-8:30pm. Fabiola Adriano, Ofelia Kushner, Office Manager/ Budget Director/Director of CONFIRMATION ▪ CONFIRMACIÓN Master Calendar Coordinator Accounts Receivable

▪ Candidates for this Sacrament are those who have been Isabel Agostini, Carla Landrón, baptized and have been properly instructed. Call the Church office. Secretary Religious Education/ Director of Development ▪ Para más información, llamar a la oficina de la Iglesia. Administrative Assistant to the Deanne Ledee, DRE Director Accounts Payable/HR/ ▪ ROSARY ▪ ROSARIO Betancourt, Administrative Assistant to the Curator of Records/Pastoral Pastor Daily Rosary, 6:30am before the 7:00am Mass and after Administrative Assistant/Virtus 8:30am Mass in the Chapel. Elaine Martinez, Brenda Carson, Rectory Prefect/Housekeeper/ ▪ Rosario en español es en la Iglesia todos los Miércoles a Data Processing Coordinator/ Laundress las 6:30pm y los Viernes a las 7:00pm. Bulletin and Print Media Ana Saponaro Coordinator/ Director of Marriage Preparation & Congratulations Wedding Services to our newly baptized: Michael Derrick, Director of Liturgical Music Antonio Vomvolakis ,

Bennett Angelin Azizi Director of Religious Education Valentino James Gautier John Ferrara, Plant Manager/Director of Victoria Niliana Torres SAINT GREGORY SCHOOL Maintenance Mrs. Caridad Canino , Sophia Stephania Zavala Camila González Principal

Director of Youth Ministry Mrs. Lisa Young , And Young Adult Services Assistant Principal Rest in peace, We pray for those who have entered eternity Mrs. Millie Serrano , Tuition Accounts Manager †Susan Walkowiak† FROM THE DESK OF FATHER DAVIS Carrying our cross. It's the emblematic theme of Christian discipleship. Never easy. Always a challenge. Yet certainly essential!

Carrying our cross has to do with faithfulness and follow-through. It has to do with the rugged nature of commitment. Come what may, we hang in there because the Lord did so ahead of us. Carrying the cross is the weight, the burden, the blood, sweat, and tears required of something important, particularly as it relates to our holy vocations. It's the consequence of taking a stand, and the sacrifice that faithfulness so often requires. The daily sojourn of Christian life is not a predictable computer program. Rather it requires flexibility, and the willingness to respond to what comes, doing the good that presents itself to be done, in the daily context of our lives.

It's not easy for a priest, who is ordained to bring the grace of the sacraments to a community, to have to deal with budgets, contracts, vendors, repairs, staff management, lawsuits, community complaints (founded or unfounded) and personal imperfection when trying to remain spiritual in his focus. It's not easy for a newly married couple, each of whom were used to thinking and living as individuals, but now have to think and live in partnership, and with the give-and -take and flexibility that love requires. It's not easy for mothers and fathers who are doing their best to provide for their children, yet simultaneously have to adjust their relational lives and personal comforts in order to deal with, and worry about, their children's every need, including their safety and welfare. It's not easy to journey through mid-life crisis, when those, wrestling with the disappointments and limitations of living, the transient and fleeting nature of life, and the regrets of wasted time, have to work through the confusion of an emotionally volatile time period with faith-filled perseverance. It's not easy for a Catholic businessman or woman, who genuinely cares about his or her faith, to survive in the web and flow of a dog-eat-dog competitive world, which so often challenges their values and sense of responsibility. Will they remain true, or succumb to cultural influences? It's not easy for our church-going teenagers and college students, who have been given the best formational efforts of parish, school, and family to live responsible lives, yet who are absorbed in the messages and themes of cyberspace, technology, secular entertainment, and the fast lane, which often lead them away from virtuous living. Will they do the right thing? Nor is it easy when illness and physical limitations impair a once active lifestyle, yet now have become the focus of the daily routine, requiring flexibility, and the spiritualizing of one's life. Can we all journey with Jesus in bearing the Cross?

Carrying our cross means applying our faith in the context of our lives, being courageous in the face of worldly temptations and adversity, and making an individual decision to NOT turn away from Jesus when the going gets tough. It means doing what is required to do, and step up. Christianity isn't a feel good religion, replete with cotton-candy and the make-believe-world of perfection found in the Magic Kingdom. Carrying our cross means doing what is required to remain faithful in the living out of our holy vocations for our own good and that of those around us. It's never easy, it's always a challenge, but it is certainly essential! Heaven is in the balance.

Be stout-hearted. Take courage. In the storms of life, the love of Christ impels us forth.

Holy father’s appeal Weekly Offertory Collection June 7th to 14th, 2021 Next weekend, June 26 & 27 will be the Holy Father’s Appeal (Peter’s Pence) Collection. In Church Collection: $12,862

This collection enables the Holy Father to respond On-Line Giving : 10,222 Candles Offering: 287 with emergency financial assistance to requests to aid the neediest throughout the world - those who Total Collected: $23,371 suffer as a result of war, oppression, and natural 1,745 persons attended Mass . disasters. It likewise provides the faithful with a tangible opportunity to not only empower the weak, defenseless, and voiceless, but also sustain those who suffer. Thank you for your generosity. Employment Opportunity: DEVELOPMENT NEWS Full-time Elementary Teacher Eighth Grade Graduates, Assistant Position

Saint Gregory the Great Catholic school is looking for a so proud of you. I have seen you grow since teacher assistant for the upcoming school year. The kindergarten and had the pleasure of watching you grow teacher assistant will work as part of a loving, faith-filled into young men and women. You have worked hard. May God bless you in this stage of your life. team assisting the classroom teacher in maintaining a Remember to always have a good heart and you will safe, nurturing environment and who communicates make good choices. effectively with children, co-workers and parents. The Remember to pray. Thank Him for all that you have and candidate performs all duties and responsibilities in don’t have. Ask Him to guide you so that your heart alignment with the mission, vision and values of the may become more like His. Catholic Archdiocese of Miami. Please email resume to

[email protected]. God Bless, Carla Landrón Director of Development Employment Opportunity: Custodial Staff Member

The Maintenance and Custodial Department of Saint Gregory announces a job opportunity for an Assistant Custodian. Saint Gregory Prayer Garden Bricks Resumes can be submitted by email to John Ferrara at: [email protected] or by mail to John Ferrara, Saint Gregory the Great Church, 200 N. University Drive, Plantation, Florida 33324. Deadline for submissions: July 15th.

Fishers of Men Breakfast Sat., June 26, 2021 8:30-12:00 Signature Grand Guest Speaker: Fr. Michael Davis

All Recommended Safety Precautions will be Adhered

Please Register by 06/22/21: Andrew Claridge (954) 682-0759, Commemorate a special occasion such as a Baptism, Brian Ellerhorst (954) 205-4221, or wedding, or graduation with a brick engraved with your Joseph Garagozza (954) 618-9288 special date and name. Each brick is placed in our Saint Gregory Prayer Garden. Email: [email protected]

Please call Development at 954-473-8170 for more information or go to https://www.church.saintgreg.org/ Website Sponsorship Program prayer-garden and send your forms to Development at [email protected]. Through the Saint Gregory Website Sponsorship Program

Be a part of the Saint Gregory history by ordering an you can help us maintain our parish website with important engraved brick with your name and/or personal information about our Church and community while we help message today! We are looking to place an order by you promote your business. You can set up a sponsorship, or just a donation of support. the end of June. General Sponsorship Information:

Patriotic Prayer Service for America ♦Sponsorships are available at a rate of $55 per month ♦3-months – $150 In commemoration of the July 4 th Independence Day ♦6-months – $300 holiday, Saint Gregory will be having a Patriotic Prayer ♦12-months $550 Service for the nation, with quotations from the Presidents and patriotic music. It is scheduled for Website Sponsors will be featured on the Homepage.

Friday, July 2 nd at 7:00pm . All are welcome. For more information, please contact Ana Saponaro at the Church Office, 954-473-6261. Thank you! PARISH EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Saint Gregory’s Archdiocese of Miami Stewardship

“Acutis” Youth Ministries 1. God has given us all many blessings. Our generosity with those blessings, is how we show our Young Adults (18+): Meets every other weekend. Contact thanks to God. Share your blessing today by visiting the number below for more information! www.isupportabcd.org.

High School Youth Group : Meets on Tuesday nights at 2. Giving to the Church can be done either directly or 6:00-8:00pm in the Gazebo. Please join us! through a gift model that can provide tax benefits and even income. Find out how by visiting our website Middle School Youth Group: Meets after School on www.adomgift.org or contacting the Office of Planned Wednesdays at 3:30-5:15pm in the Gymnasium! Giving at (305) 762-1112.

For more information on Saint Gregory’s ‘AYM’ Programs, 3. “He said to his disciples, “Why are you terrified? contact Camila Gonzalez at [email protected] | Do you not yet have faith?” They were filled with great 954-473-6261 Ext. 1011. awe and said to one another “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” ” -:40-41

When the wind and storms hit us in daily life, do we, Get ready for Vacation School as Christian stewards, turn to the Lord in faith, or try 2021! to go at it alone?

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Browse the Vatican Exhibit of over 100 Eucharistic Miracle stories, authentic Church relics, and an informational presentation on the scientific study and Scriptural basis for belief in the Real Presence!

LOCATION: PARISH CENTER

PRESENTATIONS Tuesday, June 22, at 9:30AM, 4:30PM and 7:00PM Wednesday, June 23, at 4:00PM

EXHIBITIONS Tuesday, June 22, at 9:00AM - Noon and 4:00 - 9:00PM Wednesday, June 23, at 3:00 - 6:00PM