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Anthony of 928 Ralph Abernathy Boulevard, SW  Atlanta, Georgia 30310-1875

www.stanthonyatlanta.org  St. Anthony of Padua, Atlanta

[email protected] #stapc

The Reverend Victor A. Galier Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Pastor February 10, 2013 (404) 758-8861, Ext. 15 [email protected]

Rev. Mr. T. Barker Sr. Welcome to St. Anthony Permanent Deacon (404) 699-0967 [email protected]

Rev. Mr. Leviticus Jelks II Permanent Deacon (770) 991-0969 [email protected]

Rev. Mr. William H. Simmons III Permanent Deacon (770) 947-9918 [email protected]

Ronald Whalen Business Manager (404) 758-8861, Ext. 11 [email protected]

Leslie A. Geer Director of Religious Education (678) 575-8663 [email protected]

Brenda Kelly Administrative Assistant to the Pastor (404) 758-8861, Ext. 10 [email protected]

John Beal, III Director of Music Ministry When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing (Gospel).

Office Location: Archbishop James P. Lyke Parish Center 951 R. D. Abernathy Blvd. SW, 2nd Floor Schedule of Masses Sunday: 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Office Hours: Nigerian Igbo Community Mass: 2 p.m. every Second Sunday Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Cameroon Community Mass: 2 p.m. every Third Sunday Parish Office/Rectory: (404) 758-8861

Daily Mass: Mon, Tue, Thu: 8 a.m. (in rectory); Wed 6 p.m. (in church) Adamski Hall: (404) 758-4776

Reconciliation: Every Wednesday evening after mass Fax: (404) 755-6755 or by appointment

Wednesday Adoration at 6:30 p.m. Readings for the Week & Mass Intentions Classes/ Meetings for Breakfast SUNDAY, February 10: 6:1-2a, 3-8; sponsored by Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8; 1 Corinthians Executive None 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 Board 8:30 a.m.: Missa Pro Popula 11:30 a.m.: Missa Pro Popula Weekly Financial Support Update MONDAY, February 11: Genesis 1:1-19’ Psalm 104:1-2a, Thank you for sharing your gifts from God. 5-6, 10 and 12, 24 and 35c; Mark 6:53-56 February 10, 2013

TUESDAY, February 12: Genesis 1:20—2:4a; Psalm 8:4-5, Offering: $7,025.00 6-7, 8-9; Mark 7:1-13 Ash Wednesday: $20.00 Retire the Debt: $2,312.00 WEDNESDAY, February 13: 2:12-18; Psalm 51:3-4, Flower Fund: $65.00 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17; 2 Corinthians 5:30—6:2; Matthew Catholic Relief Services: $2.00 6:1-6, 16-18 Combined Missions: $15.00 Georgia Bulletin: $38.00 THURSDAY, February 14: Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6; Luke 9:22-25 You can now donate to St. Anthony of Padua FRIDAY, February 15: Isaiah 58:1-9a; Psalm 51:3-4, 5- electronically. This service is being facilitated 6ab, 18-19; Matthew 9:14-15 through My Own Giving and the link is on the home page of the parish website. SATURDAY, February 16: Isaiah 58:9b-14; Psalm 86:1-2, Use Electronic Funds Transfer 3-4, 5-6; Luke 5:27-31 or VISA/MasterCard or American Express. Set up to SUNDAY, February 17: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm donate one time, weekly or monthly. Once you 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 select the link, you create your own user name and password to set up your electronic donations. If 8:30 a.m.: Missa Pro Popula you have any questions, please contact the parish 11:30 a.m.: Missa Pro Popula Business Manager Ronald Whalen. Website: https://www.myowngiving.com/Default.aspx? If you wish to have a Mass offered for a cid=982 deceased or living family member, or for a special intention, you may contact the parish office (404 758-8861) to request a date and time of Mass. A minimum offering of $10.00 for the Mass is appropriate. Please Want to be a member of St. Anthony’s— make check out to St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. In want to receive envelopes?? the memo section write, “Mass Intention.” It’s easy. Just fill out a registration form (located on the wall in back of church) and place it in the offering basket or give it to an usher. Prayer List: Remember, you must register to receive envelopes. Members who were registered under Angela Antone Vickie Larkin Destiny Strider their parents must register as their own “head of Loretta Beasley Juanita Levy Tiffany Thrasher household” when they turn 18 years of age, even Sheilah Black Angela Linton Marsha Witcher if they still live at home or are away at college. William A. Bristow, Jr. Greenie Lyons Norma Young Questions? Call Parish Office (404 758-8861). Thomas Brito Tommie Pye Trulie Young Hilda Griffith Robert Miller Georgia Holloman Ruth Smith A Parent’s Prayer for Sunday Morning God, help us get to church today with If you or a loved-one is ill, minimal fuss and fighting, with everyone please call the parish office dressed and ready to pray, with all our bags (404) 758-8861) to be added packed, prepared for anything. And if the to our prayer list. You may also arrange kids gets fussy and distracted, please let there be a to have communion brought to home- song to soothe them, a colorful window to enchant bound parishioners. them, and kind pew mates to accept our flaws. Fasting and Abstinence The Outreach Ministry needs parishioners In Matthew 9:15, Our Lord says of us: “the days will to serve seniors in need by delivering meals come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from with Meals on Wheels on the morning of them, and then shall they fast.” n response to our Lord's saying, Saturday, February 23rd. If you have a Christians have always embraced fasting and self-denial as an valid driver’s license and insurance, and are interested important part of the spiritual life, especially in commemoration of the in serving, please see the St. Anthony website under Lord's passion and death. Most of the decisions on how to embraces “Outreach Ministry” or contact Karen Burke (404-654 ascesis in life are left to the choice of the individual believer, in -0217 or [email protected] or via the consultation with his or her confessor or spiritual director, but the parish Facebook page (Karen L. Burke). Catholic Church does call all believers to certain practices that emphasize the communal nature of repentance, especially during the Lenten season. These common practices include: Fasting and Abstinence on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday: There will be a Altar Server roundup Traditionally, fasting consists of eating only one meal, with the after both masses on March 3rd. possibility of two smaller snacks that do not add up to a single full meal. Abstinence from Meat on Fridays: Canon 1251 specifies that Saint Anthony's Council of Catholic Women (CCW) Catholics refrain from eating meat on Fridays, as an act of penitence. requesting donations of new/gently used T-shirts, In the United States, Catholics are permitted to substitute another baseball caps, white sports socks, gloves, playing penance outside of the season of Lent. During Lent, however, all cards. Sample size bath powder, soap toothpaste/ Catholics are obliged not to eat meat on Fridays. toothbrush, shampoo/ conditioner, hair combs/brushes, Penance during Lent: The season of Lent is a penitential time, and deodorant, lotion, Kleenex and note cards. These items should be marked by some form of self-denial. will be given to the residents at Central Georgia Fasting before the reception of Holy Communion: In preparation Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia on Monday, February for the reception of Holy Communion, Catholics are asked to observe 18, 2013. Please place items in pink basket in rear of a period of fasting before receiving the in Holy church. Volunteers are welcome if you would like to Communion. Currently the minimum length of this fast is one hour. attend the party for the residents or have any questions, The ill, elderly, and those who care for them are exempt from this fast. please contact Lewis, CCW President. Thank The law of abstinence applies to all persons over the age of fourteen; you for your support. the law of fasting applies to those between the age of 18 and 59. Those who are sick, pregnant, or nursing, or whose health would adversely be affected by fasting or abstinence should not consider themselves bound by these norms. Move, Shake, and Lose Weight! Thursday nights 7:00-8:00pm The Young Adult Ministry (YAM) invites all young downstairs in Adamski Hall. Classes are $5 per person. adults, ages 18-40, to register for the To Encounter Please bring water and a towel. Questions? Call -Alicia Christ (TEC) Retreat. The mission of Atlanta TEC is (404) 909-9640. Email- [email protected] to provide retreat opportunities TO ENCOUNTER CHRIST which enable young adults to experience the Paschal Mystery in the sacraments and in the community, thus sending Chuck Douglas will be available each Sunday forth disciples empowered to enlighten and ignite the world for after the 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Masses in the building up of the Kingdom of God. The retreat is March Adamski Hall for you to purchase his new book, 22-24. Please visit http://www.atlantatec.net to register. “In Search of the Cross.”

2013 Hunger Walk/Run HELP "TEAM ST. ANTHONY" TAKE THE NEXT STEP AGAINST FRIENDLY REMINDER: Wells Fargo Bank has generously HUNGER!! allowed us to use their parking area free of charge for many years. At Turner Field on Sunday, March, 10, They have only asked that our parishioners not park in or around 2013, at 2 p.m., thousands of people will come together to raise the entire drive thru area of the bank. Failure to abide by this awareness and funds to help fight hunger in our community by request will result in your car being towed at your expense. participating in the “Hunger Walk/Run” 5k throughout downtown Atlanta. All St. Anthony of Padua parishioners are Last December, the parish Communications encouraged to participate and join “Team St. Anthony” in this Ministry started an electronic newsletter. We are Lenten parish outreach activity. The money we raise will feed collecting the email addresses of parishioners who hope for the 1 in 6 people who face hunger in our community would like to receive this weekly newsletter with and provide financial assistance for the Society of St. Vincent de St. Anthony news, church bulletins, community Paul and the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Please join photos and more in your email inbox. Keep up to date with "Team St. Anthony" in supporting this important mission! parish news. Get news delivered to your email inbox. For more information please contact: Sybil Robinson, Register at http://goo.gl/wvK8b [email protected] or 404.664.2806. Parish Calendar Schedule for February 17, 2013 Mon, Feb 11 8a Daily Mass Rectory 8:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 6p Zumba Class Adamski Hall Lector Tues, Feb 12 8a Daily Mass Rectory 6:30p Just Matters—JustFAITH program Marino Conf Rm Commentator Wed, Feb 13 ASH WEDNESDAY 6p Mass Church Altar Servers Joe Barker III Chinny Okpala Jordan Barker Stephanie Okpala 6p KPC Ash Wed Red Beans and Rice Adamski Hall Justin Barker CJ Okpala Thu, Feb 14 8a Daily Mass Rectory Extraordinary Sonya Strider Betty Hyman 7p Study Marino Conf Rm Minister of Lisa Blair Phyllis Wright Fri, Feb 15 9a Health Ministry Fish Fry Adamski Hall Holy Pam Simmons Corine Lynch Melba Paschal 12p Bible Study Marino Conf Rm Communion Carl Glisson Paul Duhé II Mary Hunter Sun, Feb 17 8a KPCLA sponsored breakfast Adamski Hall Ushers Charlie Stanford *Lorenzo Bowman 8:30a RCIA Rite of Sending 8:30a Mass-Church Theresa Stanford Ibironke Adeleye 10a KPC regular meeting Health Min Room Brendel Stewart Green 2p Cameroon Community Social Adamski Hall Margaret Tarver Beverly Jordan Roseline Omosola 2:30p Marist Laity meeting St. Bakhita Room *Lead usher 2p Cameroon Community Mass Church