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Mar. 22 2020 Pastor Fr. Mark Heuberger Parochial Vicar Fr. Michal Szyszka Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am Daily Masses Mon, Wed, Fri: 11am Tue, Thur, Sat: 8 am Holy Days Holy Day Vigil: 4:30 pm Complete schedules are listed in the bulletin prior to the Holy Day Confessions Saturday: 3:30 —4:20 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet Wednesdays 7pm in the chapel Unless noted in the bulletin Eucharistic Adoration First Friday of the Month 11:30 am— 4pm in the chapel “Do we not have in the Eucharist the living, true and real Jesus present before us?” —St. Teresa of Avila 2 Sunday, March 22, 2020 The Fourth Sunday of Lent As of Wednesday, March 18, 2020 § Deceased n Living Bishop Dewane in conjunction with Florida bishops Monday, March 23 has announced that: St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop Is 65:17-21 • Jn 4:43-54 ALL MASSES ARE SUSPENDED 11am § Robert Forbes ALL ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELED Tuesday, March 24 until further notice. St. Oscar Romero, Bishop and Martyr Ez 47:1-9, 12 • Jn 5:1-16 All Eucharistic ministries are suspended, including: 8am § Steve Rechsteiner homebound, hospital, and nursing home. Wednesday, March 25 Annunciation of the Lord The Msgr. Moretti Center is closed. Is 7:10-14; 8:10 • Heb 10:4-10 The Church Office is open for essential service only. Lk 1:26-38 11 am § Charlie Paces The bulletin, along with other information, will be Thursday, March 26 added to our parish website as it becomes available. Ex 32:7-14 • Jn 5:31-47 www.sspeterandpaul.org 8am n Maria Vecco We thank you for your understanding and patience. Friday, March 27 Wis 2:1a, 12-22 • Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 May we stay hopeful, prayerful, and faithful. 11 am § Trina Phillips Bishop Frank Dewane’s letter to all parishes Saturday, March 28 is printed in full on pages six and seven. Jer 11:18-20 • Jn 7:40-53 8am § Ralph C. Breakell 4:30 pm n Parishioners of SSP&P Diocese of Venice TV MASSES are Sundays at 9:30am. Sunday, March 29 Comcast Channel 9 Spectrum Channel 4 Fifth Sunday of Lent Frontier Channel 4 Universal Channel 11 Mt 21:1-11 • Is 50:4-7 • Phil 2:6-11 Direct TV Channel 44 Verizon Channel 4 Mt 26:14-27:66 or 27:11-54 Dish Network Channel 44 7:30 am § Mass of Thanksgiving to St. Lucy for prayers answered Matthew 21:1-11 § 9:30 am Elvira Coto Next Sunday’s Readings Isaiah 50:4-7 11:30 am § Philip Leeney Fifth Sunday of Lent Philippians 2:6-11 Matthew 26:14-27:66 Sunday, March 22, 2020 The Fourth Sunday of Lent 3 BULLETIN DEADLINE: Mondays 11am Go Deeper Into Today’s Gospel Church Office 2850 75th Street West “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” Jesus wants to motivate each one of us to Bradenton, FL 34209 see the truth. After developing a relationship with Jesus, the blind man “sees” (941) 795-1228 as someone very special. The Pharisees, due to the blindness caused by their ignorance, prejudice, and need for self-preservation, still remain blind. 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He was born in Krakow in 1929. He was 9 years younger to heal and renew marriages than John Paul II. Jerzy spent much of his university life attending meetings call (239) 395-0810 at the Basilica of St. Florian’s Church with the circle of students that met or (800) 470-2230 regularly with Fr. Karol. Jerzy had been a scout as a youngster and shared Poor Boxes two great passions with Wojtyla: the mountains and canoeing. It was in this are located at each doorway Catholic group that Jerzy met his wife Danuta whom he married in 1957. as you exit the church. All donations benefit our John Paul II was the priest who married them. “Fr. Karol came with us on St. Vincent de Paul Society. trips, to concerts, to the theatre and the cinema”, Mrs. Danuta explained SVDP green donation a while back, recalling the atmosphere of that group. “We talked during ex - envelopes are in the pews and info boxes in vestibule. cursions, around the fire and at organized meetings which took place in our homes.” In one of these discussions, John Paul II said that Jerzy spoke Holy Water about the fact that regular Catholics were also called to become saints. Jerzy To refill your personal holy water bottles, please use the became a professor at the university and he had 3 children with his wife. holy water dispenser and By that time, Fr Karol had become the Archbishop of Krakow. But the small funnel located in the bond between him and the Catholic students remained the same as ever. chapel vestibule on the wall In 1968 Jerzy decided to join a catholic movement called the Focolare. next to the candles. Jerzy was offered the opportunity to teach young engineers for a semester Votive Candles at a university in Africa. He gladly accepted. In fall of that year Jerzy’s family are located in the vestibules went to visit him, and they decided to take a boat ride on the Nile River. of the church and the chapel. The boat capsized and only his wife Danuta and their elder daughter sur - Religious Articles Store vived. Jerzy and his two boys died in 1970, when he was only 39 years open after weekend Masses. old. John Paul II was there at his funeral and expressed the extreme sadness Altar Flowers at the passing of his friend. Jerzy’s beatification process began in 1985 and parishioners Mark & Susan Pope Francis has recognized his heroic virtues in 2014. Clark of Flowers by Edie donate the altar flowers. 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