St. Joseph’s Church Cantor Schedule 43 Somerset Road – Sandys, MA 03, Bermuda (Direct Line) 441-238-1784 6:00 pm 11:15 (Located between Arnold’s Supermarket & Somerset Cricket Field) Feb 22/ 23 Denis Ruth Parish Email: [email protected] Feb 29/Mar 1 Debbie Marc Pastor: Fr. Attilio Morelli Reconciliation: By appointment Collections - (St. Anthony’s) Baptisms: By Appointment – One month in advance

Weddings: By Appointment –usually about a year in advance Online payments can be made directly into the Bank account of Sunday Mass: 9:00 am St. Anthony’s – Butterfield Bank - BD$ Current A/c – St. Anthony’s Church 20006060061567100 and US $ Current A/c - 20006840061567100. 26 Middle Road -Warwick WK03, Bermuda Please make sure to indicate what the donation is for in the Phone: (Office Direct Line) 441-238-1784 memo field when making the payment i.e. Gen collection; Pastor’s Mobile: 441-777-2166 Maintenance; Mission Sunday, etc. Multiple payments can be Pastor: Fr. Attilio Morelli made for those times that you are away or on vacation. Please Parish Email: [email protected] note, that we are charged $ 20 for US checks drawn on a US Reconciliation: Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. or by appointment Bank. Baptisms: By Appointment – One month in advance Weddings: By Appointment –A year in advance Collection Counters CCD: Sundays at 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Coordinator: Anna Daniel 441-236-2438 This Weekend Feb 23- Cindy & Wendy Email: [email protected] Organist: Tony Bari: [email protected] 441-236-1314 St. Vincent de Paul Rep.: Pat Rodrigues Prayer to St. Michael Portuguese Charismatic Group (PCG): St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Fridays @ 8:15pm – TV Room, in the Cottage Be our Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust Neocatechumenal Community (NCW): into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world Wednesdays & Saturdays 8:00 PM in the Hall seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. ______Masses at St. Anthony’s PARISH

Sat Feb 22 6:00 pm +Manuel Moura & Family Dear Parishioners, We are listening during these Sunday to a portion of the Gospel of Sun Feb 23 11:15 am Intentions of Louise Vizien Matthew that is called “The Sermon of the Mount”. These words of Jesus are a call to radical love, which is the ultimate dimension Tue Feb 25 8:00 am of our life. Take at face value, the message of Jesus is pure folly. A lot of people, including biblical scholars, priests, nuns, Wed Feb 26 8:15 am preachers and, at times even bishops, can make subtle arguments to convince us that these words cannot be taken at face value. Thu Feb 27 8:15 am Well, I cannot buy that. That is exactly what makes Jesus unique. The fact that I cannot put these words into practice as they are, Fri Feb 28 8:00 am that they overwhelm me, that they look impossible and crazy to

me is the ultimate argument that is proving me that I need to be Sat Feb 29 6:00 pm +Manuel & Ana Reis & Family saved! This is what Salvation is about: be made capable to love for Sun Mar 1 11:15 am real. The radical craziness of the love Jesus Christ is preaching is what make his message unique. If it is true that other spiritual and philosophical leaders have tried to teach some kind of love as an Liturgical Ministries St. Anthony’s answer to the issues of human existence, only Jesus pushes the envelope that far, and only Jesus Christ has offered his life in Feb 22/23 6:00 pm 11:15 am sacrifice and is risen from the dead so that also other can love to Ministers of D. Mendonca J. Looby the full in that dimension. This is what Scripture means by saying Communion M. Mendonca L. Vizien that there is no other name in which it is established that we can be Proclaimer of A. Boyle R. Tannock saved. However, we need to start by having the courage to take the God's Word E. Bagabaldo J. Stovell word at face value. To be honest and sincere, if we don’t, we do not need to crowd uselessly Churches. And if a Minister or Priest Feb 29/Mar 1 6:00 pm 11:15 am or Sister or Preacher or, for what I am concerned, even a Bishop or Ministers of M. Bari K. White Cardinal, does not believe that these words should be taken at face Communion A. Boyle N. Russo value, he or she would do a better thing by getting a different job.

Proclaimer of E. Bagabaldo M. Stone That we are not up to this word, that is not the problem: it means God's Word D. Mendonca S. White that we need to convert, that we need salvation! We can approach it now with the humility and even the joy and at the same time

with trembling and hope of facing something which is immensely The Peace and Social Justice Ministry invites all parish church greater than us, but at the same time, exactly because it is greater communities to attend our next Peace and Social Justice Event on Friday, th than us, can elevate our life to higher and higher heights of love!!! February 28 , 2020 from 7:30pm until 9:00pm at St. Theresa’s Church Hall. This event is an Educational Information Session to inform all But woe if we make this word smaller: we will end up being church members about the Environment and Recycling in Bermuda. It is hopeless and we will steal hope from the world. God bless you entitled: RECYCLING, WHY IT MATTERS AND HOW IT WORKS all. Fr. Attilio IN BERMUDA This Talk will be given by Mr. Allan Douglas head of the Recycling Plant in Prospect. Please come and bring your questions and This Wednesday is already Ash Wednesday. A new Season of concerns. Light Refreshments will be served. Lest is Beginning. Lent is a time of conversion and preparation for Easter. Be a Green Team Member - In October 2019, Bishop Wes signed off on the first Environmental Policy for the Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule is the following: Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda. With the St. Anthony: 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM (+ Liturgy of the Word NCW start of the New Year, each Parish church will be expected to implement at 8:00 PM) the Environmental Action Plan by first putting together a “Green Team”. This team will be responsible for leading the Environmental initiative St. Joseph 5:45 PM within the church and ensuring that the church remains in compliance with the whole Catholic Church initiative. The Diocesan Environment Station of the Cross Plan will have a multi-pronged approach to making our church fully environmentally friendly, to reduce our carbon footprint, and to St. Anthony and St. Joseph 7:00 PM minimize waste and pollution. If preserving the environment and protecting our natural resources is a passion of yours, speak to Fr. Attilio Ash Wednesday is a day of Fast and Abstinence for more information. Now is the time for us all to step up in support of All Friday of Lent are days of Abstinence this Diocesan Environmental Action Plan.

Following is the schedule of the joint ministerial alliance Diocesan Pre-Marriage Preparation Program 2020 ecumenical Lent services: This annual Lenten season Wednesday program is MANDATORY for couples who are planning to get married and THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE OF WARWICK, PAGET & receive the Sacrament of Matrimony in the Roman Catholic SOUTHAMPTON Church in the next 18 months, here in Bermuda or overseas. The JOINT LENT SERVICES 2020 program will run for 6 weeks; 12 hours in total and will cover Theme : “Christ In The Hebrew Scriptures” about 15-20+ topics. The dates of the program will be March Tuesday evenings in Lent at 7.30 pm. 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, and 8, from 7:00pm - 9:00 pm in St.

DATE VENUE PREACHER Theresa’s Parish Hall and will be at a cost of $50 per couple. 26th. Feb. Ash Wed. St. Mary's, Warwick Overseer Deborah Dean Couples are required to speak to their Pastor prior to the first session so that they can receive a Registration Form. ( A Day of Fasting so NO refreshments will be served after this service) For more information, please contact Fr. Joe Morley, Program Facilitator at 441-705-0236. Tues. 3rd. March Warwick Holiness church, Captain Wendy Crabb Khyber Pass, Warwick Caritas House of Prayer: Closed on Ash Wednesday. Regular schedule on March 4th with recitation of the Rosary at 10:30 Tues. 10th. March Sanctuary of Praise, N.T Church of God ? Rev. AM followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and then the David Trott Soup/Rolls program, as below. Cedar Hill, Warwick th Beginning on Wednesday, March 4 we will have our Lenten Tues. 17th. March Bright Temple AME church Pastor Evroyd Weekes Presentations on “Who do you say I am” …Who is Christ for Spring Hill, Warwick you? Soup and Rolls will be available from 12 Noon and the DVD presentations will begin at 12:45 PM with prayer and Tues. 24th. March St. Anthony’s, RC church Fr. Antony Pettit discussion ending at 2 PM. The program will be repeated in the Middle Rd., Warwick evening with soup and rolls available at 5:45 PM and the DVD presentations beginning at 6:30 PM with prayer and discussion Tues. 31st. March Peace Lutheran church Pastor Rudolph Ebbin? ending by 8 PM. Middle Rd., Paget Lectio Divina: Monday, February 24th in St. Theresa’s Hall at Fr. Attilio 7 PM. All are invited.

DIOCESE Vocations www.vocationculture.ca THE BISHOP’S CORNER The law of universal love in today’s scripture is a difficult but compelling Please see insert for the Bishop’s Note call. Answer the call for today, and try again tomorrow, and every day, for the rest of your life. This is the path of joy and peace! St. Theresa’s Cathedral - Please note that during the season of (Matthew 5:38-48) Lent, the 12:10pm Mass at St. Theresa’s Cathedral, will be celebrated from Monday to Friday. On Fridays, before the Mass, there will be Stations of the Cross at 11:40am.

The Bishop’s Corner Bulletin – Sunday, 23rd February 2020

Dear Fellow-Catholics,

"The beloved Amazon region stands before the world in all its splendour, its drama and its mystery." This is how “Querida Amazonia”, a post-synodal apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis, which has just been published begins. The Pope emphasizes that he wants to "express the resonance" that the synod created in him. He clarifies that he does not intend to replace or repeat the Final Document of the Synod, but encourages reading it in full, in the hope that the whole Church will be inspired and enriched, and that the Church in the Amazon will try to implement it. Francis shares his dreams of the Amazon, whose fate should all be disturbing, because this land is also our land. The Pope formulates four great dreams: an Amazon region that fights for the rights of the poorest, defends its cultural wealth, jealously preserves its irresistible natural beauty, and finally, that Christian communities would be able to engage and "embody" the Amazon.

The document emphasizes that a real ecological approach always becomes a social approach and warns against "conservationism" which can easily turn ecology into ecologism. According to the Pope, economic activities that intensify destruction, murder and corruption deserve to be called "injustice and crime." After John Paul II, he repeats that globalization cannot become a new colonialism.

"Beloved Amazonia" also highlights communities that are full of life and in which lay people should perform important functions. The Pope devotes a special place to the strength and gifts of women. He admits that in the Amazon some communities survive only thanks to the presence of strong and generous women. He warns, however, that the Church cannot be reduced to her functional structures. This would mean that recognizing the role of women would lead to their ordaining to the priesthood. According to the Pope, we must oppose the clericalisation of women, while accepting their contribution in a feminine way in which we see an extension of "Mary's strength and tenderness." Francis encourages the creation of new women's services, which would have a decisive impact on the life of the community. His dream for the Amazon is that it will be the place that the Gospel triumphs over technocracy.

During a meeting with American bishops who are in Rome on an ad limina visit, the Pope admitted that he is amazed at the reactions to his exhortation. "It was a synod on the Amazon. Some wanted me to comment on celibacy but that was not this synod’s topic." The official Exhortation’s text can be found: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa- francesco_esortazione-ap_20200202_querida-amazonia.html

Have a great Sunday, last Sunday of Carnival, and a blessed week, with an Ash Wednesday in its middle!

Bishop Wes