St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church & School Pastor Rev. Michael W. Davis August 29, 2021

Parochial Vicars Rev. Eliseus Ezeuchenne 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

Sunday August 29, 2021

Saturday , September 4 7:30am † John Moreland …....(Kate Murphy) 8:30am (Fr. Nicholas) 9:00am † Thomas Boegler ….(Lori & Mary Robinson) 4:00pm (Fr. Davis) 10:30am For the People of Saint Gregory 4:15pm (Fr. Pham) (Parish Center) 12:00pm † Nicole Francois …..(Her Family)

1:30pm † Isabel Cristina Buendia …(Su Familia) Sunday, September 5 3:00pm † Jose Daniel Toro …(Familia Barrera) 6:00pm † Robbie Boegler …..(Kay & Geoff Burleton) 7:30am (Fr. Pham) 9:00am (Fr. Eliseus) Monday, August 30 10:30am (Fr. Davis) 7:00am † Thomas & Mary Gair …(Marianne Gair Scott) 12:00pm (Fr. Pham) 8:30am † Denise Mercier ………..(Genevieve Decatrel) 1:30pm (Fr. Nicholas) (Spanish) Tuesday, august 31 3:00pm (Fr. Nicholas) (Spanish)

7:00am Eves Rose Dary/S.I… ..(Self) 6:00pm (Fr. Eliseus) 8:30am Patricia Lloveras/S.I. …(Helene Alexander)

Wednesday, September 1

7:00am † Rosa Rivera …………...(Rivera Family) 8:30am Eves Rose Dary/S.I… ..(Self) Religious Education 7:00pm † Julio Ernest Guerrero …(Mamá y Hermanos) Registration is Open! Thursday, September 2

7:00am † Charlie Perea …..(Ana Saponaro) 8:30am † Joseph Mercier... (Genevieve Decatrel)

Friday, September 3

7:00am † Rosa de Zendegui …(Conchita de la Peña) 8:30am † Emma Zownorega …(Her Son)

Saturday, September 4

8:30am † Michael Bonagura …(Steve & Carolina Sexton)

4:00pm † Michael Rosinski …..(Mom & Family) MONDAY

1st - 5th Grade (Only Holy Communion) 5:00-6:30pm Readings for the Week of August 29, 2021 3rd - 8th Grade (7 th - 8th Grade Confirmation) 6:00-7:30pm Sunday Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time THURSDAY Dt 4:1-2, 6-8; Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5; Jas 1:17-18, 1st - 5th Grade (Only Holy Communion) 21b-22, 27; Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 5:00-6:30pm Monday 1 Thes 4:13-18; Ps 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13; 3rd - 8th Grade (7 th - 8th Grade Confirmation) Lk 4:16-30 6:00-7:30pm Tuesday 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; 6th - 8th Grade Communion and High School Lk 4:31-37 7:00-8:30pm Wednesday Col 1:1-8; Ps 52:10, 11; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday Col 1:9-14; Ps 98:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6; Lk 5:1-11 For more information please contact: Friday Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope (954) 473-8169, ext. 149 and Doctor of the Church Col 1:15-20; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5; Lk 5:33-39 Email: [email protected] Saturday Col 1:21-23; Ps 54:3-4, 6 and 8; Lk 6:1-5 [email protected] 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 Jueves por 5 horas, desde las 4:00pm hasta 9:00pm. ANOINTING ▪ UNCIÓN

▪ Please call the Church office to notify us if anyone is homebound, critically ill, or wishes to receive the Eucharist or Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Anointing of the Sick. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), is a process ▪ Para algun enfermo o anciano, llamar a la oficina de la Iglesia. for adults interested in the Catholic faith, or desiring to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, or First Holy Communion.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ▪ EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA For more information, on what to do next, please call Father

▪ RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ▪ EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA Davis at the Church Office, 954-473-6261. Or Patricia O’Neill at 954-895-2238. ▪ For students in public and private schools. Call 954-473-8169. ▪ Para Primera Comunión o Confirmación de jóvenes llamar a Isabel Agostini en la oficina de Educación OFFICE STAFF Religiosa, 954-473-8169 .

st th Monday: 1 - 5 Grade (Only Holy Communion) 5:00-6:30pm 3rd - 8th Grade (7 th - 8th Grade Confirmation) 6:00-7:30pm Fabiola Adriano, Carla Landrón, st th Director of Development Thursday: 1 -5 Grade (Only Holy Communion) 5:00-6:30pm Office Manager/ 3rd - 8th Grade (7 th - 8th Grade Confirmation) 6:00-7:30pm Master Calendar Coordinator Deanne Ledee,

Grades 6 th - 8th preparing for First Communion and High School Isabel Agostini, Director Accounts Payable/ preparing for Confirmation -7:00pm-8:30pm . Secretary Religious HR/Administrative Assistant to the Pastor Education/Administrative Assistant to the DRE Elaine Martinez, ▪ ROSARY ▪ ROSARIO Martha Betancourt, Rectory Prefect/ Daily Rosary after the 7:00am Mass and after 8:30am Mass Curator of Records/Pastoral Housekeeper/Laundress in the Chapel. Administrative Assistant/Virtus Ana Saponaro ▪ Rosario en español es en la Iglesia todos los Miércoles a Brenda Carson, Director of Marriage Preparation las 6:30pm y los Viernes a las 7:00pm. & Wedding Services Data Processing Coordinator/ Bulletin and Print Media Michael R. Sayers Welcome to the Catholic Coordinator/Pilgrimages Director of Liturgical Music

Church! Congratulations John Ferrara , Antonio Vomvolakis , to our newly baptized Plant Manager/ Director of Religious Education

Director of Maintenance Ava Marie Karbowski, Kara Jo Kumar SAINT GREGORY SCHOOL Layani Kash Louis, Leo Powers Wehby Camila González Director of Youth Ministry Mrs. Caridad Canino , Principal And Young Adult Services

Prayers for those Mrs. Lisa Young , Ofelia Kushner, Assistant Principal who have entered eternity Budget Director/Director of Mrs. Millie Serrano , †Joseph Pini† Accounts Receivable Tuition Accounts Manager FROM THE DESK OF FATHER DAVIS A young attorney, fresh out of law school, was trying out the brand-new desk in his office on his first day with the firm. Hearing someone about to open his office door, he picked up the phone and pretended to be talking to a client: “Yes, Mr. Jones, I understand. I am very busy right now with several cases, but I think I can fit your case in.” Hanging up the receiver, he spun around in his chair to greet the visitor, certain that he had made quite an impression. “Yes, sir, and what can I do for you?” “I’ll only need a moment or two,” replied the visitor. “I’m from the phone company and I’m here to connect your phone!”

As this silly little story illustrates, the young lawyer, given his personal insecurity in his new career, was trying to make an impression. Yet, he demonstrated a lack of authenticity and integrity. He hadn’t yet reached the point of being secure in himself, in his profession, and in how he was to handle himself. As such, he was caught red-handed with terrible inauthenticity. This speaks to the type of personal and moral inconsistency that plays out time and time again in many people’s lives, even in our lives of faith.

In today’s Gospel, we hear how Jesus called out the Pharisees for their inauthenticity and their lack of integrity. In their role as leader in the community, they enjoyed the esteem of the people. They offered their leadership, and they articulated their teachings. They demanded of their hearers careful, if not scrupulous, adherence to certain traditions, standards, and the details of Jewish life. Yet, as their own lives demonstrated, they had not yet captured the spirit of the law, nor had they trained others to get beyond the exterior letter of the law either. They were a people, which according to Isaiah and quoted by Jesus, who honored the Lord with their lips, but their hearts were far from Him. They came to disregard God’s commandments, in favor of mere human precepts and standards. Given the sinful inconsistencies that plagued them, their spiritual lives lacked the integration required for authenticity.

For the Jews of Jesus’ day, as for us, the life of faith always beckons us to authenticity in our relationship with God. Most of the time, we are acutely aware of our own limitations and sins, and with courage we seek to polish off the rough edges and make our lives better. But, sometimes, there is blatant spiritual and moral inconsistency that blocks the authenticity of our response to God in faith. Jesus identified some of the misguided inclinations and sins that get in the way of spiritual health and authenticity. He spoke of evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, and folly. These are evils that, in one form or another, are “breaks” with the demands of the Ten Commandments, and as such are roadblocks to an authentic embrace of God’s teachings for His people. We can’t just sit in the chair of Christianity and pretend to be on the phone, without a lifeline to the power source, and a lived demonstration of consistent faith. In short, if we only have Christianity on the outside (merely in words, in books, and in exterior gestures), there will likely be a serious disconnect in personal integration.

Today the Lord Jesus again calls his people to authenticity. What we say we believe on the outside, we must be sure to believe and foster on the inside, and vice versa. The old adage is that we must walk our talk. May we not only observe a godly tradition of the Christian life, but authentically live it.

Weekly Offertory Collection August 16th to 22nd, 2021

In Church Collection: $11,375 On-Line Giving : 10,092 Candles Offering: 195 Collection for Haiti: 1,859

Total Collected: $23,521

1,752 persons attended Mass . Catholic university of America collection DEVELOPMENT NEWS Next weekend, September 4th & 5th will be the collection for Catholic University of America. This collection supports students in the United States during this crucial time and helps the University conduct critical research that will serve parishes and dioceses throughout the country. Please be generous. Thank you.

Help the church and people of Haiti

The Archbishop has requested that our people are encouraged to contribute funds to help the people of Haiti. We are so happy to have St. Gregory students back Given their recent devastating earthquake and storm, they for another exciting school year. St. Gregory the are in desperate need of help. You can contribute by Great, is only GREAT, when parishioners, parents, making an on-line donation, or use the Collection Towers students and faculty work together to instill our in the Church, notating Church in Haiti. Thank you for mission and ensure our future is secure. your generosity

We will be having our First Fundraiser of the year this October. While we are not able to hold our traditional Rite Of Christian Walkathon, we will hold a Danceathon this year to Initiation of Adults help raise funds for our school. CURIOUS ABOUT THE CATHOLIC FAITH? If you would like to be a sponsor of the event please reach out to Carla Landrón in the Development Are you or someone you Office. Sponsorships are due by September 22! know interested in joining the Catholic Church? Are you curious about the Catholic Faith, but not sure you want to God Bless, Carla Landron make a commitment? Are you married to a Catholic, raising your children Catholic, and interested in knowing more to be able to share with them? Are you a Catholic who desires to complete the initiation process by receiving Stained Glass Window Repair, Eucharist and Confirmation? If you answered “yes” to any Can anyone help? of these questions, we warmly invite you to give serious consideration to entering into the RCIA process.

As mentioned in a previous bulletin The RCIA is designed to assist adults who have never blurb, we are currently repairing our been baptized and wish to be baptized in the Catholic precious stained glass windows. Church, or who have been baptized in another Christian Approximately five of them have Religion and wish to become Catholic, or who were buckled and are suffering the effects of baptized Catholic but have not received First Eucharist weight and poor framing. A few of and Confirmation. There is no requirement for them have already been repaired and commitment until you have completed the process, no have been beautifully re-installed. But, pressure to decide until you are ready. the work continues. Each of the five windows requires special handling and The RCIA process begins September 12 th , 2021 and repair procedures. An initial frame mold has cost us meets weekly until after Easter. Weekly sessions consist $5,000. The repair for each of the five is $2,575. of a presentation on a topic of Catholic teaching, scripture Such an expenditure, while essential, has been reflection and faith sharing and Catholic practices. If you beyond our budgeted fiscal expectations. But it needs are interested in the RCIA for yourself or someone you to be done to save the windows. If anyone could find it know, please contact RCIA Director, Patricia O’Neill at in their heart to underwrite this repair project, or a 954-895-2238 (or the Church office) for more information, portion of it, the contribution would be greatly or to register for this wonderful program. If you are a appreciated! Please make your donations on a check practicing Catholic and only need the Sacrament of written to Saint Gregory Church. Put "window project" Confirmation, please also contact Patricia O’Neill. in the memo section. It can be sent to the care of Father Davis. Thank you for your consideration. PARISH EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Saint Gregory’s Website Sponsorship Program

“Acutis” Youth Ministries Through the Saint Gregory Website Sponsorship Program you can help us maintain our parish website Young Adult (18+): Meets every other weekend. with important information about our Church and Contact us to learn more and joining our group! community while we help you promote your business. High School Youth Group: Meets on Tuesday nights You can set up a sponsorship, or just a donation of at 6:00-8:00pm in the Gazebo. Please join us! support.

General Sponsorship Information: Middle School Youth Group: Meets after School on Wednesdays at 3:30-5:15pm in the Gymnasium! ♦Sponsorships are available at a rate of $55 per month ♦3-months – $150 For more information on St. Gregory’s ‘AYM’ ♦6-months – $300 Programs, contact Camila Gonzalez at ♦12-months $550 [email protected] Website Sponsors will be featured on the Homepage.

For more information, please contact Ana Saponaro at Questions about our programs? We discuss all things the Church Office, 954-473-6261. Thank you! youth – please call! 954-473-6261 Ext. 1011

Saint of the Week St. Augustine of Hippo Blessing of Animals on Saint Francis Day Patron Saint of: Theologians, brewers, printers Continuing our annual custom of the blessings of Feast Day: August 28th pets on Monday , October 4 th , the Feast of Saint

Though St. Augustine grew up Francis of Assisi, Saint Gregory will be offering a with a very devout mother, St. brief blessing ceremony at 6:30pm near the Monica, he spent his early life American Flag courtyard in front of Saint Gregory living a non-Christian lifestyle. In School. All animal lovers are welcome to bring their his early 30s, he experienced a pets to be blessed and sprinkled with Holy Water by strong conversion through the Scriptures and dedicated the parish priests on this occasion. Each family in his life to the Church. attendance will receive a Saint Francis of Assisi [See Romans 13:13–14] He became a learned Prayer card, as well as a Saint Francis medal. All theologian and philosopher and was greatly influential on are welcome. the development of Christianity. He is depicted here with a burning heart to symbolize his love for God. He is the patron saint of brewers because of his conversion from his previous life of partying and worldliness. Outdoor Candlelight

St. Augustine of Hippo, pray for us! International Rosary Ceremony

October is the Month of the Holy Rosary. As such, we will again have an outdoor multi-lingual candlelight rosary ceremony Tuesday, October 12th at 7:00pm at the Marian Grotto near the old ministries building at the far end of the property. A Marian teaching will be included. Afterwards, refreshments will be provided. All are welcome.