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May 31, 2020 Pastor Fr May 31, 2020 Pastor Fr. Jose We would like to extend a warm welcome Panthaplamthottiyil, CMI. to all of our new parishioners! Parochial Vicars Fr. Arul Yagappan, MSFS Fr. Bartlomiej Lukasz Gadaj Website: http://seaspcfl.org/ Mission Chapel Retired Associates Church, Rectory Office, St. Stephen’s Chapel Fr. John McElroy School & Ministry Center 2400 E. Highway 100, Bunnell, FL 32110 Fr. Mel Hemann 4600 Belle Terre Pkwy. Palm Coast, FL 32164 Church Hours Fr. George Sankoorikal Phone: (386) 445-2246 • Fax: (386) 445-7808 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday Fr. Fred Parke (Pastor Emeritus) School: (386) 445-2411 Rectory Office & Ministry Center Fr. James May (Pastor Emeritus) Emergency Phone: (386) 283-3420 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday (after hours ONLY) Holidays Pastoral Ministry Deacon Perlito (Tom) Alayu Deacon Bob Devereux Masses Deacon Jose Homem Mother Seton Church Deacon Ed Wolff Deacon Mason Wiggins Saturday 4 pm; Sunday 8 am, 10 am Business Manager and 12 noon; Elizabeth Foran Weekdays : 7.00 am and 8.30 am. Office Assistant Mrs. Elaine Leonard Seton Hall Bookkeeper Saturday 4.15 pm; Leanne Rossi Sunday 8.15 am, 10.15 am and 12.15 pm Receptionist Carmen Cruz-Pritchard Spanish Mass 5 pm on Sunday. Custodian “Your Gift Today is Our Treasure Mr. Juan Quintero for Tomorrow” Portuguese Mass Maintenance May 24 6 pm on first and third Jose Valverde Saturdays. Offertory…………..…$16,044.25 School Principal Online Giving……….....$3,602.00 Brian Wheeler Ascension of the Lord…..$2,141.00 St. Stephen Church Total…………...…$21,687.25 There will be no Mass- Director of Catholic Home Mission…..$995.00 es at St. Stephen until Christian Formation Grand Total……….….$22,782.25 further notice as we are Katie Allio entering the Summer Thank you & God bless! Season. Director of Youth Ministry Please remember that you may still donate to our Sacrament of Donna Roane parish by using Online Giving. Reconciliation Jeremy Vest Go to www.seaspcfl.org by appointment Music Director Don Roy myParish App Online Giving Daily Readings, prayers & Saves envelopes (saves parish $) Bulletin Editor much more! No need to write checks (saves Phyllis Jenkins Go to the App Store or Google YOU $) [email protected] Play and search for myParish. Or No missing donations while on vacation Cover search the internet, myparishapp.com for the ability to find info on all More efficient form of stewardship Pentecost Catholic churches within the Diocese of Go to www.seaspcfl.org and click Courtesy of 123rf.com St. Augustine. Online Giving link. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Palm Coast, Florida 32164, page 2 May 31, 2020 From the Desk of Fr. Jose Set the World on Fire with the Holy Spirit Pentecost was primarily a thanks- St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the giving feast. The people of Israel Society of Jesus, chose St. Francis offered the first fruits of their har- Xavier (1506-1552) to be a pioneer vest to God on this day. Later it missionary. The primary duty of also became a thanksgiving feast Francis Xavier was to serve the Por- for the Law given by God to Moses tuguese Christian settlers in Goa. on Mount Sinai. All the able- However, St. Ignatius knew that bodied Jews were expected to Francis Xavier could do much more; come to Jerusalem to celebrate this he knew the potential for mission feast of Pentecost. work among the people of India as well as in the countries of South and It was on this Jewish feast of Pente- Southeast Asia. Hence, while send- cost the Apostles of Jesus were ing Francis Xavier to India, St. Igna- gathered together with Mary, the tius said to Francis Xavier, “Go, set Mother of Jesus, to pray for the promised gift of the Ho- the world on fire!” And this is precisely what he did. ly Spirit. It was also the fiftieth day after the resurrec- He tried to set the world on fire with the Holy Spirit. tion of Jesus. While they were praying, the Holy Spirit He not only preached the gospel in India but also in came down on them in the form of tongues of fire. And Japan, Borneo and the Maluku Islands and brought tens what a miracle! They all became empowered by the Ho- of thousands of people to Christ. ly Spirit. As the followers of Jesus, today we are called to spread Until the Holy Spirit came down on them the Apostles the message of Jesus through our word and deed. In were very frightened and unsure about their future other words, we are asked to set the world on fire with mission. However, after the descent of the Holy Spirit the help of the Holy Spirit. However, we are often very they became unafraid and courageous and began to timid to talk about our faith in public. The Apostles, preach the good news of the kingdom of God. With too, were also like us before they were anointed with preaching of the message of Jesus on the day of Pente- the Holy Spirit. On this feast of Pentecost, let us ask the cost, the “Church” officially came into existence. And Lord to fill us with the Holy Spirit so that we will have the Church has been preaching the message of Jesus the courage and the conviction to proclaim our faith in with courage and conviction all over the world since our daily lives. With the Holy Spirit in us, we will never this first Christian Pentecost. be afraid. On the contrary, we will be filled with peace and strength which will help us become effective wit- When a request came in 1540 from King John of Portu- nesses to Jesus by setting the world on fire. gal through Pope John III to send missionaries to India, Congratulations to Our Graduates Twenty-one of our beloved students graduated from ing and the solid Catholic our school with flying colors last week. They are Nata- formation they have re- lia Alicea, Alessandra Belanger, Jessica Camacho, Kira ceived I am sure they will Casane, Gabriella Case, Haylee Castronovo, Claire Col- face them successfully and lins, Andrew Costa, Isabel Doshier, Bryan Duran, Car- become model citizens and men Garces, Lindsey Graybosch, Joanel Lorenzo, committed Catholics. I Madelina Manimbo, Nevaeh Murray, Nathan Quartier, hope and pray that they Megan Snyder, Madreeka Toussaint, Gabriella Velez, will be able to continue Mary Wheeler and Spartak Zatikyan. I congratulate all their Catholic education in of them as well as their parents. high school and later in college. As the graduates go on to high school and beyond I They are the future of the Church and we trust them to wish them the very best in their studies and in life. Of take the beacon of their Catholic faith to the coming course, there will be all kinds of challenges for them in generations. Let us always remember to keep them in the future. However, with the excellent academic train- our prayers. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Palm Coast, Florida 32164, page 3 May 31, 2020 Funny Stories Humor for hard times: The newly-elected secretary for the Deacon Board at church submitted this report: 1. October the something Deacon's meeting. 2. P r e s e n t we r e m o s t o f t h e deacons; one was absent. 3. Chairman Tad asked Luke to say something, and he did. 4. New officers were needed; some of us were arm- twisted into taking the positions. 5. S o m e o l d b u s i n e s s w a s remembered, and most of it had been approved. What wasn't was not important. 6. We tried to think of some new business, but it was decided that we're too old to be new. 7. Some of the deacons were getting tired so we decided to get out of the meeting. ‒ via Rev. Dr. Karl R. Kraft Dover, DE Collection Plate: The pastor of a small church exhorted his flock to give generously when the collection plate was passed. "Give," he pleaded, "as though it was going right back into your own pocket." After the service, the pastor chided one of the members: "George, I noticed that you let the collection plate go right by you in spite of my appeal." "Well, Reverend," the man replied. "I figured as long as the money was going back into my pocket anyway, it didn't need no round trip." ‒ via Orville H. Griffin Ohio Baptist Messenger Four legs: A mule he has two legs before and two he has behind. You stand behind Before you find What the two behind be for. ‒ via Rev. Philip H. Steinmetz Marietta, GA Apple Juice: In a Wagner, SD hospital, a student nurse gave one of Fr. Jim Friedrich's parishioners a small plastic container and asked for a urine sample. After the nurse left the room, the parishioner reached for a bottle of apple juice, half-filled the container, and then buzzed for the nurse to return. Container in hand, he reported to the nurse, "It looks to me like this needs another run through the system," and chugged down the supposed urine sample. "Laughter is the best medicine, right?" commented Fr. Friedrich, pastor at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Wagner, SD. Greyhound: "My husband and I adopted a new greyhound who is 4 1/2 years old and has been in a kennel all his life, so being in a home is an adjustment and process.
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