U.S.A. National Circus Church The Pallottines (Society of Catholic Apostolate) 200 N. Orange Avenue Sarasota, Florida 34236 Telephone: (941) 366-4210 FAX: (941) 954-8434 Website: www.stmartha.org Facebook St. Martha Roman Catholic Church Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - Noon & 12:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. M S Church opens 30 minutes before each service and closes afterwards. Very Rev. Fausto Stampiglia S.A.C., Pastor Saturday: 7:30 a.m. & 8:30 a.m.; (Vigil) 4 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. Rev. R. Patrick Wilson, S.A.C. Sunday Church: 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Noon & 5:30 p.m. Rev. Jan Rykala, S.A.C. Sunday Parish Hall: 8 a.m. (Spanish): Noon (Vietnamese) Rev. Krzysztof “Chris” Frost, S.A.C. Weekday: 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., Noon & 5:30 p.m. Rev. John Cao, C.R.M., Hospital Chaplain Holy Day: (Vigil) 4 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.; 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Rev. George “Jerry” Hogan, Circus Chaplain Noon, & 5:30 p.m. Rev. Deacon William Ladroga TV Mass Sunday, 9:30 a.m. on CW Network or dioceseofvenice.org/tv-mass Rev. Deacon C. Patrick Macaulay C Rev. Deacon Robert Gaitens Saturday: 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.; 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. (Reconciliation Room) Br. Tom Flanagan, S.A.C. Sunday - Friday: 11:30 a.m. - Noon (Church Entrance) Br. Lawrence Skitzki, C.S.C. E B S Sr. Cathy Bonfield, S.S.N.D. Carosella Chapel: Tuesdays 9 a.m. - Noon; Fridays 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (The Carosella Chapel is open for quiet prayer during office hours.) P S S Sara Brinn, Office Manager/Parish Secretary Monday through Friday at 11:15 a.m. in the Church. Virginia Bray, Music Director R M P D Gina Snode, Business Manager/Bookkeeper Rosary is prayed daily following the 7:30 a.m. Mass, immediately followed Patricia Sileo, Director of Religious Education by Morning Prayer. Rosary is again prayed before the Noon Mass. Teressa McCoy, Finance Assistant B Sabrina Gibson, Reception/Data Entry Classes are held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 7 to 8 p.m. in Pamela Paulson , Reception/Data Entry the Conference Room. Baptism will take place regularly every Sunday Rose Ann Runnells, Sacristan at 5 p.m. or by appointment with your choice of clergyman. Tom Patt, Sacristan A S: Saturdays after the 8:30 a.m. Mass Janet Cocco, Sacristan H B: Contact Sara Brinn at the Parish Office Miguel Jimenez , Facilities Manager P L: 941-306-6503 Nਮਵਤਬਡਤ਱ 17, 2019 Pਲਠਫਲ਼ਤ਱ Wਤਤਪ I From Our Pastor, Fr. Fausto ... defending human dignity and taking poverty off the map. While CCHD’s impact on neighborhoods nationwide is My Dear Friends, long-term and positive, we need your help to continue to The last two Sundays of Ordinary Time deal with meet the needs of the over 46 million Americans who are the end of our time here on earth, either through our struggling to escape poverty. Please help us take poverty own death or through the second coming of Jesus. This off the map by supporting the collection for CCHD, and Sunday’s Gospel is teaching all Christians not to let our you will be rewarded in Paradise. guard down. The devil has a way to dull our spiritual The Catholic Dogma of Purgatory sometimes leaves alertness. So be awake when God calls us repeatedly to us struggling for an understanding, and for reconciling His friendship, and then we will not die in God’s mercy and justice. The way I explain it to the our sins totally unaware of Jesus’ call, and children is about a mother who commands sternly to her the doors of paradise will remain closed to children not to play baseball in the backyard because they us! Let us have the foresight to fight the can break a window pane. When a disobedient kid breaks devil’s serenade that makes us asleep to the glass, the furious mom sends the kid to his room God’s call. The victorious arms of our battle without dinner and, from then on, without his weekly against Satan are ours by asking God allowance, unless the kid does some special job in the through prayer, rosary, Holy Communion, house and makes enough money to pay the damage done alms-giving, confession, mercy and forgiveness. Let us earlier. God will forgive us our sins in the confessional, not allow greed, pride, hatred and racism to dull our readmit us to His Holy Supper, but we still have to make souls! amends for our damages either in this life (alms, prayers - Naturally, we use the time to pray everyday, to read especially the Holy Mass - sacrifices, acceptance of the Bible, to go to Church Services, but we do have much illnesses and fortune reversal, or in the next one in more time on our hands that goes unclaimed for God, and Purgatory). Following Vatican II, Pope Paul VI said: “The sometimes just plainly wasted, not because of ill will, but truth has been divinely revealed that sins are followed by mainly because of poor planning, or tiredness, or lack of punishments - sins must be expiated - through sorrows opportunities. and trials of this life - otherwise in the next life of It does seem that we Catholics do not give our purgatory.” Let us then pray for the Poor Souls in tithes to God as other denomination members do. Let Purgatory, because when they reach Heaven with our us pray that we will not merit the reproach that God sent help, they will intercede with God on our behalf. One of to the Israelites through the Prophet Malachi (Chapter 3): the best ways to help them and, at the same time, help our “Yet you say “How much we return (to God)?’ souls, is to acquire holy indulgences, especially when it is Dare a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me! And a plenary indulgence, which totally cancels the purgatory you say “How do we rob you?’ In tithes and in time all together. One of the most popular plenary offerings! You are indeed accursed, for you, the whole indulgences is the consecration of the Human Race to the nation rob me. Bring the whole tithe… and try me in Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is recited after Holy this, says the Lord of Hosts: Shall I not open for you Communion at the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King the floodgates of Heaven, to pour down blessings upon of the Universe, which is next Sunday, November 24. you without measure?” Please pray for the eternal rest of Kathleen Our 2019 Catholic Faith Appeal will be end on Beveridge, who passed away last week at the age of 90. December 31st. I want to thank all you dear parishioners She worked for years as a volunteer in our office and will who have helped St. Martha Church achieve 87% of our be missed. May Jesus reward, with paradise, her $341,000 target (as of 10/31/2019). I am asking in these generous offer of time and talent at the service of God’s last few weeks that anyone who has not completed their people in St. Martha. pledge or have not yet contributed, to find it in their heart Smile, God loves you and so does Fr. Fausto to write a check, and drop it in the collection basket in the next few weeks. If everyone made a donation, or with your St. Martha clergy: increased the amount they have already donated, it would Fathers Patrick, Jan, Chris, John & Jerry make a big difference. Thank you! Deacons Bill, Patrick & Robert Maybe a young man in our parish at this very and Brothers Tom & Lawrence & Sister Cathy moment is wondering about becoming a priest. You could make the difference between whether that young man pursues that call, or pushes it aside, thinking that S. M A S perhaps he isn’t qualified, that it would be too embarrassing to ask, or that it’s too difficult to figure out All are welcome to become active how to find out more information. If you, or someone you members of the St. Martha Altar Society. The Altar know would be interested in becoming a diocesan priest, Society is a group of dedicated laypersons who care for contact Fr. Shawn Roser, Director of Vocations at the the altar, sacristy, and sanctuary. Meetings are held in the Church every Monday morning after the 8:30 a.m. Mass. Diocese of Venice, at 941-486-4720 . Next weekend we will ask you to support the If you are interested in becoming a member annual Catholic Campaign for Human Development please contact the Parish Office at 941-366-4210 (CCHD). For over 40 years, CCHD has been dedicated to 33਱ਣ S਴ਭਣਠਸ ਨਭ O਱ਣਨਭਠ਱ਸ Tਨਬਤ T W O P DIOCESE OF VENICE IN FLORIDA Sun., Nov 17 7:00 a.m. St. Martha School Raffle Sale ‐ Courtyard 10:15 a.m. Religious Ed ‐ 2nd Floor Classrooms 11:30 a.m. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Confessions ‐ Fr. Chris Mon., Nov 18 ‐ St. Rose Philippine Duchesne The Catholic Campaign for Human Development 6:00 p.m. Bible Study ‐ Geenen Hall (CCHD), the national, antipoverty campaign of the U.S. Tues., Nov 19 ‐ Bl Salvatore Lilli Bishops, has been an immeasurable blessing for 9:15 a.m. thousands over the years.