PALM SUNDAY April 14, 2019 Our Parish Mission: “Everyday we reach to restore all things in Jesus Christ” 3010 Chili Avenue | Rochester, NY 14624 | (585) 247-2566 | www.saintpiustenth.org Prayer Shawl Ministry ! PARISH CALENDAR FOR THIS WEEK ! ! SUNDAY, April 14 ! Do you knit or crochet? We would love to have you Faith Formation II ! 8:45AM ! School ! Cafeteria join our very special group. Are you interested in using Social Ministry Food Drive ! 8:30AM & 10:30AM Mass your talents with new born babies, the ailing or elderly ! ! ! ! K of C Bread Pickup 9:00AM 11:30AM PC Matthew of the parish, by creating blankets, shawls? We also try Children's Liturgy of the Word ! 10:30AM Mass to give a blanket or shawl to those who have lost a First Eucharist Mini Retreat ! 12:30PM ! Church family member or someone else close to them. We are ! MONDAY, April 15 able to do this because we have at least 18 20 ladies RCIA Mini Retreat ! 6:30PM ! Convent in our Prayer Shawl group who meet twice a month TUESDAY, April 16 ! and use their talent knitting or crocheting. We invite N ! ! Faith Formation 6:00PM School Gym you to join our group, a group that share their ideas, Folk Group N 7:00PM ! Church friendship, and laughter. All are welcome. ! WEDNESDAY, April 17 We also accept any yarn donations. Consider joining. ! ! Choir Practice 6:00PM Church We would love to have you. ! Finance Council ! 7:00PM ! Parish Office If you have questions contact Sister Jean Catherine at THURSDAY, April 18 [email protected] or call 247 2566. ! Children’s Choir ! 4:30PM ! Church Parish Office Closed at 12:00PM FRIDAY, April 19 ! Parish Office Closed SATURDAY, April 20 SUNDAY, April 21 ! Children’s Choir ! 10:30AM Mass Altar Server Training ! New and Current Servers ! Sunday, April 28 at 12:30pm to 2:00pm in the Parish Office Hours ! Church. ! ! If you would like to be an Altar Servers you must be ! ! in the 3rd grade or higher and received your First Holy Thursday April 18th ! 9am to 12pm Communion. ! ! Current Altar Servers we will talk about updates to Good Friday April 19th ! Closed the training Manual. If you can’t make the training or have questions send an email to [email protected] or call 247 4260. ! Thanks for Your Ministry to Serve at Mass and serving your Church family at St. Pius Tenth! ! HELPING HANDS ! ! ! This week TEAM 4 ! Altar Server Coordinators: Joe Gambino & Carson Emhof ! Fred Meister ! Do You Know Someone Going through a Difficult Time? ! Do you have a friend, neighbor, co Rworker, or relave who has been struggling with the loss of a loved one, loneliness, cancer, a layoff, relocaon, divorce, a spiritual crisis, recuperaon, single parenthood, or any of countless other life challenges? Our Stephen Ministers can provide them with the focused care, encouragement, and support they need to make it through the crisis. If you know of someone who is hurng, talk with one of our Stephen Leaders: Emily (224 R6296) or Dick (469 R0615). They can talk with you about how we can connect the person you know with one of our Stephen Ministers. It’s a great way for you to show how much you care! PARISH COUNCIL CORNER ! "Your Eminence, are you not aware that I have the power to destroy the Catholic Church?" Napoleon Bonaparte is believed to have uttered these words to Cardinal Ercole Consalvi. Every age has had its antagonists against the Church. In some cases, it manifests itself as actual violence against HOLY THURSDAY - April 18 its members, other times it seeks to undermine Her No Daily Mass doctrines and teachings. We would do well to Morning Prayer - 7:30 a.m. remember the response of Cardinal Consalvi "Your Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper - 7:00 p.m. majesty, we the Catholic Clergy, have done our best to destroy the Church for the last 1,800 years. We Adoration following 7:00 p.m. Mass ending with Night ! Prayer at 10:00 p.m. have not succeeded and neither will you." ! Today marks Palm Sunday, our remembrance of the Lord's entrance into Jerusalem, amid laying of GOOD FRIDAY - April 19 palms and cries of "Hosanna in the Highest!" No Daily Mass Parlayed in modern lingo ! Jesus' poll numbers had Morning Prayer - 7:30 a.m. never been higher, had he wished he could have Solemn Service of the Lord’s Passion - 3:00 p.m. united his countrymen in open revolt against the Taize Prayer - 7:00 p.m. Roman authorities. We all know how this turned out. ! One of Jesus' own apostles, those who would be the HOLY SATURDAY - April 20 forerunner to today's bishops, would betray his Morning Prayer - 7:30 p.m. master. The elders, Scribes, and Pharisees, those Blessing of Easter Food - 11:00 a.m. entrusted with keeping and preserving the Mosaic Law, would violate that very law to destroy the man No Confessions they saw as a threat to their own power. Likewise, Easter Vigil Mass - 7:00 p.m. Roman law, designed to safeguard against ! unsubstantiated accusations, especially in capital EASTER SUNDAY - April 21 cases, would bow to mob rule. ! Mass of the Lord’s Resurrection 8:30 a.m. & Our Church does not lack from enemies in the 10:30 a.m. world seeking her ruin. As the wise cardinal pointed out, it is those within that can do much more damage. One need only look at the abuse scandals PARISH PRAYER PARTNER ! that have plagued us to see the devastation it has wrought. Shattered lives, vocations destroyed, and This week we ask all St. Pius Tenth parishioners to mistrust of the very institutions of Holy Mother pray for the parishioners of St. Louis Church in Church designed to promote holiness in its Pittsford. ! members, that instead alienate them from its life ! giving grace. To be sure, badly needed reforms St. Louis Parish is filled with people who find joy in have begun; frustration has mounted all the more God’s love, warmth in community, and a spiritual when new allegations surface to open old wounds home that helps them to become the best version of anew. ! themselves. They are committed to the Gospel Venerable Fulton Sheen saw reform as coming message through service to their parish family, the from the bottom up: "Who is going to save the larger community and especially those in need Church? Do not look to the priests. Do not look to the bishops, it's up to you the laity to remind our throughout the world. They practice their service to ! others through many Social Justice ministries, one of priests to be priests and our bishops to be bishops" which is Saints Place which provides legal refugee Rewind 1,800 years from the conversation families who are relocating to the Rochester area with between Napoleon and a Cardinal. A Galilean would the comforts of ‘home’ by collecting and distributing be interrogated by a Roman procurator who would tell Him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know furniture and household goods, including clothing. that I have the power to release you and the power Thank you to our Social Ministry Committee and St. to crucify you?” Power was redefined that day on Pius X parishioners who donated items to Saint’s Place Calvary as our Lord's brokenness on the cross gave last weekend. each of us a share in the divine life. God love you. ! Fr. Kennedy, St. Louis’ current Pastoral Administrator ! has asked us to pray for St. Louis Parish in a special Michael O'Connell ! way in this time of transition of leadership from Father Parish Council Member ! Ring to their new pastor, who they hope will be announced in early or mid !May. ST. PIUS TENTH CHURCH www.saintpiustenth.org PAGE 3 St. Pius X School ! Daniel Pitnell, Principal ! $'$!#&$%$ rhvy) qvryy5q t ! A Busy Season for the Saint Pius Tenth School Community By: Daniel Pitnell Our Strong Community is an essential part of strengthening our community. what makes Saint Pius Tenth School special. It’s Our recent events have strived to strengthen our a reason many families choose to come here, and community by encouraging our student's academic it is a catalyst for much of the work that we do. accomplishments. Our Annual Book Fair That community spirit can be seen in the ways accomplishes that goal by fostering enthusiasm that older students accompany younger students for reading. When students walk into our down our hallways, and in the way our students transformed library, they become enamored with play together on the playground after dismissal. the books that they see. Afterward, they walk However, an active community needs to be away with some excellent new reading materials nurtured and supported. Recently, we have been and talk excitedly about their books for the days doing just that with a variety of school !wide and weeks to come. We also recently had our events. Annual Open House. While later than other years Some of our recent events, like our Game Night due to weather, the purpose remained the same. and Shamrock Dance, have strengthened our Our students were able to visit their classrooms community by providing an opportunity to have with their parents, discussing all the work they fun together and know each other better. At our have done and all the progress that they have Game Night, we collaborated with Just Games in made. Again, we strengthened our community by Fairport to introduce a variety of new board supporting and encouraging our students hard games to families in our community.