St. Rita Catholic Church th. St. - Dade City, FL Phone: (352) Fax (352)

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1 SAINT RITA Pray for us St. Rita Catholic Church th. St. - Dade City, FL Phone: (352) Fax (352) SAINT RITA Pray for us Office will be Closed Starting Thursday April 13th Monday April 17th. We will resume with our regular office hours on Tuesday April 18th Reminder! Please return your Rice Bowls TODAY at either Church entrance. Thank You PASTOR: Rev. Daniel Kayajan, C.S.C. Ext. 223 ASSOCIATE PASTOR: Rev. James Preskenis, CSC. Ext. 224 Religious Sisters: Sr. Martha Flores, MHML Sr. Norma Cime, MHML Ext. 226 Office: th. St. Ext. 221 Sun. Mass Schedule/Horario de Misas Dominicales Rosary before Sunday Masses English: Saturday Vigil Mass 4:30 p.m. Sunday Masses 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Misa en Español: Domingo a las 5:00 p.m. Weekday / Entre Semana: English: Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. Español: Miercoles a las 7:30 p.m. Sacrament of Penance / Reconciliación: English: Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. and by appointment Español: Domingo a las 4:00 p.m. o por cita RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES / CLASES DE EDUCACION RELIGIOSA: English: Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Español: Domingo's de 6:15 p.m. a 7:30 p.m. Please contact the Parish Office for information and Preparation for: SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM SACRAMENT OF FIRST HOLY COMMUNION & CONFIRMATION SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE R.C.I.A. Por favor comunicarse con la oficina para preparación e información sobre recepción de los sacramentos Music Ministry / Musica Director: Jim McKinney - English choir rehearsal: Thursdays at 7:00 pm. - Ensayo de Coro en Español: Martes a las 7:30 pm. (contacten a Nestor Ponce) St. Anthony Catholic School Saint Anthony Way San Antonio, FL (352) Principal: Sr. Alice Prayer line: Call (352) ST. RITA MISSION STATEMENT / DECLARACION DE LA MISION DE SANTA RITA To evangelize and to be evangelized for the sake of the Kingdom using our talents and gifts for the service of others through our diverse ministries. Para evangelizar y ser evangelizado para el Reino, poniendo nuestros talentos y dones al servicio de los demas en nuestros diversos ministerios. April 16, 2017

2 Page 2 ST. RITA CATHOLIC CHURCH, DADE CITY, FLORIDA April 16, 2017 Formación de la fe RETIRO DE CONFIRMACION Sabado, 22 de Abril, 2017 de 9:00 AM a 1:00 PM. Para todos los candidatos que haran su Confirmacion este año es mandatorio participar. Faith Formation CONFIRMATION RETREAT Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. For all the candidates that will do Confirmation this year it is mandatory to participate. - Hoy el domingo 16 de Abril no habra catequesis - No habra catequesis el miercoles 19 de Abril. - Easter Sunday, April 16 NO CLASS. - Wednesday April 19 NO CLASS EASTER is the celebration of Christ's resurrection from the dead. It is celebrated on Sunday, and marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, the last day of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday), and is the beginning of the Easter season of the liturgical year. As we know from the Gospels, Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day following his crucifixion, which would be Sunday. His resurrection marks the triumph of good over evil, sin and death. It is the singular event which proves that those who trust in God and accept Christ will be raised from the dead. Since Easter represents the fulfillment of God's promises to mankind, it is the most important holiday on the Christian calendar. In the Gospels, the precise details of the Easter narrative vary slightly, but none of these variances are critical to the main story. In fact, it is argued that the variances are simply matters of style and not substance. Despite the variances, the key aspects of the Easter story all match. Above all, they agree that the tomb of Christ was indeed empty, which is the most essential fact. UN ENCUENTRO CON CRISTO RESUCITADO Rezamos, ayunamos y donamos y ahora celebramos la alegrıá de la Pascua! Nuestra jornada de Cuaresma con Plato de Arroz de CRS termina cuando nos encontramos con nuestro Sen or resucitado. Re lexionamos sobre nuestros hermanos y hermanas con los que hemos caminado en India, Zambia, El Salvador, Me xico, Etiopıá y Hawa i. Y nos comprometemos a llevar la alegrıá de la Pascua a cada persona que encontramos en nuestra vida diaria. No olvide entregar su Plato de Arroz de CRS en HOY en las entradas de la Iglesia

3 Page 3 April 16, 2017 The resurrection of Jesus Christ that we celebrate today remembers a moment in the history of humanity when the God of all life conquers death. Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb of Jesus early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. Seeing this she runs back to the disciples and announces, They have taken the Lord from the tomb and we don t know where they put him. Like Mary Magdalene, sometimes we too cannot find the Lord in our lives. Thus we seek him elsewhere except where we last him, in the tomb. So Peter and the beloved disciple run to the tomb. The beloved disciple gets there first, peers in but does not enter. We are told that he sees the burial cloths. Peter then arrives and he goes in and also sees the burial cloths. The Gospel writer then tells us that the beloved disciple saw and believed that Jesus had risen from the dead. Yet they are still confused as the last sentence tells us they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead. So there seems to be a discrepancy. The beloved disciple believes on a certain level as this point. His belief will continue to deepen, as our does, over the course of his life. Peter will also continue to learn about Jesus resurrected. Right now Peter is clearly not sure. In the Acts of the Apostles, the first reading today, we see a convinced Peter preaching to the people. He calls himself and the other disciples witnesses chosen by God in advance who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. We too must continually go to the tomb to remind ourselves of Christ s resurrection. This is hard to do. No one wants to be reminded about death. Yet if we don t go there we will not be reminded about resurrection! As we begin the Easter season let us turn our focus from the suffering and cross of Lent to seeing ever more clearly the presence of the resurrection in our daily lives. Let us take note of the small moments of joy, of beauty, of forgiveness, of love and of service that we do every day at St. Rita and in our personal lives that speak to us of the God of life! Happy Easter! Fr. Dan Kayajan, CSC La Resurrección del Del Escritorio Señor Jesús que Del Párroco celebramos hoy es un momento en la historia de la humanidad cuando el Dios de la Vida conquisto la muerte. María Magdalena se fue al sepulcro muy en la mañana y vio removida la piedra que lo cerraba. Ella se fue corriendo a la casa donde estaban Simón Pedro y el otro discípulo, quien Jesús amaba, y les dijo, Se han llevado del sepulcros al Señor y no sabemos donde lo habrán puesto. Como ella a veces no podemos encontrar el Señor en nuestras vidas. Lo buscamos en otros sitios sin pensar en la tumba. Allí debemos empezar. Entonces Pedro y el otro discípulo corren hasta el sepulcro. El discípulo amado llego primero, miro los lienzos puestos en el suelo pero no entro. Luego Pedro llego y entro en el sepulcro. Mirando a todo, el sudario, los lienzos y la falta del cuerpo del Señor. El evangelista nos dice que el discípulo amado entro, vio y creyó. También los dos tuvieron que seguir aprendiendo de su resurrección porque hasta entonces no habían entendido las Escrituras según las cuales Jesús debía resucitar de entro los muertos. En un nivel el discípulo amado creyó. A lo largo de su vida el, como nosotros, tenia que profundizar su creencia en la resurrección. Pedro también siguió aprendiendo de la resurrección del Señor. Pero en este momento el no esta seguro. Por eso tenemos la primera lectura de los Hechos de los Apóstoles cuando Pedro esta completamente convencido de la resurrección. Pedro dice que Dios eligió de antemano a nosotros que hemos comido y bebido con el después de que resucito de entre los muertos. También nosotros en seguida hay que irnos a la tumba de Cristo para poder de recordar que el no esta allá. Esta no es fácil. Nadie quiere recordar a la muerte. Pero si no vamos allá de vez en cuando no vamos a recordar la resurrección! Hoy y al comienzo de la estación de la Pascua podemos cambiar nuestro enfoque del sufrimiento y la cruz de la cuaresma y ver cada vez mas claramente la resurrección del Señor. Podemos empezar por haber notado cada día de los momentos de alegría, de perdón, de amor y de servicio que hacemos aquí en Sta. Rita y en nuestras vidas personales que nos hablan del Señor resucitado; el Señor de la Vida! Felices Pascuas! Fr. Daniel

4 Page 4 April Scholarships Available for High School Seniors! St. Rita is offering scholarships for High School Seniors. Please go to our website: & complete an Application and turn it in at the office. St. Andre Free Clinic Medical Services are FREE for people not covered by other programs or insurance and with limited income. Any ID is accepted. Where: Meridian Ave. Dade City, FL When: April 22nd Time: 8:30-11:30a.m. For Lent For Life What you give up for lent changes lives. For Lent For Life What you give up for lent changes lives. ENCOUNTER THE RISEN CHRIST We prayed, fasted and gave alms and now we celebrate Easter joy! Our Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl ends as we encounter our risen Lord. We reflect on our brothers and sisters whom we have walked with in India, Zambia, El Salvador, Mexico, Ethiopia and Hawaii. And we commit to bring Easter joy to each person we meet in our daily lives. Don t forget to turn in your CRS Rice Bowl at either church entrance TODAY!!! Receive gratefully and give joyfully, open the door to mercy During this season of prayer, fast and almsgiving, as we reflect on our many blessings, let us be mindful to give God thanks and praise. Father Dan would like to extend his personal gratitude to all who have generously participated in the 2017 Annual Pastoral Appeal. As we pray on the Life, Death and Resurrection of our Lord remembering the unconditional sacrifice He made for us and our salvation, may we respond with grateful hearts and joyous generosity and Open the Door to Mercy by remembering those in most need. Marriage Struggling? If your marriage has become troubled and stressed, unloving or uncaring; if you have grown cold and distant; even if you are divorced or separated, or are thinking about it, Retrouvaille can help, as it has helped tens of thousands of others. Our next program in Tampa begins May 19-21, For more information, visit or call (813) Not counseling or group therapy. All contacts and names held in strictest confidence. CONFIRMATION RETREAT Saturday April 22 ND 9:00am - 1:00pm. Confirmation students are required to attend! Post Abortion Healing Project Rachel Project Rachel allows you, in a caring and hopeful context, to move toward reconciliation with yourself, your unborn child, your family, your Church, and your God. Next Rachel s Vineyard Retreats: April 28-30, 2017 (Spanish), June 2-4, 2017 (English). Also, 8 week support groups beginning in June across the diocese. Call Project Rachel- English ( ), Spanish ( ).. projectrachel@ccdosp.org THANK YOU to all who gave of their time, talent, donated flowers, & helped in any way to provide a beautiful spiritual Easter experience! Reader & Eucharistic Minister Schedule Reader Eucharistic Minister 04/22/2017 Elizabeth Ludwick Brenda Goebel 4:30 PM Andrew Ludwick James Belesky William Cline 04/23/2017 Gloria Friday Maria Gonzalez 8:00 AM Sara Ross Alice Hormuth An Redmond-Theodore 11:00 AM Carol Johnson Marcy Karges Ida Sullivan Mary Barrett Eric Phaller For/Para: 4/01 & 4/02 Total: $7, Catholic Ed: $1, / Rice Bowl: $17.83 Thank you for your generosity and may God bless you Abundantly! Gracias por su generosidad y que el Señor los Bendiga Abundantemente! Pew Fund- Total Collected this Week: $20.00 Total collected so far is $4, plus the matching fund of $4, brings our total to: $8, Many thanks!!

5 DAY MASS INTENTION READING ACTIVITY SUNDAY/ DOMINGO, APRIL. 16 TH 8:00 am Souls in Purgatory 9:30 am Ramon y Natividad Montes 11:30 am Noelia M. Rodriguez MONDAY/ LUNES, APRIL. 17 TH TUESDAY/ MARTES APRIL. 18 TH WEDNESDAY /MIERCOLES, APRIL. 19 TH THURSDAY/ JUEVES, APRIL. 20 TH 8:30 am Eustacio y M. Guadalupe Perez Acts 10:34a, Psalm 118 Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 John 20:1-9 or Matthew 28:1-10 afternoon/evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35 Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 8:30 am Richard Mason Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20: :30 am Vocations for the Priesthood 7:30 pm Intencion Especial: Almas del Purgatorio WEEK OF April 16, 2017 Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24: :30 am Lucio Tijerina y Familia Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2, 5-9; Lk 24: :00 am Coffee and Donuts after mass NO R.C.I.A. for Children & Teens Return Rice Bowls Non-Perishable Food Donations Welcome OFFICE CLOSED NO ADORATION or EVENING PRAYER 7:00 pm Grupo de Juan XXIII 10:00 am SVDP Meeting 7:30 pm Encuentro de Matrimonios FRIDAY/ VIERNES, APRIL. 21 ST SATURDAY/ SABADO, APRIL. 22 ND SUNDAY/ DOMINGO, APRIL. 23 RD 8:30 am Louise Romano Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27; Jn 21:1-14 4:30 pm Special Intencion: William Goebel 8:00 am Parishioners 9:30 am Noelia Rodriguez 11:30 am Carmen Rodriguez Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-21; Mk 16:9-15 Acts 2:42-47; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Pt 1:3-9; Jn 20: :30 pm Grupo de Oracion 9:00 am Confirmation Retreat 8:00 am Coffee and Donuts after mass St. Vincent de Paul Blue Bucket Non-Perishable Food Donations Welcome