SAINT RITA Pray for us St. Rita Catholic Church 14404 14th. St. - Dade City, FL. 33523 Phone: (352) 567-2894 Fax (352) 567-2777 www.stritaparish.org Parochial Administrator: Rev. Dayan Machado, Ext. 223 Parochial Vicar: Rev. Carlos J. Borgos, Ext. 224 Religious Sisters: Sr. Norma Cime, MHML, Sr. Bety Poot, MHML ext. 226 OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Thursday 7:30am to 4:00pm, Friday 7:00am to 1:00pm Sunday Mass Schedule/Horario de Misas Dominicales Rosary before Sunday Masses English: Saturday Vigil Mass 4:30 p.m. Sunday Masses 8:00 a.m. & 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 pm or by appointment Español: Miercoles a las 6:30p 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/por favor comunicarse con la oficina para preparación e información sobre recepción de los sacramentos SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM, SACRAMENT OF FIRST HOLY COMMUNION, CONFIRMATION, SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE R.C.I.A. St. Anthony Catholic School Music Ministry / Musica 32902 Saint Anthony Way Director: Jim McKinney San Antonio, FL. 33576 (352) 588-3041 - English choir rehearsal: Principal: Sr. Alice Thursdays at. - Ensayo de Coro en Español Martes a las 7:30 pm. (contacten a Nestor Ponce) Prayer line: Call Jean @ (352) 523-2001 Reminder: St. Rita s Annual Christmas Concert will be this Friday DEC. 15TH @ 6:30 PM. 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. Second Sunday of Advent December 10, 2017
Page 2 ST. RITA ST. CATHOLIC RITA CATHOLIC CHURCH, DADE DADE CITY, FLORIDA December 10, 2017 PROGRAM IN HONOR OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Sunday December 10th Evening 4:00 pm The procession and the Rosary (Aztec dance). 5:00 pm Mass 6:00 pm Festival: Mexican dance, Mexican food, and much more. 8:00 pm Serenata by the Mariachi Band We invite everyone to dress their children as Juan Diego and as Our Lady of Guadalupe. Monday December 11th Mass 7:00 PM Serenata 8:00 PM Tuesday, December 12th Morning 5:00 am Mañanitas (Songs) 6:00 am Mass 7:00 am Breakfast Evening 6:00 pm Play of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Rosary PROGRAMA EN HONOR A NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GUADALUPE Domingo 10 de Diciembre Tarde 4:00 pm. Procesión y Rosario ( Danza Azteca). 5:00 pm. Misa 6:00 pm Festival: Bailes mexicanos, Antojitos Mexicanos y mas Serenata con Mariachi Les invitamos para que vistan a sus niños de Juan Diego o de la Virgen de Guadalupe. Lunes 11 de Diciembre Misa 7:00 PM Serenata 8:00 PM Martes 12 de Diciembre Mañana 5:00 am Mañanitas 6:00 am Misa 7:00 am Desayuno Tarde 6:00 pm Representación de la s apariciones de la Virgen de Guadalupe. Rosario Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, un milagro histórico. Entre el 9 y el 12 de diciembre de 1531, apenas una década después de la Conquista, ocurrió el milagro que cambiaría para siempre el destino de todo un continente. Juan Diego, un indígena convertido al catolicismo, pudo contemplar por sí mismo a la Virgen María en un pequeño cerro a las afueras de lo que hoy es la ciudad de México. El acontecimiento Guadalupano es una invitación para retomar nuestros valores cristianos y alimentar nuestra fe día con día no solo para estas fechas, hoy más que nunca necesitamos ponernos en manos de nuestra señora que nos dice: Yo soy la siempre Virgen María, Madre del verdadero Dios, por quien se vive. Deseo vivamente que se me construya aquí un templo Ella quiere el templo de nuestro Corazón. Hoy nuestra señora nos invita a subir al cerro como lo hizo con Juan Diego. Sube, hijo mío el más pequeño, a la cumbre donde me viste y te di órdenes, hallarás que hay diferentes flores; córtalas, recógelas y en seguida baja y tráelas a mi presencia". Juan Diego subió y cuando llegó a la cumbre, se asombró mucho de que hubieran brotado tan hermosas flores. Y tú te atreves a subir al cerro, para descubrir las maravillas de Dios en tu vida? HOSPITALIZADOS: Por favor informe en la Oficina si tiene algún familiar o amigo enfermo y desea que sea visitado. Comparte café y donas con nosotros en el salón de la Iglesia todos los Domingos después de la misa de las 8:00 Ayuden a las comunidades religiosas. Su generosa contribución nos ayuda a cuidar a nuestras hermanas jubiladas y permite que nuestras hermanas más jóvenes continúen en un ministerio activo, escribe una hermana religiosa. Su donativo a la colecta de hoy para el Fondo para la Jubilación de Religiosos ayuda a proporcionarles medicamentos, enfermeros y más a miles de hermanas, hermanos y sacerdotes de órdenes religiosas, de edad avanzada. Esto ayuda también para asegurar que los miembros más jóvenes puedan continuar las buenas obras de sus mayores!
Page 3 www.stritaparish.org December 10, 2017 FROM THE Advent marks the PRIESTS DESK start of a new liturgical year for the Church. The readings for Sunday Mass are arranged on a three-year cycle. Each year features a different Gospel Matthew, Mark, or Luke. Readings from the Gospel of John are interspersed throughout all three years. With this year s first Sunday of Advent, we begin Cycle B of the Lectionary, which focuses our attention on the Gospel of Mark. Last week and this week our readings from Mark s Gospel present two important Advent themes: the Lord s return at the end of time and John the Baptist s preparation for Jesus. On this the Second Sunday of Advent, we are invited to reflect upon the role of John the Baptist, who prepared the way for Jesus and the salvation that he would bring to us. Mark s description of John as an ascetic, living in the desert, clothed in camel hair, and eating locusts and wild honey, is reminiscent of the description of the prophet Elijah found in II Kings. The people of Judea and Jerusalem flock to him, listening to his message of repentance and forgiveness; they also come to him to be baptized. Advent is more than a preparation for the Church s celebration of Christ s birth at Christmas. Advent is also about preparing ourselves for Christ s return in glory at the end of time. We too are called to prepare de way of the Lord. Like John the Baptist, we are messengers in service to one who is greater than we are. Taken from: (https:// www.loyolapress.com). Del Escritorio El Adviento marca Del Sacerdote el comienzo de un nuevo Año litúrgico para la Iglesia. Las lecturas en las Misas dominicales se ordenan en ciclos de tres años. Cada año presenta un evangelio distinto: Mateo, Marcos o Lucas. Extractos del evangelio de Juan se intercalan a lo largo de los tres años. Con el 1er Domingo de Adviento este año comenzamos el Ciclo B del Leccionario, centrado en el evangelio de Marcos. La semana pasada y esta encontramos en Marcos dos importantes temas del Adviento: el regreso del Señor al final de los tiempos y el mensaje de preparación proclamado por Juan el Bautista. En este 2do Domingo de Adviento estamos invitados a reflexionar sobre el papel de Juan el Bautista, quien prepara el camino de Jesús, a través del cual seremos salvos. Marcos nos presenta un Juan ascético, cobijándose en desiertos, ciñendo ropas rústicas, alimentándose de saltamontes y miel silvestre al estilo del profeta Elías, como leemos en II Reyes. Personas de Judea y Jerusalén acudían a él para escuchar su mensaje de arrepentimiento, de perdón y ser bautizados. El Adviento es más que una preparación para las fiestas eclesiásticas por la Natividad de Cristo. Adviento es también nuestra preparación en la expectación del Regreso glorioso de Cristo al final de los tiempos. Hemos sido llamados a preparar el camino del Señor. Como el Bautista, también servimos a quien es más poderoso que nosotros, (https:// www.loyolapress.com/).
Page 4 www.stritaparish.org December 10, 2017 IGLESIA DE SANTA RITA, DADE CITY FL. POSADAS DICIEMBRE 2017 FECHA FAMILIA DIRECCION TELEFONO Sábado 16 Fam. María Cervantes 12032 Munbury Dr. Dade City. Fl (352) 457-7558 Domingo 17 Maria Farias 15248 17th St. Dade City Fl. (352) 567 7827 Lunes 18 Grupo Juan XXIII IGLESIA DE SANTA RITA Martes 19 6:00 pm Fam. Luis y Carmen Frías Del Carmen Miercoles 20 Fam. Imelda Molina 14919 Julian St. Dade City 33523 352 467 2798 Jueves 21 MATRIMONIOS IGLESIA DE SANTA RITA Viernes 22 Familia Raymundo y Angelica Herrera 37347 Meridian Ave. Dade City FL 33525 352 807 0052 Sabado 23 Fam. Leticia Alvarez 14430 Lawrence St. Dade City Fl. 33523 352 807 0757 Domingo 24 10:00 pm Misa Bilingue de Navidad IGLESIA DE SANTA RITA Lunes 25 10:00 am Misa de Navidad en español. - Las posadas darán inicio a las 7:00 p.m. Excepto el día martes 19 de diciembre que será a las 6:00 pm. - Las Familias buscaran dos casas diferentes donde pedir posada (en cuanto sea posible) de no ser así será en la misma casa. - La Familia dirigirá el rosario y las oraciones del día.
Page 5 www.stritaparish.org December 10, 2017 Help religious communities. Your generous contribution helps us to care for our retired sisters and enables our younger sisters to continue in active ministry, writes a religious sister. Your gift to today s collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide medications, nursing care, and more for thousands of senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. It also helps ensure younger members can continue the good works of their elders! Minivan donation for our Church! If you have a minivan that you are not using or are thinking about selling, please consider donating it to the Church. You can claim the donation on your taxes. St Rita needs a vehicle that is in good to very good condition. Please see Ed Laezza or call the Church office if you have a vehicle you can donate. Thanks for thinking of St. Rita! Mark your calendars now! St. Rita Annual Christmas Cantata will be presented on Friday, December 15th, beginning at 6:30PM in the Sanctuary. We invite all members of our faith community and their guests. This year's cantata is entitled simply JOY! It is a wonderful, contemporary musical celebration of the Christmas Season. We will have an even larger live chamber group than last year to accompany our combined choirs. Immediately following the concert, we will have our annual Chili tasting in the parish hall. Everyone is invited to bring their favorite Chili recipe to share. NEW THIS YEAR: In conjunction with the chili tasting, there will also be a Christmas cookie exchange. So bake your best cookies to come and share. A REMINDER! If you haven't done your Christmas shopping click on the amazon.com link located on the left hand side of our www.stritaparish.org website. St. Rita will receive a portion of all sales completed through use of that link! If you are interested in adopting a Family this Christmas, please see Sister Norma either after Masses or mornings (except Tuesday) in the Religious Education building. Just a reminder for anyone requiring a Godparent eligibility letter: If anyone wishes for us to issue a letter confirming that they are an active parishioner and can be considered to be a godparent we require you to be: Registered in the Parish for at least six months Be active in both attendance and offertory*. **If you do not give financially or if you give cash only, we ask you to have confirmation that you do attend, i.e., an usher you talk to every Sunday or another parishioner who can confirm that you do indeed go to Mass.** PLEASE RETURN GIFTS FROM GIVING TREE NEXT WEEKEND! Reader & Eucharistic Minister Schedule Reader Eucharistic Minister 12/16/2017 Betty Ludwick William Cline 4:30 PM Andy Ludwick Jim Belesky Volunteer at Mass 12/17/2017 Mary Lou Tapia Gary Brownsberger 8:00 AM Sue Richardson Jeannette McKinney Angela Redmond-Theodore 11:00 AM Paul Berry Mary Barrett Abigail Miramon Shirley Sands Volunteer at Mass For/ Para: 11/18 & 11/19 Total: $8,101.83 Catholic Edu: $1,299.14 Thank you for your generosity and may God bless you Abundantly! Gracias por su generosidad y que el Señor los Bendiga Abundantemente!
Page 6 www.stritaparish.org December 10, 2017 Christmas Eve Sunday Dec. 24th 10p Bilingual Mass Christmas Mass Schedule Christmas Day Monday Dec. 25th 8:00 am English 10:00 am Spanish APA GOAL~ $53,375.00 HAVE YOU MADE YOUR PLEDGE OR GIFT YET? Luminaries of Love Columbiettes #1768 Give a gift of love...give a gift of gratitude. Give a gift of remembrance...give a gift to a family Place a families name, or loved ones name on our luminaries or give as a gift to another family. Luminaries (battery operated) will be displayed around the Church and will be lit before and after the Vigil Mass on Christmas Eve. Luminaries may be taken after the Mass to be enjoyed at home. For more information contact: St. Rita Office 352-567-2894 or Wanda Laezza 813-779-3327 or Kelly Elliott 813-312-3553. Portions of the proceeds will go to medical aide in Puerto Rico. $5.00 minimum donation. TOTAL PAID..$48,409.45 PLEDGE. $49,243.95 NEED TO REACH GOAL $4,965.55 # OF PLEDGES..143 # OF REGISTERED FAMILIES: 1,228 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: 37733 Meridian Ave. Dade City, FL When: NEXT WEEK December 16 TH Time: 8:30-11:30a.m. It s envelope time again! We will again be distributing envelopes covering the entire year to all our registered parishioners who want to use them. Please note everyone using envelopes will again receive a new envelope number, and, although you are currently using envelopes, we need to hear from you. If you prefer not to use envelopes, that is fine, we can still record your donation as in the past if you put a check in the basket or in your own envelope marked with your name. If you would like to use envelopes but are not registered, please fill out a registration form located at the Church entrance (Robinson St. entrance) and drop in collection basket or stop by the office. The envelopes will be available for pickup some time in December, please check bulletin for the exact date. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered parishioners that wish to receive envelopes please check below and fill out legibly and return to the office either by placing in the collection basket or dropping off at the Church office. Incomplete submissions may not receive envelope boxes. [ ] I wish to receive envelopes Name: Address: Phone#:
DAY MASS INTENTION READING ACTIVITY SUNDAY/ DOMINGO, DEC. 10 TH 8:00 am Parishioners 11:00 am Charles Lee 5:00 pm Andres Ponce MONDAY/ LUNES, DEC. 11 TH TUESDAY/ MARTES DEC. 12 TH WEDNESDAY/ MIERCOLES, DEC. 13 TH THURSDAY/ JUEVES, DEC. 14 TH FRIDAY/ VIERNES, DEC. 15 TH SATURDAY/ SABADO, DEC. 16 TH SUNDAY/ DOMINGO, DEC. 17 TH Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 85:9-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8 8:30 am Bill Goebel Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Lk 5:17-26 6:00 am Our Lady of Guadalupe 8:30 am Our Lady of Guadalupe 8:30 am Vocations for the Priesthood 7:30 pm Juan Cisnero Torres Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a,10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 Is 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30 8:30 am Ron Sanfilippo Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 8:30 am Marcelo Gonzalez Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19 4:30 pm Herb Stanford Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16, 18-19; Mt 17:9a, 10-13 8:00 am Parishioners 11:00 am Daniel Devot 5:00 pm Lucio F. Tijerina WEEK OF December 10, 2017 Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; Lk 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 8:00 am Coffee and Donuts after mass Retirement Fund for Religious Collection Toucan Sunday Non-Perishable Food Donations Welcome 9:00 am Eucharistic Adoration 4:30 pm Evening Prayer and Benediction 6:30 pm Readers Training Grupo de Juan XXIII 5:00 am Guadalupe Mañanitas 1:30 pm Scripture/Bible Study 5:30 pm CCD/R.C.I.A Class 7:30 pm Encuentro de Matrimonios 6:30 pm Christmas Concert 8:00 am Catechist Meeting 8:00 am Coffee and Donuts after mass 12:00 pm LOA Non-Perishable Food Donations Welcome