BASILICA OF S T. M I C H A E L T H E A R C H A N G E L December 28, 2014 HERE TO SERVE YOU Very Rev. Joseph P. Callipare, Rector [email protected] Deacon Stephen Wulf [email protected] Aleli Varias Administrative Assistant to the Rector [email protected] Tootie Wanek The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph OFFICE HOURS Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MASS SCHEDULE Sunday Masses 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Weekday Mass Monday - Friday: 12:10 p.m. Parish Marriage Coordinator [email protected] Holy Days 12:10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Mike McCracken SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Music Director [email protected] John Branigan Facilities Manager [email protected] Monday - Thursday 11:30 a.m.— Noon EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Each Friday 11:00 a.m.—Noon Prayer for Families Loving God, During this holy season of Christmas, we ask for your blessing on all families. Let Mary’s openness to your wondrous ways be an inspiration to place all trust in you. Let Joseph’s courage provide hope during times of anxiety and uncertainty. Let Jesus’ life ignite all families with a spirit of light and love. May the grace that encircled the Holy Family widen to embrace all families. For this we pray. Amen 19 North Palafox Street Pensacola, Florida 32502 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 12423 Pensacola, Florida 32591-2423 850-438-4985 (Office) 850-433-9758 (Fax) Web: http://stmichael.ptdiocese.org Facebook: PensacolaBasilica Twitter: @PcolaBasilica Smartphone App: myParishApp.com QR Code: (quick link to Basilica Website) Next Week at the Basilica Mass Intentions and Readings for the Week Octave of Christmas Continues Mon., Dec. 29th 11:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. Tues., Dec. 30th 11:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. Wed., Dec 31st Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 1 Jn 2:3-11/Lk 2:22-35 Confessions Debra Manuel (+) Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 1 Jn 2:12-17/Lk 2:36-40 Confessions Debra Manuel (+) Sun., Jan 4 ◊ Sung Vespers for The Epiphany, 4:00 p.m. Tues., Jan 6 ◊ Needlework Group, 10:00 a.m. ◊ Finance Committee, 4:00 p.m. ◊ PAC, 6:30 p.m. Wed., Jan 7 ◊ Women’s Study Group, 10:00 a.m. ◊ Religious Education, 6:30-8:30 p.m. ◊ Knights of Columbus, 7:00 p.m. Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 1 Jn 2: 18-21/Jn 1:1-18 No 12:10 p.m. Mass The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass of the Solemnity Nm 6: 22-27/Gal 4:4-4-7/Lk 2:16-20 Anthony & Mary Callipare (+) Thurs., Jan 1st 10:00 a.m. Solemnity of Mary Nm 6:22-27/Gal 4:4-4-7/Lk 2:16-20 Intentions of the Parish Weekday of the Christmas Season Fri., Jan. 2nd 12:10 p.m. Sun., Jan 4th 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors 1 Jn 2:22-28,Jn1:19-28 David & Gregory Flores (+) The Epiphany of the Lord Is 60: 1-6/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12 Holy Souls (+) Intentions of the Parish Home Visits: Will resume January 12, 2015 Parish Office will be closed December 31 - January 2. Regular hours resume January 5. Stewardship of Treasure for Sunday, Dec.14, 2014 In-Church Offerings: $ 4,669.64 On-Line Offerings: $ 291.67 Total Offertory: $ 4,961.31 Retirement Fund for Religious: $1,707.00 Women’s Study Group will resume on Wednesday, January 7 at 10:00 a.m. in the Community Center. We are continuing our study in the “Companions for the Journey” series with the book entitled, “Praying With St. John of the Cross”. If you have any questions or want to know more, feel free to drop in and check us out or contact Dee Toups at 206-0074 or [email protected] Celebrate Faith 2015: Hearts on Fire! January 24, 2015 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island. This diocesan conference is not only an occasion to be “charged up” or “renewed” in our Catholicism, but it also gives us the opportunity to come together as a diocesan family from as far as Perry, FL to Pensacola and places in between. The speakers include Dr. Scott Hahn, Father Thomas Rosica, CSB, and Sara Torres. The parish will pay half of any registration; $20 per individual or $50 per family. To register, log onto www.ptdiocese.org, then Event Registration. Registration closes Jan. 12, 2015. In our charity we remember in prayer: Due to early deadlines, report for Dec. 21st will be in the Jan. 4, 2015 bulletin; Christmas & Dec. 28th in the Jan. 11th bulletin. Jeff Martorell, David and Elijah Sudhoff, Gail Cravey, James McKenzie, Donna and Joe Wcislo, Bobbie Dannelly, Patricia Burke, Fred Esposito, Cathy Chrisco, Alice Boudreaux, Irene Hinkle, Joseph Davis, Sandra Vinson, Kimberly Ann Jordan, Stephen Ruminski, Dottie Yochem, Bill Kennedy, Dorothy Standley, Rene Hoffman, Rita Finneran, Ed and Joyce Vignolo, Jenny Caro, Sherrie Baroco, Jonathon Goley, Greg Kerry Cover Photo is the Adoration of the Shepherd Boy from The Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel stained glass windows. If you wish to add or remove anyone from our prayer list, please call Nancy Scholls at 434-2931. Future Events at the Basilica Mon., Jan. 12th - ◊ Our Lady’s Sodality, 4:30 p. m. Social; Business 5:00 p.m. Sun., Jan 18th - ◊ St. Vincent de Paul, 10:00 a.m. St. Vincent de Paul - Through your genorosity, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to bring Christmas to the hearts of the poor by assisting 4 families with Christmas toys, providing 100 families with food, hotel stays from one day up to two weeks for those displaced in the area. Thank you! As we remember the poor during this New Year may we also grow in wisdom and have the favor of God upon us. Bunco Party to Help our Seminarians: The NW Deanery of the DCCW will be holding a BUNCO PARTY to help raise money for our seminarians. Location for this fun filled event is in the Family Life Center at St Anne - Bellview, 5200 Saufley Field Rd. The event will take place on Thursday January 15, 2015 @ 1:00pm-4:00pm. Cost is $10.00 per person at the door. Women, men and children over 10 years of age are invited to participate. If you do not know how to play BUNCO no problem, we will show you how - it’s a very easy game to learn. Any questions, please contact Kathy Bullard at 850-455-3245 or NW Deanery President, Martha Seep at 850-587-6007. For reservations please call the office at St Anne's at 850-456-5966. Refreshments will be available during the event. Marriage Jubilarian Mass - This annual celebration will be held in Pensacola on Sunday, February 15th at 2:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Bishop Gregory L. Parkes will be the principal celebrant. If at any time in 2015 couples who are celebrating marriage of exactly 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 50, 45, and 50 years or any year over 50 are invited to attend. You may register online at ptdiocese.org, under “event registration”. For information, contact the Office of Marriage and Family Life, Angela Marks at 435-3532 or email at [email protected] Televised Mass for Shut-ins is available every Sunday morning at 10:30 on WJTC-TV (Mobile). Catholic in America follows each Sunday on WJTC at 11:00 a.m. The programs address topics that are very relevant in today’s society and inspire viewers to remain faithful to Scripture and the teachings of Christ. The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is committed to healing hearts of sexual abuse victims and has established Victims Assistance Coordinators who are experienced & trained counselors to help people who have been sexually abused. The Coordinator for the program in this area is Dr. Louis Makarowski; he may be reached at 850-477-7181. Dear Parishioners, The Sunday following Christmas is always dedicated to the Holy Family. The gospel for this feast is from Luke where the infant Jesus is presented in the Temple according to Jewish custom. Simeon praises and thanks God for the Messiah who has come. He predicts the child’s future as well as the sorrow from his life that will pierce his mother’s heart. Even the Holy Family had its ups and downs. As the gospels of Matthew and Luke tell us there seemed to be more downs than ups at the beginning. Five of our twenty-five Emil Frei stained glass windows are of different moments in the life of the Holy Family. Three windows are of happiness and two of fear or sorrow. See if you can identify them the next time you are in Church. All these windows tell a story of a life that changed the world. These windows tell a story of a God who so loved the world, He took on human flesh to dwell among us. These windows tell a story of a God who suffered like we suffer, who rejoices like we rejoice, but loves more perfectly than we do. These windows are a great gift to the family of St. Michael of every generation. With their pallet of vibrant colors each window contributes to the story of our salvation. We posthumously thank the families who in 1920 contributed approximately $25,000 to make these windows a reality as well as Fr. Fullerton’s vision. Today I thank the families who are the Basilica of St. Michael today. The families who worship here Sunday after Sunday, the families who support the parish with their treasure according to their means, the families who support the parish with their time and the families who support the parish with their talents. How many of you are involved in some aspect of the Sunday Mass celebration whether it is singing, reading, Eucharistic ministry, sacristans, the “holy wash” or Church readiness, how many of you are responsible for the weekly post-Mass coffees and menus, how many of you are active Knights of Columbus or active in Our Lady’s Sodality, how many of you are involved in our Finance and Pastoral Advisory Councils, how many of you are involved with our education of children, how many of you have responded to parish work days? I could go on and on, but the bottom line is, like Simeon in the gospel, I praise and thank God for all who are the Holy Family of the Basilica of St. Michael. May we always be willing to share the love God has for each of us with and in our Basilica family. Blessed Christmas season & Happy New Year, Father Joe Callipare