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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 13, 2019
Parish Office (863) 453-4757 Fax (863) 453-2620
Parish Office Hours Monday through Friday
9 AM to 2:30 PM
Administrator Fr. Ronnie Sison
Assisting Clergy
Fr. Leo Frechette Fr. Gerald Grogan
Retired
Deacon Dan Hoppe
Schedule of Masses Saturday
Confession 3:15 to 3:45 PM English
6:30 PM Spanish Vigil Mass
4 PM English 7 PM Spanish
Sunday 8 AM and 10:30 AM
Holy Days
Vigil Mass 5:30 PM 8 & 10:30 AM Daily Mass
Monday-Friday 8 AM First Friday
Mass and Holy Hour 8 AM
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October is the month of the Holy Rosary The family that prays together stays together
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Father Ronnie Sison being warmly welcomed by the K of C at last Sunday’s K of C breakfast.
Father Ronnie Sison blessing the children at the Family Mass last Sunday
Father Carlos Enciso with his family after his Ordination to the Priesthood Saturday, October 5, at the Epiphany Cathedral in Venice. Father served as a Seminarian at Our Lady of Grace Parish in 2016.
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Page 4 Our Lady of Grace
R.C.I.A. meets Mondays, 7 p.m. in Conference room of the Grogan Center
One of the biggest hit songs of the Rock Band ‘U-2’ over the past thirty years is their hit song, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.”
Here is a sample:
I have climbed the highest mountains I have run through the fields Only to be with you Only to be with you
I have run I have crawled I have scaled these city walls These city walls Only to be with you
But I still haven't found What I'm looking for But I still haven't found What I'm looking for…
It is their most requested song over the past thirty years.
The Edge, the lead guitarist, came up with the title of the song. The words of the song came from Bono, the lead singer. Night after night as they played to packed stadiums, Bono sensed an emptiness, a restlessness, in the faces of the audiences they entertained. They were experimenting and ‘drinking’ from ‘different wells’ in their search for something that was lacking in their lives, in their search for meaning. Bono included himself in that search. Their hit song “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for,” seemed to resonate with their packed stadium audiences, and, continues to do so, after thirty years.
“Alfie,” in the theme song from a movie by the same name, put the ‘search question’ this way:
“What’s it all about? Is it just for the moment we live?”
That spirit of restlessness, while intense in our lifetime, is not something unique to our time. It is a perennial question.
We pick it up in the Scriptures in Psalm 62: “O God, you are my God, for you I long; for you my soul is thirsting. My body pines for you like a dry, weary land without water…”
Psalm 63 reiterates the same refrain: “Like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water…thus, have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary ...”
In their search, people are “drinking from a variety of wells.” That’s why, “I still haven’t found what I am looking for.” St. Augustine, a 5th century Easy Rider, a restless soul, took 35 years to discover what he was searching for and concluded, “our hearts are made for God and they cannot rest until they rest in him.” In this, he concurs with psalm 23… Beside restful waters he leads me to revive my drooping spirit.
Some of those searchers are members of your own families, or, close friends or neighbors, or, just work mates, or, schoolmates.
Invite them to come to the R.C.I.A., The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, an overview of what Catholics believe and practice in coming to know who Jesus is. In coming to know who Jesus is, in a personal way, we come to discover who we are.
As Catholics, we have a tendency to wait until someone comes to us – a passive attitude. What Jesus calls us to is a more proactive attitude. He wants us to “go out,” to “reach out,” to “invite” the “searcher” to come to encounter Jesus. Jesus satisfied the deep “thirst” of the Samaritan Woman at Jacob’s Well. Jesus can satisfy a similar deep “thirst” in the hearts of searchers today in the R.C.I.A. Why don’t you invite your friend?
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Lane Crosson Golf Tournament
Sat. October 26th, Pinecrest Golf Club
The tournament benefits Jade Jackson who is a 22-year-old parishioner who has been fighting brain cancer since 2013.
Her cousin Lane Crosson, who died in hurricane Irma, was one of her biggest supporters. Jade travels to Augusta, Ga., once a month where she receives treatment in a clinical trial.
The golf tournament is a four-person scramble format and the cost is $240 for each foursome.
The tournament has an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Lunch will be served after the tournament. The field is limited to the first 28 teams to register. For information call the Pinecrest pro shop at 863-453-7555.
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Registration forms can be picked up on tables at Church exits, or, in parish office, or at Pinecrest pro shop – 863-453-7555. Must register by Monday, October 14th. Come & support a good cause.
October Respect Life Baby Bottle Campaign
The month of October is a month dedicated to the Respect Life Ministry. One of the ministries undertaken by the Respect Life Committee of the Knights of Columbus is the Baby Bottle Campaign. The K of C Respect Life Committee handed out Baby Bottles last Sunday, October 6th, after all masses.
You were asked to place the Baby Bottles in a prominent place in your homes – like the dining room table – and drop spare change into it on a regular basis throughout the month of October. The K of C will ask you to return the bottles on the final Sunday of October, hopefully, filled to the brim.
The proceeds are used to support “Choices,” an interchurch agency, which supports young girls/women experiencing any kind of stress related pregnancy, locally. Frequently, the reason young girls/women seek out an abortion as a last resort is because they feel that there is no aid or support available locally. “Choices” receive strong support from many churches here in Avon Park. It offers whatever kind of assistance any girl or young woman needs. Please support the Baby Bottle Campaign during October.
Page 6 Our Lady of Grace MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY OCTOBER 12 4:00 pm + Teresa & Kenneth Wildey by
Glorida & Jerry Jankowiak 7:00 pm + Victor Arroyo by Maria Arroyo. SUNDAY OCTOBER 13 8:00 am + Barry Gerlecz by MaryLee
Cipriano. 10:30 am + George Devore & Jim Stansbury
by Josette Devore. MONDAY OCTOBER 14 8:00 am + Samuel & Mary Njie by Pauline
Njie. TUESDAY OCTOBER 15 8:00 am Living & Deceased members of
Powell Family by Alan & Mary Powell.
WED OCTOBER 16 8:00 am Special Intention for Mary & Alan Powell. THURSDAY OCTOBER 17 8:00 am Zulmira DaSilva by Judy & Ralph Todino. FRIDAY OCTOBER 18 8:00 am For our Parish Family SATURDAY OCTOBER 19 4:00 pm + Beverly Luneau by her sister. + James Mason by Mom & Dad 7:00 pm Spanish Mass SUNDAY OCTOBER 20 8:00 am + Mary Gerlecz by Mary Lee
Cipriano. 10:30 am + Edward Vazquez by Mike, Angie
& Betty.
FOR THE SICK OF THE PARISH Claudette Laverriere Charles Naida Barry Intorre Rosa Arosemena Jade Jackson Andres Clavijo Liliana Morales Bruno Litwinski Gary Ingalls Debra Kemmett John Minadeo And for those who care for the sick, for the deceased member’s and benefactors of the parish, and for our loved ones. FLOWERS FOR THE ALTAR If you would like to donate flowers for the altar for a special occasion or in memory of someone, call the parish office at 453-4757.
Staff
& Ministries
Administrative Assistant Betty Heiring
Religious Education
Angie Heiring, DRE [email protected]
(863) 453-7537
Music Gene Ryan
Associate Youth Dir. Angie Heiring
(863) 453-7537
Knights of Columbus Joe Hamilton (260) 418-8043
Women’s Guild Debbie Augusta -
President (863) 385-8872
Respect Life
John & Doris Harrison (863) 314-9202
Parish Council
President
Judy Pounds
Vice President Piedad Sarmiento-Noriega
Secretary
Judy Nugent
Members Debbie Augusta Maureen Cool
Darlyne Devany Jim McGann Karen Hecker Tina Starling
Teresa Torres
Father Ronnie Sison warmly welcomed to Our Lady of Grace Parish
Father Ronnie Sison receives gifts from children at family Mass
Father Ronnie Sison greets parishioners after Mass
Fr Ronnie Sison blesses animals on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Father Ronnie Sison greets parishioners at K of C Breakfast