Phone: (305) 361-2351 Fax: (305) 361-8514 Email: info@stakb.org

Web Site: www.stakb.org

BAPTISMS: 2nd Sunday in Spanish; 4th Sunday in English. Call Parish Office ONE month in advance.

FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION: Two years of Religious instruction required.

MARRIAGES: Arrangements must be made SIX months in advance.

CATECHESIS - C.C.D. Phone: (305) 361-1378 For children in public and private schools. Director: Sr. Maria Andrea Oliver, SCTJM

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Mon. - Fri.

St. Agnes Catholic Church  

100 Harbor Drive, Key Biscayne, FL 33149

Rev. Juan Carlos Paguaga, Pastor Rev. Julio Solano, Parochial Vicar

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:30 PM Sunday: 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, and 6:00 PM - English 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM - Spanish DAILY MASS SCHEDULE 8:00 AM and 12:00 Noon - English Saturday 8:00 AM - English Tuesday 8:00 PM - Spanish

CONFESSIONS Saturday 10:00-11:00 AM and 4:00-5:00 PM - Anytime upon request

PERPETUAL ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN THE CHAPEL (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) - Email: perpetualadoration@stakb.org

Blessed Sacrament Benediction Wednesday 7:45 PM

EDUCATION MINISTRY

ST. AGNES ACADEMY

• PK-3 through 8th Grade •

122 Harbor Drive Key Biscayne, FL

Phone: (305) 361-3245

Web Site: www.stakb.org

Principal: Mrs. Susana T. Rivera

PARISH REGISTRATION We welcome the new parishioners. You are invited to fill out this registration form. Return it to us, please. Family Name_________________________________________ Ph._________________________________________________ Address____________________________________________ City___________________________________ Zip___________

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ENVELOPES (259)……......$ 8,216.00 LOOSE MONEY…..… …...$ 5,673.02 TOTAL OFFERING……....$ 13,889.02

Thank you for your generosity !!!

FROM 02-21-2015 TO 02-28-2015

Day Time Intentions

Saturday 5:30 PM † Julio Fernández

Sunday 8:30 AM † Domingo Solano

10:00 AM Parishioners of St. Agnes 11:30 AM † José Argilagos 1:00 PM † Carmen S. Camps 6:00 PM †Alfonso Tribin 7:30 PM

† Deceased Members Blankenship– Kanchier Family

Monday 8:00 AM †† Tulio and Emma Paniagua

12:00 PM Martha Broucek (birthday)

Tuesday 8:00 AM †† Bunny Cryan and Lois Steingas

12:00 PM † Mercedes Fernández

8:00 PM † Cesar Echeverri Giraldo

Thursday 8:00 AM †† Rosa Voorhees and Irene Turici

12:00 PM †† Jesús and Josefina Fernández †† Celina and Armando Framil

8:00 PM Parishioners of St. Agnes

Friday 8:00 AM †† Gus Cothalis and Frank O’Connor 12:00 PM † Tony Tarafa 8:00 PM Parishioners of St. Agnes

Saturday 8:00 AM †† Sheila and Bob Malerba

Wednesday 8:00 AM †† Frank Reilly and Herb Beckhard

8:00 PM Parishioners of St. Agnes

12:00 PM † Hernando Gutiérrez Sánchez

8:00 PM Parishioners of St. Agnes

Date Activities Place Time Sunday

22 Buen Pastor’s -English Program Classes Catechesis Classes Baptisms - Earl / Floreani

Pastoral Center St. Agnes Academy Church

10:00 AM 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 2:15 PM

Tuesday 24

Rosary N.A. Women’s Emmaus Meeting Community Rosary

Chapel Parish Hall Pastoral Center 403 Chapel

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM

Wednesday 25

Catechesis Classes Blessed Sacrament Benediction Youth Group

St. Agnes Academy Chapel Parish Hall

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 7:45 PM 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Thursday 26

Grupo de Oración “Maria Reina de la Paz” Rosary for Missing People Holy Hour Grupo de Oración “Madre de Dios”

Pastoral Center 405 Chapel Chapel Parish Hall

8:30 AM - 10:30 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Friday 27

Chaplet of the Divine Mercy Viacrucis - Spanish

Chapel Church /Parking Lot

3:00 PM 5:00 PM

Saturday 28

Confessions Confessions

Church Church

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Monday 23

RCIA Church 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

MISSION “You have a specific and important mission, that of keeping alive the relationship between the faith and the cultures of the peoples to whom you belong...We have to follow Christ along the concrete path of our daily lives so that he can transform us. Pope Francis

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — I will set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. (Genesis 9:8-15) Psalm — Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant. (Psalm 5) Second Reading — The water of the flood prefigured baptism, which saves you now. (1 Peter 3:18-22) Gospel — Jesus was tempted by Satan, and the angels ministered to him. (Mark 1:12-15) READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5,7-8; Mt 5:43,48 Sunday: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps 116:10, 15-19; Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10

LENTEN PRAYER

“Lord God,

you who breathed the

spirit of life within me.

Draw out of me the light

and life you created.

Help me to find my way

back to you.

Help me to use my life to

reflect your glory

and to serve others

as your son Jesus did.”

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Applications for the 2015-16 school year are still available online at www.stakb.org, for second-round admission. Tours of the school are available by appointment. If you would like to sign up for a tour, please call us at 305-361-3245 ext. 203.

PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Could you not watch one hour with me? Mt. 26:40 Can you commit to one of these hours? Sunday: 12 Midnight, 6:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM; Tuesday: 2:00 PM and 10:00 PM Saturday: 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 9:00 PM, 10:00 PM and 11:00 PM Please call: (305) 798-7896 for more information. Thank you!

First Sunday of Lent

Quota assigned to St. Agnes………..$292,000 Pledges already made…………...…..$160,365 Amount needed to fulfill our quota……..$131,635

Our deep gratitude to the parishioners who generously have made a pledge to the ABCD Annual Appeal. Currently, 158 parishioners of St. Agnes have made their pledges. It will be ideal if each family contributes in a generous way to the Archbishop’s Charities Drive. If you have not yet made your pledge, please try to make it this week. There are special “ABCD” envelopes at the entrance of the church. The Drive will be finished by February 22nd. Your gift will be a great help and hope for the Archdiocese of Miami. May the Good Lord bless your generosity.

MEN EMMAUS RETREAT

The next Men’s Emmaus Retreat will be held on February 27th, 28th and March 1st, in English, at the Youth

Center. For more information please call Milton Ruiz at (305) 283-3819 or email drmilty@gmail.com.

HUMOR CORNER The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. There was a note posted by the fruit. “Take only one,” it read. “God is watching.” At the other end of the line was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. One child whispered to another, “Take all you want. God is watching the apples.”

CLOTHING DONATIONS

Due to the lack of storage space in the garage at the Pastoral Center, we will only be receiving clothing in

good, wearable condition for children, women and men. Please do not bring used toys, furniture, household items or books. Thank you for your generosity and understanding.

COLLECTION FOR THE CHURCH

IN LATIN AMERICA

Next week, we will take up the Collection for the Church in Latin

America. Your generosity to the Collection for the Church in Latin America is invaluable to the future of the faith in this region. Your donations will fund catechesis, marriage and family life programs, and seminarian formation. Please give with a joyful and generous heart. Please support programs like these and give generously in next week’s collection. Thank you.

LENTEN RETREAT: FEBRUARY 28th, 2015

Father Julio Solano will give a Lenten Retreat in the Albertson Parish Hall on Saturday, February 28th, from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. The theme will be: “THE CHRISTIAN VIRTUES.” Do something spe-cial and different this Lent by attending this retreat.

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First Sunday of Lent

Brief commentary

Gospel reading ( Mark 1:12-15)

Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;

teach me your paths. — Psalm 25:4

The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

Today is the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is our desert experience, the confrontation with the forces of evil in our lives. We journey with Jesus on the road to Calvary to his ultimate victory over sin and death. Mark’s version of the temptation in the desert is much shorter than Matthew’s or Luke’s. This makes the significance more direct. The same Spirit who descended on Jesus in his baptism now drives him into the desert for forty days. This is a moment of radical confrontation with Satan who wants to frustrate the work of God. The wild beasts represent the danger of the desert, and the angels remind us of the angel who supplied food for Elijah in the wilderness (1 Kings 19:5-7). The reign of God has begun in Jesus and it calls for a radical response: “Repent, and put all your trust in the gospel!”

Today’s reading offers three significant messages: The forces of good and evil were present to

Jesus in the desert.

Jesus’ proclamation of the good news of salvation was not to start until the termination of John’s mission.

With God present, the desert becomes a place of retreat inviting honesty with ourselves and God.

For our shared or personal reflection: After a brief pause for silent reflection share your answers, ideas or feelings: 1. As I enter this Lenten journey, I will examine

the areas of temptations, misplaced desires and loyalties in my life. “Repent and believe” involves a process of re-focusing.

2. What can I do this Lent to deepen my trust in God as my only source of strength and peace?

Suggested readings: Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraphs 333; 538-5341; 1427.

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Primer Domingo de Cuaresma

Comentario breve

Evangelio ( Marcos 1, 12-15)

En aquel tiempo, el Espíritu empujó a Jesús al desierto. Allí permaneció cuarenta días y fue tentado por Satanás. Vivía entre los animales salvajes, pero los ángeles le servían. Después que tomaron preso a Juan, Jesús fue a la provincia de Galilea y empezó a proclamar la Buena Nueva de Dios. Hablaba en esta forma: “El plazo está vencido, el Reino de Dios ha llegado. Tomen otro camino y crean en la Buena Nueva”.

Hoy es el primer domingo de cuaresma. La cuaresma es el tiempo en que experimentamos el desierto, el lugar donde confrontamos el mal en nuestras vidas. Caminamos con Jesús hacia el Calvario donde con él venceremos el pecado y la muerte. La versión de Marcos es más corta que la de Lucas y Mateo. Esto hace el relato más directo: el mismo Espíritu que descendió sobre Jesús en su bautismo es el que hoy lo lleva al desierto por 40 días. Es el momento de confrontar a Satanás quien trata de obstaculizar el plan de Dios. Las bestias salvajes representan los peligros del desierto, y los ángeles la presencia de Dios. Al igual que Jesús, el profeta Elías fue alimentado por un ángel en el desierto (1 Reyes 19:5-7). El Reino de Dios ha comenzado en Jesús y exige una respuesta radical: ¡Arrepiéntanse y crean en la Buena Nueva!

La lectura de hoy nos presenta tres ideas importantes: Jesús experimentó las fuerzas del bien y del

mal en el desierto.

El Evangelio libera a los hombres y a las mujeres de todo aquello que los encadena.

Con Dios a nuestro lado, el desierto es un lugar de crecimiento espiritual donde podemos enfrentarnos honestamente con nosotros mismos y con Dios.

Descúbrenos, Señor, tus caminos, guíanos con la verdad de tu doctrina.

— Salmo 25 (24):4

Para la reflexión comunitaria: Después de una pausa breve para reflexionar en silencio, comparta con otros sus ideas o sentimientos: 1. Al comenzar esta Cuaresma, voy a examinar

cuáles son mis “tentaciones”, y en que áreas estoy fallando. “Tomen otro camino” implica volver los ojos a Dios.

2. ¿Qué puedo hacer en esta Cuaresma para aumentar mi confianza en Dios y mi disposición de ayudar a los demás?

Lecturas recomendadas: Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, párrafos 333; 538-541;1427.

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ADORACION EUCARISTICA PERPETUA

¿Así que no habéis podido velar conmigo una hora? Mt. 26,40

Puedes comprometerte a una de estas horas? Domingo: 12 Medianoche, 6:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM y 6:00 PM; Martes: 2:00 PM y 10:00 PM; Sábado: 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 9:00 PM, 10:00 PM y 11:00 PM. Por favor llama al: (305) 798-7896 para mas información, Gracias!

TALLERES DE ORACION Y VIDA

Padre Ignacio Larrañaga

APRENDER A ORAR PARA APRENDER A VIVIR

¡Inscríbete en los Talleres de Oración y Vida!

¡El Taller te llevará, a través de las Escrituras y diversas formas de oración, a desarrollar una relación intima con el Señor, convirtiendo a Jesús en tu mejor amigo!

El Taller en español comenzó el jueves 19 de febrero de 2015 de 7:30 a 9:30 PM en el salón #403 del Centro Pastoral. Tiene una duración de varias semanas consecutivas con sesiones cada jueves. Por favor trae tu Biblia y un cuaderno de notas.

Para mayor información, puedes comunicarte con: Susana Prudencio, teléfono (786) 200-0900 ó su_pru@yahoo.com.

¡Jesús te está esperando!

RETIRO DE EMAUS PARA HOMBRES

El próximo retiro de Emaús de Hombres en inglés será el 27, 28 de febrero y 1 de marzo en el Youth Center. Para más información ponerse

en contacto con Milton Ruiz al (305) 283-3819 o al email drmilty@gmail.com.

DONACIONES DE ROPA

Debido a la falta de espacio de almacenamiento en el Centro Pastoral , so lo rec ibiremos donaciones de ropa en buen estado para hombres, mujeres y niños. No recibiremos juguetes, muebles o libros. Gracias por su generosidad y cooperación.

MISAS Y VIACRUCIS Es una forma de recordar con amor y agradecimiento lo mucho que Jesús sufrió por nosotros para salvarnos del pecado. Durante la Cuaresma, de lunes a vienes, habrá una Misa a las 8:00 PM en español, además de las otras dos a las 8:00 AM y 12:00 PM en inglés. Todos los viernes tendremos un Viacrucis en español, a las 5:00 PM en la iglesia o el estacionamiento. Todos están invitados.

COLECTA PARA LA IGLESIA EN AMERICA LATINA La próxima semana realizaremos la Colecta para la Iglesia en América

Latina. Su generosidad en esta colecta es inestimable para el futuro de la fe en esta región. Sus donativos financiarán programas de catequesis, matrimonio, vida familiar y formación de seminaristas. Por favor, contribuyan con un corazón generoso y lleno de gozo. Apoyen a programas como éstos y agradeceremos su generosidad en la colecta de la próxima semana.

MI ORACION DE CUARESMA Oh, Señor, que al contemplarte clavado en la cruz, sepa responderte con obediencia total, con amor y humildad. Que mi corazón se abra a la oración y el amor. Que tu cruz no sea en vano. Que ella cambie mi vida. Escucha, Señor, mi grito en busca de su misericordia. Que el poder de tu cruz transforme mi corazón y me haga un fiel servidor tuyo.