The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 11, 2016

RECONCILIATION

True reconciliation is emotional, dramatic, and cleansing.

When two people meet heart to heart and work through

old hurts, misunderstandings, and careless words, cleans-

ing tears often flow and the encounter ends with an em-

brace that fills both with the warmth of a love too strong

to fade.

The readings this weekend assure us of this

healthy release that comes with reconciliation. They give

us the courage to reach out to someone with whom we

need to reconcile ourselves, and give us the courage to

ask for forgiveness from God, too.

In the reading from Exodus, we see how God re-

fuses again and again to give up on the Israelites. Even

though they grow impatient with God and turn to false

idols, God still calls them back. Luke’s Gospel assures us

that God rejoices when we turn away from sin. Paul’s

letter to Timothy encourages us, like Paul, to look back

on our lives and recognize where God’s patient mercy

has been shown to us.

(J.S. Paluch Co. / Liturgical Cycle B)

St. Anthony Catholic Church PARISH OFFICE: 364-6150 FAX: 364-0969 SCHOOL OFFICE: 120 W. Park Ave. Phone 364-1952.

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Parish Office is open Mon. 10AM– 12PM, 1PM-5PM, Tue.—Thurs. from 9AM-12PM, 1PM—5PM w/ early closing on Fridays 9AM-12PM, 1PM-4PM during School Session. Closed holidays, holy days and for some funerals & staff meetings.

WELCOME NEWCOMERS: Please notify the church office of your arrival or if any changes in phone or address are made.

CONFESSION: Wednesdays @6:30am-7am & 6-6:45pm. Thurs@6:30am-7am. Fri.@7am-8am. Sat. @4-5:30pm. and Sun.@7:45am-8:45am and after the 9 AM Mass until 11 AM. Any time by appointment. Call the church office. NO confessions ON TUES. Priest’s day off . Mass on Tuesday evening at 5:30pm.

BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASSES: 4th Wed of each month. MUST Pre-Register in the church office. Watch Bulletin for dates

WEDDINGS: Couples must be members of the Parish. To begin wedding preparation, please call for an appointment with the pastor at least six months prior to planned wedding date. Pick up a marr iage packet with all the wedding guidelines from church secretary.

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: Call 364-6150 day or night. OR during office hours to schedule the Sacrament of Anointing prior to surgery or if health is serious or an accident has occurred. It is a Sacrament of healing and comfort, not necessarily of the dying.

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time SEPT. 11, 2016 8:45AM: Dismissal of RCIA after Homily, followed by topic—A/R 10AM: Elementary F.F.C begins! Vocations Crucifix 6:00PM Mass: Harr ison and Mayra Parsons 8:45AM Mass: Bill and Linda Dominguez 11:30 Mass: Laur ie and Walter Paetzold NO HOLY HOUR MONDAY— NO Mass.| Grandparent’s Week begins at school! TUESDAY—7-8 AM Men’s Lectionary Study Group: A/R. NO Mass WEDNESDAY— NO Mass |Adoration starts at 8AM and ends at 6PM. 9:30AM-11AM Women’s Lectionary Study 6:45PM-7PM Jr. High and High School F.F.C THURSDAY—NO Mass. 6:30pm PTO Mtg. FRIDAY— NO Mass 7-8AM Fri. morning study: "Living Jesus-Learning the Heart of the Gospel" by Luke Timothy Johnson: A/R. All adults welcome! SAT. 6PM LITURGY SEPT. 17, 2016

Vocation Crucifix taken by Judy and Jack Dennis Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time SEPT. 18, 2016

Second Collection for Catholic Charities. 8:45AM: Dismissal of RCIA after Homily, followed by topic—A/R 10AM: Elementary F.F.C. Vocation Crucifix 8:45am Mass: Ray & Nadine Berend 11:30 Mass: Sergio & Aracely Correa 6PM HOLY HOUR

LITURGY INTENTIONS

ALTAR SERVERS

STEWARDSHIP of TREASURE Sept. 3/4 2016

Envelopes– 66 Loose Checks– 35

Envelopes/Checks $7,118.00

Plates $825.55

Children $39.86

Total $7,983.41 Black Bag Collection $662.10 Extra Collection Postage $119.00

Total $8,764.51 FINAL Total = $8,764.51

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Schedule for Sept. 17/18:

6PM Mass: Chantel Perales, John Lozoya, Judith Grotegut, Janie banner and Helen Noyes (L). 8:45AM Mass: Nadine Berend (SC) Char lene Sanders (SC) Robert Zepeda (SC), Vanessa Torres, Amy Betzen, Jasmin En-riquez and Elvira Enriquez (L)

SICK CALL ONLY: Claudia Garcia, Gerald Marnell and Maggie Diller

11:30AM Mass: Harr ison Parsons, Mayra Parsons, Alyssa Rodriguez, Cynthia Rodriguez, Monica Valdez, Elaine McNutt and Larry McNutt (L) NOTE: Please don’t forget to sign in before Mass. Please get a

substitute if you cannot keep your assignment, thank you!

Mon.7:15AM NO Mass Tues. 5:30PM NO Mass Wed.7:15AM NO Mass Thurs. 7:15AM NO Mass FRI. 8:15AM NO Mass SAT. 6PM Jim Marnell RIP SUN. 8:45 AM Maria Liscano RIP SUN.11:30 AM People of the Parish

My family prayed ____ rosaries this week.

Lector Schedule for Sept.17/18:

6 PM Mass: Deby Reinar t and Angela Baker 8:45AM Mass: Debbie Fetsch and Sara Pesina 11:30AM Mass: Dennis Detten and Jack Detten

Mon. 7:15 AM NO Mass. Tues.5:30PM NO Mass. Wedn.7:15AM NO Mass. Thurs.7:15AM NO Mass. FRI.8:15AM NO Mass. SAT. 6PM Cadence Copeland, Gabriel Guerrero, Caleb Guerrero and Christian Guerrero SUNDAY 8:45AM London Baker, Abel Tamez, Ava Reyes and Miranda Villalovos 11:30 AM Jack Detten, Rachael Detten, Avery Detten and Jacob Smith

230 rosaries were prayed for Vocations, the last several weeks. Thank you all so much!

ALL ALTAR FLOWERS, are in HONOR of the St. Anthony’s School Staff and Faculty. Thank you to whomever donated the flowers, it means so much!

Death Announcement: Linda Gonzales, 52, passed away September 2. Her prayer vigil was Sept. 5 a Mass of Christian burial was Sept. 6 at St. Anthony’s Church. Surviving members in our par-ish are her mother, Elvira Gonzales and siblings Sammy Gonzales, David Gonzales, Anthony Gon-zales and Selma Devin.

We greatly appreciate all the prayers, comforting words and kind gestures extended to our family at the loss of Charlie Stengel. Thank you Fr. Tony Neusch and Fr. Anthony Aakula for the beautiful mass, Robin Gonzales, Carolyn Evers and the Men's Choir for the music and the bereavement committee and all who brought food for the funeral dinner. We also thank the Eucharistic Ministers who brought communion to Charlie eve-ry Sunday. It meant so much to him. Linda and Donald Adams Kelly, Heidi and Casey, Adams Philip Stengel Gerald and Denise Marnell Tony and Loretta Urbanczyk Clara and Leander Reinart Vicky and Bob Schmucker Martin and Sam Urbanczyk Oleta and Robert Diller

LIVING FAITH - Daily Catholic Devotions booklets for July-August-September will be placed in the church entries in June for you to pick up at $2 request for each one. You may place money in collection or come by the office to drop it off. Those who enjoy these inspiration booklets may also just come by the church office before June placement and pick yours up. The $2 covers booklet cost and shipping and handling for this daily reading tool .... An ex-cellent way to feed your spirit this summer! - Parish of St. Anthony

PRAYER CHAIN REQUESTS We want to remind people to feel free to use the parish prayer lines when needs arise in your family in difficult times of testing and trial. Email jaime.brorman@gmail.com or call Rita Burges at 364-6766. Contacts are listed on the back of the weekly church bulletin. You must first have the permission of the patient or of a close family member who can speak for that person in need; you may use either their full name OR no name at all. It is also hoped that if the prayer line is being used anonymously, the caller inform our Pastor Father Tony so he can come to anoint or

administer the Sacrament of Healing when needed and to know who among the flock to keep in his daily prayer. Thank you and May God Bless you!

From the desk of our pastor, Father Tony Neusch.

This week in my short column instead of looking at the readings I would like to reflect on one of the most important supports our parish offers, namely education in the faith. We begin faith formation classes this week. Children will be entrusted again to teachers to help them develop and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ. Let me offer a couple of thoughts that keep rattling around in my brain.

I tend to spend a lot of time in my head. In fact if you accused me of seeing the world from the shoul-ders up, I would have to agree with you. I like learning and knowing and introspection, not everyone does. There is an inherent danger in this type of worldly approach, namely that when things don’t fall into a carefully constructed set of categories, and they often don’t, being lost on the immensity of the sea of thought and abstraction become reality. More recently I have tried to put into practice a better type of world view. The wrestling mat is a much more appropriate approach to belief in God. Wrestling with God and all that that entails means that some ideas will pin us to the mat in ways that no matter our struggle we cannot break free. Sometimes the will of God will be so overwhelming, so true, or so strong that we will always be outmatched. If our life in Christ never feels like an uphill battle, or swimming against the current, or being placed in the wrong weight class, then we aren’t doing it right.

I have been trying to find again the number of Catholics around the world who do not have access to weekly Mass. With all the technology at my fingertips I couldn’t or least as of writing these ramblings I haven’t been able. I can’t figure out the right question to ask in order to get the desired result. If the questions aren’t right the answers won’t be either. Are we teaching the right questions? Are we living the right questions? I know the frustration of not knowing the correct string of words to get the result of data that I think I need. How many of our parish’s school children and their parents have authentic holy desires that the questions and answers don’t lead to a sacramental life in the church?

Finally, why is everything different? If I had married as a young man, had a family my children could possibly be seniors in high school even freshmen in college. In that thought experiment I can’t imagine raising children today, and yet people do it all the time. In the 22 years since I graduated from High School the world has changed. In that time the United States has had experiences of both domestic and international acts of terrorism, there have been war as a result. We have seen more and more family farms sold, mass urban migration, and tremendous immigration. Catholic religious practice has dimin-ished, while at the same numbers have grown. Why is everything different? Because, that is just the way it is. Sameness is a complete illusion everything is always changing and we change with it, some-times in radical other times in subtle ways.

If you made it this far in my ramblings congratulations, I almost didn’t. I guess what I am trying to say is that we are not going to be able to always provide a safe relationship with God. Belief in Him is the most danger-ous thing we do. If we aren’t taught how to ask the most important questions then we will never find the most im-portant answers. To live is to change, to live as a Catholic Christian is to become more and more Christ like every single day. If our parents and catechist can teach our young people how to wrestle with God, to ask the right ques-tions, and to be changed into the image of Christ on Earth, then we have it made in the shade.

SEPTEMBER CALENDAR SEPT. 11—Dismissal of RCIA after Homily, followed by topic—A/R SEPT. 12-16—NO weekly Masses, Fr. Tony gone to a retreat. SEPT. 12-16—Grandparents Week! SEPT. 14—Faith Formation Classes begin for elementary, 10am-11am SEPT. 15—PTO Meeting @ 6:30 PM. SEPT. 19—School will have an early release at 2:15PM SEPT. 19—Safe Environment Training: Library @ 6:30PM SEPT. 19—Finance Council 6:30PM SEPT. 24—29—School Book Fair is open SEPT. 24—South Deanery Mtg. 10-12 in the A/R SEPT. 24/25– Second Collection for Flood Victims in Louisiana.

Rosary for Priest and Religious Life. A small group will lead in prayer after the 5:30PM Tuesday Mass, anyone who would like to stay and

pray the rosary for priest and religious life are more than welcome.

ADULT Small Groups for Faith Formation

and Study/Sharing - All Materials available.

RCIA Orientation Wed. SEPT. 7, 7-9 PM

Sunday SEPT. 11 8:45 Mass in Church

then dismiss to Antonian Room.

Led by Janie Banner and Lisa Blakely & Team

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TUESDAY mornings year-round 7-8 AM

Men's Lectionary Study in Antonian Room

(study of the upcoming weekend Readings)

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WEDNESDAY mornings 9:30-11 AM - Sept. 7

Women's Lectionary Study in Antonian Room

(study of the coming weekend Mass Readings plus

a chapter from Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly)

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WEDNESDAY morning 9:30-10:45 AM

Residents and Friends Lectionary Study

in Kings Manor Midway down Hall 800

with Al Simnacher. Call 364-6844.

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PARENT Study (NEW! Especially formed for parents of youth attending Jr - Sr High School formation on

Wednesday nights, during F.F.C. Wednesdays starting Sept. 7 from 7-8 PM in Cafeteria) Team/Rotation led

by Jaime Brorman, Michelle Brorman, Denise Marnell

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THURSDAY night 7-9 PM

"Priest, Prophet, King" video/workbook series

by Fr. Robert Barron in home of Monica Bermea, Friona. Call 575-693-3000 for directions and more in-

formation

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FRIDAY Study of “Learning and Living Je-sus" by Luke Timothy Johnson. New book to begin in

November. 7-8:05 AM in Antonian Room

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Friday EVENING "ACTS plus Friends" Study will reconvene near Advent. Watch for

more....

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ANYONE WISHING ANOTHER TIME OR TOPIC

of spiritual reading / study - please contact Janie Banner (mornings) in the

church office 364-6150.

Our Lady of the Rosary! October 7th, the First Friday Mass at 6pm, will be in

Spanish. The Mass is going to be held for the Guate-

malan families in our community! We will host a din-

ner after the Mass to celebrate ‘Our La-

dy of the Rosary.’ We will also be hav-

ing a Coat and Blanket Drive to help the

Guatemalan families in the community.

More information will be posted later in

the month. If you have any questions

you can call the church office and we

will do our best to answer. Thank you and God Bless!

SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING! Monday, September 19th @ 6:30pm in the Library. Safe Environment training is REQUIRED for all vol-unteers that work with our youth at the parish and at St. Anthony’s Catholic School. This includes Room Parents, Party Volunteers, Field Trip drivers/chaperones, and substitutes. It is recommended that ALL PARENTS take this training.

Special Collection! We will be having a special collection September 24/25 for those affected by the floods in Louisiana.

Catholic Men’s Conference. The “Catholic Men’s Conference” will be held on Sep-tember 17 at Bishop Zurek Parish Hall Blessed Sacra-ment Church 2500 S. Bolton, Amarillo. The cost to at-tend is $20, if you would like more information about the conference please call 806-220-6049/806-382-4636

Catholic Women’s Conference The “Catholic Women’s Conference” will be held on September 23/24. All women are encouraged and invit-ed to attend! To register contact 806-383-2243 ext. 129 or register online at: www.amarillodiocese.org/for-women

WORDS OF ENCOURAGMENT AND INSPIRATION NEEDED!

Vincent Carrasco, the son of Rudy and Suzanne Carrasco, is away from home and is studying for the priesthood. Let’s show Vincent that his parish family is thinking of him and cheering him on during this spiritual and important journey in his life! Address: San Lorenzo Seminary Br. Vincent Carrasco P.O. Box 247 Santa Ynez, CA 93460

Thoughts for Reflection: “Faith is confident assurance concerning what we hope for, and conviction about things we do not see.”

- Hebrew 11:1

“Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in kindness.”

- Psalms 103:8