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We are a welcoming Catholic Community
called by God to live out the message of
Christ in love and service to all people.
April 14, 2019
Gethsemane / Carl Bloch / circa 1890
28290 Beaumont Road, Bonita Springs, FL 34134 • Phone (239) 992-0901 • Fax (239) 992-5282
www.stleocatholicchurch.org • Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 4 pm
Daily Mass: Monday-Saturday: 8 am • Confessions: Saturday 2 pm—3pm
Saturday Vigil Masses: 3:30 & 5:30 pm • Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 am & 5 pm
Se habla Español • Misa en español Domingo - 7 pm y las confesiones antes de la misa
Mass in Polish: 3rd Sunday of the month - 1:30 pm
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Thank you for your continued generosity!
Rev. Jarek (Jaroslaw) Sniosek .............................. Pastor
Rev. Kristian Villafana .......................................... Parochial Vicar There will be a Second Collection
Rev. Felix Gonzalez................................................ Parochial Vicar
Anne Bellows .......................................................... Assistant to the Pastor this weekend for the
Hermilo Calderon .................................................... Lead Maintenance
Griselda Cisneros ................................................... Receptionist
Vocation & Seminar Fund.
Rogelio Delgado ..................................................... Maintenance Please see the information on page 4.
Sandra Edwards ..................................................... Receptionist
Hannah Falestiny ................................................... Cantor
Elsy Hernandez ...................................................... Graphics Designer Due to the printer’s holiday schedule
Annemarie Jardon .................................................. Director of Religious Education
Marcin Malewski ..................................................... Director of Music this bulletin was submitted before
Julie McFarland ...................................................... Bookkeeper the weekend of April 6 & 7.
Martha Mercado ...................................................... Maintenance
Gisela Saldana ....................................................... Religious Education Assistant Those collection tabulations will be
Milana Strezeva ..................................................... Musician printed next week.
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BAPTISM OF INFANTS
The 2019 Catholic Faith Appeal
Our Goal..............................$426,000
Baptisms of children under 7 years old are offered every fourth Sunday of each
month in Spanish and every second Sunday of the month in English. Please visit
Contributions to date ........$340,614
our website or contact our office for details and requirements. Our Pledges ........................$370,252
CONFIRMATION
Pledge Goal Attained .........86.91%
At confirmation we receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit and confirm and renew
our baptismal promises committing to a life of maturity in the Christian faith.
Unconfirmed Catholics wishing to receive the Sacrament should contact the Parish St. Leo = 10% of Goal
Office to make arrangements for suitable instruction. Unbaptized or non-Catholics
can be confirmed at the Easter Vigil when they are baptized or received into the
Church as a part of Rite of Christian Initiation of Adult. To enroll in RCIA, please call
Griselda Cisneros at 992-0901. Making Your Pledge to the Catholic Faith Appeal
EUCHARIST
Parishioners who wish to bring communion to their spouses should contact the As you are contemplating your contributions to St Leo
parish office to pick up a pyx with the St. Leo’s inscription on it. Please use this pyx for the new year, please consider making a pledge to help
when approaching to receive a host for your spouse or a family member in the
Communion procession during Mass. If you need to receive a gluten free host due us pay our Diocesan tax directly. We encourage you to do
to a medical condition please arrive 15 minutes before Mass begins and inform the this, as this is the best way for the parish to plan for the
Sacristan.
upcoming financial year. You may have already received a
RECONCILIATION pledge card in the mail from the diocese, or you can use
Individual confession with a priest is the principal means of absolution and
reconciliation of grave sins within the Church. The Sacrament of Reconciliation one in the pews. These may be returned in the collection
frees us from sinful patterns of behavior and calls us to complete conversion to baskets. Through your generosity last year St. Leo was
Christ. Confessions are heard at 2:00 pm on Saturday in English and 6:15pm on
Sunday in Spanish. You may also approach any of our parish priests to hear your able to meet its pledge goal directly.
confession at another suitable time. The diocesan assessment is based on our regular income
at the rate of 26%. Your contribution to the 2019 CFA is
THE RITE OF ANOINTING the best and most efficient way to help our parish, and
A person does not need to wait until the point of death to receive this sacrament. A
careful judgment about the serious nature of the illness is sufficient. The Sacrament the collected funds support numerous ministries throughout
may be repeated if the sick person recovers after the anointing but becomes ill once
again, or if, during the same illness, the person's condition becomes more serious.
the Church.
For those who are about to depart from this life, the Church offers the person
Penance, Anointing of the Sick, and the Eucharist as Viaticum (food for the journey)
Our New Building
given at the end of life. Contact the Parish Office at 992-0901 to be connected with
the priest on duty.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
If you are a registered parishioner of St. Leo and plan to marry in our parish please Beautiful interior
contact our office at least six months prior to the tentative wedding date. Weddings
cannot be scheduled until the marriage preparation process is complete and it is
illumination continues
determined that the parties are free to marry. the pattern of arches in
ANNULMENT - Reestablishing the freedom to marry. the entrance space of
An annulment is more accurately described as a declaration of matrimonial the new building.
invalidity. It is an official determination made by an ecclesiastical court that at the
time of the marital consent exchanged by the parties a specific component of the We patiently are waiting
marriage was lacking or defective. Hence, the marriage failed to be a marriage as
defined by the Catholic Church. If you wish to reestablish your freedom to marry in
as inspections continue
the Church, please contact a parish priest to be your advocate in presenting your as we move on in this
case to the Tribunal. journey. From the nest,
VOCATION Sebastian is now
If you think that you have a vocation to the priesthood or religious life please speak
with one of our priests, or contact the Diocesan Director of Vocations at controlling the skies as
941-484-9548, visit www.dioceseofvenice.org/vocations he gains confidence in
his surroundings.
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 Thursday, Apr 18, 2019
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD HOLY THURSDAY; EVENING MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
Hats off to Jesus’ message The Triduum enchilada
Imagine a baseball-cap seller in the first century. Further imagine the Tonight’s Mass of the Lord’s Supper begins with the Sign of the
catchy phrases on the brim of his wares: “The last will be first.” “Let Cross. Take note of it because you won’t see another one for three
me wash your feet.” “Love your enemies.” “Bless those who hurt you.” days until the blessing and dismissal from the Easter Vigil. The reason
“Be like the children.” “Feed my sheep.” “Take up your cross.” “The for this is because the Triduum, the Three Days of Easter, is of one
humble will be exalted.” “Blessed are the meek.” Who’s going to buy piece. It begins tonight and is carried through Good Friday and on
this misguided fellow’s hats? The rest of us want to boast, not bow. to the Easter Vigil. So Catholics enjoy staying “in the zone” of
This guy doesn’t get it. He needs to get into another line of work. celebration for the whole enchilada. Every thought, word, and action
Would you wear a hat that says: “I come to serve”? is wrapped in the awareness of the death and Resurrection of Jesus
TODAY'S READINGS: Procession: Luke 19:28-40 (37); Mass: Christ. The Triduum is moving and deeply enriching, so join in fully!
Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:14—23:56 (38). TODAY'S READINGS: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14; 1 Corinthians
“I am among you as the one who serves.” 11:23-26; John 13:1-15 (39). “If I, therefore, the master and
teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one an-
Monday, Apr 15, 2019 other's feet.”
MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK
Oil of gladness Friday, Apr 19, 2019
In the Hebrew Bible, we read of kings, priests, and prophets being FRIDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION (GOOD FRIDAY); DAY OF
anointed by the pouring of oil on them. In the Catholic tradition, oils ABSTINENCE
are used in the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders, It is finished—and it has just begun
and Anointing of the Sick. We also use oil to bless altars and other We can look high and low but we will not find a Catholic Mass
objects. But why? Its purpose is to recognize the presence of the celebrated anywhere on this day. There is a Good Friday service, to
Holy in the person or thing anointed. To be anointed is to be set be sure, but there is no Mass. However, we will gather in churches
apart as special, cleansed, healed, and strengthened. Reflect on how throughout the world to hear scripture tell of the trial, death, and burial
you've been marked as belonging to God and called to share in the of Jesus. We will pray the prescribed 10 prayers of intercession. We
holy mission of Christ. will walk in procession to venerate the cross. And, on this second of
TODAY'S READINGS: Isaiah 42:1-7; John 12:1-11 (257). the three sacred days this week that are known as the Triduum, we
“Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine will receive the Eucharist, consecrated at the Mass of the Last Supper
aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus." the night before. On this day of prayer and remembrance, do one
thing to imitate the love and compassion of Jesus.
Tuesday, Apr 16, 2019 TODAY'S READINGS: Isaiah 52:13—53:12; Hebrews 4:14-16;
TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK 5:7-9; John 18:1—19:42 (40). “And after this, Joseph of Arima-
Don’t fail to find God thea . . . asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus.”
One of the lessons of Holy Week is that God draws grace and
goodness out of any situation—even one that to us looks like a Saturday, Apr 20, 2019
complete failure. God uses all of what is—every person’s strength HOLY SATURDAY; EASTER VIGIL
and weakness, every experience, encounter, accident, war or act of A vigil for the ages
kindness, natural beauty or disaster—to make visible God’s love and The Easter Vigil Mass we celebrate today has not always been
sustaining presence in the world. The psalmist put it this way: “For popular, having been an institution in the early centuries of the church,
darkness is as light” to God. The message of Holy Week is one for falling from practice in the Middle Ages, and then re-emerging around
the entire year. Make a habit of looking for the ways God redeems Vatican II. Today this “mother of all vigils” (as Saint Augustine called
our “failures.” See how grace abounds. it) moves people through its intense symbolism of fire, light, dark,
TODAY'S READINGS: Isaiah 49:1-6; John 13:21-33, 36-38 incense, and song. The Easter Vigil reminds us that faith isn’t just an
idea; it is a full-body experience and way of life. Whether or not you
(258). “I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation
may reach to the ends of the earth.” attend the Easter Vigil, you can allow your faith to be a full-sensory
experience, perceiving God in touch, song, aroma, and beauty.
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 TODAY'S READINGS: Genesis 1:1—2:2; Genesis 22:1-18;
WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK Exodus 14:15—15:1; Exodus 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18; Isaiah 54:5
Suffer the servant -14; Isaiah 55:1-11; Baruch 3:9-15, 32—4:4; Ezekiel 36:16-17a,
Holy Week highlights the “Servant Songs” found in the Book of Isaiah. 18-28; Romans 6:3-11; Luke 24:1-12 (41). “You will draw water
These are lyrical poems written about a servant whom God calls joyfully from the springs of salvation.”
to leadership but the people abuse. The servant sacrifices himself
for the sake of the people and is vindicated by God. The traditional
Jewish interpretation is that the servant is a metaphor for the
Israelites. Christians see the servant as a prefiguring of Jesus and
the servant’s suffering foretelling the Passion of Christ. Perhaps
both are true. In these sacred days let your heart be filled with
reverence for the suffering servant.
TODAY'S READINGS: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Matthew 26:14-25 (259).
“I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to
those who beat me . . . . My face I did not shield.”
THIS WEEK
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Saturday Fr. Jarek
8:30 pm If you would like to spread cheer for the upcoming
Fr. Len
Easter season, please consider a donation which will
Sunday
6:00 am Fr. Len supply a local family with a gift card for food, and a
7:30 am C Fr. John special Easter treat. You may write
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7:30 am-P Fr. Jarek
9:30 am Fr. Kristia
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9:30 pm-P Fr. Jarek St. Leo Poor Box and drop it in the
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11:30 am LC Fr. Kristia collection basket or bring it to the
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at the Juan Diego Outreach Center
on the St. Leo campus.
Holy Saturday
The Dioceses of
Blessing of the Easter Food
Florida have agreed
The Holy Saturday traditional celebration to assist St. Vincent
of the blessing of the food used in the de Paul Seminary in its
Easter meals will be held at 2pm in Church.
This heritage is brought down from European renova ons and building of an
cultures, particularly Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine and parts of endowment for seminarians. Over the past six
Italy. Often included are hard boiled eggs which symbolize years you have generously contributed to help
Christ rising from the tomb, horseradish to show the bitterness
of the suffering of Christ and salt to represent purification. St. Leo pay our assigned por on.
The food blessed in this celebration remains untouched We will have the final collec on next weekend,
until it is used on Easter Sunday.
April 13-14. Paying directly through this
The Chrism Mass will be held at 10:30 am Tuesday, April 16 collec on will mean that we do not have to use
at Epiphany Cathedral in Venice. regular parish income, which is subject to
During this Mass the blessing of the Holy Oils,
which are used in the administration of the Sacraments
diocesan assessment. We appreciate your
at each parish throughout the year, takes place. considera on of this special need.
MONDAY - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15-17
8:00 am & 12:00 noon Masses HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 18
8:00 am Morning Prayer
7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper
GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 19
8:00 am Stations of the Cross and Divine Mercy Novena
3:00 pm Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
6:00 pm Passion Service in Spanish / La Pasión Del Señor
HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 20
8:00 am Divine Mercy Novena
2:00 pm Blessing of Easter Food
No Confessions are heard on Holy Saturday
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Tuesday, May 14
Parish Life Center $20 per person
Doors open at 5:15pm Dinner at 5:30pm
Tickets are on sale in the Parish Office. All sea ng is open, no reserved tables.
Wear your patrio c colors and join us for
a light summer supper, with a glass of wine.
Our friends from GULFSHORE OPERA PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS will bring
an inspiring program in an cipa on of Memorial Day as we pay tribute
to our na on and those fallen men and women who gave
their lives to protect our liber es.
NEXT WEEK’S MASS INTENTIONS
MASS INTENTION REQUESTED BY
MONDAY APRIL 15
8:00 am +Matthew Murphy Patty Egan
12:00 noon +Rena Hemond Michael & Diane Distefano
TUESDAY APRIL 16
8:00 am +Helen Zack Daughter Patrice Wolff
12:00 noon +Michael Smith Terry and Family Candles this week are dedicated to †Deceased Parishioners of St. Leo
WEDNESDAY APRIL 17
8:00 am +Charles Gentile Andrew Falco
12:00 noon +Mathhew Murphy Mary Byrnes
THURSDAY APRIL 18 Holy Thursday
7:00 pm +Dorothy Dunn & +Gardner Martin Bonnie Dunn Martin cÄxtáx cÜtç yÉÜ bâÜ gÜÉÉÑá
FRIDAY APRIL 19 Good Friday Michael DeSantis Richard R. & Alexandra Kock
SATURDAY APRIL 20 Holy Saturday Brian D’Aray Shane Luikert
Jim Flatley Daniel A. McDonald
8:30 pm + Cecilia Kueltzo Lewaniak Family Lt. Connor Flynn Jennifer McIntosh
Lt. Thomas A. Flynn Jacob Midura
SUNDAY APRIL 21 Easter Sunday C. Sean Flynn Daniel Midura
6:00 am +Susan Wolven Vincent & Ann McMullin Maria Fragale Nick Parrorzio
Joseph D. Frost Sean Michael Perry
7:30 am +Helen and Lisa Lagowski Loving Husband & Father, John Lagowski
Thomas Geanuracos Frank Razzano Jr.
7:30 am-Overflow +Mary Fitzgerald Rosali Jackson Carlos Gonzales Joseph Schowalter
Todd Gibson Dominic Sutherland
9:30 am +Matthew Murphy Bob & Norene Gargiula Brian Howlett Trevor Terpstra
Mary M. Karls All serving in the military, especially those in combat.
9:30 pm-Overflow +Matthew Murphy Dave & Lesley Mulholland
11:30 am +Ronald Ferreri Ed & Maria Giovine
11:30 am-Overflow +James Keane
1:30 pm +Yvette & +Frank Coyle
Jim Archer
+Frank Coyle
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5:00 pm Special Cumulative Intentions Jan Bertolissi James McManus
Lois Boomgaard Linda Miranda
Dave Bowezs Conrad Molter
Scott Cochell Jay Morgan
George Cohan Audrey Grace Neeley
Ted Coletta Clara Nowak
April is Child Lourdes Coll
Marie Corrao
Daniel Nowak
Bob Ostrowski
Abuse Awareness Joseph DeSalvo
Kathy Elliman
Nancy Panozzo
Connie Phillips
Prevention Month. Joy Evans Aiden Putnam
Brad Fairfield Cal Raugh
Matthew Fairfield Allan Rice
Janet Foltz Tammy Rice
Bishop Frank Dewane Gissette Lupita Garcia Helen Ross
will celebrate a Jean Granara
John Grasso
Tony Ross
Judy Ross-White
Mass for Victims of Mark Grethel
Karen Grimshaw
Tessa Santagate
Dennis Scott
Child Abuse Paul Hamm
Luke Hass
William & Patricia Stapish
Frederic Stetz
on Bob Holloran Carol Storey
Fred Hoffman Charlie Sweeney Jr.
Thursday, April 25 Robbin Holcomb Kathleen Timatteo
Jerry Kaehle Edward Thomas
here at 8am. Madeline Kennedy Lyle Troxel
Mary Knuth Debra Vannotti
Mary Kobel Phillis Wallace
Emily Lienesch Shery Wilkinson
Jack Lienesch George Witkowsky
Robert Loft Jr. Beth H., Debora M., Pat S.
Eucharistic Adoration Kay Mazzitelli Present & past parish priests.
Experiencing the marvelous presence of Christ through Names remain on our prayer list for 30 days & troop list for 6 months.
Eucharistic Adoration is available in our Chapel from To add names or update information call the Parish Office at
992-0901 or email: ehernandez@stleocatholicchurch.org
7am to 3:30pm Monday through Friday.
Visit us at www.stleocatholicchurch.org
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Please note: The parish office will be closed on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm for staff meetings.
The Perpetual Baby Shower
Donation Bassinet
is located in the narthex
of the church.
Please remember all the infants
who are in need of diapers
and new clothes
for the season.
Their toddler brothers
St. Leo Parish, through our Juan Diego Outreach
Center, provides a home for Catholic Charities of and sisters grow so
Bonita Springs and the St. Leo Food Bank. fast and need clothes also.
Positive Youth Development
Human Trafficking Victims Assistance
The Ladies of St. Leo Guild thank
Substance Abuse Counseling all of you for your past support.
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program
(S.N.A.P.)
Juan Diego Outreach
• provided funding to Immokalee Pregnancy Center,
• supported Catholic Relief Services program for
Syrian refugees and Iraqi families,
The St. Leo Food Bank is always in need of supplies
• supported a Catholic Charities Safe House for Human to share with local food pantries. These listed items
Trafficking Victims, are suggested but all unopened, non-perishable
• supported Our Mother’s House, a Catholic Charities’ foods are now welcomed.
program which provides low cost housing and free
child care to residents so they can work and attend breakfast cereals These food are especially
canned fruit & needed:
school, vegetables dried beans
• contributed to the Casa Maria Soup Kitchen in canned pasta & soup maseca (corn tortilla
Immokalee, canned tuna & chicken flour)
diapers, baby wipes sugar
• supported the Papal Agency to fund catechism pastas & spaghetti vegetable oil
classes for Middle East Christians, peanut butter & jelly white rice
• provided supplies to St. Margaret Parish in Clewiston powdered milk cooking oil
and Holy Martyrs Mission in La Belle. toothbrushes, juice
toothpastes, laundry flour
soap, bar soap
salt
Volunteer Opportunities
Please continue to make food contributions
• The Religious Education Department can use volunteers to help as you so generously have in the past.
as Catechists or Catechist Aides for the upcoming school year.
Please call the Religious Education Office. Boxes are located at the doors of the Church.
• Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. annually serves about
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40,000 people in need in the ten counties of Southwest Florida.
Please consider becoming a volunteer and make a positive impact
in someone's life. For more information,
:
email judyb@catholiccharitiesdov.org or visit St. Vincent de Paul Resale Shop, 3725 Bonita Beach Road (992-1899)
www.catholiccharitiesdov.org or call 239-334-4007. *************************************
Our Lady of Light Thrift Shop, 24600 S. Tamiami Tr. Ste. 600A (992-1576)
• The Ladies of St. Leo are looking for men or women to help with
food preparation for their Café of Life project two days per
month. The organization provides meals for 80-100 people five Do you wish to return to the Catholic Church a er a period of
days per week. Call Venise La Chance at 207-754-9596 for more absence? No ma er why you le , or got out of the habit of going
information. to Mass, you can always come home and return to the Sacraments
and the fullness of a rela onship with Jesus Christ and the
Church He founded. Please accept this invita on to rediscover
the truth, wonder and mystery of the Catholic faith.
Contact the Parish Office at 992-0901
for informa on about the Landings program.PARISH DIRECTORY
Altar Servers - Adults Griselda Cisneros ............. 992-0901
Altar Servers - Youth Griselda Cisneros ............. 992-0901
Arimatheans Parish Office .................... 992-0901
Bible Study Marge Salow…………734-243-5233
Bingo Pauline Levesque……207-402-8748
Bulletin Anne Bellows.................... 992-0901 40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access
God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion.
Catholic Charities at St. Leo .......................................... 390-2928
Join others for Daily Prayer Vigils at
Cenacle Legal Services (Low Income) ………………………..941-244-0308 Planned Parenthood Ft Myers at 8595 College Parkway or
Counseling Services Catholic Charities............. 455-2655 Planned Parenthood Naples at 1425 Creech Rd.
Discovering Christ Sal & Joan Tassone .......... 985-9336 For more details contact Mike Ziegler
Extraordinary Minister Coordinators: Mike40days4LifeFM@gmail.com or call 239-400-0090
Daily Mass Amy Campanile……...563-650-6442
Weekend Masses Parish Office .................... 992-0901 Are you in grades 9-12? Do
Homebound Allan Degnan ................... 495-1195 you have ques ons about the
Hospice - Hope Hospice Parish Office .................... 992-0901 Mass, your faith, your life?
Hospitals/Nursing Homes Parish Office .................... 992-0901 Come and check out the Life Teen Group. Bring a friend
Finance Council Julie McFarland ............... 992-0901 for pizza and snacks. Sessions meet on Fridays, from
Greeters Ministry John Bonney ..................... 221-8170 6:30-8:30pm in room 13/14 in the Educa on Building.
Human Trafficking Hotline ………………………..888-373-7888 For informa on please email
Landings Parish Office .................... 992-0901 youthminister@stleocatholicchurch.org
Lector Ministry Coordinator Peggy Bischoff ................ 992-0901
Lector Coordinator for Weekdays Amy Campanile……...563-650-6442
Mass in Polish Coordinator
Money Counters
Maryla Basara .................. 405-2151
Julie McFarland ............... 992-0901
Please pray for our
Perpetual Baby Shower Joanne Bradle……... (631) 513-9276 children who are
Polish Classes Renata Dabrowska-Klimczak 384-9726 preparing to receive
Prison Ministry Robert Hiniker………863-558-0407
Project Gabriel Carol Dangler ................... 793-0826 the Sacrament of
Project Rachel Silvia………………….888-456-4673 First Communion
Respect Life
40 Days for Life
Jeanne Berdeaux……..941-374-1068
Rick & Paula .................... 994-2849
this spring.
Respite Bonnie Dunne-Martin...... 498-1527
Retrouvaille Doug & Jeanne Lindberg..800-470-2230 Farewell to our seasonal parishioners as you leave for the
Rite of Christian Initiation Griselda Cisneros ............. 992-0901 summer. May you travel safely.
Sacristan Ministry Annette Smith .................. 948-1640
Sewing-Knitting-Crocheting Bernice Romano .............. 992-2985 You can keep in touch with what is
Sing a Long Penny Kelly ...................... 948-7057 happening at the parish by
St. Leo the Great Ladies Guild Joanne Bradle………...631-513-9276 downloading our app to
your smartphone or by going to
Usher Ministry Parish Office .................... 992-0901
www.stleocatholicchurch.org.
Youth Ministry Annemarie Jardon ........... 992-0901
PRISON OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
"I was in prison and you visited me" (Mt 25:36). Join a team of volunteers who share God's love and
mercy with those who are incarcerated in any of the 23 jails/prisons scattered throughout the Diocese
of Venice. No previous experience is required. Newcomers are paired with experienced volunteers.
Contact: Robert Hiniker, 863-558-0407 or by email at hinbob5@hotmail.com
REGULATIONS ON FASTING AND ABSTINENCE
Ash Wednesday, March 6 and Good Friday, April 19 are days of fast and abstinence.
Fasting is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics between the ages of 18 years and 59 years
(inclusive). On a fast day one full meal is allowed. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according
to each one’s needs. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids are allowed.
Abstinence from meat is to be observed by all Catholics who are 14 years of age and older on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays
of Lent, including Good Friday.
If a person is unable to observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons, they are urged to practice other
forms of self-denial that are suitable to their condition.NOTAS EN ESPAÑOL
Ministerios Parroquiales
Clases Pre-Bautismal
Padre Felix Gonzalez (239) 992-0901
Catecumenado – RCIA
Griselda Cisneros (239) 992-0901
Coro El Buen Pastor:
Bonifacio Méndez de Leon (239)351-4314
Coro Monte Sion:
Juan & Kathy Calderón (239) 316-6139
EMAUS-Hombres
Pedro Regalado (239) 465-5606
EMAUS-Mujeres
Gisela Saldana (239) 537-3843
Grupo Luz Divina
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Rosy Rayón (239) 913-9030
Monaguillos
Jaime Padilla (239) 362-7815
Lectores
Rafael Mozo (239) 290-6911
Sacristanes
Ernesto Rayón (239) 287-2092
Jaime Padilla (239) 253-5223
Ujieres
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