ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA PARISH
250 Revere Street Est. 2001 Revere, MA 02151 Tel: (781) 289-1234/8873
WEBSITE: www.saintanthonysrevere.com
PARISH E-MAIL:
Fax: (781) 289-6394
saopc2002@gmail.com
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Masses:
Sunday: (Saturday, 4 and 7 PM)
7:30, 10:00 & 12:00 Noon
Holy Day: (Eve 4 PM) 7 AM, 12 Noon
& 7 PM
Daily: 7AM, Tuesdays 7 & 8 AM, Saturdays 9 AM
Saint Anthony Devotions: The 13 Tuesdays
Every Tuesday: Holy Mass 8:00 AM
Devotions & Benediction: 3:30 & 7:00 PM
Sacrament of Penance:
Saturdays: 3:00-3:45, 6:30-6:45 PM or by appointment
in the Rectory.
Sacrament of Baptism:
Starting January 2016 Baptism will be done the second
Sunday of every Month. Classes for Parents and Godparents
will be held the First Sunday of every month at 1:30 PM in
the Chapel.
Please call the Rectory to register.
Sacrament of Marriage:
Preparation for Christian Marriage begins at least one year
prior to the planned date of the Wedding. Couples
contemplating marriage please go on line to
www.bostoncatholic.org to find out dates and times for
Transformed in Love.
PASTOR
Rev. George J. Butera
PAROCHIAL VICARS
Rev. Udayakumar Xavariapitchai
Email: frudaya@gmail.com
THE THIRD
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PREPARE
FOR
THE BIRTH
OF
JESUS CHRIST
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Rev. Karunaya Xavier Arulraj
Email: xkarun@yahoo.com
PERMANENT DEACON
Deacon Joseph A. Belmonte
E-Mail dcnjoe@comcast.net
Administrator of Faith Formation
Donna Felzani
781-289-3309
Music Director
Anthony Crescenzi
781-289-1234 Ext. 19
Business Manager
Maryann Giorgio
E-Mail maryanngiorgio@aol.com
Saint Anthony’s
PRAY FOR: Richard Rizzo, Gregory Forte, David Russell,
Cynthia Albano.
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Masses This Week
Sunday, December 13
7:30 to the Holy Spirit in memory of John Michael
Ciano, by brother Michael, and Dad.
10:00 Anthony Pino, 5th Anniv., by Family.
12:00 Richard Sine, by wife, Mary.
Monday, December 14
7:00
Michael DeMarco, Month’s Mind and Birthday, by
Family.
Tuesday, December 15
7:00
Rita Lucente & Marie Napoleone, by Family.
8:00
In honor of Saint Anthony of Padua.
Wednesday, December 16
7:00
Antonio and Maria Lardieri, by daughter, Susan.
Thursday, December 17
7:00
Theresa Saurino and Charles Gregorio, by Al and
Maryann.
Friday, December 18
7:00
Marie Cejka, by Tom and Antonietta Tucker.
Saturday, December 19
9 AM Community Mass
4 PM Parish Mass
7 PM Julius Carneiro, by wife and children.
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Masses Next Sunday, December 20, 2015
7:30 Marie Giannantonio
10:00 Sebastiano Serra
12:00 Vesce and Polidoro Deceased
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Community Mass, Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 9 AM
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Domenic Migliero, Jr., by wife.
John J. Papa, by mother and father.
Vincent & Catherine Napoli.
Lucy DeMasse.
Rev. Edward J. Gaudette.
Charles and Gloria Gregorio, by Family.
Theresa Saurino, by Family.
Santo & Mary DiBiasso, by Mike and Phyllis.
Frank & Kay Prizio, by Mike and Phyllis.
Deceased Members, Courtney DiBiase, Prizio &
DiChristoforo Families by Mike and Phyllis.
Lucia Carfagnini, Eddie Rodriguez, Elizabeth Finn, by
Mike and Phyllis.
Antonio & Angelina Ferraro, by Family.
Joseph Ferraro, by wife, Eileen.
James and Florence Sullivan, by daughter Eileen.
Angelo, Laura Belmonte & Susan Otolo, by Debbie.
Rocco Oliviero, by Family.
Galla Family by son, William.
Laura & Anthony Cataldo, by Patti and Richard.
Dorothy & Louis Fernandez, by Patti & Richard
Clifford Jones, by wife.
Peter & Jennie Cutrona, Nonna & Nonno Cutrona by
daughter, Marianina.
Joey Pagliuca, by Auntie.
Frank Lucifora, Jr., by Mom and Dad.
Michael, Maria, Salvatore, Josephine, Filomena, Stellino.
Ferdinando D’Angelo, Jr, by Family.
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Rose DiPanfilo, by Rita and Jim Sorrento.
Sorrento & Cacchiotti Families, by Rita & Jim Sorrento.
Thomas Hill, Sr., by Phyllis Prizio.
Robert C. Reed, by Dad and Family.
Marie Giannantonio, by Gabriele & Grace Coppola.
Allen Flynn, by Mike and Phyllis Prizio.
Vacca Deceased, by Family.
LaCascia Deceased, by Family.
Philip LaCascia, by Family.
Deceased of Fierro, Luongo & Gaffney Families, by Family.
Giovanna Colarossi, by Mike and Phyllis Prizio.
Marie Cejka, by Attilio & Carmela D’Andrea.
Alessandro & Bianchina Caggiano, by daughters.
Marie Cejka, by Marie and Laurie.
David VonEuw, by Eleanor & Phil DePasquale.
Louise DeSantis, by wife and children
Stanley Ferragamo, by DeSantis Family.
Rose & Ralph Ferragamo, by DeSantis Family.
Ralph Boccuzzi, by Family.
Carl Gerhard, by Marie.
William Edge, by Peggy and Peter.
Josie Cotugno, by Family.
Luigi & Josephine Colerico, by Family.
Mitzi & Theresa, by Family
Dave Powers & Deceased Members, by Peter.
Fraser Family, by Lester.
Helen & Josie Camusi, by Peter and Marie.
Joseph Cardarelli, by Nina and Family.
Josephine and Antonio DiCalogero, by Nina.
Antonio & Antoinetta Caporale, by children.
Ben, David, Benedict & Louise Coviello, by Millie &
Carolyn.
Pasqualina Aloisi, by Millie and Carolyn.
Nettie & Ralph D’Agnese, by Jim and Gloria.
James and Mary Weeder, by Jim and Gloria.
Janet (Chickie) McGrath, by Josephine & family.
Ann DiNush, by Mother and Family.
Mary and Sal Longo, by daughter.
Hugo Piccardi, by wife and family.
Lucy Giuliano & Anna Longo, by niece, Josephine.
Carol Correia, by Family.
Carmine, Margherita, Alfonso, Luigi, Ferdinando Saziznano,
by Family.
Assunta Colucciello, Paul Femino, by Family.
Alberico D’Ambrosio, by Donald & Judy Homer.
All Saints and All Souls, by Maria Balbina.
Blessed Mother, Sacred Heart, Infant of Prague, by Nina.
St. Jude, Blessed Mother and Sacred Heart, by devotee
The Missals for December 2015
Are donated
In Loving Memory
Of
Arduino and Maria Grazia Donisi
and
Thomas and Louise Riordan
By Family
GOD BLESS AMERICA
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The Third Sunday of Advent
From The Pastor’s Desk
The pointing on our Tower has been completed. We
are prepared for the winter season. Thank God!
Again I remind you, please remember the reason for
the Season.
We will have confessions every Wednesday night
from 7 to 8 PM in the main church during the Season of
Advent. Advent is a time to go to confession. As usual, we
have confessions before the 4 o’clock Mass (3PM) and before
the 7 PM Mass (6:30) on Saturdays.
Again, don’t miss our “Christmas Around the
World” performance by our Revere Catholic Youth Chorus on
Sunday, December 27th at 4 PM in Church. The kids have
been practicing and sound great. Tickets are available after
Mass or at the rectory. It will be a wonderful afternoon of
entertainment.
Now I will go and have my macaroni and meatballs.
Fr. George
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OUR PARISH THEME SONG
Lord, you have come to the seashore, neither searching for
the rich nor the wise, desiring only that I should follow.
O Lord, with your eyes set up on me gently smiling,
You have spoken my name; all I longed for I have found by
the water, at your side, I will seek other shores.
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ADVENT WREATH LIGHTING PRAYER
Third Week of Advent
God, as Christmas draws nearer, we decorate our
homes in preparation for the birthday of Jesus.
Help us remember always that Jesus is the reason
for our celebration.
Response: We give you thanks and praise.
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GRAND ANNUAL COLLECTION
The second collection to be taken up at all Masses this
weekend will be for the third installment of our Grand
Annual. We would appreciate your consideration and
generosity to this most important collection. You may donate
to our Grand Annual throughout the year.
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CHRISTMAS FLOWER COLLECTION
The second collection to be taken up at all Masses next
weekend will help us meet the expense of decorating the
Church for Christmas with Poinsettias, the Christmas Crib
and Wreaths.
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CHRISTMAS COLLECTION
The one and only collection to be taken up at all Christmas
Masses will be directed entirely to the Archdiocese of Boston
to support the health and well being of our priests. Please give
generously to the Christmas Collection which will directly
benefit the 614 active and senior diocesan priests. Thank you.
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FINANCIAL MATTERS
A total of $3,550.90 was collected at the Offertory of all
Masses last weekend. (A total of $4,100 is needed weekly in
order for us to meet our weekly expenses.) A total of
$2,318.68 was collected at the second collection for our
Monthly Collection. Thank you to our dedicated donors.
Reader:
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Don’t Miss It…
The Revere Catholic Youth Chorus
2nd Annual Production Of
“Christmas Around the World”
A Multi-media show
Sunday, December 27, 4 PM
Saint Anthony’s Church
250 Revere Street, Revere, MA 02151
Adults: $10 - Tickets Available at the Rectory or by calling
781-289-1234
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FAITH FORMATION NEWS
Dear Families,
Here are some important dates for Faith Formation:
Today, Sunday, December 13th: Regular Faith Formation
class schedule. Also today, there is a Faith Formation field
trip to Attleboro to see the Christmas Light Display, leaving
the rectory at 2 PM and will return about 8:30 PM. Please let
Father Kumar or Mrs. Felzani know if you are planning to
attend. Families are invited to attend with their children.
Saturday, December 19th: Christmas Pageant Rehearsal in
the main Church from 12:00 until 1:00.
Sunday, December 20th: Regular Faith Formation class
schedule. We will also be going caroling at the Lighthouse
and Friendly Gardens at 2:00. Leaving from the rectory at
2:00. Returning about 4:30.
Thursday, December 24th: Christmas Pageant at the 4:00
Mass.
Friday, December 25th: A blessed and holy Christmas to all!
Sunday, December 27th: NO Faith Formation Class today!
Sunday, December 27th: “Christmas Around the World”
concert at 4:00 in the main church. Adults $10.00 and children
are free!
Mrs. Felzani
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CONFIRMATION NEWS
Confirmation Year 1:
This Sunday, December 13th the candidates are to attend the
12 Noon Mass and sign the Mass attendance sheet kept at the
vestibule of the church and go to the chapel to attend the
session from 1:15 to 2:15 PM.
Confirmation Year 2:
This Sunday, December 13th the Confirmation Year 2
candidates will attend the 12 Noon Mass. There will be a
session on the “The Importance of Community Service” in
the chapel from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.
If you have any questions, please call me at 782-215-1180 or
mail me at frudaya@gmail.com.
Fr. Kumar
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The Third Sunday of Advent
THOUGHTS WHILE WALKING…
EXPERIENCING ADVENT DEEPLY
for Busy People
Experiencing Advent Deeply, for Busy People: The
challenge of entering Advent, or of entering into any religious
experience these days, is that we are often very busy. We may
feel bad that we don’t have time, but it is true, we just don’t have
time. The result is that our experience of Advent is four Sunday
Masses which begin with lighting a new candle in the Advent
wreath and the rest of it just passes around us, without any real
effect.
A Proposal for a New Way to Experience Advent this
Year: If we can’t squeeze any more time out of our schedule to
use the resources on this site including the daily prayer and the
reflections, then there are two things that are critical for a new way
to experience Advent: desire and focus.
Desire: The powerful advantage of Advent is that it offers light
in the midst of darkness, hope in the midst of despair, liberty
in the midst of captivity, and peace in the midst of war or
conflict. The key to a grace-filled Advent is to begin by
identifying where I am experiencing darkness, despair, captivity,
and war. Recognizing our own unique version of these struggles
is the first grace of Advent. We can’t say “Come, Lord Jesus” with
any real meaning unless we have felt experience of what it is we
need. Once we experience our need, then the desire can formulate
in our heart to ask for what we need.
Focus: How do we do this first step, if we don’t have time? We
do it by focusing our attention whenever we can, especially during
the “background” times of our day. These are the in between
times. In the shower, getting dressed, walking down stairs, getting
coffee, driving to work, walking down the hall, doing laundry,
shopping, walking to the bathroom, preparing a meal, walking
from one meeting to another, heading home from work, getting
ready for bed. In these very brief times, there is something in our
minds. Sometimes, we are “day dreaming” or our minds are
wandering. At other times, we are thinking about what we have to
do, or we are full of anxiety about something coming up, or
perhaps we are “replaying” a memory or imagining a future
conversation. Whatever is going on in our minds and heart during
those “backgrounds” times can easily be refocused. It takes a little
practice and some discipline but it works.
The First Week of Advent: Our days of the first week of
Advent can be transformed if we decide - consciously choose with
a deep desire - to use the background times of each day to explore
where I am in spiritual need. We can use the images of Advent to
help ourselves explore “darkness”. Darkness can include any
discouragement, disappointment, frustration and any limits I’m
experiencing. It might be struggles in my primary relationships or
feelings of self-doubt. It might be struggles at work, that tend to
dominate my life and hurt my family relationships. It might be
repeated struggles with temptations and sin that have become
patterns in my life and embarrass me, while I can’t foresee any
hope of change.
Don’t Rush – First Things First: It is important not to skip
this first step. There might be Christmas decorations in the
shopping malls or Christmas parties to go to, but the first step we
need to experience is to slow down and begin at the beginning. If
we are to have a deep religious experience that allows us to
celebrate the Incarnation – in the past and its meaning for me today
– then we have to first taste the depth of our longing for a Savior.
Until we feel our need for a Savior, we are at risk of missing
gifts of the Season of Advent altogether.
Step Two - Longing and Anticipation:
Once we experience our deep desire for Light and Hope, Liberty
and Peace, we can start to pray with deep longing and anticipation.
Longing is an expression of how much we want something,
Anticipation is an expression of how much we expect it to become
a reality. Weeks 2 and 3 of Advent can become days of real faith,
full of deep desire and powerful hope. Of course, the prayers and
readings of this period are all about offering us these graces. The
expression of promise and expectant hope can feed our desire.
Letting it Become Personal:
The second part of Advent takes us into the story of Jesus’ coming
to be our Savior. This is not the story of a generic god saving us,
Jesus is sent to be a human Savior. God become one of us in Jesus.
So in our longing and anticipation, we can begin to get to know
him through his relatives who prepare the way for his coming. We
can see the hesitation and questioning of Zachary and Elizabeth,
then Mary and Joseph. They all make great acts of faith to believe,
to trust, that the promises made would be fulfilled. We can use the
background times of the third week of Advent to let our faith
become personal, as we express our faith, our trust in Jesus’
coming to us this year. “Lord Jesus, I trust that you can bring
your light into my life, that you can give me hope as you free me
and fill me with your peace. Thank you for letting me prepare
for your coming this year. Come, Lord Jesus, come.”
The Final Days of Advent – Getting to the Manger: So
often the final days before Christmas become a blur of activity.
Hopefully, this year, we have gotten good as using the background
time each day to focus our reflection and conversation with God
the Father and with Jesus. Now that we come to the hectic days,
we can choose to stay focused right up to and including Christmas.
One of the special ways to do that is to not lose the Manger. It is
the central piece of the story and is loaded with meaning and
message, consolation and fruit for us. The richest of the Advent
experience are here in letting ourselves imagine the Holy Family
of Joseph and Mary arriving in Bethlehem for the census, having
nowhere to stay. A special transformation begins to reopen the
day before Christmas when we start to imagin e that stable where
our Savior was born. It is the deepening antidote to some of the
excesses of Christmas preparations – too much drinking, too much
glitz, celebrations which are quite a few degrees off center. It is
there in the stable in its humble feeding trough that I will find the
fulfillment of my longing and hope. In that poverty my Savior, my
Light and Peace, reveals to me the Good News he came to bring.
He came into this world as he would leave it – humble and
dependent upon God.
Christmas Joy:
Christmas will be totally different, after this kind of deep
Advent journey. We can’t help but experience real joy for
having prepared to be renewed in the gift of life that comes
to us through Jesus. We will sing, “Oh Come All Ye
Faithful, Joyful and Triumphant”, with a much deeper
meaning for us. When there is more light than darkness,
more freedom than addiction, more hope than
discouragement, more peace than conflict, we have
much reason to rejoice at such a gift. Putting the meaning
back into Christmas is reason enough to give Advent a new
chance this year, in the midst of our busy lives.
(Creighton U Online Ministries – Praying Advent)
Compiled by Fr. Kumar
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The Third Sunday of Advent
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Saint Anthony
Food Has Been Donated
To
My Brother’s Table
For
December, 2015
In loving memory of
Arduino and Maria Grazia Donisi
And
Thomas and Louise Riordan
By Family
December 13, 2015
Sanctuary Candle
For December, 2015
Is Donated
In Loving Memory
Of
Arduino and Maria Grazia Donisi
And
Thomas and Louise Riordan
By Family
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Sunday, December 13, 2015
Faith Formation Classes
8:45 AM-12:00 Noon
7 PM- AA-room C-lower rectory
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Monday, December 14, 2015
7 AM Mass – Chapel
4 PM to 10 PM-Bingo-Hall
7 PM – Hispanic Prayer Meeting-Chapel
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
7 AM Mass- Chapel
8AM Mass -Church
3:30 & 7 PM Novena-Church
5PM-6:30 PM-Choir-Church
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Eucharistic Adoration:
Wednesdays – 6 PM to 8 PM
Chapel
Padre Pio Prayer Group:
Every Third Thursday in Chapel
from 7 PM to 9 PM(for year 2015 only)
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament:
Every First Friday in Chapel
From 7AM to 4 PM
Bingo: Every Monday Night from
4 PM to 10 PM
Flea Market:
October to June
Saturdays - from 8AM to 2:30 PM
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
7 AM Mass – Chapel
6-8PM-Eucharistic Adoration – Chapel
7PM-8PM-Confessions-Church
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
7 AM Mass – Chapel
12 Noon-AA-Room C-Lower Rectory
7-9 PM- Padre Pio Prayer Group
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Friday, December 18, 2015
7AM – Mass- Chapel
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Saturday, December 19, 2015
Flea Market – Hall - 8AM -2:30 PM
9 AM Community Mass-Church
12Noon-1PM-Pageant rehearsalchurch
Confessions 3 PM to 3:45, and 6 PM-6:45
Church
4 PM and 7 PM – Masses – Church
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