Divine Mercy

April 27, 2014

This Week at St Rita and Christ the King Sunday, Apr. 27 DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

Confirmation @ 5pm Mass 8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 pm

Sunday Mass Mass & Children’s Liturgy Sunday Mass at CTK

1st Holy Communion /CTK 2:30 pm 3:00 pm

Divine Mercy—Rosary Divine Mercy Chaplet

5:00 pm Sunday Mass and Confirmation 6:00 pm Reception with the Bishop

Wed. Apr. 8:10 am 8:30 am 9:00 am 9:00 am 6:00 pm

30 Morning Prayer Daily Mass Rosary Sewing Group (MSS) Hispanic Bible Study (S.A.)

Thursday, 8:10 am 8:30 am 9:00 am

May 1 Morning Prayer Daily Mass Rosary

Friday, May 2 8:10 am Morning Prayer 8:30 am Daily Mass 9:00 am

1st Friday Silent Adoration & Exposition

Saturday, May 3 8:30 am

1st Saturday Mass

10:00 am 4:00 pm 5:30 pm

Practice for 1st Communion Confessions Vigil Mass

Sunday, May 4 8:00 am Sunday Mass 10:00 am Mass & Children’s Liturgy 1st Communion & May Crowning 12:00 pm Sunday Mass at CTK 5:00 pm Mass

Monday, Apr. 28 8:10 am Morning Prayer 8:30 am Daily Mass 9:00 am Rosary 6:00 pm Boy Scouts 7:00 pm Prayer Group (Church) Tuesday, Apr. 29 8:10 am Morning Prayer 8:30 am Daily Mass 9:00 am Rosary

Room Abbreviation Index: MSS ( Mary Star/Sea Rm.) S.A. St. Anthony (old annex) S.T. St. T eresa/Avila (old office)

Pope John Paul II The Great Mercy Pope Pope John Paul II, both in his teaching and personal life, strove to live and teach the message of Divine Mercy. As the great Mercy Pope, he wrote an encyclical on Divine Mercy: "The Message of Divine Mercy has always been near and dear to me… which I took with me to the See of Peter and which it in a sense forms the image of this Pontificate."

April 27th is the Canonization of Pope John Paul II along with Pope John XXIII

Weekly Stewardship for St. Rita Offertory

$ 28,445.96

Building

$ 4,361.26

Burse Club

$

110.00

Upon This Rock

$ 3,055.00

Easter Flowers

$

Education of Future Priests

$ 1,697.54

Holy Land

$

220.00 476.00

Divine Mercy

April 27, 2014

Saturday, Apr. 26

Divine Mercy

5:30 PM…………………………………………………Cliff & Nancy Wesson 7:00 PM Misa en Espanol

Sunday, Apr. 27

Divine Mercy

8:00 AM……………………………………….…….………….….+Mary Kelly by Gerry & Betty Miller 10:00 AM………………………………………………............Dave Leach Sr. by Liz Skalicky 12:00 PM……………………………….…...…….….....+Jacqueline Connolly by Yvonne Payne 5:00 PM…………………………………….….…................+Gene Crawford by Marge Crawford ……………………………………………….….St. Rita Confirmandi by St. Rita Parish

Monday, Apr. 28

Be Our Guest! Be Our Guest! Put Our Service to You to the Test! at the Annual Parish Appreciation Dinner

for All Parishioners Thursday, May 22nd at 6:00 PM Mary Star of the Sea Room Dinner compliments of Father Kevin and the Pastoral & Finance Councils

Catering by Carrabba’s

Easter Weekday

Plan to join us for an evening of fellowship and fun!!

8:30 AM……………………………………………...………….+JoAnn Vance by Ellen O’Connell

Tuesday, Apr. 29

St. Catherine of Siena

8:30 AM……………………………………………..………….…..+Mary Kelly by the Wish Family

Wednesday, Apr. 30

St. Pius V

For reservations please call the Parish Office or Contact us at: [email protected]

8:30 AM……………………………………………….…..….Special Intention by Liz Skalicky

Thursday, May 1

8:30 AM……………………………………....………………..+Michel DiPinto by the DiPinto Family

Friday, May 2

St. Athanasius

8:30 AM………………………………….........................The Cooper Family by Rollie & Loraine Laurence

Saturday, May 3

3rd Sunday of Easter

8:30 AM…………………………………………….……Joseph A. Prokop, Jr. by Mary Rita Wish 5:30 PM……………………………………..……….+Katherine Corrigan Kirk by Bob & Ginger Norcross Need Help?

Do you want to help?

If you need assistance or know of anyone in need, call St. Vincent de Paul at 888229-6582. Contributions may be mailed to St. Rita, 137 Moll Dr., Santa Rosa Beach Si necesita ayuda o conoce a alguien que la necesite, llame usted a la Sociedad de San Vincente de Paul, y pregunte por Felita al 278-6166 despues de las 5 de la tarde.

Altar Linen Schedule

Prayer Requests

Easter Weekday

Caring & Sharing is collecting school supplies for grades K8th for the new school year. There is a web site: caringsharingofwalton county.org Baby items are always needed especially diapers all sizes. Donations may be dropped off at the Mary Star of the Sea Room.

Apr. 27 May 4

Irene Kinsley Marlene Berres

Marilyn Albers Chuck Allen Jeanne Anderson Loretta Anderson Sue Atkinson Sharon Bologna Joshua Boudreaux Peggie Brocato Rory Cahill Daniel Carlton Clay Casey James T. Ciwnamond Michelle Clancy Tracy Cobia Holly Colello Mae Conatser Fr. Frank Cooper Baby Sophia Cooper Noel Daigle Tom Corsten Darya & Danika Darley Joe DeCandia Josh Doherty

Sally Drobnick Jan Ebbecke Andrea Eller Anne Ferguson Ann Floreck Anna Fowler Nick Gallo Maria Rose Gouin Hayden Green Rpsemary Greenkorn Richard Hackl Cheri Harris Jeff Hil Rev. J. Pete Hyde Thomas Jahanian Robert Karwacki Ron Keller MaryAnn Krebs Mike Klein Sabine Laguna Concetta Loduca Dave Leach Sr. John LeBleu

Joseph LeBleu Tony Logue Monica Lopez Patrick Malambrie Mary Mantione Pat Neal Berenice Newell Ellen O’Connell Carolyn Opar Boone Pendergrast Christopher Pierce Samantha Reed Deborah Roberts Roselyne Rose Melissa Savoie Susie Seeger Joyce Schilly Charles Schromer Chris Simerly Keith Tullos Drew Vital Cliff Wesson

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Arley Talley, father of Dave Talley, who died this past week, as well as Dave Leach Sr., father of Dave Leach. Also pray for the consolation of their family and friends.

Divine Mercy

April 27, 2014

Thank you! To everyone who made all the Sacramental events held during Lent special. And to those who made our Easter events and Masses so beautiful. All Are Welcome!

May 2nd Adoration Invitation Spend some precious time with your best friend! Jesus would love for you to come be with Him!

Anytime between 9am-9pm Blessed Sacrament Chapel We now only need 2 guardians for

7pm-8pm and we always need subs. Please call Sheila Herbermann: 850.797.5138 or the Parish Office.

First Holy Communion Sunday, May 4, 2014 at 10:00 am A Surprise Birthday Celebration for Father Angelo!! On May 14th Fr. Angelo will be celebrating his 80th birthday. We will have a reception for Father in the Mary Star of the Sea Room. We will gather at 1:30 pm. Father Angelo will arrive under escort at 2:00 pm. Then the party begins! Mums the word, don’t spill the news to Fr. A. (who is currently in La.) We are putting a book of cards together for his gift. If you have a memory of how he has helped you, or what he has meant to you, put it in a card and send it to: Marybeth Creehan, 197 Durango Rd. Unit 3-D, Destin, FL 32541

Please pray for our children as they receive the Eucharist for the very first time. “In order to leave them a pledge of his love, in order to never depart from his own and to make them sharers in his Passover, he instituted the Eucharist as the memorial of his death & Resurrection and of his intercession in the presence of the Father.” Catechism of the Catholic Church 1337 & 1341.

St. Rita Parish would like to welcome our new members: Nichole Burnett

Wendy Szarszewski

Jessica Rintala

Michael Haygood

Mario Lara-Enriquez

Raegan Rintala

Letha Kern

Kevin Lopez

Ava Rintala

There will be a 2nd collection next weekend, May 3-4 for our Diocesan Retired Priest’s Fund, The Shepherd’s Trust. The proceeds from this collection will help provide a better standard of living for those priests who have dedicated their lives to serving the people of Northwest Florida. Please be generous and remember to support our retired priests with both your financial assistance as well as your prayers.

GLUTEN FREE HOST Available!!! For the Catholic with celiac disease, the most painful aspect of living on a strict gluten free diet is the inability to receive the host at Communion. The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri, have developed a Communion host that is extremely low in gluten. Here at St. Rita Parish we will begin to have available gluten free host in May. And for those who need them we will distribute them

Catholic Women’s Retreat Saturday, May 3rd, 12:30—8:30 pm Holy Name of Jesus, Niceville Featuring Sarah Hart, Catholic speaker, singer and songwriter...her stories will have you laughing, crying & then laughing again. Registration $35 for Retreat Book, Lunch & Dinner On Line: www.holynamechurch.org/

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On May 16th at 7:45PM, The Knights of Columbus will be presenting the family movie “The Croods!” Everyone is invited to bring a blanket and join us on the grass for a family night of fun under the stars. Free Popcorn, Pizza, and Drinks will be served!

“SAPIENTIA’S WHISPER”

From Fr. Kevin’s Desk THE STEPS TO CANONIZATION "Servant of God" The process leading towards canonization begins at the diocesan level. A bishop with jurisdiction—usually the bishop of the place where the candidate died or is buried, although another ordinary can be given this authority—gives permission to open an investigation into the virtues of the individual, responding to a petition by members of the faithful, either actually or pro forma. This investigation usually opens no sooner than five years after the death of the person being investigated. "Venerable/Heroic in Virtue" When enough information has been gathered, the congregation will recommend to the pope that he make a proclamation of the Servant of God's heroic virtue (that is, that the servant exhibited the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, and the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance, to a heroic degree). From this point the one said to be "heroic in virtue" is referred to by the title "Venerable". "Blessed" Beatification is a statement by the church that it is "worthy of belief" that the person is in heaven, having come to salvation. This step depends on whether the Venerable is a martyr or a "confessor. For a martyr, the Pope has only to make a declaration of martyrdom, a certification that the venerable gave his or her life voluntarily as a witness for the faith and/or in an act of heroic charity for others. If the Venerable was not a martyr – all non-martyrs are "confessors" as they "confessed" or bore witness to their faith by how they lived their lives – it must be proven that a miracle has taken place by his or her intercession: that is, that God has shown a sign that the person is enjoying the Beatific Vision by God performing a miracle in response to the Blessed's prayers. "Saint" (contracted "St" or "S.") To be canonized a saint, at least two miracles must have been performed through the saint's intercession after his or her death (i.e., an additional miracle after that granting beatification). Canonization is a statement by the church that the person certainly enjoys the Beatific Vision.

“In Christ’s Corner”

CHRIST THE KING MISSION

Today is a Holy and Blessed First Communion Sunday for Tristan Gabriel Council, Thomas Grant Goodwin and Isabella Catherine Todd. All CTK Family members are invited to stay for the Celebratory Pot Luck Dinner after Mass TODAY to honor these wonderful children of Jesus and their Special Milestone in the Catholic Faith

April 27, 2014

Art Supplies/Donations for the Freeport High School Art Department for this School Year : Final Day to bring items to CTK is NEXT Sunday, May 4th. Thank you for your generosity throughout this School Year!!! MINISTER’S SCHEDULE

April 27, 2014

Reader: Sally Orlosky Ushers: Chuck Kersten & Laureen Riggi Holy Communion: Tony Celestini,

PRAYER REQUESTS: Please continue prayers for Bob Santos who is recovering from a serious accident that happened when he was cutting down trees here at CTK

Maryann Guss & LuAnn Schley May 3, 2014 Reader: Ruth Wilson Ushers: Jack Flaws & Laureen Riggi Holy Communion: Joe Guss, Maryann Guss & LuAnn Schley

THE SOCIAL HALL: The time is getting close to groundbreaking so OUR Social Hall needs a name by the middle of May!! All members of the Parish are encouraged to participate in the naming of OUR new hall. You can either write down your suggestions and put them in the collection basket or send your suggestions via email to Sally at [email protected]. Suggestions will be accepted until First Communion Sunday, April 27th. We, as a Parish Family, will vote in mid-May for the winner.

POT LUCK DINNER FOR MAY; We will be having our Regular “1st Sunday of the Month Potluck Dinner” for May on May 4th right after the 12:00 noon Mass. Save the date and enjoy the company, conversation and cuisine with your CTK Family members.

BACKPACK BUDDIES OF FREEPORT: There is a special basket in the vestibule in which to put the food items. Those wishing to donate cash are to place the money in the “Poor Box” that is hanging on the wall. Thank you!!

Information for “In Christ’s Corner” Send it to Sally at [email protected] by Sunday evening in order to go into the following weeks’ Bulletin.

Weekly Stewardship Christ the King Offertory

$ 1,039.00

Building Fund

$

125.00

Education of Priests

$

20.00

Burse Club

$

11.00

Thank you!!!!

Gracias!!!!

Please pray for these CTK parishioners, their family members and their friends: J.L. Allen, the Dan Carlton Family, Tom Corsten, Kasey Dodson, Dan Dowd Jr., Becky Everett, Hugh French, Skippy Hoffman, Fran Lester, Tom LeTourneau, Mary Mahaffey, Sally Orlosky, Yvonne Payne, Elijah Piper, Fallon Piper, Anna Richardson, Bob Santos, Joyce Schilly, Nancy Stock, Special Intention Shirley Tassin, Elle Turner,