St. Therese Catholic Church

St. Therese Catholic Church 20115 North Tamiami Trail

North Fort Myers, FL 33903

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ October 10, 2021

Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM

Sunday: 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM (May ~ October)

7:00; 9:00 & 11:00 AM (November ~ April)

Daily Mass: 9:00 AM Monday ~ Saturday Holy Days: As Announced

Parish Office Hours Monday ~ Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Phone 239-567-2315 Fax 239-567-2316 Web-Site www.sainttheresechurch.net E-mail [email protected]

Location Two Miles North of Del Prado Blvd. Extension on N. Tamiami Trail.

Sacrament of Baptism Please call the Parish Office for Registration.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 9:30 AM 3:00 PM

Sacrament of Matrimony This sacrament requires a time of preparation. Please contact the Parish Office at least six months before the wedding date.

Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Please call the parish office or upon request.

Rosary 8:00 AM Monday ~ Saturday

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesday after the 9:00 AM Mass.

TV Mass for the Homebound Sundays 10:30-11:00 AM FOX4 (WFTX) or view the Mass on Diocesan website http://dioceseofvenice.org

Parish Staff

Altar Servers: Nelson Perez 567-2315

Arimatheans: Becky Harper 281-772-3549

Bereavement Coordinators:

Summer Allman 567-2315

Blanket Ministry: Parish Office 567-2315

Council of Catholic Women:

Shirley Spicer 565-2177

Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist:

Nancy Petrosinelli 731-7339

Food Pantry: Parish Office 567-2315

Fundraising: Parish Office 567-2315

Greeters/Ushers: Tom Donoghue 560-9752

Tom Fleming 941-276-0264

Gospel Forum: Nick Vitale 349-2281

Homebound Ministry:

Brenda Dolan 731-7494

Knights of Columbus:

John VonDer Vellen 731-8785

Lectors: Joline Lambert 413-519-7684

Music: Marge Wolf 910-2868

Rosary Makers: Parish Office 567-2315

Sacristan: Joe Landry 839-1208

Sunday Scripture Reflection:

Deacon Frank Barone 567-2315

St. Vincent de Paul:

Angela Austin 369-1231

Administrator Fr. Jan Antonik

Permanent Deacon Deacon Frank Barone

Permanent Deacon Deacon Joe Hopgood

Growth in Faith and Communications

Nelson Perez

Parish Secretary Barbara Gallagher

Music Director Marge Wolf

Religious Education Nelson Perez

Maintenance James Shephard

Catholic Faith Appeal 2021

THANK YOU to all who give so generously!

Fingerprint and Safe Environment

The 2021 CFA is a continuing expression of St. Therese Parish’s desire to reach out to all in need in our ten county diocese! THANK YOU to all who have made a pledge and/or gift to the Catholic Faith Appeal. If you have not yet made your pledge or gift to the 2021 appeal, please do so soon. Please use one of the envelopes available at all entrances of the church. THANK YOU!

Assessment: $176,000.00

Collected as 10/1:

$148,143.88

Pledged:

$157,012.73

Parish Goal 89.21%

Parish Participation: 27.60%

Ministries / Organizations

Parish Income

The Diocese of Venice requires that all employees and those volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable adults be fingerprinted and trained in Safe Environment prior to beginning

employment or volunteering. For more information, contact Nelson Perez visit the Diocesan website www.dioceseofvenice.org

A report must be made immediately to the Florida Department of Children and Families of any sexual abuse. The Abuse Hotline number is 1-800-962-2873. A report must also be made to the Victim Assistance Coordinator of the Diocese

of Venice, Susan Benton at 941-416-6114.

Weekend of October 3, 2021 $7,845.75

One Year Ago $9,637.00

September Online Giving $9,768.00

One Year Ago $9,940.00

Fiscal Year to Date: $125,309.38

www.sainttheresechurch.net October 10, 2021


Life at St. Therese

WELCOME to all who have joined with the Faith Community at St. Therese Faith Family as we celebrate the Eucharist and begin

the 28th Week of Ordinary Time. Our special welcome is extended to those who are visiting from near or far. We hope that our prayer

together today makes a difference for you and we thank you for praying with us. To those who will be traveling this week, we

wish you safe travel – enjoy you time away with family and friends!

COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN — BOX OF JOY PROJECT Time to return your Box of Joy gifts for the children in 3rd world countries. The Council of Catholic Women ladies will have tables to receive your gifts (boxes of joy) before and after all the masses on October 16th and 17th or October 23rd and 24th. Thank you to everyone who is participating by contributions and by prayer!

WE REMEMBER ALL SOULS IN NOVEMBER November is a special time to pray for all who have died. Although we will especially pray at the All Souls Mass on November 2nd, a special remembrance of the dead will be made at Masses celebrated at St. Therese Church during the entire month of November. If you wish to have your loved ones remembered, please make your request using the All Souls envelope found in your packet of parish offering envelopes (dated October 10) or at the church entrance. Prayer requests will be placed on the altar during all the days of November. A list of the submitted carefully printed or typed names will be published in the October 31st bulletin. Please return them by Wednesday, October 20th.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS — THANKSGIVING TURKEY GIFT CARD DRIVE

Please help the less fortunate families to have a turkey for Thanksgiving by getting a gift card from Publix or Winn Dixie in the amount of $20.00 (average turkey cost). A basket will be placed on a table next to the Brother Knights selling 50/50 tickets at all weekend Masses this weekend and until November 14th. The cards will be distributed to All Souls Church and St. Vincent DePaul food banks. The Knights of Columbus thank you for always supporting their charitable efforts.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE

The Fall 40 Days for Life campaign runs worldwide beginning Wednesday, September 22 through Sunday, October 31, including in Fort Myers. Prayerfully discern where God is calling you. Is it to peaceful sidewalk prayer? Fasting? Adoration? Please consider the many ways in which you can participate. Check www.40daysforlife.com/fortmyers for location and details or to sign up. Join the monthly respect life meetings on the third Wednesday of the month in the Parish Life Center at St. John XXIII Parish, 13060 Palomino Lane, Fort Myers following the 8:00 AM Mass (approximately 8:45 AM). All are welcome! Contact Maureen at 239-823-6800 with questions.

OCTOBER – MONTH OF THE ROSARY

The rosary is prayed every morning Monday-Saturday, at 8:00 AM at St. Therese Parish. You are encouraged to gather, safely, with others and join in the mysteries of God’s love during the praying of the

rosary. Pray the Rosary as a family this month. Blessings!

Rosary Rally

Wednesday, October 13 10:00 AM

Gather safely near the outdoor statue of St. Therese Church

Bring a chair, a hat, an umbrella and water to drink

Organized by the St. Therese Council of Catholic Women

Mass Worship Aid — Scripture Readings

Gloria

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will.

We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory. Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.

Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen

Reading 1 Wisdom 7:7-11

A reading from the Book of Wisdom

I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her to scepter and throne, and deemed riches nothing in comparison with her, nor did I liken any priceless gem to her; because all gold, in view of her, is a little sand, and before her, silver is to be accounted mire. Beyond health and comeliness I loved her, and I chose to have her rather than the light, because the splendor of her never yields to sleep. Yet all good things together came to me in her company, and countless riches at her hands.

The word or the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17

R. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart. Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants! R.

Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days. Make us glad, for the days when you afflicted us, for the years when we saw evil. R.

Let your work be seen by your servants and your glory by their children; and may the gracious care of the LORD our God be ours; prosper the work of our hands for us! Prosper the work of our hands! R.

Reading 2 Hebrews 4:12-13

A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews

Brothers and sisters: Indeed the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

The word or the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Gospel Mark 10:2-16

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark

As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother." He replied and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth." Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, "You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." At that statement his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God." Peter began to say to him, "We have given up everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come."

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He as-cended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.


Mass Worship Aid — Music

Gathering Song Here at This Table

Refrain: Come and be filled

here at this table. Food for all who hunger

and drink for all who thirst. Drink of his love, wine of salvation.

You shall live forever in Jesus Christ the Lord.

You who labor for justice, you who labor for peace, you who steady the plow

in the field of the Lord. Refrain

You with lives full of pain, you who sorrow and weep,

you, beloved of Christ, come to him, come to him! Refrain

Glory to God Mass of Christ the Savior

Refrain: Glory to God. Glory to God.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, on earth peace to people of goodwill.

Presentation of Gifts Song

Lord, You Have Come

Lord, you have come to the seashore, neither searching for the rich nor the wise,

desiring only that I should follow.

Refrain: O, Lord, with your eyes set upon 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.

Lord, see my goods, my possessions; in my boat you find no power, no wealth.

Will you accept, then, my nets and labor? Refrain

Mass of Christ the Savior

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes,

who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest.

We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection

until you come again.

Amen. Amen. Amen.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,

have mercy on us. (2X) Lamb of God,

you take away the sin of the world, grant us peace.

Please remember to take your Worship Aid/Bulletin with you after Mass, as we are not using them for

the next Mass. Thank You!

Communion Song The Cry of the Poor

Refrain:

The Lord hears the cry of the poor. Blessed be the Lord.

I will bless the Lord at all times,

his praise ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory in the Lord,

who will hear the cry of the poor. Refrain

Let the lowly hear and be glad: the Lord listens to their pleas;

and to hearts broken, God is near, who will hear the cry of the poor. Refrain

Ev'ry spirit crushed, God will save;

will be ransom for their lives; will be safe shelter for their fears,

and will hear the cry of the poor. Refrain

Sending Forth Song

Lead Me, Lord

Blessed are the poor in spirit, longing for their Lord,

for God's coming kingdom shall be theirs. Blessed are the sorrowing, for they shall be consoled,

and the meek shall come to rule the world.

Refrain: Lead me, Lord, lead me, Lord, by the light of truth

to seek and to find the narrow way. Be my way; be my truth;

be my life, my Lord, and lead me, Lord, today.

Blessed are the merciful, for mercy shall be theirs,

and the pure in heart shall see their God. Blest are they whose hunger

only holiness can fill, for I say they shall be satisfied. Refrain

All rights reserved. Music Reprinted with OCP permission. Breaking Bread — 2021 Liturgical Year

Prayer to St. Michael

Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and

snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the

heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into Hell Satan and the other evil spirits who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.

Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903)


CARING FOR THE POOR The St. Vincent de Paul Society looks to us, especially during this COVID-19 time, for financial support so that they may reach out to the poor and needy of our community in our name. THANK YOU to all who make contributions through St. Therese Parish. When issuing a check, please make it payable to St. Vincent de Paul Society. Please contact Barbara, our parish Secretary at (239) 567-2315 if you have questions.

Frank Adamske, Frankie Barone, Helen Barrett Beverly Bonner, Sue & Omer Bourque

Kay & Lino Caldera, Buddy & Barbara Caputo Kay Clowser, Frances Copps, Becky Corcoran

Susan Cusack, Steve Cutrona, Pauline Dalrymple Bob & Helen DeMarco, Brian Dennison, Steve Drum

Charlie Erff, Terry Fenech, Bryan Gavarza Vivian Gray, Arlene Grega, Bob Harris, Adele Heft

Lloyd Kelsey, William Kostrub, Joline Lambert John Leatherman, Michael Macaluso, Don Madison

Sandy & Peter Morais Jr., Kathie Needham Barbara Nolan, Neil Orr, Jayne Pellegrino Linda Rieck, Jim Shephard, Carol Sinopoli

Shirley Spicer, Pat Steiper, Andrea Sucharda, Patricia Tate, Deborah Ann Taylor, David Washburn

If you wish to have the name of a relative or friend added to our prayer list for six weeks,

please contact the parish office, 239-567-2315

† Deceased Living

Mon. 11 9:00 AM † Stanley Wieczorek

Tues. 12 9:00 AM † Antonia Costa

Wed. 13 9:00 AM † Matthew & Antoinetta Della Porta

Thur. 14 9:00 AM † Al Wolf

Fri. 15 9:00 AM † Emma Dichoso

Sat. 16 9:00 AM † Maureen Riley

4:00 PM † Kevin, Christopher, Gerald & Joe Jaick

Sun. 17 8:00 AM All Members of St. Therese Parish

10:00 AM † Walter Rostock

Readings For The Week Of October 10

Sunday: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 7:7-11; Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Heb 4:12-13; Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27

Monday: Saint John XXIII, Pope Rom 1:1-7; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Lk 11:29-32

Tuesday: Rom 1:16-25; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Lk 11:37-41

Wednesday: Rom 2:1-11; Ps 62:2-3, 6-7, 9; Lk 11:42-46

Thursday: Saint Callistus I, Pope and Martyr Rom 3:21-30; Ps 130:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab; Lk 11:47-54

Friday: Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Rom 4:1-8; Ps 32:1b-2, 5, 11; Lk 12:1-7

Saturday: Saint Hedwig, Religious; Saint Mar-garet Mary Alacoque, Virgin Rom 4:13, 16-18; Ps 105:6-7, 8-9, 42-43; Lk 12:8-12

Sunday: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 53:10-11; Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45 or 10:42-45

We pray for Richard Nassaney (husband of Marie) of St. Therese Parish who has entered eternal life. May Richard be embraced by a loving and caring God. May Marie and the Nassaney Family along with friends know the love and care of the St. Therese Parish Community as they discover and begin to experience a new relationship with one so loved. The Funeral Mass for Richard will be this Monday, October 11th, at 11:00 AM at St. Therese Church.

PRAYERS FOR ETERNAL LIFE

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

†Richard Nassaney


PARISH OFFICE CLOSED

This Monday, October 11, is a national holiday in the United States. In observance of Columbus Day, the Parish Office at St. Therese will be closed.

Shortly after the Funeral Mass, the church doors will be secured. The parish office will reopen as usual at 8:00 AM on Tuesday.

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