ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
CATHOLIC CHURCH
W E E K L Y B U L L E T I N
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W E E K L Y B U L L E T I N
Saturday 3:00 pm—3:30 pm
Daily Mass Monday-Friday
9:00 am Saturday Vigil Mass
4:00 pm Sunday Masses 8:00 am & 10:00 am
OFFICE HOURS Monday-Thursday 8:00 am—4:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am—Noon Monday–Friday
9:30 am Tuesday 9:30 am—3:00 pm
Livestreamed
Monday-Thursday 8:00 am—4:00 pm
Thursday Livestreamed MASS TIMES
RECONCILIATION
HOLY ROSARY
CHURCH HOURS ADORATION
Friday 8:00 am—Noon
S u n d a y , A u g u s t 2 9 , 2 0 2 1
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Office Phone: (941) 349-4174
Office Fax: (941) 349-6388
Email: [email protected] Website: www.stmichaelssiesta.com Social Media:
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Fr. Michael Cannon
Pastor
Dianne Holt
Business Manager & Liturgy Coordinator [email protected] (941) 349-4174 (ext. 302)
Michele Carusona
Administrative Assistant
[email protected] (941) 349-4174 (ext. 301)
Regina Stinson
Accounting
[email protected] (941) 349-4174 (ext. 304)
Ray Martinez
Maintenance Technician
[email protected] (941) 349-4174 or (941) 540--5167
Katherine Alexandra
Music Director (941) 879-5983
Josephine and Bob Fournier
Custodians
PARISH STAFF
CONTACT US OUR MINISTRIES
Adoration • Altar Servers • Arimathean • Bible Study • Christening Bib • Digital • Eucharistic • Greeters • Hos- pital • Knights of Columbus • Lector • Linen • Music • Prayer Line • Prayer Shawl • Religious Ed • Respect Life • Usher • Witness to Love • Women’s Guild For more information on our ministries, please visit our website at www.stmichaelssiesta.com.
Welcome to St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church on beautiful Siesta Key!
Whether you are a full-time parishioner, seasonal resident, or just visiting us for a short time, you are very welcome to our glorious faith community.
St. Michael’s parish has been serving the Siesta Key community for over 60 years. What started as a Mission Church serving just 40 local Catholic fami- lies has grown exponentially over the decades. This growth correlates to Siesta Key’s rise in popularity as a tourist destination due to its consistent ranking as one of the top beaches in the nation.
Today an estimated 400,000 Catholics visit Siesta Key each year, and our parish is now ministering to the faithful from all over the world. We have also become a popular place for not only “Destination Weddings” but also “Destination Baptisms”, and other family events.
Feel free to visit our website for more information on our parish (stmichaelssiesta.com), download our mobile app (instructions on website), follow us on social media or view our Masses via Live Stream through our YouTube channel.
We are blessed to have you with us.
Fr. Michael Cannon Pastor
WELCOME FROM OUR PASTOR
ONLINE GIVING
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F I N A N C I A L U P D A T E
MONTHLY OVERVIEW WEEKLY OVERVIEW
WEEKLY COLLECTION (AUG 21-22) CATHOLIC FAITH APPEAL
CFA
To make a gift, visit https://
dioceseofvenice.org/ways-to-give/
cfa/ or complete a pledge envelope located at the back of the church, and submit it either to the Parish office or in the offertory basket.
* *
Offertory $3,169
Candles $84
Poor Box $119
* as of August 19, 2021
CFA 2020 2021
Goal $169,000 $138,000 Pledged $203,400 $67,670 Payments $202,375 $65,093*
% of Goal 120.36% 49.04%*
* as of August 19, 2021
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F AT H E R M I C H A E L ’ S
RAMBLINGS
M ay the peace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. I am praying, as always, that my words are finding everyone healthy and well as we near the start of September!
This week’s Ramblings will be brief as I have just re- turned from Ireland. I will tell you that I am glad to be back, especially following a very long and arduous trip home (Dublin to Paris to Atlanta to Sarasota)!
I had a wonderful time with my dad and family and I’ll write more about that next week. It is always good to go home and spend time with loved ones. Dad is doing well, as is the rest of the family and we even have a new addition with the birth of my great-niece Erin Cannon (I introduced little Erin in the bulletin a
few weeks back).
For now, I’d just like to thank Fr. Greg for fill- ing in for me while I was gone and for all
staff and volunteers who ensured all went smoothly in my absence. You are
truly appreciated
.For now I am happy to be reunited with my sweet Oscar and I think he’s happy to have me home.
I look forward to seeing you all this
weekend!
PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS THOSE WHO PROTECT US AND KEEP US SAFE
FIRST RESPONDERS DEP Brandon Howard DEP Jared Howard Barry Marsh Shaun McDonald Paul Varvel U.S. MILITARY
CDT Samuel F. Aycock Jason Figari
Brian Louis Gardner CPL Grace Gonnelli CAPT Connor Hagan Bo Lumpkin
Kevin J. Meier CPL George W. Mies COL W. Jeff Palmer 1st LT David L. Reeves Timothy Sweeney 1st LT Jason Trischitta
Call the Parish Office to add a loved one to this Military and First Responder Prayer List.
Gospel Meditation
22nd Sunday in ordinary time Albert Einstein said that the “true measure of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” Being a disciple of Jesus Christ requires a great deal of imagination. It is not enough to simply attend to facts, rules and rituals and consider the job done. Quite contrarily, the Gospels demands creativity, of trying to discern how to put flesh on the Beatitudes and properly serve God’s children. Jesus never doled out a top down agenda. Not once did he ever demand conformity over conversion or sacrifice over mercy. The Gospel is al- ways about putting people in touch with their compassion- ate, forgiving, and unconditionally loving God and meeting them where they are.
For Jesus, it often meant breaking a few rules. Well respect- ed and time-honored traditions had to be set aside in order to attend to what really mattered. God’s compassion, mercy and true conversion were always the trump cards. The story of the Good Samaritan, healing on the Sabbath, and bypass- ing of purification rituals all display this theme. Human be- ings can get too hung up on protocol and tradition. This is so much so that often preserving all of these things is of greater concern than the beggar knocking on our door or the sinner looking for mercy. It is no wonder, then, that we can easily become hypocritical. Many can see us on our knees in prayer while our true heart and actions, rooted in judgment and self-preservation, are hidden from others. It is a trap into which we can easily fall. Who cares how we live our lives as long as our hands are properly washed!
Here enters the need for imagination and the distinction of truly being a wise and intelligent person. It takes a good measure of creativity and a lot of guts to really be a doer of God’s word and not merely a hearer. Being a person who doesn’t just tell people about God but shows people God requires courage and ingenuity. That’s why people like St.
Francis of Assisi and St. Teresa of Calcutta are timeless.
Their genuineness speaks volumes generation to genera- tion. It’s risky business taking the step to allow God into our hearts. Permitting God to release us from the grip of our evil thoughts, infidelity, greed, malice, sexual improprieties, licentiousness, envy, arrogance, folly, and the like takes courage. That’s why we prefer to spend our energy rear- ranging the future rather than take measures to secure a foundation that is most certainly crumbling. @LPi
Find the information and instructions on the parish website stmichaelssiesta.com
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There are a lot of ways to bring up the topic of religion, without being judgmental or pushy. Begin by asking what the other person’s thoughts are about religion, or what their experi- ence was growing up. Finding com- mon ground is often easier than you think, because the questions and problems we have about God, the presence of evil, our purpose in life, and our relationship with God are universal concerns.
If you do not want to insult or offend someone, don’t be pushy or judg- mental. If you are uncertain about how to explain your own faith, do a little reading or practice with a friend.
If you measure success only by a cer- tain person converting, focus your attention more on beginning the con- versation, not on bringing it to a per- fect close. Faith is a journey of many acts of belief, many discussions about God, and many choices about how we practice what we preach. In some we will have great success; in others we will need forgiveness and persever- ance. The most important thing to keep in mind is that the Holy Spirit is always at work and our most humble efforts can bear great fruit. Have faith in God because He has faith in
you. ©LPi
Pop culture has given us a unique idea of the term justice. Justice, we often think, is about taking. Taking what’s owed. Taking revenge. Taking what we deserve. This worldview tends to make mincemeat of our Catholic so- cial teachings. Seeking the good of the poor, a call to community and partici- pation, solidarity — on the face of it, in a society where everything must be earned and we are encouraged to hoard for ourselves whatever success we can achieve, these principles look a lot like highway robbery.
But when you remember the pres- ence of an omnipotent, all-loving and all-merciful God, it turns our gunsling- ing sense of justice on its head. For how does justice inhabit the same universe as a God who is so quick to give and indeed to forgive?
Well, very easily, when we remember Who exactly is the source of every good and perfect thing in this world.
There is no law that cannot be traced back to the Word. And the Word saves our souls.
Is that justice? No, that is a gift. It is the reckless, indulgent gift of a father whose love is greater than His anger.
What is justice in the Biblical sense?
The answer is simple. Look at your life. See the hours in your day? See your spouse, your kids, your grand- kids? See the house they live in, the money in your wallet, the food in your fridge, the breath in your lungs?
Calling it all your own, refusing to share any of it — that’s robbery. Giv- ing it all back to the One who gave it to you — that’s justice.
— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi
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Several of the parish ministries are looking for vol- unteers to assist with various tasks. If you have an interest in volunteering, please contact the parish office at 941-349-4174 to sign up for a ministry as- signment.
Thank you to all our volunteers who give of their time freely to make our parish such a loving and welcoming community.
Ministries Needing Volunteers:
A/V Operations
Eucharistic Adorers
Eucharistic Ministers
Greeters
Lectors
Photography
Prayer Shawl
Ushers
V O L U N T E E R S N E E D E D
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Sat. Sept 4, 4:00pm: Fr. Mike Guarino Sun. Sept 5, 8:00am: Fr. Michael Cannon Sun. Sept 5, 10:00am: Fr. Michael Cannon
The Sanctuary Candle this week is in memory of
Lunkes Family
The Flowers this week are in memory of
Tetina Shay By Michael & Maria Shay
P R A Y E R & W O R S H I P
View Mass Via Live Stream To view Mass online go to stmichaelssiesta.com and click
on the photo to connect. View Mass on Television
Sundays: 9:30 am Comcast: Channel 9
Verizon: Channel 4
READINGS, OBSERVANCES AND INTENTIONS
Monday, August 30 1 Thes 4:13-18/Ps 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13 [13b]/Lk 4:16-30 9:00am US Military & First Responders by Mary Lunkes
Tuesday, August 31 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [13]/Lk 4:31-37 9:00am + Tetina Shay by Michael & Maria Shay
+ Mini Weatherton Cook, Cecile Cook & Deceased Members of Cook Family by Children of Cook Family
Wednesday, September 1 Col 1:1-8/Ps 52:10, 11 [10]/Lk 4:38-44
9:00am + William Drennan
Thursday, September 2 Col 1:9-14/Ps 98:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6 [2]/Lk 5:1-11
9:00am + Lisa Habicht Sharry
Friday, September 3 Col 1:15-20/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5 [2b]/Lk 5:33-39 St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
9:00am St. Michael’s Parishioners
Saturday, September 4 Col 1:21-23/Ps 54:3-4, 6 and 8 [6]/Lk 6:1-5 BVM
4:00pm + Philip Lascelle, MD by Ed & Edna Ellis + Jayne McCann by Joseph McCann
Tillie Meyers by Meyers Family (Happy 85th Birthday) Sunday, September 5 Is 35:4-7a/Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 [1b]/Jas 2:1-5/Mk 7:31-37
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00am Monica Haley Pierson by Eileen Straughan
10:00am + Noella Menezes & Shane Dabney by Menezes Family + Cory Brown by Warren & Lizzy Harakal
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