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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.
February 24, 2019
Christ the Judge / Fra Angelico / 1447
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
Rev. Felix Gonzalez................................................ Parochial Vicar February 9 & 10
Anne Bellows .......................................................... Assistant to the Pastor
Hermilo Calderon .................................................... Lead Maintenance $ 42,380.94
Griselda Cisneros ................................................... Receptionist
Rogelio Delgado ..................................................... Maintenance
Sandra Edwards ..................................................... Receptionist MRM Phase III
Hannah Falestiny ................................................... Cantor
Elsy Hernandez ...................................................... Graphics Designer $ 3,743.00
Annemarie Jardon .................................................. Director of Religious Education
Marcin Malewski ..................................................... Director of Music
Julie McFarland ...................................................... Bookkeeper
Martha Mercado ...................................................... Maintenance
Gisela Saldana ....................................................... Religious Education Assistant
Milana Strezeva ..................................................... Musician
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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 Contributions to date ........$76,968
month in Spanish and every second Sunday of the month in English. Please visit
our website or contact our office for details and requirements. Our Pledges ........................$99,184
CONFIRMATION
Pledge Goal Attained .........23.28%
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 As you are contemplating your contributions to St Leo
Parishioners who wish to bring communion to their spouses should contact the
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 us pay our Diocesan tax directly. We encourage you to do
Communion procession during Mass. If you need to receive a gluten free host due
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 one in the pews. These may be returned in the collection
reconciliation of grave sins within the Church. The Sacrament of Reconciliation
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 able to meet its pledge goal directly.
Sunday in Spanish. You may also approach any of our parish priests to hear your
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 the collected funds support numerous ministries throughout
careful judgment about the serious nature of the illness is sufficient. The Sacrament
may be repeated if the sick person recovers after the anointing but becomes ill once the Church.
again, or if, during the same illness, the person's condition becomes more serious.
Our New Building
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)
given at the end of life. Contact the Parish Office at 992-0901 to be connected with
the priest on duty.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE This week the floors were prepared for the laying of the tiles
If you are a registered parishioner of St. Leo and plan to marry in our parish please
contact our office at least six months prior to the tentative wedding date. Weddings in the main portion of the new building. The steel beams
cannot be scheduled until the marriage preparation process is complete and it is
determined that the parties are free to marry.
have been wrapped in their
wood casings. The audiovisual
ANNULMENT - Reestablishing the freedom to marry.
An annulment is more accurately described as a declaration of matrimonial suppliers are pulling wires in
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
anticipation of their equipment
marriage was lacking or defective. Hence, the marriage failed to be a marriage as being installed soon.
defined by the Catholic Church. If you wish to reestablish your freedom to marry in
the Church, please contact a parish priest to be your advocate in presenting your Fire inspection is underway
case to the Tribunal. and when completed the
VOCATION remaining ceiling construction
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 will proceed.
941-484-9548, visit www.dioceseofvenice.org/vocations
Sunday, Feb 24, 2019 Thursday, Feb 28, 2019
SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Gone but not forgotten?
Love without distinction One of the most significant documents the American Roman
An enemy is defined as someone who’s against you. The word Catholic bishops issued in the 20th century was Justice for All.
springs from the Latin “inamicus”—literally, “not friend.” If Issued in 1986, it calls fulfilling the needs of the poor the “highest
someone’s not interested in being your amigo, why should you priority” of economic policy and employment the “most urgent
be amicable in return? While contrary to instinct, loving enemies priority for domestic economic policy.” Economic rights are
is one of the hallmarks of following Jesus, who chooses to lay fundamental human rights, as much as freedom of speech and
down his life even for the sake of those who are killing him. Is it religion. Some on Wall Street responded: What can a group of
risky to open your arms to an enemy? Yes: see crucifixion, above. bishops know of high finance? A living Christianity, however, will
But if we refuse to love those who hate us, what makes us any always speak economic justice to economic power. Speak up for
different from those who hate? human values as expressed in public budgets.
TODAY'S READINGS: 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; 1 Corinthians TODAY'S READINGS: Sirach 5:1-8; Mark 9:41-50 (344). “Anyone who
15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38 (81). “Love your enemies, do good to those gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ . . .
who hate you.” will surely not lose his reward.”
Monday, Feb 25, 2019 Friday, Mar 01, 2019
Clean from the inside out The graceful gift of friendship
Most people may think they’ve left behind those old-fashioned The church’s current sacramental system designates seven
notions of “unclean spirits” found in the Bible and religious texts ritual moments in the life of the church as occasions of particular
of an earlier age, but have they really? Researchers have found grace. Any parochial school child can recite them: the initiating
that a lot of ancient associations about “clean” and “unclean” are sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist; the healing
still with us, only now we have translated them into the realm of rituals of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick; the vocations
science, health, or nutrition. Think of how concerned people are of Marriage and Holy Orders. But if there’s ever room for an
about the purity of their food and whether their environment is eighth candidate, many might vote for a sacrament of friendship.
antiseptically clean. It’s all well and good to promote health and Who hasn’t experienced their closest friends as occasions of
guard against disease, but don’t forget Jesus taught that purity grace? And didn’t Jesus “institute” this sacrament just as
and impurity ultimately are questions of the heart. obviously in the choice of his companions from Galilee to
TODAY'S READINGS: Sirach 1:1-10; Mark 9:14-29 (341). “Everything Jerusalem? Express your gratitude to a friend today.
is possible to one who has faith.” TODAY'S READINGS: Sirach 6:5-17; Mark 10:1-12 (345). “Let your
acquaintances be many, but one in a thousand your confidant.”
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019
The last will be first Saturday, Mar 02, 2019
“Will you let me be your servant? Let me be as Christ to you.” MEMORIAL OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
The Richard Gillard hymn with this line has become familiar to Mother, may we?
many Catholics. Sung at funerals, weddings, Holy Thursday foot When parents today chauffeur their kids everywhere or buy them
washings, and Sunday Mass, the lyrics touch human hearts in the latest fashion item or cell phone, it’s hard to fathom how
their eloquent call to humbly serve the needs of others. Pope invisible kids were in Jesus’ day. While he built an entire ministry
Francis, who serves the poor in word and deed, calls us to share on reaching out to the “least of these,” children were the “least of
in this journey. How can I surrender my need for recognition? the least”—as we see from the perturbed reaction of the apostles.
How can I serve the needs of others? But Jesus says, “Let the children come to me.” Could it be that
TODAY'S READINGS: Sirach 2:1-11; Mark 9:30-37 (342). “They had Jesus learned his technique at the knee of Mary, his mother and
been arguing about who was the most important.” ours, who so often is depicted with her arms held wide to wel-
come us all?
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2019 TODAY'S READINGS: Sirach 17:1-15; Mark 10:13-16 (346). “Let the
little children come to me; for it is to such as these the kingdom of
Respond to the need, not the creed
In a hƩps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG_W190Vi0E&
a few years back, prelate Gerald Kicanas, former bishop of the
Diocese of Tucson, addressed the question of whether Catholic
organizations are still actually “Catholic” if they provide services to
all people, Catholic or not. His response was clear and pastoral:
“The heart of Catholic outreach and social doctrine has been that
we are here to serve all, and don’t make distinctions. So in our
Catholic schools there are young people who are non-Catholic. In
our Catholic charities, we serve people who are in need.” May the
measure of your service and outreach always be love.
TODAY'S READINGS: Sirach 4:11-19; Mark 9:38-40 (343). “There is
no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the
same time speak ill of me.”
ADULT EDUCATION
WITH JIM BRODMAN
Education Building Auditorium
Thursday, February 28 This Friday at 9am
6:30-8:30 pm Church Councils have played a pivotal role
Our Lady of Light, Ft. Myers in the Church's efforts to pursue its mission
in the wider world. In a series of four talks
Faith & Wine Lee County invites women from
all parishes for a light dinner, a glass of wine
we will explore how four of these
and presentation by Catholic Speaker Councils -- Nicaea, Lateran IV, Trent and
Sally Mews “Catholics Returning Home: Vatican II -- have encountered
Helping Non-practicing Catholics society at particularly important
Return to Their Faith”. moments, changing itself
For more information and registration please visit and the society around it.
www.faithandwineleecounty.com
Overflow Masses are celebrated at
3:30pm on Saturdays and
9:30am on Sundays
in the Parish Life Center. RESEARCHING POLISH FAMILY HISTORY
EDUCATION BUILDING AUDITORIUM
NO BINGO Patricia Yocum is again offering St. Leo parishioners
and visitors help in researching Polish family
THIS history. This complimentary session lasts an hour
and emphasizes free sources available online.
WEDNESDAY!!! Pre-registration is advised. Please contact Patricia
at 495-1991 or pyocum@umich.edu
Wednesday, March 6 at10am
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Dinner Concert
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$20 per person
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Sunday, March 17
Doors open at 5:15pm - Dinner at 5:30pm
A light traditional Irish supper,
with a glass of wine or a bottle of beer will be served.
All seating is open, no reserved tables.
Tickets go on sale this Monday in the Parish Office.
OUR FRIENDS FROM GULFSHORE OPERA PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS
WILL BRING A DELIGHTFUL PROGRAM OF BEAUTIFUL IRISH MELODIES
TO CELEBRATE THE DAY.
The Guild functions to enhance the spiritual well-being of its members through charitable works
and to foster a friendly atmosphere at St. Leo, while striving to support parish endeavors.
Ladies interested in joining are cordially invited to contact Joanne Bradle (631) 513-9276 or
Margaret Rutzel (810) 513-0718. Highlighted activities sponsored by the Guild are:
•Perpetual Baby Shower: Guild members wish to thank all of our donors. We always need
diapers of all sizes, and clothing for babies & small children. Items may be placed in the
baby basket located in the front of church. For monetary donations, please make checks
payable to the Ladies of St. Leo and leave them at the Parish Office. Many thanks for your
generosity! For further information contact Mary Ellen French 405-0215 or Shirley Ruehl 949-7015.
•The Sewing, Knitting & Crocheting Group: Crafters meet on Tuesdays in season from 1-3pm,
at the Juan Diego Outreach Center. All are encouraged to come and share their talents for
the good of many local charities. If you have any questions contact Bernice Romano
at 992-2985. Donations of yarn and materials are welcomed.
•Café of Life: Our ladies prepare and serve food to the needy at the Café of Life several times
a month. The Café is a non-profit organization which provides meals five days a week to
80 -100 people. Call Venise Lachance at 207-754-9596 to volunteer.
PRISON OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Taking their name from Joseph of Arimathea, the man
who was responsible for the burial of Our Lord, the
"I was in prison and you visited me"
Mt 25:36 . Join a team of volunteers Arimatheans are a group of parishioners who attend
who share God's love and mercy funeral and memorial liturgies of deceased members
with those who are incarcerated in of our parish community. Their presence lends support
any of the 23 jails/prisons scattered to grieving family members as they represent the
throughout the Diocese of Venice. St. Leo Faith community. If you are interested in
No previous experience is required. joining this ministry please notify the
Newcomers are paired with experienced volunteers. Parish Office at
Contact: Robert Hiniker, 863-558-0407 or by email at
992-0901.
hinbob5@hotmail.com
COUPLES WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS
ST. LEO CATHOLIC CHURCH, BONITA SPRINGS
MARCH 16, 2019
All couples celebrating 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, or more than 50 years of marriage are invited by
Bishop Frank J. Dewane to a special Anniversary Mass in their honor. The celebration Mass will begin at
10am on Saturday, March 16st at St. Leo Parish. Immediately following Mass, family and friends may join in
the celebration at the reception in the Parish Life Center. For reservations please call 992-0901 or fill out the
following form and bring it or mail it to the parish office no later than Monday, March 4th.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS
Last name: ________________________________Phone number: __________________________________
Husband’s name: ___________________________Wife’s name: ____________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________________
Anniversary date: ____________Number of years married: _____ Photo with Bishop: Yes ______ No ______
Number of people attending reception: ____ Email:______________________________________________
THE VOICES OF NAPLES
Performing at Mass, Saint Peter's Basillica, Rome, 2017
“Songs of America”
Sunday, March 10th
St. Leo Parish Life Center
Doors open at 2pm Concert begins at 3pm
This is a non-ticketed event with open seating. A free will offering will be
taken during the concert with proceeds going to St. Leo Catholic Church
and the Voices of Naples Scholarship Fund.
The Voices of Naples performed on stage at St. Leo this past Christmas Season
for our memorable Handel’s Messiah Concert.
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.
St. Leo Parish, through our Juan Diego Outreach Their toddler brothers
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
foods are now welcomed.
• supported Our Mother’s House, a Catholic Charities’
program which provides low cost housing and free breakfast cereals These food are especially
child care to residents so they can work and attend canned fruit & needed:
school, vegetables dried beans
canned pasta & soup maseca (corn tortilla
• contributed to the Casa Maria Soup Kitchen in canned tuna & chicken flour)
Immokalee, diapers, baby wipes sugar
pastas & spaghetti vegetable oil
• supported the Papal Agency to fund catechism
peanut butter & jelly white rice
classes for Middle East Christians, powdered milk cooking oil
• provided supplies to St. Margaret Parish in Clewiston toothbrushes, juice
toothpastes, laundry flour
and Holy Martyrs Mission in La Belle. soap, bar soap
salt
Volunteer Opportunities Please continue to make food contributions
as you so generously have in the past.
• The Religious Education Department can use volunteers to help Boxes are located at the doors of the Church.
as Catechists or Catechist Aides for the upcoming school year.
Please call the Religious Education Office. PLEASE BRING YOUR DONATIONS
• Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. annually serves about OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND CLOTHING TO
40,000 people in need in the ten counties of Southwest Florida. THESE LOCAL SHOPS:
Please consider becoming a volunteer and make a positive impact
in someone's life. For more information, St. Vincent de Paul Resale Shop, 3725 Bonita Beach Road (992-1899)
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email judyb@catholiccharitiesdov.org or visit
Our Lady of Light Thrift Shop, 24600 S. Tamiami Tr. Ste. 600A (992-1576)
www.catholiccharitiesdov.org or call 239-334-4007.
• The Ladies of St. Leo are looking for men or women to help with Our warmest welcome
food preparation for their Café of Life project two days per
month. The organization provides meals for 80-100 people five home to all of our seasonal
days per week. Call Venise La Chance at 207-754-9596 for more
information. worshippers as you arrive
back in Southwest Florida.
We have missed you.
A limited number of
tickets remain.
Dinner
Concert
in the Parish Life Center
$20 per person
This Wednesday, February 27th
Doors open at 5:15pm - Dinner at 5:30pm
A light supper, with a glass of wine will be served.
All seating is open, no reserved tables.
Tickets are on sale in the Parish Office.
At 17, we are honored to have Noah back for his
third appearance at St. Leo. He has built a
reputation as an explosive and physical young
performer with an innate musicality rarely found in
an artist of his age. Noah began playing the piano Planning an Event?
shortly before his 7th birthday. After winning a
If you are looking for a venue for a private event
concerto competition at 12 years old, he made his please consider our Parish Life Center for your
orchestral debut, performing as a soloist with the occasion. We can accommodate large and small
Tampa Bay Symphony. He has performed with the catered gatherings for our parishioners.
Gulf Coast Symphony, the Coral Gables Chamber Please call Anne at the Parish Office
Symphony, the North Port Concert Band, for more information at 992-0901.
and twice was the
featured soloist under
the baton of
Nir Kabaretti with
the Southwest
Florida
Symphony.
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NEXT WEEK’S MASS INTENTIONS
MASS INTENTION REQUESTED BY
MONDAY FEBRUARY 25
8:00 am Soul in Purgatory Shirley Sobczak
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26
8:00 am +Ron Urbanik Stephen & Margie Ban
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27 Flowers this week are dedicated to Parishioners of St. Leo
8:00 am +Michael Jordanek John and Helen Moses Candles this week are dedicated to † Deceased Parishioners of St. Leo
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28
8:00 am +Dorothea Rostad Marit Flynn
FRIDAY MARCH 1
8:00 am
SATURDAY
+Patricia Bertolami
MARCH 2
Maria Ciocca
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8:00 am +Basil Barrett Joan Thompson Michael DeSantis Richard R. & Alexandra Kock
Brian D’Aray Shane Luikert
3:30 pm +Salvatore Cambria Loving Wife, Rose, Children &
Jim Flatley Daniel A. McDonald
Family Lt. Connor Flynn Jennifer McIntosh
3:30 pm-Overflow The Parishioners of St. Leo Lt. Thomas A. Flynn Jacob Midura
C. Sean Flynn Daniel Midura
5:30 pm +Talbert Davis Jacqueline Davis & Joseph Davis Maria Fragale Sean Michael Perry
SUNDAY MARCH 3 Joseph D. Frost Frank Razzano Jr.
Carlos Gonzales Joseph Schowalter
7:30 am +William Johnson Mary and Stephen Giannatti Todd Gibson Dominic Sutherland
9:30 am +Talbert Davis Jacqueline Davis & Joseph Davis Brian Howlett Trevor Terpstra
Mary M. Karls All serving in the military, especially those in combat.
9:30 pm-Overflow +James Perretta Mary and Stephen Giannatti
11:30 am +Ted Daniels Loving Wife, Vickie & Children
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7:00 pm Special Cumulative Intentions
Jan Bertolissi Jay Morgan
Lois Boomgaard Odalis Navarro
Dave Bowezs Audrey Grace Neeley
Lucelly Bustamante Clara Nowak
Scott Cochell Daniel Nowak
George Cohan Bob Ostrowski
Ted Coletta Nancy Panozzo
Lourdes Coll Connie Phillips
Marie Corrao Aiden Putnam
Follow these steps to access Joy Evans Cal Raugh
Brad Fairfield Allan Rice
this information: Matthew Fairfield Tammy Rice
•Go to www.formed.org Michael Fitz Jenny Rigsby
Janet Foltz Tony Ross
Camilla P. Flynn Judy Ross-White
•Above the box “submit code” Gissette Lupita Garcia Robert Sanda
Jean Granara Tessa Santagate
Mark Grethel Lou Schrum
put in the parish code of Karen Grimshaw Patrick Smith
b1e2d0 Luke Hass William & Patricia Stapish
Gloria Herilhy Frederic Stetz
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last character is a zero) Fred Hoffman Salvatore Tassone
Robbin Holcomb Kathleen Timatteo
Jerry Kaehle Edward Thomas
•Complete a user profile as Madeline Kennedy Michael Trabucco
prompted with your own user Mary Kobel Lyle Troxel
Emily Lienesch Debra Vannotti
name and individual password. Jack Lienesch Shery Wilkinson
Robert Love Jr. George Witkowsky
James McManus Beth H., Debora M., Pat S.
Eucharistic Adoration Conrad Molter 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.
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Please note: The parish office will be closed on Wednesdays from 1-2 pm for staff meetings.PARISH DIRECTORY Children's Liturgy of the Word
Altar Servers - Adults Griselda Cisneros ............. 992-0901
Altar Servers - Youth Griselda Cisneros ............. 992-0901 Sunday 9:30am Mass
Arimatheans Parish Office .................... 992-0901 Ages 5-10
Bible Study Marge Salow…………734-243-5233
Don’t miss out! No Sign up
Bingo Pauline Levesque……207-402-8748
necessary!
Bulletin Anne Bellows.................... 992-0901
Catholic Charities at St. Leo .......................................... 390-2928 Father will dismiss the children
Cenacle Legal Services (Low Income) ………………………..941-244-0308 after the opening prayer to
Counseling Services Catholic Charities............. 455-2655 enjoy Jesus’ Story Time in the chapel,
Discovering Christ Sal & Joan Tassone .......... 985-9336 and they will return to
Extraordinary Minister Coordinators: their families after the Intercessions.
Daily Mass Amy Campanile……...563-650-6442
Weekend Masses Parish Office .................... 992-0901 Are you in grades 9-12?
Homebound Allan Degnan ................... 495-1195 Do you have questions
Hospice - Hope Hospice Parish Office .................... 992-0901 about the Mass, your
Hospitals/Nursing Homes Parish Office .................... 992-0901 faith, your life? Come and check out the Life
Finance Council Julie McFarland ............... 992-0901 Teen Group. Bring a friend for pizza and snacks.
Greeters Ministry John Bonney ..................... 221-8170 Sessions meet on Fridays, from 6:30-8:30pm
Human Trafficking Hotline ………………………..888-373-7888 in room 13/14 in the Education Building.
Landings Parish Office .................... 992-0901
For information please email
Lector Ministry Coordinator Peggy Bischoff ................ 992-0901
Lector Coordinator for Weekdays Amy Campanile……...563-650-6442
youthminister@stleocatholicchurch.org
Mass in Polish Coordinator Maryla Basara .................. 405-2151
Men and women are invited to join the Ladies of St. Leo’s Sing
Money Counters Julie McFarland ............... 992-0901
a Long group which visits nursing homes and assisted living
Perpetual Baby Shower Joanne Bradle……... (631) 513-9276
facilities on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month during
Polish Classes Renata Dabrowska-Klimczak 384-9726
season. The next visit will be on be
Prison Ministry Robert Hiniker………863-558-0407
March 5th at Inspired Living Memory
Project Gabriel Carol Dangler ................... 793-0826
Care. Call Penny Kelly at 948-7057
Project Rachel Fonda ............................... 719-7210 for more information or to car pool.
Respect Life Jeanne Berdeaux……..941-374-1068
40 Days for Life Rick & Paula .................... 994-2849
Respite Bonnie Dunne-Martin...... 498-1527 The Sewing, Knitting & Crocheting Group
Retrouvaille Doug & Jeanne Lindberg..800-470-2230 The Tuesday afternoon Sewing, Knitting & Crocheting
Rite of Christian Initiation Griselda Cisneros ............. 992-0901 Group started meeting weekly from 1-3pm. in the
Sacristan Ministry Annette Smith .................. 948-1640 Juan Diego Building on Tuesdays. Parishioners are invited
Sewing-Knitting-Crocheting Bernice Romano .............. 992-2985 to come share their interests and talents to benefit the many
charities in our area. Contact Bernice Romano at 992-2985
Sing a Long Penny Kelly ...................... 948-7057
with questions. Donations of yarn,
St. Leo the Great Ladies Guild Joanne Bradle………...631-513-9276 fabric and other sewing supplies are
Usher Ministry Parish Office .................... 992-0901 gratefully accepted. Please join in
Youth Ministry Annemarie Jardon ........... 992-0901 sharing the great joy of helping
others.
Hearing Loops are installed around the
pews adjacent to the north and south
Do you, or someone you know, wish to return to the
entrances. Hearing Loops transmit sound
Catholic Church a er a period of absence? directly into a hearing aid or cochlear
Regardless of why you le , or how you got out of
the habit of going to Mass, you can always come home and return
implant. To receive the Loop signal,
to the Sacraments and the fullness of a rela onship with manually acƟvate the T-coil or telephone
Jesus Christ and the Church He founded.
Please accept this as your invita on to join us as
seƫng on your device. Consult
we rediscover the truth, wonder and mystery of the Catholic faith. your audiologist or hearing aid
Contact the Parish Office at 992-0901 for informa on.
professional with problems.NOTAS EN ESPAÑOL
Ministerios Parroquiales El Ministerio de Emaús
Clases Pre-Bautismal (Hombres & Mujeres)
Padre Felix Gonzalez (239) 992-0901 Este ministerio está basado en la lectura de San Lucas
Catecumenado – RCIA 24-13:35, es un ministerio laico que le brinda a la comunidad
Griselda Cisneros (239) 992-0901 la oportunidad de vincularse más activamente a la Iglesia a
Coro El Buen Pastor: través del servicio y experimentar el amor de nuestro Señor.
Bonifacio Méndez de Leon (239)351-4314 Te ayuda a enfocarte en tu vida de una forma positiva y
Coro Monte Sion: constructiva, de manera de mejorar tus relaciones personales
Juan & Kathy Calderón (239) 316-6139 y familiares. Ofrece retiros varias veces por año para hombres
EMAUS-Hombres y mujeres por separado; una vez que las personas hayan
Pedro Regalado (239) 465-5606 participado en al menos un retiro pueden asistir a las
EMAUS-Mujeres reuniones semanales que se celebran en la Parroquia en las
Gisela Saldana (239) 537-3843 cuales se presentan temas para reflexionar.
Grupo Luz Divina
Blanca Cardenas (239) 601-7611
Ministerio de Eucaristía El ministerio de Sacristán
Rosy Rayón (239) 913-9030 Es aquella persona o personas que dan su servicio en el altar,
Monaguillos encargándose de todo lo que el sacerdote necesite antes o
Jaime Padilla (239) 362-7815 durante la celebración eucarística, le asisten también en
Lectores funerales, bodas y todas aquellas celebraciones que implique
Rafael Mozo (239) 290-6911 tener una misa. Si desea mas información por favor de
Sacristanes llamar a Ernesto Rayón al (239) 287-2092.
Ernesto Rayón (239) 287-2092
Ujieres
Jaime Padilla (239) 253-5223
Ministerio de los Lectores
Manuel Costilla (239) 405-5389 El ministerio de los proclamadores de la palabra de Dios,
les invita a tomar en cuenta que en todo momento Dios nos
comunica sus enseñanzas y mandamientos a través de
su santa palabra en las lecturas de la biblia. Es nuestra fe
la que debe de inspirarnos en que el Señor se manifiesta
grandemente en cada uno de nosotros cuando lo escuchamos.
Si desea mas información por favor llamar a Rafael Mozo al
(239) 682-7064.
Está usted en los grados 9-12?
¿Tiene preguntas sobre
la Misa, tu fe, tu vida?
Venga y echa un vistazo al
Grupo de Jóvenes.
Puedes traer a un amigo,
pizza y snacks serán servidos.
Se reunirán cada viernes 6-8pm
Salón 13/14 en el Edificio de Educación
¿Alguna pregunta?
Envíe un correo electrónico a
Joanne Walker al
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