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Volunteers Needed for the Parish Picnic on July 8th
The annual Parish Picnic will be held on Sunday, July 8, from 12:30 to 6:30pm. In addition to the food, fun, and dancing, this picnic is an important fundraiser for our parish. As in past years, we will donate 25% of the proceeds to the Merton Center for back to school clothes for the children served by…
Read MoreA God who wears many hats…..
Dear Parishioners, In this season of graduations, I just learned something about one of the more famous graduations in the country, the one at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Many are familiar with the “hat toss” at the very end of the program since it’s often featured on television news. At the final dismissal of the…
Read MorePastoral Council 2012-2014
Congratulations and thanks to the new members of the St. Anthony Parish Pastoral Council: Mary Jane Canepari Kathy Carbonella Kevin Cassidy William Cronin Peter Doyle Jessica Furey Weege Harlow William Higgins Rose Olexovitch Edward Roman Timothy Smith Monica Wheeler We ask God to bless them with wisdom and insight as we seek the ways our…
Read More2013 Mass Intentions
Starting the week of June 11, we will be accepting intentions for Masses celebrated in 2013. One of our volunteers is available to help you schedule these Masses on Tuesdays or Fridays from 10am until 12:30pm.
Read MoreWomen's Prayer Group Meets on June 12th
The women’s prayer group will meet on Tuesday, June 12, at 7:30 pm in the Community Room of the school building.
Read MoreBecoming a Member of St. Anthony's Parish…
Randy Lallkissoon was a catechumen in the RCIA process of our parish during the past year and was fully received into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, receiving the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. We asked Randy to share some thoughts about his experiences: Becoming a member of St. Anthony’s parish has given…
Read MoreMake Some Music In Your Life
Dear Parishioners, Playing a brass instrument like the tuba or trombone or saxophone takes a lot of “breath power.” I was watching the five musicians in amazement last Sunday evening in the church as they went from Duke Ellington to George Gershwin to Fats Waller to Scott Joplin and made it seem effortless! I was…
Read MoreJot a Note to a Nun
Dear Parishioners, I know that many of you are aware of the recent Vatican criticism of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an organization which represents about 80 percent of the American religious orders of nuns and sisters. If the statement from Rome upset you, you are certainly not alone, as it seems to have…
Read MoreHaving a Voice…
Dear Parishioners, The Nielson Ratings, as I’m sure you are aware, refer to the statistical analysis of what America is watching on television. The Nielson Company gathers information in a variety of ways— electronic measuring devices, paper diaries, phone polling, etc—but I have never, ever known anyone who was a “Nielson family.” Now I am…
Read MoreA Good Pair of Wire Cutters?
Dear Parishioners! In the middle of the battlefield, the horse was no just caught in barbed wire, he was wrapped in it, laying on his side, unable to move. Soldiers from both sides spotted the helpless animal through binoculars and one finally made a move to help. Waving a white flag, he trudges across the field.…
Read MoreThe Power to Reunite and Reconcile
Dear Parishioners, When you walk into a wake wearing a Roman collar, there’s something you have to get used to, something they don’t warn you about in the seminary. I mean the people who, as soon as they see you, desperately try to evacuate the area like it’s a hot Haz-Mat Zone. Sometimes. you can…
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