April 19, 2015 - St. Augustine Church

Parish Clergy & Staff
Msgr. Michael Carruthers
Pastor
Fr. Armando Tolosa
Parochial Vicar
Deacon Jose S. Chirinos
Deacon Eddy Smith
Deacon Mark Westman
Vigil Masses - Saturdays
5:30 pm
7:00 pm (Spanish)
Sundays
8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 Noon
Sofia Acosta
5:00 pm, 6:30 pm., 8:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Jorge Pis-Rodriguez
8:00 am & 12:05 pm
Saturday
8:00 a.m.
Director of Religious Education
Director of Music
Myriam Cahen
Director of Finances
Michelle Ducker
Director of Campus Ministry &
Young Adults
Toni Jane Palla o
Director of Development and
Student Center
Iancarlo Arispe
Development Coordinator
Ana Maria Suazo
Front Office
Mercy Quintana
Sacristan
Confessions:
11:30 a.m. Saturdays and by
appointment
Baptisms: Please call the
Parish Office at least one month
in advance.
Weddings: Please call the Parish
Office at least six months in
advance.
Office Hours:
9:00 am—6:00 pm
Monday - Friday
Scripture Readings
& Responsorial Psalms
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, April 18th, 2015
5:30 p.m. +
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Jorge Busto
Ramon Bradermann
Betty Cendoya de Feria
Maria Carmen Amezaga
Francisco Montes de Oca
7:00 p.m. + Madre Crisanta & Eva Sacasa
+ Emma, Isabel, and Estrella
Lopez-Granja
+ Juan Manuel Esquivel
+ Adolfo Zarraga
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
8:00 a.m. +
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Suzanne Guanci
Bruce Rich
Ruth McIntosh
Cuqui Prats
10:00 a.m. +
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Eneida Granda
Lucy Maturo
Pasqual Maturo
Victor Maturo
Marino Maturo
12:00 p.m. - For the Parish Family
5:00 p.m. +
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Ramon Llovet
Jesus Capote
Jose Suro
Ofelia Faget
12:05 p.m. + For the Soul of Oscar Rangel
- Maribel Torres & Family
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
8:00 a.m. +
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Sixto Ferro
Hilda Bacardi
Luis J. Bacardi
Luis F. Bacardi
Roberto Morales
Monday, April 20th
Monday of the Second Week of Easter
Blessed are they who follow the law of the
Lord!
Acts 6: 8 - 15
Psalm 119: 23 - 24, 26 - 27, 29 - 30
John 6: 22 - 29
12:05 p.m. + Maria Eugenia Diez
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
8:00 a.m. + Luis Echarte
12:05 p.m. +
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Tuesday, April 21st
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
Acts 7: 51 - 8: 1a
Psalm 31: 3cd - 4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab
John 6: 30 - 35
Jorge Diaz Miranda
Dr. Cristobal Viera
Vicente Carvajal
Liera Antropova
In Thanksgiving
Wednesday, April 22nd
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Acts 8: 1b - 8
Psalm 66: 1 - 3a, 4 - 7a
John 6: 35 - 40
Friday, April 24th, 2015
8:00 a.m. - Annette Bailey
12:05 p.m. + Francisco Basterrechea
+ Lt. Ralf E. Garcia
Saturday, April 25th, 2015
8:00 a.m. + Conchita Garcia-Montes
- Lucia Margarita Garcia-Chacon
6:30 p.m. + Vicenta & Dulce Quintana
+ George & Dulce Kremer
- Jorge Caicedo
8:00 p.m. - University of Miami Students &
Their Families
+ Aura Ronderos
Sunday, April 19th
Third Sunday of Easter
Lord, let your face shine on us; Lord, let your
face shine on us.
Acts 3: 13 - 15, 17 - 19
Psalm 4: 2, 4, 7 - 9
1 John 2: 1 - 5a
Luke 24: 35 - 48
Thursday, April 23rd
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Acts 8: 26 - 40
Psalm 66: 8 - 9, 16 - 17, 20
John 6: 44 - 51
Friday, April 24th
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Go out to all the world and tell the Good
News.
Acts 9: 1 - 20
Psalm 117: 1bc, 2
John 6:52 - 59
Saturday, April 25th
Saint Mark, Evangelist
For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
1 Peter 5: 5b - 14
Psalm 89: 2 - 3, 6 - 7, 16 - 17
Mark 16: 15 - 20
Monday, April 20th, 2015
8:00 a.m. - Fernando I. Garcia-Chacon
12:05 p.m. + Leopoldo Gimenez
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
8:00 a.m. + Fernando Figueras
- Castro-Fernandez Family
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1400 Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL 33146
305-661-1648
www.saintaugustinechurch.org
From the Desk of Monsignor Carruthers
Throughout the year we have been reflecting on our mission – as a Church, as a University Parish (a
School of Prayer and a Center for the New Evangelization), and as sons and daughters of the Father
and disciples of the son. With this column, we begin a five part series on some of the obstacles that
can prevent the growth of that mission. It is important for us to be aware of such obstacles, to name
them, and to reject them.
As we have discussed, the primary mission of the Church, of our parish community, and of each one
of us as disciples is evangelization. We are invited to an ever-deepening encounter with Jesus Christ,
an encounter of relationship in which we find our identity. We are called to be formed in that encounter so as to learn to live our authentic identity. And we are sent to evangelize, to be witnesses to Jesus
Christ in the midst of the world. Pope Francis affirms this, saying: “The joy of the gospel fills the
hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness
and loneliness” (Evangelii Gaudium, 1). The Holy Father goes on to say: “Goodness always tends to spread. Every authentic experience of truth and goodness seeks by its very nature to grow within us, and any person who has experienced a profound liberation
becomes more sensitive to the needs of others. As it expands, goodness takes root and develops. If we wish to lead a dignified and
fulfilling life, we have to reach out to others and seek their good. In this regard, several sayings of Saint Paul will not surprise us:
‘The love of Christ urges us on’ (2 Cor 5:14); ‘Woe to me if I do not proclaim the Gospel’ (1 Cor 9:16)” (Evangelii Gaudium, 9).
Sinfulness can block our ability to act on this mission. Psychological dysfunction can block our ability to act on this mission. The
influence of evil and our collaboration with it can block our ability to act on this mission. Today, however, let us simply begin with
some foundational attitudes that can serve to diminish our ability to evangelize, to be witnesses of Jesus Christ as individuals, and as
a parish community.
A Spirit of Obstinacy. To be obstinate is to “firmly or stubbornly [adhere] to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.” It is “characterized by inflexible persistence or an unyielding attitude.” To be a disciple means to be
a student, to follow the teachings of a teacher. Someone who is obstinate does not “follow.” We have alluded to this before. In
March of 2013, I preached at all the weekend masses saying that I believe we were ready in our healing process “to put out into the
deep with [the Lord], to lay aside the superficial masks that cannot satisfy us and enter into deeper communion with Him – the communion which alone can heal us and fill us.” I also said on that occasion that “there are those who will not respond to the invitation,
some because they are not ready and some because they will simply choose to dig their heels in and not move.”
A Spirit of Discouragement. Looking at its roots, discouragement means to take away courage. It is “the act of making something
less likely to happen or of making people less likely to do something.” The voice of discouragement is the voice of one who always
sees the negative and is blind to the good. It is the voice of one who needs to tear down rather than build up. It is a voice of one
who refuses to follow Joy. It is the voice the “prophets of gloom,” as St. John XXIII said. In my bulletin column for January 19,
2014, I quoted Pope Francis saying: “One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism which turns
us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists, ‘sourpussses’” (Evangelii Gaudium, 85).
A Spirit of Falsity. Far beyond those who occasionally tell a fib, there are those who live a life in which their identity and their
interpretation of reality is actually caught up in a deep and complex web of lies – sometimes very directly countering the truth of
reality and at other times very subtly twisting it. They refuse to follow the Truth; they will not look at themselves and the reality in
front of them in the “light of truth, veritas, presenting themselves to the Lord in humility and obedience,” as I invited our community to do this past Lent. Those whose identities and interpretation of reality are wrapped up in lies live on the defensive, for they
must convince others to join them in their fragile world of misrepresentations. Often the falsity is designed to foster confusion and
anxiety in others. The Catechism of the Catholic Church of the Catholic Church teaches: “Lying is the most direct offense of the
truth. To lie is to speak or act against the truth in order to lead into error someone who has the right to know the truth” (CCC,
2484).
A Spirit of Disobedience and Hardness of Heart. “Obedience” comes from the Latin word “obaudire,” which in its roots means
to “listen well” and follow the voice of another. To be “disobedient,” then, is to be “very deaf” and refuse to follow. This often
flows out of pride. In my homily for this past Good Friday, I reflected on obedience, the posture of Jesus before the heavenly Father, saying that “through His obedience, born in love, Jesus gains for us what was lost in disobedience.” Obedience is also the posture of the saints. In my bulletin column of February 13, 2011, I quoted Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, who said, “A saint
differs from an ordinary religious man, I say in this – that he sets before him as the one object of his life, to please and obey God;
that he ever aims to submit his will to God’s will; that he earnestly follows after holiness; and that he is habitually striving to have a
closer resemblance to Christ in all things.”
We must reject these postures in ourselves and not allow ourselves to be manipulated by others who exhibit them. The thread that
can be said to tie these postures together is a lack of docility before the Holy Spirit. To be disciples, “to follow,” requires docility.
In my bulletin column of April 28, 2013, I quoted Pope Francis, who said: “Stubborn! You always resist the Holy Spirit . . . always,
even among us . . . there is resistance to the Holy Spirit. To put it plainly: the Holy Spirit gives us discomfort. Because it moves us,
makes us walk, propels the Church to move forward . . . Do not resist the Holy Spirit: this is the grace that I wish that we all ask to
the Lord – docility to the Holy Spirit, in the Spirit that comes to us and makes us go forward in the path of holiness, the holiness of
the beautiful Church. The grace of docility to the Holy Spirit.”
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This Week at
Monday, April 20th
7:00 p.m. : RCIA - Lounge
7:30 p.m. : Prayer & Life Workshop - Music Room
Tuesday, April 21st
6:30 p.m. : Mass - Church
7:00 p.m. : Campus Ministry Meal - Library
7:00 p.m. : Talleres de Oracion y Vida - Music Room
7:00 p.m. : Book Club - Lounge
7:00 p.m. : Finance Council Conference Room
8:00 p.m. : Young Adults - Parish Hall
Wednesday, April 22nd
4:00 p.m. : Religious Education – SOMI
6:30 p.m. : Sandwich Making (Homeless Ministry)
7:00 p.m. : Msgr. Caruthers’ Lecture Series
Thursday, April 23rd
10:30 a.m. : Homeless Ministry - Kitchen - Deliveries
12:30 p.m. : Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with
Adoration until 8:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. : Holy Hour with Benediction until 8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. : Matrimonios en Victoria - Lounge
8:00 p.m. : CCM UBlaze - Parish Hall
Friday, April 24th
8:00 p.m. : Spring Concert - Church
Saturday, April 25th
8:30 a.m. : Pray the Rosary after the 8:00 a.m. Mass
Church
9:00 a.m. : Why Catholic Morning of Reflection
11:00 a.m. : Baptism Class Open to all - Lounge
11:30 a.m. : Confessions
Vigil Masses : Mother’s Day Rose Sale
Respect Life Baby Bottle Campaign
Offertory Collection Update: The Collection for the week of March 21st & 22nd, 2015 was: $15,657.86.
Weekly Expenses are $22,696. (Based on average weekly expenses for 2014)
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305-661-1648
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We ask . . . You deliver!
Our combined goal and archdiocese assessment is $412,760.
Thus far, 212 individuals and families have contributed $308,568 to that total. We are at 76%.
We continue to need your help, support and assistance in reaching 100% of our goal and assessment. You can find envelopes at
the main entrance of the Church, or come to the office any day from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and we will be happy to assist you.
Remember, your generous and unwavering support of the ABCD is a witness to your faith. We ask for your continued support by
making a sacrificial pledge and join together to be One In Faith, One in Hope and One in Charity. Thank you!
Our Sincere thanks and gratitude to the following contributors: (We know this list is not complete as we do not have all the names
from the Development Office at the Archdiocese of Miami. Please excuse any misspellings.)
Colleen Abernathy
Francisca Abuin
Armando Acevedo
Magali Acosta
Jose Acosta
Israel Aguilar
Enrique Albeirus
Sebastian Almazan
Domingo Alonso
Hector Alvarez
Susana Alvarez
Guillermo Anido
Ivette Arango
Penelope Arango
Paula C. Arencibia
Antonio Argiz
Carlos Armengol
Ippolita Avellaneda
Ernesto Aviño
Adrianne BabunChavarria
Ruby Bacardi
Thomas Baker
Fernando Barquero
Juan Barquin
Ricardo Bascuas
Jose Benki
Nigel Bennet
Sylvia Blanco
Raul Blanco
Aleida Bojadjieff
John bolduc
Salvador BonillaMathe
Roberto Borbolla
Lourdes Bosch
James Bowling
Mary Brady
Janet Brustares
Eileen Butler
Joseph Cabrera
Marilynn Campanile
Josefa Capellades
James Carmichael
Meliano Carmona
Manuel Carreno
Norma Carrero
Viriato Carrillo
Miguel Castellan
Maria Cauley
Renato Cepero
Miguel Cervoni
Jose Chirinos
Martha Chisholm
Frank Chmielewski
Jose Collazo
Mildred Copeland
Felipe Cos
Nicolas Cuenca
Margaret Cullen
Cristina De la Rocha
Nick De Martino
Robert Dean
Carlos DeBayle
Jose DeHombre
Gloria Diamond
Adolfo Diaz
Celinda DiBernardo
Manuel Dominguez
Raul Echarte
Bruce Ehrenhaft
George Elgart
Harold Elosegui
Lucia Escagedo
Dulce Escarra
Anthony Escobedo
Michael Eskra
Joan Evans
Francisco Fajardo
James & Karina
Fenton
Guillermo Feria
Antonio Fernandez
Manuel Fernandez
Rafael Fernandez
Arlene Ferris
Tito Figueroa
Daniel Finora
Gustavo Forero
Natalia Francisco
Carlos Freyre
Joe Fuentes
Evangelina Fuentes
John Fullerton
Emilio Gallego
Douglas Galvez
Franklin Garcia
Maria Garcia
Mariano Garcia
Jose Garrido
Jose Garrido, P.A.
Adela Gaston
Susan Gillott
Jesus and Helin
Gomez
Luis Gonzalez
Ana Gonzalez
Jorge Gonzalez
Sheila Gonzalez
Louise Gramling
Gordon Gregory
Eduardo Guernica
Miguel Guerrero
Rolando Guilarte
Carlos Halley
Timothy Hartling
Mark Heilman
Brunhilde Henry
Victoria Hernandez
Mauro Hernandez
Thomas Hess
Carlos Hondal
Leonard Hoskinson
Frans Huijing
Cristina Hussain
Pedro Infante
Marie Jacobs
Valarie James
Giselle Jordan
James Jude
Richard Jung
Lester Kates
Grace Kelleher
Jeffery Koroknay
David Kuhn
Susan Joy Lacey
Quang Lam
Rosemary Landrian
Benito Larin
Marta Latour
Carlos Lavernia
Richard Lavina
Alicia Layne
Bobbie Lesman
Todd Levine
Cesareo Llano
Thomas Logan
Alberto Lopez
Maria Lopez-Castro
Ramon Lorente
Jorge Luzarraga
Elaine Lynch
Luis Maderal
Edward Malcer
Chris Margianacina
Carlos Marin
Dominic Marra
Juan Martinez
Maria Martinez
Francisco Martinez
Humberto Martinez
Michael Martino
Lourdes Mata
Robert McGee
James McLaughlin
Donald McNeill
Noel Medina
Ambrosio Mencia
Jose Mendiola
Oviedo Menendez
Elie Merheb
Silvia Mestre
Caridad Miranda
Jerry Mitchell
Alejandro Montorro
Natalia Mora
Manuel Morales
Rafael Morales
Irma Moreno
Ambler Moss
Carmen Munero
Maria Munguia
Aurora Murciano
Leo Ochoa
Elizabeth Olazabal
David Olazabal
Richard O'Rourke
Valois Pagan
Roberto Palenzuela
Gloria Palomino
Fred Panzer
Rube Pardo
Francisco Paredes
William Park
Aaron Patzwahl
Luis Pavon
Lourdes Pedroso
Georgina Pelto
Amado Pena
Luis Perez
Armando Perez
Janet Perez
William Perez
Ramon Perez-Alonso
Daniele PerezVenero
Irene Peterson
Manuel Piedra
Victor Pimentel
Avelino Pinon
George Pita
David Plummer
Raymond Poblocki
Ramon Poo
Carlos Poveda
Maurice Prendiville
Theresa Puma
Lauranne Quinn
Felipe Rabre
Pedro Raimundez
Gustavo Ravelo
Joseph Realini
John Ribka
Jacqueline Riley
Antonio Rios
Humberto Rivero
Alex Rodriguez
Juan Rodriguez
Salvador Rodriguez
Margaret Rodriguez
Carlos Rodriguez
Jose Rohaidy
Jose Roque
Rodolfo Ruiz
Theresa Rust
Terrence Salt
Silvia Sanchez
Harry Sanchez
Gabriel Sanchez
Robert Schneckenberg
Roy Schoen
Robert Senior
John Sennetti
Jose Siman
Gracia Smalley
Liane Smith
Joann Smith
Jorge Smith
Miguel Sosa
Jose Sotolongo
Brian Stack
Frederick Stebbins
Richard Stuart
Luis Suao
Antonio Suarez
Rolando Sucena
Hugo Sueiro
Frances Susi
James Sutton
John Swain
Robert Sweeney
John Tambini
Amaro Taquechel
Brian Tart
Lucas Theophilus
Daniel Thomas
Joyce Thompson
Fernando Tinoco
Michal Toborek
David Torkington
Maria Tyler
Ernesto Valdes
Isabel Valdivia
Jorge Vasseur
Manuel Vazquez
Rosa Vazquez
Robert Venditti
Michael Venincasa
Joaquin Viadero
Ana Vidal
Ady Viera
Javier Vijil
Patricia Villacorta
Alexandra Villoch
Anna Walsh
Matt Weaver
Donald Wiesner
Carl Williams
Millar Wilson
Luisa Wirshing
Grace Wolff
Stephen Wong
Kau-Fui Wong
Elizabeth Yim
Julian Yong
Gloria York
James Zavertnik
Andrew Zohn
Luis Zuniga
Thank you, thank you, thank you! With a little bit more,
We will have met our ABCD goal and our assessment, thanks be to God!
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305-661-1648
www.saintaugustinechurch.org