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SERVED BY:
Rev. Eamon Tobin ...................... Ext. 3070
Pastor, email: [email protected]
Rev. BK Tran ................................ 254-1595
Associate Pastor
Email: [email protected]
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B ATHOLIC COMMUNITY
April 26, 2015
ASCENSION
2950 N. Harbor City Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32935
Tel. 321-254-1595  Fax 321-255-3490
www.ascensioncatholic.net
Deacon Sergio A. Colon............. Ext. 3082
Bereavement Ministry, Hispanic Community
[email protected]
Deacon Tom Stauffacher
[email protected], 321-242-4504
Deacon Bill Terneus
[email protected]—321-259-6168
Sr. Joseph Barden ........................ Ext. 3003
Development Director
[email protected]
Sr. Immaculata ............................. Ext. 3039
Pastoral Care
[email protected]
Doug Workman........................... Ext. 3001
School Principal
[email protected]
Betsy Glasenapp .......................... Ext. 3080
Religious Education Director
[email protected]
Mary Birmingham ....................... Ext. 3068
Music/Liturgy Director, Catechumenate
[email protected]
Mark Kniepmann......................... Ext. 3501
High School Youth Minister
[email protected]
Mary Blucker ............................... Ext. 3069
Middle School Youth Minister
[email protected]
Ashley Breaux .............................. Ext. 3077
Contemporary Music
[email protected]
Monica Sutton ............................. Ext. 3076
Volunteer Coordinator
[email protected]
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday-Friday - 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
PARISH OFFICE STAFF
ASCENSION CATHOLIC SCHOOL
U.S. Department of Education
School of Excellence
Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade
Teresa Romano............................ Ext. 3050
Receptionist
[email protected]
FAITH FORMATION
Religious Education (Pre-K - 6)
Tuesdays, 4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
Maria Sittig .................................. Ext. 3072
Secretary/Bulletin,
[email protected]
Religious Education (Grades 1-8)
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 7:45 p.m.
Mary Russo................................... Ext. 3078
Business Manager/Bookkeeper
[email protected]
Anne Dorros ................................. Ext. 3074
Assistant Bookkeeper
[email protected]
Brian Carley
Facilities Manager
[email protected]
Susan Esposito
Fingerprinting office ...................... Ext. 3079
Youth Ministry
Sundays after 5:30 p.m. Mass
OUTREACH
Ascension Thrift Store: 259-7291
Ascension Social Concerns: 259-5685
BINGO
Mondays & Thursdays
6:00 p.m., Parish Hall
SCHEDULE OF MASSES
Saturday Vigil Mass
4:30 p.m.
Sunday Masses
7:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m. (free childcare)
11:30 a.m. (free childcare)
5:30 p.m.
Weekday Masses
Monday-Friday: 7:25 a.m.
Sat. 9:00 a.m
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday: 3:15 - 4:25 p.m.
Wednesday: 6:00 p.m.
(or by appointment)
As a good steward of the Lord’s blessings, please remember to consider
your Parish Family or School Endowment in your Last Will and Testament.
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Fourth Sunday of Easter B
Finding joy in paid work and
in volunteer ministry
Traditionally, the fourth Sunday of Easter has been
called Good Shepherd Sunday because the Gospel on this
Sunday is always from John 10, in which Jesus uses the
image of a good shepherd to speak of himself. I begin
my reflections with this lovely story told by Dick Folger.
Students at the parish school were learning about
Jesus and his role as the Good Shepherd. They were
given a month to memorize Psalm 23, which they would
have to recite at a school assembly with the pastor and
all the parents attending. When the big night came, the
first student nervously stepped up to the microphone and
began, “The Lord is my Shepherd,” then his mind went
as blank as a wall. The parents waited while he struggled
to remember the next line. Finally, in desperation, he
said, “And that’s all I need to know.”
At first there was silence, and then applause began.
The claps came slowly at first, finally building to full,
thunderous ovation. The child was right; that is all we
need to know.
The following two reflections are taken from Fr. Flor
McCarthy’s book of reflections on the Sunday readings.
If you like your job and/or enjoy your volunteer work,
you will love these reflections.
Finding Joy in One’s Work
A huge amount of our lives is taken up with work.
Hence, the way we regard our work is of the greatest
importance. If our work has meaning, it becomes a
blessing. But if it has no meaning, or little meaning, it
becomes almost a curse.
It has been said that the first of our problems is to
find the work we are meant to do in this world. Vincent
van Gogh spent many years trying to find out what he
wanted to do with his life. Finally, after much searching,
he discovered that he wanted to be a painter. From that
day on his life changed. It wasn’t that it suddenly became
easy. The opposite would be nearer the truth. It was just
that, whereas up to this his life was going nowhere, now
it was going somewhere definite. He said:
April 26, 2015
I often feel that I am as rich as Croesus, not in
money, however. I am rich because I have found in
my work something to which I can devote myself heart
and soul, and which gives meaning and inspiration to
my life. I think it is a very great blessing when people
find their work.
If at times I feel rising within me the desire for a
life of ease, I go back fondly to a life of hardship. This
is not the road on which one perishes. Rather, this is a
powerful stream that will bear me safely to port.
What’s the difference between the good shepherd
and the hireling? It is the contrasting attitudes they
bring to the work of shepherding. The hireling does it
because he has to. For him it’s just a job; his heart is
not in it. The good shepherd does it because he wants
to. His heart is in it.
People like the good shepherd are very fortunate
people. They have found a real treasure. They haven’t
just found work; they have found avocation in life. They
have an occupation into which they can put their hearts,
and which affords an outlet for the talents that are in
them.
Even though their work may be difficult and
unspectacular, it glows with meaning because it is a
labor of love. Even though their lives may contain many
difficulties and hardships, deep down they are
contented. We must never equate a happy life with an
easy life. The harder the task to which we give ourselves for love’s sake, the more it will exalt us.
Happy are those who have found their work, no
matter how humble that work is. They are saved from
half-heartedness, and from the tragedy of only halfliving their lives. That work brings out the best in them.
It’s no exaggeration to say that for them it becomes the
road to salvation.
Jesus found his work. It consisted in being a good
shepherd to the Father’s flock. Two characteristics
mark the relationship between the good shepherd and
his sheep. First, he cares about his sheep to the point
where he is willing to die to defend them. And Jesus did
give his life for his sheep. He died voluntarily. Second,
he knows his sheep and they know him. Good leaders
know their own, and their own know them. There is a
closeness between the leader and the led. Without this,
leadership easily becomes oppressive.
Needless to say, we are not sheep. As St. John
reminds us: we are God’s children, and God wants us
to have life and a hereafter.
A Sense of Vocation
Today’s Gospel is about caring or not caring. The
hireling doesn’t know or care about the sheep. The good
shepherd knows his sheep, and cares about them to the
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point that he is willing to die to defend them. Caring is
costly and risky. Carers are very special people.
Today there is a lot of concern about caregiver burnout,
and rightly so. However, burnout is not always the result of
too much work. It is more likely to result from a sense of
futility. People can work long hours as long as they feel that
their work is making a difference. But if they feel that their
efforts are being wasted, that no matter how long and hard
they work, it won’t make any difference, then they will
experience a feeling of weariness and exhaustion.
The thing to consider is not so much whether the work is
difficult in itself, but whether it has a purpose. What really
saps one’s energy is giving oneself purposelessly. Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one’s energy.
To have a work which absorbs one gives a person
tremendous strength and energy. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
spent several years in a Siberian labor camp. The thing
which most helped him to survive was his writing. In his
monumental work, The Gulag Archipelago, he says:
Today is often referred to as ‘vocations’ Sunday. For
Christians, all vocations are vocations to love.
Sometimes in a sullen work party with machinegunners barking around me, lines and images crowded in
so urgently that I felt myself borne through the air, overleaping the column in my hurry to reach the work compound and find a corner to write. At such moments I was
both free and happy.
I went on writing. In winter in the warming-up shack,
in spring and summer on the scaffolding at the building
site; in the interval between two barrow loads of mortar I
would put my bit of paper on the bricks and write down
with a pencil stub the verses which had rushed into my
head while I was slapping on the last hodful. I was
searched, and counted, and herded over the steppe. I sat in
the mess hall over the ritual gruel sometimes not even
noticing its taste, deaf to those around me—feeling my
way about my verses and trimming them to fit like bricks
in a wall.
I am very grateful to all of you who pray for me and for all
priests. Only God knows how the faithful and persistent
prayers of his people impact the lives of priests and
deacons. Thank you.
To have a work which absorbs one is a great blessing.
But to have a sense of vocation is an even greater blessing.
In fact, it is one of the greatest blessings in life. Jesus had it
to a degree we will never equal. On one occasion he said to
his apostles, “I have a food of which you know nothing.
My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to
complete his work” (Jn 4:33-34). And we see it even more
clearly in today’s Gospel where he talks about himself as
the good shepherd.
Unlike the hireling, the good shepherd loves his work.
To him shepherding is a vocation. It doesn't mean that his
life is easier than that of the hireling. In fact, his life is more
difficult because he works harder and cares more about the
sheep than the hireling does. But his life is more satisfying.
His work nourishes him.
Love is a marvelous source of strength and energy. Love
makes a person brave. Where genuine love is present no
sacrifice is too great. Love conquers all difficulties. If we
love, the energy will be given to us.
[Permission granted by Dominican Publications
www.dominicanpublications.com. Flor McCarthy, Cycle of New Sunday and
Holy Day Liturgies.]
I feel very fortunate that I love what I do and see it as
responding to God’s call. I totally agree with Fr. McCarthy
that burnout is not so much the result of too much work.
Rather it comes from doing work that one is not passionate
about. The three things I enjoy the most about my ministry
are:
 Celebrating the liturgy with you, especially on the week-
ends.
 Meeting people one on one. I very much enjoy getting
to know parishioners and doing what I can to help them
with their personal issues, and becoming more
connected with the parish.
 The time I spend writing.
Someone shared the following Prayer for Priests.
Prayer for Priests
O Jesus, Eternal Priest,
Look down with love upon Thy priests.
Fill them with burning zeal
for the conversion of sinners.
Keep them within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart.
Keep unstained their anointed hands,
which daily touch Thy Sacred Body.
Keep unsullied their lips
purpled with Thy precious Blood.
Keep pure and unearthly their hearts
sealed with the sublime marks of Thy
glorious Priesthood.
Let Thy holy love protect them from the
world’s contagion.
Bless their labors with abundant fruit,
and may the souls to whom they minister on earth
be one day their joy and consolation in heaven.
Amen.
Have a blessed week,
[email protected]
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April 26, 2015
Next Sunday’s Readings - May 3, 2015 B
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 9:26-31, Psalm 22:26-28, 30-32
1John 3:18-24, John 15:1-8
What do you need to prune in your life?
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY
Action Nights after the 5:30pm Mass
Bible Study: Monday evenings, youth room, 7 to
8:30pm. All high school teens are welcome to come,
socialize with friends, learn and talk about our faith.
ASCENSION CATHOLIC
SCHOOL
Movie Night, Friday, May 1, 6:30pm to midnight. After movie, open
gym, fun & games. Bring $5 and a snack to share. Must have annual
permission form on file.

8th Grade Night, Sunday, May 3. All 8th graders are welcome and
all high school youth ministry events following.

Senior Night, Sunday, May 17.. Seniors please RSVP and let me
know where you intend to go to school next year. Seniors line up at
back of church and process in. Must wear graduation gowns. Special
blessing at end of Mass.
For info regarding Youth Ministry, contact Mark Kniepmann at
[email protected].
Middle School
Ministry
For all 6th, 7th, & 8th graders,
no matter where you attend school
April 29:
April 25:
Wednesday After School
“Unfrozen” MSM Retreat. Save the date!
Need Confirmation service? Call Mary
For more info, check website www.ascensioncatholic.net
or contact Mary Blucker at 254-1595 ext. 3069 or
[email protected]
Camp Invention
Camp Invention will be hosted by Ascension Catholic School
the week of June 8-12 from 9:00Aam to 3:30pm each day.
Camp Invention is a national educational program recognized for
fostering innovative thinking, real-world problem solving and the
spirit of invention. The weeklong day camp experience encourages
inventive young minds through hands-on problem solving using
science, technology, engineering and mathematics in a fun and
creative atmosphere. The program is designed for students who
will be entering grades 1-6 next school year.
Register by May 12 and save $15. Use promo code SPRING
when you register.
For info and to register, go to www.campinvention.org or contact
Nicole Hymel at [email protected].
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Free top-ranked 4-year old program
PK3 to Grade 8
Safe, faith-filled, loving environment
Excellent teachers, rigorous
academics
No high stakes testing, just results!
Please share this with parents
of young children!
Encourage them to visit the school.
Tel. 321-254-1595
www.ascensioncatholicsch.org
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The Knights of Columbus cordially invite
all Mothers to a
Religious Education News
Early Registration for Next Year
Mother’s Day Brunch
We’re looking forward to growing as
disciples during 2015-2016!
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Let’s celebrate Mothers!
We will be serving after the
7:30am and 9:30am Masses
Full breakfast: Eggs, sausage, biscuits &
gravy, and French toast.
ALL MOTHERS EAT FREE
$7.00 for adults and $3.00 children under 12
Maximum will be $15.00 for those with
many youngsters.
Come out and help us
honor all mothers.
For information, contact
Jim Voltaire at 610-3538.
Ministry to the Sick and Homebound
Important meeting on Wednesday, May 13, at 6:30pm,
Ministry Center, Room 313. YOUR ATTENDANCE
IS A MUST. We will have a Communion Service
Training for your Continuing Education which will
count towards your recertification. Our facilitator will
be Deacon Tom Stauffacher. For more information,
contact Pat Apfelthaler at 254-2865.
VOCATION CUP
The Vocation Cup for April will go out at the 4:30 pm
Mass. K.J. & Jane Baker will accept our Vocations
Cup this week.
The Vocation Cup is the Chalice used at Mass which the selected
family takes home for the week. The purpose of the Vocation Cup
ministry is to seek parishioner prayers for vocations to the
Priesthood, the Deaconate, and the Religious life.
If you’d like to sign up, please call Marc Worchel at 757-3451 or
email [email protected].
Baptismal Seminar
Two Mondays
May 4 & May 11, 2015
7:00-9:00 pm, Ministry Bldg, Rm 313
To sign up, call Teresa at the Parish Office, 254-1595
April 26, 2015
Registration continues and you can return
your completed forms at any time.
Pick up applications in one of 3 locations:
 front entrance of the church
 main Parish Office
 Religious Education Office
Or you can download the registration form
from the Ascension Website at
http://www.ascensioncatholic.net
>>Faith Formation >> Grades K-8
Parish Religious Education
Classes begin September 1 & 2, 2015
Questions?
Contact Betsy Glasenapp or Shelly Wackley at
[email protected] or
254-1595 ext. 3080
ADORATION CHAPEL
“The Eucharist is at the very center of our life; such was the teaching of
Jesus. When commenting on the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves,
He told His apostles that He Himself is the Living Bread that came down
from heaven. He called on the twelve for an act of faith and it was Peter who
answered in the name of all: ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the
words of everlasting life. We have come to believe and know that you are
the Holy One of God’ (John 6:69). Christian faith is faith in the Eucharistic
Christ.” -Jean Galot, S.J.
Vacations, illness, absent snowbirds and just life take a toll on
the availability of adorers. If you can find an hour to commit to
Jesus, consider the Adoration Chapel. Jesus wants you there
and through the Holy Spirit is calling you! For information, please
contact Sam Rodríquez at 321-795-9813 or
[email protected].
Sunday
1am, 2am, 3am, 5am, 7am, 12pm, 5pm, 10pm,
11pm
Monday
1am, 3am, 4am, 12pm
Tuesday
12am,1am, 2am, 3am, 4am,1pm, 6pm, 8pm,
10pm, 11pm,
Wednesday 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am, 6pm
Thursday 12am,1am,3am,9am,10am,1pm,2pm,3pm,5pm,
7pm, 10pm, 11pm
Friday
1am, 2am, 3am, 10am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 11pm
Saturday
1am, 2am, 3am, 5am, 11am, 2pm, 4pm, 5pm,
6pm, 7pm, 8pm
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WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY
April 29, 2015
5:00-6:00pm, School Cafetorium
Serving: Chicken, biscuits, mashed potatoes & gravy,
vegetables, salad, rolls, cakes, pies and cobblers and
hot & cold drinks.
$7 adults; $3 kids under 12 years old
Sign up in the Parish Hall or call the Church Office
no later than noon of April 28, 2015.
Signing up only tells us how many to plan for,
so please sign up so we DO NOT have to turn
anyone away for lack of enough food.
Military Ministry Spotlight
We are collecting items for a ‘Stand Down’
for homeless veterans to be held on May
30. There will be a bin in Our Lady’s Chapel
May 2-17 for items you might like to donate such as:
feminine hygiene products, ladies’ panties, men’s
boxers & briefs, t-shirts, sneakers (men 9-13, women
6-10), batteries (all sizes), ziplock bags, trash bags,
toilet paper, chapstick, ponchos, instant coffee,
canned tuna, chicken, soups, pop tarts.
Our next meeting will be on Monday, May 4,
at 7:00pm in Ministry Building, Room 307.
If you are a veteran and would like us to spotlight you in
the bulletin, contact Peggie at 751-0408 or
[email protected]
Knights of Columbus Council #14573
We meet every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month In
Ministry Center Room 312. We pray the Rosary in Our
Lady's Chapel at 6:30pm on the 3rd Thursday of the month. For
more information, call Grand Knight Doug Blair at 412-2191 or
Membership Director Marc Worchel at 757-3451.
April 26, 2015
Note to all Ministries
It’s that time of year!
Please stop by the Church Office to fill
out the Building Use form to save your
rooms and dates for the next calendar
year (July 2015-June 2016). Sign up early for the best
selection! See Teresa in the Church Office for the
form.
Remember: If you don’t fill out the form, you
will not be on the schedule.
ROSARY-MAKING MINISTRY
Rosary Ministry meets on Sundays,
1:00-3:00 pm in Buescher Center, Room 413
Next Meeting Sunday, May 3, 2015
If interested in joining, call Michi Davis
at 242-8092.
GRIEF RECOVERY GROUP
Monday, April 27, 2015, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, Church Library
For more information, contact
Carol Gessler at 779-7850.
BINGO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Our Bingo sessions on Monday & Thursday
nights are in need of some steady volunteers
to commit to 1 - 2 nights a month
to cashier, sell Bingo supplies and
cards, or work the Snack Bar.
If interested, call the Church Office
at 254-1595 ext. 3078.
HELP BRING OSCAR HOME
Parishioners Nicholas and Clare
Saint Gabriel will be adopting
Oscar in June. Oscar is completely deaf and has medical and educational needs that can only be
met once he’s home with his new
family. The Saint Gabriels would
like you to know that there are 153
million orphans in the world—with
your help there can be one less.
Please help to welcome Oscar
home to his forever family! You
can send a tax-deductible donation to www.BothHands.org/
SaintGabriel.
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SENIOR SOCIAL MINISTRY
Social Concerns & Food Pantry
(FOR EVERYONE 50 AND OVER)
Wednesday, May 6, at 6 pm
Ascension Church Hall
GREAT NEWS…THE CHALLENGE CONTINUES
TONY ALONSO PRESENTS
“GROWING UP IN CUBA”
Tony will be giving a wonderful presentation.
Plus we’ll have a Spanish covered-dish dinner.
You won’t want to miss this get-together!
All young-at-heart seniors are welcome.
Please bring your favorite Spanish dish to share
and your own beverage. Coffee will be served.
Enjoy a great presentation and good food
and meet new friends!
For more information on the social ministry,
please email Claire at [email protected].
DAILY BREAD VOLUNTEERS
About 250 homeless and needy folks eat each day at Daily
Bread, Melbourne’s free downtown soup kitchen located at 815
Fee Ave,. Be a friend to them and serve at the Kitchen. Let us
know if you would like to help on any of the following days from
10:30am to 2:30pm.
Saturday, May 9:
Thursday, May 14:
Tuesday, May 26:
Friday May 29:
Contact Rachel Benevente at
[email protected] or
813-735-0352
Contact Stella Warnock at 757-9653
Contact Betsy or Bill Hampton at
254-0418
Contact Rachel Benevente at
[email protected] or
813-735-0352
Contemplative Prayer
Tuesday at 7:00pm, Ministry Bldg, Rm 304
Info: Pam Lackie 259-2431
April 26, 2015
A secret parishioner has come forward to continue the challenge
and will match every dollar donated to Ascension Social Concerns during March/April. We want to thank all the people who
gave in March and allowed us to keep their donation towards the
food pantry.
This challenge has always had a major impact on our food
pantry. In 2014 Social Concerns gave assistance to 6,377
families—a total of 19,625 individuals.
Please make checks payable to:
Ascension Catholic Social Concerns
Write in memo: CHALLENGE
Mail to: 1238 Aurora Rd., Melbourne, FL 32935
or drop in offertory basket during Mass.
Pantry food items: Canned meats (ham, tuna,
chicken), pork & beans, peanut butter, jelly, canned
fruit, soup, mixed vegetables, tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce, tuna helper, dry beans, rice, lentils,
cereal, pasta/macaroni, mac n’ cheese, powdered
mashed potatoes. Baby diapers, baby wipes. Deodorant, sample
size shampoo, soap, toothpaste.
Travelers: If you are a frequent traveler and stay in hotels, we
would love those unused toiletries and coffee packets the hotels
put in your room each day.
Coming in May, volunteers will be needed for the Post
Office Food Drive. Call Social Concerns for more
information at 259-5685.
Often when we lose hope
and think this is the end,
God smiles from above and says,
“Relax, daughters and sons,
it’s just a bend, not the end!”
Parish Directory Photo Event
SAVE A DATE!
Smile
Please sign up to volunteer for this event in the Church Office.
My Church Family Album photo dates:
August 4 -9; November 3-22; February 2-9
Photo times: Weekdays, 2:15 to 9:15pm
Saturdays, 9:00am to 3:30pm
Sundays, 9:00am to 4:00pm
or 10:00am to 5:00pm
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Fourth Sunday of Easter B
April 26, 2015
Wedding Anniversaries
Bill & Arlene Porzio
Robert & Norma Waseleski
Ken & Dorothy Wilson
57 years
51 years
30 years
Apr 26
May 2
May 1
Michael Stitzel, David Humes, Ava Sophia,
CVS, LK Barone, Natalie Carle, Flo McCaffrey,
Daniel Walsh, Greg Grasso, Gerald Cardile,
Harry Wright, Fred Barlow, Betty Elko, Aurora
Arguiarro, Madeline Maiello, Magda & Claire
Grasso, Lydia Vazquez, Mia Moore, Grace
Carlin, Brian Robinson, Catherine Reid, Kenneth Pearsall,
Walker Alldredge, Cathi Hurd, Christopher Linder, John Doyle,
Caridad Mederos, Theresa Bryant, Angela Barber, Kathy
Jagdmann, Leo Schumaker, Flo Downey, Peggy McKelvey,
Anne McKelvey, Ragan Krupp, Donald Clifford, Dale Haidet,
Phyllis Owens, Michael Elko, Gene Parsons, Mike Bobitka,
Mary Laird, Joyce Evelyn, John Cassidy, Patricia Mercado,
Midge Sauer, Sarah & Aidan Cunningham, Chuck Hegland, John
Aranda, Jane Harrigani, Margaret Cook, Mary Ella Diamond,
Nancy Legge, Michelle Tocci, John Toppa, Marie Passarella,
Travis Wealing, Howard Haag, Ada Marie, Patrick Kenny, Helen
Burke, Ginger Burke, Gary Tam, Arlene McMenamy, John &
Nancy Walsh, Carmelia Navarretta, Linda Lehman, Angel Alvarez, Valerie Harrison, Joan Freund
Please pray for those in the nursing homes.
Pray for our Armed Forces Personnel overseas
Dan Murray, Steve Cabsky, Joseph Marci, Amanda Outly, Joshua Outly, Bryan Outly, Jesse Outly, Jason Brown, Andrew Grazing, Heather Schmitt, Paul Wells, Anthony Torres, Craig Static,
Jason Melbourne, Sherwin Separa, Jesse Catellier, Joseph
McDuffie, Samuel Luke, Michael Walsh, Robert Crowl, Bryan
Calenda, David Barlow, Dylan Traver, Brian Fleming, Wesley
Henry, Marty Martinez, Jonathan Martinez, Bryan Satterwhite,
Capt. Kyle McDermott, John Kinsora, Jason Baker, Nicholas
Owens, Nick Dorros, Josh Grier, Robert Grover, Rory O’Connor,
Shane O’Connor, Alex Ritner, Kyle Mimbs, Kristin Agresta
TO ALL PARISHIONERS from the
MINISTRY TO THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND
If you or a relative want to receive visits and/or Holy Communion from your Parish while in HOSPITAL, ASSISTED LIVING
FACILITY, NURSING HOME or REHAB CENTER, privacy
laws and rulings (HIPAA) now require that you or your family
representative notify the facility. Please know that we are
here to provide these Ministry services to you and your family
and friends, but we no longer have access to a general list and
so we depend on you to notify the facility of your wishes and of
the fact that you are a PARISHIONER OF ASCENSION
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY.
For information, please call the Church office
or Pat Apfelthaler at 254-2865
Week beginning Monday, April 27, 2015
and ending Sunday, May 3, 2015
Mon. 7:30 am
Tues. 7:30 am
Wed. 7:30 am
8:30 am
Thurs. 7:30 am
Fri.
7:30 am
Sat.
9:00 am
4:30 pm
Sun. 7:30 am
9:30 am
11:30 am
5:30 pm
Healing Intention—Teresa Mercle
† Daisy Tobin
† Kathleen Curley
† Don Lewandowski
† Matthew Grossman
† Angela Folterman
† Bill Demers
† Chuck Best
† John Temperato
† Marie O’Rourke
† Harry Leon Masino
† John Gallup
† Bob Owen
† Rita Gruessner
† Robert Soles
† Colleen Soles
† Frank Werner
† Rosemary Kean
† Edmund Tobin
† Frank Herbert
† Lawrence Vasile
† Leonard Arrigo
People of the Parish
SERVERS’ SCHEDULE – May 2/3, 2015
Sat 4:30 pm:
Sun 7:30 am:
Sun 9:30 am:
Sun 11:30 am:
Sun 5:30 pm:
Watch EWTN
Nightly News
At
6pm & 9pm
Madison, Reagan & Zach Henry
Luke Dickinson, Daniel Erb
Kensly Jean
Aubrey Fortmayer, Jack Gander
Sebastian Marzano
Quinlan McMenamy, Isabel Mejia
Amanda Olson
Leah O’Connell, Jakai Shack
Deride Skope
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Fourth Sunday of Easter B
April 26, 2015
Welcome
to Ascension Catholic Church
Newcomers Welcome Breakfast
Sunday, May 3
immediately following the 9:30 Mass
Welcome to all New Parishioners who have joined the
Ascension Church family in recent months and those
who are visitors and would like to learn more about our church family.
Please join us on Sunday, May 3, for an informal Welcome Breakfast to celebrate you!
This time of fellowship and information will be held in the Buescher Center, Room 411
immediately following the 9:30 am Mass.
Please RSVP, if possible, to Monica Sutton at (321) 254-1595 EXT 3076 or Cathy Katz
(321) 757-8966 for planning purposes, but even if you are unable to RSVP, please come
anyway! We are looking forward to seeing you there!
A very special thank you to Fr. Tobin and the Ascension Catholic Community.
The 25th Anniversary celebration and Mass for the Ascension Deaf Ministry was incredible.
With God’s grace, we were able to reach out
to our deaf/blind sisters and brothers in Christ for the past 25 years.
We are most grateful for your continued support and prayers for the Ministry.
We wish all Ascension parishioners a most blessed Easter Season.
God bless.
Ascension Deaf Ministry
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Fourth Sunday of Easter B
April 26, 2015
Easter Flowers 2015
Given by
In Memory of
Johnny & Adriene Matteucci
Deceased members of Montesano Families
Deceased members of Matteucci Families
Dourney Family
Marion & Walter Dourney
Jane & Richard Jones
Susan Bresnahan
Joseph & Naomi CasaSanta
Warren & Pam Lackie
Our Parents and Grandparents
Struzinski Family
Al Struzinski
Gene & Liz Detwiler
Boyd & Detwiler families
Helen Stawski
Edmund Stawski
Bristol Family
Eleanor Hilvers Bristol
Irene Stevens
Harley Stevens
Anonymous donor
Corbett & Dubbin Families
Michael & Colleen Cullinan
Mary Ellen Cullinan
Robert & Mary Jo Strah
For our Family
George & Katharina Marsh
Eric G. Marsh
Shirley R. Matthai
Family members
Rosemary Bailey
Ivana Koenig
FEATURES OF A VOLUNTEER
HEIGHT:
Tall enough to see over problems and see only needs
VISION:
Clear and undistorted
HEARING:
Able to listen for long periods of time and to distinguish between
what is necessary to remember and what is best to forget
VOICE:
Quick to speak words of comfort, full of laughter and able to talk
to people of all ages
HAND:
Ready to help 24 hours a day
SHOULDERS:
Broad and strong enough to carry responsibility
FEET:
Ready to walk anywhere to spread love
HEAD:
Frequently bowed in prayer
MIND:
Open to change and filled with wisdom
HEART:
In love with God and full of concern for others
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