St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church

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ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE
Catholic Church
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time † July 24, 2016
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701 North Hiatus Road ● Pembroke Pines, Florida 33026 ● Tel 954.432.0206 ● www.stmax.cc
PARISH PRAYER
Heavenly Father, You have gathered us together as a parish to be Your visible life in our world. Here we
unite in worship, proclaim Your word, celebrate the Eucharist, and are sent forth to share Your love and make
disciples. Lord, we take your Great Commission seriously and long for our parish to be so on-fire that we
draw people to You. Help us in that endeavor, as we strive to work together—ordained, religious and laity.
Please make our parish amazing, through Your power and Your grace. Amen.
PASTORAL STAFF
PARISH REGISTRATION
Pastor: Fr. Jeff McCormick
Parochial Vicar: Fr. Carlos Cabrera
Priest-in-Residence: Fr. Anthony Muraya
Retired - Assisting: Msgr. Patrick O’Toole
Deacons: Rev. Mr. Carl Carieri, Rev. Mr. Pierre Douyon,
Welcome to all new families and individuals. Registration
forms are available in the Parish Office. Registration indicates a
desire to become an active steward of St. Max Parish by
contributing of your time  talent  treasure.
Rev. Mr. Scott Joiner, Rev. Mr. José Bermudez
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm  7:00 pm español
PARISH OFFICE
Fax: 954.432.0775  E
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: Mon - Fri: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm,
Saturday: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Sunday: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
FAITH & ACADEMIC FORMATION
Director of Religious Education: Maryann Hotchkiss
954.885.7260  [email protected]
Preschool Director: Jimena Hibbard
Director of Youth Ministry: Susan González-Llanos
SACRAMENTS
Baptism
English: every Sunday at 2:00 pm  Español: one Saturday
each month. Visit www.stmax.cc for more information.
Parents: Baptism Preparation Class
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday: 8:00 am  9:30 am  11:00 am  12:30 pm 
6:00 pm (Life Teen)
Weekday (Monday - Saturday): 8:00 am
Healing & Bereavement Mass (4th Monday): 7:00 pm
Holy Days of Obligation: Vigil: 7:00 pm (English)
Holy Day: 8:00 am  11:00 am  7:30 pm (Bilingual)
2016 Holy Days of Obligation: Friday, January 1 
Thurs, May 5  Mon, August 15  Tues, November 1 
Thurs, December 8  Sun, December 25
CONFESSION/RECONCILIATION
Saturday: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm or by appointment.
NOVENA  DEVOTION SCHEDULE
Monday: Novena to Our Lady of Perpetural Help: 7:00 pm
Saturday: Novena to St. Maximilian Kolbe: 8:00 am
Primer sábado: Rosario de la Aurora: 6:30 am
ADORATION SCHEDULE
Contact the Parish Office.
In the Chapel…Oh Come, Let Us Adore Him!
Matrimony
Monday - Friday (in Church): 8:45 am - 9:45 am after Mass
Monday (except 4th Monday): 7:00 pm
Tuesday: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Youth Ministry)
Wednesday: 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm (Charismatic Prayer Group)
First Friday: 8:30 am - 10:00 pm
Third Friday: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm (Hora Apostólica)
Couples must contact the Parish Office six months prior to the
desired date of the wedding.
Sick (including Homebound)
Contact the Parish Office at onset of illness. In case of death in
the family, contact the Parish Office immediately.
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JULY 24, 2016
FAITH ● HOPE ● CHARITY ♥ LA FE ● LA ESPERANZA ● LA CARIDAD
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Saturday, July 23
8:00 am: † Daniel and Elías Colon Menéndez
5:00 pm: † Maria and Elpidio Segarra
7:00 pm: † Gerald Lee Thomasson, † Juan Alberto López,
† Antonio Domínguez
Sunday, July 24
8:00 am: † Deacon Ed Breitfelder
9:30 am: † Joseph Yamona
11:00 am: † Joan Wilson
12:30 pm: (L) James Edwards Hugh, (L) Imelda Samarista,
(L) James Devine, † Alex, Renee and Alexander Severe,
† Alicia G. Montes, † Mr. N.C. Augustine
6:00 pm: † Julio Herrera
Monday, July 25
8:00 am: † Pauline Jacovino
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Monday, July 25 at 7:00 pm in the Chapel
(L) Helena Avis, (L) Pilar Bendezu, (L) Fr. Michael Eivers,
† Gemma Davis, † Florencia Reyes, † Andy Noel,
† Mildred Sciarrillo, † Peter and Fortini Noutsatsos,
† Karen Owens, † Libby Rosario, † Ian Orange,
† David Andrizna
Tuesday, July 26
8:00 am: (L) Jake Edwards Jacobson
Wednesday, July 27
8:00 am: (L) Tim Anderson
Thursday, July 28
8:00 am: † Josephine and Ken Green
Friday, July 29
8:00 am: † David Meservier
Saturday, July 30
8:00 am: † Bill Piedrahita
5:00 pm: † Thomas and Margaret Croke
7:00 pm: (L) Maria Fernanda Vieyra,
† Francisco González Molina, † Flerida Mendoza-Delgado
Sunday, July 31
8:00 am: (L) Alexander Cabrera
9:30 am: † America Arango
11:00 am: † Mary O’Shaughnessy
12:30 pm: (L) Mary Millar, † Polly Mathew, † Benito Fader,
† Antonio, Santangeli, † Erika Bravo, † Eleanor Olevera
6:00 pm: † Lila J. Crown
BULLETIN SUBMISSION
We encourage all ministries to submit photos
and articles of their events for the bulletin.
Information must be received at least 10 days prior to the desired weekend publication date. Please email all submissions to
David Wilson at [email protected]
VISIT OUR PARISH WEBSITE AT WWW.STMAX.CC
CORRECTION!
Please disregard last week’s announcement
regarding the opportunity to paint the
St. Max Social Hall. Yours in Christ, David
A PRAYER FOR LIFE
Father and maker of all, you adorn all creation
with splendor and beauty, and fashion human
lives in your image and likeness.
Awaken in every heart reverence
for the work of your hands,
and renew among your people a readiness
to nurture and sustain your precious gift of life.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God forever and ever.
Amen.
BAPTISM † BAUTISMO
Congratulations and Welcome
to the Family of St. Maximilian Kolbe!
July 16, 2016
Valeria Carrasco  Nicole Alexis Carmona 
Samuel Perez-Calderón  Sergio Perez-Calderón 
Carolina Salguero Ariana Gabriela Lopez
OUTREACH MINISTRY
Please help to keep our pantry full!
You can make a difference in the lives of others.
Drop off your donations of food or supermarket gift cards
at the Church Office.
Thank You For Your Generosity!
Necesitamos Su Ayuda!
Muchas familias vienen a pedir ayuda. Necesitamos
comida o tarjetas de compra de Supermercados. Pueden traer
su donación a la oficina de St. Max.
Muchas Gracias Por Su Generosidad!
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DECIMOSÉPTIMO DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO
LA IGNORANCIA
24 DE JULIO DE 2016
de las Escrituras es LA IGNORANCIA de Cristo
- San Jerónimo, Padre y Doctor de la Iglesia Católica
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA DE 24 DE JULIO
Por el bautismo fueron ustedes sepultados con Cristo
y también resucitaron con él, mediante la fe
en el poder de Dios, que lo resucitó de entre los muertos.
- Colosenses 2:12
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Primera lectura — Génesis 18:20-32
Por el bien de los diez no destruiré la ciudad.
Salmo — Salmo 138
Te damos gracias de todo corazón.
Segunda lectura — Colosenses 2:12-14
Enterrados con Cristo en el bautismo, también fuimos resucitados con él, todas nuestras transgresiones son perdonadas.
Evangelio — Lucas 11:1-13
Pidan y recibirán, el Padre da el Espíritu Santo a los que se lo
piden.
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2 Cor 4:7-15; Sal 126 (125):1bc-6; Mt 20:20-28
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Jer 14:17-22; Sal 79 (78):8, 9, 11, 13; Mt 13:36-43
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Jer 15:10, 16-21; Sal 59 (58):2-4, 10-11, 17-18; Mt 13:44-46
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Jer 18:1-6; Sal 146 (145):1b-6ab; Mt 13:47-53
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Jer 26:1-9; Sal 69 (68):5, 8-10, 14; Jn 11:19-27 o Lc 10:38-42
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Jer 26:11-16, 24; Sal 69 (68):15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12
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Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23; Sal 90 (89):3-6, 12-14, 17; Col 3:1-5, 9-11;
Lc 12:13-21
CATECISMO DE LA IGLESIA CATÓLICA
520 Durante toda su vida, Jesús se muestra como nuestro modelo: El es el “hombre perfecto” que nos invita a ser sus discípulos
y a seguirle: con su anonadamiento, nos ha dado un ejemplo que
imitar; con su oración atrae a la oración; con su pobreza, llama a
aceptar libremente la privación y las persecuciones.
521 Todo lo que Cristo vivió hace que podamos vivirlo en El y
que El lo viva en nosotros. “El Hijo de Dios con su encarnación
se ha unido en cierto modo con todo hombre”. Estamos llamados
a no ser mas que una sola cosa con El; nos hace comulgar, en
cuanto miembros de su Cuerpo, en lo que El vivió en su carne
por nosotros y como modelo nuestro:
Debemos continuar y cumplir en nosotros los estados y Misterios
de Jesús, y pedirle con frecuencia que los realice y lleve a
plenitud en nosotros y en toda su Iglesia... Porque el Hijo de
Dios tiene el designio de hacer participar y de extender y
continuar sus Misterios en nosotros y en toda su Iglesia por las
gracias que El quiere comunicarnos y por los efectos que quiere
obrar en nosotros gracias a estos Misterios. Y por este medio
quiere cumplirlos en nosotros.
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INVOCACIÓN ESCUCHADA
A pesar de que no somos más que “polvo y ceniza”,
podemos presumir de llamar la atención y hablar
audazmente a Nuestro Señor, como Abraham se
atreve a hacer en la primera lectura de esta semana.
Pero incluso Abraham, el amigo de Dios (cfr.
Is 41,8), nuestro padre en la fe (cfr. Rm 4,12) no
conoció la intimidad que nosotros experimentamos
como hijos suyos, herederos de las bendiciones
prometidas a sus descendientes (cfr. Ga 3,7.29).
El misterio de la oración, como Jesús revela a sus
discípulos en el Evangelio de esta semana, es la
relación viva que los amados hijos e hijas tienen
con su Padre celestial. Nuestra oración es puro don,
hecho posible por el “regalo gratuito” del Padre:
el Espíritu Santo de su Hijo. Es el fruto de la Nueva
Alianza por la cual somos hechos hijos de Dios en
Cristo (cfr. Ga 4,6.7; Rm 8,15.16)
Por el Espíritu que se nos ha dado en el Bautismo
podemos clamar a él como nuestro Padre, sabedores
de que cuando llamemos, Él responderá.
Jesús enseña a sus discípulos a perseverar en su
oración, como Abraham persistió implorando la
misericordia de Dios por los inocentes de Sodoma y
Gomorra. Por causa del único Justo, Jesús, Dios libró
la ciudad de los hombres de la destrucción (cfr.
Jr 5,1; Is 53), “borró el protocolo que nos condenaba”, como dice Pablo en la epístola de esta semana.
Jesús clavó en la cruz las culpas de todos nosotros,
cancelando así la deuda que le debíamos a Dios,
la muerte que nos merecíamos por nuestras faltas.
Oramos como quienes han sido liberados, sabiendo
que hemos sido visitados en nuestra aflicción y
salvados de nuestros enemigos.
Rezamos siempre una plegaria de acción de gracias,
lo cual significa literalmente Eucaristía. Hemos
realizado la promesa del salmo de esta semana:
nos postramos en su Templo santo, en la presencia
de ángeles, santificando su Nombre.
Pedimos con confianza sabiendo que recibiremos;
que Él completará lo que ha hecho por nosotros:
levantarnos de la muerte y traernos a la vida eterna
con Él.
Fuente: stpaulcenter.com
ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE CATHOLIC CHURCH
IGNORANCE of Scripture is IGNORANCE of Christ
- Saint Jerome, Early Church Father and Doctor of the Church
ASKED AND ANSWERED
READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 24
Though we be "but dust and ashes," we can presume
to draw near and speak boldly to our Lord, as
Abraham dares in this week’s First Reading.
You were buried with him in baptism,
in which you were also raised with him through faith
in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
But even Abraham—the friend of God (see Isaiah
41:8), our father in the faith (see Romans 4:12)—
did not know the intimacy that we know as children
of Abraham, heirs of the blessings promised to his
descendants (see Galatians 3:7,29).
The mystery of prayer, as Jesus reveals to His disciples in this week’s Gospel, is the living relationship
of beloved sons and daughters with their heavenly
Father. Our prayer is pure gift, made possible by
the "good gift" of the Father—the Holy Spirit of
His Son. It is the fruit of the New Covenant by
which we are made children of God in Christ Jesus
(see Galatians 4:6-7; Romans 8:15-16).
Through the Spirit given to us in Baptism, we can
cry to Him as our Father—knowing that when we
call He will answer.
Jesus teaches His disciples to persist in their prayer,
as Abraham persisted in begging God's mercy for
the innocent of Sodom and Gomorrah.
For the sake of the one just Man, Jesus, God spared
the city of man from destruction (see Jeremiah 5:1;
Isaiah 53), "obliterating the bond against us," as
Paul says in this week’s Epistle.
On the Cross, Jesus bore the guilt of us all, canceled
the debt we owed to God, the death we deserved
to die for our transgressions. We pray as ones who
have been spared, visited in our affliction, saved
from our enemies.
We pray always a prayer of thanksgiving, which is
the literal meaning of Eucharist. We have realized
the promise of this week’s Psalm: We worship in
His holy temple, in the presence of angels, hallowing
His name.
In confidence we ask, knowing that we will receive,
that He will bring to completion what He has done
for us—raising us from the dead, bringing us to
everlasting life along with Him.
Source: stpaulcenter.com
- Colossians 2:12
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First Reading — Genesis 18:20-32
Abraham bargains with God to spare the city.
Psalm — Psalm 138
Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
Second Reading — Colossians 2:12-14
Buried with Christ in baptism, we were also raised with him; all
our transgressions are forgiven.
Gospel — Luke 11:1-13
Jesus speaks of God’s sure response to those who pray.
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2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-6; Mt 20:20-28
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Jer 14:17-22; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Mt 13:36-43
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Jer 15:10, 16-21; Ps 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18; Mt 13:44-46
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Jer 18:1-6; Ps 146:1b-6ab; Mt 13:47-53
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Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42
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Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12
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Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17; Col 3:1-5, 9-11;
Lk 12:13-21
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
520 In all of his life Jesus presents himself as our model. He is
"the perfect man", who invites us to become his disciples and
follow him. In humbling himself, he has given us an example
to imitate, through his prayer he draws us to pray, and by his
poverty he calls us to accept freely the privation and persecutions
that may come our way.
521 Christ enables us to live in him all that he himself lived, and
he lives it in us. "By his Incarnation, he, the Son of God, has in a
certain way united himself with each man." We are called only to
become one with him, for he enables us as the members of his
Body to share in what he lived for us in his flesh as our model:
We must continue to accomplish in ourselves the stages of Jesus'
life and his mysteries and often to beg him to perfect and realize
them in us and in his whole Church. . . For it is the plan of the
Son of God to make us and the whole Church partake in his
mysteries and to extend them to and continue them in us and
in his whole Church. This is his plan for fulfilling his mysteries
in us.[194]
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SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SEMANA NACIONAL DE LA PFN
24 JULIO - 30 JULIO DE 2016
EL AMOR MATRIMONIAL
Y EL DON DE LA VIDA
Planificación Familiar Natural  Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos
El esposo y la esposa expresan el compromiso de su amor no
solo mediante palabras, sino también mediante el lenguaje de
sus cuerpos. Este “lenguaje corporal” —lo que el esposo y la
esposa se dicen el uno al otro en la intimidad de las relaciones
sexuales— expresa un compromiso total y la apertura a un futuro juntos. Por tanto, la pregunta sobre la anticoncepción es la
siguiente: ¿El acto sexual en el que se utilizan anticonceptivos
afirma fielmente este compromiso de amor? ¿O introduce un
elemento falso en esta conversación de cuerpo y alma?
El amor matrimonial es distinto a todos los otros tipos de amor
en el mundo. Por naturaleza, el amor del esposo y la esposa es
tan completo, tan ordenado a una vida entera de comunión con
Dios y del uno con el otro, que está abierto a la creación de un
nuevo ser humano, al que amarán y cuidarán juntos. Parte del
don de Dios al esposo y a la esposa es esta capacidad de
cooperar con el poder creador de Dios en este amor y mediante
este amor. Por lo tanto, el don mutuo de la fecundidad es parte
integral del poder unitivo del acto sexual marital. Este poder
de crear una vida nueva con Dios es la esencia de lo que los
cónyuges comparten el uno con el otro. Sin duda, los cónyuges
a los que no se les concede el don de tener hijos e hijas pueden
llevar una vida matrimonial llena de amor y significado. Como
expresó el Papa Juan Pablo II a estas parejas, en una homilía
de 1982: “Ustedes no son menos amados por Dios; su amor
recíproco es completo y fecundo cuando se abre a los demás, a
las necesidades del apostolado, a las necesidades de los pobres,
a las necesidades de los huérfanos, a las necesidades del
mundo” (versión del traductor).
Sin embargo, cuando las parejas casadas actúan deliberadamente para suprimir la fecundidad, el acto sexual ya no es un acto
plenamente marital. Es algo menos poderoso e íntimo, algo más
“casual”. Suprimir la fertilidad al utilizar anticonceptivos niega
parte del significado inherente de la sexualidad matrimonial y
perjudica la unión de la pareja. La entrega total de uno a su
amado, en cuerpo y alma, no es momento para decir: “Te doy
todo lo que soy, excepto . . .”.
La enseñanza de la Iglesia no solo supone observar una regla,
sino preservar también ese don mutuo y total de dos personas
en su integridad. Esta enseñanza puede parecer difícil.
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JULY 24, 2016
Sin duda, es una enseñanza que muchas parejas en la actualidad, sin ser su culpa, no han oído (o no la han oído en una
forma que puedan apreciar y comprender). Pero tal como
expresan muchas parejas que han evitado los anticonceptivos,
poner en práctica esta enseñanza puede contribuir a la honestidad, apertura e intimidad del matrimonio y ayudar a que las
parejas se realicen plenamente.
La planificación familiar natural es un término general para los
métodos de planificación familiar que se basan en el ciclo
menstrual de la mujer. El hombre es fecundo durante toda su
vida, mientras que la mujer lo es solamente durante unos pocos
días en cada ciclo menstrual durante sus años de procreación.
Algunos creen que la PFN implica el uso de un calendario para
predecir la época de fecundidad. En la actualidad, la PFN no
consiste en eso.
La mujer tiene señales claras y observables que indican cuándo
está fértil y cuándo está estéril. Aprender a observar y comprender esas señales es la esencia de la educación para la planificación familiar natural. Cuando una pareja decide postergar un
embarazo, la PFN puede ser muy eficaz. La PFN también es
muy útil para las parejas que desean tener un hijo o hija, porque
identifica el momento de la ovulación. Muchos especialistas
en fertilidad la utilizan para este propósito. De este modo,
una pareja puede tener relaciones maritales en el momento en
que es más probable que la concepción se lleve a cabo.
Es probable que muchos se sorprendan al enterarse del largo
tiempo en el que todas las iglesias cristianas coincidieron en
esta enseñanza contra la anticoncepción. Fue en 1930 que
algunos credos protestantes comenzaron a rechazar esta
posición sostenida durante tanto tiempo. Los que se opusieron a
esa tendencia predijeron un aumento en las relaciones sexuales
prematrimoniales, el adulterio, la aceptación del divorcio y el
aborto. Más tarde, en 1968, el Papa Pablo V I advirtió que la
utilización de los anticonceptivos daría lugar a que un cónyuge
tratara al otro como objeto más que como persona y que, con el
tiempo, los gobiernos se verían tentados a imponer leyes que
limitaran el tamaño de la familia. El Papa Juan Pablo II destacó
la estrecha conexión entre los anticonceptivos y el aborto,
señalando que “los contravalores inherentes a la ‘mentalidad
anticonceptiva’ […] son tales que hacen precisamente más
fuerte esta tentación [del aborto] ante la eventual concepción
de una vida no deseada” (Evangelium Vitae, no 13).
Al usar anticonceptivos, las parejas podrían pensar que están
evitando problemas o calmando tensiones, que están ejerciendo
control sobre sus vidas. Pero el don de poder ayudar a crear
otra persona, un ser humano nuevo con su propia vida, entraña
relaciones profundas. A fecta nuestra relación con Dios que nos
creó completos con este don poderoso. Es una demostración
del verdadero amor y de la aceptación mutua de los cónyuges,
tal como son, incluyendo el don de la fecundidad. Finalmente,
implica la manera en que los cónyuges aceptarán espontáneamente a su hijo o hija como un don de Dios y fruto de su amor
mutuo. Como todas las relaciones importantes con otras
personas, no está sujeto únicamente a nuestro control individual. Al final, este don es mucho más rico y más gratificante.
No son ustedes sus propios dueños, porque Dios los ha
comprado a un precio muy caro. Glorifiquen, pues, a Dios
con el cuerpo. (1 Cor 6:19-20)
Dios los ama y desea su máxima felicidad. Amar como ama
Cristo es una posibilidad que se nos ofrece por el poder del
Espíritu Santo, como un don gratuito de Dios.
EL MATRIMONIO: EL AMOR Y LA VIDA EN EL PLAN DIVINO
Carta pastoral de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos
El matrimonio es una institución natural
establecida por Dios, el Creador. Es una
alianza permanente, fiel y fructífera entre un hombre y una mujer, establecida
por su libre consentimiento mutuo.
Tiene dos propósitos: el bien de los
cónyuges, denominado el propósito
unitivo, y la procreación y educación
de los hijos.
El matrimonio no es simplemente una
institución privada. Es el fundamento de
la familia, donde los hijos aprenden los
valores y virtudes que los hacen buenos
cristianos así como buenos ciudadanos.
El matrimonio es importante para la
formación de la siguiente generación,
y por consiguiente es importante para
la sociedad.
Los hombres y las mujeres son iguales
como personas. Como varón y mujer,
son dos maneras diferentes de ser
humanos. Estas diferencias los relacionan entre sí de una manera total y
complementaria. Hacen posible una
comunión única de personas en que
los cónyuges se dan a sí mismos y se
reciben mutuamente en el amor. Esta
comunión de personas tiene el potencial
de generar vida humana y así producir
la familia. Ninguna otra relación simboliza la vida y el amor como lo hace
el matrimonio.
Los dos propósitos del matrimonio son
inseparables; son dos aspectos del mismo don de uno mismo. El propósito
unitivo del matrimonio significa que el
marido y la mujer participan en el propio
amor de Dios que se da de sí. Los dos se
vuelven una sola carne, brindándose
ayuda y servicio mutuo a través de su
íntima unión.
El propósito procreativo reconoce que el
amor conyugal es, por naturaleza, transmisor de vida. Los hijos que resultan de
esta unión son el don supremo del matrimonio. Algunas parejas experimentan la
tragedia de la infertilidad y pueden verse
tentadas a pensar que su unión no está
completa; sin embargo, ésta sigue siendo
una comunión de personas única.
La sociedad contemporánea plantea
desafíos fundamentales al significado y
propósitos del matrimonio.
Los anticonceptivos:
Cada acto sexual debe estar abierto a la
procreación, porque todo el significado
del matrimonio está expresado en cada
acto conyugal.
Los anticonceptivos cierran la posibilidad de la procreación y separan los
significados unitivo y procreador del
matrimonio. Esto está objetivamente
mal y es esencialmente opuesto al
plan de Dios para el matrimonio y el
desarrollo humano verdadero. Separar
deliberadamente estos dos significados
puede dañar o destruir el matrimonio y
suscitar muchas otras consecuencias
negativas, tanto personales como
sociales. Los métodos de planificación
familiar natural (PFN) posibilitan a una
pareja planificar su familia de acuerdo
con el designio de Dios.
Las uniones del mismo sexo:
La complementariedad entre el varón
y la mujer es esencial al matrimonio.
Hace posible la unión auténtica y la
generación de nueva vida. Los intentos
por hacer que las uniones del mismo
sexo sean equivalentes al matrimonio
hacen caso omiso de la naturaleza del
matrimonio. Puesto que el matrimonio
y las uniones del mismo sexo son realidades diferentes, no es discriminación
injusta oponerse al reconocimiento
legal de las uniones del mismo sexo.
Estas uniones plantean una amenaza
multifacética al bien de las personas
y de la sociedad.
El divorcio:
El matrimonio está destinado a ser una
unión y alianza para toda la vida, que
el divorcio pretende romper. Las parejas
en problemas así como las personas
divorciadas son alentadas a confiar en la
ayuda de Dios y acudir a los recursos de
la Iglesia en busca de apoyo y sanación.
La anulación es una posibilidad para
algunas personas divorciadas. Se trata de
la constatación, por parte de un tribunal,
o corte, eclesiástico, de que no se formó
ningún lazo matrimonial válido porque
los requisitos para el consentimiento
válido no se cumplieron en el momento
de la boda.
La cohabitación:
Muchas parejas viven juntas en una
relación sexual sin el matrimonio. Esto
siempre está mal y es objetivamente
inmoral, porque el completo don de uno
mismo sólo puede realizarse dentro
del compromiso público y permanente
del matrimonio. La cohabitación puede
tener efectos negativos sobre las parejas
mismas, así como sobre los hijos que
sean parte de la relación.
La pareja casada cristiana, con sus hijos,
forman una imagen del Dios Trinitario:
Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo. El matrimonio y la vida familiar reflejan la
Trinidad de dos maneras. En primer
lugar, como la Trinidad, el matrimonio
es una comunión de amor entre personas
iguales entre sí, que empieza con el
marido y la mujer y se extiende a todos
los miembros de la familia. En segundo
lugar, tal como el amor de la Trinidad
es vivificante, así el amor de una pareja
casada concibe y cuida de los hijos.
Además de reflejar la Trinidad, la
familia es un microcosmos de la Iglesia.
La antigua expresión “iglesia doméstica”
describe con precisión la familia, porque
la familia es una pequeña comunión de
personas que recibe su sustento de la
Iglesia mayor y re. eja la vida de ésta de
manera singular. Dentro de esta iglesia
doméstica, los padres tienen la especial
responsabilidad de enseñar a los hijos la
fe y ayudarles a crecer en la virtud. La
familia madura como iglesia doméstica
participando en la vida y culto de la
Iglesia mayor, especialmente en la
Eucaristía dominical. En la Eucaristía,
los miembros de la familia están más
plenamente unidos a Cristo, unos a
otros, y a sus hermanos y hermanas
del mundo entero.
Con la gracia de Dios, las parejas están
llamadas a crecer en santidad. Un matrimonio santo está compuesto por muchas
virtudes. Fundamentalmente, la pareja
vive las virtudes teológicas de la fe, la
esperanza y el amor. El amor está en el
corazón de la vocación del matrimonio.
Llama a los cónyuges a imitar a Jesús
con su disposición a sacrificarse en las
situaciones cotidianas el uno por el otro
y por sus hijos. Las parejas deben
también crecer en las virtudes morales
de la prudencia, la justicia, la fortaleza
y la templanza.
Dos virtudes que a veces son pasadas
por alto son la castidad y la gratitud.
La castidad marital significa que el amor
de la pareja es total, fiel, exclusivo y
abierto a la vida. Protege un gran bien:
la comunión de personas y el propósito
procreador del matrimonio.
Un matrimonio que está verdaderamente en Cristo es un signo del Reino que
está llegando. Al final de los tiempos,
en la celebración del banquete nupcial
celestial, el amor al que los cónyuges
han sido llamados encontrará su
consumación cuando la Iglesia entera se
suma en la gloria del Cristo resucitado.
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JULY 24, 2016
MARRIAGE: LOVE AND LIFE IN THE DIVINE PLAN
A Pastoral Letter by the Catholic Bishops of the United States
Marriage is a natural institution established by God the Creator. It is a
permanent, faithful, fruitful partnership
between one man and one woman,
established by their free mutual consent.
It has two purposes: the good of the
spouses, called the unitive purpose,
and the procreation and education of
children.
Marriage is not merely a private institution. It is the foundation of the family,
where children learn values and virtues
that make them good Christians as well
as good citizens. Marriage is important
for the upbringing of the next generation,
and therefore it is important for society.
Men and women are equal as persons.
As male and female, they are two
different ways of being human. These
differences relate them to each other in
a total and complementary way. They
make possible a unique communion of
persons in which spouses give themselves and receive each other in love.
This communion of persons has the
potential to bring forth human life and
thus to produce the family. No other
relationship symbolizes life and love
as marriage does.
The two purposes of marriage are
inseparable; they are two aspects of the
same self-giving. The unitive purpose
Of marriage means that husband and
wife participate in God’s own self-giving
love. The two become one flesh, giving
mutual help and service to each other
through their intimate union.
The procreative purpose recognizes that
married love is by its nature life-giving.
The children who result from this union
are the supreme gift of marriage. Some
couples experience the tragedy of
infertility and may be tempted to think
that their union is not complete; however, it remains a distinctive communion
of persons.
Contemporary society poses fundamental
challenges to the meaning and purposes
of marriage.
Contraception:
Each act of intercourse must be open
to procreation, because the whole
meaning of marriage is expressed in
each marital act. Contraception closes
off the possibility of procreation and
separates the unitive and procreative
meanings of marriage.
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This is objectively wrong and is
essentially opposed to God’s plan for
marriage and proper human development. Deliberately separating these two
meanings can damage or destroy the
marriage and bring many other negative
consequences, both personal and social.
Natural family planning (NFP) methods
enable a couple to plan their family in
accord with God’s design.
Same-sex unions:
Male-female complementarity is essential to marriage. It makes possible authentic union and the generation of new
life. Attempts to make same-sex unions
the equivalent of marriage disregard the
nature of marriage. Since marriage and
same-sex unions are different realities, it
is not unjust discrimination to oppose
the legal recognition of same-sex unions.
These unions pose a serious threat to the
fabric of society that affects all people.
Divorce:
Marriage is meant to be a lifelong
covenantal union, which divorce claims
to break. Troubled couples as well as
divorced persons are encouraged to rely
on God’s help and to use the resources
of the Church for support and healing.
An annulment is a possibility for some
divorced persons. This is a finding by a
church tribunal, or court, that no valid
marriage bond was formed because the
requirements for valid consent were not
met at the time of the wedding.
Cohabitation:
Many couples live together in a sexual
relationship without marriage. This is
always wrong and objectively sinful
because the complete gift of self can
only take place within the public,
permanent commitment of marriage.
Cohabitation can have negative effects
on couples themselves, as well as any
children who are part of the relationship.
The Christian married couple, with
their children, form an image of the
Trinitarian God: Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.
Marriage and family life images the
Trinity in two ways. First, like the
Trinity, marriage is a communion
of love between co-equal persons,
beginning with husband and wife and
extending to all the members of the
family. Second, just as Trinity’s love
is life-giving, a married couple’s love
conceives and cares for children.
In addition to reflecting the Trinity, the
family is a microcosm of the Church.
The ancient expression “domestic
church” accurately describes the family
because it is a small communion of
persons that draws its sustenance from
the larger Church and reflects its life
in unique ways. Within this domestic
church, parents have a special responsibility to teach children the faith and
help them to grow in virtue. The family
matures as a domestic church by
participating in the life and worship
of the larger Church, especially Sunday
Eucharist. In the Eucharist, members
of the family are most fully united to
Christ, to one another, and to their
brothers and sisters throughout the
world.
With God’s grace, couples are called
to grow in holiness. A holy marriage
is made up of many virtues. Fundamentally, the couple lives out the theological
virtues of faith, hope and love. Love
is the heart of the vocation of marriage.
It calls spouses to imitate Jesus by their
willingness to sacrifice themselves in
everyday situations for each other and
their children. Couples must also grow
in the moral virtues of prudence, justice,
fortitude, and temperance.
Two virtues that are sometimes overlooked are chastity and gratitude.
Marital chastity means that the couple’s
love is total, faithful, exclusive and
open to life. It protects a great good:
the communion of persons and the
procreative purpose of marriage.
In the Eucharist Catholic couples meet
Christ, the source of their marriage.
This encounter moves them to reach
out in love to the broader Church and
to the world. The Eucharist nourishes
the virtue of marital hospitality and
helps the couple to recognize God’s
image in others. This hospitality builds
up the Church and makes it a stronger
witness to Christ’s love in the world.
A marriage that is truly in Christ is a
sign of the Kingdom that is coming.
At the end of time, at the celebration
of the heavenly wedding banquet, the
love to which the spouses have been
called will find its completion when
the entire Church is assumed into the
glory of the risen Christ.
MARRIED LOVE AND THE GIFT OF LIFE
Natural Family Planning ● United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
A husband and wife express their committed love not only
with words, but with the language of their bodies. That
“body language”—what a husband and wife say to one another
through the intimacy of sexual relations—speaks of total
commitment and openness to a future together. So the question
about contraception is this: Does sexual intercourse using
contraception faithfully affirm this committed love? Or does
it introduce a false note into this conversation?
Married love differs from any other love in the world. By its
nature, the love of husband and wife is so complete, so ordered
to a lifetime of communion with God and each other, that it is
open to creating a new human being they will love and care for
together. Part of God’s gift to husband and wife is this ability
in and through their love to cooperate with God’s creative
power. Therefore, the mutual gift of fertility is an integral part
of the bonding power of marital intercourse. That power to
create a new life with God is at the heart of what spouses share
with each other. To be sure, spouses who are not granted the
gift of children can have a married life that is filled with love
and meaning. As Pope John Paul II said to these couples in a
1982 homily, “You are no less loved by God; your love for
each other is complete and fruitful when it is open to others,
to the needs of the apostolate, to the needs of the poor, to the
needs of orphans, to the needs of the world.”
When married couples deliberately act to suppress fertility,
however, sexual intercourse is no longer fully marital intercourse. It is something less powerful and intimate, something
more “casual.” Suppressing fertility by using contraception
denies part of the inherent meaning of married sexuality and
does harm to the couple’s unity. The total giving of oneself,
body and soul, to one’s beloved is no time to say: “I give you
everything I am—except. . . .”
The Church’s teaching is not only about observing a rule, but
about preserving that total, mutual gift of two persons in its
integrity. This may seem a hard saying. Certainly it is a teaching that many couples today, through no fault of their own,
have not heard (or not heard in a way they could appreciate
and understand). But as many couples who have turned away
from contraception tell us, living this teaching can contribute
to the honesty, openness, and intimacy of marriage and help
make couples truly fulfilled.
Natural family planning is a general name for the methods of
family planning that are based on a woman’s menstrual cycle.
A man is fertile throughout his life, while a woman is fertile
for only a few days each cycle during the child-bearing years.
Some believe that NFP involves using a calendar to predict
the fertile time. That is not what NFP is today.
A woman experiences clear, observable signs indicating when
she is fertile and when she is infertile. Learning to observe and
understand these signs is at the heart of education in natural
family planning. When a couple decides to postpone pregnancy,
NFP can be very effective. NFP can also be very helpful for
couples who desire to have a child because it identifies the
time of ovulation. It is used by many fertility specialists for
this purpose. Thus a couple can have marital relations at a time
when they know that conception is most likely to take place.
NATIONAL NFP AWARENESS WEEK
JULY 24 - JULY 30, 2016
Many would likely be surprised at how long all Christian
churches agreed on this teaching against contraception. It was
only in 1930 that some Protestant denominations began to reject
this long-held position. Those opposed to this trend predicted
an increase in premarital sex, adultery, acceptance of divorce,
and abortion. Later, in 1968, Pope Paul V I warned that the use
of contraception would allow one spouse to treat the other
more like an object than a person, and that in time governments
would be tempted to impose laws limiting family size. Pope
John Paul II called attention to the close association between
contraception and abortion, noting that “the negative values
inherent in the ‘contraceptive mentality’ . . . are such that
they in fact strengthen this temptation [to abortion] when an
unwanted life is conceived” (Evangelium Vitae, no. 13).
By using contraception, couples may think that they are
avoiding problems or easing tensions, that they are exerting
control over their lives. But the gift of being able to help create
another person, a new human being with his or her own life,
involves profound relationships. It affects our relationship
with God, who created us complete with this powerful gift. It
involves whether spouses will truly love and accept each other
as they are, including their gift of fertility. Finally, it involves
the way spouses will spontaneously accept their child as a gift
from God and the fruit of their mutual love. Like all important
relationships with other persons, it is not subject solely to our
individual control. In the end, this gift is far richer and more
rewarding than that. You are not your own; you were bought
with a price. So glorify God in your body. (1 Cor 6:19-20)
Living God’s design for human sexuality in marriage can be
difficult. But husbands and wives have not been left alone to
live out this fundamental life challenge. If you have failed to do
so in the past, do not be discouraged. God loves you and wants
your ultimate happiness. Loving as Christ loves is a possibility
opened to us by the power of the Holy Spirit, as a free gift of
God. Through prayer and the sacraments, including Reconciliation and the Eucharist, God offers us the strength to live up to
this challenge. Recall the words of Christ, repeated so often by
John Paul II: “Be not afraid!” The Church’s teaching on marital
sexuality is an invitation for men and women—an invitation to
let God be God, to receive the gift of God’s love and care, and
to let this gift inform and transform us, so we may share that
love with each other and with the world.
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JULY 24, 2016
DISCIPLESHIP RETREAT
“Our life loses its meaning when it is separated from the relationship with God.”
- St. John Paul II
What does your relationship with God look like right now?
If your soul is seeking fulfillment, we encourage you to attend our parish’s Discipleship Retreat.
(Must be 18 years or older and no longer in High School)
WHERE: St. Maximilian Kolbe Education Center  601 North Hiatus Road  Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
WHEN: August 26, 27 and 28
COST: $50 per person
To register, please complete the registration form and return it with full payment or a $25.00 deposit to:
St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church
701 North Hiatus Road, Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
Questions? Please call Chuck Beesing at (954) 436-8612 or (305) 336-5790
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WHY CATHOLIC?
LITURGY
When we begin the Why
Catholic? sessions this fall, we
will explore the meaning of the
word "Liturgy" and how it helps
us to better participate in the
reception of the sacraments
and help us increase our prayer life. Simply speaking liturgy
is our cooperation in the work
of God, placing God at the
center of our prayer life.
Liturgy is an exercise of the
priestly office of Jesus Christ.
He is the principal actor, the
"prime minister". The work
done in any liturgical celebration (the Greek ergon,
meaning " work", is the root of
"liturgy") is his; we participants
are his co-workers, cooperators and co-laborers.
Liturgical celebrations are the
doors to our union with God
who is the center of the liturgy,
the heart of the liturgy which
gives strength to the Church.
Therefore, when we make
an effort to actively participate
in any liturgical celebration
we turn towards God both
spiritually and physically. In
other words we experience a
true conversion.
When we participate in
Why Catholic? we will look at
Liturgy in three sessions:
Session 1: God acts through
the Liturgy; Session 2: The
Liturgy, the Work of God;
Session 3: Celebrating the
Liturgy.
Join us this fall as we explore
how we celebrate our Catholic
faith in sacramental liturgy and
focus on understanding what
we mean by "liturgy" and
"sacrament".
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- Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
“Yes, I believe it is a time for mercy. The Church is showing
her maternal side, her motherly face, to a humanity that is
wounded. She does not wait for the wounded to knock on
her doors, she looks for them on the streets, she gathers
them in, she embraces them, she makes them feel loved.”
— POPE FRANCIS, ‘THE NAME OF GOD IS MERCY’
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JULY 24, 2016
MINISTRIES
ST. MAX WEEKLY CALENDAR
Contact leaders through Parish Office 954.432.0206
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Deacon Carl Carieri (English), Fr. Carlos Cabrera (Español),
John Dietl (Hospital), Sandy Figueroa (Homebound)
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Baptism Preparation
8:45 am - 9:45 am: Adoration (CH)
6:00 pm: AA - Beginners Mtg (SH)
7:00 pm: AA Mtg (SH) ● Novena + Adoration (CHP) ●
Grupo Carismático Hispano - Spiritual Grow (EC205) ●
Respect Life St. Joseph Project (EC206)
7:30 pm: Legion of Mary (EC208) ●
¿PorQueSerCatólico? - A (EC204) ● Divorce Care (EC201-202) ●
Centering Prayer (EC207)
8:30 pm: Respect Life St. Joseph Project (CHP)
Catholic Hospice
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Lectors
Deacon Carl Carieri (English), Fr. Carlos Cabrera (Español)
Altar Servers
Deacon Scott Joiner, Lisa Villaran
Ushers
Deacon Pierre Douyon
Gilda Pietro (English), Alejandrina Martin (Español)
Deacon Scott Joiner
Centering Prayer
Louse-Marie Moise, Ángelo Reyes
Charismatic Prayer Group
Gary & Linda Shaan
Discipleship Ministry
Chuck Beesing
Feed the Homeless
Marie May
Eucharist Adoration
Rosemarie Carieri
Grupo Carismático de Oración
Marielo y Pedro Hernández, Toñi Wilson
¿Por Qué Ser Católico?
Marcela Gómez (Español)
Respect Life
Pauline Salois
Respect Life–St. Joseph Project
Brother Jay Rivera
St. Max Kolbe Pillar Society
Deacon Pierre Douyon
Single Adult Group
Cami Toro or Neil
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Tony Niosi
Sunshine Ministry
Joe and Judy De Caro
Why Catholic?
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10:00 am: ¿PorQueSerCatólico? - B (EC201)
11:00 am - 3:00 pm: Bingo (SH)
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Teen Tuesday (SH)
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Lectio Divina (SH)
7:00 pm: Adoration—Life Teen (CHP)
7:30 pm: Spanish Choir Rehearsal (CH)
8:00 pm: CANCELLED LifeTeen + Edge Core Mtg
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6:15 pm - 7:15 pm: Adoration—Charismatic Prayer (CHP)
7:00 pm: Baptism Class (SH)
7:30 pm: Charismatic Prayer Mtg (CHP)
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10:00 am - 11:30am: Legión de María (SH)
6:00 pm: CANCELLED Children Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm: CANCELLED Sea Scouts ● Boy Scouts Nautical Troop
7:00 pm: CANCELLED Adult Choir Rehearsal
7:30 pm: ¿PorQueSerCatólico? - I (CR)
8:00 pm: Grupo Carismático Hispano (SH)
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10:00 am: CANCELLED Clases Sobre el Catecismo
7:30 pm: ¿PorQueSerCatólico? - F (CR)
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10:00 am: ¿PorQueSerCatólico? - G (CR)
1:00 pm: Why Catholic? - 7 (CR)
Elsa Jimenez (English)  [email protected]
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Please prayerfully discern how God has uniquely gifted you –
your time, your talents and your treasure.
2:00 pm: Baptisms (CH)
4:00 pm: LifeTeen Band Rehearsal (CH)
7:00 pm: NO Youth Ministry Activities
Por favor discernir cómo Dios le ha dotado de una manera
única a usted con – su tiempo, sus talentos y su tesoro.
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YOUTH MINISTRY
PRE-SCHOOL
Weekly Activities Calendar
 Sunday, July 24
Youth Mass at 6:00 pm
NO Youth Night
 Tuesday, July 26
NO Teen Tuesday, Lectio Divina, Adoration
Youth Mass at 6:00 pm
NO Life Night
Build a
 Tuesday, August 2
Adoration 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm in the Chapel
NO Teen Tuesday or Lectio Divina
foundation
 Friday, August 5
Auditions - Murder Mystery Dinner
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm in the Social Hall
for life-long
 Saturday, August 6
Auditions - Murder Mystery Dinner
11:00 am - 1:00 pm in the Social Hall
learning!
9:00
- 11:00
(954) 885-7250
[email protected]
www.stmax.cc
Pray for the St. Max teens,
who are participating in this pilgrimage!
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R
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Religious Education is a ministry of the Catholic
Church. We assist families in Catholic faith
formation and in sacramental preparation
(Baptism, First Communion, and Confirmation).
We offer a continuous program for students in
Kindergarten through Confirmation. Curriculum
is based on Scripture, Roman Catholic doctrine,
prayer, traditions, and principles in an age
appropriate setting and is approved by the
National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The
effectiveness of our program assumes respect
and cooperation between the students, parents
and our staff.
The program classes are held in the safe
environment of our Education Center once a
week, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from
September through May. All staff and volunteers
are screened according to the guidelines of the
Archdiocese of Miami Safe Environment
Program.
Volunteer in Religious Education and help
a child grow in faith. Application forms are
available in the Religious Education Office in
the Education Center. At every session we
need adults and confirmed high school students
to serve on our Safety Team before, during and
after class, on our Arts and Crafts committee to
pre-cut and assemble activities used in class,
as office help, as Catechists and Assistant
Catechists.
RELIGIOUS ED NEWS
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The Religious Education Office will be closed the
month of July. It will reopen on August 8.
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During July Registration Forms may be turned in
at the Church Office. Registrations and payments
received in July will be processed the week of
August 8.
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Registration will close September 5.
Religious Education Classes will begin the week of
September 25. Assignment letters will be mailed
home the week of September 12.
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Catechists, Adult Assistants and High School Teens
are still needed at all Sessions. Prayerfully consider
serving Christ by sharing your faith with the children.
Contact the Religious Education Office at 954-8857260 or E-mail: [email protected] for more information.
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