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February 19, 2010
LENTEN DINNERS
Meatless meals will be served from 6 pm to 7:30 pm in Aquinas Hall on the Fridays of Lent, beginning February 19th through Ma
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February 20, 2010
T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST
Calling all artists! We want to show our “parish
pride” with a special St. Thomas Aquinas T-shirt—
and we need your help!
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March 02, 2010
LENTEN REFLECTION SERIES
LENTEN REFLECTION SERIES
As part of the Tuesday evening Journey Ministry, on March 9 & 16th, Father Philip Scarcella, Pastor
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March 06, 2010
ST. PATRICK'S DAY MASS AND CELEBRATION
Our parish family is celebrating the patron saint of Ireland on
Wednesday, March 17th. We will begin with a Holy Mass
at 7
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March 13, 2010
MEN OF VERITAS
The Men of Veritas, the men’s faith group, will be meeting with
Fr. Remo on March 13th and again on March 27th in Aquinas Ha
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Just for KIDS
Our website has added a new section just for KIDS! Enjoy surfing and learn a bit about your faith with Brother Frankie the Franciscan.
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Our High School Youth group is an active and fun way for teens to stay in touch with their faith.
We have a webspace dedicated to supporting our teen members.
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St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
Mission Statement
We, the Roman Catholic family of St. Thomas Aquinas, formed by Word and Sacrament, are a welcoming, Eucharist-centered, culturally diverse faith community. Together, we answer our baptismal calling to worship God, grow in holiness and share our faith in Christ by loving and serving others.
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Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos
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This weekend, February 27th and 28th we will have a special announcement from St. Thomas Aquinas parishioner a Sarah Weiner about the time she spent volunteering for a Catholic sponsored
program for orphaned children. Please pray for, and donate as you are led to help these children. A special table with information will be in the church narthex with volunteers passing out information and collecting donations.
In Mexico in 1954 a compassionate priest opened his heart and his home to a homeless orphan. In a year, there were 32 such boys under
Father Wasson's care. Now these orphanages exist in nine Latin American countries and have cared for over 16,000 children.
He called them "Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos" - "Our Little Brothers and Sisters."
The organization (NPH) provides the children with basic needs, plus spiritual guidance and education through university. Those wishing to help
break the cycle of poverty for these children are invited to sponsor a child or make a more general donation. Godparents(sponsors) are invited to
write to and visit their children and see the good work they are making possible.
More can be learned at the website: www.NPH.org or
www.Friendsoftheorphans.org
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Schedule of Events for Lent 2010
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Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 17th
Mass and Distribution of Ashes:
7:30am, 9:00am, 12:15pm, and 7:30pm.
Prayer Service with Distribution of Ashes: 4:30pm
Lenten Reflection Series
Tuesdays: February 16th, March 2nd, 9th & 16th (AH)
Speaker: Fr. Philip Scarcella
7:00pm-9:00pm
Stations of the Cross
Fridays: 7:30pm (Church)
Lenten Dinners
Fridays: 6:00pm - 7:30pm in Aquinas Hall
Parish Mission
7pm: Monday, February 22nd thru Wednesday, February 24th
In the main church building
Theme: Discipleship: A Courageous Step Forward
Speaker: Fr. Vincent Fortunato
Parish Lenten Penance Service
Monday, March 22nd - 7pm in the Church
Daily Mass
Monday - Friday: 9:00am, 12:15pm
Wednesday: 7:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Fridays: After the 12:15pm Mass
(held in Church) with
Evening Prayer and Benediction (held in Church)
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Relief Efforts for Haiti
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 The Diocese of Charlotte is responding to the recent 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti by
collecting funds on behalf of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to be used for short-term and long-term
recovery efforts.
This disaster has created a situation of human suffering that the victims cannot alleviate without
assistance. Initial reports state that the capital city of Port-au-Prince is devastated.
Parishioners in the diocese of Charlotte can respond to parish initiatives by remitting a contribution
directly to a parish. Make checks payable to the parish, marked clearly for the Haiti Disaster Relief.
Donations to assist CRS in short-term and long-term relief and recovery efforts can also be made
payable to the Diocese of Charlotte - Haiti Disaster Relief, and mailed to:
Haiti Disaster Relief
Catholic Diocese of Charlotte
1123 South Church Street
Charlotte, NC 28203-4003
CRS was founded in 1943 by the bishops of the United States to provide humanitarian aid to
people in need all over the world. Currently it provides assistance to more than 80 million people in 100
countries and territories.
Catholic Relief Services has been named a top-rated charity by the American Institute of
Philanthropy and given the rating of “A” by AIP for efficiently using the majority of its funds toward
programming versus fundraising.
To learn more about CRS visit the website www.CRS.org.
The Diocese of Charlotte serves the spiritual needs of 400,000 Roman Catholics in the 46 counties
of Western North Carolina. The diocesan website is www.CharlotteDiocese.org.
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Real Faith Stories
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It was 1947. Benny was in the Polish cavalry on the day Hitler’s Germany invaded Poland and was captured; spending the rest of the war in a German prison camp. Everywhere there was starvation, brutality, suffering and death; many of Benny's friends died terrible deaths, a living hell on Earth. For five years and seven months he endured, but lost his faith in God after witnessing the horrors of war. Once an altar boy and faithful Catholic, Benny turned away from God. After the Americans liberated the camp on Easter Sunday 1945, the remnants of the Polish Army regrouped in Italy until the end of the war. At that time Benny’s unit went to England, rather than return to Poland to face the Russian occupation.
Read the rest of this faith story here
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The Pro Life Fight Continues
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 We have an essential responsibility as Catholics to defend human
life and it’s sanctity on every level. Inutero children are
helpless to help themselves or offer an argument that defends their rights to life. As faithful and concerned Catholics are the voices
for the unborn. What better way to express our solidarity and unity in our beliefs than praying the Rosary and seeking Mary’s maternal
protection and intervention with Jesus to eliminate abortion.
As Catholics we need to utilize all of the resources at our disposal, natural, and spiritual
to bring about reconciliation and healing of this global injustice against the dignity of all human life.
Want to learn more about the history of the Roe V. Wade decision? Click here for a brief history of this life changing legislation.
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Parish Registration
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Our new Parish Registration Form is available for download from the website! If you have not
registered with our Parish, don't wait any longer. Download the form and drop it in the offering basket
at Mass. Click here to download the form.
The new form requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download free here
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Blessing Cup for Vocations Awareness
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As a Church family we are continuing our campaign of prayer for vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life
at St. Thomas Aquinas. Each Sunday a parish family or
individual will accept the Vocations Blessing Cup and agree to
pray for vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Lfe throughout
that week.
Individuals or families can sign-up to accept the Vocations
Blessing Cup by contacting Cheryl Eckert at 704-549-1607 or
cjeckert@charlottediocese.org.
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