Did you know???
You are in our daily prayers!
WE MISS YOU!!!
Last year, a total of 12,638 parishioners attended the October
Weekend Masses. This year, we have 42% of that number in attendance.
Please know that we continue to social distance and wear masks. For
those who are not vulnerable, we encourage you to come see how
safely we are celebrating Mass at St. Stephen.
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St. Vincent dePaul
Holiday Help For Families
As in the past, SVdP always tries to help our friends in need a little extra during the Holidays. This year, things are going to look a bit different. With the social distancing requirements, we will not host our big Saturday distributions
For Thanksgiving and Christmas, we will continue to operate the Food Pantry on Fridays. Rather than a grocery list as we have done in the past, we are only asking for donations of a $15.00 Publix or Winn Dixie gift card to help our visitors buy a turkey or other meat.
For Christmas, the Food Pantry again will operate on our normal Fridays. In the past, we have always been able to interview our visitors and find out the ages of their children and supply them with gifts. Since we have been operating as a carline only and not doing interviews because of the pandemic, we are requesting donations of $25.00 gift cards to Wal-Mart or Target to help families buy presents for their children.
Gift cards donations may also be dropped in the Collections Boxes that are near the front doors inside of the Main Church or brought to the pantry on Friday mornings. We will be closed Nov. 27 and Dec. 25.
Thank you greatly for Helping a Family in need at the Holidays. God bless you!
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Attention All Confirmation Students
Retreat time will be here before you know it! Be sure to mark your calendars for
December 12, 2020, details to follow. As a friendly reminder, please turn in all confirmation prior to December 12, 2020. Please do not bring completed packets to the retreat. For those students enrolled in the Home Base Program, you must also submit your completed chapter review questions by that date as well. Completed chapters can either be dropped off at the Faith Formation Office or emailed to Kim Davis at Kim@ststephencatholic.org or Lisa Lopez at LLopez@ststephencatholic.org. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance, please contact Kim or Lisa at 813-671-4434 or at the aforementioned email. Thank you for all you do. Please know that we are praying for you and your families. |
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To all our Faith Formation Families and Catechists,
Parents and Students thank you for all your support as we continue to adjust our procedures to better ensure the safety of all our families. To facilitate a safer entry into the building for drop off and pick up, we kindly ask parents to remain in their vehicles until we open the doors, approximately five minutes before classes starts and ends. A staff member or volunteer will open the outside doors to allow entry. As with the previous week, we ask that you enter through the main doors of the school and exit through the west end of hallway. This will allow for all foot traffic to move in the same direction and minimize congestion in the hallways. If you have not done so already, please be sure to submit the COVID-19 Waiver Form for each child you have attending in-person classes. A form is required to be on file to attend class. Click HERE to download the form.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Faith Formation Office at 813-671-4434.
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Open to All Catholic Teens Grades 8-12
“Trust God to help you find the strength and hope to endure difficult times.”
The Knights of Columbus Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest is open to all Catholic students — in public, private or parochial schools — in grades 8-12 during the current school year.
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Thank you so much for the additional $5.221 that was pledged over the past week!
We are $1,299.65 short or .35% in pledges
needed to complete our goal and
$20, 295.63 in pledges still needing to be fulfilled.
A HUGE thank you to all who have generously donated!
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Our Sanctuary Lamp
is burning this week
Celebrating
the
50th Anniversary
of
Kathleen & Tom Peterson
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Friday, November 6
1st Friday
8:30 am Pray for Carlos Arias & Jorge Reyes (RIP)
Adoration
After 8:30am Mass-10:00am
Confession(Chapel)
After 8:30 am Mass
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Saturday, November 7
1st Saturday
Mass (Church)
9:30 am 9th Annual Rosary Car Caravan
Serenity Meadows
6919 Providence Road, Riverview
10:30 am Consecrated Marian Ministry (Phone Conference )
Join us in prayer on our monthly phone conference! Experience the joy in consoling Jesus through Mary.
For the phone conference dial in: 1-605-475-2875. Access code: 1209238#.
4:30 pm Pray for the Parishioners of St. Stephen
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Sunday, November 8
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Masses
11:30 am Pray for Mary Lou Mohr (RIP)
::5:30 pm Pray for Jan Farmer (RIP)
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Bloodmobile on Campus Today
Parking Lot by Chapel
8:30am-1:30pm
Donate and Help Save A Life
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Monday, November 9
8:30 am Pray for Domenico Vecchie (RIP)
Confessions
After the 8:30 am Mass (Chapel)
3:00 pm The Rosary (Livestream)
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Tuesday, November 10
8:30 am Pray for Elucia & Guerin Jean-Pierre (RIP)
6:00 pm Confessions (Chapel)
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Wednesday, November 11
Veteran's Day
In observance of Veteran's Day, the parish and Faith Formation Offices will be closed. We will resume normal office hours on Thursday, November 12 9am-4pm
and Friday, November 13 9am-12pm.
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Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations (Chapel)
After 8:30 Mass-6:00 pm
6:15 pm The Rosary (Mary's Garden)
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Thursday, November 12
9:30-11:00am Those Left Coping (TLC)
Moved to Youth Room (classroom on southside of FLC)
Grieving the death of someone you love is not an easy journey, especially when alone. There are others on the same path. If you or someone you know has lost a loved one, come and walk together with us where there is support and compassion.
TLC meets twice a year for six week sessions. This session meets Thursdays til Dec 17, excluding Thanksgiving.
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Employment Opportunity
Parish Secretary
If you are interested in becoming part of our team,
please download a Diocesan application by clicking HERE.
Kindly submit your completed application
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PLEASE FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA |
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