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Prepare yourself for this weekend's Mass...
Easter Sunday - The Resurrection of Our Lord!
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Please click on the links below to familiarize yourself with the Hymns for this weekend:
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Saint Anthony Parish
Upcoming Events and Announcements
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Please join us this weekend as we prepare for and celebrate the
resurrection of our Lord!
See the schedule of Holy Week services being held
at St. Anthony Church below:
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Happy Easter!
See an Easter message from Father Gregory below.
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Fish Fry Fundraiser - Thank You!
Thank you to the Fundraising Committee for holding another successful fish fry on Friday night! $1,482.00 was collected and 100% is profit thanks to the generosity of people who donated the food and supplies. Thank you also to the members of the Ladies Guild who assisted in baking and helping that evening, to members of Knights of Columbus for assistance and for baking and frying and to several of our youth for their help.
Click here to see more photos from this and other Lenten events!
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Save the Dates!
The Confirmation Retreat will be held on
Saturday April 23 at 10 am
in the Church Hall.
The Communion Retreat will be held on
Saturday April 30 at 2 pm
in the Church Hall.
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Support Ukraine
What can we do about the suffering from war? We can pray and we can offer donations to those in need. Recite this prayer, or one of your liking, daily.
If you would like to make a donation to support affected families in Ukraine, please use this link, or contribute to the Knights of Columbus Ukraine Solidarity fund. If you would like to contribute to the Solidarity fund by check, please make it payable to "Knights of Columbus Charities, Inc." and write "Ukraine Solidarity Fund" in the memo line. Then, please mail your check to: Knights of Columbus Charities, Inc., P.O. Box 1966, New Haven, CT, 06510-1966. (More information can be found here.
With these donations, CRS will provide safe shelter, hot meals, hygiene supplies, and more to our Ukrainian brothers and sisters.
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Pontifical Good Friday Collection
Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. The Pontifical Good Friday Collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines.
The pandemic hit particularly hard the Christians in the Holy Land. Most of them depend on pilgrimages to work. In these times of crisis, the collection is also necessary to meet the basic needs of the People of God still living in this Land where the Church was born.
When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land.
Please consider donating, thank you in advance!
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Security at St. Anthony Church
As recipients of a security grant, the parish center is now alarmed, like the Church. If you have or need access to the parish center, please call the office to confirm that you will not be here when the building is or will arm.
We will not be sharing the times when the building arms as it
defeats the purpose of the security.
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For the full description of each opportunity, please visit our website.
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Decorating for Easter 4/16: We are looking for volunteers to help us decorate the church for Easter. We will meet in the church at 10:00 AM Saturday morning, at which time the Easter Flowers will arrive. If you can donate two hours of your time, we would greatly appreciate it!
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Mulching day 4/23: See the flyer below for details.
- We are also looking for volunteers for the following miscellaneous projects:
- Put a fence in a section of fence at Father’s house
- Patch a crack in a low ceiling at the Church
- Replace the ramp and build a step in the Church storage barn
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The Health Ministry would like to begin offering blood pressure screenings after Mass again.
If you are a healthcare professional and willing to give 15 minutes of your time after Mass once a month, please contact the Parish Center at (203)758-4056. In the past, blood pressure screenings were offered on the second Sunday of the month
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Religious Education is in full swing and students have been busy!
Check out some photos of their faith in action here.
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Prayer Flowers
Our First Communion students have created prayer flowers, which each have a special intention written on them. These students brought the flowers to the Holy Thursday Mass last night to be placed in the intention basket that was carried through the procession.
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Save the Dates!
The following dates were set for the retreats and the
Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation:
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The Communion Retreat
will be held on
Saturday April 30 at 2 pm
in the Church Hall.
The celebration of the Sacrament of First Communion will take place on
Saturday May 7th at 11 am at Saint Anthony Church.
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The Confirmation Retreat
will be held on
Saturday April 23 at 10 am
in the Church Hall.
The celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation
for this year is on
Saturday May 21 at 11 am.
This will take place at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford.
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Bingo!
Our Next Bingo: Monday, April 18, 2022
TWO Jackpot Games!
Jackpot #1: $500
Jackpot #2: $2,100
PLUS
2 winner-take-all games
$250 quickie game
And more!
VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED!
If you can volunteer one Monday per month,
please call the Parish Center at 203-758-4056
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LaBonne's Cash for Charities Rebate Program
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Please save your LaBonne's cash register receipts. (Keep an envelope in your car to easily save them)
- Every couple of months submit them to St. Anthony Church, via the mail or by dropping them off at the parish center. We will receive 1/2% back.
- You can put your receipts in the Parish Center mailbox, in the collection boxes or mail them to 4 Union City Rd, Prospect, CT.
- Thank you to everyone who has been sending in their slips, keep them coming!
- This past quarter we received $240.03 from $48,000.00 worth of receipts turned into LaBonne’s! Thank you!
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Please consider using online giving for your financial support.
The consistency from online giving is very helpful over vacation periods. You may still use your envelopes and mark “I gave online”.
Thank you and God bless you for all you do for St. Anthony Church!
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St. Anthony Church
4 Union City Road – Prospect, CT 06712
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