St. Anthony of Padua Parish at 11 North Broad Street, Hillsdale, MI 49242-1800 US - EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Welcome to our news and information page. We post new articles and content weekly. You may want to bookmark or add this page to your favorites.
RCIA
If you or some one you know that would like to join the Catholic Church please call the Church office at 517-437-3305.
Elementary Religious Education
ELEMENTARY RELIGIOUS NEWS
Sunday, May 13, 2012 will be Our Father's House!
Vacation Bible School will take place August 6 - 10, 2012
9:00 - 12:00 Noon. Our theme:
SKY: FOR GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
Watch the bulletin for more information.
High School Students
ST ANTHONY’S TEENS IN MOTION
GRADUATING SENIORS....
MISSION\TRIP - VOLUNTEERS
The Mission Trip group will be serving our community on June 25-28. Through the Spaghetti Dinner, we were able to raise money to purchase larger supplies for our projects. We are still in need, however, of smaller supplies: paint roller covers (3/4" nap), rags, plastic containers for paint preferably with lids. painters tape (1.5 inch or wider), safety goggles, dust mask and caulk guns. We would you greatly appreciate if you would consider donating one of these items for use by the teens and adults on the trip. There will be a bin marked "Mission Trip" located in the Gathering Space if you wish to donate items. Thank you for your support!!
If you are wanting to volunteer for the Mission Trip (June 24 -29) there are many different needs, and we will be excited to have you with us! I will need to know by May 15th. All volunteers that will be working with the teens must complete Virtus training before volunteering. We will have this training available on Sunday, May 20th from 10am - 1pm. Please contact Mary Jo Smith, 437-7900 or Jaci Lenhart.
OPPORTUNITY
We would like to encourage every person 18 and over including parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends to participate in the Virtus (Protecting God's Children Program) training at St. Anthony's on May 20th. This program is a wonderful gift to our children and adults as well, that our Diocese offers in order to keep our children safe. All volunteers working with children under the age of 18 must have this training before volunteering. If you have already done this program I would encourage you to do it again as a refresher, as you would with CPR (although it is not required). The training will be on May 20th, 10am -1pm in the conference room. Please call to let us know you will be attending. If you have questions call Jaci Lenhart 437-2777 or Mary Jo Smith 437-7900.
Eucharistic Adoration Thursdays
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION IS THURSDAY
Eucharistic Adoration will be all day Thursday for the Lenten Season. Beginnig after the 7:00 a.m. mass then end with Night Prayer and Benediction at 9pm. . Please consider signing up for one or two hour time slots to visit our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. This is a time of silence, a heart to heart conversation with Jesus! Even if you can’t commit to a time slot, please join us for this beautiful and powerful time of prayer. Please call the office for more information, 437-3305.
Catholic Council of Women
ST. ANTHONY CCW
Our Rummage Sale is June 8 & 9.
Natural Family Planning
Natural Family Planning. The Catholic Church urges all couples contemplating marriage to receive instruction in Natural Family Planning. Whether you are planning your marriage at St. Anthony or another parish you can easily arrange for this here at St. Anthony. Love, Naturally: The Billings Ovulation Method– Plan your family the natural way. Learn about this complete way of life honoring your marriage, sexuality and fertility. It is loving, naturally– the way God designed it! A class to learn more about the Billings Method will be offered at St. Anthony’s on May 8th at 7pm. Call the parish office or Maria Ansett, certified Billings Instructor, to register.
Cub Scouts at St. Anthony's
NEW SCOUTS FORMING IN ST. ANTHONY’S
Attention boys ages 6-10: Do you like to learn new skills? Learn about your country? Parents,
Parish Picnic
FUNERAL MEALS
Thanks to all who returned the volunteer forms to help with the funeral meals. We still need people to call others to bring in a dish. This is not a big commitment. We usually only need you to call 5 or 6 people for a meal.
For a number of years, St. Anthony Church Council of Catholic Women has provided a service to all members and their families. That service is to provide a meal after the funeral of a family member. This is a service potentially needed by all members of St. Anthony Parish. The benefits are many. Not just to feed our families but possibly to bring a family member back to the church or inspire a member or friend to join the church. It has far-reaching benefits.
That said, our program is in need of up-dating. We have many new members who don’t know how to volunteer for this service. The workers needed are many. There are ladies who help serve the meal, who cook or bake for the meal, and also those who call the ladies on their ladies on their list to ask them for a vegetable dish, a salad, or a dessert. If you volunteer for this program, you could be called only once or twice a year, more or less often depending on how many funerals we have.
Young mothers who can’t be there to serve food may want to bake or do some calling. When you are called to serve, it is usually from 9 am to 2 pm, not a long time and within the school day for those who have children in school.
Catholic Charities of Jackson, Lenawee, &Hillsdale
Catholic Charities Open House 199 N. Broad Street, Adrian Thursday, September 8th 1-3 p.m. We will be offering tours of our agency during our WLEN live broadcast as the “Hometown Hope” recipients for the month of September. Refreshments will be served, and we will be collecting personal needs items (laundry soap, toilet paper, shampoo, deodorant, bath soap, diapers, etc.) during this time to donate to the food pantries at St. Joseph and St. Mary of Good Council. Hope to see you there!