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St. Anthony's mourns the passing of Br. Jerry Hudson, ofm, who served at St. Anthony's since 2006. Br. Jerry died on Tuesday, March 2.
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Donations in memory of Br. Jerry can be sent to Camden Churches Organized for People, 2770 Federal Street, Camden, NJ 08105 or Camden Children’s Garden, 3 Riverside Drive, Camden, NJ 08103.
Fr. Louie Vitale, OFM, who visited us last year to speak about loving our enemies, is serving a jail term for his nonviolent protest against torture at the School of the Americas this past November. 
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If you would like to write to him, his address is:
Louis Vitale #25803-048
USP Atlanta
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 150160
Atlanta, GA 30315
Please say a prayer for Fr. Louie, too! For updates on Fr. Louie click here: http://paceebene.org/letters-louie
Regular Schedule/Horario Regular
Sunday Mass: 8:00 a.m. (English) 9:30 a.m. (Spanish) 12:10 p.m. (English)
Misa Dominical: 8:00 (inglés) 9:30 (español) 12:10 (inglés)
Daily Mass (in English, Spanish, or bilingual, depending on who attends) 8:30 a.m. Monday - Saturday
Misa Diaria (en español, inglés o bilingüe, depende en quienes vienen) Lunes-Sábado, 8:30 a.m.
Exposition/Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Monday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the church. Exposición/Adoración del Santísimo, cada lunes desde las 7 p.m. hasta las 9 p.m. en la iglesia.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Mass in Spanish
miércoles misa a las 7 p.m. en español
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Horas de la Oficina: Lunes - Viernes, 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Schedule for our Outreach Coordinator, Rina Abreu:
Monday: 12 noon - 7 p.m.
Tuesday: 12 noon - 7 p.m.
Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday: 12 noon - 7 p.m.
Friday: 12 noon - 7 p.m.
Sunday (in the church): 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Youth Group (“Close to Christ”): Sunday afternoons at 1:30 in the church basement—call Mandi Aviles for more info, 856-541-5025 Grupo de Jóvenes (en ingles): Domingos en la tarde—los domingos a las 1:30 p.m. en el sótano de la iglesia--llame a Mandi Aviles para detalles, 856-541-5025
Grupo de Jóvenes Adultos en español “Jóvenes Caminando con Jesús” – jueves, 6 p.m. en el sótano de la iglesia
Spanish Young Adults Group – Thursdays, 6 p.m. in the church basement
Círculo de Oración (Spanish prayer group) Domingo 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. en el sótano de la iglesia
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Los viernes durante la Cuaresma (con la excepción de 5 de marzo): Vía Crucis a las 7 p.m. en la iglesia.
Click here to view a St. Anthony of Padua Parish video! (it will take a minute or two to download, but it is well worth it!)
Special Events Coming Up/Eventos Eventos especiales que van a pasar pronto
Thursday, March 18 - School Spelling Bee
Viernes, 19 de marzo en nuestra iglesia San Antonio de Padua
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Viernes, 19 de marzo en nuestra iglesia San Antonio de Padua
March 19 -22 Want to go to Washington, D.C. to learn about immigration issues and then visit our Congressman's and Senators' offices to tell them what we think? We will do this from Friday, March 19-Monday, March 22. Speak with Fr. Jud for details, and visit http://advocacydays.org/
19 -22 de marzo ¿Quiere ir a Washington, D.C. para aprender cosas de la inmigración, y después visitar las oficinas de nuestros congresistas y senadores para decirles nuestros opiniones? Vamos a hacer esto del viernes, 19 de marzo hasta el lunes, 22 de marzo. Hable con Padre Jud para detalles, y visitar a http://advocacydays.org/
We have a limited number of tickets available. Please see Fr. Jud if you would like one or more.
Saturday, May 1 -- St. Anthony of Padua Gala! Call Lori for details at 856-541-5026.
Sábado 1 de mayo, 2010, ¡Cena de Gala de San Antonio de Padua! Llame a Lori para detalles, 856-541-5026.
Lenten Fast Reflects Our Care for God’s Creation
Buffalo Diocesan Care for Creation Committee
As Catholics we think of Penance for Lent as abstaining from food and giving up chocolate. Please consider a Carbon Fast as an alternative. A Carbon Fast is making daily choices that take into consideration how our actions affect God’s gift of creation. The suggestions below are ways that we can educate ourselves on Church’s teaching on caring for God’s creation, reducing our dependence on oil and growing in living a more simple lifestyle. Reflecting on the following quote from Pope Benedict, please consider adding these suggestions as Lenten practices when you speak to your parishioners during Lent. For more information contact the Diocesan Care for Creation Committee.
Pope Benedict XVI in his Peace message, If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation, says:
“Today, the great gift of God’s Creation is exposed to serious dangers and lifestyles which can degrade it. We must pledge ourselves to take care of our creation and to share our resources in solidarity with all our brothers and sisters.”
The following are some suggestions you might want to use in offering ideas to your parishioners.
v Have “An Embrace the Silence Evening”. Turn off everything, TV, stereo, iPods etc. Silence is good for the soul.
v Turn off your computer at the end of the day. Then switch off the power strip your computer is plugged into. If you turn the computer off first, you will not loose any data. Unplugging computers or turning off the power strip can save up to $100 annually.
v Learn more about the Catholic Church’s teaching on Caring for God’s Creation by going to www.catholicsandclimatechange.
v Use tap water rather than bottled water. Not only does this keep plastic out of landfills, but the bottled water business is making water a commodity rather than a gift given to all by God. Go to www.thinkoutsidethebottle.org for more information.
v Turn off lights when leaving the room
v Take time to Stop Junk Mail: Call 888-567-8688 (888-5-OPT-OUT) from your home telephone; it will be checked against an address database. Or visit www.optoutprescreen.com
v Reduce the number of plastic bags you use when shopping.
v Re-use an item you would have thrown away – such as a jam jar, an envelope or an ice-cream container.
v Check your closet to see what you don’t use or need anymore and give it others
v Replace your missing bulb with an energy-saving light bulb. Compact Florescent Lamps not only consume up to 75 percent less energy than their incandescent siblings, but also last 10 times longer. Your savings account will appreciate the switch—the average U.S. household will save $180 per year by swapping their current bulbs for CFLs.
v "Love does no harm to its neighbor" Romans 13:10. But while our lifestyles consume more and more energy, our poorer neighbors are suffering. Reflect on ways to love our neighbors in our increasingly connected world. Go to www.crsfairtrade.org to learn more about the importance of purchasing from farmers that use sustainable practices and that pay just wages to their employees.
v Recycle everything possible
v Only run your washing machine when you have a full load. Wash with cold water. This uses 40% less electricity.
v Find one way to reduce use of paper
v Turn the taps off. In one day a hot, dripping tap could fill a bath.
The following was forwarded to us by the diocese. It was printed in the Los Angeles Times on December 8, 2009:
Coverage Without Borders
By ROGER MAHONY
LOS ANGELES
AS the leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops noted last month, the current health care reform bills in Congress are fundamentally flawed because they fall short in three critical areas: the prohibition of federal financing for abortions and the protection of current conscience laws; the inclusion of meaningful provisions to ensure affordability; and the defense of immigrants’ rights to health care.
Although all three areas are critical for this proposed legislation to be acceptable to the Catholic Church in our country, I would like to focus on the lack of adequate health care for immigrants who live in our midst but who do not yet have legal standing.
The two bills are quite different. The Senate bill bars undocumented immigrants from using even their own money to buy health insurance in the government-sponsored marketplace, or exchange, being proposed. The House bill allows undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance from the exchange, if they use their own money and receive no federal subsidy.
Most studies estimate that more than 10 million undocumented immigrants live in our country. Many have been here for decades. The majority of these immigrants live in “mixed families” — some members of the family were born here, while other relatives are here without documents. It is unrealistic to think that these millions of people with roots deep in their communities are somehow going to pack up and move back to their country of origin — whether that is Korea, the Philippines, Russia, England, France or Mexico. Most have their children in local schools, the vast majority of them have jobs here, and all are contributing to the betterment of our nation.
It makes no sense to deny this large population necessary health care services. It certainly does not help Americans as a whole to remain healthy when millions of people, including schoolchildren, cannot get basic preventive care like immunizations and medications.
When undocumented immigrants are intentionally excluded from health care coverage, they are forced to go to the only place where they will be accepted for care: trauma centers and emergency rooms — the most expensive health care delivery systems in the country. What a foolish waste of money, particularly in a time of economic stress for everyone.
Using their own money, undocumented immigrants could receive basic health services through less expensive community clinics and doctors’ offices. Studies have shown that immigrants are generally younger and healthier than citizens, and use health care facilities and resources less frequently. Giving them access to less costly preventive care would help keep them that way. And by paying into the system, immigrants would make health care less pricey for all by spreading the risks and costs among a larger pool of participants.
At least the House bill allows undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance from the proposed exchange. It’s difficult to understand anti-immigrant groups’ objections to this provision. No one would be rewarded for lacking proper documentation, since undocumented immigrants wouldn’t be eligible for subsidies.
The Senate bill takes us in the opposite direction and needs to be changed. How is the health of the entire country helped when the Senate will not even allow immigrants to use their own money to purchase their health insurance?
In many conversations with people around the country, I have found that the dreadful anti-immigrant rhetoric that dominates talk shows does not represent the views of a majority of Americans, who do not reject immigrants out of hand as a burden. Instead, they want to find a way for these people to emerge from the shadows and to begin down a path to legal status.
To deny our immigrant brothers and sisters basic health care coverage is immoral. To allow people’s basic health needs to be trumped by divisive politics violates American standards of decency and compassion. We should pass health care reform that provides access to all, in the interests of the common good. We must also enact comprehensive immigration reform that better balances our country’s need for a stable work force with the orderly flow of immigrants to help bring greater prosperity to all Americans.
Otherwise, in our country there will remain a permanent underclass left standing in the waiting room, asking for a doctor’s visit that will never come.
Roger Mahony is the cardinal archbishop of Los Angeles.
