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Ministries & Organizations Go To Personnel for the name and phone number of the contact persons for the Ministries and Organizations listed below. ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH PURPOSE: To prepare for a milestone in our Parish, our 100th Anniversary. ACTIVITIES: What a wonderful event in the lives for all the parishioners that have worshipped in our church, St. Anthony of Padua. For this celebration, there will be many celebratory events. Some are still in the planning stage, but in order to make this a reverent and beautiful celebration year, help will be needed. Please stop and check out how you may help. Go To Top PURPOSE: This structure group addresses current and future problems concerning the physical plant of the church. ACTIVITIES: This group keeps a check on the condition of the buildings and systems. When finding a problem, they check the need, and find the best way to correct the situation. Go To Top PURPOSE: We who work with the altar server program embrace a two-fold purpose. First, we provide assistance to the celebrant in various liturgical settings. Second, we provide a setting for active involvement in church activities for boys and girls/men and women. The program exposes servers more intimately to the sacramental life of the Church, an exposure that will joyfully, strengthen their spiritual life and be passed on to their children. ACTIVITIES: Any child who has made First Communion may be an altar server. Schedules are prepared for every weekend and for special Masses. TRAINING: Candidates are contacted and will be trained. Dates will be announced. Go To Top PURPOSE: We provide religious education for Catholic children who attend Public (or Home) School and prepare the children for the Sacraments. We present the teachings of the Catholic Church to our young people and teens. We plant the seeds of faith and nurture a lifelong relationship with God through scripture, Catholic teachings, prayer, the sacraments and the liturgy ACTIVITIES: Class Times: Classes 1 – thru 6: School dismissal Classes 7 – 8: Classes at the middle school Class 1 thru 8: (Living out of the Windber Area) Classes on Thursday evening. Grades 9 -11: Classes Sunday from 10:30 – Noon. Grade 12: Service project done individually. TRAINING: Catechists (teachers) are practicing Catholics. Teacher’s manual leads you through the lessons. Teachers are given an opportunity to attend special classes offered by the diocese. All teachers must take the Diocesan program, “Protecting our Children. Go To Top PURPOSE: We provide music, which supports the liturgy, and encourages the participation of the entire congregation. ACTIVITIES: Music at all Masses. Full adult choir sings at the 10:00am Mass. Youth choir sings at the Christmas Eve Children’s Mass and Easter Sunday at the 10:00am Mass. Funeral Choir sings for funerals of the faithful departed. TRAINING: Adult choir practice is held Wednesday at 7:00pm. Children’s choir practice is held at 9:00am when preparing for the Christmas and Easter Masses. Cantor training is also provided. INSTRUMENTALISTS: Instrumentalists are always welcome. Go To Top PURPOSE: Eucharistic Ministers assists the priests in the distribution of the Sacred Body and Blood of Christ at Mass on Sundays, Holy Days and Weekdays. TRAINING: Any practicing Catholic, fully initiated, 18 years or older, can apply to become a Eucharistic Minister. Names need to be approved by the Diocese. Instructions pertaining to the procedures at St. Anthony’s Church will be presented at a workshop. A schedule will be assigned to you. Go To Top PUPOSE: To assist the Parish Pastoral Council in fostering Christian Family Life and bringing families at St. Anthony of Padua Church closer to Jesus Christ and to each each other. GOALS:
PURPOSE: This is our church’s biggest fundraiser. Even though it is scheduled in July, we start many month’s ahead with the planning. ACTIVITIES: Many volunteers are needed for this event to help with:
No training is necessary. You will learn on the spot. The most important thing we need is YOU, PARISH VOLUNTEERS! Go To Top PURPOSE: The Finance Council assists the pastor in his administrative responsibilities and has both an advisory and consultative role with the pastor. ACTIVITIES:
The Finance Council draws upon the skills of parishioners who have knowledge in business, law, accounting and communication. The length of term is typically three years. Go To Top MISSION STATEMENT: The Holy Name Society of St Anthony of Padua is a spiritual confraternity composed of active Catholic men, women, and youth within the Parish, who voluntarily associate themselves to promote special religious devotions, perform acts of piety, and support the mission statement of the Parish through the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. ACTIVITIES: Holy Name Society attends mass as a group at 8:00 AM on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Following mass, the Society hosts a coffee and donut gathering; then conducts its monthly meeting focusing on upcoming Society events: spiritual activities; pastoral and parish support; missionary outreach; and prayers, vigils, and devotions. Go To Top PURPOSE: Kitchen volunteer workers prepare and serve food throughout the year for many activities. ACTIVITES:
Learn from our Italian Cooks. Volunteers are needed during the week to help make meatballs, gnocchi and for specials events, porkettes. Wednesday Food Sales need volunteers to assist with the sales. Also needed are volunteers to help set up, serve, and cleanup for special events. Go To Top PURPOSE: The Ladies’ Guild was formed thirty years ago to raise funds for our faith community. The Ladies’ Guild has paid for curtains in the rectory and church hall, furniture in the church nursery and reconciliation room, equipment in the office, appliances in the church hall kitchen, tile replacement in the church hall and many others needs. ACTIVITES: We combine fund-raising with friendship. We have held numerous bingo parties, raffles, flea markets, bake sales, etc., as well as bake cakes for the church dinners. Our most successful venture has been compiling and selling of the Antonian I and Antonian II cookbooks. Meetings are held every other month on the third Thursday of that month in the Education Center. Go To Top PURPOSE: We introduce non-Catholics to the Catholic faith and prepare them for reception of the initiation sacraments and membership in the Catholic Church. The primary focus of the RCIA is the Christian initiation to unbaptized adults. The Rite also provides for the Initiation of unbaptized children of catechetical age, as well as for welcoming baptized non-Catholic into full communion with the Church. ACTIVITIES: The RCIA “spiritual journey of faith” is spread out over a number of stages. The Rite of Acceptance/Welcoming follows Inquiry. The Rite of the Elect occurs the first Sunday of Lent. The period of Enlightenment concludes with the Easter Vigil (Reception of Initiation, Sacrament of Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation). The last stage, called Mystagogia, is a period of maturation in faith that extends throughout the season of Easter and beyond. Candidates for the sacraments should be free of marital impediments before entering the RCIA Program. Classes are held on Sundays after the 9:30am Mass. TRAINING: Team members are practicing Catholics willing to share their time and their faith journey. Go To Top PURPOSE: We proclaim the Word of God at the celebration of major liturgies, i.e., during Sunday, daily and Holy Day Masses. In proclaiming the Word of God, readers exercise their responsibility in mediating the presence of Christ. God speaks to the assembly through them. TRAINING: Readers are practicing, fully-initiated Catholics. Training is held for new Readers. Go To Top PURPOSE: This committee strives to plan activities to raise consciousness among parishioners concerning the social needs and issues in the parish and larger community and to involve the parish in doing social ministry. ACTIVITIES: Provide four major activities:
Go To Top PURPOSE: One who greets the faithful, takes up the collection at Mass and assists when needed. ACTIVITIES: The ushers greet the parishioners upon their arrival and makes them welcome, help with seating, take up collection at Offertory time, distribute special handouts and the church bulletin. TRAINING: Ushers are scheduled for each Mass. Go To Top
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