Biagio Mazza will become a Pastoral Associate at Saint Sabina in May; he will work with adult formation groups and teach Scripture. Other areas include helping in formation and training for a new Parish Council, helping with liturgical formation and background for various ministers. He will be available to help Fr. Chuck in several areas of ministry and adult education. Our staff warmly welcomes Biagio to our parish community!.
Biagio Mazza has worked for the church in various positions for over 30 years. Most recently he was a staff member of the Center for Pastoral Life and Ministry in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
Prior to joining the staff of the Center, Biagio worked in catechetical ministry in the Archdiocese of New York for over 12 years. He has worked in Leadership formation for the diocese since 1988, presenting workshops on parish pastoral councils, and leading councils through discernment and consensus training.
Biagio has facilitated Scripture sessions in the diocesan ministry formation program, New Wine, for over 17 years, facilitating courses on a variety of topics, including church history and doctrine. Biagio is a contributor to The Catholic Bible, Personal Study Edition published by Oxford University Press as well as an adjunct instructor in scripture, church history, and Islam for the Institute of Religious Studies facilitated through Benedictine College for the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas. Biagio has been active in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue, especially with Jewish-Christian and Muslim-Christian dialogues. He received his master's degree in theology and religious education from Fordham University, Bronx, New York, with post graduate work in scripture and theology at Maryknoll School of Theology, Maryknoll, New York.
BIBLE READINGS FOR EACH DAY AT MASS
Some of you would like to read the daily Mass readings. To find them on the web,
go to http://www.usccb.org/nab/ and search on the day
of the month you wish. It is also a great place for lectors to go for their readings for next
Sunday.
You can find the alternative website for Sabina by going to http://www.parishesonline.com/ and type in "Sabina Belton" and the Website from Parishsoft will come up.
[By the way, you can type in the name of any parish in the USA (don't type the St.) or the last name of any pastor in the USA and it will find it for you].
On that version of the Sabina website you can click and go to our regular website if you wish or on the right hand side you can click on Stations of the Cross and many other interesting sites.
If you carry a PDA unit with you such as Palm, you can download the daily readings onto your handheld Palm Unit through AvantGo.
As always, if you need me call the office 331-4713 or for an emergency call me at 331-9333.
Thanks - Fr. Chuck.
LIST OF WEDDINGS & QUINCEANERA EVENTS FOR THIS YEAR OF 2007!
Weddings: Diocese requires 9 month preparation; now taking applications for 2008. Normally we will have no weddings during Advent (in December) nor during Lent. If you are making plans, call us today!
Things to do:
+ Fill out an application for marriage in the office
+ Submit a new Baptismal Certificate for each person
+ Interview with the pastor after application
+ Lead Couple sessions or Engaged Encounter weekend
Quinceaneras: (These are celebrations of a Girl's 15th birthday in the Spanish community when she commits herself to Christ as a young Christian woman.) It requires 6 month preparation. Now taking applications for 2008 events.
Required retreat, active in Religious Education classes here, Baptism certificate and Parish application/interview with pastor. Our schedule is as follows -- Some dates below are pending; others are definite:
WEDDINGS and QUINCENANERAS 2007
- Jan 28 12:30pm Wedding
Roberto Garcia/Mercedes Guzman
During 12:30 Mass - Feb 16 6:30pm Wedding
Mark Jenkins/Anna Dougherty - Feb 17 1:00pm Renewal
Drew and Vicki Long
(10th Anniversary) - May 19 1:00pm Wedding
Ben Williams/Rachele Arntz - Aug 4 1:00pm Quinceañera
Claudia Ramos
PRAYERS FOR ALL ENGAGED COUPLES