Usually celebrated during a candidate’s eighth grade year. Immediate Preparation is a two year process. Date and time arranged through the Bishop’s Office. The location will be selected at a later date.

Penance and Reconciliation

Celebrated every Saturday at both locations and anytime by appointment. Penance Services with individual confession will also be scheduled during the year.

Saturdays:

3:15pm to 4pm – St. Anthony

3:45-4:30pm – Our Lady of Sorrows

Funeral Rites

Families will have the choice of either church. Schedule and availability of priests may affect this. The usual times will be 9:30 or 11am

OLS MASS INTENTIONS:

As of July 1, if your Mass intentions were scheduled for 8am daily Mass, please note that they will be moved to the 7am Mass on the same day. If your intentions were scheduled for a Saturday morning 8am Mass, please note they will be moved to the 5pm Saturday evening Mass unless the intentions for that Mass are for the people of the parish. In that case, your intentions will be moved to the Friday before at 7am. If you have any questions, please call the parish office at 587-4372 x 101. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion and thank you for your prayerful support during this transition time.

SAINT ANTHONY INTENTIONS

The change in the Mass Schedule will affect the scheduled Mass Intentions as follows:

Intentions scheduled for the Saturday, 5:00pm will be moved to Saturday at 4:30 pm. Intentions scheduled for the Sunday, 5:00 pm Mass will be moved to Sunday at 10:00am. The 10:00am Mass will be assigned four intentions until all Sunday evening intentions are transferred. Once these intentions are satisfied, the 10:00am Mass will return to the practice of two intentions.

Questions & Answers
Many people have specific questions about Catholic practice and teaching. Here you’ll find reliable information drawn from the publications of St. Anthony Messenger Press, the publishing service of the Franciscan friars who sponsor www.OnceCatholic.org .

SPONSORS FOR BAPTISM AND CONFIRMATION

What is the role of a Sponsor?
A sponsor is to assist an adult in Christian initiation, or in the case of infant baptism, present the child for baptism together with the parents. The sponsor is to help the baptized lead a Christian life in harmony with baptism and fulfill faithfully the obligations connected with it.
(See Canon 872)

Is there any criterion for being a sponsor?
According to Church Law (Canon 874), a sponsor must:
•    be designated by the one to be baptized, the parents, or in their absence, the pastor.
• be at least 16 years of age (the pastor may make an exception to this for a just cause).
•   be a Catholic who has been confirmed and already received the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
•   lead a life in harmony with the faith and the role to be undertaken.
•   must be living in a valid union (a marriage "recognized" or "blessed" by the Church.)
• may not be the mother or father of the one to be baptized.

How many sponsors (godparents) may be designated?
Only one male or one female sponsor is required but two sponsors, one of each sex is also permitted and is the usual custom. (Canon 873) One may not designate two godparents of the same sex.

May a non-Catholic be a sponsor?
A baptized person who belongs to a non-Catholic ecclesial (Christian) community may not be admitted as a sponsor/godparent. He or she may, however be admitted as a "Christian witness" along with the Catholic sponsor. (See Canon 874)

May a baptismal sponsor also be a Confirmation sponsor for the same person?
Yes. In fact, this arrangement is "desirable" according to Canon 893.