“Welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” Romans 15:7
Welcome to the St. Gabriel Family.
All Masses are held inside our church
Daily Mass M-S: 8:00 AM
Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 PM
Sunday Mass: 8:00 AM
Sunday Mass: 9:30 AM
Sunday Mass: 11:00 AM
Adoration: Friday following mass
You Can Still Attend Via the Parking Lot
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If you are sick or if you are elderly or if your health is not the best, please remain at home. We will pray for you. We will continue to live stream mass as well.
May God bless you.
Special Lenten Observances
Stations of the Cross – Friday immediately following confessions.
Recitation of the Rosary – Daily after the 8:00 AM Mass
Confessions – Friday evenings at 6:30 PM
FAST AND ABSTINENCE IN LENT
All Fridays in Lent are Days of Abstinence (no meat) Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence – People over 59 years old are excused from fasting – I guess that includes most of us!!
Masses + Messages
Vigil Mass 4:00 PM
Daily Mass Monday – Friday 8:00 AM
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Holy Week Schedule
Holy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper | April 1
4:00 PM – Mass of the Last Supper.
Followed by a solemn procession from the church to the parish hall.
Adoration to follow till midnight.
Good Friday | April 2
12:00 noon Stations of the Cross
4:oo p.m. Good Friday Liturgical Service
Easter CElebrations
Holy Saturday Vigil – April 3:
Easter vigil 7:00 p.m. Blessing of the fire at the back entrance of the church
Easter Sunday, April 4:
Masses @ 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Confessions
2:20 -3:30 in the Church or by Appointment
Call Father Nathan — 954.943.3684 to schedule
Father Nathan’s Homily
Palm Sunday | March 28, 2021
“Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come!
Hosanna in the highest!”
— Mk 11:9-10
From the Desk of Father Nathan
Holy Week Begins
Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday
Learn more about the traditions and celebrations of holy week.
Palm Sunday, March 28 – Easter Sunday, April 4
Divine Mercy Sunday Celebration
April 11 – (1st Sunday after Easter)
Celebration Schedule:
2:00 p.m. Presentation on the Image and Message
2:30 p.m. Adoration and recitation of the Divine Mercy chaplet
3:00 p.m. The Hour of great mercy. Mass starts.
Volunteers Needed | Holy Thursday
On April 1st Holy Thursday 4:00 p.m. Mass of the Last Supper we will need volunteers for the Washing of the Feet. Families are welcome to volunteer together. If interested please call the office and leave your name and telephone number. Thank you.
PARISH MAINTENANCE FUND | April 3rd and 4th
Our monthly Parish Maintenance Fund is a good way to financially anticipate repairs and upkeep of our beautiful parish. Place your donation in the baskets located in the church, or donate online. Thank you.
Learn More About ABCD
A VOCATION MASS & REFLECTION
The Serra Club of Broward County invites parishioners to a Vocations Mass and reflection, Saturday, April 10, 2021, at St. Gabriel Church, 731 N. Ocean Blvd., Pompano Beach.
- 10 a.m.: Mass
- 10:45 a.m.: Talk by Father Matthew Gomez, archdiocesan Vocations director
- 11:30 a.m.: Q and A with Malcolm Meikle, president, Serra Club of Broward County
- Noon: Box lunch to go
Please join us in our mission to promote vocations to the priesthood and support our priests and religious life in the Catholic Church.
Due to social distancing, reservations are required. To make reservations, and for boxed lunch, call or text Georgette Meikle, 954-946-2551.
2021 Archbishop Charities and Development Drive Begins
2020 has certainly been a challenging year.
Yet, despite all obstacles, the Church remains a beacon of hope – a light to the world.
Our faith is not confined to a physical building; the influence of the church does not stop at its front door.
We are the Church bringing hope by serving others in their time of need.
We are the Church finding new ways to uphold our most sacred traditions and always offering to others the most essential service of our prayers.
We are the Church standing in solidarity with all our brothers and sisters in raising a unified voice for peace and for the dignity of all human life from conception to natural death.
Together, We are the Church a universal body of believers delivering to all people everywhere a faith-filled message of hope. All this is not possible without your support, especially through the ABCD.
Soon, you will receive a letter from Archbishop Wenski about the ABCD Campaign.
Please prayerfully consider mirroring the love of Christ by putting your faith into action and making a gift that allows the Archdiocese of Miami to help those in need just as He calls us to.
Let us be one in Faith. A Second Collection will be taken at all the Masses. Please be generous.
Veteran’s Flag
The flag will be flown in honor of Patrick Purcell a parishioner who passed away recently and was a veteran in World War II.
Connect With Your St Gabriel Family by Phone
During this time of the COVID pandemic, many of us feel more isolated from our family, friends, and fellow parishioners. It is vitally important that we keep in touch with one another and nurture our growth as a parish community.
With the present health restrictions, it’s easy to become anonymous.
If you would like phone contact on a weekly basis, please let us know…that is what our parish family is all about! Call 954-943-3684 to request a weekly contact or fill out the contact form.
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Join our Parish Family
Register in the parish, so that it’s easy to become a confirmation sponsor or Godparent.
Get Help
Need a Helping Hand?
We are here to help. Request home visits, send a prayer request. For urgent needs call 954.943.3684
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Building Bridges, Not Fences
BUILDING BRIDGES, NOT FENCES
Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into a conflict.
It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch.
Then the long collaboration fell apart.
It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally, it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.
One morning there was a knock on John’s door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenters toolbox. “I’m looking for a few day’s work,” he said, “Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with? Could I help you?”
“Yes,” said the older brother. “I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That’s my neighbor, in fact, it’s my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us.
Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I’ll go him one better. See that pile of lumber by the barn? I want you to build me a fence—an 8-foot fence—so I won’t need to see his place or his face anymore.”
The carpenter said, “I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post digger and I’ll be able to do the job that pleased you.
The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready, and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing.
About sunset the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer’s eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. The was no fence there at all. It was a bridge—a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work handrails and all –and the neighbor, his brother was coming across, his hand outstretched.
The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on his shoulder wait! Stay a few days.
I have a lot of other projects for you”, said the older brother. “I’d love to stay on”, the carpenter said, but I have many more bridges to build.”
Church Activities
ROSARY AND DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET
We say the Rosary and Diving Mercy Chaplet every day after the 8:00 a.m. Mass. Monday – Saturday. America and the world need our prayers more than ever. Please join us
Centering Prayer
Bible Study
The study of Matthew’s Gospel continues on Zoom at 3:30 PM on Tuesdays. For information contact Barbara Rietberg at bjrietberg@gmail.com.
Special Prayers + Intentions
PRAYER FOR SAFETY IN HURRICANE SEASON
O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children.
The Sea of Galilee obeyed Your order and returned to its former quietude.
You are still the Master of the land and sea. We live in the shadow of danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster.
During this hurricane season, we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time.
O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved Mother, we ask to plead with your Son on our behalf so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a storm less eternity awaits.
Amen.
PRAYER FOR OUR SERVICEMEN and Women
Star of the Sea shine brightly down
Upon our sailor men
Guide them to victory and sagely home again.
When sholdiers battle on the field
When they in trenches go,
Oh Mary lovely Queen of Peace
Protect them from the foe.
Oh help of Morining Christian star
Guide them with your saving rays
The skyways where our pilots are
In flight by night and day
Oh Mary lovely Queen of Peace
Sweet Mother of God’s Son
Grant that the world wide war may cease
And freedoms cause can be won.
Amen
Prayer to Accept God’s Will
Lord Jesus, in Your agony You uttered the prayer, “Not My will, but Yours be done”. Help me to resign myself to the Father’s will with such humility and love. Grant that I may perceive the things that I can change in my life; give me the help to accept those things I cannot change.
I know You will permit only that which will lead to my salvation and that of others. Help me to accept with a joyful and humble heart the good things You send. Help me to accept too, the cross which I must bear in union with You. I as this, Lord, in Your name. Amen.
St Gabriel Catholic Church
A Vibrant Faith Community in Christ
Parish History
Established in 1967, Saint Gabriel serves the faith and spiritual needs of the Catholic community in Pompano Beach and Hillsboro Beach.
St. Gabriel Beginnings
Through hard work, sacrifice, and dedication, parishioners constructed a rectory and a church with an elegant blue tile roof and ceramic doors made by two California aunts of Father Thomas Goggin, the first pastor. Parishioners also established a religious education program.
St. Gabriel Today
The tile roof remains but the harsh sea and salty air took their toll on the original doors. In 2017, the doors were replaced with the beautiful doors you see today.
The parish may be South Florida’s first to initiate a Parish Nurse/Health program in conjunction with Holy Cross Hospital, to serve the frail elderly.
Situated in the heart of Pompano Beach on A1A, just across the street from the beach, St Gabriel’s community is a blend of cultures, ages, and ethnicities.
St Gabriel is blessed to serve as a vibrant year-round parish for about a 1,000 families, which swells during “season” when we welcome our seasonal parishioners home.
Saint Gabriel’s spiritual life is embodied in prayer and our community outreach. St Gabriel offers parishioners many opportunities to participate in parish life – Bible study, prayer groups, Saint Vincent de Paul Society, Respect Life, the frail elderly, and many others.
Families
Masses
Ministries
Father Nathan
This Sunday’s Homily
Father Nathan Homily | Holy Thursday | April 1, 2021
Holy Thursday Homily. We celebrate three anniversaries on Holy Thursday: 1) the anniversary of the first Holy Mass, 2) the anniversary of the institution of ministerial priesthood in order to perpetuate the Holy Mass, to convey God’s forgiveness to repentant sinners, and to preach the Good News of salvation, 3) the anniversary of Jesus’ promulgation of his new commandment of love: “Love one another as I have loved you” (Jn 13:34).
Father Nathan Homily | Good Friday | April 2, 2021
Today is Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion and we are remembering the death of Jesus, the Word made flesh on the cross… The Cross is the principal symbol of Christianity and this is so because it reminds the world of the sacrificial love of Christ which he expressed to humankind through his passion and death.
Father Nathan Homily | Palm sunday | March 28, 2021
Palm Sunday. Holy Week begins. Jesus and his disciples arrive at the Mount of Olives. “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!”
Father Nathan Homily | 5th Sunday of Lent | March 21, 2021
5th Sunday of Lent. I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live… -Jn 11:25
Weekly Messages from Father nathan
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | Easter Sunday April 4, 2021
At the Easter Vigil, the Exsultet is sung as Mass begins in darkness, illumined only by candles throughout the church. The Exsultet is a beautiful hymn of rejoicing in Christ’s triumph of sin and death.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 28, 2021
Holy Week is also called “Passion Week” begins on Palm Sunday and continues to Easter Sunday. Holy Week provided an opportunity for all the faithful to reflect on their personal sinfulness and their need for Christ and His sacrifice on our behalf.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 21, 2021
This is the year of Saint Joseph December 8, 2020, is the 15th anniversary of the Declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter entitled Patris corde (“With a Father’s Heart”).
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St. Gabriel | Needs & News
Announcements
ST. VINCENT DEPAUL NEWS
The St. Vincent de Paul conference here at St. Gabriel continues to receive calls from neighbors in need. We anticipate an increase in requests for help, so we are asking you to remember your needy neighbors with prayers and financial support. Send checks to St. Gabriel Conference 731 N. Ocean Blvd., Pompano Beach, FL 33062. Our members continue to pray for all of our friends.
Needs
SPONSORS FOR ALTAR FLOWERS
If you would like to have a loved one remembered with altar flowers please call the office at 954-943-3684 to arrange a week you would like to donate. The donation is $150.00. At your request, it can be announced in the bulletin.
PARISH MAINTENANCE FUND
Our Parish Maintenance Fund is a great way of financially participating repairs, and upkeep of our beautiful parish. Thank you for your generosity to your parish.
MEN’S USED JEANS –
We are in desperate need of sizes 32-34-36 men’s used jeans.
You have helped the needy with used sneakers, bikes and now we are back asking again. Each week we serve approximately 850 meals. That’s 850 faces that look to your acts of kindness. Our Clothing Mission provides T-shirts, jeans, used sneakers, work boots to those down on their luck. A blue bin marked jeans are in the back of the church. Thank You!
GIFT SHOP – Volunteers needed
We are in need of a few volunteers to help run the gift shop on the weekend Masses. If interested please call Pam – 954-990-3451
CHOIR Information
All rehearsals are canceled due to COVID until further notice. Call Andrew Reid – 754-264-9091 with any questions.
USED SNEAKERS
Of the approximately 200 guests that come calling at “Our Father’s House Family Services each day most are in need of sneakers. Please look in your closet, for those sneakers you have not worn for a long time. In the rear of the church is a basket that says “Sneakers”. Thank You
BIKE ACADEMY
Our Father’s Soup Kitchen has started a new ministry called Bike Academy. All bike sale money goes into an escrow account for the veterans and less fortunate. When they earn enough for a deposit, we have arranged to have them placed in permanent housing. They are in desperate need of used bicycles in any condition. We come to you same day pick up service. Contact Jim Crissy – 954-610-5341
Organizations, Groups + Other News
St. Gabriel Council of Catholic Women
All Meetings have been cancelled until further notice.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Contact Chris Maccio – 248-417-0668
MEN’S CLUB MEMBERS
Join the Men’s club. We have great benefits!
You won’t know what you are missing until you join. Please ask yourself “what would entice me to join?”
Contact Malcolm Meikle, president of the Men’s Club,
phone number – 207-831-0385
email – malcolm@meikle.com
THE FRIENDLY VISITOR PROGRAM.
St. Vincent de Paul Society encourages any parishioner or friend of a parishioner to call 954-621-6027. If you would like friendly social visits, prayers, or emotional support on an ongoing basis, this is the program for you.
BEREAVEMENT GROUP
All meetings are canceled until further notice. Call Deacon Bill at 978-257-3893 for assistance.
KNITTING NELLIES
The Knitting Nellies meetings have been canceled until further notice. If you have questions contact Margaret – 954-532-2018.
CENTERING PRAYER GROUP
Statement of Purpose: We come together to experience the transforming power of God as we practice Center Prayer in a supportive and spiritual community committed to encouraging each other in our journey.
The Centering Prayer group continues to meet weekly on Zoom. If you would like information or would like to join either the 10 AM Wednesday or the 7 PM Thursday group, please contact Barbara Rietberg at bjrietberg@gmail.com
Serra Club of Broward County
The Serra Club is a Catholic organization devoted to promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
Contact Malcolm Meikle, President Serra Club
phone number – 207-831-0385
email – malcolm@meikle.com
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Pope Francis
PRAYER FOR GRANDPARENTS
Lord Jesus, you were born of the Virgin Mary,
The daughter of Saints Joachim and Anne.
Look with love on grandparents the world over.
For families for the Church and for all of society.
Support them! As they grow older,
May they continue to be for their families
Strong pillars of Gospel faith, guardians of noble
Domestic ideals, living treasures of sound religious,
Traditions. Make them teachers of wisdom and courage,
That they may pass on to future generations the fruits
Of their mature human and spiritual experience.
Lord Jesus, help families and society
To value the presence and role of grandparents.
May they never be ignored or excluded
But always encounter respect and love.
Help them to live serenely and to feel welcomed
In all the years of life which you give them.
Mary, Mother of all the living keep grandparents
Constantly in your care, accompany them on their
Earthly pilgrimage and by your prayers, grant
That all families may one day be reunited in our heavenly
Homeland where you await all humanity for the
Great embrace of life without end.
Amen
Get Inspired…
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
Ministries
Where are you called to serve? Here are a few featured ministries here at St Gabriel. Explore these opportunities or check out a full listing of ministries.
St. Vincent de Paul
Get involved. St. Vincent de Paul connects one-on-one with individuals in need.
Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion
Training and certification are held periodically throughout the Diocese.
Council of Catholic Women
Women’s service, prayer, and social group.
Won’t you join us?
Knights of Columbus
Men’s Catholic service and social group.
We’d love to meet you.
Respect Life
“Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent”!
Every life is important to our faith community. Get involved.
“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
Our Partners & Sponsors
EVENTS & EVENT PLANNING
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RETAIL
Reflection’s Hallmark
Restaurant
Jukebox Diner
954.960.5882
2771 E. Atlantic Blvd.
Real Estate
Jan Park
Pompano Beach, Florida
954.781.1818 | Email
Camille Hall
Pompano Beach, FL
954.254.2085 | Email
Property Management
Mark Park | Method Management
Pompano Beach, FL
954.695.8818
FUNERAL HOMES & PLANNING
Catholic Cemeteries/Catholic Health Service
Kraeer Funeral Homes
Vacation Rentals
Beach Vacation Rentals
Pompano Beach, FL
954.283.1111 | Website
Charitable Giving
Tony Albergo, American Cancer Society
954.305.4688
Web Development and Marketing Services
Why Be Ordinary Marketing
Pompano Beach, FL
Kelly DiMascio
754.225.2044 | Website
LEGAL SERVICES
Thomas Wich, Jr – Attorney
Donald A Wich, Jr – Attorney
James J. Wich, Jr
Lighthouse Point, FL
954-782-1800
Plumbing
Dascor Plumbing
State Lic. No. CFC 057669
Pompano Beach, Fl
954.941.7405 | Email
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