“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
Listen on Radio AM 1440
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.
Masses + Messages
Vigil Mass 4:00 PM
Daily Mass Monday – Friday 8:00 AM
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Confessions
2:20 -3:30 in the Church or by Appointment
Call Father Nathan — 954.943.3684 to schedule
The Feast of Christ the King | November 22, 2020
Find Peace and Happiness in All things and All Times | Nov 15, 2020
November 22, 2020
CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COLLECTION
Working in the Margins
For 56 years the Catholic Campaign for Human Development has stood with poor and low-income people, helping them create permanent solutions to poverty. One by one people are joining local community groups to break the cycle of poverty and Catholics across our country are part of that change. The annual collection to support this domestic anti-poverty program of the Church will take place the November 22nd. Please join in solidarity with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development to put an end to poverty in our nation.
Join Your St Gabriel Family for a Safe Socially Distanced Fall Harvest Celebration to give Thanks.
Join your fellow St. Gabriel Parishioners for a Pre -Thanksgiving meal and some Socially Distant Community spirit. Let’s enter this Holiday Season with Faith, Hope, and a Thankful Spirit. Together!
Where: St. Gabriel Parking lot
When: Monday, November 23
Time: 12:00 Noon
*Masks & Social Distancing will be practiced to ensure the safety of our family.
Please RSVP Prior to November 16, 2020. Call Marie at the Office 954.943.3684.
The tables will be outside and you will be seated with members of your household. You are welcome to stay in your car if you prefer.
There is no fee for the meal. Free-will offerings will be accepted.
Mass of THANKSGIVING – THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26th
Thanksgiving Day – 9:00 a.m.
After Mass, we invite everyone to join us for Continental Breakfast in the hall.
Please bring to Mass a small basket with food that you will be serving with your family e.g. Bread, wine.
We will put all the baskets on a table in front of the altar and we will bless them asking the good Lord to guide and protect our families in these difficult times.
Monsignor Edward Pace High School
Entrance Exam | Saturday, December 5, 2020
There is no other high school quite like Pace! If you are looking for an educational experience that will engage and cultivate the minds and hearts of all students, you have come to the right place.
We invite all to visit the school and experience the spirit and atmosphere that make Pace so unique. We look forward to getting to know you better in the months to come.
If you have any questions or would like to arrange a visit, call us at (305) 623-PACE, ext. 342, or email admissions@pacehs.com.
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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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
The Centering Prayer group continues to meet weekly on Zoom. If you would like information or would like to join either the 10AM Wednesday or the 7PM Thursday group, please contact Barbara Rietberg at bjrietberg@gmail.com
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 | November 22, 2020
Solemnity of Christ the King. God is our Creator, Redeemer, and Advocate, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, One God, and Three Persons.
Father Nathan Homily | November 15, 2020
Parable of the Three Servants (mt-25:14-30) we each unique, a treasure, and also a mystery. Everyone is given a talent, no one is junk.
Father Nathan Homily | November 08, 2020
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Bridesmaids (mt-25:14-30) emphasizes the importance of being prepared for Christ’s coming.
THE APPROACHING END of the liturgical year regularly brings the usual warnings about being prepared. We know that in the very early Church the Christians believed that Christ’s Second Coming and therefore the end of the world would come very soon, even in their lifetime.
Father Nathan Homily | November 01, 2020
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Homily for November 1, 2020, we celebrate the solemnity of all souls. The Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount and The Beatitudes
Weekly Messages from Father nathan
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | November 15, 2020
Peace and happiness are like a light within each of our hearts. I believe and trust that It’s ONE of the gifts from God. It’s purely a gift from the Holy Spirit. It is light – that always glows and intensifies.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | November 1, 2020
On November 2nd we are going to celebrate All Souls Day. This is a holy day set aside for honoring the dead. The day is primarily celebrated in the Catholic Church, but it is also celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as well as a few other denominations of Christianity.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | October 25, 2020
Every week as we profess our faith, we express… “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic
Church and THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.” The author of this letter to the Hebrews wrote. “Therefore since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and the perfecter of faith.” (12.1-2)
Get Involved
St. Gabriel | Needs & News
Announcements
COLLECTION TOTALS
WEEKEND OF 01/05/2020
OFFERTORY $11,518
Latin America Mission $2093
Votives $280
Thank you for your generosity.
ST. VINCENT DEPAUL NEWS
The St. Vincent dePaul conference here at St. Gabriel continues to receeive call from neighbors in need. We anticipate an increase of requests for help, so we are asking you to remember your needy neighbors with prayers and finanacial 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 is 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
ATTENTION NEW CHOIR MEMBERS NEEDED
The rehearsal will be every Tuesday 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. In the church. Anyone interested please be at the rehearsal on Tuesday. Andrew Reid- 754-264-9091
USED SNEAKERS
Of the approximate 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
Please join us. We hold our meetings on the 1st Tuesday of each month October through April in the Parish Hall.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS TOOTSIE ROLL DRIVE
St. Gabriel Parish members of the Knights of Columbus John A. Hill Council 4955 will be accepting donations and handing out Tootsie Rolls after the Masses this weekend for the national Citizens with Disabilities Campaign. This annual drive is operated under the Florida KofC Charities, Inc, which is certified by the IRS as a 501(c)3 charity, making donations tax deductible. 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?”
THE FRIENDLY VISITOR PROGRAM.
St. Vincent dePaul 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
Attention. Bereavement Group will be meeting on Tuesday, November 5th at 7:00 p.m. New members always welcome to come. If further details are needed please call Deacon Bill at 978-257-3893
KNITTING NELLIES
The Knitting Nellies has resumed meeting for the season.
The Knitting Nellies invite you to join us in the parish hall. We meet every Thursday evening between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. Whether you are a beginner or experienced knitter or crocheter all are welcome. We work on projects for charity and gifts for family and friends. 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. We meet each Thursday in the parish rectory from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. For info call Barbara Reitberg – 305-298-3818.
Serra Club of Broward County
The Serra Club is a Catholic organization devoted to promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
We meet in the Parish hall on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, November through April, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
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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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