Book Study-What Christians Believe by Bishop Robert Barron
Beginning: Wednesday, September 17th at 6:30 PM
Where: Conference Center 111
Books will be provided for Free –(Limited books available please show up early to reserve your space and book.)
The Friends of the Poor Walk will be held on Oct. 18th, starting here at St. Stephen’s. Please check the bulletin for times. Registration is free and if you register early, you can get a free walk T-shirt. Bring the kids out and have them dress in their Halloween costumes. It you are unable to participate in the walk and would like to donate you can use one of the St. Vincent De Paul envelopes in the Narthex. Please mark your donation for the “Friends of the Poor Walk”.
Click below to register.
We are looking for two dedicated and qualified individuals to become a part of our St. Stephen parish staff.
We currently have openings for a Liturgy Coordinator. The Liturgy Coordinator will support our liturgical and music ministries through hands-on guidance and administrative planning in preparation for liturgies at church.
To learn more and apply for this position, please go to: orlandodiocese.org/office/career-opportunities (under “Parish Openings”)
Everyone loves the beauty and innocence of a baby. As an expression of that love, you are invited to spiritually adopt a child who is newly conceived in August. Not all babies make it to birth. Sadly, many lose their lives to abortion. These are the babies you are being asked to “adopt” simply by praying for him or her each day.
While this child will remain unknown to you, God knows who the child is, but in the world to come, it is hoped you will meet this child whose life was spared by your prayers. Many people have found that naming “their child” helps to keep them focused on the reality that their prayers are helping to save a particular baby from the harm of abortion.
The second Sunday bulletin of each month from August to May will describe “your baby’s” development. In May, we will celebrate the “births” of our spiritually adopted babies by collecting baby items to be donated to a local pregnancy center.
Learn more at: SpiritualAdoption.org
On Thursday, May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the next pontiff of the Catholic Church. Leo XIV was born in Chicago and worked as an Augustinian missionary in Peru. He is the first Pope from North America. We pray that his pastoral leadership will guide our Church and continue to shine the light of the Good News to all.
Our Capital Campaign – Honoring our Past, Envisioning our Future – will help to fund the much needed repairs and renovations that we have been doing in our Church Building Envelope Project. Learn more with the link below:
We are starting up a new feature to be included regularly in our bulletins called “Ask Father George!” Parishioners are invited to ask Fr. George Nursey any questions about the Catholic faith—pastoral, theological, spiritual. We will publish Fr. George’s answers in the bulletin.