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November 16th, 2025
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
“It will lead to your giving testimony.  Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.  You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.  You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed.  By your perseverance you will secure your lives.” 
Luke 21:5-19

Welcome to / Bienvenidos a:
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
   833 W. Main St.,
   Mountain City, TN  37683  
       Pastor:
                   Father Jesus Guerrero
      email: 
        [email protected] 
       Deacon:
​                   Joe Herman
      email:
       [email protected]
​    MASS SCHEDULE:
         Sunday 11am - English
                         1pm - Spanish
        Daily Mass
   Wednesday 7:30 pm - Spanish
       Thursday 8 am - English
   Call the Office for Mass Intentions
     423-299-0077 option 4​​
        Sunday
         11am - English
               † Hortensia Sela
           1pm - Spanish
               † Consuelo Castillo Morales
                  given by Adrian Sanchez Castillo
        Wednesday
      7:30 pm - Spanish
               † Rosa Emilia Monarez
                 given by Deacon Joe Herman
         Thursday
           8 am - English
                  Donald J. Hopson
​​                 given by Deacon Joe Herman

    Father Jesus will hear confessions
​           Sunday: 12:00 noon  
    Wednesday:   7:00 pm

   Church Office:
​        Church:  423-299-0077
   Office Secretary: Maria Isabel Nunez
                                      option 4
          Bookkeeper:     option 5
   Office Hours:
   Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
      9:00 to Noon​​
​Church email: 
[email protected]
​Emergency numbers: 
​Father Jesus Guerrero 423-299-0077
                                      option 2

FROM FATHER JESÚS:  
Advent is coming up, and I would like to let you know that we are having our Penance Service on Wednesday, December 3rd at 6:00pm.
This year we will be having an Advent Parish Mission on Saturday, December 13th from 10am to 2pm. More details coming soon.
Catholic Charities of East Tennessee has granted extra funds for our SAB to keep helping the Johnson County families in need. Speaking of the SAB, there are few ways to keep supporting this important ministry, please check the bulletin for more details.
 
Se acerca el Adviento, y quisiera informarles que tendremos nuestra Litúrgica Penitencial (Confesiones) el miércoles 3 de diciembre a las 6:00 p. m.
Este año tendremos una Misión Parroquial de Adviento en inglés el sábado 13 de diciembre de 10:00 a. m. a 2:00 p. m. Pronto les daremos más detalles.
​Caridades Católicas del Este de Tennessee le ha dado fondos adicionales a nuestro ministerio SAB (dispensario de comida) para seguir ayudando a más familias necesitadas en nuestro condado.

ORDINATION OF BISHOP MARK BECKMAN
July 26, 2024
Most Reverend Mark Beckman was ordained as the fourth bishop for the Diocese of Knoxville on Friday July 26, 2024.

​He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Nashville on July 13, 1990 by Bishop James D. Niedergeses at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville. The assignments after ordination include Associate Pastor, Holy Rosary Parish, Nashville, TN (1990-1991), Part-time Teacher, Father Ryan High School, Nashville, TN (1990-1996), Associate Principal for Pastoral Affairs, Father Ryan High School, Nashville, TN (1991-1996), Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Springfield, TN and St. Michael Mission, Cedar Hill, TN (1996-2002), Pastor, St. Matthew Parish, Franklin, TN (2002-2015). Since 2015, Bishop Beckman served as Pastor of St. Henry Parish in Nashville, TN (2015-2024).

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​REGISTRATION FORMS
New parish membership!  The forms may be found in the Narthex on the wall to be filled out and put in the return folder there.  Do you know someone who would like to join our parish?  Take a form and help them fill it out and get it back to us.
NEW CATHOLICS
We welcome new members to our church as we join in a prayerful journey of faith together.  O.C.I.A. (Order of Christian Initiation for Adults).
Contact Michael Johnson 828-381-0660 for more information
COMMUNION
Receiving Holy Communion is the celebration of unity in faith with the conviction that the “bread” is truly the body and blood of Christ.   It is appropriate that only those who are actively practicing Catholics should receive.
MARRIAGE
Diocesan norms specify four months of preparation including an Engaged Encounter. Contact Parish Office before you set a date.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
​​Classes will be held on WEDNESDAYS.  Children in the K-1st & 3rd-5th grade classes will meet from 6pm-7pm and children in the Sacramental Prep class will meet from 6pm-7:30pm.​
​If you have any questions, contact Bridgette Berger at 
​   (414) 350-2299 (call or text).
​Please follow our Facebook page, St. Anthony of Padua Religious Education Program, for updates:
https://www.facebook.com/stanthonyofpaduareligiouseducation​
VOLUNTEERS  
All church volunteers in any capacity must become certified by completing the online Safe Haven curriculum at:
https://Knoxville.cmgconnect.org
Thank you for your willingness to volunteer for our parish ministries.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ROUND TABLE
​All Catholic Gentlemen over 18 years of age are welcome.

PERMANENT DEACON   
​Joe Herman serves as Deacon at St. Anthony of Padua in Mountain City, TN 
​We are so honored that he is our church leader along with Fr. Jesus

• ​​Holy Hour ​​​​ ​​​​

Every Third Thursday of the month at 6:00 pm.​​
Whenever available, Deacon Joe will have Eucharistic Adoration between 6 and 7 pm on Thursdays. When he is not able to be there, we will continue to meet for quiet prayer before the Tabernacle during that time. All are encouraged to come to adore Our Lord.

• ​​​Holy Rosary 

The rosary will continue before Mass (starting at 10:30) in the Chapel.  Please respect those who are participating and enter the church quietly.

• Please pray for people of the parish who need our prayers:

​​especially for Susanne and Ronald Dixon, Marcia Orr, Sherry Kopper Luis Goitz, Kristen Simon, Omar de Jesus Linares, Maria Elena Esquivel, Joanne Stollenmaier, Carole Rossi, Ron Carbone, Rhoderick Dyson, Froy Romo, Kim Carbone, Darleen Farrell, Ben Antonacci, Jim and Carol Alderson and those who silently need prayers​​.
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​​MUSIC MINISTER —  Marie-Jo Thum
                                       Richard Thum
​                                       Cantor
​                            New choir members welcome.
WOMEN’S GROUP
All Women are invited.
​ST. ANTHONY BREAD (S.A.B)
Emergency Phone Number:
     423-299-0077 option 6
We have wonderful volunteers but desperately need more volunteers.
      We are open twice a month: 
      •   The 1st Thursday every month
             9:30 am - 2 pm
​      •   Also, the 3rd Thursday
​             9:30 am - 2 pm
Food donations are always welcomed. Bring on Sundays.
We have an emergency food pantry to help the less fortunate in Johnson County. We prefer that the calls be made during normal daily work hours to handle the emergency food request.
GROCERY BAGS
Grocery bags need to be taken to the SAB building, please.  All grocery bags left at the church will be taken to our re-cycling bin.​​

​​MINISTRY TO SICK and HOMEBOUND
Call parish office at (423) 299-0077 option 2
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WEEKDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS:
Go on-line to view or hear the daily readings. 
Please visit   
www.usccb.org/bible/readings
or go to our new on-line MyParish App.​

ON-LINE CONTRIBUTIONS:
Giving is a blessing that changes lives for the better!
IMPORTANT ON-LINE GIVING INFORMATION:
If you have your donation withdrawn automatically from your bank account, please go into your account via the link below and verify your bank information is current. It has come to our attention that it needs to be updated yearly.

​​On-Line Contributions at
abundant.co/stanthonyofpaduacath/give​

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: 
November 16th, 2025
​Collection for Catholic Campaign for Human Development

• PARISHIONERS
  

​During the second half of November registered parishioners will be receiving a packet of offertory envelopes that can be used for weekly and special donations to the parish.  Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) is the provider of the envelopes and they will be delivered by mail to the address we have on file for you.  If you have any updates to your mailing address, please let our parish secretary, Marisa Isabel Nunez know.

• JOB OPPORTUNITY 

​St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church is looking for a part time Office Manager. 
​This is an on-site position at the parish office.  If interested, please contact Father Jesús Guerrero by email.

• PARKING

Overflow Parking is available at the Johnson County Health Department on Sundays during Mass.

• Gift Shop

The Gift Shop is open.

• Coffee fellowship ​

Snacks after the 11:00 am Mass on Sundays. Any small type of item homemade or store bought would be appreciated.

• Attention: 

Only authorized persons are allowed to adjust the thermostats in the Church.  See Tony.  Thank you!

• Attention: 

Those having a festivity here must clean up and leave it the way you found it. 

• Notice: Per the Diocese rules

​Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult when using the bathrooms.​​
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• Holy Days of Obligation

                    2025                    

• All Sundays
•  Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

                    Jan 1

• Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

                    May 29

• Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

                    Aug 15

•  Solemnity of All Saints

                    Nov 1​

•  Feast of the Immaculate Conception

                   Dec 8

•  The Birth of Our Lord, Christmas​

​                        Dec 25

​Everyone is encouraged to check our website for events or parish information. Official church website:

website email:
[email protected]

ORDINATIONS

PERMANENT DEACON   
​Joe Herman was ordained Permanent Deacon on June 11th 2022 by Bishop Richard Stika at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville, TN 
He will serve as Deacon at St. Anthony of Padua in Mountain City, TN  We are so honored that he is going to be our church leader along with Fr. Jesus       
​Congratulations to Joe, his family and St. Anthony's community.​

ORDINATION TO THE HOLY PRIESTHOOD
With praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church joyfully celebrates the Ordination to the Holy Priesthood on Saturday 8 June, 2024 of Father Daniel Joseph Herman through the invocation of the Holy Spirit and the imposition of hands by His Excellency THE MOST REVEREND SHELTON J. FABRE Archbishop of Louisville
Fr. Daniel Herman celebrated his First Holy Mass on Sunday 9 June 2024 ​at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.

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​You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
Vernon Linwood Howard

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in all circumstances give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16

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