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Liturgical Information
List of Readers and Extraordinary
Ministers of Holy Communion
(If you are unable to serve please
call a Replacement, Thank You!)
& READERS
 

Sat: 08/30/08;  4:00 PM
1  Emery, R.
2   Tyszka, F.
3a 
3b  Tyszka, B.
4  Sibley
5   Domask
6   Payeur, C.
7   Flynn
8  Payeur, N.

R1  Madsen
R2  McCarthy

Sat: 08/31/08;  6:00 PM
1  
2   Martell
3   Vaughan
4   Brady, J.
5   Miceli
6   Stevens
7   Morrill, A.
8   Oleski

R1  Brady, M.
R2  Mathews

 

Sun. 08/31/08; 7:30 AM
1  Armstrong
2  Manko, J.
3  Neighbors, C.
4  Neighbors, K.
 5   Perreault, S.
6  Archibold
7  Rasmussen
8  Rodriguez

R1  Milloy
R2  Manko, M.

Sun: 08/31/08; 9:00 AM
1  Johnsen
2   Majorowski, S.
3a  Gardner, T.
3b
4  Lubelski
5  Powers, D.
6  Archibold
7  Rasmussen
8  Rodriguez

R1  Milloy
R2  Manko, M
 

Sun: 08/31/08; 11 AM
1  Manalo
2  McQuiston
3a  Russick
3b  Shigley
4  Thompson
5  Belles
6  Gardiner, B.
7  Jung
8  Jackson

R1  Mc Mahon
R2  Stasieczkoz

Sat: 09/06/08 4 P.M.
1  Payeur, N.
2  Payeur, C.
3a  Tyszka, B.
3b  Maravel
4  Tyszka, F.
5  Cuthbert
6  Emery, Ruth
7  Flynn
8  Webb
R1  DeFranco
R2  Domask

Sat: 09/06/08; 6 P.M.

2  Vaughan
3  Martell
4  Stevens, Jim
5 Mathews
6  Lim
7  Morrill, A.
8

R1  Genalo, J.
R2  Genalo, P.

Sun: 09/07/08; 7:30 A.M.
1   Perreault, C.
2  Perreault, S.
3  Neighbors, C.
4   Neighbors, K.
5  Archibold
6   Armstrong, C.
7   Rasmussen, J.
8  Peters, L.

Rl   Milloy
R2  Manko, M.

Sun:  09/07/08;  9 A.M.
1   Genalo, P.
2   Majorowski, S.
3a   Camerieri
3b  Pullara 
4   Quinn
5   Lukasik
6   Gardmer, R.
7  Johnsen
8  McGlenn

R1  Booth
R2   Ceccofiglio

 Sun:  09/07/08;  11:00 A.M.
1   Gardiner, B.
2   Jackson
3a  Belles
3b  Manalo
4   McQuiston
5  Shigley
6  Thompson
7  Brady, M.
8   Brady, J.
9  Vukmanic (if needed)

R1  Jung
R2  Westcott

Sat: 09/13/08;  4:00 P.M.
1  Webb
2   Emery, Ruth
  3a   Cuthbert
3b  Payeur, C.
4  
5   Domask
6   Tyszka, B.
7   Tyszka, F.
8  Flynn

R1  Ubben
R2  Madsen

Sat: 09/13/08;  6:00 P.M.
1  
2   Miceli
3   Stevens, Jim
4   Brady, J.
5   Vaughan
6   Martell
7   Lim
  8  

R1   Brady, M.
R2  Corlett

Sun:  09/14/08;  7:30 A.M.
1    Manko, J.
2   Manko, M.
3   Perreault, C.
4   Perreault, S.
5   Rodriguez
6   Rasmussen
7   Archibold
8   Milloy

R1   Bastien, J.
R2  Waller
 

Sun:  09/14/08;  9:00 AM
1   Camerieri
2   Johnsen
3a   Majorowski, S.
3b  Gardner, T.
4   Gardner, R.
5    Lubelski
6   Pullara
7   Genalo, P.
8   Wong

R1  Majorowski, C.
R2  Ordax

Sun:   09/14/08;  11:00 AM
1   Manalo
2   McQuiston
3a   Russick
3b   Shigley
  4   Gardiner, B.
5  Jackson
 6   Lapitan, E.
7  Lapitan, T.
8   Lustre
9  Vukmanic, (if needed)

R1  Strasieczko
R2  McMahon

Sat: 09/20/08; 4 P.M.
1  Sibley
2   Madsen
3a   Domask
3b  Tyszka, F.
4   Tyszka, B.
5   Emery, Ruth
6   Flynn
7   Payeur, C.
8   Payeur, N.

R1   Webb
R2   McCarthy

Sat: 09/20/08; 6 P.M.
1
2   Morrill, A.
3   Miceli
4   Vaughan
5   Lim
6   Stevens, Jim
7   Miceli
8   Oleski

R1   Martell
R2   Mathews

Sun: 09/21/08: 7:30 A.M.
1   Neighbors, C.
2   Neighbors, K.
3   Manko, J.
4   Manko, M.
5   Armstrong
6   Rasmussen
7   Rodriguez
8  Peters
R1   Bastien, J.
R2   Waller

Sun: 09/21/08; 9:00 A.M.
1   Pullara
2   Genalo, P.
3a  Quinn
3b  Camerieri
4   Lubelski
5   Powers, D.
6   Powers, P.
7   Gardner, R.
8  McGlenn
9   Wong
10  Lukasik

R1  Ceccofiglio
R2  Wong,Kimberly

Sun: 09/21/08; 11 A.M.
1  Vukmanic
2   Jung
3a   Gardiner, B.
3b  Jackson
4   McQuiston
5   Lapitan, T.
6  Lapitan, E.
7   Manalo
8  Shigley
9  Brady, M. (if needed)
10  Brady, J. (if needed)

R1  Wescott
R2 Belles

Sat: 09/27/08; 4 P.M.
1   Webb
2  Cuthbert
3a  Emery, Ruth
3b   Madsen
4  Tyszka, B.
5   Tyszka F.
6   Maravel
7   Flynn
8   Domask
R1  Payeur
R2  Payeur

Sat: 09/27/08; 6 P.M.
1
2   Morrill, A.
3   Lim
4   Mathews
5   Stevens, Jim
6   Martell
7   Vaughan
 8   Oleski

R1  Lapitan
R2   Lapitan

Sun: 09/28/08; 7:30 A.M.
1   Archibold
2  Rasmussen
3   Rodriguez
4   Armstrong
5  Perreault, C.
6  Perreault, S.
7  Neighbors, C.
8   Neighbors, K.

R1  Manko, M.
R2  Milloy

Sun: 09/28/08; 9:00 A.M.
1  Wong
2  Johnsen
3a  Quinn
3b  Gardner, R.
4  Majorowski, S,
5  Gardner, T.
6  Lubelski
7  Powers, D.
8  Powers, P.

R1  Kukla
R2  Desinor

Sun: 09/28/08; 11:00 A.M.
1  Lustre
2  Vukmanic
3a  McQuiston
3b  Russick
4  Belles
5  Shigley
6  Gardiner, B.
7  Brady, M.
8   Brady, J.
9  Jackson (if needed)

R1  Jackus
R2   Jackus

Sat: 10/04/08; 4 P.M.
1  Payeur, N.
2   Payeur, C.
3a  Sibley
3b  Roncich
4   Cuthbert
5  Flynn
6  Emery, Ruth
7  Tyszka, F.
8  Tyszka, B.

R1  Domask
R2  DeFranco

Sat: 10/05/08; 6 P.M.
1
2  Vaughan
3  Miceli
4   Martell
5  Lim
6  Stevens, Jim
7  Mathews
  8  Oleski

R1  Genalo, P.
R2  Genalo, J.

Sun: 10/05/08; 7:30 A.M.
1  Rodriguez
2  Manko, J.
3  Armstrong
4  Milloy
   5   Neighbors, C.
6  Neighbors, K.
7  Rasmussen
8  Peters

R1  Manko, M.
R2  Waller

Sun: 10/05/08; 9:00 A.M.
1  Quinn
2  Lukasik
3a Genalo, P.
3b  Johnsen
4  Camerieri
5  Pullara
6  Gardner, T.
7  Gardner, R.
8  McGlenn

R1 Wong, Kimberly
R2  Joseph

Sun: 10/05/08; 11 A.M.
1  McQuiston
2  Shigley
3a  Thompson
3b  Vukmanic
4  Lapitan, E.
5  Lapitan, T.
6  Jackson
7  Gardiner, B.
 8  Lustre

R1  Belles
R2  McMahon
 

Magisterium
on the Sacred Liturgy

"If you are the body and members of Christ, then it is your sacrament that is placed on the table of the Lord; it is your sacrament that you receive. To that which you are you respond 'Amen' ('yes,' it is true!') and by responding to it you assent to it. For you hear the words, 'the Body of Christ and respond 'Amen.' Be then a member of the Body of Christ that your Amen may be true." (St. Augustine)

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The Sacred Liturgy
Liturgy Commission Chairperson: Anita McMahon (Readers)
Coordinator of Altar Servers: Gloria Jung & Joan Milloy
Coordinator of Music: Cheryl McCarthy: 727 942 8115
Robert Kirschner, Scott Fallon, Stephanie Puopolo, Tom Carey
Ministers of Hospitality: Patrick Burns
Youth Altar Servers:
Patrick and Debbie Powers

Music Ministries
Readers
Altar Servers
Ushers / Ministers of Hospitality
Guidelines for the Reception
of Holy Communion

Guidelines for Extraordinary
Ministers of Holy Communion

 

Apostolic Letter Dies Domini:
The Day of the Lord

Redemptionis Sacramentum
On certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist

Funerals - Mass of Christian Burial
Please contact the Parish Offices if you would like assistance
in planning your loved one's funeral arrangements and
for any need you might have:
727-938-1974

Liturgical Guidelines for Marriage

Holy Days of Obligation in the Diocese of St. Petersburg

Upcoming Workshops in the Diocese

Liturgy Q & A

Liturgy.com (OCP)

Center for Liturgy (SLU)

Popular Devotional Practices:
Basic Questions and Answers

The Liturgy of the Hours Apostolate

The Spirit of the Liturgy by
Romano Guardini

Liturgy Planning Guide
Fr. Roc O'Connor, SJ

The Worshiping Assembly at Mass
(
Based upon Roman Missal Formational Materials provided by
the Secretariat for the Liturgy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, ©2002.)

The celebration of Mass is a corporate act, an act of the whole assembly gathered for worship. All the particular ministries serve this corporate function (GIRM, no. 27). In the Mass, the Church is joined to the action of Christ, the high point both of the action by which God sanctifies the world in Christ and of the worship that the human race offers to the Father, adoring him through Christ, the Son of God, in the Holy Spirit (no. 16). We are joined to this divine action through baptism, which incorporates us into the risen Christ. This action, which lies at the center of the whole Christian life (no. 16) is not initiated by us but by God acting in and through the Church as the body of the risen Christ. It becomes our action only to the extent that we give ourselves to this mystery of redemptive worship. The liturgy is designed to bring about in all those who make up the worshiping assembly a participation of the faithful both in body and mind, a participation burning with faithful, hope, and charity (no. 18). To the extent that we are able to participate in this way, the work of redemption becomes personally effective for each of us. By such participation, the General Instruction says, we make the actions and prayers of the liturgy our own; we enter more fully into our personal communion with Christ's redeeming act and perfect worship (see no. 54, 55, etc.).

In the celebration of Mass the faithful are a holy people, a chosen people, a royal priesthood: they give thanks to God and offer the Victim not only through the hands of the priest but also together with him and learn to offer themselves. They should endeavor to make this clear by their deep sense of reverence for God and their charity toward brothers and sisters who share with them in the celebration (no. 95). They should become one body, whether by hearing the word of God, or joining in prayers and liturgical song, or above all by offering the sacrifice together and sharing together in the Lord's table (no. 96).

Because the whole liturgy is a corporate act of the gathered assembly (GIRM no. 34; Catechism of the Catholic Church no. 1144), there are certain parts of the Mass that are to be done by the whole assembly, the congregation of the faithful and all the ministers, in order to express the corporate nature of this act. Through these actions, the entire congregation of the faithful joins itself to Christ in acknowledging the great things that God has done and in offering the sacrifice (no. 78). These acts include:

  • Listening with reverence to the readings of God's word (GIRM no. 29);
  • Engaging in the dialogue of prayer through acclamations, greetings, and responses to spoken and sung prayers (no. 34-37) in a tone suitable to the text (no. 38);
  • Joining in an action through common postures and gestures (no. 42);
  • Participating in communal silence (no. 45);
  • Because of their baptismal dignity, letting themselves be included in the offering symbolized by incensation (no. 75);
  • Participating in the greeting of peace as a sign of ecclesial communion and love for each other (no. 82);

Participating in specific spoken prayers and other texts, namely:

  • the formula of general confession during the penitential rite (no. 51);
  • the profession of faith (no. 67-68);
  • the general intercessions (no. 69);
  • the Lord's Prayer (no. 81);
  • the prayer of humility before sacramental communion (no. 84);

Participating in the offering during the Eucharistic Prayer, which is spoken or chanted by the priest, but in which all should join as the Church to offer the "spotless Victim to the Father in the Holy Spirit" and "offer themselves and so day by day to surrender themselves, through Christ the Mediator, to an ever more complete union with God and with each other, so that at last God may be all in all" (no. 79f);

Participating in liturgical song, because singing is a way of expressing both the corporate nature of the act of worship and the intense union to be achieved between God and the Church in Christ through the Holy Spirit. It is a union so intense and total that it is described as a union between lovers whose nature is best expressed vocally in song (no. 39). Singing is also an act which unifies and focuses the individual (no. 39), thus encouraging that "participation in body and spirit that is conscious, active, full, and motivated by faith, hope, and charity" (no. 18). These songs and acclamations are normally to be sung, in whole or in part, by all the participants:

  • opening liturgical song (no. 48);
  • Kyrie (no. 52);
  • Gloria (no. 53);
  • Responsorial psalm (no. 61);
  • Gospel acclamation (no. 62);
  • Song at the preparation of gifts (no. 74);
  • Sanctus, memorial acclamation, and Amen (no. 79, 151);
  • The Lord's Prayer (no. 81);
  • Lamb of God (no. 83);
  • the optional psalm, canticle of praise, or hymn after communion (no. 88).

For those who are properly disposed (no. 80), full, active, and conscious participation is expressed in partaking in the Holy Communion of the Lord, receiving in the one bread consecrated at this Mass the Lord's body and blood, in the same way that the apostles received them from Christ's own hands (no. 72.3).


Hearing the Word of God


When the Scriptures are read in the Church, God himself is speaking to his people and Christ, present in his own word, is proclaiming the Gospel. (GIRM, n.29) These words from the General Instruction of the Roman Missal set before us a profound truth that we need to ponder and make our own.

The words of Sacred Scripture are unlike any other texts we will ever hear, for they not only give us information, they are the vehicle God uses to reveal himself to us, the means by which we come to know the depth of God's love for us and the responsibilities entailed by being Christ's followers, members of his Body. What is more, this Word of God proclaimed in the liturgy possesses a special sacramental power to bring about in us what it proclaims. The Word of God proclaimed at Mass is 'efficacious' that is, it not only tells us of God and God's will for us, it also helps us to put that will of God into practice in our own lives.

How, then, do we respond to this wonderful gift of God's Word? We respond in word and song, in posture and gesture, in silent meditation and, most important of all, by listening attentively to that Word as it is proclaimed. Following each reading we express our gratitude for this gift with the words 'Thanks be to God' or, in the case of the Gospel, 'Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ,' and it is appropriate that a brief period of silence be observed to allow for personal reflection. Following the first reading we sing the Responsorial Psalm, a meditation on God's word through the inspired words of one of the psalms from the Psalter, the Bible's prayer book.

The Gospel is the highpoint of the Liturgy of the Word. The readings from the Old Testament tell us of God's promises and his preparation of his people for the coming of his Son; the epistles and other pre-Gospel New Testament readings offer the reflections of St. Paul and other contemporaries of the Lord on the life and message of Christ; in the Acts of the Apostles we have a history of the early Church. We believe that all Scripture, the Old and New Testaments, is inspired by the Holy Spirit, but the Church has always given special honor to the Gospel because in the Gospel we have not simply the preparation for and prefiguring of Christ, nor reflections on his message, but the words and deeds of Christ himself. The proclamation of the Gospel is surrounded with marks of respect and honor: the Gospel is read by an ordained minister, the deacon, or, when no deacon is present, by a priest; the Book of the Gospels is carried aloft with honor in the entrance procession and placed on the altar until the Gospel reading to show the unity of Scripture and Eucharist, of the table of the Word and the table of the Christ's body and blood; just before the Gospel is read the Gospel book is carried in procession to the ambo to the accompaniment of an acclamation sung by the people; it may be incensed before the reading and is kissed at its conclusion; finally, all stand as the Gospel is proclaimed. Through this posture and through the honor paid to the book containing the Gospel, the Church pays homage to Christ who is present in his Word and who proclaims his Gospel.

What then must we do to properly receive the Word of God proclaimed at Mass? The General Instruction tells us that all must listen with reverence to the readings from God’s word. (GIRM, no. 29) and it provides that those who read the Scriptures must be truly suited to perform this function and should receive careful preparation, so that the faithful by listening to the readings from the sacred texts may develop in their hearts a warm and living love for Sacred Scripture. (GIRM, no. 101)

The key word in all of this is listening. We are called to listen attentively as the reader, deacon or priest proclaims God's Word. Unless one is unable to hear, one should not be reading along with a text from a missal or missalette. Rather, taking our cue from the General Instruction itself, we should listen as we would if Christ himself were standing at the ambo, for in fact it is God who speaks when the Scriptures are proclaimed. Carefully following along with the printed word can cause us to miss the gentle voice of the Holy Spirit, the message that the Spirit may have for us in one of the passages because we are anxious to 'keep up,' to move along with the reader.

Perhaps the best way to understand the readings at Mass and our response to them is offered by Pope John Paul II in his Instruction Dies Domini. He encourages those who take part in the Eucharist, priest, ministers and faithful ... to prepare the Sunday liturgy, reflecting beforehand upon the Word of God which will be proclaimed and adds that if we do not, it is difficult for the liturgical proclamation of the Word of God alone to produce the fruit we might expect. (n. 40) In this way we till the soil, preparing our souls to receive the seeds to be planted by the Word of God so that seed may bear fruit.

The Word of God, then calls for our listening and our response in silent reflection, as well as in word and song. Most important of all, the Word of God, which is living and active, calls each of us individually and all of us together for a response that moves beyond the liturgy itself and affects our daily lives, leading us to engage fully in the task of making Christ known to the world by all that we do and say.


"We have come to adore Him!"

Based upon Roman Missal Formational Materials provided by the Secretariat for the Liturgy of the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops, ©2002.

When the Church comes together in the liturgical assembly to celebrate the Mass, or any other sacrament, her members do not gather simply as a crowd, as an amorphous, undifferentiated group of people. They gather in a variety of ministries and roles. If we are to understand the significance of these ministries and roles, we must begin with Baptism, for only one who through Baptism has been given a share in the priesthood of Christ is capable of participating in the public worship which is the liturgy of the Church. In fact, the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council tells us that participation in the liturgy is the right and duty of all the baptized.

The first qualification, then, for any participant in the celebration of the Eucharist is that he or she has been baptized into the Body of Christ, the Church. Each time the members of the Church gather to worship, they do so because their baptism demands this of them. While all share in the priesthood of Christ which delegates them to worship, some members of the Church are called by God to serve in the ministerial priesthood as bishops and priests. Bishops and priests are privileged to act in the liturgy in the very person of Christ, on behalf of his people, pronouncing the most sacred prayers of our faith, presiding over the celebration of the sacred mysteries, explaining God's Word and feeding God's people on the body and blood of Christ. A bishop has the added responsibility of being the chief shepherd, the principal liturgist of his diocese and in that role is the successor of the Apostles. Others by God's grace are ordained to the ministry of deacon. In the celebration of the Mass deacons proclaim the Gospel and assist the bishop and priest in exercising their sacred duties.

In addition to the ordained ministries there are roles in the liturgy which are exercised by lay people who place their time and talent at the service of the liturgical assembly as acolytes (altar servers), lectors, extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, cantors, choir members, instrumentalists, leaders of song and ushers. Others contribute their time and talent to planning and organizing the liturgy, to keeping the church and the vestments, vessels and appointments clean and well-ordered or to providing decorations that reflect the spirit of the liturgical feast or season.

The General Instruction makes it very clear that this variety of offices and roles is desirable and should be maintained. In fact it goes so far as to state: ... all, therefore, whether they are ordained ministers or Christian faithful, in fulfilling their offices or their duty, should carry out solely but completely that which pertains to them." Not only, therefore, is it desirable that individuals function in roles of service at Mass, it is clear from the Instruction that if a deacon, for example, is present, the priest celebrant or a concelebrant should not read the Gospel. And the lector should not also take on the role of server and/or extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. There is a wide variety of services to be performed, and it is desirable that different individuals exercise those services so that the talents and gifts God has placed within the Christian community are fully utilized and these roles of service are not monopolized by a few.

It is not sufficient, however, simply to have a "warm body" filling a given role. Those engaged in liturgical roles need to be well-prepared for those roles and to know how to carry them out with reverence, dignity and understanding. Obtaining the proper preparation requires a further gift of time on the part of the person being prepared as well as on the part of those in the parish responsible for the training of liturgical ministers. Finally, the practical task of assigning individuals to particular Masses and organizing the distribution of roles is another indispensable element in the fabric of well-ordered liturgical ministry in a parish.

But before individuals can be prepared for liturgical roles, there must first be individuals who are willing to assume those roles. All the baptized need to understand that part of their duty regarding liturgy is to accept some responsibility for the liturgy, to place themselves and their God-given talents at the service of the liturgical community whenever possible. If liturgy is a duty as well as a right, then part of that duty for those able to undertake these tasks is the responsibility to assume such key roles as those of lector, server or acolyte, extraordinary minister of the Eucharist, usher, choir member, etc. . Whether one brings up the gifts at the Presentation, reads the Word of God, assists with the distribution of Communion and brings the Eucharist to those unable to be present at Mass, serves at the altar, provides music that augments the joy, solemnity and festivity of the celebration or serves the assembled community as an usher, he or she is contributing to the worship of the community and fulfilling the responsibility that comes with Baptism.

Not all members of the parish community will have the time, energy, strength or ability to serve in these roles, however, individuals must be careful not to excuse themselves too easily. And it might also be helpful for us to reexamine our situation every so often. The time available to a business person or to parents with young children may be very limited. But eventually business people retire and children grow up, leaving those individuals with more free time at their disposal. What is important is that all understand that the celebration of liturgy is not just the responsibility of the pastor, although he is delegated by the Bishop to oversee the liturgical life of the parish. Pastors need the help of their people, the people who are serious about living out their baptismal right and responsibility to worship.

Finally, this catalogue of specialized roles might give the impression that those who are not exercising one of these roles are free to sit back passively and simply let the liturgy happen around them. Nothing could be further from the truth. Those who come together for liturgy do not have the luxury of acting as passive "pew potatoes," waiting for all to be done for them. The liturgy is not only their right, it is their duty, their responsibility, and that responsibility includes full engagement throughout the liturgical celebration. The baptized faithful who form the congregation are called to join in praise and thanksgiving in song and spoken word; to listen attentively to God's Word, to exercise their baptismal priesthood in prayer for the Church, the world and all in need during the General Intercessions. In the Liturgy of the Eucharist they join their prayer to that of the priest celebrant, offering Christ the Victim, not only through the hands of the priest, but also together with him and offer themselves as well (GIRM n.95) and their participation culminates in the reception of the Body and Blood of the Lord, the sacrament which unites them more fully with Christ their Head and with one another.

In their sincere efforts to participate, those present minister to the priest celebrant, to others who serve in liturgical roles, and to one another. Their attention and active engagement in the celebration can draw from the priest celebrant and the other ministers the best they have to offer. Their enthusiastic song and verbal responses made with conviction can encourage others to sing and respond; their very presence at the celebration of Mass when so many other enticing options might have been chosen instead supports and reinforces others who have made the same choice.

The liturgy, then, is about the action of God's own people, each with different offices and roles, each office and role, from that of bishop and priest to that of usher and sacristan, one of service, not of privilege, a mirror of Christ who washed the feet of his disciples and instructed his followers to imitate his example of service.

 


Sat: 10/11/08; 4 P.M.
1  Payeur
2  Maravel
3a  Tyszka, F.
3b  Tyszka, B.
4  Cuthbert
5  Flynn
6  Domask
7  Emery, Ruth
8  Sibley

R1  Madsen
R2  Webb

Sat: 10/11/08; 6 P.M.

2  Stevens, Jim
3  Vaughan
4  Lim
5  Morrill, A.
6  Miceli
7  Oleski
 

R1  Martell
R2  Mathews

Sun:  10/12/08; 7:30 A.M.
1  Perreault, C.
2  Perreault, S.
3  Archibold
4  Rodriguez
5  Manko, J.
6  Manko, M.
7  Armstrong
8  Peters

R1  Milloy
R2  Bastien J.

Sun: 10/12/08;  9:00 A.M.
1  Powers, P.
2  Johnsen
3a  Wong
3b  Powers, D.
4  Camerieri
5  Majorowski, S.
6  Gardner, T.
7  Lubelski
8  McGlenn

R1  Hower
R2  Ferrauiolo

Sun: 10/12/08; 11:00 A.M.
1  Brady, J.
2  Thompson
3a  Belles
3b  Gardiner, B.
4  Jackson
5  McQuiston
6  Lustre
7  Shigley
8  Russick

R1  Jung
R2  Brady, M.

 

 

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