Contact Us

Rectory: 862 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11222

Tel: 718-383-3339 Fax: 718-383-6958

Email: ant862@aol.com

Website:

www.stanthony-stalphonsus-brooklyn.org

Office Hours

Monday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm Saturday: 8 am - 1 pm

School of Adult Faith Formation (RCIA)

Tel: 718-383-3339 xtn. 118 ————————————

Mass Schedule

Monday - Thursday: 9:30 am & 12:30 pm

Friday:

9:30 am, 12:30 pm & 7:30 pm (Spanish)

Saturday: 9:30 am & 5:30 pm

Sunday: 9:30 am &

11:00 am (Spanish), 12:30 pm Holy Days: 9:30 am, 7:30 pm (Spanish) and Vigil Mass on the previous evening at 7:30 pm in English.

Devotions

Monday: Miraculous Medal (After 9:30 am Mass)

Tuesday: St. Anthony

(After 9:30 am Mass)

First Friday: Eucharistic Adoration (After all Masses) ———————————

Confessions

Saturday: 4 pm - 5 pm Place: In the upper church.

All other times, please call

the Rectory.

April 25th, 2021 4th Sunday of Easter

——————————— 4° Domingo de Pascua

Pastor Rev. Sebastian T. Augustine, CMI (xtn. 116) Email: sthekkedathu@gmail.com Parochial Vicar Rev. Jossy Vattothu, CMI (xtn. 118) Email: jovatton@gmail.com Office Manager & Bookkeeper Elizabeth Cano (xtn. 110) Faith Formation Coordinator Mrs. Allison Conlon (xtn. 123) Tel: 646-823-2301 E-mail: allison.conlon@yahoo.com Music Director Mr. Edward F. LaPlant, III

2021 is the year of St. Joseph. Every Wednesday after Mass we will say a prayer in

his honor for the rest of the year.

Saturday, April 24: 5:30 For the People of the Parish Sunday, April 25: 9:30 + Jaroslawa & Eva Janusz by Sister-in-law 11:00 + (Spanish) Julia Amparo Balcarcel by Jorge Restrepo 12:30 + Purgatorial Society Monday, April 26: 9:30 For the Special Intention of Brian Wang (For good health & blessings) by Su Ping Chen 12:30 + Aurelia Brandt by Melissa Walsh Tuesday, April 27: 9:30 The D’Annunzio - Karamouzos Family by Family 12:30 Wednesday, April 28: 9:30 + Rose Accetta by Mr. & Mrs. John Moley & Children 12:30 Thursday, April 29: 9:30 12:30 Friday, April 30: 9:30 + Billy Mulvena by His Siblings 12:30 7:30 + (Spanish) Maria Castellanos Chavez (9 años de fallecimiento) by Reina Dominguez y Familia Saturday, May 1: 9:30 + Mary Petrowicz by Anna Lewicki 5:30 Special blessings for Gabriel D’Annunzio - Karamouzos by Family Sunday, May 2: 9:30 For the People of the Parish 11:00 + (Spanish) Lidia Medina y Julito Peña by Victor Peña 12:30 + Francis Sienko (Happy Birthday in Heaven) by Family

Please remember those on our sick list in your prayers: Michael Anobile, Maria Petrona Paiz Turcios, Catherine McClung, Valerie Bruno, Martha Banfield, Allen Ryczek, Molly Tyburczy, John Ty-burczy, Julissa Garcia, Carolyn Lattanzio, Joan Dob-kin, Laurie Rueckheim, Judith Ballaster, Steve Be-lus, Janice L. Whelan, James Cunniff, Donald Bud-denhagen, Matthew Colasanti, Joseph Anthony D’Avino, Laura Borruso, Amy Pisarki, John Slattery, Josep Lauron, Carmelo Reyes, Marylou Ryan, Patricia Taranovich, Eugene Stonebreaker, Zofia Or-lowska, Mary Sanz, Robert Keenan, Ryan Marshall, Anne Marie Stampf, Edward Pertell, Genowefa Biernaca, Elizabeth Malenik, Kataryna Gierczynska, Caitlyn Geer, Bill Wisniewski, Gary Normandia, Brian Francis Campion, Gemma Ferrara, Frank Sar-lie, Peggy Mae, Edwin Soto, Lawrence O’Donnell, Julia Silva, Theresa Good, Mary Knapp, Elizabeth “Betty” Gifford, Baby Jozef Ban, Oliver Jayme Lo-pez, Mary Barreta, MaryAnne Stampf, Elsie Baumgardt, Barbara Wielunski, Ida M. Lopez, Laila Skye O., Phyllis & Dennis Nusspickel.

Bread & Wine

The bread and wine at all Masses from April 25th - May 1st will be in memory of

Rose Accetta by M/M R. Pineiro.

Happy Birthday

April 23: Cecilia Noguera April 24: Kathleen Mulhearn

April 24: Fita Villafuerte April 29: Rev. Sebastian T. Augustine, CMI

A Message from Fr. Sebastian’s Desk: The Good Shepherd

The Fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday, presents us chapter 10, of the Gospel of John. The feast of St Mark, though omitted today, falls on this day and in the rural setting, the farms and the fields used to be blessed today. Jesus the Good Shepherd, is a familiar metaphor to the extent we can call it a cliché. It rings in our ears with a memory and some from the newer generations may not feel anything about it. However, when we go through the image of a shepherd going after one stray sheep after leaving ninety-nine of them for the time being, it evokes some feeling in us. Or else, when Pope Francis speaks to the pastors that they should smell the sheep, it evokes the need of a spiritual bond between the people of God and their spiritual leaders.

The image of the shepherd who goes after the lost sheep, the parable of the prodigal son, the widow sweeping her entire house looking for a lost coin, have all one thing in common: the love of God that reaches out to the sinners, the outcasts, the sick, the suffering, and those in the periphery and margins. The doors of God are widely open for the children of God to get back in soon as they realize the love of God. More than an image from the agricultural society and idyllic pastoral images of a shepherd’s life, Jesus wants us to feel the warmth of the love God has for us. A shade of that acceptance and love, we Christians in turn have to exhibit to all God’s children. They may be in the form of vagabonds, prisoners, aliens, deviants from the familiar norms through which we have been categorizing men and women.

The pandemic scene once again grips most of the nations with another wave of COVID-19 with variant forms of it striking again. Complacency and let up in precautionary measures may happen with the increase in vaccination against the virus. However, as on April 19, vaccinations could not reach even half of the world population. Against the 141 million number of cases world over, 904 million people have been vaccinated so far. We had 31 million cases in the USA alone. Only 2.61% of the world population has been fully vaccinated. Let us pray to the Good Shepherd who is concerned about the suffering sheep world over, that so many are the sheep that need the care and love of the shepherd.

Rev. Sebastian T. Augustine, CMI Pastor

Un Mensaje del Padre Sebastian: El Buen Pastor

El Cuarto Domingo de Pascua, también conocido como Domingo de Buen Pastor, nos presenta el capí-tulo 10, del Evangelio de Juan. La fiesta de San Mar-cos, aunque se omite hoy, cae en este día y en el en-torno rural, las granjas y los campos solían ser ben-decidos hoy en día. Jesús el Buen Pastor, es una metáfora familiar en la medida en que podemos lla-marlo un cliché. Suena en nuestros oídos con un re-cuerdo y algunos de las nuevas generaciones pueden no sentir nada al respecto. Sin embargo, cuando pa-samos por la imagen de un pastor que va tras una oveja perdida después de dejar noventa y nueve de ellos por el momento, evoca algún sentimiento en nosotros. O de lo contrario, cuando el Papa Francisco habla a los pastores de que deben oler a las ovejas, evoca la necesidad de un vínculo espiritual entre el pueblo de Dios y sus líderes espirituales.

La imagen del pastor que va tras las ovejas perdidas, la parábola del hijo pródigo, la viuda barriendo toda su casa en busca de una moneda perdida, tienen todo en común: el amor de Dios que tiende la mano a los pecadores, a los marginados, a los enfermos, al sufri-miento y a los de la periferia y los márgenes. Las puertas de Dios están ampliamente abiertas para que los hijos de Dios regresen tan pronto como se den cuenta del amor de Dios. Más que una imagen de la sociedad agrícola y las idílicas imágenes pastorales de la vida de un pastor, Jesús quiere que sintamos la calidez del amor que Dios tiene por nosotros. Una sombra de esa aceptación y amor, los cristianos a su vez tenemos que exponer a todos los hijos de Dios. Pueden estar en forma de vagabundos, prisioneros, extranjeros, desviados de las normas familiares a través de las cuales hemos estado categorizando a hombres y mujeres.

La escena pandemia vuelve a agarrar a la mayoría de las naciones con otra ola de COVID-19 con formas variantes de ella golpeando de nuevo. Sin embargo, al igual que el 19 de abril, las vacunas no podían lle-gar ni a la mitad de la población mundial. Frente a los 141 millones de casos en todo el mundo, 904 mi-llones de personas han sido vacunadas hasta ahora. Solo en EE.UU. tuvimos 31 millones de casos. Sólo el 2,61% de la población mundial ha sido totalmente vacunada. Oremos al Buen Pastor que está preocupa-do por las ovejas que sufren en todo el mundo, para que tantas sean las ovejas que necesitan el cuidado y el amor del pastor.

Weekly Offering

Weekend of April 17 - 18, 2021

Attendance - 373 Collection - $ 3,872.00

Catholic Home Missions - $ 958.00 Votive Candles: $ 370.00

*information from last year is unavailable.

The parish and rectory office was closed due to the pandemic.*

Virtus

A friendly reminder to all volunteers to please keep current with their Virtus bulletins

which are posted online every month.

Please send in your pledges to help us reach our parish goal. If you have done so already,

we thank you for your kind donation.

Happy Birthday Fr. Sebastian T. Augustine, CMI

April 29

50/50 Club

50/50 envelopes are available in the back of the church. Please feel free to take additional

envelopes for neighbors and friends.

Minimum donation is $2.00 Donacion minima es $2.00

$2.00 = 1 chance to win $5.00 = 3 chances to win

$10.00 = 6 chances to win

Please make sure your name, phone num-ber and dollar amount are on each 50/50

envelope. (We will make sure your contribu-tion is converted into the proper amount of

chances to which you are entitled.)

All 50/50 envelopes must be in by the last Sunday of the month, and the winner will be

drawn and announced at Mass on the first Sunday of the following month.

All monies collected will be divided equally, 50% to our Parish and 50% to the winner. All proceeds from the 50/50 Club will be put into our Elevator Fund. If you have any questions,

please contact the Parish Office.

Parish Goal: $ 37,838.00 Pledged: $ 21,918.00 Paid: $ 19,770.51

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

Let us send prayerful wishes to the Candidates

receiving their First Holy Communion on May 2nd, 2021!

9:30 a.m. Mass 12:30 p.m. Mass Alexa Aviles Melanie Cantillo

Jimena Figueroa Jaianna Capella

Eli Gonzalez Adriana Castro

Emmanuel Gonzalez Isabella Culmone

Janezellie Gonzalez Aiden Dominguez

Liam Gonzalez Gerardo Duarte

Moises Gonzalez Ian Griffith

Christopher Ippolito Carmen Rouse Galindo - Flores

Eva Ippolito Delilah Lesniewski

Thomas Kurdziel Joseph Logue

Juliet Luna Jazmarie Saez - Martinez

Diana Medina - Morales Alejandro Montalvo

Jackelyn Ramos Karina Montalvo

Alin Santos Jeremiah Quiles

Hunter Silvestre Angel Benito Rebollar

Gabriel Troncoso Lisbeth Reyes

Roy Tse Gabrielle Romeo

Jordan Xelo Dana Tufino

A request from St. Anthony - St. Alphonsus R.C Church

“As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” (1 Peter 4:10)

With so much uncertainty in the world, the resolve of our priests and religious, ministers and teachers, and all people of faith has only grown stronger in Brooklyn and Queens, but so have the needs.

More than ever, we need your help to spread the light of Christ to our city and neighbors by giving to the 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal. Your participation joins you in faith with others in the Church to do good works during challenging times in new innovative ways:

• Connecting our young people to the Church • Feeding the hungry • Visiting the sick and imprisoned • Giving shelter to the homeless • Welcoming the stranger • Caring for the elderly • Sharing our faith • Educating the young • Forming deacons and priests

The work you support with a donation to the Appeal goes beyond the abilities of any one parish while benefit-ing the faithful in all parishes including St. Anthony - St. Alphonsus R.C. Church.

As a committed parishioner, friend, and Catholic, we need your support to uphold our mission. We are grateful to the 38 people who have made a generous commitment to the 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal.

Parish Goal: $37,838.00 Amount Pledged by Parishioners: $21,918.00

During Masses across our diocese and at our parish on April 24th & 25th we will conduct a commitment weekend asking for the support of all who are able.

You may also make your gift online now at annualcatholicappeal.org or text ACA to 917-336-1255 or call 718-965-7375 ext. 1602 and have a pledge card mailed to your home.

Suggested giving amounts:

• $100 pledge • $200 pledge = $25 a month • $350 pledge = $10 a week • $1,200 pledge = $5 a day

Prayer for the Year of St. Joseph

O Saint Joseph, guardian of Jesus and

husband of Mary, we pray to you for

guidance in this “Year of Saint Joseph” as

proclaimed by Pope Francis.

By your example we have been encouraged

in our daily work and in parenting our

children. You teach us to accept others as

they are, without exception.

To you our Heavenly Father entrusted his

Son, Jesus Christ. In you Our Lady placed

her love and trust. And through your

mentoring, Jesus grew into his adult life.

We praise you and ask of you to defend us

and our loved ones from every evil and guide

us with your grace and mercy.

Amen.

Spiritual Communion Prayer

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.

I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul. Since I cannot at this

moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you.

Never permit me to be separated from you.

Amen.

Baptism

Baptisms are celebrated in English on the last Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. and

Spanish baptisms are celebrated on the first Saturday of every month.

Arrangements must be made at

the Parish Office in advance. The birth certificate must be presented. Instructions are

required for parents and godparents before Baptism.

Marriages

Arrangements should be made six months in advance. Pre-Cana conferences are part of

preparation. The website address is: archyny.org

Parish Membership

Please register at the Parish Office. Any letters for Sponsorship, Baptism/

Confirmation, you must be a registered member of the Parish.

Choir

Meets each Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Church

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