324300 St. Ignatius Bulletin 030120 - Beach Catholic · The First Sunday of Lent March 1, 2020 THE...

The First Sunday of Lent March 1, 2020

THE PARISH FAMILY OF ST. IGNATIUS MARTYR

721 West Broadway, Long Beach, NY 11561 / www.stignatiusmartyr.org Serving the communities of Long Beach and Atlantic Beach

MARRIAGE . . . Arrangements should be made at least 6-months in advance and prior to making any plans for your reception. Please call the parish office for an appointment with a priest. All couples are expected to attend Diocesan Marriage Preparation Program. DEVOTIONS . . . Secular Franciscans meet -7:30 p.m. second Tuesday of each

month, September through June at Tabor House - 60 Anchor Avenue Oceanside. For information call: (516) 432-4370

Roses for Life - Every first Friday after 8:00 a.m. Mass. Rosary Altar Society “To Jesus Through Mary”

(516) 608-8255 MEMORIALS . . . Anyone wishing to remember a deceased family member or friend in a special way may contact the parish office. There are many items that we could suggest for use in our Church. COMMUNION CALLS . . . All parishioners who are sick or homebound are invited to contact the parish office to arrange for a visit from an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion who will be glad to bring Communion to you. Please ask for a priest if you wish to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. RCIA . . . This process known as the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults is for those who are interested in becoming a Catholic AND, for those Baptized Catholics who wish to complete the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist. If you, or someone you know is interested in learning more about the process of RCIA please call the parish office.

EUCHARIST Our life as a praying community Mass Schedule: Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 and 9:45 a.m. (Family Mass),

6:00 p.m. (September - June) Eve of a Holy Day and Holy Days: Please

consult the bulletin. Weekdays: 8:00 a.m. PENANCE The loving power of the Father’s forgiveness Confessions: Saturday 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. BAPTISM Our new life as a Christian! We rejoice with families on the occasion

of the birth of a new child. Please call 432-0045 to speak to a member of the parish staff to arrange for an interview and registration for the required baptismal preparation class.

OFFICE HOURS The parish office is open on: Monday thru Friday: 10:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m. (call for appt. after 5:00 p.m.), Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Parish Office: Email: [email protected] Parish Telephone: 432-0045 Fax 432-6848 Long Beach Catholic School: 432-8900 Convent: 431-2101 Religious Education Office: 432-6788 Parish Outreach: 432-4899 BEREAVEMENT A list of resources for Bereavement

Support Groups can be found at www.drvc-faith.org.

MISSION STATEMENT

W e the parishioners of Saint Ignatius Martyr Roman Catholic Church recognize ourselves as beloved children of a loving and merciful Father. We open ourselves to the power of the Holy Spirit so that we may become Christ in the world today,

We welcome as family all who knock on our door seeking the face of Christ. God who calls us by name and has made us one by Baptism empowers us through: Word, Sacrament, Prayer, and the example of

Saint Ignatius of Antioch, We respond to God’s call through word and action in proclaiming the Gospel, joyfully celebrating the Eucharist, fostering stewardship as a

way of life, reaching out to the needs of all and promoting justice, peace, and the healing of all creation.

Welcome

The Pastoral Staff The Rev. Msgr. Donald McE. Beckmann, D.Min.

The Rev. Dr. Anthony Osuagwu, Associate Pastor for the three Barrier Island Parishes The Rev. Dr. Ryszard Ficek, Associate Pastor for the Year of Transition

Robert Reed, Deacon Gerri Maquet, Director of Religious Education Grades 1 - 5

Tim Murphy, Parish Social Ministry Mrs. Kerry Kahn, Principal Long Beach Catholic Regional School

O ur parish family invites all its members to participate fully in our spiritual, apostolic and social life. The pastoral team is here to serve

your needs. If you are a new family in our community please register at the parish office.


The First Sunday of Lent Gn. 2:7 - 9, 3:1 - 7; Ps. 51:3 - 4, 5 - 6, 12 - 13, 17; Rom. 5:12 - 19; Mt. 4:1 - 11

Saturday, February 29, 5:30 p.m. Mass Celebrant: Father Donald Lector: Jim Hannan Leader of Song: Organist: Marge Whelan SMHC: W. Brower, M. Llewellyn, L. O’Shaughnessy, E. Ostendorf, R. Sheridan Servers: O. Korzeniewski, J. Lattanzi Intentions: Jane Buckner

Sunday, March 1, 8:00 a.m. Mass Celebrant: Father Ryszard Lector: Stephen Burke SMHC: D. Donahue, E. Donnelly, K. Grasso, B. Martin, D. Thorsen Servers: A. Armbruster, C. Maguire Intentions: St. Ignatius Martyr Parishioners

9:45 a.m. Mass Children’s Liturgy of the Word Downstairs

Celebrant: Father Donald Deacon: Robert Reed Lector: Jerry Spano Leader of Song: SMHC: L. Dunlay, D. Dunlay, G. McAuley, M. Stramiello Servers: C. Benedetto, E. Lynch Intentions: Laboria Knott, Valerie Buscemi, Velino Rotondi, Michael & Jenea Diamond

6:00 p.m. Mass Celebrant: Father Brian Deacon: Robert Reed Intentions: --

6:00 p.m. Mass Celebrant: Father Brian Deacon: Robert Reed Intentions: --

Facebook We invite you to go to our Facebook page “St. Ignatius Martyr Parish.” Remember to click like if you wish to receive automatic updates.

Monday, March 2, 2020, The Monday of the First Week of Lent Lv. 19:1 - 2, 11 - 18; Mt. 25:31 - 46 8:00 a.m. Theresa Malizia

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, The Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Is. 55:10 - 11; Mt. 6:7 - 15 8:00 a.m. Arlene DeLuca

Wednesday, March 4, 2020, The Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Jon. 3:1 - 10; Lk. 11:29 - 32 8:00 a.m. --

Thursday, March 5, 2020, The Thursday of the First Week of Lent Est. C:12, 14 - 16, 23 - 25; Mt. 7:7 - 12 8:00 a.m. No Scheduled Mass

Friday, March 6, The Friday of the First Week of Lent Ez. 18:21 - 28; Mt. 5:20 - 26 8:00 a.m. No Scheduled Mass

The Second Sunday of Lent Gn. 12:1 -4A; Ps. 33:4 - 5, 18 - 19, 20, 22; 2 Tm. 1:8B - 10; Mt. 17:1 -9

Saturday, March 7, 5:30 p.m. Mass Celebrant: Father Donald Lector: Sr. Barbara Nirrengarten Leader of Song: Organist: Marge Whelan SMHC: B. Haas, M. McGroary, Y. Morrissey, L. O’Shaugnessy, L. Pappetti, Servers: M. McMahon Intentions: Ann Birgona

Sunday, March 8, 8:00 a.m. Mass

Celebrant: Father Donald Deacon: Robert Reed Lector: Stephen Burke SMHC: L. Battaglini, Q. Battaglini, E. Donnelly, D. Thorsen, D. Wilson Servers: M. Leston, M. McCaffrey Intentions: St. Ignatius Martyr Parishioners

9:45 a.m. Mass Celebrant: Father Ryszard Lector: Jim Hannan Leader of Song: SMHC: M. Brophy, S. Harris, M. McGuinness, J. Moriarty, R. Peresztegi Servers: K. Lynch Intentions: Theresa Malizia, Arlene McCaffrey, John Nasto, Thomas Manning, Michel Maguffin - 7-Year Anniversary

Requests for the March 15, 2020

bulletin are due by Thursday, March 5, 2020. (10-days prior)

Submit bulletin announcements by e-mail to:

[email protected]

Please pray for our deceased

Ogette Madagsi Daniel G. Ward

Parish Registration

If you do not receive mail from the parish, that may mean you are not a registered parishioner. Please contact the Parish Office at (516) 432-0045 or [email protected], to receive a Welcome Package with Registration Form and Parish Information.


THOUGHTS FROM THE TOWER from Father Donald

Temptation is real. Whether we think of the devil as a personal reality (as Pope Francis encourages us to think of him) or an impersonal force of evil, we all in one way or another experience that when we seek to do what is right and loving we encounter a force that pulls us away from the good and towards evil. So the diabolical becomes very active during Lent. As Christ’s people seek through our penances to open our hearts more to the Holy Spirit and to the needs of others, the evil power works all the harder to disrupt our Lenten practices and thwart real spiritual growth. Thus all three of our Lenten observances can be challenged. As we seek to give more time each day to prayer or to pray with greater attentiveness we might experience more than usual distractions. We might choose as our “fasting” to spend less time glued to the internet or to TV. And then it becomes harder than usual to pull away. For our “almsgiving” we might make a special effort to be kind to a troublesome person and then find that somehow he or she gets under our skin more than usual. It is vital to remember that through his death and resurrection Christ has won the ultimate victory over all the powers of evil. Baptized into his death and resurrection we share in that victory. While the evil one can still oppress us he cannot triumph over us. We will still sin but we trust in God’s forgiveness won for us on the Cross. We will fail at times in our Lenten penances. (Indeed, if we never fail in them we need to ask ourselves if we have taken on observances that were too easy!) But that very failure can propel us to cling more closely to Jesus and deepen our faith in his love for us. So let us take courage this Lent. Let us reaffirm our faith that Jesus has claimed us as his own. Let us not be discouraged by our failures but learn from them how to become more open to the work of the Holy Spirit. Our struggle to grow in love during Lent, even with our failures at times, will lead us in faith to a deeper joy as we renew our Baptism at Easter. And let us pray for one another that Lent will be a time of growth for all of us.

Father Donald


AA, Al-Anon Weekly Meetings Monday at 7:30 p.m., OPA, (R) Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., AA / Young by the Beach (BB) - Friday at 7:30 p.m. OPA, (R) Saturday AL-ANON, 11:00 (B), 11:40 (R) Saturday at 6:15 p.m., (B), AA Young by the Beach 7:30 p.m. (O) All meetings are in the Rectory Basement adjacent to the parking lot at the back of the church. (BB) - Big Book Meeting (B) - Beginners Meeting (R) - Regular Meeting (O) - Open Meeting

Societ of St. Vincent de Paul

Inspired by Gospel values we are a Catholic lay

organization showing God's love by embracing

all works of charit and justice. We are called to

give any for of personal help to anyone in need

while promoting human dig it . We also visit

home bound neighbors on a reg lar basis. If you

or anyone you know needs our assistance please

call William at (516) 432‐0157, ex . 17.

“Dig Into The Word”

Would you be in teres ted in preparing for the Sunday Readings? If so come join us, we will be working with a monthly newsletter “Exploring the Sunday Readings”. No cost to you! There are meditations and thought provoking questions to explore. Please bring your bible, if not we can provide one. Meetings are held in the Msgr. Cass Center. Call the Parish Office for questions.

March: to be announced, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Meetings are held in the Msgr. Cass Center. Call the Parish Office for questions.

January eGiving: $5,361.21

Pray for the Sick: Diane Baratto, Dina Baratto, Carmen Barella, Frank Barella, Jr., Ken Brown, Edith Batgli, Marie Bennet, Regina Bennett, Butch Borfitz, Gavin Brady, Anita Busi, Linda & Matt Castiglione, Mary ChiMenti, Carlos Concha, Lisa Crayanos, Michelle Cross, John Culley, Denise Dominic, Patrick Doyle, Patti Doyle, Michael Dunne, Scott Epstein, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Brian Sean Flynn, Rita Flynn, Maureen Frank, Pat Healy, Jackie Heins, Pat Hirsch, John Hughes, Jimmy Hughs, Nicholas LaFaman, Darlene Lenzi, Judy Lisiten, Frank Maniaci, Joanne Marino, Jane Martin, Susan McCarthy, Joanne McGrath, Ellen McGuinness, Peter McKechnie, Jim McNally, Richard Millard, Pam Molloy, T. Moore, Brian Morrissey, Irene Mozer, Anita Myles, Clare Ness, Michael O’Brien, MaryJane O’Connor, Mark Ogden, Gloria Ostendorf, Jessica Patton, Dr. Glen Pichichero, Kathleen Poyer, Cathy Puglisi, George Kevin Roach, George Roth, Julliano Rozzelli, Dennis Ruddy, Mary Ellen Ruddy, Danny Ryan, Meghan Salerno, Gloria Samaniello, Rachel Sears, Elizabeth Silvy, Gloria Snyder, Irene Sutemeyer, Robert Taaffe, Baby Martin Tepper, Virginia Travali, John Urli, Savannah Villani, Robin K. Wright, Donald Zacherl Please notify the Parish Office to add or remove someone from the Prayer list.

Beach Catholic Outreach Program

The Beach Catholic Outreach Program now serves families in need across our Barrier Island. Any donations of the following would be greatly appreciated, and can be dropped off at your respective parish:

Canned Fruit and Vegetables, Diapers, Shelf-stable Milk, Toiletries, and Tuna

The Beach Catholic Outreach Program hours are: Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. at the St. Mary of the Isle Com-munity Center. Please contact Tim Murpy at (516) 432-0045, ext. 14, or at (516) 432-0157, ext. 17.

Please Keep Our Troops in your Prayers:

1st Lt. Duncan J. Brown, Army Lt. Col. John Delaney, Army 1st Lt. Andrew DeLannoy, Marines Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Dodd, Navy Specialist Anthony Fauci, Army Pvt.1st Class Christopher Freudenberg, Army Edward Gloeggler, Navy Sgt. Jason Hurley, Air Force Brian T. Kelly, Marines Vincent Kneipp, Air Force Michael Lang, Army, 1st Lt. Joshua Lipke, Army Lt. Col. Carey McCarthy, Army, Christopher McCarthy, Navy, Lt. Maximilian McQuade, Navy Lt. Andrew Mezzetti, Air Force Capt. Brian Nadel Major John B. Naughton, Marines Sgt. Christopher Quijano, Army Michael Quintana, Army Sgt. Glenn Richards, Army Timothy Richards, Army SFC Randy Rivera, Army RP1 Timothy Robinson, Navy Captain Anthony Runco, USAFR Captain John Runco, USAF Patrick Taffe, Navy CWO Pvt.1st Class Richard Tagliagambe, Army Jordan Weinshank, Navy Edward Zimmerman, Navy

2/23/2020 $✽

✽ 2/23/20 collection will be posted in the 3/8/20 bulletin

Thank you for your generosity


Begins February 26, 2020 - Ash Wednesday

Stations of the Cross: Fridays, 7:30 p.m.

Little Black Books:

We are blessing and distributing the “Little Black Books” for Lent this weekend. You are invited to take one per family.

Fasting and Abstinence during Lent:

Fasting: On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, those who are 18 but not yet 60 are allowed one full meal. Two smaller meals are allowed as needed. Eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. Abstinence from Meat: Those who are 14-years of age or older are to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent.

During Lent:

“Dig into the Word”, Thursday’s, 3:00 p.m., MCC - on the Sunday readings. Alpha, Thursday evenings, beginning March 5, 2020; please see the flyer in the bulletin.

The Rosary Altar Society of St. Ignatius Martyr Church,

Long Beach, NY

The Rosary Altar Society will hold its first meeting of the Spring Season on Sunday, March 1, 2020 in the Msgr. Cass Center, following the 9:45 a.m. Mass

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Members of Rosary Altar invite all newcomers to join us, as we greet each other and plan for the season’s activities and fundraising events for the Church.

Thereafter, our meetings will continue to be held on the first Sunday of each month: April 5th, May 3rd and

June 7th. Any changes will be advised in future bulletins.

Starting off the season we will hold our annual Cake Sale, scheduled for March 21st & 22nd. As with all our fundraisers, proceeds from the sale goes directly to the

benefit of the Parish.

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The Rosary Altar Society of St. Ignatius Martyr Church

Devoted to the praise and honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary

For information on the Society,

please contact: Bernadette at 516-897-1904, or Irene at 516-889-0008

Or visit our events page on the St. Ignatius Martyr

Church website

Friday’s of Lent

at St. Ignatius Martyr,

at 7:30 p.m.,

located in the Church

All are welcome!


Pilgrimage to Medjugorje

July 29 to August 7, 2020

Youth Festival – All Ages welcome

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For Information nights and free brochures call

Fr. Peter 1-631-757-7435

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Long Beach Catholic Regional School

Principal’s Updates

First Sunday of Lent We begin the season of Lent by joining Jesus in the desert where he is tempted by the devil. Satan tempts Jesus in three ways, which represent the same three tactics he commonly employs today to get us to break our relationship with God. First, Satan tries to undermine Jesus’ identity as the Son of God. He does the same thing with us - he tries to undermine our dignity and identity as sons and daughters of God. Second, Satan offers Jesus the kingdoms of the world. Satan tempts us also - to seek power and influence in this world in order to further enslave us in an endless quest for control. Finally, Satan tempts Jesus to fulfill his mission in a way other than the one ordained by the Father. In the same way, we are often tempted to find an easier or more “successful” way to live our lives, instead of trusting the Father’s plan. Jesus answers Satan in all three of these temptations with the Word of God because God’s Word has power to resist and overcome evil. That is one reason why it is so important to become steeped and grounded in Scripture: in order to have a ready sword of truth which we can use to defend ourselves against the lies and snares of evil. Let us now join Jesus in the desert in this week’s Gospel reading and learn how we can better resist the temptations of the devil in our own lives today. We begin our week with a Lenten prayer service that includes the entire school each Monday morning. We are blessed to gather on a weekly basis as we prepare and pray during Lent. Our students will once again come together in prayer on Wednesday as we celebrate Mass together in St. Ignatius at 8:45 a.m. All family and friends are welcome to join us in pray-er and enjoy the voices of the children as we are led in song by our school choir. The students get to dress down on Friday and donate $1 toward Catholic Relief Services who will assist those in need locally, nationally, and globally. I thank our school families as they are always so generous, and we also have each child bring a canned food item in for parish Outreach! God Bless you.

Mrs. Kerry Kahn Principal

Thursday, March 5 Thursday, March 19

March 11, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. located in the SVDP Room, St. Mary of the Isle Parish Hall.


We tend to believe good times will last forever. (Just look at what happened before the Great Recession of 2008.) While it's nice to be optimistic in that respect, we tend to worry that the bad times will last forever as well. The truth is that life is a series of contrasts – mountaintop experiences followed by deep valleys. This week's Gospel, about the Transfiguration, clearly shows us that we all live amid contrasts. The disciples are so excited by what they have witnessed that they want to build tents to commemorate the event, and then, almost immediately, they are nearly paralyzed by fear. The same is true for us, especially when it comes to our faith. At times we have bright moments when all seems so clear and obvious, and then we begin to experience doubts and uncertainty. Sometimes it even seems as if God himself has withdrawn from us. We must not be surprised by these contrasting experiences, but instead we should use this week's reading as preparation for what we will do when the contrasts occur. For us, as for Abraham in the first reading, the disciples, and all who have gone before us in faith, it is only when we listen attentively to God's beloved Son that we will have the courage and grace to deal with all that life is sure to hand us. This reading for the Second Sunday of Lent continues our tour of the peaks of salvation history. One could say that this passage represents God’s mission statement. The general intent expressed is to provide Abraham - and through him, "all the communities of the earth" - with a land, blessing, and a great name. All of this depends, of course, on his generating an heir. Without the birth of Isaac, there could be no nation, land, blessing, or the passing on of his name. Abraham does receive these promises. That we're still reading about Abraham four thousand years after the events recounted here is largely due to the fact that these promises made to him in Genesis 12 were fulfilled. Our faith is that they were fulfilled in a far more fantastic way than Abraham could've ever imagined. The land promised has been extended, by the mission of the Church received from Christ, to include the whole world. The blessing is given to all who come to her sacraments. The name is that of Jesus, the only name under heaven by which we're saved. Hardship is something we naturally seek to avoid, but St. Paul has given us some reason for embracing the thing our natural inclinations reject. God has saved us, he says, "and called us to a holy life." To be holy is to do what we see Christ doing. If he suffered for the sake of the Gospel, then so should we. The salvation which comes to us as a consequence of the suffering of Christ is the fruit of the Father's plan, which included (even

required) suffering. In other words, our hardship is part of the plan of our salvation, won by Christ through suffering and appropriated by us through our share of his suffering in and for the Body of Christ - the Church. What was unredeemed before Christ has become a tool in the hand of God to shape us in conformity with his plan for the kingdom. In this way, he has "destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel." One of the revolutions that the Gospel brings about is this reversal of fortunes in which the greatest misfortunes - even death itself - is made an instrument of eternal life. This Gospel reading represents a confluence of themes from the Old Testament. Mt. Tabor has been spoken of as a second Mt. Sinai - where the Ten Commandments and the ceremonial law of the Old Covenant were received. This fits nicely into Matthew's theme of Jesus as the new Moses. Several elements in this narrative also suggest a connection with the Jewish Feast of Booths (Sukkot). It's significant that Jesus' coming to Mt. Tabor also results in a manifestation of God's glory and the presence of a cloud, both of which are associated with the Feast of Booths. Jesus is thereby simultaneously portrayed as the new Law, the new manifestation of God, and the new Temple; all of which were elements of importance in the Jewish celebration of the Feast of Booths. It's sometimes overlooked that Moses and Elijah were the only two figures in the Old Testament who spoke directly with God, both on Mt. Horeb (another name for Mt. Sinai). If Tabor is intended to represent a new Sinai, then we ought to consider the possibility that Matthew is showing us that Jesus is more than simply a new Moses or Elijah; he's also the God who spoke to Moses and Elijah on Mt. Horeb - as he's now shown doing on Mt. Tabor. Reflections:

What are some of the contrasts in today’s Gospel account of the Transfiguration?

How can this week’s reading help prepare us to live with the contrasts that occur in the Christian life?

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