MassesSaturday: 5:00PMSunday: 7:30AM, 9AM, 10:30AM, 12Noon (Spanish), 5PMSecond Sunday of month: 2:00PM Mass in TagalogFourth Sunday of month: 2:30PM Mass in CreoleMonday - Saturday: 8:30AMHoly Days: As announced.

Sacrament of BaptismFirst Sunday of month at 2PM in English. First Saturday of the month at 1PMin Spanish. Parents must make prior arrangements and attend instruction class.

Sacrament of PenanceSaturday: 4-4:45PM or by appointment.

Sacrament of MarriageCouples should contact a priest or deacon one year in advance of desired date.

Sacrament of the SickCall the rectory for arrangements - anytime in case of emergencies.

DevotionsEucharistic AdorationWednesday: 9:00AM-3:00PMFirst Friday: 9:00AM-10:00AMFirst Saturday: 6:00PM-7:00PM

The Rosary is recited Monday-Saturday at 8:10AM

Miraculous Medal NovenaMondays and Saturdays after the 8:30AM Mass.

Other DevotionsAs announced.

New ParishionersNew members to Incarnation are asked to contact the pastor for a parishwelcome and registration.

Parish StaffVery Rev. John J. O'Connor, VF, Pastor - Ext 15Rev. Christopher J. Bethge, Parochial Vicar - Ext 13Rev. Msgr. John Casey, Pastor Emeritus(Not in Residence)

Deacon Francois Innocent - Ext 25Deacon Franklin Munoz - Ext 40Deacon Clemenceau Pierre-Antoine - Ext 41Deacon Robinson Despeignes - Ext 42Deacon Luis Lopez - Ext 49

Ms. Satti Marchan, Principal - Ext 28Mrs. Marie Fouche, Rel Ed Director - Ext 23Mrs. Olga Petio, RCIA Coordinator - Ext 23Mr. Perry Townsend, Director of Music - Ext 27Miss Jasmine Gomez, Music MinistryMrs. Rose Ruesing, Youth Ministry - Ext 23Ms Patricia Brady, Parish Secretary - Ext 10

SchoolTel: 718-465-5066

Religious Education OfficeTel: 718-465-8534 Ext 23

Rectory HoursWeekdays: 9:30 - 11:30AM; 1:30-8PM.Please call in advance to make an appointmentwith a priest.Saturdays & Sundays: By appointment.

School Office HoursSchool Days: 7:30AM - 3:30PM

Incarnation Parish89-43 Francis Lewis Boulevard

Queens Village, New York 11427-2245April 22, 2018

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Rectory Tel: 718-465-8534 Fax: 718-465-3834www.incrcc.org

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LET US PRAY . . . We ask God’s healing and strength for: Mercia Desir, Gerard Jacques, Rose Toussaint, Urlita Santiago, Joseph

DeAngelo, Shirley Basdeo, Zoraida Vasquez, Theresa Thomann, Marian Smith, Sarika Clona, Allan Caicedo, Jenny Rodriguez, Lynette Jerome, Leone Adrien, Lucette Julien, Yvette Goin, Arnulfo Cabahug, Sr, Kenine Dieuveuil, Fritz Etheart, Lunice Guiteau, Levonne Jetter, Maria Cabrera, Amanda Perez, Marie Charles – Elie, Natividad Neri,

Kenneth Reed, Melicio Eclipse, jr, Brian Irslinger, Justin Stewart, Wilner Josephe Belhumeur, Gwendolyn Oviedo, Vicky Santiago,

Bernadette Persaud, Marie Cadet, Dcn. Luis Lopez, Horacio Eclipse, Adilaida Eclipse

May Eternal Rest be Granted to Parishioners and Benefactors

Members of the Armed Forces on Active Duty from Incarnation If you have family members from Incarna-

tion who are presently serving on Active Duty, please let us know so that we can in-

clude their names below. Please give name, rank and branch of service for each person.

Please pray for:

Pfc. Spec.2 David R. Collins, U.S. Army Tech Sgt Lovewyn DeOcampo, U.S. Air Force

Pfc. Jacob Hudock, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Class Manuel Stanley Joseph, U.S. Air Force

Spc. Lizbeth Molinn, U.S. Army BM2 Otelo Rodriguez, U.S. Navy

Lt. Michel Santana, U.S. Navy Maj. Brian Sterling Smith, U. S. Army

LCpl. Erick Ricardo Toledo, U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Byron Umali, U.S. Marine Corps

“GOD’S PLAN FOR GIVING”

Collection for The Week of J

April 14/15 My Weekly Tithe $5,061 Maintenance $1,302

Thank you for your generosity and support of your parish.

SECOND COLLECTION April 22: Maintenance April 29: Catholic Home Missions

Announced Masses

Sunday April 22

7:30 Cecila Kilayko 9:00 Maria Soledad Ospina 10:30 Elizabeth Xenos 12:00 Ana & Jose Rodriguez 5:00 Theresa Turturro Monday April 23 St George/St. Adalbert

8:30 Gabriella Krill ~ 1st Anniversary Tuesday April 24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen

8:30 Roberto Lopez

Wednesday April 25 St. Mark, Evangelist

8:30 In Thanksgiving ~ Marie Seide Thursday April 26 8:30 Rev. Francis X. Bintener ~ 24th Anniversary Friday April 27 8:30 In Honor of the Blessed Trinity

Saturday April 28 St. Peter Chanel

8:30 Rosa & Francesco Fracassa 5:00 The People of Incarnation Sunday April 29 7:30 Cabaza Family 9:00 Intentions of Edith Carido & Family 10:30 Elvira and Umberto Pannicia 12:00 Antonio Suarez 5:00 In Thanksgiving to O.L. of Lourdes

Vision Statement

Incarnation Parish is a Roman Catholic community centered around the Lord Jesus, a living sign of hope to all that the Word made flesh dwells among us. His presence and love is encountered in all areas of our life together, especially in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in Sacred Scripture and in the Sacraments. We seek to make the Lord's presence and love known through service and edu-cation, through evangelization and through con-tinual conversion and renewal in Him. We entrust our life together and our sharing in the mission of Christ to the protection and intercession of Mary, Mother of the Lord and our Mother.

Spring High Tea - April 28. Everyone is invited to High Tea on Saturday, April 28 beginning at 2PM in Msgr. Griffin Hall as we continue to celebrate Easter and the arrival of Spring. Tickets for Tea are only $20; The conversations and cheer are priceless. Please contact the rectory today. Tickets are also being sold at the doors of the church after Mass today. Sponsored by the Family Life Committee.

A Concert Reawakening the Call TODAY at 3PM - A Ceremony of Lessons & Carols During the Year of Vo-cations will take place Today, Good Shepherd Sunday be-ginning at 3PM at Immaculate Conception Church, Edger-ton Blvd, Jamaica. This free concert during the Diocesan Year of Vocations will feature the Music Ministry of sever-al Deanery Parishes. Join the faithful from throughout our part of Queens as we raise our voices in song and prayer and ask the Lord of the Harvest to send more labor-ers into our Church. Light refreshments will follow.

“I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me.”

From the Pastor’s Pen

This Good Shepherd Sunday gives me pause to reflect as I celebrate my Twenty-fifth Anniversary as a priest this coming June. I will be seeing classmates in May and June and I’m sure we will talk about what has changed and is the same. Without getting too deep—What has changed is human and what has stayed the same is Divine. When Bishop Daily ordained me at St. James Cathedral on June 26, 1993 I was by no way, shape or form clueless about the Priesthood or what was being asked of me by Mother Church. Nevertheless, as a seminarian I could not grasp the deep longing that the people have for God and how the priest can assist them in filling that void. Additionally, I was no stranger to personal trauma and pain at twenty-five when I was ordained and yet I did not realize how bruised, battered and wounded so many people are and how they carry themselves so nobly in their daily lives. Being allowed to participate in such basic needs of God’s People through the years has indeed changed me. I’ve also changed in that I’m twenty-five years older and sadly more than twenty-five pounds heavy than that June day. I cannot do all the things that I used to do; all the things that I want to do. Sometimes I look at Fr. Chris and think that he is nuts. Not just that he is a Yankee fan, but also the schedule he keeps in serving God’s People at Incarnation and beyond. Often when I am heading upstairs he is heading out to tend to someone. I think he is nuts until realizing my similar schedule when I was his age. We are very blest to have him for his first priestly assignment. The diocesan priesthood has also changed. When I was a kid helping out at my home parish there were four priests stationed at the parish. Today at Incarnation strictly speaking Father Chris and I make up just over one full priest with me directing the Liturgy Office and Father Chris helping at Cathedral Prep. Nevertheless, I believe we are lucky! What has been constant over twenty-five years? God’s Love. His love for me has been unwavering even if I do not fully comprehend it. His thirst for souls who can be so disoriented at times that they do not even realize how much they are unapologetically loved and longed for by Him who wants for nothing. His outreach to us in the Sacraments has been constant. It does not get any simpler that eating and drinking at the Altar of the Cross or saying we are sorry in the conversation of the confessional. The final constant is family: His Mystical Body. Through the Mystery of the Incarnation we are ever bound to Jesus and through His death and Resurrection we are intertwined as his family. I love being part of this family here. I love bringing your families to the Sacraments. Just some reflections at Twenty-five! God Bless! The Lord is Risen. It is true! He has appeared to Simon!

PRAYERS FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD.

Over the next ten months you will be in-vited to pray at home for more priests. We

invite individual parishioners & families to sign up to re-ceive a beautiful Good Shepherd statue into their home for one or two weeks and to pray for priestly vocations. A prayer kit & activity sheets about vocations will be also given to help you through your prayer week. At the end of the week, on Saturdays, we ask you to return the Good Shepherd Statue to the Parish Office so that it may be hand-ed over to another parishioner and/or family on Sunday. You may keep the activity sheets for further prayer and re-flection. Please consider signing up for our Prayer Cam-paign for Priestly Vocations. Simply fill in the form below and return it to the Parish Office or in the collection as soon as possible. Father Chris, Father O’Connor or a member of the Vocations Committee, will contact you soon afterwards about all the details.

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NAME ___________________ PHONE: _____________ Please contact me/us to participate in Incarnation’s Prayer Campaign for Priestly Vocations. I/We wish to dedicate daily prayer before the Good Shepherd in our home asking for more priests to active ministry in the Church.

HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS will take place this Tuesday, April 24 at 7:30 PM in the church. We are happy to welcome Fr. Michael Bissex, a friend of Fr. Chris and Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick’s Parish in Huntington as he leads us in prayer and reflects on his first years as a priest. All parishioners are asked to attend and pray for more priests in the Church. Families are most especially invited. Come and pray before the Blessed Sacrament asking for more laborers to tend the vineyard. Please make an effort to join us this Tuesday at 7:30PM

A WARM WELCOME. If you are new to our parish please feel free to introduce yourself to the pastor or one of the deacons after Mass today. We kindly invite you to come to the Parish Office and register as a member of In-carnation. Registration is important for all parishioners because then we are able to issue sponsor letters for Bap-tism, Confirmation and Matrimony. We also can give end of the year statements of your contributions to the church through regular use of the envelopes. We can also help you with letters of recommendation for employment, schools, etc. Your registration will also help us with our parish cen-sus in knowing the number of Catholics in the Hol-lis/Queens Village area. Thank you and welcome.

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Readings For The Week

Sunday Acts 4:8;12 1Jn 3:1-9 Jn 10:11-18

Monday Acts 11:1-18 Jn 10:1-10

Tuesday Acts 11:19-26 Jn 10:22-30

Wednesday 1Pt 5:5b-14 Mk 16:15-20

Thursday Acts 13:13-25 Jn 13:16-20

Friday Acts 13:26-33 Jn 14:1-6

Saturday Acts 13:44-52 Jn 14:7-14

Events For The Week Sunday 9:00am Religious Education MGH 1:00pm Legion of Mary OLPH 2:00pm Youth Group OLP 2:30pm Haitian Mass CH 5:00pm CORA Meeting OLPH Monday 730pm RCIA & Adult Confirmation OLPH Tuesday 12noon Friendship Club OLPH 7:30pm Holy Hour for Vocations CH Wednesday 9:00am Adoration CH 5:30pm Angelic Voices CH 7:30pm Choir CH Thursday 8:00pm AA OLPH Friday No School 12:00pm Food Pantry MNH 6:00pm Girl Scouts MNH 7:30pm English Prayer Group OLPH Saturday 9:00am Sacred Hearts Prayer Group OLPH 9:30am Sunday Scripture Sharing MGH 2:00pm Spring High Tea MGH 6:00pm Haitian Prayer Group MGH 8:00pm AA OLPH CH = Church; MNH = Msgr. Nolan Hall (Lower Church); RB = Rectory Basement; OLPH=Our Lady’s (Rectory) Meeting, MGH = Msgr. Griffin Hall (School Auditorium).

Incarnation Catholic Academy Corner

Accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Registration has begun for the 2018-2019 Academic Year

Non– Catholic Children are also Welcomed at the Academy

Walk-in registration will be held daily from 9-11AM.

Appointments may also be made for a School Tour. Parents who are interested in registering their child for Pre-K or K will be required to bring their child to spend a day

in the current class.

Box Tops for Education May be left in the church’s main vestibule

For more info and Open House Dates log onto www.incarnationqv.org or call 718-465-5066

A campaign such as Generations of Faith does not simply end when all the pledges are collected. Now is the time when we start to see the wonderful effects of our effort. Blue collection envelopes have been placed by the doors of the church to help facilitate your pledge payments. Please be sure to send your pledge payments in by mail or sign up for online payments at www.cfbq.org/generations/payments. Together we can insure the future of our parish and the presence of the Gospel in our part of Queens for Generations to Come!

CHURCH ETIQUETTE. A reminder to all parishioners to turn off cell phones before entering the church. Also, we ask that before and after Mass we keep our greetings to one another to a minimum as some

parishioners are still in private prayer.

Martha Ministry. Join with others from the parish in a detailed cleaning of the church at 10:30AM on the Second Saturday of the month—May 12. For more information please contact: Donna Paul—347-495-0435.

CAR REBATES. The St. Vincent DePaul Society will give $50-$100 to Incarnation for each car, truck or van (running or not). If you or someone you know has an old or neglected vehicle that needs dis-posal please call the Society of St. Vincent De-Paul at 718-491-2525.

On this Good Shepherd Sunday we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Pray for holy vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and conse-crated life that God will raise up good shepherds in our midst. If you are considering such a vocation,

contact the Vocation Office at 718-827-2454.

Parish Pilgrimage 2018: In the Footsteps of

St. Paul—Sept 9 – 20. ~ The parish pilgrimage next September will be to Greece and the Greek Isles as we make a Pilgrim Journey In the Steps of St. Paul. The pil-grimage will be on both land and sea as we follow the trav-els of St. Paul and discover not only the beauty of the Med-iterranean but also of our Catholic Faith. Spread the word to families and friends take home some bro-chures from the church vestibule. Registration is closing soon.

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LIVING LIGHTS. Securing an Annual Living Light Votive Candle to Honor a Loved One, Remember a Special Intention, or Mark a Milestone is a con-tinual and wonderful way to celebrate sentiments and offer intercessions of remembrance, hope and gratitude. Two wall mounted electric candle stands now hang in our church on either side of

the newly restored and expanded Saints’ Shrine. These unique and inviting candles are made of real wax with electrified illumination to insure your Living Light burns brightly throughout the year. A plaque displaying the name of your loved one, your intention, or your milestone will be mounted before your Living Light Votive Candle. Plaques will remain for the year you have secured your Living Light and may be renewed or rededicated for addi-tional 12 month periods. In addition to its rightful place before your Living Light in the Saints’ Shrine, your Loved One, Special Intention, or Milestone will also be included in the Living Light Section of the Parish Website. See the blue brochure by the church doors or contact the rectory for more info: 718-465-8534.

Incarnation Information

Organization Contact Phone

Adult Confirmation Mrs. Olga Petio 718-465-8534x23 Adult English Choir Perry Townsend 718-465-8534x27 Adult Faith Formation Fr. O’Connor 718-465-8534x15 Alcoholics Anonymous Rectory 718-465-8534 Altar Servers Fr. Chris 718-465-8534x13 Angelic Voices Children’s Choir Perry Townsend 718-465-8534x27 Baptism Registration Rectory 718-465-8534 Extraordinary Ministers Deacon Franklin 718-465-8534 Evangelization Fr. O’Connor 718-465-8534x15 Family Life Committee Fr. O’Connor 718-465-8534x15 Filipino Choir Ricky Matela 718-357-4894 Finance Committee Fr. O’Connor 718-465-8534x15 Food Pantry Deacon Francois 718-465-8534x25 Fundraising Fr. O’Connor 718-465-8534x15 Friendship Club Marilyn Gallacher 718-465-2895 Girl Scouts Nalda Gomes 646-320-9355 Haitian Prayer Group Occide Pierre 718-776-0523 Homebound Ministry Sr. Ellen Patrice 718-465-8534 Hospitality Ministry Lucita Romulo 718-740-0417 Incarnation Academy

Principal Satti Marchan 718-465-5066x28 Alumni Denise Antz 516-354-1217 HSA Jornada Fr. Chris 718-465-8534 Lectors Deacon Lopez 718-465-8534 Legion of Mary B. Innocent 718-464-2167 Liturgy Committee Fr. O’Connor 718-465-8534x15 Line Dancing Lucita Romulo 718-740-0417 Marriage Registration Rectory 718-465-8534 Martha Ministry Donna Paul 347-495-0435 Mustard Seed Ministry Mrs. Marie Fouche 718-465-8534x23 Nocturnal Adoration Anna Maria Lopez 718-217-4160 Pag-Asa Filipino Com Jose Santiago 718-479-0496 Parish Pastoral Council Fr. O’Connor 718-465-8534x15 Publicity Coordinator Fr. O’Connor 718-465-8534x15 RCIA Mrs. Olga Petio 718-465-8534x23 Religious Education Mrs. Juliana Paul 718-465-8534x23 Rosary/Altar Society Sacred Hearts Group Dcn Clemenceau 718-341-2653 Spanish Prayer Group Fr. Chris 718-465-8534x13 Spanish Choir Jasmine Gomez 347-407-2248 St. Vincent dePaul Deacon Francois 718-465-8534x25 Vine & Branches Prayer Gp Karine Baron 646-299-2291 Vocations Committee G. Pierre-Antoine 718-341-2653 Youth Group Fr. Chris 718-465-8534

The Shepherd Speaks

This Fourth Sunday of Easter, called “Good Shepherd Sunday,” invites us each year to re-discover, with ever new astonishment, how Jesus defined himself, reading it again in the light of his passion, death and resurrection. “The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:” these words are wholly fulfilled when Christ, freely obeying the will of the

Father, is immolated on the Cross. The signifi-cance that He is “the Good Shepherd” thus becomes completely clear: He gives life, He offered his life in sacrifice for us all: for you, for you, for you, for me, for everyone! And for this reason He is the Good Shepherd!

EASTER GIFT TO MY CHURCH. Your all important “Easter Gift to My Church” is being collected at this time. The Easter letter from Father O’Connor asks that everyone prayerfully make a fair share offering during this holy season of Joy and Hope. If you did not receive the mailing extra “Easter Gift to My Church” envelopes are in the church today. Thank you in advance for your support of this vital parish collection during Easter.

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Gracious God and Father, we enter into your presence realizing you know us better than we know our-selves. You know the cares and sufferings we carry in our hearts. You call us to holiness and we trust you to lead us together on our journey to be a renewed Church, for with you all things are possible. Create us anew in Jesus Christ your Son. Liberate us from all that keeps us from you. Heal us from every form of sin and violence. Transform us to live your Word more profoundly. Awaken us to the sacred; rebuild trust among us. Enliven our parishes; reunite our families. May your Holy Spirit empower us to live as a community of love, freed to share in your work of recreating our world and restoring justice. We believe you are doing something new, calling us to arise together in Christ to celebrate the fullness of life. Amen.

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Memorials During the Week

Because the parish Mass Intentions fill in so quickly there is now the opportunity to memorialize the Altar Candles, the Offerings of Bread and Wine and the Sanctuary Lamps. Please contact the Parish Office as dates are available be-ginning this week. All intentions will be listed here in the bulletin. The offering for each are the same at $25

INCARNATION COFFEE MUGS. The Youth Group will be selling Incar-nation coffee mugs in the coming days. The black mugs are only $10 and have a color picture of the church.

Sunday Scripture Sharng on Saturdays. Join us on Saturday mornings from 9:30-10:30 in Our Lady’s Meeting Room or the Audi-torium as we spend time with the read-ings that will be proclaimed at Mass on Saturday evening and Sunday. Through

prayer and fellowship we hope to have the Scriptures come more alive.

April 28

Deacon Clemenceau Acts 9:26-31; 1Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8

Religious Education Happenings

First Communion Students’ Mini-Retreat, for children and parents, will take place on Saturday, May 5, beginning at 2PM in the lower church. The afternoon will end with at-tendance at the 5PM Mass. Practice for the Children Receiving First Communion: May 2 from 4PM - 5:30PM. May 9 from 4PM - 5:30PM.

2019 MASS BOOK OPENS THIS TUESDAY. The op-portunity to pray in a special way for the repose of the soul of a loved one or other prayerful intention is made availa-ble each day with announced Mass offerings. You may choose to commemorate a death anniversary, wedding an-niversary, birthday remembrance or simply pray in thanks-giving. Each offering is $15.00. Please come to the Parish Office to make special Mass offerings for your loved ones. You may also inquire about dedicating the Altar candles, bread & wine or the sanctuary lamp.

CONGRATULATIONS, NEW ALTAR SERVERS! Janna Asunto Gabriel Barahona Sean Christopher Chloe Cyriaque Alejandro Medina Andrew Wright Elizabeth Wright Please pray that they might be great Altar Servers here at Incarnation: faithful, devout and prayerful. Also ask the Lord that they might consider a dearly needed vocation to the priesthood and/or religious life as they grow older. If they don’t help bring us the sacraments in the future, who will? Thanks for your will-ingness to serve at the Altar and Congratula-tions to you and your families.

EASTER PLANTS that decorate the church during the Easter Season may be donated. You may wish to donate IN MEMORY OF or IN HONOR OF a loved one. Easter flower donation envelopes are in the church today and the donation is $15.00. Please return your donation in the Sunday collection or at the Parish Of-fice.

WHITE WELCOME ENVELOPES are located in the church for those who are new in the parish, for those who

would like to receive weekly envelopes and for those who may have forgotten their envelope today. Thank you for all your support for as par-ish as we try to meet our weekly needs.

DOWNLOAD THE “INCARNATION AP” FOR YOUR SMART PHONE. Go

to: http://incrcc.org/web/index.php/mobile-app-directions and follow instructions to have Incarnation information at your fin-gertips.

2018 MASS BOOK. The op-portunity to pray in a special way for the repose of the soul of a loved one or other prayer-ful intention is made available each day with announced Mass offerings. You may choose to commemorate a death anniver-sary, wedding anniversary, birthday remembrance or simp-ly pray in thanksgiving. Dates are available as soon as Oc-tober. Each offering is $15.00. Please come to the Parish Office to make special Mass offerings for your loved ones. You may also inquire about dedicating the bread and wine or the sanctuary lamp.

MINISTRY OF HOSPITALITY. Those who are inter-ested in the Ministry of Hospitality to welcome visitors and parishioners to our doors at Sunday Mass are asked to contact Father

O’Connor for more information. This ministry is a result of the Parish Assembly and parishioners’ desire to make Incarnation a more welcoming place.

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MOTHER’S DAY REMEMBRANCE begins on Moth-er’s Day, May 13th, at the 9AM Mass. This is a beautiful way of remembering our mothers, living or deceased, with a special Nove-na of Masses. Offering enve-lopes are available in the church

today.

Societies’ Meeting. There will be a meeting of all societies and groups on Tuesday, May 8 at 7:30PM in the OLPH Meeting Room. Each society or group is required to send a representative. Lead-ership is also reminded to get in all re-quested calendar dates for the coming Pastoral Year: Au-gust 2018-July 2019.

DIOCESAN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY—June 9th. All couples celebrating their 25th, 30th, 40th and 50th Anniversary are invited to a special Mass at the Im-maculate Conception Center on Sat, Jun 9 at 11:00AM. Please call the Parish Office (718-465-8534) and register to attend before Wed, May 30.

Atlantic City Trip—April 29. Join Pag-asa on a trip to Atlantic City departing at 8AM from Hillside in front of Foodtown. Cost: $40 (Tropicana—$25 Slot Play Return). Light breakfast on the bus. Call Bong 347.341.9601 for tickets or more infor-mation.

FLEA MARKET. How about making your own money on a Saturday in May? The Parish Flea Market is a great chance to clean out the closets and basements, display your items, set your own prices and have fun mak-ing money! The Flea Market will be on Saturday, May 5th (rain or shine) from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Tables are only $30.00.

May Crowning—May 13. Plan to join our First Commun-ion Class at the 10:30 Mass on Mothers’ Day as we crown the three main images of Our Lady in the church and on the parish grounds: A fitting tribute for Mother Jesus gave us from the Cross.

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Registration ~ We in-vite anyone who attends our Masses to register in our parish. This will give you the opportunity to be ac-quainted with the various events, ministers and activities of our parish and enable us to serve you better with your needs.

The annual Diocesan MASS OF HOPE AND HEAL-ING, sponsored by the Diocesan Survivors Advisory Com-mittee, will take place this Wednesday, April 25, 7:00PM, at St Nicholas of Tolentine (150-75 Goethals Avenue, Ja-maica. The main celebrant will be the Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn. All are invited to gather on this day, to pray for healing for all those who have been impacted by childhood sexual abuse.

First Communion. First Communion is May 12 at the 11AM Liturgy. Practice for Holy Communion is this Wednesday, May 2 and May 9. Both sessions begin at 4PM in the church.

Reunion of American Martyrs Gradu-ates – come join us at the dinner dance celebration of American Martyrs 70th Anniversary on Sept 29th at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston. Great time to connect with former classmates and enjoy rem-iniscing! For more information please email maureens@jwhampton.com.

PENTECOST CULTURAL SUPPER will take place Saturday May 19 following the 5PM Mass. This delightful evening will feature fine cuisine from all around the world.

All are encouraged to prepare a favor-ite dish and share it with others. Save the date now and start thinking about what dish from your native land or family that you would like to share with others.

Diocesan Pilgrimage to the National Shrine will take place Saturday, October 27. More details about the pilgrimage to our nation’s capital and the Nation-

al Shrine of the Immaculate Conception are soon to come. Free your calendars now for October 27. Join with Catholics from Brooklyn & Queens as we honor Our Lady: Patroness of our diocese and country. Registration begins in May!

2018 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL has begun with mailings to every parish-ioner at Incarnation and throughout the diocese. Once again we look forward to a successful pledge drive at Incarnation mindful that every penny collected over our assigned goal of $45,290 returns to

Incarnation If you have never given to the appeal before please consider doing so this year. Pledge envelopes are by the doors of the church. With the participation of every parishioner we are guaranteed success! Answer the Call!

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