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SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

Saturdays: Msgr. Ryan Hall - 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Also by appointment

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY The Church provides certain times and preparation for

weddings. Please contact the Rectory at least six months

in advance to begin the process.

REGISTRATION Every family and person within the parish is encouraged

to register with the Parish.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. In

July and August Baptism will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m.

A required Baptism preparation meeting for parents meets

on the first Monday of the month at 8:00 p.m. Godparents

are welcome. Please register in advance for the class and

Baptism. Godparent Pre-Requisites: Godparents must be

practicing Catholics in good standing, 16 years of age or

older, Baptized and Confirmed Catholic.

ON BECOMING A CATHOLIC Those seeking information about the Catholic Faith are

invited to contact Fr. Valentine at the Rectory at 621-

2222.

CARE OF THE SICK Please notify the Rectory and Human Concerns Ministries

if there is anyone seriously ill so that we can provide

spiritual care.

THE MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday, January 19: SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. Roy J. Friend by Kathleen & Michael Friend 9:00 a.m. Adeline & Frank Di Spigno by Ann & Anthony Bastardi 11:00 a.m. Jennifer Harding McGeown by Fay & Frank Tucholski 12:15 p.m. People of the Parish Monday, January 20: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Joseph Heavey by Timothy Cronin Tuesday, January 21: Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr 9:00 a.m. Anthony Grau by George Schwenzer Wednesday, January 22: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children 9:00 a.m. Norma Lucarelli by Michael Lucarelli Thursday, January 23: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Lena Concilio by Phyllis & Andrew Friday, January 24: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 9:00 a.m. Intentions of the Zwiebel Family by Norine Zwiebel Saturday, January 25: Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle 5:00 p.m. Intentions of Barbara Nakelski on Her Birthday by Phyllis Dunseath Deceased Members of the Stabasefski & Juliski Families by the Family Thomas & Gloria VanDegna by Mr. & Mrs. Luis Lara-Rivas Sunday, January 26: THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Nicholas Parisi by Denise & Bill Statile 11:00 a.m. The Shanahan Family by Family 12:15 p.m. In Thanksgiving and for the intentions of Ray Duque IV on his birthday by Drs. Rudolfo & Esmeralda Magpantay

Bob Boeshore Lillian Boeshore

Ted Burger Kathleen Capuano

Barbara Coe Rebekah Cole Kevin Cronin Paul Cronin

John Damiano Linda De Stio

John Paul DiNonno James Dougherty

Eric DuBois Natalie Finamore Kamlesh Gupta

Hazel Hill Ida Kelly

Christine Kenney Maria Kim

Douglas Knehr Anne Krukowski Frank Krukowski

Richard Malon Jonathan Mannina Stuey Manzione

Baby Eleanor Marvullo Tom McCormack

Brendan Miles Freida Navarro Victoria Oxer Jenna Reggio

Anna Sambucci Charles Strecker

Elizabeth Sympson Clotida Vecchione Jacqueline Verde

Anne Wright Mary Wybaillie

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK

...AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED

Hazel Hill

George Berardinelli

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FOSTERING STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE

PARISH SACRIFICIAL GIVING

In today’s Gospel reading we read of St. John the Baptist

announcing Jesus’ coming. St. John the Baptist is a perfect

example of what a steward should be: a fearless evangelizer.

Parish Sacrificial Giving Summary

Thank you for your continued sacrificial gifts to St.

Mary’s.

Sunday Offertory ~ January 11/12 $7,515.00*

Same Week Last Year $7,846.00*

Mass Attendance for January 11/12 914

Same Week Last Year 853

Christmas Offertory to Date $45,332.00*

Christmas Last Year $53,692.00**

* Does not include Faith Direct

**Includes Faith Direct

Lumen Christi Missal

Weekend of January 18/19, 2020 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

Readings: Missal, p. 333

The Ordinary of the Mass begins on Page 804

READINGS FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2020 SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

First Reading: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 Second Reading: Corinthians 1:1-3

Gospel: John 1:29-34

FOCUS: By virtue of our baptism, we have been called

to be servants for the Father’s mission.

As followers of Jesus, we are duty-bound to bring the

good news of salvation to a world very much in need of

saving. As disciples of the one true God, we must find

our voice and speak his holy truth even when it may be

inconvenient or unwanted.

LITURGY OF THE WORD:

In the first reading, God reminds Isaiah that Israel is the

Lord’s servant. Paul greets the Church of Corinth,

announcing he has been called to be an Apostle. In the

Gospel, John announces Jesus as the Lamb of God.

Readings for next week, January 26: Third Sunday in

Ordinary Time: Isaiah 8:23–9:3; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,

17; Matthew 4:12-23 or 4:12-17

From Liturgical Commission Publishing, Lansing, MI

Celebrants* Lectors Eucharistic

Ministers

Altar

Servers

Sat 5:00

Fr. Valentine J. Doyle C. Dellavecchia

B. Nakelski

K. Ditrano N. Ditrano

J. Palen

Sun.

7:30 Fr. Lauder

J. Castellano

M. Castellano

9:00 Fr. Lauder L. Czarniak T. Naughton

W. Smith E. Guevara

11:00 Fr. Valentine S. Tansiongco D. Tansiongco

A. Finnegan

C. Finnegan JT Canton

12:15 Fr. Valentine J. Ferreira L. Nassiri

Volunteer

Celebrants for the Weekend of

January 25/26

* Subject to last minute changes.

MARTIN LUTHER KING. JR. DAY

In observance of the Martin

Luther King, Jr. holiday, the

Rectory Office will be closed

on Monday, January 20th,

2020.

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Dear Friends:

This week American Catholics prayerfully entrust to God three annual commemorations: the Week of

Prayer for Christian Unity, the national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the annual

March for Life. As a young seminarian I found myself deeply attracted to the Franciscan Friars of the

Atonement, whose efforts for the rehabilitation of people with addiction is heroic. (I am personally

indebted to them in ways I cannot adequately say.) The order grew under the leadership of Fr. Paul of

Graymoor, an Episcopalian convert to Catholicism, and Mother Lurana White, SA. Indeed, they inspired

a worldwide movement, and a desire to attain what Christ prayed for at the Last Supper: Ut unum sint.

(“That they may be one.”)

On January 20th, we commemorate the legacy of Dr. King, who based his principles of peace and social

justice upon the foundation of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. Applying their ideas to

institutions that degrade or dehumanize whole sectors of the human family, he writes: “A just law is a

manmade code that squares with the moral law or the law of God…An unjust law is a code that is out of

harmony with the moral law.”

Finally, on Friday, January 24th, people of goodwill give voice to the voiceless in defense of all human

life, from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. Wasn’t it John Donne who wrote:

“Each man’s death diminishes me”? More tragic is the deliberate choice to end a human life, the imago

dei (“the image of God”). Just as Dr. King tells us that “an unjust law is no law at all,” we pray that

human law may come to acknowledge the dignity and value of every human being: that it is God alone

who makes life worth living.

These events brought to mind the painting for this week’s cover art, the “Sistine Madonna” (c. 1513), by

the Renaissance Master, Raphael Sanzio. It may be as famous for the two chubby cherubs at the bottom

of the painting as for the Blessed Mother and the Christ Child they contemplate. Mother and Son are

surrounded by Pope St. Sixtus II (thus Sistine) and St. Barbara, early Christian martyrs who sacrificed

their lives in fidelity to Christ. Sixtus points outward; is he directing Our Lady’s attention to us, the

faithful who gaze upon the holy scene, or to the cross that awaits Our Lord? My mother had an image of

this painting in our house, and its effect, as I recall, was both comforting and saddening. Mary’s

expression is somewhat apprehensive as she protectively holds the child in her arms. As for the

defenseless, vulnerable Jesus, we behold a beautiful, albeit anxious face. St. Barbara, by contrast, looks

downward in serenity, as if to reassure us that God makes all things work to the good. Even the angels

look playfully to the heavenly realities that lie above them. This painting is known to have moved kings

and potentates to tears.

Friends, the events of this week remind us that often we can only recognize great good as it contrasts

with great evil. In light of threats to human life, dignity, and unity, let us pray—and work—as agents of

God’s love in a world so desperately in need of his healing.

Faithfully,

Fr. Valentine

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ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC

NOVEL

We will resume our book discussions with the title

Deep River by Shusaku Endo on February 5, 2020.

The meetings will be in the lower Church at 1:00

p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Future book discussions will take place on March

11th and April 15th.

CATECHISM CLASS AND BIBLE STUDY

Our Bible Study will continue on Thursday, January

23rd at 7:00 p.m. in Msgr. Ryan Hall.

The next Catechism Class will be on Monday,

January 27th at 7:00 p.m. in Msgr. Ryan Hall.

2019/20 300 CLUB WINNERS

Eleventh Drawing January, 2020

1st Prize $200 #142 Anna Maletta.

2nd Prize $100 #199 Fr. Robert Lauder

3rd Prize $75 #801 Mary & Joseph Castellano

4th Prize $50 #667 Moira & Don Dawson

5th Prize $25 #201 Linda & Charles Dellavecchia

Congratulations to all!

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Processional Hymn

Psalm Response

Here am I Lord I — come to do your will.

Adapted from Gelineau Gradual 106c

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 19, 2020

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Presentation Hymn

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Communion Hymn

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Recessional Hymn

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BIG EVENT

GET TOGETHER

Sponsored by the

John Mackay

Council

Prizes are:

$1250 - final

$250 - halftime

$190 - 1st and 3rd breaks

plus 3 chances in 50/50 raffle -$625, $250,$125

Complimentary pasta dinner (BYOB/dessert)

at the Parish Center for participants

one week before The Big Game,

Sunday January 26th, 4-7 p.m. at Msgr. Ryan Hall

Please RSVP if attending the dinner.

$50 per pool box plus 1 50/50 chance –

pool boxes assigned by hand selection or proxy.

Boxes numbered 1-100 (left to right and down)

Participant does not have to be present for drawing.

50/50 drawing will be held at Jan. 26th event.

To purchase boxes- see a Council member.

Please email Mackay2310@yahoo.com or phone 917 658-9012 with questions.

Winners based on score digits at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd breaks and the end of

The Big Event (including overtime). Good luck !

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