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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, April 28: SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER/SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Norma Lucarelli by Michael Lucarelli 11:00 a.m. Laura Amato by her Children Deceased Members of the Govoni & Brunetta Families by the Govoni Family Mass of Petition by Dolores & Richard O’Hara 12:15 p.m. Giovannina & Sebastian Vricella by the Maletta Family Monday, April 29: Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church 9:00 a.m. Frances Piontkowski by her Children Tuesday, April 30: Easter Weekday 9:00 a.m. Alexander Levchuck by Janet & Family Wednesday, May 1: Easter Weekday 9:00 a.m. Sr. Geraldine Cregg by Ronnie & Maryann Combs & Family Thursday, May 2: Easter Weekday 9:00 a.m. Brendan Cronin by Sarah Oey Friday, May 3: First Friday; Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 9:00 a.m. Richard DeMaio by Dolores & Richard O’Hara Saturday, May 4: First Saturday; Saints Phillip and James, Apostles 9:00 a.m. Eileen & Lou Brown by Dolores & Richard O’Hara 5:00 p.m. For the Intentions of Fr. John Milanese by the Govoni Family Dominic Pascucci by Dee & Jamie Marvullo Fr. Edward J. Shanahan by Family Vito Stangarone by Joanie McCormack Sunday, May 5: THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Thomas Maniscalco by his Children 11:00 a.m. Gina Barrasso by Mr. & Mrs. Barrasso John Capri by Sandra Capri Edward & Stella Sendlenski by Family Philip Tiberio by Anthony & Maria Cavallano 12:15 p.m. Deceased Members of the Muller & McNichol Families by Lorraine Muller
Josephine Banno Bob Boeshore
Lillian Boeshore Kathleen Capuano Joseph Carbonaro
Barbara Coe Rebekah Cole Kevin Cronin Paul Cronin
Linda De Stio John Paul DiNonno
Eric DuBois Tony Grau Julia Green
Christine Kenney Douglas Knehr
Anne Krukowski
Frank Krukowski Richard Malon
Jonathan Mannina Stuey Manzione
Tom McCormack Jennifer Harding McGeown
Brendan Miles Dieter Nagel Victoria Oxer Jenna Reggio Trevor Rogers
Anna Sambucci Charles Strecker
Clotida Vecchione Jacqueline Verde
Anne Wright Mary Wybaillie
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
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READINGS FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019 SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
First Reading: Acts 5:12-16 Second Reading: Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19
Gospel: John 20:19-31
FOCUS: God’s divine mercy is for all.
Jesus is God, and his mercy is both divine and eternal.
His love is upon us for our sake and we, in turn, should
grow in trust in our Savior.
LITURGY OF THE WORD:
In the first reading, the Apostles performed many signs
and wonders, and many came to believe. In Revelation,
John, imprisoned, had a vision of Jesus in heaven and
was commanded to write all that he saw. In the Gospel,
the resurrected Jesus reveals himself to Thomas, who
only then came to believe. Jesus said, Blessed are those
who have not seen and have believed.
Readings for next week, May 5: Third Sunday of Easter:
Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19
or 21:1-14
From Liturgical Commission Publishing, Lansing, MI
PARISH SACRIFICIAL GIVING
Today we hear the story of Doubting Thomas.
Challenging and difficult things do happen in our lives
and sometimes pull us away from our faith - and even
trust - in God. Let us ask St. Thomas to pray for us to get
through the tough patches in our lives (maybe even at this
very moment). In doing so, our doubt can be diminished
and our faith enhanced so that with St. Thomas we can
say, “My Lord and My God.”
Parish Sacrificial Giving Summary
Thank you for your continued sacrificial gifts to St.
Mary’s.
Offertory and attendance information for
Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday was not available
as of the printing deadline.
FOSTERING STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE
Lumen Christi Missal
Weekend of April 27/28 Second Sunday of Easter, Year C
Readings: Missal, p. 241.
The Ordinary of the Mass begins on Page 804
CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
COLLECTION
The annual Diocesan collection for our Catholic
Elementary Schools will be taken up next weekend,
May 4/5.
Celebrants for the Weekend of
May 4/5
Celebrants* Lectors
Extraordinary
Ministers of
Holy
Communion
Altar
Servers
Sat 5:00
Fr. Valentine P. Kirk E. Monteserrato
R. Monteserrato
Sun.
7:30 Fr. Lauder D. Sheehan
9:00 Fr. Lauder R. Botensten D. Dawson
P. Doran
11:00 Fr. Valentine C. Vanatta P. Vanatta
12:15 Fr. Valentine J. Damiano Volunteers
Needed
* Subject to last minute changes.
Schedule
not
available
as of
printing
deadline.
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From the Desk of Father Valentine
Friends:
In Jesus of Nazareth, Part III (Holy Week), Pope Benedict XVI explains the meaning of Jesus’
saving death on the cross. An earlier, material notion of sacrifice (burnt offerings to God for the
forgiveness of sins) gradually gave way to another, more spiritual notion, whereby human beings
dedicate their entire existence—body, mind, and soul—to God: that is, perfect obedience. By its
very nature, sacrifice of this sort is impossible for human beings to accomplish unaided. The
Holy Father writes: “The Son becomes man and in his body bears the whole of humanity back to
God. Only the incarnate Word, whose love is fulfilled on the Cross, is the new sacrifice, and in
this obedience he draws us all with him and at the same time wipes away all our disobedience
through his love.” (235) What a beautiful description of the theological, liturgical, and ethical
dimensions of Jesus’ sacrifice: the Good Shepherd seeks out those who were lost, joins them to
his prayer to the Father, and ultimately restores them to friendship with God.
One of the manifestations of “true sacrifice” for Christians is God’s mercy: both the experience
and the practice of it. Today, the Church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday in the spirit of St.
Faustina, the early 20th-century nun and mystic. During the interim between the two World
Wars, she preached devotion to the Divine Mercy, one that surpasses a shallow form of
“empathy” or “do-good-ism.” She writes: “I feel tremendous pain when I see the sufferings of
my neighbors. All my neighbors’ sufferings reverberate in my own heart; I carry their anguish in
my heart in such a way that it even physically destroys me. I would like all their sorrows to fall
upon me, in order to relieve my neighbor.” Just as Christ identifies with the “least” of his
brothers and sisters, so much so that actions toward them are directed at him as well. Such
profound compassion implies a sense of urgency to alleviate all forms of human suffering:
physical, of course, but also mental, emotional, and spiritual as well.
A sense of urgent identification with the suffering members of Christ’s Body, therefore, tempers
our Easter joy, given the horrific attacks that claimed the lives of almost 300 Christians in Sri
Lanka last Sunday. The act is all the more cruel owing to the vulnerability of these people,
engaged as they were in the worship of almighty God on Easter Sunday itself. Christianity is
officially the most widely persecuted religion in the world today. Of course, we do not believe
that one life is more “valuable” than another, but we have to ask whether it is responsible to
accept hostility, both explicit and implicit, toward the Church as the “new normal.” A sense of
outrage at injustice is certainly consistent with the compassion and mercy Christ would have us
demonstrate toward our neighbor. Indeed, it is only because we can identify with others on a
deep level—the meaning of Cardinal Newman’s motto, Cor ad Cor Loquitur (“Heart Speaks to
Heart”)—that we actually do something about the misery of the human condition. It is no
coincidence that virtually every institution dedicated to the corporal and spiritual works of mercy
were born within the structures of Roman Catholicism.
As we rejoice in the victory of Christ over Death, we do well to pause and pray for our brothers
and sisters in Sri Lanka. We who have embraced the Cross of Christ should consider how best to
herald the Divine Mercy in our own corner of the world.
Faithfully,
Fr. Valentine
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GUILD OF ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL
The Guild of St. Francis volunteers will sell tickets
and chances at all the Masses this weekend. You may
also purchase tickets by calling the Guild Office at 516-
562-6454 or 516-629-2048.
All proceeds will benefit our region’s largest center for
specialized Cardiac Care. Your generous support will
help the Hospital in serving our community.
NEW CDs AVAILABLE
IN OUR KIOSIKS
“Why I Left Planned Parenthood”
“The New Conversation”
Whether you’ve seen the current film
“Unplanned” - or not yet, you’ll want to have a
copy of the autobiographical CD “Why I Left
Planned Parenthood”, narrated by Abby
Johnson, on her journey from her own unwanted
pregnancy to becoming a PP clinic director, to
the pivotal moment which made her do an
about-face and advocate for life from
conception to natural death.
Equally good is the CD, “The New
Conversation”, which is an immense aid for
fostering discussion charitably about this
polarizing issue.
Supplies are limited!!
2019/20 300 CLUB WINNERS
First Drawing March, 2019 *
1st Prize $200 #456 Carol Doering
2nd Prize $100 #110 Maria & Jim Mozer
3rd Prize $75 #621 Diane & Joseph Ceriello
4th Prize $50 #343 Terry Woods
5th Prize $25 #364 Brian Griffin
Congratulations to all!
* The March, 2019 drawing was held on April 15 in order to allow late memberships to be eligible.
MOTHER’S DAY
SPIRITUAL BOUQUET CARDS
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12th.
Spiritual Bouquet Mass Cards are
available at the doors of the Church
and Msgr. Ryan Hall. If you wish to
have someone remembered in the
Mother’s Day Novena, please place
the envelope with the names of your
loved ones to be remembered in the
collection basket or deliver it to the Rectory.
The Novena will be celebrated at all the Masses on
Mother’s Day with the exception of the 11:00 a.m.
Mass which is for the People of the Parish. The
Novena will also be celebrated at the 9:00 a.m.
Masses on May 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and at the 5:00
p.m. Mass on May 18th.
The envelopes will be placed by the statue of Mary
for the remainder of the month of May.
FIRST SATURDAY, May 4, 2019
Mass at 9:00 a.m. in honor of the Blessed
Mother
Following Mass, recitation of the Holy Rosary,
followed by a meditation, and concluding with
the Litany of Loreto
FIRST SATURDAY
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REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVE
LCpl Caitlin Lyons LT Dennis Mackin
Cpl Tommy Mozer SGT Julio Ortiz II
LCpl Jonathan Peres
SSGT Jonathan Porto
PVT Michael Starczewski
SGT Luke Whitting
RCT Jordan J. Williams
CAPT Brendan Echausse
COL Daniel Friend
PV1 Joseph M. Friend
LCdr Christian R. Foschi
PFC Steven Hyyti
CAPT David Jacobs
SK1 John D. Klick
PFC Michael P. Lanciki
CAPT Eric W. Lipp
Lord, hold these men and women in your
loving hands and protect them as they
protect us and bless them for their self-
forgetting acts. We pray for peace in our
world and an end to war. Amen.
Beans-canned &
dry
Canned Fruit
Cereal
Coffee
Cookies
Crackers
Juice
Macaroni &
Cheese
Paper Goods
Soups
Tea
FOOD PANTRY
The Human Concerns Food Pantry has a particular need
for following items:
Please bring your donations to the back of the Church or
Hall after Mass.
We thank all of you who continue to remember
our Food Pantry with your donations.
HUMAN CONCERNS MINISTRY
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Dear Padre
&
Membership
PARISH REGISTRATION REQUEST I/we would like to register in the parish of St. Mary’s. Please send me a Parish Census to complete so I can become a parishioner of St. Mary’s. Please send my Census to: NAME:_______________________________________________ ADDRESS:___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ PHONE:_____________________________________________
Please return to the Rectory Office or place in the collection basket.