hrine church of saint gerard majella
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hrine church of saint gerard majella
HRINE CHURCH OF SAINT GERARD MAJELLA 188-16 91st Avenue, Hollis, NY 11423 Phone: 718-468-6565 Fax: 718-468-3136 [email protected] Website: stgerardshrine.org Shrine Church of St. Gerard Majella on Facebook and on Youtube PASTORAL TEAM: REV. JOSEPHJUDE C. GANNON PASTOR– Ext. 25 REV. JAMES ANDREW KUROLY Weekend Assistant REV. JOSEPH THARACKAL In Residence – Ext. 13 REV. CONSTANTIN KONYI KALAMBA In Residence – Ext. 16 MR. GUILLERMO D. GOMEZ Permanent Deacon – Ext. 35 MR. JOSEPH H. DASS Permanent Deacon – Ext. 26 MR. LAURENCE O. MCMASTER Permanent Deacon – Ext. 15 MRS. CARMEN MACCHIO Director of Religious Education – Ext. 22 MRS. ANNE SMITH-THOMPSON Director of Music Ministry – Ext. 28 MRS. LUCY GUZMAN Administrative Assistant— Ext. 27 MRS. GRACE M.M. BRUNKEN Business Office — Ext. 10 May 11, 2014 Fourth Sunday of Easter Happy & Blessed Mother’s Day to all the Moms of our parish! WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS BUSINESS OFFICE HOURS: Monday 9 am to 4 pm Tuesday 9 am to 7 pm Wednesday 9 am to 4 pm Thursday 9 am to 4 pm Friday 5 pm to 8 pm Saturday 9 am to 1 pm No office hours on Sunday! Please call the office in advance to arrange appointments to speak with a priest or deacon or to make sure office is open. FOOD PANTRY: for needy Parishioners: Tuesday 1 to 4 pm only! MASSES: Monday thru Saturday: 9:00 am Saturday: 5:00 pm – Fulfills Sunday Obligation Sunday: 8:15 am & 11:30 am in English 9:45 am in Spanish Holy Day Masses: As Announced SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: Saturday: 4:00 to 4:45 pm And by Appointment at other times by calling ext 25 DEVOTIONS: Miraculous Medal Novena: Monday 9:20 am St. Gerard Majella Novena: Wednesday 9:20 am Adoration: Mondays from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and First Fridays 9:30 am to 8 pm Last Sunday of the month at 7 pm in Spanish MARY OUR MOTHER What a joy to remember that Mary is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear? —Saint Thérèse of Lisieux PRAY THE ROSARY IN MAY! MUCH-NEEDED LOVE No one needs love more than someone who doesn’t deserve it. —Anonymous Please pray for the sick of the parish Please remember our deceased family & friends. May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. MINISTRY TO THE SICK: Urgent calls at any time of day or night. We ask that arrangements for the reception of Holy Communion for Shut-Ins be made by calling the office during business hours. HOSPITAL: Please inform us of any parishioner who has been admitted to a Hospital or Nursing Home. NEW MEMBERS: Please register by filling out the form found on the back inside cover of this bulletin or by calling the Office. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Classes for our children Sundays at 10:00 am, end of September to end of May, which includes required attendance at the 11:30 am Mass with their parents and family. To register your child, please contact Mrs. Macchio at Ext 22. R.C.I.A.: Rite of Christian Initiation – Adults interested in becoming Catholic or who need to receive the sacraments of First Communion and /or Confirmation please contact Deacon Joe or Anne Marie Dass at Ext. 26. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Arrangements can be made by calling the office during office hours. In English: Instructions are given on the SECOND & THIRD Sunday of the month beginning with the 11:30 am Mass followed by instructions at 12:30 pm. Please register at least 8 weeks before the Baptism by setting up an interview appointment with Deacon Joseph H. Dass E 26 or Laurence McMaster E 15 by calling the office. Baptism is generally on the fourth Sunday of the month. En español: Cada dos meses el tercer domingo. Se requiere que los padres que desean bautizar a sus hijos vengan a la misa y asistan a clases previas de preparación. Para más información deben hablar con el Diácono Guillermo D. Gómez a Ext. 35. MARRIAGES: Church Wedding arrangements should be made before Reception plans are finalized so that the date will be available at the Church. Please make arrangements at least six months to a year before the proposed date. MEETINGS: WEST INDIAN GROUP: 1pm Sun., ask Laurence — McGivney Room KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays – 8pm McGivney Room. Meetings: May 13 COLUMBIETTES: 2nd Wed. 8 pm McGivney room – May 14 Very important that all sister Columbiettes attend ! CHOIR REHEARSALS: Saturdays—6 pm Spanish Wednesdays—7 pm English FAMILY OF CHRIST PRAYER GROUP Fridays at 8 pm Media room. All are Welcome! JESUS ESTA VIVO PRAYER GROUP Fridays at 8 pm Hall JESUS & MARY PRAYER GROUP Mondays after 9 am Mass OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE YOUTH GROUP Saturdays after 5 pm Mass FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION: please bring NON PERISHABLE FOOD to church or office during the week!!! Spanish Legion of Mary — contact Hilda Cortes for details. The 9 am Mass on the First Saturday of the month is for those enrolled in the PURGATORIAL SOCIETY. To enroll a loved one for a year, fill out the form below & enclose $10 donation. Saint Gerard Majella Parish seeks to provide a festive gathering for all people, of every race and color. A Table at which the lonely find company, the hungry savor rich food and fine wine and strangers enjoy warm family ties. Our prayer is that we may draw our new neighbors from other lands into a loving community and that our Eucharistic table may prefigure our oneness with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. St. Gerard Majella is the patron saint of expectant mothers and couples trying to conceive, as well as the protector of mothers and children, born and unborn and the wrongly accused. Please complete the lower part of this form and drop it in the collection basket or return it to the office. PRINT CLEARLY! DATE:_____________ NAME:___________________________________________________ ADDRESS:___________________________________ Apt # ________ CITY & ZIP________________________________________________ PHONE(S): ( )__________________ ( )___________________ E-mail___________________________________________________ _____ New Registration _____ Change of address _____ Moving out of Parish _____ Want donation envelopes _____ Request St. Gerard Novena prayers for: ________________ SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK: SATURDAY, May 10: 9:00 AM— Intentions of Marie & Frank Lappin 5:00 PM— Intentions of John Parsolano 6 pm Fatima Novena SUNDAY, May 11: 8:15 AM— + Patricio & Maura Jose 9:45 AM— + Maria & Victor Bustos; + Aldolfo, Mariana & Elvis Tejada; + Maria Acosta; Carmen Ramos; Intentions of the People of the Parish 11:30 AM— Intention of all the mothers of the parish MONDAY, May 12: 9:00 AM— + Joseph Lafague, Wideline & Jesita Augustin TUESDAY, May 13 Feast of Our Lady of Fatima: 9:00 AM— Our Lady of Fatima WEDNESDAY, May 14: 9:00 AM— + Pascual Rayos THURSDAY, May 15 Feast of St. Isidore: 9:00 AM— In honor and thanksgiving to St Isidore FRIDAY, May 16: 9:00 AM— + Teodoro Reyes SATURDAY, May 17: 9:00 AM— + Isabel Cammacho & Patricio Reyes 5:00 PM— Intentions of the Confirmation Students SUNDAY, May 18: 8:15 AM— Intentions of Christian Mc Master 9:45 AM— + Florida Abreu and Emilio & Emiliano Vargas; + Rose Trivino; Intentions of the People of the Parish 11:30 AM— Thanksgiving to God PURGATORIAL SOCIETY ENROLLEMENTS FOR 2014 SEE FORM ON BOTTOM OF PREVIOUS COLUMN, THANKS We have weekday masses available for your intentions or to remember a loved one who has died. Please use the parking lot on 91 Ave. at all times on the weekends and especially on the Holidays. Thanks you WEEKLY INCOME week of May 4, 2014 _____ Enroll in Purgatorial Society: _________________________ _____ Enclosed please find $10 per person enrolled / send card to ___ me FOR:______________________________________ _____ I know some one in the parish that is physically, mentally, visually or hearing impaired. Please have the Disability Advocate Ms. Celestine contact me at the phone number listed above. First Total Collection Aver. Cost/week Deficit) / week Second Catholic Relief 2,425 3,353 (8,425) (5,000) 928 Joy and blessing to our First Communion Children: William Today’s Gospel: John 10:1-10 Jesus is the “Good Shepherd”. He Knows his sheep and they know him. Whoever enters his sheepfold will be safe. A Special Announcement by Fr Gannon A few weeks ago I was coming home from dinner with my parents on a Sunday around 10pm and I found a large number of Spanish Men in the big parking lot drinking cases of Beer. For many years I gave permission for some in our Spanish community to organize Sunday afternoon fun in the parking lot after the last mass. Many weekends they would set up Volleyball nets and play, while their wives and kids would hang out and enjoy the late afternoon. That is a good thing. But recently I had been getting complaints from the neighbors about loud music and drinking until late at night. That night I came upon just that and saw it for myself. I kicked all of them out and told them they should not be there, drinking on church property in the dark, late at night, after they had sent home their wives and children. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR. THESE MEN WERE NOT ACTING LIKE ST. JOSEPH LOVING AND PROTECTING AND MODELING GOOD HOLY BEHAVIOR TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WERE ACTING LIKE DRUNKEN THUGS! So I can no longer allow this to happen, As of today that Spanish group is no longer allowed to do the Sunday afternoon volleyball gathering on church property. If I find anyone there I will immediately kick them out of the parking lot. If anyone gives me attitude about it the police will immediately be called and they will be arrested for trespassing on private property. Remember we do have 24 hour surveillance and I will hand that over to the police as well. I don’t want to take this action. But the alternative is to become blind to sins that are occurring right on our property and is hurting our community, our families, and giving the parish a bad name to our neighbors. I am sorry to all the good and holy parishioner who innocently take part in the afternoon of fun and now will not be able to. But pray for their conversion and for a return to holiness. Thank you God bless Fr Gannon Avila, Jaylen Callender, Robyn Canuto, Catherine Chimbo, Kayla Duran, Christon Gauthier, Alex Macao, Jennifer Macao, Dafne Martinez, Ryan Mendoza, Stacy Mora, Eloise Rigaud, Kaylin Ruiz, Jonnathan Toalongo, Fabiana Vil, Emely Zavala. Please join us on Sunday May 11 for the Crowning of Mary on Mothers Day at the 9:45am and the 11:30am masses with Procession to outdoor statue of Mary at the end of each Mass (weather permitting). HAPPY Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament [check for altar announcements for any changes] Mondays from 9:30 am until 11:30am & First Fridays: on June 6 from 9:30 am until 7:30 pm Night Prayers and Benediction. Please sign up to spend an hour with the Lord on First Fridays — see sheet on the 188 St. side table. MAY Sanctuary Lamps, Altar Breads and Wine were donated by Rebecca Jose Intentions of the Jose Family To reserve Lamps, Bread & Wine for future months contact the office during regular hours see cover. July & November are still available. Cost $135. Monthly Communion Breakfast will be on Saturday May 17. Join us at the 9 am Mass followed by our Rosary procession and 10 am Communion Breakfast — HALL. Sponsored by Marlyne Pereira Doyle & Family. All are welcome! ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL Our parish goal is $21,801. We pray you will demonstrate your commitment to Catholic Education, Vocations, Migration Services, Catholic Charities & our parish by supporting the critical work of the ministries that serve the people of our Diocese. If you have not picked up a pledge envelope please do so from the tables and return it with a pledge. So far 54 out of over 410 parish families have pledged $22,900. We need every family to pledge. Please join in supporting our Bishop and our parish. Thank you, Fr. Gannon A MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR Happy Mothers Day to all Moms, Grand Moms, God Moms, Step Moms, Foster Moms, and those expecting new Children to be born within the next nine months. Also, Happy Mother’s day to our Spiritual Mother, Mary. Today we celebrate Mothers Day by blessing every Mom at Mass and by having a Marian procession after the 9:45 am and 11:30 am Mass. We will pray the rosary, sing songs to Mother Mary and crown her as our Mom. We will also be joined, for the 1st time on a Sunday to receive the Eucharist with us, our 1st Holy Communion class who yesterday received Jesus for the 1st time. Also remember to pray to Mary as we continue to prepare for the Consecration to Mary on May 31st, (Feast of the Visitation). FOLLOWING THE GOOD SHEPHERD The joyful tone of the past three Sundays of Easter is a little darker today. All three readings remind us of suffering, death, and sin. We, like Peter’s audience in the first reading, can ask, “What are we to do?” And the answer will be the same: we must reform. Or, as Peter says in his first Letter, we have strayed like sheep and must return to the shepherd. Jesus describes himself as a shepherd in today’s Gospel, and we know it was one of the earliest images of Christ in the apostolic church. Today’s passage continues the darker theme of the first two readings. Danger lurks and the sheep need protection. They might follow a false leader; they might be stolen or destroyed. Only in Jesus Christ will we be safe. Only in him will we have eternal life. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Every rectory office has received a panicked phone call from a person who has been invited to serve as a godparent, or from someone newly engaged, who suddenly “needs to get confirmed.” While the lack of confirmation is not an obstacle for marriage, it is for God parenting. Many are surprised that the Church seems to be looking for a kind of sacramental “seal” on one’s baptism before the door opens fully to this ministry. Yet if you think about it, would you want someone to guide you to a place that he or she had not yet been? A godparent has to be someone who has “been there” and knows the way. Although signet rings and wax seals have passed from use, our society depends on “seals of approval” ranging from certificates of quality to the familiar safety seals on medicines and foods. While Eucharist is the “seal” of the sacrament of baptism, there is a sense in which one’s Christian initiation is also incomplete without confirmation. Have you been confirmed? Perhaps it’s time to inquire now, before you have to make that dreaded phone call! —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. COMUNIDAD HISPANA 11 de mayo de 2014 CUARTO DOMINGO DE RESURRECCIÓN Lecturas para el 18 de mayo del 2014 P. Lectura: Hechos 6: 1-7 Salmo: 32: 1-19 S. Lectura: 1Pedro 2: 4-9 Evangelio: Juan 14 : 1-12 Reflexión para hoy La 1ª lectura, tomada del libro de los Hechos, pertenece al discurso de Pedro, ante el pueblo reunido en Jerusalén, a raíz del hecho de Pentecostés. Después de interpretarles el fenómeno de las lenguas diversas en que hablaban los discípulos invadidos por el Espíritu Divino, Pedro les evoca la vida y la obra de Jesús, les anuncia el "Kerygma", la proclamación solemne de la Buena Nueva, del Evangelio: Cristo ha muerto por nuestros pecados, ha sido sepultado y al tercer día Dios lo hizo levantarse de la muerte librándolo de la corrupción del sepulcro y sentándolo a su derecha, como habían anunciado los profetas. Se trata ya, evidentemente, de una primera elaboración teológica del llamado «kerigma», o síntesis o núcleo de la predicación. Lógicamente, esa formulación del kerigma está condicionada por su contexto social e histórico. No es que porque aparezca en el Nuevo Testamento ya haya de ser tenida como intocable e ininterpretable. Las palabras, las fórmulas, los elementos mismos que componen ese kerigma, hoy nos pueden parecer extrañas, ininteligibles para nuestra mentalidad actual. Es normal, y por eso es también normal que la comunidad cristiana tiene el deber de evolucionar, de recrear los símbolos. La fe no es un «depósito» donde es retenida y guardada, sino una fuente, un manantial, que se mantiene idéntico a sí mismo precisamente entregando siempre agua nueva. MAYO, MES EN HONRAMOS A MARÍA Recuerde que la familia que reza unida permanece unida. Enseñe a sus hijos a rezar cada día, sobre todo el Rosario. MENSAJE DE NUESTRO PÁRROCO ¡Feliz Día de las Madres a todas las mamás, abuelas, madrinas, madrastas, madres de crianza y a todas aquellas que están esperando un bebé en los próximos nueve meses! También Feliz Día de las Madres a nuestra madre espiritual, la Virgen María. Hoy celebraremos este día bendiciendo a todas las madres en la misa y teniendo una procesión después de la misas de las 9:45 am y de las 11:30am. Rezaremos el Rosario, cantaremos canciones a María y la coronaremos como a nuestra madre. Tendremos también por primera vez comulgando con nosotros un domingo. La clase de la primera comunión recibió por primera vez a Jesús ayer, sábado 10 de mayo. Recuerden también orar a María en nuestro caminar hacia la Consagración a María el sábado 31 de mayo, Fiesta de la visitación. ¡Que Dios les bendiga! Padre Gannon! ADORACIÓN EUCARISTICA DURANTE LA SEMANA Pidámosle al Señor que nos ayude a acercarnos más a través de la oración frente a Jesús sacramentado. LUNES: 9:30 am a 11:30 de la mañana. PRIMER VIERNES DE CADA MES: 9:30 am a 7:30 de la noche. BODAS: El casarse por la iglesia es realmente un regalo maravilloso que la pareja se da mutuamente. Las parejas que toman esta decisión deben recibir una preparación adecuada para poderse casar. La preparación les ayudaría a contestar las siguientes preguntas: ¿Qué significa para nosotros el casarnos por la iglesia? ¿Sabemos los dos qué significa el sacramento del matrimonio? ¿Qué implica recibir este sacramento? ¿Cómo está mi fe, nuestra fe y cómo estamos conectados con la vida litúrgica de la iglesia? ¿Tenemos una buena relación de pareja? Para saber más hable con el diácono Guillermo Gómez. ¿Desea bautizar a su hijo/a? Para bautizar a un niño es necesario traer el certificado de nacimiento y hablar con el diácono Guillermo Gómez antes de fijar la fecha de la recepción del bautismo. Recuerde que padres y padrinos deben tomar clases pre-bautismales. Al escoger a los padrinos los padres deben tener en cuenta que los mismos sean siempre ejemplos vivientes de fe para sus hijos. Anuncio especial del Padre Gannon Hace unas semanas, un domingo por la noche, como a las 10 pm cuando regresé de casa de mis padres encontré a un grupo grande de hombres hispanos bebiendo cerveza en el estacionamiento grande. Por varios años les he dado permiso a algunos hombres de la comunidad hispana de organizar y disfrutar de la tarde después de la última misa. Muchos domingos han organizado juegos de Volibol, mientras sus esposas e hijos también disfrutan de un rato agradable; y eso es una buena cosa. Pero, últimamente he recibido de los vecinos quejas sobre la música alta y el beber hasta media noche. Ese domingo por la noche lo comprobé por mí mismo. Los eché a todos del estacionamiento y les dije que no deberían estar ahí, bebiendo en propiedad de la iglesia, en la oscuridad, tarde en la noche, después de que habían mandado a sus esposas e hijos a casa. ¡ESTE TIPO DE COMPORTAMIENTO ES INACCEPTABLE! ¡ESOS HOMBRES NO ESTABAN COMPORTANDOSE COMO SAN JOSE, NO ESTABAN DEMOSTRANDO AMOR POR SUS HIJOS NI PROTEGIÉNDOLOS, TAMPOCO SIENDO UN BUEN EJEMPLO DE UN COMPORTAMIENTO SANO PARA SUS HIJOS, ELLOS ESTABAN ACTUANDO COMO UNOS BORRACHOS DESVERGONZADOS! No puedo tolerar que esto pasé de nuevo, por eso a partir de hoy a ese grupo hispano no se le permitirá utilizar más el estacionamiento, propiedad de la iglesia, para jugar volibol los domingos por la tarde. Si encuentro a alguien en el estacionamiento, lo echaré inmediatamente de ahí. Si alguien protesta o tiene una actitud de no cooperar, la policía será llamada inmediatamente y esa persona será arrestada por meterse a una propiedad privada. Todos deben recordar que tenemos cámaras instaladas 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana. Yo me encargaré de entregárselas a la policía, quien a través de ellas podrá identificar a los intrusos que no respeten la propiedad. Yo no deseo tomar esta acción. No podemos hacernos los de la vista gorda e ignorar los pecados que están ocurriendo en nuestra propiedad, porque le haríamos daño a nuestra comunidad, a nuestras familias y le estamos dando una mala reputación a nuestra parroquia con nuestros vecinos. Lo siento por los buenos y justos feligreses cuyo propósito ha sido sanamente participar de una de tarde de diversión y ahora no lo podrán hacer. Oren por la conversión de esos hombres que toman, para que caminen por el camino de la santidad. ¡Muchas gracias Padre Gannon!