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
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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): (
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E-mail___________________________________________________
_____ New Registration
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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!