January 17, 2016 - St. John the Baptist R.C. Church
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January 17, 2016 - St. John the Baptist R.C. Church
St. John the Baptist R. C. Church 895 Piermont Avenue, Piermont, New York 10968 www.stjohnspiermont.org [email protected] 845-359-0078 January 17, 2016 Rev. Tom Kunnel, C.O. MASSES Administrator Saturday: 5:00 PM [email protected] Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM 1:00 PM (Spanish) Deacon John Cunningham Deacon Robert Pang Weekdays: 8:00 AM Saturday: 9:00 AM Holy Days: As Announced Kathleen Dunn Religious Education Director Rectory May Pang Mon – Fri 10:15 AM – 4:00 PM Parish Admin: [email protected] Sat 10 AM – 12 Noon (Spanish) “Be merciful as your heavenly Father is merciful” Lk 6:36 Dear Parish Family, Sat 1/16 5:00 PM 8:00 AM Sun 1/17 10:30 AM Paul Hess 9:00 AM by Pat & Rosemarie Miele Bernard Rogan by CDA Paula San Diego by Felina Bacungan Fortuna Maney by Bazala Family Mickey DeTemple by Jean DeLongis Maria Gabriella Bruno By Mildred Oslica Fortuna Maney 5:00 PM Glenn Messner Mon 1/18 8:00 AM Tue 1/19 8:00 AM Wed 1/20 8:00 AM Thu 1/21 8:00 AM Fri 8:00 AM Sat 1/22 1/23 Robert Celona by Marian & Joseph Chimenti Magnolia Velez Florence Simone by Ted Simone 10:30 AM Ann Di Francesca by Isabell & Frank Cleff 8:00 AM Sun 1/24 THE SANCTUARY LAMP Is Being Offered this week In Memory of Anthony Sassano By Angie Sassano Please remember in your prayers the Sick and/ or Homebound of our Parish Family. Theresa Veen, John Miraglia, Bill Stein, Francis and Mary Conka, Sr., John Set (Deacon Bob Pang’s uncle), Gerri Sherwood, Ginny Tercer, Marcelo Giuliante, Connie Lynch, Mary Nerger (Helen Spagnolo’s niece), Elizabeth Flynn (Msgr Mulligan’s cousin), Caroline Kelly (M.Oslica’s niece), Nick Bruni, Willy Lonieski. As a Parish Family, let us remember in our prayers all our beloved departed members of our Parish Community, Maureen Collazuol), Fortuna Maney (sister of Lucy Bosco), George Scofield (father of Amy Ramundo), Anne Di Francesca, Bo Di Francesca, Catherine Lesica, (mother of Carol Conklin-Spillane). Eileen Keane PLEASE ADVISE THE RECTORY (359-0078) WHENEVER A PARISHIONER BECOMES HOMEBOUND, ILL, OR HOSPITALIZED SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR A PRIEST, DEACON OR EUCHARISTIC MINISTER TO VISIT AND BRING COMMUNION TO THEM. Weddings are memorable occasions in every culture. One of the most widely known weddings of all time is the wedding at Cana in Galilee around 30 AD. We do not the name of the couple who married, but we do know the names of two of the guests. They were Mary from Nazareth and her son Jesus. The reason why wedding is most famous is due to the fact that Jesus produces a huge surplus of wine – about 520 liters of choice wine! Weddings in the Holy Land were celebrated for a whole week; the entire town took part, and consequently much wine was consumed. Now the bride and groom find themselves in trouble, and Mary simply says this to Jesus. “They have no wine!” The miracle that follows becomes a sign: God lavishly spends himself for the lowly creature, man. The superabundance of Cana is therefore a sign that God’s feast with humanity, his self-giving for man, has begun. The liturgical remembrance of the wedding of Cana causes us to remember what Christ has done for marriage. God created this institution in the beginning as one of the greatest blessings a human being could share, and like everything in creation, God pronounced it good. But Christ did something more during his earthly life. He took this institution, good and created by him from the beginning, and raised it to the dignity of a sacrament, something that would also confer his own life, and bring us closer to him, closer to happiness, closer to holiness, closer to heaven. Through the sacrament of marriage, which Christians can receive, Christ remains with the couple just as assuredly as he was with the couple in Cana. Marriage is part of God's plan for creation and part of God's plan for our salvation and we must treasure marriage and defend it whenever it comes under attack. We are now in the midst of a heated debate about what marriage is. In the sacred Scripture God makes it very clear what marriage is. If Jesus were to testify before our legislators about the meaning of marriage, I think he could use the very same words that he used in St. Matthew's Gospel. "Have you not read that in the beginning God 'made them male and female,' and said, 'for this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." In this teaching of Jesus -- who is the Truth incarnate, who is our Creator and knows how and for what the human person is made, who loved all of us enough to die out of love for us -- we see definitive teachings that are relevant to our debate: a) "In the beginning, God made them male and female." There is great meaning to our masculinity and femininity in God's plan. God didn't clone Adam, but made Eve, who was equal to him in dignity, but complementary. b) "For this reason a man shall leave his mother and father and cling to his wife." God's plan is not that a man leaves his parents and clings to whomever he wants, but to cling to a wife. c) "The two shall become one flesh." "What God has joined together, man must not divide." Much beyond a legal contract, marriage is a covenantal relationship where God is a contracting party. Sex was his idea and plan. He fixed the boundaries of marriage for our own happiness as well as for our salvation, to teach us how to love according to the nature he gave us. “Today many people are afraid of making definitive decisions that affect them for all their lives,” Pope Francis reflected in a homily recently, “because it seems impossible and this mentality leads many who are preparing for marriage to say, 'We will stay together for as long as our love lasts.’” “What do we mean by 'love'?” posed the Pope, asking if it is a “mere emotion, a psycho-physical state?” and stating that if so, “it cannot provide the foundation for building something solid.” However, if a relationship is “a growing reality,” then we build it “in the same way that we build a house,” the Holy Father said, “And we build a house together, not alone!” “We must not allow ourselves to be conquered by a ‘throwaway culture,’” emphasized the Pope, stating that “this fear of 'forever'” is only “cured by entrusting oneself day by day to the Lord Jesus in a life that becomes a daily spiritual path of common growth, step by step.” The presence of Jesus and Mary at Cana made all the difference in that marriage and it is true of every Christian marriage. Fr. Tom Kunnel C.O. WEEK Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1/17 1/18 1/19 1/20 1/21 1/22 1/23 IN FOCUS 5:30AM Spanish Morning Prayer 9:30AM Spanish RCIA 11AM Baptism Prep Spanish 11:30AM Legion of Maria 7PM AA Meeting 1PM CDA Knitting 1PM CDA Meeting 7PM Altar Server Prep and Practice 7PM Spanish Baptism Prep 7PM Scripture Study Group 7PM Spanish Committee Leader Mtg 7PM Bible Study Spanish 7PM Spanish Choir Practice 1PM CDA Knitting 7PM Rios de Agua Viva Group 7PM Spanish Choir Practice 10AM Fri Renew Group 7PM Youth Group 7PM Spanish Prayer Group 4:15PM Music Rehearsal We have no classes this week due to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. observance. Next Sunday is our January Family Mass at 10:30 am. Please be sure to join us for this wonderful liturgy. English classes begin on that Sunday at 9:45 am. Have a blessed week! Mercy is love for people in need I can show mercy in thought, word and deed. Whenever I’m gentle, Whenever I share I act like you, Jesus! You help me to care! LITURGICAL MINISTERS - JANUARY 23-24 Day 16-Jan Time Lectors Eucharistic Ministers Altar Servers 5:00 PM Carol Conklin-Spillane Brian Spillane 8:00 AM Sal Caruana Lucy Bosco 10:30 AM CCD Student 1:00 PM Carlos Hernandez Merlene Lemus Mario Zamora Hilda Alarcon Gabriel, Peter Ramundo Hannah Ramundo Shane Cawley , Brooke, Hailey Comito Gerrry CalƟrone Oliver Young Derek GazzeƩa Michael Perez Kelly Perez Dayanna Garcia 17-Jan Natalia Lemus Congratulations and Welcome to Jith Joseph Collection for 1/10 $3951 300 Club 1/10 #20 Harry Gibbs Pro - Life Buses to Washington She came into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church last weekend through the R.C.I.A. program. Men’s Club are Hosting Annual Pancake Breakfast Sunday, Janary 24 Friday, Jan 22 Come and walk for the sake of the unborn! Buses will leave at 6:00 AM from: St. Augustine in New City Sacred Heart in Suffern Albertus HS (Students only) And depart from DC around 6PM Adults : $30 Students $15 Payments and Reservations by Jan 13 Call (845) 634-6885, (845) 4926709, (845) 735-4379 or (845) 425-1322 (para espanol) RocklandRT.org After 10:30 AM Family Mass Suggested donation $5.00 Adults Sunday Supper Volunteers Wanted Free for children under 8 free Volunteers are needed for Sunday Supper in Nyack five Sundays this year to cook and serve meals to the needy from 3:00—6:30 or any time you can give during those hours. I t is not necessary to attend all 5. To volunteer or for more information please contact Lee McGarvey, [email protected], 845365-3950 All are Welcome ! Catholic disciples on mission are called to put Two Feet of Love in Action! This foundational tool describes two distinct, but complementary, ways we can put the Gospel in action in response to God's love: social justice (addressing systemic, root causes of problems that affect many people) and charitable works (short-term, emergency assistance for individuals). Social Justice . We step with this foot when we work to address the root causes of problems facing our communities by advocating for just public policies and helping to change the social structures that contribute to suffering and injustice at home and around the world. Charitable Works are our "response to immediate needs and specific situations: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for and healing the sick, visiting those in prison, etc." (Deus Caritas Est, no. 31). We step with the Charitable Works foot when we work to aid or assist others both locally and globally to meet their immediate, short-term needs. Examples include engaging in direct service or providing food, clothing, shelter, or monetary assistance to help those in need. Congratulations, if you are celebrating your golden wedding Anniversary this year! If you would like to renew your vows and receive a special blessing at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, please contact May at the rectory. The Special Mass will be on the weekend of June 25 / 26. Registration will begin end of February. In Memory of Eileen Keane Feb. 2 1936—Jan 8, 2016 Her funeral Mass was held at St. John’s on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 celebrated by Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan. May Eileen rest in peace and rejoice as the angels welcome her to the Lord’s House. LECTURAS DE HOY: (Isaías 62:1-5; Salmo 95; 1 Corintios 12:4-11; Juan 2:1-11 LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: 1 Sm 15:16-23; Sal 49:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mc 2:18-22 Martes: 1 Sm 16:1-13; Sal 88:20-22, 27-28; Mc 2:23-28 Miércoles: 1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51; Sal 143:1b, 2, 9-10; Mc 3:1-6 Jueves: 1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7; Sal 55:2-3, 9-13; Mc 3:7-12 Viernes: 1 Sm 24:3-21; Sal 56:2-4, 6, 11; Mc 3:13-19, o cualquiera de lecturas para el Día de Oración Sábado: 2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27; Sal 79:2-3, 5-7; Mc 3:20-21 Domingo: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Sal 19 (18):8-10, 15; 1 Cor 12:12-30 [12-14, 27]; Lc 1:1-4; 4:14-21 SORPRESAS La vida está llena de sorpresas, algunas agradables, otras no. La Sagrada Escritura está llena de relatos sobre las sorpresas de Dios que surgen donde menos se esperan: los hijos más jóvenes reciben la herencia, a los más humildes se les dan los sitios de honor; un predicador itinerante, condenado a morir como un criminal, es exaltado hacia la gloria celestial eterna. TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En 1502 el fraile Nicolás de Ovando y doce franciscanos dieron inicio a la evangelización de América en la República Dominicana. Ellos fueron enviados por los reyes españoles con el mandato de convertir a los nativos “sin les hacer fuerza alguna”. Con los misioneros llegaron Alfonso y Antonio Trejo quienes traían con ellos un cuadro de la Virgen María bajo la advocación de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia. Ellos la llevaron a Higuey, donde en 1572 se le construyó su primer santuario. Poco a poco esta pequeña imagen se convirtió en la Reina del corazón de los dominicanos. María observa dulcemente a su recién nacido quien yace sobres las pajas. Está coronada y lleva puesto un manto azul rociado de estrellas y un escapulario blanco. Lleva una aureola hecha de doce estrellas. En una esquina de la imagen san José también observa al niño por encima del hombro derecho de María. El 25 de enero del 1979 Juan Pablo II la coronó por ser la primera evangelizadora del continente Americano. Con ella los doce misioneros trajeron la Alta Gracia de Jesucristo a nuestras tierras. Para los cursos pre-bautismales llamar a: Alex Aguilar 845-480-1502 y Natalia Lemus 845-480-1682. Los cursos se dan previa cita los martes 7pm y domingos 11am. Cualquiera que haya planificado una boda o celebración similar sabe que está llena de oportunidades para que surjan sorpresas. Para el novio (el cual, en el relato bíblico, no tiene contacto directo con Jesús) la agradable sorpresa vino porque otra persona había prestado atención y tenía fe en Jesús. A lo mejor pensamos que la lección de la conocida historia de las bodas de Caná es que cuando tenemos fe en Jesús, nuestra vida cambiará positivamente. Sin embargo, un cristiano necesita tener una perspectiva más amplia, y darse cuenta que tener fe en Cristo implica que la vida de alguien –sea la tuya, sea la de otra persona– va a mejorarse sorpresivamente. Agradecemos a Dios por los 17 años de bendiciones. Damos las gracias a todos los que nos ha ayudado a dar gloria y alabanza a Dios. MINIST PERSONS Buildings & Grounds Deanery Eucharistic Adoration Health Hispanic Community Hospitality Men’s Club Ushers Music Spanish Choir Outreach Parish Council Parish Worship Religious Education RCIA Right to Life Social Spiritual Life St. Vincent De Paul RIES & CHAIR OF OUR PARISH Pat Miele, Alex Aguilar, Paul Johnson Maureen O’Connell Dcn Robert Pang Mary Loftus Micaelina Maldonado/ Geny Aguilar Robin Miller Bill Loftus. Ralph Olsen Jake Miraglia Chris & Carolyn Yates Ted Simone Carlos Cerna Maria Nest William Gorman Dcn John Cunningham Kathleen Dunn Dcn Robert Pang, Jose Bolaños Scott Giblin Kelli Chilson Johanna Krumm Fr. Tom Kunnel PARISH COUNCIL Kelli Chilson, Kathleen Dunn, Bill Gorman Paul Johnson, Andrew Lee, Martina Lynch, Cruz Molina, Maria Nest , Ralph Olsen, May Pang, Amy Ramundo, Carolyn Yates, Janet Zahn TRUSTEES Phil McCartin James Pontone Our Sacramental Life We celebrate Baptism: Please call the Rectory well in advance of the expected day of Baptism to arrange an appointment for an interview. Pre-baptismal meeting for parents is required. We require all Baptismal families to be registered at St. John’s. Godparents must be confirmed, practicing Catholics. Generally Baptisms are celebrated the third Sunday of each month at 12:00 pm. We celebrate Reconciliation: Confessions are heard from 4:30-5:00 pm on Saturday. You may also make an appointment with one of the priests. Spanish confessions is available 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month and from 12:30 –1:00 PM on Sundays. We celebrate Marriage: Marriages should be arranged at least six months in advance. Participation in Pre-Cana is essential. Please call the Rectory to schedule an appointment with one of the priests. We celebrate Anointing of the Sick: Planning to enter the hospital for elective surgery or other serious treatment, and for those who have need of spiritual healing. In an emergency, call the Rectory at any time. We celebrate Holy Orders: Any gentleman interested in exploring the question of vocation to the priesthood or the permanent diaconate should contact Fr. Tom Kunnel. We would also be happy to direct anyone interested in living their lives as Religious Sisters or Brothers. We celebrate the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: We welcome you to full membership in the life of the Church. The instruction for Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist for adults. If interested please contact Dcn Robert Pang. Parish Registration: All adults (over age 21) should register in the parish themselves and should use envelopes or parishpay.com. Tithing is 5% of income. This registration is our only means of certifying anyone as a member of the parish, especially for Baptism and Confirmation sponsorship letters and for scheduling Baptisms and Weddings. The Most Reverend Dennis J. Sullivan is the eighth bishop of Camden, New Jersey. He was installed on February 12, 2013. Bishop D e n n i s J . S u l l i v a n v i s i t e d S t . J o h n ’ s o n 12 January and presided over the funeral of Eileen Keane A Bronx native, Bishop Sullivan was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New York in 1971. Before coming to Camden, he was ordained as an auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese in 2004, and served eight years as vicar general under the late Edward Cardinal Egan and Timothy Cardinal Dolan.