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St.Mary’sRomanCatholicChurchJanuary
18, 2015
10-0849thAvenue,LongIslandCity,NY11101
718-786-0705EMAIL:[email protected]:stmarylic.blogspot.com
We Welcome Iyer Barretto to our Community
Baptized on November 9, 2014
Rev. RALPH BARILE, Pastor
Mr. Robert Vogel, Director of Music and Organist
Ms Giovanna Varlese, Director of Religious Education
For Information about the Sacrament of Baptism,
Wedding, Holy Communion and Confirmation.
Please Phone the Rectory or email. Thank you
MASSES: Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 9:30 am; 12:00 pm
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 12:15 pm
Thursday: 7:00 a.m. for the season of Advent and Lent
CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 4:00 - 4:40 p.m.
Available at other Ɵmes upon request.
A SPECIAL WORD OF THANKS
A special word of thanks to Cynthia Bebe and Dr. Bea
Infantado for the assistance and coordination in two
recent events that took place during the past weeks.
Thank you very much, Cynthia, for inviting and orchestrating the visit of Mrs. Ana Puente who gave that inspiring presentation, “Mary, Model of Faith”. And likewise to
Dr. Bea who worked on preparing that little reception
that followed the talk. And also an additional word of
thanks to Dr. Bea who prepared that delicious soup that
warmed the members of the Undecorating Committee on
that cold winter night.
Markyourcalendar!
NextmonthFashionShow—staytune
formoreinformation.
InFOURmonthIrisHarris,Soprano
returnsinconcert!Sunday,May31stat5pm!She
willbejoinedbyJasonBrown,Tenor.EricBirk,
F.A.G.O.,Organistreturnstoaccompanythem.
St. Vincent Feast day January 22
Vincent was trained and ordained a deacon by Valerius,
bishop of Saragossa, Spain, in the third century. The
Roman emperors had made being a Christian punishable
by death, so when Emperor Dacian discovered Bishop
Valerius holding Christian services, he had him imprisoned. Vincent was soon caught visiting the bishop and
was also imprisoned. The emperor refused them food.
Both men were so cheerful and strong in suffering, however, that the emperor banished Bishop Valerius and had
Vincent tortured on the rack. Vincent endured this suffering for love of Christ.
Dacian told Vincent he would spare his life if he would
hand over the sacred books to be burned. Vincent refused,
and in a fury, Dacian ordered that he be roasted on the
gridiron. Again, Vincent suffered this patiently and
survived. It is said that Dacian wept with rage and had
Vincent thrown in a dungeon filled with broken pottery.
Vincent was so calm and heroic that he converted the
jailer. The emperor then had Vincent put in a regular
prison. Friends came to console Vincent, cleanse his
wounds, and pray with him. Vincent finally died there in a
bed his friends had made for him.
Second Ordinary Sunday
ANDREW: W HERE
ARE YOU STAYING ?
JESUS: COME AND
YOU WILL SEE.
JCM 2015
SECOND ORDINARY SUNDAY
Two disciples, one of them being Andrew, follow
Jesus and say, “Where are you staying?” Jesus says, “Come
and you will see.” Andrew gets his brother Simon and says,
“We have found the Messiah.” They both go and see Jesus.
What we are dealing with here is the folksy manner of Jesus. Oh, yes. We expect the sermons of Jesus to be
powerful and thunderous but how unexpected and even
disarming it is when all that Jesus says is, “Come and see.”
A simple question and a simple answer.
Where are you staying? Come and see. But oh what it entails. I wonder if those disciples realized then what they
were asking for.
Where are you staying? I like w h at you
teach. I might want to be a follower of yours. I might
want to test the waters.
Come and see. W ell yo u h ave said h o w you
feel. Of course you know what being a follower of mine
entails. Or do you? Well it entails a lot. If you come and
see, then you will see how much it means to be a follower
of mine.
But there is a sad alternate to the narrative. The
sad situation is when someone asks: where are you staying. But then does not: come and see. You know the thing I
am talking about. They are attracted to Jesus’ message but
they cannot make the full commitment. You see. The
WHERE ARE YOU STAYING /COME AND SEE experience has a certain balance to it. It carries with it joy as well
as responsibility.
Now let’s go back to that folksy story; if we ask
Jesus where he is staying, will we have what it takes to go
and see?
© J. C. Mulqueen, 2015
Hymn Request
Thank you for all your requests thus far. Please
continue submitting your requests by filling out the
form below.
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The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
SATURDAY, 17 January
5:00 p.m. Fif & Roccp Giannatasio Req. by Jo
SUNDAY, 18 January
9:30 a.m. Josephine & Gino Crosara
Req. by Maria Carotenuto
12:00 pm Emma Manetta
Req. by Mr. & Mrs. Erasmo Lombardi
MONDAY, 19 January
9:00 a.m. Elias Lacuna
Req. by his daughter Josefina Cuevas
TUESDAY, 20 January
12:15 p.m. Anthony Marino
Req. by Fr. Ralph & Msgr Mulqueen
WEDNESDAY, 21 January
12:15 p.m. (L) Blessing Mr. & Mrs. Steven Quatela &
Family Req. by K athy & Dave W ither
(L) Birthday Blessing Wayne Beebe
Req. by Cynthia Beebe
THURSDAY, 22 January
7:00 a.m. Will resume during the Season of Lent
FRIDAY, 23 January
12:15 p.m. Brendan Tumulty
Req. by Celestine & Mary
SATURDAY, 24 January
5:00 p.m. (D) B’day Augustine & Alfonso Carotenuto
Req. by Maria Carotenuto
SUNDAY, 25 January
9:30 a.m. August Pedota
Req. by Cousin Steve & Mary Valasek
Steve & Angela D’Amato
Req. by the Valasek Family
12:00 pm Lina Albanese
Req. by Celeste Spiridigliozzi
Please Note: Martin Luther King Birthday
Monday January 12 Mass will be at 9:00 a.m.
There will be no 12:15 Mass.
Thank you
Religious Education Classes & Bible Story Time
are fromPre-Kto12thgradeat10:30a.m.
AdultReligionclassesareavailabletooformoreinfo.
Pleasecometotherectoryoremailmeat
[email protected].
Thankyou,Giovanna
Mass Intentions, Sanctuary Lamp and
Bread & Wine for 2015 are still available.
The Bread and Wine
The Bread and Wine is offered for the week of
January 11 - January 17, 2015
Birthday Blessings to
All the January Birthday’s
Sanctuary Lamp
The Sanctuary Lamp is burning for the week of
January 11 - January 17, 2015
In Loving Memory of
Joe, Rita and Karen Dwyer
requested by Gerald Woods
StaƟsƟcs - January 10 and 11, 2015
AƩendance 385
1st Coll. $ 1,882.00
Diocesan Mission $ 742.00
Thank you for your conƟnued generosity.
Happy Birthday & Blessings
Alicia Tellez, Michael Wither, Marisa Varlese,
Sr. Eileen Reilly, OP, Iris Harris, Lorraine Devine
Michael Barile, Goldie Cancro, Wayne Beebe
We Pray for Healing
Gentel Cabrera, Harold Walford Thomas, (infant)Liam Glorioso,
MaryAnn Tobon, Iris Harris, Emilia Chimienti, Teresa Ortiz,
Nova Bermudez, Daniel Brown, Joe Sullivan, Daisey Warren,
Eloise Jordon, Joseph Warren, Bill Weber, Frances Melendez,
Robert Rohan, Victoria Shore
PRAY FOR THE SICK
Millie Ciangiola, Teodora Tamburello, Fr. Pat Laghezza, Dominick
Calisto, Vincenza A. Rios,Ellen Trambone, Fr.Charles Keough, Mary
DePinto, Charlotte S. Parker, Dominick Caiaccia, Rose Francis, Catherine O’Keeffe, Jeanette Falcone,
Fernando & Nancy Angeles, Joan Forhane, Catherine Roeder, Bob
Ruiz, Donna McGuinness, George Burst, Mark Etskovitz, Julie
Schnurr, Donna Cultrera, Olivia Nicole Ashton, Joseph Coughlin,
Terry Devine, Sean Dugan, Victoria Shore, Pamala Riley, Risa
Sanchez, Gentel Cabrera, Victor Silva, James Doran, Kathleen Nero,
Fr. Joseph Rosa, Andrew Sharetta, Mary De Pinto, Jay Paul Tinio,
Sonny Francis, Anthony Savino, Sr. Patricia Ann Reilly, OP, Guy
Gabriel, Guido Bussani, Dr. Sara Saltieri
PRAY FOR THE DECEASED
Lawrence McCarthy, Hazbi Tierney, Howard Pooler, August Pedota,
Clarita Ganit, Alan Bucknam, Jerome Dunn, Jeanne Giordano,
Sr. Theresa Dodd, OP, Delao Santizo Perez, Dolly De Thomas,
Joseph Natale, Louis Gonslaves, John Dougherty, Baby Joseph
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Would you like to become a Lector, Choir Member, Catechist
Teacher or an Usher?
We need your help!
Please email us at [email protected], phone 718-786-0705
or introduce yourself after Mass Thank you, Fr. Ralph
St. Mary’s “Messiah” was on TV
If you missed it we are sure you have already heard
by now how wonderful "Messiah" was on December
7th. Our diocese TV was here and recorded interviews and singing that was aired on NetTV. Another
brief vocal closed the half-hour news segment. You
may now view the main portion by typing the following link in your internet address area or going to the
parish blog stmarylic.blogspot.com and clicking on
the hyperlink "Click to watch Handel's Messiah"
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