Parish Bulletin

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MASSES FOR THE WEEK
SATURDAY, January 31, 2015
7:30AM + Matthew Coleman (Mr. & Mrs. Coleman)
5:00PM - For God’s Blessings for Carla, Victor, Paul, Jerry, Ilianna and Marta
SUNDAY, February 1, 2015
6:30AM + William Zaluski, Jr. (Wife, Joan Zaluski)
8:00AM(Polish) + Julian Marat & Wladyslaw Marciniak (15th Anniversary) (Siegert Family)
9:30AM + Jessie Fanning (Family)
10:30AM(Polish) + Kazimiera and Izabela Wenerska (Rus Family)
11:45 AM + Helen Hickey (Daughter)
MONDAY, February 2, 2015
7:30AM - For a Special Intention (Joanne & Alex Miuccio)
8:30AM - For Health & God’s Blessings for Laura McDonagh (Elaine & Charles McDonagh)
TUESDAY, February 3, 2015
7:30AM + Helen & Albert Sendlenski (Sendlenski Family)
WEDNESDAY, February 4, 2015
7:30AM - For a Special Intention (Joan Zaluski)
THURSDAY, February 5, 2015
7:30AM - For God’s Blessings for Carla, Victor, Paul, Jerry, Ilianna and Marta
FRIDAY, February 6, 2015
7:30AM + Frank Dull (Doreen Schmidt Martinsen)
7:00PM(Polish) - For Health and God’s Blessings for a Special Intention
SATURDAY, February 7, 2015
7:30AM + Helen & Albert Sendlenski (Sendlenski Family)
5:00PM + Lottie Yastrzemski (Stanley Yastrzemski, Jr.)
SUNDAY, February 8, 2015
8:00AM(Polish) + Tadeusz Karpinski (Skibko Family)
9:30AM + Donald Poremba (4th Anniversary) (Wife and Family)
10:30AM(Polish) + Piotr Plonski (Jacenty & Walentyna Plonska)
11:45 AM + Stanley Graboski (Benny & Nancy Graboski)
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 1, 2015
Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD
who made us.
— Psalm 95:6
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READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18;
Lk 2:22-40 [22-32]
Tuesday:
Heb 12:1-4; Ps 22:26b-28, 30-32;
Mk 5:21-43
Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 103:1-2, 13-14,
17-18a; Mk 6:1-6
Thursday: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Ps 48:2-4, 9-11;
Mk 6:7-13
Friday:
Heb 13:1-8; Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9; Mk 6:14-29
Saturday: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Ps 23:1-6; Mk 6:30-34
Sunday:
Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; Ps 147:1-6; 1 Cor 9:16-19,
22-23; Mk 1:29-39
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday:
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time;
Boy Scout Sunday
Monday: The Presentation of the Lord;
World Day for Consecrated Life;
Blessing of Candles; Groundhog Day
Tuesday: St. Blaise; St. Ansgar; Blessing of Throats;
Tu B’Shvat (Jewish new year of trees)
Thursday: St. Agatha
Friday:
St. Paul Miki and Companions; First Friday
Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday
SUNDAY COLLECTION
January 25th Collection: $1,958.00
This weekend the second collection will be for our
subsidy to the school.
Next weekend there will be only one collection.
SCHOOL COLLECTION
Please note that each month our parish is required to
make a subsidy payment to the school for $3,336.
The amount collected in our monthly second
collection for the school is used to offset this
monthly payment. It is not given directly to the
school.
WEEKLY COLLECTIONS
Just a reminder that in the event of poor weather or
if you are sick and do not attend mass, please submit
your weekly envelope the following week, or send it
to the rectory, since we need to pay our bills. We
also ask you lucky snowbirds to remember that your
parish is alive and active all year round so please
don’t forget about us when you are gone. Keeping
up a weekly pattern of support will keep our parish
financially healthy. Enjoy your time away and
remember you can read our weekly bulletins at
www.rc.net/rockvillecentre/olpsouthampton/ Thanks
WORLD DAY FOR CONSECRATED LIFE
Today we rejoice and celebrate World Day for
Consecrated Life. Over the years, many men and
women have chosen to live out their Baptismal
vocation by professing the evangelical counsels of
poverty, chastity, and obedience. They do this by
joining a religious congregation, or some other form
of consecrated life. We pray in a special way for the
religious who live and serve in the Diocese of
Rockville Centre, for all those in consecrated life
and we ask God to bless our Church with others who
will dedicate their lives to God’s service.
PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
Monday, February 2 nd is the Presentation of the
Lord. The Blessing of the Candles will take place at
the 7:30AM Mass. Please bring your own candles
from last year. These candles are meant to last for a
lifetime, not just one calendar year. However, if you
do not have candles, you can pick up the blessed
candles at our church for your family for a $5 dollar
donation.
FEAST OF SAINT BLAISE
The Blessing of the Throats will be
on Tuesday, February 3rd at 7:30AM
Mass.
NO 6:30AM MASS on FEBRUARY 8TH
Please note there will not be a mass at 6:30AM on
Sunday, February 8th. All other masses on that
Sunday will take place as regularly scheduled. The
6:30AM will resume the following Sunday,
February 15th.
MSGR JANUSZ URBANCZYK
This Sunday, Msgr. Janusz Urbanczyk will be at all
Masses to say goodbye to our Parishioners. His role
as First Counsellor, Permanent Observer Mission of
the Holy See to the United Nations has ended and he
has been assigned to another mission. Please be sure
to stop by and say goodbye to him.
SANCTUARY FLOWERS
The flowers decorating our Sanctuary
this weekend are in loving memory of
+Frank Dull from Michael Kosciuszko.
Thank you for the beautiful flowers.
Eternal rest grant to him, O’ Lord.
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SCHOOL NEWS
Seven OLH students have been awarded
academic scholarships to attend Catholic high
schools in September, based upon their achievement
on the fall Catholic High Schools Entrance
Examinations.
Hampton Bays resident Sarah
Langsdorf was offered a scholarship to Sacred Heart
Academy. She and Dylan Ameres of Sag Harbor
were cited by St. Anthony’s High School, while
Sarah, Charlotte Ferguson, Hannah Tuma, Anna
Hoffman,
Finn Kelly, and Patrick Tuminski
received scholarships from Bishop McGann-Mercy .
The students of Prep 7 at OLH were part of a
special delegation to Washington, DC for the annual
March for Life. They were able to visit with
Congressman Zeldin and other representatives,
participate in a special liturgy and rally. On the
following day, the students worked as a team
preparing amenities for residents at Maureen’s
Haven.
Mrs. Erin Stadelman and her Technology
students from Prep 7 received special awards for
capturing first and second place in a special
Technology competition sponsored by the Diocese
of Rockville Centre. The teams were challenged to
build functioning and speedy roller coasters from
common household materials. First place winners:
Tara Spring, Kendall Miller and Serena May.
Runners-up: Cole Nunez, Brian Conigliaro and Liam
Rego.
Our Lady of the Hamptons, the East End’s
premier Catholic school, chartered by the State of
New York, accredited by the Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools is also recipient
of a Blue Ribbon for Excellence from the U.S.
Department of Education. OLH serves parishes and
communities extending from Quogue to Montauk.
Information packets and registration
materials are available at the school now, leading
toward September 2015 enrollment. Registration for
prospective kindergarten students (must be 5 years
old prior to November 30, 2015), and grades one
through five must be completed before March 1.
Admission to the OLH prep (grades 6,7,8) in the
newly constructed complex is limited but available.
We invite parishioners and friends to learn
more about Our Lady of the Hamptons by visiting
the website www.olh.org. Tours can be arranged at
any time, by calling 283-9140.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION & DEVOTION
Please join us this Friday, February 6th and on the
first Friday of each month at 7:30AM in English and
at 7:00PM in Polish for the Devotion to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus with Exposition of the Most Holy
Sacrament and Adoration and on this Saturday,
February 7th and the first Saturday of each month
after the 7:30AM mass for the Devotion to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary with Exposition of the
Most Holy Sacrament and Adoration.
CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL
Parishioners should have received a letter from the
Diocesan Committee about the Catholic Ministries
Appeal. We ask every family or parishioner to
respond with a generous donation. Your faithful
support will make a difference in the lives of many
of your neighbors. One person can accomplish, but
when we work together as a faithful community, we
can accomplish so much more! Thank you!
CHURCH CLEANERS
Mr. Grzegorz Hogendorf, February 6
Mr. & Mrs. Jozef Talik, February 13
Fr. Janusz & Walentyna Plonska, February 20
STIPENDS NEEDED FOR MASSES
We have openings for masses in March and April.
Please stop by the rectory during office hours if you
would like to have a mass said in memory of a loved
one, in thanksgiving or for another intention close to
your heart.
FLOWERS
Flowers can be donated to decorate our Sanctuary
for $80.00. This is a beautiful way to remember a
loved one or a special occasion. Your donation will
be mentioned in the bulletin with the name of the
person in whose honor or memory, they are given.
Call the rectory during office hours, if you are
interested.
CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS
For parishioners using offering envelopes, tax
contribution statements will be available after
January 31st. Please call the rectory at 283-0667 if
you would like a statement. Statements will only be
prepared for those requested.
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FROM BISHOP MURPHY:
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
Pope Francis has declared 2015 as
the Year of Consecrated Life in the
Universal Church. We give thanks
and honor the women and men in
consecrated life who have served and
are serving here in our great Diocese of Rockville
Centre.
The life of this local Church has been blessed
through the mission and ministry of these dedicated
women and men who are responding to God’s call to
each of them to follow Jesus as vowed religious. As
religious, their commitment to a life of prayer, lived
in community and expressed through their ministry
in the Church, witnesses to their response to God’s
love for them. Their vowed commitment to God
and service to the Church is a gift for all of us.
As we move through this Year of Consecrated Life I
invite each of you to take whatever opportunities are
presented to say “thanks” to the religious who are
here in our Diocese, to remember them in your
prayers and to pray that other generous young people
respond to God’s call to join them as religious
sisters, brothers and priests.
I join my prayers with yours in thanksgiving for their
lives of prayer and service and in petition that God
will bless each of the religious who are part of our
Diocese with gifts of grace, hope and peace as they
witness to God’s great love. I ask Mary, Mother of
the Church, to continue to inspire each of them as
they live a life of “Yes” to God’s call.
Faithfully yours in Christ,
Bishop of Rockville Centre
FLU SEASON
During the flu season, please follow these guidelines
if you have a cold or are fearful of being infected:
• Refrain from drinking from the cup and receive
Communion in the hand while sick
• At the sign of peace, offer a simple bow of the
head to those around rather than a handshake
• If a Catholic person is sick, there is no obligation
to attend Mass. Personal prayer and reflection on
the scriptures is encouraged as well as viewing
the Mass on television.
PRAY FOR THE SICK
Please pray for the sick, suffering and lonely people
in our parish, and amongst all our families and
friends, especially:
Zofia Mrozik
Stanislawa Siegert
Janina Soltys
Robert Casse
Henry
Jozefa Gaworska
Emily Kolenda
Patricia Kahl
Richard Vinski
John Hagen (little boy)
Bob Cerf
John Lenon
Sister Virginia
Jerry Connolly
Bogdan Ciorun
Randall Feinberg
Agnes Bautisa
Stacia Michaels
Barbara Siebida
Paulina Kwiatkowska
Geraldine Connolly Samantha Kinney
Sam Price
Elizabeth Dobrzycka-Grela
Joanne Pierson
John Gorman
Eileen Connolly
Irene Sikorski
Kevin Guidera
Frank Kandula
Eugene Raffel
Erika Dehler
PRAY FOR THE DECEASED
Please pray for the repose of the soul of :
+Sophia Isaacs
Eternal rest grant to her, O’ Lord.
MEMORIAL BRICKS
A memorial brick is a great gift for a wedding, birth,
living or deceased memorial and more. Many
visitors and neighbors have commented about how
nice it looks having all of our memorial bricks
around the Blessed Mother. Thank you for your
support of this program, and please note that this
program will be ongoing. A memorial brick costs
$100 dollars. Forms are available in the vestibule of
the church.
DIVINE MERCY
There is recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet at
7:15AM before the 7:30AM daily mass Monday
through Saturday. You are invited to join us.
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS
Please note during the school year the rectory will be
open on Monday - Friday from 12PM - 3PM. If
these hours are not convenient for you, call the
rectory at 631-283-0667, we would be happy to
schedule an appointment with you. Please note the
rectory is closed on all Holidays and Holy Days.