783 Hard Road, Webster, New York

Mission Statement

St Paul’s Parish Family exists for the purpose of witnessing and proclaiming the message of Jesus Christ, that message

proclaimed in word, worship, service: love God, love your neighbor as yourself.

April 29, 2018 Fifth Sunday of Easter

ST. PAUL’S

CHURCH

APRIL 29TH FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

First Reading: Acts of the Apostles 9:26-31

Second Reading: 1 John 3:18-24

Gospel: John 15:1-8

MAY 6TH SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

First Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:25-26,

34-35, 44-48

Second Reading: 1 John 4:7-10

Gospel: John 15:9-17

Mass Times

Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

Weekday Masses

Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.

Friday-Communion Service 8:30 a.m.

Individual Confession

Saturday 4:00-4:30 p.m. or by appointment

Thank you for your

support of the CMA.

Also many thanks to

all who have given to

help with the

shortage.

We are ge!ng closer!

Goal

Parish Staff

Pastor: Fr. Paul Gitau x29 fr.paul.gitau@dor.org

Deacon: Mark Robbins x23 mark.robbins@dor.org

Pastoral Associate: Katherine Cappuccio x24 katherine.cappuccio@dor.org

Coordinator of Music: Tom McGary x31 thomas.mcgary@dor.org

Youth/Young Adult Minister: Ellen Piper x41 ellen.piper@dor.org

Confirma#on Prep. Coordinator: Bonnie Serio x27 bonnie.serio@dor.org

Religious Educa#on Coordinator: Kim Sbarra 671-2110 kim.sbarra@dor.org

Business Manager: Robin Martz x30 robin.martz@dor.org

Rectory Housekeeper: Helen S#rpe helen.s#rpe@dor.org

Maintenance Coordinator: Ben O’Brien x28 ben.obrien@dor.org

Administra#ve Asst.: Jodie Hickey x21 jodie.hickey@dor.org

Finance Council Chair: Tom Napoli 872-0678 tanapoli@live.com

Parish Council Chair: Janet Trippe 354-0883 jmtrippe1075@gmail.com

Parish Trustees: Deb Urtz-Gleason & Dave Galeazzo

Mul# Parish Finance Director:

Joan Sullivan: 671-1100 x21 joan.sullivan@dor.org

Page Two St. Paul’s Church, Webster, New York April 29, 2018

We warmly welcome all new

parishioners and visitors to St. Paul’s.

To register please fill out a “request for

registra#on” form available at all

church entrances. Return it to the

collec#on box at the back of the church

or to the parish office. A member of

our pastoral staff will contact you to

complete your registra#on.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for

Joanne Recchio from

Ray & Carol Fischette

Let us Pray for Those in the

Military

Jason Aman Josh Bartle%

Zach Bartle% Sean Black

Dakota Berthold Bryan Gross

Alec Konrad Shawn Reidy

Mason Serrano Tom Weisenreder

Andrew Zani Andrew O’Brien

Jay Riesenberger

Saturday, April 28

Easter Weekday

Second Collec#on: Catholic Home Missions Appeal 9:30-11:30A Prayer Shawl 4:00P Individual Confession

5:00P Mass-First Eucharist

Sunday, April 29

Fi!h Sunday of Easter

Second Collec#on: Catholic Home Missions Appeal 9:00A Mass-CLOW

9:00A First Eucharist during Mass

Coffee & donuts

10:00A Confirma#on Prep Yr. 2

11:00A Mass-CLOW

Coffee & donuts

11:00A First Eucharist during Mass

12:05P Confirma#on Prep Yr. 1

6:00P Youth Group

Monday, April 30

Easter Weekday

8:00A Rosary

8:30A Mass

Tuesday, May 1

Easter Weekday

8:00A Rosary

8:30A Mass

1:00P Faith Sharing Group

Wednesday, May 2

St. Athanasius, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

8:00A Rosary

8:30A Mass

9:00A Adora#on of the Blessed Sacrament

7:00P Choir Rehearsal

Thursday, May 3

Sts. Philip & James, Apostles

8:00A Rosary

8:30A Mass

9:00A Vac Pac

Friday, May 4

Easter Weekday

St. Peter’s Soup Kitchen

8:00A Rosary

8:30A Communion Service

Saturday, May 5

Easter Weekday

9:30-11:30A Prayer Shawl 4:00P Individual Confession

5:00P Mass

Office Hours

8:30-4:30 Monday-Friday (closed for the lunch hour from 12:00-1:00 p.m.) Phone: 671- 2100

Fax Number: 787-8907

Emergency Number: 369-9687

Website: www.stpaulsrcc.org

Diocese of Rochester: www.dor.org

Offertory

Update

Actual Target

April 21 & 22 $8,746

Ach & Credit Card $3,314

Total $12,060 $11,000

YTD $438,310 $473,000

A*endance 581

Page Three St Paul’s Church, Webster, New York April 29, 2018

This weekend we celebrate First Holy Communion at St. Paul’s. Our children have made their first confessions,

and have prepared their souls to welcome Jesus Christ in an extraordinary way into their very beings. This day is a

most wonderful, most important day in the life of faith. The First Holy Communion of our young people is also a

good opportunity for us to reflect upon, and remind ourselves, of not only what we receive in Holy Communion,

but also what happens to us when we receive Holy Communion.

First Communicants, you have been looking forward to this day for a long #me and now you are

so excited. You are very special and important today and that is why we are all here for you.

Parents, for you this is a special and happy day as well. Today you see your child taking a new

step in faith as you present them to share with us all in the fullness of the Lord’s Supper for the

first #me. You were their first teachers in the ways of faith. You have to remember that it is

through parents more than anyone else children come to know about God. Even if you are a

teacher, an excellent one, priest or parish, unless the children sense their parents’ faith they will

not absorb faith. Teachers and priests cannot plant faith in the heart of children if parents do not.

Family, friends, and people of the parish, this is a #me of great rejoice for you too. You all in var-

ious ways have helped to lead these children to this special day. I am sure you will help with their

future growth in this faith. Please do so and please remember them in your prayers.

In the recep#on of the Eucharist, we receive nothing other than Jesus Himself. The Eucharist is not a symbol, but

a reality. Christ is really, truly, and substan#ally among us. The Mass itself is not something we do for God, but

something God does for us.

What happens to us in Holy Communion? We are transformed! Jesus gives Himself to us in this way that we

might be transformed and become more like Him. In becoming more like Him, we don’t become less who we are.

We grow in true joy and happiness.

The ability to receive Jesus in the Eucharist is a gi/. Nobody can receive the Eucharist for you. It has to be a con-

scious act that you choose for yourself. You have to step forward and meet Jesus in the Eucharist for yourself. As

a parent, you can lead your child in faith and teach him as best you can. As Anne Frank said, “Parents can only

give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own

hands.”

As Catholics, we have the choice to be Christ’s body in the world, as St. Teresa of Avila reminds us, “Christ has no

body now on earth but yours; no hands but yours; no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which the com-

passion of Christ must look out on the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours

are the hands with which he is to bless his people.”

If I can leave one thought with you let it be this. Your First Communion is a very special day but each and every

#me you receive the Eucharist is special. Every #me we receive the Eucharist, we can do so with the eyes of a

child receiving for the first #me.

“This is my Body, given for you.” How will I be His body in this world today?

Kim

Page Four St Paul’s Church, Webster, New York April 29, 2018

Mangia! Let’s Eat!

Who can resist a delicious plate of pasta with home-made sauce and meatballs? Add a salad, bread and dessert, surround yourself with friends and family, and it’s a perfect recipe for a great meal! Come join our St. Paul’s family for dinner Sunday, May 6th, from Noon to 3pm, and enjoy the expert culinary skills of members of the Italian American Club! Bring that special “Mom” in your life and celebrate Mother’s Day early!

Tickets are $10/adult; $5/children 6-12; kids 5 and under eat free. They will be on sale a/er Mass the weekends of April 28/29 and May 5/6 and during the week in the Parish Office. Walk-ins are wel-come.

Mother’s Day Flowers

We invite you to make a dona#on towards the purchase of plants and flowers to decorate the church, in memory or honor of your loved ones, for Mother’s Day.

There are envelopes by the doors. Please make your check payable to “St. Paul’s Church” and mark your do-na#on “Mother’s Day Flowers” and include who the do-

na#on is in memory of; we will list them in the bulle#n on Mother’s Day. Please have your requests to the office by Monday, May 6th.

You can also request a Mother’s Day flower memorial on our website! Use the “Donate Online” link. There will be a text box to enter who you wish the flowers to be in memory/honor of. Please note there is a 50 character limit, if you can’t fit everyone in please call or email us and we can adjust.

Ques#ons? Please contact Jodie or Robin at 671-2100 or email at Jodie.hickey@dor.org or robin.martz@dor.org Thanks!

Catholic Home Missions Appeal Support the Catholic Home Missions Appeal today! Right

now, over 40 percent of dioceses in the United States are

considered home mission territory because they are una-

ble to fund the essen#al pastoral work needed in their

communi#es. Your support funds programs, such as reli-

gious educa#on, seminary forma#on, and lay ministry

training, to build vibrant faith communi#es right here in

the United States. Thank you for your generosity.

Directory Update

Our parish directory celebra#ng our 50th

anniversary and filled with the photos of 200 + of our favorite pa-rishioners is here. If you did not get your photo taken for it but would like a copy, they are available from the church office for $25.

If you had your photo taken, you get a free directory! They were shipped with any photos that you purchased and if you did not order photos, then the free one came to the office. As a result we have about two dozen di-rectories that s#ll have not been claimed. Please stop by and pick yours up soon! Any ques#ons please call the office at 671-2100.

May you always know the peace of Jesus, the light

of his love, and the joy of his life within you.

This weekend we will celebrate the Sacrament of

First Holy Communion. Please join us in congratu-

la#ng the following young people.

Nicola Bleier Henry Bonn

Tessa Carey Margaret Corriveau

Lilliana Eckler Lucy Ellsworth

Gianna Fullone Jack Heller

Mya Inzinga Bryan Kelly

Lia LaManna Mason Lauber

Cole Leach Hudson Mylo%

Avelene Parulski Tanner Peters

Isabella Piwko Jerald Randisi

Gabriella Rinaldi Zamir Rodriguez

Lucy Rynkiewicz Aidan Stein

Victor Vergilia

St Paul’s Church, Webster, New York From the John Walsh Library...

Have You Read...

Lewis, C.S.

The Case for Chris#anity

This slim book, considered a theological classic, is based on

a series of broadcasts given in England when Lewis was a

Fellow at Oxford. It is a chronology of his spiritual journey

from atheism to Theism to Chris#anity and many people

consider it one of the best arguments for Chris#anity of all

#me. The book is divided into two parts: “Right and Wrong

as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe” and “What

Chris#ans Believe.” He asserts that human beings all over

the earth have the idea they ought to behave in a certain

way, but they don’t in fact behave that way. He then ex-

amines the reality of Moral Law and the Power behind the

Moral Law. He discusses the contrast between right and

wrong, and gives the essen#als of belief shared by all

Chris#an churches. (Call No. 230-Lew)

Tona#uh, Duncan

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez &

Her Family’s Fight for Desegrega#on

Sylvia Mendez was told she had to go to the Mexican

school. She was not allowed to go to the regular public

school a/er moving to her new home. Her father thought

this must be a mistake. But no, he found out “that is how

it is done.” However, Mr. Mendez didn’t believe that

Mexican students had to go to an inferior school in the

middle of a cow pasture with an electrified fence rather

than playground equipment. He fought in the courts while

his wife took care of the children and ran the farm. Read

this book to see how the human spirit can triumph in very

difficult situa#ons. j379.2 TON Grades 2 and up

For the Children

Music for May 5 & 6

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Now the Green Blade Rises…..(Noel Nouvelet)….No. 534

Bap#zed In Water…………....(Bunessan).….………..No. 903

No Greater Love…………..(Joncas-1988)…….……….No. 701

Be Joyful Mary……...…….(Regina Coeli)…….…….….No. 526

Readings: No. 1077

Psalm 98: No. 1077

CROP WALK

May 6, 2018

Contact Ginny Hurzy for information 872-1469.

Volunteers are needed for St. Peter’s Soup Kitchen on

Friday, May 4. The ministry provides hot meals for those

in need. If you are interested in volunteering, please

contact Gene Swain at 217-7282 or by email at

gswai@yahoo.com. Transporta#on arrangements can be

made to the kitchen.

ST. PETER’S SOUP KITCHEN

Help for People of Puerto Rico

Rese%lement in Our Area

The Ibero American Ac#on League is helping to rese*le

people of Puerto Rico who have moved to Rochester in

the wake of the devasta#on of Hurricane Maria. These

folks, our fellow ci#zens, are facing tremendous upheav-

al in their lives and deserve our help.

They are in need of dona#ons of clothing – especially

warmer a!re – for men, women and children. Many of

the coat dona#ons we have collected here at St. Paul’s

have been delivered to them but they need more!

They also need bedding (blankets, sheets, pillowcases)

towels, kitchenware (pots, pans, dishes, glasses, uten-

sils.)

If you have items you can donate, please take them di-

rectly to the drop-off center at 214 Clifford Avenue,

Monday-Friday, 9:00-4:30. For more informa#on or

ques#ons please call the Ibero American Ac#on League

at 544-7064.

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Ministry Schedule for May 5 & 6, 2018

5:00 PM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM

Acolytes Hannah Brodt

Alyssa Bower

Jessica Fe*er

Massimo Picca

Sarah Sharpe

Ka#e Sharpe

Ushers Arnie Read

Joe Rizzo

Chris Strait

Tim Thomas

Bernie Schimmel

Bill Issac

Bill Green

Tim Runyan

Sacristans Pat Thomas Jane Adams Jean Huber

Lectors

Commentators

Margie Richardson

Jonathan Strait

Crissy Picca

Mary Catherine Bosner

Sco* Rutan

Larry McNamara

Extraordinary

Ministers of Holy

Communion

Trisha DeBacco

Mark DeBacco

John Cardone

Lean Cardone

Don Oinen

Ellen Oinen

Volunteer Needed

Maureen Keegan

Mary Catherine Bosner

Marianne Ferrara

Peter Pelli!eri

Brendan Casey

JoAnn Green

Janet Slusar

Dan Ercolano

Peggy Ercolano

Sandra Happ

Michele Cheeseman

Greeters Forest & Julie Shick D.A. Hutnick

Mike Fredericks

Barb Rehberg

Larry & Mary Kay Winter

Linens Barbara Mongiovi

CLOW Chris & Christy Adams Jackie & Travis Dear

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July 16th –20th

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Registration forms are on the bulletin board

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CALLING ALL VBS ADULT

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Sign up for a Vaca#on Bible School

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