The Roman Catholic Parishes of SS. Cyril & Methodius The Church of the Holy Trinity

Sacramental Information Baptism

The Pre-Baptismal Program is required; contact Fr. Charles or Msgr. Putano for in-formation prior to the birth of the child.

For adults, contact Fr. Charles for the RCIA process.

Marriage

Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance with Fr. Charles or Msgr. Putano. One of the parties must be registered in the parish.

Hospitalized

Please notify the parish office when a family member is in the hospital. Very often we do not receive this information.

Anointing of the Sick

If you are preparing to enter the hospital for any reason and would like to be anointed, please contact the parish offices.

Low Gluten hosts are available for anyone who is gluten intolerant. Please stop in the sacristy before Mass to let us know.

Bulletin available on either parish website.

Parishes Office at SS. Cyril & Methodius 148 Clinton Street, Binghamton, NY 13905

(607) 724 1372 Parish Hall: (607) 723 2920

Website: www.sscyrilandmethod.org

Pastoral Team Rev. Charles Opondo-Owora, Moderator (607) 729-6147 ext. 316 Barbara Hill, Pastoral Associate (607) 724-1372 Rev. Fredrick Mwangi Kooro (607) 797-4015 Rev. Msgr. John P. Putano (607) 725-7705

Staff Rev. Alfred J. Bebel, Retired Andrea Carey, Religious Education Coordinator (607) 724-1372 Gary Strong, Administrative Assistant Joshua Carey, Music Director

Office Hours: Monday Thursday, 9am 3pm; Closed Fridays

MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm, SS. Cyril & Methodius Sundays: 8:45 am, Holy Trinity 10:15 am, SS. Cyril & Methodius 10:30 am, (Polish, 1st & 4th Sundays), Holy Trinity Weekdays: 8:00 am, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, Holy Trinity 12:05 pm, Tuesday & Thursday, SS. Cyril & Methodius

Confessions: 3:30– 4:00 pm, Saturday, SS. Cyril & Methodius

Holy Trinity 346 Prospect Street, Binghamton, NY 13905

(607) 797-1856 Website: www.holytrinitybinghamton.org

SS. Cyril & Methodius Church Church of the Holy Trinity

Liturgical Roles

August 12/13

ALTAR SERVERS

4:30 pm J. Mehal, K. McBride

10:15 am L. Oliva, L. Bennett, N. Striss

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 4:30 pm J. & Y. Dancesia, J. & J. Gialanella,

J. Mehal 10:15 am L. Oliva, A. Whalen, M. Mansour, K. Oliva, Volunteer

LECTORS 4:30 pm J. & J. Gialanella 10:15 am M. MacBlane, K. Schyndler

GREETERS 4:30 pm A.M. Sebesta, M.A. Dewitt 10:15am L. Newton, A. Whalen

Liturgical Roles August 13

Lectors: M. Massar, S. Snell

Host: A. Lenkiewicz, G. Naylor, J. Naylor

Cup: M. Lukasik, L. Payne, M. Choynowski, M. Baer

Greeters: D. Zabadal, S. Vaskovic

Servers: A. Evanitsky, T. Snell, N. Kroplewski

VOTIVE CANDLES Murph Hlopko by wife & family ▪ John & Mary Vinse-vich by daughter, Judithann ▪ Laureen Warrick by hus-band, Art ▪ Jean Vlasak by husband, Fred ▪ Lois Orzel by Frank Orzel Family ▪ Walter & Agnes Petrikonis by Children ▪ William Maney by wife, Irene▪ Robert Murray by Mary Vavra▪ Darek Janiszewski by Krysia Zduniak Family

Sanctuary Candles Our Sanctuary Candles burn this week

for the Glory and Honor of Almighty God and in loving memory of

The deceased members of the Church of the Holy Trinity

Collection Report—July 30

Envelopes: $ 3,642 Loose: $ 141 Fuel: $ 136 School Reduction: $25 Bldg Maintenance: $106

Children & Families: $35 St. Ann Novena $ 1,687.00 Total = $5,772

August 11, BINGO #1

Workers: B. & S. Polakovich, E. & J. Drimak, M. Jacobs, S. Vaskovic

Serv. Kit: M. Zembek, D. Stanek Cook Kit: L. Scheffer-Wilson Supplies: P.Stiner Treasurer: M. Jacobs Pull Tabs: L. Zabadal Cashier: P. Stiner

Thank you to all our bingo volunteers!

The yellow roses that graced the St. Ann statue during our Triduum were in loving memory of Joe Hidock by wife, Betty

Pondering Stewardship

Have you given real thought lately to how good

God has been to you? Do you give in proportion

to what God has given you?

Our Sanctuary Candle burns this week to the glory and honor of Almighty God, and

in loving memory of

The deceased parishioners of SS. Cyril & Methodius Church

Collection Report July 29/30 Envelopes: $2,924 Plate: $ 121 School Assessment: $ 137 Total = $ 3,182

A special thank you to all those who make up their weekly envelopes when they have been away!

Coffee & Doughnuts will resume in September.

Friday Night Bingo Kitchen opens at 4:30 pm

July St. Cyril’s Repair My Church Update Deposit: $617 Interest: $38.62

Paid for Buildings/ Grounds Improvements New Air Conditioner Chiller: $47,817.90 Parish Center Lighting: $8,705.80 Hall Painting: $2,100

Acct. Balance = $34,020.22

Our Parishes & Pastoral Care Area

A Family Perspective from the office of Family Life Education— The apostles were just being practical when they asked Jesus to “dismiss the crowds to go buy food.” Jesus knew there is al-ways enough when we place our trust in the Fa-ther, even with just 5 loaves and fishes. Trust is the bridge to miracles.

The Catholic Schools of Broome County Pre-schools: Admissions for the 2017-2018 School Year. St. James School- St. John School- All Saints School - Early Childhood Education Pro-grams ( Pre-K)2,3,4 year old programs & (TK) Transitional Kindergarten. Half- day and full day options. Before and after school care options available. Contact the Office of Admissions at 607-748-7423 x3 for more information or to schedule a tour. www.broomecatholicschools.

Are You Being Called to Serve the Church as a Commissioned Lay Minister? The Formation for Ministry Program in our dio-cese prepares individuals to exercise their Baptis-mal commitment to serve our parishes as commis-sioned lay ministers. This exciting program offers courses, workshops, retreats, and supervised field experience which prepare persons to serve as commissioned lay ministers in a wide variety of ministries. Courses are offered in Binghamton, Sy-racuse, and Utica/Rome five times a year. For more information, contact formation@syrdio.org or 315-470-1491.

THANK YOU TO MY PARISH FAMILY My twin brother John went to the Lord on July 4, 2017. Thank you for the cards, thoughts, prayers, kind words, mass offerings and donations made in his name. It means so much to my

family and John's family. Joe Mehal

THANK YOU for your hospitality in welcom-ing Fr. Innocent Eijke Onyenagubo from the Ahiara Diocese in Nigeria as our guest cele-brant & homiliest this past weekend and thank you for your continued generosity for the collec-tion for the Mission Appeal. $ 1,417.82 was collected from St. Cyril’s and $ 707.00 was collected from Holy Trinity. God Bless !

Protecting God’s Children: Contact Safe En-vironment Coordinator Jacqueline Bresett, jbre-sette@syrdio.org for information. Initial training session: Wednesday, August 23

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@ Church of the Holy Family, Endwell; Re-Certification training: Thursday, August 31

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7:00 PM @ St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Binghamton and Wednesday, October 25

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5:30 PM @ Church of the Holy Family, End-well. Any person working with children, includ-ing Children’s Liturgy of the Word, need to take this training.

Broome County Mass Schedule - Given the recent pastoral assignments, some of the week-end and daily mass schedules have changed, especially in Western Broome parishes (PCA 5). Copies of the schedules are located at the en-trances of our parishes. Please pick up a copy for your reference.

Hope Appeal Our Goals for 2017 are: Holy Trinity = $21,456.74, to date $14,036.60 SS. Cyril’s = $24,390.50, to date $9,109.84

Hope Appeal dollars support our local Catholic Charities, the Vietnamese, Spanish & Deaf Apos-tolates in our community and the Campus minis-try at Binghamton University as well as tuition as-sistance for Catholic Schools, which in turn has benefited our parishioners. Please share in the responsibility of the local Church’s Mission and give generously.

African Mass—Sunday, August 6 (TODAY) Feast of the Transfiguration

11:30am at St. Thomas Aquinas Luncheon to follow in the Parish School Gym

Fr. Fredrick has invited the Kenyan Communities of Boston and of Binghamton University to come celebrate Mass for the Feast of the Transfigura-tion in the African Experience of Liturgical Cele-bration with our entire Pastoral Care Area.

Kenyan African Mass will be Live streamed on You Tube at: stthomasbinghamton You Tube or https://tinyurl.com/12w5eun, this Sunday, August 6 at 11:30 pm.

AUGUST 6TH - THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD

VOCATIONS—Who needed to hear those words? Jesus did. Peter, James, and John did, too. So do we. “This is my Beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.” It re-minds us that RELATIONSHIP is pri-

mary. Not the mission. Jesus accomplished his mission by being faithful to his relationship with the Father. Focus on your relationship with God and your mission will come to you. www.vocations-syracuse.org for more info.

St. John the Baptist Academy Alumni—St. John the Baptist is looking to update its Alumni records. If you attended and graduated SJBA or attended a few years, we would like to hear from you. Please send information addressed to 406 Court Street, Syracuse, NY 13208, or email at molmsted101@yahoo.com. Please include name (maiden and married), address, phone number, email, and when you graduated or the years you attended, and any deceased members. We are also looking for any yearbooks that we can borrow for a short time. Thank you!

Senior Summer Picnic—Tuesday, August 15 Christ the King Retreat House 500 Brookford Road, Syracuse For reservations, call 315-446-2680, email ctkrtreat@syrdio.org, or register online at www.ctkretreat.com

We’ll gather for Mass at 11:30am, and then enjoy the last of summer with a picnic lunch! Fr. John Rose will be our celebrant and homilist at Mass. Come and enjoy regardless of age! Offering: $12

Pilgrimage to Ireland—Join Bishop Cunningham and the Catholic Sun on a Pilgrimage to Ireland! October 9-19, 2017 - cost $3,499 per person Destinations include Dublin, Trinity College, Mon-asterboice, Armagh, Belfast, Giant’s Causeway, Derry, Slieve League, Tipperary, Waterford, Blar-ney Castle, and Rock of Cashel. Visit thecatho-licsun.com/Ireland2017 for more information.

Golf Tournament—St. Francis Ministry will hold its annual golf tournament at Endwell Greens on Sunday, September 10, 2017. To sign up to play, or if you have any questions, please contact Pat Dorner at 754-4236 (home) or 770-7987 (office).

The Gift of Grace—The 17th Annual Healing Re-treat for Separated and Divorced will be held Sep-tember 15-17, 2017 at Christ the King Retreat Center. This transformational experience will high-light Rev. Lou Sogliuzzo as our keynote on Satur-day morning. Rev. Michael Galuppi will preside over our Welcoming Liturgy on Friday evening, and Rev. Clarence J. Cerwonka will preside over the Healing Mass on Saturday evening. Through-out the weekend, you will experience fellowship in small group sharing, courageous testimonials, de-licious buffet-style meals, and refreshing rest and relaxation. You will also have the opportunity to talk one on one with a priest. Registration options include: $175 for the full weekend, $125 for Satur-day and Sunday, $95 for the full weekend as a commuter, $50 for Saturday only. Tuition assis-tance is available to support your needs. To regis-ter, call Deacon Dean Brainard at 315-472-6754, email at dbrainart@syrdio.org. All are welcome!

Showers of Hope

Outreach Ministries of the Southern Tier is looking for volunteers to work behind the scene as well as on site locations for the “Shower of Hope Project”. The “Showers of Hope Project” is a mobile unit that will provide a safe shower-ing facility for those in need. Volunteers needed to help sort and organize donations and work at local parishes where mobile unit will be sta-tioned. The shower unit is in place behind St. Patrick’s Rectory. We are presently offering showers on Thursdays from 1-3 pm at St. Pat-rick’s. For more information or to volunteer,

Please notify us if you have a family member who is homebound or in a Nursing Home. We want to be sure to add them to our flower deliv-ery list and bulletin mailing list. Keeping in touch with our parishioners who can no longer attend Mass is important to us. Please call the office (724-1372) to let us know.

Saturday, August 5 (SCM) 4:30 pm– Robert Gosney from Wife and Family

Sunday, August 6 8:45 am – Adele Litwin from Legion of Mary (HT) 10:15 am– For the Parishioners (SCM)

Monday, August 7 (HT) 8:00 am - Joseph, Elizabeth & John Jacobs from Michael

Tuesday, August 8 (SCM) 12:05pm– Anthony & Lucy Kessler from Larry &

Walt Kessler

Wednesday, August 9 (HT) 8:00 am—Joseph Walikis from Wife, Margaret &

Children, Richard & Patti

Thursday, August 10 (SCM) 12:05 pm– Julia Klecha from Francis Krivicich

Friday, August 11 (HT) 8:00 am— Lois Orzel from St. Stanislaus Kostka

Cemetery Association

Saturday, August 12 (SCM) 4:30 pm– Carol Kocak from Pamela Pekar

Sunday, August 13 8:45 am - Harry & Margie Feldmanis in honor of

their wedding anniversary (HT) 10:15 am - Marie Mattioli from Family (SCM)

Monday, August 7

Tuesday, August 8 10:00am Holy Hour (HT) 12:30pm Divine Mercy Chaplet (SCM)

Wednesday, August 9

Thursday August 10 12:30pm Divine Mercy Chaplet (SCM) 1:00pm Legion of Mary (Rectory, SCM)

Friday, August 11 6:45pm Bingo (HT & SCM)

Saturday, August 12 & Sunday, August 13 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time