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SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Saturdays: Msgr. Ryan Hall - 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Also by appointment
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY The Church provides certain times and preparation for
weddings. Please contact the Rectory at least six months
in advance to begin the process.
REGISTRATION Every family and person within the parish is encouraged
to register with the Parish.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. In
July and August Baptism will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m.
A required Baptism preparation meeting for parents meets
on the first Monday of the month at 8:00 p.m. Godparents
are welcome. Please register in advance for the class and
Baptism. Godparent Pre-Requisites: Godparents must be
practicing Catholics in good standing, 16 years of age or
older, Baptized and Confirmed Catholic.
ON BECOMING A CATHOLIC Those seeking information about the Catholic Faith are
invited to contact Fr. Valentine at the Rectory at 621-
2222.
CARE OF THE SICK Please notify the Rectory and Human Concerns Ministries
if there is anyone seriously ill so that we can provide
spiritual care.
THE MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday, January 19: SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. Roy J. Friend by Kathleen & Michael Friend 9:00 a.m. Adeline & Frank Di Spigno by Ann & Anthony Bastardi 11:00 a.m. Jennifer Harding McGeown by Fay & Frank Tucholski 12:15 p.m. People of the Parish Monday, January 20: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Joseph Heavey by Timothy Cronin Tuesday, January 21: Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr 9:00 a.m. Anthony Grau by George Schwenzer Wednesday, January 22: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children 9:00 a.m. Norma Lucarelli by Michael Lucarelli Thursday, January 23: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Lena Concilio by Phyllis & Andrew Friday, January 24: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 9:00 a.m. Intentions of the Zwiebel Family by Norine Zwiebel Saturday, January 25: Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle 5:00 p.m. Intentions of Barbara Nakelski on Her Birthday by Phyllis Dunseath Deceased Members of the Stabasefski & Juliski Families by the Family Thomas & Gloria VanDegna by Mr. & Mrs. Luis Lara-Rivas Sunday, January 26: THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Nicholas Parisi by Denise & Bill Statile 11:00 a.m. The Shanahan Family by Family 12:15 p.m. In Thanksgiving and for the intentions of Ray Duque IV on his birthday by Drs. Rudolfo & Esmeralda Magpantay
Bob Boeshore Lillian Boeshore
Ted Burger Kathleen Capuano
Barbara Coe Rebekah Cole Kevin Cronin Paul Cronin
John Damiano Linda De Stio
John Paul DiNonno James Dougherty
Eric DuBois Natalie Finamore Kamlesh Gupta
Hazel Hill Ida Kelly
Christine Kenney Maria Kim
Douglas Knehr Anne Krukowski Frank Krukowski
Richard Malon Jonathan Mannina Stuey Manzione
Baby Eleanor Marvullo Tom McCormack
Brendan Miles Freida Navarro Victoria Oxer Jenna Reggio
Anna Sambucci Charles Strecker
Elizabeth Sympson Clotida Vecchione Jacqueline Verde
Anne Wright Mary Wybaillie
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
...AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED
Hazel Hill
George Berardinelli
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FOSTERING STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE
PARISH SACRIFICIAL GIVING
In today’s Gospel reading we read of St. John the Baptist
announcing Jesus’ coming. St. John the Baptist is a perfect
example of what a steward should be: a fearless evangelizer.
Parish Sacrificial Giving Summary
Thank you for your continued sacrificial gifts to St.
Mary’s.
Sunday Offertory ~ January 11/12 $7,515.00*
Same Week Last Year $7,846.00*
Mass Attendance for January 11/12 914
Same Week Last Year 853
Christmas Offertory to Date $45,332.00*
Christmas Last Year $53,692.00**
* Does not include Faith Direct
**Includes Faith Direct
Lumen Christi Missal
Weekend of January 18/19, 2020 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
Readings: Missal, p. 333
The Ordinary of the Mass begins on Page 804
READINGS FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2020 SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
First Reading: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 Second Reading: Corinthians 1:1-3
Gospel: John 1:29-34
FOCUS: By virtue of our baptism, we have been called
to be servants for the Father’s mission.
As followers of Jesus, we are duty-bound to bring the
good news of salvation to a world very much in need of
saving. As disciples of the one true God, we must find
our voice and speak his holy truth even when it may be
inconvenient or unwanted.
LITURGY OF THE WORD:
In the first reading, God reminds Isaiah that Israel is the
Lord’s servant. Paul greets the Church of Corinth,
announcing he has been called to be an Apostle. In the
Gospel, John announces Jesus as the Lamb of God.
Readings for next week, January 26: Third Sunday in
Ordinary Time: Isaiah 8:23–9:3; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,
17; Matthew 4:12-23 or 4:12-17
From Liturgical Commission Publishing, Lansing, MI
Celebrants* Lectors Eucharistic
Ministers
Altar
Servers
Sat 5:00
Fr. Valentine J. Doyle C. Dellavecchia
B. Nakelski
K. Ditrano N. Ditrano
J. Palen
Sun.
7:30 Fr. Lauder
J. Castellano
M. Castellano
9:00 Fr. Lauder L. Czarniak T. Naughton
W. Smith E. Guevara
11:00 Fr. Valentine S. Tansiongco D. Tansiongco
A. Finnegan
C. Finnegan JT Canton
12:15 Fr. Valentine J. Ferreira L. Nassiri
Volunteer
Celebrants for the Weekend of
January 25/26
* Subject to last minute changes.
MARTIN LUTHER KING. JR. DAY
In observance of the Martin
Luther King, Jr. holiday, the
Rectory Office will be closed
on Monday, January 20th,
2020.
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Dear Friends:
This week American Catholics prayerfully entrust to God three annual commemorations: the Week of
Prayer for Christian Unity, the national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the annual
March for Life. As a young seminarian I found myself deeply attracted to the Franciscan Friars of the
Atonement, whose efforts for the rehabilitation of people with addiction is heroic. (I am personally
indebted to them in ways I cannot adequately say.) The order grew under the leadership of Fr. Paul of
Graymoor, an Episcopalian convert to Catholicism, and Mother Lurana White, SA. Indeed, they inspired
a worldwide movement, and a desire to attain what Christ prayed for at the Last Supper: Ut unum sint.
(“That they may be one.”)
On January 20th, we commemorate the legacy of Dr. King, who based his principles of peace and social
justice upon the foundation of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. Applying their ideas to
institutions that degrade or dehumanize whole sectors of the human family, he writes: “A just law is a
manmade code that squares with the moral law or the law of God…An unjust law is a code that is out of
harmony with the moral law.”
Finally, on Friday, January 24th, people of goodwill give voice to the voiceless in defense of all human
life, from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. Wasn’t it John Donne who wrote:
“Each man’s death diminishes me”? More tragic is the deliberate choice to end a human life, the imago
dei (“the image of God”). Just as Dr. King tells us that “an unjust law is no law at all,” we pray that
human law may come to acknowledge the dignity and value of every human being: that it is God alone
who makes life worth living.
These events brought to mind the painting for this week’s cover art, the “Sistine Madonna” (c. 1513), by
the Renaissance Master, Raphael Sanzio. It may be as famous for the two chubby cherubs at the bottom
of the painting as for the Blessed Mother and the Christ Child they contemplate. Mother and Son are
surrounded by Pope St. Sixtus II (thus Sistine) and St. Barbara, early Christian martyrs who sacrificed
their lives in fidelity to Christ. Sixtus points outward; is he directing Our Lady’s attention to us, the
faithful who gaze upon the holy scene, or to the cross that awaits Our Lord? My mother had an image of
this painting in our house, and its effect, as I recall, was both comforting and saddening. Mary’s
expression is somewhat apprehensive as she protectively holds the child in her arms. As for the
defenseless, vulnerable Jesus, we behold a beautiful, albeit anxious face. St. Barbara, by contrast, looks
downward in serenity, as if to reassure us that God makes all things work to the good. Even the angels
look playfully to the heavenly realities that lie above them. This painting is known to have moved kings
and potentates to tears.
Friends, the events of this week remind us that often we can only recognize great good as it contrasts
with great evil. In light of threats to human life, dignity, and unity, let us pray—and work—as agents of
God’s love in a world so desperately in need of his healing.
Faithfully,
Fr. Valentine
THE PASTOR’S PAGE
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ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
NOVEL
We will resume our book discussions with the title
Deep River by Shusaku Endo on February 5, 2020.
The meetings will be in the lower Church at 1:00
p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Future book discussions will take place on March
11th and April 15th.
CATECHISM CLASS AND BIBLE STUDY
Our Bible Study will continue on Thursday, January
23rd at 7:00 p.m. in Msgr. Ryan Hall.
The next Catechism Class will be on Monday,
January 27th at 7:00 p.m. in Msgr. Ryan Hall.
2019/20 300 CLUB WINNERS
Eleventh Drawing January, 2020
1st Prize $200 #142 Anna Maletta.
2nd Prize $100 #199 Fr. Robert Lauder
3rd Prize $75 #801 Mary & Joseph Castellano
4th Prize $50 #667 Moira & Don Dawson
5th Prize $25 #201 Linda & Charles Dellavecchia
Congratulations to all!
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Processional Hymn
Psalm Response
Here am I Lord I — come to do your will.
Adapted from Gelineau Gradual 106c
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 19, 2020
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Presentation Hymn
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Communion Hymn
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Recessional Hymn
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BIG EVENT
GET TOGETHER
Sponsored by the
John Mackay
Council
Prizes are:
$1250 - final
$250 - halftime
$190 - 1st and 3rd breaks
plus 3 chances in 50/50 raffle -$625, $250,$125
Complimentary pasta dinner (BYOB/dessert)
at the Parish Center for participants
one week before The Big Game,
Sunday January 26th, 4-7 p.m. at Msgr. Ryan Hall
Please RSVP if attending the dinner.
$50 per pool box plus 1 50/50 chance –
pool boxes assigned by hand selection or proxy.
Boxes numbered 1-100 (left to right and down)
Participant does not have to be present for drawing.
50/50 drawing will be held at Jan. 26th event.
To purchase boxes- see a Council member.
Please email [email protected] or phone 917 658-9012 with questions.
Winners based on score digits at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd breaks and the end of
The Big Event (including overtime). Good luck !
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