Trinity Sunday. St. Mary s Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church

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1 ~ 15 June 2014 ~ Trinity Sunday St. Mary s Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church Christ centered Biblically grounded Sacramentally nourished Serving our neighbors in Christian love Trinity Sunday, also known as Holy Trinity Sunday, is celebrated a week after Pentecost Sunday in honor of the most fundamental of Christian beliefs Belief in the Holy Trinity. We can never fully understand the mystery of the Trinity, but we know God is three Persons in one Nature. The three Persons of God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit All are equally God. St. Mary s Church Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church 31 Elm Street, Cooperstown, NY Serving: Fly Creek, Hartwick, Milford, Middlefield, Northern Otsego County and Communities Diocese of Albany, New York Phone: Fax: Website: Father John P. Rosson, BA. MA, MDiv, STM Pastor Trustees: Peter Henrici, Jeffrey Woeppel and Michael Millea Parish Council President: Dorothy Dabrowski Acting Cemetery Superintendent - Paul Mullins Office Manager: Maureen Brennan - Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00am-12:00pm Director of Religious Education: Rosemarie Abbate , dori511@aol.com Confirmation Coordinator: Mary Dirr mary.dirr@gmail.com Bulletin Publisher: Father John Rosson - Bulletin Editor: Penney Gentile penneygentile@gmail.com The Bulletin is the official publication of St. Mary s Our Lady of the Lake Church, Cooperstown, New York For your safety and the protection of the Church, we have video surveillance.

2 PARISH SUPPORT June 7/8: Attendance: 439 Offertory: $3490 EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT FRIDAYS 8-10 AM (BENEDICTION) Summer Sunday Mass Schedule has Begun! 7:30am * 9:30am * 11:30am How the Good News Gets Around TO YOU! This weekend all the parishes in the Diocese of Albany will take up the Collection for the Catholic Communication Campaign. Through your gift the US Conference of Catholic Bishops provides tools for Evangelization on its website; it supports the efforts of our diocese as we all work to broaden our efforts to communicate our faith and acts of charity to others. Information is available on the USCCB website to deepen our faith through podcasts and daily bible readings, Catholic television, and radio broadcasts. In our diocese we are able to provide television, radio and print materials that spread the Good News of Christ s abiding love for each and every one of us, such as the weekly Sunday Mass presentation of Table of the Lord, on our local television stations. Let us pray as a community that the Good News of the Gospel will continue to be spread by wise use of communications technology. Please be generous! HAPPY FATHER S DAY! Thank you for your continued generosity! We would love to end our Yellow Boot Campaign early and with a flourish! We are QUICKLY approaching the Diocese s mandated deadline for ALL pledge cards with gifts, so please take a moment this week to make your commitment, especially if you are planning to pledge monthly to the Albany Diocese. You may drop a check payable to The Bishop s Appeal in the collection basket, mail it directly to St. Mary s Church, or go online to pledge or donate at Whatever your amount or method of commitment, all those served by your goodness thank you. And I thank you, Donna Gerard For your safety and the protection of the Church, we have video surveillance. Prayer Corner In Sympathy Julia Bruce, Charles Chuck Pappy Coleman, Rosa Miranda Maryellen Wrubleski, Jack Weber, Michael Basile, Cecile Patryn, Stewart L. Fink Jr., Mary Pangborn, Pat Christman, Frances Kraham Watson, Mary Rosson, Frank Cappello, Nico Janfmen, Janet Gorman, John Renwick Pray for our Sick Jimmy Anania, Maureen Aquilino, Jim Kozak, Richard Murphy, Anna Kreminec, Gloria Sapienza Jones, Julia M. Rosson, Jane McGuire (living - Dorothy Dabrowski s niece) John Nicols (Hank s brother), Nancy Morton, Yolanda Mora (Ivy Bischof s mother), Jean Kennedy Military Deployment Matthew and Alex Fahey (grandchildren of Diane & Joe Koffer) Christian Gohde Remembering the Special Men in Our Lives Youth I'nC would like to thank everyone who donated a carnation in honor of the special men in their lives. There are 266 colorful carnations adorning the sanctuary this Father's Day weekend to honor these men, and they will be remembered in all masses over the next month. The $ proceeds from the sale will be sent to the Wounded Warriors Project. Thank you! PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY! Memorials after Death Remember St. Mary s Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church in wills and final testaments Eucharistic Minister Schedule Cup/Set up Cup/Gift Bearer Host Lectors June 14/15 4:30pm L.J. Alexander D. Gerard F. Raeder L. Sohacki/B. Sohacki 7:30am M. Cring L. Nicholson P. Bliss J. Havener/P. Henrici 9:30am S. Oberriter A. Curtis M. Curtis/L. Mooney 11:30am A. McGoldrick J. Nicols P. Gentile D. Storck/B. Markusen Choir June 21/22 4:30pm D. Gerard S. Rudy L.J. Alexander J. Rudy/F. Raeder 7:30am P. Bliss L. Bliss Lamb P. Henrici/M. Curtis 9:30am M. Cring A. Curtis L. Nicholson J. Havener/M. Curtis 11:30am R. Bohm A. McGoldrick J. Nicols B. Markusen/D. Storck Choir

3 Homily Reflections Solemnity of Pentecost Jewish Pentecost celebrated God giving Moses the Commandments- Giving of the Covenant after the Exodus. 50 days- A Week of Weeks if you count the beginning and the end you get 50! The Christian Pentecost - 50 Days after Jesus rose - the Spirit came upon the disciples who transformed the 11 into Apostles. The Eleven did not become apostles with Jesus they were His disciples. Only with Pentecost we can speak of apostles. So What to Say about the Spirit? It s difficult to speak in specific terms about the Spirit. So we have many metaphors Fire Spring of Water Seal that Marks us and claims us for God God s Embrace Joy Wind Breath Harmony Pledge Bond of communion Transformer Holiness Balm Beauty Dew Fall- a favorite we hear in the Eucharistic Prayer sometimes in the Sequence today Veni, Creator Spiritus written by an Archbishop of Canterbury in the 13 th century. Wisdom- Wisdom was the highest gift of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit- Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety and Fear of the Lord and so on many metaphors - not because of the feebleness of the mind but because The Spirit is Not an Object of Knowledge that can viewed. There is no Self Presentation of the Spirit as with the Father and the Son, the Word. Only the Holy Spirit experienced a Name change My first priestly assignment was a parish in Omaha, Nebraska - Holy Ghost Parish. We speak of the seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. We speak of the twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is known only in what it brings about in other things including us Thus the birthing of Church. Come Holy Spirit Fill the Hearts of Your Faithful Happy Pentecost Birthing. John P Rosson - June 8, 2014

4 MASS SCHEDULE Saturday June 14th 2014 thru Sunday June 29th 2014 SATURDAY JUNE 14th 4:30pm Mary Rosson r/b Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dabrowski 39th Anniversary of Ordination of Fr. John Rosson SUNDAY JUNE 15th - THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 7 :30am Mary Pangborn 9:30am George Logan r/b Marjorie & Ed Landers 11:30am Kenneth Carozza r/b Daughter & Grandchil- 1 1:00am Mass at Manor Edward Reilly 5:30pm Paul Augello TUESDAY JUNE 17th 5:30pm Julius & Mary Markovich r/b Son William WEDNESDAY JUNE 18th THURSDAY JUNE 19th FRIDAY JUNE 20 th SATURDAY JUNE 21st Special Monthly Mass Schedule r/b Margaret A. Reilly Antalec r/b Nancy & Leslie Carroll 7:20am Liturgy of the Hours Morning Prayers Week 1 7:30am Mary Panborn 8-10am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 2:00pm Wedding Lisa Lynn Murphy & Thomas More Scudder 4:30pm John Duffy r/b Maureen Brennan 1 st Thursday: Mass Bassett Hospital Chapel 12:10pm 3 rd Wednesday: Mass Otsego Manor 11:00am Fridays: Mass 7:30am Exposition of Blessed Sacrament 8:00am-10:00am Visit St. Mary s New Website The website continues to be updated with the most recent homilies, bulletins, photos, parish calendar, St. Mary s ministries, Faith Formation information and more! Check it out at Eucharistic Ministers & Lectors please submit your schedules for July and August to Joan no later than Sunday June 22nd. Thank you! Lisa Lynn Murphy & Thomas More Scudder SUNDAY JUNE 22nd MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST 7:30am Janet Gorman r/b Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mulligan 9:30am Steve Natoli r/b Jeanette Zugnoni 11:30am Kenneth Carozza r/b Marita Carozza TUESDAY JUNE 24th Nativity of St. John the Baptist 5:30pm William Davenport 5:30pm Mary Pangborn 5:30pm Dr. Frederick Hensley 7:20am Liturgy of the Hours Morning Prayers Week 2 7:30am Mary Pangborn 8-10am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament SATURDAY JUNE 28th Immaculate Heart of Blessed Virgin Mary 4:30pm Mary Pangborn SUNDAY JUNE 29th - STS. PETER & PAUL APOSTLES 7:30am Mary Pangborn 9:30am Janet Gorman 11:30am John Duffy Jr. r/b Patria McCheryl Cheryl Rock WEDNESDAY JUNE 25th THURSDAY JUNE 26th r/b Theresa Hensley FRIDAY JUNE 27th - The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus r/b Martha Quinn r/b Maureen Brennan The Liturgy of the Hours contains Morning Prayer. This used to be called Lauds. We will offer Morning Prayer every Friday at 7:20 AM. We pray in common this Hour of the Divine Office known as the Liturgy of the Hours. The next " Mary Widows get-together is a 1:00 p.m. LUNCH on Friday, June , at The Blue Mingo Grill, complete with breathtaking water views, just north of the village on Route 80. This again is a new venue for us, and requested by several Mary s Widows. ALL invited/dutch treat. Please be sure to call Donna Gerard at or , by Wednesday, June 18, so we can reserve a table. P.S. Invite a friend to join us! Flag Day: June 14 th. We display our national colors of red, white and blue. June 14, 1975 Fr. John, our pastor, was ordained a priest in Irvington, New York at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Prayerful best wishes on your 39 th anniversary of ordination! Adult Acolytes Needed! See Fr. John St. Mary s has a need for a coin collector/ numismatist. Please contact Jeff Woeppel at Thank you!

5 Annual Catholic Appeal Catholic Diocese of Albany I know and well appreciate that many if not all of us are facing difficulties in terms of making all the ends meet. In times such as these, when public resources are shrinking, the work of the Church in ministering to those in need becomes greater. Our St. Mary s parish family is part of a greater community, a larger family, a diocesan family. Every year for 60 years, our Bishop now Edward Scharfenberger, the chief shepherd of our diocesan family has appealed to his people to support the good works of the Church to ensure that the mission of Jesus, here in His Church of Albany, goes forward. Every year for the past 60 years that family has come together to support the programs, ministries and services which assist many thousands of people in the 14 counties of our diocese in a wide variety of ways. Each year the generosity of our diocesan family has enabled Catholic Charities to provide housing, food and counseling to the needy. Our Vocations office has supported and nurtured men and women hearing God s call to the priesthood consecrated life. Central support services that are essential to operate human service programs are funded through the generosity of donors to this Appeal. I encourage you to read the brochure that is in your pew and ask that you contribute as generously as you can to this Appeal. You may find more information online at Thank you! St. John reminds- God is Love. A great manifestation of that love is when we extend in His name to each other as brothers and sisters. Let us support this Easter Appeal, the Annual Catholic Appeal for Catholic Charities. Preparation for Pentecost Photos by Donna Gerard