SACRED HEARTS & ST. STEPHEN R.C.CHURCH

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1 Page 1, Sunday, July 26,2015 SACRED HEARTS & ST. STEPHEN R.C.CHURCH Rectory: 108 Carroll Street Brooklyn, N.Y tel fax REV. MSGR. GUY A. MASSIE Pastor REV. CLETUS FORSON Parochial Vicar SR. ROSALIND PICCIANO, CSJ Director of Religious Education JOHN HEYER, II Pastoral Associate JAMES LAKE Parish Organist EVELYN TROESTER DE GRAF Choir Director ROSE MARIE FOGLIA Administrator ANDREW DI MANSO Sacristan MICHAEL J. ENG DONALD J. GLOCKNER, JR. Parish Trustees and Advisors St. Stephen s Founded 1866 Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary Founded 1882 MASSES ON SUNDAYS: 8:00 AM 10:00 AM & 11:45 AM 5:30 PM on Saturday MASSES ON WEEKDAYS: Monday 12:00 Noon Tuesday thru Friday 8:30 AM Sat. 8:30 AM CONFESSIONS: Saturdays 4:45 P.M. as well as By Appointment. For Holiday and Special Mass Schedules, please call the Rectory and press extension number 4 for specific details. BAPTISMS: Every third Sunday at 1:30 PM. Please call a month before to make arrangements. SICK CALLS: Please call and arrange for the sacrament of anointing whenever anyone is seriously ill. MARRIAGES: Please call the rectory at least 6 months ahead for an appointment with a Priest. WELCOME: Adults who are interested in learning more about or joining the Catholic Faith please call the rectory. Adults who have not completed the sacraments of initiation (Eucharist and/or Confirmation) please call the rectory. ON LINE & CREDIT CARD GIVING: RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday thru Thursday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Friday & Saturday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Office closed Sunday No evening hours at the present time. IF YOU WISH TO SEE A PRIEST, PLEASE TELEPHONE FOR AN APPOINTMENT PLEASE REMEMBER SACRED HEART & ST. STEPHEN S CHURCH IN YOUR WILL.

2 Page 2, Sunday, July 26,2015 DATES TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK MON. JULY 27, 2015 Noon Connie, Ernie & Joey Missoni BY: Loving Family TUE. JULY 28, :30 Rose Garbellotto 2nd Anniversary BY: Richie Garbellotto WED. JULY 29, :30 Deceased of Valentino & Orsino Family BY: Loving Family Monday Tuesday July 27th Mass at Noon July 27th Finance Committee 7:00 PM Parish House July 28th Mass at 8:30 AM Wednesday July 29th Mass at 8:30 AM July 29th AA PM Rectory Hall Thursday July 30th Mass at 8:30 AM THURS. JULY 30, :30 Rina Colombo Birthday Blessings BY: Louis Pepe Friday July 31st Mass at 8:30 AM July 31st AA 5:45 PM Rectory Hall FRI. JULY 31, :30 Kenneth Haines BY: Father-in-law Vito SAT. AUGUST 1, :30 For The Men & Women Living & Deceased in The Armed Forces of the USA 5:30 PM Vera Forson BY: Giorgio Buono SUN. AUGUST 2, :00 Kevin Sheehan BY: Rose Marie Foglia 10:00 Pietro Barone BY: Tina & Nick Cinalli 11:45 Rocco, Antonio & Caterina La Capria BY: Children Saturday Sunday Aug 1st Mass at 8:30 AM Aug 1st 4:45 PM Church Aug 1st AA 5:15 PM Rectory Hall Aug 1st Mass at 5:30 PM Aug 1st Outdoor Movie Night It Happened in 7:30 PM Aug 2nd Mass at 8:00 AM Aug 2nd Mass at 10:00 AM Aug 2nd Mass at 11:45 AM

3 Page 3, Sunday, July 26,2015 Please remember in your prayers the members of our parish and community who are ill, hospitalized or in nursing home care, most especially: Jonelle Bernardo, Mario Austi Raj Sandu, Marie Mekaluk Michelle Laquercia Antoinette DiBuglione, Dolly Vergona, Gladys Zodda Angelo Vergona Frances Forte Maria Carmen Morial John Nigro Kai Nam Eng Leon Tambwe Michele Morea Mary Tarsio Carol DeMairo Anthony Gambardella Louis Trani Loretta Lande Denise Deacomanolis Gino Masi Salvatore Gianino Alissa Aquino Steven John Alcaras Rachel Valenti Barbara Ann Sasso Altar Bread & Wine for the week of July 26th has been donated In Loving Memory of PHYLLIS RUSSO Requested by: Rose Romano & Family BISHOP S APPEAL UPDATE As of July 15th, 116 donors made their pledge to the 2015 Annual Catholic Appeal. Our goal is $28,221. Pledges through 7/15 totaled $39, Total collected is $33, If you have not already done so, please consider making a pledge. Remember, any monies pledged over our goal return to the Parish and assist in defraying our operating expenses. For more information on how to make a pledge, please contact Msgr. Massie or Rose Marie Foglia at the Rectory I am the Church, You are the Church, We are the Church TOGETHER! The Sanctuary Lamps for the week of July 26th have been donated In memory of RALPH LUBRANO BY: John & Phyllis Edwards Dear Parishioners: GET THE FACTS, GET THE TRUTH AND BE FREE OF RUMORS As promised, Mr. Richard Sullivan from the accounting firm of Baumann, Dennis & Hochuli, who is our Parish Accountant, will be with us on Sunday, July 26th after the 10:00 AM Mass. He will be in Cabrini Hall to answer any questions, make clarifications or answer objections which you may want to express about our financial statement which we handed out to you on June 13th/14th, In an attempt to be open with you, this is an opportunity for all to learn the facts. Recently it has come to my attention that there are questions and rumors about this report. Now is the time to get the facts rather than passing on information which is not accurate. Get the right information and the truth will set you free from rumors and false hearsay. Msgr. Guy A. Massie BOOK CLUB Our Book Club met on Monday, July 13th to discuss Leaving Time. Our new book is The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. Our next meeting to discuss this book will be held on Monday, August 24, 7:00 PM in the Parish House. You must read the book to participate in the discussion. As followers of Jesus, one of our primary tasks is to share the Good News with others. This is especially important for those of us who are parents, called at our child s baptism to share the light of faith with them. The Faith Formation Program here at SHSS is privileged to be part of this spiritual formation. If you have children currently enrolled in the program, or want them to begin this fall, we invite you to call the Religious Education Office, beginning Tuesday, August 18th to schedule an appointment to register. Open registration will take place on Sunday, September 13th after all the Masses. Our opening Parent Meeting will be held on September 20th, Catechetical Sunday, beginning at the 10:00 AM Mass and the meeting following in Cabrini Hall. May God bless our faith journey this year.

4 Dear Parish Family: Today is the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Today we begin a series of readings concerning the Eucharist. Due to the brevity of the Gospel according to St. Mark when we are in Cycle B of the Liturgical readings, we are given an additional reading from the Gospel according to Saint John. From today until the Twenty First Sunday, the Gospel reading will be coming from the sixth chapter of the Gospel according to Saint John. Food for the journey is the major theme of today s readings. In the first reading from the second Book of Kings, (from the Hebrew text) the Prophet Elisha tells his servant to give twenty barley loaves of bread, which Elisha had received as a gift, to the whole community. When his servant objects to his instruction due to the large amount of people in the community because there would not be enough bread for everyone, Elisha says that all will eat and there would be some left over. This first reading points us to the Gospel which tells us about the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. The Gospel and the first reading remind us of the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the center of our Catholic life. We believe that the Eucharist is truly, really and absolutely the real presence of Christ Jesus. We believe that in this sacrament, we most fully participate in redemptive work of Christ. By our reception of the Eucharist we enter most perfectly into the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. We believe that we are encountering the person of Christ Jesus in the Eucharist. The Eucharist, which is the real body and blood of Christ, makes us into the Body of Christ which is the community of Christ or the Church. So wonderful is this Blessed Sacrament that we reserve it in the tabernacle for communion for the sick and the dying and for prayer and meditation. This is the reason for the constantly burning sanctuary lamp at the altar. This burning candle alerts us to the presence of Christ in the Eucharist in the Tabernacle. The Eucharist is our food for the journey. It is the Body and Blood of Christ which is the food for the journey to God. The Eucharist is foor for our entire life. The Eucharist is our life here and now and especially at our death. It is the Eucharist which sustains us through death to new life. In fact, the sacrament of the dying is the Eucharist. The second reading from Ephesians urges us to live in the manner worthy of our vocation as disciples of Christ. The grace and the strength to live out our discipleship comes from the Eucharist. It is the presence of Christ in us which helps us in our striving to live as a follower of Christ. The life of a Disciple of Christ is all about Christ. To better prepare for Litugy, please read the Gospel of Saint John, Chapter 6. Msgr. Guy A. Massie

5 Page 5, Sunday, July 26,2015 REFLECTING ON GOD S WORD In many homes, meals begin with grace and end with putting away the leftover food. Those leftovers are either eaten later by someone who missed dinner or added to tomorrow s meals. The meal in today s Gospel is somewhat similar. Before the meal Jesus gave thanks. After all had eaten he asked that the leftovers be gathered so that nothing will be wasted. (John 6:11,12). It s not a stretch to see the similarity to our Liturgy of the Eucharist, which begins with a prayer of thanksgiving. It ends with the remaining Eucharist being reserved for those who couldn t be present and the crowd being sent to share Christ s sacrificial love. It s miraculous enough that all who are present can eat and have their fill. That is something to be truly grateful for. Yet, the miracle extends beyond the table. The hand of the Lord feeds us (cf. Psalm 145:16) with leftover love to spare. The abundant leftovers are meant not to be wasted, but to be shared with all those in need of Christ s love. LIVING GOD S WORD TODAY S READINGS Each of the miracles in today s scriptures begins with someone contributing what little they have to others. It s easy to belittle our paltry gifts and let them go to waste. Today s scriptures encourage us to offer what we have and watch in gratitude as the Lords turns it into something miraculous. FIRST READING: Elisha feeds a hundred people with twenty barley loaves (2Kings 4:42-44). PSALM: The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs (Psalm 145). SECOND READING: Paul urges the Ephesians to live in a manner worthy of the call they received (Ephesians 4:1-6). GOSPEL: Jesus feeds a large crowd with five barley loaves and two fish (John 6:1-15).

6 Page 6, Sunday, July 26,2015 INFORMATION SHEET CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS Sacred Hearts & St. Stephen # PHONE CONTACT PERSON Rose Marie Foglia SOFTWARE Microsoft Publisher 2002 Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Windows XP Home SP3 PRINTER HP Laserjet 1320 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT Cover + 4 text pages + this page = 6 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION July 26, 2015 TRANSMISSION TIME Wednesday 1 PM SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS