PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD. Weekly Bulletin: Sunday, April 9 th, 2017 PARISH MISSION/ MISYON PAWAS LA

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1 1 St. Thérèse of Lisieux, R.C. Church Church Address: 4402 Avenue D, Brooklyn, NY Rectory Office Address: 1281 Troy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Telephone#: / Fax: stthereselis@gmail.com Website: Weekly Bulletin: Sunday, April 9 th, 2017 PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD PARISH MISSION/ MISYON PAWAS LA 1

2 Parish Fall/Winter Office Hours 2 Readings for this Week/Lectures de la Semaine Monday/Lundi: 9AM-3PM Tuesday/Mardi Thursday/Jeudi: 9AM-8:30PM Friday/Vendredi: 9AM-6:00PM Saturday/Samedi: TENTIVE Sunday/Dimanche: Closed The Rectory Office is closed each day from 12:30PM-1:30PM. Fall/Winter Mass Schedule/Horaire des Messes Monday/Lundi: 9AM; 7PM (Little Flower Novena after 7PM Mass on Monday/ Neuvaine de Petite Fleur après la Messede 7PM) Tuesdays (Miraculous Mèdal Novena/ Neuvaine du Medal Miraculeux): After 9AM Mass Wednesday/Mercredi (Rosary after 9AM Mass/ Rosaire après la Messe)Saturday/Samedi: 5PM (Vigil Mass for Sunday/Veillée pour le Dimanche) Sunday/Dimanch: 9:00AM(English) 11:00AM(English) 1:00PM(Creole) Adoration and Confession/Adoration et Confession Friday/Vendredi (Eucharistic Adoration/Adoration Eucharistique) (Adoration du Saint Sacrament) 9:30AM 12NOON Saturday /Samedi (Confession) Pastor Parochial Vicar Music Ministry Religious Ed. Coordinator Parish Nurses: Parish Staff 3:30PM 4:30PM Confession can also be scheduled by appointment. Confession peut également être prévue sur rendez-vous. Rev. Fr. Rony Mendes Rev. Fr. Michél Pierre -Louis Mr. Edsen-Samy Renaud Music Director Ms. Frances McCormick ( ) Bernadine Noel, RN Carnice Modeste, RN St. Catherine of Genoa ~ St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Academy 4410 Avenue D, Brooklyn, NY Phone: Fax: Website: Principal: Sister Paulette Pollina Assistant Principal: Mrs. Kathleen McManus-Trainor Business Administrator: Sister Pat McGrath The Academy offers a welcoming, safe, faith-filled environment where children from grades Pre-K to 8 th can learn and grow to their potential. Call us at for additional information. Financial aid is available. Sunday/Dimanche: (PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD /DIMANCH RAMO): Mt 21:1-11; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9,17-18,19-20,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 27:66 Monday/Lundi: (Holy Week): Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3,13-14; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday/Mardi: (Holy Week): Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-4a,5-6ab,15-17; Jn 13:21-33,36-38 Wednesday/Mercredi: (Holy Week): Is 50:4-9A; Ps 69:8-10,21-22,31,33-34; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday/Jeudi: (Holy Week; Holy Thursday): Is 61:1-3a,6a,8b-9; Ps 89:21-22,25,27; Rv 1:5-8; Lk 4:16-21 Mass for the Lord s Supper: Ex 12:1-8,11-14; Ps 116:12-13,15-16bc,17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Friday/Vendredi: (THE PASSION OF THE LORD (Good Friday) Priest): Is 52:13 53:12; Ps 31:2,6,12-13,15-17,25; Heb 4:14-16;5:7-9; Jn 18:1 19:42 Saturday/Samedi: (THE EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT): (1) Gn 1:1 2:2; Ps 104:1-2,5-6,10,12-14,24,35 (2) Gn 22:1-18; Ps 16:5,8-11 (3) Ex 14:15 15:1; (Ps) Ex 15:1-6,17-18 (4) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2,4-6,11-12,13b (5) Is 55:1-11; (Ps) Is 12:2-3,4-6 (6) Bar 3:9-15,32 4:4; Ps 19:8-11 (7) Ez 36:16-17a18-28; Pss 42:3,5; 43:3-4 (8) Rom 6:3-11; Ps 118:1-2,16-17,22-23; (9) Mt 28:1-10 Next Sunday s Readings/ Lectures du Dimanche Prochain Sunday/Dimanche: (EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURREC- TION OF THE LORD/ PAK ): First Reading/1ere Lecture: Acts 10:34a, Psalm/Psaume: Ps 118:1-2,16-17,22-23 Second Reading/2e Lecture: Col 3:14 Gospel/Evangile: Jn 20:1-9 MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK/ INTENTIONS DES MESSES DE LA SEMAINE Sunday/Dimanche: 9:00AM Kevin Collins-Birthday/ Thanksgiving 11:00AM- Clifton and Cynthia Culley Wedding Anniversary/ In Thanksgiving Phillip and Carnice Wedding Anniversary 1:00PM In memory of Lea Cajuste Brun In honor of the Virgin Mary-In Thanksgiving Bread & Wine ++++ Sanctuary Lights Monday/Lundi: 9:00AM People of the Parish 7:00PM Blessing for both Charismatic Prayer Groups Tuesday/Mardi: 9:00AM In memory of Jacques Blain on his Birthday 7:00PM People of the Parish Wednesday/Mercredi: 9:00AM For the Youth of the parish Thursday/Jeudi 9:00AM For the for the people of the parish Friday/Vendredi: 9:00AM For the people of the parish Saturday/Samedi: 5:00PM For the people of the Pprish +++ *If those who have requested Sunday Masses above wish to bring gifts at the offertory, please see one of Ushers before Mass. 2

3 VOCATION MINISTRY PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION Blessed are they who come in the Name of the Lord! Are you being called to proclaim Jesus as a priest, deacon, religious brother or sister? If you think this may be so, contact the Vocation Office at (718) or vocations@diobrook.org. INTERCESSION OF VENERABLE PIERRE TOUSSAINT ON BEHALF OF THE SICK Majorie Joseph, Mona Lisa Hilaire, Anthony Lagano, Grace Lagano, Audrey English, Nadine Graham, Karon Osson, Marva McNeil, Amos Ozell Thornton, Carrie Norman, Emmaline Holmes, Amanda Hall, Marie Salomon, Eileen Boyke, Elaine St. Bernard, Maxine Campbell Reid, Bienvena Houenou, John Zozzaro, Constance Paul, Lucinda Thorton, Debora Corren, Marie Edwige Moise, Magdalin James, Marlene Alphonso, Errol Albert, Yvette Cardenas-Joseph, Lenora Whittle -Gomas, Doreen Alexander, Ella Hunte, Bertram & Dolores Lovell, Patrice Layne, Phyllis Joseph, Sandra McKessey, Cai Henry, Julian Johnson, Guy Dupeoux, Francesca Francis, Isaac Koeing, Chrissy Buttigieg, John Napolillo, Guytaud Leandre, Sybil Carmichael, Joe Roberti, Shelia Bowen, Sylvia Marshall, Lucy Rose Roberts, Marcia Clifton, Michel Caliber, Kevin Cubero, Edmar Hopkinson, Dara Abraham, Rene Charles,, Jean Jacques, Ann Walker, Jennifer Abraham, Nyamarie Abraham, Sharon Jones, Martinez, Marie France Badin Kindly notify the rectory with any updates. St. Therese of Lisieux Upcoming Events/Fundraisers for At-A-Glance Keep checking the bulletin for more information on each event. DATE/TIME EVENT LOCATION Sunday, April 9th, 2017 Sunday, April 16, 2017 (after each mass) Sunday, April 30th, English Fellowship Palm Sunday /Easter Brunch Fundraiser Young Adult Easter Egg Hunt Youth Sunday Mass Gym Church Lawn Church MORNING OFFERING The fast of lent has no advantage to us unless it brings about our spiritual renewal. It is necessary while fasting to change our whole life and practice virtue. Turning away from all wickedness means keeping our tongue in check, restraining our anger, avoiding all gossip, lying and swearing. To abstain from these things herein lies the true value of the fast. St. John Chrysostom 3 SEASON OF LENT MASS SCHEDULE & EVENTS ADDITIONAL MASS FOR LENT In addition to our weekday 9:00am mass, there will be a 7:00pm mass (Monday, April 10 and Tuesday, April 11, 2017) during the season of Lent. CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES RICE BOWL One way Catholics can enhance their Lenten fasting practice is by giving up meals and donating the cost of those meals to Catholic Relief Services in order to help those who do not have enough to eat. Please pick up your Rice Bowl in the back of church and please return it Good Friday (April 14 th ) at the mass you attend. PALM SUNDAY April 9 TH Procession will Start in the School yard 15 minutes before Mass 8:45AM for 9AM (English) 10:45AM for 11AM(English) 12:45PM for 1PM(Creole) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday, April 10 TH You are invited to a day of Penance after the 9am. Then from 3pm-7pm confession. Next there will be a 7pm mass and after mass there will be confession until 9pm. TENEBRAE SERVICE April 12 TH We invite all to a Traditional Candlelight Service of Reading and Music for Holy Week Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 at 7:30pm. HOLY THURSDAY April 13 TH 9:00AM: Morning Prayer 7:30PM: Mass of the Lord s Supper (Bilingual) followed by a procession to the repository. The church will be open until 12pm. GOOD FRIDAY April 14 TH 9:00AM: Morning Prayer 10:00AM: Stations of the Cross around Holy Cross Cemetery 3:00PM: Service (English) 7:30PM: Service (Creole) HOLY SATURDAY APRIL 15 TH 9:00AM: Morning Prayer 8PM: Easter Vigil EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 16 TH 9:00AM: Mass (English) 11:00AM: Mass (English) 1:00PM: Mass (Creole) 3

4 4 PALM SUNDAY BRUNCH Let us enter into Jerusalem waving our Palms!!! Come celebrate at our delicious brunch Sponsored by English Fellowship Committee Bring your whole family and leave the cooking to us. Sunday, April 9 th, 2017 after each mass In St. Therese of Lisieux School Gymnasium Donation: Adult: $ Children: $ All proceeds in aid of St. Therese of Lisieux Church For Tickets Contact: Denise Humphrey Martha Corion Marjorie Baptiste Gemma Calliste or any fellowship members. ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Invites all the children of the parish to an Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 16 th after each mass. Baskets will be provided. The children will have the chance to decorate their baskets and hunt for eggs on the parish lawn. If anyone wishes to donate new supplies for the Easter Egg Hunt, you can drop it off at the rectory office. Prizes, games and light refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there! Items to Donate: Plastic Eggs, prepared gift basket candy, juice box, water, cupcakes and much more. YOUTH SUNDAY We invite all the youth of the parish to a special Liturgy on Sunday, April 30 th at the 9am Mass. Youth Sunday is an effort to encourage and develop in young people a growing awareness of their value and importance in the life of the church, especially in Liturgy. They can be active participants in the liturgy, as altar servers, ushers, lectors and choir members. REGISTERED NURSES 824 E. 45 th St. between Avenue. D and Foster Avenue Brooklyn, NY Parish Nurses Office Open: Monday-Wednesday-Friday 10AM-12Noon UPCOMING EVENTS: Saturday, April 8 th, 2017 Nurses will be checking Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol in the vestibule (back of the church). FOOD PANTRY: Phone #: The Food Pantry will be open on Tuesdays from 10:30AM 12:30PM PLEASE DONATE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: Canned tuna fish, rice, beans, pasta, canned soups, other vegetables, oatmeal, hot & cold cereals, shelf/table milk, powdered milk, pasta sauce, etc. You may drop off your donations at the Rectory Office or at the Food Pantry during Rectory and Pantry hours. **PLEASE CHECK EXPIRATION DATES.** Clean plastic shopping bags and monetary donations are welcome ADULT CONFIRMATION Is this the day??? Listen!! Maybe that s the Spirit you hear inviting you to complete your initiation into the Catholic Church by receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. Classes will begin on April 23, for any adult or older teen who has not received the Sacrament of Confirmation. We meet on the second floor of the school immediately following the 11:00AM mass. The sacrament will be celebrated on the feast of Pentecost, June 4, Call Fran McCormick at or sttheresereled@hotmail.com. Please bring a copy of your baptismal certificate. 4

5 5 Number of Parishioners and Friends present for March 25 th &March 26 th 5pm Mass: 109 9:00am Mass: :00am Mass: 114 1:00pm Mass: 182 Total: 686 Number of Parishioners and Friends present for April 1 st & April 2 nd 5pm Mass: 112 9:00am Mass: :00am Mass: 135 1:00pm Mass: 190 Total: 734 Collections received for March 25 th & March 26 th Tithing Envelopes: 5pm: $1, :00am: $2, :00am: $ 1, :00pm: $ Total = $5, Collections received for April 1 st & April 2 nd Tithing Envelopes: 5pm: $.00 9:00am: $.00 11:00am: $.00 1:00pm: $.00 Total = $.00 Collection will be updated next week. Currently we have 1,400 registered parishioners SUNDAY OFFERINGS April 9 Palm Sunday April 14 Holy Place Good Friday April 16 Easter Sunday /Retired Priest Collection will be updated next week. Holy Places Good Friday, April 14, 2017 This collection is a Pontifical Collection. The revenue from this collection will be used for support of the Holy Places including pastoral, charitable, educational, and social works which the Church supports in the Holy Land for the welfare of Christian brethren and of the local communities. Retired Priests Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017 On Easter Sunday, the Diocese will be taking its annual collection for the Retired Priests of the Diocese. Collected funds are used for the support of our Retired Priests and provide health and other welfare benefits for our Senior and Disabled Priests. Support or services provided to our Retired and Senior Priests include allowances for living expenses, medical, dental, vision, and short term disability coverage benefits. BAPTISM SCHEDULE To have your children receive the Sacrament of Baptism, at least one parent and one godparent must be Catholic. For registration, parents must bring a copy of the child s Birth Certificate. Godparents must bring to registration a signed and stamped sponsor letter from the church they attend BAPTISM SCHEDULE FOR 2017 APRIL/MAY Registration : Wednesday, April 19 th, 2017 at 7:30PM First Baptism Class : Wednesday, May 3 rd at 7:30PM Second Baptism Class : Wednesday, May 10 th at 7:30PM Baptism Ceremony : Saturday, May 13 th at 1:00PM (English) Saturday, May 20 th at 1:00PM (Creole) MASS BOOK FOR 2017/MÈS 2017 Take advantage of the privilege and blessing the church offers us to request a Mass for our Intentions (In Memory of a Loved One, In Thanksgiving, for healing, for achievement, etc). Stop by the Rectory Office window to submit your Mass intentions. Donations include: Weekday Masses $15, Weekend Masses $15. Bread and Wine, or Sanctuary Lamp Candles $30. Parishioners are encouraged to request the regular Mass for their intentions. There is no special Mass offered outside of the regular parish Mass. Profite avantaj legliz la ba nou pou rekòmande yon mès nan entansyon nou-ke se an memwa de yon fanmiy, zanmi nou ki mouri ou byen nap di Bondye mèsi pou benediksyon, gerizon, nou esevwa. Tanpri pase nan presbitè-a pou bay entansyon nou. Donasyon pou: Mès Lasemèn $15, Mes weekend: $15. Pen ak Diven, ou bouji pou lanp sanktuèr: $30. Nou ankouraje-w rekòmande mès ki deja etabli nan pawas la, paske pa gen mès espesyal an deyò mès regilye yo ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL Diocese of Brooklyn! Annual Catholic Appeal 2017 Live in Faith Give in Love Our Parish Goal: $54, Amount Pledged: $14, Received: $6, Donors: 31 Amount of Goal Reached: 11.03% All funds collected over goal are returned to St. Therese of Lisieux Parish. 5

6 6 VIRTUS TRAINING The Diocese requires that Ministry Leaders and Ministry members be Virtus-trained. If you do not complete this training by May, 2017, you will have to step down from your ministry until it s completed. What is Virtus? VIRTUS is a program created by the National Catholic Risk Retention Group in the United States with a "Protecting God's Children" component that combats sexual abuse of children in the Church. It is currently in use in over 80 dioceses in the United States. Contact Information: VIRTUS toll-free phone number for online assistance, questions and ordering: Website to Register for Training: Steps to register: 1. Click First-Time Registrant 2. Click View a list of sessions 3. Scroll to Brooklyn, NY (Diocese) 4. Look at the upcoming for a session in your area. 5. Start Registration process If you do not see a date, time or location that is compatible with your schedule, please contact the rectory and sign up so we can help you find a class. Here are 3 local Sessions for Virtus Training: Diocese Office 310 Prospect Park West Brooklyn, NY Phone#: Our Lady of Miracles Church 757 East 86th Street Brooklyn, NY Phone #: St. Therese of Lisieux Church 4410 Avenue D Brooklyn, NY Thursday, April 20th, 2017 at 6:00PM Arrive 15 mins early Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 10:30AM Arrive 15 mins early Saturday, April 29th, 2017 Time: TBD Session:3hrs Space Left: Unlimited Language: English Wheelchair: Yes Session:3hrs Space Left: Unlimited Language: English & Creole Wheelchair: Yes Language: English & Creole HOME BOUND Please contact the Rectory Office if you know of a home bound person or anyone going for medical procedures who would like to see a priest or receive the Eucharist. MERCY IN MOTION Lent is the season for us to renew our connection to God. We can achieve a closer relationship with him by reading the Bible, listening to his words and increasing our practice of 1) the corporal works of mercy - feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, visit the sick and the imprisoned, and bury the dead; and 2) practice the spiritual works of mercy: counsel the doubtful, instruct the ignorant, admonish the sinner, comfort the sorrowful, forgive injuries, bear wrongs patiently and pray for the living and dead. This Lent why not put your faith in action by loving your neighbor in your own back yard and on the other side of the globe by exercising the Catholic Social Teaching of Preferential Option for the Poor by: 1) Giving to the pantry bag of rice 2) Start going through your closet and prepare to donate to the Spring Clothing Drive April 23 rd 3) Fast and make a gift of the funds to Catholic Relief Services via the CRS Lenten Rice Bowls 4) 2017 Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) RUNNING OF THE SILVER ROSE To reaffirm the work for peace, harmony, healing and an end to the senseless violence and to promote respect for life all life - the parish of St. Therese of Lisieux in collaboration with the Knights of Columbus will host the visit of the Silver Rose of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas on May 13th at the 5 pm Mass and May 14 th at the 11 am Mass. Visit our website at to see bulletins, event pictures, registration forms, ministries and more. 6

7 Copyright Sermons4Kids, Inc. 7 PALM SUNDAY Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. Palm Sunday is known as such because the faithful will often receive palm fronds which they use to participate in the reenactment of Christ's arrival in Jerusalem. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, and to the lavish praise of the townspeople who threw clothes, or possibly palms or small branches, in front of him as a sign of homage. This was a customary practice for people of great respect. Palm branches are widely recognized symbol of peace and victory, hence their preferred use on Palm Sunday. The use of a donkey instead of a horse is highly symbolic, it represents the humble arrival of someone in peace, as opposed to arriving on a steed in war. A week later, Christ would rise from the dead on the first Easter. During Palm Sunday Mass, palms are distributed to parishioners who carry them in a ritual procession into church. The palms are blessed and many people will fashion them into small crosses or other items of personal devotion. These may be returned to the church, or kept for the year. Because the palms are blessed, they may not be discarded as trash. Instead, they are appropriately gathered at the church and incinerated to create the ashes that will be used in the follow year's Ash Wednesday observance. The colors of the Mass on Palm Sunday are red and white, symbolizing the redemption in blood that Christ paid for the world. CHILDREN S WORSHIP CORNER The Triumphal Entry Some of the people went ahead of him, and some followed. They all shouted, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven! ATTENTION ALL MINISTRY LEADERS If you would like to advertise your upcoming events in the bulletin, please bring it to the Rectory Office or send an or fax with your information by 12noon on Tuesday of each week. ATTENTION PARISHIONERS If you are using a welcome envelope or a plain envelope for your tithes, we ask that you please print your first and last name clearly, along with your address, telephone number, envelope number and amount enclosed. PRAISE DANCE MINISTRY Meets every Sunday from 2:00PM-5:00PM in the school Auditorium. Boys and Girls ages 6 and up are welcome. Minors should be accompanied by parent/guardian. ATTENTION ALL PARISHIONERS At this time we are under a new administrator and in the process of making changes regarding prices of the Facilities (Auditorium/Gymnasium). 7