The Third Sunday of Easter April 30, 2017 Holy Family R.C. Church th Avenue,Fresh Meadows, N.Y ~ Tel

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1 The Third Sunday of Easter April 30, 2017 Holy Family R.C. Church th Avenue,Fresh Meadows, N.Y ~ Tel Web: Holyfamilyfreshmeadows.org

2 Our Mission Statement Holy Family Parish is a Roman Catholic community of believers. We are a caring, welcoming, diverse community called to live and share the Gospel message. We proclaim the presence of Christ in the world through Word, Sacraments and service as we strive to be faithful to Christ s command to evangelize all people. Clergy Rev. Casper J. Furnari, OFS,KHS Pastor Rev. Anacleto Asebias, Jr. Parochial Vicar Rev. Mark G. Simmons In Residence + Deacon Eugene J. Cassidy Parish Visitor of Mary Immaculate Sister Mylene Rosemarie, PVMI Parish Secretary Patricia Earl Holy Family Catholic Academy Miss Mary Scheer, M.S., P.D. Principal Mrs. Kathy Karcher Secretary th Street Phone (718) Fax (718) Website: Director of Music Ministry Mr. Gilbert High Office of Pastoral Care Sister Nora McNiff, CSJ, Coordinator Telephone: Office of Faith Formation Mrs. Barbara Makolin Coordinator Street Telephone: (718) Director of Buildings & Property Mr. Hector Mendez RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday ~ Friday 9:00am-12:00pm (Closed for lunch From 12pm to 1pm) 1:00pm-7:30pm Saturday: 9:00am-2:00pm Sunday: 9:00am-2:00pm CONFESSIONS Saturday 4:00 ~ 4:45pm And by Appointment REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE See Easter Schedule for Holy Week Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (Vigil) Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am (Family Mass) 12:00pm & 5:00pm No 5:00 PM Mass on Easter Sunday ~~~ Monday ~ Friday: 7:00am & 8:30am Saturday: Eve of Holyday: 7:30pm Holyday: 7:00am, 8:30am, 11:00am, 7:30pm Holy Family Parish is happy to belong to Queens Deanery #5. The Deanery is made up of 10 parishes: American Martyrs Holy Family Our Lady of the Snows Sacred Heart St. Anastasia St. Gregory the Great St. Josaphat St. Kevin St. Robert Bellarmine Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament The purpose of the Deanery is to have a cohesive organization of neighboring parishes which will share and communicate their spiritual activities and updates going on in their parishes. A webpage can be found at: which will include a copy of all of our bulletins. We also have a facebook page sharing many activities in our parishes. You can view it at: facebook.com/queens Deanery 5 Please like Us!

3 Mass Schedule & Intentions MONDAY May 1 For Our Benefactors Patrick Creegan (L) TUESDAY May 2 Nicholas Romano Paul Josenhans WEDNESDAY May 3 Purgatorial Society Mario Giacometti THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY May 4 Monica Yu Jeanette Garafola May 5 Purgatorial Society Emmanuel D. Enriquez May 6 SUNDAY 7:30 am 9:00 am 10:30 am 12:00 pm 5:00 pm May 7 Maria & Camillo Mazzenga Jeanette Garafola Sister Margaret de Sales, CSJ Daniel De Pasquale People of the Parish 5:00 pm Louis & Guarina Arce Mary & Marc Mezzadri SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES April 30th ~ May 7, 2017 Sunday: Third Sunday of Easter Monday: St. Joseph the Worker Tuesday: St. Athanasius Wednesday: Ss. Philip and James Thursday: National Day of Prayer Friday: First Friday; Saturday: First Saturday A Heartfelt Welcome to Holy Family Parish We kindly invite you to register as a member of Holy Family. It is important because then we are able to issue you official letters if and when you need to become a sponsor for Baptism or Confirmation. If you do not register we do not have a permanent record of you being a Parishioner. If you decide you want donation envelopes we can then also issue you a tax statement of your contributions that you have offered during the year. Please look for sign up cards at the doors of the Church and drop them in the collection basket or come by the Rectory. We celebrate First Friday this Friday, May 5th, 2017 * With Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Will you not spend one hour with me is the plea of Jesus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will follow the 10:00 AM Funeral* and conclude with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 2:00 pm. We offer Communion for the Homebound Anyone who cannot attend Mass due to illness or age may receive Communion at home. Please call the Parish Pastoral Care office, (718) , to make arrangements. The Living Stations of the Cross by Life Teen. We Readings for the Week of May 1st thru May 7th 2017 Monday: 13:54-58 Tuesday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 or, for the memorial, Gn 1:26-2:3, or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24; Ps 90:2-4, 2-14,16; Mt Acts 7:51 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday:1 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19:2-5; Jn 14:6-14 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59 Saturday Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 Sunday: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Ps 23:1-6; Pt 2:20b-25; Jn 10:1-10 would like to congratulate our new Life Teen Youth Group on their live presentation of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. There was a wonderful turn-out and everyone was so moved by such a touching and inspiring interpretation. We look forward to more activities from the Life Teen Group. Thank You!

4 Memorial This week the Sacrificial Bread and Wine are offered in Memory of Paul Josenhans. Hospitality Sunday! We are happy to announce that next Sunday, May 7th is Hospitality Sunday hosted by the Filipino Apostolate Please join us from 8:15 AM to 1:15 PM in the School Hall. Please join us for our Celebration of Santo Nino. The fiesta celebration of Santo Nino will take place here at Holy Family on Saturday, June 3, It will begin with: Sinulog at 10:30 AM, Mass at 11:00 AM Solemn Procession through the neighborhood right after Mass. Fellowship with Food and Entertainment will follow in the Holy Family Catholic Academy School Yard. We will have a Nine Week Novena which will be after the 5:00 PM Saturday Masses except on Holy Saturday. Therefore the Novena Dates will be:5/6, 5/13,5/20,5/27 For More Info: Angie: Nena: We would like to Thank our Altar Servers for their faithful service during Holy Week: Jeremy Cajas Samantha Cajas Victoria D Anello Laura Espada Ritali Espada Andrew Fazio Jennifer Galvet Christian Gilces David Goncalves Julia Goncalves Marissa Lyons Benson Magpantay Nicole Magpantay Keara Malazarte Mary Masangkay Kaitlin Masse Weekly Offering April 23, Attendance: 1059 Parish Offering: $ nd Collection Church Maintenance $ Thank you for your generosity and kind support. Happy Easter Season! We have so much to be thankful for! Leah Mora Francene Olegario Max Parker Ashleigh Requijo Anthony Rizzotto Thomas Rizzotto Julius Romero Joseph Romero John Romero Juliet Romero Robert Rooney Rafael Silva Gabriella Tesi Benjamin Zuberko Our Church looked so beautiful from the efforts of so many! Save the Date: Our Knights of Columbus are happy to host a Pasta Dinner which will take place on Saturday, May 20th at 6:00 PM in the School Hall. Let us pray for the Sick Stefano & Michelle Amodio, Tomi Anello, James Arampulikan, Ralph & Josephine Ashton, Melissa Bersamin, Florence Castagliola, Cedric Cortes, Giovanna Conte, Patrick Creegan, Luke Enriquez, Sr. Barbara Flossie, Kenneth Gallagher, Josie Gana, Peter Guerrero, Sergio Ingenito, Jose Jara, Josephine Joseph, Kennith Kerwin, Lauren Kocher, Fanny Leon, Adoracion Luna, Theresa McNerney, Archie Nieman, Kolbe Olzanski, Gregory Restrepo, Lily Rivera, Miguel Rivera, Christopher Rosato, E. Joseph Salvetti, Graysen Smith, Helen Schlenkermann, Cynthia Simpson, Dan Sindo, Mark Tanner, Frank Thomas, John Zaptin Please contact the Rectory to add a name to our Sick List Our Holy Week was made so special due to the kind and faithful service so many offered. Thank you to our Choir, under the guidance of Gilbert High, for their inspiring music and song. Thank you to our Lectors for their talented exalting of the Word of God and thank you to our Eucharistic Ministers for the loyal service.

5 Holy Family Catholic Academy The 300 Club is here! Only 300 Raffle Tickets will be sold. The Raffle is open to friends, family and Parish. Each Ticket is $100. OR Tickets can be shared i.e. 4 people /$25.each 10 people/$10.each Grand Prize $10, nd Prize $3, rd Prize $2, One ticket = 3 chances to win! Drawing on June 4, 2017 To purchase tickets please go to the School or Rectory Office or see a Representative outside the Church. Checks to be written out to Holy Family Catholic Academy. We fully anticipate selling 300 tickets however, if the goal of 300 tickets is not attained by the drawing time, pay out will be: 1 st Prize 25%, 2 nd Prize 15%, 3 rd Prize 10% There is a Sellers Incentive: Highest Ticket Seller wins $250. and Seller of 1 st prize wins $250. Proceeds go directly to Holy Family Catholic Academy.

6 Registration for Holy Family Catholic Academy! Pre-K through GRADE 8 REGISTRATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2017 Registration for new students for the school year. To register, the following items are needed: 1 Child s Baptism Certificate (If Catholic) 2. Child s Birth Certificate 3. Copy of child s Immunization 4.The prospective student must accompany parent/guardian 5.Copy of last TWO years report cards (for students for grades 1-8) AND either NYS testing scores or Standardize test scores 6.Check for registration fee. 7. Child must be present at registration. Children for Pre-K 3 must turn THREE years old by 12/31/17. Children for Pre -K 4 must turn FOUR years old by 12/31/17. Children for Kindergarten must turn FIVE years old by 12/31/17.) PLEASE NOTE we offer BOTH ½ Day & Full Day PK. For information please visit our website: Please call for an appointment. BAPTISM Baptism takes place usually on the FOURTH Sunday of the month at 2:00 p.m. To register, please bring the child s Birth Certificate, and a $10.00 nonrefundable registration fee to the Rectory. There are two preparatory events: 1. INITIAL INTERVIEW 2. BAPTISM CATECHESIS and THE BLESSING OF THE INFANT Registration is ongoing, please contact the Rectory Office. Marriage Please contact the rectory to make an appointment to see a Priest at least Six Months prior to your desired date. PARISH CALENDAR Date: Monday May 1 Tuesday May 2 Wednesday May 3 Thursday May 4 Friday May 5 Saturday May 6 Sunday May 7 Hospitality Sunday Location: SFH RCIA Faith Sharing Bereavement Faith Sharing 10:00 AM MMH Tai Chi 11:30-1:00 PM NO Faith Sharing Knights of Columbus Line Dancing 2:00 4:00 PM Filipino Apostolate 4:00 PM MMH KNITTING IS BACK 7:30 pm Bridge to Life 7:00 PM Tai Chi 12:30-2:00 PM Cub & Boy Scouts HFH AA 7:00PM AA 7:00 PM Al Anon 7:00PM AA 7:00 PM School Hall HFACA Home and School mtg. Paint Night 7:00 PM Hospitality Sunday 8:15AM- 1:15PM Church Locations: SFH Saint Francis Hall ~ CH Church ~ SH School Hall MMH Msgr. Mahoney Hall ~ HFH Holy Family Hall