May 27, 2018 The Most Holy Trinity

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1 Our Lady of the Snow 175 Blue Point Avenue, Blue Point, New York Telephone: (631) May 27, 2018 The Most Holy Trinity Suddenly the Trinity filled my heart full of the greatest joy, and I understood that it will be so in heaven without end to all who come there. The Trinity is God, God is the Trinity. The Trinity is our maker, the Trinity is our protector, the Trinity is our everlasting love, the Trinity is our endless joy and bliss. --Blessed Julian of Norwich Julian lived in the plague-ridden 14 th century and is the author of the first book in English written by a woman, Revelations of Divine Love, which is now considered a spiritual classic. It s filled with beautiful language and simple images describing her personal experience of God. Considering the times she lived in, the joy she exudes is truly remarkable.

2 Faith Formation for Adults: Mrs. Beth Rivalsi Director of Faith Formation for Adults (631) Rev. Msgr. Charles Fink, Pastor Rev. Joseph Gaspar Deacon Edward Karan Deacon Bob Gronenthal Deacon Frank Hartmann Religious Education: Monday Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Patricia Bartoldus, DRE Mrs. Eileen Mulry, Secretary, ext.115 olsbpre@aol.com (631) Director of Music: Mrs. Theresa Martin Parish Outreach: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday in the cottage Mrs. Diana Mongan, Director Mrs. Patricia Fulco, Outreach Assistant (631) olsoutreach@yahoo.com Parish Office: (631) Fax: (631) Hours: Mon. - Thur. 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Ms. Loraine Drake, Asst., ext. 111 Mrs. Marlene Tully, Asst., ext. 110 ourladyofthesnowbp@gmail.com SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM in Large Church Monday 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM in Mother Church WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday - Friday 8:30AM in Mother Church WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday 5:00 PM in Large Church Sunday 7:30 AM in Mother Church 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM in Large Church EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Monday 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Mother Church MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA & BENEDICTION: Monday 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM in Mother Church ROSARY: May 31st, 4:45PM Mother Church Family Rosary every Wednesday 7:00 PM in Mother Church Pray for Our Sick We pray for all who are sick, for their healing in both body and spirit. Francesca Coviello, Shirley Dietz, James Space Donald Sheehan & Bill Imhof In Sympathy For all who have died this past week, that they rejoice in the heavenly banquet Louise McQuade & Jeanette Strain

3 A Message from Father Charles Fink Page 3 My dear parish family, One of the saddest trials anyone can face in this life is watching a loved-one slowly slip into one form of dementia or another. In the extreme, such a person no longer recognizes friends and family and may even lose all sense of personal identity, for our knowledge and memories form an important part of our sense of identity. If we lose the former, we lose the latter. The dogmas of the Church and our sense of the Church s history help to define our Catholic identity. Ignorant or forgetful of these, our identity slips away until we re indistinguishable from everyone else, which might not be so bad if everyone else had a strong, healthy, wholesome sense of identity; but do they? Is God a Father or an impersonal force, a kind of unfeeling energy, or perhaps a severe taskmaster? Is Jesus the Son of God come into the world to reveal the Father s love and to save us, or is he just another prophet or a wise teacher or maybe something less? Is the Holy Spirit really God dwelling in us and loving us, beckoning us to love in return, or is the suggestion of such divine intimacy with us lowly human beings blasphemous? We recite the Creed at every Sunday Mass and profess our belief in the Trinity God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit not just to know who God is but to remind us of our identity as Catholics. To be dismissive or what the Creed tells us, to think that dogmas are irrelevant or divisive, is to start down the road to religious dementia. It s to forget who we are, and it s sadder than physical dementia because it s freely chosen. The good news is that there s a cure: start treasuring and caring for the gift we ve been given. Make it a priority to know the faith, to grow in knowledge of it, to share it with others, to live it and love it. FORMED.ORG can help. Pick up a FORMED business card by the exits of the church if you don t have one already. It ll tell you how to access the site on your computer, tablet, or smart phone--for free. Begin your journey to a stronger Catholic identity. With love and prayers, Fr. Charles Fink

4 Capt. Evan Bernstein Major Meghan Ederle Capt. Kyle Brown Lt. Sean Brown Ensign Shannon Brown E3/ACAN Connor Rooney USN DO,CPT,MC Kate Desmond-Baker Sgt. Samuel Campanella Lt. Robert Fleming Monday May 28, 8:30 AM Janice Preston Tuesday May 29, 8:30 AM Ruth Ann Seebeck Wednesday May 30, 8:30 AM Joyce Mattesi Altar Bread and Wine In loving Memory of Theresa Romano-Nelson & Gaspar Romano Sanctuary Candle in Mother Church In loving Memory of Theresa Romano-Nelson & Gaspar Romano Thursday May 31, 8:30 AM Jeanine Tone Adams Friday June 1, St. Justin, Martyr 8:30 AM George Brandeau Sr. Saturday June 2, Ss Marcelinus & Peter 5:00 PM Richard & Scott Hession Sunday June 3, 7:30 AM Harry J. Schaal (28th Ann.) 9:00 AM Eleanor J. McDonald 11:00 AM Parishioners Catholic Marriage for couples married outside the Church If you have a civil marriage but now desire a Catholic sacramental marriage, call the Rectory for more information about a Convalidation. Convalidation is having a couple s marriage recognized and blessed by the Church through the Catholic Rite of Marriage. Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least six to twelve months in advance. It is advisable to call the church prior to arranging the reception. Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.) Persons interested in becoming Catholic and adults who have not received Confirmation or First Eucharist, please contact Beth Rivalsi at (631) Communion for the Homebound: To make arrangements to have Communion brought to the home, please call the parish office at (631) , ext For emergency sick calls, please call the parish at any time. Baptisms Are celebrated on the second Saturday and fourth Sunday of most months. Please visit our website for complete information or call the rectory office.

5 FR. JOHN KEEP: ON PURITY In one of his conferences about preparation for prayer, Fr. Keep suggests that unless we live well we will not pray well. A case can be made for the opposite, it s true, but Father wishes to stress in this instance the importance of purity if our prayer is be all it should be. After all, Jesus himself said, Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God, and if in our prayer we do not exactly see God, we do want to experience his presence, and this is likely to happen only if we are striving in our daily life for purity. Interestingly, Fr. Keep enumerates four kinds of purity that go into making a holy person and a good pray-er. First of all, he says, there is purity of conscience, included in which are two essential elements: our firm intention not to do anything contrary to God s holy will, and peace, rooted in our trust that God has forgiven the sins we have confessed from our past and will always love us in spite of faults of which we undoubtedly will be guilty in the future. Without such a pure conscience, we cannot pray as we ought. Second is purity of heart, which Fr. Keep defines as loving things other than God only in relation to him and as he wants us to love them. It means being so attached to God that we are detached from everything else. The great 19 th century Danish philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard, defined purity of heart as willing one thing. The pure heart is undivided, wanting nothing but what God wants. We usually think of lust as being the major threat to purity of heart, but anything that dominates our attention so as to tear it away from God and his will is inimical to purity of heart. The third kind of purity after which we must strive is purity of mind. St. Teresa of Avila compared the human mind to an ever-grinding mill, cranking out an endless stream of worthless, evil, and distracting thoughts. Fr. Keep counsels us to take St. Paul s advice: Fill your minds with everything that is true, everything that is noble, everything that is good and pure, everything that we love and honor, and everything that can be thought virtuous or worthy of praise (Philippians 4:8-9). These good thoughts will push out less wholesome ones and render our minds increasingly pure. Finally, there is purity of action, not so much a matter of what we do as of the purpose, reason, motive for which we do it. We should act to please God as our primary goal in all things. Fr. Keep concludes: Now is the acceptable time for us to make great strides on the road to God and to that purity of soul which brings us spiritual peace and joy and security. For more Fr. Keep, go to

6 Believing with Joy! Stewardship - A Way of Life The Feast of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity On this Sunday, the week after Pentecost, we celebrate The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity in the Church. We have celebrated this particular weekend in the Church for more than 700 years. We consider the Holy Trinity to be one of the great mysteries in the Church. It is the mystery of the identity of God. Who is God? God is one God in three Divine Persons the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Whether we are aware of this consciously or not, this is something each of us acknowledges in a number of ways, especially when we go to Mass. Every time we make the Sign of the Cross, we are making a statement about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That statement is made often. At minimum it is made when the celebrating priest opens Mass with a sign of the cross. Just prior to the Gospel Reading we do an older version of the sign of the cross by making a small cross on our forehead, our lips, and our chest. The priest concludes the Mass with a blessing, and we all make a Sign of the Cross. There are so many other times before, during, and after Mass when we make the sign or the cross, and there may be other times in our daily lives when we do it. Pope Francis has said, Every time we make the sign of the cross, we draw closer to God. Perhaps we should do it even more often. Next Sunday, June 3rd, we celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi, or the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (as it is often called today), which celebrates the institution of the Sacrament of Holy Communion at the Last Supper. Rosary Dates for the Month of June: Monday June 4 Tuesday June 12 Wednesday, June 20 Thursday, June 28 Come join us as we pray for peace in our world and peace in our hearts. All are welcome! We gather at 4:45 PM in the Mother Church. A Children s Video on Formed! Formed has a 24 minute video on the Rosary for Children. In the first part of the video, Brother Francis teaches about our basic Catholic prayers that make up the prayers of the Rosary. The second part teaches the children about the Mysteries of the Rosary and how to use the Rosary. It may be long for some children but you can watch this with your children or grandchildren in two parts. This is a great way to teach our children this powerful prayer. A Family Rosary geared for children is prayed each Wednesday Evening at 7 p.m. in the Mother Church. The Book Group will not meet on Wednesday, May 30th. We will be at the talk by Nancy Giglio who will share with us the story of Fr. Vincent Capadanno from Staten Island who was a chaplain in the Vietnam War. Please join us in the Mother Church Basement to hear the story of this brave priest and recipient of the Medal of Honor! STEWARDSHIP FINANCIAL REPORT For the week of May 20, $ 8496

7 OUR LADY OF THE SNOW RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE (631) Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. or by appointment The ministry of Religious Education strives to bring all into a closer relationship with Jesus May 27, 2018 We give thanks and our heartfelt appreciation to all who made our First Communions so beautiful and prayerful. To Jeanne Williams our First Eucharist Coordinator who shared her faith, time and talents to help prepare the children for their First Eucharist. To our Catechists who shared their faith with the First Communicants: Kelly Aiello, Milissa Borneman, Adrienne Cirone, Lori Cooney, Ellen Cremer, Maria Garafola, Haley Giuliano, Sara Graziano, Jennifer Hans, Mary Jane Link, Beth Little, Mairead McInnes, Ann Peltier, Christine Quirke, Gabriella Ranaudo, Delaney Rohme, Jennifer Shanahan, Catherine Torrisi and Helen Williams. The Music Ministry who shared the gift of music. To Denise McFadden, Eileen Burke, and Ann Marie Maud for preparing each Communion certificate with such care and dedication. To Eileen Mulry for recreating our Communion Banner and organizing the office work with grace and love. To our Extraordinary Ministers of Communion, Lectors and Ushers for helping in the celebration of the Mass. To the parents for their commitment in bringing their children to the Table of the Lord. And to the children who share their awesome love of God with us as they grow in wisdom and grace. Let us follow our children to the Table of the Lord, now and forever! Basic Religious Studies Course Series (2018) This course is for anyone pursuing a Basic Religious Studies certificate. This series of courses is designed for teachers, catechists & interested adults. There are 6 courses being offered in July at St Cyril & Methodius parish Deer Park. Old Testament New Testament -Christology- Church - Morality -Liturgy & Sacrament For more information go to the diocesan website drvc.org. Click on Faith Formation & then Adult Education. At the bottom of the page click on Basic Religious Studies Course Series 2018 for more information or to register you contact Elizabeth Ramirez eramirez@drvc.org (516) ext. 408 REGISTRATION Registration papers are on the parish website. Hard copies will be available on the back stairs of the Religious Education Office. Returning Catechists -Please submit Returning Catechist Form. New Catechists -If you would like to share your faith with a group of children please call or Pat at the Religious Education Office for more information. Families - If your child s catechist is returning and moving up with their class please drop off registration forms & fee before the end of May to hold your child s spot in that class. If your child needs a catechist/class please bring registration forms and fee to registration on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in the Large Church from 6:30 p.m. -8:00 p.m.

8 PARISH OUTREACH FUNDRAISER 2018 Your neighbors depend on our food pantry. They are the disabled, the seniors on fixed incomes, the newly unemployed, the underemployed, single parents and hard-working families who struggle to pay for food and basic needs for their children and themselves. Please support our 2018 Fundraiser the SPLIT-THE-POT Raffle. The Split the Pot this year will follow the same pattern established in the past. Half of the proceeds will go directly to Our Lady of the Snow Outreach and the other half will be split among three winners. The drawing will be on Sunday, June 24 th, after the 11:00 am Mass. The winner does not need to be present. Please use the attached tickets. (Six) tickets at $5.00 each, or $25.00 for the booklet of all six. (1 free!) Tickets may be returned to the rectory or Outreach office. They may also be mailed to: Outreach Office 175 Blue Point Avenue Blue Point, New York Thank you for your support of our program and helping those in need. *Certain gambling winnings will require a W-2G form Join us Wednesday, May 30th at 7:30 PM in the Mother Church basement for a presentation on Fr. Vincent Capadanno, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient whose cause for canonization is being promoted. The Pantry is in need of the following: *** indicates greatest need items Coffee Cookies Chili Stew Crackers Peas*** Carrots*** Mixed vegetables*** Pancake mix and Syrup*** Salmon*** Spinach*** Toothpaste Laundry detergent*** Deodorant *** Shampoo*** Conditioner*** Toilet paper*** Paper Towels*** Soup*** We have enough pasta at this time. Thank you for your continual support of our ministry. With your generous donations we can continue to help so many in need in our community. May God bless you for your kindness. The pantry is located in the lobby of the Large Church. All donations can be left outside the pantry door or at the Outreach office during business hours.

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10 RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY SEASONAL COLLECTION FOR BABIES TWO YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER Suggestions: * Car Seats /newborn *New & Gently Used Clothes *Disposable diapers *Baby food *Bottles & Pacifiers *Crib sheets & Blankets *Receiving blankets *New stuffed toys & Rattles *Bibs & Wipes *Baby Towels & Washcloths *Heavy Sleepers *Stretchies & Undershirts *Snow Suits All items collected will be distributed to mothers who have chosen LIFE for their infants WEDDING BANNS Edward Morrissey & Molly Rooney Matthew Devine & Nicole Esposito Thomas McBride & Catherine Wehrle Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Patchogue Corpus Christi Procession Sunday, June 3 at 12:30 p.m. We will leave the Church and process down N. Ocean Ave. and Route 112. Suffolk County Police escort for our protection. This procession will be approximately 45 minutes. We will end back in the Church with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Please call the parish at (631) for more information. We thank you with love and invite you to pray with us to end the violence. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you Jeremiah 1:5 Please leave items in the Lobby of the Large Church The items will be collected for the whole month of May. FIRST ANNUAL GARAGE SALE SATURDAY, June 16th From 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in our Blessing room at the Church of the Resurrection 50 Granny Road, Farmingville SELLERS WANTED!!!! $25 for an 8 foot table $45 for 2 8 foot tables Please contact Sue Johnson at (631) Set up time is 8:00 am

11 Camp Quo Vadis 2018 Sunday, July 8th Friday, July 13th Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington For High School Boys and Girls Cost: $275 per person The camp is a 5 day over-night retreat opportunity. Our hope is to empower the campers to build and nourish a relationship with Jesus Christ. Each day will include an inspiring keynote address, small groups, team activities, mass, devotionals, adoration, confession, sports, hiking, and free time. The seminarians will act as the counselors for the boy campers and a select group of young adult women from our Diocese will lead the girls. Additionally, the speakers for each day will include many of our young priests and the Sisters for Life. For information and to register go to: A little humor from Father Fink Did you hear about the cell phone that had to wear glasses? It lost its contacts. -from a 7 year old.