Our Lady of Lourdes Church

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1 Our Lady of Lourdes Church Massapequa Park, New York Pastor: Msgr. James P. Lisante Associate Pastor: Rev. Kevin Thompson Rev. Fernando Egargo In Residence: Rev. Anthony John Heinlein Rev. James Vargheese Permanent Deacon: Rev. Mr. Dominick Valdaro Rev. Mr. Frank Gariboldi Rev. Mr. Ferdinando Ferrara Business Manager: John Brosnan Outreach Director: Corinne Lok Music Director: Elizabeth Woods Religious Ed. Director: Donna Kesselman Parish Trustees: Dr. James R. Dolan, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy O Sullivan Telephone Numbers Rectory: Religious Education: Convent: R.C.I.A.: Parish Outreach: Website: The Parish Office Schedule Monday to Thursday 9AM to 9PM Friday 9AM to 4PM Saturday 9AM to 5PM Sunday 9AM to 3PM The office is Closed from 12/Noon to 1PM for Lunch Mass Times Monday through Friday: 6:45, 8:30am, 8:00pm Saturday: 6:45, 8:30am/5:00pm and 5:15pm Chapel Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30am, 12:30pm Baptism It is advised that the parents schedule an interview with a priest one month before the preferred baptism date. Baptismal preparation classes are offered on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Parents are encouraged to attend the 10:30 AM mass on the 2nd Sunday and the preparation class will follow the mass in the Rectory. All couples seeking to baptize a child must attend the class. Baptisms are preformed on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month at 2PM. Please call the Rectory to schedule an appointment at (516) Confessions Saturdays, Eves of Holy Days and Eves of First Fridays 4:00 to 5:00pm. Marriages The prospective bride and groom should discuss details of the marriage with one of the priests of the parish at least six months prior to the date of the wedding. The Mission Statement of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Our Lady of Lourdes is a welcoming parish family whose purpose is to model Christ, as guided by Mary, in a life defined by faith and love. We seek to advance God's will through acts of Charity and Kindness. to Jesus through Mary Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time February 24, 2019

2 Page 2 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish February 24, 2019 This Week s Masses Monday, February 25th 6:45 James & Dorothy Dolan Family 8:30 Minerva Magadia Homer & Tina Guanlao 8PM Anthony Magnatta Marie & Chris Buono Tuesday, February 19th 6:45 Warren Slavin Greg Slavin 8:30 Audrey Catalano Alice & Bernard Hennelly 8PM Marie Saccente Gail & Steven Buono Wednesday, February 20th 6:45 Protection of the Unborn 8:30 Rafaele Laucella Nicolo Antonitti 8PM John & Cynthia Beason Family Thursday, February 21st 6:45 Fr. Robert Mason 8:30 Bob Forestor Bridget Sullivan 8PM Florence, Elwood & Anthony King Inferrera Family Friday, February 22nd 6:45 In Thanksgiving 8:30 Special Intention for Carolyn 8PM Maria Carmen Romero Capolevielle Kling Family Saturday, February 23rd 6:45 Louis Grefig Richard Grefig 8:30 Salvatore Gualtieri Family 5PM Frank Massaro Family 5:15PM John McHugh Betty & John Dettori Lector Schedule Saturday, March 2nd -5:00 PM - Carey Persico & Theresa Belessimo Burke Sunday, March 3rd -7:30 am - Marie-Laetitia Woolley & Bernard Hennelly -9:00 am - Sue Bouffier & Matt Imperio -10:30 am - Dolores Cianciabella & Jim Dolan -12:30 pm - Isidora Bacani & Rick Harrington Pray for the Repose of the Souls of Paul P. Nocella Irene Friel Lillian Birmingham May the Souls of the Faithful Departed, Through the Mercy of God, Rest in Peace. Sunday, February 24th 7:30 Gladys Dempsey Mr. & Mrs. J. Bonarrigo 9:00 Richard Olson Dot Vesper 10:30 Vita Rising, Barry Champney, Elizabeth Ferguson 12:30 Barry Champney Nina Castoria The bread and wine have been donated In Memory of Albert Palmer By His Family The Sanctuary candles for the Church and Chapel have been donated for A Special Intention By Carolyn Saturday, March 2nd 5:00 p.m. Fr. Kevin 5:15 p.m. Fr. Tony Mass Celebrants for Next Weekend Sunday, March 3rd 7:30 a.m. Fr. Tony 9:00 a.m. Fr. Kevin 10:30 a.m. Monsignor Lisante 12:30 p.m. Fr. Andiy In additional to our list of donors printed in last week s bulletin, we thank the following parishioners for their generous donations to the Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day Flower Fund: Ariane Joseph Bernadette Schaffer Mary Okonu

3 Page 3 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 A Letter from the Pastor s Desk Dear Friends: Gabriel and Alexander Zapata are young parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, one brother in high school, the other in college. Both have served with distinction as Altar Servers, and both have worked at the rectory. With sponsorship by our parish, the brothers recently attended the World Youth Day in Panama at which Pope Francis inspired the young people present and those watching and listening around the world to embrace and live the faith fully. I asked Gabriel to share with us some of the experiences the brothers had at this international celebration of faith. His letter about the event is printed below. Please read it and, with me, be grateful for every young person who tries to live a good and faithful life in Christ. In the love of Christ, Msgr. Jim Lisante Pastor Dear Parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes, As you may or may not know, this year was World Youth Day. World Youth Day is an international Catholic event that occurs every four years in which young people from all around the world gather in one country to both grow in their relationship with God, and to have an encounter with Christ. This year it was held in Panama City, Panama. The theme was Here I am the servant of the Lord Luke 1:38. My brother and I were given the opportunity to go on this pilgrimage representing Our Lady of Lourdes. My brother Alexander and I were excited to be going because it had been a dream of ours to go to World Youth Day. We were unable to go to the one that occurred in Poland in 2016, and because of the coverage we saw of it on TV, we were excited to be able to witness it firsthand. We had heard many conversion, vocation, and miracle stories of things that had happened in these great pilgrimages, and hoped for the same. I went with this hope on the trip to Panama hoping for more clarity in my life, and for whatever the Lord had planned for me. There was a lot of movement happening in Panama throughout World Youth Day. There was joy in the air along with the many concerts, Masses, catechesis sessions, holy hours, screaming and singing in the streets, flags being waved, items being traded, and a lot of walking. Going on this trip I didn t know what to expect, but this was definitely not what I expected. I was more focused on questions such as, What is the reason that God has given me the opportunity to be able to go to Panama? What will I eat while there? What will my group be like? and, How will I spend my free time there? The idea of traveling to another country without knowing where I was going, what I was going to do, and in what order I was going to do it was overwhelming since I prefer to have my life in an itinerary. I am used to knowing what is going to happen and when, rather than to go along with a plan that is announced right before we do it. I accepted this and had a great time. The little things like walking to the various event locations was one of the exciting moments. As a group we would sing several songs both in English and Spanish, and scream every country s name that we passed by as they did the same to us. The connection with all of these strangers was something that didn t seem human well at least unlike New York. We were all there happy to be with other young people from all around the world.

4 Page 4 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Continued from Page 3 In Panama I learned a couple of things from the Catechetical sessions and other talks. One of the sisters from a talk that was given at a concert was speaking about purity. One of the points that she emphasized was that our love is worth it, referring to the giving of our bodies to others. She was saying that someone, the one, whether we know them now or not, has to wait to receive our love. By this she was saying that we can t just give it away as if it were nothing. We have huge value that we can t see or understand until we believe it. We have to realize there isn t and never will be anyone like us on this Earth again. God made us all unique, and gives us a great value. Jesus death on the cross is our proof of this. The generations ahead of us made love seem like less than what it is, but if we see our own self worth then we won t give up who are so easily. We can reverse this lack of true love by showing that we are worth more than sex, we are children of God and are much more than mortal bodies. One of the great conversion stories that we heard was also at a catechesis. The speaker was this Australian bishop who told us about how he came to be a priest. For him it was being among the dead. When he was younger he used to walk to school every day. The route was long, but there was a shortcut through a cemetery. Every day he went to school, he would take it and, as was the custom, he would pray for the dead. When he got older, around his high school years, he asked himself, What will I be known for when I am there? From this moment on he searched for something that would give his life value. Since he walked through the cemetery so often, he would see the Catholic priests there burying people and believed that maybe he could spend the rest of his life helping people and this is what he did. From this story I got that God can call us every day even in those things that we call routines. We just have to make the time to realize what God is calling us to do by reflecting on how God has manifested himself in my day today. It is never late to see what God wants of one. Every day we should look and complete these goals. If I am walking and see someone who has fallen down and am healthy enough to help them up then I should, if I can t get someone else to help. In so many circumstances God is calling, but we have to make time to listen to his voice through what we may be experiencing day to day. Last but not least - Pope Francis. Our Diocese was blessed with being close to Pope Francis multiple times although it was not expected. It was a great experience for me. On the second day the Pope was processing in which was Wednesday the 23rd when we got to see him for the first time. When he passed by there was a lot of noise, but as he passed this feeling of peace and joy was left behind. All the waiting and walking was worth it. The Pope had challenged the youth to say yes just as Mary did, not worrying about the circumstances of our yes. He repeated that we were not the future but the present, claiming that overused phrase to be invalid because we are members of society also. He told us to get up and not to remain on the ground, taken over by the experiences that life throws at us. He encouraged us rather to embrace the difficulties that we face just as Jesus embraced the cross. Through his messages the Pope wanted us to accept that we all have a mission here on this Earth, we are not here for just a good time. We have to keep fighting even when it seems impossible and bring others with us to the feet of Jesus, and spread the gospel through our love, joy, patience, and acceptance. With much love, Gabriel Zapata

5 Page 5 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 From the Our Lady of Lourdes Department of Religious Education Week Nineteen: Wednesday February 27 or Saturday March 2 Wednesday, February 27: Must be completed before student can move up to the next grade level: Level 8: All Confirmation activities due. Level 7: All Confirmation preparation activities due. Levels 3, 4, 5, 6: Three Mass Reflection worksheets due Wednesday, March 6: Ash Wednesday Ashes will be distributed to all students. Sunday, March 10: Level 1: Family Mass at 10:30am. Meet in the reserved section on the right side of the church. Students must sign in. Wednesday, March 27 or Saturday, March 30: Final Exam for students in Levels 3 though 8 Sunday, March 31: Level 2: Family Mass at 10:30am. Meet in the reserved section on the right side of the church. Students must sign in. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Diocese of Rockville Centre mandates that every child enrolled in a Level 1 through Level 6 Religious Education program receives an age-appropriate Think First & Stay Safe lesson each year using the Child Lures Prevention Program. Parents were issued a Child Lures Prevention Handbook to review the program, and they were invited to attend their child s safety lesson. Last summer, catechist Miss Sue Bouffier, religious education director Mrs. Donna Kesselman, and parish trustee Mrs. Dorothy O Sullivan, attended a training session for the implementation and presentation of these safety lessons within the religious education program. Training was administered by the Diocese of Rockville Centre Office for the Protection of Children, and religious educators from the other parishes in the diocese were also in attendance. Pictured above, Miss Sue worked with the Level 5 and Level 6 students on Bullying and Cyberbullying lessons. Short videos emphasizing the hurtful outcomes of lying and gossiping illustrated the teachings of God s Eighth Commandment, as well as Jesus great commandment to love one another as I have loved you. Students were also provided with examples of things they could do if they are being bullied. In January, Miss Sue presented lessons to students in Levels 1 through 4 on stranger danger and respecting each other s personal space, which incorporated elements of the fourth and fifth commandments. Students were given guidance on various ways they can handle uncomfortable or dangerous situations, including identifying the safe adults to whom they can turn for help or protection. Short, interactive and engaging videos were viewed, and then students and teachers acted out some of the scenarios on our auditorium stage. These safety lessons also satisfy another diocesan mandate to incorporate Catholic Social Teachings on Human Dignity into our curriculum as it applies to the lesson of each day.

6 Page 6 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Parish Outreach Food Pantry Our parish food pantry continues to thrive all because of the goodness of our parish family. Your continued support and encouragement is always greatly appreciated. We could not do all we do without your kind concern for those in need. Ministry of Consolation The most valuable gifts we can give are those that come from the heart. The precious gifts of our time, love, and compassion are especially needed during the time of the loss of a loved one. Created to provide warmth, caring, and personal attention to assist families in preparation for the funeral Mass, this particular ministry can never have too many helping hands. Whether your interest be that of a Greeter, Lector, or EM, please give some though as to sharing your time and talents and being a part of this ministry s call to love and care for one another. The following basic food items are most in need on an everyday basis (The items in Bold print are most in need at this time). May God bless you and your families for If you are considering volunteering for Ministry of Conall the good you do in kindness to others! solation and have questions about doing so or questions Canned Tuna Cereal s Coffee Canned Fruit Pancake Mix Tea bags Applesauce Pancake Syrup Powdered Milk Pasta Can Vegetables Juices Tomato Sauce Instant Potatoes Soups Peanut Butter Egg Noodles Macaroni & Cheese Jelly Rice Cookies/Crackers Oatmeal Beans Jell-O/ Pudding Rice or Noodle-Roni about what each position entails, please call the Parish Outreach at I would be happy to speak to anyone considering joining this group of wonderful volunteers that already belong to this Ministry. We Care Blankets As our wonderful group of Care Blanket volunteers continue to meet on Wednesday mornings from 10:00-11:30am at Parish Outreach, the gifts of their love, time and talent in crocheting and knitting beautiful blankets for seriously ill children is nothing less than a beautiful thing! Parish Outreach hours are Mon., Tues., & Thurs. 10:00am to 2:00pm, Since our group began in November 2009, the comand Wed. 10:00am to 11:30am "Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to Me." Matthew 25:40 pleted blanket count as of February 20 stands at 3,515. I m sure in no time at all we will be adding to this amazing number. Thank you to our lovely group of ladies for all the good work you do to bring love and comfort to many children undergoing cancer care. Outreach is happy to accept donations of crochet hooks, and is especially in need of acrylic yarns in support of this effort. If you are interested in joining our group please contact Parish Outreach at

7 Page 7 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Our Parish depends solely on your generosity to meet each week s expenses. Our regular Sunday collections account for more than 60% of our operating budget. Your continued support, especially during these difficult economic times, is both needed and appreciated. Last Weekend s Collections: $13, Let us continue to pray for peace. Let us also pray for all those serving in the military or the peace corps. With special care we pray especially for: Sgt. Brian Andrew Dayman US Army, PFC Joseph DiCicco Army, Commander Christopher DeMay - Navy, Nicholas R. DoLieto - Marine Corps, Timothy Erkens USAF Staff Sergeant, Army, Capt. Michael Ferrari, USMC, Spencer French, 1st Lieutenant, SRA Senior Airman Robert J. Gerry - Air Force, Spec. Steven Gianatiempo - US Army, Brandon Goodwin, Petty Off., 2nd Class, USCG, Stefanie Goodwin, Petty Off., 3rd Class, USN, Kenny Greening -PFC-Army, Sean Hendrickson -Master of Arms, US Navy, Chaplain Major Timothy Hirten, USAF, Maj. Luke Holian USMC, SPC Justin Lansford -US Army, Sgt. Todd J. Lobraico USAF, Major Michael Edward Loconsolo, US Army, Pvt Matthew Macario - US Army, Garrett Macchio A1C, Air force, Pvt. Ryan McCann Army, Pvt. Matthew McQuade-Army, Jason Moritz - Sgt. USAF, Pvt 1st Class Joshua Nichols - US Army, Lt. Col. Thomas O Connor, US Army, Cpt. David Paolillo USAF, Cpt. Kathleen Paolillo USAF, L. CPL Michael E. Porfidio - USMC, PFC Dominique R. Quiban, USMC Capt. Joseph Shultz, Sgt. Matthew Sirianni, 2nd LT, Army, Christopher John Sherlock, US Army, L CPL Eric Vazquez USMC, US Army, Spec. Zachary Small - US Army, US Army Sgt. Michael Stephney, Capt. James Eyester US Army, CPL. Ryan Thomas Albergo - USMC, Private 1st Class Bryan Antico - US Navy, Senior Airman Justin Craig, 1st Lt. Connor Lewis - US Army, Timothy Breen Combes US Army, CPL Ken Chun - US Army, Pvt. Brady O Sullivan US Army, Sgt. Nicholas J. Schneider US Army, Kyle Beck Navy Airman If you know a Service Member that you would like to add to this list please contact the rectory Please include name, rank and branch of service. Prayers for the Sick Joe Amorin, Jean Bahadur, Palma Beilman, Bobby Bernstein, Ann Bertrand, Edward Bodor, Thomas Boffardi, Stephen Burch, Jr., Tim Burns, John & Alma Cappa, Marie Cariola, Carol Castellano, Alfred Cavalli, Billy Coyne, Eugene Drury, Richard Fasano, Peggy Gallagher, William Gallagher,Nora Gannon, Melissa & Timothy Gatto, James Gick, Agnes Hans, Marion Harrington, June Jandovitz, Jesus Jupio, Diane Kantor, Peter F. Kearns III, Andrea Kimble, Father Marty Klein, Ella Linehan, Fred Margiotta, Lena Mastandrea, Sandy Mattina, Kevin McCann, Florence Mirro, Amparo Monsalve, Marie Molloy, Adriana Moritz, Mary Mullin, James Myers, Ellen Nadler, Blanche Navon, Herman Navon, Vincent Pinto, Michael Prior, Mary Eileen Prisinzano, Concetta Purick, Irene Romano, Jean Marie Roncallo, Sheila Rosenbaum, Peter Schumacher, Margo Sciarrotta, Jennifer Shriver, Cathy Sullivan, Rose Suthard, Marie Tiné, Elizabeth Thompson, Larry Tomanelli, Jean Trier, Diana Vallone, Ursula Vobis

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9 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Page 9 FEBRUARY 24, 2019 March, 2018 Dear Friends: The Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving open our hearts to the presence of our loving and ever present God. It is a time for reflecting on the enormous sacrifice our Lord made on Good Friday. It s also a time for making sacrifices of our own. One of the purest sacrifices we can make is also one of the most loving. And it begins when we show compassion to others. As Pope Francis said, Prayer brings us back to the path of truth about ourselves and about God; fasting makes us share the reality of so many people who face the anguish of hunger and makes us pay more attention to our neighbor; charity is a blessed occasion to collaborate with God's providence in benefit of His children.. When you give to the Catholic Ministries Appeal, your neighbors experience the merciful presence of Christ through Outreach and Catholic Charities programs that serve the basic needs of the poor, troubled, weak and oppressed in our community. This Appeal also supports our efforts in evangelization, liturgy and worship. Consider the multitudes of children who are taught the faith through our Catholic schools and religious education programs and are able to continue their faith journey as they benefit from Campus, Young Adult and Youth Ministry Programs. It also funds the resources necessary to support our seminarians who are studying and preparing to serve us as priests. If you have not yet made a pledge as of yet, please consider participating in the 2019 Catholic Ministries Appeal as one way of collaborating with God's providence in benefit of His children. May this Lent be a source of dramatic missionary growth both in our lives and for our great Diocese. I keep you and your family in my Masses and Prayers. Sincerely yours in Christ, Most Reverend John O. Barres Bishop of Rockville Centre

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11 Page 11 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Worldwide Marriage Encounter presents: Celebrate Marriage An Full Day Enrichment for married couples All married couples are welcome to join us on Saturday March,16, am -4:30pm Corpus Christi Parish 155 Garfield Ave, Mineola, NY We will gather for 9:30am in the parish hall Continental Breakfast and Lunch Provided $40 per couple RSVP March 8 th Diane & Jim Popp dmuckster@aol.com St. Patrick s Day Dinner Dance All are invited to join us for an evening of dinner and dancing, featuring The Irish Mist! The event will take place on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Kellenberg Memorial High School (1400 Glenn Curtiss Blvd.) from 7 to 11PM. The cost for the evening is $40. Please register by visiting or by contacting the Office of Advancement at x245.

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14 Page 14 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Sunday March A Lenten Listening with Mary at the Cross Day of Prayer at the Seminary The Lenten Season leads us to the cross, and at its base stands the Blessed Mother. In this recollection day, we will listen with Mary to the seven last words of Jesus, and be guided by her understanding and application. 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Conferences Lunch Confession Mass Rev. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M. Executive Director Vincentian Center for Church & Society St. John s University sponsored by Friends of the Seminary Spirituality Committee $30 per Guest [No charge for Friends of the Seminary] Register on-line: R.S.V.P. March 18, 2019 No charge for Members of Friends of the Seminary $30 non-member List additional attendees on reverse side NAME NO. ATTENDING ADDRESS CITY/STATE/ZIP PARISH TEL Please make check payable to: Seminary of the Immaculate Conception CREDIT CARD: VISA AMEX M/C DISCOVER AMT $ NAME ON CARD: CARD NO. EXP. / RETURN TO: Development Office Seminary of the Immaculate Conception 440 West Neck Road Huntington, NY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION x102 bmalone@icseminary.edu

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17 Page 17 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Come Watch One Hour With Me The Nocturnal Adoration Society will be holding their monthly prayer sessions starting Friday evening March 1st beginning at 9:00 PM. We will continue through the night ending at 6:30 Saturday morning. Each session is one hour long, and all are welcome to spend just one hour or more. Come join us! All sessions are held in the Chapel. Anyone wishing to become a Nocturnal Adoration Society member, please contact Helen or Joe Amorin at or call the rectory.

18 Page 18 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 PRO LIFE NEWS PRAY: Our society is in a battle between two ideologies: a culture of death and a culture of life. We know this is not a political battle, but rather a spiritual battle (Ephesians 6:12). Pray for hearts and minds to be changed. Pray for peoples eyes to be opened to value and protect life. ROSARY AND ADORATION FOR LIFE: Please consider spending time before the Blessed Sacrament to pray the Rosary for the conversion of hearts and minds so that all might have reverence and respect for the God-given gift of life, from the moment of conception until natural death. Please pray for an end to violence in all its forms. SPIRITUAL ADOPTION: Make a personal commitment to pray daily for one unborn child who is in danger of being aborted. You are asked to spiritually adopt one unknown baby and pray that this child be carried to term and experience the fullness of life as God intended. Daily prayer: "Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion. (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen) HOPE AND HEALING AFTER ABORTION: The Sisters of Life host monthly Days of Prayer & Healing, Gatherings, and Hope & Healing Weekend Retreats. They include witnesses of mercy, Scripture sharing, personal prayer, opportunity for Sacramental Confession, and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Call or hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org VISIBILITY MATTERS: Weekly prayerful presence at Planned Parenthood, Massapequa - Saturdays 10:30am-12pm, 35 Carmans Rd, Massapequa (across from the mall parking lot). For info: ABORTION PILL REVERSAL: If you know of someone who has taken the first dose of the Abortion Pill (Mifeprex or RU- 486) and regrets her decision, there is help! An effective process called Abortion Pill Reversal is available. It may not be too late to save her pregnancy. The helpline will connect her with a medical professional who can guide her towards reversing the effects of the abortion pill. Help is available every step of the way. Call the 24/7 Helpline: See: abortionpillreversal.com EMBRYO PROFILING SHORTCUT TO DESIGNER BABIES? Michael Cook, editor at Bioedge.org, wrote on 2/15/19, While genome modification for complex traits like IQ may be the stuff of science fiction, not science fact, at least with current technology, another path to children with higher IQs is not. Embryo profiling compares features in embryos to determine which is more likely to have a higher IQ or more musical ability or more sporting ability. A company called Genomic Prediction is already promising that it can detect the risk factors for intellectual disability, short stature and diseases ranging from hypothyroidism to coronary artery disease. According to its website, GP offers IVF parents a cost-effective means to evaluate genetic risk due to chromosomal abnormality (ploidy), single-gene mutations, and polygenic disease. Geneticist Peter Visscher, of the University of Queensland, Australia told New Scientist that embryo profiling is technically feasible but repugnant. However, he acknowledges that it could be popular Writing in Stat, a bioethicist, a psychiatrist and a geneticist argue that the practice needs to be regulated in the United States. They stated, Placing limits on the genetic selection of embryos is one small way for our society to affirm the importance of achieving a balance between the ethical obligations to shape our children and to accept them as they are and the importance of closing, rather than widening, the gap between the rich and the poor Regulation would seek to draw the lines between things that are and are not acceptable to do with embryos. (What happens to the unacceptable or unused embryos? Are they destroyed, discarded, donated to research which inevitably leads to destruction?) GERMLINE EDITING: On 2/16/19, Cook wrote at Bioedge, The debate continues over the ethics of genetically editing the genome and making it possible to pass on changes to future generations Peter Singer and Julian Savulescu contend in the journal Bioethics that modifying the genome could be ethical. A recent controversy involved the gene editing of two healthy embryos by Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui which resulted in the birth of baby girls. Singer and Savulescu argued that Jiankui s trial was unethical not because it involved gene editing, but because it failed to conform to the basic values and principles that govern all research involving human participants. Cook notes that according to Singer and Savulescu, it seems likely that He exposed the embryos and now the babies to unreasonable risk, apart from misinforming their parents. This was the fundamental ethical error in his experiment, not his willingness to alter the genome. Singer and Savulescu appear to feel that human germ line editing is all but inevitable. They stated, At the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing, where He revealed his research, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine called for a translational pathway to human germ line gene editing. In our view, to be ethically justifiable, such a translational pathway should be: catastrophic single gene disorders (like Tay-Sachs disease), then severe single gene disorders (like Huntington s disease), then reduction in the genetic contribution to common diseases (like diabetes and cardiovascular disease), then enhance immunity and perhaps even delaying ageing. Cook notes that in terms of enhancement, not curing diseases but improving human potential in areas like sporting ability or intelligence if it were possible and safe, Singer and Savulescu would be in favor of it, provided it were equitably available.

19 Page 19 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Community News HALL RENTAL ALL TYPES OF FUNCTIONS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 2 Eastgate Road Massapequa Park, NY (next to Big Daddy s on Front Street) Scroll down to HALL RENTAL for directions and pictures of hall Theology Classes will resume now, starting with Tuesday, March 5th in the Church Basement from 7:30 to 9:00 PM. Everyone Welcome. No need to phone; just come. Next Parish Coffee Social Sunday, March 10th, 2019 BINGO! Friday Nights at 7:30 in the OLL School Building Hosted by the Knights of Columbus 2019 SAT EXAM PREP COURSE For May 4th SAT Exam Course will held on the following Saturdays: March 9, 16, 23, 30, And April 6, 13 3rd THURSDAY EVENINGS, 7:30 PM IN THE PARISH CENTER ROOM 16 We have changed our MOSJ meeting days to ONLY ONE Thursday each month. Next Meeting: March 21st 9:00 11:30 a.m. in Marian Hall Course: $ (includes textbook) CONTACT: Mrs. Stutzmann X-5241 ST. DOMINIC HIGH SCHOOL

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