Fourth Sunday of Easter

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1 April 22, 2018 Page 1 Fourth Sunday of Easter T h i s We e k ' s M a s s I n t e n t i o n s Sunday, April 22, :00AM Mary & Benedict Messina (Vincent & Susan Messina) 9:30AM Esther Vendittelli (Will & Mary Jo Vendittelli) 11:00AM Peter J. Pulomena (Loving Wife) 12:30PM Mary & Vito Rabito (Arline Rabito & Diane Sama) 5:00PM For The Parishioners Monday, April 23, 2018 Sts. George & Adalbert 9:00AM James Gucciardo (Mary Jo Vendittelli) Tuesday, April 24, 2018 St. Fidelis Sigmaringen 9:00AM James Gucciardo (Connie Camelliri) Wednesday, April 25, 2018 St. Mark 9:00AM Giuseppe Gambino (Sister, Teresa & Family) Thursday, April 26, :00AM Edward W. Doody (JoAnne Doody) Friday, April 27, :00AM Purgatorial Society Mass Saturday, April 28, 2018 Sts. Peter Chanel & Louis Grignion 9:00AM Clara Bortolini (Jackie DeMarca) Carmelo Paratore (Loving Wife) Onofrio Pizzo (Giovanna Virzi & Family) John DeRiso (Rosalie Librizzi) 5:00PM Pia Casquarelli (Sunday Dance Troupe) John DeRiso (Maryann Camhi) Gaetana Madonia (Gaetana David) Tony Pagano (Taravella Family) Cristobal Salas (Loving Family) Sunday, April 29, :00AM Zofia & Bronislaw Bodziony (Loving Daughters) 9:30AM Dottie Bell-Pizzo (Jessica Donofrio) 11:00AM Thomas Healy (St. Helen s Lectors) 12:30PM Jackie Kingsley (Leone Family) 2:30PM First Holy Communion Mass Michael Zwosta (Lorraine & Joe Trotta) 5:00PM For The Parishioners The Altar Bread for this week is donated in memory of Gaetana Madonia, requested by Gaetana David. The Order of Franciscans Secular meet on the 3rd Saturday of every month in St. Helen s Rectory after the 9AM Mass. Come and learn more about the Franciscan way of life. W naszej parafii ks. Łukasz może również służyć pomocą w języku polskim. New Families: All are welcome to St. Helen Parish, and are asked to please register at the Rectory during office hours. Sacrament of Baptism: Please call the Rectory to register for the baptism of your child. Baptisms will be held on the 2 nd and 4 th Sunday of the month (no Baptisms during Lent). Sacrament of Confession: Saturdays 12:30PM to 1:30PM. Weekdays: 15 minutes prior to the 9:00AM Mass. Sacrament of Marriage: Couples should contact the Rectory at least one year in advance of the desired date. Please call for an appointment for the initial interview. Communion Calls: Please call the Rectory to arrange for one of the priests to bring Holy Communion to a sick person who is confined to home due to a serious illness. Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick: Anyone who expects to be hospitalized (or in an emergency) and wishes the Anointing of the Sick, should call the Rectory. Debbie Abbene, Sally Capoziello, Shang Cheng, Marge D Auria, Mary Ann D Angelo, Patrick Delaney, Domenica DeVito, Virginia DiGangi, Richard H. Dimler, Mary Divers, Jean Fochetta, Dennis Giammalvo, John Joseph Gleeson, John Pierce Gleeson, Christine Healy, Maria Hernandez, Elizabeth Isolano, Keri & Baby Tristan, James Leung, Thomas & Patricia Lipari, William J. Litt, Cindy Maione, Barbara Miller, Angela Ottomanelli-Hubbs, Michael Palermo, Sebastian Panasci, Santo Pantina, Joseph Questore, Ronald J. Reid, Frances Russo, Bill Sangirardi, John Secreti, Patrick Smith, Remington Stafford, Michael Tamburo, Chrissie Tremblay, Paul Tremblay, Paul John Tremblay, Sr., Sr. Joanne Walters. Deceased: Edward F. May, Joseph Francis Meshak, Ann Russo Rosary for Peace New Place, New Time The Rosary for Peace, sponsored by the Saint Helen Secular Franciscan Fraternity, takes place in the Church at 6:30PM every Wednesday. The group prays for our Blessed Mother s intercession to end violence (both domestic and civil) and the persecution of Christians throughout the world. All parishioners are invited to join us. St. Helen s Purgatorial Society Mass All parishioners have the opportunity to enroll the names of loved ones in the Purgatorial Society. The Purgatorial Society Mass will be held on the last Friday of each month. The offering to be enrolled in the Purgatorial Society is $120 per name (a total of 12 Masses for one year will be said for your loved one). Aside from listing one name, a husband and wife together, or a family name is also acceptable. Having a Purgatorial Society is wonderful way of living out the Scriptures and will be a relief for those who desire to have their loved ones remembered with prayers all year long at God s Altar. Please stop in at the Rectory if you are interested in having a loved one enrolled in the Purgatorial Society. The next Purgatorial Society Mass will be held Friday, April 27, 2018.

2 April 22, 2018 Page 2 St. Helen Parish Purgatorial Society Mass Intentions For Friday, April 27, 2018 All Souls in Purgatory (Kathleen Cocchiola) Amato & Sannino Family (Rachele Sannino) Miriam Americo (St. Helen Support Group) Mario & Angelina Barrella (Loving Family) Adriano & Lorenza Bello (Bello Family) Gina Bender (Loving Aunt & Uncle) Frank W. Bitetto (Barbara Bitetto) Paul Anthony Bono (Bono Family) Gregory Bonura (Anne M. Vigliarolo) Gerald Braganza (Loving Wife) Mary & Jim Cabral (Cabral Family) Nancy & Emanuel Camelliri (Constance & Joseph Camelliri) Camelo & Basin Family (Zena Basin) Zeny Caparas (Loving Family) Antoinette & Silvio Casazza (Maria Russo) C. Joseph & Laura Chiarello (Lois Chiarello) Jerry Codispoti (Loving Family) Claire Louise Colamaria (Fr. Colamaria) William & Mary Corrigan (Loving Family) Vincent J. D'Amato (D'Amato Family) John DeRiso (St. Helen s Lectors) Concetta & Pasquale DeSantis (Linda DeSantis) William F. DiPietra (Helen & Frank DiPietra) Zygfryd Dubicki (Sophia Gadinis) John & Anna Falco (Loving Family) Louise & Vincent Festa (Annette & Martin Gould) William & Rose Fioto (Amelia Pepe) Frank Fogliano (Loving Family) Father Gaughan, C.M. (Deidre McVey) Gidaro-Izzo Family (Loving Family) Giunta-Bernardo Family (Jean Bernardo) Anna Gonzalez (Will Espada) Gorycki Family (Helen Repstad) Gwardjak & Kosinski Family (Daughter) Brendan Hawk (Frank & Monica Ottomanelli) Thomas Healy (St. Helen s Lectors) Carole Hinchcliffe (Paul Hinchcliffe) Eddie Juba (Barbara Dorme) Michael & Mary Leccese (Jo-Ann & Phyllis Leccese) Dominick & Angelina Librizzi (Rosalie Librizzi) Catherine & Joseph Lumetta (Pauline Mantineo) Macaluso Family (Loving Family) Justine Nigra Maguire (Constance Chwalek) Jennie Maniscalco (Daughter Rosalie & Family) Michael Mannarino (Loving Granddaughter) Rocco & Phyllis Miranti (Loving Family) Lillian & Charles Monastero (Vita Monastero) Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Mullalley (Jane Orban) Maggie O Dee (Loving Friend) Richard Orban (Jane Orban) Joan Mary Orban-Jones (Orban Family) Antonio Paa (Loving Family) Dominick Pepe (Amelia Pepe) Joseph Pepe (Amelia Pepe) Pepe-Bitetto Family (Barbara Bitetto) Stephen Petroglia (Loving Wife & Children) Christine Piotrowski (Loving Family) Joseph Quagliariello (Quagliariello Family) Questore Family (Joseph Questore) Kathleen Rammelkamp (Charles Rammelkamp) Anthony Rango (St. Helen Support Group) Joanne Rebecchi (Cynthia Ottomanelli) Maria & Luciano Sannino (Rachele Sannino) Benito & Leonila Santiago (Loving Family) Linda & James Scagnelli (Heedles Family) Kay & Walter Schretzman (John Schretzman) Helen Sentome (Serpico Family) Frank T. Serpico (Serpico Family) Sica Family (Irene DeStefano) Teodoro & Carmela Sordillo (Loving Son Enzo & Family) Margaret Ann Stillman (Heedles Family) Frank & Ann Tomitz (Patricia) Maryann E. Tomitz (Patricia) Turrigiano Family (Antoinette Turrigiano) Walter & Elizabeth Ujazdowski (Quagliariello Family) Ruben & Ana Vega (Gloria Martinez) Albert F. Valenzuela (Loving Family) Vendittelli Family (Loving Family) Carl Vigliarolo (Anne M. Vigliarolo) Frank J. Vigliarolo (Anne M. Vigliarolo) Phyllis Zanghi (Loving Friends) Mary Zurick (Sophia Gadinis)

3 April 22, 2018 Page 3 St. Helen s Rosary Ministry cordially invites all women, mothers, daughters, aunts, nieces, cousins to join us for their Annual Communion Breakfast & May Crowning Sunday, May 6, 2018 The celebration begins with 9:30AM Mass, followed by the Crowning of the Blessed Mother Breakfast will be served in the School Cafeteria after the Crowning. Tickets: $17.00 & $8.50 for Girls (Children under 7: FREE) Join us for a morning of prayer, reflection, breakfast and great raffle prizes! Call Ag- Cummings at for tickets or more information. nes St. Helen s Girl Scout Troop 4162 will be selling their Girl Scout cookies after the all Masses next weekend, April Please buy a few boxes to help support this worthy cause. You can also ask to donate cookies to our Armed Forces overseas they really love the taste from home. Thank you for your support! Policies Regarding Infant Baptism at St. Helen Parish Parents seeking Baptism for their children who live within the territory of St. Helen Parish are asked to register as members of the parish before requesting an initial interview for Baptism. Registration is easily done at the parish office anytime during business hours. Parents seeking Baptism for their children who live outside the territory of St. Helen Parish are asked to obtain a letter from the parish in which they live authorizing the Baptism to take place at St. Helen. Initial meetings with parents seeking Baptism for their children will normally take place on the second Wednesday of each month from 7:00 9:00PM and on the fourth Saturday of each month from 10:30AM 12:30PM. MAY JUNE, 2018 Mornings of Preparation Required Before a Baptism: (All begin at the 11:00AM Mass and continue in the Msgr. McGinness Room) May 27 June 10 & 24 Schedule for Baptisms: (All begin at 2:00PM) May 27 June 10 & 24 Please call for more information and/or to schedule an appointment. Consider Being An Organ Donor! Register to be an organ, eye & tissue donor and make LIFE possible! It s so easy when you renew your license! Or visit: DonateLife.net CATHOLIC CHARITIES NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES HOWARD BEACH SENIOR CENTER is located at Cross Bay Blvd., across from Stop N Shop on Cross Bay Blvd. Seniors aged 60 and older are invited to become members. Activities and services are offered Monday-Friday from 9:00AM to 4:00PM. Our brand new kitchen is now open, and delicious and nourishing meals are being prepared daily! ($2 donation requested). On Monday, April 23rd, at 10:30AM, the Center will be conducting a seminar on Nutrition, given by the Queensboro Community College nursing students. Plan to attend this very informative session. On Friday, April 27th, at 1:15PM, the Center will be conducting a Walking 101 workshop given by New York Road Runners. Among other things, they will be talking about the benefits of exercise. Plan on attending this beneficial workshop for all seniors. For further information, contact Rosalie at

4 April 22, 2018 Page 4 St. Helen Catholic Academy Celebrates Ladies Night Around the World Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 6:30PM RUSSO S ON THE BAY DJ: Mike Nappi $75.00 per Ticket (Sit Down Dinner, Wine, & Beer) Table of 10: $ Cash Bar For Reservations Call St. Helen Catholic Academy:

5 April 22, 2018 Page 5 Homiletic starters and scriptural reflection points for each day of the month Monday, April 23, 2018 Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42; Jn 10:1-10 References to sheep and shepherds are abundant in Scripture, stirring gentle images of a watchful caretaker protecting lost and vulnerable creatures. Jesus, however, first references himself not as shepherd but as the gate. In its historical context, this is an unsettling image of a oneway journey to impending slaughter. Lambs for Passover and sheep about to be sacrificed within the temple courts to atone for the sins of humanity entered the city of Jerusalem through the Sheep Gate located north of the Temple Mount. They did not exit. Jesus, however, presents himself as the way out. In order for the sheep to be saved and to find pasture, they must pass through a different gate him. His providing an alternate gate serves not as a barrier, but as a passageway. Only after guiding his sheep to safety does he take for himself the designation of shepherd. Watchful Shepherd, forgive me when I stray from your protective embrace. Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87; Jn 10:22-30 The people ask Jesus to speak plainly, but he can t be any clearer. If you know the Father, Jesus argues, then you should know him. Those who listen to Jesus hear the Father as well. His works testify to the Father as he comes from God. The sheep who know the Father s voice will follow Jesus because he and the Father speak in exactly the same way. There s an undeniable familiarity. Knowing the Father and listening to him automatically compel the faithful to hear and follow Jesus. It stands to reason, then, that those who do not hear the Father s voice in Jesus are unaccustomed to sound of God s call. Not accepting Jesus means those who aren t able to hear in Jesus voice the Father s call never really knew the Father or, more likely, have stopped listening. Open my ears and my heart, gentle Shepherd, to hear and follow the Father s call. Wednesday, April 25, Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89; Mk 16:15-20 The church is missionary by nature. The Second Vatican Council called the church s missionary mandate its essential task. In 1919, Pope Benedict XV sought a missionary approach free from colonial, nationalistic and expansionistic aims, proclaiming, The Church of God is universal; she is not alien to any people. On World Mission Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, Pope Francis sent a Letter for the Centenary of the promulgation of the Apostolic Letter Maximum illud calling for an Extraordinary Missionary Month in October 2019 to increase awareness of the missio ad gentes the call to go out to the nations with prophetic spirit and evangelical boldness, to God s saving will through the Church s universal mission. As St. John Paul II stated, The mission of Christ the Redeemer, which is entrusted to the Church, is still very far from completion. Send forth your church, O Lord, with a renewed missionary spirit. Seemingly unbelievable claims are met with a demand for proof. The apostles serve as the living message, bearing witness to the resurrection in the very place Jesus was crucified. As his closest companions throughout his public ministry, they traveled with him. They knew him intimately. Now their presence and testimony provide validity to Jesus triumph over death and continuity to his teachings. There s an assurance of fidelity to Jesus message because they were there. It was a lived, personal encounter. They came face to face with the resurrected Christ whom they knew well. There s no mistaking his identity. It s from them that we receive and pass on proof. Their experience of seeing, talking and embracing the Savior confirms that the Lord Jesus, indeed, rose from the dead. Risen Savior, give me the courage to profess the faith so that others may see you in my witness and know that I am yours. FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER Friday, April 27, 2018 Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2; Jn 14:1-6 Jesus promises his disciples a special place prepared for them in his Father s house. As one community of the church, experiencing Christ s presence in every gathering, we, too, already have a place prepared for us in the church. Salvation comes from Christ he is the one path. He communicates grace, truth and salvation to us most fully through the church that he instituted. Our salvation is not merely personal; it hinges on relationship. God desires to save everyone through communion with him and each other. The church is central to the Father s plan to unite and save us. By sending his son to proclaim and usher in the kingdom of God, the Father calls us to become his people. We enter into relationship with him and each other uniquely through Jesus sacrifice in the celebration of the Eucharist that confers grace and increases our unity as one people of God seeking the truth. Loving Savior, help me respond to your call to follow you, to build relationships, and to go into the world boldly sharing your truth. Saturday, April 28, 2018 Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98; Jn 14:7-14 Jesus is keenly aware of how much time he has spent with Philip and the other apostles. What is not as obvious is the depth of relationship and understanding they have achieved. We often have social, superficial relationships with people without truly gaining an intimate perspective of their fears or desires. What Jesus really wants to know is if Philip and the others have paid attention. He tries to determine what the disciples will take away from their time together and how they feel about what lies ahead. Jesus needs to know if they truly understand his oneness with the Father. If so, then he can be assured that they have taken his earthly life and purpose to heart and are conscious of his part in the Father s mission and their role in continuing it. We must ask ourselves if our relationship with Jesus goes beyond a casual acquaintance. How well do we know him? Through that association how well can the Father know us? Jesus, my friend and companion, be patient as I seek to deepen my relationship with you. Thursday, April 26, 2018 Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89; Jn 13:16-20