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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH 21-47 29th Street ~ Astoria,

August 26 th, 2018 The Memorial of Saint Monica, Mother of

Saint Augustine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church Tuesday,

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1 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH th Street ~ Astoria, New York The Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time August 26 th, 2018 The Memorial of Saint Monica, Mother of Saint Augustine Monday, August 27 th, 2018 The Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church Tuesday, August 28 th, 2018 PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION ~ ~ info@immacastoria.org ~ (Parish Website) (Main Telephone Number) (Main ) (Fax Number)

MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY 7:00 AM Weekday Mass 9:00 AM Weekday Mass 5:00 PM Sunday Vigil Mass SUNDAY Upper Church 7:00 AM Low Mass (Mass Without Music) 9:00 AM Family Mass 10:30 AM High Mass (Mass with

2 MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY 7:00 AM Weekday Mass 9:00 AM Weekday Mass 5:00 PM Sunday Vigil Mass SUNDAY Upper Church 7:00 AM Low Mass (Mass Without Music) 9:00 AM Family Mass 10:30 AM High Mass (Mass with Choir) 12:00 PM Spanish Mass/Español 1:30 PM Contemporary Music Mass Lower Church 9:00 AM Italian Mass/Italiano MONDAY TO FRIDAY 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM & 12:00 PM MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA Monday after the 9:00AM Mass. The Novena on Monday evenings at 5:00PM will resume in September. CLERGY Rev. Msgr. Fernando Ferrarese......Pastor Rev. Liju Augustine, CMI Parochial Vicar Rev. William A. McLaughlin....Parochial Vicar Dcn. Francisco Hernandez Dcn. Elkin Tamayo In Residence: Rev. Msgr. Charles Patrick Boccio Rev. Msgr. Vincent Fullam CONFESSIONS The Sacrament of Confession is available Saturdays from 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM. The languages generally available are English, Spanish and Italian. OTHER SACRAMENTS Baptisms Baptisms are celebrated monthly. Please call the Rectory for an appointment. Sick Calls Please contact the Rectory at any time. Only use the Emergency Number for cases of Extreme Unction (Last Rites). Marriages Please notify the Rectory at least six (6) months before the desired wedding date. Please check with the Church before contacting the Catering Hall. UPCOMING EVENTS RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday Friday 9:00 AM 12:30 PM /1:30 PM 8:00 PM Saturday Sunday 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Office is Closed Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy Ms. Eileen Harnischfeger, Principal Religious Education Office (CCD) Mrs. Marylyn Crum, Director mcrum@immacastoria.org PARISH FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION Saturday, September 1 st, :15AM Rosary 8:45AM Morning Prayer 9:00AM Mass Upper Church PARISH HOLY HOUR Friday, September 7 th, :00PM 8:00PM Upper Church The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for adoration starting after the 12:00PM Mass.

3 Jesus Stranger to Self-Hatred The double commandment of love, meaning Love God with all you have and love your neighbor as yourself, seems simple and easy to do. Nothing could be further from the truth! People often forget that there is an order to the two. The most important is the first: Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength (Deut. 6:5). What makes it difficult is the word whole. There can be no compromise. We must put God first (before family and country) and love Him WITH EVERYTHING WE VE GOT! No excuses! No short cuts! No ifs, ands, or buts! Even if this means going to our death! Tell me, who thinks this is easy? The second part is actually two and they are interlocking: We must love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Simple, right? Again, not quite. At the basis of this part is the assumption that we have a healthy love for ourselves since this is the measure with which we are called to love our neighbor. But if we barely tolerate ourselves, and, if even worse, we can t stand ourselves, guess what? That is what we will do with the other persons in our lives! Having a healthy self-love must never be confused with egotism, pleasure-seeking, self-righteousness, selfindulgence, etc. These things destroy the true self of the person. But, if we are truly honest, we have to admit that we often go around with a mask on. We present to others a role that we have been taught at home, e.g. black sheep, savior child, the different one, etc. Or we join a way of life that tells us how we should act and invites us to put on the role we think we should be playing as a politician, doctor, and, yes, priest. I have met too many priests that are not comfortable being themselves, so when they put on a collar they take on a role to play and not a life to live. But this is certainly not a clergy only fault. There are many roles that families and working environments ask all of us to play. The only problem is that we can begin to believe that we are that role. We then construct (always unconsciously) a false self that we present to others as who we really are. The only problem is that it is not who we really are. Because of social pressure or confusion, we abandon our true selves, which then often languish in the darkness. Then, on a deeper level, we unconsciously reject this made-up self. But who then is the real me? This is the age-old quest regarding self-knowledge. In Christianity, we are called to reject this false self (that often is conflated with the prior sinful self before conversion), and in discovering who we truly are we discover something amazing. The Trappist spiritual writer Thomas Merton put it best: The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself. Many people (most? all?) instinctively hate the masked person that we think we are. But to hate the true self is to hate Christ. Therefore, our spiritual journey (with the help of confessors and spiritual directors) is to discover who we really are, embrace it, and, by doing that, also embrace the Christ within us. Self-hatred or self-rejection at this level can only be seen as sinful because it is so self-destructive. But the journey needs a radical honesty with oneself. For most people, this self-hatred is very muted and hardly noticeable. It comes out almost instinctively and even innocently in the corners of expressions we use about ourselves. How can we possibly follow that second great command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we do not love ourselves? Many people in this situation often project their self-hatred onto the other and thereby twist Jesus command to something like: Reject your neighbor just like you have rejected yourself! This was never what Christ meant! Love means love. We are commanded to first love ourselves, then to extend to others the love we have cultivated in us. This healthy self-love is not an excuse to continue bad behavior. To truly love ourselves is to stop destructive and self-defeating behavior. It is in prayer with Jesus where He leads us to that self-acceptance that helps us to love each other and, ultimately, to love God. We can think we are doing it correctly when, in fact, we can be all wrong. Every adult Christian in prayer must bring this to God and ask God to shine the light of Grace into our hearts so that we can end destructive patterns of action and put on the new self which is made in the image and likeness of Christ. exäa `ÉÇá zçéü YxÜÇtÇwÉ YxÜÜtÜxáx

SUNDAY August 26 7:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00 a.m. Nella Anderson (1st. Anniv.) 10:30 a.m. Gino Legovich 12:00 p.m. Spanish: Gilberto Meza & Soledad Fuentes, Jaime Angulo 1:30 p.

Anniv.) 12:00 p.m. Spanish: Olga Godoy Vivas (16th. Anniv.) 1:30 p.m. Mary Enright Lower Church: 9:00 a.m. Italian: Pasquale, Stefano & Angelina Della Vecchia MONDAY August 27 7:00 a.m. For the Intentions of the Celebrant 9:00 a.

m. Nella Anderson 12:00 p.m. Lorenzo Bianchinotti WEDNESDAY August 29 7:00 a.m. Anthony Juriaco 9:00 a.m. Francesca DiMaria 12:00 p.m. Javier Zapardiel (11th. Anniv.) THURSDAY August 30 7:00 a.m. For the Intentions of the Celebrant 9:00 a.

4 SUNDAY August 26 7:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00 a.m. Nella Anderson (1st. Anniv.) 10:30 a.m. Gino Legovich 12:00 p.m. Spanish: Gilberto Meza & Soledad Fuentes, Jaime Angulo 1:30 p.m. Gloria Aloise (Birth. Remem.) Lower Church: 9:00 a.m. Italian: Benedetto Zito SUNDAY September 2 7:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00 a.m. Antonia Pezzuto 10:30 a.m. Alfred Williams (39th. Anniv.) 12:00 p.m. Spanish: Olga Godoy Vivas (16th. Anniv.) 1:30 p.m. Mary Enright Lower Church: 9:00 a.m. Italian: Pasquale, Stefano & Angelina Della Vecchia MONDAY August 27 7:00 a.m. For the Intentions of the Celebrant 9:00 a.m. Nella Anderson 12:00 p.m. Kathleen & Michael Diffley MEMORIALS THE GIFTS OF BREAD & WINE are donated this week in loving memory of Rosetta & Vincent McCallion. TUESDAY August 28 7:00 a.m. Ida McEwan 9:00 a.m. Nella Anderson 12:00 p.m. Lorenzo Bianchinotti WEDNESDAY August 29 7:00 a.m. Anthony Juriaco 9:00 a.m. Francesca DiMaria 12:00 p.m. Javier Zapardiel (11th. Anniv.) THURSDAY August 30 7:00 a.m. For the Intentions of the Celebrant 9:00 a.m. Carmelita LaCovara 12:00 p.m. George & MaryAnn McGurran Please pray for all the faithful departed, especially Vinko Marcic Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them. PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS FRIDAY August 31 7:00 a.m. For the Intentions of the Celebrant 9:00 a.m. Krista Gasparic 12:00 p.m. Gabriel, Gilberto & Rodolfo Londono SATURDAY September 1 7:00 a.m. The Purgatorial Society 9:00 a.m. Antonio Pietromonaco 5:00 p.m. Mary & Alfred Hertrich WEEKLY COLLECTION Thank you to all our Parishioners for this past weekend s collection: Collection: $7, Attendance: 1,203 people Per Capita: $5.99

5 ST. JOHN S PREP TACHS PREP COURSE St. John s Preparatory School is offering a 2018 TACHS Prep Course, which will take place in September. Course information can be found on the application. You can find the application, along with the online registration, at in the Admissions link. For further information, please call the Admission office at ext MCCLANCY TACHS PREP COURSE Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School is now accepting applications for the T.A.C.H.S. preparation program to be held at the school for the first seven Saturdays of the next school year, beginning on September 8th. For more information, please contact Ms. Fran Rocco at ext. 3. GIFTS FROM BETHLEHEM The handicrafts trade evolved as a cultural tradition of Christians in the Holy Land for many centuries. This indigenous form of art has since become an industry of great importance to the local people of the Holy Land who rely on it for livelihood, and to Christian pilgrims from all around the world whose holy pilgrimage can be memorialized for a lifetime in cherished olive wood or mother of pearl souvenirs. The olive wood carving market is the major source of income in the Bethlehem area. More than 65 percent of the income of the community in Bethlehem comes from this work. In recent years, however, the holy crafts trade has suffered many hardships due to social and economical pressures. Because of a sharp fall in tourism and also as a result of diminishing numbers of craftsmen who leave their traditional trade and emigrate due to the difficult conditions in their homeland, the Holy Land handicraft market is facing serious danger, and so is the Christian community in the Land. Sixty five years ago the Christians represented more than 28% of the total population in the Holy Land, today they are less than 1.5%. The loss of Christians in the land of Christianity s birth will represent a tragedy of immeasurable proportions for the billions of Christians worldwide. Thank you for your vital support for a Christian tradition and in protecting this very important culture and industry. We will be visiting your Parish on September 8th and 9th, Please come by and brows our collection! SEPTEMBER 11 TH MEMORIAL SERVICE & MASS Our Knights of Columbus Council will be sponsoring a September 11 th Memorial Service on Sunday, September 9 th at 8:00AM at the front of the flagpole near the Convent. The Mass at 9:00AM will also be in remembrance of the September 11 th attacks. The Knights are also requesting that all members of the military, NYPD, FDNY, and EMS come in their respective uniforms. All are welcome to attend to honor and remember those who died that day, and those who have died defending our freedom. IMMAC ROSARY SOCIETY MASS & MEETING Please join us for the Rosary Society Mass and meeting on Sunday, September 2nd. We will begin by reciting the Rosary in church at 10:00AM. You can find us in the main church facing the Ambo for the Mass. After Mass, we will go down to Lyons Hall in the Academy for our meeting and refreshments. All are welcome!

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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH 21-47 29th Street ~ Astoria, New York 11105 The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 5 th, 2018 The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Monday, August 6 th, 2018