St. Peter s Church PO Box 627 Rome, NY 13442 Parish Office 315-336-5072 St. Peter s Fax 315-336-0855 E-Mail: rstpeter@twcny.rr.com Office Hours: Monday, Thursday and Friday 8:00am - 12:00 and 1:00-4:00pm Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00am - 3:45pm Religious Education Office 315-336-5066 Online at: www.smspfaith.com Email: spcdre@twcny.rr.com St. Mary s /St. Peter s Parish 200 N. James Street Rome, New York 13440 Pastor: Father Philip A. Hearn Senior Priest Retired: Father Donald H. Karlen Monsignor James M. Kennedy Deacon: Deacon Nicholas Rosher Pastoral Sister de Paul Juliano, OSF Associates: Sister Rosaire Anne De Mare, CSJ Visit us online a www.stmarysstpeters.com February 10, 2019 St. Mary s Oratory 210 W. Liberty Street 315-336-5072 St. Peter s Cemetery E. Dominick St. Rome 315-337-8307 St. Mary s Cemetery W. Liberty St. Rome 315-336-3110 MISSION STATEMENT The Faith Community of St. Mary s/st. Peter s is centered in the Eucharist and is dedicated to serving the Spiritual and Social life of the people of God, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.. There will be a celebration of those married for 25, 50, 60 + at the Cathedral in Syracuse today at 2:30 pm. All are welcome to attend.
Page Two St. Mary s / St. Peter s Parish, Rome, New York LITURGY SCHEDULE AND INTENTIONS Saturday, February 9, 2019 BVM (Heb. 13:15-17, Mk 6:30-34) 7:00 am Mass for Carlo DeFazio by daughter, Grace DeFazio Garro and the People of the Parish 5:00 pm Vigil Mass for Michael Palenski by Family and Lorraine Utter (birthday) by family and John Lenihan (anniv) by Barbara Lenihan Sunday, February 10, 2019 FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:00 am Mass for Albert and Carmel Giardino by Family and for Irene Meyers by Sandra Casadei and Joe Gawarecki 10:30 am Mass for Joseph Mastrangelo by Elizabeth Basile Fobare and John Dickson by Mom and Judy and Charles J. Hall (27th anniv) by wife, Irene Hall and children Monday, February 11, 2019 Our Lady of Lourdes (Gn 1:1-19; Mk 6:53-56) 7:00 am Mass for Stephan Paul Granacki by Steve and Michele Granacki and Clara Sexton by Robin Garrett Tuesday, February 12, 2019 (1:20-24; Mk 7:1-13) 7:00 am Mass for Angeline Worlock by Family and Joanna Lusignan by Laura Mack and Linda Merchant by Rose Mattia Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (Gn 2:4-9, 15-19; Mk 7:14-23) 7:00 am Mass for Joseph Mastrangelo by Roger and Ann Mellen and Lisane Snyder by Wednesday night Prayer Group Thursday, February 14, 2019 Sts Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop (Gn 3:1-8; Mk 7:24-30) 7:00 am Mass in Memory of our Twins by Grandma and Michael Kainski by Marion Recchio Friday, February 15, 2019 (Gn3:1-8; Mk 7:31-17) 7:00 am Mass for Sister Virginia Dunn, HNJM by Eleanor Conigilio and Jenny Kenny by Jim and Debbie Brown Saturday, February 16, 2019 BVM (Gn 3:9-4; Mk 8:1-10) 7:00 am Mass for Austin Fayette by Family and Eileen Sturtevant (birthday) by family 5:00 pm Vigil Mass for Bianca Traversa by family and Liuia Lovenguth by Richard Ondranko and Paul Jouben (anniv) by Patty, wife Sunday, February 17, 2019 SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8:00 am Mass for Robert Marten (anniv) by Fred and family and William Mellen (birthday) by family and Frederick Rahmer (28th anniv) by family 10:30 am Mass for Shirley Opper by Husband, Jack and son, Mark and Albert C. Tomasi by the Leppert Family SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION/ CONFESSION Saturday 4:00 pm or by appointment at the Rectory SACRAMENTS OF MATRIMONY/ MARRIAGE AND/OR SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Please call the Rectory Office for information SACRAMENT OF THE SICK FOR THE HOMEBOUND AND THOSE IN THE HOSPITAL When a family member or friend may be in need of anointing, please call the Rectory Office. HOSPITAL It is important that a family member indicate that the person being admitted to the hospital is a Catholic and belongs to a certain parish. Our Parish Ministers who are visitors go to the hospital almost everyday. NEW MEMBERS We welcome new members to our parish family. We invite you to become an active participant of our parish community. Please introduce yourself to the Pastor and please call the rectory to register. A SPECIAL NOTE: For those who find it difficult to walk, etc. The front pews across the Church are reserved for you. Communion can be brought to your pew. If anyone needs Communion in any pew, please indicate that to the Minister of the Eucharist who will assist the person in need. HEARING AIDS: Assistive hearing devices are available for loan in the Sacristy before Mass. No second collection this weekend! Did you know that your weekly contributions can be debited automatically from your checking or savings account [or processed using your credit or debit card] Our electronic giving program offers convenience for you and provides much-needed donation consistency for our parish. Simply scan the QR code using your phone s QR code reader or go to StMarysstpeters.com and locate DONATE in the menu. Questions? Give us a call. 315-336-5072 February 3, 2017 St. Mary s /St. Peter s Collection $11,387.10 Make ups $25.00 Catholic Schools $634.50 Fuel Collection $545.00 Thank you for your support!
Page Three Visit us at stmarysstpeters.com PARISH EVENTS OF THE WEEK Monday, Feb.11th. Legion of Mary at 2:45 pm in St. Peter s Rectory Wednesday Feb. 13th. Scripture Sharing to reflect on the Readings for Sunday Liturgy at 10:00 am in St. Peter s Church Hall. All are Welcome Wednesday Feb. 13th. Prayer Group at 7 pm at St. Mary s Parish Center Wednesday, Feb. 13th. Whole Bible Study at 6:30 pm In St. Peter s Church Hall REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE All at St. Peter s Church SATURDAY Vigil MASS 5:00 pm SUNDAYS 8:00 am, 10 :30 am Weekdays Holydays Monday to Saturday 7:00 am 7:00am, 12:10pm and 5:30 pm Vigil ALTAR AND SANCTUARY CARE February Ashley Engle Mary Ellen Utter COLLECTION HELPERS February 10, 2019 Bernie Kaier John Sorbello February 17th Amy Balog Cindy Thurston HOSPITAL VISITATION February 10th Team 4 St. Mary s/st. Peter s February 17th Team 5 St. Mary s/st. Peter s The Sanctuary Lamp Week of February 10th in Memory of Our twins by Gramma Week of February 17th for all our Parishioners Donations to the Memorial Fund In Mission of the Christ Child from Mary Ann Massett and Lettina Favata In Memory of Dave Seaton by Richard Canfield FAMILY PERSEPCTIVE Provided by the Hope Appeal Funds In Today s gospel Jesus asked Simon to start by going a short distance. Later he asked Simon to go into deeper water. The first step toward reconciliation is usually a short distance which gives us the courage to go further into deeper water. Reconciliation starts with the first short step! ANNUAL GIVING STATEMENTS FOR 2018 CONTRIBUTIONS If you wish to receive a statement of the amount you contributed to the church during the Year 2018, please fill out the form below and return it to us by way of the collection basket, email or snail mail. Statements will be ready at the end of January. Envelope number Phone Name (please print Address CSZ Sunday, Feb. 10th. First Communion class at 9:15 am. Sunday, Feb. 10th. 2nd Year Confirmation Retreat 10:30 am Mass with Retreat until 4:40 pm Sunday, Feb. 10th. First Year Confirmation, Evening of Reflection from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Monday, Feb. 11th. Grades 1 to 6 from 6 to 7 pm Monday, Feb. 11th. Grades 7 to 9 from 7:30 to 8:30 pm Tuesday, Feb. 12th. FAMILY FORMATION from 6:30 to 8 pm Wednesday, Feb. 13th. Grades 1 to 6 from 8 to 9 am Sunday, Feb. 17th. NO CLASSES Invite others to join us in Prayer: New York State has failed women and their unborn babies by passing and signing the Reproductive Health Act. As Catholics, we must continue to preach the Gospel of life. We must also continue to work towards policies that protect and uphold the dignity of all human life. From the moment of conception to natural death. Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham, Bishop pf Syracuse
Page Four ALTAR ROSARY SOCIETY Valentine Basket Raffle: Tickets Sales will be for sale the weekends of February 1st & 2nd and February 8th & 9th. On behalf of the Altar Rosary Society: Proceeds benefits St. Mary s/st/peter s parish. Save the Date: Our next scheduled event will be our annual St. Patrick s Dinner At St. Peters Church catered by Eddie s Paramount Diner. March 21st. Details to follow. The Knitting and Crocheting Group Next meeting February 13th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at Cate Powers home! 911 N. George Street For more info and to contact the director of the group call Cate Powers (315-225-7900) We appreciate your donated yarn and are putting it to good use making mittens and caps for our local school children.. New members are welcome to join our organization. The ARS strives to monetarily support our parish through our fund raising events, arrange social events for our parishioners and serve our church where needed. We do have a monthly Altar cleaning schedule that has a few dates to be filled in 2019 Please contact Mary Wahl @315-533-6907 if you have any questions. Men of the Parish..Mark your calendars IGNITE 2019 SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH AT THE SRC Arena and Event Center. Theme: EXULT: oh God be merciful to me a Sinner. Register on line at www.ignitecatholicmen.org Jesus wants us to follow him, little by little. With His grace we will become faithful disciples. Looking back at our life, we may recognize a particular person or specific experience that caused us to make a significant change or to go in a different direction than we would other- wise. Hopefully, the change was good; hopefully it caused us to think bigger, do better things, use our talents in ways that we didn t imagine possible. This is what happens in today s readings, Isaiah is called by God to be his prophet. In the beginning, however, Isaiah does not feel worthy to be in God s presence, saying, I am doomed! But by the end of the reading, Isaiah is ready; Here I am, he says, send me. It is a similar experience for Simon in today s Gospel. Simon and his companions are getting out of their boats and washing their nets, finished for the night. Yet by the end, everything has changed. The same fishermen have abandoned their boats, left everything and followed Jesus. What a turnaround! Jesus will meet us where we are. Little by little, he will invite us to take the next step toward becoming faithful disciples. Our efforts without him will fail. We may work hard, but our catch will be minimal to nothing. With the Lord, however, saying yes little by little, our lives will change. Our efforts will bear fruit. Our catch will be overflowing. NEW OFFICE HOURS AT THE RECTORY. ON MONDAYS THE RECTORY OFFICE WILL OPEN AT 10:30 A.M. AND CLOSE AT 3:30 PM.. TUESDAY THRU FRIDAY OFFICE HOURS WILL BE 8:30A.M. TO 3:30 P.M.. THANK YOU FOR TAKING NOTE! The late George Burns once said, The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible. Remember God loves YOU and so do I! Father Hearn
Page Five Dear Padre, What is transubstantiation? At the beginning of the Christian community, preachers and poets created magnificent descriptions of the Eucharist using images from the Jewish Scriptures as well as from the surrounding folklores. As Christianity spread throughout the centuries, especially in the developing European monasteries and universities, theologians became more concerned both with defining the Eucharist more precisely and describing more exactly the changes that occur when the words of the priest are spoken over the bread and wine. In the mid-sixteenth century, the Council of Trent, under the pressure of various misunderstandings and disagreements, articulated the doctrine we now know as transubstantiation. This doctrine, founded in the philosophy of Aristotle and clarified by St. Thomas Aquinas, seeks to explain without ambiguity that the Eucharist is a substantial change of bread and wine. The very substance the breadness and the wineness of the gifts is transformed. Even though it looks and tastes like bread and wine, it no longer is; only the physical attributes remain. Bread and wine are now something new: the living Body and Blood of Christ. The explanation offered by the doctrine of transubstantiation is still helpful. The next challenge lies in how to take this truth about the Real Presence of Christ and make it come alive in the hearts and lives of Christians through vibrant descriptions in creative preaching and catechesis. Pope Francis Speaks to FAMILIES!! The Freedom to Say Yes A Good mother...helps (her children) to make definitive decisions with freedom. This is not easy, but a mother knows how to do it. But what does freedom mean? It is certainly not doing what ever you want, allowing yourself to be dominated by the passions, to pass from one experience to another without discernment, to follow the fashions of the day; freedom does not mean, so to speak, throwing everything that you don t like out the window. No, that is not freedom! Freedom is given to us so that we know how to make good decisions in life! Mary as a good mother teaches us to be, like her, capable of making definitive, decisions; definitive choices, at the moment in time controlled by, so to speak, a philosophy of the provisional. She helps us to make those definitive decisions in the full freedom with which she said yes to the plan God had for her life. So..Shall We Dance? A Duet Dance Competition and Fundraiser Call for more info and to register call 735-6210 The Good News Center is hosting a brand new dance competition called Shall We Dance? As a replacement for Dance the Night Away this event is an actual dance competition. There is a $250 grand prize of each of the two age categories, 16-19 years and 20 and up Duets only are able to register. Competitors are asked to submit a video of one minute in length by February 14th. Dance instructors will select the best in the two age categories and those will compete on stage at the new Msgr. Willenburg Center at Notre Dame High School on March 30th. To enter, submit the video on a flash drive along with a nonrefundable $25 entry fee. Competitors will be announced on March 1st. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Valentine s Day party Thursday, February 14th 4 to 6pm 112 Ridge Street. We are inviting our spouses to join us and the members of the South Rome Senior Center for this joint Valentine s Day party. The party will take place between 4 and 6 pm, The divider between the South Rome Senior Center and the Council Hall will be open for this occasion. The Knights are looking for interested Catholic males over 18 to join and help us support our area churches and community, Call 315-337-4010 to learn about the Knights or join on-line at kofc.org/joinus and use Council 391. Formed.org:The Catholic Faith is access to videos and talks. Register by using code NY6Y8Q and enter you email.
Page Six PARISH STAFF Director of Faith Formation Laura Mack (315-336-5066) Organist Jack Kempf Office Administration Sharon Hansen Administrative Assistants St. Peter s Sister Rosaire Anne Maintenance Directors St. Peter s Mark LaGasse St. Mary s William Link Cemetery Superintendent St. Peter s Joseph Megerell St. Mary s Joseph Fusco PARISH ORGANIZATION and PARTICIPATION Altar Rosary Society Mary Wahl Bingo Committee Mark LaGasse St. Peter s Senior Group W. Warren Sickles, Jr Readers and Eucharistic Ministers Kathy Miller Legion of Mary Betty Pettinelli Parish Fellowship Ann Lubecki Scripture Study Betty Pettinelli Prayer Group Barbara Thomas Funeral Preparations B. Thomas Volunteers are needed as: Altar Servers * Collection helpers Ushers * Choir * Greeters Please call the rectory for more information. Pope Francis asks us to pray for one of his published intentions each month. To pray with the Pope daily Visit:clicktopray.org Intention for FEBRUARY Human Trafficking for a generous welcome of the victims of human trafficking, enforced prostitution, and violence. PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month Father Philip A. Hearn, Pastor Kevin Barry, President Betty Pettinelli, Vice President Joseph Maurer, Trustee St. Peter s Ralph Mirabelli, Trustee St. Mary s Dale Rashford, Trustee St. Mary s Joseph Stanton, Trustee St. Peter s Michael Adey Toni Belmont Ginny Craiglow Sister Rosaire Anne De Mare Edward Donohue Doug Holdridge Carol Kaun Joan Lamb Laura Mack Marguerite Maurer Patrick Reilly Deacon Nicholas Rosher For all events call: 315-446-2680 Georgi Amodio Father Paul Angelicchio Paula Bailey Raymond Barbar, Jr. Doris Barry Joseph Beasock III Stella Beer Karen Bieksza James Brooks Kay Cerato Kim Casler Mary Jane Colangelo Barbara Colquhoun Nick Coonrod John Cordsen Esther Curran Alice Dearo Tom Delpico John Damon Barry Dunning Sarah Eastup Al Eisinger Paul Eisinger Robyn Engle Bill Evans Judith Ann Fesner Rose Fenton Joan Fiaschetti Diana Fowler Julianna Fusco Lauri Fusco Michael Gans John & Gail Greene WOMEN S RETREAT Friday/Saturday February 8-9 Faith A Gift from God. What does it mean to be woman of Faith? How does God s gift of Faith shape your life? Offering $105 Commuters $75 Facilitated by Kathy Meus CTK Valentine s Day Dinner and Show February 14th, 6 to 8:30 pm Put Magic Back in Your Life, Come with a friend, your Valentine or treat yourself to a delicious dinner and enjoy a magic show. Social begins at 6 pm, dinner at 6:30 pm and show at 7:30 pm. Offering $55 per person. ADORATION of the Blessed Sacrament AT TRANSFIGURATION Church Chapel Adoration times will be from 6 am to 9 pm with 2 adorers required for each hour. To sign up or for questions call Bernadette Kapps at 337-5439. CHRIST THE KING RETREAT AND CONFERENCE CENTER Let us remember our family, friends and parishioners in our prayers Billy Jo Hidenbrandt Joan Hinman Joshua Hedrington John Hedrington Father Hearn David Johnston Carol Johnson Lena Johnston Paula Johnston Mary Ann Kimmel Edwin Kindler Gary Koster Paul LaSalle Teresa La Salle Father Vincent Long Lori Losowski Anne Lubecki David, Liz, and Mitzi Marcelletta Kevin Magnanti Geoff Marchione Russell Marchione Brian McQueen Angie Messineo Joe Megerell Kathy Miller Tom Moonan Ann Moster Phil Murphy Beverly Nasci Tari-Lyn Orton Robert Pabis Debbie Pacicca Fred Pacicca, Jr. Barbara Pazdur Rachel Pawlikowski Clair Papadametrious Jim Pekarski Datie Ponath John Preski Dorothy M. Pomilio Debbie Puffer James Rank Pam Riggleman William Riolo Catherine Roman Robert Roman Dale Rashford Lori Russo Lisa Ryder Brian Schilling Emmalynn Sharrow Alexander Simpson Freja Emily Simpson Russell Smith Spencer Robert Smith Blanche Sweatman Carol Tardugno Michael Testa Anne Toepp Jim Vacherrse Alma Walton Vito Waterman John Wright David Williams Ray Dusty Whitman Riley Zabe Please call the rectory for additions, deletions and corrections. Call for more info and to register call 315-735-6210 PAL Parents of AddictedLoved ones Meets every other Monday 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm The primary goal is to provide hope through education and support for parents dealing with addicted loved ones. You are not alone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luncheon Series Don t Just DO Lent Practice Lent Thursdays, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm starts March 7th Speaker Dave Barocsi Dave gives a unique perspective on how to practice virtues like love and forgiveness. $12 per person Includes lunch.