Church of Our Lady of Angels Rev. Msgr. Kevin B. Noone, VF, Pastor Rev. Jason N. Espinal, Parochial Vicar Rev. Arputham Arulsamy, Parochial Vicar Rev. Richard M. Lewkiewicz, Retired; in Residence Rev. Kenneth J. Calder, Retired; in Residence Deacon Edward S. Gaine Deacon Charles R. Hurley Arnold Fusco, Executive Assistant Tele: 718-836-7200 Rachid Murad, Director of Religious Education Tele: 718-748-6553 Margaret Jones, Pastoral Care Minister Tele: 718-836-7200 ext. 112 Soraida Puente, Spanish Ministry Tele: 718-836-7200 ext. 102 Holy Angels Catholic Academy 337 74th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209 Mrs. Rosemarie McGoldrick, School Principal Tele: 718-238-5045 BAPTISM OF THE LORD JANUARY 13, 2019 CALLED TO SERVE For many weeks now, we have been celebrating the appearance of the divine presence in human form. As a child, he came to Mary and Joseph, was seen by the shepherds, and then by some wandering magi from the East. Today we celebrate another showing, later in time, to a group gathered at the Jordan River. John hesitated to baptize Jesus, whom he recognized as one mightier than I. But he did as Jesus asked, and the Holy Spirit descended and heaven s voice spoke to Jesus, You are my beloved Son. Jesus was beginning his public life of teaching and service. Soon he would start calling others to join him. Peter was one of the first to be called by Jesus. In today s second reading, he announces the heart of the message, peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. Peter was called, and you and I are called to spread that message and to serve God s word. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. Rectory: 7320 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209 Telephone: (718) 836-7200 / Fax: 718-238-2466 / Website: www.ourladyofangelsparish.org
WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm Sunday: 9:00am, 10:30am (Spanish) & 12:00pm WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday-Friday: 6:45am, 8:30am & 11:45am Saturday: 8:30am SACRAMENTS: Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 11:00am - 12 Noon & 3:30pm - 4:45pm Thursday before First Friday of the month: 1:15pm - 1:45pm Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated at 12:30pm (English) and 1:45pm (Spanish)- on the Second Saturday of the month. And at 1:30pm (English)- on the Fourth Sunday of the month. Baptismal Preparation Class on First Saturday of the month -1:00pm. (English) Class on Third Saturday of the month - 1:30pm (Spanish) (Please bring child s birth certificate to interview). Anointing of the Sick Following the 8:30am Mass on First Saturday of each month. For an emergency, please speak to the priest on Duty. DEVOTIONS Recitation of the Holy Rosary Weekdays after the 8:30 AM and 11:45 AM Masses Miraculous Medal Novena Wednesday after 8:30 AM and 11:45 AM Masses Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursday after 6:45 AM and 11:45 AM Masses Eucharistic Devotion After 11:45 AM Mass, Benediction at 1:00 PM PARISH SERVICES Al-A-Non - Meets in the Pine Room on Thursday nights at 7:00 PM. Please join us. Our Lady of Angels Human Resources Center & Food Pantry Located at 336-73rd Street. Telephone number is 718-680-6344. Hours of operation are Wednesdays, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners meet every Wednesday from 6:45 to 7:45 PM in the Pine Room. Regular meeting follows at 8 PM. Our Lady of Angels Leisure Club The Club meets Thursdays at 12:00 PM in the gym and is open to all Men & Women 55 and over. All are Welcome. Sunday, January 13, 2019 Baptism of the Lord SATURDAY, January 12th 8:30am Regina Howard 5:00pm Edmund R. Peters (7th Anniversary) (Msgr. Noone) SUNDAY, January 13th 9:00am Gloria Fusco (Fr. Espinal) 10:30am Teresita del Nino Jesus Lopez (Msgr. Noone) 12:00pm O.L.A. Parishioners (Fr. Espinal) MONDAY, January 14th 6:45am Purgatorial Society 8:30am Harriet Hammer 11:45am Rosemarie Dellaporte (Special Remembrance) TUESDAY, January 15th 6:45am 8:30am John Vitolo 11:45am Mary Ann Delaney WEDNESDAY, January 16th 6:45am Guiseppina Mangano 8:30am Barbara McNeil 11:45am Eleanor Finelli THURSDAY, January 17th 6:45am Antonio P. Pobre 8:30am Harold Smith 11:45am Carol Ann Cominski FRIDAY, January 18th 6:45am 8:30am Thomas S. Maloney 11:45am Christopher James Conway (60th Birthday) SATURDAY, January 19th 8:30am Evelyn Marie Cooper and Kay Cooperchase (Birthdays) 5:00pm O.L.A. Parishioners (Fr. Espinal) SUNDAY, January 20th 9:00am Gloria Fusco/Gallo (Msgr. Noone) 10:30am O.L.A. Parishioners (Fr. Espinal) 12:00pm Felino Umbay-Rizalina (Special Remembrance) (Msgr. Noone) Offertory Gifts: Bread & Wine in honor of Thomas D. Scully
Dear Parishioners, Bishop DiMarzio has written to all the priests of the diocese concerning a nation-wide novena called 9 Days for Life, which will be nine days of prayer leading up to the annual Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children on January 22nd. The overarching intention of this multi-faceted novena is the respect for all human life and each day highlights a different intention. Daily reflections, educational information, and suggested acts of reparation will be provided to those who visit www.9daysforlife.com. Please join people throughout our country in praying for respect for the unborn and for the countless women who have been traumatized so deeply that they spend years struggling to find peace, healing, and reconciliation after an abortion. We here at O.L.A. will observe this novena by having exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Monday thru Friday immediately following the 11:45am mass and will conclude with the novena prayers and Benediction at 1:00pm. On Saturday, January 19th, the adoration will take place from 11:00am to 12:00pm and on Sunday, January 20th from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. Today we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord and we conclude the Christmas season. We return to Ordinary Time and the feast reminds us that we are to cherish and live our own baptismal vocation through the ordinary events of daily life. Thank you for the way you display your faith in both the ordinary and extraordinary days of your lives. Let s pray for each other, Msgr. Kevin B. Noone P.S. An update on Father Lewk: Father has been admitted in the Ozanam Hall Nursing Home for intense physical rehabilitation. His knee is healing well but his muscle tone needs work due to so many months of inactivity. His address is: Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home 42-41 201st Street Bayside, NY 11361
December 22nd & 23rd, 2018 - $8,235 Attendance: 841 December 23rd & 24th, 2017 - $7,985 December 29th & 30th, 2018 - $8,137 Attendance: 835 December 30th & 31st, 2017 - $7,249 Attendance: 780 January 5th & 6th, 2019 - $10,326 Attendance: 967 January 6th & 7th, 2018 - $9,857 Attendance: 916 Purgatorial Society Marie Bow John P. Clark Cheryl Ann Courchaine Walter Donahue Kevin Fay John Patrick House Ambrose Kilmartin Wladzylaw Leszczynski Gerard Mimnaugh Antonio P. Pobre Pedro Quinones Joseph Vallone May they rest in peace. Amen. Women s Book Club Next meeting will be on Monday, January 14, 2019 at 1:00 PM in the Monsignor Cavanagh Room The book is Our Souls at Night By Kent Haruf Men s Book Club Next meeting will be on Monday, January 28, 2019 at 7:30 PM in the Monsignor Cavanagh Room The book is The Wright Brothers By David McCullough Annual Catholic Appeal Status as of October 1st, 2018: Goal: $104,825.00 Pledged: $113,674.00 Paid: $108,821.00 Donors: 254 Bay Ridge Singles Club of OLA Celebrating 17 years! Where singles meet other singles for dinners, brunch, socials, barbecues, walks, and one-day trips! Ages 45-70. For a Free Newsletter, call May (718) 256-3551
SAVE THE DATE ST. PATRICK - ST. JOSEPH CELEBRATION Show & Dinner SUNDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2019 More information to follow Our Lady of Angels Youth Ministry January 18th 7:00-9:00pm Msgr. Cavanagh Room For more information, like us on Facebook: Our Lady of Angels Youth Ministry 2019 Men s Vocation Retreat with Bishop Di Marzio When: March 1st-3rd Where: Cathedral Seminary House of Formation in the Immaculate Conception Center at 7200 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston, NY 11362 You will be gathering with other men across Brooklyn and Queens that are looking to grow deeper in their relationship with Christ and serve His Church. Arrival: Please enter at the North side of the building from 5:00pm-5:45pm on Friday evening and someone will be there to greet you. Departure: 12:30pm Sunday, March 3rd. ALTAR SERVER: A JOB SO BIG ONLY A KID CAN DO IT Children in the 4th grade and higher are welcome to join. If you have been baptized, made your 1st Holy Communion and want to serve The Lord, PRACTICE is every Saturday, 9-11am in the Church. Flyers are at the church entrances. Sign-up and come join OLA Team Jesus Altar Servers! Meals included: Friday evening dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner, Sunday morning breakfast. You are welcome to bring snacks to share. Dress code: Business casual for indoors. Appropriate clothes for outdoors. Please bring toiletries. RSVP to cdost@diobrook.org or call the Vocation Office at (718) 827-2454
TAX YEAR 2018 For all those wishing to have a year end tax statement mailed to them, please call the Rectory and leave a message for Theresa O Daly, 718-836-7200 x123. After-School Homework Helpers and High School Tutors Needed at the Brooklyn Public Library The Brooklyn Public Library is offering two exciting volunteer opportunities: The After-School Homework Help program trains volunteers age 16 and over to help children in grades 1-8 with their assignments. Volunteers assist students one-on-one or in small groups with all subjects. The High School Tutor program trains volunteers age 18 and over to help high school students in grades 9-12 in all subjects. High School Tutors support, assist and encourage students as they prepare for standardized tests, apply for college, and complete homework assignments. These programs are an important resource to Brooklyn youth, and volunteers gain both satisfaction from helping others and valuable experience working with children. To apply online: http:// www.bklynlibrary.org/support/volunteer For additional questions: 718-230-2406 Thank you. ****************************** Vocations Committee Bishop DiMarzio has asked that all parishes establish a Vocations Committee. The purpose of a vocations committee is to meet periodically to discuss prayer, campaigns, distribute materials and other ways that we can support the members of our parish who have been called by our Lord to the religious life, to marriage or to serve in another way. If you would like to participate in such a committee here at Our Lady of Angels Parish, please contact the rectory at 718-836-7200. www.whatsmycalling.org www.brooklynpriests.org BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Where: St. Ephrem Spirituality Center 935 Bay Ridge Parkway (lower level-entance on the right) When: Monday evenings - Jan. 14, Jan. 28, Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 18, Feb. 25, 2019. Time: 7:00pm. For further information, please call Sister Ann at the Center at 718-921-9518. Grief has no short cuts. It must be lived through.
The Diocese of Brooklyn s own NET TV is a cable network featuring news and information with a Catholic point of view. The network is available on Verizon FiOS Channel 48 in the New York metropolitan area and beyond, including Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Dutchess counties, all of Long Island, and southern Connecticut including Greenwich. It is also available on Time Warner Cable / Spectrum Channel 97 and Optimum Channel 30 within New York City. Viewers can also watch the programming live on NET TV s website at www.netny.tv/watchnow. ******************************* Vocation Office of the Diocese of Brooklyn Join us on a Diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Bishop Neil Tiedemann, Spiritual Director and Msgr. Kieran Harrington Chaplain March 7-15, 2019 For a brochure, contact: Prestige Worldwide Tours 1-866-293-0982 samantha@pwwtours.com The Vocation Office is pleased to announce two new programs geared for young men in Junior High and High School: THE JEREMIAH PROJECT This program is for high school boys who show some interest in vocation to the priesthood and/or college seminary. This program invites students to participate in a monthly overnight experience and share in the fraternity of our college seminarians. For more information: vocations@diobrook.org or call (718) 827-2454 FRATERNITAS This program is for middle school students (6-8th grade) dedicated to instilling Christian values in young men with the goal of fostering true Catholic Gentlemen. Our monthly encounters allow us to accomplish this mission through: prayer, catechesis, sports, and Sacraments. Where: Cathedral Preparatory School & Seminary 56-25 92nd Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 When: Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00pm. (Once a month) For more information: cbethge@cathedralprep.org or call (718) 827-2454 Journey Towards Healing Support Group for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Committed by Members of the Clergy Thursday Evenings in Brooklyn This group will be facilitated by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. The group will provide a safe and nonjudgmental space for survivors to share in similar experiences as they journey towards healing and wholeness. Weekly Topics Discussed will be: Coping Skills /Self Care Healthy Releases of Anger Goal Setting Preparing Testimonials How Faith Impacts One s Journey Men s Issues Impact on Relationships If you are interested, please contact Jasmine Salazar, L.M.S.W., Victim Assistance Coordinator at 718-623-5236 or Vacministry@diobrook.org
SERVICIOS A LA COMUNIDAD BIENVENIDOS A NUESTRA COMUNIDAD! Les invitamos todos los Domingos a la celebración de la Santa Misa a las 10:30AM Matrimonios Pedir cita con 6 meses antes de la boda. Visita a los Enfermos Llamar a la Rectoría para mayor información. Grupo de Jóvenes Los viernes dos veces al mes, dirigido por el padre Jasón N. Espinal Bendición de cumpleaños primer domingo del mes Intenciones para la Santa Misa Si esta interesado en registrar una intención para la Misa del Domingo de Enero hasta Junio 2019. Ven a la Rectoría en horas de oficina. Costo $15.00 Bautizos AVISOS PARROQUIALES Charla Bautismal El primer sábado de cada mes a la 1:00PM. en el auditorio de la escuela. Día de Bautizo El segundo sábado del mes a la 1:45PM y tercer domingo del mes a la 1:30PM. Requisitos: Certificado de nacimiento del niño Padrinos: *Importante* Deben tener los 3 sacramentos de iniciación cristiana: Bautismo, Primera Comunión, y Confirmación y si están casados debe ser por la Iglesia y ser practicantes de nuestra fe cristiana Estudio de Biblia y Oración Los días jueves a las 7:00PM en el Cavanagh Room Hijas de María Invitamos a todas las niñas desde los 6 años en adelante a participar del grupo Hijas de María, apartir del sábado 19 de Enero 2019 desde de las 4:00pm - 6:00pm en el Centro de San José y cada tercer sábado del mes. Padres de familia interesados en registrar a sus niñas lo pueden hacer en el vestíbulo de la Iglesia después de la Santa Misa o en la Rectoría. Devoción al Divino Niño Jesús de Praga Para todos los niños de 6 años en adelante, están cordialmente invitados a conocer mas de la infancia de Jesús. Apartir del 26 de Enero 2019 desde las 4:00pm hasta las 6:00pm en el Centro de San José y cada cuarto sábado del mes. Padres de familia interesados en registrar sus niños lo pueden hacer en el vestíbulo de la Iglesia después de la Santa Misa o en la Rectoría.