IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH 21-47 29th Street ~ Astoria, New York 11105 The Fourth Sunday of Easter April 22 nd, 2018 The Feast of Saint Mark, Evangelist Wednesday, April 25 th, 2018 PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION www.immacastoria.org ~ 718-728-1613 ~ info@immacastoria.org ~ 718-956-9229 (Parish Website) (Main Telephone Number) (Main Email) (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 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 9:00 AM Mass, and at 5:00 PM with Rosary and Evening Prayer. 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 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CLOTHING DRIVE The St. Vincent de Paul Society of our Parish will be holding their Annual Clothing Drive on Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. A truck will be on Ditmars Blvd. in front of the Church. Please bring clothes that are clean and properly bagged. Thank you for your generosity to this good cause! TRANSITIONING TO KINDERGARTEN PARENT WORKSHOP Our Academy Kindergarten teacher, Katherine Mooney, and our Pre-K for All social worker, Karen Clay, will be leading a workshop for parents of children that are transitioning from Pre-K to Kindergarten on Thursday, April 26th at 8:15 PM in Lyon s Hall. They will also discuss the unique learning approach employed at ICCA. Please contact the Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy for more details and registration information. 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 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. 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 718-728-1969 - www.iccaastoria.org Religious Education Office (CCD) Mrs. Marylyn Crum, Director 718-956-4494 - mcrum@immacastoria.org SPRING FILM FESTIVAL THE GOD OF HEALING & PEACE Our next Spring Film Festival is almost finished! This year s films have focused on the many ways God brings healing and peace into our lives and world. The remaining film is being shown as follows: Friday, April 27th at 7:00 PM Hacksaw Ridge The films are shown in the Lower Church. All will be presented and discussed by Msgr. Fernando Ferrarese. The admission is free!
Bible Catholics It is a mistaken commonplace of religious studies that the Protestant Reformation, with its doctrine of Sola Scriptura (only the Bible) as one s ultimate authority, is the reason why many Protestant denominations are far ahead of us in honoring the Bible and actually reading it! I say mistaken because, while it may have been true for 400 years after the Reformation, the picture changed radically with the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II). I remember that, when I was an altar boy in the Pre-Vatican II Church, the same Gospel passage (the Resurrection of Lazarus) was used at every funeral. I only realized this after I went to the minor seminary and started to learn Latin. There was only the Roman Missal in the Pre-Vatican II Church; it contained not only the rubrics and the words for the Mass and the sacraments, but also the Readings to be used. But after Vatican II, the Church divided the Missal into two separate books (or separate kinds of books, often of more than one volume): There was the Sacramentary, which is the book used by the Celebrant that is placed on the Altar and by the Celebrant s Chair, containing the prayers and the order of service of the Mass; and the Lectionary, containing the Readings to be used; the Lectionary is the book placed on the Ambo (or pulpit), an extension of which is the Gospel Book carried in the Entrance Procession by the Deacon or Lector. The reason for the need of a separate book was that the theologians who worked on the new lectionary had an ambitious plan to implement the new Catholic perspective that the Word of God should be prominent in all the sacraments. In a methodical way, they developed two cycles of readings to be used over multiple years through which the Catholic faithful would have liturgical exposure to most of the Bible. There is a Sunday cycle of three years (Years A, B and C) and a two-year cycle of weekday readings (Year 1 and Year 2). If a Catholic goes to Mass each day, within three years he or she would have heard proclaimed from the Ambo almost the whole Bible! This is an astounding reversal that has not often been noted. We went from a Church where the average Mass participant (you!) hardly ever heard or read the Bible to a Church where someone will have at least heard over and over again the main texts of the Old and New Testaments. Those of us who are a little older can remember that the Bible was practically considered a Protestant text and a warning was given about the Bible being so technical a book that it is dangerous to read it lest it lead us astray. Now, we have to admit that the warning was at least partially true. An individualistic interpretation can lead people astray: witness the multiplicity of Protestant denominations. A Catholic who has a particular insight regarding a passage of Scripture must check it out against the Tradition of the Church embodied in the Magisterium, or teaching authority of the Church. If it contradicts any aspect of it, then the interpretation is deemed to be false and must be discarded. This ensures the unity and universality necessary since the Truth is one and cannot contradict itself. With this caveat in place we can readily see that a Catholic Christian today hears more of the Bible than practically any other Christian, even Bible-thumping Protestants! However, that is true only if he or she is listening and open to the Word of God. Where our Protestant brothers and sisters are way ahead of us still is in the private study and reading of Scripture. Someone once remarked that the difference between a Protestant and a Catholic Bible in the home is that the Protestant Bible is open and read and the Catholic Bible is on a shelf and gathers dust. One must truly love Scripture and, because of it, one must want to learn more in regard to it. There is still something very beautiful about seeing a Protestant reading his or her worn and underlined Bible. It is obviously a companion to the believer. While Bible Catholics hear a lot of Scripture, if it remains only in the ears and not in the heart, it will do no good. But if it is loved and treasured and followed, it can give life and direction to the faithful Christian. For as St. Jerome puts so clearly: Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. Catholics should prepare for Mass by reading over the Readings of the day before the Liturgy (we even have special missalettes for daily Mass participants that have the daily Readings). Then we should listen attentively to the Readings and to the homily, which should explain and comment on the Readings. Finally, we should have a Bible at home that we read often, maybe taking a passage a day and perhaps sharing it with our family. This may require that we participate in some form of Bible study group or program; or at least a private study through reading. For difficult passages, there are always the Priests of the parish to consult! The Bible is the Book of the Church. What a wonderful thing it is when the Baptized Catholic reads, studies and prays with and through the Scriptures! Rev. Monsignor Fernando Ferrarese
SUNDAY - April 22 7:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00 a.m. Jozsef & Angela Samu 10:30 a.m. Annette Frascella (Birth. Remem.) 12:00 p.m. Spanish: Daniel Salvador Matute, Mercedes Portillo, Celia Portillo, Jose Portillo, Jaime Salvador Portillo, Andres Gonzales, Luz D. Vargas 1:30 p.m. Joseph Ost Lower Church: 9:00 a.m. Italian: Bruno Cavazzini MONDAY - April 23 7:00 a.m. Antonia Nacinovich (24th Anniv.) 9:00 a.m. Pauline Janny 12:00 p.m. Anna Celano TUESDAY - April 24 7:00 a.m. Nancy & Frank Pisido 9:00 a.m. Margie Limanni Jensen 12:00 p.m. William A. McDougall WEDNESDAY - April 25 7:00 a.m. Michael Loughran 9:00 a.m. Frank Paruolo (20th Anniv.) 12:00 p.m. Nella Anderson THURSDAY - April 26 7:00 a.m. Michael Loughran 9:00 a.m. Margaret Greaney 12:00 p.m. Victor Cerqueira SUNDAY - April 29 7:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00 a.m. Christina Constant (4th Anniv.) 10:30 a.m. Paula Celeste Antos 12:00 p.m. Spanish: Pedro Justinico 1:30 p.m. The Siletti & Eichele Families Lower Church: 9:00 a.m. Italian: Salvatore, Matteo & Vincenzo Di Pietro MEMORIALS THE BREAD & WINE are donated this week in loving memory of John J. O Connell, Sr., requested by his wife and children. THE CANDLES AT THE ALTAR are donated this week in loving memory of the Deceased Members of the Caggiano Family, requested by the grandchildren. SANCTUARY LAMP #1 is donated this week in loving memory of Rosetta LaVecchia, requested by Lucy Rago. SANCTUARY LAMP #2 is donated this week in loving memory of John Micallef, requested by Ada, Dino & Joyan. Please pray for all the faithful departed, especially Evaristo Perez Rosario Gualtieri Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them. PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS FRIDAY - April 27 7:00 a.m. Frances Grech 9:00 a.m. For the Intentions of the Celebrant 12:00 p.m. John J. O Connell, Sr. SATURDAY - April 28 7:00 a.m. The Purgatorial Society 9:00 a.m. Patrick Shelley 5:00 p.m. James Sheehan, Jr. Thank you to all our Parishioners for this past weekend s collection: Collection: $8,144.00 Attendance: 1,511 people Per Capita: $5.39
HEALING AFTER ABORTION Do you know someone who is carrying the grief of a past abortion? There is help and hope available, and the pain and sorrow of abortion need not endure for a lifetime. A Day of Prayer and Healing offers the opportunity to experience the love and mercy of God and to heal the wound of abortion. For dates, location, and confidential registration, or to talk to a Sister, please call the Sisters of Life at (866)-575-0075 (toll free) or email hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org. The next Day of Prayer and Healing will take place on Saturday, May 26, 2018. For more information or to register for the Days of Prayer and Healing for Men, please call Lumina at 877.586.4621 or Lumina@postabortionhelp.org. HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAMS Holy Cross High School will be hosting their Athletic Camps and Summer STREAM Program this summer. Programs include basketball, cheerleading, coding, music, art, television production, and cooking. For more information, visit www.holycrosshs.org/summer, or call Mr. Robert Botero at 718-886-7250 ext. 558. MCCLANCY SUMMER CAMPS REGISTRATION Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School is now accepting applications for their summer camps. Girls softball, soccer, basketball, cheerleading, and volleyball; Boys baseball, soccer, and basketball. For more information, please contact Ms. Fran Rocco at: 718-898-3800 ext. 3 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 www.stjohnsprepschool.org in the Admissions link. For further information, please call the Admission office at 718-721-7200 ext. 699. MOLLOY COLLEGE SPRING OPEN HOUSE Molloy College will be hosting their Spring Open House on Sunday, April 29th, 2018, starting at 1:00 PM. For more details and registration information, please contact the Office of Admissions at 516-323- 4000.
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