St. Kevin Roman Catholic Church St. Kevin Parish Mission Statement We are a Catholic Christian community striving to live as disciples of Jesus Christ. Nourished by the Eucharist and enlightened by the Word of God, our Pastor, Parish Staff and Parishioners welcome all. With faith in His Gospel, we are called to love as Jesus loves and, therefore, serve our community through the sharing of time, talents and treasure to support programs of evangelization and social justice. Our commitment encompasses serving the youth through education, sports and formation. We seek to develop services for the elderly and homebound. Finally we wish to challenge and sustain all parishioners through spiritual and education activities. Most Reverend Raymond F. Chappetto, Pastor, D.D., V.G, V.E. Reverend Robert H.C. Mema, Parochial Vicar Reverend Monsignor Steven J. Aguggia, JCL, In Residence Reverend Monsignor D. Joseph Finnerty, Pastor Emeritus Deacon Julio C. Barreneche Rectory Office 45-21 194th Street Flushing, NY 11358-3533 718-357-8888 (Telephone) 718-357-3671 (Fax) Patricia Freeman, Parish Secretary Melissa Vollaro, Bookkeeper Parish Website: www.stkevinflushing.org Parish e-mail address: pfreeman@stkevinflushing.org Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:30 AM to 12:00 Noon 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM Fridays: Office closes at 4:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Sunday: Office Closed April 22, 2018 Masses Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon Daily Mass: Monday to Saturday: 9:00 AM Sacrament of Penance Saturdays at 4:00-4:30PM or by appointment Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Church: 1st Sunday of the month, 1:00-2:30 PM Convent: Every Monday 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Devotion Miraculous Medal: Tuesdays at 9:30 AM Catholic Cemeteries For information and available options please call 718-894-4888. Fourth Sunday of Easter
April 22, 2018 St. Kevin R.C. Church Page 2 Q. I heard that we are having a big celebration on June 3rd. Can you explain what is going to happen? A. Yes, we are celebrating the feast day of St. Kevin (June 3rd) in a special way this year! Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, our Diocesan Bishop, will celebrate our 12:00 Noon Mass and bless our newly renovated Church and Academy. Also, Father Robert Mema will celebrate his First Anniversary of Ordination at the same Mass. His classmates have been invited to concelebrate the Mass. Lunch will follow for all. We hope to fill the Church for the Mass. Please join us! St. Kevin Rosary Society Communion Luncheon Please join us on Sunday, May 6th, at the 12:00 Noon Mass. Our Communion Luncheon will follow the Mass in the Monsignor Finnerty Parish Center. Please call Betty at 718-463 -2437 or Marge at 718-357- 3912 by Tuesday, May 1st to make your reservation. The cost is $15 per person. Mass of Hope and Healing The annual Diocesan Mass of Hope and Healing, sponsored by the Diocesan Survivors Advisory Committee, will take place on Wednesday, April 25th, at 7:00 P.M. at the parish of St. Nicholas of Tolentine (150-75 Goethals Avenue, Jamaica). The main celebrant will be the Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio. All are invited to gather on this day to pray for healing for all those who have been impacted by childhood sexual abuse. ST. KEVIN RELIGION FAITH FORMATION CLASSES REGISTRATION FOR 2018 2019 All children in public school should be registered for religious instruction from K, grade 1 through grade 8. Preparation for First Communion takes two years. Children will be receiving the sacrament of Reconciliation and First Eucharist at the end of their two year preparation. In order to be confirmed, students should be in 8 th grade and have to show that they have attended all grade religion classes following their First Communion, and successfully finished the Confirmation I (grade 7) and Confirmation II classes (grade 8). All classes next year will be held on SUNDAY MORNING BEGINNING AT 8:30 A.M. in the School Building and conclude WITH THE 10:00 a.m. MASS in Church. We invite parents to join us for the Mass. It will be a Family Mass with children and parents involved in the Sunday Liturgy. Children will be dismissed from Church. You can come to register or re-register Monday through Thursday at St. Kevin Catholic Academy (Room 208), main school entrance, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For new students we need a copy of their Baptismal certificate. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - New registrations only: Please fill out the form below, drop it off at the rectory or put it in the collection basket, we will contact you and send you a registration form: Name Birthday Grade Street City /State ZIP E Mail Telephone
Page 3 www.stkevinflushing.org April 22, 2018 Today, April 22nd is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. The readings for the Mass begin on page #908 in the Hymnal. MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, April 21st 5:00 Joseph & Mary Iorio Elizabeth & Lawrence Bellotti Ann & John Mignogna Margaret Meaney Michael Delli Carpini Sunday, April 22nd 8:00 Lou & Virginia Picardi 10:00 Edward & Rose Higgins 12:00 John R. Martini Monday, April 23rd 9:00 Shuikoon Low Tuesday, April 24th 9:00 Robert Alexander Wednesday, April 25th 9:00 Ann Miller Thursday, April 26th 9:00 William Haugh Friday, April 27th 9:00 Francesca Gambino Saturday, April 28th 9:00 Priscilla Marino Saturday, April 28th 5:00 Confirmandi, Sponsors & Family Sunday, April 29th 8:00 Ann MIller 10:00 Aurelio Pinilla, Cecilia de Pinilla and Nick Kazdaglis 12:00 Mary Bush On the great feast of Pentecost, three adults will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation: Juan Jose Arce, Alexandria Furtak and Candice Reyes We ask the faith community of St. Kevin to pray for Juan, Alexandria and Candice as they continue on their faith journey towards Pentecost, which is Sunday, May 20th. Treasures from our Traditions There are few openings for Shepherds in the classified ads today, but few occupations are as dear to the Christian heart. Most of us tenderly place shepherds by our Christmas cribs, name the Twenty-third Psalm as our favorite, and recognize Good Shepherd as a title of Jesus. Bishops carry a staff, called a crozier, modeled after the shepherd s walking staff. Long before Christian artists painted Jesus on the cross, they traced on the walls of their worship places images of a strong young shepherd, shouldering a lost sheep and bringing it to safety. Springtime is the season of lambing, a time when the shepherd not only learns the faces of the new arrivals, but also when the newborn sheep become attuned to the voice of the shepherd. This is exactly what we do as a community in Easter as we shelter and guide the newly received Christians, and also put our Lenten muscles to good use: listening more attentively to God s Word, and responding with springtime vigor to God s call. Please Pray for those who are ill: Jane McGuire, Kathryn Pryor, Charlie Sturiale, Frank DeRicco, Frank Kozar, Luisa Gosman, Thomas Karosos, James Leung, Michael Antonucci, Ann Nancy Keegan, Kristin Carey, Isabella Ieraci,and Lucy Petretti and for those who have died: Fred Seelmann. MEMORIAL GIFTS A Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week in loving memory of Thomas Sherlock. The Altar Candles will burn this week in loving memory of John R. Martini The St. Kevin Shrine Lamp will burn this week for the Intentions of the Donor.
April 22, 2018 St. Kevin R.C. Church Page 4 St. Kevin Senior Club News St. Kevin Senior Club will meet on Tuesday, April 24th from 1:30 to 4:30 PM in the Monsignor Finnerty Parish Center. New members are welcome to the Senior Club! 50/50 Raffle Please place your April 50/50 envelope (that you received in your monthly envelope package), with your $5 donation, in the collection basket today. Extra envelopes are located at the doors of the church (please write the month on the envelope). Thank you very much for your support of St. Kevin Church! Line Dancing will take place on the following Friday evenings in the Msgr. Finnerty Parish Center: April 27th, May 11th & 25th at 7:00 P.M. and May 4th, at 8:00 P.M. For information, call Emilie at 347-400-4358. Mustard Seed Nicaragua Mission of St. Kevin The dates for this year's Mission are July 7 to 14. If you are interested in joining us, or in helping in any way, please call Margaret or Tony at 718 461 7128 or you can email us at mmbrower1@yahoo.com. The team asks for your prayers as we continue to prepare for the Mission. Your can donate to the Mission online by going to mustardseed.com/goto/stk. Habitat for Humanity Join Sister Grace Ann and others to learn more about the mission of Habitat for Humanity, NYC and the work of the Queens Coalition. Meet people who have been helped and those who have helped. Learn how you can help on Monday, April 30th, at 7:30 P.M., in the Monsignor Finnerty Parish Center. If you have questions, please contact Becca Davis at 646-779-8862 or bdavis@habitatnyc.org.
Page 5 www.stkevinflushing.org April 22, 2018 I would like to invite you to join me on a 10 Day Pilgrimage to Portugal, Spain and France that will take place August 7th - 16th, 2018. Upon arrival in Lisbon, Mass will be celebrated at the Church of St. Anthony, patron saint of Portugal, and then travel onto Fatima, the site of one of the most famous apparitions of the Blessed Mother, where we will spend two nights. We then travel through Spain, along part of The Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James), a large network of ancient pilgrim routes stretching across Europe and coming together at the tomb of St. James in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Along the way, visit Avila, Zaragoza and Loyola, birthplace of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. From Spain, cross the Pyrenees Mountains to Lourdes, known today as the most famous healing Marian shrine of our times. For information and to request a brochure on the Pilgrimage, please contact Peter s Way Tours at 800-225-7662 or email:peter@petersway.com and refer to tour code: 9386. The tour package includes round trip airfare from JFK, all airport fees, eight (8) nights accommodations in twin rooms with private facilities at first class hotels, breakfast and dinner daily, entrance fees to all sights, coordination of all liturgies. I hope you will join me on our custom designed pilgrimage route. This pilgrimage promises to be a rewarding and memorable journey for all. Monsignor Steven Aguggia, JCL Weekly Collection April 15, 2018...........$8,414.00 1) Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on Saturday, April 28th at the 5 P.M. Mass. 2) Sacrament of First Holy Communion, will be celebrated on Sunday, May 6th, at the 10:00 a.m. Mass. 3) Disco Nite Feva, will take place on Saturday, May 19th, from 6 to 11P.M. in the Msgr. Finnerty Parish Center. 4) 25th Anniversary Mass of Ordination for Msgr. Aguggia, Sunday, May 27th at 10:00 A.M. 5) Feast of St. Kevin will take place on Sunday, June 3rd at the 12:00 Noon Mass. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will celebrate the Mass and bless the newly renovated Church and Academy. Additional information coming shortly.
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Page 7 www.stkevinflushing.org April 22, 2018 Responding to The Call Do we truly know the voice of Christ? Do we truly respond to the voice of our shepherd with our own distinctive voice? How often we attempt to imitate those around us, appropriating the response of another member of the flock to Christ. Perhaps we need to balance the image of being sheep of one flock with the image from the second reading, which tells us that we are all children of God. What child has precisely the same interaction with parents as his or her siblings? Instead, they frequently do and say things to distinguish themselves in the eyes of their parents. Whether we use the image of children or of sheep to understand our relationship with Christ, we believe that we are all known and called by name. With this great gift comes a responsibility: to respond to the call with our own distinctive voice, to take time to discern exactly what our call is, to determine precisely what the will of the Father is for each of us. Stewardship Thought In today s Gospel reading we hear Jesus referring to himself as the good shepherd. His sheep know him, trust him, listen to him and follow him; having faith that no harm will come to them as long as they stay close to him. We reaffirmed our faith in Christ when we renewed our baptismal promises at Easter. As stewards of our relationship with Jesus Christ, are we, like the sheep, willing to listen to Jesus, trust him, follow him no matter the cost to our comfort? Vocation Thought There is no salvation through anyone else. Does a life of joy in knowing you are following the Lord as a priest, deacon or in the consecrated life inspire you? If the Lord is truly calling you, what is needed is trust. To help in your discernment, you are invited to call the rectory (718-357-8888) and speak with one of the parish priests or you can call the Vocation Office at 718-827-2454. Catholic Priest He has the most important job in the world. He also has the most powerful enemy trying to stop him from doing his work. Will you help him in his Vocation? Please Pray for our Priests. I am the Good Shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father.
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April 22, 2018 St. Kevin R.C. Church Page 10 All Registration and Consent Forms can be found on the website: www.stkevinflushing.org or come to the Rectory.
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