Page 1 SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturdays: Msgr. Ryan Hall -3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Eves of Holy Days: Msgr. Ryan Hall - 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. First Friday: Church - 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. First Saturday: Church - 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Also by appointment SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY The Church provides certain times and preparation for weddings. Please contact the Rectory at least six months in advance to begin the process. REGISTRATION Every family and person within the parish is encouraged to register with the Parish. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. In July and August Baptism will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m. A required Baptism preparation meeting for parents meets on the first Monday of the month at 8:00 p.m. Godparents are welcome. Please register in advance for the class and Baptism. Godparent Pre-Requisites: Godparents must be practicing Catholics in good standing, 16 years of age or older, Baptized and Confirmed Catholic. ON BECOMING A CATHOLIC Those seeking information about the Catholic Faith are invited to contact Fr. McCartney at the Rectory at 621-2222. CARE OF THE SICK Please notify the Rectory and Human Concerns Ministries if there is anyone seriously ill so that we can provide spiritual care. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK Baby Jack Josephine Banno John Bertrand Kathleen Capuano Joseph Carbonaro Barbara Coe Rebekah Cole Kevin Cronin Paul Cronin John Paul DiNonno Anthony Ferro Natalie Finamore Tony Grau Jeremy Hogan Christine Kenney Douglas Knehr Anne Krukowski Frank Krukowski Mary Loftus Richard Malon Jonathan Mannina Tom McCormack Dieter Nagel Victoria Oxer Trevor Rogers Anna Sambucci Vincent Scalavino Charles Strecker Clotida Vecchione Jacqueline Verde Joseph Williams Anne Wright Mary Wybaillie THE MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Sunday, March 4: THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT 7:30 a.m. Rita Friend by Elsie Calderone 9:00 a.m. People of the Parish 11:00 a.m. Peter Barcia by the Dussel Family Nicholas Martone by his Loving Family Bryant Piontkowski by the Children Frank Zerilli by Don & Pat Weil 12:15 p.m. Deceased Members of the Muller & McNichol Families by Lorraine Muller Monday, March 5: Lenten Weekday 9:00 a.m. Mary & Stanley Krukowski by Anne Krukowski Tuesday, March 6: Lenten Weekday 9:00 a.m. For the Intentions of Andrew Hamilton by Alice & Chris Gunther Wednesday, March 7: Lenten Weekday 9:00 a.m. Danielle Clair Gunther by Alice & Chris Gunther Thursday, March 8: Lenten Weekday 9:00 a.m. For the Intention of Kristen DeGiovine by the Monteserrato Family Friday, March 9: Lenten Weekday 9:00 a.m. Rose Guiragos by Barbara & Joe Nakelski Saturday, March 10: Lenten Weekday 5:00 p.m. Salvatore Berritto by Mary Lou Berritto Ann & Anthony Stavola & Helen & Robert Lipp by Jean Stavola Jake Whitting by Otto & Marie Niebler Sunday, March 11: FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 7:30 a.m. Julie Freno by Peggy & Michael Carillo 9:00 a.m. Biagio Verderame by Pia Pavlowich 11:00 a.m. Eileen Calamari by the McCormack Family Taylor McGrath by the Dellavecchia Family Maurice Murphy - 100 th Birthday by the Kate Murphy & the Murphy Family 12:15 p.m. People of the Parish
Page 2 READINGS FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2018 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT First Reading: Exodus 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 Gospel: John 2:13-25 FOCUS: Jesus performed many signs, but it was in his death and resurrection that God s glory was fully revealed and made manifest. When Jesus drives the money changers and animal vendors from the Temple, the Jews demand a sign to prove his authority. They do not have the faith to see what is in front of them. Later, when Jesus dies and is risen, his disciples remember his words, and they understand and believe. Do we have the faith to see what is revealed right in front of us, in this Eucharist? LITURGY OF THE WORD: In the first reading, God presents the Ten Commandments to Moses. In the Letter to the Corinthians, Paul declares Christ as the power and wisdom of God for Jew and Gentile, alike. Today s Gospel displays Jesus zeal for his Father s house, as he drives the money changers and animal sellers out of the Temple. Readings for next week, March 11, Fourth Sunday in Lent: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 From Liturgical Commission Publishing, Lansing, MI Celebrants for the Weekend of March 10/11 Celebrants* Lectors Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Altar Servers FOSTERING STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE PARISH SACRIFICIAL GIVING You shall not covert is a difficult commandment to keep in our consumer society. But as Christian stewards, we know that we are the recipients and caretakers of God s many gifts. May this realization that all is gift help us to be less resentful of the gifts of others. Parish Sacrificial Giving Summary Thank you for your continued sacrificial gifts to St. Mary s. Sunday Offertory ~ February 24/25 $8,078.00* Same Sunday Last Year: $8,576.00* Mass Attendance ~ February 24/25` 850 Same Sunday Last Year 875 *Does not include Faith Direct Lumen Christi Missal Weekend of March 3/4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent - Year B Readings: Missal, p. 121 The Ordinary of the Mass begins on Page 804 Sat 5:00 Sun. 7:30 9:00 Fr. McCartney Fr. McCartney Fr. McCartney P. Ditrano D. Sheehan C. D Souza D. Ditrano D. Marvullo D. Dawson P. Doran 11:00 Fr. Lauder S. Chin L. Lofaro 12:15 Fr. Lauder Sr. Dorothy L. Nassiri *subject to last minute changes K. Ditrano N. Ditrano E. Guevara J.T. Canton M. Heffernan CHANGE IN THE CONFESSION SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 9 th Please note a change of time and location for confessions this Friday, March 9 th only. On Friday March 9 confessions will be held from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the Hall.
Page 3 My dear people of St. Mary s: THE PASTOR S PAGE Recently, I read a number of articles in the secular media about Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent, which attempted to explain our religious practices to an increasingly secular and religiously uninformed society. One piece detailed various accounts of people approaching strangers on Ash Wednesday, to helpfully inform them they had dirt on their foreheads. How you can be an adult living in the United States of America in the 21 st Century and have never even heard of Ash Wednesday? Shortly afterwards, I received an e-mail from a parishioner with a question about Lent. He wrote: I would like to know why, if you are fasting, you are not supposed to show it to receive any acknowledgements or brownie points with other people; so, [then] why do all the items that were donated to the church have the names of the people who donated it to the church. His question hits on something that is often misunderstood by Catholics and non-catholics alike about when we are to do spiritual things in public and when we are to do them in private. His question likely references the Gospel account where Jesus says: Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you... When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites... And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you. [Mt 6:1-6] It would seem, when we read this passage, that every spiritual thing we do should be done privately and anonymously, or it will be displeasing to God. But, this shows the danger of pulling one passage out of its context in Scripture and, without properly understanding it, making a broad rule from it. If we were to do that with this text, it might seem that Jesus is condemning the practice of our receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday, because they are meant to be seen by others. But this is clearly not the case, since the Church actually chooses to read this Gospel passage every year at the Mass on Ash Wednesday itself! First, a little background. Ashes were a well-known religious symbol in the Old Testament. The books of Genesis, 2 Samuel, Esther, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Jonah, and 1 Maccabees, all speak of the Jewish custom of ashes used as a public sign of penance, grief or mourning. In the Old Testament there were also public days of penance that would be observed collectively by all the people, like the great Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, which is still observed by Jewish people to this day. Jesus celebrated many of these holy days publically with His family, and later with His Apostles. What our Lord was speaking of in the sixth chapter of St. Matthew s Gospel was a criticism of the Jewish religious leaders of His day who were making a public show of their practice of religion, though their hearts were actually far from God. Jesus wants everything we do as part of our spiritual lives to be from a genuine love of God and not from a sense of pride, or to impress other people. And, it is true that sometimes people may do things with mixed motives. Jesus injunction is meant to put us on guard about this human tendency, so that we root it out when we see it manifest itself in our spiritual lives. However, the Church has never understood this to mean that we cannot do public religious things. We are required to come together on Sundays for Mass and to worship together. Public feast days or days of penance and fasting are called for by the church in order to unite everyone together in prayer. Ash Wednesday is meant to be a public reminder to all of the beginning of this holy season, of our sinfulness and need for repentance, and of our mortality, that to dust we shall return. This enable us as a Catholic people to collectively begin the season of Lent, where we then are expected to continue our particular practices, privately. Therefore, the same is true about memorials in churches. Weekly donations are the ones that are made privately. However, from time to time, when there is a major renovation to a church, people will be asked to give special gifts, which are generally memorialized to deceased loved ones or to families as a whole. The names which are inscribed (without any ostentation in our church) are there to remind people to pray for the benefactors of St. Mary s. Rather than being there to impress, the presence of those names is a request for us to remember them in our prayers. Certainly, it is true that it is never good for donations to be done merely to impress other people. In my experience this is rarely the case. People make donations because they love their church, and they are grateful for the graces they have received from God through her. Such parishioners want to insure that future generations are able to encounter God in their church, in the same way that they have. So, let us pray for our benefactors, living and deceased, who have given us our beautiful St. Mary s! Fr. McCartney
Page 4 St. Mary s Invites You to our 2018 Lenten Mission: A Lenten Journey in the Footsteps of St. Peter St. Peter is one of the most profitable characters to meditate on during the season of Lent. Come to the mission and see how St. Peter s example can teach you how to have a holy Lent, and become a better disciple of the Lord all year long. Mission Schedule Wednesday, March 7, 2018 St. Peter s Call 1:00 pm in the Church & 7:00 pm in Msgr. Ryan Hall Wednesday, March 14, 2018 St. Peter s Fall 1:00 pm in the Church & 7:00 pm in Msgr. Ryan Hall Wednesday, March 21, 2018 St. Peter s Rise 1:00 pm in the Church & 7:00 pm in Msgr. Ryan Hall The evening conference is a repeat of the afternoon conference. All sessions should last one hour and will be preached by Fr. McCartney.
Page 5 HUMAN CONCERNS MINISTRY FOOD PANTRY As we begin Lent and look forward to Easter, the Human Concerns Food Pantry has a particular need for following items: Juice Soups Coffee Tea Rice Peanut Butter Jelly Cereal Canned Fruit Canned Vegetables Cookies Crackers Macaroni & Cheese Paper Goods Please bring your donations to the back of the Church or Hall after Mass. We thank all of you who continue to remember our Food Pantry with your donations. Fr. Lauder Presents The Catholic Novel & Friday Night Film Festival The Catholic Novel Series - Rev. Robert Lauder in collaboration with The Office of Faith Formation will present the Catholic Novel series for the Spring of 2018. The series will begin on Monday, March 12 th at 7:30 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston. The cost of the series is $40. Friday Night Film Festival - Fr. Lauder and The Secretariat for Evangelization and Catehcesis presents the 55 th Friday Film Festival beginning on Friday, March 16 th, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston. The cost is $25 for the series or $6 for a single film. For further information on the Catholic Novel Series call (718) 281-9544 or the Friday Night Film Festival call (718) 281-9582. Flyers containing additional information and registration forms are available in the back of the Church and Msgr. Ryan Hall. YEAR-END TAX STATEMENTS It s costly to send an end-of-the year tax statement to every household in the parish, and not everyone is interested in receiving it. So if you d like a statement reflecting your giving to St. Mary s for 2017, please phone the parish office at 621-2222 and someone will send one on to you. If there s no one at the phones when you call, feel free to leave a message on the machine with pertinent information: who s requesting, address, and a phone number in case verification is needed. CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES COLLECTION The annual Diocesan collection for Catholic Relief Services will be taken up next weekend, March 11/12. SPRING FORWARD Daylight Savings Time begins at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 11 h. Don t forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour! CHANGE OF LOCATION FOR THE 12:15 MASS NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 11 th, 2018 NEXT SUNDAY, March 11 th, the 12:15 p.m. Mass will be moved from the Hall to the Church to allow the Fun-Raising Committee to decorate the Hall for the 2017-2018 300 Club year-end party later that day.
Page 6 LENTEN SCHEDULE The penitential Season of Lent began on Ash Wednesday and ends with the Mass of the Lord s Supper on Holy Thursday. Lent has six Sundays; the sixth of which is called Passion or Palm Sunday and marks the beginning of Holy Week. Abstinence from meat is to be observed by all Catholics (14 years and older) on Ash Wednesday and on all the Fridays of Lent. Fasting means limiting oneself to one full meal on a given fast day. Catholics who are between the ages of 18 and 59 inclusive are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. On fast days, two additional smaller meals are permitted. However, the two smaller meals together should not equal one full meal. The schedule of services for Lent is as follows: Daily Mass Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m. ~ Church First Saturday: March 3 at 9:00 a.m. ~ Church Stations of the Cross Fridays of Lent - following the 9:00 a.m. Mass ~ Church Confessions Fridays of Lent: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ~ Church Except Friday March 9: 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ~ Hall Except First Friday, March 2: 3:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. ~ Church followed by 7:00 p.m. Holy Hour with Benediction Saturdays of Lent: 3:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. ~ Hall Except Saturday, February 17: 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. ~ Hall Monday, March 26 - Diocesan Day of Penance: 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ~ Church Good Friday, March 30: 9:45 a.m. to 12:00 Noon ~ Church Holy Saturday, March 31: 9:45 a.m. to 12:00 Noon ~ Church
Page 7 REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVE Lord, hold these men and women in your loving hands and protect them as they protect us and bless them for their self-forgetting acts. We pray for peace in our world and an end to war. Amen. 1LT Brendan Echausse COL Daniel Friend PV1 Joseph M. Friend LT Christian R. Foschi PFC Steven Hyyti CAPT David Jacobs SK1 John D. Klick PFC Michael P. Lanciki CAPT Eric W. Lipp Cpl Caitlin Lyons LT. Dennis Mackin Cpl Tommy Mozer SGT Julio Ortiz II LCpl Jonathan Peres SSGT Jonathan Porto PVT Michael Starczewski SPC Luke Whitting RCT Jordan J. Williams
Page 8 What When 300 plus members $100 each subscription mmembers M number Open toem all St.Mary s parishioners, ber friends & family s FIVE Prizes awarded monthly: 4th $50 1st $200 5th $25 2nd $100 25 rd 3 $ 75 0 Grand Prize at year end: $1,000 How Fill out and Submit application form below - OR - Print out, fill in and submit the application from the website : Enroll by: March 20, 2018 10 First Monthly Drawing: March 29, 2018 29 22 29 27 Grand Prize date: www.stmarysroslyn.com March, 2019 fill out, attach check and mail Name Address Email Phone Choice of 1 Number From 305 to 999 (existing members can keep current number or request new one) st nd Number Choice: 1 or 2 or Auto Pick or 2016/2017 number Membership $100 for one year. Checks made payable to St Mary s 300 Club Place check & card in collection basket or mail to St Mary s 300 Club, Church of St Mary, 110 Bryant Avenue Roslyn, New York 11576
Page 9 COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENTS TELEVISED MASS FOR THE HOMEBOUND - Each week through television, Passionist Communications brings The Sunday Mass to the sick and homebound. It can be seen in the New York area (Long Island) on WLNY - Ch. 10 or 55 at 9:00 AM on Sunday; WNYW - Ch. 5 at 5:30 AM on Sunday. Closed captioning is available for each Mass. In addition to this Mass schedule The Sunday Mass is now airing on ABC from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. each Sunday morning. For information consult the website at www.thesundaymass.org. LENTEN DAY OF REFLECTION - Magnificat, a Ministry to Catholic Women, cordially invites you to attend a Lenten Day of Reflection - Journey to the Cross, which will enable us to have a deeper experience of reflection, meditation and prayer, as we prepare for Holy Week - on Saturday, March 24 at St. Agnes Cathedral, Ministries Building, Rockville Centre, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. We will begin with Mass at 9:00 a.m. in the Cathedral, and then proceed to the Ministries Building. The cost is $20 per person (bring your own lunch), and pre-registration is required. Please make checks payable to Magnificat : and mail to: Judy Murphy, 42 Pinehurst Street, Lido Beach, NY 11561. Checks must be received by March 19. Payment will not be accepted at the door. For additional information, please call 917 453-5750. Come and bring a friend, as we prepare for Holy Week! Relics of the Passion Sunday, March 18 ~ 2:00 p.m. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 495 North Ocean Avenue, Patchogue This is an exclusive opportunity to venerate these holy relics and participate in a program that allows you to engage in a unique commemoration of Jesus walk to Calvary. This powerful program is a one-hour presentation supported with music and meditation followed by veneration. A collection such as this is generally seen only in Rome in the Holy Land and included are a piece of the true cross of Christ as well as a piece of the crown of thorns. For more information, please call 631-475-4739.
Page 10 Dear Padre & Membership PARISH REGISTRATION REQUEST I/we would like to register in the parish of St. Mary s. Please send me a Parish Census to complete so I can become a parishioner of St. Mary s. Please send my Census to: NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: Please return to the Rectory Office or place in the collection basket.