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MASS SCHEDULE
WEEK DAY MASSES: Monday—Friday
8:30AM in Mother Church
WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday 5PM in Large Church
Sunday 7:30AM in Mother Church 9AM, and 11:00AM in
Large Church
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:
Saturday 4PM—4:30PM in Large Church
Monday 6:15PM—7:15PM in Mother Church
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION:
Monday 6PM—8PM in Mother Church
MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA &
BENEDICTION: Monday 7:30—8PM
Mother Church
ROSARY: April 20, 4:45pm Mother Church
April 24, 2016 Fifth Sunday of Easter As Jesus has loved us. So we must love one another.
(John 13:31-33a, 34-35)
Our Lady of the Snow Catholic Church
175 Blue Point Avenue Blue Point, New York 11715
Telephone: 631-363-6385
Visitusonline!www.OurLadyofTheSnowBluePoint.com
A PRAYER TO
THE HOLY FAMILY
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate the splendor of true love; to you we turn with trust. Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too may be places of communion and prayer, authentic schools of the Gospel and small domestic churches. Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again experience violence, rejection and division; may all who have been hurt or scandalized find ready comfort and healing. Holy Family of Nazareth, make us more mindful of the sacredness and inviolability of the family, and its beauty in God’s plan. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Graciously hear our prayer. Amen. --Pope Francis
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK April 25, 2016
Saints and Special Observances also indicated
Monday April 25, St. Marks 8:30AM Louise Gibbons † Tuesday April 26, 8:30AM William Panciroli † Wednesday April 27, 8:30AM Ginette Lacy † Thursday April 28, St Peter Chanel & St. Louis Grignion de Monfort 8:30AM James Burrowes † Friday April 29, St Catherine of Siena 8:30AM Lola M. Vlachos †
Saturday April 30, St. Pius 5:00PM Joseph Montulto † Sunday May 1, 7:30AM Florence Behan 9:00AM Parishioners † 11:00AM Rocco Ranaudo † John Petrizzi Jr. † Millicent Racioppi †
For all who have died this past week, that they rejoice in the heavenly banquet…
Pray for Our Sick
In Sympathy
We pray for all who are sick, for their healing in both body and spirit….
Karen Ray & Larry Wolfe
Major Meghan Ederle
Capt Kyle Brown Capt. Tara Brown Gomez
Capt. Thomas Gomez Lt. Jg Sean Brown
Army Specialist Justin Brown E3/ACAN Connor Rooney USN 2/c Midshipman Shannon Brown Capt. Dr. Kate Desmond-Baker
† MEMORIALS FOR THE WEEK † Altar Bread and Wine
In loving Memory of our Parishioners Sanctuary Candle in Mother Church
In loving Memory of our Parishioners
OUR LADY OF THE SNOW SENIORS We will be celebrating a special morning
Mass for our seniors on
Wednesday , May 25th at 11:00am In the Ursuline Convent
Following Mass, Please join us for a light luncheon and friendship, hosted by
Our Lady of the Snow Parish Outreach. Please R.S.V.P by Wednesday, May 18th
to Outreach at 363-2417 Monday—Thursday 10am-1pm
Or you may leave a message on their machine at any time.
We look forward to seeing you!!
May Crowning May 1st after the 9 am Mass
All Are Welcome In front of the Mother
Church
A Message from Father Charles Fink Page 3
My dear parish family, The prayer on this week’s bulletin cover is the closing of Pope Francis’ new Apostolic Letter, The Joy of Love, which received so much coverage in the media. Unfortunately, if your only familiarity with the Letter is by way of commentary on the internet, TV, newspa-pers, or magazines, you’ll have very little idea of the thrust and substance of what the Pope has to say. The Joy of Love is a book length (255 pages) meditation on marriage and family. Pope Francis covers an enormous amount of material: sex, children, motherhood, fatherhood, adoption, care of the elderly, brother and sister relationships in the family, marriage prepara-tion, challenges in marriage, pastoral care of the newly married and of those suffering diffi-culties in marriage, civil marriages, dealing with grief, ethical formation of children, sex edu-cation and modesty. There is a long and beautiful reflection on St. Paul’s lyrical description of love in 1 Corinthians 13. You’d be hard pressed to know any of this from the way the Letter is dealt with in the media. There almost the entire focus is on the last 23 pages or so that deal with “accompanying, discerning and integrating weakness.” It’s here that the Pope asks us to reach out to those living in “irregular situations.” It’s here he borrows a phrase from John Paul II, “the principle of gradualness” to describe the way we should try slowly and patiently to bring those not living in accord with Church teaching into greater union with the Church. The Pope explicitly rules out changing any official teachings on marriage and family. What he asks for is compassion, understanding, sympathy, meeting people where they are and accompanying them as they make their way to God, letting them know they are loved, helping them move into greater conformity to the will of God. A couple of weeks ago, in a Sunday homily, I recommended C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, particularly the last book of the series, as giving a brilliantly creative picture of heav-en, remarking that the impact of the picture would be somewhat dimmed if one only read the last ten pages of the last book. People laughed understanding human nature as well as I and knowing what I was getting at. It seems most of the media is only interested in the last twen-ty-five pages of Pope Francis’ latest Apostolic Letter, and then only insofar as, depending on their ideology, they can spin it to suit their taste. I wouldn’t expect many of you to be willing to wade through all 255 pages of The Joy of Love, but I hope that in an age where even those who consider themselves good Catholics are quick to question and dissent from Church teaching, you’d show at least a little skepti-cism toward what you read concerning Church teaching from media sources that almost al-ways have an ax to grind. With love and prayers Fr. Charles Fink
Believing with Joy! Stewardship - A Way of Life
Mass
Attendance Envelopes $
Loose $
Total
5:00 pm 205 2428 501 2929 7:30 am 101 1624 434 2058 9:00 am 190 1162 434 1596 11:00 am 239 1458 610 2068 Total 735 6672 1979 8651
STEWARDSHIP FINANCIAL REPORT For the week of April 17, 2016
Monsignor Charles Fink, we thank you for 40 years of
faithful service !
We have been blessed by your priesthood and your
leadership!
Come join us for hospitality after
Mass to celebrate Fr Fink’s
anniversary!
May Crowning!
Next Sunday, May 1, we will crown the statue of the Blessed Mother in the front of the Mother Church. Join us after the 9 a.m. Mass to honor Mary, as queen of heaven and earth
Thank you to Eileen Schandal, Ducky Pond Preschool for teaching our Moms and More group to shout
praises to God! Our next Moms and More will be
on April 28 in the Mother
Church base-ment
at 10 a.m. Please join us.
KNOWING OUR FAITH LXVI. THE PSALMS
If we are to advance in our life of prayer, which is to say, in our life of love of God, we should be on the lookout for anything that can help us on our way. We have already discussed the sacraments. Ideally our celebration of them should be moments of prayer. This is particularly true of the Eucharist, which we not only re-ceive but adore. We have spoken, too, of the value of spiritual reading, most espe-cially the Bible. Within the Bible itself, there is an extraordinary aid to prayer, namely the Book of Psalms: 150 songs of praise, petition, thanksgiving, lamentation and long-ing, all inspired by God Himself. It is no coincidence that in the Church’s official prayer book, the Liturgy of the Hours (said mostly by priests and religious but rec-ommended to all the faithful and available as a free app on smart phones) the psalms make up the biggest part. In these beautiful prayers, expressing every im-aginable response to God, it is as if He were saying, “It’s all right to question me, to be angry with me; I don’t mind, so long as we stay in touch.” When Jesus cried out from the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” He was quot-ing the opening line of Psalm 22. People are often put off by the violence in some of the psalms. There are a number of things we can do to overcome this aversion. One is to think of the ene-mies the psalmist wants destroyed not as other people but as evil spiritual powers bent on our destruction or as our own baser inclinations, which we beseech God to eliminate. At the same time, we can read the psalms as the prayers of all God’s children. This ought to come easily to Catholics, who should possess a vivid sense of being members of the body of Christ. When we pray the psalms, we pray for the whole body, not just in the sense of wishing them God’s blessings, but in their place, be-cause they may be so downtrodden and despondent, surrounded by enemies, mocked and scorned, that they have not the strength to pray for themselves. The regular praying of the psalms, therefore, can have a wonderfully broad-ening effect on us, breaking us out of the egotism of praying only for our own con-cerns and the concerns of those closest to us. We pray for those who feel aban-doned by God, who in their desperation want only surcease of all that hurts them. The day may come when we are similarly afflicted. If we are lucky, somewhere someone will be praying a psalm for us.
OUR LADY OF THE SNOW RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE 363-6394 [email protected]
Office Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 9:30—4:30 or by appointment The ministry of Religious Education strives to bring all into a closer relationship with Jesus
Week of April 24
First Communions Sat. 5/7 - 11am Rehearsal Wed. 5/4 at 4:30pm Sat. 5/7 -2pm Rehearsal Wed. 5/4 at 6pm Sat. 5/14 -11am Rehearsal Wed. 5/11 at 4:30pm
May Crowning—Sun. May 1st at the 9am Mass All students are invited to participate.
LIVE AND SHARE YOUR FAITH We are beginning to prepare for next year’s pro-gram. Please consider sharing your Catholic faith with the children of the parish. Call or email the Re-ligious Education Office for more information
REGISTRATION-forms for 2016-2017 will be on the parish website the last week in April. ourladyofthesnowblue-point.com). Hard copies will be available on the backstairs of the Religious Education Office
Children Entering 1st Grade—Sept 2016 should be registered in the Religious Education Program.
Participation in Level 1 is the first level of the Diocesan mandated 2 year preparation program for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist. Registration forms can be found on the parish web-site or on the backstairs of the Religious Education Office and should be returned to the Religious Edu-
cation Office as soon as possible.
“’Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me;…’” Mark 9:37
THANK YOU To Our Level 3-8 CATECHISTS
Monique Abel, Tara Anglim, Cynthia Bachek, The-resa Bailey, Cathie Balbera, Patricia Baldassare, Shannon Baumiller, Janice Bershad, Joann Bilboa, Mary Bradley, Joanne Brooks, Amanda Bryant, Al-lison Carroll, Lisa Carson, Jennifer Charvat, Lor-en Christie, Wendy Clare, Colleen Damiano, Mi-chael Dawidziak, Orlando Diaz, Kathy DiPalo, Dan-ielle Dobson, Mary Dolan, Colleen Erickson, Chris-tine Fedorys, Tina Festa, Diana Fish, Kristen Fryer, Maria Garafola, Haley Giuliano, Kathleen Giuliano, Kathryn Goebel, Mary Ann Greenlaw, Susan Gress-ler, Jennifer Hans, Meaghan Healy, Stacey Hender-shot, Lynn Hill, Katie Hruby, Kathleen Jacobs, Mar-garet Jeran, Janet Karan, Jacob Keiffert, Rosemary Kessler, Maureen Knapp, Annette Lanteri, Melissa Lessing, Kristin Maggi, Terry Martin, Danielle May, Jennifer McDonald, Kelly McMahon, Kerri New-beck, Jaime Onufrak, Susan Prescott, Kimberly Ricciardi, Allison Riordan, Michelle Ross, Patricia Russell, Renee Schilling, Laura Segarra, Daniella Sekela, Jennifer Shanahan, Kelly Smith, Jennifer Stadier, Melanie Stafford, Christine Stawecki, Ni-cole Teufel, Courtney Thyberg, Jennifer Torre, Patricia Vickers, Joseph Walsh, Kara Welling, Lin-da Wetherell, Maureen Wuestmann, Nancy Yost and Roberta Zoller.
To Our Liturgy of the Word Leaders
Barbara Renner and Loren Christie To Our Faith Buddies
James Dobson, Gillian Dougherty, Emma Gluchowski, Danielle Lanteri and
Kevel Lessing
Parish Outreach 40 years (1976-2016) of assisting those in
need in our community
**FOOD PANTRY ALERT**
Due to these tough economic times, we are helping an increased number of our
neighbors in need.
The Pantry is in need of the following:
*** Indicate we are very low in supply ♦ Coffee, tea and milk*** ♦ Cereal , hot and cold ♦ Crackers ♦ Spinach*** ♦ Jelly *** ♦ Mayonnaise*** ♦ Instant and canned potatoes ♦ Canned Chicken, Salmon*** ♦ Stew*** ♦ Toilet paper, paper towels and tissue paper*** ♦ Hand soap ♦ Toothpaste ♦ Laundry detergent ♦ Peas*** ♦ Carrots ♦ Mixed vegetables ♦ Juice ♦ Soap*** ♦ Body wash ♦ Deodorant*** ♦ Macaroni & Cheese ♦ Chili*** ♦ Ketchup*** ♦ Conditioner ♦ Rice ♦ Cat and Dog Food ♦ Cleaning supplies ♦ Pancake Mix ♦ King Kullen gift cards $10***
The pantry is located in the lobby of the large Church. All donation can be left outside the pantry door or at the Outreach office.
This educational self-assessment is a fun way to help you see how much you know about your Catholic faith. Answers can be found on the bottom of this page. 1. God won’t forgive you if you break the
law even if you are sorry and go to confession?
True / False 2. In the early church, public sinners
performed public______. a. singing b, dancing c, penance d, exercise 3. In confession, it is Jesus, represented
by the priest, who forgives our sins. True / False 4. Which sacrament does not include the
forgiveness of sins? a, reconciliation b, baptism c, anoint ing of the sick d, matrimony 5. What did Jesus do that forgave all our
sins. a, walked on water b, died on the cross c, picked 12 disciples d, healed a blind person
IQ answers: 1)false; 2)c; 3)true; 4) d; 5) b
Who is doing Mass?
April 30—May 1
5:00pm - Fr. John Amoah 7:30 am– Fr. Charles Fink 9:00 am—Fr. Charles Fink 11:00 am—Fr. John Amoah
W H A T I S Y O U R C A T H O L I C I Q ?
RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY “Jesus I trust in You” Sister Foustina
4/28/16 Thursday – Cath-olic Health Services of LI is opening a Gianna Cen-ter at Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip offer-ing comprehensive pro-life health care which is effec-tive (99.5%), scientific,
physical & spiritual. It includes: crisis preg-nancy assistance & counseling, education of fertility care & management (Na-Pro - natu-ral procreation technology using natural or-ganic alternatives such as Creighton Model System) & pre-natal loss (Gabriel’s Courage- provides help to women who are experienc-ing problem pregnancies) Q/A call 1-855-301-4CHS or www.chhsli.org
4/30/16 Saturday – March for Life, NY - EAST
COAST: Meet @ Brookhaven Town Hall, Farmingville @ 11:30AM – then march to Bald Hill Amphitheater for Major Rally, N.B. There is no parking @ the Town Hall / there is parking @ Bald Hill (Q/A 681-7275 or [email protected])
5/7/16 Saturday – Divine Mercy Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Island, Manor-ville for Passing through the Holy Door of Mercy, Adoration, Chaplet of Divine Mercy & Confessions in the Pilgrim Hall --- THEN join the Catholics for Freedom of Religion who will host a presentation by Congressman Lee Zeldin from 5-6:30PM Q/A 472-0033- car pool from OLS @ 2:15 PM
9/30/16, Friday: Life Center of LI’s 30th Anni-versary Dinner Dance / 6-11pm Woodbury Country Club / Honoree & Special Guest Speaker: Msgr. James Lisante – Special Guest Speaker: Rick Hinshaw
“Bridge of Spies” with Tom Hanks “Concussion” with Will Smith
Now and at the Hour of Our Death……..
A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decision –Making
Catholics are not morally bound to prolong the dying process by using every medical treatment available. Allowing natu-ral death to occur is not the same as killing. Some treatments may be considered “extraordinary” (as opposed to ordinary) and are not morally obligatory because the burdens an consequences are out of propor-tion to the benefit results anticipated for a particular patient. These are considered morally optional treatments. For example, it would be permissible for a cancer patient to forego a particularly aggressive and expensive treatment if the pa-tient judged the survival rate too low and the pain of the treatment too great a burden. But what constitutes an “excessive burden?” Our Church suggests that when making a decision to accept or refuse a treat-ment , we should take into consideration the type of treatment recommended, how risky or complicated it is, its cost, side effects, how painful it will be , its availability , the likeli-hood of that treatment maintaining or en-hancing the life of the patient, and the need to share limited medical resources. We should also consider the spiritual and emo-tional burdens on ourselves and our family.
!!!!!!ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT TO GET YOUR TICKET!!!!!!
Our Lady of the Snow 2nd Annual Raffle First Prize $10,000
Second Prize $5, 000 Third Prize $1,000
Seller of Winning Ticket $500 Tickets $100.
Only 500 Tickets being sold.
The drawing for the Raffle will be on May 6, 2016
at the Dinner Dance.
Come into the Rectory to get your ticket!!
Dinner Dance May 6, 2016 7pm—11pm
Knights of Columbus Hall 38 West 1st Patchogue
Tickets are on sale NOW!! At the Rectory office
$35 per person
Price includes , Appetizers, Dinner , Dessert DJ, beer, wine and soda
Drawing for Raffle will take
place at the Dinner Dance
Get a group of eight friends and have a table to yourselves
Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.) Persons interested in becoming Catholic and adults
who have not received Confirmation or First Eucharist, please contact Beth Rivalsi at 363-2416.
Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least six to twelve
months in advance. It is advisable to call the church prior to
arranging the reception.
Baptisms Are celebrated on the second Saturday and
fourth Sunday of most months. Please visit our website at for complete information
New parishioners Please register at the parish or call 363-
6385, ext. 110 for information.
Communion for the Homebound:
To make arrangements to have Communion brought to the home, please call the parish office at 363-6385, ext. 110. For emergency sick calls, please call the parish at
any time.
Catholic Marriage for couples married
outside the Church If you have a civil marriage but now desire a Catholic sacramental marriage, call the Rectory for more infor-mation about a Convalidation .Convalidation is having a couple’s marriage recognized and blessed by the Church through the Catholic Rite of Marriage
The Pastoral Team Clergy
Rev. Edward R. D’Andrea, Pastor Deacon Frank Hartmann Rev. Msgr. Charles Fink, Parish Administrator Deacon Edward Karan Rev. John Amoah, Associate Pastor Deacon Bob Gronenthal
Parish Office: 363-6385 — Fax: 363-7394 Hours: Mon –Fri 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Mrs. Lindsay Butler, Parish Asst., ext. 111; Mrs. Loraine Gonzalez, . Asst., ext. 110
Religious Education: 363-6394 Monday – Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m Mrs. Patricia Bartoldus, Director of Faith Formation, ; Mrs. Eileen Mulry, Secretary, ext.115
Faith Formation for Adults: 363-2416 Mrs. Beth Rivalsi, Director of Faith Formation for Adults [email protected]
Parish Outreach: 363-2417 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Monday - Thursday in the cottage
Mrs. Diana Mongan, Director ; Mrs. Patricia Fulco, Outreach Assistant [email protected]
Director of Music, Mrs. Theresa Martin
Respect Life Ministry , Mrs. Jean Delaney Coordinator 631 472-0033
A little humor from Father Fink
A visitor to Dublin was doing a coach tour of the city. When the coach came to Clontarf, the courier said, “the famous Battle
of Clontarf was fought here.” The visitor said, “and when was that?” “Ten fourteen.” The visitor looked at his watch, then said, “Oh, we’ve just missed it…”
BAKERS NEEDED!!!! Parish Outreach will be hosting our Spring bake sale after all the masses on Saturday April 30, 2016 and Sunday May 1, 2016. Would you consider baking a cake, pie ,bread cookies ,cupcakes, brownies etc? Please drop your items off in the vesti-bule of the large church before or af-ter any mass. Thank you so much for helping us help those in need .
