April 21, 2019

Easter Sunday

Domingo de Pascua

Morning prayers at 8:00 am

Holy Saturday, April 20: 11:00 am - Blessing of Easter Food Baskets in the Lower Church.

CONFESSIONS BY REQUEST

NO 5:30 PM MASS ON HOLY SATURDAY

8:00 pm - EASTER VIGIL MASS in the Upper Church

Sunday, April 21: 9:30 + Michael Joseph Palica by Joan Brani-

gan 11:00 + (Spanish) Marisol Palma by sisters Teresa & Manuela 12:30 + Maureen Colleen Carney by Family Monday, April 22: 8:15 + Zofia Staczek by Szolek Family 12:15 + Pedro Vargas by Edit Rivera Tuesday, April 23: 8:15 + All Souls in Purgatory by Ana Ferreira 12:15 + Pedro Vargas by Edit Rivera Wednesday, April 24: 8:15 + FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 12:15 + All Souls in Purgatory by Ana Ferreira Thursday, April 25: 8:15 + All Souls in Purgatory by Ana Ferreira 12:15 + CC Conception by Brunilda Sitkiewicz

Friday, April 26: 8:15 + All Souls in Purgatory by Ana Ferreira 12:15 + 7:30 + (Spanish) Jose Martinez (Happy Birth- day in Heaven) by Rosa and Family

Saturday, April 27: 8:15 + Estella Klepsch by daughter Kathleen 5:30 + D’Annunzio - Karamouzos family (Gabriel & John’s Wedding Anniversary)

Sunday, April 28: 9:30 + Michael Joseph Palica by Anna Lewicki 11:00 + (Spanish) Luis Ricardo Lopez by wife Virginia and daughters 12:30 + PURGATORIAL SOCIETY

This week the weekday Masses will be celebrated in the upper church.

Please remember those on our sick list in your prayers: Michael Anobile, Lottie Wo-jciechowicz, Maria Petrona Paiz Turcios, Nancy Culmone, Franciszka Sienko, Jacqueline El-sasser, Catherine McClung, Valerie Bruno, Phyllis & Dennis Nusspickel, Martha Banfield, Allen Ryczek, Levieva Svetiana, Molly Tybur-czy, John Tyburczy, Julissa Garcia, Carolyn Lattanzio, Joan Dobkin, Laurie Rueckheim, Ju-dith Ballaster, Steve Belus, Janice L. Whelan, James Cunniff, Joseph Buenos, Patty Behan, Donald Buddenhagen, Matthew Colasanti, Jo-seph Anthony D’Avino, Laura Borruso, Amy Pisarki, John Slattery, Joseph Lauron, Patricia Riordan, Carmelo Reyes, Marylou Ryan, Patricia Taranovich, Eugene Stonebreaker, Zofia Orlowska, Mary Sanz, Robert Keenan, Ryan Marshall, Anne Marie Stampf, Edward Pertell, Genowefa Biernaca, Elizabeth Malenik, Kataryna Gierczynska, Caitlyn Geer, James Buddenhagen, Bill Wisniewski, Gary Norman-dia, Eleanor Heiberger, Brian Francis Campion, Gemma Ferrara, Frank Sarlie, Peggy Mae, Edwin Soto, Lawrence O’Donnell, Julia Silva, Theresa Good, Mary Knapp, Elizabeth “Betty” Gifford

Easter Vigil

Congratulations and prayerful wishes to the adults who received the sacraments

on Easter Vigil:

Avianna Ortiz Francisco Javier Auceda

Jennifer Daisy Velez Jorge Zelaya

Marylyn Guzman Ramiro Cerezo Leon

William Auther

From Fr. Davy’s Desk:

Easter is the greatest and the most important feast in the Church. "Easter" literally

means "the feast of fresh flowers." We celebrate it with pride and jubilation. Why

do we rejoice today? We rejoice because a tragedy has turned into comedy. It is

like watching one of the episodes of Batman. First you see an innocent and help-

less victim being attacked, robbed, kidnapped, assaulted and tortured by a wicked

assailant. And we feel so bad seeing the triumph of the bad guy. Then, almost at

the point where the victim has given up hope and is at the point of death, down

from the skies comes Batman to the rescue. He battles and defeats the bad guy and

rescues the innocent victim. And we feel happy inside at the triumph of justice.

The story of the suffering and death of Jesus on Good Friday is the story of the tri-

umph of falsity over truth. Jesus was falsely charged of crimes that he did not

commit, and unjustly sentenced to a death that he did not deserve. His good friend

betrayed him, his trusted companions deserted him and his number one man de-

nied him. The people he loved demanded his crucifixion and chose to have the

bandit Barabbas released in his place. All this comes to a head on Good Friday

when we see Jesus scourged, mocked, led on the death march, nailed to the cross

where he dies after a few hours and hastily buried in a tomb. If that were the end of

the story that would be a bad story or a tragedy. But glory be to God it is not!

Resurrection of Jesus reveals that truth is immortal. We can suppress Truth, accuse

it of being a lie, condemn it, torture it, kill it, bury it in the grave but on the third

day Truth will rise again. Truth will always be truth. That is why the church asks

us today to rejoice and be glad. Even when we are going through very difficult

times: through betrayal, unjust discrimination, misrepresentations; even when the

enemy seems to be winning the battle in our lives. Today Christ has won. And we

know that in Christ we shall overcome. Halleluiah, Praise the Lord!

Fr. Jossy and I wish you a Blessed Easter!

Fr. Kavungal Davy, CMI

Pastor

Mensaje del Padre Davy:

La Pascua es la fiesta más grande y más importante de la Iglesia. "Pascua" signifi-

ca literalmente "la fiesta de las flores frescas". Lo celebramos con orgullo y júbilo.

¿Por qué nos regocijamos hoy? Nos regocijamos porque una tragedia se ha conver-

tido en comedia. Es como ver uno de los episodios de Batman. Primero ves a una

víctima inocente e indefensa siendo atacada, robada, secuestrada, asaltada y tortu-

rada por un malvado agresor. Y nos sentimos tan mal al ver el triunfo del chico ma-

lo. Luego, casi en el punto donde la víctima ha perdido la esperanza y está en el

punto de la muerte, desde el cielo llega Batman al rescate. Él lucha y derrota al ma-

lo y rescata a la víctima inocente. Y nos sentimos felices por dentro con el triunfo

de la justicia.

La historia del sufrimiento y la muerte de Jesús el viernes Santo es la historia del

triunfo de la falsedad sobre la verdad. Jesús fue acusado falsamente de delitos que

no cometió, y fue condenado injustamente a una muerte que no merecía. Su buen

amigo lo traicionó, sus compañeros de confianza lo abandonaron y su hombre

número uno lo negó. Las personas que amaba exigieron su crucifixión y eligieron

que liberaran al bandido Barrabás en su lugar. Todo esto llega a un punto crítico el

Viernes Santo cuando vemos a Jesús azotado, burlado, liderado en la marcha de la

muerte, clavado en la cruz donde muere después de unas horas y enterrado apresu-

radamente en una tumba. Si ese fuera el final de la historia, sería una mala historia

o una tragedia. ¡Pero la gloria sea para Dios, no lo es!

La resurrección de Jesús revela que la verdad es inmortal. Podemos reprimir la

Verdad, acusarla de mentira, condenarla, torturarla, matarla, enterrarla en la tumba,

pero al tercer día la Verdad volverá a surgir. La verdad siempre será verdad. Es por

eso que la iglesia nos pide hoy que nos regocijemos y nos alegremos. Incluso cuan-

do estamos atravesando tiempos muy difíciles: a través de la traición, la discrimi-

nación injusta, las tergiversaciones; incluso cuando el enemigo parece estar ganan-

do la batalla en nuestras vidas. Hoy Cristo ha ganado. Y sabemos que en Cristo

venceremos. Aleluya, ¡Alabado sea el Señor!

¡Padre Jossy y yo le deseamos a todos ustedes Felices Pascua!

Padre Kavungal Davy, CMI

WEEKLY OFFERING

Weekend of April 6 - 7, 2019

Attendance - 640 Collection - $ 3,797.00

Votive Candles - $ 820.00

Last year’s attendance - 694 Last year’s Collection - $ 4,078.00

Last year's Votive Candles - $ 627.00

St. Anthony Feast Raffle:

Ticket Cost: $5.00

First Prize: $750.00 Second Prize: $500.00

Third Prize: $250.00

Parish Goal: $33,347.00 Pledged: $26,415.00

March 2019 50/50 Winner

Una Gannon

$ 214.50

Newly Baptized

The parish family welcomes the newly bap-tized:

Jefferson Adriel Rojas Ramirez

Happy Birthday Fr. Davy, CMI

April 21

Vacation

Fr. Jossy is making his home visit on April 22-May 22. Let us wish him a joyful vacation and

keep him in our prayers.

Thank You

Thanks to all who helped in decorating and preparing the church for Holy week and

Easter ceremonies. Special thanks to Arturo Denicia and the members in the Hispanic

Community who organized the Wednesday Passion Play and Good Friday Way of the

Cross on the street.

Gracias a todos los que ayudaron a decorar y preparar a la iglesia para las ceremonias de Semana Santa y para la ceremonia de

Pascua. Un agradecimiento especial a Arturo Denicia y los miembros de la

comunidad hispana que organizaron la obra de la pasión de Cristo y el Vía Crucis en la

calle el Viernes Santo.

St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry

Our food pantry is in need of the following items: canned tuna fish, cereal, canned meats (Spam, ham, corned beef hash),

canned vegetables, macaroni and cheese, instant mashed potato, rice, canned beans

and peanut butter and jelly.

50/50 CLUB

50/50 envelopes are available in the back of the church. Please feel free to take additional envelopes for neighbors and friends.

Minimum donation is $2.00

Donacion minima $2.00

$2.00 = 1 chance to win

$5.00 = 3 chances to win

$10.00 = 6 chances to win

Please make sure your name, phone number and dollar amount are on each 50/50 envelope. (We will make sure your contribution is con-verted into the proper amount of chances to which you are entitled.)

All proceeds will be added to our Elevator Fund.

Birthday Announcement

If anyone is celebrating a birthday, we would like to announce it in the bulletin. Please email Fr. Davy or call the rectory and leave the name of the person, the month and day of their birth. (Email address can be found on the front of the

bulletin.)

BAPTISM

Baptisms are celebrated in English on the last Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. and Spanish baptisms are celebrated on the first Saturday of

every month.

Arrangements must be made at the Parish Office in advance. The birth certifi-cate must be presented. Instructions are re-

quired for parents and godparents before Baptism.

MARRIAGES

Arrangements should be made six months in advance. Pre-Cana Conferences are part of

preparation. The website address is: http://www.pre-cana.org/

MINISTRY TO THE SICK

Priests are available anytime. Ministers of the Eucharist can be invited to bring Communion to

the home of the sick.

SCHOOL OF FAITH FORMATION

Wednesday: Pre-Communion and Communion Classes

5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Thursday: Continuing Classes to Confirmation, Pre-

Confirmation and Confirmation 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP

Please register at the Parish Office. Any letters for Sponsorship, Baptism/Confirmation, as well as a letter for Immigration, you must be a regis-

tered member of the Parish.

CHOIR

Meets each Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in Church

2019 Awardees:

Mr. Edward Killip and Mrs. Phyllis Nusspickel are the distinguished parish-ioners selected by the diocese of Brooklyn for 2019 award.

Edward Killip is a volunteer, Lector, Eucharistic Minister, Parish Council

Member, Finance Council member, Offertory counting member, etc.

Phyllis Nusspickel is a volunteer, Sacristan, Parish Council member, etc. They will be receiving the award on Sunday, April 28 at 3: 00 PM at Co-

Cathedral of St. Joseph.

Congratulations to Edward and Phyllis!

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