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Mass Schedule Confessions Saturday: Vigil Mass 5:00 PM • Saturday: 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM • Call the rectory to arrange an appointment at Monday through Saturday: 8:30 AM a mutually convenient time Holy days: As announced Family Mass: 9:30 AM Mass Baptisms Sacrament of Matrimony Please contact Deacon Lachlan at Ext. 112 Arrangements must be made at least six months prior to make arrangements for your child’s baptism. to the ceremony and before arranging the reception. Please contact Fr. Grieco at Ext 116.
Church of the Holy Spirit16 South 6th Street, New Hyde Park, New York 11040
(516) 354-0359
January 1, 2017
Solemnity of Mary
The Mother of God
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PASTORAL STAFF
Rev Frank Grieco, Pastor Ext. 116E-mail: [email protected]
Deacon Lachlan Cameron Ext. 112E-mail: [email protected]
Deacon Douglas Ferreiro Ext. 171E-mail: [email protected]
Music Director: Mary Bolan Ext. 176
John J. Hogan Ext. 132Director, Religious EducationE-mail:[email protected]
BulletinE-mail: [email protected]
Parish Social Ministry Tom Friel, Director Ext. 138E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.holyspiritchurch.comCoordinator: May O’Boyle Deegan
E-mail: [email protected]
Rectory Office Ext. 117Phone: 516-354-0359Fax : 516-354-2611
Rectory Hours:Monday - Thursday: 9:00am - 8:00pmFriday: ClosedSaturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Religious Education Office Hours:Tuesdays from 9 to 4Thursdays from 9 to 3
Church Hours:Monday through Friday 7:00am -8:00pmSaturday: 7:00am-6:15pmSunday: 7:00am-2:00pm
Emergency call (516) 880-2936
Happy New Year!
My heartfelt wishes and prayers for a Blessed New Year for all of our parishioners here at Holy Spirit parish. As
we continue to celebrate the birth of our savior, how he brought peace into the world, and the comfort of knowing he is always here with us, may we live as his sons and daughters every day to make 2017 a great year in our lives, and in the life of the Church!
Blessed Christmas!
Fr. Grieco
“…God’s sign is that he makes himself small for us. This is how he reigns. He does not come with power and outward splendor. He comes as a baby-defenseless and in need of our help. He does not want to overwhelm us with his strength. He takes away our fear of his greatness. He asks for our love: so he makes himself a child. He wants nothing other from us than our love, through which we spontaneously learn to enter into his feelings, his thoughts, and his will-we learn to live with him and to practice with him that humility of renunciation that belongs to the very essence of love. God made himself small so that we could understand him, welcome him, and love him…Christmas has become the Feast of gifts in imitation of God, who has given himself to us. Let us allow our heart, our soul, and our mind to be touched by this fact!”
(Pope Benedict XVI).
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DEACON LACHLAN
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. What a beautiful way to begin this New Year. The Solemnity commemorates the divine motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the God-Bearer, Mother of Jesus Christ, who as we know has two natures, human and divine. In the 4th and 5th centuries debates about the nature of Christ raged in the Church. While the divinity of Christ was largely settled at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, the debate was about the relationship of Christ’s divine and human natures persisted for a while longer. After a number of Councils, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the Church pronounced that Christ was fully God and fully human, and these natures were united in one divine person, Jesus Christ. Thus Mary could be called “mother of God” since she gave birth to Jesus who was fully divine as well as human. Since this time, Mary has been frequently honored as the “mother of God” by Catholics, Orthodox, and many Protestants
The Solemnity of Mary Mother of God falls exactly one week after Christmas, the end of the octave of Christmas. It is fitting to honor Mary as Mother of Jesus, following the birth of Christ.
When Catholics celebrate the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God we are not only honoring Mary, who was chosen among all women throughout history to bear God incarnate, but we are also honoring our Lord, who is fully God and fully human. Calling Mary “mother of God” is the highest honor we can give Mary. Just as Christmas honors Jesus as the “Prince of Peace,” the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God honors Mary as the “Queen of Peace”
There are many Marian feasts in the Church Calendar. These include The Assumption of Mary, The Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Consolation, among many others. However, Mary Mother of God focuses on Mary’s divine maternity.
So while we reflect on Mary, as the Mother of God, our faith teaches us
that she is also our Mother, and always available to us when ask her intercession. She knows the troubles we all face in life. She has experienced poverty, homelessness, loss of a husband, loss of a child. She understands the difficulties of the immigrant…she herself had to flee to Egypt….she knows what it is to be one of us. We need never fear reaching out to her ……she understands us.
May Almighty God bless us, protect us from all evil, and lead us into everlasting life. Amen
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Thank You To All Who Participated In The Christmas Eve Pageant This Year!
Each year at Holy Spirit, kids from an age of four years old through high school participate in our annual Christmas pageant during the 4pm mass on Christmas Eve. This year over 20 children from the parish
participated! It was truly a remarkable gift to the parish. A BIG thanks to Marie Scandura, Fran Wisnewski, Ann Grimshaw and Larisa Scandura, in addition to the Children’s Choir,
Marilyn McClean and Mary Bolan for the music.
Merry Christmas and Happy New YearFred Grimshaw
Please e-mail me [email protected]
with your e-mail address if you are interested in receiving photos from the Pageant.
Fred Grimshaw
For Those Who Died in the Lord
Natalina Maiocco
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Joyce McCabe, Jola Griffen, Chris Hanat, George Warren, Genevieve Early, Ninabeth Palces,
John Caliendo, Linda Eagan, Vincent Sauchelli, Florence Krupski, Marie Lappin, Michael McGovern,
Maria Celena DaCosta, Josephine Cassese, Emelia Arroyo, Irene DeRainieri, Joe and Flo Grimm
Eileen Hammond, Doug Wilson, Neil Duggan and Janet Rossano
THIS WEEK’S GIFTS AND CANDLES
This week the Candlesare in loving memory of
Juan SantiagoLove from Santiago & Mak
Families
This week the Bread & Wine are in loving memory of
Rocco DragoLove from Jo & Joe Amplo
The staff of Social Ministry wishes to thank everyone for their generosity to the needy of our area with your contributions of food all year, with your response to the Giving Tree and Share-A-Gift and all that you
do at all times!
Happy New Year
SOCIAL MINISTRY
LET US PRAY
PRO LIFE COMMITTEE
Don’t Forget Your Baby Bottle!On the weekend of January 7th & 8th, the Holy Spirit Pro-Life Committee will be hosting a Baby Bottle Fundraiser to benefit The Life Center of Long Island. The Life Center is a crisis pregnancy center that counsels women & men who are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. We are asking that you pick up a baby bottle and fill it with your change and to recite the prayer on the bottle. The prayer attached to the bottle will enable the counselors at The Life Center to say just the right words a mother or father may need to hear. It especially opens a mother’s heart to accept the truth. The filled bottles will be collected on the
weekend of January 28/29.
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FAMILY MASS LECTOR SCHEDULE
January 1st1st Daniel Corcoran2nd Andrew CanisePetitions Pia AlanaIntro Jasmine Garnica
January 81st Audrey Mikowski2nd Gabby MngePeitions Audrey BrookerIntro Larissa Scandura
January 151st Rosie Zehnter2nd Pia AlanaPetitions Greg MarzanoIntro Allison Marzano
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4:00 pm MassChristmas Eve, 2016
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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Friday, January 20th 7:30 P.M. until Saturday January 21st 8:30 A.M.
(please save the date)
7:30 P.M. Mass
After Mass the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed.
There will be music all night and a scripture reading every hour.
More information will be available in bulletin next week.
Benediction before 8:30 A.M. Mass on Saturday morning.
Prayer Intentions will be for:
All Pro Life Issues Our new Bishop and our Catholic Faith Our Country and our new President
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Monday, January 2, 20177:15 PM AA Meeting
Tuesday, January 3, 20177:30 PM Legion of Mary
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Thursday, January 5, 20176:30 PM Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Group7:30 PM AA Meeting Caf
Friday, January 6, 20173:00 PM Rosary and Divine Mercy
BABY BOTTLE CAMPAIGN BEGINS THIS WEEKEND
Saturday, Janury 7, 20177:00 AM AA Meeting Sunday, January 8, 2017
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SATURDAY December 31st - Vigil5:00PM Edward T. Bizub SUNDAY January 1st - Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God8:00AM Maureen Rafferty9:30AM Parishioners of Holy Spirit11:00AM Anna and Antonio Alma12:30PM Kara Werner (Living)
MONDAY January 2nd - Saints Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church 8:30AM Purgatorial
TUESDAY January 3rd -Christmas Weekday8:30AM Lucille (Rita) Onuchovsky
WEDNESDAY January 4th - Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious8:30AM Kim Colandreo
THURSDAY Janury 5th - Saint John Neumann, Bishop8:30AM Lucille McCabe
FRIDAY January 6th - Christmas Weekday8:30AM Rosamma Joseph
SATURDAY January 7th - Christmas Weekday8:30AM Mary Ellen Smith, Living Angela Kramer, Living Cornelia Massimo, Deceased Cameron Family, Living Egan Family, Living
SATURDAY January 7th - Vigil5:00PM Maureen Rafferty SUNDAY January 8th - The Epiphany of the Lord8:00AM Joseph DiNapoli9:30AM Janet Neglia11:00AM Parishioners of Holy Spirit12:30PM James Wright
PARISH OFFERINGLast weeks collection, Sunday, December 25th was $11,208.Christmas Collection amount will be announced next week.
Your goodness and generosity to Holy Spirit Church are very much appreciated.
