05 May 2019 Queenship of Mary Church Northampton, PA Third Sunday PARISH WEEKLY of Easter Rev. Patrick H. Lamb, Pastor Msgr. John S. Campbell, Pastor Emeritus Msgr. Michael J. Chaback, In Residence Deacon Michael W. Doncsecz Mrs. Maureen Tancin, Secretary Mr. John Paul Crescenzo, M.Ed., Principal Mrs. Stephanie Kalavoda, PREP 

THE CELEBRATION OF MASS Saturday Evening: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00, 10:30 AM Mon.Tues. M Wed. 8:00AM Thurs.  6:00PM Friday: 9:15AM ( School Mass) HOLY DAY MASSES 6:30AM, 9:00AM, 7:00PM   SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday: 3:00 to 3:45 PM Sunday: 10:00 to 10:25 AM Other times by appointment  SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM I will praise you Lord, Baptisms are celebrated on the 4th Sunday of the month. A prebaptismal workshop is required for par- for you have ents, who are expected to be active members for at least three months. Please call Deacon Mike to make rescued me. all arrangements. (6102622227)   RECTORY HOLY MATRIMONY 1324 Newport Avenue A minimum preparation time of six months is required  for the couple by the Diocese for the proper celebra- Northampton, PA 18067 tion of the Sacrament. Please call Father Lamb to Phone: 610 2622227 make all arrangements. (6102622227) Fax: 610 2624192  Email: [email protected] WE WELCOME  Website: queenshipofmary.weconnect.com NEW PARISHIONERS  Please introduce yourselves to Father Lamb  RECTORY OFFICE HOURS or Deacon Mike after Mass. Monday to Thursday: 9:00AM to 3:00PM Friday: 9:00AM to 2:00PM PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN  Office of Victims Assistance  RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN Ms. Wendy Krisak, NCC, LPC    Good Shepherd Catholic School (610 262 9171) Direct Number 1800 7919209  Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) Safe Environment Coordinator    Contact the Rectory. (610 262 2227) Sister Meg Cole, SSJ, MS, LMFT 610 3320442 ext 2019  THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

SANCTUARY MASS INTENTIONS LAMP will be lit this week  3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER MAY 05 4:00 PM Ignatius & Mary Sipics  Family IN MEMORY OF 8:00 AM Mary Christ  Knauss & Ofchus familiies  10:30 AM Patsy Polzer  husband, John & family  Monday May 06 TESSIE & JOE DEUTSCH 8:00 AM Anna Marakovits  Bill & Tina Durney Tuesday May 07 8:00 AM Minnie Henits  Frank & Emma Legath  Wednesday May 08 MINISTRY ASSIGNMENTS 8:00 AM John Lang  Daughters & families   WEEKEND OF MAY 11/12 Thursday May 09  6:00 PM Eleanore Scherr  Paul Tanzosh 4:00 PM Friday May 10 9:15 AM Rose Derkits  Family Lector: John Kelhart  Saturday May 11 Eucharistic Ministers: Frank Dulmovits,  4:00 PM Anna Blaukovitch  Vince & Sandra Ginny Skrapits, Rosemary Rossner  Blaukovitch Altar Servers: Gavin Nika, Avelyn Froetschner, 4th SUNDAY OF EASTER MAY 12 Michael Kapustic   8:00 AM FOR ALL OUR MOTHERS Greeters: The Family  of Anna Blaukovitch  10:30 AM AND GRANDMOTHERS 8:00 AM Lector: Rich Goch SUNDAY COLLECTION Eucharistic Ministers: Dale & Barb Miller, Jodeen Gemmel April 21 - $8643. Easter - $21,098. Altar Servers: Elena Kreger, Conner Retlick, April 28 - $ Will be in next week Hailey Benner  Greeters:  May God bless your generosity!    10:30 AM Lector: Marcia Rich  KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Eucharistic Ministers: Greg & Erika Figura, PROLIFE ROSE  Bill Szupper  CAMPAIGN Altar Servers: Conner & Riley Kline,   Brenna Pangaio The Knights of Columbus Greeters:  are at our parish this  weekend (May 4/5) conducting their Your commitment to serve at our Sunday Liturgy   enhances the worship experience of our entire annual Pro Life Rose Campaign. parish, and is pleasing in the eyes of the Lord.  PLEASE BE GENEROUS!!!  Make every effort to be properly dressed, punctual, and well prepared.  TODAY IS DONUT SUNDAY  Join us after mass downstairs for coffee, donuts, May God bless you abundantly. and fellowship.

2 05 MAY 2019 St. Rose Venerini SUNDAY READINGS Blessed Rose was born at in 1656, the May 05, 2019 daughter of Godfrey Venerini, a physician. Acts 5:27–32, 40b–41 Upon the death of a young man who had been So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, re- paying court to her, she entered a convent, but joicing that they had been found worthy to suffer after a few months had to return home to look dishonor for the sake of the name. after her widowed mother. Rose use to gather the women and girls of the neighborhood to Revelation 5:11–14 say the together in the evenings, and And [the angels] cried out in a loud voice: when she found how ignorant many of them “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.” were of their religion, she began to instruct John 21:1–19 or John 21:1–14 them. She was directed by Father Ignatius Martinelli, a Jesuit, who convinced her that her [Jesus] said to them, “Cast the net over the right vocation was as a teacher "in the world" rather side of the boat and you will find something.” than as a contemplative in a convent; where- upon in 1685, with two helpers, Rose opened a WEEKDAY READINGS preschool for girls in Viterbo: it soon became a May 06-11 success. Blessed Rose had the gift of ready and persuasive speech, and a real ability to teach and to teach others to teach, and was not Monday, Easter Weekday: Acts 6:8–15 / Jn 6:22–29 daunted by any difficulty when the service Tuesday, Easter Weekday: Acts 7:51—8:1a / Jn 6:30– of God was in question. Her reputation spread, 35 and in 1692, she was invited Wednesday, Easter Weekday: Acts 8:1b–8 / Jn 6:35– by Cardinal Barbarigo to advise and help in the 40 training of teachers and organizing Thursday, Easter Weekday: Acts 8:26–40 / Jn 6:44– of schools in his diocese of Montefiascone. 51 Here she was the mentor and friend of Lucy Friday, Easter Weekday: Acts 9:1–20 / Jn 6:52–59 Filippini, who became foundress of an institute Saturday, Easter Weekday: Acts 9:31–42 / Jn 6:60–69 of maestre pie and was canonized in 1930. Rose organized a number of schools in various places, sometimes in the face of opposition that resorted to force in unbelievable fashion - the teachers were shot at with bows and their house fired. Her patience and trust overcame all obstacles, and in 1713 she made a foundation in that received the praise of Pope Clement XI himself. It was in Rome that she died, on May 7, 1728; her reputation of holiness was confirmed by miracles and in 1952, she was beatified. It was not until sometime after her death that Blessed Rose's lay school teachers were organized as a : they are found in America as well as in Italy, for the Venerini Sisters have worked among FACTS: Italian immigrants Feastday: May 7 since early in the Birth: 1656 twentieth century. Death: 1728 Her feast day is Beatified By: May 4, 1952 May 7. Canonized By: 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

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The Women’s Guild would like to thank all the women and men who helped make our recent kiffle sale another May 05  DONUT SUNDAY huge success. With May 4/5  Knights of Columbus ProLife Rose  your help we made Campaign at all masses  over 2,000 dozen or   over 24,000 kiffles!!! May 11 CWV replacing flags in cemetery 9:00AM HELP IS NEEDED!!! We also thank those May 11/12  Mother’s Day Flowers available at all who recruited their masses. Carnations 2 for $3 Roses 2 for $5 friends from many of our surrounding Proceeds go to Pennsylvanians for Human Life parishes who came to help. This was  truly a Labor of Love. May 18/19  CWV Annual Poppy Drive at all masses May 19  Women’s Guild Mass & Brunch 10:30am SEE AD ON BELOW  June 23  Parish festival 12:00  8:00PM  The Parish gratefully acknowledges  the following contributions: to the Queenship of Mary Memorial Fund. Women’s Guild Mass   IN MEMORY OF RONALD SOTTOLANO $100  Wife Loretta & family Our Lady’s Women’s Guild will celebrate $20  Steve & Heidi Skrapits their annual mass together on May 19 at the $50  Karl & Anne Schmidt 10:30AM. We will sit together as a group. $20  Richard & Donna Bealer Please sit in front pews on the right side $50  John & Charlotte Kelhart reserved with the bows. $25  Florence Graff  IN MEMORY OF JEAN LOKAY $100  Jim, Donna, Meghan, & Allison Lokay Women’s Guild Brunch $25  Dympna Spaits  $30  Justine Metchoe Schubert ALL PARISHIONERS ARE WELCOME!!!  DATE May 19 Care Packages for the Troops TIME after the 10:30 mass  RESERVATIONSREQUIRED (Deadline May 13)  Call Irene 6102628198 Blue Star Mothers of America, Lehigh Valley or Denise 6102627503 Chapter PA201 is planning to send care packages COST $7.00 members $8.00 guests to deployed military members in June.We’d love  to send a package to your family members or  friends. If you know someone deployed, serving overseas, or even stateside and would like them Payment may be dropped in  to receive a package, please email their name and collection basket marked address to Joan Glover at [email protected] or give “Brunch”. her a call at 6103497791. If you’d like to know more about the Blue Star Mothers, please call or email Judy Miller, President of the LV Chapter @ 6104280778 or [email protected].

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By Mary Katharine Deeley

It has become the habit in our family to say “I love you” at the end of phone calls and e-mails. I love these frequent reminders that I am valued and worthy of love, and I like the opportunity to remind my daughters and husband that they are the same. We underscore these reminders with little acts of love. Our daughters joke that my husband and I are the only parents they know who still date. And when we do go out, we take turns paying for the other’s dinner. My husband once sent me flowers when I didn’t get a job I had hoped for. It was a kind and thoughtful gesture. In the Gospel, Jesus asks Peter, “Do you love me” not once, but three times. When Peter re- sponds positively (though progressively with more irritation), Jesus continues, “Feed my lambs…Tend my sheep…Feed my sheep.” It isn’t enough to say we love people. We show it by caring for them and for who and what they cherish. The best way that Peter could show his love for Jesus was by caring for the people of God. He could love all the disciples and invite others to follow Jesus as well. Pope Francis once exhorted priests to “be shepherds with the smell of sheep.” Jesus is telling Peter—and all of us— much the same thing. To love the Lord is to truly live among his people: to touch them, tell them, and show them they are valuable and desired. This is the face of love. All people deserve to know they are loved, but in our world that is not always the case. How might we respond? +

It isn’t enough to say we love people. We show it by caring for them and for who and what they cherish.

 Do I remember to tell family and friends that I love them? They want to know.

 Do my actions show love for all God’s people, indicating that they are valued and respected? PRAYER  A Word from Risen Lord, you gave your  life to save the world. Pope Francis May the Chrisan communies be Help me to be a selfless sustained by the intercession and example of our many martyrs and who bore coura- servant of love and peace geous witness to Christ and have themselves in the world. aained full unity. So what are we waing for?.... As his disciples, we are called to tesfy —From Hopeful Meditations for Every Day of Easter everywhere, with Chrisan fortude, to his  Through Pentecost, Rev. Warren J. Savage and humble love. Mary Ann McSweeny  VAddress to a commission for theological dialogue, January 27,

5 THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER       CONGRATULATIONS TO Queenship Cash QUEENSHIP OF MARY’S Thank you to all our Parishioners who are using 1ST COMMUNION CLASS OF 2019 our Queenship Cash weekly. To those of you who are not, please join us. It is an ongoing program that has no end date. All you need to do is fill out a Blue Eli Abdelmassih Queenship Cash envelope found at the back of Church Nicholas Amato and bring it to Mass. The order will be filled during Olivia Barney Mass for your convenience.  Liam Beck  Gift Cards available for: Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Luke Bingaman Dunkin Donuts, Giant, Kohl’s, Lowes, Panera Lucas Cho Bread, Redner’s, Starbuck’s, Weis, Wegmans, Quinton Cho Bob’s Flower Shop, Ace Hardware. Ty Dawson  Thank you for your participation in this program Olivia Deutsch and Happy Shopping!! Vanessa Evanko Sean Glackin PLEASE NOTE:  Charlotte Hummel YOU MAY USE CASH OR CHECK WHEN Jessica Hunsberger PURCHASING CARDS. Kennley Kumernitsky  WEGMAN’S GIFT CARDS MAY BE USED TO Rocco Menecola PURCHASE OTHER GIFT CARDS AT THEIR Alexandra Pangaio STORE.   MAY GOD BLESS THEM DON’T FORGET BOB’S ALWAYS AND KEEP THEM  FLOWER SHOP CARDS IN HIS CARE. WHEN ORDERING YOUR FLOWERS FOR  MOTHER’S DAY!!  CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS  DOING ANY RENOVATIONS? WE HAVE ANNUAL POPPY DRIVE   LOWES GIFTS CARDS!!! The CWV will be at our  parish the weekend of May 18/19 to conduct their  Annual Poppy Drive.   WE NEED PLEASE BE GENEROUS!!! YOUR HELP!!!  MOTHER’S DAY FLOWERS    We will be selling flowers on Mother’s Day weekend (May 11/12) OUR CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS WILL at all the masses. Proceeds BE REPLACING THE FLAGS IN OUR will go the Pennsylvanians CEMETERY FOR ALL OUR DECEASED for Human Life. VETERANS ON SAT. MAY 11 AT 9:00 Suggested donations for RAIN OR SHINE. flowers: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP THEM Roses: 2 for $5.00 PLEASE MEET THEM BY THE BIG Carnations: 2 for $3.00 CROSS IN THE CEMETERY. 

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Treasuring God’s Creation By Kathy Coffey

Thou shalt reverence the earth. If we were to add a commandment reflecting the call to God’s people in our century, this might top the list of possibilities. People have long delighted in the beautiful surroundings for the human journey. But for the first time in history, our planet is gravely threatened. While this commandment isn’t one of the official ten, we have a long tradition of respect for God’s creation. Genesis 1 shows God lovingly shaping the solar system, oceans, land, vegetation, and an- imals in a crescendo that leads to humanity. When God gives humans “dominion” over other crea- tures, the implication is wise stewardship rather than blatant exploitation. Many psalms are suffused with an appreciation of nature. Psalm 96:11–13 personifies the natural world praising God: “Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it re- sound; let the plains be joyful and all that is in them. Then let all the trees of the forest rejoice be- fore the Lord.” Francis’ Canticle of the Sun is an outburst of joy in sun and moon. Saint Clare reminded her congregation to “praise God” when they saw “beautiful trees, flowers, and bushes....” Both saints traveled lightly; their commitment to poverty translates into the slogan of environmentally con- scious people today: “Buy less stuff.”

Receiving Well Each week, Catholics celebrate the Eucharist, whose root word means “to receive well.” Our week- end celebrations should spill into a week of receiving well, especially the earth’s gifts: food that en- ergizes our bodies, the sights of mountains, streams, stars, or sunsets that feed our spirits. As Ra- chel Carson wrote in Silent Spring, the absence of birdsong with all it represents would make our environment eerily quiet and rob the soul of sustenance. With such a rich tradition of respecting the earth, we Christians should naturally take practical steps to reduce our carbon emissions and, hence, climate change. The scientific community agrees that we can take practical steps to save the planet now, to prevent our grandchildren from asking, “Why didn’t they act when they could?” Warning signs are clear: The polar ice caps are melting fast because dangerous gases trap the sun’s heat. The average car driven 10,000 miles a year releases 5.5 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Barbara Kingsolver points out in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle that our children will have shorter lifespans than ours because of their junk food, obesity, and poor quality of air and water. We know how to solve this problem. Apologies to those who know these steps, but for those who don’t: Use energy-efficient light bulbs and appliances. Drive a hybrid car. Walk or bike when pos- sible. Recycle. Turn down the thermostat. Plant trees.

Actively Saying Thanks Hopeful signs of community awareness and cooperation abound. More than a thousand US mayors have signed the Climate Protection Agreement to reduce carbon emissions in their cities. Many companies, churches, schools, and homes are committed to “going green.” Oikos, the Greek word for “household” (the root for ecology, ecumenical, and economy) underscores the link between our individual households and God’s house, creation. In her novel Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver records a conversation with a native American who explains that God lets us live in this house, and we should send a note of thanks just as we would after being anyone’s guest: “We appreciate the rain, we appreciate the sun….Sorry if we messed up anything. Thanks for letting me sleep on your couch.” Reverencing the earth is an active way to express our thanks. +

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