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Office Hours Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 631-369-1273 Fax 631-369-7141 www.saintspeterandpaul.org Are you new to our parish? Please register at the Rectory. Registration is for active participation in our parish family. Become a committed steward. Become involved in one of our parish ministries, and you will make friends. You will discover a warm and nurturing faith community as you celebrate God’s great love with us in the Sacraments. That same family of faith will support and challenge you as you proclaim Jesus Christ. Vision Statement We are church...co-creators with the Holy Spirit, building the city of God and renewing the earth. Mission Statement “This is what the Lord God asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8b) Pastoral Team Rev. Jose Jacob, SMM — Pastor [email protected] Deacon Vincent Sweeney — Pastoral Assistant [email protected] Carol Kaczmarek — Office Assistant [email protected] Christina Koch — Bookkeeper [email protected] Martha Graziano — Parish Social Ministry Coordinator [email protected] Vincent Palminteri — Faith Formation Director [email protected] Patricia Fiene — Faith Formation Secretary [email protected] Karenann Knotoff — Parish Communications & Data Coordinator [email protected] Fr. Francis Pizzarelli, SMM — Weekend Assistant Pastoral Council Finance Committee Liturgy Committee Shirley Castellano Andy McCall Shirley Castellano (Trustee) Carol Kaczmarek John Tanner Bill Hurley (Trustee) Stephan Borkowski Terri Donahue Eugene Agbimson Terri Donahue Debbie Whiffen Christina Koch John Leonardis Bill Hurley Douglas Lake Deb Mazura Margaret Romaine Ellen Shore John McNally Deacon Vincent Sweeney Jill Meise Tom St. Pierre Deacon Vincent Sweeney Debbie Martins Parish Outreach (631) 369-7142 Chris Anest [email protected] Suzanne McConnell Frank Dautzenberg Outreach Hours: Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Food Pantry Hours: Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. May 23rd, 2021 WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READING Mass Intentions for May 25th, 2021 through May 30th, 2021 Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 05-23 Pentecost Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 Acts 2:1-11 9:00 AM John and Catherine Segreto 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or (Frank Segreto) Gal 5:16-25 Jn 20:19-23 or Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 Jn 15:26-27, 16:12-15 9:00 AM Thanksgiving for Answered Prayer 05-24 The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Carol Kaczmarek) Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Thursday, May 27th, 2021 Acts 1:12-14 9:00 AM Reverend Edward Fitzpatrick Jn 19:25-34 (Dan and Corinne Gilmartin) 05-25 Weekday Friday, May 28th, 2021 Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the 9:00 AM Violet Aquilina Church (Maria Segreto) Saint Gregory VII, Pope Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin Sir 35:1-12 Saturday, May 29th, 2021 Mk 10:28-31 5:00 PM Michael McGratty (Debi and Bud Mazura) 05-26 Saint Philip Neri, Priest Sir 36:4-5a, 10-17 Pam Damara (Ralph Izzo) Mk 10:32-45 Sunday, May 30th, 2021 05-27 Weekday Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop 9:00 AM People of the Parish Sir 42:15-25 Mk 10:46-52 11:00 AM Reverend Sabbas Rodriguez (Dan and Corinne Gilmartin) 05-28 Weekday Sir 44:1, 9-13 Anita Archer (Dan and Corinne Gilmartin) Mk 11:11-26 No Intention. 05-29 Weekday 7:00 PM Saint Paul VI, Pope Sir 51:12cd-20 Mk 11:27-33 In the light of covid restrictions being relaxed by our state and CDC, the parish council deliberated its practical applications for our parish. Our parish strongly encourages all who attend mass to con- tinue to wear the mask for the foreseeable future. This is recommended to ensure one's own safety and that of others especially those vulnerable. Having stated this we also recognize that there are some among us who find it difficult to wear a mask due to medical conditions. Such members may excuse themselves from wearing a mask. The underlying principle is that each one of us do all we can to ensure our own safety as well as the safety of our sisters and brothers. Our state, country or world is not out of the woods until the spread of the virus is over worldwide or herd immunity is achieved. May 23rd, 2021 Weekly Schedule at Sts. Peter and Paul TIME, TALENT & TREASURE Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 to May 30th, 2021 PARISH SACRIFICIAL GIVING Some Church Activities are Postponed Until Further May 16th, 2021 Notice Stay Safe and Healthy! Weekly Collection: $ 3,048.00 Rectory Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Parish Giving (electronic donations): $ 1,967.00 Sunday : Children’s Envelopes $ 0.00 Monday: Total Collection for 05/16/2021 $ 5,015.00 Tuesday: Total Collection for 05/17/2020 $ 4,227.00 Wednesday : Thursday: Second Collection: Communications $ 163.00 Friday: The Ascension of the Lord $ 648.00 Saturday: Total Weekend Mass Attendance 302 Sunday: The Ascension of the Lord Mass Attend. 53 Bulletin Reflection: Today we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. Stewardship—Pillar of Prayer On this day of Pentecost, ask the Holy Spirit to guide you so as to do God’s will. “For the Lord thy God bringeth thee Those Who Serve Our Country Russell Candell Quentin Montemarano Jared Yevoli Sean Hendrickson Into a good land, Connor Hendrickson Jesse Trafford Eric Morgenstern Erin McKenna A land of brooks of water, *If you would like to add someone to the military list, please Of fountains and depths, contact the office at 631-369-1273. That spring out of valleys and hills.” Our thoughts and prayers go out to... Deuteronomy 8:7 Those Who Are Sick Garrett Vero Bob Russell Nicholas Sarubb Pamela Borock David Raynor Nicholas Delli Pizzi Susan Barrasso Bob Fox *If you would like to add someone to the sick list, please con- tact the office at 631-369-1273. Sts. Peter & Paul RC Church Seventh Week of Easter Daily Prayer This Week This is a week we can look at letting go -- of riches, honors, pride. Sunday is the great feast of Pentecost - the birthday of the Church. In these Ordinary Time days we can hand it all over to Jesus and The formerly frightened Apostles are on fire. Now they can speak ask for the trust we need in our lives. We can hand over our fears clearly, so everyone can understand them. Jesus gives his peace to his and jealousy, our titles and our possessions - anything that has disciples and breathes his Spirit upon them, giving them the mission become too important in our lives can get in the way of how close to forgive and sending them to carry out his desire that we all be one. we allow ourselves to be with Jesus. Lord, send out your Spirit, As we go through our week, in the smallest moments of the day, and renew the face of the earth. we can beg Jesus for the strength of the Holy Spirit in our lives. As we awaken in the morning, and in the everyday moments of our lives, an awareness of our desires before Jesus can change our Monday is the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of attitudes toward these chores and see them as sacred moments of the Church. invitation from the God who loves us with such fire and compas- sion. The return to “Ordinary Time” doesn't mean we forget about the good news of the Resurrection or the gift of the Spirit Jesus promised us. It Letting go, releasing, giving things up: it's a struggle for all of us. simply means that we return to a season of reflecting upon the scrip- Perhaps we can sit for a moment with the rich young man. When tures with “numbers” (ordinal) until Advent begins on December 2. he returned to Jesus looking for the easy way out, Jesus “looked at him and loved him” before he said anything else to him. During the week, we resume reading Mark's Gospel where we left it when Lent began. It offers us stories about sacrificing part of our- Jesus understands our deepest fears and our motivations. But de- selves. We hear of the Rich Young Man: “Go, sell what you have, and spite or maybe because of that, he looks at us and loves us, end- give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, lessly - not restricted in any way by our own selfishness or unwill- follow me.” At that statement, his face fell, and he went away sad, for ingness to change. he had many possessions. Peter tells Jesus, “We have given up every- thing and followed you.” Jesus responds, “there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or Dear Lord, you know how filled I am with fears. Let each moment lands for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive of anxiety today be a reminder to open my life, my heart and my a hundred times more.” When the disciples squabble over who will sit soul to the love and courage you offer me. I know that if only I in glory with Jesus, he tells them, “the Son of Man did not come to be could trust in you more, it would change my life. served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Barti- maeus, a blind man recognizes Jesus as “Son of David” and is healed.