Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time November 5, 2017

A Catholic Community... Our Lady Queen of Peace & St. Thomas More

Our Lady Queen of Peace Office Hours St. Thomas More 601 Edgewood Ave. Rochester, NY 14618 OLQP - Monday 8:00-4:00, Tuesday 8:00-1:00 2617 East Avenue - Rochester, NY 14610 585-244-3010 - email: [email protected] Wednesday 8:00-1:00, Thursday 8:00-1:00 585-381-4200 - email: [email protected]

STM - Monday 8:00-1:00, Tuesday 8:00-1:00 Mass Times Wednesday 8:00-1:00 Thursday 11:00-4:00 Mass Times Monday - Thursday: 7:00 a.m. Both offices closed on Friday Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 9:30, 11:30 a.m. www.olqpstm.com Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 8:00, 10:30 a.m. Holy Days of Obligation: as printed in bulletin Holy Days of Obligation: as printed in bulletin

Sacrament of Baptism Parents are to notify a parish office soon after they know they are expecting. A pre-baptismal program is required.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) Adults seeking full initiation, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, or those wishing to be in full communion with the Roman are asked to contact a parish office for more information.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Available at both worship sites on Saturday 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment.

Sacrament of Matrimony Arrangements must be made at least six months, preferably a year, in advance of the desired date. A marriage preparation program is required.

Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick This Sacrament is available for individuals upon request and communal celebrations are periodically scheduled.

Ministry to the Sick Please call a parish office concerning the needs of the sick, hospitalized or shut-ins. Those unable to attend Mass may have Communion brought to them.

Prayer Network For prayer support in time of need, call Ann Parsons at 244-0477 or Gerri Foos at 944-4888 or [email protected]

Available at both parishes: Available at OLQP

Handicap Access Hearing Access Upon Request Interpreter for the hearing Low Gluten Hosts impaired Page Two Parish Community of Our Lady Queen of Peace/St. Thomas More, Rochester, New York

We graciously welcome all new parishioners and visitors to our community. To register please fill out a “request card” available at church entrances. Please drop it in the collection basket or at the office. A member of our pastoral staff will contact you to complete your registration. Mission Statement The parishes of Our Lady Queen of Peace and St. Thomas More are Roman Catholic Communities that worship and live in faith. Nourished by the Sacraments, Scripture, and a diversity of individual gifts, we understand that our mission comes from Jesus Christ who calls us to teach, to preach, to serve those in need, and to be a presence of Christ in the world. `táá fv{xwâÄx _|ä|Çz |Ç à{x fÑ|Ü|à

Monday, November 6 In the fall of 1971, I was assigned to Holy Name Parish in Rom 11:29-36 Ps 69:30-31,33-34,36 Lk 14:12-14 Greece as a weekend deacon. At the time, Fr. Tom Reddington was OLQP 7:00 AM †Bonanni & Mastantone Families - Familly the Pastor and Sr. MaryJo Langie, RSM, was the Pastoral Assistant. STM 8:00 AM †Vincent Renda - Joann & Steve Whitman Little did I know that Sr. Langie was the first person in the Roman Tuesday, November 7 Catholic Church in the United States to hold such a title and such a Rom 12:5-16b Ps 131:1cde,2-3 Lk 14:15-24 position. OLQP 7:00 AM †Jack Meyer - Family Holy Name Parish was founded in 1964, in the middle of STM 8:00 AM †Grover & Irene Magee - Jim & Janet Flanagan the Second Vatican Council. Though his parish was growing Wednesday, November 8 rapidly, Fr. Reddington was told that he would not be receiving an Rom 13:8-10 Ps 112:1b-2,4-5,9 Lk 14:25-33 assistant pastor to help him in his ministry since no priests were OLQP 7:00 AM †Ora Werner - Amy Breaud available. When Pope Paul VI promulgated the Dogmatic STM 8:00 AM †Eddie & Rose Behan - Jim & Janet Flanagan Constitution on the Church in November of 1964, Fr. Reddington Thursday, November 9 DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN found in the document the permission he needed to create a new BASILICIA ministerial office to assist him in his pastoral work. Ez 47:1-2,8-9,12 Ps 46:2-3,5-6,8-9 1 Cor 3:9c-11,16-17 Fr. Reddington discovered that the Council had taught that all the Faithful were, by “Baptism and Confirmation, sharers in the Jn 2:13-22 salvific mission of the Church.” (LG 33) and hence were, “to the OLQP 7:00 AM †Don Karal STM 8:00 AM †Florence Kelleher best of their ability, to carry on the mission of the whole Christian people in the Church and in the world.” (LG 31, emphasis added). Friday, November 10 St. Leo the Great, pope, doctor of the Church Further, the Council taught that “when there are no sacred ministers…some lay people may supply sacred functions to the best Rom 15:14-21 Ps 98:1-4 Lk 16:1-8 STM 8:00 AM People of the Parish of their ability…[even if they] expend all their energies in apostolic work.” (LG 35) Finally, the Council urged pastors “to recognize and Saturday, November 11 St. Martin of Tours, bishop promote the dignity and responsibility of the laity in the Church… Rom 16:3-9,16,22-27 Ps 145:2-5,10-11 Lk 16:9-15 confidently assigning them duties in the service of the Church.” (LG OLQP 4:30 PM †Tom Robinson - Family STM 4:30 PM †Anne Allenza - Jim & Janet Flanagan 37) While Fr. Reddington felt he had discovered a completely Sunday, November 12 THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN worked-out theology of what would later be called “lay ecclesial ORDINARY TIME ministry”, in fact the Church’s understanding of what it called the Wis 6:12-16 Ps 63:2-8 1 Thes 4:13-18 Mt 25:1-13 “lay apostolate” was closer to the pre-conciliar notion of Catholic OLQP 9:30 AM †Patrick Drexler - Richard & Casey Lowlicht Action—i.e. “the cooperation of the laity in the work of the 11:30 AM †Felber Family - Bill & Peggy Clark hierarchy.” Nevertheless, all the elements for the future development STM 8:00 AM †Linda Nelson - Bud & Gerri Foos were there and hence lay ecclesial ministry developed very rapidly 10:30 AM †Mary Jane Ryan - Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women in the years immediately following the close of the Council. In fact, it was an explosion. Sanctuary Lamp Intentions this week are in Memory of: When the Bishops of the United States published a pastoral STM Mary Schantz letter Co-Workers in the Vineyard in 2005 (40 years after Sr. Langie OLQP Janet Hadeed began her ministry as a Pastoral Assistant), there were already 30,632 lay ecclesial ministers working full-time or part-time in the

Prayers Requested: United States alone. While the Bishops acknowledged that this Please pray for the individuals who have requested notion of lay ministry was still evolving and its theological our prayers: Mary Jean Castellano, Christine Barry underpinnings were still evolving as well, they welcomed this Comito, Liz Drew, Howard Graff, Ruth Haubner, development as a gift of the Holy Spirit. While some Bishops still Ginger Ierardi, Cindy Josephson, Michael Kinsky, complained that the Church was clericalizing the laity at the expense Betty Lang, Josephine Lucia, Janice Milliman, Shirley of the hierarchical priesthood, most rejoiced in this development Newcomb, Dolly Nolan, Dian Oakes, Bob O’Neill, Max because more ministry was being done in parishes than ever Rammer, Marion Robinson, Penny Rose, Richard Ryan, Carol Schwartz, Barb Tindale, Angela Wasserman, Phillippa Wilson before—by Pastoral Associates, Faith Formation Directors, Youth and Barbara Labroi Woods Ministers, Parish Visitors, etc. continued on page 3 Page Three Parish Community of Our Lady Queen of Peace/St. Thomas More, Rochester, New York

continued from page 2 “On the Road to Emmaus: Lessons in Discipleship” Even Pope Benedict XVI weighed-in on this subject, Presented by: Fr. Denis Billy, C.Ss.R. speaking forthrightly to the priests of the Diocese of in 2009 about lay ministry. He told them that it was “… Join us on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 for a Day Retreat at necessary to improve pastoral structures in such a way that the Notre Dame Retreat House (5151 Foster Rd., Canandaigua, co-responsibility of all the members of the People of God in NY 14424). The Day schedule is: 9am registration along their entirety is gradually promoted…This demands a change with coffee and pastries; 9:30 conference begins; lunch at in mindset, particularly concerning lay people. They must no noon; reconciliation and Mass; day ends at 3pm. longer be viewed as “collaborators” of the clergy but truly Please call 585-394-5700 to register. recognized as ‘co-responsible,’ for the Church’s being and A fee of $25.00 payable at registration. action.” Amen. Fr. Denis has recently been assigned to Notre Dame Retreat Peace to all, House Ministry. F. H From 2008 to 2016, he was professor, scholar-in-residence at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. From 1988 to 2008, he was professor of the history of moral Might you consider being part of our theology and Christian spirituality at the Alphonsian Academy Nursing Home Ministry? of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He has authored over thirty books and has currently received a grant to study tie Each Sunday, parishioners from our cluster pray with and between spiritual direction, moral life. bring the Eucharist to Catholic residents in the Jewish Home, Friendly Home and Highlands at Brighton. There Pea J U ... continues to be more and more Catholics in these nursing ...f  , fo n homes, and we are looking for volunteers who could do go l w this, once, every 4-6 weeks, on a Sunday morning. This is a very rewarding ministry—the people we visit are so Coffee Hour grateful and are reminders of the power of faith in the at St. Thomas More midst of many limitations and much transition in November 12 after both Masses their lives. If you are interested in learning Please join us for the Worldwide Marriage more, contact Meghan Robinson Encounter Weekend. November 17-19, 2017 at at 244-3010 x107. You will have Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua the opportunity to attend a short NY. This is a Catholic Marriage Experience training session, and you can designed to increase your communication and shadow a current parishioner intimacy through presentations and private sharing that take before you become part of the place just between the two of you. Enter into the coming regular schedule. advent season with a renewed appreciation for your marriage and your spouse. Call now to register at 1-877-NYS-WWME or register online at www.wwme-wny.org. Pledges have been made and donations have been GREEN CORNER

received for the annual Catholic CARE FOR CREATION Ministries Appeal. Don’t forget to get your pledges in early. More fall/winter advice from Remember, any shortages in our goal energy.gov: attainment has to be made up from Keep your fireplace damper closed unless a fire is our individual budgets. burning. Keeping the damper open is like keeping a Every contribution helps. window wide open during the winter; it allows warm air to go right up the chimney. If you never use your STM OLQP fireplace, plug and seal the chimney flue. If you do use Goal - $73,496.00 Goal - $61,688.00 the fire-place, install tempered glass doors and a heat- $32,410.00 as of 10/30 $38,156.00 as of 10/30 air ex-change system that blows warmed air back into 44.10% of goal 85 Donors 61.85% of goal 97 Donors the room. Check the seal on the fireplace flue damper and make it as snug as possible. Purchase grates made of C-shaped metal tubes to draw cool room air into the fireplace and circulate warm air back into the room. Add caulking around the fireplace hearth. Page Four Parish Community of Our Lady Queen of Peace/St. Thomas More, Rochester, New York

WEEKLY CALENDAR

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday November 6 November 7 November 8 November 9 November 10 November 11 November 12

Knitting/Crochet VOTE TODAY ChristLife Choir Rehearsal & AT Group 6:00pm Mass 8:30am 9:30-11:30 am OLQP Children’s Liturgy of the Word 9:30am

Bible Study 10:30 am

Jr. High Faith Formation & Year 1 Confirmation 6:30pm VOTE TODAY 1st Reconciliation Coffee Hour AT 6:30pm Weekend

STM Ensemble Rehearsal & Mass 9:30am

Family Mass 10:30am

Liturgical Assignments: November 11/12 L = Lector, CM = Communion Ministers, AS = Altar Server, G = Greeter

4:30 8:00 9:30 10:30 11:30 L - John O’Sullivan L - Tom Tiber L - Jerry Frantz AT OLQP CM - Dick Della Porta, CM - Eufemia Mariano, CM - Peggy Clark, Presider: Pam & Chip White, Roland Osterwinter, Mary Ellen Oakes, Fr. Tomasso Dan Baier VOLUNTEERS Barbara Wozny, Preacher: AS - Chris Bonanni AS - Quinn Whitbeck, VOLUNTEER Fr. Tomasso G - Jane Hammele, Stephen Gomes AS - Nolan Condon Anne Ciccarelli G – Mary Jo Ingraham, G - Julie Kasprzak, Bill Ingraham Barbara Wozny L - Ruth Lawrence L - Eran Hansen L - John-David Rocha AT STM CM - Jerry Andolina, CM - Diane Waterstreet, CM - John Refermat, Presider: Richard & Mary Ann Loiacano, Ann Marie Bradley, Rose Milliman, Fr. Hart Julie Thaney Mary Scardetta, Bud Foos John McIntyre, Preacher: AS - VOLUNTEER AS - VOLUNTEER Pam Levitt Fr. Hart AS - Maddy Brown

Nursing Home Ministry November 12 Highlands: Mary Attridge -11 Jewish Home: Dan Baier, Nicki Marek, Dan & Mary Clark Children’s Liturgy of the Word “National Vocation Awareness Week will be OLQP: Esther Winter celebrated in our country November 5-11, Church Care at OLQP This Week 2017. Please ask Our Lord for more dedicated, Laundry: VOLUNTEER NEEDED Flowers: Eileen Kremer holy priests, deacons and consecrated men and women. May Saturday Church Cleaning: Sharon Dickman & Michael Wentzel they be inspired by Jesus Christ, supported by our faith Altar Flowers for next weekend at OLQP: Sharon Griffiths community, and respond generously to God’s gift of a At STM: Sherylanne Diodato vocation."

Join us on Welcome! … to our new parishioners: Gillian & Raymond Lester, and their daughter, Our parish community now has a Facebook page. Annabelle When you log on to your Facebook page type We are pleased to have you join our faith community! @olqpstm in the search field. Page Five Parish Community of Our Lady Queen of Peace/St. Thomas More, Rochester, New York

Staff “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles

Rev. Joseph A. Hart, Pastor/Co-Administrator himself will be exalted.” MATTHEW 23:12 [email protected] Corner Margaret Ostromecki, Jesus gave His life to serve, not to be served. Putting other’s needs before our Pastoral Associate/Co-Administrator own needs is a sign of becoming a mature disciple, of following Jesus’ example. [email protected]@dor.org Humility is really a sign of a strength. By putting other’s needs first we declare to the

world that we are putting our complete trust in God. When we align our thoughts and V. Rev. Paul Tomasso, V.G., Assisting Priest actions with God’s plan for us, the result is Joy and Peace. [email protected]@dor.org

Deacon Art Cuestas [email protected]@dor.org Sacrificial Giving as of October 30 Fiscal Year: July 1, 2017—June 30, 2018 Jodi Miller, Director of Faith Formation Thank you for sharing your gift of treasure. May the Lord bless you for your generosity. [email protected]@dor.org

Scott Holcombe, Pastoral Minister & OLQP - (Regular collections include ~ Sunday Offerings, STM - (Regular collections include ~ Sunday Offerings, RCIA Coordinator [email protected]@dor.org Holy Days, Christmas & Easter) Holy Days, Christmas & Easter)

Meghan Robinson Music Director/Pastoral Last Week’s Regular Collections ...... $7,193.00 Last Week’s Regular Collections ...... $6,066.83 Minister [email protected]@dor.org $104,358.56 $118,601.70 Regular Collections Year-To-Date ...... Regular Collections Year-To-Date ......

Connor Derek Remeš, Doran, Choir Choir Director/Organist Director/Organist ...... 382 ...... 454 [email protected]@dor.org Weekend Attendance Weekend Attendance

Mike Dybas, Regional Finance Director [email protected]@dor.org Please contact Mary Kase at 381-4200 x 260 if you would like to sign up for electronic funds transfer (EFT.) Please contact Mike Dybas at 381-4200 x 262 or michael.dybas @dor.org Jennifer Abdalla, Administrative Assistant BEFORE considering making a stock transfer for your donation to your parish.. [email protected]@dor.org BEFORE

Robin Levy, Administrative Assistant Catholic Schools in Area: [email protected]@dor.org Seton Catholic School Siena Catholic Academy Grades 6– 8 Nils Lightholder, Maintenance Grades Pre-K-6 Mrs. Patty Selig, Principal Mr. Martin Kilbridge, Principal Scott Nobes, Maintenance 473-6604 381-1220 John Tessier, Maintenance