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Catholic Church Community of St. Thomas More 115 Kings Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788-4204 Pastoral Staff Rev. Msgr. Francis S. Midura, Pastor Rev. Robert Dahlke, SJ, Weekend Priest Deacon Robert D. Weisz Deacon Edward R. Vigneaux Deacon John S. Rapacki Religious Education Patricia Chapin, Co-director Mary Ellen Carroll, Co-director Parish Outreach Justice & Peace Ralph Molinaro, Chairperson Music Ministry Emilia Savarese, Facilitator Youth Ministry Joe Gast, S.C., Youth Minister OUR PARISH SACRAMENTAL LIFE - EUCHARIST Weekend Masses: Saturday: 5pm Sunday: 8am, 9:15am, 10:45am, 12:15pm Weekday Mass: 9am, Monday through Saturday except Thursday when there is Morning Prayer. April 10, 2011 BAPTISM —As soon as your child is born, please call the Church Office to make Baptism Fifth Sunday of Lent arrangements. Preparation session and welcoming Mass attendance are required. Mission Statement: St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church is a MARRIAGE —As soon as a couple decides to parish community striving to share the Spirit of Love through marry, and BEFORE making any other arrange- Prayer, Worship, the Sacraments ments, call the Church Office to schedule an The Teachings of the Church, and appointment with Fr. Midura or one of the Our concern for others through Christian Stewardship. deacons. RECONCILIATION —Celebrated in Church every Saturday from 4pm to 4:45pm, or by previous appointment with Fr. Midura. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK —Call the Church Office to request visitation of the sick. CONFIRMATION —Those who have not been Telephones: confirmed should call the Church Office to Rectory— 234-5551 FAX 234-6412 receive further information. Religious Ed— 234-0397 FAX 234-1199 HOLY ORDERS —Contact Fr. Midura for more Outreach— 234-3149 FAX 234-1199 information about the priesthood or diaconate. Church Lobby— 348-9378 Page 2 Fifth Sunday of Lent—April 10, 2011 Masses Growing through the for this coming week Sunday Scriptures April 10, 2011 April 17, 2011 Fifth Sunday of Lent Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Ezekiel 37: 12-14 Isaiah 50: 4-7 Psalm 130 Psalm 22: 8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 Romans 8: 8-11 Philippians: 2: 6-11 John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 Matthew 26:14-27:66 or 27:11-54 Saturday—April 9 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew: (Anticipated Mass for Sunday) 5pm—Kevin Foley by Tara Wernert Please refer to the Passion narrative in your Bible in the Gospel of Sunday—April 10—Fifth Sunday of Lent Matthew. 8am—George & Anna Greggo by Anne McComiskey 9:15am—Rose Opici by Arlene & Al Mellina 10:45am—Helvia Valderama by Lou & Emilia Savarese . 12:15pm—Frederic N. Williams by Nancy & Michael Cafaro, FOCUS QUESTIONS Richard Feeney by the Castaldo family, Dominick Bove by Mary Rea, Jack DeMola by Joe & Kay Babits, Mary Lou Kluse by Bernice Kluse, Rose Covak by the Eyring family, 1) Jesus entered Jerusalem in glory and ended his life there on the Dolores Walden by the Buynak family Cross. Describe a time when everything seemed to be going well for you and then something bad happened. What good came out Monday—April 11—St. Stanislaus, bishop & martyr of that situation? 9am—Family of Laura Emilio by Len & Lillian Munzer Tuesday—April 12 2) Describe the things you do to make Holy Week more memora- 9am—For the People of Our Parish ble. Wednesday—April 13 —St. Martin I, pope & martyr 9am—Rhetter Carraher by Ed & Pat Porter 3) Relate a time when, like Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, Thursday—April 14 you prayed for a different outcome. What helped you to accept 9am—Fr. Robert Giuntini whatever happened? Friday—April 15 9am—Carolina Maria Gaudio by Kristine Hendry & Family Family and children’s question: Saturday—April 16 9am—Ronald Duval by Tom & Cookie Kugler Jesus faced mocking and bullying by the Roman soldiers. Jesus’ friends ran away or pretended not to know him. Role play what (Anticipated Mass for Sunday) you can do if you are seeing someone bullied or if you are bullied 5pm—Anthony De Siervi by Audre Iglehart, Erma Felicelli yourself. by Pat Surico & family , Dorothy & Lenny Jacobs by Michael & Vivian Jacobs, Mary Lou Kluse by the Rapacki family, Alfred Martin by Sue Morrissey , Thomas Saggese by Antonio & Angela Ciancio , Pauline Venne by Pat Surico , Dolores Walden by Leonard & Lillian Munzer. Sunday—April 17—Fifth Sunday of Lent 8am—James Mangiapane by his family 9:15am—Thomas Atkinson by Betty Atkinson 10:45am—Albert Master by Rich & Rosemary Tulipan 12:15pm—Donald Zager by Agnes Schomber FifthSeventh Sunday Sunday of Lent—April of Easter 10, 2011 Page 3 PRAY FOR THE SICK be made out to St. Thomas More or to the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal. Cash is always accepted too! Suzanne Coad, Victor Buzzanca, Rita Basile, STATIONS OF THE CROSS —This devotion takes place on James Basile, Thomas McGuire, Thomas all Fridays of Lent at 7pm in the Church. All are invited to Stahura, Yvonne Williams, Rev. Donal R. participate. Kehew, William Boyle, Charles Boston, FLOWERS FOR YOUR HOME —We will have geraniums Theresa Healy, Alan Lathrop, Eileen Immarino, and impatiens available for purchase and pick up the first Evelyn Stitt, Marie Ballarin, Celeste Pena, Jean weekend of May. In the meantime, return your order forms Marsala-Kieffner, Chase Turano, Renee either through the collection or return them to the Church Munzer, Adela Morales, Evelyn Hirsch, Linda Sue Cappisillo, Office. The prices are the same as last year. Remember the Katherine Drechsler, Lucja Kostrzewa, Thuy Wilmott, Mary deadline of April 24 to allow us to make out the proper order. Barry, Maura Reddy, Dennis LaRosa, Cookie Ferrero, Rosalie There will be some extras available in case someone forgot to Morgano, Janice Berlette, Mellissa Herber, Denise Zappia, put their order in. Mary Ann O’Gara, Pat Chapin, Josephine Carpenter, Teresa FEAST WEEKEND 2011 —Our annual feast weekend will Szepietowska, Phyllis Cable, Tom Devine, Ellen Catuogno, take place this year on Saturday and Sunday, June 11-12. On Nellie Duffy, Robert Boney, Jennifer Savarese, Edward Saturday night in Walden Hall, following the 5pm Mass, we Duffy, Sam Prince, Maria Espeniera, Jack Zito, Joseph will have a “Texas BBQ and Square Dance” featuring three Esposito, Daniel & Mary Skinnon, Mackenzie Jordan choices of entrees: Slow Smoked Pulled Pork or Roasted 1/2 Borchers, Pat Porter, Charlie Parker, Bernard Fontana, Louise Chicken or Prime Rib. All come with sides, beverages and Beltrani, Anthony Pagano, Joseph Peter, Ellen Vinson, dessert. Cost is $45 per person. Tickets will be available after Victoria Nelson, Katherine Badalaty, Debora Lewis, Henry weekend Masses until then. Kwiecinski. (We ask those who wish to have the sick listed in the bulletin On Sunday, we will have our traditional Pancake Breakfast to submit their names through the collection or drop the name(s) off at the Church Office. Please use the cut-out in the bulletin for your convenience. after the 8am, 9:15am and 10:45am Mass. This current list expires the end of May). HAVE IT YOUR WAY! - This year we will have our Annual Grand Prize Raffle with the First prize being either $10,000 in PRAY FOR THE DECEASED a lump sum or the choice of receiving $1,000 a month for 12 months starting July 1. So, the choice is yours! Second prize Vincent Smith, Rosalie Morgano, our deceased loved ones is $2,000 and Third prize is $1,000. There will be only 400 and our deceased servicemen and women. tickets offered and they will be $100 each. You can return the cut-out in this bulletin to reserve your ticket or wait until they FROM FR. MIDURA are offered through the mail or after weekend Masses. OUR LITURGY FOR SUNDAY —Today’s Gospel is so LENTEN NOTES— familiar that we may fail to listen to it. Try listening today for 1. LENT the three necessary elements of living a good life. Let us Lent runs until the Mass of the Lord’s Supper exclusive, the prepare ourselves to listen, quieting our minds, opening our beginning of the Sacred Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good hearts and standing together humbly before God as we admit Friday and Holy Saturday). our failings and promise our prayers for each other. 2. FAST AND ABSTINENCE HOLY HOUR —There will be a Holy Hour of Prayer and All Catholics who have reached their 14th year are bound to Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament this coming Monday abstain entirely from meat on all the Fridays of Lent. All evening at 7:45pm in the Church. All are invited to attend. Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 inclusive are also LENTEN RETREAT —We are having our parish Lenten bound to observe the law of fast on Good Friday. This means Retreat on the Wednesday nights of Lent. They are April 13 limiting oneself to a single full meal and avoiding food & 20. Time will be 7:30pm in the Church. Presenters are: between meals. Two other light meals, which together do not Patricia Leonard and James Phillips. The topics each evening equal a full meal, may be taken during the day. are: 3. OPERATION RICE BOWL —Under the auspices of April 13—The Journey of the People of God; and Catholic Relief Services, all monies received from our Lenten April 20—The Journey Home . Rice Bowls go towards meeting the needs of the poor and the Join us this Lenten Season to pray about and talk about our hungry in our world, here and abroad. After the Lenten season common journey and the experiences along the way.