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GOOD NEWS SUMMER 2020.Indd ST. MARY OF MOUNT CARMEL / BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH - SUMMER 2020 MORE OUR PARISH HERITAGE: Part 2 in a series of ar cles about UNMASKED the history of How we survived our parish lead- ing to the 125th staying at home anniversary in 2021. Page 6 PAGE 3 2 PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE PARISH WEBSITE It’s be er to be part of a Visit www.mountcarmelblessedsacra- ment.com for the latest parish news and announcements. There’s even a community, not isolated mobile version for your smart phone. You can donate online and check out “So, how’s your time away been going?” Meeting with couples planning upcoming our social media sites and more. That is a question so many folks have been church weddings, families looking forward to asking of each other when they speak on the baptisms, ministering to those suff ering the loss PHOTO GALLERIES phone, or actually bump into one another at of a loved one, funerals at the funeral home or the doctor’s offi ce, grocery store — cemetery before the church was re- or maybe at church these last few opened — all this never really stops weekends. even during these last months. Some, of all ages and stages of Certainly, it’s clear that the reason life, will say they have been too iso- our Catholic faith and Jesus calls us lated and tired of being cooped up at to gather and work out our way to home. Others will say they have ac- heaven as a community, not as iso- complished things that were put off lated individuals, is exactly because for years, such as sorting out all the we are more happy and fulfi lled stuff in the attic, the cellar — even with others than doing it on our own cleaning up their hearts, minds and alone. souls. I never could understand those March, April, May and much of who say, “I don’t need to be at Mass June aff orded some extra time for FATHER JIM or be with others; I deal with God me to renovate and spruce up the on my own, alone.” It’s a sad atti- family home in Syracuse, doing a tude for someone who claims to be BULLETIN lot of the work myself — with some mistakes a person with faith. along the way. It’s good to be opening our beautiful Catholic Also, I took time to cook for a few close churches, especially on the weekends, though priest friends and neighbors in Syracuse, hav- it’s a limited turnout due to caution. ing mastered such dishes as pot roast, ham and As the word of scripture says, “It is good cabbage, and French toast. when brethren dwell as one.” CELEBRATING THE SAINTS Our Lady of Fa ma The feast of Our Lady of Fatima was ap- Feast day May 13 proved by the local bishop in 1930; it was add- Between May 13 and Oct.13, 1917, three ed to the church’s worldwide calendar in 2002. Portuguese children — Francisco and Jacinta Marto and their cousin Lucia dos Santos —re- Refl ec on ceived apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria The message of Fatima is simple: Pray. Un- near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. fortunately, some people — not Sister Lucia Mary asked the children — have distorted these rev- to pray the rosary for world elations, making them into an peace, for the end of World apocalyptic event for which War I, for sinners and for the they now are the only reli- conversion of Russia. able interpreters. They have, ... AND MORE Mary gave the children three for example, claimed that secrets. Following the deaths Mary’s request that the world • Weekly prayers, refl ec ons, photos, of Francisco and Jacinta in be consecrated to her has been videos and more to enrich your faith. 1919 and 1920, respectively, ignored. Sister Lucia agreed • Father Jim’s “Wise and Otherwise” Lucia revealed the fi rst secret that Pope John Paul II’s pub- • History of the parish in 1927. It concerned devotion lic consecration in St. Peter’s • Lector, minister, altar server sched- to the Immaculate Heart of Square on March 25, 1984, ules Mary. The second secret was fulfi lled Mary’s request. The a vision of hell. When Lucia • Mass schedules Congregation for the Doctrine grew up she became a Carmel- • Parish news of the Faith prepared a June ite nun and died in 2005 at the • Ministries 26, 2000, document explain- age of 97. • Event calendar Pope John Paul II directed the Holy See’s ing the “third secret.” Mary is honored perfectly when people gen- • Weekly refl ec on on Sunday’s read- Secretary of State to reveal the third secret in ings 2000; it spoke of a “bishop in white” who was erously imitate her response, “Let it be done to shot by a group of soldiers who fi red bullets and me as you say.” (Luke 1:38) Mary never can • “More Good News” ar cles arrows into him. Many people linked this vision be seen as a rival to Jesus or to the church’s • Links to our social media sites such to the assassination attempt against Pope John teaching authority, as exercised by the college as Facebook, Twi er, Instagram and Paul II in St. Peter’s Square on May 13, 1981. of bishops united with the bishop of Rome. YouTube. COVER STORY 3 Home, sweet home? Parishioners stay occupied, fi nd new ways to keep the faith By FRAN PERRITANO Maria Quintal is quite talented. In addition to being part of the Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Music Ministry, she has two black belts and is a retired state trooper. And now, during the early part of the corona- virus pandemic, she was helping others. “I have been sewing cotton surgical-style face masks for Utica area seniors, family members, neighbors and now outpatients at area hospitals,” she said (check out her photo on the cover). “(I) have been delivering them, hanging them in bags on doorknobs, sent them via U.S. mail, etc. Many recipients have been sending me selfi es wearing their masks, which warms my heart, and my aching back!” Our parish community until recently was apart for about four months, so over that time we thought we’d ask what have parishioners been up to. Here are some of the responses we received: Fred Valen ni This was supposed to be my dream semes- ter at Utica College. I had already informed the college that after 46 years in classrooms I was going to put my chalk/whiteboard mark- ers back in the box. Then COVID-19 hit. All of the material I had prepared for the last three ABOVE: Fred Valen ni said this was supposed to be his “dream semester” teaching a class at U ca Col- months of instruction would have to be re- lege. “Then COVID-19 hit (and) all of the material I had prepared for the last three months of instruc- tooled for online instruction. on would have to be retooled for online instruc on,” he said. “The upshot of this approach is that I’m not afraid of technology but prefer to even the professor can come to class in his pajamas (I don’t, but some students do.).” BELOW: Terry be the one who decides when to use it. What Reale, husband John and daughter Sara kept busy. “We’ve focused on projects around the house such would have taken an hour to do — whether it as spring cleaning and other cleaning that had been back-burnered for a long me … but now there was planning, grading or even setup — now were no excuses,” Terry said. “We also passed the me by playing pitch and Scrabble.” takes two to three times longer. Not all the students bought into the new ap- The utmost priority was not to bring the dread- proach. ... I have had to make various accom- ed virus into our home. modations for students who had poor internet We had to fi nd creative ways to connect with service, lacked their own laptop or who lived our faith and watch Mass and other refl ections in the hotspots in the state (some had family or on YouTube and other sources on technology. neighbors with the disease). It was so wonderful to have Holy Thursday The upshot of this approach is that even the and Easter Sunday Masses (and now Sunday professor can come to class in his pajamas (I Masses) to us via those avenues. We took great don’t, but some students do). comfort in that. Other helpful sources included daily refl ections in the little Black Book as Terry Reale well as the posts from Dynamic Catholic with Well, these have certainly been challenging Michael Kelly. These programs were there for times — trying to cope with the pandemic, us whenever we needed them and in our own stay busy to avoid being frightened and feel- time, so there was never any concern about ing overwhelmed and trying to navigate Holy missing them. Week and Easter in a whole new way has cer- Things like celebrating my husband’s birth- tainly been an unprecedented set of tasks. day by making him a special dinner with our We’ve focused on projects around the house daughter Sara (who was stuck here with us), such as spring cleaning and other cleaning that making him his favorite — apple pie — and had been back-burnered for a long time … but our kids surprising him with a birthday parade now there were no excuses.
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