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“I am the Alpha Revelation 22:13 and the Omega.Revelation” 7:9 Our Lady of Lourdes · Seventh Sunday of Easter · May 12, 2013 OLL-#439 Welcome to our Parish Family! New Parishioners are cordially invited to register as members of our parish family. Please call or visit our Parish Office. Daily Mass 8 AM Mission Statement Weekend Masses Saturday: 5 PM As stewards of all that God has given us, the Parish Family Sunday: 8 AM, 9:30 AM, of Our Lady of Lourdes serves and ministers to all who come 11 AM, 12:30 PM and 6 PM to this place. Regardless of a person’s history, ethnicity, gender, orientation, age or race, we commit ourselves to open Reconciliation/Confession Saturday: 4 PM - 4:45 PM wide the doors of our Parish to provide a place of welcome and hospitality. Rosary Daily after 8 AM Mass Miraculous Medal Novena Vision... Monday after 8 AM Mass so that all may know that they are a vital part of the Body of Christ, we further recommit and challenge ourselves to... Anointing of the Sick Throughout the liturgical year. If needed sooner, please call the Live out our Baptismal call passionately by caring for all Parish Office. of God’s people with justice. Baptism Please contact the Parish Office to schedule an appointment. Grow in an understanding of God’s role in each of our lives. Marriage Arranged at least six months in ad- Respond to the Gospel in a radical way, inviting and inspiring vance, please call the Parish Office. all to form the Kingdom of God in every moment of life. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults(RCIA) A process to be em- Acknowledge we are not complete without the willingness to grow, braced by the Catholic Church. For non-Catholics and for Catholics who discern and discover the Spirit who moves and guides us. have never received formal religious education. If interested, please call the Parish Office. 2 OLL-#439 Parish Office 455 Hunter Avenue West Islip, NY 11795 Pastoral Team 661.3224, option 1 Msgr. Brian McNamara Pastoral Council Monday-Thursday Pastor Msgr. Brian McNamara 9 AM - 7:30 PM Eileen Rega Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM Rev. Patsy Amabile Diane Ackerly Saturday: 9 AM - 3 PM Associate Pastor Stacie Baltrusitis Sunday: 9 AM - 2 PM Rev. Robert Scheckenback Mary Borgs email: [email protected] Associate Pastor Lisa Cantalino fax: 661.7143 Sonia DaSilva website: www.ollchurch.org Nilo DeLeon Deacon John DeGuardi Jerry Esposito Our Lady of Lourdes School Deacon Tom Lucie Trish Frodell 44 Toomey Road Deacon Jack Meehan Rosalie Mangels West Islip, NY 11795 Coordinator of Stewardship Maryellen McKee 587.7200, option 2 Deacon John Teufel Deacon Jack Meehan Monday-Friday John Muldoon 9 AM - 3 PM Bob Natale Sr. Nancy Campkin email: [email protected] Vita Scorcia Director of Religious Education Trish Frodell Religious Education Office Director of Parish Social Ministry Parish Staff 661.5440, option 3 Louise Jane Krol AnnMarie Buonaspina Monday-Friday School Principal Director of Youth Choirs 9 AM - Noon Sr. Diane Liona Michael Buonaspina 1 PM - 5 PM Director of Religious Education Parish Organist 7 PM - 9 PM Mary McMahon Anne Gregg email: [email protected] Business Manager School Office Robin Reynolds-Brennan Mary Anne Lettieri Parish Outreach Office Coordinator of Worship Parish Office 661.9262, option 4 OLL Choir Director Debbie Meyer Monday- Friday Vita Scorcia Bulletin Editor/Business Office 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Ministry Spiritual Director Rita Spera Religious Education Office S.A.G.E. Lori Walsh 661.3224, ext. 122 Parish Office (Senior Advocates for Growth and Enrichment) email: [email protected] 3 OLL-#439 Taize Looking for another way to pray? Come join us on Tuesday, May 14 at 7:30 PM in the Parish Center. Taize is a form of worship that provides some time in our busy lives where we can stop and focus on the love of God. Together we will share simple chants and prayers that will help guide us as we bring our concerns and hopes to the Lord. Holy Name Society The Holy Name Society invites the men of our parish, young and old, to join us. We can use the wisdom of the older men and the energy and fresh ideas of our younger men. The Holy Name Society meets on the second Sunday of each month. Our next meeting will be on Sunday, May 19. We come together to pray the Rosary at 7:40 AM in the Church and the meeting will follow the 8 AM Mass at 9 AM in Room 16. Stop by, all are welcome! Usher Meeting Calling ushers and those who would like to be an usher... There will be a meeting on Tuesday May 21st in the Parish Center at 7:30pm. We will be discussing our procedures and any concerns you may have. It is very important that you attend this meeting. Bring a friend! We are always in need of new ushers. Feast Volunteer Meeting The Our Lady of Lourdes Italian Feast will be here before you know it. As in the past, we need plenty of volunteers to make it successful. Won’t you consider being part of this great tradition. Our first volunteer meeting will be Thursday, May 16 from 7 – 8 PM in the Parish Center. Remember, “All Are Welcome!” Should you have any questions, please contact Frank Antonawich at 631.587.7988 or Rich Maher at 631.661.5478. The Secret Pearl Ministry of Family Healing Spring 2013 When we say that what comes to mind? Each word or thought of ours can be like a pearl that you drop in a secret place of another’s heart. In some hour of need, the recipient finds the treasure and realizes for the first time its VALUE. Come and join us as we explore just how God can be the SECRET PEARL in our lives. The Ministry of Family Healing invites you to a night of prayer and reflection. We will be meeting on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 PM in the Parish Center. Refreshments and fellowship to follow. Please call the Religious Education Around Our Parish Office at 661.5440, option 3 to register. Please join us and bring a friend. 4 OLL-#439 Dear Parishioners: Happy Mother’s Day! To all our Moms and Grandmothers, we pray that God will reward them for all their sacrificial love towards us over the years. As you know, we have been putting on a new roof on the school. Ac- tually, since there are different roof levels, it is more like new roofs on the school building. Hopefully, this will be completed by the time you read this letter –praise God. Also, that should mean that we will not have to worry about the school roof(s) for another 25 years! While we were up on the roof, we did some work on the pointing as well. In the next few years, we will have to look at the roof of the convent and the roof of the rectory ,but that is in the future. We are beginning to look at the next step of our Capital Campaign Project which is the refurbishing of all the sidewalks and parking lot. We will be replacing many sections of the sidewalk and some sections of the parking lot as well. The Diocesan Office of Construction will assist us in this endeavor. All this will take place this summer. Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty was imprisoned by the Communist in Hungary in the 1950’s. He wrote this beautiful reflection on motherhood. Remember: Together we can do something beautiful for God. In Christ, Fr. Brian The most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral— a dwelling for an immortal soul. The tiny perfection of her baby’s body. “The angels have not been blessed with such a grace. They cannot share in God’s creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven. Only a human mother can. Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creatures. God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation… What on God’s good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?” 5 OLL-#439 OLL School Registration Now Accepting Registrations for 2013-2014 Limited Openings in “Someone Special & Me,” Nursery, Pre-K Applications also being accepted for Grades K-7 Call the School Office at 631.587.7200 ext. 100, or email [email protected] and visit our web site at ollschool.org. Schedule a tour of our wonderful school and learn first-hand about our programs! May Crowning On WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 the school will be having a MAY CROWNING. We will have Mass at 9:00am and following Mass, we will process to the Blessed Mother Statue in front of the school and then have the May Crowning. All our welcome! Come join us as we honor Mary. Race for Education Our students are looking for sponsors in the upcoming “Race for Education” to raise funds for our parish school. Parishioners are invited to sponsor a student — any dollar amount is welcome. Contact Ms. Krista Harris at [email protected] if you can help! What can we learn from myths? In the month of May, the third grade art students will be focusing on the essential question: What can we learn from myths? The question comes from the Common Core Standards in Language Arts.