Church of St. Jerome

CHURCH OF ST. JEROME

Rev. William B. Leone: Pastor 207 Garfield Street Rev. William Endres: In Residence East Rochester, NY 14445 Deacon Dermot Loughran http://stjeromerochester.org/ Sr. Clare Brown, SSJ: Pastoral Associate email: [email protected]

February 7, 2021

PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY WEEKEND Lent Begins February 17th February 13th & 14th, 2021 Another Lenten season is upon us Advocacy Issue: Funding for beginning February 17th with Ash Wednesday. Masses on Ash NOURISH NEW YORK initiative Wednesday, February 17th, are at 7:30 a.m., 12:10 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Next weekend our parish will Ashes will be distributed at all participate in the annual Diocese of Masses. Rochester Public Policy Advocacy Our Lady of Lourdes Weekend. Postcards will be available Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman for you to sign with our message to Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin state leaders to adequately fund the Mary venerated in honour of the NOURISH NEW YORK initiative Marian apparitions that are claimed to to continue to alleviate the impact of have occurred in 1858 in the vicinity the pandemic. The COVID-19 of Lourdes in France. pandemic has focused a spotlight on The first of these is the apparition of two vulnerable groups in New York February 11, 1858, when 14-year old State: farmers and our neighbors who Bernadette Soubirous told her mother are food insecure – many are newly that a "lady" spoke to her in the cave hungry due to job losses caused by of Massabielle while she was Updates to Military List the pandemic. gathering firewood with her sister and We are asking for your help in NOURISH NEW YORK is a NYS a friend. Similar apparitions of the updating our Military Prayer List. Please let us know if you know of a initiative that provides a lifeline for "Lady" were reported on eighteen occasions that year, until the climax person on the Military List that is no food insecure families and for farmers longer serving in the Military. If a who have been struggling with the revelation of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception took place. person on the list is still serving in the changes brought on by COVID-19. It Military but has been elevated to a provides funding to Food Banks to new rank. If you have a new person purchase New York State-produced Private Prayer: Please Note the in the Military that you would like to farm products. This offers support to add to the list. If you have any change to the hours the Church is farmers, fishing community, and food helpful information or questions, open for private prayer. The Church processors AND provides food to please contact Denise in the Rectory will be open Monday, Tuesday and individuals and families. Office at [email protected] or call Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 586-3231. until further notice. Page Two Church of St. Jerome, East Rochester, NY Please Pray for Those in the Military:

Monday, February 8, 2021 Weekday

7:30 a.m. The Macaluso Family by Lord, hold our troops in Your loving Leslie Mills hands. Protect them as they protect Tuesday, February 9, 2021 us. Bless them and their families for Weekday the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. We ask this in the 7:30 a.m. Cosimo Spano by Son & name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Family Amen. Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Celebrate the Year of Saint Joseph! Saint Scholastica, Virgin 1st Lt. Alex V. Alfieri Join us at St. Louis Church, 64 South PVT. Kyle Anderson 7:30 a.m. Donald Fornataro by Christa Main Street, Pittsford, NY, for a series Brandon Beauchamp USAF & Billy Stewart of talks and a special Mass for his USMA Matthew Blejwas Thursday, February 11, 2021 feast day! Specialist Aaron Brochu Our Lady of Lourdes 7:00 p.m. each night in the Main Airman Rachel Brock BM3 Mary Carr USN World Day of the Sick Church. Captain Craig Carlisle 7:30 a.m. Jeanette D’Agostino Banker These events will be live-streamed! Chief Master Sgt. Matt Clancy by Family Find the link at: https:// Sgt. Robert DeMaria US Army Friday, February 12, 2021 stlouischurch.org/live 1st LT Matthew J. Dunn USMC Weekday AO2 Timothy Fennell USN Thursday, Feb. 4th: Why We Need Captain Brian Findlay 7:30 a.m. The Schofield Family by St. Joseph Today Lt. Kurt Findlay Leslie Mills Special graces available during the Sgt. Daniel Frate Saturday, February 13, 2021 year of St. Joseph. CW5 Thomas Grove Weekday Model of strength and wisdom for Cpl. Kevin Harte

LT. Bart Hicklin USN 4:30 p.m. For the People of the Parish our present day. CPT. Jeffrey Huddle US Army

Sunday, February 14, 2021 Invitation to read Fr. Donald Sgt. Ryan Jackson Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Calloway’s book Consecration to St. HM1 Christian R. Kissel USN Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Ryan LaFountain 8:00 a.m. Paul Swagler by Doris PVT. Jack Leonardo US Army Father for a special consecration on 10:00 a.m. Albert & Gail Piacelli by Joe HM3 Marcella Levato USN & Mary Ann Perham his feast day. Bryan McAuliff USN Thursday, Feb. 11th: The Right- PVT. Brett McCarthy US Army Ordered Manhood of St. Joseph. HM3 John Ross McCarthy USN Guest speaker, Fr. Matthew Walter, Staff Sgt. Nathaniel McAvoy Parochial Vicar at St. John of CPT. Richard R. McPhee CPT. Shannon McPhee Rochester Church Sgt. Joseph Merritt Jr. ONLINE COLLECTION BASKET · Joseph’s Masculinity, Fatherhood, PVT. Megan Rossi USMC During these difficult and uncertain Courage, Role of Protector, Terror of CPT. AJ Spacher US Army times your continued support of St. Demons. Staff Sgt. Alesa Whelehan Jerome’s and our vital ministries is Thursday, March 4th The Wonders Tech. Sgt. Christopher Whelehan most appreciated. We want to thank of Our Spiritual Father all of our parishioners who have · Purity, Model of Obedience, Silent Let Us Pray Witness, Adorer of Jesus, Lover of continued to mail in their envelopes Please remember in your and/or utilized our electronic transfer Poverty, Patron of the Dying. prayers those members options. Your generosity will help us Friday, March 19th: Mass, Fr. of our parish in the to continue serving you and the Mitch Zygadlo presiding. hospital, the sick at home, and those community. All gifts will be recorded · Invitation to make a consecration to in nursing homes. in your name as always. St. Jerome ’s Jesus through St. Joseph. In your Christian charity, you are Contributions can be mailed to: For more information contact Kathryn asked to pray for those who have died, 207 Garfield Street, East Rochester, at [email protected]. especially Teodoro Arenas, Donald NY 14445 Or to set up for recurring Fornataro and Anthony Mangus. payments online go to: http:// May the Lord strengthen their stjeromerochester.org families and friends at their time of loss. Page Three Church of St. Jerome, East Rochester, NY February 7, 2020

SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Good News! Dear Padre Saturday at 4:30 p.m., Sunday at 8:00 & 10:00 February 7, 2021 February 7, 2021 HOLY DAYS Please consult Bulletin Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Does the Church promote Jb 7:1–4, 6–7; 1 Cor 9:16–19, 22–23; adoption as a response to DAILY MASSES Mk 1:29–39 infertility? If so, why? Mon.-Fri. - 7:30 a.m. Consult bulletin for changes This harsh bit of advice is more The Church indeed promotes military than religious. However, it adoption, but not solely as a response SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Call Rectory Office 586-3231 does carry some truth. There are to infertility. Church teaching times when there is no way to avoid presents adoption as an alternative SACRAMENT OF hardship, so all we can do is find way that a couple might direct their RECONCILIATION some way of dealing with it. This is generosity and desire to be life-giving Saturday: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. the situation in today’s reading from through children. While recognizing (or by appointment)

Job. He experiences life as the suffering of infertility, the Church PARISH STAFF burdensome. To make matters worse, also sees the great need of children Judy Joslin, Religious Education life is too short to be able to get throughout the world who, for one Administrator. beyond the difficulty. So what does reason or another, haven’t been able Kevin & Karin Spears, Youth Ministry he do? What might most of us do in to live with their biological parents. Denise Peterson, Secretary similar situations? Complain. Patrick Vogt, Business Manager The call to adopt and care for Teresa Galbier, Music Director There is really nothing wrong with children in need, however, is complaining. The problem is to addressed to all believers who are KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS whom and for how long. A large able to help. The theological John Schroth - Grand Knight, 585-202- number of the psalms are complaints foundation for reaching out to adopt 1673,more info: www.KofC.org or, to use the theological term, children is linked to our being TELEPHONES laments. To complain to God can be a brothers and sisters in Christ, and that Rectory………...……………….586-3231 profound prayer, for it admits our we are called to be stewards of the Faith Formation Office ...... 586-3231 human inability to fix everything. lives of one another. In some Website:http://stjeromerochester.org/ And, it presumes that God can and instances, people feel called to care Email: [email protected] just might fix the problem. The psalm for needy children of the world by PARISH MEMBERSHIP response continues this train of adopting them and bringing them into We welcome you to worship regularly thought with a prayer of confidence a new family to develop and grow. with us and to join our Parish that God will fix it. The Gospel In other situations, perhaps Community formally, offering your time, reading then provides examples of Christians could show extraordinary talents, and financial support. how Jesus did just that. love by “adopting” a child or a family Newcomers are wholeheartedly received These are not merely stories of past of children by supporting them in into membership by simply registering at the office at their convenience. events. Rather, they trace a profound their own country through assistance yet difficult-to-accept religious belief: to relatives who could not otherwise when we are overwhelmed by look after the child. This is obviously hardship, we should turn to God and not like raising a child in your own place our need in God’s care, home, but think of what it might do believing that God wants what is best for a child in his own home country. for us. Perhaps the rest is out of our A key principle that should underlie hands, but we must believe that we the care of orphans is “what is best for are in God’s hands and, therefore, the child.” safe. -From Life, Death, and Catholic -Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA Medical Choices

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