S T . A N T H O NY O F P ADUA C HURCH 129 Y EARS OF F AITH & S ERVICE Served by the Order of Friars Minor (The Franciscans) since 1926

PARISH OFFICE 28 STATE STREET, TROY, NEW YORK 12180 PHONE: 518-273-8622 FAX: 518-273-2731 LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST OFFICE HOURS: Saturday 4:30 pm Monday – Thursday 9:00am - 3:00pm Sunday 9:00 am (July & August 9:00am - 2:00pm) 12:00 pm

PARISH WEBSITE & EMAIL DAILY parishes.rcda.org/stanthonyofpadua Monday – Friday 7:15am [email protected]

PASTORAL STAFF HOLY DAY MASSES Holy Days will be announced. Fr. Richard Donovan, OFM – Pastor Email: [email protected] Fr. Primo Piscitello, OFM – In Residence RECONCILIATION Deacon Charles Z. Wojton By appointment, please call the friary. Email: [email protected] Suzanne Turner Parish & Cemetery Business Manager PASTORAL CARE Email: [email protected] Please call to arrange for pastoral visitation including Anointing of the Sick and Communion calls to the hospitalized and homebound. PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Clement Campana – Council President BAPTISM Please call to schedule Baptism. PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEE Paul Dellio – Committee Chair MARRIAGE PARISH TRUSTEES Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance. Paul Dellio, Margaret Fitzgerald Couples must attend a one- day Pre-Cana Marriage Preparation program. PARISH REGISTRATION: Please use registration forms in the back of church. NOVENAS Return completed forms to the friary. WELCOME! All Novenas have been temporarily suspended.

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The mission of St. Anthony of Padua Church is to minister spiritually, sacramentally and physically to all who enter our doors.

Fourteenth of the Day for July 4 Sunday St. Elizabeth of in Ordinary (1271 - July 4, 1336)

Time Elizabeth is usually depicted in royal garb with a July 3-4, 2021 dove or an olive branch. At her birth in 1271, her father Pedro III, future king of , was reconciled with his

rd father James, the reigning monarch. This proved to be a Saturday, July 3 St. Thomas the Apostle portent of things to come. Under the healthful influences 4:30 Julia Smulsky– Family surrounding her early years, she quickly learned self- Anthony DeGiorgio – Family discipline and acquired a taste for spirituality. Bernie Peters – Tom & Maureen LaLiberte Thus fortunately prepared, Elizabeth was able to Joyce Jones – Betty Gaynor meet the challenge when at the age of 12, she was given in marriage to Denis, king of Portugal. She was able to th Sunday, July 4 establish for herself a pattern of life conducive to growth in 9:00 Maria Commis (B’day Rem) – son, Vince God’s love, not merely through her exercises of piety, Nicolina Danei –Rose & Al Censullo including daily Mass, but also through her exercise of M/M James Romano, Sr. – Son & Family charity, by which she was able to befriend and help pilgrims, Dec’d Family Members–Barbara Bellantoni strangers, the sick, the poor—in a word, all those whose need came to her notice. At the same time she remained devoted 12:00 Richard E. LaRose – Marcia Kane to her husband, whose infidelity to her was a scandal to the Philip Lemieur – Betty Lemieur kingdom. John Humes (35th Anniv) - Joe Rubino Denis, too, was the object of many of her peace Int. of Fr. Jeffrey L’Arche - Helene LaRose endeavors. Elizabeth long sought peace for him with God, and was finally rewarded when he gave up his life of sin. She th Monday, July 5 St. Anthony Zaccaria, St. repeatedly sought and effected peace between the king and 7:15 No Mass – Office Closed their rebellious son Alfonso, who thought that he was passed th over to favor the king’s illegitimate children. She acted as Tuesday, July 6 St. Maria Goretti rd peacemaker in the struggle between Ferdinand, king of 7:15 Madelon F. McNulty (23 Anniv) – Family Aragon, and his cousin James, who claimed the crown. And Holy Face of Jesus - Sue finally from , where she had retired as a Franciscan th Wednesday, July 7 tertiary to the of the after the death of 7:15 St. Joseph – Sue her husband, Elizabeth set out and was able to bring about a th Thursday, July 8 lasting peace between her son Alfonso, now king of Portugal, and his son-in-law, the king of Castile. 7:15 Agony in the Garden – Sue th Reflection: The work of promoting peace is anything Friday, July 9 St. Augustine Zhao Rong but a calm and quiet endeavor. It takes a clear mind, a 7:15 Int. of Fr. Richard ofm & Fr. Primo ofm – Sue steady spirit and a brave soul to intervene between people

th whose emotions are so aroused that they are ready to destroy Saturday, July 10 one another. This is all the more true of a woman in the early 4:30 Charles Hewitt - wife, Linda 14th century. But Elizabeth had a deep and sincere love and Int. of Rev. Cyril Pereira –Friends & Family sympathy for humankind, an almost total lack of concern for Joyce Jones – Bev Maloney herself, and an abiding confidence in God. These were the Mary Alice Berlino- husband, Joe tools of her success.www.franciscanmedia.org

th Sunday, July 11 Please pray for the sick of our parish and in our 9:00 Lloyd & Vera Leinenger – sister, Elizabeth families: Fr. Primo P. Piscitello, P.J. Facteau, Doris Cheryl Romano – Husband, Children & Desmarais, Lori Stuart, and Willie Feliciano and for those Grandchildren in our parish community suffering from the effects of the Beatrice Louis Valenti –Children & Covid-19 pandemic. Grandchildren Marion Scorsone (1st Anniv) – Family & Friends 12:00 Dabkowski Family – Len & Marianne SUMMER OFFICE HOURS Richard E. LaRose – Marcia Kane JULY & AUGUST Lillie Boudreau – Betty Lemieur MONDAY-THURSDAY Mary & David Ormsby – Joe Rubino 9:00am-2:00pm

Parish Offerings for June 26-27, 2021 Mass Attendance Collection 4:30 $ 960.60 9:00 $ 921.00 12:00 $ 618.00 Weekly offerings by mail: $ 572.00 Total Offerings: $ 3071.60 Monthly: $ 269 Father’s Day: $ 95 Have a HAPPY JULY 4th!!! The Friary office will be Candles: $ 109.02 Cath Comm.: $ 15 closed on Monday, July 5th for the holiday. There Insurance: $185 Eastern Europe: $35 will be no 7:15am morning Mass that day. Ascension: $5 Mother’s Day: $5 St. Anthony’s Feast: $ 65 AN UPDATE on FR. PRIMO, ofm Fr. Primo would like everyone to know he is doing COUNTERS for TUESDAY, July 6th “great”! His double knee surgery went very well. Tricia Gabriel, Jim McPhillips, He is home and doing rehabilitation right here in Kathy Palmer, Steve Calacone the Friary. He thanks you all for your kindness and continued prayers. We are grateful to Fr. Roberto “Tito” Serrano, ofm - a recently ordained priest Our Sunday 9:00am Liturgy and from the Siena College Friary - for assisting the Wednesday Rosary (following the parish in the celebration of Masses while Fr. 7:15am Mass) are available on Facebook. Primo continues to recuperate. Welcome, Fr. Tito! You can watch live, or at a later date. If you have a Facebook account, search: St. Anthony of Padua Church Troy, NY – or DIOCESAN ORDINATIONS ~ JUNE 19, 2021 access the Facebook livestream via our parish Deacons Matthew Duclos, Kyle Gorenski, Daniel webpage. If you do not have an account, click the link McHale, Nathaniel Resila and Stephen Yusko were below, or type into your search bar. ordained into the priesthood at the Cathedral of https://www.facebook.com/DeaconChuckW/ the Immaculate Conception in Albany by Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger on June 19. “Thank God for this call. Thank God for this sacrament…Be who NEW MASS PROCEDURES you are, love as you are called to love, witness to the BEGINNING world without fear the truth of the wonderful JUNE 19-20, 2021 Gospel that brings joy, healing and salvation to the world,” proclaimed Bishop Scharfenberger. We will be relaxing some of our Covid Protocols. The Sacrament of Marriage was *NO PRE-REGISTRATION NEEDED celebrated for Ryan Chamberlain *NO ASSIGNED SEATING & Joanna Piscitella on *Bathrooms now open June 13, 2021. May the Lord Masks required* at Mass only for those not vaccinated. bless their union.

Looking to spend some quiet time with the Lord this Summer? Welcome to Our New A visit to the Perpetual Adoration of the Real Presence at St. Augustine’s Chapel in Troy is a great way to do it. Parishioners! The doors of the chapel are open to visitors 8:00am- Mary Kate Weaver & 3:00pm. If you haven’t experienced the joy and peace of Joe Heffernan Perpetual Adoration, this is your chance. In loving memory of In Memory of In loving Memory of The Deceased Members of the "Troy's Finest & Bravest" Deceased Members of Francese Family Troy P.D. & Troy F.D. the Thorpe Family We miss you. Magnetto Family We will never forget sons Bob & John From the Francese Family Never Forget In loving memory of In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of The Deceased Members of the David M. Skiba & Crispo & Nistico Families Michele, Fargnoli & Weisenforth mother, Lydia Skiba Families

By the Family The Weisenforth Family By the Family In loving memory of the In Loving Memory of In loving memory of

Valenti & Perez Families James Vincent Cocca John, Mary & Margaret DeLorenzo Peace and Love. Love and miss you, Patrick & Kathryn Mackey Valenti & Perez Families Wife, Cheryl & Children Anthony & Josephine Razzano In loving memory of In Loving Memory of In loving memory of

Phyllis Ciarlone Paglia Nick & Rita N. Cristiano Joseph & Maryann Julian

Husband, Michael together forever We Love and Miss you Sons, Michael & Paul Paglia Your Loving Family Love Forever, Your Family In loving memory of In loving memory of In Loving Memory of John & Lena Nardella The Deceased Members of the The Deceased Members of the Catherine L. (Kay) Nardella Joseph J. Salerno Riegert & Grogan Families Perfetti, Perfetti, Fulgan, Annmarie Salerno-Rosen Love You - Miss You Files & Paterniani Families Love you & Miss you, Your Family The Family In loving memory of In loving memory of In loving memory of the Brenda "Nana" Ryan BILL WARREN Nancy "Ninee" Ryan FITCH, HEFFERN & FISK FAMILIES J. Paul "Popie" Ryan GRACE AND PAM Love, Chris & all the Children LOVE, MARY & CHILDREN In loving memory of the In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of Colarusso-Cioffi our priest and friend, Mario R. & Rose M. Julian & Rev. Marcellinus Borg, OFM Kazmierczak-Kolach Families The Douglas Family LOVE, YOUR FAMILY In loving memory of In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of Margaret & Frank J. Milanese CHRISTI MEROLA VANROYEN MARY FARGNOLI & PALMA THOMPSON Sons: John F. & Michael F. Grandsons: Frank M. & John M.

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