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16 May 2021 Queenship of Mary Church 7th Sunday Northampton, PA of Easter PARISH WEEKLY Rev. Patrick H. Lamb, Pastor Msgr. John S. Campbell, Pastor Emeritus Msgr. Michael J. Chaback, In Residence Deacon Michael W. Doncsecz Mrs. Maureen Tancin, Secretary Mrs. Stephanie Kalavoda, PREP THE CELEBRATION OF MASS Saturday Evening: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00, 10:30 AM Mon.Tues. M Wed. 8:00AM Thurs. NO MASS Friday: 9:15AM (SCHOOL MASS) HOLY DAY MASSES 6:30AM, 9:00AM, 7:00PM SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday: 3:00 to 3:45 PM Sunday: 10:00 to 10:25 AM Other times by appointment The Lord has set His throne SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptisms are celebrated on the 4th Sunday of the in heaven month. A prebaptismal workshop is required for par- ents, who are expected to be active members for at least three months. Please call Deacon Mike to make all arrangements. (6102622227) RECTORY 1324 Newport Avenue HOLY MATRIMONY Northampton, PA 18067 A minimum preparation time of six months is required Phone: 610 2622227 for the couple by the Diocese for the proper celebra- Fax: 610 2624192 tion of the Sacrament. Please call Father Lamb to Email: [email protected] make all arrangements. (6102622227) Website: queenshipofmary.weconnect.com RECTORY OFFICE HOURS WE WELCOME Monday to Thursday: 9:00AM to 3:00PM NEW PARISHIONERS Friday: 9:00AM to 2:00PM Please introduce yourselves to Father Lamb or Deacon Mike after Mass. CONVENT PHONE (610) 4400134 PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN CONVENT ADDRESS OfLice of Safe Environment 1314 NEWPORT AVE. Pamela J. Russo, M.S.W, M.S. NORTHAMPTON PA 18067 Secretary, Youth Protection and Catholic Human Services RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN Good Shepherd Catholic School (6102629171) P.O. Box F, Allentown, PA 18105V1538 Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) 610V871V5200 ext. 2204 Contact the Rectory. (6102622227) [email protected] 7TH SUNDAY OF EASTER SANCTUARY MASS INTENTIONS LAMP will be lit this week MONDAY MAY 17 8:00 AM John Bukovits Susan Simon IN MEMORY OF TUESDAY MAY 18 8:00 AM Robert & Rose Family Ernestine Gerancher WEDNESDAY MAY 19 8:00 AM Jesus` Urtasum The Flores Family Adoration Continues: THURSDAY MAY 20 Reminder of the Church Schedule: NO MASS FRIDAY MAY 21 Monday: 8:00 AM Mass, church open until 1 PM. Adoration 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. 9:15AM Deceased of the Marushak Family (SCHOOL MASS) Tuesday: 8:00 AM Mass, Adoration 7:30 AM SATURDAY MAY 22 until Mass time. Church open until 1 PM. 4:00 PM Ernestine Gerancher Family Wednesday: 8:00 AM Mass, church open until SUNDAY MAY 23 1 PM. Adoration 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. 8:00AM Pricilla Huertas Family 10:30AM John & Amelia Hutnick Mike & Linda Hutnick Thursday: Church closed SUNDAY COLLECTION Friday: 9:15 AM Mass with School, church open until 1 PM. Adoration 6:30 PM to 7:30pm May 9 - $10,573. THERE WILL BE NO EUCHARIST IC Mother’s Day - $1787. ADORATION ON FRIDAY, MAY 21ST. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. May God bless your generosity! Vikette Girls Basketball Camp Registration… any current 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grade girl interested in attending Allentown Central Catholic’s Girls Basketball Camp this summer should email Coach Kopp at mkoppc- [email protected] . Camp will be held June 14 17 at the St. John Vianney Gymnasium Allentown from 9:30am2:30pm. 2 16 MAY 2021 St. Pudentiana SUNDAY READINGS Also known as Potentiana, a Roman virgin and daughter of St. Pudens. According to legend, May 16, 2021 she was the daughter of the Roman senator Acts 1:1–11 named in St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy When he had said this, as they were looking who gave away her wealth to the poor, aided on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him the burials of Christians, and died at the age of from their sight. sixteen. As her name is not found in any of the ancient martyrologies and owing to the Ephesians 1:17–23 or unreliability of her origins, the cult of Ephesians 4:1–13 or 4:1–7, 11–13 Pudentiana was suppressed in 1969 and her I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to veneration is confined to herbasilicain Rome. live in a manner worthy of the call you have Legend received, with all humility and gentleness. According to heractaand theMartyrologyof Mark 16:15-20 Reichenau,she was aRomanvirginof the early Christian church, daughter ofSaint [Jesus] said to them, “Go into the whole world Pudens,friend of the Apostles, and sister of and proclaim the gospel to every creature.” Praxedes. Praxedes and Pudentiana, together with presbyter Pastor andPope Pius I, built a WEEKDAY READINGS baptistry in the church inside their father's house, and started to baptize pagans. May 16-22 Pudentiana died at the age of 16, possibly a Monday, : Acts 19:1–8 / Jn 16:29–33 martyr, and is buried next to her father Pudens, in the Priscilla catacombs on thevia Salaria. Tuesday, Acts 20:17–27 / Jn 17:1–11a While there is evidence for the life of Pudens, Wednesday, Acts 20:28–38 / Jn 17:11b–19 there is no direct evidence for either Pudentiana Thursday, Acts 22:30; 23:6–11 / Jn 17:20–26 or Praxedes. It is possible that the early Friday, Acts 25:13b–21 / Jn 21:15–19 Church's"ecclesia Pudentiana"(i.e., the Church Saturday, Acts 28:16–20, 30–31 / Jn 21:20–25 of Pudens) was mistaken for "Saint Pudentiana". Veneration Abasilicain Rome is named for her, and her commemoration in theGeneral Roman Calendarfell on 19 May until its1969 revision. Pudentiana is now mentioned neither there nor in theRoman Martyrology. The SpanishConquistadorMiguel López de Legazpi, the founder of the modernCity of Manila, gained possession of the territory on 19 May 1571. As it was the Feast of Pudentiana (inSpanishPotenciana), Legazpi declared herpatronessof what is now thePhilippines. By theApostolic LetterImpositi Nobisof 12 September 1942,Pope Pius XII, at the request of thePhilippine episcopacy, declared the Virgin Mary under thetitleof theImmaculate Conceptionas principal patroness of the country, with Saints Pudentiana andRose of Limaas secondary patronesses, mentioning that historical documents indicated Pudentiana as patroness from the 16th century and Rose of Lima from the 17th.Today,Intramuros(the walled Spanish citadel that was the nucleus of Manila) still has a street that bears her name. 3 7TH SUNDAY OF EASTER FOOD DONATIONS FOR NORTHAMPTON AREA FOOD BANK According to a study done by Feeding America, Impact of the Coronavirus on Local Food Insecurity 20202021, 17 % of children in Pennsylvania face food insecurity meaning they are without a reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. That is almost 1 in every 5 children, our neighbors within our own community who don’t have enough to eat or a poor quality of food. Besides community projects carried out by larger organizations to help alleviate food insecurities, our parishioners can help also by contributing various food items. Our cenacle will hold a food collection for the Northampton Area Food Bank at all masses during the weekend of May 2223. Any and all food items, canned, boxed, etc. may be handed to cenacle members who will be standing at the church’s inner doors. Our parishioners are phenomenal in keeping our homeless brothers’ feet warm in the winter and animals provided with food and treats with items collected in autumn. Can we do the same for our hungry friends within our own neighborhood by bringing a donation this particular weekend as part of the cenacle’s corporal works of mercy? Coming together as a parish, as brothers and sisters, hopefully a few less families will go to bed hungry at night. 4 16 MAY 2021 Sent to be Missionaries By Fr. Mark Haydu, LC The beginning of the Book of Acts presents a summary of the life of Christ and. How he called and taught the apostles in the Holy Spirit. After his resurrection, Christ kept the apostles in Jerusalem, where they prayed together with the Virgin and awaited the coming of the Holy Spirit which would give them power to witness to him beyond the city and into the outlying countries and regions, just as the Gospel reading commands. This Spirit given to them by Christ is a spirit of mission and witness. When Jesus was finished speaking, when his revelation had finished, he was taken to heaven. And the apostles were left standing there, looking up after him. That looking up can be interpreted as a longing for Jesus’ presence that was no longer in human form. Things had radically changed. Jesus’ mission had finished, and now theirs was beginning. Their situation is the same as ours. We are sent on a mission! An essential element of being Christian is to understand that we are sent into the world to build Christ’s kingdom. We are his missionaries, his representatives. He counts on us to go into the world and bring his message to all his beloved children just as he did—with preaching, testimony, and love. Jesus doesn’t send us to be comfortable, professionally successful, and wealthy. He sends us to be missionaries! + Christ counts on us to go into the world and bring his message to all his beloved children just as he did. Do I live as if I am Christ’s presence on earth, aware that I am his missionary? • If Jesus were in my family, social, and professional situations, what would he do? A Word from The Pope's Monthly Pope Francis Intention for May.