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Mass Intentions NextNext Sunday’sSunday’s LiturgyLiturgy --MaySept. 9 5 MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021 Luke 4:16-30 Readings for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am Daniel & Florence O’Connor 1st Reading: Isaiah 35:4-7a God restores all that has 12:10pm Private Intention been lost and makes the barren situation fertile. Psalm 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 God is on the side of the hungry TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 Luke 4:31-37 and oppressed, and champions the just and the needy. 8:30am Elizabeth Vera 2nd Reading: James 2:1-5 Worldly folk favor the rich 12:10pm Elizabeth Paggioli & John P. Costello over the poor, but God gives the Kingdom to the lowly. Gospel: Mark 7:31-37 Jesus restores both hearing and WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 Luke 4:38-44 speech, which astonishes the crowds. 12:10pm Richard Gotthard FOCUS: God comes to heal His people. Dante Lazo Looking at the world, there is no doubt about the need for 7:30pm Claire Kernizan-Faroul healing. The people in the district of the Decapolis knew that the deaf man needed healing, and so they brought THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 Luke 5:1-11 him to Jesus. As those who also know the healer-who 8:30am Melissa Sipkin-Ortiz know our Lord-let us bring our needs to Him. Geoffrey O’Connell, Sr. 12:10pm Private Intention Music for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 Luke 5:33-39 Entrance Song: #26 Praise To the Lord St. Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church Presentation of the Gifts: #587 Christ Be Our Light 8:30am George McDonald Communion Song: #437 On Eagle’s Wings 12:10pm Margaret & Bernard Duffy Concluding Song: #735 America the Beautiful Responsorial Psalm: Praise the Lord, my soul! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 Luke 6:1-5 Gospel Acclamation: Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of the 8:30am Gaspar J. LaSala kingdom and cured every disease among the people. George J. Pastor Communion Antiphon: Like the deer that yearns for 5:00pm Parishioners of Holy Name of Mary running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my Dr. Conrado & Isabel Mata God; my soul is thirsting for God, the living God.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 Mark 7:31-37 7:15am Anna & Michael Apollo Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Rosalyn & Robert Crisafulli 9:00am For the Deceased Members of the Apollo, “Can you not spare one hour for me?” Giuffre, Oliva & Vinci Families You are invited to pray in front of the Kennedy Rae Blessed Sacrament every Thursday John Terzano (L-40th Birthday) following the 12:10pm Mass, until 2pm. 11:00am Rose Pranzo Jerry & Sadie Cantone Frank Incorvaia 1:00pm Santos Hernandez Presider Schedule for Masses Saturday, September 4 5:00 pm Fr. David Regan Why do Catholics cross their forehead, lips and heart at the Presider Gospel? We cross our forehead so that the Word of God may Sunday, September 5 7:15 am Fr. Jose Tenas Subject be in our thoughts & purify our minds. We cross our lips so To that our speech may be holy and incline us to share the Gospel 9:00 am Fr. Edmund Ai change with others. We cross our hearts to invite God to strengthen 11:00 am Fr. David Regan our love for Him and others. This is so we may know, 1:00 pm Fr. Jose Tenas proclaim and love Jesus more.

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AN AMERICAN HERO perfect spot for a new seminary and college and three years later, was born on 24 June 1797 in Tyrone, Ireland, St. John’s College, the first Catholic institution of higher learning in to a poor family. As a Catholic in English-ruled Ireland, he couldn’t the northeast, was established. On 10 April 1846, the State of New even receive a Catholic education. At 15, his younger sister, Mary, York granted the College a university charter and in 1907, after died and British law barred a Catholic priest from presiding at her adding a law school and medical school, the name was changed to burial; the best he could do was to scoop up a handful of dirt, bless Fordham University. it, and hand it to John to sprinkle on her grave. Hughes never forgot In 1844, James Harper, was elected Mayor of New York that and dreamed of ‘a country in which no stigma of inferiority would supported by the anti-immigrant American Republican Party consist- be impressed on my brow, simply because I professed one creed or ing mainly of Nativists. A highly organized group of anti-Catholic another.’ Fleeing poverty and persecution, John’s father brought the Protestant fundamentalists, they saw the as incom- family to USA in 1817 and settled in Chambersburg, PA. John made patible with democracy and believed the United States should be a unsuccessful applications to study at Mount St. Mary’s College in land for Anglo-Saxon Protestants only. At the time, nativist riots in Emmitsburg, MD, but was hired by its rector as a gardener. Working claimed the lives of 30 Irishmen and burned Catholic there rekindled his childhood dream of becoming a priest; he asked churches and convents. Bishop Hughes defending the rights of Irish again if he could enroll as a student and was turned down because Catholics against such bigotry and bloodshed, sent a letter to Mayor of his lack of education. John befriended (Saint) Mother Elizabeth Harper warning that if any harm came to a single Catholic church, he Ann Seton who persuaded the college to reconsider and Hughes would turn New York into another Moscow, referring to the burning of was admitted in September 1820. Moscow during Napoleon’s invasion in 1812. He then called on the After graduation, he served the diocese of Philadelphia as immigrants to defend the Cathedral. As a massive Nativist torchlight a seminarian until 5 October 1826 when he was ordained a priest by parade gathered in City Hall Park, ready to march up the Bowery to Bishop Henry Conwell. During his early years as a priest, Hughes the Cathedral, he stationed the Hibernians on the protective walls founded St. John’s Orphan Asylum in 1829 and in 1832 was respon- around the Cathedral. The Nativists backed down and Hughes’ sible for building the new church of St. John the Evangelist – one of powerful message and forceful actions are credited with averting the the most impressive churches in the country at that time. His initia- same anti-Catholic violence in New York that had plagued Philadel- tive was recognized and on 7 August 1837, Pope Gregory XVI made phia. Hughes won the nickname of “Dagger John,” not only for the 40-year old Hughes coadjutor Bishop for the Diocese of New York, cross he penned beside his signature but also for being a man not to which then included all of New York State and northern New Jersey. be trifled with! He was consecrated in old St. Patrick’s Cathedral on 7 January 1838. In 1850, New York was elevated to the status of an Archdio- Between 1820 and 1830, immigration had swelled the U.S. Catholic cese by Pope Pius IX, so, too, was Hughes’ own status elevated to population to 600,000 with no end in sight. The new immigrants that of Archbishop. He continued a vigorous mission of building were mostly Irish: impoverished, uneducated and unskilled, with little churches, schools, and hospitals. Future American President James to prepare them for New York’s urban environs. Hughes believed that Buchanan called him, ‘one of the ablest and most accomplished and the barrage of Nativist anti-Catholic prejudice at the time was energetic men I had ever known. In a far-seeing move that many demoralizing the already disadvantaged immigrants and holding ridiculed at the time as Hughes’ Folly, the Archbishop proposed the back their progress. construction of a new Cathedral in an undeveloped area far uptown Recalling his own difficulties with a lack of education, he on Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets. The property was believed that the future of the Irish in America depended on secular purchased in 1810 for the sum of $11,000. Archbishop Hughes laid education. At the time, the city’s schools were run by the Public the cornerstone for the new Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on 15 August School Society which received state funding. However, that society 1858. was a private Protestant group that taught that ‘emigration from During the Civil War, Archbishop Hughes served as an envoy Ireland of annually increasing numbers, extremely needy, and in for President Lincoln on a successful overseas mission to dissuade many cases drunken and depraved, has become a subject for all European countries from supporting the Confederacy and in securing our grave and fearful reflection.’ To get his flock educated, Hughes several officers of former Papal Army for the Union Army. In gratitude, wanted an end to biased sectarian education. He contacted repre- Lincoln petitioned Pope Pius IX to name Archbishop Hughes as Amer- sentative of New York’s Jewish community and allied with them to ica’s first Cardinal. But the death took this indomitable leader in end all religious teaching in schools and through their efforts, the January 1864 before that honor could come to pass. His memory Maclay Bill of 1842 was enacted to bar all religious instruction from was honored by tributes from President Lincoln and other statesmen schools receiving state funds. On the night the bill was passed, a and his body viewed by over 200,000 people who solemnly came to nativist mob attacked Hughes’s residence and members of the AOH worship in the old Cathedral where he was entombed in the crypts were called to protect the city’s Catholic churches as they had done below. His body remained there until the new Cathedral was in 1841 and would do again in 1844. Having reformed the public completed uptown and his remains were then removed to a crypt schools to help those non-protestant children who attended them, there in 1883. The new Cathedral holds the remains of all of the Hughes threw his energies into building a Catholic school system. archbishops and cardinals that have served the Archdiocese since ‘We have to build the schools first and the church after’ he said. 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UN HÉROE AMERICANO: John Hughes nació el 24 de junio de 1797 St. John's College, la primera institución católica de educación supe- en Tyrone, Irlanda, en una familia pobre. Como católico en la Irlanda rior en el noreste. El 10 de abril de 1846, el estado de Nueva York gobernada por los ingleses, ni siquiera pudo recibir una educación otorgó al College una carta universitaria y en 1907, después de agre- católica. A los 15 años, su hermana menor, Mary, murió y la ley británi- gar una facultad de derecho y una facultad de medicina, el nombre se ca prohibió que un sacerdote católico presidiera su entierro; lo mejor cambió a Fordham University. que pudo hacer fue recoger un puñado de tierra, bendecirlo y dárselo a En 1844, James Harper, fue elegido alcalde de Nueva York apoyado John para que lo esparciera sobre su tumba. Hughes nunca olvidó eso por el Partido Republicano Estadounidense antiinmigrante, formado y soñó con 'un país en el que ningún estigma de inferioridad quedaría principalmente por nativistas. Un grupo altamente organizado de fun- grabado en mi frente, simplemente porque profesaba un credo u otro'. damentalistas protestantes anticatólicos, veían a la Iglesia católica Huyendo de la pobreza y la persecución, el padre de John llevó a como incompatible con la democracia y creían que Estados Unidos la familia a EE. UU. En 1817 y se estableció en Chambersburg, PA. debería ser una tierra solo para protestantes anglosajones. En ese John presentó solicitudes fallidas para estudiar en Mount St. Mary's momento, los disturbios nativistas en Filadelfia se cobraron la vida de College en Emmitsburg, MD, pero fue contratado por su rector como 30 irlandeses y quemaron iglesias y conventos católicos. El obispo jardinero. Trabajar allí reavivó su sueño de infancia de convertirse en Hughes, que defendía los derechos de los católicos irlandeses contra sacerdote; volvió a preguntar si podía matricularse como estudiante y tal intolerancia y derramamiento de sangre, envió una carta al alcalde fue rechazado debido a su falta de educación. John se hizo amigo de Harper advirtiendo que si alguna iglesia católica sufría algún daño, la (santa) Madre Elizabeth Ann Seton, quien persuadió a la universidad convertiría a Nueva York en otro Moscú, refiriéndose al incendio de a reconsiderar y Hughes fue admitido en septiembre de 1820. Moscú durante la invasión de Napoleón en 1812. Luego llamó a Después de graduarse, sirvió en la diócesis de Filadelfia como semi- los inmigrantes a defender la Catedral. Mientras un desfile masivo de narista hasta el 5 de octubre de 1826 cuando fue ordenado sacerdote antorchas nativistas se reunía en el City Hall Park, listo para marchar por el obispo Henry Conwell. Durante sus primeros años como sacer- por el Bowery hacia la Catedral, colocó a los Hibernianos en los muros dote, Hughes fundó el Asilo de Huérfanos de San Juan en 1829 y en protectores alrededor de la Catedral. Los nativistas retrocedieron y se 1832 fue responsable de la construcción de la nueva iglesia de San atribuye al poderoso mensaje y las acciones contundentes de Hughes Juan Evangelista, una de las iglesias más impresionantes del país en haber evitado la misma violencia anticatólica en Nueva York que había ese momento. Su iniciativa fue reconocida y el 7 de agosto de 1837, plagado Filadelfia. Hughes se ganó el apodo de "Dagger John", no el Papa Gregorio XVI nombró a Hughes como obispo coadjutor de solo por la cruz que escribió junto a su firma, sino también por ser un la Diócesis de Nueva York, que entonces incluía todo el estado de hombre con el que no se puede jugar. Nueva York y el norte de Nueva Jersey. Fue consagrado en la antigua En 1850, Nueva York fue elevada al estatus de Arquidiócesis por Catedral de San Patricio el 7 de enero de 1838. Entre 1820 y 1830, el Papa Pío IX, así también, el propio estatus de Hughes fue elevado la inmigración había aumentado la población católica estadounidense al de Arzobispo. Continuó una vigorosa misión de construir iglesias, a 600.000 sin un final a la vista. Los nuevos inmigrantes eran en su escuelas y hospitales. El futuro presidente estadounidense James mayoría irlandeses: empobrecidos, sin educación y sin habilidades, Buchanan lo llamó "uno de los hombres más capaces, talentosos y con poco que los preparara para el entorno urbano de Nueva York. enérgicos que he conocido". En una medida con visión de futuro que Hughes creía que el aluvión de prejuicios anticatólicos nativistas en muchos ridiculizaron en ese momento como la locura de Hughes, ese momento estaba desmoralizando a los inmigrantes ya desfavoreci- el arzobispo propuso la construcción de una nueva catedral en un área dos y frenando su progreso. subdesarrollada en la parte alta de la Quinta Avenida entre las calles Al recordar sus propias dificultades con la falta de educación, creía 50 y 51. La propiedad fue comprada en 1810 por la suma de que el futuro de los irlandeses en Estados Unidos dependía de la edu- $ 11,000. El arzobispo Hughes colocó la piedra angular de la nueva cación secular. En ese momento, las escuelas de la ciudad estaban a catedral de San Patricio el 15 de agosto de 1858. cargo de la Sociedad de Escuelas Públicas, que recibía fondos estata- Durante la Guerra Civil, el arzobispo Hughes sirvió como enviado del les. Sin embargo, esa sociedad era un grupo protestante privado que presidente Lincoln en una exitosa misión en el extranjero para disuadir enseñaba que 'la emigración de Irlanda de un número cada vez a los países europeos de apoyar a la Confederación y asegurar a varios mayor, extremadamente necesitado y en muchos casos borracho y oficiales de la antigua. Ejército Papal para el Ejército de la Unión. En depravado, se ha convertido en un tema de toda nuestra reflexión agradecimiento, Lincoln solicitó al Papa Pío IX que nombrara al Arzo- grave y temerosa'. , Hughes quería poner fin a la educación sectaria bispo Hughes como el primer Cardenal de Estados Unidos. Pero sesgada. Se puso en contacto con representantes de la comunidad la muerte se llevó a este líder indomable en enero de 1864 antes de judía de Nueva York y se alió con ellos para poner fin a toda la ense- ñanza religiosa en las escuelas y, a través de sus esfuerzos, se promul- que ese honor pudiera llegar a hacerse realidad. Su memoria fue gó la Ley Maclay de 1842 para prohibir toda instrucción religiosa en honrada por los tributos del presidente Lincoln y otros estadistas y su las escuelas que reciben fondos estatales. La noche en que se aprobó cuerpo fue visto por más de 200,000 personas que vinieron solemne- el proyecto de ley, una turba nativista atacó la residencia de Hughes y mente a honrarlo en la antigua Catedral donde fue sepultado en las los miembros de la AOH fueron llamados a proteger las iglesias católi- criptas de abajo. Su cuerpo permaneció allí hasta que se completó cas de la ciudad como lo habían hecho en 1841 y lo harían de nue- la nueva Catedral en la zona alta y sus restos fueron trasladados a una vo en 1844. Habiendo reformado las escuelas públicas para ayudar a cripta allí en 1883. La nueva Catedral contiene los restos de todos los niños protestantes que asistían a ellos, Hughes dedicó sus ener- los arzobispos y cardenales que han servido a la Arquidiócesis desde gías a la construcción de un sistema escolar católico. "Tenemos que la muerte del Arzobispo Hughes. construir las escuelas primero y la iglesia después", dijo. En 1838 sintió que 100 acres que bordean el río Bronx eran el lugar perfecto Fr. Regan para un nuevo seminario y colegio y tres años más tarde, se estableció

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You are invited to join us in our celebration of Mother Mary’s Birthday, by participating in

A Living Rosary on Wednesday, September 8 at 6:15pm

We will pray on the lawn in front of Our Blessed Mother’s statue. (In the event of rain, it will take place inside the Church.)

We encourage all families, and especially children, to participate in this spiritual event, and welcome you to pray in your native language. If you would like to represent one of the beads, please use the sign-up sheet that can be found in the middle aisle of the Church by the break. Following the Living Rosary, you are invited to stay for the7:30pm Mass.

O Most Holy Virgin, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, You were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima And reveal a glorious message.

We implore you, inspire in our hearts A fervent love for the recitation of the Rosary.

By meditating on the mysteries of the redemption that are recalled therein, May we obtain the graces and virtues that we ask, Through the merits of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Redeemer. Amen.

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COVID-19 - Updates Baptism Schedule DISPENSATION FROM ATTENDING MASS Baptisms in English are scheduled on the second and HAS BEEN LIFTED AS OF AUGUST 15th fourth Sunday of every month at 3pm. Baptisms in *Stay at home if you don’t feel well or have symptoms Spanish are scheduled on the second Saturday of *If you are fully vaccinated, masks are optional every month at 12 noon. Please call the Parish Office inside the Church. for available dates. Baby’s birth certificate and *Keep social distancing, as best as possible, signed sponsor forms will be required. when in the pews and on the Communion line. *Holy water fonts will remain empty, however, holy water will be available from the large tank St. Vincent de Paul Message in the hallway by the crying room. The Gospel today hits home closer than we may think. *Church is open weekdays from: 8am-3:30pm. What traditions do we blindly cling to? Perhaps it is enough for us just to go to Mass on Sunday? Do we keep the letter of the law and miss entirely the spirit of HNM School Registration the law. Interior righteousness means a heart turned to Join in the Spirit at Holy Name of Mary School, an God. Purity of heart is expressed in righteous living: AdvancEd Accredited School. To register your child for self - giving for the sake of others. As you give your gift Nursery (full day, age 3), Pre-K (full day, age 4), to the poor through the SVdP, in your heart you also Kindergarten (full day, age 5) or Grade 1 through 8, will find the good news of God’s love. contact our School Office to make an appointment Pantry Needs: Paper towel, toilet tissue, cereal, rice, at 516-825-4009, or visit www.hnomschool.org for beans, canned fruit/vegetables, pancake mix/syrup, registration materials and details. Before and after oatmeal, coffee, tea, condiments, muffin/cake mix school care is available for all registered students. Please remember the poor boxes as you leave Follow Holy Name of Mary School on Instagram and Church today. These generous offerings help Facebook @ hnomschoolvalleystream. the Society of St. Vincent de Paul assist families in need in our own parish. Thank you!

Faith Direct What is the best way to ensure our parish receives the support needed for our operating expenses and ministries? eGiving through Faith Direct! Please enroll today by visiting www.faithdirect.net and use our Church code NY78.

Remember in Prayer All Those Who Are Sick Father of Goodness and love, hear our prayers for the sick members of our community and for all who are in need... If you and your family recently moved to Blanca & Jonathan Brierre, Kathleen Burke Valley Stream and wish to become registered Joseph Courtade, Lisa Goodman, Anthony Ippolito parishioners of Holy Name of Mary Church, Rebecca Kissmer, Kevin Lynch, Theo Mahoney (or maybe you attend Mass regularly and Peguy Maurice, Maria Mirabile, Benny Palacios, Philip Sassa have never registered), please visit the Parish

(Names will remain on the sick list for four weeks only. If you would Office to fill out a short registration form. like to have the name listed again, please notify the Parish Office.) Using our envelope system is the only way to have all your donations recorded. All Those Who Have Died Loose checks are not recorded, they must be Nancy Bianchi, Rosalie Ciullo, Paul P. Coppola placed in your registered parishioner envelope. Gaetana Molinari, Helen M. Pater, Jack Sanchez

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Most of us remember where we were on the morning of September 11, 2001. We watched in horror as images of the terrorist attacks flooded the news media. We mourned the thousands of men, women, and children who perished in the World Trade Center, in the Pentagon, and in a field in Shanksville, .

We pause today, on this 20th anniversary, to remember those who have died. We ask God to be merciful to them and to give them eternal rest. Comfort those who mourn them. Open our hearts to hear Your word, to find light in time of darkness, and strength in our belief that Your Son won for us eternal life.

Join us for a special Mass to be celebrated on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM

We remember those from our own parish who died on September 11th: Joanie Cesta, Orio Palmer, Vincent Giammona, Obdulio Ruiz-Diaz, Glenn Thompson, Raymond York and Joseph Zaccoli.

*The Mass at 8:30 AM will be celebrated in remembrance of All 9/11 Victims, Their Families and First Responders.

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Financial Information

Weekly budget amount to meet parish expenses $13,882 Weekly offering of August 15, 2021 $ 9,136 St. Giles, Abbot Faith Direct (average of weekly donation) $ 1,731 Feast Day: September 1 TOTAL of weekly offering & Faith Direct $10,867 Deficit $ 3,015 When as a young man he met a poor See next bulletin for updated information. beggar who was sick and half-naked, he was moved with compassion and gave him his splendid tunic; the moment the beggar put it on, he found himself in Msgr. Mulligan Memorial perfect health. By this miracle, Giles There are available dates to remember a loved one with the understood how pleasing almsgiving is to Msgr. Mulligan Memorial of God, and shortly afterwards, he distribut- Bread & Wine, Candles, or Flowers. ed all his goods to the poor and entered These intentions begin on a Sunday and end on the following upon a life of poverty, suffering and Saturday. Your loved one will be remembered humility. It became impossible for him at every Mass throughout the week. Please stop in at the to escape the applause of men for his charity so he left his Parish Office to schedule your intention. country to bury himself in obscurity. He therefore went to France and chose for his hermitage the open spaces of the south, near the mouth of the Rhone. He passed many years in Family Life Ministry this intense solitude, living on wild herbs or roots and clear water, and conversing only with God. He was nourished there The Family Life Ministry would like to sincerely thank by a doe of the forest. One day, being pursued by Visigoths everyone who donated backpacks & school supplies hunting in the forests, she fled for refuge to the Saint and lay for our fundraiser during the month of August. down at his feet. Moved to tears, he prayed God to spare the Due to your generous support, we were able to fill life of the innocent animal. An arrow the hunters had sent in 70 backpacks for families in need in our parish. her direction came and lodged in his hand, making a wound A special thank you to Girl Scout Troop 99 and which would never heal. When the hunters found the animal there and saw the bleeding wound of the gentle hermit, they representatives from the 8th grade Religious Ed class, begged his pardon on their knees, and the chase was ended. for taking the time to put together the backpacks. The Visigoth king, hearing of this, came to visit this holy hermit, accompanied by the bishop, who afterwards ordained The Folk Group begins a new year starting Sunday, Giles a priest. Patron saint of beggars; physically disabled blacksmiths; cancer patients; outcasts; poor people. September 19th, at the 11am Mass. Anyone wishing to lift their voices to God in song are welcome to join us. Please consider being part of this joyful ministry. Any questions, please call Renee at 516-426-2946. Almighty and eternal God, protect our men and women EM Schedule in the military as they discharge their duties. Protect them with the Saturday, September 4, 2021 shield of your strength and keep 5:00pm them safe from all evil and harm. HOST } V. Yerou, C. Giugliano May the power of your love enable Sunday, September 5, 2021 them to return home in safety, 7:15am that with all who love them, HOST } M. Alexis, J. Danisi they may ever praise you for your 9:00am loving care. We ask this, through HOST } L. Radice, J. Marracello Christ our Lord. Amen. 11:00am HOST } T. Barry, J. Barry

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The Society of St. Vincent de Paul invites you to join us to walk 3.1 miles or make a donation to help. To register or donate: runsignup.com (search SVDPLI)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 BETHPAGE COMMUNITY PARK Check-In: 9 AM Walk Start: 10 AM For more information: [email protected]

Are You Called to Be a Deacon? If you are discerning a vocation to the diaconate, you and your wife are invited to attend an Information Session on one of the following 3 dates:

Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 7:00 PM Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 4:00 PM Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington.

To reserve a seat at one of the meetings, contact Carol Rizzotti at 631-423-0483, ext. 179. or email [email protected].

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EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION

Approximately 300 parishioners filled Rockaway Avenue on the evening of Saturday, August 14th, as we processed with the Holy Eucharist. Such a beautiful evening, filled with prayer and song.

Thank you to Bishop Barres for joining us on this journey. Thank you to the Village Mayor, Edwin A. Fare and to Mrs. Kathy Bogel for allowing this event to take place through the streets of Valley Stream. Thank you to the Police Officers and Public Safety. Our gratitude and thanks to Belle Cheverino for sewing together a beautiful canopy used to cover the Eucharist, and to the members of the Knights of Columbus for carrying the canopy throughout the procession. Thank you to the Holy Name of Mary’s English and Spanish Choirs for leading us in song. And to all those in our faith community who came out on this warm Saturday evening to walk in reverence with the Holy Eucharist.

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