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We are a pilot with Dynamic Catholic (2018-2023) March 7, 2021 3rd Sunday of Lent

DAILY MASSES: Monday—Friday: 7am & 9am, Saturday 9am Public Holidays: 9am only

WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday: Vigil 5pm Sunday: 8am, 10am, 12 noon

Holy Days: As Announced in Bulletin/Website Sacrament Info: See inside Church open weekdays until 4pm All are welcome! Rectory Office: 34-24 203 Street, Bayside, NY 11361-1152 PH: (718) 229-5929, Fax (718) 229-3354 Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm Website: www.olbs-queens.org Deanery: www.queensdeanery5.org

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church Bayside

PARISH E-NEWS LETTER!

We are served by:

Rev. Robert J. Whelan, Pastor Ernesto Avallone Ext. 124 [email protected] [email protected] Rev. Ernest Makata, p/t Associate; p/t Chaplain NYQPH Deacon William J. Molloy Ext. 118 [email protected] [email protected] Rev. Bryan J. Carney, Resident Mrs. Kathleen Giuliano, Youth Ministry Ext. 120 (Chaplain - Flushing Hospital) [email protected] Sister Nora Gatto, DC, Pastoral Associate Mr. Michael Martinka, Director of Music Ext. 121 [email protected] Ext. 117 [email protected] Mrs. Joan Kane, OLBS Catholic Academy Principal Mrs. Marsha Quilang, Secretary/Bookkeeper 34-45 202 Street, Bayside, NY 11361-1152 Ext. 110 [email protected] (718) 229-4434 Office www.olbsacademy.org [email protected] Mrs. Jeannine Iocco, Coordinator of Religious Education Receptionist, Daily Volunteers (718) 225-6179 [email protected] During Office Hours, Ext. 111 Mrs. Jean Marie Kessel, Secretary

Priests: A priest is a man who has been ordained for sacramental ministry and these fall into two categories: A) Diocesan (or Secular) Priests can either be attached to a diocese and who serve under a bishop. Their min- istry is usually oriented toward pastoral service. B) Re- ligious Priests are members of religious communities (like the , Jesuits, , or Carmel- ites) and their lives are guided by the special WHY DO WE DO THAT? and charism of their community. While both kinds of CATHOLIC LIFE EXPLAINED priest practice sacramental ministry, their spirituality and how they live out their priesthood can be very dif- Question: ferent.

What’s the difference between priests and Brothers: Brothers are non-ordained members of re- brothers, , etc.? ligious communities (such as those mentioned above) Answer: who live lives committed to and service. Reli- The distinctions titles and categories used for priests gious priests and brothers serve together in their com- and the male members of religious communities can munities and their ministries include much more than be confusing, especially since the categories can some- the care of parishes. times be intertwined as a man can be both a priest and a , or a and a . So, to help to piece , Friars, and Canons: These are broad the puzzle together, it’s important to begin by noting categories that include religious priests and brothers, some basic distinctions: and each of these is connected to specific ways of life and spiritualities. The distinction between priests (who are ordained for sacramental ministry) and brothers (who are non- ©LPi ordained members of religious communities and who are committed to lives of prayer and service). REFLECT & RESPOND

First Reading: In God’s revelation to Moses of His “10 Com- mandments,” seven of the ten Command- ments regulate how we are to relate to each other. Which of these seven Commandments challenges you most?

Second Reading: Paul speaks of as both the “power of God and the wisdom of God.” How could you prove Paul’s assertion to a non-believer?

Gospel: John connects Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple in to Jesus’ bodily resurrection from the dead with a quote from Psalm 69: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” Dur- ing this season of Lent, how passionate is your faith?

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March 7, 2021-p2 Sacraments and Prayer March 2021 Mass Intentions (Gift of) : S–6th 9am Pete & Mary Dolan (Betty McLoughlin)

Fridays: Begins after 9am Mass and ends at 10:30am. 5pm For Members of Our S–7th 8am For the People of our Parish : During pregnancy, approach any priest or 10am Jack Franzetti (Peggy Devine) deacon after Mass for a special blessing of the child in the 12pm Msgr. William Flood (Tina Tirella) womb. Soon after birth, call the secretary to arrange an interview with a staff member and details on STARTING M-8th 7am Angelo, Maria & James Fiore (Tina Tirella) POINT, our present enrichment program. 9am Michael Inserra (Peggy Devine)

: Confessions will be Confession / Reconciliation T-9th 7am Mike Schmid (Pat Zaccone) heard on Saturdays from 4pm to 4:45pm, or by appoint- 9am Dec’d mem of Nugent Family (Kay Stein) ment with one of the priests. Marriage: Soon after engagement, approach any priest \W–10th 7am Jane & James O’Connor (Mary Mullaney) 9am Dec’d mem of Stein & Deady Fam (Kay Stein) or deacon after Mass for the special blessing of an engaged couple. Call the secretary at least six months to the Th–11th 7am Nora Patricia Warde (Michael Tuite) desired wedding date to begin BETTER TOGETHER, our 9am Phil & Ann Brady (Joan Brady) couple’s enrichment program. F– 12th 7am Dec’d mem of the Mahoney & Calabrese Fam (Fam) Anointing of the Sick: Please call the rectory to ar- 9am Thanksgiving to St. Joseph (Lucia Patti) range for a priest to celebrate this sacrament due to serious illness, a planned medical procedure, or advanced age. S–13th 9am Mallia & Scalice Fam (Gloria & Pete Mallia) Communion of the Sick: The clergy and Extraordi- 5pm Peggy Wall (M/M Kevin Cadigan) nary Ministers of Holy Communion attend to the home- Frank Weber (M/M William Molloy) bound sick. Please call Agnes at 718 631-4793 or the sec- James & Patrick Sullivan (Mary Sullivan) retary to arrange temporary or long-term coverage. Peter Paul Mallia (Cronan Family) John O’Donoghue (William Protash) : Monday thru Friday after 9am Mass : Monday to Friday before 9am S–14th 8am John Baginski (Eileen Baginski) 10am For the People of our Parish 12pm Michael Inserra (John & Peggy Buckley)

Please Pray for our Deceased, that they may be raised to eternal life

Cecilia Park, Salvatore Puleri, Debra Neville and 518,000 Americans from COVID-19 and - Joan Brady, Rodolfo Gayoso, Eileen Kelly, Clara La Vera, Janet Lizzul, Sister Margaret O’Dwyer, ALL who have died. DC, Genevieve Statelman, Deirdre O Sullivan

- Peggy Buckley, Robert Donohue, Gerry Gilrane, PRAY FOR THE SICK Carol Handorf, David Montanez, Nicoletta Nagle If you have a family member you wish to be prayed for, please let us know immediately and we will be - Alyssa D’Orazi, Richard Faller, Mary Hoxeng, happy to pray for them. The names will remain on the Kay Musto, Cynthia Remy Tatty, Mary Vitobello sick list for three weeks and thereafter repeated as re- quested. Please call the rectory at 718-229-5929 if FOR someone is in the hospital, nursing home or at home ADULTS - RCIA - For information contact and wishes a visit from a priest or parish minister. Deacon William Molloy - deaconbill@olbs- queens.org March 7, 2021-p3 Armed Forces Prayer List If you would like requested in the bulletin for a loved one in the Armed Forces, please call the rectory ROSARY SOCIETY NEWS at ext: 110. The Super Raffle will be starting in the near future. Mark Buckley, Jason & Allison Carter, Conor Crosby, Watch you mail for more details. Sheldon Diaz, Eric Hauser, Lieut. Heather O’Donnell, Michael McHugh, Catherine McManus, Jennifer & Mi- chael Minnick, Adam Mohler, Capt. Andrew Pesature, REFLECTIONS Lieut. Daniel Pesature, Robert Rendall, William Ren- dall, Shawn Smith, Major Vidhi Persaud, Bryson Ciam- Reflections is looking for a summer favorite family rec- pa, USMC, Luke Mixon, Rct. Sergio Geico, USMC, ipe to publish in our Summer Edition. We are also look- Paul Chapman, Lieut. Gavin White, Captain Richard ing for pictures of grandparents with their grandchil- Dolan, Captain Joseph (J.C) Alessandro, Nicole Shim- inger, Lance Cpl. Andrew Mitchell, Lt Cdr Owen-Miguel dren for a special feature in our next issue. Digital pic- Kavanagh Please visit: tures best but hard copies can be returned if return ad- Please say a prayer for the men and women serving dress included. Send your entry to our nation here at home and abroad [email protected] or leave in Reflections box in Rectory by March 15.

(CTC) Catholic Teen Community Welcome Weekend/Men’s Retreat 2021 Interested in meeting new friends? Start off the new “Jesus said… whoever drinks of the water I will give him will never thirst” John Chapter 4:13-14 school year by joining our youth group! We will be meeting virtually for the time being. High school stu- Even bottled water cannot make this claim. We hunger and thirst often, even when we have had our fill of dents please contact Kathleen about our virtual youth earthly fare. Are you a man thirsting for more in life group! 917-816-6391 or [email protected] without relief? Consider joining our Welcome Week- end /Men’s Retreat in the fall of 2021 as we look to pro- vide spiritual and earthly refreshment, along with an- swers to your questions. We will continue to provide updates and inspirational thoughts as we get closer to the new date (still to be decided). Please contact me, Stephen, at [email protected], or Deacon Bill, at dea- Communal Rosary Recitation [email protected] if you have any questions or (All are welcome) concerns. “ The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that EASTER FLOWER ENVELOPES touches most the Heart of the Mother of God…and Easter Flower envelopes may be returned at any time. if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the Your memorial donations will help defray the cost of family Rosary.” - Pius X our church flowers and decorations for Holy Week and the Easter Season and will be published in our bulletin. Join us this Wednesday to Recite the Glorious Mystery of the Rosary at 7:30 pm LENTEN POOR BOX OFFERINGS We welcome parishioners to participate! Please ask Almsgiving and acts of charity are an important element your children and family to join us as they are most of our Lenten Penance. This Lent we will be accepting donations for the poor and needy. welcome. Join Zoom Meeting by Computer or by Phone: CTC Blood Drive Phone Number: +1 646 558 8656 The Youth Group (CTC) will be hosting Meeting ID: 832 6419 5478 Passcode: 90 a blood drive on Monday, March 8 from 1-7pm at the If you are having difficulty connecting to the Zoom Bay Terrace Shopping Center (Former American Eagle platform either by phone or computer please call Outfitters). Appointments recommended. Pls. call 800-

Kathy at 917-561-8805 933-2566. You will save lives! March 7, 2021-p4

RS BAY TERRACE SHOPPING CENTER From the Pastor’s Desk….

Dear Parishioners,

We all enjoyed Sr. Nora’s youthful The 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal supports the mis- photo in her column last week, so sion of our parish and the daily work of the Church in how come nobody believes that I Brooklyn and Queens in ways no one parish can ac- complish alone by supporting the following minis- once had nice hair! tries: Catholic Youth Ministry Initiative, Catholic Chari- Spring is around the corner and ties; Hospital, College and Prison Chaplains; Diocesan with it comes the annual ritual of Vocations Office; Catholic Migration Services; Office of Spring Cleaning. Jesus does it himself in the this Faith Formation; Bishop Mugavero Residence for in- Sunday—he cleanses his Father’s house. Perhaps Lent firmed clergy; Futures in Education Scholarship Foundation should involve us in our own house-cleaning tasks? God wants to clean us from the inside out so that he can fill All donations made to the ACA above our parish goal us with grace and life-giving word. That’s where the gift are returned directly back to our parish for operations of the Ten Commandments comes in (Sunday’s first and improvements. reading). Exodus says: “God delivered all these com- Text ACA to (917) 336-1255 Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church mandments…” As I look past my computer screen and (5165) see all the Fed Ex and UPS and USPS trucks going up GENERATIONS OF FAITH and down the street I think perhaps we need another Number of Pledges/Gifts: 343 kind of delivery. Do we welcome God’s commandments 247 Donors have completed their pledge payments as we do our Amazon treasures? The law God writes on Amount Pledged: $1,622,257 our hearts is meant to set us free to live joyfully as his Amount Paid To Date: $1,506,914 people. Before the house shines and sparkles in welcom- De1inquent: $72432 Thank you for your faithful payments. ing comfort, it must be cleansed. In Christ, Father Bob STEWARDSHIP — A way of life TITHING: God’s plan for giving… 2020 February 28 2nd Sunday of Lent 2021 CONGRATULATIONS $ 5,370 Weekend Collection $ 7,647 TO THE NEWLY MARRIED $ 3,264 Faith Direct $ 4,314 651 Attendance 354 Michael Gregory & Megan O’Neill PLEASE MAIL WEEKLY OFFERINGS OR SIGN-UP FOR FAITH DIRECT It’s so convenient, saving checks, time, mailings, We will have the opportunity next weekend to help refu- and trips to the rectory. Now you can Text-To- gees in war-torn nations make a new life. Your generosity Give from your smart phone! Simply text the word is sorely needed and much appreciated. enroll to 929-429-4700. You can make a one-time gift or enter recurring gifts. It can be used also for THANK YOU FOR Religious Education Fees. We can also accept pay- ments for other parish organizations if they set it up MEMORIAL GIFTS with us. You can also continue to sign-up online at faithdirect.net using our parish code NY339, or call 866-507-8757.

Purgatorial Society Sunday Mass Presiders: March 13th & 14th Fabio Perone schedule is subject to change—(in parentheses will preach) Ann Jarski Saturday, 3/13 5pm Fr. Whelan Charles Troy Sunday, 3/14 8am Fr. Makata 10am Fr. Whelan Patrick McShane 12pm Fr. Makata March 7, 2021-p5 Trebuchet MS 14 Box Tops for Education Words of Life Around the Diocese “[The Gospel of Life] is therefore meant to be a precise *Queens Deanery # 5: see what’s happening in our and vigorous reaffirmation of the value of human life neighboring parishes: and its inviolability, and at the same time a pressing ap- http://www.queensdeanery5.org/ peal addressed to each and every person, in the name of *Volunteers Needed: Bridge to Life - Rose: 718 463-1810 God: respect, protect, love and serve life, every human (OPEN) life! Only in this direction will you find justice, devel- *Diocesan Pre-Cana Information: Visit www.pre-cana.org opment, true freedom, peace and happiness!” (The Gos- *Catholic Family TV: FREE - shalomworld.org/ pel of Life 5) Pope Saint John Paul II, Evangelium vi- connectedtv tae. © 1995 Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with per- *Holy Mass on-line: www.HeartoftheNation.org (for home-

mission bound) *Rachael’s Helpers: Lent is a season of reconciliation, Sister Nora’s Notes forgiveness, healing and hope. If a past abortion is weigh- ing on your heart and soul, Rachell’s Helpers, a diocesan I recently read, in a book by Rev. Ronald Rohlheiser, post-abortion Ministry, invites you to participate in a con- that the ancient Greek sto- fidential, post-abortion reconciliation program this lent. ics taught that after God Forgiven and Set Free Study, is an 12-week, small- put a soul into a body, God group experience. Sessions have already began, but new would seal off the memory participates are welcomed. For details, call 347 702-2352.

of its preexistence with God by physically shutting St. John’s University the baby’s lips against its ever speaking about The St. John’s University Speech and hearing Center will it. That’s why we have a little cleft under our noses just be offering FREE speech and hearing screenings from above the center of our lips where God’s finger sealed February 8 through May 4, 2021. Please call the center at our lips. And they say that’s why whenever we are try- 718-990-6480 to schedule an appointment. The Speech ing to remember something, like “where did I put my and Hearing Center is located at 152-11 Union Turnpike, car keys!”, our index finger instinctively rises to that cleft under our nose. The amazing thing about this for Flushing, NY. me is, when I look at someone else and see that cleft under their nose, I’m reminded that God created and Laudato Si Note loves that person the same way God created and loves me. In our diversity in our unity! Water shortages in Texas during the recent weather

crisis bring to mind more universal problems. , in Laudato Si 29 : "One particularly serious 2021 Announced Mass Book problem is the quality of water available to the The 2021 Mass Book is nearly full - send in your re- poor. Every day unsafe water results in many quest to the rectory - Attention: Mary. We will do our deaths...." and 30: "Yet access to safe drinking water is best to fulfill your request or the closest date possible. a basic and universal human right, since it is essential Please be sure to include your phone, and address. to human survival and, as such, is a condition for the Please also include your check with your request - the exercise of other human rights. Our world has a grave donation requested per Mass is still $15. Any questions please call 917 880-1412. social debt toward the poor who lack access to drinking

water..."

Best Lent Ever Journals Observances for the week Take home a free Best Lent Ever Journal. Sign-up for a of March 7, 2021 daily Lenten Message at www.BestLentEver.com. Monday: St. , Religious Tuesday: St. Frances of , Religious Pre-K for All Program Next Sunday: 4th Sunday of Lent; OLBS currently has three open seats for their Pre-K for All Daylight Saving Time begins Program. Children born in 2016 are eligible for this current school. Interested families please call the school office at (718)229-4434.

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