Director of Music Iouri Grichetchkine Paula McKeown Confessions First Saturday of the month in the church from 4:00-4:30 PM. By appointment for all other times. WHO IS WELCOME IN ST. SAVIOUR CHURCH? Are you a sinner? Have you been away from the church for a long time? Are you divorced or separated? Are you physically or mentally challenged? Are you from a different culture? Are you not accepted because of your sexual orientation? Are you elderly, a teen or young adult? Are you discriminated against because of your color? Are you feeling broken? Are you poor or out of work? Have you been imprisoned? Have you a feeling that you are left out? You are welcome here! This is your home, and we are your family! March 26, 2017 A FEW WORDS FROM FATHER FRANK I would like to begin by offering a belated word of “congratulations” to all the young ladies from Saint Saviour High School who received their school ring at a special ceremony held in our church on Friday evening, March 5th. It was a beautiful ceremony carrying on a tradition that has been part of the high school experience for countless years. I am grateful to Father Kevin for blessing those rings and to Dr. Paula McKeown for her guidance and leadership as the principal of our high school. I also thank all our teachers, administrators and staff who continue to support, educate and guide the young women from Saint Saviour High School every day. We are blessed to not only have a high school, but to have such talented and dedicated people who tirelessly give of themselves each day to see our students succeed. Please continue to remember in your prayers all our young people here at Saint Saviour Parish. Tomorrow evening beginning at 7:30 p.m. we will have our annual Communal Penance Service. Father Kevin will be presiding and we invite ALL the members of our parish family to come out and join us and experience the healing power of God’s forgiveness. Remember, the liturgical season of lent is one that challenges us to look within ourselves and take inventory of those things that continuously separate us from God’s love and our relationship with each other. It is also a time where we come out and seek forgiveness from the Lord for those words or actions that have separated us from God and each other. One of the most beautiful things about our God is that He always gives us another chance. We hope as many people as possible will come out and join us for this special service of prayer, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Don’t forget about Father Kevin’s Fund-Raiser next weekend in the vestibule of church. I am amazed at how popular this fund- raiser is here at Saint Saviour. People ask consistently when Father Kevin will be hosting another one. The proceeds will benefit the Catholic Cardinal Newman Club at New York City College of Technology, where Father Kevin serves as chaplain during the week. Once again there will be fresh home-made cupcakes, brownies, chocolates, chocolate pops and chocolate covered pretzels. Everything is only $1.00. Also next Sunday, our parish will be welcoming back the Glenn Mohr Chorale, who will be performing their Lenten piece “IT IS FINISHED” which recounts the final days of Jesus’ passion and death in word, song and gesture. They do a great job and it is a very prayerful and meaningful experience. Admission is FREE. I hope as many of you as possible will come out next Sunday afternoon and join us for this beautiful celebration of our faith. Finally, believe it or not, our celebration of Passion (Palm) Sunday is now just two weeks away. Once again the young people of our parish family will lead us in a procession around the church at the beginning or our 9:30 a.m. celebration of Eucharist (our family Mass). We invite our children to gather in the vestibule with Father Frank at 9:25 a.m. if they wish to participate. Have a great week everyone. Father Frank ATTENTION ANYONE WHO SERVES AS A LECTOR OR EUCHARISTIC MINISTER AT SAINT SAVIOUR CHURCH Any person who serves as a Lector or an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion— whether on a regular basis or just as a fill in— MUST complete the Diocesan Training Course Our April schedule is as follows: ASAP. If you have NEVER taken this course, but April 2—Class in session currently assist as a Lector, or Extraordinary April 9—Class in session Minister of Holy Communion, PLEASE speak April 16—No Class with either Father Frank or Father Kevin so that April 23 –No Class you may be enrolled in one of these mandatory April 30—Class in session training sessions if you continue to desire to serve May 7—Class in session in any of these capacities. Thank You! CONFIRMATION REMINDERS The next workshop will be on April 29, 2017 at *PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE UP -TO - St. Edmund’s Prep High School DATE WITH THE FOLLWING PAST DUE 2474 Ocean Avenue ITEMS: Brooklyn, N.Y. 11229 CONFIRMATION FEE Please call the rectory (718) 768-4055 or e-mail SPONSOR SHEET SAINT’S NAME & WHY [email protected] no later than April 7th TWO TYPED PARAGRAPHS ON HOW I HAVE to register for this workshop. SERVED THE LORD WITH GLADNESS CONFIRMATION PRACTICE SCHEDULE Get Email Notifications from St. Saviour April 24—3:30 - 4:30 p.m. in church St. Saviour Church is establishing an email notification April 27—7:00 -8:00 p.m. in church with sponsors system to inform anyone in the parish when one of our parishioners has died. An email will be sent to those April 28—Confirmation 4:00 p.m. who sign up for this system providing information (Confirmandi meet in Parish Hall at 3:15 p.m.) about the wake and the funeral arrangements. This notification system will not be used for any other COMMUNION PRACTICE SCHEDULE purpose. If you go to the church’s website : April 25—A-L 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. in church www.stsaviourchurch.org, there is a column on the left May 2—A-L 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. in church side. At the bottom there is a link saying Get Email May 4—M-Z 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. in church Notifications. Parishioners can self-subscribe by May 11— M-Z 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. in church clicking on that link or by typing this web address into their browser: http://bitly.com/ssc-notify – all lower case is preferred. May 6 First Communion A-L 11:00 a.m. You should leave your name as well as your email (Communicants meet in S.S Academy at 10:15) address at the site. Some people who tested this have reported that they received a rejection at first but that May 13 First Communion M-Z 11:00 a.m. it was followed by a confirmation that the email had (Communicants meet in S.S. Academy at 10:15) been received. The moderator will approve you and you will be notified that you are now on the list. MITE BOXES Anyone who tries to sign on but does not receive an acknowledgement within several days should email Frank Bolton ([email protected]), Kerry There will be baskets on the altar on Sunday, Dineen ([email protected]) or Tom Meany April 2nd and Sunday, April 9th for the collection ([email protected]) who can enroll individuals of mite box donations. manually. Brownbaggers Homeless Outreach The Brownbaggers project serves the poor in the NYC parks during the winter months. Since 2009 we have delivered thousands of lunches. Meeting monthly in the Parish Hall at 12:30pm, we assemble 100 brown bag lunches with food HOLY THURSDAY and clothing items donated by our volunteers. 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer of the Church We then travel via subway to multiple 7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper Manhattan parks to distribute our lunches to those most in need, returning to Brooklyn by GOOD FRIDAY 3:30pm. John Olash is the current director of 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer of the Church our Brownbaggers Homeless Outreach program. Noon Children's Stations of the Cross Volunteers can reach John (All are welcome) at: [email protected] 3:00 p.m. Passion of the Lord Please RSVP now for HOLY SATURDAY Sunday, April 23 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer of the Church Children under the age of 18 must to be Blessing of the Food accompanied by an adult. 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass Please wear comfortable shoes and have your metro card charged. EASTER SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Mass Twenty five volunteers are needed for this event. (Easter Bunny in the Parish Hall RSVP to: [email protected] immediately following Mass) Please consider donating warm socks, hats or 11:30 a.m. Choir Mass gloves into the Brownbaggers Donation Box NO 5:00 p.m. MASS which will be located in the vestibule of the church after every mass. Any donations received will be distributed at that month’s Brownbagger event. Also, financial donations used to purchase food items can be made in the Parish rectory. Thank you for your support. CONGRATULATIONS We would like recognize and congratulate our parishioners Alyssa Forrest and Paul McGovern who received academic honors at St. Edmund Preparatory High School.