“Together we will build an atmosphere of faith in which the fruit of the Spirit will abound and draw others to Christ.”
February 8, 2015 Volume 17 Issue 6
St. Margaret Mary 1110 Pennsylvania Ave.
Apalachin, NY
St. Patrick Parish 300 Main Street
Owego, NY
Website: Http:// www.blessed-trinity-parish.org
Blessed Trinity Parish
St. James 503 Clark Street Waverly, NY
St. John the Evangelist 28 Rock Street Newark Valley, NY
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Sunday Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5:00 p.m. St. James + Jack Kingston - Cindy Kingston
5:00 p.m. St. Patrick + For the People
8:30 a.m. St. James + Mel Lovell - Ashley & Michael Gillan
9:00 a.m. St. John + Wes Schwingle - Deacon Warren & Marion Rutan
Sunday, February 8 9:45 a.m. Faith Formation Classes—St. John’s Hall 10:00 a.m. Faith Formation Classes—St. James Hall 10:00 a.m. Faith Formation Family Workshop—St. Patrick Hall 10:00 a.m. Youth Group—St. Patrick McAuley 2:00 p.m. Living Stations—St. Margaret Mary Hall 5:00 p.m. Journey Bible Study—St. Margaret Mary Hall 5:30 p.m. Sr. High Youth Group—St. James Rectory
Monday, February 9
Tuesday, February 10
11:00 a.m. Anniversary Mass & Luncheon—St. Patrick Church & Hall 11:00 a.m. Mother’s Prayer Group—St. Patrick McAuley 7:00 p.m. RCIA—St. Patrick McAuley 7:00 p.m. Music Ministry—St. James Church
Wednesday, February 11
6:30 p.m. Living Stations—St. Margaret Mary Hall
Thursday, February 12
8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Group—St. Margaret Mary Hall 7:00 p.m. Stephen Ministry Supervision—St. Patrick McAuley
Friday, February 13
Saturday, February 14
Sunday, February 15
12:30 p.m. Ladies Valentine Tea & Chinese Auction—St. James Hall 2:00 p.m. Living Stations—St. Margaret Mary Hall 5:00 p.m. Journey Bible Study—St. Margaret Mary Hall
Readings for the Week of February 8, 2015
Sunday: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7/1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23/Mk 1:29- 39 Monday: Gn 1:1-19/Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday: Gn 1:20--2:4a/Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday: Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17/Mk 7:14-23 Thursday: Gn 2:18-25/Mk 7:24-30 Friday: Gn 3:1-8/Mk 7:31-37 Saturday: Gn 3:9-24/Mk 8:1-10 Next Sunday: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46/1 Cor 10:31--11:1/Mk 1:40- 45 ©Liturgical Publications Inc.
9:00 a.m. St. Patrick + Pat Burnett - Joe & Louise McTamney
9:00 a.m. St. James + Richard Boltman - Janice Boltman
10:45 a.m. St. Margaret Mary + Joe Nossal - Family
11:15 a.m. St. John + Joy Zamoiski - Stephen Ministry
Saturday Vigil: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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9:00 a.m. St. Patrick + Savannah Grace Burdick - John & Elizabeth Servider
9:00 a.m. St. James + Fr. Thomas Watts - The Estate of Fr. Thomas Watts
10:45 a.m. St. Margaret Mary + Raymond Hickey - Joyce Warner
11:15 a.m. St. John + Ed Orokos - Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Evans
5:00 p.m. St. James + John & Theresa Ford - The Kingston Family
5:00 p.m. St. Patrick + For the People
7:00 a.m. St. Margaret Mary + Nanette Macey - Mike & Julianne Macey
12 noon St. Patrick + Rita Holgate - Maureen Holgate
8:30 a.m. St. John + Michael Keefe - Family
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Sunday Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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10 7:00 a.m. St. Margaret Mary + James Lorek - The Esposito, Roden & Sylvester Families
11:00 a.m. St. Patrick + Anniversary Mass
Wednesday
8:30 a.m. St. James + Marlene Palumbo - Sue & Pete Condame
Thursday
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Saturday Vigil: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Friday
Tuesday St. Scholastica, Virgin
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St. James - Saturday 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. St. Patrick - Saturday 4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
Baptisms
Baptismal preparation is offered and required for parents of children to be baptized in our churches. Please contact the church office for an initial interview and baptismal preparation.
Reconciliation
This sacrament celebrating God’s forgiveness is available by appointment (contact a priest) or at the following scheduled times.
Hospital/Nursing Home Visits
Please notify the church office if you or a family member will be hospitalized and would like the Sacrament of the Sick or a staff member to visit. Holy Communion at Home
Please call the church office if you wish to bring Holy Communion to a sick friend or family member or to arrange a visit by one of our Communion Ministers.
Anointing of the Sick
Ths Sacrament of strength and healing is available upon request for those who are sick or elderly. Please contact the church office.
Marriage
Couples should contact a Priest or Deacon to begin their preparation for marriage at least six months before any anticipated wedding.
Banns:
Memorial Candles/Gifts Memorial donations are accepted for the Sanctuary lamp that burns before the Blessed Sacrament and the Bread and Wine used in our Eucharistic celebrations. Please contact the church office.
Sanctuary Lamp:
Ann Bendzyn St. John
Ralph & Lucy Bartlett St. James
Special Intention St. Patrick
Brandi Ayers Marie Basile Mary Ellen Carollo John Chapura Karin DeLong James Dubinsky Brody Hines Janet LaClair Don LeMoine Isla Landon Sara Lenz Joanne Lepkowski Jim Liberatore
Marie Calandra Tony Calandra Tim McGovern Gloria Muscatello Russ Nicosia Greg Pedroza Pete Premock Violet Ray Don Riesbeck Gabe Scoggin Jerry Stahl Joanne Stoughton Anne Thomas
Joan Tschinkel Laraine Vetter Hannah Yaman Dave Zevan
Central Office 300 Main Street, Owego, NY 13827 (607) 687-1068 Fax 687-8122 M-Th 8 am - 3 pm, F 8 am - 12 noon Email: [email protected]
Website: Http:// www.blessed-trinity-parish.org Waverly Office 503 Clark Street, Waverly, NY (607) 565-2014
Apalachin Office 1110 Pennsylvania Avenue, Apalachin, NY (607) 625-3191 M & Th 9 am -1 pm
St. Patrick School 309 Front Street, Owego, NY 13827 Paula Smith, Principal (607) 687-1770 Website: www.stpatrickowego.org Email: [email protected]
Rev. Thomas Valenti, Parochial Administrator Rev. Brian Carpenter , Parochial Vicar (607) 687-1068
Deacon Mike Donovan, Pastoral Associate (607) 687-1068 [email protected]
Ellen Keough, Pastoral Associate (607) 687-1068 [email protected]
Cathy Wunder, Director of Faith Formation & Youth Ministry (607) 687-1068 [email protected]
Diane Snyder-Bell, Business Manager (607) 687-1068 [email protected]
St. Patrick Cemetery Dick Winston, (607) 689-0909
St. James Cemetery Sharon Lovell, (607) 565-9967
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they
perform for us in our time of need. Amen."
It is time to update the troops list. Please call or email Lisa at 687-1068 or [email protected] to add a name to our
Pray for our Troops List.
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NOTES FROM THE CHALKBOARD
St. Patrick School
687-1770
Blessed Trinity & St. Patrick
celebrates all couples that have been married 50+ years!
Anniversary Mass &
Sweetheart Luncheon Tuesday, February 10, 2015
St. Patrick Church
Mass @ 11:00am
Lunch follows Call the office (687-1068) to register.
HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY DEACON JOE!!! Join us as we celebrate Deacon Joe Federowicz’s 80th birthday. Cake and coffee will be served after the 10:45 am Liturgy on Sunday, February 22 at St. Margaret Mary Church. All are welcome. Pastoral Council representatives will help serve.
Jack Frost Chicken BBQ Saturday, February 28 St. Patrick Church Hall
Tickets $8.50
½ chicken, baked potato, baked beans, roll w/butter & a cookie
Don’t miss out. Get your tickets ahead of time at the school
office.
St. John’s Annual Fish Dinner Friday, February 20
St. John’s Hall 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
$8/per dinner
Fish Dinner at St. James St. James Altar & Rosary Society will hold their popular
annual Lenten fish dinner on Friday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m. following the Stations of the Cross. The menu will be baked fish, macaroni and cheese, broccoli, cabbage salad, applesauce, desserts and beverage. Tickets will be sold after Mass the weekends of February 21-22 and February 28-
March1. The cost is $7/adult and $4/children. Take outs will be available.
Blessed Trinity Council 251, Knights of
Columbus Coffee Hour
If you’re interested in helping those in need, serving your parish, growing in your faith or having exclusive access to top rated insurance protection for your family; the Knights of Columbus is for you. Blessed Trinity Council 251 will conduct a coffee hour and Membership drive at St. James Church, Waverly, on February 22, 2015 (following the 9 AM Mass) in the Church Hall. Please consider joining us! All Parish men and their families are welcome to attend and enjoy meeting and learning about the Knights. We will be having these Coffee hours at all Parish sites in the future. Please stay tuned for news of upcoming events! If anyone wants information or has questions about the Knights, please feel free to email me at [email protected]
Joe Phillips, Grand Knight, Blessed Trinity Council 251
Monthly Adoration
There will be Eucharistic Adoration at St. Margaret Mary's on February 21. All are welcome to stop in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel and spend some time with the Lord from 7pm - midnight.
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Regulations for Lenten Sacrifice
The following regulations for Lenten sacrifice are based on the 1983 Code of Canon Law:
All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat for Catholics over 14.
Ash Wednesday (February 18) and Good Friday (April 3) are days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59. Fasting means taking only one full meal and two smaller meals that, taken together, do not equal one full meal.
Throughout Lent, Catholics are especially encouraged to perform voluntary acts of penance.
Ash Wednesday - Mass Schedule
February 18 12 noon St. Patrick Church
5:15 p.m. St. John’s Church followed by a soup supper
5:30 p.m. St. James Church followed by a soup supper
7:00 p.m. St. Margaret Mary Church
2015 Living Stations Schedule
February 20 7:00 pm Our Lady of Good Counsel Endicott
February 27 7:00 pm St. Patrick, Moravia (Fr. Moorby’s new parish)
March 6 7:00 pm Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton
March 13 7:00 pm Hilltop Retirement Home Johnson City
March 20 7:00 pm St. James, Waverly
March 27 7:00 pm Owego Middle School (Owego Baptist and other Christian Churches in Owego)
April 3 7:30 pm St. Margaret Mary, Apalachin
Update on Ultreya The next Ultreya will be held on February 27 in St. Patrick Church. We will meet in the St. Francis Chapel upstairs. Please mark your calendar.
Chrism Mass Bus Trip Tuesday, March 31
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester Mark Your Calendar! More details to follow next week.
Blessed Trinity & St. Patrick
Reading Group
Our book selection for the month of February is the novel The Friday Night Knitting Club. USA Today had this to say about it, “If you are looking for an inviting group of gals to spend a few winter evenings with, pull up your afghan and snuggle in with The Friday Night Knitting Club… It makes you yearn for yarn, even if you’re not a knitter.” I think we will have more than enough winter evenings to stay in and read this month! We will meet on February 25 at 2:30 pm in the McAuley to share on thoughts on this one. I have copies of the book in the McAuley if you would like to borrow one. Happy reading. Ellen Keough
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time "Then the fever left her and she waited on them." What a day for this woman! She had been confined to bed, burning with a fever, too sick to move around. Then, her son-in-law showed up with his brother, two friends, and a man with a growing reputation for working miracles. With no ceremony, this man came straight over to her, took her hand and helped her to her feet. There was no time to question Jesus' bold action because in an instant, the woman was healed. Whatever he had done had worked! We can imagine that the appearance of this group of guests at her house caused Simon's mother-in-law some distress; in her illness, she had been unable to offer them the hospitality so important in that culture. But as soon as the fever disappeared, she regained the freedom to properly welcome her visitors. No longer sick, she was able to serve. And that was exactly what she wanted to do. Without hesitation, she began to use her restored health to care for others. And soon enough, her hospitality was extended to new levels because "the whole town was gathered at the door" to see Jesus in action. How do we use our health? Do we think of it as a gift from God to be put at the service of others? Or do we think of good health as simply our own right? Today's virtuous woman teaches us about a kind of physical generosity. Recognizing that her health had been given to her as a gift, she in turn offered her strength, her ability to stand and walk and work, as a gift to others. What a beautiful way to understand the human body. Instead of focusing on how our bodies can serve us, may we follow the example of this woman who was so quick to attend to the needs of her family, her friends, and her neighbors.
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Sacrificial Offerings
Parish: Envelopes: Attendance: Collection: Pre-Auth: Total Gifts: Weekly Needs: January 24/25
Blessed Trinity 196 565 $11,671.00 $2,047.00 $13,718.00 $9,135.00 St. Patrick 114 290 $ 4,345.00 $1,840.00 $ 6,185.00 $5,913.00
“We make a living by what we get. We
make a life by what we give.”
Winston S. Churchill
Make Parish a Priority!
Please Use Your
Envelopes.
Tioga County Rural Ministry
143 North Avenue, Owego, NY ~ 687-3021
Pantry Needs: large baby diapers, dish & laundry detergent, toilet tissue & paper towels, and shampoo
Monthly Prayer
Heavenly Father, In this Valentine's Day month, we pray for the love of couples: That their love be nourished. That they grow in their love and patience. That they respect, listen and communicate to each other to strengthen their loving relationships. We ask that couples strive to sacrifice for each other and shun narcissistic behaviors. We also pray that they avoid verbal, emotional and physical abuse; continue to pursue their loving relationships; and keep prayer in their lives. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen
Please pray this prayer along with our Prayer Partners today and throughout this month. If you have a suggestion for prayer intention please let us know at [email protected]
St. Patrick Parish Blessed Trinity Parish
Baby Bottle Fundraiser
Please return the Baby bottle for the Life Choices Center fundraiser. Thank you.
National Marriage Week 2015
February 7-14
Marriage is a gift from God to Men, Women, Children and Society.
In marriage, a husband and wife form an exclusive and lifelong bond, forge a shared financial future, promise to take care of each other “in sickness and in health,” and provide a stable and loving home for any children they are blessed with. Marriage is the foundation of the family, which is the primary place where we all learn to love and be loved, to live in community with others, and to care for the most vulnerable (e.g. children, the elderly, the sick).
