PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH 21-47 29th Street ~ Astoria, New York 11105 The Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time August 25 th , 2019 www.immacastoria.org ~ 718-728-1613 ~ [email protected]~ 718-956-9229 (Parish Website) (Main Telephone Number) (Main Email) (Fax Number) The Memorials of Saint Monica, Mother of Saint Augustine & Saint Augustine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church Tuesday, August 27 th & Wednesday, August 28 th , 2019
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PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH 2 1 - 4 7 2 9 t h S t r e e t ~ A s t o r i a , N e w Yo r k 1 1 1 0 5
The Memorials of Saint Monica, Mother of Saint Augustine
& Saint Augustine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
Tuesday, August 27th & Wednesday, August 28th, 2019
WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 7:00AM — Weekday Mass 9:00AM — Weekday Mass 5:00PM — Sunday Vigil Mass SUNDAY Upper Church 7:00AM — Low Mass (Mass Without Music) 9:00AM — Family Mass 10:30AM — High Mass (Mass with Choir) 12:00PM — Spanish Mass/Español 1:30PM — Contemporary Music Mass Lower Church 9:00AM — Italian Mass/Italiano MONDAY TO FRIDAY 7:00AM, 9:00AM & 12:00PM
OTHER SACRAMENTS
Baptisms Baptisms for infants and children are celebrated monthly. Please contact the Rectory Office for an appointment.
Sick Calls Please contact the Rectory Office at any time. Only use the Emergency Number for cases of Extreme Unction (Last Rites).
Holy Matrimony (Marriages) Please make an appointment to meet with a Priest at least six (6) months before the desired wedding date. Please check with the Church before contacting the Catering Hall.
CCD & RCIA If you or someone you know is interested in completing, or receiving all, the Sacraments of Initiation, please contact Mrs. Marylyn Crum of the Religious Education Office for more information.
CLERGY Rev. Msgr. Fernando Ferrarese...…………..Pastor Rev. Liju Augustine, CMI……...…….Parochial Vicar Rev. William A. McLaughlin…….…..Parochial Vicar Dcn. Francisco Hernandez Dcn. Thomas Quinn Dcn. Elkin Tamayo In Residence: Rev. Msgr. Charles Patrick Boccio Rev. Msgr. Vincent Fullam
Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy in Astoria Ms. Eileen Harnischfeger, Principal 718-728-1969 - www.iccaastoria.org Religious Education (CCD) Office Mrs. Marylyn Crum, Director 718-956-4494 - [email protected]
CONFESSIONS
The Sacrament of Confession is available Saturdays from 4:00PM to 4:45PM. The languages generally available are English, Spanish and Italian. Appointments for Confession outside this time can be made by contacting the Rectory Office.
PARISH DEVOTIONS
MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA Monday after the 9:00AM Mass with Rosary. The 5PM Novena will resume in September.
WEEKDAY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION The Blessed Sacrament is exposed for adoration from the end of the 7:00AM Mass to before the start of the 9:00AM Mass every weekday and Saturdays. The Rosary is prayed communally beginning at 8:20AM, and Morning Prayer is celebrated at 8:45AM.
FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION Every first Friday of the month, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed from after the 12:00PM Mass through the Parish Holy Hour from 7:00PM to 8:00PM.
FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION As a Parish specially dedicated to Our Blessed Mother, we as a community dedicate the first Saturday of every month to honoring her. This devotion includes the communal praying of the Rosary at 8:15AM, the celebration of Morning Prayer at 8:45AM, and the celebration of Mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary at 9:00AM, where the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is also celebrated.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH DIRECTORY
Fooling Ourselves It is amazing how easily we can fool ourselves into thinking that we are doing the will of God when we are really just doing what we want and canonizing our needs and our opinions with the words: it’s the will of God. And connected to this painful but freeing insight is the suspicion that the reason why I do good things is not because I love God, but because it makes me feel better or by doing it I am fulfilling the expectations of those around me and, hence, getting their approval. One of the key insights of my theatrical experience (brief though it was!) was when in college we staged a production of T.S. Eliot’s play “Murder in the Cathedral” about the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket. In one key scene, he is in exile in France and wondering if he should go back to his diocese in England and face the wrath of the King. He is visited by three tempters whom he expected, and one who was a surprise. The expected tempters were the ones who loosely correspond to the usual list: the world, the flesh and the devil. He got past them with flying colors. But the fourth tempter was the trickiest. While the first three urged him not to go to England, the fourth tempter tried to get him to go, but for a reason that was lurking in the back of Thomas’ consciousness: to go there and accept martyrdom, because then he would become a great saint and people would light candles to him, venerate him, etc. He realized that this would be the worst thing that he could do, not because of the martyrdom, but because of his reasons for going. He was fooling himself. He already wanted to go, but his motivation was really because of spiritual pride and the desire to advance in his standing with God. In T.S. Eliot’s immortal words, “This would be the greatest treason: to do the right thing for the wrong reason.” Most of us are unconscious of our deeper motivations for the actions in our lives. We think that we are acting unselfishly, but we are just trying to do what we want and pinning God’s name on it. More often than not, we do things with mixed motives. This is understandable given the complexity of our intentions and what the reality is that stands before us. It would be a mistake to refuse to act on something while waiting for a pure motivation for our action. If we do this, we may never act again! This kind of purity does not exist. We always do things from mixed motives. The question then becomes: what, on balance, are the proportions of the good motivations versus the not-so-good ones? Take, for instance, if we want to say something affirming to someone who is an authority over us. To be more concrete, lets say the Bishop of a diocese does something that is very courageous, but very unpopular. One of his priests admires what the Bishop has done and would like to affirm him in his decision. That desire and motivation is very good. But there could be another thing going on that registers on a deeper, less apparent level of consciousness. Maybe the priest is really doing it to attract the Bishop’s notice and positive feelings so that there might be advancement in his future. Should he act and affirm his Bishop? Sometimes the devil frightens us into inaction by overplaying the darker, but smaller, motives for things. In the example cited, I think the priest should step forward in courage and trust and affirm his Bishop since he really needs it. To refuse to do it because the motives were not so pure may be, in fact, an act of selfishness. The priest should be big enough to hazard the dangers and let God take care of the rest. Usually, one’s first instinct is right. There are times we over-think something. That priest should do the right thing. He can always refuse the honor if it comes his way later on. But the main reason for acting should be our desire to do good.
While we must always keep the negative in mind, it is a good to step forward in courage and doing the right thing!
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MEMORIALS THE GIFTS OF BREAD & WINE are donated this week in loving memory of Michael Aquilina, requested by his wife Mary and children. THE ALTAR CANDLES are donated this week in loving memory of Gary Tebbett, requested by Dino & Elaine Korva. THE FIRST TABERNACLE LAMP is donated this week in loving memory of Maureen, Emma, Joan & Marianna. THE SECOND TABERNACLE LAMP is donated this week in loving memory of Linda Curto, requested by the Crum Family.
THE 22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME SATURDAY August 31 — Sunday Vigil 5:00PM Gary Tebbett SUNDAY September 1 7:00AM For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00AM Agostino Spampanato 10:30AM Lisa Gotkin 12:00PM Spanish: Esther Perez; Jacqueline Crayton & Frankie Morris-Perez 1:30PM Lisena, Elide, Anna, Alessandro & Antonio Lower Church: 9:00AM Italian: Ferrante Giorgetti & Giustina Mini
Please pray for all the faithful departed, especially…
Giustina Mini John Sekera
Mildred Standish Rita Dallara
Barbara Marchisella
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them.
PLEASE KEEP THEM ALL IN YOUR PRAYERS
THE 21ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME SATURDAY August 24 — Sunday Vigil 5:00PM Daniel Salvador Matute SUNDAY August 25 7:00AM For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00AM Ana Maria Morales 10:30AM Nella Anderson (2nd. Anniv.) 12:00PM Spanish: Gilberto Mesa, Accion de gracias Maria Londono y Guillermo; Alexandria Kostial & Larry Murillo- Moncada 1:30PM Normita Cardona Lower Church: 9:00AM Italian: Felicia Carbonara & Pasquale Della Vecchia & Famiglia MONDAY August 26 7:00AM For the Safe Deployment in Afghanistan of Victor Donavan (Liv.); Christopher (Liv.) & Roman Cetnarski (Liv.) 9:00AM Gloria Aloise (Birth. Rem.) 12:00PM Domenica Puleo TUESDAY August 27, St. Monica 7:00AM Mary & Tony Laudone 9:00AM Edgar & Henry Calderon & Family 12:00PM Cleto Carullo WEDNESDAY August 28, St. Augustine 7:00AM George Carberry 9:00AM Diane Sullivan 12:00PM Jakomo Matesic THURSDAY August 29, The Passion of St. John the Baptist 7:00AM Anthony Juriako 9:00AM Mass of Thanksgiving — Lydia K. Reyna 12:00PM Francesca DiMaria FRIDAY August 30 7:00AM Luis E. Kodumal 9:00AM The Mussorafiti Family 12:00PM Diego Piazza SATURDAY August 31 7:00AM The Souls Enrolled in the Parish Purgatorial Society 9:00AM William Brophy
IMMAC ROSARY SOCIETY MASS & MEETING
Please join us for the Rosary Society Mass and meeting on Sunday, September 1st. We will begin by reciting the Rosary in Church at 10:00AM. You can find us in the front rows on the left side of the Chapel to recite the Rosary. We will then move to the Main Church facing the Ambo for the Mass. After Mass, we will go down to Lyons Hall in the Academy for our meeting and refreshments. All are welcome!
McCLANCY HIGH SCHOOL TACHS PREP Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School is now accepting applications for the TACHS preparation program to be held at the school for the first seven Saturdays of the next school year, beginning on September 14th. For more information, please contact Ms. Fran Rocco at 718-898-3800 ext. 3.
ST. JOHN’S PREP TACHS COURSE St. John’s Preparatory School is offering a TACHS preparatory course in September. Information and registration is online at stjohnsprepschool.org under Admissions. For further information, please call the Admissions office at 718-721-7200 ext. 699.
UNITED COMMUNITY CIVIC ASSOCIATION MUSICAL SOUNDS OF REMEMBRANCE
The United Community Civic Association, together with the Port Authority of NY & NJ and the NYC Department of Corrections, will be hosting their annual Musical Sounds of Remembrance on Thursday, September 12th at 7:30PM in McManus Memorial Park at 81st Street & Ditmars Blvd. Come to glorify and celebrate, with song and prayer, the thousands of innocent souls lost on September 11th, 2001.
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