MASS SCHEDULE WEEK DAY MASSES: Monday—Friday 8:30AM in Mother Church WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday 5PM in Large Church Sunday 7:30AM in Mother Church 9AM, and 11:00AM in Large Church SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday 4PM—4:30PM in Large Church Monday 6:15PM—7:15PM in Mother Church EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Monday 6PM—8PM in Mother Church MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA & BENEDICTION: Monday 7:30—8PM In Mother Church February 8, 2015 February 8, 2015 February 8, 2015 Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time; World Marriage Day Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time; World Marriage Day Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time; World Marriage Day Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted (Psalm 147) Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted (Psalm 147) Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted (Psalm 147) Our Lady of the Snow Our Lady of the Snow Our Lady of the Snow Catholic Church Catholic Church Catholic Church 175 Blue Point Avenue Blue Point, New York 175 Blue Point Avenue Blue Point, New York 175 Blue Point Avenue Blue Point, New York 11715 11715 11715 Telephone: 631 Telephone: 631 Telephone: 631-363 363 363-6385 6385 6385 Visit us online! www.OurLadyofTheSnowBluePoint.com The essence of poetry is emotion remembered in tranquility; the essence of journalism is sensation captured on the wing. --Maurice Baring Novelist, poet, essayist, Baring was a contemporary and friend of Chesterton and Belloc. In the British Museum of portraits, there is a famous painting of the three. Chesterton, known for his wit, described it as “Baring, Over-bearing, and Passed-bearing” referring to Baring, Belloc and himself..
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MASS SCHEDULE
WEEK DAY MASSES: Monday—Friday
8:30AM in Mother Church WEEKEND MASSES:
Saturday 5PM in Large Church Sunday 7:30AM in Mother Church
9AM, and 11:00AM in Large Church
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:
Saturday 4PM—4:30PM
in Large Church Monday 6:15PM—7:15PM
in Mother Church
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION:
Monday 6PM—8PM in Mother Church
MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA &
BENEDICTION: Monday 7:30—8PM In Mother Church
February 8, 2015February 8, 2015February 8, 2015
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time; World Marriage DayFifth Sunday of Ordinary Time; World Marriage DayFifth Sunday of Ordinary Time; World Marriage Day Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted (Psalm 147)Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted (Psalm 147)Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted (Psalm 147)
Our Lady of the Snow Our Lady of the Snow Our Lady of the Snow Catholic ChurchCatholic ChurchCatholic Church
175 Blue Point Avenue Blue Point, New York 175 Blue Point Avenue Blue Point, New York 175 Blue Point Avenue Blue Point, New York 117151171511715
Visit us online! www.OurLadyofTheSnowBluePoint.com
The essence of poetry is emotion
remembered in tranquility; the essence of journalism
is sensation captured on the wing.
--Maurice Baring
Novelist, poet, essayist, Baring was a contemporary and friend of Chesterton and Belloc. In the British Museum of portraits, there is a famous painting of the three. Chesterton, known for his wit, described it as “Baring, Over-bearing, and Passed-bearing” referring to Baring, Belloc and himself..
†The Pastoral Team Clergy†
Rev. Edward R. D’Andrea, Pastor Rev. Msgr. Charles Fink, Parish Administrator Rev. John Amoah, Associate Pastor
Deacon Frank Hartmann Deacon Edward Karan
Deacon Robert Gronenthal
For full information on all sacraments, sponsor requirements for Godparents/Confirmation Sponsors, schedules and dates, please consult our website, or call the Parish Office.
Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least six to twelve months in advance. It is advisable to call the church prior to arranging the reception.
Baptisms: Are celebrated on the second Saturday and fourth S u n d a y o f m o s t m o n t h s . Please visit our website at www.ourladyofthesnowbluepoint.com for complete information.
New parishioners: Please register at the parish or call 363-6385, ext. 10 for information.
Communion for the Homebound: To make arrangements to have Communion brought to the home, please call the parish office at 363-6385, ext. 10. For emergency sick calls, please call the parish at any time.
SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION
Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.)
Persons interested in becoming Catholic and adults who have not
received Confirmation or First Eucharist, please contact Beth Rivalsi at 363-2416.
Faith Formation for Adults: 363-2416
Mrs. Beth Rivalsi, Director of Faith Formation for Adults
A Message from Father Charles Fink Page 3 February 8, 2015
My dear parish family, First, I want to thank all of you who pledged or contributed to this year’s Catholic Ministries Appeal. It’s way too early to know whether or not we’ll make our parish goal, but I’m very grateful to those of you who are helping us on our way. And if any of you who haven’t pledged or contributed have a change of heart, you can pick up a CMA envelope in church or at the rectory and use it to make a contribution. You can also call the Appeal office at 516-379-5210 ext. 2 for more information about giving. Thanks again for your support. Second, a reminder that Lent is just around the corner, less than two weeks away; Ash Wednesday is February 18. I’m happy to tell you that a good friend of mine, a talented musi-cian and zealous Catholic layman, Al Barbarino, will be coming to Our Lady of the Snow in early March to offer us what I’m confident will be an enjoyable and inspiring parish mission. You’ll be hearing more about this in the near future. Also this Lent we’ll be praying the Stations of the Cross on Friday evenings at 7:30 in the Mother Church, where we’re fortunate to have beautiful depictions of the fourteen Sta-tions. It’s possible you never even noticed them. It’s even possible some of you may not be familiar with this beautiful, traditional devotion that dates back to the time of St. Francis of Assisi in the Middle Ages. Especially if you’ve never prayed the Stations, join us one or more Fridays nights this Lent. Finally, with Lent so close at hand, I’d recommend you start now giving some thought as to how you’ll make this Lent fruitful. It’s customary to give up something that you’re particularly fond of for Lent: as a sacrifice, as an expression of solidarity with the poor and suffering, as a means of saving some money that can be given to the poor or a favorite charity, and as self-discipline and exercise for out of shape souls. You might also want to do something positive in the way of spiritual exercise, like praying a bit more during Lent, attending extra Masses or other parish services, maybe read-ing a good religious book or watching a good religious video series like the ones put out by Fr. Robert Barron. We’re only given a very limited number of Lents in our lifetime. How easy it is to waste them, letting them slip by with little effort to take advantage of the graces of the sea-son. Let’s together make this a fruitful Lent, and let’s start thinking now about how we’ll do that. With love and prayers, Fr. Charles Fink
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK February 9, 2015
Saints and Special Observances also indicated
Monday Feb 9 8:30AM Marjorie Rush † Tuesday Feb 10 St. Scholastica 8:30AM Al Wageli † Wednesday Feb 11 8:30AM Harold Dolan † Thursday Feb 12 8:30AM Joan Christensen † Friday Feb 13 8:30AM Richard Higgins † Saturday Feb 14 St. Cyril and St. Methodius 5:00PM Eileen Gore † Sunday Feb 15 7:30AM Parishioners † 9:00AM Lloyd Probst † 11:00AM Jill Madalone † Thomas Huggins 4th Anniv. † Frank & Josephine Sblendorio †
For all who have died this past week, that they rejoice in the heavenly banquet…
Charles Rooney
Pray for Our Sick
In Sympathy
We pray for all who are sick, for their healing in both body and spirit….
Kathryn Miller , Eileen Burke & Walter Boehm
Prayers & Intentions Page 4 February 8, 2015
Mass intentions for deceased persons are indicated with a †
It is the policy of Our Lady of the Snow that the intention of each priest who celebrates a parish Mass will be for the intentions listed in the Parish Mass intention book.
Lt. Col Christopher Ederle Major Meghan Ederle
Capt Kyle Brown 1st Lt. Tara Brown Gomez
1st Lt Thomas Gomez Lt. Jg Sean Brown
3/c Midshipman Shannon Brown Army Specialist Justin Brown
E3/ACAN Connor Rooney USN
† MEMORIALS FOR THE WEEK † Altar Bread in Wine
In Memory of Joan Nolan Sanctuary Candle in Mother Church
Father John Amoah
All are Welcome!!
Moms and More Group
Thursday, February 12,2015 9:30am – 10:30am
Our Lady of the Snow Mother Church Basement
For more information call Beth Rivalsi 363-2416
Coffee/Tea/Water Available
Please bring a
snack for your child
STEWARDSHIP FINANCIAL REPORT For the week of February 1, 2015
Mass
Attendance Envelopes $
Loose $
Total
5:00 pm 225
1865 363 2228
7:30 am 106 1212 395 1607
9:00 am N/A 1899 334 2233 11:00 am 319 2089 574 2663
Total 650 7065 1666 8731
Believing with Joy! Stewardship - A Way of Life
JESUS AND PRAYER
“Rising very early before dawn, he left
and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.”
There are scores of instances in the Four Gospels which indicate Jesus praying. He often would go off alone to pray, but He
also prayed with others publicly; He prayed before He made a choice, before He healed someone, and He was just as
likely to pray after as well. St. Paul exhorts us to “pray constantly,
never ceasing.” Jesus, perhaps more than any other fulfilled this admonition. He
provides to us the perfect example of both how we should pray and in what ways.
Prayer is at the foundation of our faith; it is at the core of a stewardship way of life. Developing an ongoing, consistent, and
active prayer life is paramount for each of us.
Prayer not only indicates our constant awareness of God, but it enhances our
lives, and is an indication of our total trust in God. Trust in God is also an important facet of stewardship. Knowing that we are
in God’s hands and in His care is what strengthens us and allows us to make the commitment Jesus has asked us to make. One of Jesus’ final prayers is one which
offers us the suggestion of how we need to approach life: “Father, into thy hands I
commend my spirit.”
This week’s opportunity to pray the rosary with fellow parishioners is on
Wednesday, February 11 at 4:45 in the Mother Church. Please join us.
Pope Francis and Prayer "Prayer works wonders, but we have to believe! I think we can make a beautiful prayer ... and tell Him today, all day
long, 'Lord, I believe, help my unbelief' ... and when people ask, ask us to pray for the many people who suffer in wars, all refugees, all of these dramas that exist right now, pray,
but with your heart to the Lord: 'Do it!', but tell Him: 'Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief 'that is also in my prayers. Let
us do this today. " (May 20 , 2013)
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Please remember to join Fr Fink for a meeting this Tuesday Evening at 7:30 p.m in the Large
Church.
NEW ALTAR SERVERS
Thank you to the young people who came for our new Altar Sever mee ng. We look forward to seeing you
serve on the altar .
Hospitality Sunday Today is hospitality Sunday. Please join us for some goodies and a opportunity to talk
with fellow parishioners.
Adults for Confirmation Baptized Adult Catholics who wish to complete their sacra-
ments of initiation by celebrating the sacrament of Confirma-tion please call the Office of Adult Faith Formation at
363-2416.
KNOWING OUR FAITH III. JESUS CHRIST: LOVE INCARNATE
In this school of love, our life on earth, we have an incomparable teacher, Jesus Christ. In Him we see what God is like, what we are meant to be, and what true love is. The reason He is the teacher par excellence is that He is what He teaches. He is God incarnate. He is perfectly human. He is love in thought, word, and deed. We, therefore, do ourselves an inestimable service when we get to know Him as well as we can. We ought to be steeped in the gospels, as in the rest of scripture. St. Jerome famously said that “Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.” Even if Jerome overstated the case, and that is a big if, it is certainly true that knowledge of scripture will deepen our knowledge of Christ, and if we want to know Him as well as we can, it is to our advantage to read, study, meditate on, and pray with God’s great love letter to humanity, which is the Bible. It is true that there are many passages in the Bible that seem anything but loving, but we must keep in mind that God was dealing with some awfully way-ward children, and still is. He would have liked to enter into a kind of marriage with them, but all they ever seemed to think about was worldly affairs and other lovers. It is small wonder that in their eyes God often appeared jealous and ty-rannical. The real wonder is that He was so in love with them that He did not care even when they occasionally painted a pretty unattractive picture of Him.
It is part of His humility that God permits His word to be written in the words of imperfect people. Just so long as what it essential gets across to make us the lovers He wants us to be, He does not mind that there is a good bit of chaff amidst the wheat, even in His love letter, the Bible.
And besides, He gives us the Church to guide us in our interpretation of scripture, to make sure we do not distort His message in anything we really need to know. The Church is another of God’s gifts to His children. Like His children of old, however, we too often see tyranny where we ought to see love
Parish Outreach & Local Events Page 7 February 8, 2015
FOOD PANTRY ALERT
During the winter months, donations
to our food pantry drop drastically. Due to
these tough economic times, we are helping
an increased number of our neighbors in
need. We are currently in need of all food
items, but especially: pasta sauce, cookies,
crackers, boxed milk, canned meats, tuna,
mayonnaise, tea, coffee, all juices, cereal,
pancake mix and syrup, paper towels, laun-
dry detergent, baby wipes, chili, stew, chick-
en, jelly, rice, all toiletries, but especially
tissues, shampoo and conditioner. Food can
be dropped off at the outreach office Mon-
day—Thursday 10AM—1PM or in the food
bin outside the pantry door in the foyer of
the large church before or after every Mass.
Parish Outreach News THANK YOU WONDERFUL PARISH FAMILY FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT
Wow!! We were hundreds of thousands of marchers in solidarity & camaraderie @ the 42nd “March for Life in Washington, DC”. 75% were young people, (our hope for the future) yet as usual the media ignored us; but we will not go away or give up because we remember well the words of Mother Teresa: “We don’t need to be successful, just faithful”. We will con nue to be faithful and leave the cause in God’s hands. We were 37 marchers on the bus - the temperature was about 37 degrees, but windy. We thank God for a great bus driver who kept us safe without any accidents or mishaps. We felt our trip was very frui ul – we did all that we hoped to do. We met Bishop Murphy & the RVC diocesan group. We witnessed to the people of Washington; we lobbied at Senators Schumer & Gillibrand’s offices; we visited Representa ves Lee Zeldin & Peter King and we supported and encouraged one another. We were filled with mixed emo ons: sad-ness for the over 55 million pre-born lives lost since Roe vs. Wade in the US & the countless women exploited, coerced, deceived, broken and oppressed into having an abor on; yet we were energized (like a vitamin B-12 shot) and ready to con nue to work for respect for ALL life from con-cep on to natural death. We are commi ed to working diligently in trying to prevent euthanasia, assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research and cloning from becoming legal.
WE ASK YOU TO BECOME INFORMED, ACTIVE
AND PRAY
You are welcome to join us: 1. Respect Life Ministry mee ng is on Friday 2/13/15 at 2pm in the co age. 2. The prayers presence on Saturday 2/14/15 at 10:30—11:30 Planned Parenthood
HEARTFELT CARD FOR THAT SPECIAL PERSON
FOR VALENTINES DAY
Need a unique gift for that special someone for Valentines day, birthday, anniversary, dinner party, get well or special occasion?
Purchase a HEARTFELT CARD in honor of that special person. Your donation however
small, will assist parish outreach in our efforts to help those in need in our commu-nity. These cards can be purchased at the Parish Outreach office and rectory office
during normal business hours
OUR LADY OF THE SNOW RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE 363-6394 [email protected]
Office Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 9:30—4:30 or by appointment The ministry of Religious Education strives to bring all into a closer relationship
with Jesus through Word, Worship and Service.
Week of Feb. 8 Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Family Mass 9am Level 2—6—Classes on Mon. Tues. &
Wed. at 4:30 and Wed. at 6pm Level 7 & 8—Classes on Mon. at 6pm or
7:30pm Level 9 Confirmation—Wed. Feb. 11
Large Church 7:30—8:30pm.
Week of Feb. 15
No Children's Liturgy of the Word Sun. Feb. 15 and Sun. Feb. 22 Level 2—9 No Classes—Presidents Week
Week of Feb. 22
Level 1—Parent /Child Activity There will be a Church Tour and a Lenten Prayer Level 2—8 classes will resume Level 5—Treasures of the Church Activity. Level 5 students and parents will meet in the upstairs of Mother Church for a lesson on sacramentals.
Parents of 1st Graders Children entering 1st grade (Sept 2014)
should be registered in the Religious Education Program.
Participation in Level 1 is the first level of the Diocesan mandated 2 year preparation
program. Please register as soon as possible
SON MINISTRY—for leading the retreat Chaperones—Ro Libertelli & Sal-
ly Mc Donald Fr. Fink & Fr Curley—celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation with us.
Fr. Fink and Loraine Gonzalez for clearing the walkways of snow on Jan. 24
Satellite Pizza—for the delicious pizza
We had representatives from organizations whose focus is on Social Justice:
From our own parish: BULA Better Understanding of Life in Africa, Melissa Fricke a young woman who has started an or-ganization that supports children and education in Uganda. Contact information: http://www.bulainc.org/ Rollstone Foundation Mike Dawidzak and Pam Green make it possible with grants for prospec-tive parents to adopt children with special needs around the world. For many of these children, adop-tion is literally the difference between life and death. Contact information: therollstonefoundation.com
New Beginnings Brendan’s House is a house that is under construction that will be a long term care residential facility for young people with traumat-ic brain injuries and other cognitive disorders. It is named in memory of Sandy and Marshall Aykroyd’s son, Brendan who passed in June of 2011. The house is still in need of donations for an elevator and the heating and air conditioning system.
Our Lady of the Snow Outreach continues to
help in many ways all the people in our community.
Our Lady of the Snow Respect Life Ministry continues to educate and advocate for Respect of Life from womb to the end of life. Most of the partici-pants of this committee were in Washington DC for the March for Life. Mercy Haven Christine Cusack who works at Mercy Haven a place that provides both temporary and permanent housing and supportive services to those in need on Long Island. Our Neighbors Bead for Life a non-profit organization, that fights extreme poverty by creating opportunities not handouts, for African women living on less than a dol-lar a day. We empower these women to earn money by teaching them to create beautiful jewelry from roll-ing beads with recycled paper. The jewelry and other items were available for purchase. Heifer International’s mission is to work with communities to end world hunger and poverty and to care for the Earth by using the “teach a man to Fish” philosophy. People are able to donate money to provide an animal or resource that will enable a family to support themselves. World Village Fair Trade Mobile is a non-profit organization under the umbrella name of Sobor-nost for the World Foundation. Our mission is to help those who are very poor in developing world countries to sustain their lives. Beautiful Fair Trade items were available to purchase. Contact Pattye Pece at 631-255-1995 or visit our website at www.sobornostfoundation.org Great South Bay Coalition A community program whose mission is: "To empower our commu-nities to promote health and wellness in an effort to reduce the impact of substance abuse", had an infor-mation table with recourses for parents and families.
Diocesan Office for the Propagation of Faith and Mission was on hand to show case the work the diocese does to share faith and to help communities globally in health care and education, and for commu-nication and transportation needs.
It was an evening of hope and inspiration!
WHAT YOU MISSED
On January 22, our parish had its annual Evening of Social Justice Awareness. It was a great night to reflect on our Catholic Social Teachings and to see how our fellow parishioners and neighbors are living out their Christian call to make this world a place of true justice. Two guest speakers told their stories of faith and of their journey to share their faith. Loic Moussoh a col-lege student shared his experience of the being in the midst of unrest in the Ivory Coast, and how his faith helped him then and how he works now to share his faith with others at college and in our parish as a catechist. Deacon Ed Karen gave a beautiful account of his mission trip to the Do-minican Republic. At first, Deacon Ed thought that he was bringing something to the people of the Dominican Republic but realized how much more he has received. He spoke of the joy and fervent faith of the people who have so little but gives so much.
WHAT’S YOUR CATHOLIC IQ? This educational self-assessment is a fun way to help you see how much you know about your Catholic faith. Answers can be found on the bottom of this page. 1. During Advent, we omit the following at Mass... (a) Gloria; (b) Alleluia; (c Sign of Peace; (d) Penitential Rite 2. This fourth-century bishop was the chief defender of the truth of Jesus’ divinity against the Arian heresy. (a) Anastasia; (b) Aristotle; (c) Augustine; (d) Athanasius 3. Although this woman dreamed of being a missionary in China, Pope Leo Xlll encour-aged her to sail west to the New World. (a) Mother Teresa; (b) Mother Cabrini; (c) Mother Guerin; (d) Mother May I 4. The first and chief Sacra-ment of the forgiveness of sins is… (a) Penance and Reconciliation; (b) Anointing of the Sick; (c) initi-ation; (d) Baptism 5. For the Sacrament of Pen-ance and Reconciliation, the sacramental seal is... (a) indispensible; (b) unconstitu-tional; (c) inviolable; (d) incontro-vertible
Catholic IQ Answers: 1. a; 2. d; 3. b; 4. d; 5. c
Our Lady of the Snow Raffle
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Early Bird Drawing - January 25th at The Chili Cook-Off
Final Drawing - May 1st at The Dinner Dance First Prize $10,000
Second Prize $5,000 Third Prize $1,000
Seller of winning Ticket $500
A little humor from Father Fink
A bunch of old timers were sitting around reminiscing. One of them said to the others, "I don’t want to brag or make any of you feel bad, but I can still fit into
the socks I wore in high school.
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